DOINGS OFTHEWEEK
Current Events of Interest Gathered
From the World at Large.
General Resume of Important Events
Presented In Condensed Form
for Our Busy Readers.
California is having the dryest
winter in years and is badly in need
of rain.
High winds at Chicago killed one
man, injured many others, and did
much property damage.
A California legislator would force
railroads to furnish cars where or
dered or pay demurrage.
A cloudburst flooded the city of
Pittsburg at 4 p. m., Sunday and
made the city dark as at night
A Harvard professor declares Ven
us is covered with swamps and
marshes and supports a variety of
reptilian life.
A California millionaire has pur
chased an entire town and consider
able land adjoining, and will make it
a model city.
Es-Senatdr Foraker explains that
no treaty with Great Britain inter
fers in any way with the fortification
of the Panama canal.
A young couple in Maryland died
from some mysterious poisoning on
the eve of their wedding, and it is
now believed they were murdered.
A daughter of Speaker Cannon
laughs at the report of a fortune be
ing left to her father by a friend
in India, and declares the matter is
but a joke.
A Los Angeles judge has forbidden
the grand jury to make a report in
the Times dynamite case, and de
clares such a report would be con
trary to law.
An expert examination of the wreck
of the aeroplane in which Moissant
was killed shows the machine to
have been in good order and exon
erates the mechanicians from any
blame.
Citizens of Houstonia, Mo., heard
fivfi distinct exDlosions during the
night, but paid no attention to them
but in the morning discovered that
the hank had been looted and all
wires leading out of town had been
cut-
Maine has repealed its prohibition
law.
l" Twenty-two indictments have been
returned in the Los Angeles Times
dynamiting case-
Senator Bourne advises Arizona to
adopt her proposed constitution re
gardless of Taft's objections.
A new York baker fell asleep at
his work and fell into a power dough
mixer and was chopped to pieces.
A California legislator will en
deavor to put through a bill prohibit
ing aliens from owning land in that
state.
' New York business men will estab
lish a commercial court, In which all
business disputes will be settled vol
untarily. John Sullivan, ex-police chief of
Spokane, was shot by an assassin,
who fired through the window of
Sullivan's home. ,
A 5-year-old boy in Danville, Ky.,
has confessed that he shot his grand
mother accidently, and then ran away
to escape a whipping.
From the report of army engineers
it is apparent that Oregon did not
get anywhere near her just share of
the reclamation funds.
Representative Murdock, of Kansas,
will endeavor to have a law made to
prohibit express companies from
carrying second, third or fourth-class
mail matter.
The Nevada, California & Oregon
railroad has ordered 3.000 tons of
steel rails for the extension of its
line to Oregon, Pendleton being the
probable terminus.
An aviator's cap and goggles have
been picked up off the coast of Bel
gium, and are believed to belong to
Cecil Grace, who was lost in a fog
while flying across the English chan
nel, December 22.
William E. Corey, president of the
United States Steel corporation, has
resigned.
The Supreme court upheld the bank
guarantee laws of Kansas, Nebraska
and Oklahoma.
A Juvenile court official of Portland
says picture shows and skating rinks
are all right for young folks.
Seventeen persons were killed in a
fire and panic at a religious New Year
celebration near Mexico City.
" Western railroads have cut freight
rates in response to orders of the In
terstate Commerce commission.
Speaker Cannon has been willed a
fortune of $2,500,000 by the widow of
a client whom he befriended while
practicing law.
The government has lost 'its famous
libel suit against the New York World
in connection with the Panama canal.
WOOL GROWERS MEET
AND DISCUSS TARIFF LAW
President Frank W. Gooding, of Idaho,
Delivers Able Address.
PORTLAND "Sixty-five dollars was
the price I paid for the suit I am wear
ing on this platform this morning," ex
claimed Dr. J. M. Wilson of Douglas,
Wyo., in responding to the addresses
of welcome that had been made to
the delegates to the annual conven
tion of the National Woolgrowers'
Association at the Armory, "and,
ladies and gentlemen, all that the
sheepman and woolgrower got out
of it was $5 25. That is all I have
to say at this time on the tariff
question."
Dr. Wilson 13 a fluent and happy
speaker, and being regarded as one
of the brightest men among the
flock-masters, effort will be made to
have him accept the honor of presi
dent of the association. President
Gooding, who delivered his annual
address having announced determin
edly that he will not be In position
to fill the office for another term. Dr.
Wilson's response ran in a humor
ous vein and made a great hit with
the thonsand or more delegates gath
ered in the entertainment hall of
the Armory.
President Fred W. Gooding of the
national association, in delivering his
address, took up the various ques
tions that confront the sheep and
wool industry and laid particular
stress upon the necessity for the
retention of the duty on wool. He
also urged closer cooperation among
the men engaged in the industry and
spoke for betterment in transpor
tation facilities and along other lines
by which the industry can be brought
to a higher and more profitable stand
ard. President Gooding is one of
the most influential sheep and wool
men in the country and has also other
very large interests in Idaho and the
Pacific northwest.
The convention opened immediately
after adjournment of the state associ
ation, which was unable to finish its
work in one day. It was nearly 11
o'clock' when the national convention
was called to order.
William D. Wheelwright delivered
the address of welcome on behalf of
Governor-elect Oswald Wrest, who was
unable to be present. Mr. Wheel
wright said he knew nothing about
wool, but realized that the industry
was one of immense importance to
the world, and particularly to this
part of the country. City Attorney
Frank S. Grant delivered an eloquent
address of welcome for Mayor Simon,
on behalf of the city, and presented
President Gooding with a gorgeous
bouquet of Portland roses. William
MacMasters, president of the Cham
ber of Commerce, bid them welcome
on behalf of the chamber and touched
upon Portland as a steadily increas
ing market for the products of the
flockmasters. C. C- Chapman, man
ager of the Portland Commercial
Club, extended the welcome of the
people of Portland and the club, say
ing that the city was wide open, that
the business men had contributed lib
erally to entertain the guests, ana
that they wanted them to enjoy every
feature that had been prepared for
them to the fullest extent, and not to
overlook anything.
About 200 delegates arrived from
Idaho, and more are following with
every incoming train.
The address o f President Frank W.
Gooding of Idaho was an able discus
sion of the traiff question as affecting
wool and conservation. President
Gooding is one of the heavy sheep
raisers of the west and was a mem
ber of the legislative commitee which
spent a large part of last winter at
Washington, looking after tariff leg
islation. In part, President Gooding
said:
"Since the passage of the Payne
Aldrich tariff law, there has been a
persistent and malignant assault upon
the tariff schedules designed to pro
tect the Industry of wool growing.
Some magazines and newspapers have
been filled with articles conceived in
ignorance and prejudice, and which
were designed to poison the public
mind against the woolgrowers.
"Unless these misrepresentations
are answered, tne nocKmasier win
find his industry threatened with de
struction. This assault has been
brought about by the selfish warfare
that is on between the manufacturers
of carded woolen goods and the man
ufacturers of worsteds. They are
constantly quarreling over schedule
K as the wool tariff is known. It
seems to be unsatisfactory to the
woolen manufacturers of the United
States.
There is no doubt that schedule
K is the hardest to understand of any
of the tariff schedules. I believe 1
am safe in saying that not more than
one sheepman in a thousand under
stands or knows anything at all or
schedule K. From my observation I
believe there are very few congress
men or senators who understand
this most important schedule.
If through any neglect of this as
sociation to assist the tariff commis
sion to a competent understanding of
this Important matter, and in that
way the tariff tinkers are enabled to
put wool on the free list, we will have
only ourselves to blame. And our
flocks will be reduced proportionately,
as they were under the free trade
Wilson bill, from 45,000,000 to 36.
000,000. The selling value of wool
will drop to 7 or 8 cents per
pound, sheep will be reduced in
selling value at least one-half, and
the farmer who now sells his hay
and grain to the woolgrower at a
profitable figure will have to seek
other markets or will be compelled
to reduce his price.
"The great west is able, when de
veloped, for many years to take care
of the growth of the United States,
to furnish food and material for cloth
ing the rapidly increasing city popu
lations of the east With the rapid
Increase in population in the United
States, it will not be very long be
fore every acre of land within pur
borders available for cultivation and
crop production will be taxed to its
utmost to provide for our own people-
Even now it has become a diffi
cult matter for the American farmers
to raise sufficient foodstuffs of cer
tain varieties to satisfy the national
demand. In the interest of the de
velopment of the west, I leel that the
proposal to lease the public domain
should meet with refusal. It is not
fair to coming generations to stop the
development of the west, the settle
ment of the present waste places
and the erection of homes where now
only cattle roam,
"While on the subject of leasing of
public 'lands, I feel it would be well
to call the attention of the conven
tion to the question of what tne
'faddists' term the 'conservation of
natural resources.' Apparently what
these people mean is that the na
tional resources should be nearly as
possible preserved in their urgent
form, so that although people of
this generation may suffer and be
retarded in development, those of
some future time may have these
resources for their use and benefit
in undiminished form. Concretely
stated, the proposition is to lease the
public lands and the water powers
belonging to the various. Rocky moun
tain and Pacific coast states and to
permit the public timber to be cut
and manufactured and the coal in
these states to be mined and used
beneficially on the payment of a
royalty only. It is a proposition to
stop the growth of the west now and
to keep it in a state of vassalage to
the treasury of the United States
throughout the future.
"This program of the conservation
ists is neither wise nor just. The
greatest duty that can confront you
either as individuals or as a nation,
Is' to provide comfort and happiness
and prosperity for those now living.
The fulfillment of this duty is not
incompatible with true conservation.
We should not only use nature's re
sources in accomplishing this duty,
but should improve and develop
these resources wherever it is possi
ble to do so. There is no reason
why this generation cannot make
proper use of all the natural resources
and then leave to posterity a better
and more productive country, than
we now have.
"Let us engage In practical conser
vation providing for those now here
as well as for those who are to come.
Conserve our public lands by favoring
the homeseeker, and our timber by
regulating Its cutting and manufac
ture. Conserve our coal resources by
the development of our water powers.
Let us construct dams for the storage
of otherwise waste water thus tak
ing off the peaks of the floods of our
western rivers, preventing havoc and
destruction, providing water during
the low water season for the irriga
tion of our arid lands and the de
velopment of electric energy. Water
is not diminished by use. Let us
only use this and other resources
wisely and there will be an abund
ance for the future.
"I feel that it would be imposstMe
to accurately estimate the actual loss
of sheep from the depredations of
coyotes, wild cats and other predatory
animals in the United States yearly.
To give some idea of how great this
loss must be, the experience of my
own state of Idaho is told. During
the past year the State of Idaho has
paid a bounty for the destruction of
10,000 coyotes and other predatory
animals- If it Is admitted that eacn
of these animals killed six sheep prior
to being destroyed, it would mak-j a
total loss of 60,000 sheep in Td-ilio
during the past year from this source
alone. I do not think any westera
sheep mac will feel that these fig
ures are too high. If we allow for
only 10 distinctively sheep growing
states in the west, the loss would
amount to half a million sheep and
lambs annually.
. "Nor is this the only, nor possibly
the greatest loss suffered from the
depredations of wild animals. Game
birds and game animals, the eggs of
birds, domestic fowls and other live
stocks are all preyed en by the pre
datory beasts. It is estimated that
coyotes, wolves, wild cats and other
wild animals every year kill more
game than is killed by all the hunt
ers in the United States.
"Under the bounty laws at present
In force in a number of the western
states, the bounties paid are taxed
entirely against the livestock in
dustry. This I feel is a matter which
should be remedied. The destruction
of these animals is a general benefit
and should be accomplished through
a general effort and paid for from
funds created by general taxation.
"It is not difficult to find excellent
reasons for making uniform the law
providing for the payment of bounties
on the killing of predatory animals.
As Is now the case, in one state, the
feet of the animal are, Indications of
its destruction, in another the scalp
is taken, while In perhaps a third the
tail Is called for.
lack of uniformity, it has long been
known that two or more bounties are
often collected for the death of one
animal and the slayer Is still leu with
the pelt to sell."
INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT OF IHE STATE
BIG DEVELOPMENT SEEN.
Wonderful Waterpower and Irrigation
Work Planned for Oregon.
Salem Wonderful waterpower and
irrigation development is indicated in
the report of the state engineer, which
has just been turned over to the state
printer. Applications for permits to
appropriate public waters, since the
water code went into effect, total
1,110 and the estimated cost of the
proposed works, for which appropria
tion of public waters is asked, is
placed at over $50,000,000 by the en
gineer. The total amount of irriga
tion work constructed irf-ior to 1902
amounted to but $2,000,000 and it is
believed $6,000,000 would cover all of
the investments which were made be
tween that time and the time the new
code went into effect.
Authorization of the construction of
1,129 miles of main canals for the irri
gation of 336,762 acres of arid land
and the development of 72,598 horse
power are some of the features of de
velopment work, as well as the con
struction of 64 reservoirs.
In other portions of his report the
engineer shows what has been done
from time to time in the adjudication
of water rights and matters incident
to the work of the board of control, all
of which have been reported from time
to time.
STATE TAX LEVY 1.6 MILLS.
Last
MAKE ROUND-UP PERMANENT.
Pendleton's Annual Show Will Have
Fine Stadium.
Pendleton With an enthusiastic
shout of "Let 'er buck" the stockhold
ers of the Round-up association adopt
ed the motion to purchase the Matlock
grounds in the west end of the city for
a permanent park in which to con
struct a stadium for the annual Wild
West show. The Matlock grounds in
clude the site where the Round-up
was held last year, but comprise in all
17 acres, which is approximately three
times as much as is at present within
the fence. The purchase price for the
tract is $5,000. - There was but little
opposition to the selection of the Mat
lock grounds, the advocates of the city
tract in the east end of the city being
but few on account of its inaccessibil
ity. When the vote was taken it was
made unanimous. The matter of de
vising a system by which the money
for the purchase can be raised was left
to the directors of the association, but
it is probable that either a subscrip
tion will be asked from the business
men of the city or that a mortgage on
the grounds bearing 6 per cent interest
be given and that the interest and
principal be paid out of the revenues
derived from the gate receipts.
Work will soon be started on prepar
ing the grounds for the 1911 Round-up.
A new track will be constructed and
grand stand and bleacher accommoda
tions for 10,000 people will be erected.
Year's 2.2 Levy Will Raise
About $1,350,000.
Salem The state tax commission
has announced the Btate tax levy for
the ensuing year a t 1.6 mills. Last
year's levy was 2.2 mills, and the de
crease is 0.6 mill. The amount that is
estimated to be required to run the
state government this year and to be
raised by this levy is, in round num
bers, $1,350,000, as against $1,528,000
in 1910. The total assessed valuation
for this year is, in round numbers,
$844,000,000, as against $694,000,000.
The state board of equalization has as
sessed the corporations of the state,
not wholly in any one county, and
therefore not assessable by counties,at
$132,800,000, but in apportioning this
sum among the counties it will be re
duced to about $97,200,000, in order to
correspond to the assessments Jin the
various counties.
The apportionment of the gstate 'tax
between counties.'according to assessed
valuations of the respective counties
as equalized by the state board of
equalization, will be completed soon.
On the present assessed valuations,
1-25 of a mill levy for the normal
school at Monmouth, voted by the peo
ple last November, will produce $33,
795. Big Timber Holdings Go.
Klamath Falls One of the biggest
private timber deals which has been
announced for the Klamath country for
many years is reported as just closed,
whereby the famous sugar pine hold
ings of Congressman Hopkins, of
Pennsylvania, have been sold to an
Eastern syndicate. This timber con
sists of some 40,000 acres and is said
to have brought $3,500,000. It is sit
uated on Jenny creek, 30 miles west of
Klamath Falls.
SUE STEAM-TRUST
Government Will Go After Big
Trans-Atlantic Lines.
All
Rivals Driven Off Sea or
Combine Ports May Be
Closed to Ships.
Into
MAD-DOG SCARE UNABATED.
Wallowa Man, Bitten, Takes Pasteur
Treatment In Portland.
Wallowa Wallowa dogs shall be
muzzled or imprisoned 60 days, is the
council's decree, on request of the
state veterinarian, owing to the pres
ent "mad dog" scare in this county.
Every precaution is being taken. Stor
ies of rabid animals in this county are
exaggerated and injure the live stock
market, but quarantine against Wal
lowa livestock was seriously considered
in several markets and since a few
cases of rabies actually occurred the
county officers are sparing no pains to
stamp out the disease.
Four cases are known to be hydro
phobia. Other animals were killed on
suspicion.
Luther Johnson, who was bitten
more than two weeks ago by a dog, is
now in Portland and left here in good
health. He is taking treatment as a
precaution.
Exaggerated stories are harmful to
Wallowa county and are deeply resent
ed. An Expert's Opinion.
Professor James Withycombe, di
rector of the United States govern
ment experiment station at the Oregon
Agricultural college, gives his opinion
of the future of agriculture- in this
state as follows :
"Oregon, with its 61,459,200 acres
of land, offers rural homes for a great
number of people. Less than 4,000,
000 acres a are cultivated at this time,
while the farming land of the state
represents approximately 30,000,000
acres. The state has great possibil
ities along agricultural lines. When
all the available farming land of Ore
gon is properly utilized, it will yield
to the channels of trade, $500,000,000
annually."
Home Telephone at Medford.
Medford The Home Telephone com
pany is ready for business in Medford.
About 500 telephones have already
been contracted for. The equipment
of the Home company includes all the
latest and most up to date inventions
obtainable.
PORTLAND MARKETS.
Mail Bags Disappear.
San Francisco Three bags of regis
tered mail with contents valued at ap-
A blackmailer was caught in Seattle proximately $30,000 stolen from the
a oecoy pacK-: pnvernmcnt whi e on the wav Irom
just as he reached for
Commercial Life Fails.
Los Angeles After forsaking the
ministry for the calling of commercial
agent for the Salt Lake route at Santa
Ana, G. L. Moore found that love for
Bill for New Willamette Bridge.,
The Tri-county Push club, com-
P.ecause of this ' posed of residents of Yamhill, Clacka
mas and Marion counties, is wonting
for a bridge across the Willamette
river at Butteville. A bill is contem
plated early in the session of the legis
lature, providing for the structure.
It is proposed by the club that a one
mill levy be made this year for Clack
amas, Yamhill, Marion, and Washing
ton counties to raise half the amount,
and another mill be levied for 1912.
age, which had been placed where he gar, Francisco to Oakland, is engaging i the ministry was too strong and his
bad designated in a letter to his in
tended victim.
The battleship Oregon, now being
overhauled at the Bremerton navy
yards, will soon be turned out a better
vessel than when she participated in
the Spanish war.
the attention of more than a score of
local and Federal detectives. The
mail bags were stolen separately.
The first was taken on the night of
resignation has just been handed to
Frank H. Adams, general agent of the
company. Mr. Moore, will take up
the duties of a Methodist minister at
December 25, the second disappeared Spokane, Wash., Mr. Moore took up
two days later, and the third was stol- railroading and found his salary was
en either December 29 or 30. not sufficient to make ends meet.
Californian Buys Tract of Land.
Eugene After having been in this
city ten days Hans T. Christensen, a
capitalist of Point Arena, Cal., has be
come so favorably impressed with the
country around here that he purchased
1807 acres of Lane county land at a
price said to be $60,000.
Wheat Track prices: Bluestem,
83(ff83c; club, 81(381 J-c; red
Russian, 79c; valley, 82c; 40-fold, 82
82c.
Barley Feed, $23; brewing, $24(1
25 per ton.
Millstuffs Bran, $23.50(324.50 . per
ton; middlings, $31; shorts, $25.50(3
26.50; rolled barley, $25026.
Hay Track prices: Timothy, Wil
lamette valley, $190(20 per ton; East
ern Oregon, $21(322; alfalfa, $14;
grain hay, $14.5015.50; clover, $13
14.
Corn Whole, $29; cracked, $30 ton.
Oats No. 1 white, $28 ton.
Apples Waxen, 50c$l; Baldwin,
75c$1.25; Northern Spy, 60c(3$1.25;
Snow, $1.25; Red Cheek Pippin, $l(aj
1.25; Winter Banana, $1.752; Spitz-
enberg, $1.25(1.50; Yellow New
town, $1.75.
Green Fruits Pears, $1.25(9:2 per
box; grapes, 75c(3$l per box; Malag
as, $6o6.50 per barrel; cranberries,
$12(312.50 per barrel; persimmons,
$1.85 per box.
Vegetables Beans, 1 2 Xc per pound;
cabbage, $1.25(31.50 per hundred;
cauliflower, $2072.25 per crate; celery,
California, $3.253.50 per crate; cu
cumbers, $2 per box; eggplant, $l(3j
1.25 per crate; garlic, 8(3120 per
pound; green onions, 15c per dozen;
hothouse lettuce, 75c(3$l per box; pep
pers, 15c per pound; . pumpkins, l(oj
ljc per pound; radishes 1507;20c per
dozen; sprouts, Ml 8c;' squash, l(31c
per pound; tomatoes, $1.75 per box"
carrots, $107,1.25 per hunrded; par
snips, $loil.Z5; turnips $1; beets,
$1.25(31.50.
Potatoes Oregon, jobbing prices:
$1.25(31.35 per hundred.
Onions Buying price, $1.40 per
hundred.
Hops 1910 crop, 16(?18c; .1909
crop, contracts, 12(3123c.
Wool Eastern Oregon, 13(f? 17c
pound; valley, 170719c; mohair,
choice, 300733c per pound.
Poultry Live: Hens, 17!c;
springs, 17(S17c; turkeys, 20ft 21c;
ducks, 22c; geese, 14c; dressed tur
keys, choice, 2Ec.
Eggs Oregon ranch, candled, 34
37c; Eastern, 28oi,30c.
Butter City creamery extra, 1 and
2 pound prints, in boxes, 35c per
pound; less than boxes, cartons and
delivery extra.
Pork Fancy, llllc per pound.
Veal Fancy, 85 to 125 pounds, 13
14c per pound.
Cattle Prime-steers, $6.75(37.60;
good to choice, $6(3.6.25; fair to good,
$5(35.50; common, $4.50(35.25; choice
to prime cows, $5.50(35.75; good to
choice beef cows, $5(35.50; fair to
choice, $4.50(i5; common to fair, $2
(34; good to choice heifers, $4.75(35;
fair to good, $4.5007 4.75; common, $4
(34.25; choice to good fat bulls, $4.25
(34.50; fair to good $3.50(34; common,
$2,5003.25; good to choice light cal
ves, $7fri7.f0; fair to good, $6.50(3 7;
goodto choice heavy calves, $5,2506;
fair to good, $4,7505.25; common,
$3.75014.75; good to choice stags,
$4,500( 5; fair to good, $40(4.50.
Hops Choice, $8,7509; good to
choice, $S.FfiO8.75.
Sheep Yearling wethers, grain fed,
$4,7505; old wethers, grain fed. $4.25
04.50; choice ewes, grain fed, $4.25(3
4.75; feeders, $2 2.r03; choice lambs,
grain fed $6,5007; good to choice,
grain fed, $6VG.50; poor lambs, $4.95
(35.
Hay fed sheep and Iambs 50c lower
than grain fed.
New York, Jan. 5. The Federal
government brought suit today in the
United States Circuit court under the
Sherman anti-trust law against thir
teen of the principal Trans-Atlantic
carriers, which are estimated to con
trol ninety per cent, of the steerage
traffic, worth to them $55,000,000 a
year. Twelve olhcers or the defendant
companies, all resident in America,
are named as co-defendants.
These companies, the government
charges.entered into an illegal contract
February 5, 1980, at London, Eng., by
which they constituted themselves
the Atlantic conference, with power to
apportion all traffic pro- rata, impose
heavy fines on 'members of the con
ference for violation of any article of
agreement and wage competition
against all lines outside the confer
ence. As a result, it is alleged, the Rus
sian volunteer fleet, plying between
New York and Li bau, was driven out
of business and (the Russian-American
line was forced to make terms with
the conference and enter its member
ship. Suit was brought by Henry A. Wise,
United States district attorney, act
ing under instructions from Attorney '
General Wickersham.
In its petition the government prays
the court to "enjoin the defendants
from further agreeing, combining and
conspiring to injure or destroy the bus
iness of any person or corporation en
gaged in the business of carrying
steerage passengers between points in
the United States and Europe.
"Further, that each, every and all
the defendant steamship lines be for
bidden either to enter or clear any of
their vessels at or from the port of
New York or any other port of entry
in the United States, or any of its pos
sessions, so long as they shall continue
to operate under the aforesaid alleged
unlawful combination or conspiracy."
SENATOR ELKINS DEAD.
Prominent Leader in Congress Pass
es After Long Illness.
Washington, Jan. 5. Senator Ste
phen B. Elkins, of West Virginia, died
at midnight last night. At his bedside
were his wife, his daughter Katherine,'
and four sons, David, Richard, Stephen
and Blaine, and the physicians.
Death was due to septicemia or blood
poisoning. He was conscious until
within half hour of death.
In the early evening there were per
sistent rumors in Washington that the
Senator's condition had become grave,
and fears were expressed that he
might not live through the night. The
Elkins family, however, were hopeful
to the last and to the numerous inquir
ers who poured in at the Elkins home
encouraging responses were given.
Though no funeral arrangements
have been announced, it is probable
that Mr. Elkins will be buried at El
kins, W. Va.
During the larger part of his service
in the senate Mr Elkins was chairman
of the important committee on inter
state commerce. As head of this com
mittee he had charge of the Hepburn
rate regulation bill of 1907 and of the
administration bill of 1910. A rail
road builder and owner himself, Mr.
Elkins had an intimate knowledge of
all questions affected by this legisla
tion.
He was the outspoken champion of
the bill of 1910 and, as such, fought
for its passage night and day for
months. Probably the longest Bpeech
ever delivered by the West Virginia
senator was made in its support.
Honeymoon Ship to Sail.
San Francisco The steamer Gover
nor, which will leave Seattle for San
Francisco next Tuesday, will carry an
entire passenger list of bridal couples.
It will be known as the honeymoon
ship. Passenger Agent Duannan at
Seattle, some months ago sent out
circulars asking bridal couples to take
a honeymoon voyage on this ship,
which would be reserved for them.
The appeal seemed to strike many and
reservations came back from Canada
and this country. Calgary scored first
place in the number of applicants.
North Coast Limited Robbed.
Seattle The mail car on the North
em Pacific's St. Paul North Coast
Limited was held up by two masked
men soon after the train left Seattle
Wednesday night. Mail Clerk .Harry
O. Clark, of Spokane, was shot and the
registered mail was rifled. Clark was
brought to Seattle for treatment. A
posse of seven deputy sheriffs is mak
ing a systematic search of the coun
try around about Kent, 16 miles from
here, where the men left the train.
Strain Proves Too Much.
Los Angeles Professor Lucien Lar
kin, the astronomer in charge of Mount
Lowe observatory, has suffered a men
tal breakdown and has been placed in
a private sanitarium. Rev. A. B. Lar
kin, his son, attributes the scientists'
condition to overwork and entertain"
hope of his recovery.