m city seusatii caused
fii HDBTEHL JSSOITII
Dodgers Bitterly Criticising City and County Officials Deslg.
nates City as "Stink
ftperaflo CI large Madn Jadge Smith
Charged With Drinking IWore
Hiraliiff of Harvey
In County Jail Accuses Judge ftia
Pmttrrm f 111 Trial Hoys and
Street of City at AO Hour Of
on ttoadara Pollceniaa Caught
Baker City, Or., Jan. IT. A an
satlon uch aa tiaa not bn enjoyed
In eastera Oregon atnoa th ihiuI
nation of Harvey Brown, waa sprung
lata y terday forenoon whan a dod
ger laavad by th Ministerial associ
ation of thla city was circulated, bit
terly criticising officials of city and
county.
Tha circular charged Baker City
with being a "stink pot of corrup
tion." Among the specific charge are
the: That Judge Smith of tha cir
cuit oourt and Mayor Johna were
aean drinking before aaloon bar
four and one-half minute prior to
tha opening of tha Harvey Brown
memorial service.
That a prisoner In tha county Jail
oouaea Judge Smith of bring intox
icated during tha pro free of bit
trial.
That boye and glrla are allowed to
DELAY BOOKED 111
ES
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MALL-MAYS CASE EXPECT- r
ED TO CLOSE FRIDAY.
lienor Want to Get Back to San
VYnaotecoJndga Hunt Desire to
Return to Montana and Attorney
Becker Want Time) to Familiarise
Himself. With Testimony F. P.
Maya on Stand Today But Telia
Nothing of Material Importance.
Portland, Jan. '37. Following the
Hall-IIays case, which will probably
loe Friday, another postponement In
the land fraud cases is expctd!
Judge Hunt announced today. that
a conference between Honey, Becker
and himself on that subject . would
then occur. Heney wishes to get to
Bnn Francisco and 'Judge Hunt de
sires to return to Montana. Attorney
Becker has been here but a short
time and would like more time to be
come familiar with the Oregon .pro?
cedure. """,..' , i
The next case on the docket Is the"
Herman land fraud Indictment. Her
mann's attorneys are in Washington
at present and might not be able, to
reach this coast within the next 10
days. - - i
Today Frank P. Mays resumed his
testimony, but told nothing of ma
terial Interest It waa merely a de
tailed resume of his legal reftttlons
with Btelwer. '
Following Mays. Heney attempted
to put Henry Meldrum on the stand,
but owing to the fact that Meldrum
Is now a convicted felon and serving
a sentence for land fraudlng, his eli
gibility, as a witness was objected Xo
and Judge Hunt took the motteJ un
der advisement. ,
FIVE MILLION FOIt RAILWAYS.
Gnllxmn Returns to San Frunolsoo
After Successfully Floating j Big
Bond Deal. ,
San Francisco, Jan- 87. Patrick
Calhoun, accompanied by Mrs. Cal
houn and a nloce, have returned and
his return means the expenditure of
18,000,000 for the sfteet railway Im
provement j :
Calhoun confirmed the statement
that he had negotiated the sale of
13,500,000 preferred Stock which,
with $1,500,000 already disposed Of,
makes a total of 16, 000,000 at once
available. ,- , ..
. Latham Is Still Missing, f.
San. Francisco, Jan. 27. Alec
Latham, Ruef's chauffeur,, whose
testimony Is badly wanted byi the
prosecution,' has not yet been found
and the motion to have a commission
appointed to take his. deposition was
withdrawn this morning by the state.
Ruef asserts he hns no knowledge) of
the whereabouts of Latham, .
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Vumlcrbllt O.lrl Is Now ft Countess.
, New York, Jan. 17. At high noon
today Gladys VanderblU became ' the.
Wife 'of Count" LnszTo 'SsecheliVl, the
Hungarian nobleman. " The ocremony(
was characterised by . elegant sim
plicity and was performed by Man
ager La, Velio. The pope ; sent an
apostolic benediction- through Arch
bishop Farley. . .
Standard Oil Cme Set for Healing.
Chicago, Jan. 27. The hearing In
' the Standard Oil case Involving the
Chicago . & Alton haB been set for
February 8. . ..-,-. -,..,:'-
LAND FRAUD GAS
Pot of CorruptioruM
of Circuit Court, and Msyor John
Saloon Bar Four ami One-Half Mlit.
Itrown Memorial Services manner
lit. With toting Intoxicated During
Cilrl Allowed to Wander About
Ifae KlgMt-auUirig lUnka Am Open
Gambling la (iambling Deu.
wander about tha city at all h-mrs
of tha night
That tha ikatlng rink are allowed
to open on Hundaya.
That on of the members of the
elvlo purity commute one -found
a policeman In a gambling den gam
bling. Doea Not Deny the Charge.
Baker City, Jan. 17. Mayor John
today refused to deny tbat ha had
been seen drinking and playing tha
lot machine four and a half minutes
after the Harvey Brown memorial
service last October.
Thla was charged tn a circular got
ten out by the Ministerial associa
tion yesterday. Apparently tha may
or la not greatly exercised over the
charge of tha ministers. . .
Judge Smith, who was accused of
being with the mayor In tha barroom
at tha Mm. Is out of town.
JAP SPIES TRY
TO PURLOin MAPS
BI'LLETS FIRED BY SEN.
, TRIES FRUSTRATE ATTEMPT.
Second Attempt Within U Hours
Hours Made to Enter Armory of
National Guard at San Francisco
Where Valuable Military Maps of
State Defense) Are Kept Fustlade
Of Shot) Stop Would-be Burglars.
San Francisco, Jan. 17. Bullets
fired by the sentries guarding the ar
mory of national guards here frus
trated ft second attempt within tt
hours to enter tha big building In
which are kept the valuable military
maps of Ban Francisco's defense.
The attack on the building was not
made by ordinary burglars. Tht
persistency of the mysterious visit
ors makes this apparent. .
Early Saturday morning and again
Sunday morning two men tried to
gain entrance to the. building. Fear
ing another attempt the sentries
were doubled Sunday night
From the descriptions furnlshsd
the officers by the soldiers, tt Is be
llevsd that the two men were Jap
anese spies. During ft fusllade of
hots Saturday the hat of one of the
burglars was shot off.
IMPORT MENTAL EXPERTS. "
Physicians from Europe Testify In
Trial on Condition of Thaw's Mind,
New York, Jan. 17. When the
trial of Harry Thaw was resumed
this horning, Dr. Charfcs ,F. Bing
ham, of Pittsburg, was called to the
stand. ' The purpose of his testimony
waa to show the .state of mentality
at different stages of the defend
ant's lfe. -
He testified that while a child
Thaw was nervous and appeared ir
rational In the Tombs.
.. Dr. Sidney RudUell Wells of Lon
don, was the next witness. He testi
fied that In 1899 he examined Thaw
at Clarldges, London, and found
him suffering from a mental dis
turbance of some kind. '
At 10:86 the defense had all the
direct evidence . In and Littleton be
gan reading the hypothetical - ques
tion to three experts for the defense.
Dr. Wells and an Insanity expert
testified that Thaw's condition was
one of recurrent -Insanity. Miss Lil
lian McBrrde, who nursed Thaw at
the Devonshire hospital, took the
stand and corroborated Dr. Wells
concerning Thaw's mental' condition.
1 Dr. Frederick J. Burton Brown of
London, testified that he attended
Thaw In Rome and that he was Irra
tional. , . ' ".
SCIENTISTS MEET AT CAPITAL.
Practical Breeders of v Plants and
. Animal Gather at Washington,
'.'Washington, Jan. 8. With Sec
retary of Agriculture . Jmes Wlljon
presiding,- the . American Breeders'
association convened In fourth an
nual session tn the National Rifles'
armory at 10 o'clock this morning.
Delegates -are In attendance from all
seotlons 06 the country, ' Including
many practical breeders of animals
and plants as well as scientists and
theoretical students of heredity and
breeding. The association was or
ganized at St. Louts tn 1903, and
since then' sessions have ' been held
in Champaign, 111., Lincoln,- Neb.,
and Columbus, O.
At the Initial session today reports
were presented by the committee on
animal and ' plant Introduction, an -mat
hybridising, breeding for dairy
production, breeding hybrid cattle,
breeding for meet production' and
co-operstlv work In plant and aril
ml breeding. On of lh feature
of the day waa the presentation of
the report of the committee on eu-grnk-s,
or the sc'entlfto culture of
the human animal. In which the re
ults of the labors of the commission
headed by Dr. David Starr Jordan,
president of Leland Stanford univer
sity, were set forth. Tha committee
on theoretical research lh heredity
also reported today. Addresses were
made by several prominent breeders
snd scientific Investigator.
The American Carnation society I
noming an exhibition In connection
with the convention of the plant
breeders' section of th association
and will meet In Its annual business
seslon tonight
CAPTAIN AND 10 MEN SATED.
Foil ie. an American ftalllnv Vmi
leiet tn Oprn Oman Off Honolu
lu.
Honolulu, Jan. II. A ship's boat
containing Captain Larsen and 10
members of the crew of th Eclipse,
are reported to have arrived at the
inland of MauL .
The Eclipse, an American sailing
vessel, went down In the open sea
900 miles north of Honolulu. Th
men took to the boats. Three died
utter from exposure and privation.
LANCDON SCORED IN COURT.
CallHran's Attorney Accuse District
Attorney of Breach of Faith.
flan Francisco, Jan. 18. District
Attorney Langdon waa given ft ter
rific scoring today by A. A. Moore,
attorney for Patrick Calhoun, of th
United Railroads, because of th fail
ure of Langdon to set Calhoun's case
for trial.
He accused Langdon of breaking
faith with him In delaying the trial
and said that tha Ruef trial was
merely a club to hold over Calhoun
and delay the magnate's trial.
Langdon' face flushed with an
ger but he said nothing in reply save
to deny Moore's charge. , Calhoun
was in the court room during Moore's
speech. Ruef was given a continu
ance until Thursday In order to await
th arrival of Attorney Ach from Los
Angeles.
WIU Not Apply for Reliearing.
San Francisco, Jan. 18. The dfs-
trtct attorney's office will not apply
for ft rehearing In the appeal of Eu
gene Sohmlta In which the Judg
ment of the lower court was dismiss
ed.
Langdon announced this today. He
will not say whether he will take the
matter up before the supreme court
or not .
DDI! BOLTERS
LOSE SKIRMISH
VERRA8KAN HOLDS TO IDEA
. THAT HE IS MAN FOR PLACE
Delegation Headed by Col. Harvey of
Harper's Mftgaaliie, Confer With
With Peerless One In Regard to His
Withdrawing from Race ami Ad
mit That They Were Defeated in
Their Project Plan of New York
Democrats for New Man ma Ieailcr
Has Fallen Ftat
Washington, - D. C, Jan. 28. The
end of the fight against the nomina
tion of Bryan by the democrats rep
resenting the old Cleveland-Parker
wing of the party, la generally, sup
posed to have been reached yester
day when the delegation of demo
crats, headed by Col. Harvey, editor
of Harper's Magaxlne, came to Wash
ington to confer with him In regard
to his withdrawing from the race.
They failed to convince the Ne-
braskan that he was not the most
available man in the party. Follow
ing the meeting Colonel Harvey ad
mitted defeat. . -
"We lost out." he aald, "Bryan is
certain to be nominated. The por
Ject advanced by the New York dem
ocrats for a new man as leader has
fallen flat"
PoitMloiit) IncrcaHe $7,000,000,
Washington, Jan. " 28. Represen
tative Ke'fer of Ohio, chairman of
the sub-committee on . pensions of
the house committee on ' appropria
tions, has announced informally that
the committee has agreed to recom
mend a pension roll ot $150,000,0.00
for the fiscal year ending June 80,
1909. This will be about $7,000,000
In excess of the pension roll of the
present fiscal year. The Increase Is
largely due to the provisions of the
McCumber bill, effective In Febru
ary, 1907. by which the enlargement
of pensions In , accordance with age
and the abolishment ot physical ex
amination as a prerequisite to the es
tablishment of pension claims on ac
count of physical disability, were1
brought out . - v
Sell Naval Dry Dock. -L
. - . I
.THDittu.un, Mail. o. -Uliuur IQB
hammer of the auctioneer, the gov
ernment today disposed of the old na
val dry dock at Port Royal, S. C. The
dissolution of the naval dock there
has been slow but sure, and for all
practicable purposes tt was abandon,
ed some time ago. Today's sale at
publlo auction marks Its end as a
government dock. - - . - . -
Torpedo Flotilla Warmly Received.
Buenos Ayres, Jan. 88.' The torpe
do boat flotilla was warmly received
here today. ;
CHARGE AGAINST
IS
Government Fails to Make
Case Against Co-Defendant
of Hall.
AKGI MKNT TO DISMISS
' HALL CASE THIS AITEIt.VOON
1 Intey Make Motion at Openlug ot
Morning KeMon to Ask Judge Hum
to Instruct tha Jury to Find Mays
Not Guilty Argument In Hall's
Favor on Grounds That No Evi
dence Has Been Introdoaed Kl low
ing Hall Guilty of Acta Charged.
Portland, , Jan. It. Edwin M.
Maya, co-defendant with John Halt,
and on trial with Hall at tht time,
charged with conspiring with Hail
and certain officers of the Butt
Creek Land A Livestock Co. to de
feat Justice and defraud the govern
ment of Its publlo domain, was dis
charged this morning by Judge Hunt
on a motfon made by Attorney Wit-
son, Mays' attorney, on the grounds
that no evidence had been submitted
by the government which tended to
connect Maya with tha alleged con'
aplracy aa charged In the Indictment
Heney opened the morning's ses
sion by asking Judge Hunt to Instruct
the Jury to find Mays not guilty as
tn government had been unable to
connect with the charge filed against
him. ,
Attorney Wilson then amended Ho
ney's motion by asking Hunt to dis
charge th defendant Thla wa
don. Thla afternoon Attorney Web
ster for Hall wias argue a motion di
recting Judge Hunt to Instruct the
Jury to bring In ft verdict of acquit
tal in Hall's case on the grounds that
no evidence has been Introduced
showing that Hall waa guilty of any
of the acts charged. Heney will
contest this motion.
SUMMING IT WILL BEGIN
TOMORROW MORNING
Second Trial of Murderer of Stanford
White Will End Before the Clone
of Another Day Witnesses Testi
fy Today That Thaw Was Rational
Hummel' Clerk Fails to Identi
fy Photograph, of Evelyn's Gruel ty
Affidavit.
New York, Jan. it The state" be
gan the Introduction of evidence In
rebuttal today in the Thaw case. R.
E, Llngley, g public accountant, who
waa In Madison Square Garden the
night Harry Thaw shot and killed
White, was the first witness ot the
day. He declared Thaw appeared
rational enough to him.
Mayer Cohen, a music publisher.
also saw Thaw In the garden that
night and he, too, thought him ra
tional. Paul Brune and Warner Pax
ton, the foreman and engineer sta
tioned In the garden, say the tragedy
and testified that Thaw ahowed no
signs ot insanity.
District Attorney Jerome has de
cided not to sail any medical experts
In rebuttal. During the morning ses
sion he called ft number of witnesses
who testified they always thought
Thaw normal mentally.
Abraham Snydecker, clerk of Abe
Hummel, who witnessed Evelyn Nes-
blt's signature to the affidavit al
leging Thaw'a cruelty, was not able
to Identify the photograph ot the af
fidavit this morning.
Tha state rested In the Thaw case
at I o'clock this afternoon. . The de
fense will put In their sur-rebuttal
this afternoon and tomorrow morn
ing and the Jury should have the fate
of Harry Thaw,. In their hands by
early tomorrow afternoon. The sum
ming up should begin at 10 tomor
row. The defense rested at 1:15 this af
ternoon, introducing no evidence tn
surrebuttal. "
, Many to Hear Taft
Cleveland, O., Jan. 28. It Is ex
pected that the presidential stock of
Secretary Taft will be given another
decided boom tomorrow night, when
he will deliver an address on the po
litical Issues ot the day before the
Tippecanoe club. Republican non-
Meal leaders from all over the Ohio
will gather around the banquet board
to cheer the utterances of SecretArv
Taft, and he will be given an enthu
siastic greeting aa "the next presi
dent of the United States."
1 Lightning Flros Oil Tanks.
San Luis Obispo, Cal., Jan. 88. A
flash of lightning Ignited five oil
tanks here late last night, causing a
Iobs of 1150,009. ... -
Blackleg Among Cattle.
i Blackleg has again made Its ap
pearance among the cattle In north
ern Grant for the first time In several
years. W. B. Jenks has lost 18 head;
H, I Herse, about eight head; the
Johnson Brds, are ' Out about SO
head, and it Is said that Douglas
Flynn. of Rltter, Is out several head.
All the stock that have died from
tho disease so far have been calves.
Tha stockmen that have got the dis
ease among their cattle are vaccinat
ing the animals and It is hoped that
the disease can soon be done away
with. Monument Enterprise.
Mrs. Mary Frances Rellly, who Is
said to have been, woed by and re
jected Abraham Lincoln, died at her
home In Sioux City la,, aged S3.
Ml'LJIOLLAND CREDITORS.
SHI lenient of Affair of Disciple of
High Finance Who Hit the Walt
St. Louis, Jan. it. Creditors of
John MulholUnd, the spectsculsr ft
nancler of th middle west, held
tbelr first meeting today to discuss
plan for a settlement of affairs of
th bankrupt broker. In his volun
tary pet'tlon In bankruptcy Mulhol
Und gav hi assets a II. 011.1(8. t
and bis liabilities as fl.90t,8tl. Cms
thousand or more creditors, scatter
ed in eight states, are affected. In
his list of assets MulholUnd ached
uled everything from railroads to
private libraries and personal be
longing. Th creditor meeting
wa held In East St Louise
MulholUnd began hi career ' of
high finance a few years ago with
working capital of scarcely noth
ing. HI flrat brokerage offle) was
established In thla city, and later
branches were operated In New York,
Chicago, Cincinnati, Cleveland, De
troit, Buffalo and Kansas City, in
each of the cities he opened ela-
onraie offices, Incorporating under
the laws of the Mate, bonding his
companies and signing th paper
himself. It la believed that' little
can be realised on the 18,009,000
cneauled as assets. '
Peaceable Settlement Say HayaabL
- Toklo, Jan. tt. Replying to an In
terpellation In parliament today. For
eign Minister Hiruhl deoUraA that
the recall of Ambassador Aokl will
nave no effect on the negotiations
with the United States in regard to
the Immigration treaty which he said
would be settled tn a manner satis
factory to th Japanese.
Death Penalty for Assault on Women
jacason, Mia., Jan. . As a cur
for lynching, the house passed ft bill
yesterday making- It the death em.
ally for th attempt to assault on
women.
Schnebel Appointment Mwldered.
Washington, Jan. tt.' The sub
committee of the ludlclarv commit
tee of which Senator Fulton Is chair
man, met tonight to consider th
matter of the Schuebel appointment
Reitman .Cleared of Riot Charge,
Chicago, Jan. it. Ben Reltman,
charged with inciting a riot last
week when he lead the unemployed
In a parade was acquitted today. He
ays that he Intends to go to Califor
nia at one.
Archbishop of Paris la Dead.
Paris, Jan. 18. Cardinal Richard,
archbishop of Paris, died today, a
victim ot congestion of the lungs. He
was 88 years old.
Steal Revolvers at BeRingham.
Belllngham, Wash., Jan. 87.
Thieves entered the armory her Sun
day and stole ftO worth of revolvers.
THREE CITIES ARE
VISITED BY FIRE
THREE CITIES VISITED DTJR- "
ISO NIGHT BY FLAMES.
Standard Oil Tanks at Baltimore
Still Burning and Beyond Control
Portland, Me, Has Another
$800,000 Blase Within Week From
Recent Big Fire Big Printing Es
tablishment at Chicago Consumed
With Loss ot 50O,OO0 Flames
Spread to Big Hotel. ,
-
Chicago, Jan. 27. Three disastrous
fires, causing a property loss ot over
a million and a half dollars, occurred
In this country between midnight and
morning today.
- One is still beyond control. The
Standard OH tanks at Baltimore
caught fire early this morning and,
fanned by ft gale, the blaxe is still
raging. One man has been reported
dead.
At Portland, Me., the second big
fire within a week occurred, a fire In
the business section of the city caus
ing a loss of almost 8800,000. By
8:45 a. m. It was under control and
was confined to one block.
At Chicago one fireman was killed
and three Injured and property to the
value of 8500,000 destroyed In fire In
the .printing establishment of W. P.
Dunn & Co. ' The flames spread to
the Florence hotel and drovo the oo
cupants into the street in scanty gar
ments. The magnificent new corn
exchange . building was damaged.
Twenty persons were Injured.
: At noon the fire was still raging,
the flames leaping 00 feet In the
air. It Is estimated that 600,000
gallons of oil have been consumed
so far.
Praise for Ne Perce and Camas
..,' ...:'" Prairie. .'
A. A. Scldon, representing Morrow
& CUell, dairy supplies, of Portland,
was among the passengers yesterday
afternoon en route to La Grande, Ore.
Mr. Sheldon has Just returned from
an extensive trip through the prairie
country. He states that he has visit
ed many of the best grain producing
sections of the east and aUo In the
best, but says that the Nes PeWe and
Camas prairies are far ahead of any
thing that he hps seen. He also
states that the prairie country Is well
adapted to the- dairy business and
predicts that this Industry will .be one
of the principal sources of income to
the farmers of that section within a
few years. Lewlston Tribune.
New York Is soon to have th
first Chinese Y. M. C. A, building In
the united states.
DESTRUCTIVE ;
FIRES III EAST
Largest City in Maine Almost
Wiped From the Map by a
Big Blaze.
FIVE FIREMEN LOSE .
. LIVES IV BALTIMORE.
Flames Eat Way Through PortlandV
He, Driven by Howling Northwest
Wind Loe Will Reach Over MJE
SaTrd Baltimore VMted by B
Conflagration - live Killed andl
tt Injured by Falling Walls.
PortUnd, M., Jan. It. Tha entlrv
...i. ui.iiii., vj uija vtij v Dune
Ing and the town may be entirely
wiped out by the flames antes sid
speedlly arrives from Bath and Lew
bvton to which telegrams asking aa
lstanc have been sent
The city hall has already been de
stroyed.. A howling northeast wind
Is raging which I driving the flame
from th center of the city down av
steep Incline towards tha water front.
Portland Is a town of (0.145 Inhab
itants by the last census, the largest
city In Maine, and one of the oldest
in New England. It principal In
dustries ftr shipbuilding and tbev
mannfactnre of locomotives, and Iron
work. - Large warehouses on tha
water front care for the West Indlaaw
and European trade.
Although the fire was under can--.
trol by 10 o'clock this morning the
8800,000 city hall was destroyed. All
those of the treasurer and city
clerk. It is estimated that the fir
caused ft loss of $1,000,900. It a
the worst that has visited this cits
since 18f.
No lives Lent
That no one was killed Is remark
able. One of the greatest losses la -that
of the complete destruction ejC '
the Greenleaf law library, valued at .
f 10,000.
Although the property loss la utW -
mated at 81.000,000. this does not
cover the almost Irreparable damage -
to property holders in th loss of
deeds and documents.
In a hall nearby 700 people wre
dancing at ft Knights ot Pythias balL
All were taken out safely Chief En
gineer Melville Eldrldge is among:
those seriously Injured. . -
Firemen Lose Uvea in Baltimore.
Baltimore, Md., Jan. 14. Flva-
firemen are dead and 22 others were)
injured and property to the value et '
8500,000 destroyed this morning aa
the result of the most disastrous fir
that has occurred here since the fir
of 1904. The tire started In the bras
works and spread with remarkable
rapidity.
" George Horton, chief of the lira
department. Is among those though'
to be fatally injured. The Identified
dead are: Lieutenant Fred Harmaa
and. Fireman W, B. Pugh.
Starting shortly after midnight tha
tire spread so rapidly that a general
alarm was sent In. A gale from tha
northwest spread the flames andl
cold weather made the work of the.
fire fighters difficult
LATHAM WANTS TO LEAVE CITY:.
Testimony of RneTs Chaffauer Will'
- Be Taken by Deposition.
San Francisco, Jan. 24. District
Attorney Langdon has filed notice
with Ruefs attorneys that tomorrow
he will ask Judge Lawlor to appoint
a commission to take the deposition
of Artie Latham, formerly Ruefs
chaffauer, who is supposed to know
the details of the passing of the briber
money in the United Railroads case
from Tirey I Ford to Ruet
The motion Is based on affidavits
from Detective Burns and others, to
the effect that Latham is very anx
ious to leave the city and that his
t stlmony is of the utmost importance
to the prosecution. The defense will
resist this move as they allege that
the prosecution has ulterior motives
In having Latham's testimony taken
at this time Instead of directly at tha
time of the trial.
Will Wed Wealthy Woman.
San Francisco, . Jan. . 24. District.
Attorney William H. Langdon, known,
throughout the land as the prosecutor
of San Francisco's gratters, has fame,
health and ft good' name. To these
desirable possessions he will shortly
add wealth and ft wife, when he takes
as his bride Mrs. Myrtle McHenry, ft
young widow of great riches and
greater beauty. Mrs. McHenry Is the
widow of a Modesto banker and ft
graduate of Stanford university.
Mail Pouch Robbed. ;
A United States mail pouch waa
cut open and robbed ot a number of
valuable packages at North Powder
on Wednesday night. The sack had.
been thrown oft the train on the de
pot platform and a few moments later,
was found near the water tank," some -
n nrc tr rlit nnAn nnri rifled.
U10lt&Il''V "VI
There la "no clew to the robbers. .
Salt Lake Newspapers Combined".
Salt Lake City, Utah, Jan. 24
Two Important nwspaper combma
tlons were consummated today. Trio
Salt Lake Herald was ' purchased
from ex-Senator W. A. Clark . by
Samuel Newhause and Col. - E. A.
Wall, and the Evening Telegram was
taken over by the. Salt Lake Tribune.