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' GOVERNMENT TO ACT Kallroads Invoke Enlinnnn Act to Secure Arbitration. ALL NEGOTIATIONS HAVE FAILED Strive Would Tlo Up tvnry Railroad from Chli ko to Coast Line Involved. Chicago, Mutch L'H , The t'nitcd HllleH goVCtllllll'Ilt Will III' lisltcd to in tervene (4i prevent 11 strike nf I lie i doctors mid t rulnmcii nit tho Western linlroinls ami, if tln In riH of lhr iniiii ngcts il'i mil miscarry, the whole runt ti r will In' submit tcl Id firliitriitinii (or settlement. IjiIc lust night the general IllllllllgelS yVI out II statement llll'llir- ing I ! icy will ili'iiiiiii'l hi lil lat inn under In' I . i '1 1 1 in 11 1 1 Hi -I . A strike nf tlu men Would Interfere Willi Inters t nt riiln- merce, Tin milroii'l nllii'iiilH believe they con prevent it Hlllkr by asking llin government to step ill and take com lllllll'l nf till' h 1 1 1 in t urn. Tin' I ! r 1 1 m 1 1 1 i net passed in IH'im pro vides (ur tin' iiiliitrut ion uf I.iImt differ- iii'i m, wliiri interstate commerce in in olveil, by I In- -1 1 u i r 1 1 ill I nf tin' I nt-r-stitlc ( 'oiiiincrcn cotiimmsiuii lili'l till' 'tliitltl inlirr uf labor. Till' l-tnkl' lillH belli llTrill 1 1 1 M It lll- Hii'ly lv tin' ntilrond n 1 1 l yn ly ref- r-l 1 1 1 1 r I Vote. The lillii'i'lH Were 1(11- 1 11 iT i I t) I'llll till' llll'll (lilt if till' llTIIIH lllt 1 1 1 t till' Illil r XL' I llllllllllITM Will' nut iii''i'iti'l . 1 Mel mill ing tin time fur t In suspension to dike effect in li iiiiti-ili'tml aii'l tlntt piulialily will Is decided today at ii meeting if delegates ut tin- Sherman house. Tin' l it i I r iii Ih i i i i iU ! 1 an-: Atchison, Tun kii Sunt u I'e, Atchi un, Tu'ckn .V Santa I coast lines, I !u i liugtoti, ( 'aiimliaii Pacific, Camuliiiii Nurtlirrii, I'h iciik'" 'V Northwestern, Chicago V Altun, Chicago A iri't Western, ( 'li ic.tgn, Milwaukee V St. I'. ml, ( 'hicagu, lC'k Island .V Pacific, Chicago, St. I'iiu I, Minneapolis V Oina lui, Culuiii'lu Mi'llaml, Culurii'ln .V S.iiitliiTii, 1.1 PnH'i A Southwestern, I ri-ii System, ifi-itt Northern, IIuiim tun Icxiih Ci'titral, 1 1 1 i noix ( Ynt nil, Kansas i t v Southern, Missouri, Kau nas ,V Texas, Nuillirrn I m-i ti . Oregon Short l.ilii', Slttl Alitniiin Alkllh-UM rui, Suiitlirrn Pacific At In ut ic system, Tiiijh Si 1'iii'ilii', Inilulh, Missabc iV Northern, I'ntt Worth A I vnver City, l' l iscu ill 1'ellXS, (illlf, Cnluril'ln Si Sit 1 1 1 1k Fc, Houston, I'litnt A West Texas, In ternational V tircat Northern, Minne- Hpnlls, St. Paul A Slllllt Stc Mill if, Missouri Pacific, On gun Railway A Navigiit inn company, St. Louis South western, San Pt'ilru, ah Angeles Suit Luke, Southern l'urilii' system, Wiscon mii Central, Ya.oo .V Mississippi Valley. SCHMI1 Z TO PROVE INNOCENCE. Says Ha Will Then Give no Quarter in Libel Suit. S.m Francisco, March 2H. In u htati'ini'iit t slay to the Assi touted Press, Mayor S-hmil. denies tin' truth nf 'luirfM nilil ichil in tin' local intju'rc to the cffii't that t he pio-ii'iit ion has iihumlaiit I'vi'li'iii'i' that S'hinit rnlit im1 to tin- I'xtt'iit of nut h-MH than $ Wi II , -M)0 from part icii:it inn in the lioudlin ipi'l at ioiiH now Ix-iii invcht iyntcil by t ln iruii'l jury. "Thi-Hn chitriri'i'," mi'l the mayor, 'un inulirii unly falnc, ami a.s mihid iih I am itflonh'il tint hptl (ippurtunity, I fhall prove tht'iii to bn no." After lt clarini; that he irtiinxioim fur it bpeely trial, lie nays: "It is notorioiiHly unfair that I uliuuld be bniuht to trial liefore any jiiilue in thle city ainl county," all of uhoin he allci.'i'H to be biaseil, unit ilc 4'lareH it irt outrui.'euuH t lull he hIiuuI.1 li' kept "for luontliH miller thin, foul rloiiil with the proHpect that the trial will be (lelayeil for another font lliollt llH." The mayor wiyH thin irt no time for lilicl HiiitH, but, when lie has been tried and judged by a jury, be will kvc no iiiarter. Charge Based on Wreck. New York, March 28. Indictment)) rliurj.'iit; munHlaiiKhter in the Fecund leurce were returned today aitiiiHt the New York Central ruiltoad, Ira A. Mc 'ormick, teneral Hiiperintendent of the company, and Alfred II. Smith, olio uf the vice pieHidentM, in connection with the wreck of the Itiewhter cxpreHH on the 1 1 ii r It-in divinion of the rnilroiid ltti-t month. McCormick and Smith I'leiidcd not guilty and were rcleiiHed on fit), 000 bail each. The unuid jury alno liiiuded up many reeommendiitionH to the white railroad c'ommiiHHion. Cruiaera Reach Tangier. TanK'i'r. Mandi 2S. The French ar mored ciuiHer Jeanne d'Arc und the ruiHer Jjilunde have arrived . from Toulon. The commander of the former bunded a lint of the French cluimn to Mohammed F.I Tories, the representa tive of the Hultan, this afternoon. The hituiitiun at Morocco h boconiinn seri huh, uecordinK to the repot tH received liero. IIoHtile bandn are puriidiuK the directs and Furopenns do not dare to no out of their houses without an t'H'ort. No More Negro Troops. Houston, Tex., March 28. An nouncement was made today at the local rcciiiitintt station that orders have lieen received from the War depart ment at Washington, inst ructiiiK that no more negroes bit aivepted for service In the army, also that nero troops in the United Htates will be dispatohed forthwith to the Philippines. TRIAL DRAGGING!. Juror In Hermann Caae Drop Aalntp In Court Hours. Washington, March 27. That inter chI in the trial of I'.inti-r I li riiiiuui is lainini wiiHstrikinily ilhml ruled tinlny, w he li one nf t ho jumr fell aslffp in the midst of the t est i moiiy of Harry ('. KoIhtIhoii, funnel ly privntw secrelnry toSinnlor .Mitchell. 'Die testimony ptoiluci'd this week has not, been Start ling, in fuel It covets iruund alrnely Hone over by ol her w itness! s, it Is-irii tlm Intention of Itistiict Attorney linker by preponderance of evidence to con viueu the jury t bat llermaun bad an impurtaiil motive In dost roy inn bis so called private letter books. 'Die testi mony, however, Is largely technical and unintf rest inn. Mr. ItolHTtsoti's testimony today cov ered the same Kr"uinl as bis testimony in I'oitland. He showed the close rela tions that existed iwiioiik Ilermiinn. Mitchell, Mays and Filter, testilled its to their cuiiespoiidencf ri'nardinx laud inalters, since provrn fraudulent, and to that extent materially aided the prosecut Ion . Hud Mr. Robertson been permitted to t'll extensively of his relations with lliriiiitnn in lM'.Mi-'.iT, when the latter was liist in connresM, he could have ma terially offset some stntemeiitH of those who appeared as chrr wter witnesses ful t he di femlitnt. I'.efore court njS'lied Mr. Koberton talked freely with lis trict Attorney I'.aker alsiut his relations wi'.h llerinaiin while serving him as pi i vnU' secretary and an attempt was mi ilc !o I'litiKuiit these facts, hut ob jection was inade by counsel for the tie feiise, inasmuch a they had no diiect luiirinn on the cifw at bar, and the couit sustained the objection. For that reason Mr. Iloln rtsnn's testimony was lobls'd uf coi'liderithle interest. INQUIRY IN OAKLAND. Telephone Companies Pursued Same Tactics in That City. San Frnni'isi'o, March 27 Thetfrand jury investigation took a leap today Hems the hay mid landed in Oakland. It wits slmw ii dnriiin I he examinat ion of w itne.Hses thiil the Home Telephone cuinpany and the I'acilic States Tele phone company bad Is-cn eni.'itned in a battle over a franchise similar to the win fare here w hich l( suited in whole sale bribery. It developed that Hul-ey was in Oakland and that Hetwillei was there also. These are t lie men aivuscd of bribing the San I 'r.iucisco ollicialrt. Aside from this revelation, the in ipiiry failed to leveal anything of a sensational nature. At the end of the session IMMrict Attorney I juitdun mid the day had been sjs'iit in "tilling in." Testimony was livi'ii which serves to supply Home of the missing links in the general recital of brils-ry. The ntand jury will soon beiin to re veal the pint played by Mayor Schmitz in the iMsslletraiisactioiiH. The mayor, it is est iinated, received clo-e to 750, 000 a." the M'sult of his operations. CALL ELECTION IN PHILIPPINES If Peace is Complete, President Will Order Commission to Act. Wii-liinntnn, March 27. The Phil ippine commission has liven instructed to cable to infuim President Koosevelt by tomorrow whether a condition of general and complete peace, with re cognition of the authority of the United States, liaH continued in all that por tion .if the archipelago not inhabited by Moms or other noii-Uhrist inn trils-s for the ixtst two years. If the answer is in the alliruuitive, the president will direct the commission to call a general election on Jul) lit), next, for the choice of delegates t- the first popular assem bly of the people of the Philippines. The proposed assembly consisting of the two houses, the upper composed, of the Philippine commission and the lower of the delegates to be elected, will take over all the legislative power now exercised by the Philippine com mission alone. Under an net of con gress none of the members of the non Christian trils's can participate in the elections. Bonilla Ordered Surrender. Managua, Nicaragua, March 27. It is stated upon the highest authority here that President Ponillii, of Hon duras, after bis retreat to Amapala, follow ing the defeat of the Hondutan Salvadoran fotccs at Choluteca by the Nlcaiaguan army, ordered from Ama pnla the surrender of Tegucigalpa, cap ital of Honduras, to the victorious troops. The city is now in the pos session of the lloniluran-Nicaraguan government junta. Senor Harhona, Honduran minister ot war, was mor tally wounded, and many captured. Glass Refuse n Talk. San Franc i co, March 27 Louis Class, vice president of the Pucitle States Telephone & Telegraph company, first of tlie big fellows to be indicted, was at bis desk in th telephone com pany's building at 10 o'clock this morning He refused to make any statement regarding the indictment which charges him with authorizing the payment by Halsey, also indicted, of the (50,000 that was split up wi the supervisors. Honduras Retakes Trujillo. New Oilcans, March 27. A private telegram received here today said that the Hondurians had recaptured the port of Trujillo. ThiH was the first Carri bean port of Honduras taken by Nicaragua. NEWS FROM THE COAL HOALiS uhouuht io time Indiana and Illinois Lines Adopt Gov ernment "Suggestions " Washington, March 2!. Prompt, if ion by t he Interstate ( 'omriicree eom-mi"-ion has I V tied what mii.b' lave developed into II serious clash between .the coal idi i p "rs and I he rai Iroads of Indiana and Illinois, On March 1'ithe 1 1 1 I in r in lin i I road commission, the I lilt ed Minewurkers arid repn scntatiwt coal opeintors of Indiana and Illinois com plained to the commission that the curlers hud given notice of an advance of 2 cents a ton on c ttl from Indiana mid Illinois points tot'hicugo. Such an advance, they pointed out, would set ioiisly affn't botli miners and opera tors. The ipiestion of tiling a formal complaint against the railroads was considered by the delegation. An inti- matiun nlso was made that proceedings would be instituted against the carriers for iolal ion of tin- iiriti-trnst law. Since that time tin- commission has been in communication with all the presidents interested, and in the words of Chairman Knapp, "certain sugges tions" wi le made to the railroads. It was announced by the c mmissiun to day that rcpiles to the communication bud been received from the interested lines and that the determination to make the proposed advance in the coal rates had been, reconsidered atid a I und one. I. Can Sell Relinquishment. Washington, March 27. Announc ing the opinion of the court in favor f Flahiv, in the case of Fdward II. I.ove vs. Annie Flahiv, involving a contest ovel land in Missoula county, Mon tana, Just ice I'.rcwer, of the Supreme couit of the United States, today laid down soiut general principles regarding the rclinuishmciit of homo-Wad ap plications atid the sale of laud taken up under the homestead law before the issuance of the patent. On that point the lourt held that iclilfplishllietlts can ! sold. Turns More MoneyLoose. ' Washington, March 2S. Under in structions recently issued, collectors nf customs throughout the country wTc directed to dejsiHit their customs re ceipts ill the regular demitories. This, however, did not embrace the so-called subtrea-ury cities. These instiuctions have la-en today enlarged by the secre tary so that the public deposits with national bank depositories in N't w York cit v Mill at once be increased about $l.r, OOO.ooo from customs receipts un der the provisions of the act of March 4, 1107. Cattle Grazing on Reserves. Washington, March 20. The Forest service today announces that 1,3SH,.'!00 cattle and horses and 4 ,!(", 020 idiecp will be permitted to graze on Western foiest reserves during 1!)07, of which 100, ,r)00 cattle and horses and 731.OU0 sheep will lo permitted in Oregon; ")2,.ri00 cattle and 1H,(HhJ sheep in Washington. Livestock which has hercti fore regularly ustd the range in the recently created reserves and four additions in Oregon will be permitted to graze free dining the present season. Don't Make Rural Carriers Trouble. Washington, March 20. A decision rendered tislay by Fourth Assistant Postmaster (icneral Peg raw insists upon an adhcrance to the regulations requir ing that boxes on rural mail routes shall be erected by the roadside, so that carriers can easily obtain access to them without deviating from their routes or dismouning from their vehicles. Fail ure to comply, the decision states, is likely to result in the discontinuance of the delivery of mail. Board of Immigration. Washington, March 28. The presi dent has appointed the following as civil! in members of the Immigration commission: Chailes P. Ncill, com missioner of labor; Prof. J. W. Jenks, of Cornell university, and William 11. Wheeler, a business man of Oakland, Oil. The senate and house iiiembeis have been announced. They are Sen ators Lodge, Dillingham and Latimer, and Iteptescntutives Howell, Pennett and Puinett. Roosevelt Talks Railroads. Washington, March 28. President Roosevelt discussed various features of the railroad situat ion at a conference with a number of his advisers at the White House today. They includtd Secretaries Hoot Coitelyou and Oar lield, and Interstate Commerce Com missioners Clark and Ime. Those present admitted that the conference had to do with railroad matters. Plan for 1908 Campaign. Washington, March 2(1. Secretary of the Treasury Cortelyou and Timothy Woorduff, of New York, chairman of the Republican Slate committee of New York, were In conference with the pres id nt at the White House for more than two hours tonight. Mr. Woodruff said the conference related to presidential campaign plans for 11)08, but that can didates weie not discussed. Portland Man After Good Jod. Washington March 28. Richard Nixon, of Portland, son-in-law of Mrs. Dolph, is a candidate for the secretary ship of the immigration commission, which will go abroad this summer to study immigration problems. New Land Office Appointee. Washington, March 27. Harry II Schwartz, of South Iakota, was toda,1 appointed chief of the special field set I vice, division of the general land oflice. NATIONAL CAPITAL rVtOrtfc DtLtCjAtfcS TO Ut StN T , Roosftvirlt to Strengthen Hague Mis tion Date Still Uuoecidd. Washington, March .'!). President Jlis.sevelt has concluded to inert auc the number 'if Amcriian delegates to the sect nd Hague cotifeience, a finu'eeding which will not have any effect, how ever, iijsin the disfsisition of the var ious projects that will ' considered at that gathering, because each nation rcpresjuitcd is entilted to 1 tit one vote, lint because of the complexity and im isirbinct! of the programme, it is felt by the president that the AmtricHii del egation should be enlarged to permit of a sub- li vision into committees if need be. When the announcement was made last June of the intention to hold a second conference, it was also stated that American would te represented by icneral Horace Porter, formerly arn ImHsador to France; Jcph II. Choat, formerly ambassador to Knglarid, and Judge U. M. Pvose, of Little P.ock, Ark., formerly president of the Ameri can liar association. The president and Secretary Iisit have already selected the additional delegates but it is not deemed proper to announce the names in advunce of formal notice that the second conference actually is to be held. Fur, notwithstanding the fact that now scarcely more than t0 days is to inter vene ls-tween this date and the date suggested by the government of The Netherlands as suitable for the ls-gin-tiing nf the conference at The Hague, Hissibly through Home oversight hte formal invitations to the nations to par ticipate have not been issued. INCREASED MEAT EXPORTS. Total Value of Products Sent 0.1 Last Year $260,000,000. Washington, March 26. The tota' cxportations of meat and dairy products and fissl animals from the United States la-t year aggregated over f 250, 0H), 01)0 in value, mrording to a state ment issued bv the bureau of ttatistics of the department of Commerce and Iiilior. '1 his represents an increase of $76, 00(1, (KJO, or 4.r) per cent, during the de cade from lK'.ji to 1006. More than (it) per cent of last year's exports went to the United Kingdom. Of the $250, 000, (too worth of meats, dairy pro ducts and food animals pssing out of the United States last year, $40,000,. 000 was in live animals, $58,00(1,000 in lard, $36,000,000 in luicon, $25,000, O00 in fresh beef, $21,0N.),000 in hams, $18,000,000 in oleomargarine, $14,000, 000 in pork other tluin bacon and bams, $4,500,000 in butter and $2,500,000 in cheese. Soldiers Had Shotguns, Too. Washington, March 28. The cross examination of Thomas Taylor, former ly of Company F, Twenty-fifth infantry, was resumed today when the senate committee on military affairs again took up its investigation of the "shoot ing up" of Hrownsville, Tex. When asked concerning the issue of extra am munition to soldiers when they desired to go hunting, Taylor said be had nev er secured any, because he always took one of three shotguns belonging to his company. This is the first admission since the investigation was begun that the company bad shotguns in its pos session. Joseph L. Wilson, company 15, gave testimony concerning events of the night of August 13, when the shooting occurred, similar to that given by Taylor. Arrange for Summer Camps. Washington, March 28. Brigadier General Murray, chief of artillery, has reijuested the adjutant general to in struct the commanding officers of the artillery districts to put himself in di rect communication with the state au thoiities with a view to ascertaining the details of their plans ami in order to render them such assistance as may be practicable in connection with ar langements for transporting, employ ing, subsistence, instructing and return ing to their homes in safety such troops as may participate therein. Penrose Is Exonerated. Washington, March 27. The senat committee on military affairs today r ceived fiom the acting secretin y of war a copy of a telegram from Brigadier (leneral McCaskey, commanding the department of Texas, concerning the Penrose court mattitil. The following is the text: "Maior Penrose wan ex. onerated by the court martial, but the court found that the shooting in Brownsville was done by the men of the Twenty-fifth infantry." Northwest Postal Affairs. Washington, March 28. Charles E. Hartley has been appointed regular, John Naff substitute, rural carrier, route 1, Republic, Wash. Katherine G. Wood has been appointed post mast -erat Foieston, Snohomish county, Wash., vice William Nash, resigned. Advance Eight-Hour Cases. Washington, March 27. In the Su preme court of the United States Solic itor (Jenenil Hoyt made a motion today for the advancement on the docket of several cases against dredging compan ies on the charge of violating the eight hour law. Battleship Plans Ready. Washington, March 26. Plans and specifications for the two liattleships authorized by the last session of con gress will be ready for competitive bid ding April 1. NEW SURE FOR WHITE PLAGUE. Medical Scientists are Satisfied Their Experiments are Success. li'S'tin, Marh 20. llojiei for suffer ers from the great whit) plague is held out by the snccrss of cxrierime nta with vnrrnm iri'M iiiHi ion hn it cum tor twocr- cul'isis, not only of lungs, but on other organs of the Ixsly, by the faculty of Tufts College Medical sch'Kil and path ological department, of tho Massachu setts general h'ispitnl. The treatment, has already been test ed In the ease of Mrs. Curtis Guild, jr., wife of vernor Ouild, with most en couragirig result. At Tufts Medical school the work has been in charge of Ir. Timothy I'ary, professor 'f jinthology and bacteriology in the Massachusetts Oeneral hospital, and Ir. James Homer Wright. Dr. Wright calls the treatment "the Op sonic method," from the fact that the opsonins in the human body are stimu lated to greater activity. In the case of disease whn danger ous bacteria attack the bly, the op sonins set to work to destroy the bac teria. If they succeed, the patient re c vers, but if they fail, the disease pro gresses and the deadly aborption cf the vital organs begins. Dr. I-ary says of the preventative with which he is experimenting: "What we are trying to do, and what others in every part of the medical and scientific werld are at work trying to do, is to elaborate a specific which will so strengthen powers of the human blo'sl that their resistance to the in roads of disease will not only be in creased but prolonged; whi::h will make them immune against the inroads of the bacteria and keep thern up to the point which they must possess in order to perform the work for which they were intended by nature." FEAR REVOLT IN CHINA. Spirt of Rebellion Growing Rife in Famine Districts. Washington, March 26. From Shanghai advices received at the State department it appears that the ruling dynasty in China is seriously alarmed over the effect of the spread of famine through the country and the opportuni ty it offers to seditionary societies to enlist converts to their cause directed agiinst the government. The government's inability to re lieve suffering, it is said, has been magnified and the hardships cf the peo ple attributed to lack of sympathy by the government for the poor classes. The information indicates that a pro aganda has been organized to further the circulation of stories of the charact er outlined, and it is said that State department officials fear that a spread of hysteria may engender a general up lising. If such should be the result, there is danger that the government might not be able to control the situa tion. American and other foreign in terests then will be jeopardized. So great is the concern that diplomatic and consular officials in China have been instructed to keep Washington ad vised of eveiy turn in the situation. CHARGED TOLL. Commissioner Gallagher Took Fees From Fellow Grafters. San Francisco, March 26. A feature of the boodling operations of the super visors not hitherto exposed and which surpasses in genuine cussedness any thing yet revealed, came out today when it was learned that Supervisor Gallagher, who acted as distributer of the swag, charged his fellow supervisors a commission of 5 per cent on all bood le he collected for them. Gallagher admits it in his confession. He said he did it because of the expense he was put to in the way of car fare and the risks involved. Gallagher hot ly defended himself when questioned in the grand jury room about the practice. He said he thought he was honestly en titled to the brokers' commission. In some cases, he said, his colleagues pro tested, but he informed them that if he was not to get the commission they would not get the boodle. Although Louis Glass, of the Pacific States Telephone company, and Abram Detwiller, of the Home Telephone com pany, the two indicted magnates, have not been apprehended by the police, no fear is felt by the prosecution as it is believed that both men w ill surrender. To Increase Direct Tax. Lyons, March 26. Minister of Fi nance Calliu made a great speech here today defining the government's eco nomic policy as directed toward the gradual diminution of indirect taxation and the substitution of a direct tax pro portionate to the means of the tax payer. The income tax, he said, was the first great ftep in tliie direction. He was willing to modify the measure, he said, for he did not pretend it could not be improved, but he insisted that the principle remain intact as at pres ent enforced. Relief Committee Reports. New York, March 26. The New York city committee of the relief suf ferers by the California earthquake dis aster lias just made its final report to Mayor McClellan. The total amount secured by theeommittee was $501,079, the account having been closed on Jan uary 7 by the transfer to the National Red Cross society of the balance on band of $22,724. All moneys collect ed were transmitted without reduction, the members meeting the expense. Australian Mall Delayed. London, March 26. Tho Post oflice department announces that the steam ship service betwoen New Zealand and San Francisco having stopped, no mails will be sent or received bv that route until further notice. Mails for New Zealand now go by the Sues canal. HIGHEST ON RECORD AH Flood Records Have Been Broken In California. LOSS OF CATTLE WILL BE HEAVY Crops Ruined and Thousands of Acres of Farm Land Inundated Worst Over. Sacramento, March 20. With prac tically all of the down-river islands un der water, the worst flood in the his tory of this rich agricultural district, not excepting even those of 1862 anil 1 904, is now a matter of record. On the Sacramento sile of the river, Grand, Sutter and Sherman islands are the only enes not inundated, and on the Yolo side, Merritt stands as the single rock which has withstood the ravages of the waters. Even the Pearson district, where the hardest fight ever made by the river ranchers to save their lands has leen going on for a week, is not submerged, and while at Randall island the front levee was still standing at last reports the struggle has been given up. While from all points comes tho word that "the worst is over," a vivid picture can be drawn of the awful de struction which has ruined crops and put land worth millions of dollars tem porarily out of commission. The steamer Fruto has been sent on a second mission of relief and she ia momentarily expected to return with a cargo of the stock rescued from the Pearson district. The Pearson district is one of the chief dairying parts of the county, and although the residents are making a desperate fight to protect their homes and cattle until help ar rives, it is probable that many hun dreds will be lost. The water was reported to be four feet deep, and rising rapidly. The break is widening and it is feared that there may be destruction of human life before the flood subsides. HENEY NOT INVITED. But Has His Opinion of Certain Port land Officials. San Francisco, March 26. The at tention of Francis J. Heney was called today to a dispatch from Portland, which stated that a fund was being raised there to finance an investigation into civic conditions and that Mr. Heney and W. J. Burns were to be re quested to conduct the inquiry. The protecutor said that his time for the present would be taken up with the San Francisco investigation. He added that lie had received no official offer from Portland, and therefore could not either accept or decline at this time. He. added: "I am not very familiar with civic conditions in Portland. I have my opinion of certain oflicilas theie, how ever." When asked what sort of graft might flourish in Portland, he said: "You know Halsey makes visits there." Halsey was general ageht of the Pa cific States Telephone & Telegraph com pany, and was recently indicted for bribing the San Francisco supervisors. GO AFTER POLICE NEXT. Burns' Announcemei t Da hes Hopes of Immunity. San Francisco, March 26. As soon as the larger matters are disposed of, the alleged corruption of the police de partment will be thoroughly delved in to declares Detective Burns. The state ment caused a stir among the officials, whe were disposed to think that in tho excitement over the corporation inves tigation, police matters were to be for gotten. So closely have their fortunes been allied with those of the grafters that, when the present crusade was begun against dishonesty and corruption, Dis trict Attorney Langdon, instead of re ceiving aid fiom that Inxly, has received nothing but strenuous opposition. Think He Is Train Robber. Grand Junction, Colo., March 26.- Allin H. Potter, 35 years of age, was arrested here today by Sheriff Shrader and, though no information was given out regarding the charge against him. it is understood that he is suspected of being the leader of the band which held up a passenger train on the Den ver & Rio Grande railroad three years ago near Parachute, blew up the ex press e'ar and got away w ith a large amount of booty. Potter, handcuffed and shackled, was taken this afternoon to Glenwood Springs. Refused Right to Land. Venice, Cal., March 26. Yameto Kushibiki, commissioner from Japan to the Jamestown exposition, has re ceived a telegram stating that three Japanese actors are held at Seattle, where government immigration officers refuse them a landing. Kushibiki saya these people are to appear at the Jamestown exposition. He believes that the refusal to allow thern to land Is a result ol the San Francisco school Incident. American Gunboats on Guard Puerto Cortez, March 26. The Unit ed States gunboat Marietta and the Nicaraguan gunboats Ometepe and Ja cinto were at Trujillo, Honduras, Sat urday night. The Honduran gunboat Tatumbla has arrived from Ceiba. The Marietta ia expected here today.