ROADS LOSE APPEAL1,
CHARGES ARE SLAND E R O U S.
Fulton Denies Every Accusation M ade
by Heney.
U. S. Suprema Court Upholds
Elkins Law.
DECIDES GREAT NORTHERN CASE
Attempt to Play O ff One Law Against
Another and Escape Panaltiea
Completely Foiled.
Washington, Feb. 25.— One of the
main contentions by which the rail
roads which gave and the corpora
tions which received rebates hoped
to escape punishment was swept
away today by a decision of the
United States supreme court. This
decision vitally affects the case un
der which the Standard OH Co. was
fined 1211,240,000 for the same point
was raised.
The case upon which the decision
was rendered was Instituted in the
United States District Court for the
District of Minnesota-, which court
fined the Great Northern railroad
$1,000 each for 15 violations of the
first section of the Elkins law.
The alleged offenses against the
law were committed during the sum
mer of 1905, and consisted In grant
ing concessions to the W. P. De-
vearaux Company on its shipments
o f oats and corn from Minnesota to
points In Washington. The com
pany admitted the concessions and
fought the prosecution on the ground
that by amending the Elkins act so
as to provide for punishment by Im
prisonment rather than by fines the
Hepburn law had so modified the or
iginal law as to accomplish its re
peal and render punishment under It
impracticable. Today's decision was
announced by Justice White and af
firm ed the finding of the District
Court and the United States Circuit
Court o f Appeals.
HEROISM ON M AR YLA N D
Explosion Avsrtad by Instant Obedl-
snca to Hurried Signal.
San Francisco, Feb. 25.— An act
o f heroism performed by three blue
jackets on the United States cruiser
Maryland during the recent target
practice held at Magdalena Bay, was
all that prevented a repetition of the
G eorgia disaster off the Massachu
setts coast last year, when Lieuten
ant Goodrich, the son of Admiral
Goodrich, and 13 of his shipmates,
met death in the explosion of one of
the big guns.
It happened while the Maryland
was having her try at the navy rec
ord. A fte r the secind or third shot
from No. 4, one of the Maryland's
eight-inch guns, J. J. Donnelly, a
seaman, acting as first loader, dis
covered that two balls of fire were
spinning around within the screw-
box. ThiB fire should have gone out
o f the muzzle of the gun but It had
failed to do so.
W ithout the loss of a moment,
Donnelly hastily signalled J. C. King,
the hoisting man, to lower the am
munition car into the handling-room,
and King, with the assistance of J.
Green, the rammer man, compiled
with the form er's request upon the
instant. Twenty-five seconds elapsed
before the fire in the screw-box was
put out, but in that brief time a
great disaster was averted
T R YIN G
TO
GET
ENOUGH MEN
Railroads Hava Tan Days Before New
Law Takes Effect.
Los Angeles, Feb. 25.— W ith less
than ten days until the new federal
law lim iting the hours of labor of
certain Railroad employes shall be
come effective, Los Angeles railway
officials are preparing as best they
can for the necessary changes which
must be made. Approximately 140
new telegraph operators will be re
quired In the territory governed by
Los Angeles general offices. The
Santa Fe will need the greater por
tion o f these.
I f it keeps all Its
offices open It will require 81 men on
its coaBt line in addition to its pres
ent force. There is a possibility that
it w ill not be able to get that num
ber at once. I f so, It will Le neces
sary to close a few offices all or a
part of the time until the additional
men can be found. '
Santa Fa’s Cry o f Misery
Topeka, Feb. 25.— On the Santa
Fe railroad 486 new operators will
be required, the Gulf lines excepted,
to comply with the provisions o f the
federal nine-hour law, to go into
effect March 1. About 60 are re
quired on the eastern grand divi
sion.
The officials do not know
whether they w ill be able to get the
requisite number of new men or not.
Notices were posted in the Santa
F e shops at Newton today that em
ployes need not report for work till
Monday, March 2. About 200 men
are affected.
Black Hand Thraata Terrorize. (
Seattle, Wash., Feb. 25.— Black
Hand Society notices, sent through
the mails and posted on doors and
fences, with the object of frighten
ing Italians who have offended the
society in the mining village of
Black Diamond, 25 miles from Se
attle, reached a climax last Friday
night when J. Vltero was shot at
three times while making his way
home.
One bullet passed through
his le ft arm and another cut his
coat.
Fabulous Strike Is Made
Rawhide, Nev., Feb. 25.— What is
said to be the moat wonderful strike
in the history o f mining in Nevada
was made today on the Happy H ooli
gan claim. Assays o f the ore show
values as high as $79,600 to the ton.
T h e ground has been purchased by
E W. King, a banker o f Bozeman,
Moot.
I
TO IM P R O V E T H E M ISSOU R I.
nm w r.ç í i f
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ID L u l A I I L l l l uUltuliCuu
thf
BUILD TO INTERIOR
Navigation Congress Would Make It
Equal to 600 Railroads.
An appropriation of $40,000.000 for
tbs establishment of a twelve-foot
channel In the Missouri river from SL
Louis to Sioux City will be asked of
Congress as a result of tbs first annual
convention of the Missouri River Navi
gation Congress, which met In Sioux
City.
Governors and Congressmen from
seven States bordering on the Mis
souri River wers In attendance et the
convention. It wee tbe voice o f the Una Up Hood Rivar Veliev May Be
convention fbet tbe Missouri River
Extondad Southeast to Connoct
as well a* the Mlesleelppl should be
With Other Linos.
made navigable as soon as Congress
can see Its way dear to spend that
much money. It waa tbe sentiment of
Hood River, Or., Fsb. 22.— I f pre
the convention that the deepening of
the Missouri River channel would be liminary plant being promoted by
wealthy capitalists of Salt Lake City,
who own the Mount Hood Railway ex
tending np Hood River valley and also
the Sumpter Valley, running ont of
Baker City, materialize, Central Ore
gon may have a railroad In the near fu
ture that w ill open up ita many re
sources. The project provides for an
extension of the Mount Hood line
through the mountains east of Monnt
Hood, and a party of surveyors ia now
in the field trying to locate a pase
through the mountains. The work ia
in charge of Joseph A. West, chief en
gineer of the Sumpter Valley.
Early last fall a large surveying p*.rty
headed by Mr. West was taken into the
Central Oregon country from Heppner
Junction to determine the feasibility of
building a railroad on that side of the
mountains and his report is said to
have been favorable. The money pow
the greatest stroke toward the settle er behind to proposed railroad is David
ment of railroad rate troubles In the Eocle«, the millionaire sugar manufac
greet Middle West.
turer and lumberman, of Salt Lake
Engineers reported that the Mis City. • I f the projeot is completed tbe
souri River, If Improved according to two roads w ill connect at some point in
the plana of this convention, would Crook oounty.
By extension of the
have the carrying capacity of 600 rail Sumpter Valley road south It would
roads— fifty times the capacity o f all pass through Canyon City, Grant ooun
the roads running between the Missis ty, and also Prineville.
sippi River and the lower Missouri,
An extension of the Monnt Hood road
A big
and more than twenty-five times the has already been commenced.
capacity of all the railroads running gang of men with a steam shovel was
from the Mississippi to the Missouri put to work at Dee, the present term-
at all points. These engineers reported inns of the line, and will build as goon
that making the Missouri River nav as it oan be pushed through the six
igable from Bloux City to S t Louis miles of road toward Mount Hood that
This
would cost less than paralleling any has been surveyed and staked.
single railroad between these two w ill be done to accommodate the rapid
ly developing fruit land in the Mount
points.
Tbe navigable length of the Missouri Hood settlement. It ia admitted, how
ever, by W . H . Eccles and Charles T.
River is greater than tbe distance by
Early, president and manager of the
rail from S t Louis to San Francisco.
Mount Hood road, that it may form
It has a navigable length three times
part of the connecting link of the pro
as great as tbe entire length o f the posed new line. Officers of both roads
Ohio River.
recently went over the territory that
I f Congress does not want this ap would be tributary to the project and it
propriation, tbe boosters of the Middle is learned that it is considered most
West may ask for legislation assessing favorably.
In addition to reaching
a tax against land lying within 100 many acres of fertile farm lands, mil
miles of the Missouri River. It has lions of feet of timber, for which there
been figured out that the entire $40,- is now no outlet, it is said, could be
000,000 could be raised by an assess utilized.
ment of 50 cents per acre against tbs
land bordering upon the stream for 100
T U N N E L UNDER RIVER.
miles back. This territory produces
Portland, Feb. 24.— In a long Blate- I
meat given to the newspapers of Port- (
land ior publication, Charles W . Ful
W e d " « * d * v , February 26
Saturday, February 22
ton, senior United States senator from
Washington, Feb. 26.— There were
Washington, Fsb. 22.— In tbe pres
Oregon, answers in detail tbe charges two speeches In criticism o f the Aid- ence of many senators end a large gath
made against him by Francis J. Henty, rich currency bill In the senate to ering in tbe galeriee. Senator Porter
special prosecutor for the government day.
1 McCumber, of North Dakota, today
Thé currency bill was, on motion
in the land fraud cases, in a speech de
read the farewell addreea of Washing-
livered in the First Congiegational of Aldrich, made the unfinished bus . ton.
/
church in this city on tbe night of Jan iness.
The Indian appropriation bill, which
| The bill to revise the criminal
uary 28 of the present year.
laws o f the United States was passed was reported to the senate today, carries
At that time Mr. Heney made the after adoption of Culberson’s amend $9,825,820, an increase of $1,610,123
direct charge that Senator Fulton’s long ment penalizing the Improper giving over the total appropr al ions made by
participation in crooked political and out o f information by government o f I tbe bill as it was passed by the house.
business deals in Oregon, notably in ficials affecting the market value of
The nomination of Louis A. Coolidge,
timber land frauds, had unfitted him to products of the soil, except upon of Massaohnsetta, to be an assistant
occupy the high office he now holds and proper authority.
secretary of the treasury, was ordered
announced a determination to oppose to t The senate today adopted a reso reported favorably by tbe senate com-
tbe utmost the senator’s candidacy for lution Introduced by Senator Lodge mi tee on finance.
requesting the president to send to
re-election.
Mr. Heney further charg the senate correspondence with Ven-
ed that Senator Fulton ia the tool of csuela in relation to pending contro-
Washington, Feb. 22.— The race
the railroad interests at Washington I versies concerning alleged wrongs qneetion came to the surface in the
and represents, not the people of his 1 done to Americans in that country bouse today when Heflin, Alabama
state, but the law-defying corporations by the Venezuelan government.
offered an ain'endment to the District of
in oongrese. ,
Columbia street railway trackage bill,
Washington, Feb. 26.— The climax
The specific charges made in the
providing for “ Jim Crow” cars.
H ef
Heney speech are taken up one by one in general debate on the army ap lin declared that separate coaches for
in Senator’s Fulton’s answering state prop riation bill in the house came the whites and blacks had solved the
today, when Dalzell, Pennsylvania,
ment and denied comprehensively and recognized as one of the foremost race problem in Alabama and he ex
in detail as to every material fact. ! protectionists of the country, dellv- pressed the opinion that such an ar
Senator Fulton does not mince matters lered an exhaustive speech in defense rangement would solve it in Washing
in laying before the people of hia state of the republican pary and ljs pol ton.
his defense. He strikes squarely from ic ie s, in which he upheld the prin
The amendment was defeated, 140 to
the shoulder and chargee in the plainest ciple of the protectve tariff system 59.
terms that b lj accuser deliberately fal and said that under it the United
The bill was passed.
it provides
sified in bis Congregational church States had become the greatest of universal transfers on the basis of cash
speech, whioh Senator Fulton points manufacturing nations.
It
The army appropriation bill was fares or six tickets for 25 cents.
out to have been the olimax of a cam
read for amendment and its consid also provides for street railway facilities
paign of malicious persecntion and vil-
from
all
parts
of
Washington
to
the
new
eration was not concluded when the
lification begun more than tw o, years house adjourned.
union station.
ago.
Senator Fnlton impugns the honesty
Tuesday, F-bcuary 25
Friday, February 21.
of Mr. Heney’s moti.es.
Revenge and
Washington, Feb. 25.— Currency
Washington, Feb. 21.— Senator Hey-
partisan politics, he esye, are the basis legislation was the chief topic before
of the graft proesecutor’ s enmity to the senate today. For nearly three bnrn and Representative French, of
ward him, and Mr. Heney’a obsession hours Owen, of Oklahoma, spoke on Idaho, today introduced in the senate
by an irrepressible ambition to stand the Aldrich bill, saying that he had, and house the bill prepared by Idaho
in tbe limelight ia given as an added through ex-Senator Jones, o f Arkan sheepmen amending the 28-honr law,
incentive for what Senator Fulton calls sas, In 1900 proposed legislation by providing that railroad trains con
the lawyer’s utter disregard for the somewhat similar to the bill under taining ten or more cars of livestock
consideration, but with essential d if going from one state to another shall
t r u t h . __________________
ferences, which he declared would maintain an average minimum speed of
have prevented the recent panic had
It been enacted Into law. Owen re 16 miles per hour from the time the
PR IE ST IS SLA IN .
ceived close attention from the sena stock iB loaded onto cars until the des
tors and was frequently interrupted tination is reached, deducting reason
Anarchist Shoots Catholic Leader in with questions, which led to spirited able time for stops made for feed and
Denver Church.
water. The bill provides a fine of $100
debate.
The Indian appropriation bill re to $500 tor failure to maintain this
Denver, Col., Feb. 24.— Father Leo
Heinrichs was shot and killed when ceived consideration during a part speed.
The bill was read
An amendment to the poetoffice ap-
administering sacrament at tarly mass of the day.
through.
propriatioon bill wae introduced today
in St. Elizabeth’s Cstholic church,
Teller declared that Indian bills by Senator Foraker.
Eleventh and Curtis streets, this oily, have In the past been put through
Seven Filipinos may receive instruc
at 6 a. m. yesterday morning.
Kneel the senate loaded down with new
ing at tbe alter rail between two wo legislation that should never have tion in the United States military acad
emy, according to a bill passed by the
men, (iuaranaicio pressed the muzzle been adopted.
senate today.
of a revolver against the body of the
Washington,
Feb.
25—
General
de
priest after receiving from him the con
bate on the army appropriation bill
Washington, Feb. 21.— The time of
secrated wafer and shot the man of God In the house of representatives today
the house of representatives today was
through the heart.
again furnished opportunity for free devoted to consideration of what is
Tbe muruerer was hurried to the city expression o f opinion on the Issues
jail, and as threats of summary justice of the day.
Garrett of Tennessee known as the District of Columbia rail
were made by many men in the crowd, and, Hau of North Carolina arraigned way franchise— that is, the b ill provid
which quickly gathered in front of the the Republican party for Its policy ing for extension of streetcar lines to
church, Chief of Police MoHale De- with regard to the tariff, while the new anion station. The snbject of
larey called the reserve force of patrol Hayes of C alifornia denounced the universal streetcar transfers in Wash
financial system o f the United States ington elecited special attention and
men.
as “ patchwork,” and the Aldrich bill no disposition was
manifested
to
“ I just went over there because I
as "fa llin g far short o f the remedial amend the provision except to strength
have a grudge against all priests in legislation needed.”
en
it.
Tomorrow
also
w
ill
be
given
there. They are all against the work
The only remarks pertinent to the
ingman. I went to the communion rail army bill were made by Parker of over to Distriot of Colombia business.
because 1 could get a better shot. I New Jersey, who spoke In favor of
did not give a damn whether he was a (he proposition for increased pay
Thursday, February 20.
German priest or aoy other kind of a for the officers and men, and Kus-
Washington, Feb. 20.— Because of crops and live stock annually wort)
priest. They are all in the game class.’ ’ terman of Wisconsin In support of
the death in this city today of Senator over $200,000,000.
restoration o f the canteen.
The seven hours allowed for gen Latimer, of 8outh Carolina,
both
eral debate on the bill w ill expire to branches i of congress adjourned, the
RETU RN BY SUEZ.
morrow, when the measure will be senate almost immediately after con
read for amendment.
vening and the house an honr after
Atlantic Fleet May Complete Its Trip
ward upon receiving official notice of
Around the World.
the senator’s death. In each chamber
Monday, February 24.
Washington, Feb. 22.— Interesting
Washington, Feb. 24.— Ocean mail resolutions of regret were adopted and
and important news relative to the fu
subddy and currency legislation were a committee appointed to accompany
ture movements of the American battle
both the subjects of speeches in the the body home.
ship fleet was made public at the con
Most of the time tbe house was in
Gallinger opened the
clusion of tbe cabinet meeting yester eenate today.
debate in favor of hia bill for ocean session was consumed in the reading of
day by Secretary Metcalf, comprising
Couldn't we express the grip somewhere
mali subsidy to build up the American impeachment charges offered by Mr. else, instead of carrying it around with
an invitation from the Australian gov
merchant marine, and was followed by Waldo, of New York, against Federal us 7
ernment to have the fleet, or at least
Depew, who Btrongly approved the Judge Lebbeus R. W ilfley, of the
some of the vessels, visit that country,
The advance In the price of dukes will
United States court at Shinghai, China,
further tend to dleconrsge the leap-yter
and Secretary Root's reply. This reply measure.
Simmon«, of North Carolina, and which were referred to the committee business.
is the first authentic information of
W hile, of Maryland, spoke in criticism on judiciary.
the movements of the fleet after its
A theatrical man reports a scarcity of
Chaplain Hale, in his prayer open
of the Aldrich curiency bill, White
•tags villains. Yet there are a lot of very
jonrney to San Francisco has been com
ing the eenate, referred feelingly to the
announcing
that
he
would
not
vote
for
bad actore.
pleted. After expressing the apprecia
death of Senator Latimer.
tion! of the nation, the secretary says: any measure before tbe eenate. An
Next to opera singing the most highly
The imm’gration
committee,
of
hour was devoted to the further consid
“ The eventual movements of our
which Mr. Latimer was a member, paid industry is that of expert witnessing
eration
of
tbe
bill
to
revise
the
criminal
in big trials.
fleet have not been determined. W hile
also adopted resolutions of regret.
it is poseihle the vessels will return by code.
Money is again getting so plentiful that
Gallinger reviewed conditions ndner
way of Suez, I would be glad if tome
a man can carry a piece around in his
which the merebantm arine of this
No Protest on Manchuria.
pocket for luck.
of them could be sent by the Australian
country is operating and cited many ad-
Washington, Feb. 25.— It waa stated
route, bnt it would be premature to
The United States Supreme Court calls
vantagxes that he believed w ill acciue with positiveness at the State depart
attention to the fact that the States are
promise this,”
to the commercial interests of the ment today that no official reports or still on tbe map.
United States if better mail service to protests from any source have been re
Urge W ork on Amur Road.
Cuba has enough kickers already with
South America and other points is es ceived regarding Japanese commercial
out sending that shipload of Missouri
St. Petersburg, Feb. 24.— A secret tablished.
aggressiveness in Manchuria, and from | mules down there.
seeeion of the douma committee on im
the nature of the situation none is ex
A little mistake of $100.0(10.000 In the
perial defense tonight wae devoted to
Washington, Feb. 24.— The unusnal pected. It is asserted that the Ameri
original estimates doesn't bother the Pan
affairs in the Far and Near Eaet. It spectacle of the committee on rnles
wag attended by Premier Slolypin, M. being overruled by its chairman, the can government has do intention of ama canal people.
Iswolsky, the minister of foreign speaker, on the floor of the house, wae | addressing Japan or any other power I The new $20 gold pieces are mighty
affairs, and M. Kokovsheff, the min witnessed in that body today, much to i on the subject at this tims or when ugly- Still, a great many have decided
ister of finance; who outlined the Rus the discomfiture of Dalzell, a member j the battleship fleet reaobes its deetina- ! not to refuse them.
' tion.
Fashion's latest innovation is the hip
sian policy. The minister urged speedy of the committee.
less walk. It must be another of Fasb-
construction of tbe Amur railroad, work
The army appropriation b ill, carry
ion’e senseless fads.
May Reimburse Harriman Line.
on which wag formally begun last sum ing $85.007,566, wae taken np.
After
The mother-in-law Joke reaches the cli
mer and which is deeigned to give Rus Hall, of Iowa, bad explained its pro
Washington, Feb. 26. — President
sia a line to Vladivoetok entirely visions, Slsyden, of Texas, criticised Roosevelt today considered with Chair max In the case of the Delaware man
who has just married his.
through Rueeian territory.
“ the enormous extravagance of the mil man M iller, of the house committee on
Dead men tell no tales, but In the
itary establishment,” while Holiday, claims, tbe question of reimbursing the
Plumbers as Inepecrors
of Indiana, pleaded for increased pay Southern Pacific company to the exteilt I trues case the nnsarthing of a corpse
completely reversed the adage.
San Francisco. Feb. 24.— The Master for the enlisted men of tbe army.
of $l,600,00u, the amount expended in
The Chicago Federation of Labor la
Plumbers’ association of this city at a
Other speeches were delivered by repairing the break in the Colorado
meeting today decided to instruct em Hamilton, of Iowa, who favored tariff river. Hearing« regarding the claim urging the formation of a Vegetable
ployee to Inform the health officials in revision, and by Washburn, of Massa are to be begun by the committee Mon Growers’ Union. This beets all 1
each instance where unsanitary condi chusetts, in favor of removing the re day. The money was spent by the | The London Times need to be "The
tions wsre fonnd or the law requiring striction of the Sherman anti-trust law railroad company pnrsnant to what is Thunderer," but It Is now being Ameri
the construction of rat proof buildings regarding organizations of merchants regarded as an understanding that the canised so it will be more like lightning.
| Mr. Cortelyon Insists that we hare
ia being ignored. Warned of the cer in certain
government should bear the expense.
$120.000,000 more money than we had a
tainty of a quarantine, unless the rate
|
Postal s a w e g a Bank Bill
year ago. But you can't feel in your
were exterminated at once and the
May Have Salaries Now
Washington, Feb. 27.— The postal pocket and find it.
plague stamped ont, the plumbers took
Washington, Feb. M . -Benito Le- savings bank bill, Introduced by Sen
New York has a new sect of sun wor
action toward co-operation.
gsrds and Tsblo leant [ 0
tJLeon. »he ator Knox, provides that 2 per cent
shipers. Yet most of Its people will still
recentfy appointed resident commis Interest shall be paid on all deposits, find their greatest enjoyment under the
Snowstorm Costs S26.000.
sioners, wbo ha -e arrived here to rep land that these savings be deposited tame old electric lights.
Chicago, Feb. 24.— The city haa com resent the Philippine islands in con | in national banks In localities where
Statisticians aay that birds, by eating
pleted tbe taek of clearing the bneinees gress, today visited the senate commit savings are accumulated. The na-
1 tional banks made depositories are bisects, save the farmers $800,000,000 a
section of the enow that fell in the tee on the Philippines and were later
to pay a rate o f Interest to be deter year. Glad to hear that tbe early bird la
great storm of last week. Four thou taken to the fleor of the senate, where mined by the postmaster-general and still catching the worm.
sand men were kept busy foe four days they were interested observers. The the secretary of the treasury. The
Because a train was late a lot of
and £8,000 wagon loads of snow were senate today pegged the house joint ree- postal savings account for each per- Frenchmen tore down a depot near Paris.
removed. The expense to the city was olntion authorising the payment >.1 the , son, firm or corporation Is to be 11m- . There wouldn't be half enough depots to
| Ited to $500.
commissioners' salary.
about $25,000.
go around In thin country
$
7
if
f
Central Oregon Is Promised Rail
Connections.
FROM SUMPTER TO PRINEVILLE
Manhattan Island Now Joined to Long;
Island City.
New York, Feb. 22.— The first of the
great system of tunnels and subways by
which the Pennsylvania railroad w ill
be enabled to ran a train from Phila
delphia under the Hudson river across
Manhattan island and under the East
river to Long Island City was completed
today. The two ends of one of the four
tubes connecting Manhattan
Island
with Long Island city were brought to
gether under the bed of the middlo of
East river off Thirty-fourth street be
fore noon today and steel rings comp« fl
ing the shell of the tube were for the
first time bolted in one continuous
string from shore to shore.
Thie tube
wae begun in August, 1906, and is 4.-
000 feet in length.
Two other tubes
will be completed within a few days
and the fourth will be finished within
three months, according to an an
nouncement made by the company.
So accurate were the measurements
of the engineers that the ends came to
gether with a variation of only three-
eighths of an inch.
Expect Evans to Recover.
Washington, Feb. 22.— While not
yet formally advised
by
Admiral
Thomas that he haa a »earned command
nf the 'Atlantic fleet, the officials of the
Navy department are expecting seme
snch announcement, on the basis of
preceding reports on the condition of
Admiral Evans. These reports are not
regarded as indicating that the Admiral
is suffering from any perjnanent inca
pacity, but that he is simply again a
victim of rheumatic gout, which is di
rectly the reault of the injury he re
ceived at Fort Fisher in the Civil war
Denies Part In Graft.
Harrisburg, Pa., Feb. 22.— Ex-Gov
ernor Pennypacker in his testimony at
the state napitol conspiracy trial today
denied the statement of 8. B. Lewis
that the famous Huston letter to ei-
Atlorney General Carson was prepared
at a conference between Pennypacker,
Lewie and ex-Auditor General 8nyder,
one of the defendants.
Mr. Penny-
packer deviated that when Lewie stated
that thta letter wae Intended to be a
“ whltewaah,” he stated falsely.
Kentucky Still Deadlocked.
Frankfort, Ky., Feb. 22.— The ballot
for United Statee senator in tbe joint
session of the legislators today resulted
a follows: Beckham, 67; Bradley, 66;
Allen. 1; Blacklrarn, t ; Campbell, 4.
Necessary to a choice, 66.