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Hillsboro Independent hHi rVMay lath Wfc HILLSBORO OREGON NEWS OFTHE WEEK la a Condensed Form lor Oar Busy Readers. A Rim) of the Last Important but Not L Interesting Events of th Past Wk. Th rvolution in Haytl if said to over. be In the stomach of a coyote killed near Santa Koea, Cal., 42 chicken beads wer found. New Tnrk'i Dolice dosa are now in active servloe. They are on duty from lu p at. lu 3 a. lit. The government ii taking testimony at Lm svilie, Ky., aagaiusi wie Aiuen can I'ubaico company. While drilling a well near Killing, Mont., a strong How ol ga WM firuc at depth of 200 feet. Terrific. flod) have ocenrred through- .... ..J out lvaria. Traffic haa ten suspeno. d on many of the railroads. The announcement that John D Rockefeller ii giving work to the unem . kije.l la attracting an army. Daring 1907 the police of the hor otigfc of Manhattan and Bronx, Ne. York, arrested 149,494 persons. Federal authoritiea are aaid to have taken steps to establish the largest army depot In the United States at Kan r-'ranoiteo. Four oil tanka at Pan Lola Obispo, Cal , burned, destroying 1160,000 worth of oil belonging to the Standard Oil roinpany. A Cbiiago man believes he has solv ed the perpeetual motion problem. A Chines Y. M. C. A. it to be es tablished in New Ycrk. Flam for a building are being prepared. There la talk in Ruaala of double tracking the Siberian railroad, which will eoet nearly $80,000,000. The emperor of Germany will f yachting in the Mediterranean In March and King Edward, of England, In April. The paraffin works and two oil tanks of the Standard Oil company near Bal timore, Injuring one man badly. Loss, 160,fir0. Kan Franc I noo polio have juet arrest ed two men who are believed to have Mtenp erpetrating many of the hold-ups and lohberlea. Haw York policeman has just un dergone an operaiton which proved sue cental, ills intestine were pierced aix times by a bulhk. The Illinois Central railroad haa been lined for shipping beer and whis ky Into Herrln, 111., after that place ha I become anti-saloon. Aa Interniban electrio ear left the trucks near Salem, (., and plunged do a a 30-foot embankment. Fifteen passengers were injured, none fatally. British goods are being boycotted in India. The Union Pacifkjhas greatly reduced working forces. All Cietmnny is celebrating the kais er's bltrthday. Cheyenne secured the next meeting of tli Dry Farming congress. The Chinese tnng war in Ban Fran cis.! has claimed another victim. The torpedo flotilla has arrived at Hue no Ayrpa. It stay will be short at tli Argentine capital. Several warahlps now at Magdalcna buy will soon return to the MareaIaland navy yard lor extensive repairs. Rorkefeller has ordered 300 Italian workmen discharged and their places filled by Americans who are out of work. Tli Nevada special police bill may yet be killed in the house on account of trie! ion bet ween members and Uoldtield minnowncrs. The Ioiriinion government will loan $1,000,000 to the farmers of Albert and Saskatchewan province, who crop wet failures I art year. A Mvere enow sierra is general throughout the Fast. The leader of the Portugese rebels hta nemped from bprson. Several of the Russian Imperial fam ily are sick with the grip. Koaa. I or has stopped a threatened revolntion by arresting the plotters. Harry orchard has written to fri nd laying he is glad he confessed. Walter Wellman says Wall street Is humble and admits defeat by Hoot- velt. The senatorial deadlock continue in Kentucky. Beckham ha 49 vote out of 102. Klie at Portland, Me., destroyed all city record and pioperty valued at $1, 000,000. A plan is being perfected at Chicago to raise 1100,000 for tsm relief of un employed. The Thaw trial has been delayed be en ie of a slot m which prevented the arrival of witneasee. The Baltimore A Ohio railroad has cnt ill pay ol all high salaried olli cials. Anthracite coal lntereets are consid eiing the maintenance of present pric tronghonl the year instead ol making a reduction tor the five months begin uing with April. The United Mineworkers of America I a mndorted woman suffrage. The Seattle exposition appropriation will have a hard time getting through the house. Suffrage debate In th German reiehstag caused violent scene and threat of duel. HENEY ACCUSES FULTON. Charges That 8nator Is Unfit for High Office. Portland, Jan. 29. Before an audi snce that filled the First Congregational church to its doors, Francis J. Heuey, the government's special poa-tor 1 th land fraud caaee. last night picked up the gauntlet thrown down by Charles W. Fulton, senior United States senator from Oregon, snd gave to the public foi th first time his reasons for aocuaing Henator Fulton of unfitness for th high otlice h now holds. Mr. Jleney spoke on "Graft vafsus Good Citiseiisbip," and attacked ene mies of good government generally, sele ting Senatcr Fulton, as he told his audience, merely as a type of the public olliclal who is recreant to duty and false to hie trust. He devoted most of his tlm to exposing th alleged short comings of th Oregon senator and, metaphorically speaking, flayed him alive alter stripping mm ci m The charges which Mr. Heney had made by implication and Innuendo against cwuaiuir Tultca frer vwneetwd without equivocation and in oeian ami lru.1 nn with a huire mass of docu mentary evidence, affidavits, letters and reports, such aa a lawyer might use in proving a case before a jury. Referring to Senator Fulton's challenge to him to prove his charge or retract them, Mr. Heney said that he was preared to fraihrA that fnrmor Vttira. ind nroceeded to lay before his auditors the facts upon . . : , i i union m original cnargea were uaoou. That Senator Fulton had repeatedly Im, iha nannta itf Oreffon W'hil v...av. w- - i-i knlrl.no .nl.ll.. nlKra- that ha had Uied uiriu.ii ('.un. " " I hia official position to shield violators .1 II,. ta.tanil alutntaa- that ha loll 2 had been, and still was, the tool of the railroads at the national capital, ana tl,at Im Lai! auaii t Aai.Mm 1 a, I in dnhauch- ing and bribing an Oregon legislature .lo.. tl.a I. Is trlin II Mili'hell to the United States senate, were among the charges boldly made by the graft prosecutor. There were tuny i,ou people pres ent to hear Mr. Heney and as many more were turned away. DROP MAYS INDICTMENT. Hall Now Lone Defendant In Land Fraud Cases. Portland, Jan. 29. Judge Hunt yesterday denied th motion of Judge Webster, attorney for John II. Hall, or a directed verdict of acquittal. When Heney closed the case for the government, shortly before noon yester day, be caused the Indictment to be dismissed as against Edwin Mays, Hall's co-defendant, explaining that he did not consider the prosecution had uflicient evidence against Mays to war rant submitting his case to th jury. It was then that Judge Webster announc ed his desire to submit a motion in be hal' of his client, Hall, and court ad journed nntil afternoon to enable him to prepare the motion. The entire af ternoon session was occupied tn argu ing th question, and Judge Hunt made his rating just before adjourning for the day. In concluding the government s case, Heney completed his threatened impli cation of Henator Fulton as legal counsel in connection with the indictment of W.E.Burke and William G. Goslin for conspiracy to defraud the govern ment by subornation of perjury, by in troducing letters from Fulton to either Hall, Hermann, Senator G. W. Mo Bride or Attorney General Griggs, in which Fnlton used his efforts to have quashed the indictment against Burke and Giwlin. IHwurnentary evidence was submitted showing that the indict ment was finally dismissed on March 2. 1900, without the formality of a trial. Inquest Discloses Oraft. Bovertown, Ta., Jan. 29. Sugges tions of grsft and neglect marked the opening session of the inquest here in the horror at Rhoades' opera house on January 13, when 169 persons per lulled. It was brought out that the main exit to the hall was blocked; that the stairs at the point or exit and en trance was but three feet and one Inch in width; that Harry Fisher, operator of the stereoptieon apparatus, had re ceived hut two days' instruction in the methnd of handling the calcium light, from which the lire started. Reciprocity With France. Washington, Jan. 29. The president late today issued a proclamation an nouncing the conclusion of the Franco- American recipruMty arrangement lrawn under section 3 of the Dingley ait. I rider it America concedes a 20 per cent abatement in duties on cham pagne and sparkling wines Imported into this country, and France confirms the minimum tariff rate now accorded American products. Other important provisions are made, including the cre ation of a commission to consider poesl ble amendments to trails regulations. Bribes to Get License. San Francisco, Jan. 29. Carl E. Ritter, a saloon keeper and grocer, was indicted bv the irrwnd fnrv ruditv on Ou , j j - - - - charge of tendering a bribe to A. I). Cutler, president of the board ol police commissioners. Kitter testified before the grand jury that he had given Cutler 300 for the purpose of securing a fa vorable tot on his applicaton 'or a renewal of his saloon license in the Presidio district. Kitter has been in custody since last Saturilay. Cold Wav on Pralrlss. St. Paul, Jan. 29 Minnesota and North Dakota are in the grip of a cold wave, the otlicial temperature at 8 o'clock last night sinking from 6 de grees below xero at St. Tsui to 20 lie low at Moorehead, and 24 below at levila lake, N. D. At Duluth the temperature is 12 below. Great Packing House Burn. Kansas City, Jan. 29. Fire of un known origin in the $2, 000,000 packing plant of Nelson Morris S. Co., on the Kaw river, in Kansas City, Kan., last night, threatened destruction of the entire plant, and caused a loss estimat ed at 750, 000 before it was controlled. Direct Primary In Kansas. Tnpeka, Kan., Jan. 29. Th senate last night passed the direct primary lection bill agreed on by the confer ence committee by a vol ol 37 to 3. OREGON STATE ITEMS OF INTEREST FARMERS PLAN WAREHOUSE Exporters' Terms Unsatisfactory to Woston Whegrowrs. Weston Farmers of th Downing neighborhood, near Weston, wnich is a region of 60-bushel wheat and $100-an-sor land, are planning to build their own warehouse at Downing station, i-i . n..t hm twn under way ever UJf UIU.PUI-. . since th exporter raised their handling charge and aoopieu "", receipt unsatisfactory to th farmers. The. have inst been given definite as surance by the O. K. A N. company that the company naa aaopieu au opeu i;..- . .l ill urant warehouse room at Downing station or elsewhere at a purely nominal charge. The farmers Interested in the movemeui are juoi- iil l.nl.l maaa meetinir to I U b, Ui4 " arrange for th building of th ware- i Tkli h .laflaraj the will (.U..J. . - J certainly do unless the exporters reduce their handling charges and change their form of receipt. Fartnre her ar or ganizing along co-operative line and bav a very nonriBoing i.iuino uuiuu, which meets regularly. May Trad territory. Albany Th residents of northern Rnntnn conntr are agitating for a change in the boundaries of Linn and Benton. It is proposed to make an even trade and allow Linn to annex one townshin or more in Benton, immedi ately across the river from this city, and to exchange therefor a township lying across the Willamette from Lor- vallis. It is thonght this plan will meek with the anDroval ol the residents of the sections concerned and make it noesible for them to have better roads and receive more benefit from the taxea naid for the care of toads and bridges. At present the roads across the river in Benton county are badly neglected as likewise are the roads leadinir into Corvallis on the south side of Linn. The residents of these sec tions are said to be generally favorable to this change. Brakaman Guilty of Robbery. Pendleton On ballot was required for the jury to agree upon a verdict of guilty In th Shackelford case. Mark Shackelford is the O. Ii. 4 N. brake man accused of robbing a man un the street Christmas day. Arthur Paine and Harry Kelly were found guilty of having assisted Shackleford and sen tenced to serve three years each in the penitentiary. A strong effort was made to prove an alibi for the brake man, witnesses being Introduced who swore that he was plating cards In an other part of the city at the time. New Bank Building; In Burns. Barns Th Harney County National bank took advantage of Sunday to move into ita new stone building, which is now undergoing the finishing touches on th interior. This is ens of the handsomest and most substantial struc tures In th (tat, built of th atone which is plentiful in the hill upon which the city of Burns stands. The room heretofore occupied by this bank will be now added to the mercantile house of N. Brown A Sons. Linn Stock Doing Wall. Albany Reports from all parts of the county are that cattle and sheep ate wintering to better advantage than for many years. On account of the mild ness ol the weather fields and pastures duiiish excellent grnxlng and unless the valley should exp nenee extreme change within the next few weeks it is thought all danger of a hard w inter will have passed and the farmers not be obliged to draw on their stored sup plies of feed. Burns Land Office Business. Burns The land office in this city for the quarter ending I)ecember 31 shows an increase over the same period in 1908. The year 1907 haa been one of the liveliest years for the Burns land office since It was establishd here, and it is expected that 1908 will be still better, as the country is getting better advertising t. an in lormer years, and a large rush of new settlers is expected here in the spring and summer. Portland Retires Certificates. Portland It is stated by the com mittee of Portland bankers having in charge the banking operations of the Portland banks during the recent de pression, that all of the tl, 000,0110 ol clearir.g house certificates issued durirg that time have been redeemed, includ ing $25 J, 000 loan certificates Issued to the suspended Merchant' National bank. Weysrhaeusers Buy Timber. Oregon City The Northern Pacific railroad has sold to the Weyerhaeuser Ind company 19,20 seres of land in Clackamas county. The deed has just been recorded here, but the price is not stated. The land is mostly timbered and rnns along the west end of Clacka mas connty, from the Clackamas river to th southern boundary. Pruning Trees. Freewater Howard Evans, county fruit Inspector of Umatilla county, says the trees In this vicinity are being pruned bust Si rapidly as men can do the work, and the prospects were never better for the growers liecoming Inter ested in the importance ot caring for trees. Great rare will be taken to spray for cod 1 in moth. Elgin Livestock Shipments. Elgin During the pst week a great many hog shipments have been made from the Wallowa and Elgin conntrv Several carloads have gone to Walla Walla and about 10 lna ls went to Troutdale, while several carloads of rat tie have gone to Portland in the past several davs. Warnlrg to Druggists. Salem G. W. Blaksley. of the state board of pharmacy, is making a tour of Western Oregon, gathering evidence as to violation of the phamracy law. He says that many drugstores are being conducted in violation of the statnte and that prosecutions will be brought an lea th offense cease, MAS SEED.E9S 91 AR.- Has Bom Fnlt tor 23 Yr Vn known to 8ci',"t, Pendleton. Sot swpecting that I of thl ordinary, H. L. Oliver, prominent frnitiatau ... : i... ut of this city, has been growing peurt of 'bat uatui for two decades. Much publicity has been given during th P" J months to a edles pea' discoveied by A. I. Mf.scn. Th tre bearing the aeodleaa rua, nn nllver farm Deal this city was growing on th place when be bought it, 20 yer a'0' nara on tha llll. ta differ in i " -'' ww scrintion frnm ii,ra of th Waaon fur in tie I no I...... and resembli th FlemUh Beauty wore than any oiner varuey. They r eniueij less and have only the ilightcsi uaci" nl Iv.rA Vlni. I ..ft MirMleaa as wel t iu elicit- - , . aa aeeiiie'aa. i fu Hn im a& i'Z-C--yi and solid, the flavor isgoodsnd tn pe . mmi., nas many claims lor popuiamj from being a seedless and corlee varl etT. The trm Wra ats. Ui iru ripening in October. Whera tha lra mid, from is not known. The farm with the orhard on - " " ..-n it was fiurchssed from nurseryman who set tli orchard oat. SCHOOL FOR CONVICTS. Prison Reformers Will Aik Prmit to Try Schsm. Salem Th superintendent of the state prison, the governor oi uregon, Chaplain St. Pierre snd Portland Mends of prison reform have agreed on a clan (or lbs contraction of an assembly ball and night school build ing that is to be added to the peniten tiary by consent of the next legislature. It is to accommodate about 800 per sons and besides serving as a chapel snd srausement hall will be a school room and ha re teoitation rooms con nected with it. It is to be located ti an addition to the east wins of the orison, and will be built of brick mads by tha convict Th prisoners ar to do all the con struction work themselves, snd thus re duce the cost to tht lUte to a mini mum. Many of fh prisoners csn neither read nor write, and th work that is being undertaken has th indorsement of the Prisoners' Aid society of this state. Meeting of Fruitgrower. Albany An educations! meeting for fruitgrowers will beheld here Tuesday, Jannary 28, under ths direction of the Linn County Horticultural society. M O. Lownsdale, prsiident of the Wll lamette Valley A rplr growers' assocla tion, and L. t. Reynolds, secretary of tn sam association snd ex commit sionei of horticultun. will be speakers Mr. Lcwnadale giv a practical demonstration emr to pack apples for th market. i t Clean River at Corvallis. Corvallis The United States snag- boat Mathloffla, which has been operat ing in the river about this city for the past week, hii finished its work in this section. Dining the lust freshet a number of large snags lodged in the channel justtbuve the Corvallis flour ing in i 1 Its. arnously interfering with navigation on tlie upptr river. Before leaving Corvillis the captain of the Mathloma gives public exhibition of scientific snai pnl ling opposite the O C. T Co. ' duck for the benefit of the college engineering class. 1 Cheap Salt for Oregon Sheepmen Pendleton Oregon woolgrowers have purchased 60,000 shares of stock in the salt plant owned by the Idaho growers. By this purchve of etcck in the mine or plant, the Oregon sheepmen will re ceive 600 tons of salt annually at just exactly what it costs to mine it and lay it down at it destination. At present prices this meins s saving of $3 per ton, which ii quite an item in the course ol a year. The plant is located at Ogden. PORTLAND MARKETS. Butter Fancy creamery, 3035o per pound. Poultry Average old hens, 1212e per pound; mixed chickens, ll,12c; spring chickens, 1213c; roosters, KO 10c; dres-ed chickens, 14c; tnrkeys, live, 13?; dresnd, choice, IKOtil'c; geese, live, (lOilOc; ducks, W0tl7c; pigeons, "Si(S.$l; sijnabs, $1.60(2. Egg-Frssh ranch, candled, 2!i26c per doren. Veal 75 to 125 pounds, 90t9ic; 125 to ISO pounds, 7c; 150 to 200 pounds, SOnnijc. I'otk Clock "5 to 150 pounds, B(a 7c: pHckerj, fi(7A". Fruits Apples. $12.ri0ji2 per box; pear. $ 1. 2 V 1.75 per box; cranber ries, 1,1,11 p,.r barrel. Vegetables Turnips, 75c per sack; car 'ots, fi.lc per 'k; beets, II pel beans, 21 P?' P"nd; cabbage, 1 I i .i 1 . n II flower. 1 1 .75(3 sac Oil 2 rer ('oron 1rv fMa-3 60 rer erst-; onions, 1Vi20c per doxen; parsley, 20c per dofn: pni, 10c per pound; pep pers, 8iti;c per pound; pumkpins, 10i 1 V- per pound; radishes, 2ks per dox en; spinach, 6c per pound; sprouts, Rr per pound; squash- K4lle Pr pound. Onions y 50 per hundred. Potatoes4ivs.75e per hundred, de livered Portland. fet potatoes, $3. 26 3 50 per hundred- WheatClub, Mc; blueetem, c; vallev, nv- re.1, f-'e. OatsNo. 1 white, $28; gray, $2H per ton. Hurley Feed, P' ,oni br'inf. rolled, t."a:to. Corn Whole, 132.60; cracked, $32.50. Hay-Valley timothy, No. 1, 1S pp'ton: Fastern Oregon timothy, s.o ("21; clover $H''15; fain hay, $1415; alfalfa, $13.50; vetch, if ' H..psi'uo7, rrime "", cho,e' ? fVper pound ;oM. 102c per pound. WonlJf aeiern Oregon, average best, 1320c ne, pound, socording to shrink- l to linen,; noU"' cbo'C 29 3c per pound. CLEAN UP TOWN. San Francisco Making Preparations for Batt.sahip Flt. San Francisco, Jan. 28. San Fran, cisoo will make exlraoidinary pre para tion during th next three months to "tidy n p" before the arrival of the fleet. Work on the downtown streets will be pressed in order that th gateway of th oity nay take on the appearance of freshness rather than Jilapidution. While the supervisors ar busily en gaged on this problem, the special com uii'tee, of which James I). Phelan is chairman, intrusted with arrangements for the enteitainmer.t of the visitors, has already organized and mapped out its plana In a general way. The flrvt donation to the fund of $100,000 which is to be raised was mad by a local Chi nes merchant, wl.o accompanied bis check for $100 with a cote expressing apprecition of the protection afforded by the Stars snd Stripes. A unique feature of the celebration will be a floral parade, the first Saw Francisco has undertaken. The parade will be under the auspice of the Native Sons and Native laughters. It will resemble in general eoheuia tha pa geant made famous by Los Angeles and I wadena. San Francisco ha lost the rural atmosphere which (he cities in the southern part of the state which have retained, and a floral parade will entail an amount of preparation that lias seldom been attempted here before. Special attention is being paid the entertainment of the enlisted men. A clubhouse is to be erected where the bluejacket can make their headquaiteia while on shore. A large pavilion will he provided for drills, concerts and ex hibitions. NE.W SYSTEM OF 8UHVEYS. 6111 to Giv Commissioner Authority to Employ Men. Washington, Jan. 28. In his snnnal report Land Comissioner Bellinger rec oinniended the abolition of the oresent system ef making public land surveys under the contract By stem and urged oongress to authorise the employment by the government of competent sur veyors, whose sole duty shall be the surveying and resnrveying of public lands. Representative Mitchell, of Wyoming, chairman of th house com mittee on public lands, hss introduced s bill In the bouse giving the commis sioner authority to employ such sur veyors lor the purpose stated, but al lowing bim also to use his discretion as to the advisability of making a part of the surveys under the old contract sys tem. There are some surveyors on govern ment work who have pr. duced satisfac tory results, but th chief criticism ot the old contract system ii that it wastes a great deal of time, and re quires two or three years from the time of application to get a given tract surveyed and the survey accepted. The Mondell bill will form the basis of whatever legislation oongress may at tempt on th subject this winter. WAR ON RATS. San Francisco Determined to Eater minat Disease Spreaders. Han Frsaoifco, Jan. 28. Reports by the plague experts show that the die ease has been almost entirely elimlnat ed from the city, but the battle against the rats is to be pressed with new vigor. There have been no new canes for more than two weeks. Only two cases are now under treatment. De spite these encouraging features, the force of men in the employ of the health board is to be increased and the distribution of poison to be continued on a larger scale. All this Is to he done as a " precau tionary measure. The theory held by Dr. Rupert Blue, the Federal expert In charge of the situation, is that the con tagion is carried from the rat to the hu man being by the Hi. In the winter months the fleas vanish, to reappear with the spring and summer. An ex amination of the rodents last Septem ber showed tfat one-half of one per cent were infected. The examination at the present time shows that one hail per cent are infected. Troops Repel Tribesmen. Tangier, Jan. Advices received here state that the Zenatia and Ouled Ali tribes attacked the French troops January 23, but were repulsed with severe loss. The French littoral and mediouna columns had just effected a junction when the tribesmen, in battle array, covering a front of about four miles, swept down in crescent forma tion. The Spahis bore the brunt of the attack, making several gallant charges, which, however, interfered to some extent with the werk of the ar tillery. Loss at Portland S900 000. Portland, Me., Jan. 28. Fire which several times threatened to wipe out the basinet. district of this city, and which caused damage estimatexl at more than $00,000, was kept confined to the block in which it Mar ted yesterday after almoat 10 bonis of fighting bv Portland's firemen, aided by men and apparatus from several outside cities. The tire stared in the wholesale dry goods house of Milliken, Cousins A Co., and it was in their half of the building that the greater part of the loss was sustained. Lisbon Officials Afrsid. Lisbon, Jan. 28. Although the gov ernment apparently is master of the situation, m.ich nervousness Is msni- f.'S-ed in official circles following the plot to overthrow the monarchy and eetablish Portugal as a republic. Pre mier Franco, upon the advice of the po- lice, sleeps each night in a different house, surrounded by cavalry. The police have dinrovered a number of place where revolver and bomb have been stored by the conspirators. Record Crop of Orsrges. San Francisco. Jan. 28. The orancra crop of California is now in full season and in quantity and quality promises to break all record. Th fruit ex changes of the state estimate that the total ontpnt of orange alone will reach th enormous sum of 30,000 carloads, about 9,000,000 boxes and 1,350,000, 000 orange. The harvest will last continuously until csxt Fourth of July. FULTON HAD POWER Eeney Proves Inaction ot HjII Id Ctrlalo Cases. SENATOR KUW FILINGS ILLEGAL Burke and Goslin Indicted by District Attorney on Perjjry Charge, But Never Prosscuttd. Portland, Jan. 28. Senator Fulton was again dragged into the oorspiracy case of John 11. Hall and Edwin Mays ye-terday by Special l'ro-ecutur Henry. By the testimony of W. K. Burle and William U. Goslin, former agent for A. B. Hammond, timlierland specu lator, and at one time president of the Astoria A Columbia Liver railroad, it was shown that late in 18119 and during 1900 Fulton appeared aa attorney for Burke and (iosliu and two others, who had been indicted by Hall on a charge of conspiracy to defraud the govern ment by perjury. Burksj and Ooslin testified that In September, 1M9, they induced 20 tran sient maje residents of the North Fnd to file on as many timbeiland claims for a consideration of $2 each for then services, with the express understsnd- ing that the claim so tiled nn should lie held for a time and relinquished, when Burke and tiosliu; represents- tives of Hammond, procured lieu land sciip to cover the land included In the relinquishments. Only the prelimi nary facts by which Fulton, as attoiney for Hammond and his various interests, will be associated with this transaction were brought out yesterday, but Heney promises by the introduction of further evidence this mooring conclusively to prove not only that 1-niton appeared in a legal capacity for the men Indicted, but that Hall, as United States attor ney, failed to prosecute the alleged per jurers, althouh he had full knowledge of the unlawful filings. RAILROADS ASK FOR TIME. Wsnt to Test Law Against Owning; ot Coal Minss. Washington, Jan. 28. Th operating vice presidents ol many cf the large railroads of the country were received by President Kooeevelt yesterday and presented a request that in execution what is known as the comity amend ment of the railroad rate law bill one case be brought against the roads by the government, this esse to be finally disposed of by the Supreme conrt of the United States. This, if sgreed to by the government, would mean that the railroads owning coal producing lands would not sell them by May next, as required by law, but could operate them as heretofore nntil the disposal of the test case. The law in question Is regarded by th roads as unconstitu tional. The president referred the railroad men to the Interstate Commerce com mission, where it is understood the qnestion will be fully disensted and a report made to the president as to the leal possibility of carrying ont the suggestion made. POLICE BILL IS PASSED. Nevada House Acts on Bill Received From Senate. Carson, Nev., Jan. 28. The Nevada legislature has passed the police bill, giving this state a measure that pro vides fr i a system of policing in time of riots which it is believed will quell all trouble in the Ooldfield section at the present time and place the state in po sition to handle any future contingen cies that may arise. Several members whe were devout nnion men have made a fight in opposi tion to the bill, while the conservative memliera have made a forcible issue and have won the law. Speaker Skaggs, who ha been taking a most active part for the nnion men, left his chair and voted. Skaggs denounced the bill as pernicious and cxir-like and predicted the men who voted for it were digging their political graves. All amendments were lost and the bill went through as it came from the sen ate. Cool Heads Save Live. De Moines, la., Jan. 28. That there were a number of cool neuda in ti Orand opera house probably saved many live lasinignt. ine h.vans care, across the alley from the playhouse, was burn ing, and smoke Issued throngh an open window in the opera house. Some one yelled "Fire," and the inevitable panic followed. The most cnrmervatlva k.r.i their heads, but a general rush follow ed. Much crowding and pushing was done in the gallery and balcony, and a woman fainted. Many received slight lnjnriis. Finad On th 18-Hour Law. Butte, Mont , Jan. 28. A snecial tn the Miner, from Helena, says that for violating the 16-honr law. the North. ern Pacific Railway company was this morning nneu irw in Judge J. M. Cle menu' court. The case attracted v.n. slderable Interest because it la ronai.l. ered a test of the law created at the last session of the legislature to prevent railroad employes from 1 ing obliged to work when thev are really incanani. tated from efficient service. The case will be appealed and the constitution. ality of the law tested. Plans to Divids Fintard. St. Petersburg. Jan. 28. A stsrtliriu report is current both in St. Petersburg and in Helsingfors thnt the emperor has decided npon the psrtition of Fin land, annexing to Kossia the district of iborg, which was formerlv a nrt nf th empire, and sending sn srmy corps 10 me grana aucny ol r inland to over awe any protest. This report Is strengthened by the publication in the Novo Vretnya of an article defand, such a step. Mother of Empress Dead. Tokio. Jan. 28. It u nffVi.it. .... nounced Saturday that Lady Showing Ichiio. mother of tha mpa a.a Jannary 26, at tht ag of 80 years. WIL BREAK MONOPOLY. Bonaparte Start Suit Against Harri man Road. Washington, Jan. 27. Attorney General Bonaparte directed that a bill in equity be filed lo set aside the con trol by th Cnion Pacific Railway com pany and It subsidiary corporations of the Southern Pacific and the Saa Tedro, Lo Angeles A Salt Lake railroad; ais to have declared illegal the ownership by the Union Pacific or the Oregon Short Line of stock In the Santa Fe, th Great Northern and Northern FaciM. all of said line bting competitors of th Union Pacific. Th attorney general issued an offi cial sttment to this effect, which, after referring to th extended Investigation, by the Interstate Commerce comnilseloa into the relations existing sinong th various line of road engaged in trani- continental traflic, says: "from the evidence so adduces an from indeDendent investigation th de partment has arrived at the conclusion that the stockholding of the Union Pa cific ar.d it subsidiary companies in the coipofat!or.s mentioned hov Is i direct violation of the Sherman act. "Th department regards the suit a of first Importance, a it is sought by mtsns thereof to break up a sutistantiai monopoly of the transportation busi ness of the country between the Mis souri river un the east and the entir Pacific, coast south of Portland on th west." Aside from th railway rompaniro above named, the other defendant la the tail are the Farmer Loan A Trust. company, of New York, which is th depository of all the stock of the San Pedro road nnder a contract by which it is required to give proxies to such persons as may be named by Mr. liar rlman and Mr. Clark for a period of years. There are also individual de fendants who are alleged to have con ceived and carried out the conspiracy complained of, towit: E. II. ilarrl man, Jacob II. Schiff, Otto II. Kaho, James Stillman, Henry C. Frick, Hen ry II. Rogers and William A. Clark. While naming the individual defend ants the statement make no meotioa of any intention to prosecute any of these officials personallyjn any crimin al proceedings. MAYS DISMISSED. Hny Says H Cannot Convict Him f Conspiracy. Portland, Jan. 27. Franklin Pi ere Mays, ex-state senator, was the princi pal witness for the government Satur day injth Hall-Mays conspiracy c in th Federal conii. A treacberona and failing memory prevented th wit ness from positively associating bis va rious conversation with Hall and th dates of the letters that passed bet wee them. Probably the most damaging. evidence against Hall, adduced frons th witness, was bis identification of a letter written by himself to Stelwer ia w hich Mays told of his successful effort in dissuading Hall from Instituting criminal proceedings against the mem ber ot the Butte Creek company far nnlawfnl fencing. Before Msys wa called Into the court room, Heney announced that lie wished the indictment dismissed aganist Mays, who was a co-defendant with Hall and Kdwin Mays. In making thia request of the court, Heney said that he did not consider thst the government was in possession of sufficient evidence with which to convict Mays of the alleged conspiracy. Later in the einminatloa of Mays, Heney repeated the doclara tion he made before, that it was not his Intention to prosecute Mavs on any of the other remaining Indictment against bun Im cause of his physical condition. Judge Hunt consented to the dismissal of the indictment and at the same time exonerated the bond Maya had furnished. Mays was then sworn ss a witness for the prosetution. Charles B. Moore", ex-register of the Oregon City land office, will undoubted ly be a witness for the government be fore the prcsecution . dotes its cas eithei today or tomorrow. Just what Moore will testify can only be con jectured. Strays Go After Fleet. Rio Janeiro. Jan. 27. Tho n,lir i this city have uathored from the American battleships, who had either deserted or failed to retnra on board In-fore their vessel sailed from her last week. They will bn sent after the fleet on a collier. A dispatch from Valparaiso save the Chilean squadron which will welcome th American battleship to Chilean water has arrived at Valdivia. The British cruiser Sapho, which has betn on the west coast, is now on her way down t Punta Arena. Trid to Win Over Army. Lisbon, Jan. 27. The government issued a statement tonight that the con spirators in the recent plot to over throw the state had procured revolver and bombs and other weapons and had unsuccefsfully tried to win over the officers and soldiers of the army so that they might bring a mutiny at the psy chological moment. Continuing, the statement says: The government ha taken all measures necessary to guaran tee public order and secure the msir. tenance of obedience and loyalty in tha army. Spain Cmntin; Enplish Tie. London, Jan. 27. Inquiries smring Spanish consular and . ornix.ercia I cir cles in London make it char that the proposal of the Spanish minister of commerce to hold an exposition of Spanlah arts an ) industries in London lu 1908 is warmly welcomed by tie Spanish colony In the metropolis as ad ditional evidence of the d. sire of K ing Alfonso to cement yet more closely the entente that alrea.U countries. Encroaching on Norway. Stockholm, Jan. 27. A mining en gineer who has just returned here from an exploring expedition i Northern Norway, where the Russian frontier sppnache within 15 miles of th North Atlantic at Lyngenflorm, tat. . , . Ut of K"ian Soldiers Installed in b. K l- gaged In constructing a railway In No,l "-a-u wcrruory in a wildern.se nun days Journey from th highway.
