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Medford Mail Tribune
SECOND
EDITION
WEATHER
Ilnln tonight mid Friday
.Mux. 1.1: .Mln, "..
Pnrl'Mhlril Ynitr
Dully ICIkIiIIi Yrif
JOHN NORLING. COBEQUID CREW 70.000 JAPS IN
C. MASTERSON 16 PASSENGERS VfCINiTYVOLCANO
SLAIN AT MINE SAFELY LANDED NOTHEARDFROM
William Alexander, Partially l)i;
nicntril Prnsprctor, Former Inmate
nt Jackson County Poor Farm,
Admits Murder or Mastcrsou.
Bodies of Miners Found Willi Outlet
Holes Tliioiifili Heads In Caliln at
Claim Near Holland.
r; It A NTH I'ASH. Oi. Jim. IS
Uf'I'Mt) Hti-rlff (li'tirno l.imis I oil
rutiitt to (iranlH I'hh from Kurby In
churn o f William Aloxaiulwr. tint old
mlnfr who I bold (or the killing (
John NurllttH and I urtl Mnalofiioii.
diMiitl doad lit a rMn on fturkiir
i-ik.
In a atatotti-mt matin by Almnndor
lie mlmlU tho kllllnn of MtHruN.
but donlM knnwUdat- n( the iltmth ot
Norllim and nlt-tntU cir tlofonM Hh
ay that ho mot th two mM un Hih
trull Hr nla rabln -ru-M-day ovoMlnK
nI be took t drink of whtakry
with thm. I In rfuaed further
tlrlnka. sad allt-s-f that iht- Intel
apji.jaretl t tha .at.ln nt Krml Otborn.
ot which bn was Ih i-bargo. ilurlnii
0fern' briirv. ami ttmplHd to
ftsrftt him to drink ctlii. mid that It
wm when tbt-r " ttoldlNR him
down nli throat that Im i'iot Masior
ma through th ne4
Slml iliiniigli Itcitil
Following th hauling ItH wi'Mt to
liU cabin whott duianc-o away, and
joint tlui real of the Hlhl. tho nhont-
ItiK having orrurrmd at about 1 1
o'clock. Wedncudny th IhmUm of
Iho iMHrdjtrwt man ,f found h
cabin, Maston-on'a hod)' being on the
floor near tho cabin door, Xorllnr,'"
lying on the bod, unnli shot through
thu kad.
Tho bodliM of tloi dead mHH u III Im
brought out oir the trull to Holland
IimIhv, miuI .Mimicr-ton' will bo for
arded to Kuhhiio. whore n brothnr
miuI (later roelil. lunirurtloim for
Ibo illstMHiltloh of .Stirling' hod)
hnvo not )t uoett icioImhI. Tho Int
tor bin n wife, and noM-rul grown
children In I'oitlntid.
Alttvamter li n mini nwtrly eviotity
Veara of nun mid tin tnliiod In tbo
llllnohi a I'ii) for Ibo iaat twenty
) cam.
IviMilvu III .llfilforit
All tho principal In Iho iloulili.
innrdor on Hiirkor nook, Jntephluo
count) Tueadtty wore well i.nown In
tbl rliy. John NorllitK. om of th
lctlina lived In Jurknoinlllo for
nihtiy )ira, and whh tbo dlcoviror
of tho orllnx mlno. Im-atod l inllo"
iiottliMiMtt of tho iimnl) nuil, uhli-li
ho Mdd to KuDor mid llradle). Id
uiim a iniivliiaii. lendor of IiiiiiiIm mid
orrhoMtraii In .Inckfonvlllo and Mod
ford, and on tbo (imniiiililr Horloty
iivciirnloii to Orator l.al.o a Mnr ago.
ni'lcil mh IniKlor. Kroni (larflold peak
id night liu iilni)d tlio national aim
of tbo forolKii HtionllHtM In tbo party
IIIm min, Wllllu miii boll bo) at tbo
NiihIi Hotel for many montliH. Anotb
or won, Selulieit wan bell boy at tlu
Holland llolol. A daiiKblor Hazol Ih
iiIko well known In Hi In illy. Tbo
tatnlly now live In I'mlland. Ho wan
about 't J hiiih old.
Tbo aliened murderer, William
Alexander Ih belleu'd In bo "Obi
John" Ali'Miuder. an eereiitilo pro.
Hpeiior, who about a (ar m;o, luoKo
Into n eiului of tbo furent nervlco In
(ContliniQit on tmi;o a,)
N I :V YOIIIC, .lint. I.". Sluirp mt
vnneert iniiiKcil the opening' of (he
htoek iiiiii Let loihiv. All ilm li'mliiiK
Umics were in ilemiind nml Neverul
loU of 1110(1 (o iKlllll hliMies elmiiKOil
hamlh, CheMiipeulvO iV Ohio, Alluii
tio Coiixl Lino uml Kiio t'iml )'
I'ei'icil eueh iiiImiiici'iI a lull point,
Xnlioiiul H'lMHiil rose 'J1'),
lleloio noon, liovvovor, the I'uih
KiiiiiH weio teilui'eil. lull Iho lint hlill
hold well up uhovo yphlenhiyV oloco,
with Sleel ooiihpieuouhly kIioiik.
Ilomlrt wimo i'iiiii.
Thu imiikut eluoeil blionj,'.
All Aboard Stranded Liner Saved
Captain Spends Nlujil on Doomed
Steamer, Wli'ch Is tlapltlly Break
Inn to Plrccs.
Wreck Discovered hy Fishermen
When Foji Lilts and Hews Brlnys
Rescue Ship to 'Scene.
YAlt.MoiTII. V s.. .Inn. i.v
('Hptniu lloMMiii uml I lie elexeu ic
llimilillK UieUlbeiM ill' IiIk etew vtetn
I it Uf ii Ihhii ib ill-l'iilt'il Kowil MhiI
liner t'liloHpinl IIiIm morii uy. Tbey
went rvetiii by the jtotermuont
lemnhii Utiiilorne, hIiIi'Ii mIoimI
Ii, I lie ('dlotpiol tlirMii;biMi( the night.
YAlt.MdITII, X. K.. .Imiunn l.V
Stleui iHiknenRfi-R nml einhty nicin
her of th" erew of tho iltftel
itonl Mull liner ( 'i4ieo.nid ' ,eiv
fil Hnnrtrn'. hero twlny in Ynr
Hiotilli liotel. Ttw Rovenmirtit
olfmnrhip linmlowuo i nlmidinv li
tiir ('oIkmiuUI nntl n rxpificd to
letoove Cnplmn IUwhoii mol eleven
other Mttinheni of Irn new ln,firt'
niRht.
Tlte Ci4niu. is NMkril on the
ooutheiu Htit ot' Tuoity l,i"le. Nn
hoH of nHvinr the i.e U enter
tntneil. livery neu U Hililio miothcr
woiiihI to the nlrondy lmdlv ilnumKeil
hull and il itlini.t U eertnin hIio will
ntnit litHMkintr lo Hee eoun.
The mueiieerN mid erew prohnhlv
oho their Iioh to the berp ee of
lilieriHmi on Port Mnillui.il xhnre.
I taring nft of the ileuo nHir ve
tertliv nlternoioi he mw the t'olie
tiiil who im the iliemled Trinitv
Ledge, and ireml tho iicmh. The
lenmor Woeport nml .fohn I Chiiiiii,
ewiiMwino ieU, weie lli' ffrM !
ml IhI into Iho water mid filnint
ide the nreoL Tbo foheiiuid '
i.oere wtlh iee. The l,mtMlotwie
and the lUpimhrnitioek renelied the
i-ene jnt n U'w tuiiiuteK liefoie the
leM'iie urk Mnrteil.
The WelHit tiHtk off (hue liont
londk, setetily-lMO pei-MtiiH ill nil.
Tliei-e meluded the HlMeen kihii
jern. Then the Wentporl tood hy
until the John I.. Cnuim had tnl.'.'ii
off lwenl r.iur other.
('iiptmii I In w mui uml eleven of hit
-eiiimli iheiih'd lo I it V nhoiinl the
vocl until iiioniiiur. The I.iiiih
ilowile tood hv to li-neuo tlieitl,
Kliolilii ipe i-iii -i.in in en-Hi, up
iImiihi; (ho m.-lil
S
WASIIINOTOX, Jail IT. Denial
of publUbed report that bo Intended
to rimlmi before IiIh term oplre8
Mareh :i, I!) I Si, wiih volred hero today
by .Senator I'oi'Mnn of (.'allfornla.
"1 wan electei;, imlil Senator I'or
kliiM, to a term oxplrliiK March SI, next
)eiu it ih my muuiiiou u minu uio
term out with credit to my Muto and
bouor lo injhtiU. I lliluU It Id my duty
to riiiualii at my pout m Ioiik iih 1
can piirform my work. I am In at
toudani'o an n'Kiilurl) uh any houiitor
lu eoiiKronH. 1 am a moinber of miv.
nil lniiortaiit commllteeri and hollove.
I can bo of more nerviro to my wtato
for tho lemaluiler of my term than
aii now man found."
10 HELP JAPANESE
V.8IIIXHTOX, Jan. Ifi. - Anxloim
to know If tbo United States can ion
dur aid to tbo .lapaneso miffoteiH by
tbo Hali'urnjlniu volcaulo oruptlon,
I'roHldont NVIlBon today bout nuothor
mcHBnKo to tbo .Mikado, uh followHt
"I'ornilt mo u'kivIii to oxproim tho
deep H)iumtby thu American peoplo
feet for our ulster nation, Japan, lu
itn Kreut nilninlty. . Our lieutis no out
lo tbo tboiiHiindH upon whom Hiiffor
Iiik and dlbiiHlor liuvu como bo buiI
dcnly and lu ho toniblu a furm.
"Ih tbero any way whmcln wo
can help?"
MKDKOItH
Many Prclialily Escaped, But Large
Proportion Killed During Eruption
Another Tidal Wave Sweeps
Coast Willi Destruction.
; Vnriijuard of Refuses Arrive at
Toklo Sakurajlma Still Eruptlnu
Fiercely, But Less Violently.
TOKIO. .Inn. l.'i.- Thai 70,0011
people who liw'i! in the vieiuit.v of
the olemio Siikiirii.jiinu weie uuiic
iiounteil for wan rcporUd hy vvireletet
loilnv from the nitMil kiiimiIioii nt
(he neeue of the diinter. That iiiuuv
of tliene iwenpeil wiih eiirluitl, hut It
feu red n lunce proiuriitui were
killed hv the nun of ilienuileneeut
volcanic ma Her or dronuei) in at
tempt to Mwiin the three-mile wide
-trait helween the ihliim! of Snkurn
mid Kiiihui.
Volenno Still liniilN
Though in l- ioleut aetimt than
earlier alter it iuitinl oitthrcuk, S n K -umjiiun
wu Hll eruptiiiL' llereelv
todny. The Tokio olervHtorv nU
predieled other mid llioie Violent
outhrenk-t. Another titlnl wne hwep'
Lthe Kin-bin eoat ht niulit, uccord-
iliK to the Wirel(". lepoit. M lie vol
initio Kiri-him, iiorthwet of Snl.it
iHJimn, eontintied to hurl up hot
uhc, ami crater in various other
Hitt o JaMii howcil hiiiH of ac
tivity. The niinril of tlio reftiKCos from
KitRoohuna Ih-hhii arrivini; hero to-
iiiuy. iiieir iioM-npiions ot tuo nor-
ror of the outhronk were nliiio-t
licvoiul belief; jet all nreod oil the
uiniu faetit eoiieeruiiu; Iho eatiH
trophe. lvorth tremor- hint heeu filiuo-i
coii-tmit nil of Saturday mnl.Suu
ilny, thev Miiil. I'arlhiial,es hciu
eoiiiiuoii in .Inpiui, they weio not
iiuicli fiiuhtcucd nt Hrt. Their pel
HiKteney mid violence fiiinlly lieiiu to
cHii-e aliiim, howevci. nml many of
the eilixeiiK decided to t-eiiil their
fiiinilic- at li'ii-l fai titer into the in
tenor of the ihluiid.
Appalling SuddcunoNH
Some humlrciK, mo-tly women mill
children, ueluallv were intrnininu
when the oitlhutNt ciiinc. It was
with appallini; smlilunc--. With tt
lepoit which M'cineil to split the
heavens, Sakurnjimii split m halve
from it- Miminit one-third of Hie
wnv lo its I iiim". A roar of white hot
llauie shot ltlOO feel Into the sky.
Molten lavu boiled mid bubbled over
the ediren of the tiI erutcr and
poured down the slope tu woven feu
or I'll teen feel hiish.
II v the lurid ulnre the Snkurn i-l-uuileis
could he seen ru-liiiit; madly
about the r-liiinl shore, lookiut; for
lionl. Some were struck hy fnlli
rockrt. Soino were ovoiiuken hv Iho
luvu slrenpw. Many unqticstio'
were milTooiilnl hy poisonoiw nse
I .a io numbers plunged into the vv ti
ler nml ino-l of the-o. drowned.
Shoilly uflerwiifil tho rain of hot
iisIicm uml Mime hecaii nt Kn;o-i-liliniu
lu Iho incuutime the railro'ul
had been put out of eoiiuui ion and
tlio fugitives were compelled lo flee
on fool. They left the town hhiJiin;,'
behind (hem in scorei of places.
According lo wireless neeouu's
not u sou! could ho alive on Sakura
isluiiil today. The islnud itself was
complolcly enveloped in smoke nml
flame. Tlio west side of the volcano
blew off last uiuhl nml today n
iln.en cratctri worn lieleliiiisr hivn.
That iinyone reiuuincd alive in Kiik'o
sliiinu vvuh tlcemcd IiikIiIv impiohahh'.
II was Haiti Hint uppro.iniiitely III,
OlMI ImiihCh weio dcstroycil hy the
eiuptioii.
WILSON NIPS HOUSE PLAN
TO FOSTER SPOILS SYSTEM
WASIUXttTOX, Jan. 15. Vrcsl
dent Wilson lot It bo known today
bo was opposed to tho return to tho
spoils Hystem nml would veto tbo pobt
officii appropriation bill nuvv before
tbo lioiiKo unlcHa oxouuitlng assistant
postmiiHtorH from (bo classlflod nor
lco l ollntlnatod. Tho prosldont, It
Is understood, baa decided to halt
what has boon chnrniiil by civil sor-
vico advocates ns u consroi8lonnl ton
ilmey to break down tbo merit eya
(cm,
OKIWON, TIITUSDA Y,
KIN OF LATE VICE PRESIDENT
iJi
t . ',. irrf rr
After .'vrrnl yr.ir. i.ised nliroad In the study of music, ami durluj; which
nipenml In sum" r ins in sine of tlu forelirn opera IioiMCf, ll I'liullta
r..n .
lotrill, r ! to the lute V. o rrmddcut Jatno n Miormnn. inane
,0 New , .. ,. be - ew pn4uvtl'ti "The Whirl of tbo World."
if.
STANDS OFF POSSE'
MAYV1I.I.K. XrY.. .Inn. l..
Henvily uniioil mol hnrriemlri! in his
hoii-o witli hi wife uml their nine
children, Kdward llcnrd-ley, n.Stun
incnliile fiirmer, (mlnv was atundine.
off Sheriff Aiidcr-ou of t'luiiitmupia
eoiinty ntid (weiity deputicK. swenr
ini; he would die rather than sur
render to answer for the perhaps fil
ial shooting of County I'oorniustor
John (1. Putnam late yostenluy.
lleariut; that the ehihlreu were
siifferiinr for food, I'litnam had vis
itid the Heard-le home to take them
with him to the poor hou-e. Xenrd--ley
shot him n -ooii n he lennnii
his hii-iue-s. Sheriff Auder-oii, Im--lily
suiumoucil to (ho scene with .1
strotii; po-se, -urroiiiidcd the liou-e
promptly uml would have fired on it
defender hut for tho fear of lnttiiif
his wife or Mime of tfie children.
Anderson dt-l,ircd todny. how
ever, that ilc-pcratc inoiifiirei. would
ho necos-arv -ou. "Whnt little
food theie wa- in Iho hou-e inu-t '
have boon con-uiiicd," he snid, "tin
nobody knows what torture- tbo-o
Door little one- may be suffering."
(leorgo Vnn C'e, u riiinl mail ear
rier nml n fncml of Itonrd-ley, ven
tured neiir lite house todnv mid nt
tempted to p.ilev with the hit tec,
who nppeurcd ot the window, how
ever, loaded with arm-, mid ordered
him uwny. relu-mir to Mirivnder.
15f L5S
OFYOUNG Ml !
utLLb' rOK mm
H. V. Mi or of Ktc-no,
Cat., has piireluised fifteen
ucies of the A. O. Ileiinctt or
chard, a quarter mile south of
Medford, cast of (he Dillon
Hill orchard, for .1-11,500.
Tho orchard consists of five
mill six-year-old llartlctt and
Anjon pears, anil is consid
ered a good huv.
J
. Me.er will move horo
his family (his spring
mnko their future homo
with
uml
in Med foul.
t-f-f -f-f-f -t--f-f--t
Iodine, which lu tho last few jours
bus Bullied rccoKuitlou ns one of tbo
most valuable adjuncts In moiltclno
and Hurfiory, wan discovered Just 100
years uco,
FARMER
SHOOTS
OR
MASTER
NO
JAXUAHY 15, 19M.
SHERMAN IN MUSICAL COMEDY
ALIVE Al SAKURA
NAGASAKI. Japmi, .laR. l.".
Murine from the Japane-e navnl
sipiadron were in eliftrec nt Kngo-
sliium today.
TIioukIi Sakurajlma was still in
violent eruption, it vvns believed the
dancer on the main island was over.
Hunt had even touched on the -bore
of Snkurn, where, to their annuo
miiiit. the bluejackets found SIOO
men, women mid children nlivc. All
were dreadfully burned nml several
j had Rime in-ano from the horror of
their experience. They had hidden
in a enve durimr tho worst of tho
volcano's outbreak.
From none of (ho Snkurn surviv
or could n connected account he ob
tained of (lie disaster. They were
too much broken hv what tlioy hart
cone through. Several, il was snid.
would die. Ainonir thrtu, however
were several government officiuN,
who, (rue to their duties to (ho last,
hud suv oil their office record
t brunch evorv thinir. One had din
to u pictuie of the tnikiulo.
lle.-idents of Kaco-himn wore ro-
Inruini; to the (own. Tho plneo could
hardly ho dignified by reference to
it a- a "rum. ' It was not oven (hat.
It wa- u groat do-ert of n-hos,
sptinklod thickly with cooling vol
euiiic rock ami humped hero nun
there hv what had once boon u build
ing. Mo-t of thu city being of frail
.lupauo-o construction, how over, wu
completely cou-iimcd.
NIGHT AIDED COAL
M in cheat
SAN FUAXrlSCO, Cil Jan. 15.
John W. Smith, testifying for the
government, was (ho first witness
called today at tho (rial of the eight
official of Iho Western Fuel com
pany, charged with con-piraoy to
defraud Uncle Sam of customs du
ties. His testimony corroborated
that offered by David ti, Powers and
Kilvvin Powers, government, wit
nesses. Smith swoto that ho watched (lie
coaling of tho steamer Kores from
(ho captain's btidgo on the night of
December 18, 11) PJ, and that oven
les coal was charged into (ho tin
wci!hcd tubs during tho night than
at day. Ho stud (hat only two buck
et of coal wore weighed during the
four hours that ho watched the ves
s'els loading.
During tbo year Just closod tbo
United Urolborbood of Carpontors
uml Joiners paid out JUDO.OOO In
death bouetlts,
MS
ERUPTON
UN
N IN
39 LEADERS OF
President Moytr anj Western Fed
eration Officials Indicted at
Hourjhton for Conspiracy in Con
nection With Ccpper Strike.
Other Indictments Returned, But De
tails Kept Secret Moycr Says
Jurymen Members of Alliance.
HOfOHTOX. Mich.. Jim. 15. -Thirty-nine
official of Iho Western
Federation of Minor wore iudietid
bore todny on conspiracy charge m
connection with lite strike in the
Miehignn copper mine country.
t'hmlus II. Moycr. president of the
WV-tpru Federation of Miners wn
uinong the tliirty-nine men indicted.
The ewispiniey clmtgo ngNiu-t th
labor loader- contained three counts.
Other indictments wore returned, it
was -Hid, but tbe name of (hoe in
dicWd have not boon made public.
Among the iiid.rti'd men were the
following liieinlMTs of the fideru
lion's exreutive cemmittee: Vice
President Mahotiev, Thomas Striz
ieh, Hoy Miller, Ynnko Ter.iehm, .1
I', liwney, James llitllick nod W. P.
D.iv'd-on. The other are official
of the Calumet, Hancock mid South
Hnuge local-.
The grand jury exonerated Ivven-ty-seven
members of the federation,
charged with conplrucy to destroy
life and property in connection with
the South Htiuge riot of December
10-11. It was reported that the jury
returned n number of indictments in
connection with the murder nt See
borville. DKXVKH. Colo.. Jan. 15. Cha-.
If. Moyer, president of the Western
Federation of Miners, expre cd no
siirprie when told here today that
ho hud been indicted with thirt'
eight other- hv n grand jury (
Houghton, Mich., on charge. of con
spiracy. "I had (o be indicted," saiil Moy-r
"bul I had no idea whnt the eliargo
would nllegc. I only want to sn
one thing, mid that is that nine
members of (ho llouglito-i grand jury
nro nlo members of the Citizen-' Al
liance." STRIKERS GIVE UP
FEDERATION HALL
JOllXXNl'SHlTtG. South Africa.
Jan. 15 -Tbo fclrlkvra' garrison at
the trades federation hull surrend
ered unconditionally today. Secre
tary Ilalu and ten labor leaders were,
arrested. It was bolleved hero that
tho backbone of thu great labor strike
Is broken.
Two hundred nml fifty workmen
applied for reinstatement at Ulomfou
tolu today. It was bolleved that
strikers horo and at Pretoria and
Capetown would make similar appli
cation soon.
Tho surrender of trades hull fol
lowed tbo authorities' throat to bat
tor tho building down with artillery,
ts light, water and food supply had
already boon cut off.
I SAUSAL1
L
SAX FUAXCiSCO, Cat., Jan. 15
Losing its bearings lu tho tog which
overhung San Francisco bay early to
day, tbo ferryboat Sausullto tan down
and sank tbo luunchea Trowier and
ndlno, both at anchor and unoccupied.
narrowly missed several yachts ami
was finally stopped with Its bow act
ually against tbo piling of tbo San
Franclbco jucht club's building.
Tbo storm which provalled us far
north as Prince Kupnrt sound bud
subsided and coubtwlse vesbols from
tho north wore boating In, generally
lato as a result of tbo steady south
easterly gale.
CA 1 I
AT JOHANNESBURG
NO. Soli
TRAF C BUREAU
WANTS A
ON RATE BILL
Attorney General Crawfcrd Urtjctl
for Second Time to Appeal From
Decision of Federal District Court
In Initiative Rate Bill Case.
Crawford Puts It Up io Railroad
Commission, Which Is Opposed to
Local Measure.
District Attorney Crawford, wh-i
has announced his candidacy for gov
ernor, has refused tho rer-uest of tho
Medford Traffic Dtircau to appeal
from tho decision of tho federal dis
trict court In tho Medford Inlilstlvo
rata case suggesting that It bo turned
over to tho state railroad commission
A second demand has been mado
upon him as follews:
Medford, Ore, Jan. 13, 1911.
Air. A. M. Crawford,
Attorney (Sonera!,
Salem, Oregon.
Dear Sir:
Referring to your letter ot Dec.
SSGth In regard to taking an appeal
of tho Inltlatlvo rate case.
We note your refcrenco to tho
railroad commission and suggestion
In connection therewith. It s a well
known fact that tho railroad commis
sion actively opposed the passage of
tbe bill, and have gone great lengths
In tho effort to discredit the law, al
though the office ot tho commission
ers Is elective in tho same mannor as'
the enactment ot tho law, thereby
making the cotumltalonera subser
vient to the people and not the peo
ple subject to the will or dcalro of
the commlsuloncra; and wo are there
fore pleased to note that you assign
it as a duty of the commission to sup
port the law. As being tholr duty It
should not bo Incumbent on ua to ro
mind them of tholr duty. Wo lack
confidence In tbo commission be
cause or Its attitude In tho matter,
and wo aro thercforo disinclined to
deal with your offico tbroiiKh tho
commission, much as we would Hke
to moot your suggestion.
Statu Original Dcfcnduiit
It was our understanding that tho
state through tho oflco ot tho attor
ney general was mado tho original
defendant In the Injunction action,
and the .other defendants were inoro
ly Incidental ns technicalities of law.
Wo aro legally advised our proper ro
dross Is tho legal department of tho
state, and that wo should properly
address you In tbo mutter of an ap
peal, which we huvo done and uro do
ing; and In this connection wo aro
again plcnsed to nolo that you Indi
cate pOfsestiliiK tho requisite author
ity to act lu tbe matter independent
of and without tbo Intercession of tbo
railroad commlbsiou, und to do this
Immediately, which wo trust you will
do.
Tho cltatlouB roqested by you can
bo found by roforenco to tbo reports
of tbo United States supremo court,
October torm, 'Ji-j, thokoy cuso being
tho Minnesota rate case us (Sco, P
(Continued on pace 2.)
RUINED BY FLOOD
CHAHI.KSTOWX, Va., Jan. 15.
Buildings which cost $',50,000 to
creel wore destroyed (his ufleruuou,
uceordiiig to u lnessugo from Cuiu
beiland, W. Va., when thu midillo
section of (ho West Virginia Pulp &
Paper company's dam, twelve miM
from Dobbin, collnoscd.
Tho dam went out piecemeal, it
was stated, which wiih fill thai pro.'
vented a ilisiifttrous flood, and i( wad
with tho midillo section that u con
siderable portion of the plant coitr
nccted with it went down. It wah
understood there were no cnsimltiex.
The Hood' wave had rencbi-d thu
Potomac (hid afternoon, The river
nt (hut time was ten foot uhovo Hood
mill k and Iho tide wot- rushing down,
ward from Piedmont toward Keyoor.
DAM
COLLAPSES
S250.000PR0PERTY