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-3 NO HOME TAX LAW OREGON SHORT LINE THE ARGUS, Would Be Direct and There fore Unconstitutional. Decision Handed Down in the Receivership Contest. SO SAYS THE SUPREME COURT Justice Jackson Voted (or the Law, but ' ' Justice Shlras (hanged Ills Opinion, Voting Against It. Washington, Muy 22. The income tax luw, which has received ho large a Hliaru of public attention since the be ginning of the first regular session of the Fifty-third congress, in a thing of tliu punt. Aftur being twice hoard iu the United States supreme court, it was finally decided today to be invalid and unconstitutional. There wero four dissenting opinions delivered in thoso cttHos today one each by J nut ices Harlan, Drown, Jack son and White showing that the court has Htood five to four against the law. Inasmuch uh one of theHO dissenting opinions was handed down by Justice JackHon, and an ho was absent at tho first hearing, when the court wan di vided evenly on the question of sustain ing tho law on all puints, except those us to tho ta on incomes from rents and bonds, it follows that ouo of tho members of the court who at first pro nounced for the law, except on those points, changed his attitude after tho second argument. There is very little question that Justice Shira is the jus tice who changed his views on these points, lie made no announcement, either today or when the first opinion was delivered, as to his opinion. While tho opinion of tho chief jus tice was largely a review of the gen eral aspects of tho questions iuvolvod, he delivered the opiuou of the court today upon the argument that the pro visions of tho luw regarding the tax on routs und bonds were so essoutially a factor of it as to render all other parts of it dependent upon them, and iu ac cordance with tho well-known rule bearing on this quostion, tho law as a whole must bo declared invalid. The opinions of Justices Harlan and White wore couched in lunguugo so vigorous, and wore so emphatio in their arraignment of the majority as to cause very general ooiument. Both justices indicated their belief that tho ruling opinion was revolutionary, and inti mated that serious consequences might ensue. Justico Harlan suggested tho necessity for mending the constitution in view of tho opinion. Tlie courtroom was packed during tho entire throe hours, when tho opin ions wero being delivorod. The justices wore at the capitol early, and the consultation began promptly at 10 o'clock, continuing until a few minutes before 12. All mombers of the oourt were presout, in cluding Justice Jackson, whose pres ence caused a great deal of speculation and was tho basis for considerable gos sip as to the possibility of some sort of a surprise for the public. Tho oourt was divided: Against the law Chief Justice Ful ler, justices Gray, Field, Brewer and bhirus. For the law Justices Harlan, Whito, Brown and Jackson. Immediately upon the convening of the supreme oourt, Chiof Justice Fuller read the opinion. Tho conclusions of tho oourt wero: "First We adhere to the opinion already announced that taxes on real estate, being indisputably direct taxes, tax on rents, or on the income of real estato, are equally direct taxes. "Soooud We are equally of tho opin ion that taxes on personal property, or on tho income of personal property, are likewise direct taxes. "Third The tax imposed by sec tions 27 to 37, inclusive, of the act of 1894, so far as it falls on tho inoumo of real estato and on personal property, being a direct tax within the moaning of the constitution, and therefore un constitutional and void, because not , proportioned acoording to representa tion, all those sootious constituting the entire sohome of taxation are neces sarily iuvalid. "Decrees below will be reversed and tho oases remaudod with instructions to grant tho relief prayed." Sections 27 to 87 of the tariff act of 181)4, referred to iu the conclusions of the court iu its opinion, are sections of the aet relating to the income tax, so that the entire income tax law is de clared void specifically. DOCTOR AND LAWYER. Two Southern Gentlemen May llesort to the Code of Honor., New York, May 22. The Herald this morning says: The Georgia ool ony in this oity is discussing, the pro bability of a duel between Dr. Willis F. Westmoreland, and Lawyer Daniel W. Ronutree, both of Atlanta, who are now in Now York. The men have been ou bad tonus for some time. They met in Abbey's theater Friday night and blows are said to have been exchanged. Dr. Westmorland, aooording to report took the initiative and his enemy Vowed vengoauoe when they were sep arated. It is generally feared- a duel may result. The meeting of the two men was the first one outside of Georgia siuoo thoy wore both put under bonds to keep the peaoe two years ago, They quarreled then over money matters, and preliminaries were arranged for a duel. The authorities got wind of the im pending affair and put a stop to it by requiring a peace bond of $5,000 from Westmoreland and one of $3,000 from Bountree. The men are well known in the South. Westmoreland has just retired from the presidency of the Georgia Medioal Sooiety, and Rountree has rep resented a South Georgia oounty in the state legislature. Rountree is a guest at the Imperial hotel. The Income-Tax Decision. New York, May 17. A Washington special to the Herald says: The supreme oourt has determined to absolutely annihilate the income tax law. This statement is made on what appears to be absolutely reliable author ity. It is, of course, impossible to say officially what will be the decision of the oourt in advance of ita announce ment, but the report comes from suoh a source as to leave very little room for doubt as to its accuracy. VOL. 2. A TRAGEDY IN IDAHO. One 1'erson Demi mill Two Other. Seriously Wounded. Lewiston, Idaho, May 22. A trag edy with few parallels in the annals of crime in this state has been enacted here. John Biers, known as Buena, on account of bis valor at tho battle of Buena Vista, is dead, with two bullet wounds iu his back; M. F. Ward, one of his assailants, is probably fatally wounded from Winchester bullets in his stomach, aud Mrs. Goddard, who killed Siers, is iu custody awaiting the action of tho coroner's jury. Tho trou ble is the outcome of a feud of long standing. Ten years ago the firm of Schissler & Hiers was one of the wealthiest iu North Idaho. Six years ago Schissler died. The firm's property was disposed of and a farm at Wuha, fifteen miles from here, was sold to M. F. Ward, Mrs. Goddard's son-in-law, for $10,- 000. Tho money was to have been paid to Siers. Ward has never paid up. Recently Fred Piper, a sou of Judge W. G. Piper, of Moscow, was ap pointed receiver. Mrs. Goddard's brother, named Mott, a close friend of Siers, has been living on the Waha place. Ho recently became ill. Trouble arose between him and his sister; ho was put out of tho house and forced to take quarters iu a barn. Siers wished to cull on his friend. Ho also made an appointment to meet Receiver Piper at the Waha place. Yesterday with throe friends ho drove to tho farm. Anticipating trou ble, ho took a Winchester rifto and a revolver. Ho leaned his rifle on the fence, aud then started for the door. Ward, who was iu ambush, opened fire ou him with a revolver. As he was trying to locate his assailant, Mrs. Goddard oame up behind aud firod two shots with a revolver into Sier's back. As the dying man sank to the ground, Ward rushed up and clubbed him over tho head with a revolver. Tho fusilado happened so quickly that Sier's friends in the roud had no time to iutorforo, but when Ward was beating the dying man, one of them, Shorthill, grabbed Sier's rifle from tho fence aud began to shoot at Sier's as sailants. He sent Ward to earth with two bullets in his stomach, and shat tered the pistol haud of Mrs. Goddard at the wrist. Mrs, Goddard's 13-year-old son rushed from the house with a Winchester and revolver and chased Shorthill three miles, to Lake house, a Bummer resort where the latter es caped. The two wounded assailants of Siers and the body of their victim wero brought to town. Mott, Mrs. God dard's brother, donounces the whole affair as a cold-blooded murder. Siers was unmarried and wealthy, having large cattle interests in Montana. Mrs. Goddard is a widow. THAT FLORIDA LYNCHING. The Three Negroes Were Flayed Alive and Then llurned. Madison, Fla., May 22. There is no longer any doubt that Sam Echols, Sim Crowley and John Brooks, the ne groes who outraged and murdered Miss Armstrong, in Lafayette oounty, wero flayod and bumod. A man who has just reached here from Lafayette coun ty says the beliof is general that tho nogroes were tortured to doath. One man who ventured into the swamp into which the negores were carried asserts that he found the place where the ne groes wero put to death. He says that it was evident that tho negroes were tied to trees and the skin stripped from them with knives. Then wood was heaped about the bleeding forms, tho match applied and the wretches wero soon dead. This man says that he found some strips of skin about the place, which bears out the assertion that they were flayed. Everything is quiet in Lafayette county, and there is no fear of trouble between the races. Tho better class of negroes denounoo the outrage and murder of Miss Arm strong as bitterly as the whites. Twelve negroes have now boon lynched in six months, and it would seem that the horrible fate of the last three should prevent further attacks upon white women. The whites have formed a band and are determined to protect their wives and daughters. Anything Better Than Work. Oakland, Cal., May 22. "General" C. E. Kelly, who led a detachment of Coxoy's army to the national oapital last year, has left for Washington, ac companied by his wife and two child ren, in a prairie schooner, on what he considers an important mission. He believes that a monster petition will be as likely to obtain recognition from congress as a orowd of hungry men camped on the steps of the caiptol, and the purpose of his trip is to obtain signatures to his prayer for national help in times of general depression. Kelly will deliver lectures at all the plaoes through which he will pass and after explaining the purposes of his mission will submit the memorial to congress. Americans to Build In Mexico. Chihuahua, Mex., May 22. The Mo Cormick Mower & Reaper Company, of Chicago, and Enrique Creel, a prom inent banker of this city, have obtained a concession from the government to build a railroad from Chihuahua to jfche Ooampo mining distriot. The gov ernment gives) the line a cash subsidy of 8,000 per mile. Two preliminary surveys have been made and it must be oompleted within two years. The aver age yiold in bullion of the Ooampo dis trict is ifijuu.uuu in goia unci silver per month. At present the shipments ol this output are made by mule train to this oity. A mule train from these mines arrived here a few days ago with bullion valued at f 751,000. IIILLSBORO, IN OLD MAN'S CRIME A Brutal Murder Committed Near Grant's Pass. WAS OCCASIONED BY A QUARREL Held HI. Wife in Three Feet of Water I'ntll She Drowned In the Pres ence of Their Children. Grant's Pass, Or., May 21. One of tho most cruel murders of the year was committed near this city about 2 P. M. today. Charles Fiester, a man of 68 years of age, drowned his wife, aged about 55 years, in a hole of water near the railroad track. The crime was committed in the presence of their three young children, the eldest of whom was 10 years. After the murder was committed Fiester sent the child ren to Merlin, four miles further on, to tell the older boys what had hap pened. The difficulty grew out of fam ily troubles of long standing. Fiester came to this city later in the evening and gave himself up to the sheriff and is now in the county juil. The pair had been separated for a long time, and when Fiester came to town he prevailed upon his wife to go to Merlin, where he was logging and keep house for them. The woman con sented to go for a week, and they started to Merlin, nine miles distant, with the three small children. After going about five miles on the way a quarrel came up about her receiving letters from some man, and after a hot quarrel Mrs. Fiester started back for Grant's Pass, but was soon caught by Fiester and dragged to a hole of water, about three feet deep, near the track, and held her nndor the water until dead. After the woman was dead the man claims to have tried to drown himself, but failed, and Betting down on the track, sent the children to Mer lin to tell the folks what he had done. He remained until the crowd came np from Merlin, and then came to Grant's Pass and gave himself up to Sheriff Hiatt. Coroner Kremer at ouoe went to the scene, and the corpse was taken to Merlin. The inquest will be held here tomorrow. Fiester talked freely about the mat ter to everyone, and says he is ready to die. He has resided in Merlin for a number of years, and always seemed to be a good citizen. A great many rela tives reside in the neighborhood of Grant's Pass and Kerby. About a year ago his daughter, Jet Black, was mixed up in a killing scrape in this city, in which Joss Rice, of Lebanon, was killed by the woman's husband, Sam Black. The latter is now in the penitentiary. People who are well acquainted with Fiester do not think that it was insan ity at all, but simply that he was an gered, wanted to kill his wife and did THE NEW LAND LAW. The Time for Purchasing Tldelands Ha Now Expired. Olympia, May 21. Many citizens of this state are evidently laboring under a misapprehension of the new law, judging from the number of applica tions to purchase tide lands being re ceived by the commissioners of public lands, even now that the sixty days al lowed by law for such applica tions have expired. These applications are all based on the statement that they are the first legal applicants, after the preference right to the land and im provement owners have expired. As a matter of fact, the law ' recognizes no suoh second application. Sections 58 and 59, page 552, session laws of 1895, defines the rights of abutting owners, and seotion 60 says: "In case the person mentioned in sec tions 58 and 59 of this act do not, within the time limited, exeroise the right to purchase herein given, then said lands shall be open to the public for sale, as herein provided. The board of state land commissioners may sell surveyed and platted tidelands remain ing unsold at publio auction, upon the following terms and conditions." The remainder of the seotion defines how such sales shall be conducted by the commissioner. A Sensation Promised. London, May 21. If the oase of Miss "Birdie" Sutherland, the chorus girl in the Gaiety theater, against the Hon. Dudley Churchill Majoribanks, eldest son of Baron Tweedmouth, for breaoh of promise ever comes into oourt it will be the most senasational trial since Miss Fortosque, the acrtess, won 10,000 pounds from Lord Garmoyle on a simi lar charge. Miss Sutherland is very handsome, being nearly six feet tall, and only 18 years old. Her real name is Annie Louise Watkins. She first met the Hon. Dudley Majoribanks at the Prinoe of Wales' club. It was a oase of love at first sight. He proposed and was aooepted. When his parents learned of the affair they were very much disturbed. Mr. Majoribanks went to Canada with his mother on a visit to the Earl of Aberdeen, gover nor-general of Canada. The young man did not return with his mother to England, but remained in Canada, and the match was broken off. Miss Suth erland then placed the oase in the hands of a well-known theatrical lawyer, who retained in her behalf Sir Edward Clarke, who defended Osoar Wilde in his reoent trial. C. F. Gill, who appeared against Wilde on behalf of the treasury, and various other legal talent have also been retained. Smuggler Foss Sentenced. San Francisco, May 17 Henry L. Foss, the smuggler and Chinese certifi cate forger, was today sentenced to four years in San Quentin, and fined $1,250 In the United States distriot oourt. OREGON, THURSDAY, MAY 23. 1895. SOUTH DAKOTA'S SENSATION. Governor Altgeld Has Taken a Hand In the Benedict A flair. Huron, S. D., May 21. Governor Altgeld, of Illinois, has taken a hand in the jjenemct an air that aroused so much interest in South Dakota. Gov ernor Sheldon received from Altgeld a telegram saying he had heard that Ben edict, for whose extradition he had granted a requisition on the charge of larceny, had been acquitted on that ground, and was about to be tried on a charge of conspiracy to defraud the state, and calling the attention of the governor to the fact that ho, Altgeld, believed this would be a violation of the laws governing extradition. Gov ernor Sheldon has replied at length, set ting forth all the facts of Benedict's connection with the defaulting treasurer Taylor; his presence with the latter in the bank in Chicago when the money was drawn, etc.; the conveyance by Taylor to Benedict of a large amount of property for the consideration of $1, and the Various other points brought out in the course of the investigation; also the fact that officials of the state believed Benedict to have been in con spiracy with Taylor, and adds; "In the absence of a decision which justifies clearly the action of the state in this case, can it be possible that the state can be stopped from arresting and trying a person of this kind? Must all the rights of an individual be so jeal ously guarded, and is the state forbid den to protect itself simply because it is a state?" ENGLISH YACHTING SEASON. These Kaces Will Decide Which Boat ' Will Come to America. London, May 21. The yachting sea son in British waters was opened in the Thames yesterday with matches under the auspices of the Thames Yacht Club, and was continued with races today under the auspices of the Royal Thames Yacht Club. The races, there is reason to believe, will be the most interesting for many years past The contests be tween the Ailsa, Britannia and the new Valkyrie III, naturally, form the lead ing attraction, in view of the challenge for the American cup, but immense in terest is likewise being taken in the twenty-raters owing to the appearance of HerreBhoff 's new cracks, Niagra and Isolde, which are expected to make matters warm in this class. The im portance of the match in the Leviathan class more especially, would be but small, but for the faot that the meet ings of the Ailsa and the Valkyrie III will decide which shall be the boat to oontest in the American cup Defender. A well-known devotee of the sport re cently said the American cup is beyond the reach of either the Ailsa or the Val kyrie III. Herreshoff's boat, he de clares, will outsail either Watson's or Fife's creation. Earth Still Quaking. Florence, May 21. The earthquake which occurred here at 9 o'clock last evening, has proved more serious than it seemed at first. Thousands of peo ple passed Saturday night in the streets, and a second shock at 1 1 o'clock increased a thousand-fold the first alarm. Similar events occurred at Baris, near here. The oasualties there inoluded four deaths and many injuries. Numbers of houses were badly cracked. Other villages in the vicinity suffered still worse damage. At Grassina forty houses were wrecked. At La Paggi several buildings fell and three persons were entombed. The church at San Martino was destroyed while full of worshipers. Several persons were crushed to death in the ruins. The villages of Gallezzo and Gambino were badly damaged. The prince of Naples and a corps of engineers have gone to these villages to aid in the work of rescue. Port Angeles to San Francisco. San Francisco, May 21. E. A. Lass ley, the matress-maker, who traveled all the way from Port Angeles, Wash., to San Francisco in a house-wagon, looking for work, which he failed to find, is camped on the sand lot at Sev enth and Mission streets, awaiting the recovery of his wife, who gave birth to a son in the house on wheels Saturday morning. The entire family has occu pied the rolling home since August last, and have experienced rather hard times. There are three children be sides the newcomer, and the only means of support they have had was derived from the sale of a pamphlet describing the trip from the north. Will Remove the Temptation. St. Louis, May 21. President Will iam Thompson, of the Bank of Com merce, has issued a peremptory order forbidding any and every employe of the bank from attending horse races under penalty of dismissal. The tend ency and opportunity at the races to lose money and eventually to beoome defaulters is so great that the president thinks it dangerous for young men to attend. He has decided that his clerks shall not submit themselves to such temptation. The French Defeat the Hovas. Paris, May 21. A dispatch from Majanga, Madagascar, says the first battalion of the Colonial regiment had a sharp fight with a large body of Hovas near Marovoay. The Hovas fled at the point of the bayonet, leaving sixty dead and wounded. There were thirteen of the Frenoh wounded. The French then occupied the Hova oamp. Killed the Baby Instead. San Francisco, May 21. Nicholas Genotti, a cobbler, while crazed with drink, struck at his wife with a piece of iron pipe. The woman avoided the blow, but it fell with crushing force on the head of her young son, who was in her arms. The skull was fractured, and he will probably die. Genotti was arretted. PACIFIC NORTHWEST. Condensed Telegraphic Re ports ot Late Events. BRIEF SPARKS FROM THE WIRES Happenings of Interest In the Towns and Cities or Oregon, Washlnton and Idaho. The last Spokane grand jury severely condemned the present fee svystem. The "Sunday cases" cost Walla Wallacounty, Wash., $1,059, and the expenses of the Hoyt trial were $850. The South Palouse is dwindling, and the pioneers say such an action of the stream is proof positive that the Palouse country needs rain. The taxpayers of the La Grande, Or., school district are talking over the pro postiion of buying the Blue Mountain university property for $2,500. The Fort Klamath Indians have is sued a general invitation to the Pitt river Indians to celebrate July Fourth on the Klamath, Or. reservation. It appears that the building of the Blaine, Lynden & Nooksack railroad can be secured if the localities inter ested put up a subsidy of $15,000. Twenty thousand fruit trees have been planted in the vicinity of Lake Chelan this spring and a great deal of ground is being prepared for next season's planting. William Fetros, the Yakima, Wash., sheepman, has driven 11,000 sheep to the Columbia opposite Umatilla, and is now shearing. The wool will be sold in Pendleton, Or. The Satsop, Wash., skimming sta tion in operation only since the 1st of the month, is receiving upwards .of 2,000 pounds of milk, and the quant ity is increasing daily. John Stewart has men engaged in Lane county buying up 500 cows which he is to deliver at Squaw creek, in Crook county, Or., He will start the drive across the mountains about June 1st. Sheep shearing is now in full blast about Wallula, Wash. Shearers com plain of the low price paid or shearing, 6 cents and board themselves, when 7 cents with board was the former price. The city council of Spokane has passed an ordinance to bond the city for $278,700, to complete the new water works. The vote was 13 to 2. It is not known whether Mayor Belt will approve or veto the ordinance. An order was made by Judge Buck at Spokane Wednesday, for Receiver Drumheller, of the Falls City Manu facturing Company, to pay the general creditors of the corporation 25 per cent of all claims approved and allowed. Upon the petition of 637 citizens of Benton county, Or. , the county court, in session there last week, ordered that the sheriff be allowed only one deputy at $50 per month, and the recorder a deputy at $10 per month just one-half the former allowance. ' Benton county, Or., had to pay the state $119.24 interest on the state taxes due from this year's roll. After Treas urer Clark thought he had the taxes all paid, he received a note from the state treasurer demanding an additional $119.24. He remitted the amount Sat urday morning, and now for the first time in three years Benton county owes the state nothing. The extensive operations that have been carried on at the Black Jack mine, near Hornbrook, Or. , on the Klamath river, have been closed down for the present, at least, and all but four of the thirty to thirty-five men who had been employed were discharged. This mine, which is a gravel deposit similar to the Jillson mine adjoining, was originally owned by Messrs. Cooley Ryan and Burckhalter. The Fletcher mill, near Weston, Umatilla county, Or., is now being run at full capacity, and later one depart ment, the manufacture of fruit boxes, will be running day and night. The mill will run all summer. At present fourteen men are employed, but the force soon will comprise forty good lively hustlers, who will turn out 20, 000 feet per day. Now 17,000 feet are being sawed. The season's output is expected to aggregate between 2,000, 000 and 8,000,000 feet. Mr. Fletcher requires about twenty yoke of cattle when everything is going full blast. It is estimated that the aoreage of potatoes planted in Whitman county, Wash. , this year, says the Harrington Leader, will reach 6,000 aores. Count ing on 200 bushels per care, which in most sections is considered a small orop, there will be raised tins year no less than 1,200,000 bushels, or 26,000 tons of potaotes. ' Of these not more than 9,000 tons will be required for home consumption, and perhaps less than 2,000 tons more for the markets in the immediate vicinity. No season ever opened more auspic iously in the Palouse country, Wash., says the North Idaho Star, than this. To begin with, the little snow that fell in the winter disappeared early. Farmers got early at work in theii fields. The soil was in suberb condi tion. Plowing was early oompleted, and the ground whioh had been summer fallowed worked up as mellow as a gar den. The weather remained dry until the sowing was done, and then came the welcome rains, and the great for ward leap of grass, and grain and fruit. The prospeot is for a forward year, and the outlook is for an abundant crop ol everything the Palouse soil produces. The grain fields indicate a large yield and tne orchards promise proliflo re turns. NO. 9. THE OFFICERS DEFIED. Lively Scene at a Seattle School Caused by a Principal's Disobedience. Seattle, May 20. The dispute be tween the boards of health and educa tion in regard to the closing of the Rainier and South schools as a precau tion against scarlet fever reached a orisiB this morning. Acting under or ders from the health board, Health Of ficer Palmer and Officer Corning order ed the closing of the two schools. Prinoipal Gerard, of the former school, refused compliance, and told the pupils to enter. A wild scene followed, the 400 or 500 children entering at doors or windows, some of them throwing stones at the officers and getting out the hose to give them a bath. The officers vainly strove to inter cept them, and it was not until noon that order was restored by the arrest of Mr. Gerard and the removal of the children from the building. Less exciting scenes occurred at the South school, President Taylor being arrested for resisting the order. The school board afterwards ordered the two schools closed, under protest, until the courts settle the dispute. THAT SPRECKELS FAMILY ROW. The Head or the House Has Confessed Judgment and Gone Abroad. San Francisco, May 20. Clans Spreckels, accompanied by his wife and daughter, left today for Europe. They will be gone three months, the greater part of which time will be passed in Germany, Clans Spreckels, through his sons, John D. and A. B. Spreckels, has con fessed judgment in the suit for slander brought against him by his son, C. A. Spreckels, and the young man will re ceive the $300,000 damages he asked for. The reason for this acton is given that Spreckels, Sr., received informa tion that his son would seek to prevent his departure for Europe. According ly the loyal sons, John D. and A. B. Spreckels, in order to save their father further annoyance, instructed the attor neys in the case to confess judgment and end the matter for the present But Clans Spreckels will not admit that he confessed judgment in a moral sense, so he has instructed his attorneys to be gin suit for an accounting against C. A. Spreckels, to compel him to account for all the money he has handdled for his father. The attorneys have also been ordered to bring suit against Ru dolph Spreckels, who sided with his brother in the quarrel with their father, to recover $500,000 worth of stock of the Paluhau Plantation Company, which Rudolph claims his father gave him in 1893, and from which he draws $5,000 a month dividends, which it is alleged, he is using to supply the sinews of war against his parent. The trouble in the Spreckels family commenced over a year ago, when C. A. Spreckels sued his father to recover stock in the Hawaiian Commercial company, mis suit was compro mised, and then Rudolph followed with a suit to prevent the transfer of $700, 000 worth of stock held by Claus Spreckels as security to the Nevada bank. Following this oame the suit against the Oceanic Steamship Com pany, instituted by U. A. Spreckels, who alleged that he was being frozen out Finally C. A. Spreckels sued his father for slander, on account of the newspaper interview in which the father said his son had wasted his money and would soon be bankrupt THE CENTRAL WASHINGTON. Temporary Receivers Appointed for the Branch Koad at Spokane. Spokane, May 20. Judge Hanford in the United States court today ap pointed Leverett S. Miller, of St. Paul, and C. P. Chamberlain, of Spokane, re ceivers of the Central Washington branch of the Northern Pacific The appointment is made upon the petition of a majority of the bondholders, who have beoome dissatisfied with the Northern Pacific control Monday last they filed a bill for foreclosure. The appointment of receivers is temporary. The motion to make it permanent is made returnable September 9. A short time ago the bondholders sent an agent out to investigate. He reported that the road runs through a good oountry and ought to be made to pay. The first step taken by the bondholders to throw off the Northern Pacific influ ence was the removal of the Farmers' Loan & Trust Company as trustee, and the appointment in its place of the Knickerbocker Trust Company of New York. The road is now being operated by the receivers of the Northern Pacific under a lease from the former trustee. It is made discretionary with the trustees whether the present lease shall be continued or not Three alterna tives lie before the bondholders: Lease to the Northern Paoific, lease to the Great Northern, or operation as an in dependent line. The road is 109 miles long, and runs west from Spokane to Coulee City. More About Durrant. San Franoisco, May 18. The police are Baid to have found several witnesses who will testify against Theodore Dur rant at the forthcoming trial in the superior oourt One of these, Miss Willis, will say that some time before Blanche Lamont's murder, Miss Willis asked Durrant in his oapaoity of church librarian, for a book from the ohuroh library. He escorted her thither, left the room a few minutes and returned entirely nude. The young woman made her escape with difficulty. Similar londuot would explain the absence of bloodstains on Durrani's olothing after Minnie Williams was murdered. Commander of the tlerman Navy. Berlin, May 16. The National Zie tung says Emperor William has ac oepted the resignation of Freiherr Vondergolts ai commander-in-chief of the German navy. Admiral von Knorr ueoeeds him. VICTORY FOR THE PETITIONERS If the Conditions Are Met, the Becelver Will Be Egan, Who Was Ap pointed by Gilbert. St Paul, May 17. Judge Sanborn, of the United States circuit court, handed down his decision in the re ceivership contest between the Union Pacific and Oregon Short Line rail ways today. It is practically a victory for the petitioners for the appointment of a separate receiver for the Short Line. If the conditions are met, it is conceded that the receiver will be John M. Egan, who has already been ap pointed by Judge Gilbert, at Portland. The matter came up ten days ago, the American Loan & Trust Company, of Boston, holders of the second mort gage of $10,873,000, moving for a sep arate receivership. The Union Pacific receivership opposed the motion. The action proposed here is the sime as had already been taken in Judge Gilbert's court, as applied to the property in his tircuit Under Judge Sanborn's order the re ceivers are directed to prepare a state ment of money in their hands applica ble to paying interest on the first mort gage of the Oregon Short Line. The order further provides for a hearing, at which will be determined the amount which will be neeessary to pay into oourt to satisfy the interest of the first mortgage, and in case such an amount is paid, to arrange for turning the property over to the receiver appointed under this last bill of the second mort gage holders. The petitioner agreed to pay this interest in case a separate re ceivership be granted, so that the sep arate receivership seems assured. As J. M. Egan has been appointed for a part of the road by Judge Gilbert, and as bis appointment is desired by peti tioners, he seems assured of the ap pointment as the receiver for the entire Oregon Short Line. CO-OPERATIVE SCHEME. the New National Association Has Been Given Life. San Francisco, May 17. Articles of incorporation have been filed by the Co-operative Commonwealth, a co operative association with the follow ing directors: Mary E. Squires, George W. Sells, E. J. Hicks, Miss A. Swain and J. K. Phillips. There will be a mass meeting tonight in the lecture room of the old St Marcus church, to present the plans of the commonwealth. The co - operative commonwealth was first organized in Seattle, Wash. It is non-sectarian and draws no color line. In an interview yesterday with Miss Addie Swain, the secretary of the local branch, she explained that the main feature of the plan for co-operation is the reserve or development fund. This was her argument: "On a basis of 500,000 men, 10 cents per day for six months or 150 working days, accumulates the marvelous sum of $7,500,000, and in a year $15,000, 000. The society is now organized as a national body, and has at its com mand 500,000 men and $15,000,000 of capital. It can immediately set all of its members at work in its own employ. The savings of the people, now in the banks, amount to about $3, 000, 000, 000. This could be placed in the co-operative savings banks and a percentage used to establish new industries instead of be ing loaned at enormous rates of interest to serve as dragnets to gather in the land and its products for the benefit of a few commercial fishermen. "This reserve fund could be invested in purchasing or constructing railroads to free the commonwealth from trans portation companies. "For instance, with this reserve fund of, say $15,000,000, a railroad oould be constructed from Portland to San Francisco with branches to Stockton, San Jose, Los Angeles, Fresno, and all other important points on the coast, and the surplus could be replaced while the work of construction was going on. Thousands of acres of mineral land oould be developed and thousands of men employed who are now idle." Mayor Sutro has promised to donate 200 aores of land in Round valley to the commonwealth. The Spring Valley Water Company gives water free to the community. Japanese Contract Laborers. San Franoisco, May 16. The Even ing Bulletin says the United States contract labor laws are being broken every few weeks by Japanese, who pour into the country by every steamer under oontraot to farmers at Sacramen to, Stockton, San Joaquin, Napa, Liv ermore and San Gabriel valleys. The Bulletin says 10,000 have found em ployment on farms during the past year, to the exclusion of white men. A contract labor ring manages the. im portation of penniless Japs and lends them money. Trouble In the California Militia. San Francisco, May 20. The even, ing Post says that there is to be a gen eral upheaval in the Third infantry reg iment, National Guard of California, and that Colonel Thomas F. Barry and the captains of three companies will re tire, not being willing to serve under the newly-appointed brigadier-general, k. a. warneid. To Visit Lady Wilde. New York, May 21. Mrs. Frank Leslie is to sail for England Saturday to visit her mother-in-law, LadyWilde, and to do what she can to comfort that lady in her trouble in the disgraceful scandal in which her eldest son, Oscar Wilde, has cut so prominent a figure Vancouver's Lexow Inquiry. Vancouver, B. C, May 17. At last night's session of the police investiga tion, City Solicitor Hammersley was examined at length regarding the pay ment by his firm of money to Sergeant Haywood for assisting in pulling down shaoks, though the city by-laws forbid officers receiving any outside remuner ations. Officer Caldwell next took the stand and testified that he had wen the sergeant and other officers under the, inflnenoe of liquor, v , -: "