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O K L A H O M A H A S REM ORSE.!
Finds Stringent Laws Prevent Build-
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ing of Railroads.
M IL L IO N S
FO R IM P R O V E M E N T S
Washington, Nov. 26.— A curious
requeat is made o f the Interstate Com
merce commission in a petition filed by
the National Lumber company, o f Los
Angelas, against the San Pedro, Los
Angeles A Salt Lake Railroad company.
The complaint says that in the past it
has been granted on shipments o f lum
ber and building material from Los
Angeles to various points a yarding-in-
transit rebate to enable it to meet the
competition o f companies having their
yards at San Pedro on the Pacific coast.
The defendant railroad ia willing to
grant the rebate, but holds that it can
not do so under the law. The commis
sion ia requested to direct the railway
company to pay the rebate on certain
shipments already amounting to $771
No such report ever before was made
to the commission.
Chicago,
Nov. 28.—A marked
change in public sentiment toward
railroads and other public utility cor
porations is reported in Oklahoma. It
has been brought about by a bitter
experience, but the lesson learned
thereby is all the more likely to be
profitable and permanent. For nearly
two years there has been an almost
entire cessation o f railroad building,
so far as the trunk line systems are
concerned. This condition has hin
dered general business to’ such an ex
tent that the Oklahoma Federation of
Commercial Clubs has taken up the
matter. A circular has been issued by
that body setting forth the facts in
this regard.
It has been demonstrated clearly
to the satisfaction o f the federation
that new capital cannot be attracted
for investment in the state until the
laws are settled upon a fair and con
servative basis, so that the capital in
vested may have reason to expect
legitimate returns.
BAN O N A L L F A K E L A B E L S .
P A P ER 8 A R E M IS S IN G ,
A 8 K 8 O R D E R FO R R E B A T E .
Congress Will Be Asked Large Sum Lumber Company's Strange Petition
to Interstate Board.
for Rivers and Harbors.
Washington, Nov. 28.— Fifty million
dollars is the aggregate o f the appro
priations recommended by Brigadier
General William L. Marshall, chief o f
engineers United States army, for work
on rivers, harbors and fortifications
for the coming fiscal year, in his an
nual report submitteed to Secretary of
War Luke E. Wright.
Approximately $2,000,0000 is recom
mended for application on existing con
tracts for river and harbor improve
ments; $2,100,000 for general work on
rivers and harbors, including examina
tion, surveys and contingencies; $2,-
000,0C0 lor work proposed by the Mis
sissippi river commission.
1 he sum recommended for fortifies
tions is $7,732,233, o f which’ the most
important estimates are $2,869,000
for seacoast batteries at Manila; $449,
000 for repair and protection at Pearl
harbor, Honolulu; $507,100 for the de
fense o f Pensacola, F la .; for the mod
ernizing o f old ^emplacements, general
ly, $500,000; electrical installation,
$984,258; for searchlights, $907,000.
Commenting on the fortification o f
insular possessions the reports refers
to the “ very necessary additional de
fenses at Manila.” It suggests that if
the amount recommended cannot be
ful'iy appropriated, at least $2,000,000
should be made available during the
coming year, “ so that a substantial
plant can be provided and work can be
conducted in an effective and economi
cal manner.”
A considerable proportion o f the
suggested appropriation for search
lights is to recommended to be expend
ed in the Philippines and Hawaii.
B oom o f the more important estimates
for the year for rivers and harbors
were as follow s:
California— San Diego harbor, $30,-
000; San Pedro bay, $100,000; Oak
land harbor, $521,000.
Oregon and Washington— Columbia
Tiver, $1,164,000; Columbia river
mouth, $450,000; Grays harbor, $181,-
000; Puget sound, $130,000; Tacoma
harbor, $40,000
Hawaii— Honolulu harbor, $500,000;
H ilo harbor, $600,000.
An appropriation of $25,000 is rec
ommended for the Sacramento and
Feather rivers combined.
T o Honor Phil Sheridan.
Washington, Nov. 27.— To the list
o f equestrian statues for which Wash
ington already is famous another will
be added tomorrow, when a handsome
atatue o f General “ Phil” Sheridan will
bo unveiled and formally presented to
the city. The statue cost $50,000, and
was modeled by Guzton Borglum of
New York. It has been placed in the
center o f Sheridan circle, at the inter
section o f Massachusetts avenue and
Twenty-third street. A t the dedica
tion President Roosevelt is expected to
speak and there will be a considerable
military display.
The event will be
attended by the widow and other mem
bers o f General Sheridan’s family.
No Trouble, Says Root.
Washington, Nov. 26. — Although
President Roosevelt and Secretary o f
State Root deny there ia any friction
between the United States and Japan
regarding the open door in China, and
it is said no request or demand has
been made upon Japan, it is understood
that diplomatic exchanges o f views on
this subject have taken place in the
last few days. Ambassador Takahira
made several calls on Secretary Root
last week and it is authoritively stated
that these conferences concerned Ja
pan’s policy in Manchuria.
Test Naval Officers.
Washington, Nov. 27.—The recom
mendation o f the Navy department in
relation to a physical test for officers
is now awiting the president’s final ap
proval. For officers o f the line below
the rank o f rear admiral and staff offi
cers below the rank o f captain, while
serving on shore, it will be similar t”
that now prescribed for the coast artil
lery, which is a fifty-mile walk in
three days. Watch officers at sea may
be required to take duty alternately
every four hours for 72 hours.
Project Nearly Finished.
Washington, Nov. 26.—The Reclam
ation service today announced that the
Umatilla irrigation project is now 82
per cent completed. Water right ap
plications have been made for 3,700
acres, 2,500 o f which have actually re
ceived water.
There is no unentered
land in the Hermistonunit.
In Wash
ington, the Sunnyside project is 26 per
cent completed; the Okanogan project
is 83 per cent completed, and the Tie-
ton project 54 per cent.
Imogens Morrill is Dead.
Washington, Nov. 25.— Mrs. Imo
gens Robinson Morrill, a celebrated
portra t and historical painter, died
early today in a room o f a lodging
house, alone and friendless and amid
surroundings o f squalor and distress.
In 1879 she established the National
Academy o f Fine Arts, in this city.
She had received scores o f medals for
notable works.
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Certiorari Writ Filed.
Washington, Nov. 26. — Attorney
General Bonaparte yesterday filed in
the United States Supreme court a pe
tition for a writ o f certiorari to review
the judgment o f the United States
Court o f Appeals in the $29,000,000
Standard Oil case, under which the
case was remanded for retrial.
“ Guaranteed Under Pure Food Act" Standard Oil Documents Stolen From
Doesn’t Mean Purity.
Public Records et Cincinnati.
Washington, Nov. 24.— According to
Cleveland, O., Nov. 85.— County
a sweeping decision by the commis Clerk Charles P. Salen, subpenaed to
sioner o f patents, any label bearing
appear at the Standard Oil hearing in
the inscription “ Guaranteed under the
pure food and drug acta, June 30, New York with valuable legal papers
1906,” where such inscription is in wanted by Frank B. Kellogg, found
tended to imply that the government is today that the documents had mys
responsible for the purity o f the goods, teriously disappeared.
will be refused registration.
It is
Among the missing papers are a
claimed that hundreds o f packers and
dozen affidavits made by Standard Oil
others throughout the country are so
printing labels as to give this impres chiefs, including one by John D.
sion, whereas it is held by the officials Rockefeller, president, others by Oli
that the government simply accepts the ver H. Payne and the remainder by
assertion o f the manufacturer that the men who were prominent in Stand
goods are pure and then investigates ard Oil in the ’80s.----- ----------------------
his business.
Upon proof that the
A petition filed here in 1880 by
pure food and drugs act is being violat which Standard Oil sought to “ elimi
ed the goods are confiscated and the nate” William Schofield, a Cleveland
manufacturers punished.
refiner, is gone. It is wanted by the
prosecution in the govesnment’s case.
T o remove papers from public rec
Rejects Battleship Bids.
ord
is an indictable offense under
Washington, Nov. 25.— All the bids
for the building o f the battleship Flor Ohio statutes, punishable by heavy
penalty.
ida have been rejected by the Assist
ant Secretary Newberry, o f the navy,
B L O C K S A U S T R IA 'S G A M E .
and the machinery will be built by the
government in the Brooklyn navy
yard.
Mr. Newberry’s action ap Servian Minister Lining Up Powers in
Balkan Muddle.
proves the report o f the board o f con
struction, which was authorized to in
Rome, Nov. 25.— M. Milovanovich,
vestigate the entire matter relating the Servian minister o f foreign af
to the construction o f this machinery.
fairs, left here today for Belgrade,
The board held that congress intended
to have all possible work connected where he will report to King Peter
with the Florida performed at the New on the result of his mission to Lon
don, Paris and Rome. The foreign
York navy yard.
minister has now eliminated from the
Ban on Eastern Stock.
Servian programme every claim that
Washington, Nov. 26.— Cattle breed is not in harmony with interests of
ers o f Pennsylvania and New York will those powers upon whom Servia
not be permitted to exhibit any cattle chiefly relies, namely, Russia and
at the International Stock show, to be
held at Chicago, owing to the preva France. Both o f these states are in
lence o f the foot and mouth diseases terested in preventing the Austro-
in those states.
This decision was German advance in the Balkan penin
reached yesterday at a conference held sula.
Great Britain, it is declared, is de
at (he White House between President
termined to prevent Germany from
Roosevelt and W illett M. Hayes, as regaining the supremacy she enjoyed
sistant secretary o f agriculture, and at Constantinople before the advent
Dr. Alonzo D. Melvin, chief o f the bu to power o f the young Turks. As for
reau o f animal industry. The decision Italy, in spite o f the fact that she is
includes sheep, swine and goats.
a member of the triple alliance, she
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is opposed to the idea o f Austrian
Asks Heavy Sentences.
expansion on the Adriatic.
Washington, Nov. 26. — United
P L A N T E D O N M O U N T A IN T O P
States District Attorney Baker will
ask that Frederick A. Hyde and Joost
H. Schneider, found guilty o f defraud Rare Weather Instrement Established
ing the government out o f forest lands
on Mount Rose.
in Oregon and California, be given sen
Reno, Nev., Nov. 25 . —After a
tences o f two years in jail and fines of
$10,000 each if the court rules against week's labor, Professor J. E. Church,
their motion for arrest o f judgment. o f the Nevada University, has just
This announcement follows the con completed the installation of a me
ference between Mr. Baker and the teorograph, one o f the few weather
president.
instruments of the kind in the United
States, on Mount Rose, one o f the
Date Cannot Yet Be Set.
highest peaks in the Sierras. Rugged
Washingtton, Nov. 27.—The Su topography compelled him to carry
preme court will probably announce on
December 7 whether it will review the the delicate instruments to the top
of the mountain on pack mules.
Standard Oil $29,000,000 case, in ac
Professor Ferguson, o f the Wash
cordance with the petition o f Attorney ington weather bureau, is expected
General Bonaparte. The court is now here December 1 to take charge of
in its Thanksgiving recess. The ap the new station. Later, Professor
plication for the writ o f certiorari will Church, who has secured a two years’
be presented formally to the justices absence from the college, will be in
Monday by the clerk, with whom it has control.
been filed. The ruling will then prob
Leprosy Grasps Mexican.
ably be made on the following Monday.
Los Angeles, Nov. 25 . —Journeying
Putting Marines Ashore.
all the way from Mexico to Los An
Washington, Nov. 24.— Action has geles to learn what was the matter
begun detaching the marines from the with him, Treneda Ortego, a Mexi
battleships and assigning them to shore can, is today confined in the county
duty. Orders were issued today de hospital begging to be told what is
taching those aboard the New Hamp his ailment, and why the 'people are
shire. In 30 days all marines aboard shunning him. The physicians de
the ships o f the third squadron o f the clare he is a victim of leprosy. This
Atlantic fleet, now in Atlantic quart makes two lepers in the county hos
ers, will have been relieved from duty pital, Mrs. Elizabeth Wardwell, the
other victim, having been_ brought
aboard the vessels.
here from Tombstone, A rizfT h e hos
pital authorities are quoted as saying
Pinchot in Cabinet.
that both will be deported to Mexico.
Washington, Nov. 24.— It is stated
here today on apparently good authori
Party Reaches Honolulu.
ty that Forester Gilford Pinchot has
Honolulu, Nov. 25 . — Most of the
been offered the post o f secretary of members of the Pacific Coast cham
agriculture in President T aft’s cabinet bers of commerce who went recently
and that it is almost certain he will ac on an excursion to Japan arrived here
cept. It is stated also that Overton today on the steamer Tenyo Maru,
W. Price, at present assistant forester, on their way home. They express
has been selected as Pinchot’s successor themselves as being convinced of
Japan’s sincere desire for peace,
in the office o f forester.
which they believe will result in al
laying all sentiments of antagonism
Fulton to Confer With Tatt.
Washington, Nov. 27.—Senator Ful between the people of America and
ton left for Hot Springs Thursday Japan. The commercial men speak
evening for a conference with Presi of their trip in enthusiasticterms.
dent-elect Taft and National Chairman
Hitchcock.
Receiver for Coal Company.
Knoxville, Tenn., Nov. 25 . — Fed
eral Judge Sanford here today ap
Holmes Appointed.
pointed E. H. Benoist, o f St. Louis,
Washington, Nov. 26.— Arthur W. temporary receiver o f the Cumber
Holmes has been appointed rural free land Coal & Coke com pany which op
delivery carrier on route No. 1 at erates in Fentress and Cumberland
Mount Angel.
counties in this state. *
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