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TRAFFIC PACT IN
OREGON PRESAGED
lldrrimon and Hill are 'In Negotiation
in California.
Bjlieved Big Railroad Magnates Favor
Dividing Oregon and Washington
Territory and Thus Save Great
Sums of Money in Construction
of New Lines.
San Francisco, March 27. That the
Harriman and Hill railroad forces are
. getting together and that an agree
ment in regard to Oregon affairs is im
pending became apparent yesterday
After tl, H. Harriman and Lewis W.
Hill, president of the Great Northern,
had met at Paso Robles Thursday
night, they came on to San Francisco
together yesterday on Mr. Harriman s
private train and were in conference
most of the morning. After their ar
rival here they were met by C. H.
Nutt, general manager of the Northern
Pacific; i. P. O'Brien, of the Oregon
Railroad & Navigation company and
Southern Pacific in Oregon ; L. E. C&l
vin, vice president of the Southern Pa
cific, and William F. Herrin, and ar
ranged in an informal talk, which oc
cupied half an hour, for a conference
to take place today between Mr. Hill,
Mr. O'Brien and Mr Nutt for the pur
pose of discussing traffic affairs. Be
yond simply stating that such a confer
ence would take place today, the offi
cials refused to give any information
as to what the probable result of the
conference would be, preferring not to
make public any of their plans until
after they have held their meeting.
The presence of Mr. O'Brien and
Mr. Nutt implies clearly that the con
ference will relate to points where the
Harriman and Hill lines come into
competition in Oregon and Washing
ton. There is still time to make a
traffic arrangement injjregard to busi
ness between Portland and ruget sound,
for construction of the Harriman ex
tension northward from Portland has
not progressed so far but that more
money would be saved by abandoning
some of the work already done than by
completing the line.
BOYCOTTS OUR GOODS.
Japanese Use Pretext of "Pure Food
Law" As a Reason.
Victoria, B. C, March 27. That a
boycott of American goois under guise
of enforcement of a "pure food law"
lias been started in Japan is the state
ment of a weekly newspaper published
at Yokohama. The paper says :
"For some unexplaineable reason ex
cepting that action has been taken
un er the 'food law,' Japanese officials,
backed up by police officers, have been
calling upon foreign and native grocers
and confiscating their stocks of certain
brands of goods. Strange to say, the
goods confiscated have been American
goods only, and the officials do not even
look at te British, German and French
goods. Another feature of these
strange proceedings was that nearly all
the articles confiscated bore the stamp
of the American health board and each
package was printed with all the
names of the ingredients contained."
Castro is Furious.
Bordeaux, March 27. "If I am a
criminal, why haven't my accusers the
courage to allow me to return to Vene
zuela and defend myself?" exclaimed
Cipriano Castro this afternoon, when
an agent of the French steamship com
pany officially informed him that he
must leave the steamer Guada'oupe, on
which he sails today, before that vessel
reaches Venezuela. "All I ask is the
right to a fair trial," he declared. "I
am prepared to accept the result. The
refusal of Gomez to permit me to enter
Venezuela is overwhelming proof that
they have no case against me, but real
ize that, if I set foot on Venezuelan
soil, their game is up."
No New Trial for Road.
San Francisco, March 27. District
Judge Van Fleet, in the United States
Circuit court, refused today to grant
the petition of the Southern Pacific
railroad for retrial of the ten charges
of cruelty to animals brought by the
government and decided against the
appellant. The case was the outcome
of violations of the law prohibiting the
keeping of cattle in transit in the cars
longer than 28 hours without unload
ing for food, water and rest. The
railroad attorney argued that the law
was unconstitutional.
Pullman Car is Held Up.
Denver, March 27. Two highway
men entered a Pullman car in the Den
ver & Rio Grande yards, at West Den
ver, early today, held up the passen
gers, six in number, and the conductor
and porter, and got away with about
$400 in cash. The only woman passen
ger, Mrs. N. R. Hussey, of Booth Bay
Harbor, Me., was not molested. The
car was part of Denver & Rio Grande
train No. 3, which was held up at Mili
tary Junction a few weeks ago.
Buried Weapons Found.
Frontera, Mex:, March 27. During
the work of excavation going on here,
are acceptable with an immense assort
ment of prehistoric arms was uncover
ed. The entire deposit is in an admir
nhlo state of preservation. A frreat
many of the arms are strange to the
collections now extanL A complete
suit of armor, made from copper, is
among the articles, and many kinds of
weapons.
NEAR SOUTH POLE.
British Expedition Reaches Point III
Miles From Object.
London, March 24.' Lieutenant E. II
Shackleton, of the British navy, a com
mander of the Antartic expedition
which returned on the barkentine Nim
rod to Invercargill, N. Z., today, sue
ceeded in getting within 111 miles of
the south pole.
Lieutenant Shackleton left his perm
anent quarters last autumn for a dash
to the south pole and has succeeded
after an arduous sledge journey of 1,
708 miles, which occupied 126 days, in
reaching 354 miles nearer the pole than
the point attained by the Discovery ex
pedition, of which he was an officer.
As the expedition to the south was
undertaken rather for the purpose of
geographical survey than with the idea
of reaching the pole itself, it may be
said to have succeeded beyond the most
sanguine expectations.
Shackleton made some departures
from the usual preparations for a journ
ey across the snow and ice. He took
with him a motor car, which could be
converted into a sledge and substituted
ponies for dogs and light woolen cloth
ing for heavy clothes.
Summarized, the results of the expe
dition are that a point was reached
within 111 miles of the south pole;
that the magnetic pole also was reach
ed; eight mountain chains were discov
ered, and 100 mountains.
Mount Ereebus, 13,120 feet high,
was ascended by the party; a new coast
and high mountains were located run
ning west from Victorialand, and coal
fields were discovered in the Antarctic
continent.
The theory of the existence of an
area of atmospheric calm around the
south pole was disproved
VENGEANCE FEARED.
Woman Suspect Utters Thna Upon
Arrest for Kidnaping.
Cleveland, March 24. "I am the one
who planned the whole thing; there
will be trouble for me and hell in
Sharon tomorrow."
These words, spoken to Captain of
Police Shattuck yesterday by a woman
he had arrested in company with a man
on suspicion of being implicated in the
kidnaping of Willie Whitla, of Sharon.
O., have stirred the police to new
efforts to run down the band who stole
the lad away from his school. While
the police were at first inclined to
think that their prisoners, who carried
the sum of $9,989 with them, were the
entire kidnaping gang, the woman s
words are regarded as a threat and the
police now think that possibly one or
two other members of the gang are
still at large and that revenge for the
capture of the ringleaders will be
taken on the boy.
Extra precautions to guard the
Whitla lad at his home will be taken
to make the carrying out of any such
threat an impossibility and anyone
found lurking around the premises will
be instantly arrested.
OFF TO AFRICA.
Roosevelt Party Leaves New York for
Wilds of Jungle.
New York, March 24. Waving a
parting farewell with his black slouch
hat as he stood on the captain s bridge
of the steamship Hamburg, ex-Presi
dent Theodore Roosevelt sailed away
yesterday for his long planned African
hunt. He left amid cheers of thous
ands of persons that swarmed the Hamburg-American
line pier, amid the
whistles of countless river craft and
thunderous reverberations of the ex
president's salute of 13 guns from
Forts Hamilton and Wadsworth.
Beside Mr. Roosevelt stood a young
lad, seemingly dejected, as he wistfully
gazed at the cheering multitude on the
pier below. It was Kermit Roosevelt,
son of Mr. Roosevelt, who accompanied
his father as official photographer of
the expedition. Father and son, both
clad in brilliant buff hued army coats,
remained on the bridge on the trip
down the bay and acknowledged with
sweeps of their hats the salutes of the
vessels. The demonstration was un
official, but many high in the affairs of
tl e nation were present.
Criminal Career Alleged.
Reno, Nev., March 24. Charging
that under the guise of conducting a
hotel in Reno, George and Frederick
Elkins, wealthy hotelmen, have been
for months acting as the intermediaries
for thieves and robbers, the police ar
rested George Elkins tonight on a ranch
near town, which it has been found has
been the hiding place for a vast quan
tity of merchandse, said to have been
stolen from box cars and warehouses
in this city. The arrest followed an
investigation resulting from the acci
dental discovery of the merchandise.
Boy Sought Oil Honors.
New York, March 24. In his quest
for occasions for distinguishing himself
and thereby obtaining promotion which
in time would lead to his being made a
director of the Standard Oil company,
William Reddy, 18 years old, employed
in the filling department of the com
pany, tonight confessed that on several
occasions he had set fire to the plant of
the Standard in Brooklyn. His object
was to impress his superiors by his
alertness in discovering the blaze.
Asks for Exclusion Law.
Sacramento, March 24. The assem
bly adopted today the substitute reso
lution offered by the senate committee
on Federal relations, asking congress
to enact a general Asiatic exclusion
law, including Japanese.
A BRIEF DAILY REPORT ON
THE WORK OF CONGRESS
Saturday, March 27.
Washington., March 27. Debate on
the tariff bill in the house today was
lartrelv devoted to an academic discus
sion of the nuestion and the politica
issues involved, although Gardner of
Massachusetts thorougly reviewed the
oueation of free hides and a tariff on
leather goods. Longworth of Ohio and
Harrision of New York, the Demo
cratic members of the waya and means
committee, were the only representa
tives of the tariff framing committee
who made speeches. '
The house adjourned to meet again
at 10 o'clock Monday. The house wil
meet for ten and one-half hours each
dav. The hours agreed upon are from
10 in the morning to 6 at night, when
a recess of two hours is to be taken
the house to continue in session from 8
to 10:30 at night.
Friday, March 26.
Washington, March 26. The mono
tony of the tariff debate in the house
was relieved for a time today y a
clash between " Fordney of Michigan,
and Bvrd of Mississippi, which came
near ending in blows." Fordney had
been discussing the lumber schedule
when he was interrupted by the Mis
sisBippian. who insisted that the lum
ber manufacturers, of whom Fordney
was one. were in a trust. Fordney
peremptorily denied the statement and
said that Byrd "did not Know aaamnea
thiner about it."
Opposed to Fordney was wowiand ol
Ohio, who wanted the product placed
on the free list. Others who spoke
were Pou of North Carolina, and Ma
con of Arkansas, both of whom ar
raigned the Payne bill for not accom
plishing what it was pretended it
would do. while Humphrey of wash
ington advocated a tariff on shingles
and lumber hierh enough to enable the
lumber and shingle manufacturers of
his state to compete with those of
British Columbia employing cheap Ori
ental labor.
Thursday, March 24.
Washington. March 25. Almost ev
ery shade of opinion on tariff revision
was represented today on the Payne
bill. After a general assault by Un
derwood of Alabama, the bill was de
fended by Crumpacker of Indiana, one
of its framers, who is a pronounced ad
vocate of free raw materials and such
tariff on finished products as will fos
ter home manufactures without breed'
inor monopolistic trusts. Ihen came
Sheppard, of Texas, with an attack on
the sincerity of the Republicans in
carrying out their revision pledge.
Kuestermann of Wisconsin, denounced
the countervailing duty on on as a
boon to the Standard, but Smith of
Colorado, and Vreeland of New York,
said this duty was not on the Standard,
but on the producer of crude oil.
The bill was called up by Payne im
mediately after the body convened, and
the debate was opened by Underwood
of Alabama, who spoke at length in
opposition.
Washington, March 25. Senator
Chamberlain introduced his first bills
today. They provide for increases in
pensions to $16 to survivors of the In
dian war and granting several private
pension increases. Senator Bourne in
troduced a bill providing for four col
lection districts in Oregon at Coos bay,
Yaquina, Astoria and Portland.
Wednesday, March 24.
Washington. March 24. Declaring
among other things that a mistake was
made in the Payne bill in not arrang
ing the revision on the basis of raising
revenue only on every element, Clark
of Missouri, the minority leader, held
the attention of the house for more
than five hours today in discussing the
measure. Incidentally he pointed out
that much time would have been saved
in the consideration of the bill had the
Democratic members of the committee
been consulted about its provisions.
Clark spoke in characteristic style and
frequently moved the house to applause
and laughter. At the conclusion of
his remarks he received an ovation
from the Democratic members.
Washington, March 24. The tariff
bill to be recommended by the senate
committee on finance will be ready to
be reported on the day the Payne bill
passes the house, according to the
present intentions of the Republi
can members of the committee who are
holding daily sessions. Consideration
of the schedules on earthenware and
pottery was begun and concluded to
day. Tuesday, March 23.
Washington, March 23. Occupying
the entire session of the house today
Payne, of New York, chairman of the
committee on ways and means, con
cluded his speech in explanation of the
tariff bill. He was on his feet almost
all of the five hours and ten minutes
that he had the floor. At times he
gave evidence of being greatly fa
tigued. In his arguments he took the posi
tion that the bill would not injure the
tin plate or steel rail industries of the
Heney Fights Powell Also.
Washington, March 25. Delegate
Wickersham, of Alaska, has recom
mended the reappointment of T. Cader
Powell, of Portland, as United States
marshall at Nome, Alaska. He says
Mr. Towell's Alaska record is splendid.
The only person protesting against Mr.
Powell s reappointment is Francis J.
Heney, and it is understood that T. C.
Becker, while here as Mr. Hency's
representative, will enter objection to
Mr. Powell as well as to Mr. Fulton.
United States, and free hides would
not be a menace to the farmers.
The inheritance tax, he said, was
preferable to an income tax, because
it would not give rise to perjury or
fraud. He held also that an income
tax was unconstitutional.
Clark, of Missouri, followed and had
proceeded but a minute or two when,
at the suggestion of Payne, he suspend
ed and the house adjourned.
Payne said that the men who wanted
the Dingley duty on lumber retained
were those who were interested in an
immense lot of stumpage and who were
actuated solely by motives of greed.
If the duty were removed entirely on
lumber, he said, it would be of great
benefit to the American people and
would enable the men he had referred
to still to realize a golden fortune, but
not such a golden fortune as were the
duty to be kept on.
Monday, March 22.
Washington, March 22. There were
introduced in the senate today 495 bills
and four joint resolutions. Heyburn
reintroduced the bill providing for a
new executive department to be known
as the department of mines.
Annuities for ex-presidents and the
widows of ex-presidents are provided
in a bill introduced by McCumber.
Flint intrroduced a bill directing the
secretary of war to establish a line of
steamers along the Atlantic coast
operated by the Panama railroad, and
appropriating $10,000,000 therefor.
He reintroduced the bill appropriating
$1,663,136 to reimburse the Southern
Pacific Railroad company for its expen
ditures in controlling the break in the
Colorado river levee in 1906.
Washington, March 22. The tariff
bill held full sway in the house today.
The measure was promptly put before
the body immediately after it convened.
Payne of New York, chairman of the
committee on ways and means, spoke
for four hours and ten minutes in ex
planation of the bill. Then, somewhat
fatigued, he suspended until tomorrow.
He was subjected to a cross fire of
questions.
Payne, in speaking of the maximum
and minimum features of the bill, pre
dicted that France, Germany and other
European countries would hasten so to
equalize their duties on American pro
ducts that they would derive the bene
fit of the minimum rates offered.
New Star Field for Flag?
Washington, March 26. A new "Old
Glory" is proposed in a bill recently
introduced by Representative Ansber
ry, of Ohio, to amend the section of
the revised statutes which relates to
the design of the American flag. A
new formation of the stars is suggest
ed. They would be arranged "in five
arcs in combination, the centers of the
arcs to be the apices of a regular pent
agon, the radius of the arcs to be equal
to one side of the pentagon." As to
the size of the stars, the bill prescribes
that their radius shall be equal to "one
fourth the distance of the stars from
center to center. " Provision for add
ing new stars for new states might be
made by extending the arcs.
Must Prove Necessity.
Washington, March 27. Senator
Bourne, who is making a strenuous
fight to prevent the removal of depart
ment headquarters from Vancouver
says the president will insist that the
War department produce proof posi
tive of their assertions that the mili
tary interests of the government will
be best subserved before he would
sanction the change. Senator Bourne
is anxious to receive from the commer
cial associations of Portland a com
plete showing why the change should
not be made, to strengthen his pro
tests filed with the president and sec
retary of war.
Canal Open in 1915 Sure.
Washington, March 24. It devel
oped today that during a recent con
versation between President Tart and
Chairman Goethals, of the Isthmian
Canal commission, the president ex
pressed his desire that the canal be
completed by the Fourth of July, 1913.
Colonel Goethals, however, is not at
all sanguine of accomplishing any such
result, holding to his heretofore ex
pressed opinion that January 1, 1915,
will see the canal open to navigation.
Kansas Wins Boundary Suit.
Washington, March 27. The United
States Supreme court in an opinion
written by Justice Oliver Wendell
Holmes today decided the Missouri
Kansas boundary line dispute in favor
of Kansas, ending the long controversy
relative to Goose island in the Mis
souri river near Kansas City.
Judge and Attorney for Alaska.
Washington, March 27. President
Taft today nominated Thomas R.
Lyons to be United States district
judge of the first division of the dis
trict of Alaska, and Cornelius D. Mu
rans to be United States attoney for
the third division of the distict of
Alaska.
Watson Declines All Bain.
Washington, March 23. Ex-Representative
James E. Watson, of Indiana,
who lost his fight for the governorship,
has been offered and has declined the
governorship of Porto Rico and the
ministry to Cuba.
Sanitarium for Tuberculosis.
Washington, March 26. An appro
priation of $250,000 for the establish
ment of a national tuberculosis sani
tarium in the state of Colorado is pro
vided for in a bill introduced by Repre
sentative Sabath today.
ETUTTEEING TO BB CUBED.
Vienna Public Schools GIv a. Special
Course for Afflicted PnplU.
An Interesting addition to the course
of Instruction In the public schools of
Vienna Is to be made In a short time
by providing classes In four districts
to overcome the defects In' speech of
children who stutter. United States
Consul General Itublee at Vienna, who
reports this matter to the State De
partment, says that the length of he
course Is five weeks and Instruction
Is to be given during two hours of
each weekday. The children are to
withdraw from other school attendance,
as It is essential that they devote them
selves exclusively to the course for the
cure of stuttering.
The co-operation of the parents Is es
pecially Important to the success of
the cure. During the period of the spe
cial Instruction it is necessary that
the children have a separate room at
home where they can practice the exer
cises given them without any disturb
ance whatsoever. The parents must un
dertake to have the children practice
their exercises at home for at least four
hours daily, and during the first two
weeks not to allow them to speak at
all except to practice the exercises pre
scribed by the course of Instruction.
Keeping silent Is of such Importance
that the success of the course depends
upon this requirement being strictly ob
served. Parents are particularly ad
vised never to cast any doubt upon the
effectiveness of the course or of the
teachers. It Is well known that stut
terers lack self-confidence, and this
must be taken In account In the treat
ment. The children should be encour
aged by calling attention to progress
that has been made, for stutterers are
extremely susceptible to praise. Par
ents, however, should be careful to
make no experiments and to make no
tests.
At the end of the five weeks' course
the Instructor brings each pupil back
to his regular school and Indicates to
his teacher what has been accom
plished, besides giving advice concern
ing his further Instruction. The teach
er Is requested to try to encourage and
make permanent the new habits ac
quired. Children who have taken the
special course in stuttering are exam
ined afterward each month In order to
determine what permanent results hav
been obtained.
1 Wit of the Youngsters
"I know why women laugh In their
sleeves," said little Elmer. "Why,
dear?" asked his mother. "Because
that's where their funny bone is."
Teacher Hatry, can you explain the
difference between "ayes" and "noes?"
Harry Yes, ma'am. You see with
your eyes and smell with your nose.
Small Mabel was very restless the
other night, and was unable to go to
sleep. Finally she said: "Papa, please
sing to me; that always makes me
tired."
Teacher How many zones are there?
Small Boy Six. Teacher No, there
are but five. However, you may name
six If you can. Small Bay Torrid,
north temperate, south temperate, north
frigid, south frigid and ozone.
Mamma (in pantry) Who has been
drinking the milk, Johnny? Tell the
truth now! Johnny It was me, mam
ma; I wanted to see if It was sour.
Mamma Well, suppose It had been?
Johnny Why, I wouldn't have drank
it.
Little Nell What does your papa
do? Little Bess He's a horse doctor.
Little Nell Then I guess I'd better
not play with you; I'm afraid you
don't belong to our set. Little Hess I
don't see why. What does your papa
do? Little Nell lie's a veterinary sur
geon !
Eye Eieroise.
"Have you a high roof ?" was the ap
parent Irrelevant question put by
the distniguished oculist to the woman
who had complained of having bad
eyes. "Higher than the roofs of the
surrounding houses?"
"Oh, yes," said the woman, "a good
deal higher."
"Then what I want you to do," said
he, "Is to go up there every day and
look around for half an hour. That
will do you more good than glasses.
One trouble with your eyes, and with
many pairs of eyes In New York, Is
that you exorcise them so little at long
range. They are used to looking at
short distances only. Long distance
looking is good for you. Persons who
habitually have a wide expanse of
sea or plain to gaze uihui very seldom
have weak eyes. Of course you can
not move out to the plains, neither
can you spend your life on the oevnn
wave, but you can let your sight trav
el across the Hudson river every day,
and I advise you to do It." New York
Press.
See here," said the tailor, as he
headed the young man off. "do you
cross the street every time yon see me :
to keep from paying the bill you owe i
me?" "I should say not," replied the
young man. "Then why do you do It?"
asked the knight of the tape. "To keep
you from asking for it." answered the
other. Chicago Daily News.
Another thing which makes a
"kicker-' disagreeable, Is that he is usu
ally proud of it.
Some people would rather attend a
trial at the court bouse than a circus.
TEXAS TORNADO
KILLS AND MAIMS
Twelve People Are Ylctlirs of Storm,
Eight Burning in Ruins.
Half Dozen Towns Biar Evidence of
Wind's Strength Property Loss
Will Amount to Many Thousands
of Collart Score of Persons In
jured Churches Destroyed.
Dallas, Tex., March 25. Twelve
known dead, property loss reaching
into the thousands of dollars, and pos
sibly a score of injured are the results
of a tornado which swept over the
northeastern part of Wise county last
night. Several small towns suffered
serious damage.
The greatest loss of life occurred in
the country districts. The destruction
one farmhouse alone caused the death
of eight persons. This single tragedy
of the storm occurred near Slidell. The
farmhouse of Ira Rice was crushed in
by the furious wind and the family of
eight persons pinned down beneath the
wreckage. A light in the house at the
of the disaster caused the ruins to be
come ignited and, fanned by a strong
wind, the flames snuffed out the lives
of the helpless victims.
The towns of Sanger and Greenwood
were hit ana a number ot nouses were
moved from their foundations. The
Good View schoolhouse. near Sanger,
was wrecked. In this vicinity two
farmers and two children of negro ten
ants were killed.
At Crafton every business house
save one was blown down. The Meth
odist and Baptist churches were com
pletely wrecked.
At Dan, also in Wise county, near
Slidell, two houses were destroyed.
The Christian church at Greenwood
was destroyed.
DENVER TANGLED IN WIRES.
Over $200,000 Damage by Heavy
Fall of Wet Snow.
Denver, March 25. Eight inches of
wet, clinging snow, following several
hours of steady rain, did damage in
Denver last night estimated at from
$200,000 to $300,000 and cut off all
communication with the outside world
so completely that up to a late hour
tonight it had not been restored.
Every wire of the Western Union
and Postal Telegraph companies, and
every telephone wire, was carried
down by the snow; 6,000 telephones in
the city were rendered upeless and hun
dreds of trees in the parks and along
the boulevards were badly damaged.
For several hours this morning street
car service was at a standstill and
thousands plodded to work through the
slush. Suburban electric lines were
put out of commission and trains on all
railroads were many hours late, as the
dispatchers were helpless.
Many small fires were caused by
broken and crossed wires.
MINERS WILL NOT STRIKE,
Leave Board to Arrange Scale May
Ask. Taft to Arbitrate.
Scranton, Pa., March 25. Reaffirm
ing the demands already presented to
the operators, the anthracite miners
tonight voted to remain at work after
April 1, allowing the district executive
boards of the hard coal fields of Penn
sylvania to continue their effors to get
an agreement satisfactory to the men.
The miners were instructed by the
convention to continue at work until
they are otherwise notified by the offi
cial representatives of the three an
thracite districts and the executive
boards were instructed to negotiate an
agreement upon such basis as the
boards in their judgment believe the
conditions warrant.
A resolution to ask President Taft to
appoint a commission to arbitrate dif
ferences was adopted tonight by the
miners' convention and referred to the
executive boards to put it into effect at
their discretion.
Unite Big Railroads.
New York, March 25. A significant
feature of the present situation in Wall
street is the fact that almost invariab
ly those who are bullish on Union Paci
fic shares are not less bullish on New
York Central. In many instances, long
lines of both these stocks are to be
found in the account of one individual
and in some good quarters it is opined
that a coming plan, said to be of great
interest to Union Pacific stock holders,
will provide for a union between the
New York Central and LTnion Pacific
such as talked about some time ago.
Spineless Cactus Found.
Los Angeles, March 25. Spineless
cacti made by the hand of nature and
not of man are reported by W. L.
Wolfe to flourish luxuriantly in the
Sierra Madre ranges in Western Chihu
ahua, Mexico. Wolfe today set out
several of the plants. Wolfe declared
that the spineless cactus plant is edible
and that fields of it are fenced from
cattle. He said the plant bears a lus
cious red fruit which Mexicans make
into jellies and preserves.
Senate Still Deadlocked.
Springfield, 111., March 25. After
12 joint ballots today, the legislature
found itself still in a deadlock over the
selection of a successor to United
States Senator Hokpkins. In one bal
lot, Governor Dcreen was the recipiert
of one vote, after he had made it plain
that he would not be considered as a
candidate.