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LUMBERMEN WIN
FIRST ROUND
Injunction Against Increased Lumber
Rates Is Granted.
flailroods Must Not Advance Freight
Chaages 10 Cents Action by
Judge H tnford in Washington
Corcurred in by Judge WolverUn
of Oregon.
Seattle, Wash , Oct. 31. Federal
Judge Han ford yesterday at a special
session .of court, granted the injunction
prayed for by the Washington & Ore
gon Lumbermen's associations to pre
vent the roads of the Ilarriman system,
the Burlington, Northern Pacific and
Great Northern railroads, from placing
in effect the new rate on lumber which
was to have become effective November
1.
This rate was 50 cents, as against the
present rate of 40 cents from the Sound
and WeHtern Oregon points to St. Paul,
And the lumbermen feel that they have
rained one of the greatest victories of
the long fight against the railroads.
In concurring, Federal Judge Wol-
verton, of Oregon, practically decided
the Oregon case of like nature, which
comes up today in that state.
Judge Hanford dealt with the various
objections interposed by the railroad
attorneys and held that some of them
were matters for grave consideration
He directed that the order be pre
sented to him for signature this morn
ing at 8 o'clock, and fixed the bond at
1250.000 to protect the railroads in
-ase the Interstate Commerce commis
sion takes action in their favor.
When Judge Hanford concluded, F
C Dillare. special interstate commis
sion lawver for the Ilarriman roads,
sked if the roads would be punished
if they enforced the rate on lumber
concerns not parties to the defendant to
the action. The reply was in effect
that they would not. and the lumber
men Bre telegraphing evtry lumber
company not a partv to the action ad
vising that they order theirjawyera to
tile suit in intervention.
MEAD PROCLAIMS HOLIDAYS.
Bankers Have Two Days Set Aside
in Washington.
Olympia, Wash., Oct. 31. Governor
Mead yesterday at 10 o'clock iesued a
proclamation declaring yesterday and
today legal holidays. The issuance of
the proclamation came ae a decided sur
prise to the state officers, as the gover
nor had refused positively to take such
action. By telegram and long distance
calls lasting until after midnight re
quests were made that the holiday be
declared.
These requests were made on behalf
of the banks at Spokane,' Davenport,
Palouse, Pullman, Dayton, Ellensburg,
Colfax, Walla Walla, Vancouver, Che
lialis, Centralia, Aberdeen and Ho
quiam. The statement was made that
the banks which have balances deposit
ed in Portland and other cities were
unable to have the specie shipped and
feared the consequences of a run. The
holiday was asked to give time to se
cure the actual coin.
CONFIDENCE IN BANKS.
Portland Depositors Make no Attempt
to Withdraw Funds.
Portland, Oct. 31 .Portion 1 phowed
confidence in its banks yesterday to a
remarkable degree. There was no in
dication of a run at any of the institu
tions when they opened for bwiness at
the usual hour after the holiday. All
resumed business as usual with the ex
ception of the Title Guarantee & Trust
company, which preferred to take ad
vantage of the five-day hank holiday in
order that there might be no doubt as
to the legality of the business transact
ed. As real estate transactions come
up very largely in this bank, it was
thought best by President Ross to avoid
possible legal entanglements.
There was no uneasiness apparent
nbout the city yesterday, and the banks
were not pressed for money. In fact,
Taft Hurries Away.
Manila, Oct. 31. As the result of
voluminous cable correspondence be
tween President Roosevelt and Secre
tary Taft, it is understood that the lat
ter will leave Manila on November 2,
in order to reach Berlin at the earliest
possible date. It is impossible to com
municate with the secretary at present,
and the offieails here are reticent re
garding this change in his plans. It is
understood, however, that he will le-ave
here on tha flagship Rainbow. The
hasty departure of Mr. Taft will cut
short his tay one week.
Legal Holiday in California.
Sacramento, Csl., Oct. 31. Ata late
hour yesterday afternoon a message was
received that the capital from Governor
Gillette, who is at Eimka, announcing
that today will be declared a legal holi
day by proclamation and that a like
proclamation will follow each elay in
definitely until confidence in the finan
cial situation in this state has been re
stored to normal. The proclamation
will bo formally issued in the morning
bforer banking hours.
Say No Discrimination.
San Francisco, Oert. 31. The man
agement of the Southern Pacific denied
emphatically today that Oregon ship
pers were being favored in the matter
of car supplies as against California
shippers because of re-cent reciprocal
demurrage legislation in Oregon.
ROADS HIT BACK
Refuse Lumber Snipments Until Fur
ther Notice.
15ellingliam, Wash., Nov. 1. No
more lumber shipments will be received
by the Northern Pacific railroad in the
Northwest until further notice. This
is the order sent out to all agentB of the
company last night.
lhls mcne of the Ncnhein Tacifio is
expected to be followed by all the rail
roads affected by the injunction issued
by the federal court Ii Seattle Thurs
day night, making it compulsory on
the part of the railroads to charge the
old rate of 40 cents on lumber from
terminal points on the Pacific Coast
The railroads had issued a new eched
ule of rates that were to be effective
today. This new schedule was fought
by the lumbermen and resulted in the
issuance of the temporary injunction
The railroads have evidently found
another method of combatting the lum
bermen. The latest move is the refusal
to accept any shipments of lumber at
any rate. The roads figure they would
be taking too great a risk to allow the
excess freight to accumulate until
final decision on the rate is made, as
they say that litigation will ensue be
fore the matter is Bettled, and many
of the lumber firms may have gone out
ol business.
COURT SIGNS ORDER.
Grants Injunction Asked by the Oregon
Lumbermen.
Portland, Nov. 1. Following the de
cision lendered by the United States
Circuit Court at Seattle Wednesday,
Judge Wolverton, of the Federal court,
granted an injunction yeeterday re
Btraining the railroads from putting in
the advanced lumber rates to the Fast
until the merits of the case can be set
before the Interstate Commerce com
mission and a hearing be held. The
restraining order was asked by the Ore
gon & Washington Lumber Manufac
turers' association, and upon his return
frcm Seattle yesterday morning Judge
Wolverton announced mat the prayer
of the lumbermen would be granted.
Judge Wolverton ordered the associa
tion to put up a bond for $250,000 that
will be called for in the event the rail
roads finajly win. This money will be
used to pay the difference between the
present rates and the proposed tariffs,
should the railroads finally win.
Lumber companies in the state not
members o' the association are advised
to file suits in intervention as soon as
possible, in order that the railroads
will not be enabled to enforce the pro
posed freight rates on firms net parties
to the suit brought by the association.
The adv meed rates, as announced by
the railioadson all lumber shipments
to the Missouri and Mississippi rivers,
were to have gone into effect tO'lay,
but the injunction will postpone them
indefinitely. The increase was pub
lished some time ago and tariffs issued
by the railroads. Appeals were made
direct to the Interstate Commerce com
mission to postpone the enforcement
of the rate, but as no complaint was
before the commission, it could not act
upon the appeal.
MONEY IS EASIER.
Acute Stage of Financial Crisis Over
in East.
New York, Nov. 1. Indications that
the available supply of cash would be
materially increased wthin a short time
with imports of gold and the increase
of the hank note circulation, and that
the movement of cotton and grain crops
would be facilitated in every way pos-
ible. w ith the result of increasing our
credits abroad, were tho salient feat
ures of totlay's financial situation. It
seeme'd to De recognized everywnere
that the acute stage of the crisis was
over and that all that remained was to
obtain sufficient currency to resume
currency payments upon a broad scale
and thus to restore conditions prevail
ing before the crisis.
The engagements of gold made in
New York, Chicago and elsewhere
brought up the total import movement
within the past week to $23,750,000.
As the amount of gold will afford a
basis of credit to four times the
amount, or about $95,000,000, it will
in itself afford much relief to the ex
isting pressure.
Harvard Angers Germans.
New York, Nov. 1 . Special dis
patches say that some comment has
been raised in the American colony in
Berlin by the fact that Harvard univer
sity has sent as this year's "exchange
professor" a Britisher instead of an
American. The professor in question
is William Henry Schotield, who was
born a Canadian and is a eubject of
King Edward. It is feared in Amer
ican quarters that Harvard by its ac
tion has mixed up the plans of the
kaiser for a German-Amerie'an educa
tional experiment.
Rumors of Annexation.
Seattle, Wash., Nov. 1. Failure on
the part of the Dominion government
tc give relief to British Columbia from
the incoming hordes of Orientals may
one day lead to that pait "f the British
domain being joined to the United
States. Of all the questions before the
people of British Columbia, flip immi
gration issue is by far tho most im
portant. All foreigners corning into
Canada by way of the Pacific must en
ter MironghYktoria or Vancouver.
Chinese Come in Via Mexico.
Mexico City, Nov. 1. Aeewding to
a dispatch to the Record, since the
first of the year there have arrived at
the port of Salina Cruz 4,763 Chinese.
Of this total, two-thirds have for their
destination the United States. A great
many of these foreigners seem to have
at one time lived in the United States
and are laboring under the impression
that they can get in again.
HAPPENINGS GATHERED IN AND
AROUND WASHINGTON. D. C.
WANT TWO MORE BIG SHIPS.
Naval Officers Expect Appropriation
for 20,000-Ton Battleships.
Washington, Nov. 1. It is the opin
ion of naval officers genera ly that con
gress, at the coming cess on, should
provide for two new 20,000-ton battle
sh pa, to be companion ships to those
recently placed under contract. Navy
men believe it is a good idea to bu-i Id
up the naval force in units of four ships
each, each ship of the unit to be identi
cal with the other three. If this policy
could be adopted, the navy cculd be
enlarged more rapidly than if the plans
are continually changed. Fer instance,
if the necessary appropriations could
be obtained for two ships of this type,
contracts could be let for them ncjt later
than the first of next August, and they
would follow along less than a year be
hind the ships recently contracted for.
If there should be any radical change
In shipbuilding before the next con
tracts could be awarded, the officers
concede that the government would be
justified in modifying its plans. For
the present these officers are content
with 20,000-ton battleships, and are
not favorable to the immediate con
struction of ships of 22,500 or 25,000
tons, unless congress should see fit to
appropriate for more than two battle'
ships at the approaching session, and
no one looks for any such abnormal ap
propriations at this time. If congress
authorizes two new battleships in the
next naval appropriation bill it will be
doing more than many friends of the
navy expect. There is a general feel
ing that congress will rather be in
clined to hold down naval appropria
tion, and authorize one rather than two
battleships.
Trails in Rainier Forest
Washington, Nov. 2. Supervisor G.
F. Allen, of the Rainier National for
est, Washington, has just been author-
zed to expend $1,750 for the construc-
tron of trails, cabins and pastures -in
his forest. The money is now avail
able and the work will be begun at
once, lhe greater part ol the amount
authorized will be used for building a
fine trail system which will increase
the effectiveness of the ranger force in
all lines of work. Lack of trails in the
Rainier forest has heretofore caused the
loss of considerable time to forest offi
cers traveling between important
points.
Conditions Scare Officers.
Washington, Oct. 31. So serious are
conditions in the army that as soon as
congress convenes it will be asked to
correct wrongs that menace the entire
organization. The facts were admitted
todav at the War department. Deser
tions are on the increase; the standard
of recruits far too low; pay is too
small; there is too much promotion by
favoritism; enthusiasm is lacking; fear
of tropical service is general and the
absence of the canteen has led to drunk
enness and disgrace. These state
ments are made in officers' reports.
Will Settle Quarrel.
Washington, Oct. 30. Secretary
Taft, who has left Manila to visit Subig
bay, goes to endeavor to reconcile a dif
ference of opinion between the armv
and navy respecting the continuance of
expenditure on a large scale for the
fortification of that place. Several
years ago a naval board decided that
ubig bay should be the main naval
base. Recently, however, the army
engineers have decided tbatt Subig bay
is practically indefensible.
Railroads Aid Favorites.
Washington, Nov. 2. In a com
plaint filed before the Interstate Com
merce commission 223 railroads and
transportation companies are made de
fendants by the wholesale drygoods
dealers of Wichita.- The complaints
allege discrimination against Wichita
in favor of Topeka and Kansas City in
shipments from the Atlantic seaboard.
Pensioners in the Northwest.
Washington, Oct. 30. Tho annual
report of the commissioner of pensions
shows that on June 30. 1907. there
were 7,798 pensioners in Oregon draw-
ng annual pensions aggregating $1,-
021 545. In Washington there were
10,393 pensioners, drawing $1,352,634
n Idaho, 2,205, drawing $292,296, and
n Alaska 68, drawing $9,699.
Oklahoma as a State.
Washington, Oct. 31. President
Roosevelt will proclaim Oklahoma a
tate or Saturday. November 16. The
resident made this announcement to-
lay to Governor Frantz, who brought
to Washington a certified copy of the
new constitution.
Oregon Railway Mail-Clerks.
Washington, Oct. 31. Melton Ver
non, ot rortland; Ralph W. Knott, of
Albany; J. C. Cooper, Thomas E.
Thompson, A. R. Leta and F. E. Sco
ville, of Tortland, are appointed rail
way mail clerks.
Government Buys Silver.
Washington, Nov. 1 .The Treasury
department today purchased 200. 000
ounces of silver at 60 941 cents per fine
ounce, 100,000 ounces to lie delivered
at New Orleans and 100,000 ounces in
San Francisco.
New Rural Crrriers Named.
Washington, Oct. 31. W. E. Child
has been appointed regular, Sherman
Lyon substitute rural carrier, route 2,
at Barton, Oregon.
Rural Carrier at Sunset.
Washington, Nov. 2. David M. Me-
Cance has been appointed regular, and
George Mills substitute, rural carrier,
route 1, at Sunset, Wa&h. (
SWELTER TRUST NEXT.
Prosecution Will Follow Completion
of Tobacco Case.
Washington, Oct. 30. If the govern
ment is successful in its seizure of 8,
760,000 cigarettes from the tobacco
trust at Norfolk, Virginia, under the
Sherman anti-trust law, one of its next
proceedings will be against the Guggen
heim smelter trust, of which the Fede
ral Mining & Smelting company, oper
ating in Washington and Idaho, is a
constituent. Charles Sweeney, of Spo
kane, one of the directors of the Fede
ral company, is heavily interested in
Portland realty.
When questioned regarding the gov
ernment's action relative to other
trusts, if successful against the tobacco
corporation, a responsible official In
the department of justice replied:
"The government will not be limited
with reference to any other trust.
"What about the Standard Oil and
the smelter trust?"
"The government will not be limited
with reference to any other trust," the
official reiterated.
An investigation has been going on
into the smelter trust for many months.
The government has a mass of evi
dence. If it proceeds against the smel
ter trust and the Federal company it
will seize all interstate car3 controlled
by the Guggenheims in all their con
stituent companies.
ARE GOING BEYOND.
Civil War Pensioners Decrease Rap
idly During 1907.
Washington, Oct. 29. The decrease
of 18,600 in the number of pensicnera
on the rolls at the end of the fiscal year
1907, as compared with the year previ
ous, is the feature of the annual report
of Pension Commissioner Warner just
issued. This is the greatest decrease
in the history of the pension bureau.
The total number of pensioners June
30, 1907, was 967,371, and the total
value of the pension roll at that date
was $140,850,880. This is greater by
$4,613,131 than the value of the roll
for the year previous and is accounted
for by the higher rates of pensions pro
vided for by the act of February, 1907,
under which act there had been enroll
ed June 30 of the present year 116,239
pensioners.
The total number of pensioners on
the roll on account of the war with
Spain was 24,077.
Army Activity in Philippines.
Washington, Oct. 29. There are
strong surface indications that import
ant military developments are looked
for in the Philippine islands in the
near future. Chief among the things
pointing to that conclusion is the fact
that Major General Leonard Wood,
commanding that military division, and
Brigadier General Tasker H. Bliss, com
manding the department of Mindanao,
have asked for further service m the
archipelago. General Wood will start
for the United States next month by
way of Europe to take command of the
department of the east at New York.
After a brief stay it- the United States,
General Wood plans to return to the
islands and resume command. Gene
ral Bliss also lias asked that he be con
tinued in command of the Philippines
for another two years, follow. ng his
present term of service in the islands.
Utes Growing Restive.
Washington, Oct. 31. The tribe of
Ute Indians which more than a year
ago wandered away from its reservation
on in Utah and threatened trouble in
Colorado and Wyoming bv threatening
to take the warpath and raid ranches,
is reported to have again broken out on
the Cheyenne River reservation, in
South Dakota, where the tribe was
given temporary quarters. At the re-
' quest of the secretary of the interior,
i the War department today ordered
l troops from Fort Meade to the scene of
the trouble.
Millions Are Divorced.
Washington, Oct. 31. An aggregate
of 1,300,000 divorce cases during the
past 20 years will be shown by a report
being prepared at the "census bureau.
A total of 2,900 clerks and special
aeents have been at work for months
j gathering this data, and about 4U are
I still encaged in the task. There are
J about 40,000 cases to be investigated
out of the number stated before the
field woik is finished and the work of
compilation proper can begin.
Roosevelt 49 Years Old
Washington, Oct. 31. Sunday was
President Roosevelt's 49th birthday.
No celebration marked the event. He
did not depart from his customary Sun
day program of worship, work and rec
reation. The elay was spent at the
White House fireside in a quiet family
rejoicing. Congratulations in large
numbers by mail, telegraph and tele
phone were ree-eived at the White
House during the day.
More Government Forest.
Washington, Oct. 31. ; The presi
dent has ordered the withdrawal of 34,
965 acres of land in Trinity, Shasta and
Glenn counties, California, along the
eastern border of the Trinity national
forest, and it is proposed to add this
acreage to the forest.
Special Land-Grant Lawyer.
Washington, Oct. 30. It is an
nounced that Tracy C. Becker, an at
torney of Buffalo, will be arpointed ;
special assistant attorney general to
review the Southern Pacific land grant (
cases in California and Oregon.
PORTLAND BANKS OPEN.
No Coin or Currency to be Sent Outj
of Town.
Portland, Oct. 30. Portland banks
will open this morning for business,
but transactions will be effected through
the clearing house, on the ame basis
tha United tstates. Only in case of
taking care of payrolls or where money
h urgently needed will the banks pay
out coin or currency. Business will be
done in checks, and clearing house cer
tificates will be the medium between
banks.
The clearing house association held
two meetings yesterday and discussed
this plan of resuming bus ness. The
bankers mei early in th6 forenoon and
again at 4 p. m. At the latter meet
ing the plan was definitely adopted, it
being set forth in detail in a resolution
unanimously adopted by the members
in adopting this course, Portland ib
following the precedent established by
other cities of the country in the pres
ent times of stress. No currency will
be shipped tc out-of-town correspond
ents by Tortland banks as long as the
present conditions continue, and sav
ings banks of the city will enforce the
requirement that depositors give notice
of their intention to withdraw their
deposits.
lhe clearing house plan or carrying
on business works well in other cities
of the country during the present scar
city of currency, and local bankers be
lieve it will be of great value here in
supplying legal tender until normal
conditions are restored. That thia sub
stitute for money need not be in effect
very long is also believed.
PRICES WILL DROP.
Cudahy the Packtr Looks for Change
Soon.
Chicago, Oct. 30. Relaxation from
the strain of high prices in foodstuffs,
which will soon undergo a reduction of
approximately 10 per cent, was the
forecast made by local jobbers and mer
chants today. Predictions credited to
Edward A. Cudahy, of Omaha, who
said his company had reduced its prices
10 per cent, inspired Chicago dealers to
voice expressions calculated to cheer
the average consumer. In some in
stances reductions are looked for within
a few days, but there is no general
move just now to put lower prices into
effect.
With the proposed cut in meat comes
the announcement that the price of
butter socn will reach a point which
will take that commodity out of the
luxury class, where it long has been
placed.
According to Daniel Coyne, of the
commission firm of Coyne Bros., butter
now selling at 26 cents wholesale will
r?ach 25 cents before the end of the
week. Eggs, according to Mr. Coyne,
soon will recede irom their present
wholesale price of 25 cents per dozen.
Local pacKers express no surprise at
the prediction made by Mr. Cudahy,
some declaring that the general de
crease in the price of meat may exceed
10 per cent. Louis F. Swift, president
of Swift & Co., points to a drop of 25
cents in cattle this week, an indication
that retailers should sell cheaper.
RUEF WAS SHADOWED.
Detective Watched When He Went to
Ford's Office.
San Francisco, Oct. 30. It is likely
that arguments of counsel in the Tirey
L. Ford bribery case will be begun to
day. Assistant District Attorney Hen
ey announced at the adjournment of
court yesterday that he expects to close
the ease for the prosecution by 11
o'clock this morning. This means that
Abe Ruef will not be called as a wit
ness. The prosecution yesterday placed on
the stand a new and important witness
in the person of Robert H. Peters, an
assistant to William J. Burns. He
testified to having shadowed Ruef to
Ford's office in .the United Railroads
carbarns on Auguet 23, 1906, the day
on which Ford withdrew from the
branch mint that last $100,000 of the
$200,000 fund allegedly used to buy the
passage of the trolley ordinance. Rep
resentatives of several San Francisco
banks testified to the non-deposit by
the United Railroads, Calhoun, Mul
laly, Ford or Abbott of the $200,000 in
issue.
Confer on Charity Organization.
New York, Oct. 30. Announcement
is made by the Charity Organization
society of its program for the general
conference on the welfare of the poor,
to be held in conjunction with the
twentv-fifth anniversary of the organ
ization on November 19, 20 and 21.
Representatives of various charitible
societies from all pirts of the country
will be present. The opening session
will be held in Carnegie Hall. Gov
ernor Charles E. Hughes will be the
chief speaker, followed by Dr. Emil
Muensteiberg, of Berlin.
More Sun Spots.
Pittsburg, Oct. 30. Fields of sun
sp ts. greater than have heretofore
been known, have been discovered by
Dr. John A. Brasher, the astronomer,
at the Allegheny observatory. Like the
previous appearance of the sun spots,
some magnetic or atmospheric disturb
ance on the earth may be expected, ac
cording to the scientist, but how exten-1
sive it w ill becanno be estimated ur-
til further observations have been
made.
Hawaii Raises More Sugar.
Honolulu, Oct. 3'1. Hawaii's sugar
crop for 1907 is the largest in the
bistorv of the is'an!s. It amounts to
420,000 tons
Nest vrnr's oron nrom- '
! iscs to be 575.000 ton-. This larce in-
iscs to be 575.000 ton
crease is due to the extension of acreage
and irrigation.
PROCLAMATION
BY GOVERNOR
'
()reg0n Banks tO ClOSC Five DjyS tO
Gel Money From East.
Holidays Will Tide Over Any Darger
of Distrest Action of Portlar d
Clearing House Necessitated by
Refusal of Eastern Banks to Honor
Credit Balances.
Salem, Or., Oct. 29. By order of a
proclamation issued late last night by
Governor Chamberlain, Oregon banks
will enjoy five business holidays, in
which interim it is expected that the
situation in the East will become more
clarified and the coast banks will be
enabled to secure the cash balances due
them from New York.
This action was taken at the instance
of the Portland clearing house commit
tee, which met last evening to talk over
the situation with Governor Chamber
Iain. The bankers arrived in the city
by special car.
Briefly stated, the situation as de
scribed to the governor is that Oregon
banks have heavy deposits of cash in
the East and the Eastern banks refuse
upon any conditions to send money
West in payment of demands. There
has been no run or indication of a run
by depositors upon Portland banks.
Believing that in one week they can
effect a satisfactory arrangement with
county banks and also arrarge for the
shipment of money due them from the
East, the banks asked that the remain
der of this week be made a legal holi
day. November 2, the last day men
tioned in the proclamation, is Satur
day. Monday will therefore be the
next banking day.
It is understood that the Portland
bankers sent telegrams to all banks in
the state notifying them of the issu
ance of the proclamation. The purpose
is to prevent calls for money from
country banks, induce them to close for
the week and bring them together in an
arrangement that will satisfy demands
before' next Monday. That Portland
banks are solvent and in fact werejnev
er in better condition than they are
today, was asserted by the bankers wW
waited upon the governor.
Governor Chamberlain at first doubt
ed the wisdom of the action requested
by the Portland bankers, but when the
situation regarding the locking up of
funds in the East was explained and
the necessity ol checking any stringen
cy which might arise as a result of this
in the West, Mr. Chamberlain readily
complied.
SAYS IT IS ON THE BOOKS.
Witness in Ford Trial Testifies That
Bribe Money Is Entered.
San Francisco, Oct. 29. Such rapid
progress was made yesterday by the
prosecution in the Ford bribery trial
that if the defense, adopting its proced
ure in the former trial, declines to put
in any evidence, the case should be in
the hands of the jury within the week.
Twelve witnesses were examined, all
but the last one of whom were conclud
ed with. George Wilcutt, secretary
and controller of the United Railroads,
testified to the unconcealed surprise
and manifest distrust of the prosecu
tion that the books of the street car
corporation do carry as entries the
$200,000 with which Ford and Ruef are
alleged to have bribed the supervisorrs
to pass the trolley franchise. The wit
ness was directed to produce the corpor
ation's journal and ledger.
Ends Land Grant Inquiry.
Portlnd, Oct. 29. B. D. Townsend,
Special United States Attorney for Ore
gon, will complete ms investigation or.
the Oregon & California (Southern Pa
cific) railroad grant in this state in a
few days, when he will submit his re
port to United States Attorney General
Bonaparte. Mr. Townsend will not
discuss the result of his investigation,
which has covered several months and
has included a careful research of all
the records and documents pertaining
to the grant and its terms.
Charles Deere, Plowman.
Chicago, Oct. 29. Charles H. Deere,
of Moline, head of the great plow and
implement company founded by his
father, John Deere, died at the Lakota
hotel in this city after a lengthy illness.
He was immensely wea'thy and a great
power in his home city and commun
ity. The little business founded by h;s
father has grown to vast proportions,
with branches in St. Louis, Dallas,
New Orleans, Kansas City, Denver,
Omaha, Portland, Indianapolis, San
Francisco and Minneapolis. He was
prominent in polities.
Utes Said to Issue Defy.
Pierre, S. D., Oct. 9. Parties from
the Cheyenne river agency report that
troops are now marching toward the
Ute camp and expect to reach it to
night or tomorrow. The Utes are well
armed and say they will fight if any
effort is made to compel them to send
their children to school or to work. A
snecial from Stureis, S. D., where Fort
Meade is located, says that late reports
indicate that the Sioux Indian police
already have the L tea under control
Buys Bar Gold in London.
London, Oct. 29. The United States
secured all the bar gold offered today
in the market, totaling nearly $3,000,
000. The price pai l was $19.50. This
is 31., cents hither than previous qno-
tations. indie-ating the keenness of the
competition. Both Paris and London
bid against the United States.