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COTTAGE GROVE OFEGON.
news ofthe WEEK
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A Rsume of the Lss Import! bwt
Not LSS Interesting Events
Of the Psst Week.
J. P. Morgan fied Italy in fear ol
aaei nation.
Carnegie favors reform in tb pell
lig of tLt English language.
Tbe rul i said to be paving r
for a cotitationel monarchy.
Representative Land!, of Indiana,
tu ft plan for reform In gover d toent
printing.
Betiii he peoly declared for Franco
fa the Moroccan dupoU and Germany
Lai raised a proteet.
II eery wind storm along tb Atlanta
k Lara duiged shipping and lessened
tb chance of raring vessel which went
ashore daring recent storms.
C. E. Grunsky, coososlting engineer
of too IWlarnation service, ha mad
an adverse report on the Paloos irri
gation project, esying the cost ia to ei
ceaaive. John D. Rockefeller haa given II to
New Jeraejr hospital in the nam of
bia grandajn. The tame mail contain
ed a gift from Mft. Maraball Field,
Jr., for 1100.
Capitalist hare purchased the ite
and boilding of the Lewi and Clark
fair andjwill aave the building from
farther deetructionh for use in homing
large manufacturing plant.
Governor rattlson, of Ohio, ii im
proving. An alliance of Britain, France and
Kussia it proposed.
The famine in Japan grow worse
and disease follow hangar.
Anthracite coal operator bare split
on the wane ecale to be paid miner.
ifeney say Pristol charge are base
lee and Bristol will reUin hi office.
Twenty-six miner pribei in the
Century coal roina disaster in Weet
Virginia.
The Iotertat Commerce commission
ia investigating onderbilling fraad by
hipper.
It ia claimed that only the detail of
the Algeciraa conference remain to be
settled. Roosevelt i credited with
aolf ing the problem.
The government ha given Hermann
bill of particular concerning the let
ter book destroyed, hot hi lawyer
continue to delay the trial.
Attorney General Hadley, of Mis
souri, ba called a trace on Rockefeller
while the latter may vitit hi new
grandson. Hadley say he can get all
the evidence he need without John D.
anyway.
The German army ia reported ready
for war.
Russia i on the eve of another rebel
outbreak.
The condition of Governor Pattison,
of Ohio, i grave.
A nowlide killed (iz miner near
Granite, Colorado.
Roosevelt haa proposed a comprornlee
in the Moroccan question which doe
not please France.
James A. Fee may appointed
United Htate district attorney for Ore
gon if i'rintol loses out.
The conference between miner and
operator of the anthracite coal district
haa failed to reach a wag" agreement.
It i now generally admitted that be
tween 4') and 60 person lout their
live in the recent Denver & Rio Grand
wreck in Colorado.
The sidewheel steamer Olympian,
which was being towed from Han Fran
cisco to New York, was wrecked in the
Htraita of Magellan.
Latent report! ay nearly 2,000 were
killed and 6,600 Injured by the earth
quake in Formosa. All aurvirovr are
in a atate of extreme destitution.
An ezploaion in a coal mine near
Fairmont, W. Va., ia known to have
killed 16 miner and injured 25 other.
From 26 to 76 are iniaalng and their
fate i unknown.
Kx-Chief Engineer Wallace favor a
aealeve) canal.
Nineteen liveslwere loat in a storm
on the Gulf of Mexico.
A comprornlia at the Moroccan con
ference i now promised.
Daring robber have taken $432,600
from a Moscow, Russia, bank.
Jerome say giving insurance money
to campaign committee 1 not larceny,
The price of bottle ia to be Increased
6 per cent by the manufacturer.
Heyeral shipwreck have resulted
from the recent atorin on the Atlantic
coast.
Total collection in the United Btate
from all sources for the relief of starv
ing Japanese now leache f 120,000.
Objection to the appointment of W.
15. lloggatt as governor of Alaska may
result in the selection of acme one else.
Attending physician now believe
John D. fpreckle hit ft chance of recovering.
ROGERS ANSWERS QUERIES.
Admits Standard 0ersp of Sup
posed Indepee-dsnt Colter.
New York. Msrtb 24. H. H. Rers
Pilar!? 8ered tb qieti-n rot to
bin by Attorney Geoerml Halley, of
Mieaouri, in the proceedieg to oo.t the
Hsodard Oil comr-aoy, the Waters
Pierre Oil company, an I the Republic
Oil corr, pen v from Mis"oari, anJ the
Maodard Oil la ever admitted that the
!taodar 1 ens a txajority of the stock
cf the other two companies. Tio Mr.
Hadley La overcome bis axml recalci
trant witnees and ha proved the ttain
prmt of bi cootentioB. Tlay he will
go farther and prove by doramentary
and oher evidence that the thre com
paaie are all bumkJ by lb hUnda d
off-cial at 28 Broedway. Ttere waa a
decided charge fa Mr. Roger' manner
onder exemicatioa. bt be till pUdel
lap of memory or ignorance oa several
important point. W. G. Rickefeller
aleo UetiSed and bi memory failed on
several qaeetioo.
Mr. Roger admitted that be waa a
stockholder ia tbe Standard Oil com
pany of Indian, bat tid be did not
know in detail of the condition of tbe
ale of oil ia Mtseoori. nor did be know
atnt iha diviaioa of that taU between
the Watera-Pierce and Republic Oil
companiee.
PORTLAND MAY GET TIME BALL
Navy Department Favorably Conaidera
Board of Trade' Requeat.
Washington, March 26. Fenator
Fa 1 ton waa aared today by tbe secre
tary of the navy that tbe Fjuipment
bareaa bad been niveetigating the ne-
ceetity of initalling at Portland the
time ball system lor the aid ol man
ner. Mr. Folton bad presented the
requeet of tB Portland board of trade,
with an argent appeal that thi usnal
feature of maritime citiee be part of the
government equipment of Portland.
The matter seem to have the favor
of the brad of the department, and, no-
lese anforeeeen d:f5icaltie intervene,
order for the work are expected to le
iseaed in the near future.
In presenting the req'it of Port
land' mariners and merchant, the
board of trade emphaj;arl the trouble
now experienced by captain in check
ing the variations of their chronome
ters, and brought to trie attention of
the senator the large number of venels
visiting Portland annually. These
fact have been placed before the de
partment.
FALLS INTO REBEL TRAP.
Governor Curry, of Simar, May Be
Captive of Pulajane.
Manila. March 28. In the recent
recent fight at Magtaon in tbe enter of
Bamar between the constabulary and a
ir.rrm e.f Pn la lane two constabulary
officer and aeveral private were
wounded. Tbe loee ol tbe ruiajanea
i unknown. Governor Curry ia miee
ing. Governor Curry, Judge Lobiner and
Superintendent of Kcbooia Hoover pro
ceeded to a town expecting to receive
in eurrender a large band of Pulajanee.
It is now Buspected that the offer by
tbe Palajane to surrender wa a
treacherous raw.
Reinforcement of constabulary have
been ordered to proceed to the district
and Provincial Treasurer Whittier, of
Harnar, has recommended that Federal
troop be held in readinee.
BARS JAPANESE FISHERMEN.
Fulton's Alaska Bill Will Pass House
Without Difficulty.
Washington, March 26. Japanese
encroachment in the fishing water of
Alaska will be brought to a cloee this
year. Kenator Fulton' bill prohibit
ing alien from taking fish in the wa
ter of that district is on the bouse
calendar and is assured of final enact
ment there. For some time, especially
last year, the Japanese have been press
ing their fishing operation further and
further on tbe American side of Uer
ing sea and the North Pacific ocean.
United States vessels found them last
year far in the Alaska fisheries catching
salmon in large rjnantities and pickling
fish for return f Japan. No seizure
were made, but most of the Japanese
vessels took to flight when observed.
Fortune in a New Carnation.
New lied ford, Mass., March 2tt. H.
A. John, a local florist, ha uccefded
in developing a white carnation which
promise to surpass every famou pink
heretofore raised and for which he ha
refused an offer of 18,000. It ia a
carnation which, according to florist
fill a long felt want in that it I a per
fect white flower of extraordinary sire,
with a item of great length, and a ca
lyx which wilt not bunt. Added to
these, it ba another essential of the
successful carnation exquisite frag
ranee.
Rival of Standard Oil.
Loa Angeles, March 26. The Time
ay this morning: With the comple
tion of the pipeline across the Isthmus
of Panama through the canal rone, up
on which work la now being rushed, it
Is practically settled that the Union Oil
company will establish, on the Atlantic
coast south of New York, an immense
refinery plant, and that a bid will be
made by the united interest to control
the asphalt market of the Kust and
fight the HUndard.
Must Not Buy Convict-Made Goods.
Washington, March 2i Represent
ative Kibley Iihs introduced u bill pre
venting officers or agents of (he govern
ment from buying goods intuit) by con
vict lubortrs.
OREGON STATE ITEMS OF INTEREST
COMPLAIN OF GRAZING RULE.
Oregon Stockmen's GHerancts Are
Taken Up by Senator Fulton.
Waahingtoo eoatot Fulton ba re
ceived many letter of complaint from
sVjrkmen of Oregon, who expree dis
satisfaction with tb manner ia which
the forest service is managing tb sum
mer range ia forest reeerve. The
sheepmen of Umatilla county feel that
tbey bare been anfairly t reeled in tbe
distribution of range ia tbe Weoaba re
serve, and the abeep and cattlemen
whose tockl permitted to grase in
tbe Cascade reserve feel that they are
paying too moch for tbe privilege. Ho
tar a tbe Cascade reserve I concerned,
tbe i beep id en object to paying 6 cents
a bead for tbe grating privilege when
beep are permitted ia other reeervee
at 4 and 6 rents each.
Tbe forest service explain that tbe
g rasing aeaaoo ia the Cascade reeerve
I longer than in tbe reserve where the
fee is smaller. fs far a tb Wenaha
reeerve it concerned, tbe range ba
beea apportioned for the coming sea
son, and it ia too late to bring about a
readjustment. To ascertain all the
facts, with tbe view to laying tbe mat
ter before the forest service in it true
light, Mr. Fulton haa reqoeeted the
slock men of Oregon to famish bim with
accurate data, that be may aJjust these
matter beforo another grazing season
open.
The Dalles to Portage.
The Dalles A company of local cap
italists, under tbe name of the Colom
bia Transportation company, has
bought the steamer George W. Fimojs
from the D- P. A B. S. Co. It will be
operated between Cascade Lock and
the lower terminus of the state ports
road. The boat will leave Cascade
Locx at 6 o'clock in the morning and
reach The I at 10. making all way
landings. It will lie here an hour,
then run to the lower terminus of tbe
porta, and returning will leave for
Cascade Lock at 2 o'clock. It i the
purpose of the company in buying and
operating the boat to afford people
along the Columbia opportunity to
make The Dalles their trading point.
' Many Buy Wallowa Timber.
Wallowa Locator have been doing
much business the past three months
on account of a wild rush by local men
and outsider to secure claim ia the
pine, fir and tamarack foreet of Wal
lowa county. Bections which sold at
11.25 an acre were bought first, and
only tboee claims remsin which are in
the 12.50 section. There are but a
few more claim open f-r location, ami
it ia expected the locating eason will
be closed witbin 30 day. Capitalist
are buying much of thi timber, and
from individual bolder claim pur
chased for lee than $500 are selling at
from $1,000 to J1.600 each. These
carry from 1,000,000 to 3,000,000 feet
to the quarter section.
Enterprise Still Capital.
Wallowa The Wallowa connty com
missioners, at their lat mee'ing, ac
cepted the offer of F. D. McCullv, L.
Knapper and Aaron Wade, to build a
wooden structure in Fnterprise large
enough to meet the county' require
ments for a courthouse, and to lease
the same to the county for five years
at an annual rental of $W0. The
building is to be completed by August
1. It will be of wood, but compa'a
tively eafe, a it will be equipped with
a flr.r.rr-.f vault. The hoa rd thus
settled further controversy for five
year regarding the permanent loca
tion of the county seat.
Fight for a County Seat.
Canyon City The fight for the conn
tv seat now being waged between Can
yon City, the present capital, and
Prairie City, long aspirant lor Uie
honor, is waxing red hot. The laws
of Oreiron orovide that a vote must be
ordered by the county court if a peti
tion, signed by not less than three
fifths of the registered voters, is pre
sented. The promoter of the removal
have organized en improvement asso
ciation, and among other things have
secured subscription amounting to
$20,000 for a new courthouse.
Great Loss in Malheur County.
Baker City (Sheepmen and stockmen
of Malheur county are offering $80 a
ton for hay, according to report, and
the price ia rapidly advancing, as very
little feed could be bought even at this
fabulous price. It is estimated that
the storm which has swept over the
country during the past week will re
suit in the loss of at least 25 per cent
of the livestock of Malheur county, a
many sheep and cattle were upon the
range when it struck.
Lane Fruit is Unharmed.
Eugene Dr. H. F. McCormlck, Lane
county fruit inspector, aays it is hi
opinion that the freezing weather of the
past few day haa done no material
damage to the fruit in thi vicinity.
Each thaw ha been accompanied by
cloudy weather. Jlad the sun shone
warm and bright each morning the
crop would have been ruined.
Hop Sale at Woodburn.
Aurora Kd Herron, the hopbuyer,
this week bought the Joe Kennedy bop
crop of 72 bales at ' Woodburn, paying
better than 1) cents. The hops were
shipped direct to London. M. H.Gil
bertHon, IJltiii.an liros.' agent here,
went to North Yakima a few days Hgo
to look after several big lota of hop
there.
CREATED AT LAST.
President Sets Ad Blue Mountains
ior Timber Purpots.
WssLir gVn President Roevell, on i
recommendation of the .'orest service, j
has signed s proclamation treating tb
Plos moanlaia forest reserve in Ksstern
Oregn, to embrace 2.627,270 acres.
Tbe reserve as created f jliows tbe gen
eral liaes of the temporary withdraw.!
made three year ar. itb the eicep
tioo of 200. OvW acres to tbe valley of
the Silviee rivsr, which has been slim
inatsJ because of tbe agricultoral na
tore of tbe land. Around tbe edge of
tbe withdrawal small tracts of agrical
tare. and school land have been elim
inated and tbe boundaries are so drawn
as to exclude all land lying along the
border wbicb has passed Into private
ownership onder any pabiic land laws.
Tbe original Bios mountain with
drawal embraced more tbaa 3,000,000
acre. A bo at 600,000 acres have been
left oat, so as to make the reeerve a
compact body of foreet land.
Long Winter in Wallowa.
Wallowa f-now cover the entire
Wallowa valley and county, varying in
depth from five iocbee on tbe Imnaha
and Grand Roods river bottom, to 17
inches on the foothill of the Joseph
mountain. Stockmen are somewhat
ansiou concerning feed. The unusual
loog season will necessitate using much
iore bay than is customary in average
winters. Though thi I a hay produc
ing coonty, and though jrcat crop of
bay were put away lal season, and
much old bay wa left over, it is ex
pected that there will be no surplus.
Horgrowers Elect Officers.
Salem About 75 bopgrower have
become memlers of tbe Oregon llop
growe' Miiciation, recently organised
n thia city, ami permanent organisa
tion ha been effected by the ebction d
tbe following officers: President, J.
K. Fears, McCoy; vice president. II.
C Fletcher, Salem; secretary, J. R.
Coleman, Salem; director. J. T.
Wood, Salem; I.nis Ames, Silverton;
C. W. Reckett, Salem; W. ii. F:gan,
Gervaia; Francis Hbafer, Salem.
Columbia County Breaks Record.
Kalem Columbia connty break tbe
record in the matter of payment of
state taxe thi year. State Treaaurer
Moore received a draft last week for
6,3H0, the amount of general state
and school tax, and $265, the amount
due for the support of the Agricultural
college, from Columbia coonty, for the
year 1906. Only half of this amount
was due. The rest n ed not have
been paid until December 31.
Luckiamute Mohair Pool.
Independence Tbe Luckiamute mo
hair tool ha been organized at Arlie
and has the following officers: Presi
dent, A. C. Staats; secretary, Maurice
Fowle; I. M. Simpson, A. C. Staats
and Maurice Fowle were elected a
board of manager. The new associ
ation already has a membership of 35,
representing 3,013 fleeces. It is prob
able 15 more name are to le added to
rbe membership soon.
Cattle Bring Higher Price.
Pendleton Three car of rattle were
shipped to Seattle from Pendleton a
few days ago, bringing $4.50 per hun
dred pounds. This is about 1 cent a
pound higher than the last shipment
made.
PORTLAND MARKETS.
Wheat Club, (; bluestem, C!c;
red, 66c; valley, 6!c.
Oats No. 1 white feed, $27.60; gray,
$27 per ton.
Uarley Feed. $23.50$24 per ton;
brewing, $2124.50; rolled, $24.60
25.60.
Buckwheat $2.25 percental.
Hay Kastern Oregon timothy, $178
18 per ton; valley timothy, $HQ!;
clover, $7 60; cheat, $67; grain
hay, $7CH.
Applos $1 602.75 per box.
Vegetables Asparagus. 8J9c per
pound; cabbage, lQl'c per pound;
cauliflower, $22.25 per crate; celery,
76090c per dozen; rhubarb, $1.60
per box; eprouts, 810c per pound;
turnips, $11 25 per tack; carrots.
6576c per sack; beets, 85c$l per
ack.
Onion No. 1, 75 90c per sack ; No.
2, nominal.
Potatoes Pancy graded uurDanx,
60 55c per hundred; ordinary, nomi
nal; iweet potatoes, 2VA($2c per
pound.
Butter Fancy creamery, 27)1'30c
per pound,
fty-gg Oregon ranch, 16c per
dozen
Poultry Average old bens, 1414
per pound; mixed chickens, 13!3)c;
broilers, 2829c; young rooster, 13
13Vc; old rooster, 11c;
dressed chlckenK, 1516c; turkeys,
live, 16 17c; turkey, dressed, choice,
1820c; geee, live, 8C9c; geese,
dressed, 10llc; duck, 1618c.
Hops Oregon, 1005, choice, 10 &
lOfto per pound; prime, 8Uc;
medium, 78c; olds, 67c.
Wool Fastern Oregon average best,
16021c per pound; valley, 24320c;
mohair, choice, 25328c.
Veal Dressed, 38o per pound.
Beef Dressed bulls, 23c per
pound! cows, S & 4c; country
steers, 45c.
Mutton Dressed, fancy, 80o per
pound; ordinary, .4 5c; lumbs, 8Q
Pork Dressed. fiQOc per pound.
ADVERTISE NORTHWEST.
School Teachers Akd 10 tntsr Com
petitive Slory Contest.
To the teachers of Anierlce: To evi
dence its appreciation of tbe National
KJicational aaoclation's selection ol
the Pacific coait as the scene of Its nest
annual convention at San Francisco,
California, July 1'th to 1 3th Inclusive,
and to encourage dalegale to include
Portland and Oregon In their Itinerary,
the Portland Commercial club offers
KIVK. THOUSAND I M H.I.A KH In
prise for article on Portland. Oregon,
and thi section of the United Stales,
as follows:
First prise, $1,000; second prise, $'.00;
third prise, $:-0; fourth prise, $20;
fifth priss, $175; lith prise, lino;
seventh prise. $125; eighth prise, $110;
niuth prise, $100; tenth prise, $;i0;
trn prises of $76 each, $750; ten
prises of $10 each, $'.00; ten prises of
$25 each. $250; twenty prises of $15
each. $300; twenty prise of $10 each,
$200; Judge, to be acceptable to the
officer of the National Fducational
euiitioo, $300; grand total, $6,000.
In order l? be eligible for competlton
these article most appear in a regular
edition of oni newspaper or other
publication printed oulald of the date
of Oregon and Washington, said publi
cation complete to le in the hands of
tbe judge not later than October 1,
lWMi. Theee articles must le n-aled
and addressed to: Teasber' Contest,
rare Portland Commercial club, Port
land, Oregon.
They will )e opened by the judge
Prises will be awarded strictly on the
merit of tbe article. Conteetarit can
treat any phse of the subject that ap
peals to them natural resources,
scenery, irrigation, agriculture and
horticulture, history, educational and
religious advantages, climatic or social
conditions, etc. or in a more compre
hensive vein. The judges mill tie abso
lutely untrammeled in making their
decisions.
This offrr is made, not so rion-'i with
a view of bat ing tbe country "Imomed"
in a common acceptation of that term,
as to have the teacher of the country
l-come more familiar with this p-irti'iii
of the United State aril give espr.n
sion to their views in stub articles a
will ! acceptable to apers throughout
tbe entire Union.
CANNOT EXPEL SMOOT.
Two-Thirds Majority of Senate is Re
quired, and is impossible.
Washington, March 23. It seems
certain, in the light of recent develop
ments, that the campaign against Hen
ator Keed Hmoot, of Utah, will fail.
Mr. Hrnoot'a enemies have been hoping
to oust him by a rnaiority vote of the
senate, but senators who have given at
tention to his case find that the consti.
lotion stipulates thst no senator shall
be deprived of bis seat except by a two
third "ote of the senate.
The anti-Srnoot senator have been
taking the position that the protests
were filed against Mr. Hmoot before he
took bis seat, and, inasmuch as he was
seated under protect, the majority vote
can m applied, since it lakes only a
majority to esclude a senator-elect.
Hut this view is not generally concur
red in by senators. Mr. Hmoot was
seated, and, having been permitted to
take his seat, ttie only way to get bim
out is to expel him, and this requires
a two-thirds vote.
It aeema absolutely certain that two
thirds of the senate is not in favor of
unseating the Mormon senator, prob
ably not a majority, and for this reason
it is believed the much discuHsed case
will fall flat.
Iowa May Oust Standard.
Des Moines, March 23. The house,
by a vote of 4S to 12, today passed the
anti-discrimination hill, which is in
tended to oust the FtMi'lard Oil from
Iowa or compel a revision of its busi
ness methods. The bill prohibits dis
criminating rates for oil arid is pattern
ed after the Missouri law. It provides
a fine of $5,000 .and imprisonment for
violation. Kepresentuti ve Cummings,
tbe author, in presenting the bill, as
serted that tiie Standard Oil com puny
had made a price of 4 cents a gallon
for oil in his Iioiiih town recently, in
order to drive out competition.
Italian Island Quaking.
New York, March 23. A cable dis
patch to the Herald from Palermo says :
There have been 21 earthquak shocks
on the island of Ustica during the last
three day. The population lives in
constant terror. A great valley ba
been formed in the center of the island
and all the bouses have been demol
ished. The shocks were vertical, not
undulstory, and were accompanied by
loud subterranean rumbling. The last
hocks, which occured yesterday, fin
ished the work of destruction. Panic
seized upon the 2,000 inhabitants.
Millions of Sockeye Fry.
Vancouver, B. C, March 23.
Twenty-nine million sockeye salmon
fry will be turned out of the Dominion
uoverriinent hatchery at Harrison lake
next week and started toward the sea.
The flxh are about three inches long.
The operations at the Harrison lake
hatchery last fall and winter were at
tended with great success. The flsh at
th Heton lake hfi.tbeiy, which ia a
n'oviri-iitl i ir-t i tut ion, will also shortly
be released.
New Drdock for Poget Sound.
Washington, March 23. Secretary
HnimiinrtH annosred before the house
committee on naval affairs today and
diseusHed naval appropriations. He
urged an appropriation for a stationary
drydock on Paget sound. ,
GIFTS ARE ILLEGAL
Opinion of Judge In New York
Insurance Investigation.
JEROME ASKS FOR WARRANTS
If Inlont WS to Dsfraud. Psrkins
Committed Larceny, Says the
District Attorney.
New York, March 21. If the grand
jary which is investigating some of
the conditions devtoed by the recent
legislative investigation reaches the
conclusion that contributions of In
suranre company funds to political
campaign committee wsre made with
intent to defraud tbe true owner of
this proerty, It must find that larceny
has been committed. This opinion
wa eipreesed today ,by Justice O'Hul
livsn in the Court of tieneral Hessions,
in ariswer to a prtseutment on the sub
ject submitted to him by the grand
jury. Judge O'Hullivan added that it
is not within the province ol the court
to say whether or not there was such
intent. That ia a question which the
Jurors must determine for theinaelvea
from all the facts and circumstances in
tbe case. He charged the jury to make
a thorough Investigation into all the
fact and to place ti e reoiisibility for
such crimes, if theyfind that crimes
were romniitted.
Mr. Jerome was in c-urt today and.
W ben Jui'ge O'Hullivan had delivered
his opinion, tbe ditrict st'ornet ake.
I the j n r v to retrain, a be d-mred to ad-
ilrees It Upon the subject In qilentlnii.
lie declared that Judge O'Hullivan bad
tnl'i tnceived tbe subject which be bad
conxidcred, and that, if the court bi l l
til it opinion, it would be the duty of
tbe grand jury to relurn liidiclnienta
agaimt Oeore W. I'erkine, ri-vico
president of tbe New York I. if" Insur
ance company, fur larceny, and against
lieorge It. Cirtelyoii, chairman, and
Cornelius N. 1S11, treasurer, of tbe
Republican National committee, as re
ceivers of stolen good.
GOVERNMENT MAY APPEAL.
Wants to Punish Officers of the Beef
Trust with Corporations.
Washington, March 24. President
Kooeevelt held an eitended conference
today with Attorney Oeneral Moody,
Secretary Taft and James It (iarfleld,
commissioner of corporations, concern
ing the adverse decision rendered in
Chicago by Judge Humphrey in the
lee( packers' case. No detail of the
conference were obtainable at tbe
white bo'ie, but it is rerlain the at
torney general proposes to bok care
fully into the law (tearing upon the
matter, with a view of ascertaining
whether an appeal from tbe decision of
Julgu Humphrey by the government
will lie.
Despite the decision relieving the
individual o Hirer 8 ol the pack ing ror
Hirations prosecution will continue, of
course, but it wa the desire of
the government to place responsibility
(or tbe violation of the law upon otli
cials of the corporations where tbey
are found to be guilty of such viola
tions. In such efforts as may be made
by the attorney general and other offi
cials of tbe department of Justice to
secure an appeal from the decision of
Judge Humphrey, this point will be
kept to the front. It could riot be de
cided at the conference today w hether
an appeal from the decision would lie,
hut Unit question will be gone over
carefully, and if, in the opinion of the,
law olliceis of the government, a foun
dation for an appeal can be made, it
will be taken.
States Should Interfere.
Chicago, March 24. The committee
appointed in Chicago last February at
the conference of governors, attorney
generals and Insurance commissioners,
with instructions to prepare a form of
laws for better regulation of life Insur
ance companies, with a view to their
ultimate adoption in several states,
concluded it deliberations tonight anil
adjourned after declaring itself in favor
of interference by the states in tbe in
ternal affairs of the insurance com
panies and in favor of a standard form
of policy.
Bank Robbers Offered Receipt.
Moscow, March 24. The Credit
Mutual bank today issued a notice to
the effect that the robbery of $432,000'
from Its vaults March 20 will not affect
its solvency. The employe deny giv
ing the key of the vault to the robbers,
dclaring that the leader of the band
had a key of bia own. The leader of
the hand grimly offered to give a re
ceipt for the money in the name of the
revolutionary committee, but this was
declined.
Test ot Battleship New Jersey.
Quincy, Mass., March 24. The bat
tleship New Jersey, constructed for the
government by the Fore River Ship
building company, left today for an
iinoflicial test of her engine. The
official trip will bo held on March 2H
or 20, when she will be required to
make 10 knots an hour,