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The Estacada News South American Republic Wanted Am* bateador at Washington. B ST A C A D A ORBGON NEWS OF THE WEEK In a Condensed Form lor B u y Readers. A R muitu o f tha Lasa Important but Not Lass Interesting Evanta of tha Past Week. Nicaraguans have captured another Honduran port. Ruef has appealed to the Supreme court lor release on hail. A new movement has been started in the South to end the race problem. The government is to prosecute H ill for violation of the 28-hour law for stock. Railroad employes are willing to yield on the question of wages but are firm lot nine hours A storm at Havana drove waves into the city, causing much damage. Many lives were endangered. The Nebraska legislature is working on a law to make railway mileage books good in the hands of bearer The San Francisco supervisors are re moving many officials who were mere figureheads drawing salaries. Oakland and San Francisco laundry workers have struck for an increase of wages and only three laundil s are running. Washington, April 2.— C hile’s fail ure to send a minister to Washington to replace Mr. Walker Martinez, who did not return here after the Pan- American conference at Rlc Janeiro Iasi summer, has caused much com ment. The neglect of the Chilean con gress to appropriate sufficient money to maintain the legation has been given as a reason for leaving the American mis sion in charge of Alberto Yoocham, sec retary of the legation. But it haa just become known that the real cause was hidden deep in Latin-American politics. Chile decid ed it would be a good idea to have an ambassador in Washington, and steps were taken to discover what the Unit ed States thought of the proposed ele vation of the Chilean representative to Washington. The suggestion that the Chilean en voy might be raised to the ambassa dorial rank Bet all Latin America on edge and a general movement was in stituted by t lie Southern ri publics to head off such a movement. Argentina being unfriendly to Chile was esjiecial- ly opposed to the plan, as Brazil and Chile are always rated as allies and Argentina did not want her two strong est rivals to outstrip her in American representation. I t has not been the policy of the State department to send ambassadors to any country which can not be ranked as a world power, and when the hostil ity of the rest of South America to such a change became known the United States decided that the question had better not be agitated further at this time. Roosevelt declares he is not In favor O N L Y S P E C IA L R A T E S GO UP. o( government ownership of railiouda If it can be avoided, but he does want congress to pass a law that w ill allow President o f Western Union Explains Recent Advance in Toll. him to squeeze the water out of stock New York, April 2.— Concerning the The Roumanian revolt has been sup recently announced advance in tne pressed with wholesale slaughter F’ rench troops have raised (heir flag rates charged by the company, Colonel R. C. d o w ry , president of the Western over the Moroccoan town of Oudja. Schmitz denies that he has attempted Union Telegraph company, tonight to get a pat t of the board of supervisors said: to resign ‘ ‘ There has been no large increase in The municipal campaign just ended rates by the telegraph companies. A in Chicago Is the fiercest In the history number of epecial and unprofitable rates have been increased to the stand- of the city. Thaw stood the lunacy examination ard o f schedule rates. These special so well that Jerome lias asked for more rates were discriminative against a large number of places and were orig time to call experts. inally established by competing com Roosevelt may make public his rail panies, which by reason thereof went way policy at the opening of the into bankruptcy. Jamestown exposition April 26 “ Most of the rates increased were 25 Americans at Ceiba, Honduras, were cents for 10 words rates. I t costs at glad to see a United States warship put least 30 cents each to handle such mes into that poit to protect their interests sages for short distances at the present time. The increases in the cost of tele Ruef has been on the pay roll of the graph material have been from 25 to Pacific States Telephone & Telegraph 100 per cent within the last few years. company for the past two years at “ In addition to the recent increases $1,200 per month. of 10 per cent in the salarias of all Henry W . Goode, persident of the managers and operators, there has been Portland Railway, L^ght & Power com for years past a large and steady in pany, is dead. He was president of crease in wages of all classes of indi vidual employes from month to month. the Lewis and Clark fair. “ There le no increase in the extra The American government is confl word rate, consequently tire newspa dent The Hague conference w ill do pers’ rates remain tire same.’ ’ good, even if all questions lo be trought up are not agreed upon A L M O S T G O T P R E S ID E N C Y . The Roumanian revolt is quieting down. Grow, Form er Pennsylvania Con The president has called an election gressman Diet o f Old Age. in the Philippines. Binghamton, N. Y ., April 2.— Ex- A ll labor troubles around Butte have Congressman Galusha A . Grow died at been adjusted for the time being. his home in Glenwood, Pa., Saturday St. Louis brewery workers threaten as a result of a general breakdown, at to strike and the oity is facing a beer tributed to old age. Mr. Grow was famine. elected to congress from the W ilm ot The disarmament question is likey to be barred from The Hague peace con district of Pennsylvania a# the young est member of that body in 1851, and feience. • after retirement from public life for Republican members of the Tennes nearly 40 years he re-entered the house see legislature propose Rooeevelt for a of representatives as congressman at third term. large from Pennsylvania. When he retired four years ago his The Nebraska legisature has passed a direct primary a copied after the Ore public service in the house extended over the longest period, although not gon statute. continuous service, of any man who Spreckele had guaanteed the cost of ever sat in that body. During the a thorough housecleaning of grafters at ante-bellum days he was one of the Sin Francisco. best known men in the United States, The Western Union Telegraph com and in 1864 he came within one vote of pany has raised Its rates, In some cases being nominated for vice presided in as much as 20 per cent. place of Andrew Johnson. The census bureau estimates that the population of the United States lias in Disorders Hava Ceased. creased 8,000,000 in the past six years. Bucharest, April 2.— It ia semi-offi- The Colton, Cal., death list as the cially stated that in many districts the result of the train wreck is placed at 22 peasants are repairing the damage done and at least six more of the Injured to property and restoring stolen goods w ill die. A green switch crew is to their owners. Disturbances are re blamed with the accident. ported from Putna in Moldavia, and The Ban Francisco investigation may many cases of plunder, incendiarism and aimed conflict in Walachia. A spread to every city on the coott. number of peusanta have been killed Evidence is being secured which or wounded by troops at Langa and points to telephone bribery in Oakland. Patulele. At Galieea, in the center of Mrs. Thaw is said to be breaking the disturbed area, all the ringleaders down under tire strain of the trial of have been captured. Ths communes of Huerezanl and Pengeni ais in revolt. Thaw. Congressman Scott, of Kansas, pre dicts the ccmpletion of the Panama canal in seven years. The bill for the recount of the ballots cast for mayor of New York in Novem ber, 1906, has passed the New York legislature. Mediation in the Central American war has been poatptned. A cigarette started a fire in the gen eral shops of the Kl Paso A Southwest ern railroad at Carrixeto, N. M. The lose is placed at $190,000. Big shipments of flour are being hur ried from Minneapolis to San Francis- OO, where a government transport will take it to the famine sufferers cf China. Ex-President Cleveland haa just cele brated his 70th birthday. Eight men have been arrested at Butte for trying to influence voters at the primaries jnst held. The whole of Roumania ia In revolt and the capital threatened. Immense land frauds are to be inves tigated by a Federal grand jury at Cheyenne. John D. T iv ts Away Homs, Cleveland, April 2.— Public an- nouncement « >111 lie made today of the gift by John D. Rockefeller of Forest H ill, his magnificent summer home in East Cleveland, tc the city of Cleve land for uae as a public park, together Ith an endowment and improvement fund of $2,000,000. W hile full details of the gift are lacking, it ia learned that Mr. Rockefeller has imposed few restrictions, the most important con dition being that the transfer shall he made when East Cleveland shall be come a part of the’ citj . I f Lsss Pay, Will Str k*. Wheeling, W . Va., A p iil 2.- -Tele- grap operators in West Virginia threat en to strike if their wag«« are reduced when the new eight-hour law, enacted by the recent legislature, goes into effect. The railrnad companies have given notice that there will be a pro portionate reduction in wages as soon a* tha act take« effect, May 9. At a meeting today operators representing every division in West Virginia adopt ad reeolations to an-ept no reduction. Supprass Nawa ia Russia. St. Petetshurg, April 2.— Premier Btolypin haa sent a circular to tlie gov ernors of provinces ordering them to Premier dtolypln, of Russia, has prohibit the printing of news of the agreed to abolish court martial, aa at agrarian disorders in Roumania, in the present exercised. fear that they might spread tc Russia, A deadlock lias been reached between Western railr.sula and trainmen on the h “HI C H ILE W AS AIM IN G HlQH. 1)REGON ill HE IN V O K E S REFERENDUM . IiEM S IIF !INI l E RESIr PRO BE FO R LAN D F R A U 0 8 . Linn County Grangers Hold Up Uni Another Faderal Grand Jury Begins versity Appropriation. Sessions in April Albany— The University of Oregon Portland— W ithin two weeks another appropriation b ill is to be referred to Federal gland jury w ill begin to grind the people. Efforts of Linn county on Oregon land frauds. The jury w ill he summoned soon and the old as well Grangers to hold up the university bill as the new cases that have been inves culminated in a meeting of representa tigated by and through the United tives of all grange organizations of Linn States district attorney’s office and by the agents of Special Inspector Thomas county in Albany. B. Nouhansen, together with the cases Besides the Grangers there were in that have been worked up by Edward attendance President P. L. Campbell, W . Dixon, in charge of the special of the university, and Senator M. A. agent for Oregon, w ill be laid before M iller, member of the hoard of ri - the jurors. gents of the school. These men pre When F’ rancis J. Heney left Portland rented very strongly the university b to tear the lid off of graft in 8an Fran- side of tlie case showing the need of cisco, he left a number of land fraud more morey than was appropriated. leases, evidence in which was already in The $125,000 cariied m the bill was j the hands of the United States attoi segregated by President Cam) bell, who ney, to he brought to the attention of explained the use to he made of every a grand jury. Since hie departure tlie dollar. But the Grangtrs were cbdu- work of investigating new cases of fraud rate and at the close of the conference lias been going on and when tlie jury decided to us > the referendum to hold gets into action it w ill have a long sea the appropriation up until the next aion. Among the cases of alleged fraud that ge .erul election, when the people will w ill be brought to the attention of the uetermine the fate of the school. But little argument was ured in sup jury are those said to have been discov port of the position of the Giangr, oth ered in and around Pendleton. To this er than ‘ r .'trenchment.” I t was also list w ill he added others that rumor decided to have leproduced an editorial says involve a number of prominent printed in the Oregonian of Saturday, men, not only in Oregon, but in seveial February 11, 1905, entitled “ Machine other states. Made Citizens,” and scatter thousands of copies over the state. Klamath Falls’ Large Club Klamath Falls— This city now hoaets N U M E R O U S S IT E S OFFERED . one of the large social organizations in interior Oregon. The Inland Empire State Board to Select Land fo r Insti club, organized a few months since to promote tlie social interest* of this tute fo r Feeble Minded. city, and in an indirect way the re Salem— At a special meeting of the sources of the county, now lias a mem members of the board for the feeble bership of over 100. The club main minded institute, a voluminous list of tains excellent quartets in the four tracts of land sites for the construction story Baldwin block. The club rooms of the new buildings was presented by are conducted on lines similar to those the owners for the consideration of the of like oiganizations in larger cities. board. Maps, blue prints and descrip The Inland Empire club fills a long- tions of many desirable places were laid needed want in this city. before them. In fact, the table around which Governor Chamberlain, State T o Remodel Fair Grounds. Treasurer Steel and Acting Secretary Salem— Twenty prisoners from the of State Benson sat was piled so high with documents that the board decided state penitentiary have been detailed to appoint a special committee to ex under Guards Elmer White and Frank amine each tract of land separately, se Benson to commence work on the fair lect the most desirable, secure the best grounds. A ll the old buildings that are prices and report to the board at the worthless w ill he torn down and replac ed by modern structures. Such lumber earliest opportunity. as can be utilized w ill be saved, but a general plan of reconstruction w ill tie Beg to Get Deed«. carried out, and it is the purpose of the Salem— Jacob D. Hoitzeruian, of board to get the buildings and grounds ft'l ineapolis, attorney for the holders in the best condition they have ever of 14 Kelliher-Turner school land cer been. tificates, covering about 2,800 acres located in Southern Oiegon, appeared Snow in Klamath County. liefore the state land board at a recent Klamath Falls— Heavy snows the special meeting in tlie interest of his past week have made the roads in this clients, who want deeds to the lsnd. section almost impassable, especially in Most of them live at Dajton, Ohio. the mountains. The snow is going off These certificates were among those is very rapidly and the streams through sued upon wiiat is known as the K elli- out the country are carrying large vol her-Turner applications, which were ,, , . . t , , , ~ , , umea of water. However, no material alleged by ex-State Land Agent Oswald dB hM been done. A ll outdoor W est to have been forger.es, and upon , work was suspended during the past being investigated by the Marion coun week. Government work lias ceased ty grand jury during the month of everywhere except on the interior of April, 1905, were so reported to tlie the tunnel. state land hoard. W R E C K IN C A L IF O R N IA . At Least Twenty-Six Persona and a Hundred Hurt. Killed | Colton, Cal., Match 29.— One of the moat disastrius wrecks in the history of the Southern Pacific railroad occur red one and one-half miles east of this town shortly after 4 o'clock yesterday afternoon, when westbound train No. 9 from New Orleans for San Francisco ran into an open ewitch, while going at the rate of 40 miles an hour, and ten of the 14 coaches were derailed with frightful results. Twenty-Bix people are known to have been killed and the final list w ill total much higher than this number. Tlie injured number about 100, many of whom are aeiiousiy injured and w ill die. The wiecked coaches were hurled in every direction. Four of them were smashed into splinters. Most of tlie dead were Italians from New York and New Orleans, going to San Francisco. They occupied the smoker and day coach. But two Ameiicans are known to have been killed, although several of those among tlie injured will undoubt edly die within the next few hours. Out of 80 Pullman passengers, but two sustained serious injury. The three Pullman coaches and the diner, which were on the rear of the train, did not leavp the track. Tlie occupants of these cais were practically un- harmod. L. R. Alvord, \V. K. Davis and W . G. Gusenmeyer, members of the switch ing crew who are accused of leaving the switch open and causing the wreck, were taken into custody and held in bail of $1,000 by Coroner Van W ye. T R Y M E D IATIO N . Knapp and Neill Will Attempt to Ad just Railroad Dispute. Chicago, March 29.— Government in tervention w ill he tried in an effort to avert the great railroad strike which threatens to paralyze the business of the West. In response to the appeal of the railioad managers, Chairman Knapp, of tlie Interstate Commere com mission, and Commigsionei of Labor N eill w ill arrive in Chicago Saturday morning and offer mediation in the controversy. Failing to adjust the matter in a conciliatory manner, they w ill endeavor to bring about arbitra tion under the provisions of the Erd mann law. The labor chiefs w ill await the ar rival of the government officials befori ordering a strike. I f the good offices of Mr. Knapp and Mr. N eill result in bringing greater concessions tc the em ployee than have yet been offi red, the strike may be averted. The employes, however, say they w ill not accept arbi tration and today again declared their position that nothing short of greater concessions from the railroads w ill pre vent them from walking out. President Roosevelt has been follow ing closely tlie developments in tlie sit uation here and Messrs. Knapp and N eill will undertake the delicate werk imposed on them by law with full con sciousness that the president is ex tremely solicitous that all differences be settled by arbitration. The general managers said lhal no attempt would be made to operate trains if the employes struck. NO AD V AN C E IN LUM B ER R ATE S Willamette Rally O ff Till June. Parents and Teachers Organize. W illam ette University, Salem— An Tlie Dalles— The Teachers’ and Pat nouncement is made that the big rally Northern Road* Deny Prezent Inten tion, but Are Investigating. rons’ Educational association, organ in connection with the new building ized March 8, now lias 125 patrons, as St Paul, Minn., March 29.— An and its unknown donor, which had the result of circular letters sent out official statement was made by traffic . .. . . , .. been scheduled for April 3, has bet by the city superintendent to ascertain • t l until next June. The meet- men of the Northern Pacific and Gieat V ha oonrlmAnr Af tnn vuwinla ealnriitA f a * the sentiment of the people relative to ing, which was for the purpose of mak Northern railroads today that it is not school and home co-operation. The ing announcements, boosting the en contemplated to make any immediate object of the association is to encourage dowment fund, and formulating plans, change in lumber rates from Puget a better school spirit in The Dalles; to cannot he held, as all the plans contem sound to St. Paul and Missouri river bring the parents and teachers closer plated w ill not be completed by that cities, as the lumbermen have advised together in a social w ay; to discuss, time. the Interstate Commeice commission in freely and fully, all matters pertaining Washington. A joint statement was to school life, and to recommend such Ned Smith fo r Sheep Inspector. made by the lines as follow*: reforms in tlie schools of The Dalles as " W e have not considered an increase Salem— A committee consisting of a will meet the requirements of the pres number of Benton county sheepmen in Pacific Coast Missouri-River lumber ent and provide for tho future. waited on Commissioner Steusloff and rates, except as they may have been in asked him to appoint Ned Smith, of volved in discussions covering the gen Bad Wsathsr fo r Goats, Corvallis, as one of the district inspect eral rates and cost of service. No im Dallas— Bad weather continues, to ors cf sheep, there being three to ap mediate changes are contemplated.” W h ile the statement gives generally the gieat inconvenience of the goat point. Mr. Steusloff has taken Mr. raisers, for this is the he'ght of tlie Smith's application under advisement, the situation, it is asserted the lines are kidding season. A ll the flocks have to and will probably give him the position. iloeely investigating conditions govern ing the transportation of lumber, which he housed and in many instances tlie P O R T L A N D M A R K E TS . have changed considerably since the in is ptovided for the youngsters to pre dustry on the coast started. vent them chilling to death, while the Wlieat— Club, 73c; bluestem, 75c; keepers are kept busy night and day. Burning Ga* Terrifies Farmers. A small per cent of loss is, however,, valley, 70c; red, 71c. Oats— No. 1 white, $29(330; gray, reported among tlie careful raisers, who Sapulpa, I. T., March 29.— The gas linve made preparation for storms. The $28@29. well two miles east of here that caught Barley— Feed, $22.50 per ton; brew fire Saturday is still burning fiercely. progressive gou t men cf Polk county! are finding out that goats must have ing, $23; rolled, $23.50@24.50. After 14 days of work the well was Rye— $1.45@1.50 perewt. careful treatment, with warm housing. capped. But tlie great volume of gas Corn— Whole, $25; cracked. $26 per found another way out through the ton. Terminal Rates fo r Baker. crevicee and for half ■> mile it spread Hay— Valley timothy. No. 1, $15(316 open the earth. A t one place a hole Baker City— W itli a view of taking per ton; Eastern Oregon timothy, $17 three feet wide and 20 feet long was up a fight for terminal rates for Baker @18; clover, $9; cheat, $9; giain hay, torn. Then tlie gas caught fire and City, the Merchant’ association haa $}@ 10; alfalfa, $14. has been burning ever since. A t one appointed a committee to plan the or Butter— Fancy creamery, 35@37 %c place a sheet of flame 20 feet long and ganization of a local shipping bureau. per pound. 15 feet high is blazing. Tons of rock The committee is meeting with marked Butter Fat— First grade cream, 36c and shale were thrown from tlie cracks success, and the bureau w ill 1« estab- lished within a short time. This bu- Per P °und; 8econd *™ de cre8,n’ & lees reau will be under the management o f . potm . Inquiry Into Express Franks. a rale expert, who will compile local I P ou ltry-A verage old hens, 15c per Chicago, March 29.— The Federal complaints against the railroad and cken. 14c; sprmg grand jury today began an investiga put them into shape to submit te the fryP” ^ ° « tion into the workings of tne new rate state railroad commission. | ™ } e,a; ;@17c; turkeys, live, 13®15c; turkeys, law and its relations to the issuing of railroad peases and express company 'dressed, choice, 18^f@20c; geese, live, W ork for Condensed Milk Plant franks. Several of the superintend ' 8c; ducks, 16(5118e. M cMinnville— The citizens of Me-1 I Eggs— Oregon ranch, 23c per dozen. ents and other general officers of the M innville are very jubilant over the re-1 ' Apples— Common, 75c@$1.25 per various express companies have been summoned to apt ear before the grand suits of the mass meeting held Monday gfx; choice, $l.50@2. evening to talk over plans for a con-1 Vegetables— Turnips, $1(3:1.25 per jury and have been requested to bring tensed milk factory, with A. J Koat-1 sack; carrots, $1@1.25 per sack; beets, with them ail records showing the ing, manager of the Coos Bay Condens $1.2)^51.50 per sack; horseradish, 7@ name« of person* to whom franks have ing company. The plan ia to organize 8c per pound; cauliflower, $2.50 per been issued since the passage of the a stick company with a paid-up capital dozen; celery, $4 per qrato; lettuce, rate law. of $85,000. The Coos Bay company head, 35045c per dozen JAoiona, 10(3 ill take np a laige amount of the Outlaw Bend Driven O ff. 12t«c per dozen; sprouts, 9c per pound; stick and will manage the plant In con Durango, Mexico, March 29.— In a radishes, 30c per dosen; asparagus, 12 nection with its other plants. 015c per pound; rhubarb, $2.25@2.50 desperate fight between ruralee and a hand of outlaws under Gumersimlo Or per box. Arousing Interest in Horticnlture. Onions— Oregon,$1.10@ 1.35 pet hun tega, in the San Juan Del Rio nioua tains, Ortega, who was considered one Oregon City— Professor E. R. lake, dred. of the forestry and botaniial depart Potatoes— Oregon Burbanks, fanev, of the most dangerous bandits in North ment of the Oregon Agricultural oollege $1.5001.75; No. 1 choice, $1.2501.40. western Mexico, and his band were driven into the mountains with the at Corvallis, and W . K . Newell, presi Veal— Dressed, 5 ty (39c per pound. From this dent of the state board of horticulture, Beef— Dressed bulls, 30*3 t»c per ruralee in close pursuit. w ill he among the speakers at the next pound; cows, 5@6c; country steers, district in which Ortega and his band have been operating numerous repo ts meeting of tbs Clackamas County Hor 8« 7c. ticultural/«claty, which w ill be held Mutton— Dressed, fancy, lO@lO.t4e have been received of murders. in thia city Saturday, April IS. per pound; ordinary, 8@9r; spring Faculty Rebuke* M agosa. iambs, 15@18c. O N G. Company Discharged. Havana. March 214.— The directors of Pork— Drsaee.1, <t@9r per pound. Ia Grande— Company L, Thin! regi Hope—8@ l l c per pound, according Havana nnivem ty held a meeting to day and entered a protest against the ment, O. N. G ., located in thia city, to quality. haa bean discharged by orders o( the Wool— Eastern Oregr.r average beat, recent action of Governor Magnon in governor, on the ground« of Inefficiency. 13@18c per pound, areordlng to shrink lieenelng two American doctors to prac National Guard officials from Portland age; valley, 20 >i23c, according to fine- tice in Havana without first passing an are here Inlay P keek ing the property nsss, mohair, choice, 28 @ 29c per examination in the Univeristy 0$ Ha vana, aa required by law. books. Ordney Rogers i* captain. pound. SCHMITZ’S VILE PLAN Has Desperate Schemi to Prevent Franchise Revocation. TRIES TO BUY OFF SUPERVISORS Have Enough Resign to Make Hit Veto Effective— Sweeping Re form * Are Instituted. San Francisco, March 30.— Mayor Schmitz has opened negotiations with certain members of the boodling board of supervisors in the hope of consum mating a bold coup. The plan of the mayor is to purchase the resignation of enough members of the board to make his veto power sufficient to prevent the revocation of the franchises of the big corporations which obtained their per mits through the illegal use of money. It requires 14 members of the board to override the mayor's veto. If he can secure tlie resignation of five out of the 18 he will be able to check by his veto any of their reform measures adopted under tlie swish of F. J. Heney’s big stick. I t is a desperate game, doomed to failure almost at the outset. The “ reformed” board of supervisors, acting under the direction of the dis trict attorney’s office, gave another startling exhibition today of a desire to be good, when it made plans for the abolition of a score of ornamental offi cials. James Devoto. attorney for the board of public woiks at a salary of $250 per month, w ill he decapitated. Other officials, who under the Ruef regime have done nothing but draw sal aries, w ill he dropped. In the course of the next few weeks reforms will have been instituted which w ill save the city $100,000 a year. FAM INE W O U LD R E S U L T . T R IA L DRAGGING. Juror in Hermann Casa Drops Aslaap in Court Hours. Washington, March 27.— That inter est in the trial of Binger Hermann is lagging was strikingly illustrated today, when one of the jurors fell asleep in the midst of the testimony of Harry C. Robertson, formerly private eecretary to Senator Mitchell. The testimony produced this week has not been start ling, in fact it covers ground already gone over by other witnesses, it being the intention of District Attorney Baker by preponderance of evidence to con vince tlie jury that Hermann had an important motive in destroying his so- called private letter books. The testi mony, however, is largely technical and uninteresting. Mr. Robertson’ s testimony today cov ered the same ground ae his testimony in Portland. He showed the close rela tions that existed among Hermann. Mitchell, Mays and Puter. testified as to their correspondence regarding land matters, since proven fraudulent, and to that extent materially aided the prosevtit ion. Had Mr. Robertson been permitted to tell extensively of his relations with Hermann in 1896-97, when the latter was first in congress, he could have ma terially offset some statements of those who appeared as character witnesses for the defendant. Before court opened Mr. Robertson talked freely with Dis trict Attorney Baker about his relations with Hermann while serving him as pr i rate secretary and an attempt was mrde to bring out these facta, but ob jection was made by counsel for the de fense, inasmuch ae they had no direct bearing on the case at bar, and the court sustained tlie objection. For that reason Mr. Robertson’ s testimony was lobbed of considerable intereet. IN Q U IR Y IN O A K L A N D . Telephone Companle* Pursued Same Tactics in That City. San Francisco, March 27 — The grand Railroads Hold Out Gloomy Prospect jury investigation took a leap today i f Strike is Called. across the hay and landed in Oakland. Chicago, March 30.— Famine in sup It wae shown during the examination lies of food, coal and manufacturing materials for Chicago and many othei of witnesses that the Home Telephone cities throughout the entire Wqst was company and the Pacific States Tele predicted today, if the impending rail phone company had been engaged in a way strike became a reality. Railroads battle over a franchise similar to the of the entire West w ill be allowed to waifare here which lesulted in whole remain completely paralyzed in case sale bribery. I t developed that Halsey the strike of trainmen and conductors was in Oakland and that Detwillei was on 43 traffic systems is ordered. This there also. Tiiese are the men accused course has been practically decided on of bribing the San Francisco officials. by the general managers of the systems. Aside from this revelation, tlie in A meeting of the managers was held quiry failed to leveal anything of a today and the impracticability of filling sensational nature. A t the end of the the places of 45,000 men who are talk session District Attorney Langdon said ing of a walkout was discussed. No the day had been spent in “ filling in .” move lias been made to hire men tc run Testimony was given which serves to trains. In fact, no preparations is be supply some of the missing links in tlie ing made by the railway managers. general recital of bribery. “ I f these men strike it would be al The grand jury w ill socn begin to re most, if not entirely, impossible to op veal the pait played by Mayor Schmitz erate the railroads,” said an official in the boodle transact ions. Tliemayor, high in railroad circles. “ It is as good it is estimated, received close to $750,- as certain that freight traffic wilt be 000 as tlie result of his operations. entirely Bliut off. Consider what it would mean, if Chicago were to be iso lated for 24 hours. What would hap C A L L E LE C T IO N IN P H IL IP P IN E S pen if the milk supply were interrupt ed or the immense importations of per I f Peace is Complete, President Will ishable freight halted by a tie-up of the O rder Commission to Act. roads.” Washington, March 27.— The P h il ippine commission has been instructed H ILL M A Y ISSUE NEW S T O C K . to cable to inform President Roosevelt Minnesota Supreme Court Holds Re by tomorrow whether a condition of general and complete peace, with re strictive Law Invalid. St. Paul, March 30.— Tlie State Su cognition of the authority of tlie United preme court today upheld the Great Slates, has continued in all that por Northern railroad in its contention that tion of the archipelago not inhabited it had the right to issue the $60,000,- by Moros or other non-Christian tribes 000 of slock authorized by the board of for the paet two years. I f the answer directors some months ago, and which is in the affirmative, the president w ill was enjoined by Attorney General direct the commission to call a general Young, who claimed that the company election on July 30, next, for the choice should fiarst come before the slate rail of delegates tc the first popular assem road and warehouse commission and bly of the people of (lie Philippines. submit to an examination to show the The-propos«! assembly consisting of necessity andt he purpose of the iesue. tlie two houses, the in per composed of This contention of the state was up the Philippine commission and the held by Judge Hallam in the Ramsey lower of the delegates to be elected, County District court, who ordered an w ill take over all the legislative power injunction to issue. The Supreme court now exercised by the Philippine com today reverses that decision. The mission alone. Under an act of con opinion of the court was unanimous. gress none of the members of the non- Chief Justice Start delivered the opin Christian tribes can participate in the ion of the court. elections. Fight Mail-Order Houses. Chicago, March 30.— Lumbermen and lumber interests of the Middle West are to organize to protect them selves from the mail order houses that are mining tlie trade of the retail deal er and the lumber interests generally. This action is the result of a meeting of lumbermen representing the Middle West that closed here yesterday. Fu ture action was left in control of a special commmittee. Operations of the mail onier houses, especially in their sale of woodenware and other lumber product«, will he investigated. Bonilla O rdered Surrender. Managua, Nicaragua, March 27.— It ia stated upon the highest authority here that President Bonilla, of Hon duras, after his retreat to Amapala, following the defeat of the Honduran- Salvadoran forces at Choluteca by the Nicaraguan army, ordered from Am a pala the surrender of Tegucigalpa, cap ital of Honduras, to the victorious troops. The city is now in the pos session of the Honduran-Nicaragnan government junla. Señor Barhona, Honduran minister of war, was mor tally wounded, and many captured. Sailors Loot Steamer Norfolk, Va., March 30.— One hun dred sailors from the battleship Con necticut, while on the way from W il loughby to Fortress Monroe upon the passenger steamer Ocean View today, without apparent cause took forcible charge of the steamer and put the crew to rout. The sailors broke windows and doors, drove the cooks from the galley, pouted ont all provisions aboard, damped on deck the fire in the stove«, turned steam on tlie fire- extinguishers and did other damaj •>. Their names are no! known. Famine Makes Cannibals. Shanghai, March 27.— The famine atricken Chinese have been practicing cannibalism in localities where (he dis tress ia most acute. The spread 0$ fe ver continues and the heavy rains are increasing the general misery. Spas modic rioting has occuired, but the out breaks have not been serions. The famine relief organization is taxed to the utmost in supervising the dietri- bnting of relief and in managing the relief work. Large orders for grain have been placed in America, Australia and Manchuria. Suspected o f Wrecking Train .J Pittsburg, March 30.— Several Ital ians, who live near the line of the Pennsylvania lailroad between Stewart and Wilm erding, are said to be under suspicion of knowing something abont the two recent wrecks of fast trains near thoee points. A number of for eigners who wcrkeil npon the railroad as sect ion hands were discharged a few weeks ago. It is repotted that they showed much anger when told of their dismissal and that threats ware made. Glees Refutes to Talk. San Francisco, March 27.— Louis Glass, vice president of the Pacific States Telephone A Telegraph company, first of the big fellows to be indicted, s at his desk in the telephone com pany’s building at 10 o’clock this morning He refuted to make any statement regarding tlie indictment which chargee him with authorising the payment by Halsey also indicted, of the $50,000 that was split up w i the supervisors. Tobacco Honduras Retakes Trujillo. Danville. Va., March 30 — A disas New Orleans, March 27.— A privtfte trous Are broke out in Booth Boston, telegram received here bxtay «aid that ▼a., M gsUaa northeast of has», lata tha Hondorians had reeaptnred the port this afternoon, and. spreading rapidly, of Trnjillo. This was the first Cbrri- destroyed the tobacco buildings, caus hean port of Honduras taken by Nica ing s loss of $900,000. ragua.