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Kmx Sirifs liplimatlc Relattees
With Nicwifiai Tyrant,
NAY IECKNIZE RETILUTIINiSTS
Brandt Zelaya ai Irresponsible Trou
ble Makar Question of War
Left to Congrats.
Washington, Dee. 2. Secretary of
State Koox late today returned the
passports of Felipe Rodriguez, charge
d'affaires of the Niearaguan legation,
with a letter scathingly denouncing
the Zelayan administration of the gov
ernment of Nicaragua.
Tho letter is definitely declared to
represent tho views of President Taft
and b about as plain spoken as any
thing emanating from tho state de
partment In many years.
The extraordinary feature of the let
ter Is that It seems to evlneo an inten
tion on tho part of tho United State
to bold President zeiaya personally re
sponsible for the alleged torturo and
execution of the Americans, Cannon
and Grace, and exhibits the unique sit
uation of one government holding tho
chief executive of another practically
as a common malefactor.
Zelaya is branded as a violator of
solemn international conventions, a dis
turber of national and International
peace, a tyrant whose administration
has been a blot upon the name of good
government.
Secretary Knox virtually announces
the recognition of the Niearaguan rev
olutionists, declares it to be the con
viction of the United States that tho
revolution represents the sentiments of
a majority of the Niearaguan people,
and that thero Is evidently no respon
sible government with which tho United
States can deal.
Ho therefore announces that all par
tic will be held accountable for their
aotions as affecting the interests of
Americans and the peace of Central
America.
lie further informs Benor Rodriguez
that, whllo ho has lost his diplomatic
quality, he may atill serve as an "un
official channel of communication with
the faction which he is regarded as rep
resenting." This brings the crisis as near to the
status of war as it could be brought by
executive action without a definite dec
laration by congress, which will con
vene next Monday. Mr. Knox 'a letter
in all but so many words makes it plain
that the action represents the wish and
attitude of all the Central American
States' with the single exception of
Honduras, which is regarded ere as en
tirely dominated by Zclayt
PEARL NECKLACE SEIZED.
Alleged Attempt to Smuggle Jewels Into
Country Leads to Loss.
New York, Dec. 2. The Chesbrough
pearl necklace was seized today by
Collector Loeb, who appraises its 312
units, with the duty added, at IW.oiw.
The owner is Mrs. Fremont B. Ches
brough, wife of a millionaire lumber
man of Detroit and Boston.
Two customs inspectors swear they
round a bill or. sale lor toe pearls last
"May in the false bottom of ono of Mrs.
Chesbrough 's trunks, but the pearls
were missing. According to Ches
brough. the Jewels were being held to
his order in Toronto, Canada. Collector
Loeb says that he insisted upon pos
session, but was given what proved to
be an imitation.
He continued to press the govern
ment's claim, and on July 28 he ob
tained the original. He has held them
since, pending proof that they had
never been in this country. Such proof
has not been forthcoming, according to
Mr. Loeb, and today the neklaee was
seized as n preliminary to action against
Mrs. Chesbrough.
Wilhelmina Shows Speed.
Newport News, Vo., Nor. 30 In
her official trials today the big freight
and passenger steamer Wilhelmins,
built by the Newsport News Shipbuild
ing & Drydocking company, developed
a speed of 17 knots an hour, 2V4
knots in excess of the contract speed.
Coal oil was used as fuel. The ship
will use this fuel during her run of
13,000 miles to San Francisco, and will
be the first steam vessel to attempt
such a voyage with oil fuel. The Wil
helmina was built for the Mat son Navi
gation company, and will ply between
Honolulu and Han Francisco.
Strike Cripples B Mines.
St. Paul, Dee. 2. Every line of In
'dustry in the northwest dependent upon
tho movement of supplies is seriously
affected by the strike of the railroad
switchmen, which began at 0 o'clock
Tuesday evening.
It is estimated that upwards of 12,000
men aro idle tonight on account of the
ctrike order,
More Z. W. W. Arrested.
Spokane, Wash., Dee. 2. "There will
be no flag of truce hoisted by us in this
I. W W. struggle," announced Police
Chief Sullivan today, following the ar
rest of 10 tnoro street speakers. "In
tho future the police will be aggressive
toward these anarchists, and will arrest
anv new leaders tho moment ther bob
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WHITE FLAQUB CJETH BLOW.
San Francisco Health Board Wins Fight
oa Disease,
San Francisco, Dec 3. Aw ordinance
framed by the board of health, imposing
regulations upon persons afflicted with
tuberculosis, was passed by tho board
of supervisors yesterday.
Under it physicians are required to
report within SM hour every person
coming under their notice who shows
symptoms of tuberculosis. A complete
record of every caso will be kept by the
health department.
When a case is reported, it Is mado
the duty of the physician to make im
mediate report if the patient vacates
the quarters he waa then occupying, or
it (hero is no physician, then the duty
devolves on the landlord. Tho apart
ments must bo disinfected and renovated
before they can again bo occupied. The
cleaning or renovating must be done nt
the expense of tho landlord, and If it Is
not dono to the satisfaction of the
health authorities, then tho following
notice will be posted at tbo door of tho
room:
"Tuberculosis is a communicable dis
ease. These apartments bavo been oc
cunied by a consumptive, and may bo
infected. They must not bo occupied
until tho order of the health officer,
directing the disinfection and renova
tion, has been complied with."
Tho most radical featuro of the new
taw is that which gives the health au
thorities power to remove a victim from
his own home by force, if it is believed
that his preseneo thero menaces his
children or the other member of his
family. The health officer become
clothed with unlimited rower In his
campaign against the disease, and ther
is no appeal irom bis oruer, Anoiner
section bars children showing symptoms
of tho disease from the private and
public schools.
START FOB NICARAGUA.
Marines Dither on Both Coasts, With
Flag Officer in Command.
Washington! Dec. 2, Naval fortes of
tbo United States are 1-cing morel for
ward tonight to both coasts of Ctntral
America to protect American life and
property in Mearagua, by force or
arms If necessary.
with tbo departure this ntternoon
from Philadelphia of troopship I'ralrle,
with oq marines aboard, for the istn
rans of Fanama, and. if it be so do
creed, Nicaragua, and with tho sailing
from Magdalena bay of the protected
cruiser Albany, and tho gunboat York
town, for Corlnto, on the Pacific coast,
activity of the navy department was
becoming manliest on both oceans that
wash the Niearaguan shores.
Besides, tbo cruisers lies Moines and
Tacoma and the gunboat Marietta are
lying off Port Limon, Costa Rica, ready
for any call upon them, and guns of the
little gunboat Vleksburg are pointed
toward tbo custom house and town of
Corinto. Tbo gunboat Princeton is
also endeavoring to make ber way from
the Bremerton navy-yard, Washington,
to Corinto.
With tho probability of many delleato
questions .arising in Nicaragua, tho
navy department decided to send a
flag ofllcer to Nicaragua to tako com
mand of the American naval forces.
near-Admiral William W. Kimball was
chosen. He sailed for Colon today on
tho Prairie. He will mnko his way
from there to Corinto. Admiral Kim
ball is a member of the naval board of
examinations and retirements and the
bureau of construction.
300,000 DEMAND MORE FAY.
Eastern Railroad Men Will Ask Tan
Per Cent Raise.
New York, Dec 3. Representative
of trainmen on all the eastern railroad
of the country, comprising 300,000 em
ployes, issued a statement today declar
ing tbey would soon present a demand
to the railroads for a 10 per cent in
crease in wages. Tbo statement reads
in part as follows:
"The votes in the various districts
have all been taken by members of tho
Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen, and
soon will be presented to all eastern
railway companies. Everything pos
sible will be dono to avoid a strike.
Though the Switchmen's union of
North America believes in radical meas
ures, the Brotherhood of Railway Train
men does not. Tbe agreements with
the eastern railroads stipulate that they
may be terminated upon all days' no
tice by either party. No such notice
has as yet been given."
Duluth Men Will Oo Back.
Dulutb, Minn., Dee. 3. As a result
of a meeting of the Drothorbood of
Railway Trainmen this afternoon, 80
per cent of the striking trainmen here
will return to work tomorrow, most of
them for the Northern Pacific, It was
decided that the order to switchmen to
strike was unconstitutional, and all
were advised to hold out no longer.
Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis and
Omaha announced tonight that they aro
ready to receive freight. One hundred
strikebreakers will bo here in tho Morn
ing to enable them to conduct the busl
ness.
Battle Follows Strike.
Wheeling, W. Va., Dee. 3. Shots
were exchanged today between strikers
and tbe men who yesterday voluntarily
returned to work in the mills of the
American Sheet & TInplato company, a
subsidiary of the United States Steel
corporation. One man employed in a
factory adjoining the mills was slightly
wounded. Extra deputies have been
summoned.
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OREGON STATE ITEMS OF INTEREST
MODEL ORCHARD.
Scientific Apple Culture Will Bo Ap
plied In Marlon County,
8alem Tho Salem Fruit Grower'
union Is promoting a plan of develop
ing a model orchard of 100 acres near
Salem. The orchard Is to bo dovotod
to apples and tho tree aro to be
reared under modorn scientific meth
ods. Tho company will Invest In suit
able land and have It put in the high
est state of cultivation by early spring,
when It will bo planted In tho best
variolic of apples under tho super
vision of ono of tho ablest horticul
turists obtainable.
Sineo this project has been agitated
it has also become known that a large
eastern syndicate Is quietly taking op
tions on several thousand acres of land
within 10 miles of Salem. If tho neces
sary quantity can be secured and this
raci is now practically certain, meso
lands will all bo similarly treated. The
fruit, however, will not bo confined to
apples, but tho land will bo planted to
whatovor frutt It is best adapted to.
This movement is one of tho most
Important in tho history of the fruit
development In Marion county, and
will do much toward advancing the
fiuit interests in the Willamette val
ley. Tho method of this syndicate Is
to sell tho orchards in small tracts to
eastern buyers.
OOOD ROADS FOR MARION.
Biff
Mass Meeting Will Convene
Salem for This Purpose.
at
Salem Marion county Is to have
good roads. A movement has been
started to interest tho people of tho
entiro county In a campaign for better
highways. To secure the widest coop
eration, a mass meeting has been called
for December 8, 9 and 10, when farm
ers and business men will seriously eon
sider the advancement of the county,
tho building up of tho rural-communities
and the gathering of funds to fur
ther the work.
Already eight road districts are mak
ing special levies of taxes for road
building. They arc scattered well over
tho county, showing something of the
interest in the movement.
It is believed that the coming year
will see an unparalleled development of
good road building in Marlon county.
For this reason a good start Is desired,
and the cooperation of every man in
the county Is earnestly sought.
Tbe principal-business-of tho meeting
will bo to devise methods of securing
funds for the promotion of permanent
road work. This is an all important
topic in connection with the movement,
and It Is probable that thero will be
Ideas advanced which will bo of won
derful value to every one.
Thero are 50 road districts In the
county. Each of tbeso districts has o
supervisor, and it Is probable nearly all
of the supervisors will be here. The
meeting is for every man, no matter
what his occupation or his standing In
tho community, so long as he 1 inter
ested in road buildlog.
New Corporations.
Salem Articles of Incorporation were
filed In tho office of the secretary of
state as follows:
Astoria Ixnlgo, No. 110, Benevolent
and Protective Order of Klks; Incor
porator, R. J. Pflkington, J. C. Clinton,
W. C. Laws, F. J. Carney and F. C.
Fox.
Bijou company: principal ofllee Port
land; capital stock, $5000; Incorporat
ors, O. A. Metzgcr, I. I Cohen and
Helena F. Adamson.
Portland Stationery fc Woodenwnrc
company; principal omce, Portland;
capital stock, 1150,000; Incorporators,
U. I), liruun, T. Wallace liuist ana
Charles C. Duncan,
Notarial Commissions.
Salem Notarial commissions have
been issued to Ben M. Patterson. Cornu
copia; Joe M. Flaherty, Lebanon; T. J.
MeCIary, Gates; A. C. Morgan, Morgan;
John W. Oliver, O. L. Webb, Isnao
Sweet. M. A. M. Ashley and Alice Ag
ler, Portland: M. Langley, Forest
Grove; T. T. Bennett, Marshfleld; J. L.
Campbell, Glondalo; Bartlott Cole, II.
P. Conner and D, J, Forbes, Portland;
Walter J. Logus, Nobalein; Samuel G.
White, Cove; E. D. Whiting, La Orande;
LeRoy Park, Tbe Dalles; B. W. Haines,
Forest Grovo; O. W. Corby, Newberg,
and Lot L. Pcnreo, Salem. ,
New Telephone Line Ready.
Ontario Tbo now Independent lino
connecting Ontario wKh Burns, Drewsey
and Harney, a distance of 150 miles, is
now completed, and Manager K. A.
Fraser, of the M. M. company, was tho
first man at this end of tho line to talk
over tho long distance lino. This new
new lino sow gives direct communica
tion between Ontario, Yale, W-estfall,
Heulab, Drcwsoy, Harney and Burns.
Governor Benson Returns.
Salem Governor Benson and Dr. R.
E. L. Stclner, superintendent of the
stato asylum for tbo insane, at Salem,
nrrivea nt ine copuoi irom tno south,
wboro both wont early last week to en
joy a short duck-sbooting trip on tho
coast nt Winchester bay, at the mouth
of the Umpqua river, in Douglas county.
Box Factory at Klamath Falls,
Klamath Falls W. F. Barnes Is es
tablishing a box factory nir the depot,
where he purposes to uso tbe output of I
ihk XrAftrlrtu. t .alfA mill TTrtft ntnnt will I
use 3,000,000 feet of lumber annually. I
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FRUIT MEN TO GATHER,
State Horticultural Society to Convene
in Portland.
Oregon fruit growers from the or
chard districts in every part of the
stato will meet In Portland nest week
for the twenty-fourth annual meeting
of tho Oregon State Horticultural Ho
clety. In addition to tho business ses
sions of the society, which are. of great
Interest to horticulturists generally, It
Is expected that the finest display of
apples over made In Portland will lis
showu In the auditorium on tho fifth
tloor of tho Meier A Frank annex,
where tho sessions of tho society will
be held.
About $1000 In premiums In cash and
medals will be offered exhibitors for
the best frutt displays, and this feature
of tho meeting promises to bo a notable
one.
Many who aro Interested both In hor
ticulture and tn dairying will attend
both the mooting of tho Horticultural
society and those of tho Oregon State
Dairy association, which will hold its
meetings In tho Woodmen of the World
ball Immediately following the hortl
cultural society meeting. Tho railroads
have offered special rates or a rare and
a third for tbo round trip tor both
meetings.
Valley of Orchards.
The Rogue river valley now has some
or tho largest orchards in Oregon.
Thousands of ners am given to apples
and pears, the latter having been very
profitable In recent years. One of the
largest orchards in the valley, If not
the largest in tho state, is that of the
western Orchard company, consisting
of 1030 acres, all set tn young trees.
The form consists of 1700 acres, all of
which will le set to trees within the
next few years. Next spring 960 acres
will be set to apples and pears, tho land
having received special cultivation this
year. Tho orchard now represents
$S40,0O0, aml'ls owned by men In I'M
eago, who beeama Interested In Oregon
fruitgrowing a few years ago, J. A.
Westerlund, an old railroad man, li
manager of the property.
Newport Short of Fuel.
Newport With wood all around us.
dry wood cannot be had In the local
markets. Dealers say they 'cannot get
enough cut In tbe summer to last during
tho winter, yet there arc people who
complain that there I no work to be
had. Dealers offer good wages to wood
cutters, but few tbero are who care to
labor.
Prlnevllle The Redmond Commercial
club has launched a systematic cam
paign for a direct county road from
Prlnovlllo to Redmond. Tbe club Is
conferring with the county court, ami,
Is taking other steps to get plans per
fected for tbo now road.
Country Schools Costs $10,000.
Freewatcr To erect a school costing
$10,000 In a district where a fow ytar
ago the land was worthless, Is tho ae-
eomplishmont of the Ferndsln school
district, three miles north of t rcownter.
PORTLAND MARKETS.
Wheat Track prices: Illtiestom,
$1.15; club, $1.01; red Itusslan. $l.01Vw.
valley, $1; Turkey red, $1.01; forty
fold, $1.01.
Barley Feci, $23.50; brewing $23.50
per ton.
torn Whole, saa.au; erncked, .ii.ri
per ton.
Uats .o. 1 white, Jl(a3l..vj per
ton.
Hay Timothy. Willamette valley,
$153lf per ton: eastern Oiegon. $11(fl5
21; alfalfa, $fl$ld.50: clover. $l5fftHJ;
cheat, $15010; grain hay, J15(J1(1.
Fresh rrtiits Apples, $ifr-3 per box:
pears, $1(3)1X0 per box; (mines, $1.25
($1.50 per box; cranborrlei, $9D.50
por barrel.
Potatoes Oregon, oiimtuo per sack;
sweet potatoes, lre per pound.
Vegetables Artichokes, 7ne per doz.t
beans, 10c per pound; cabbage, )(( le
per pound; celery, sa.TOori per erate;
norsorauisii, vtgiivo por dozen; pump
kins, l(iplVje; sprouts, 8e per pound;
squash, $1(ii 1.10; tomatoes, 75e(r$l,
Sack Vegetables Turnips, 75e(?T$l
per sack; carrots, $1; beets, $1.25; ruta
bogas, $1.10 per saek; parsnips, $1.25,
Onions Oregon, $1X0 per sack.
Butter City ereamery, extras, 3fle;
fancy outside creamery, 32,jfI.10c per
pound; store, 22l($2lc. (Butter fat
prices nvernge IVjC per pound under
regular butter prices.)
Eggs Fresh Oregon, extras, -15c per
dozen; eastern, 32(jT38c per dozen.
Poultry Hons, 1515'4e; springs,
1515',6cj roosters, OlOc; ducks, IB
10c. geese, ll12c; turkeys, llvo, 20c;
dressed, 15c,
Pork Fancy, 10c per pound.
Veal Extras, 1212V4e per pound.
Cattle Best steers, H.50-l.05; fair
to good, $i,25; medium and feeders,
$3.503,7fl; best cows, $3,00(7n.75;
medium, $33,76: common to medium,
$2.50(ft3.75; bulls, $22.50; stags,
L50O3.S0: ealves, light. 3.2C(7B5.(JOi
heavy, Mf?4.7o'.
Hogs pest, 8(f?8.10; medium, 17.80
7.83; stackers, $s"(??4,75,
Sheep Best wethers. ti.2IHRlt.llit
fair to good, 13,7004; best ewes, $2.75
4; fair to good, $3J503.75j lambs,
$3(?S.85.
Hops 1000 erop, J8ff?23et 1008 crop.
nominal! 1007 crop. 12c: 1000 crop. 8c
Wnrt1TnatAFn n,AWkn IATTiOIm nnv
pound. Mohair Choice, 2Ce pound.
HW1T01IMUN GO ON STRIK11.
Order Promptly Oboyed by 2,300 Mon
Throughout Northwest,
St. Pnul, Dec. 1. After Ifl days of
negutlation between tho Switchmen's
union of North America and the Joint
committed of railroad managers, repre
senting 13 mllroads of the northwest,
a itr(ko Involving 0,300 'swltehmon bo
came effective at 0 o'clock last night,
Tho men aro employed by railroads
running wost and north of St. Pnul
from Lake Superior to the Pnclllo
coast, and, unless speedily settled, the
atrlkt) will mean a serious Interruption
to tho traffic.
Twenty-three hundred men are in
volved. All Hill line switchmen in Seattle,
Tacoma, llclllnghnm, Everett, HpoVans
and othor western division points aro
out.
inssenger trains where neceeiary ars
being mado up by terminal superln
tandonts and their assistants.
The railroad managers ehargo that
tho strike order Is a violation of the
spirit of conference pending to obtain
arbitration under tho Krdman law.
Tbo switchmen, decturo the railroads
forced the Issue.
Tho demand of tho switchmen aro
for doubln pay for Sundays, holidays
and utcrtlnie; nu advance ot 00 cent
a day of ten hour in the wages or
switchmen, switch tender, tdwermen,
engine herders and assistant yard
masters) a modification of the rule pro
viding for tbe payment of penalty In
case of failure to permit switchmen to
secure their meals In tho middle of
their shift at a stated period, which
contemplates double pay In esses where
It become necessary to work a portion
of tho meal hour, and the elimination
of the physical examination and the
age limit placed upon switchmen en
tering the service.
Both sides to the dispute) issued
statements tonight. That of the rail
road managers declares that an In
crease of 2 cents on hour, or 20 cents
n day, wss offered bv the railroads In
territory west of Hilling and Havre,
Mont., but declined. Further Incrmses
were refused, the statement says, be
cause pay of switchmen bad been In
creased previously and now averages
more than $100 n month. The rail
road say the strike order was Issued
while a eonfereneo with United State
Commerce Commissioner Knnpp nnd
United State Commissioner tt ltbor
Nelll, looking to arbitration under tbe
l.rdman act, was pending. Bad faith
In calling the strike Is charged.
KILL JOHN D. PLOT TO I J).
Oil King Guarded to Toll Assassins or
Kidnaps rs.
Cleveland, O., Dec. 1. Acting upon
Information given by a man who said
he overheard a conversation In which
plans to assassinate John D. Rocks
feller were discussed, the police guard
ed Forest Hill. Rockefeller's home, all
night. The Information was given by
Hawyor Hmith, or .Minerva, v., who
said he heard tbe plot dlieusscd by two
men at Alliance, O.
Smith, who I a lumber dealer, said
that while visiting In Allianco Sunday
night he accidentally camo near two
men near a railway track. He heard
tbe men plotting agnlmt flockefcllor,
and said they declared they were to
be well paid for .either killing or kid
naping him.
It was agreed by them that It would
1 easier to kill, and the reward would
be the same, Smith says. It I believed
that In eottsequcnea of this warning
Mr. Rotkefoller deelded not to attend
a ebureli banquet last night, nt which
he was to bavo spoken. Mr. Rockefel
ler loll today (or New lork.
LORDS DBFCAT BUDQBT.
King's Agents Are Without Authority
to Collect Taxes.
London, Dee, 1. Tho house of lords
tonight, for the first time In 300 years,
refused Its formal assent to the bud
get, thereby makln; It Illegal for the
king's agents to collect taxes with
which to carry on tho government.
This action or the peers was taken
n direct disregard of tho advlca of
such ablo members as Ronebory, Mar
ley, Lord James of Hereford, Lord
Cromer, Lord Balfour of Burleigh, tho
j;ari or i.ytton, j,ora rjourtney and the
Archbishops of Canterbury nnd of
York,
The budget will now go before the
country ror its approval or rejection)
that I, tho crown, through the minis
try, will dissolve tho house of com
mons and order a gcnoral election.
Whether the present liboral houso and
ministry shall bo sustained In Insisting
on tho budget will bo tho Issuo In tbo
contest at tbe polls.
Rebels Defeat Big Force,
Colon A wlrolcss dispatch received
from Blueflelds says: After five hours
of lighting yostorday 000 revolution
ists under Gcnoral Matuty defeated
1,000 government troops under General
Zasqunz in tho mountains above Ramn.
Several standard and a quantity of
arms nnd ammunition fell Into tho
hands of Gcnoral Matuty when tho
govornmont troops withdrew. The
Zelayan troops lost 80 men killed and
many wounded, while the revolution
1st, who fought behind boulders and
othor protections, lost 20 mon killed,
Exchange Seat, $01,000.
New York A prlco within 1.000 of
the rocord was paid today for a sont
on tho Now Yorlc StocV oxehango. It
brought $01,000 as against tho rocord
figure of $03,000 paid for a seat sov.
oral years ego. Tbo late K. H. Harrl.
man's seat was sold to Robert H. Loeb
for $85,000 only two woeks ao-o. Since
then another seat has sold for $02,000,1
INSURANCE COMBINE
Morgan Believed to lie Plamilny,
Giant Coralline.
CAPITALIZED AT $1,700,009,000.
Savins; in Present 8csttsrsd Control
Would Rssult Question of Pol-
lelss Not Quito Clear.
Now York, Dee. 1. The amalgams
tlon of tho "big three" life Insurauca
companies tint l'qultnhlo Life, Now
York Llfii and Mutual Lffe I posslblo
a tho roult of tho purclmso uf con
trol of the Equitable by J. Plvrpout
Morgan A. Co,
Much a eoiiMilldatloii wn seriously
eoiuidered several year itgo, Wore tho
uphean In Ihu Equitable which mado
so many radical changes In tho Insur
ance litismc. These changes havo
greatly Increased the probability of au
amalgamation nm! have removed many
of tho conditions which then made It
luiHslbte The advantage are said
to lm many and Important and tho in
jections are nut Insurmountable,
From n financial standpoint the con
solidation would be highly desirable for
tho. In rontiol, as It would put assets
uf $1,700,000,000 under tbe direction oi
a single group uf financiers and would,
result In a material saving In the pres
ent distributed eontrol,
Mr. Margin, If he Mere to dominate
the consolidated companies, would have
the handling and Investment uf an an
nusl Ineomo uf $f 75,000,000. The acr
sgn cash in bank of tbe threo compa
nies a now $M,000.00l.
Thero are several great railroad sys
tem Ih which tho rem blued holdings
uf the three companies wtuild b W0,
ihMI.wmj am) over, with all that It Im
plies in Inlliieuce. Of New York Cen
tral bonds abtan the three hold $18,
INHI.UV0. to say nothing uf nthnr lln
that art part of Ike New York 0n
tml system. Ih Pennsylvania Und
the lures) held iJS.OW.odo. Uvea Mr.
Morgan's steel trust Is dwarfed by the
(KiMibtlltles of tlil combine.
GALI1 SINKS ntUiailT SHIP.
Six Men Go Down With British Bare
Off Cape Flattery.
Portland, Dec. 4. Six Iv were
claimed for toll by the rock-bound
shores of C'sjhi Mattery when tho
British bark Matlerhorn foundered In
a heavy sea, 70 mile off Umatilla reef
lighuhlp, November 27,
leaving the vessel during the heavy
gale that prevailed, the first officer 'a
boat was dashed to pieces, and th
mate, steward and four of tbe sailor
were drowned.
Captain Halter and second mate and
25 of tho crew launched a largo life
boat, and after battling with the storm
for 27 hour, and enduring great hard
shii, sueeeedrd In reaching Umatilla
lightship.
Craied by 'exposure, one sailor
jumwd overboard when npprsachlnc
the lightship, and was rescued with
difficulty by his eomrsdo.
OH Saturday, November 27. the dsy
on which the .iiatterhorH foundered,
nne of the fieremt storm whlsb ba
lieeM experienced In year swept th
eatlre Paelfie coast between .Northern
California and Alaska.
At A'orth Head the wind registered
ns high as hi miles an hour, and It blew
with even greater velocity at Tatooilt
Island. Vessels n day behind tho Mat
lerhorn and Howard I). Troop wero
bar-bound nt Astoria for several day,
and vessel outside, hovered around Ihu
lightship, unable to get In. '
During tho same gale which wrecked
the Matlerhorn, the steamer Argo went
ashoro off Tillamook bar, November 20,
whim five live were lust.
In charge of Captain Sailer tho Mat
lerhorn crossed out over tho Columbia
River bar at 10-20 a. tn. November 20.
Sho wn In company with the British
ship Howtnl . Troop, and at that
tlmo tho Portland waterfront flmirnl
out n rnco between the two vessels on
tho voyago around tho Horn. Tho Mat
lerhorn carried 103,021 bushels of bar-
icmorn carried 103,021 bushels o
ley and wns bound for Ipswich,
The cargo wn dispatched by 11
Guthrie it Co. She carried a n
direct.
lalfour,
master.
iiiiiiii ami jiii men,
Tho Matlerhorn was a four-masted
Iron bark and wns built at Greenock
in 1882, nnd wns owned by O. IS. Do
Wolf & Co. Sho was classed In Lloyd
as 100 A I.
Plot to Kidnap Three Foiled.
St. Louis, Dec, -I, Four men wero
arrested In Collinsvllle, HI,, today
charged with participating In a plot
to klilnnp tho threo young children of
L. F. Lumnghl, an ox mayor of tho
i0. Th?y ftr8 ,",I, umI" bonds of
$1,000. Lumsghl received "black
hand" Jotter do-namllng $0,000 on
pain of losing his children. Under ad
vico of tho polico ho put thl amount
In stngo money In tho designated placo
and early today an Indian was caught
nt the spot. Ho confessed and Impll
catcd four others, three of whom wero
npprchondud.
Queen Lll Aids Orphans.
Honolulu. Dee. 4JV.... r....
1. 1 I nn . '
Lllinoknlnnl, of tho Hawaiian IsTands,
oner nor denth shall n tn-n..i .v,
endowment Of ornhan n.vlnm. . ir..
.. r, uiinouncoii today, ha executed
y deed of trust to W. 6, Smith nnd O.
I- I . Lauklo, whereby n great part of
"Of OStAtO. which I vnlim.l n sonnnan
wallan and part Hawallun children)
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