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SALT LAKE WIND SWEPT.
news onp WEEK
In a Condensed Form for Oar
Busy Readers.
A Resume of the Lets Important but
Not Less Interesting Events
of the Past Week.
Francis J. Heney is to probe the
charges of graft at Ban Francisco.
An unknown vessel has been wrecked
near Cape Henry, on the Virginia coast .
A 62-mile gale has swept Charleston,
S. C, bat practically no damage his
been leported.
The Department of .Agriculture has
adopted rules for the enforcement of
the pnre food laws.
Herbert Q. Sqniers, of New York,
has been appointed to succeed Magoon
as minister at Panama.
A man caught in the act of highway
robbery at San Francisco has been
given 10 years in the penitentiary.
The Conntess of Carlisle, president
of the Biitish Y. C. T. U., has been
elected head of the world's association.
San Francisco police have captured
five men suspected of having a know
ledge of the recent robbery of the Jap
anese bank.
A gigantic wheat corner is planned
by farmers who will meet at Topeka
for the purpose of farming an organira
tion to control the market.
Prominent Carans in New York are
planning a conference between the war
ring factions with the idea of heading
off the growing sentiment for annexation.
Buildings Razed and Packing Plant
Destroyed by Fire.
Rait T.ake City, Oct. 22. For 24
hours this city and vicinity was swept
by a wind storm of unparalleled sever
ity. In addition to time serious acci
dents to persons, property has been
devastated over a wide area, a Are
tanned by the wind has obliterated the
new plant of the Utah fucking com
pany, and a monetary loss of appproxi
mately $260,000 is entailed.
Dating the full period of the storm
trains have arrived .'rregnUrly or not
at all. For much of the time the street
car service has been at a standstill, and
the electric lighting plants are out of
commission.
The burning of the Utah packing
plant, north of the city, is the most
serious single loss. The building had
just been compleetd at a cost of $100.,
000, and was to nave been put into use
in a few days. The project was inaug
urated by W eetern cattlemen and was
in opposition to the large packing
houses in the East. The cause of the
fire has not been ascertained. Only a
small fraction of the loss ib covered by
insurance.
Ruined buildings, fallen chimneys,
broken windows, loosened signs fnl
toppled trees throughout this and ad
joining towns are the most common
souvenirs of the storm and aggregate an
immense loss. The wind attained a
maximum velocity fo 62 miles an hour
tor hours at maintained an average
speed of SS miles an hour. The local
weather bureau has been handicapped,
but expresses the opinion that the
storm is local and with little effect
north of Ogden or south of Provo.
OREGON STATE ITEMS OF INTEREST
OREGON FIR FOR PULLMANS.
ROCK CREEK'S FINE FRUIT.
Millions of Feet Used Every Year for
Palace Cars.
Portland In 18 months Portland
has furnisheJ between 40,000,000 and
60,000,000 feet of flr lumber for use in
the construction of cars at the shops of '
the Pullman Car company, located at
Pullman, 111. In the purchase of this
material, the company has expended
close to $1,600,000.
These figures are vouched for by Al
bert Jones, purchasing agent of the
Pullman company, who was sent to
the West 13 months ago to buy lumber.
The first is usd exclusively for siding
on boxcars, and, besides the lumber
bought here, more is continually being
contracted for in other sections. Some
of the material is dressed, such as Moor
ing, siding and the like, while more
has been shipped rough.
There is no prospective cessation of
the buying so far as the pine is con
cerned, and, while yellow pine is also
largely used, that is not being drawn
from this locality. In the construction
of sleeping and passenger cars only
hard woods are utilized, particularly
for finishing the interior. Some ma
terial is often left in dry kilns four or
five months, subject to slow heat and
the air drying process, in order that
when fitted in cars it is perfectly sea
soned.
LOSS WAS HEAVY.
The provincial governors of the Phil
ippines have petitioned the commission
for home rnle.
Roosevelt is said to be working to
secure Piatt's place in the senate when
bis term as president expires.
Attorney General Moody will fight
Tthe railroads in their effort to break
down the employers liability law.
The Ute Indiana in Wyoming, on
learning troops have been sent after
them, have broke camp and headed for
Montana.
By the verdict of the jury in the
Stanrdard Oil case at Findlay, Ohio,
that company is liable' to a fine of from
$50 to $$5,000.
Russia is -in terror lest worse reac
tionary outrages than the country has
yet known follow the congress of
"Black Hundred" organization at
Kieff.
A grand jury at Kan Francisco in its
report finds that the police of the bay
city have been lacking in discipline
an i recommends that a new chief be
appointed.
The New York Central railroad has
been fined $102,000 for granting re
bates to the sugar trust and F. L. Pom
eroy, traffic manager, must pay $6,000.
An appeal has been taken.
Taft has reported in person to the
president on Cuban affairs.
The sunken French eubmarine has
been located and all on board are dead.
The gunners of the battleship Maine
have broken rail previous records in
target practice.
The president will soon appoint a
ice governor of the Philipines and a
supreme judge.
Owing to the failure of the potato
crop a famine is threatened in West
Ireland this winter.
Republicans claim Ilughes is gain-
ingg over Hearst in the New York
gubernatorial fight.
Chief Wilkie, of the United States
eecret service, is investigating the al
leged shortage at the sub-treasury in
Bt. Louis.
British stockholders of companies
whose money is invested in Cuba feel
safe now that the United States has
taken charge there.
In the tests of the Britiee battleship
Dreadnaught all eight of her i0 and
12-inch guns were fired at once with
oat damage to the vessel.
William Scully, the greatest land
owner in America, is dead. His for
tune is'estimated at about $50,000,000,
including 200,000 acres of land in Illi
nois, Kansas and Nebraska.
Cuban Hurricane Crosses the Island,
Leaving Death in Trail.
Havana, Oct. 22. More complete re
ports have been received by Governor
Magooon and show that the recent bur
licau, which swept acroes Cuba, has
caused greater damage than was at first
supposed. Sevres of lives are now
known to have been lost as the result of
the storm.
The worst reports come from the Ba
tabano, on the south coast of Cuba, the
point where the cyclone first struck the
island. Forty fishing Echooners are
now known to have been lost Many
corpses have been picked up floating in
the t ay, and it is believed the dead at
this point alone will reach nearly 100.
The majority of the victims are Spanish
fishermen. Wreckage from the vessels
which were destroyed litter the shores
for miles. It is believed that several
small schooners were swept out to eea
and lost, their crews perishing.
The town itself suffered severely.
Nine bodies have been removed so far
from the mine. On every hand are to
be seen evidences of the storm's fury
nouses were blown down, trees were
uprooted, and devastation has been
wrought generally. A conservative es
timate ol trie damage in that city is
$600,000. The greatest damage was
caneed in the lower portion of the city
The npper section away from the shore
escaped almost miraculously. The
wharves were badly damaged, in many
cases completely wrecked.
More Delay for Hermann.
Washington, Oct. 22. Representa
tive Binger Hermann will not be placed
on trial in this ci t on the indictment
charging destruction of 35 official let
terpress copybooks until sometime after
the Christmas holidays. No definite
arrangement for the trial has been
made, but the court's docket is now bo
filled that it will be impossible to hear
the case within the next three months.
Since the case was last postponed at the
time Mr. Heney was called to San
Francisco nothing has been heard from
Hermann and his whereabouts are un
known to the court. No anxiety is felt
on this score however.
Combine Packing Houses.
Chicago, Oct. 22. Rumors that an
English holding company is being or
ganized to take over all he packing in
terests of the United States new thick
and fast in LaSalle street today. The
capital of the concern is said to be close
to $500,000,000, and J. Ogden Armour
mentioned as the praciicatl chief.
While nobody in a position to give the
facts would say anything one way or
the other on the subject, certain things
that Lave recently transp'r! in the
street are called significant by students
of similar financial proceedings.
Prices of Cattle Advancing.
La Grande Peter O'Sullivan, who
has just returned from a visit to Wal
lowa county, says that one of the chief
causes for the prevailing prosperity in
all sections of that country is the in
crease in the price of cattle. Repre
sentatives of the Pacific Meat company
are making large purchases, and Wa'la
alia buyers are looking for feeders.
The range leasing plan has proved very
satisfactory, and the forming of separ
ate boundaries for cattle and sheep has
resulted to the advantage of the cattle,
which come from the range in fine con
dition.
Apples at the Fruit Fair.
Hood River The exhibit of apples
grown by A. I. Mason, which took the
sweepstakes and several other prizes
at the Hood River Fruit fair consisted
of three boxes taken from 9 year-old
trees, planted 63 to the acre. The
trees averaged five and a half boxes
and altogether he took 1,141 boxes
from his orchard. In the entire yield
there were only 64 wormy apples dur
ing ine season an 1 the trees were
sprayed six times with arsenate of lead
In the whole yield ther-t were only 54
boxes that went smaller than four tiers
to the box.
Growers Ousy Picking Large Crop of
Apples and Pears.
Rock Creek The ranchers along
Rock cteek have stepped out of the hay
harvest into the fruit haivest, and are
picking apples and pears. Fruit men
are pioud of their orchards and claim
that Hood River or any other locality
in the Northwest can produce no finer
fruit or more abundant yields. Fruit
is shipped from this section to many
important points it) the Must, and coin
pares tavorahiy with any ot the pro
ducts in these markets. The leading
fruit growers are William Head and A.
A. Curothera. The former has an or
chard of 10 acres, the latter about 20
acres. Mr. Head has picked and ship
ped about 800 boxes of apples, peaches
and pears to Spokane, Walla Walla
and Pendleton and other points east,
while some was shipped to Condon and
Arlington. He estimates he will have
1,000 boxes 0i winter apples for ship
ment. Mr. Carothers has shipped 1
000 boxes of fruit and will ship 1,300
more. These gentlemen get the high
est prices lor their fruit, bruit grown
on Rock creek captured first prize and
gold meuai at ttie Omaha exposition a
few years ago. The exhibit was made
by A. A. Carothers, and was a surprise
to orchardists, packers ami dealers.
Wants Passenger Eridge.
Oregon City For the accommodation
of the people of Oiwego, the Clackamas
county court will be asked to negotiate
with the Southern Pacific company to
the end that the county may construct
an npper deck on the company's rail
road bridge to be consvructed across the
Willamette river at 0wego. The plan
of the Oswego people who will petition
the - county court for thia action is to
secure for themselves a means of cross
ing the Willamette river and more di
rect communication with this city.
Richard Croker,
Tammany hall, New
visit his old home.
former leader of
York, will soon
Should Hnghes be elected governor
of New York, he may use the otiice as
a stepping stone to the presidency.
The president of the Chicago elevator
trust has admitted grain men only
technically obey the spirit of the law.
Rueeia is preparing for another gen
eral strike.
Wholesale dealers in diamonds have
announced an advance inn prices of 20
per cent.
In the trial of the Standard Oil for
conspiracy at Findlay, Ohio, one of ihe
company's lawyers declared the corpor
ation to he the only good trust in exist
ence. Cuban rebels have petitioned for the
retention of Commander Colwell in
Havana, as he is like i by all and a
good officer. Colwell is comaaander of
the U. S. cruiser Denver,
Black Hundred Attacks Stolypin.
St. Petersburg, Oct. 22. The strain
ed relations between Premier Stolypin
and the Reactionary league is evi
denced by the publication of the first
attack directly upon the premier. The
Banner, the Black Hundred organ, pub
lishes revelations concerning the nego
tiations entered into a month ago when
the premier gave cer'ain assurances to
a big delegation from at least 100
branches. The Banner charges tl e
premier with having broken faith.
Soldiers Go In Pursuit.
Sheridan, Wyo., Oct. 22. Ten
troops of the Tenth cavalry left Fort
Robinson, Neb., at noon today from
Gillette, Wyo., to round up the band
of marauding Ute Indiana from the
White Rock agency, Utah. The com
mending officer is said to have instruc
tions from the War derartment to take
the Indians dead oi alive.
Institute Arouses Interest.
Myrtle Point The Farmers' insti
tute and fair, which has just closed
proved a great success. The display of
agricultural products convinced all vis
itors of the agricultural possibilities of
the region about Myrtle Point. Dr
Withycombe of the Oregon Agricutluial
college gave an illustrated lecture on
the treatment of the dairy cow. As
this is a dairying region, this lecture
was well attended and the farmers got
many benectiial ideas from the doctor's
remarks.
Teachers Are Scarce.
Baker City Teachers are frightfully
scarce in JJaker county. Ihe county
superintendents offering high wages
and good positions to the pedagogues
of the county, but cannot get enough
school ma'ams to fill the positions. 4s
the result the teachers have had an in
crease in wages :rom trie average
last year, to $50, which is this year's
average. Teachers getting $60 and over
are common rather than teachers with
salaries of $40 or lees.
Snowstorm In South Dakota
Sioux City, Iowa, Oct. 22. Dis
patches received at the Chicago, Mil
waukee A St. Paul office in this city
state that a heavy snow storm with
wind prevailed all night on the Rapid
City extension of that road in South
Dakota. The enow is drifting and
snowplows have been ordered to Cham
berlain and Presho.
Land Withdrawn From Entry.
The Dalles The local land office is
in receipt of a telegram from the com
missioner of the general land office
withdrawing from filing or entry, un
der the coal land laws, all the public
lands embraced in the following town-
shisp: Townships 6 south, ranges 24,
25 and 26, K. VV. D.; townships 7
south, ranges 24, 25 and 26, E. W. D. ;
townships 8 south, ranges 25, 26, E.
W. D.
Much Grain Accumulates.
La Grande Horner Littleton, fore-
Hops Are On the Up Grade.
Salem The hop market at Salem
has assumed a very active condition in
the last day or two, ami now every
dealer in the city has orders for hops
at a slight advance over figure named
a week ago. Krebs Itros. ha received
an order for 1,000 hales at 15 Si cents a
pound. All other dealers are offering
that price. Krebs bought the Clau-
held crop of 175 ba.es at Dallas. Jos
eph Harris and Catlin A Linn were
also buyers on the Went side at 12
cents, while Lachmund A Pineu paid
17 cents for a choice lot bought from a
dealer at Dallas.
Modern Pyramid Builders.
Albany The Modern Pyramid Build
ers was launched last week when tl e
first lodge or local pyramid of the or
der was formed in this city. The local
pyramid is the first subordinate branch
of the order, and was named Pyramid
Po. 2, the supreme pyramid being Py
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ramiu io. I. rred rortmiller was
chosen chief builder; W. Lair Thomp
son, serine, ami t.. u. Uusick, custo
dian. The order starts with about 30
members.
CYCLONE IN SOUTH.
Cuba anil Florida Swept by Heavy
Gale- All Wires Down.
Fort Pierce, Kin., Oct. U The con
ductor on train No. V'H, Junt in from
Miami, reports terrible destruction
there by the hurtlcano yesterday. Ful
ly 100 houses were blown down, ami
the city is in a demoralised condition.
The handsome. churches of the
Episcopal and Methodist denominations
were both lilomi ilnwn. l lie concnm
jail was leaning, with danger of turn
ing over, and the prisoners had to he
removed. The car sheds are blown
down and the top as blown off the pen
insula and Occidental steamer she.ls.
A two-story brick building collapsed.
Houses Ruined at Kay West.
St. Augustine, Ha , Oct. 1. Kre-
(juent messages were received at the
wireless telegraph station here yester
day giving the progress of a severe hur
ricane, which swept from Cuba to the
lower east coast ofHordia. Early In
the morning the storm was reported in
the vicinity of Havana, doing great
ilamage there, but details are lacking.
loiter the storm reached Key West,
blowing down small houses ami trees,
being particularly severe along the
water front.
Havana Totally Isolated.
New York. Oct. lt. At 2 o'clock
this morning cable communication with
Havana had not been restored ami the
Western Union company was unable
to gut in connection with Miami or
Key West, the land lines throughout
Southern Florida having been prostrated.
It is impossible to get Information
that will give any basis for an estiiiate
ot the damage in Havana. The cable
lines on the western Cuba end are con
nected with Havana by land wires and
the presumption is that these wires
have been put out of commission, a
single dispatch n reived by the Asso
ciated Press from Santiago de Cuba
Mating that the weather there Is
clear. This dispatch came by way of
Bermuda, hut Santiago de Cuba, which
Is nearly 600 miles from Havana, re
ports that all wires to the capital are
down.
IIONDREDSrERISII
Storm Sweeps I lor Ida, Cuba and
Central America.
LOSS REACHES INTO MILLIONS
Shipping Receives Serious Blow
Everywhere Loss of Life Is
Reported Great.
and
GUILTY AS CHARGED.
Oil
To Establish Big Sawmill.
Alhany A sawmill with a capacity
ol ,0,000 leet per day is to be estab
lished six miles south of Brownsville
by G. B. and E. H Dickinson, of this
city. A contract with the lessees of
the land secu-ed requires that the plant
be In operation by January 1.
PORTLAND MARKETS.
Wheat Club, 64065c; bluestem,
68069c; valley, 67c; red. 61062c.
Oats No. 1 white. $23.50(424; gray.
$2222.60.
Barley Feed, $20.50 per ton; brew
ing, $21.50; rolled. $23.
Rye $1 3501.40 per cwt.
Corn Whole, $26027; cracked, $28
per ton.
Hay Valley timothy. No. 1, $10(3
11 per ton; Eastern Oregon timothy.
$14(916; clover, $6.5007; cheat, $70
50; grain hay, $7; alfalfa, $11.50:
vetch hay, $707.60.
Fruits Applei, common to choice.
25076c per box; choice to fancy, 76c
$1.25; grapes. 5Oc0$l.GO per box;
Concords, Oregon, 27c half basket;
peaches, 76c0$I; pears, 75c0$1.25;
crahapples, $1 '41.25 per box; prunes,
25050c per box; cranberries. Oregon.
$3(33. 5 per box; quinces, $101.25
per box.
vegetables Beans, 57c: cab
bage, i 0 lc per pound; cauli
flower, $1.25 per dozen; celery, 75
85c per dozen ; corn, 12c per doz
en; cucumbers, loc per dozen: eiftr
plant, 10c per pound; lettuce, head.
f l I St n n . .
zuc per uozen, onions, iu 0 lzc per
oozn; peas, 405c; bell peppers, 6c;
pumpkins, II4C per pound; spinach,
405c per pound; tomatoes, 80060c
per box; parsley, 10016c; sprouts,
7)c per pound; squash. Uc per
pound; turnips, Uc0$l per sack; car
rots, $1 1 25 per sack; beets, $1.25'
1,50 per sack.
Onions Oregon, $1(31.15 per hun
dred.
Potatoes Oregon Burbanks, deliv
ered, 80085c; in carlots f. o. b. coun
try, 75 0 80c; sweet potatoes, 2024 c
per pound.
Butter Fancy creamery, 25030c per
pound
Verdict of Jury Against Standard
in Ohio Case.
Findlay, Ohio, Oct. ll. Alter de
liberating 32 hours the jury in the cae
of the N'.ate of Ohio against the Stand
ard Oil comiiAny. of Ohio, returned a
verdii t of guilty on the charge of con
spiracy against trade in violation of the
valentine anti-trnst law.
The verdict was rendered at 4:35
o'clock this morning, the jury having
announced its readiness to report exact
ly at 4 o clock. The court and attor
neys arrived in a half hour, when the
verdict was rendered.
As the jury wan leaving the room
Mr. Troup stepped up to the court and
said tie wished to make a motion for a
new trial of the caie. Judge Banker
assured him that all such motions
would be entertained, as a matter of
course. court at once adjourned
and five minutes alter the verdict bad
been rendered the building was dark
and deserted.
NO CHINESE ON CANAL.
Chairman Shonts Says None of These
Menials Will Be Employed.
Chicago, Oct. ID. Chinese labor is
not being employed in the Panama
canal xone, nor will it he, according to
Chairman Shonts, of the canal commis
sion, who is in the city to attend the
celebration of his mother's eighty-third
birthday. Mr. Shonts said sanitary
conditions on the canal zone are excel
lent and work progressing steadily.
I cannot imagine how the report
was started," he said, "that Chinese
were being employed as laborers on the
canal. I have never contracted for
Chinese labor, but simply invited bids.
There are no Chinese employed in Pan
ama, to my knowledge, except, per
haps, as laundrymen, and none will be.
The published stories that 6,000 of
them are at work in the canal zone is
absurd."
Eggs Oregon ranch, 31032!c per
dozen.
Poultry Average old hens, 12c par
pound; mixed chickens, 11 0 12c;
spring, ll'c; old roosterB, 9 0 10c;
man of the Chas. Playle warehouse at I dressed chickens, 14015c; turkeys,
Alice!, reports that a large quantity of
grain has accumulated, owing to the
embargo placed against railroad ship
ments of wheat from the interior points
to Portland, on account of the grain-
handlers' strike,' but that shipments
will now be resumed
Crook County Horses for Alberta,
Pendleton Thirteen carloads of
range horsB were shipped from this
city to Alberta last week. They are
owned by M. R. Cowell, and were tak
en from the range in Crook county.
The shipment was consigned to Shelby
Junction, Mont., but the horses are de
signed for the Alberta market. ,
live, 1 6r521 c; turkeys, dressed, choice
20022c; geese, live, 9310c; ducks, 14
15c.
Veal Dressed, 608o per pound.
Beef Dressed bulla, 22c per
pound; cows, 45c; country steers, 6
5c.
Mutton Dressed, fancy, 7n per
pound; ordinary, 506c; lambs, ( fancy,
8c.
Pork Dressed, 608c per pound.
Hops -1906, 14016c per pound;
1905, nominal; 1904, nominal.
Wool Eastern Oregon average best,
13018c per pound, according to shrink
age; valley, 20021c, according to fine
ness; mohair, choice, 26028c.
Tracks Full of Cars.
San Francisco, Oct. 19. Freiirht
shipments to San Francifco over the
Southern Pacific have again been tied
up. The new embargo will become
effective tomorrow and no more freight
will be received for shipment to San
Francisco or Oakland yards or forward.
The congestion has rapidly been in
creasing since the embargo was remov
ed. At present over 3,600 cars are
standing idle on the tracks
Miami, Ha., Oct. 20. The steamer
St. Lucie, Captain 1'ravo commanding,
has sunk off the Florida coast. (nn
steamer arrived In port tonight bring
ing 60 injured, who were taken to the.
hospital, and it is said 2H dead hodiea
will be brought up tomorrow.
Captain Bravo says that he anchored
on the lee side of Elliutt'a Key, Uf
milea south of Miami, yesterday morn
Ink and soon afterward a tidal wav
engulfed the entire island.
He says there were 260 residents mi
the island, all of whom where lost. Tim
St. I llcle was crushed by the aaum
wave and id the I IK) passenger on
hoard 25 were killed. Captain Itravo
was seriously injured.
A narg containing 100 people la
said to have ln-en torn away from its
moorings at Elliott Key and after
wards picked up near the Bahama
islands, 60 of her passengers having
been drowned.
Havana, Oct. 20. A cyclone of un
precedented severity, accompanied by
a terriilic downpour of rain, swept over
the p ovince of Havana ami I'mar del
Rio Wednesday night and resul(4 d in
20 deaths in this city and the serious
Injury of a doxeu or morn persons.
The damaiin is estimated at fully $2,
000,0(10. The dead are all Cubans of
the poorer class.
San Juan, Porto Rico, Oct. 20. The,
Red Star Line steamer Philadelphia,
from Ij Gnayra, Venesocla, for New
York, arrived here today. Her cap
tain reports that a Dutch steamer was
lost in the cyclone at a point between
Caracas and I.a Guayra.
Twenty miles of the railroad con
necting I -a Gnuyra with Caracas havo
been totally destroyed by the storm,
according to olllceis and passengers of
the Philadelphia.
San Salvador, Oct. 20. A tempest
has raged iuceasantly lor ten darn
throughout the republic, Hooding the
rich valley, principally that of Majada,
and resulting In great loss of life and
the destruction of cattle and crops.
The topography of various depart
ments has been changed, buildings have
fallen, burying their tenants in the
ruins, and the iron bridges over the
prinicpal rivers iiave been carried away.
The rivers are bringing down the bodies
of persons drowned in the storm and
the carcasses of cattle, and the sight of
these tends to increase the terror of the
people.
Guatemala and Honduras also have
suffered greatly. It is said the looses
there will amount to rm ny millions oi
dollars.
GRAIN TRAFFIC BLOCKED.
Shippers May Appeal to Interstate
Board Against Railroads.
New York, Oct. 20. There has for
some time been active complaint by thej
New York grain trade at the railroad
de'ay in bringing wheat and corn to
this port.
The cornlpaints have beorne so gen
eral, says the Journal of Commerce, t -day,
that the railroads have finally de
cided that until they can reenre pos
sesion of equipment they will not re
ceive any more grain. This refusal ia
absolute and applies to new as well as
old business.
The grain trade Is greatly excited
over the decision, and a Joint meeting
of the Produce Exchange grain commit
tee with the committee on trade ami
transportation was held today with the.
steamship interests to devise ways and
means, take legal advice, and if neces
sary make formal appeal to the Inter
state Commerce commission against the
action of the roads.
Blaze in Freight Sheds.
San Francisco, Oct. 20. Fire broke,
out last night in the freight sheds of
the Southern Pacific on Berry street,
between Fifth and Sixth, and made,
rapid progress on account of the inflam
mable material in its nth.
Pa.l ll.ll. .u.m .- .1 1 .
v..,,, im aiaim w hq ivit uirougnoui the city on
neen coming into the city at the rate of account of the onleklv ..,ru,ii,
over 400 every day and all efforts to get of the flames, hut the reorganized fire
them unloaded have proved of no avail, department proved itself eoual to the,
Fraud in Registration.
Lob Angeles, Oct. 19. What Is
claimed to he extensive reuiatratirn
frauds are shown in the returns to ti e
secretary of the "non partisan" execu
tive committee of 4,450 unclaimed pont-
al cards recently mailed to voters whose
names appeared on the register. The
returned cards boar postmen's inscriti-
Hons slating (hat "there is no such
street," "no such person," "no such
number," and other reports of a like
nature.
emergency and surrounding property
I was protected. The water supply was
ample and in good order. Alongside f
the sheds 50 freight cars were consumed.
Lays Claim to No-Man'a-Land.
Kansas City, Mo., Oct. 20. Attorney
General Herbert H. Hailley, of Missou
ri, has decided to institute proceedings
in the United Slates Supreme court to
establish title to Island Park, in the
Missouri river, between Clay county,
Mo., and Wyandotte county, Kan. Is
land Park comprises nerly a section of
land in the Missouri ri
Japanese Sealers Claim Damages. and other lawbreaking have taken nlaco
Victoria. H. (!., O.-t. 19 Accordinu without hindrance on the IsIhUiI. it tlAa
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uj nuviuro irum jajmu, uirecnrs oi tne "K uuisiue an state jurisdiction.
iovi roniru eompwiy, oi wayakama,
owners of the schooner Toye Maru No. McKinley Memorial Fund.
. ., - , ,.m, rive men killed and 12 Canton, ()., Oct. 20.-Secretary Hart
sp n-ed whMi raiding the S . Paul la- zM, of the McKinley National Memori
and rookerv In Hering sea, last July, al association, today gave out a state-
hsv. apnroudied the Japanese govern- ment showing total contributions of
ment asking that a claim for damages $656.664,to which should beadded $74..
be lodged with the American govern- 062 interest, or ... .v. i. '
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ment. 1 been tnnmwlil l7a uua
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