JAP MERCHANTS
ME TOO GREEDY
English Commercial Interests
Will Protest to the Home
Government.
MIKADO'S MEN STEAL
KNGMHH TRADE MARKS
Little Hnmn Mm Monopolfao Trade
of Manotiurta and Korea ItnUrfi
Subject rrutuotlng Ants-Japannaj
lloyoutt In Cltliuk Islanders Will
Lose K 3,000,000 or Ten Tlnww the
Amount of Darnegr Taken.
Hongkong, China, April 10.-Lead
era ol the British commercial Interests
In ths Orient are arranging a myel
itic here soon to proloet to the horn
government against the Japanese mo
nopoly of all buainaae and eommarclal
opportunities In Korea and Mancur
rlo. The complaint wilt repreeent that
Iht mikado la using tha Anglo-Japan-
eee treaty to damage Kngllah com
marca In tha far aaat and that En-
land la suffering greator In propor
tion to tha value of tha Interests In
volved than any other power. All,
however, declare the leadara who are
arranging to draw up tha material,
are being sacrificed to Japaneae
read.
tLeadon will be aakad . to make
atrong ao-preaetitatlona to Toklo re-
nardUat I he commercial trickery and
SMtltUval docUt of tha Islandere. It
will be coneedad that tha Japaneae
ipreaa la right whan It accuses Eng.
Utah Intareala In China aa favoring and
promoting tha aiill-Jupancsa boycott
In China.
The measure la defined aa a legia
Ittllva reiallatory meaaure agal.it tha
.Japaneae who have raided British
.trade territories and coat the British
eommarclal houara mllllona of do).
ilara during tha litat two yvars
.Tha ateallng of trade marka by the
SaiNnrie on old eatabllahed llnea of
govda la one of the moat eortoua
gtlevaai-ra expressed. The boycott la
steadily growing and apparently It If
no Idle boast that the Japaneae com
merce In China will Buffer a loaa of
1300.000,000 or Just 10.000 tlmea the
i amount of tha damngea taken by Ja-
. pan In the Tatait Mam Incident, be
fore It la over. Tide, It la declared.
will be a terrible blow to Japanese
commerce Juat at a time when Japan
la In travail of aevere bualneaa de
pression and nxeda every dollar'
worth of trade It can poaalbly aecure.
PROM KEA TO SEA.
' Harriman Rrallar Ambition llaa
Hue from Kavannah to Han Jrran
ctaoo.
Chicago, April 10. Tha opening of
' tho Birmingham dlvlalon of tha lilt
nola Central railroad today will real
. lae Harrlman'a ambition to control a
. ea to aea system. It will now be
poaalble to take gooda oft tho dock at
i savannah, Oa., the eaatern termlnua
' of the new dlvlalon and not laava the
' liarrlman ralla until they reach the
i dock at Ban Franclaco.
Tha Birmingham dlvlalon oonnedVs
with the Georgia Central which
oompletea tha final loop of tha east-
era dlvlalon.
In obtaining the Georgia central
r Harriman alao obtained a ateamahlp
. Una operating between & "tinnah and
New York.
.YOUNG THUGS ARRESTED.
Mm of Wort Gauge f Youthful
(Mmlnala Ever Known la Itrokea
Up.
Pittsburg, April 10. With tha ar
- rest of five young thuga who called
1 themaelvea the "Gamblera of the
Weat," the police believe they have
broken up one of the worat and .the
ttllggeat organlintlona of youthful
ottrolnala ever known In the east
"he tieva had a fine organisation
watdly defeated tha efforta of
and it.
la their capture. They
tho pollct,
t f all. Moat of theae
numoer over , th, next 4
""XT. .... M""
..... u,..,,,. ui iln t ( assist
uoaa, to years oia. His yjafek, II
nnc ana leader waa jonn . agmber
yen oiu. i ney crocKea a
of aafea together.
Resume Irrigation Work. . i
Bella Pourche, 8. D., April 10.
Contracts will be let today for 160,000
yards of ditch work on the big Belle
Fourche government Irrigation pro
ject and other contracts ' will be
awarded In a few daya. Chief Engi
neer A, P. Davla of Washington, la
outlining the work expected to be
accomplished during the present
year. Bids this year are. much more
numerous than before,
Uniting Naturalization Divisions.
Washington, April 20. The first
step toward welding the 10 natural
isation divisions to a compact organ
isation waa taken today at a confer
ence of the assistant dlatrlot attor
neys of 10 cities, Including the Fris
co representative with Assistant At
torney General Oooloy. .
. Will Boom Oklahoma. v
Shawnee, Ok., April 10. Plans for
booming Oklahoma on an extensive
scale will be made during the. three-
day session here of the secretaries of
commercial clubs and the Oklahoma
Industrial Development association.
Fleet at Hongkong. -.
Washington April 10-A oable to
the navy department today announces
the arrival at Hongkong of a division
of tho Philippine squadron of the Pa
cific fleet from Manila.
TURKEY YllXDS TO ITAI...
llaly'a Tla-ee of War llringa (lat) BU
Man of Europe to TtnWJ.
Home. April 10. Turkey haa yield
ed In every Instance to tht demanda
of July. Tha "alck man of Europe"
trimmed with Humbert until ha aaw
tha prows of Italy's fighting ships
pointed toward tha porta and then
capitulated.
An Italian postoffles ay at am will be
opened In Turkey, Italy will be re
ceived at tha porta with all the privi
leges that are accorded to every other
first-class power. No dlacrlmlnatlon
will be permitted against any Italian
residents of Turkey or In Turklah pos
sessions, On tha strength of Abdul Hamid's
unqualified back-down tha Italian
fleet will not anil for Turklah watere.
The ordera have been countermanded
and tha fleet with the deatroyere will
remain here. The formal order which
would have aant 11 battleahlpa and
efvht deatroyera ateamtng towarda the
Sultan's dominion! waa being tran
scribed for delivery when the aultan'i
message ame announcing tha capitu
lation. FOnKSTKHS AI'lOI?ITEI.
Force. Harvlr rn Oregon Incrraaed
by M Men,
Washington. Ar Id. The foreet
aervlce) haa )aat nuncod the fol
lowing appointment on Oregon na
tional foreata:
P. B. Herrlngtea and R, W. Bweet-
land have been made aaalatant forest
rangers on the northern dlvlalon of
the Cascade national foreet; W. B.
Oraham, George R. Led ford, B. C,
Owens and Marlon Burllngame, have
been made foreat guards on the same
foreet
Joaeph K. Carper has been ap
pointed a foreet guard on the Imnaha
national foreat, in the northeastern
part of the state. He will bs assigned
to the work of hunting predatory an
imate on the tracts where the forest
aervlce Is conducting a series of In
vestlgatlona for the Improvement of
the forage crop of the range.
MODERN TRILBY
IDAHO WOMAN I'NPKH
DOMINATION OP CRIMINAL
KiMtkane Man Induces Hit to Caati
I Wljeil O iock Arrnt ixl at Van.
couvr, 8ho Trlls Htrango Story to
Iull(e 0)ratcd In Spokane, Brat
llo. IHirtuuMl ami Vancouver Hor
ConiMUlun Makes Ills Getaway,
Vancouver, Wash.. April 10, Giving
her name as Mrs. A, 1 I'ugmeyer of
Numpa, Iduho, a woniun With a little
child told a strange atory to the po
lice yesterday of being a preaent day
Trilby under the domination of a
criminally-minded Bvenfctll who com'
polled her to cash forged checks.
Hhe la under arrest here charged
with passing three In thla city. The
woman declarea ahe fell under the In.
fluence of a man named Madison inl
Spokane and he unfolded to her tr
plan to make living In easy fashion.
She cashed three forged checka In that
city at his command, ahe declarea,
three more In Beattla, and a number
n I'ortland before removing to Van
couver, Wash, to continue the work.
After her arrest tha woman resist
ed the efforta of the police to sweat so
successfully, that her accomplice had
time to escape and haa not yet been
arreated. '
Stool Trust Mooting.
New York, April 10. Stockholders
of the United States Steel Corpora
tion,, commonly known as tha "steel
trust," are holding their annual meet
ing today.' It Is stated that all the re
tiring directors, will be rs-slected and
that the present officers will be cho
sen tor another year. The proxy
committee Is ths same as last year,
consisting of J, P. Morgan, H. C
Frlck, B. H. Gary, N. B. Ream and If.
Thayer.
' Fight In Now naiiHialilre.
Concord, N. H., April 11. New
Hampshire republican state conven
tion was called to order at 11 o'clock
this morning. After. the transaction
of preliminary business adjournment
waa taken until thla afternoon. Early
appearances Indicated a hot fight be
tween the Taft supporters and the
faction seeking an unlnstructed dele
gation to Chicago.
. Sons of Revolution,
oston, April 10. General Nelson
- eiarr f Chicago, president gen-
A. Mc ths National Society, Sons of
erai or . s. Revolution, Is the spe
the A merit honor at ths annual
clal guest of ifassachusetts Society
meeting or tne Meeting House to-
. . . - . n ,v '
in ine via ouum
dayv . - ' , ..
Dlplitneria at insane t. -4 naVe
Three cases or enpniner. . .ata
been discovered In the Oregon gn(
Insene asylum In this city, says
Salem statesman. Tne aiiuciea on.
are all children and the authorities
auspect that the disease was brought
to the institution by a onua sent up
some dnys ago rrom aauunoman
county.' As soon ss the disease de
veloped the afillcted children were
promptly Isolated, the ward quaran
tined ,ena sn immunising procw
used. Antt-toxln has been sent for
and the treatment wllj be ud for
the three caae&. There Is not mucn
danger of an epidemic according to
the physlaians -at the asylum, as
everything possible has ben: done to
control the disease.
The question of .county, division Is
about to be thrnshed out again In
Wallowa county, :It 1 not believed,
however, that the discussion will re
sult In any action this year, .
AND
HI
BQODLER ADMITS
HE IS COACHED
GRAFTING SUPERVISOR,
IimiEAIUiKD TESTIMONY
Trial of Tlmy I Ford Has Sensation
al Dov rtjmj mite District Attorney
Had Witnesses Fraction Before Go
ing oa t Stand fcupcrvWurs Paid
Four Thousand Dollars Apiece for
Franchise.
Ban Francisco, April 11 Danial
Coleman, the boodllng supervisor for
the alleged bribing of whom Tlrey I
Ford Is now standing trial In the
Parkslde brlbedy case, continued his
tale of bribe taking today which he
began late Monday.
Tha defense, by close questioning,
brought out the fact that us old
boodle board had been aaked to I
tend a meeting by Detective Burns to
"rehearse" their testimony. Cols
man declared the meeting v. as bsld
m ths dlatrlot attorney's office and
waa oreelded Ovet by O'Gara.
The defense then Introduced a Joint
affidavit made by the bsodleis s abort
time after ths graft charges were
first made in which they repotted
they had taken no brloer.
After Coleman lett lbs stand, for
mer aupervlso- Jamas V. Gstlaghsr
waa called. He testlf cd that bs saw
Poid In ths committee rooms of the
aupervlaora several tmes before ths
fire. Ford was then fighting a pio-
poaal to reduce the fates of the com
pany.
He then testified that Ruef spoke
to him about an overhead trolley
ranchlae about a week after the firs.
He said Ruef told hln the company
wanted a franchise and that he
shou'd find out what It would take
to aecuis the passage of tha ordi
nance.
Gallagher then testified that he
visited the aupervlaora, among them
Coleman and ahortly afterwards, Rusf
told him they would get f 4000 apiece.
The first installment of 12000 waa
paid In July or August. Gallagher
then stated that Ford received a note
In hie office one day warning him
that the grand Jury waa trying to
trap the supervisors In a graft
scheme and ford gave Gallagher
note which told him to convey It to
Ruef at once.
Gallagher elated that he had made
a short hand copy of the note.
J ACK IKS ENTERTAINED.
IO AngWra Jammnl With People to
( See ute Fleet. , ,
Loa Angeles, April 11. An 'auto
mobile parade In which Rear Admi
ral Thomas and his officers partlok
pated, a repetition of a Spanish barbe
que, and a aarlea of athletic .svenje
were on the program today for the
entertainment of the offlcere and men
of the Atlantic aguadron.
The city la atlll jammed with visit
ors attending the festivities and
scenes cf wl'dert patriotic demon
stration take place .whenever marine
bands play national airs. Admiral
S perry and staff will be entertained
,-t a banquet tonight by the Chamber
of Commerce of Redondo, while an
other banquet for officers will be
given by the Colonial Dames,
SAN JACINTO DAY.
Y Hilary of Gcnr-nl Curt Houston Be
ing Celebrated ThrJiighout Texas
Congremmcn Join.
Austin, Texas, April 11. San Ja
cinto day la being observed through-
cut Ttxas today, celebrations and
meetings having been arranged by
patriotic societies In nearly all cities
and towns. Business Is generally sus
pended and all banks snd puollo of
fices are closed, as th'.a la a legal
holiday In Texas.
San Jnclnto day commemorates the
victory of General ga.n Houston and
hla army of 760 men over ths main
division of the Mexican army, 100
strong, on the banks of the San Ja
cinto river, April 11, 183, This bat
tle was the last blow 1,1 the battle for
the freedom of the Texas republic The
Americana rushed Into battU shout
ing: "Remember the Alamo!" and
hurled themselves against the stronger
Mexican ranks with fiiy that was Ir
resistible. In less than an hour the
Mexicans were utterly routed; 6S0 of
them being slain and TO more cap.
tured. Santa Ana was taken prison,
er and Houston had d:Cflct!ty In re.
straining the victors f.c v tearing the
barbarous general to pieces.
Washington, April 11. Texas mem
bers of congress will jo'n with the
Texas Society of Wash'ngton In an
elaborate celebration of San Jacinto
day this evening.
Louisville Auto Show.
Louisville, Ky., April 11. Lou
isville's Inaugural automobile show,
the first ever held In the Blue Grass
state, was opened toduy In the Coll-
saum and will last three days. Many
rankers have sent exhibits and the
local dealers are displaying all their
nt.west models, Many visitors from
all over Kentucky and from southern
dtgns are expected to visit the ex-
I.
'tbvn. The show will likoly be.
hlb.
an annual fixture.
come
."Vster-Miller Nuptials.
De P.
April 11. One of
he
N . V. K'e weddings of the
most fashlonab uke
early Pr'nf 0, - when Miss Alice
today at ewood,
Ahorcromtle-Mlller v
TT t.
will perform tne M for
Peyster and his bride wi
Europe next week, to remain until
August . , ... ' - .
People who struggle to keep utf
appearances usually give their case
away.--
L
IS
BOTTOM HAS DROPPED
FROM INVESTIGATION
Magaalne Writer's Cberges nod Bla
rj-Iiruwnmra Fend RelegBtad to
Rear When Tillman Gets Slok
UUI Calling fur Reorganisation of
Navy Can Not Be rase ad at Ttiis
ttnsiiua of Congress.
Washington, April 11. Tha bottom
seems to have fallen out of the Inves
tigation Into the navel scandal start
ed some time ago by the senate com
mittee on naval affairs.
For a ahort time there was an en
ergetic examination of witnesses who
weie called to testify about the
charges of Inlsrlar construction
mads ly Henry Reuterdahl In a maa;-
aalna ert'cle. Of late nothing has
been beard of the Reuterdahl charg
es or tha probing Into ths Rtxey-
Browrson feud or Into the question
of tha efficiency of the present sys
tem tipos which the navy is managed.
It now looks as If ths proposed
sweep'ni Inquiry which was proposed
earlier In the eesson will go by the
boards. Benator Tollman, who was
latgely re:3nalbe for the Investiga
tion, la alck at h's home l.i South
Carolina and no one else is apparent
ly taking sufliclent Interest In the
matter to push It.
In the house there Is a bill da
mar ding a thorough reorganisation
of the navy. The bill Is fathered by
Representative Dawacn who haa
shown a disposition to hammer away
at It In the sbsrt time that remains
It Is doubtful If any legislation can
be effected, but at least the way can
be cleared for legislation compelling
a thorough reorganization next win
ter.
ELECTION IN LOUISIANA.
No Opposition to Democratic Ticket
Worthy of the Name Chief Interest
in Amendments.
Bkton Rogue. La., April 11. A gen.
erai election for state off! cars la In
progress In Louisiana today. There
la no opposition worthy of the name
to the democratic state ticket, headed
by Jared Y. Bandera for governor,
who will succeed Governor Blanchard
on May 11.
Chief Interest attaches, to the vote
on constitutional amendments. These
Include three amendments designed
for the regulation of railroads and
corporations, and are as follows:
Authorising the legislature to Initi
ate legislation for the benefit of the
railroad commission. Under the ex.
luting article of the constitution the
legislature la powerlesa to act except
upon the recommendation of the
commission.
Subjecting transportation lines to
fine for disobeying an order of the
railroad commission, requHng them
to enter the courts to suspend It;
penalising them at the rate of from
iio to 50 from date of the oper
ation of the order If the Judgment Is
against them, and giving the commls
slon Jurisdiction over the service of
the telegraph and telephone compa
nies.
Prohibiting federal, foreign and
non-resident companies from doing
business In Louisiana when they sue
In federal courts or transfer suits
from the state to the federal courts.
METHODIST I AYMEN MEET.
Ambassador James Bryce of England,
Principal Speaker at Opening Ses
sion Many Others.
Chattanooga, Tenn., April 11.
Hon. James Bryce, ambassador from
Great Britain to the United States,
will be the principal speaker at the
opening session tonljht of the Lay
men's Missionary conference of the
Southern Methodist church. Hun.
dreds of delegates are la tha city and
It Is estimated that ths toiil attend
ance during the three drys of ths
conference will reach nearly 1000.
From an unpretentious organisation
at Its Inception, a Utile more than
year -ago, the conference has become
a highly Influential body.
Among the distinguished speakers
en the program of the conference are
the Rev. J. L. Geidlne of Seoul
Korea; Bishop A. W. Wilson of Balti
more, Dr. S. H. Walns.ight of St
Louts, the Rev. W. V. F 'etcher of
Santa Clara. Cuba; Dr. W. F. F. Mc-
Murry of Louisville. W:niem T. Ellis
of Philadelphia, Bishop Chandled of
Atlanta, Dr. S. B. Capen of Boston, J.
Campbell White of New York and
Bishop E. R, Hendrlx.
" : Canadian Teachers.
Vancouver, B. C, April 21. Hun
dreds of British Columbian peda
gogues are In Vancouver for the 11th
ennual convention of the Provincial
Teachers' institute, which opened this
morning for a session of three days.
Several prominent educators of this
and other provinces will address the
convention.
Conventions of Liberals.
St Johns, N. B.. April 11. A eon
ventlon of the liberals of the province
of New Brunswick waa called here
today for the purpbss of cnabl'ng the
new minister to discuss with his
supporters all matters of Interest to
the party.
Boy Killed at Salem.
Kirk Barr, a 10-year-old hoy,
whose parents reside at Turner, was
run over and Instantly killed by the
Cottage Grove local at the Southern
Paclfio passenger depot about 1:10
last evening, says the Salem States
man. The boy was trying to board
the train while, it was In motion, lost
his hold and fell under tne wneeis.
The body was badly mangled and the
head almost severed from the body.
SCI1DA
FORGOTTEf
BOY STEALS fltOO IN TOT.
"Chicago Kid," 10 yearn of Ago, Ooa-
fesaes to Wholesale Bargiary.
Seattle, April 11. Confessing to
the theft of more than 11S00 worth
of tin from a car of the Columbia, A
Paget Bound Railway company on the
night of March It, Earl Barber, who
takes prlds In bis under-world name
of "The Chicago Kid," will be ar
raigned before Judge A, W. Prater
In the Juvenile court. He Is under IT
years of age.
Bert Harris, arrested a week ago
as a suspect In the asms ease, will be
formally charged In a direct Infor
mation with receiving stolen goods.
Francis Russell, an sxpressmap em
ployed by David Hersman, will testi
fy for 1100, but when Deputy Prose
cuting Attorney J. P. Murphy de
clared that bs would stay in Jail un
til hs was wanted on the witness
stand, Russell concluded that bis tes
timony would only cost the county ths
usual witness fees.
According to ths story told by Rus
sell, corroborated iy the confession
of Barber, the latter stole It ptga of
tin from a car consigned from a
shipper In lbs orient to the Pacific
Coast company. Each pig weighed
100 pound and Barber hid them In
ths sandpit district
Harris, according to ths Informa
tion, heard of ths hiding of the tin
and he sent Rjssell for nlns bars of
tha metal. The latter took it to the
Alaska Bme'ting company, on First
Avenue Bouih, and was offered three
cents a pound for It. Its real value
Is 40 cents a pound and Russell re
fused to let It go. At ths same time
the expressman came to the conclu
sion that he was dealing In stolen
property snd refused to haul It any
further, so hs says.
SUPREME COURT TAKES .
SLAP AT STATE RIGHTS
Federal Court Haa Jnrlsdlctkn fa
Trial of Interstate Rate Oases.
Washington. Aprfl tl. The sn
preme court took another elan at the
theory of state regulation of the rail
roads yesterday when It refused to
require the federal court of Nebras
ka to send back to the Nebraska, state
court a suit Instituted by the state to
enforce Its own Intrastate rate regu
lations.
The road had promptly taken an
appeal from 'tha stats court to ths
federal courts, alleging lack of Juris
diction, and this opinion was upheld
by the supreme court
TO SAVE HIE
OF nCHLIfl
HISTORIC BUILDING IS
GIVEN TO OREGON CITY.
" " ...
Historic Building to Be Made Into a
Public library and Reading Room
Scores of Distinguished Gaests
Entertained There in Pioneer Days
Familiar Landmark for Many
Years.'
Oregon City. April 18. The old
home of Dr. John McLoughlin, where
the founder of Oregon City and the
father of Oregon entertained scores
of distinguished guests In the pioneer
daya of the Oregon territory, la to
cape destruction and a plan was plac
ed on foot today to preserve the his
toric structure.
The ground on which the house
stands was sold this week by Mrs.
J. L. Barlow and Captain J. T. Ap
person for 1S0Q0 to the Hawley Pulp
and Paper company, which Intends
to utilise the ground for an auxiliary
manufacturing plant. Upon hearing
of the transfer of the property. Mayor
Carll Immediately communicated to
W. P. Hawley, president and general
manager of the company, his desire
to save the house, which Is old and
useless from a business point of view,
and Mr. Hawley very graciously of
fered to give the building to the city.
Fund to Be Raised.
Early next week Mayor Carll will
call a meeting of -the city - officials
and Interest people and endeavor to
raise a fund of a few hundred dol
lars which will be used to move the
building to city property adjoining Its
present location and fit up the ol
house for a free reading room and a
rest room for visitors. This plan will
unquestionably have enthusiastic ap
proval, for there Is no place of this
kind In Oregon City. '
Two years ago the owners of the
property offered to sell the building
and grounds to the city and the pro
ject was fathered by E. G. Caufiel4,
who was mayor at that time, but on
a referendum vote ' the proposition
was defeated, as the city was in debt
and the majority of the voters con
sldered It unwise to add another bur
den to its finances. The new scheme
however, will cost Oregon City noth
ing, and there Is no question of Us
success.
The McLoughlin ' house has long
been a familiar landmark here, and
the building was so stoiitly construct
ed" that the ravages of ttme have left
It In fair condition. :
JOE CANS IX TRAINING.
Son Francisco Sports Believe He Will
Meet Nelson Instead of TTnhols.
San Francisco, April 11. Joe Gana
went Into training today for his 10.
round bout with Boer TJnholx on May
14. -
San Francisco sports declare they
would not be surprised if Gana Jump.
ed his fight with TJnhola and took up
with Nelson who wants to fight him
on the same date for a larger purse
and a 15000 side bet In a 5-round
affair. Gans wants the shorter dis
tance, however, and this may cause a
break In the negotiations. ' '
Lewlston Is to have a fruit cannery
with a capacity of 16,000 cans dolly.
BRYAN FIGHTING
1(1 DESPERATION
Nomination Depends on Con
trol of lliintis State Conven
tion Result In Doubt ;
JOHNSON LEADERS BAY
VICTORY WILL BE THEIRS.
Mmneaotans Declare the M Delegates
WIU Ehiier Go to Denver Unla
atraoted or WIU Bo for the) Gover
nor "Money at Work Bays Bryaa
Blight Seems to Have Btrack JTe
braakao'a Boom bt Eastera and Cen
tral States.
Chicago. April 10. Bryan Is fight
lng a last ditch fight for control of
the democratic state convention which
meets at Springfield next Thursday.
At his shoulder is Roger Sullivan,
straining every nerve to hold the del
egatea In line for the Nebraakaa.
But nevertheless, the Johnson
leaders declare that the 14 delegates
who will represent the Sucker state at
Denver will either go tq the "mile
high" town unlnstructed or under the
penant of the Mlnnesotan.
Money Is at work," was the sinis
ter comment of the democratic chief
yesterday In commenting on the sud
den turn of affairs In Monrbon poli
tics and ths particularly unexpected
blight that has struck Bryan's sup
posed strength In the eastern ; and
north central states during the last
10 daya Johnson men laugh at thla
charge. It la a spontaneous outburst
of democratic spirit favorable to
Johnson, they proclaim. It haa al
ways been evident but quiescent be
cause of no candidate to center on.
Johnson has filled this void and as a
result he IS gaining the rotes.
Johnson leaders declare . they are
ready to carry the fight for control of
the state directly to Springfield.
Every unlnstructed delegate Is being
worked with to persuade him to sop
port the Minnesota man.
Rogers Sullivan has not been able
to check the rampant Johnson talk.
Even Bryan men say It is entirely
possible that an unlnstructed delega
tion will be sent to Denver.
At the anti-headquarters last night
Johnson men were claiming Pennsyl
vania and New York. If they can get
IJlinols they feel that their man Is
good' as nominated.
AWFUL COST OF CRIME.
new I K vny 1-ski uuv o,va,aa
Last Year.
New York, April 10. The annual
cost of crime In the city of New York
Is rapidly assuming such . gigantic
proportions that it will soon be equiv
alent to not only the Interest oa the
national debt hut also to a substan
tial annual payment on the principal.
Last year crime and its results cost
that city !35,5M1!.1- This sum,
could it be devoted to the construc
tion of new subways for which the
city is so vainly clamoring would
build one of these underground lines
of travel every year, clean all the
streets, pay the salaries of ail the city
officials, and leave about 14.000,000 .
In addition for the support of hosplt-
a. . .
In addition to this vast sum 142.-
(05,473 was spent In the greater city
for the detection, punishment and
prevention of crime. Crime during
the past year exacted also 1414,180
for the maintenance of the district at
torney's office and 111,841,141 for the -
police department
Throughout the whole country
more than 300,000 Inmates of alms
houses, asylums, reformatories and
similar Institutions cost the country
more than 162.000,000 annually. In
New York alone the proportion of the
annua budget traceable to ' crime
amounts to 178,8(1,100. Through
other channels the total probably ex
ceeds 1125,000.000, so that New York
city has the record of - having the
highest crime tax in the United
States. '
Throughout the country the direct
oost of crime Is estimated at 170.000.-
000, but New York's bill la far In ex
cess of that of any other city.
BLIND MAN TO GET DAMAGES.
Awarded $10,000 From Sub-contrao-
tors on North Bank Road.
Goldendale, Wash., April 10. -In
the case of John Johnson against .
Cochran & Woolson. sub-contractors
on the north bank road, which, has
been on trial In the superior court for
the past three days before Judge Mo
Credie, the Jury returned a verdict
awardini Johmion 110.000 dunum
Johnson was a laborer in the employ
May, .190. and -while engaged help
ing explode a spring blast had both
eyes put out. . The case Is the largest
one ever tried In Klickitat county to
recover for personal damages. Henry
B. McGinn represented the plaintiff.
Tha case waa tried once before in
the United States court at Walla
Walla, where Johnson received a
verdict tor the same amount hut the
verdict was set aside.
i Stockmen In Session. '''
Miles City, Mont, April 10. Hun
dreds of stockmen are here today for
the conventions of the Eastern Mon
tana Wool Growers' association and
the Montana Stock Growers associa
tion. The former was opened this
morning, while the cattlemen will be
gin . their deliberations tomorrow'
morning. A cowboy contest,, a bar
becue and other amusements) have
been provided for the visitors. '.'t
When a man is afraid to think for
himself he ought to get married.