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MAGNATES TRY TO KIDNAP RUEF riot Was Only Discovered In Time to Thwart It. Indicted Man Realize They Mutt Get ex-Boss Out of Way at All Haz ard He Has Played Prosecution False From Very Beginning and Will Now Get the Limit. San Francisco, Jan. SO. An attempt to kidnap Abe Ruef from the county jail and epirlt him away wan unearthed last night by Sheriff Larry Dolan. The "details of the plot wereevealed by one of the guards, who had eeen the prepa rations. The plot was being engineered . by the indicted magnates, who recog nise that they must get Ruef out of the way at all hazards to save themselves. In the midst of the denunciation be ing heaped upon ,the graft prosecution by Patrick Calhoun and his fellows in indictment has come a clear light show ing that the prosecution stands at the present moment as strong as, if not stronger, than ever. AbeRuef's trial will be pressed with -vigor. ' Then he will be sentenced to 14 years in prison. He may at once be placed on trial again and his sentence raised to 28 years. Then Patrick Cal houn will be put on trial and Ruef dragged frem the prison to teetify. This arrangement has been made necessary by the discovery that Ruef nd the indicted magnates were nego tiating during the very time that Ruef was under guard. The plot has been unearthed by Special Agent William J. Burns, and it includes the insinuation that Ruef had an advance tip on the decision of the Appellate court, which quashed the indictment against him. With this information, Ruef, believing that he would be turned loose, sudden ly loot his memory on all matters that would tend to incriminate Calhoun and -other indicted magnates. HALL ON STAND. Testimony Is Vigorous Denial of Con spiracy Charges. Portland, Jan. 30. For over three hours yeeterday John II. Hall, ex-United States attorney, testified in defense -of the alleged conspiracy charged in the indictment on which he is being tried in the Federal court. He vigorously denied that he had ever entered into a conspiracy or an illegal agreement with Steiwer and his associates or with any body else. He asserted that at no time had he ever been unfaithful to his trust as a prosecuting officer for the govern ment, neither had he ever been dilatory in prosecuting all violations of the law that had been reported to him and sup ported by the necessary evidence. Mr. Hall will probably complete his testi mony this morning and the cross ex amination of the witness by Heney will follow. Aside from the final argu ments to the jury, Heney's cross exam ination of Hall promises to be the feat ure of the trial. Judge Webster, counsel for Mr. Hall, said last night that he would probably call only one witness when the witness finished his testimony, although it is understood Steiwer will be recalled for further cross examination. Heney will offer some testimony in rebuttal when 1he defense has concluded its case, so that the final arguments cannot begin before tomorrow afternoon and prob ably not until Saturday. Blame for Theater Fire. Boyertown, Pa., Jan. 30. The pry which has been Investigating the disas trous fire at the Rhoades opera house, turned in a verdict at 1 o'clock this morning, in part as follows: "We are of the opinion that Mrs. Munroand the deputy factory inspector are largely responsible for the disaster, owing to negligence. We request the prosecut ing attorney of Burke county to arreEt and if possible convict Mrs. Munro, owner of the stereoptican machine, and Harry M. Bechtel, the deputy fccory inepecor, on the charge of criminal negligence." Big Increase in Pensions. Washington, Jan. 30. A general pension bill, which, if ratified, will increase the pension roll by about $12, 000,000, has been introduced by the chairman of the committee on invalid pensions. The bill provides for the payment of a pension of $12 a month, instead of $8, as at present, to all wid ows of veterans of the Mexican war, of the Indian wars, all widows of veterans of the Civil war married prior to June 27, 1890 and all widows of Spanish war veterans who died of disease contracted in the service. Riot in Lisbon. Lisbon, Portugal, Jan. 30. There was an outbreak of political rioting on the streets of this city this afternoon in which shota were fired and some people wounded. The disorders, how ever, were of short duration. The po lice had received warning in advance and they acted promptly. The crowd made use of revolvers and for a few moments the firing was heavy, t but it rapidly gave way and was disposed be fore a show of force. Band of Women Thieves. Lublin, Russian Poland, Jaa. 30. The police of this city have unearthed a band of robbers composed entirely of women and the leaders have been taken into custody. The women are said to be responsible'fop a long series of high way robberies." DRAWS NET CLOSE. Heney Has Evidence to Offset Hall's Testimony. Portland, Jan, 31. Francis J. Heney's cross-examination of John II. Hall yesterday materially strengthened the case of the go vernment. One letter, that will be followed by several others today, was introduced by Heney show ing that Hall in 1001 and 1A02, when frequent complaints were being re ceived against the Butte Creek com pany, took immediate and effective steps tow ardfl prosecuting settlers who had from 200 to 400 acres of govern ment land enclosed. The purpose ' of these letters is to show oonolusively that Hall did not molest Steiwer's company, whose enclosures of publlo land embraced about 20,000 acres. Neither were other large violators of the fencing law disturbed, either by civil or criminal proceedings. Further evidence, contradictory Of the testimony of Hall on direct exam ination, was offered by Heney at last night's session. It consistsed of a letter written by the department of justice to Hall in November, 1902, in response to a request from the department of the interior on the application of Special Inspector Greene, assigning Greene, to report to Hall for the specific purpose of investigating complaints of unlawful fencing by W. W. Brown In Harney and Lake counties, that had been re ported to the Interior department by Greene in the month of October, 1902. HURRY OREGON BUILDING. Beaver State Exhibit to Be in Place When Seattle Fair Opens. Seattle, Jan. 31. The Oregon state building for the Alaska-Yukon-Pacifio exposition will be finished and the ex hibit installed when the legislature meets next winter, according to the statementofW.il. Wehrung, chair man of the Oregon commission, who left for home tonight. "It is not our purpose to enter into a building contest with other states, but we'have decided to have Oregon's ex hibit in place several months before the exposition opens. When every thing is in readiness we shall bring the fact to the attention of our legislature and ask for an additional appropriation of $50,000 to make it better. The ap propriation already made is $100,000, one-half of which will be used in erect lag a building. "E. W. Rowe and I have been look ing over the ground allotted to Oregon for its exhibit, and we are immensely pleaeed. The site is on Nome Circle, just opposite the Washington state building, and the location could not have been more favorable. We shall go back and immediately arrange for letting the contract. According to our present plans, bids will be opened March 1, and the work on the building will be started by March 15." ATTEMPT TO FLY MEANS DEATH Rumor of Intended Escape Causes Orders to Shoot. San Francisco, Jan. 31. The Call says today: Warned by a persistent and well defined rumor that Abe Ruef, grown frantic on the eve of rial, has planned in detail an escape from custody to be accomplished on the lonely road be tween this city and the county jail. Sheriff Dolan has doubled the guard over the prisoner and has taken every precaution to prevent the carrying out of the suspected plot. Two deputy sheriffs, fully armed and with instructions to keep Ruef prisoner at any cost, now accompany him in his automobile during all the time he Is absent from the jail, and the strictest orders have been issued concerning the methods to be adopted at the first sus picious sign made by either the fallen boss or the chauffeur in charge of the car. Should Ruef attempt to put into exe cution the plan which it is believed has already been arranged, the first appear ance of a rescue party would be the sig nal for action by the deputy sheriffs to the end of preventing their prisoner ever leaving the automobile alive. Low Rate to Standard. Washington, Jan. 31. That a 6 cent per hundred pounds rate on shipments of oil from Whiting, Ind., to East St. Louis, was charged the Standard Oil company by the Chicago & Alton and Chicago, Burlingtcn & Quincy in the period between September 1, 1903, and June 30, 1905, was established today in the hearing of the suit of the govern ment for a dissolution of the Standard Oil company, by the testimony of Mr. Chandler, a special agent of the bureau of corporations. The total difference on 314 cars amounted to $17,297. Freezing Out Japanese. Los Angeles, Jan. 31. At least 200 Japanese have been dropped from ser v'ce at prominent hotels and leading clubs and in private families in South ern California in the last week. The movement has become general, cn the ground that the Japanese are "undesir able." On top of this has come the failure of many Japanese restaurants in this city. The prejudice against them has become so strong that they get lit tle patronage. Loss in Indianapolis SI.OOO.OOO. Indianapolis, Jan. 31. Fire in the warehouse of Henry Coburn & Co. early today caused a loss of $1,000,000, with insurance of $575,000. Over one hun dred firms with goods stored in the warehouse are losers. Marion county had stored $100,000 worth of voting machines, on which there was no insur ance. Six firemen were slightly hurt. PROCEEDINGS OF THE SIXTIETH SESSION OF NATIONAL LAWMAKERS Friday, January 31. Washington, Jan. 31. After the reading of the president's message, the senate devoted today to further consid eratioa of the bill revising the criminal laws of the United States. The first nading was concluded, including all paragraphs to which no objection has developed. When the measure is next taken up, sections involving amend ments to the law and others to which objections have been made will be con sidered. Senator Nelson introduced a local op tion bill today applicable to Alaska. Washington, Jan. 31. The house today passed 288 pension bills and then took up the Indian appropriation bill. Representative French today intro duced a bill proposing to amend the constitution by granting the right of franchise to. women. The house is awaiting with interest a speech from Cushman, of Washington, who now wears the title of "Humorist of the House." His colleagues look to him for at least one "funny" speech each session. A favorable report on the Townsend arbitration bill by the committee. The bill provides for the appointment by the president of a commission to inves tigate each dispute between capital or labor of such magnitude as to inter fere with interstate traffic. Thursday, January 30. Washington, Jan. 30. The senate today held a short session during which Senator Aldrich reported his banking bill from the committee on finance, which he announced he would call up for consideration on Monday, February 10. Mr. Aldrich said that the committee had under consideration some amend ments to the bill relating to railroad bonds, and probably would suggest them at a later day. He explained that the bill was the bill of the major ity of the committee and that members of the minority might have a substi tute to offer later. Senator Bourne introduced a bill pro viding for the sale at public auction or sealed bids of reserved land in the Si- letx Indian reservation and appropriat ing $300,000 for purchase. Senator Gore introduced a bill pro hibiting the granting of restraining or ders by Federal courts in cases between employer andjemploye unless it is ne cessary to prevent injury to the prop erty of the applicant. Washington, Jan. 30. The ap proaching trial in this city of Hyde, Diamond, Benson and Schneider, charged with conspiracy to defraud the government out of public lands in Pa cific coast territory, provoked consider able discussion in the house today in the course of the consideration of the urgent deficiency appropriation bill. The bill carries a provision requiring that the expenses of the trial ehall be borne entirely by the United States, but it was stricken out on a point of order by Mann, of Illinois. Wednesday, January 29. Washington, Jan. 29. The senate was entertained today by a series of animated comments on the method adopted by Secretary of the Treasury Cortelyou in placing before the senate his reply to the resolution calling for notification relative to the operations of the Treasury department in connection with the financial disturbance. The secretary had had the introductory part of his reply printed, and copies of the pamphlet were on the desks of all sen ators, which was declared by Demo cratic senators to be without precedent. The Seattle exposition bill was given a black eye when it was passed over under rule nine. This means that hereafter the bill can be considered only when a majority of the senate votes to take it up. The senate passed a bill to reorgan ize the corps of dental surgeons attach ed to the army. Senator Hopkins introduced a joint resolution proposing an amendment to the constitution prohibiting polygamy in the United States. Washington, Jan. 29. The need of an American merchant marine as an auxiliary to the navy formed the prin cipal topic of discussion in the house today during the consideration of the urgent deficiency appropriation bill. The debate was precipitated by Little field, of Maine, who questioned the legality of the provision appropriating $1,000,000 to supply a deficiency of coal for the navy caused by transfer of the battleship fleet from the Atlantic to the Pacific- He criticised congress for its failure to make appropriations for a merchant marine. The bill was still under consideration when the house adjourned. Tuesday, January 28. Washington, Jan. 28. The senate tsday ordered that the privileges of the floor be extended to Benito Legarda. and Pablo Oeambo. resident commis sioners appointed by the Philippine as sembly. Experiment Farm in Umatilla. Washington, Jan. 30. Representa tive Ellis today again took up with the reclamation service the question of es tablishing an experimental farm in the Umatilla irrigation project to demon strate the best method of irrigation and the best crops to plant. He was told that 40 acres had been set aside for this purpose. Later he was assured by the secretary of agrioulture that his department would at once take charge i by the fact that the elections for presi of the farm. dent are to be held soon. I Senator Heyburn's bill, granting leave of absence to settlers on govern ment irrigation projects who have been able to get water, was passed. The bill appropriating $25,000 to re survey the Washington-Idaho line was passed. Washington, Jan. 28. Representa tive McGavin, of Illinois, in the house today attacked the custom of American girls marrying titled foreigners. He said 1 e had no particular person in view, but went on to say that "women are sacrificing their souls and their honor on the altar of snobbery and vice." He maintained that every day is a bargain day in New York, "where you can buy anything from a yard of ribbon to a pound of flesh." Mr. McGarvin was speaking on the bill to tax dowries and titled husbands His remarks were made under the li cense of general debate and at times they provoked laughter and applause. The urgent deficiency bill was the prin cipal topic of debate today, although no great progress was made. This was the lor gee t session of the house. Monday, January 27. Washington, Jan. 27. Greatly to the surprise of everyone, the subject of slavery was introduced in the senate today. Secretary Taft was directly charged with having a knowledge of si very in the Philippine islands. The debate was made pertinent by the sec tions of the bill revising the criminal code of the United States which pro vide penalties for dealing in slaves. iiale asserted that such provisions should be stricken out, as he regarded slavery as obsolete in the United States and could see no reason for referring to it. zieyburn, in charge ol tne bill, con tended for the retention of the provi sion, saying that there are lorms oi sla very other than those abolished by the Civil war. Washington, Jan. 27. The financial question was discussed in the house to day by Fowler, chairman of the com mittee cn banking and currency, in an exhaustive speech in which he opposed bond secured currency and the proposi tion looking to the establishment of a central bank. He used for his text the bill introduced by him early in the present month providing, among other things, for bank redemption districts, which, he argued, would meet national emergencies. Fowler declared the United States had the worst financial and currency process in the world, instead of the best. , The Indian appropriation bill was reported to the house today by Mr. Sherman, chairman of the house com mittee on Indian affairs. The bill carries a total appropriation of $8,215, 697. REPORT TO BE FAVORABLE Fulton's Bill Regulating Railroads Re ceives Support. Washington, Feb. 3. Northwestern senators who united in supporting Sen ator Fulton's amendment to the inter state commerce act, prohibiting rail roads from enforcing any increased in terstate rate prior to the determination of its reasonableness by the Interstate Commerce commission, have been very busy during the past week, so much so that the Interstate Commerce commis sion has agreed to report favorably the bill. When Senator Fulton appeared be fore the committee early in the week, he was told that the railroads were de manding a hearing and that the com mittee would not act on the bill until a full hearing could be granted. This meant that the bill would be pushed aside and go unacted upon, at least this session. The Northwest men were de termind to get action that they finally induced the committee to waive hear ings on condition that the bill be amend ed giving the Interstate Commerce com mission the right to determine what in creased rates should become operative without action on their part and what should be investigted before becoming effective. The compromise bill was framed by a subcommittee Saturday afternoon. PUT UP MONITOR AS TARGET Washington, Jan. 28. Encouraged by the valuable result believed to have been obtained by the British admiralty in the spectacular sinking of the old battleship Hero by modern gun fire lately, the Navy department has deter mined upon a similar experiment, though not one to be carried out to the same point. A Bingle-turreted monitor is to be made a target for the big 12 in:h rifles of a battleship, and the ex periment will take place in the waters of Chesapeake bay or the Potomac river. It is not the purpose to destroy the monitor, which was built only about 10 years ago, but the gun fire will be directed against one of her turrets. Much mechanism is contained in the turret and information is desired as to the effect of actual gun fire upon this controlling machinery. Election Causes Uprising. Washington, Jan. 29. Rumors of an uprising or an invasion in Honduras has reached the State department. De tails are lacking but it is believed the leaders of the movement are persons who were driven out of Honduras into Guatemala during the last revolutionary outbreak. The revival of the attempt to overthrow the goernment at this ; time is believed to have been inspired 8CENES IN EUROPE. President of Washington State 8chool Tells His Experiences. Following is the address delivered by President E. A. Bryan, of the state col lege, to the wheatgrowers of Washing ton at their recent meeting in Pullman, in which he recited various observa tions he had made during his recently completed trip abroad: "The one thing that impressed me while in Europe was the fact that we Americabs do not fully realize the greatness of our own land, and its op portunities, and the greatness and op portunities of our own people as com pared with our'brethen in Europe. The opportunity for the average man is so much greater that we can hardly con ceive the difference. In Europe a man is born in a cla?s from where he cannot escape, and he accordingly fits bimeelf for that classe. There is stratification after stratification, and it is practically impossible for an individual to pass from class to class ; and think that the freedom of the American people is one of the greatest things which we have here. "In Italy the poverty and distress were very interesting, although it ex cited the greatest pity. It seemed as if there were no end of beggars. They begged in almost every way imagina ble. Whole families could be seen begging together by means of musical instruments. In one case I noticed a woman holding an umbrella upside down to catch the coppers, while the father played the guitar, and the child ren each played some sort of musical instrument, and all were begging. Sev eral husky looking fellows dived into the sea to get coppers worth about a half cent, and begged the people to throw the coppers in. It seemed as if one-half of the population lived off the other half. "I was very much interested in the horses. The average horse in Paris for the heavy draft work is a very good an imal indeed. There were great num bers of magnificent stallions that would have sold in this market for from two thousand to three thousand dollars, and they were all of a very high type. One thing that impressed me both in London and Paris was that the average coach horse was a much larger fellow than we have been accustomed to see for that work. I think that we people here in America should look toward breeding a larger animal that we have in the past, and unless we watch our selves, we will be inclined to breed down. In Naples there were many cab horses, and about ninety per cent of the cab horses driven were stallions. One thing that was very interesting to me was that they do not use the bit. They A A 1 4. A 11 . use an instrument tnai nts over tne nose, and above the nostril is apiece which extends out about three inches, and when pulling a horse to stop, they pull on the nose. "In going up the liber river north of Rome, almost every wagon that I met was being drawn by oxen, either by tandem, or with a yoke. The oxen were an very strong lenows, quite large, well built, and had huge horns rising above their heads. There did not seem to be the beef type of cattle, nor was there any milk type. I sup pose their cows, were, of course, used for milking purposes, but they were not apparently bred to either type, but rather to the ox type. "The poorer class of Italians do not know what it is to have meat in any quantity. ' The average man is'too poor to be able to buy beef, as they would have to pay not less than twenty-two cents a pound for it. Kids are used for fleBh there a great deal. The swine there were very large, and rather more of the type of the bacon hog than like our Berkshires or Poland Chinas. They use goats' milk a great deal, and es pecially in Naples. In the morning you would see women and men driving goats around from place to place, as the customer has the privilege of hav ing the operation of milking performed in his presence. The goat selected is milked, and in many cases you will see a goat being taken up in an elevator, or up a stairway, wherever the customer may be, and then milked in his pres ence. "In Italy the tillage is of a very in tensified kind. There, many of the Italians have their own vegetable gar den, and raise their own vegetables. Here we pay twelve or fifteen cents a head for cauliflower, and in Italy you can buy a dozen heads of cauliflower for six cents, and that will make it clear why the Italian is able to live on a vegetable diet so well. The people train their vineyards upon trees, and in many cases there is hardly any top to the trees, as they had been cut dewn to stumps for the vines to climb on. I did not get a decent apple to eat until I was on board the ship, and had come Oregon apples served to me." Iloraeradlah Smcf. For cold meat To four tablespoon fuls of freshly grated horseradish add I heaped teaspoonful of granulated near, half a teaspoonful of salt, a flash of pepper and two teaspoonfuls of nrenared mustard. Add vinegar to make It amooth and creamy. To serve with hot meats, add two tablespoon fills of thick cream and heat In a dish et In boiling water. Do not let the Baked In Tomato. Select round, smooth tomato of uni form size. Out a thin sllco from th top of each and with a" teaspoon scoop out enough of the pulp to admit an egg. Season the cavities with aolt and popper and a tiny pinch of onion or parsley. Drop an egg into each. Set the tomatoes Into a well-buttered pan, to which a very little water baa been added and bake about fifteen minutes. Season with butter and serve each to mato on a slice of delicately brown toosL HENEY PROVES HALL'S INACTION Clients ot Senator Fulton Were Never Drought to Trial. Burke and Gotlin Indicted on Perjury Charge but Never Prosecuted Senator Fulton Secured "I heir Re lease, Knowing They Had Mad Unlawful Filings. Portland, Jan. 28. Senator Fulton was again dragged into the conspiracy case of John H. Hall and Edwin Mays yesterday by Special Prosecutor Heney. By the testimony of W. E. Burke and William G. Goslin, former agents for A. B. Hammond, timberland specu lator, and at one time president of the Astoria & Columbia River railroad, it was shown that late in 1899 and during 1900 Fulton appeared as attorney for Burke and Goslin and two others, who had been indicted by Hall on a charge of conspiracy to defraud the govern ment by perjury. Burke and Goslin testified that in September, 1899, they induced 20 tran sient male residents of the North End to file on as many timberland claims for a consideration of $2 each for their services, with the express understand ing that the claims so filed on should be held for a time and relinquished. when Burke and Goslin, representa tives of Hammond, procured lieu land scrip to cover the land included in the relinquishments. Only the prelimi nary facts by which Fulton, as attorney fer Hammond and his various interests, will be associated with this transaction were brought out yesterday, but Heney promises by the introduction of further evidence this monring conclusively to prove not only that Fulton appeared in a legal capacity for the men indicted, but that Hall, as United States attor ney, failed to prosecute the alleged per jurers, althouh he had full knowledge of the unlawful filings. RAILROADS ASK FOR TIME. Want to Test Law Against Owning of Coal Mines. Washington, Jan. 2S. The operating vice presidents of many of the large railroads of the country were received by President Roosevelt yesterday- and presented a request that in execution what is known as the comity amend ment of the railroad rate law bill one case be brought against the roads by the government, this case to be finally disposed of by the Supreme court of the United States. This, if agreed to by the government, would mean that the railroads owning coal producing lands would not sell them by May next, as required by law, but could operate them as heretofore until the disposal of the test cases. The law in question is regarded by the roads as unconstitu tional. The president referred the railroad men to the Interstate Commerce com mission, where it is understood the question will be fully discussed and a report made to the president as to the legal possibility of carrying out the suggestion made. POLICE BILL IS PASSED. Nevada House Acts on Bill Received From Senate. Carson, Nev., Jan. 28. The Nevada legislature has passed the police bill, giving this state a measure that pro vides for a system of policing in time of riots which it is believed will quell all trouble in the Goldfield section at the present time and place the state in po sition to handle any future contingen cies that may arise. Several members who were devout union men have made a fight in opposi tion to the bill, while the conservative members have made a forcible issue and have won the law. Speaker I Skaggs, who has been taking a most active part for the union men, left his chair and voted. Skaggs denounced the bill as pernicious and czar-like and predicted the men who voted for it were digging their political graves. All amendments were lost and the bill went through as it came from the sen ate. Fined On the 16-Hour Law. Butte, Mont., Jan. 28. A special to the Miner, from Helena, says that for violating the 16-hour law, the Noth ern Pacific Railway company was this morning fined $100 in Judge J. M. Cle ments' court. The case attracted con siderable interest because it is consid ered a teet of the law created at the last session of the legislature to prevent railroad employes from being obliged to work when they are really incapaci tated from efficient service. The case will be appealed and t ality of the law tested. the constitution- Plans to Divide Finland. St. Petersburg, Jan. 28. A startling report is current both in St. Petersburg and in Helsingfors that the emperor has decided upon the partition of Fin land, annexing to Russia the district of Viborg, which was formerly a part of the empire, and sending an army corps to the grand duchy of Finland to over awe any protest. This report is strengthened by the publication in the Novoe Vremya of an article defending such a step. Mother of Empress Dead. Tokio. Jan. 28 It was officially an nounced Saturday that Lady Showing Ichijo, mother of the empress, died January 25, at the age of 80 years.
