Beaver State herald. (Gresham and Montavilla, Multnomah Co., Or.) 190?-1914, August 07, 1908, Image 3

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    HEADY EOH FIGHT.
INVESTIGATE HARRIMAN.
Stannard May Not be Abla to Slip
Out of Landis’ Decision.
Chicago, Aug 3
Agent
United State» At.
Hill l ines Abandon tan Trade torncy Sims and Special C >n*iil KeL
1 1»'Mg aihl Wilker»oii to«!.iv drafted a
, petition to the United States circuit
( j Nippon Hue.
court for a rehearing of the Standard
BIDS LUR COLLIEHS HIGH.
. gives additional time ,
< >|I case,«in which the appellate court Navy Department Reject» and Will In­ Commission Defers Operation of Re­
1 irccntly reversed Judge Landis.
vite New Tender«.
duced Rates on Lumber.
Judge Groskiup and his associates
Washington, July .31
Acting Hoc ro­
Wshington, July 30. Upon attplica-
will be asked to reverse themselves
• »ii the grouiol that they erred in dr tary of th« Navy Newberry aonouneed tion of the defendants in the Pacific
« luring that ludg«* Lamb» erred I lie ycetvrdny that of the bids submitted
Lumber cmu-a, the Interstate Com­
petition will aver that the circuit
Hill Say« Laws I hat Help Ah na Wil court misinterpreted th** testimony, for rollirrs uioh r the provision« of th«« merce cornmiMion has extended the
misread Judge I audit* obiter ilict'hn naval appropriation art at the lost are effective daU-s of its orders from Au­
Mak« American Oct an Carry­
oid di«l not understand thr lrg.il »ion of rongrrae, none will b« eatisfae
ing Trad« Possible.
premise» <>ii whuli he based his ir»t tory. II«« announced also that, an do gust 15 to October 15. This action
portant decision
w»» taken upon the showing made by
I Ii«* tlirrr points raised by thr court «unrrgrtfry «listed requiring immediate the carriers involved that, owing to
will be met squarely
Th** first is «Irlivery of any eolHer, the puvy de
St I’.iul, Minn.» Aug I
'The an I that Judgr Landis iittcinplrd to im
i ­ I artmi nt woubl invite teudrre «if rob the immense number of rates involved,
ii<>u ih cinciil that thv Hill line« have ! pose al bue upon the New Jcruev
it would be a physical impossibility to
abandoned th** marine portion of thrir 1 siandurd till company for the of- irre to b«< <leiiv<»r«*<) within 12 months,
%hui< hi the trade with Japan and friiscs of the Indiana corporation specifying in thr invitation» the gen check up the rates and print and file
< hm.i, while n t.oiling .ilhliation witl^ This is to be flatly denied and the • rsl eharseteristies» speed, carrying ra the new tariffs before August 15, and
J.ip.mc.i »lc.niii»hlp I llie». calllc* .1» 4 record to be cited Io confirm the
also upon their assurance that, if the
.thock to many people of the North claim that the court did not read purity and equipmeut nr<*c»»nry f<>r th-
I extension was granted, they would not
uni
According to the chairman of the decision of thr lower court as it j naval »erviee.
1 he h«»aid, Jam«» J Hill of the («reat applied Io the evidence
The Appropriation wiin $.525 000 fo, I apply for an injunction to restrain the
Northern, it vs.i» to be caper (cd
I hr second point, that the whole each vensol, «nd tbs wording of the act commission** order from becoming ef-
’Why,
mlaniicd Mr Hill, “our olfeir r» were in settlements and not
Pacihc trade ha* hern gone for a year. m <• h h shipment, .and that ignorance j w.'H Hiirh as to affor«l an advantage t" ! fertive.
Ma« • «<*hu»«-ttN company, which •
They expressly reserve the right to
A* long a* I.*» month» ago I told them I of rxisting rates excused thr accept ■ the
w hat w a*» 1 tuning.
iti. r d rebates will l»r respect fully j had three colliers practiral'y ready for teat th«* reasonableness of th** rat**»
A»ke<| it tin ntioii of the American < li.ir.ictrri/c«l as misapplication of the’
delivery. The department derided that ord* r«*d by the commission in a suit to
train 1 ontiiient.il road» in withdraw- law and .» ruling contrary to its
I h « brought for that purpose or in auita
the bids w«*rr rx<*c»»ive, and did nit
nig troiii the Pai ilic < ariyiiig trade known maxims.
which may develop« out of reparation
w.*» due to resentment at the action
meet
all
of
the
requirements.
The
an
The third point, that the tine of $29
claim* by shippers who have been ship­
«■1 the intersi.o<• commerce commit- " io.( mmi 1» excessive an«1 confiscatory »•unrement of th«* rejection of nil bids
ping und* r the advanc«*d rates. This
»ion, Mr Hill replied.
» t«» be met bv the contention that win tnadr after a conference h«*l«l by does not include th** case involving
"kcoentnirnt, no
I hr ««>inmi»»i«iii the corporation i» a chronic offender
I rat* a from the Willamette valley via
» iniiot hr blamed for enforcing the
ml gained many times the amount of Mr. N’ewlcrry with Admiral Converse,
law
t he I’acihc trade was given up thr imr by alleged rrbating methods president of the losrd of construction, ! San Francisco, on which the Southern
b<vau»r it did not pay
America to
I hr financial »talenirtits of the Com ami with representatives of the com Pacific has already filed a petition in
«lay ha» 110 flag on the high sea», or i ¡i.iny, showing net Kiins of more
San Francisco asking an injunction
might aa well not have, for wr c annot I h.m $50,(g10,000 him r the rrli.itmg lir panic« which »ubniittr«l bi Is.
against the commission’s order.
The bids were received during last
< ompctr with any other country, and g.m, the government rrgxrds as elo-
must hand the l< ad over to anybody quent arguments.
month. William Cramp A Hon of Phi)
Debt is 920,677,414 Mors.
that a»k» for it
1 he only way for .
a Ivlphiii, pr«»|»o«ed t»* build three col*
11» t » c ontinue in the i*a< Uic trade 1
Washington, Aug. 5. The monthly
lier»
at
$175.900
each
;
th«»
N«»w
York
STARTED FROM BRUSH FIRE
would be |or the railroad» to own
statement of the public debt shows
HM| 1 milding r'ompany, of Camden, N.
thrir own »trainers ami run them at
that at thr close of buiiinrM July 31,
a heavy lows
Destruction of Ferole Said to Have »L. Mt $4 3M on() «’a«’h; th« • .M«N< irhu«U»ttll 1908, thr debt, Ie»« ca»h in the treas­
We arc m»t a »rafaring nation W’r
Ship
on,
at
$425.(MM)
company,
of
Bout
Cott Numbar of Lives.
ury’, amounted to S9«r>8 H09.823, which
have no »ailor«, though under the
paru, and th«* M ary Lt nd Htrel rurnpany,
is an increase for thr month of $20,-
lew Americans mu»t constitute two
V in "tivrr. B ( , Aug 3 *
The
1
city jf Baltimore, at »376,000 each.
677,414.
Thr canh in thr trraaury is
third» or three fourths of the crew» of Ferine was nearly all burned Sat­
$1,791,(*38,029, againat which there
Wli.it we mint hive tn make an urday night b\ fire which caught
STATE GUARANTY ILLEGAL.
«»••ran carrying trade ponblr 1» not fr«»m a bu»h hrr which had raged
ar«- demand
liabilities outstanding
Mib'idir . but intelligent legislation, all thr afternoon among thr timber
amounting to $1,437,409,856, which
legislation that help» instead of hm • m the opposite »ide of Elk river from National Bank» Cannot Accept Tcrmi leaves a cash balance of $353,638,173.
«dvrs’*
_________________
the city
The »a vs mill plant o( the
Th«* apparent increase in the public
of Oklahoma Law.
I Ik River Lumber company was the
debt is accounted for by the loss of
first to catch in the city of Ferine,
Washington, Aug. 4. In a formal
LABOR WAR SERIOUS.
and fr««ni tlirrr the fire s|>rcad to thr opinion rendered by Attorney (¡eneral cash in the treasury, which, during
mam offices <»f tile l'r«JWs Nest Coal Bonaparte at the request of Secretary July amounted to nearly $36,000,000.
Franc« Making Suprernn Effort to company
Inside of an hour him of th** Treasury Cortelyou, it is held to This loss was occasioned by the large
also by thr redemption of the notes of
«Ire«!» of cottages <»f miners had hern
Cop« With Situation.
I m * ill* gal for any national bank to
burned and thr main business sec-
failed and liquidating national banks
1‘ari», Aug !
The labor war br- lion* of the city were swept away.
enter into a contract or other ar rage-
and th«* reducing of circulation^ of na­
<*.iinr extremely serious this afternoon
ment
with
state
officials
for
th«*
pur
­
I erm«- ha» a population of about
when the g ncrnmrnt announced it* 5PO0 »nd two third» of thr people pose of creating a guaranty fund out tional banks.
-determination to arrest the leaders i are homeless One or two deaths oc of the bank’s defMMits or capital stock
<»t the <»rnrr.il Federation of Labor,
Kills All Exequatur*.
> tirred «luring the tire
Special trains to be used in paying the depositors of
and this announcement was followed
are bring rushed from nearly all
Washington, July 3(1. Drew Linard,
by a call from the federation for a town» to a*si»t the homeless people any bank included within the terms of
a state statute, any deficiency there American consul at Ceiba, Honduras,
general »trike of the mason» and type
I hr total loss is said t«> be about may be in th«« amount to lie received cabled the State department today that
wetter»
1 hr masons are divided, $2,00(1 oon
by them from assets of such bank in President Davuilla had canceled his ex­
ah mt half having quit work
equatur and those of all the other con­
I hr tvursetters have been drawn I
the event of its failure.
int«- the trouble by an effort of the <
HEAT KILLS OFF BABIES.
Mr. Uortvlyou requested th** attorney suls at that port. There was no ex­
leadrr» to tic up press utterance» ;
general's opinion “as to the legal right planation of the act in the cablegram,
which have ben unfavorable to them
of national banks in the state of Okla­ but it is thought here that the consuls
The »trike leaders believe they can Great Increase in July Death Rate homa to contribute toward the guar­ united to prevent the execution of rev­
Over Former Year».
get along better without the paper«
anty fund or to avail themselves of olutionists who hail incurred the dis­
I hr government in it» decision to
Chicago.
\ug
3
Enormous in
irre»t the leaders of the fcdrr.iti<»n. crra»r hi thr death rate among b.i- the other privileges of th«» state bank­ pleasure of President Davuilla. It is
likely that an additional gunboat will
bold» the organization responsible for Kirs li»t wr«k put city health officials ing act.*’
be ordered to Amapala at once to assist
the outbreak Fhursday at Vigncux on thr anxious *eat, ami unlr»» the
the Milwaukee in making a demonstra­
an ! other labor riots
Opium Users in New York.
weither turn» cooler a still higher
I ab'-r leader» »ay they are prepared point i» expected in the weeks to
Washington, Aug. 4. At least 5,(Mm tion against the revolution. The Mil­
to fight and a great industrial up­ come
white |iersons in New York city are waukee was ordered from Honolulu
heaval is threatened
Monday.
A total of 20A children under 1 year
Government oltuials explained that of age an average of more than 29 slaves to the opium habit, according to
the typesetter» ate working under an i «Liv died, according to the Mati* the statement made today by I>r.
Ready to Begin Tests.
Wright, one of the three representa­
igrerment ami cannot strike without tic* of 'hr department
In the 2? pre
breaking it
Washington. Aug 1 —The work of
ceiling <lay* of thr month the average tives uf America on the international
rite wi* IM b.ibie*
In comparison commission which is investigating the inflating the big gasbag of Captain
with thi* total of '*o(l i* an average opium traffic throughout the world. He Thomas S. Baldwin's airship will be
SULTAN GRANTS LIBERTY.
The tent in which the
t»f 16| for the week ending Augii*t said the investigations have led also to begun today
last year snd 139 for Ib$ vu ■ ■ k the estimate that th. re are from 600 bal’oon will be housed arrived at Fort
Meyer yesterday and will be pitched
N.-w Constitution to be Put Into Effect ending \ugu»t I. 1906
to 1,000 Chinese residents of New-
? *'l iy Bv Monday, barring accidents,
Without Delay.
\n otlb’i.il exfilanation <»f the in
York who are addicted to the drug.
cr<-a*r will t»ro|>.iblv be made public , The commission intends to extend its Capt lin Baldwin will be ready to make
Constantinople. Aug
I
An ofli tom«»rrow. but. generally speaking,
Ins first flight
There is an element
-cnl cornniunic'ition issued yesterday
l>k of proper care during the hot activities to all the main cities of the •f uncertainty as to what Captain
annoum es the formation of a special
w«*.illi«T ua* given today as »he cause country, to di termine the extent of the Baldwin's aerial craft will do when
■council to put the constitution in force
I it gc t> un in the air. many of its fea-
•1 ie of drugs in the United States.
in tnedi.it« l\
T hr council is com- j
•nres being new in this country
l n
Growing Too M iny Hops.
1» • • « d of Kiimcl I’i'h t ami the min ;
I the p'-t Captain Baldwin has steered
N«*w Man at St. Anthony.
istrrs of foreign affairs and interior.1
New York. Aug 3
Biron Louis
I
hi-
bal
’
”
n
bv
shitting
the
weight
of
Washington,
Aug. 5. Announce­
th«* president of the state council \'»n Horst of ('«»burg. Germmv. who
i his
and the legal adviser to the portc
Ii.?» large h<«p interest* in California, ment was made # at the Post oilice de­
llu* sultan has decided shortly to '* as a passenger on th«» steamer St partment t«*day that Charlm C. Moor*»
Deepen Mare Island Straits.
issue a rescript consecrating the con Patti, which arrived here tonight. had been np|x>inted postmaster at St.
Washington. Aug. 4. The board of
»tit ution
Speaking of the situation in the in Anthony, Idaho, in pladb of Marcellus
I hr leader» of Young Turkey arc dustrv. hr *ai<l that thr trouble is J. Gray, removed. This change was civil engineers of the army and navy
working methodically to insure the overproduction and that as a result decided upon several weeks ago after apponited to suggest some methods of
»mcr»s of the new regime They are thr small h«»p farmer has been in sc- an inspection of the office. The de­ improving the approaches to the Mare
«h voting their efforts in the first xrrr straits during thr past two years
partment says Mr. Gray ha* been care- Island navy yard, has decided on the
place- to getting the finances of the Thr prohibition movemrnt in thr
employment of hydraulics in the Mare
count ry in order and to the regular south and west and the licensing bill leas in the conduct of he office and
Island straits. By this means it will
payment of officials.
in Lngland an<! Germany have cut failed to give it the personal attention
be possible to provide an adequate
down thr demand, he says, with the required.
depth of the channel at Mare Island to
result that there has been a falling
Find Cache of Bombs.
accommodate the largest war vessels.
Give Consuls Refuge.
II Paso, Texas, .Aug
I
Sixty in prices.
The project is said to be feasible and
Washington,
Aug.
4.
Won!
of
the
bombs snupposrd tn be the ones re­
can be maintained, when once it is in­
Pettibone Cannot?Live.
arrival of the gunboat Marietatta at
ferred to in the correspondence in-
stalled, for $25.000 a year.
Denver.
C«>1
,
Aug
3
An
operation
Ceiba.
Honduras,
Captain
Maxwell
lr -dm ed as evidence in the trial of
commanding,
has
been
received
at
the
tie alleged revolutionists here, were' performed today nt St Joseph’s hos­
Pearl Harbor Plans Forwarded.
Captain Maxwell
di-ivrt «-«I in 1 cache vesferd.iv about pital in this city, on George A. Tetti- Navy department.
Washington.
July 30. According to
will
give
refuge
aboard
his
vessel
to
four miles hrvemd the* Rio Grande bone, formerly a member of the execu­
river from the city limits of I I Paso
the foreigd consuls at Ceiba, whose advices received at the Navy depart­
I hr r.ic ht was located nr ir the point tive board <»f the Western Federation exequaturs have been cancelled by ment here from Honolulu, the board of
> here thr corners of New Mexico, of Miner*, showed that he is suffer* President Davila, of Honduras, if con­ officers, of which Admiral
Seaton
l< x is ami Mexico touch. Thr bombs ng from cancer, and the phvsician* ditions make it expedient for them to Schroeder is president, appointed to
were made of tomato cans, carefully, in attendance .agreed that his life
investigate th«’ plans for a naval base
retire from the city.
p 1 keel with scrap iron and three' could not he <:ived
Pettibone be
at Pearl Harbor, has forwarded its
sticks of dynamite, properly primed ! rime sick while in prison in Idaho
report to Washington.
It is under­
Knockers Arc Challenged.
with fuse ami ncrcussion caps.
•iw.iitim» his trid for allege«! romnljc
stood that the report makes recom­
•tv in the murder of former Governor
Oyster Bay. Aug 1—Morality of the
mendations for the location of docks
Frank Steimenbcrg, which resulted in workers on the anam.a canal is to be
Find Wook for Women.
the »object of a conference between and the defenses of the harbor. The
New York. Aug 1
Thirteen wo- ! his acquittal.
Pre-ident Roosevelt and Secret irv of chief of the bureau will visit th«' site.
men. :ts a committer of thr Women*!*
\\ r Wright today Secretary Bishop
France Faces Great Strike.
I r.agnr of the State of New York. I
Treasury Department Is Upheld.
b< v m 1 crus ide Thnrsdnv. which thrv I
P.iris. \itg 3
\ tremendous «trike of the canal commission said yester­
hope will give employment to 75,non is brewing upon the French nation day: “ The president i< annoyed at th«»
Washington. Aug. 5. The attorney
stricture* on the morality of the canal general has upheld the Treasury de­
unemployed women by August 15
Th«* Irigners. through an appeal sent alired railroads, according tn present camps and wishes them cleaned up
partirent in its view of that packages
Government aconisition
to business men throughout the state, j indications
by the distilled spirits produced at dis­
Colonel
Symons
Retires.
ask th ii is many of thr army of
f the Western rail"■ iv. in addition to
tilleries not affected by restraining or­
the nm-midoyi’d as nossihlr be taken I the non» lines it already held,
Washington, July 31. Colonel Thon. ders must be marked in accordance
b <k bv “Prosperity day.” August 15 brought matters to a crisi« It added W. Svinoli», corps of engineers, was
More than a dozen firms have agreed immensely to the strength of the placed on the retired list of the army with the regulations which took effect
to g vc employment to women.
government employed railroad men yesterday on his application, after July 1. A circular letter is soon to be
(tn the ground that living expense« more than 37 years of service. Colo issued to the internal revenue collect­
have increased they adopted resolu­ nel Svnions is now employed on the ors instructing them in accordance
Taka Up Oil Case.
Chicago. Aug
1
United States tions calling for revision of the scale New York state canal commission, lie with this view.
was formerly superintendent of public
District Attorney Sims announced
Crosa Land by Balloon.
grounds in this city.
Send Leonard to Tokio Fair.
vrstrrd.av that the petition for thr re­
hearing of thr Standard Oil case b«
Chicago. Aug 3
A trnnxcontincn
Washington, Aug. 5. Major Henry
fore thr United States circuit court 1 t*»1 bnllnon race, *t irting from cither
Midshipman Loses Berth.
F. Leonard, of the Marine corps, has
would be filed within thr next ten I n* Angele« or Sin Frincisrn with
Oyster Ray. July 30. The president been designated as naval attache to the
days The petition will ask for a re 1 th«* Atlantic seaboard a« the objective
today approved an order for the dis­ Tokio Exposition commission in re­
hearing of thr argument in the case ' point, is being planned bv tlir Fed
in thr hour that the circuit court can I er.»t’nn of American Aeronaut«, ac­ missal of Midshipman James M. Har­ sponse to the request of Commissioner
hr induced tn change its reversal of cording to announcements made bv alson from the naval academy. Har­ General Loomis. Maior Leonrd's con­
thr $29.00.000 fine imposed by Judge the board of directors of the organi­ alson was found guilty of using ob­ nection with the commission will begin
scene language to an enlisted man.
about September 1.
Landis on the Standard.
sation here tonight.
NEED DI HÌSI II (1ISI ATIÜNIILT
for Government at Work on
Merger Suit.
WANT RE-ARGUMENT
Chicago, July 31.—Special agent» of 1
• he government are in Chicago trying
to collect evidence to sub.tantute i
proceeding, for the disruption of the I
ifarriman .y.teni of railroads upon
the ground that the combination is tn
violation of the Sherman anti trust
M f
For more than a week Ralph M. ■
■McKenzie, who did a great deal of ,
preliminary work in the investigation
which tile interstate commerce com­
mission made into the affairs of the I
Harriman railroads has been industri­ Conference of Leading Government
ously working among big shippers
Attorney* With Bonaparte Result*
»ith a view to ascertaining how the
in Unanimous Decision.
Harriman combination has been used,
if used at all. to .title competition arid
restrain trade
On Mr. McKenzie’s
new calling list are all of the traffic
Lenox, Maas., July 30.—After an all-
men of the big industries in the city. |
»Jay conference of the leading govern­
It is not known with what success he |
is meeting, but his investigation is > ment prosecuting officers and Frank B.
taken as meaning that the “big stick ' I Kellogg, of Minnesota, one of the spe­
h. - again begun to swing over the cial counsel for the government la cer­
Harriman lines.
It is understood that evidence is tain eivil suits, it was announce*! by
desired for use in connection with a Attorney-General Bonaparte that an
suit to be begun by the government, effort would be made to secure a re­
which will be similar to the Northern vision of the recent decision and opinion
Securities case, which resulted in the of the I’nited States circuit court of
disruption of the Hill merger, so far ajqwals in the case of the Standard Oil
company of Indiana and that an appli­
as a holding company is concerned.
cation for a reargument of the ease and
a motion for a modification of the opin­
IMMIGRATION BUREAU FRAUD
ion would be submitted to that court.
Although no time is fixed, this action
Scandal Said to Have Been Unearthed will be taken at the earliest possible
moment, ami the pending prosecution
by Commissioners.
against the Standard Oil company and
all
other prosecution in which the giv­
San Francisco. July 31—The big
stick, in the hands of Theodore ing or receiving of rebates is charged
Roosevelt, is about to swing amid the will be pressed to trial.
Th*- decision to take this action was
ranks of the Pacific coast immigration
bureau of the government, and when unanimous on the part of five men
it swings, if seemingly reputable re- i whom the attorney general called to
ports can be relied upon, heads big the eoaference, namely. Solicitor-Gen­
nd little are apt to fall into the bas- , eral H. M. Hoyt, ef Washington; Ed­
win M. Sims, of Chicago; United State*
ket of political oblivion
An investigation, which has been district attorney for the northern dis­
g .mg on for over a year under the trict of Illinois; James W’ilkerson, of
direction of a special commission I Chicago, Mr. Sims’ assistant, and Frank
u.mrd by the president, it is saidj B. Kellogg, of Minnesota.
has revealed evidence of alleged con­
nivance on the part of the immigra­
DEATH LIST ENORMOUS.
tion agents in the smuggling of Chi­
nese and Japanese coolies into the '
United States, both along the Mexi- . Hongkong Typhoon Victim* Known
can border and in the Pacific ports of
to Number 13,000.
entry.
Hongkong, July
30—The
whole
The commissioners who have been
conducting this investigation now southern coast of China is suffering
have their data almost completed and 1 from the effects of the terrible typhoon
in a short time will make their for- i that swept over the China sea Monday
mal report to Washington When the
night. Report* from Canton say that
material is in the hands of the presi­
dent he w ill be ready to take immedi­ over 12.000 were drowned, instead of
3.000, as was at first reported, and that
ate action
Agent« of the government are now thousands of people of the eoolie class
•• San Fran is o worinng upoa the’ are homeless.
In Hongkong conditions are almost
fir -hing details of the case They are
making use of a staff of Chinese de- ’ as bad. The immense public gardens
are
a total wreck and houses hare col­
tectives and it is declared a complete
underground system has been uncov­ lapsed all over the city. Over 100 Chi­
ered and a band of Chinese leaders nese vessels were sunk in the harbor.
The British river gunboats Whiting
revealed.
Much evidence has been obtained of and Rnl.in were damaged seriously and
this practice in southern California. | the French gunboats Argus and Vigi­
where it is charged orientals have lante were battered in the storm. The
been regularly passed across the Mex- 1 Whiting is ashore and will probably b«
ican b rder under the very noses of a total wreck.
The Pacific Mail company's fins new
a force of immigration inspectors.
granite building, just completed at a
cost of $500,000, was destroyed.
APPEAL TO LAW.
The Pacific Mail steamer Persia was
blown ashore at Kowloon on the main­
Illinois Manufacturers to Test Decis­ land near Hongkong, and the Mongolia,
which had arrived in port but two hour*
ion on Export Rates.
before the storm broke, was in collision
Chicago, July 31 —The Illinois Man­ with the Portland « Asiatic Steamship
ufacturers' association took up the company’s steamer Numantia Neither
Asiatic export problem yesterday and vessel, however, sustained serious dam­
asked Levy Mayer for an opinion as age.
to the best method of procedure 1
Members of the association through- I
JAPANESE HAVE ARSENALS.
out the state are alarmed over the
prospect and purpose to use every ’
effort, both legal and otherwise, to I Every Camp in California is Supplied
change the situation
With Arm*.
The Canadian Pacific yesterday de- I
ban Jose, Cal.. July 30.—It is known
clared that it was not a party to'
the new tariffs which the American in and about San Jose that firearms are
tr nscontinental lines have put out. I being collected and stored in many
In railway circles here the un ler large Japanese camps in this part of the
standing is different
It does not . state.
In one c.-wup near Agnews a
matter, however, so far as the effect . larg* numlwr of rifles, shotguns and
t the new tariffs is concerned, for pistols are kept, and weapons of all
no railroad originating traffic here descriptions are occasionally seen in all
would maintain a traffic agreement the Japan* se communities to the north
with the Canadian Pacific except of San Jose.
upon the same terms as traffic is
The Japanese themselves deny that
maintained with American lines.
they have any weapons whatever. It
The fact developed yesterday that i is almost impossible for any American
the railroads are aggrieved even to enter their camp* to make an in­
more by the commission’s ruling that vestigation.
“such rates or fares must be the same
One citizen of Ran Jose who gained
for all. regardless of whether ocean the confidence of the Japanese through
carriage may be designated by the long business relations h«s been per­
shipper or passenger.
This would mitted to see the room« occupied by
compel the railroads to deal with the bo«s of a camp. Among other pur­
tramn ocean steamers, which they poses it serves as the camp arsenal.
positively refuse to do. It is the con­ There is not one camp without a small
sensus of opinion that there is no collection of arms, and in the large
power which can compel the railroads camps the supply is said to be alarming.
:• engage in this business if they do
not see fit to do so.
Sell Sutro Holdings.
San
Francisco.
July 30 —Real estate
California Gains in Value.
San Francisco. July 31 —The Cal- circles here are stimulated by the an­
itnrnia promotion committee’s Rulle- nouncement that the holdings of the
t n of Progress, dated July 31, will say: estate of the late Adolph Sutro. which
"Fvidence of the development of the
comprise one tenth of the entire area
state is given in the reports for the
«>•’' ve.-.r of the county assessors of the city and county of San Fran­
to the state controller
Impressive cisco and some of the choicest residence
■in« are recorded in most counties tracts in the state, are to be divided
■ er the figures of a year ago. and among the six heirs and shortly thrown
the sum total will show a gain of Uf or the market. The xix heirs to the
minv millions in the taxable property e«tate are together in this city for the
of the state.
Rond elections have fi*-«t time in venrs. and it has been de­
been held in a number of cities and cide.’ to finally sett)* the estate and di­
towns and in every case the voters' vide the property.
have declared for civic improve- '
ments.’’
Fighting in Mexico.
Fl Paso. Tex.. July 80.—A special
Three States Fight Trust.
dispatch received in this citv brings
Topek.a. Kan. July 31.— Attorney-' news of an engagement which has just
General Jackson yesterday filed in the been fought between Mexican revolu­
district court of Shawnee county oits [ tionists and soldiers and citizens in
ter quo w.arranto and injunction j Mexico, just across the border from
«nits against the Yellow Pine associ- i Comstock. Texas, in which it is re-
atinn of St 1 ottis
The attorneys- I Lorted that two Americans have been
illeil. It is not known at this time
general of Missouri. Texas .and Okla­
homa. it is stated, filed similar suit’ whether there were any other casual­
in their respective states in a con ' ties. but i‘ is believed several of the
certed effort to break up what i’ al­ combatants on both sides were killed or
leged to be an illegal combine tp raise wounded.
the nrice of lumber to a figure said
to be unreasonable and fictitious.
Ex-Governor Budd Very Low.
Stockton. Cal.. Julv 30__ The condi­
Indians Steal Railroad.
tion of ex Governor James H. Budd re­
Phoenix. Artz.. July 31.—Fourteen mains practically the same, although,
Pima Indi ns we-e taken to the cotin if anything, he is slightly improved.
tv tail yesterday at Florence to serve Members of the family remain st th*»
a term for the theft of ra'lrosd pr m- bedside almost constantly and his physi­
ertv from the Soivhern Pacific ci.m- cian visits him four times dsily. The
comp.any. The Indians are the lead- governor is conscious and able to ree-
in»« men of the village on the Pima owntre his relatives, though too weak
river built largely out of railroad ties to speak.
Government Will Try to Again
Open Standard Case.
WILL LET NO REBATERS ESCAPE
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