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jV ; , " , ; y , .BALEX, PRECOX. FRIDAY. NOVEMBER 7. , ; , I ' ; , , " : : -jSECOXD SECTIO?ifelQllT PAH ES.
DEMOCRATS
CRY FRAUD
'''V " "! fi'fi. ' " '-;- ,- "'
Campbell, of Democratic State
Committee, Talks
THOUSANDS OF EEFECTIVE
Ballots' Alleged to Have Beeq
Cast in Greater New
York
:1
THE PARTY WILL INVESTIGATE
COVEUNOH ODELL'8 EXPENSES
NO SMALL. MATTER COLORADO
REPUBLICANS CHARGE' FRAUD
IN REGISTRATION.
NEW (YORK, Nov. 6. Chairman
Frank Campbell;" of the Democratic
mate Committee Issued the following
- statement: ,,':'
"It appears on the face of the returns
that 0leli has a plurality of ,122. These
fiKure do not Include, In some, ooun
r ties, the tote cast for the Oreater New
York Democratic ticket, which has on
, It the name of Coler for Governor. This
will : mattrlally reduce this apparent
j.lurallty.; .
f "We have reliable Information of
. thousands of defective ballots" bavins
- been cast, and ; In certain -llstrlcts,
where tho returns were "strongly Re-
publican, the ballots were burned by
the Inspectors immediately after they
were counted, which Is In direct viola
tion of" tho law. Tnere facts and all
: others wjll be Investigated by repre
sentatives of the party and, until that
'.time actual results cannot be stated."
Indians Have Election.
Rochester. N. Y Nov. . The , In
dians of Cattaraugus and , Allegheny
reservations held election today. A
-bfiter tntest was "on between the
- DpmocrHtli! an,il , Republican ; factions,
li'rank Iatfron, tiepu oilcan, 'was re
flected ptCKldent of , the league. .
' A Bin A&eount.
"Albany, N. T,f Nov. Governor
' Odelliriled his statement of election es
lienses today. It consists of one Item,
J 10.000, which was. contributed to 'the
Republican State Committee for cam
'palgn purpoMes. j " ,
I Trouble In Colorado.
IKmver. Col., No'. 6. Although the
returns are far from complete, enough
have been received to show thst the
Republicans -&IU , have a majority of
the lower house of the Legislature,
while the Pemwrnts, with seventeen
holdfovers. will have a' majority In the
Kennfc Krom th bet reports obtain
able at time, the legislature seems
to stand otHtin Joint ballot: Democrats,
fifty-three, tepubllcfins, forty-seven.
Of th j Denfcratlc Representatlvef.
fourteen (are " from this (Arapahoe)
county, and their scats will be .contest
ed by the Republicans on the ground of
frauds In registration and at theelee
: tlon. !
i Republican leaders declare that the
whole number will be re-seated, mak
ing the Legislature heavily Republican
on Joint S b illot. It Is declared by the
leading Democrats thht If this course
Is adopted, a Democratic Benator will
succeed Teller.
f Contempt of Court.
Denver. Col., Nov. .n application
of the Arapahoe County Republican
Committee. Judge Johnston today Is
sued a writ of attachment for County
Clerk Jullu Aljhe!e, who Is charged
with having disregarded the order of
the eourt- which enjoined him from cer
tifying about 1.800 names on the regis
tration list which. It was claimed.. were
fietltloti and fraudulent.
ivi..-i -f "
Will InvestiflaU Fraud. , J
San Francisco,; CaU Nov. With
about 3C0 precincts In. remote districts
to be heard Vom. it I estimated that
the le;id f Pardee for Governor will
te In the neighborhood of 1,800. ,
A meeting of the law committee of
" the DemcKratlc, State Central Commits
was held today to Inquire into the
: reports alleging fraud In a. number or
counties. No action was taken, pena
: Ing the result of the ofnolal canvass.
i A Good Majority.
LI ncoln. Neb, Nov. Kgbty-fur
counties, with estimates on the remain
ing six. show Mlncter. RWJf;
- Oovcrnor. elected by M00. , Tonight
returns show McCarthy, in the Th Ird.
and Harris. It the Fifth district, P'
licans. are elected to. Congress, giving
thai rSerty five of the six Congressmen
. from Nebraska. . . .
The Tables Turned.
Wythhllle. Va. Nov -lf returns
for theNtntn oiatnct muuw, --
election; of Congressman Hhn rn2?
... ..... r icnlv.flrr. Up
era i, ny. a -
' to tonight Jlhca was supposed to nae
been defeated. ,
SMMMSMH. H'
: Ilolse, Ida:. Nov. .-lt 1 now known
.that the majoruy ior " '"
state ticket will reach close to 7.coo.
.... t -.nva.M. may nave
i w""e r' Y.r: r nebubii-
cans will have at least fifty on Joint
i .... -..i Af.a (tv-ieven. .
. oauoi out oi " :.
FRISCO ROAD STOCK SOLD.
. NEW YORK. Nov. a Cm
.-,. . t.i. ,n.i n. F. Yoakum
president of the St. Loui- S"
Cisco Railroad, have corav'"
with the banking-house of S.'& W. Se
ligman & Co.. according to the Herald,
whereby the stock represented by the
banking house has passed Into the
hands of a pool, of which Messrs. Yoa
kum and Campbell are the active ag
ents.? The deal Involves the purchase of
a large block of common stock'of the
Frisco, and on Its successful termina
tion, it Is stated, places th property In
the absolute- control of St. .Louts capi
talists. - : .
, The annual election will be held No
vember 10, when several changes In the
directorate ire expected to occur. '
COAST FLJDUR' MILL TRUST
THEODORF: B. WILCOX, OF PORT
LAND. ONE OF LEADERS IN
, MOVEMENT. V -
SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. . -Confirming
previous reports t ho. f Jail this
morning says: A deal Is practically
accomplished for the amalgamation
of alt the extensive flouring Interests
of the Pacific Coast, It; will take In
the large plants of Washington, Ore
gon, and California.' and will call lntcj
existence one large corporation, with
a -capital of $20,000,000, and .facilities
equal to. supplying the present and
prospectively greater demands of the
Pacific Coast and of the Orient. W1V
11am Thomas; of i this city. Is now in
the East In connection with the deal.
The preliminary advance were made
a few weeks ago by" Mr. Thomsen of
the Centennial Mills, of Seattle, and
Mr. Wilcox, of tho Portland Flouring
Mills Company. t I ;
Under the plan for financing ' the
deal, says the Call.r the owners of ex
isting properties are to receive on a
fixed and agreed valuation of plants,
etc., 20 per cent In cash and the re
mainder In bonds and stocks to ba
Issued by the newj corporation to be
formed to effect the amalgamation.
MUST HOLD DIPLOMAS
. .-; . ; r
CHICAGO WOMES ; TO ADOPT
PLAN FOR SOLUTION OF '
. ; "OIRL" PROBLEM.
CHICAGO, Nov. 6. The latest sug
gestion for 'the solution of the servant
girl .problem Is embodied In a plan
that has Just been adopted at a meet
ing of the Chicag-o Housewives' Asso
ciation. According to 'the plan ser
vant maids may hereafter be obliged
to hold diplomas issued by the asso
ciation In order to securo positions In
the homes of the members of the or
ganization, ;The rules regulating the
granting of the ; diplomas are -to be
dflnlte. The formal testimonials will
bo granted to m. maid only after she
has been In one family one. year and
baa performed her duties with a cer
tain degree - of ; proficiency. Real
parchment will be used and the hold
ers will tm described : as "satisfac
tory. ."good, or "remarkably effi
cient. Graduate "cooks," "waiting
maids." "ladles maids" J and "laun
dresses" will be classed. as household
servants.'
PERSONALS
D. C. Carlton and family
have re-
moved to Oregon City.
Mrs. j. Ti. Allison went to Brooks last
night for a short visit. I
Ex-Representative C. D. Hartman, of
Scotts Mills, was a Salem visitor yes
terday. ; ;,
Hon. and Mrs. E. M. Cmlsan return
ed last night from a short visit to
Portland." .
R. D. Alien went to Sllverton yester
day to visit his daughter, who Is 111 at
that place. -i-. ' s. ' . ,
I E. H. Fletcher, of Oervais, was In the
city for a few hour yesterday, attend
ing th teachers Institute.
Ifcrn. C. 'it. Moores, of Oregon City,
was a Salem .visitor yesterday, return
ing home last evening. '
Rev. F. M. George and family de
parted yesterday for Newburg, where
they will reside In the future.
M. P. Baldwin, who visited In Port
land the first of the week. Is back at his
post again at the O. C. & E. dock.
John A. Morrison returned last night
from a trip to the north end of the
county, taking saropl" of hops for, his
firm. ' ', !i - f . f
A. II. Wilson, of Portland, who came
to Salem to attend the funeral of Mrs.
Jane Starkey, returned to his home last
night. ' ' '
' J. Gerstle, a pioneer of v.astern Ore
gon, but at present a resident of Port
land, was In Salem on ousiness yes
terday. ' , : ' . A
- Rev. T. D. Lewis and son. iieroen.
left last night for Fresno. Cal, to at
tend the wedding of a nephew of Rev.
senator Milton A, Miller, of Leban
on, was In Salem last evening and de
livered an. address to the local Modern
WoodmeSv. of Amiica.
G. F. Kimball, of Pendleton, is i"
Salem for a few days. This Is Mr.
Kimball's first trip to the valley, and
he la staying inside most of 'the time,
waiting for sunshine.
i Joseph Habermann. a well-to-do
farmer from Tyendall. Bon Homme
county. S. D, who has been visiting
friends In this county darln the past
ten days, will start forborne this morn
ing, but will likely return again In the
spring and provide himself a perman
ent home In the Willamette valley.
Miss Emma Elgin, a trained nurse,
eraduated from the Florence Rnltor
lum. departed yesterday for Eastern
Oregon, where she will practice her
rrofeaaion l Grande an X other
ts. She expects to visit IUne
Elgin and other towns, but has not de
cided upon a permanent location. f
; Startling. But True. :
Tf every one; knew what a fran2
medllne Dr. King. New Life Pill
writes D. H. Turner. Dempseytown.
p1 -you'd sell all you have in a day.
Two weeks' Ufe has made a new man of
TwoweeKs conHtlpation.
Samch and liver troubles. 25c at Dr. .
Stone's Drug Stores. . ; .
STOCK RATES
UNREASONABLE
Claims President Bird of St.
Paul Road
TO COMMERCE COMMISSION
Because Too Low to Compen
sate for the Services ;
Rendered
THOUGHT IT WAS ALL RIGHT TO
IXWER RATES ON RAW MA
TERIAL, HUT DID NOT BELIEVE
IN FORCING DOWN LIVESTOCK
RATE.
CHICAGO, Nov. . A. C.Blrd, third
vice president of . the St. Paul Road,
took a bold stand before the Interstate
Commerce Commission today when
that body began the Investigation into
the rates on t attle and packing house
products between Chicago and the Mis
souri river.' '' .,..:'' .. ' - . '. 1 " .";
"Not only are our livestock rates unreasonable,-
he- declared,-; "but all our
freight rates are unreasonable, because
they are entirely too low to compen
sate us for the' service rendered. Al
the freight rates should be raised.
Bird deemed It a wise policy to make
as low a rate. on the raw material as on
the finished products, but when i the
rate on the latter, which was not re
muneratlve, was forced upon the roads.
he did not believe In also forcing down
the livestock rates to maintain the re
lation. ' ;
To Receivo an Increase.
Chicago, III., Nov. . Twehty-flve
hundred trainmen In the employ of the
Union Traction and Consolidated Street
Railways are to receive an increase In
wages of more than 10 per cent, dating
from September 15th. according to the
findings of the board of arbitration,
which made its rejort tonight.
HOPE FOR EPILEPTICS
SOCIETY OP SUROEONS FOR THE
STUDY OF TREATMENT RE-
PORT GOOD PROGRESS. J
NEW YORK, Nov. 6 At th annual
meeting of the National Asaoc-iallon for
the- Study of Epilepsy and Treatment
and Care of Epileptics , In this illy,
President Frederick Peterson, In his
annual address, said:
"There are 140.000 msec of this dis
ease in the United States only. T"
was when the hospital, th school, the
church' and employment were closed to
him; when-he was even a burden to his
family. Now, In nineteen states there
are provisions made for their earre and
treatment, and in some cases ' cures
h&ve been established. In Europe- also
there are many home nd colonies es
tablished for the care of these unfor
tunates, and the movement has extend
ed Into the countries of AMa and South
America.
Among other, sneaker was Dr. Ros-
well Park, of Buffalo, who discussed
"The Treatment of Epilepsy By Sur
gery." lie advocated the early diag
nosis of the case for the attainment of
the best: results by surgery. It 1H
Tell, he Mid, to have the epileptic
carefully studied by an accomplished
rurgeon, who shoiildrevlew the ; case
with a view to the possibility of sur
gical intervention. The operation, when
undertaken, he thought, should be re
garded as a first measure, to be fol
lowed by others looking to a correc
tion of all faults of diet, of elimination
and so forth.: :
These officers were chosen for the
year: President, ir. wnarton sinaiey,
of. Philadelphia: vice-president. Dr.
William Oster; of Baltimore; treasurer.
Dr.jWilllam P. Speatllng.
THEY MAY BE SORRY
DENMARK ANTI-SALE PARTY
FIND TROUBLE IN DEVEL
. OPMENT PROJECT.
COPENIIACI EN, Nov. C. The time
Ish West Indian Company has expired.
Of the $100,000 nominal capital ; only
one-flfth was subscribed for, notwith
standing the advertisement given t
the concern v by King Ciristlari ! and
Crown Prince Frederic-: rasing stock.
The promoters, who are anti-saiers, are
downcast because of the weakness of
the sentiment In favor of aiding the
West Indian. The leaders of the move
ment Intend to appeal to Kins Oeorge
of Ureece, Queen Alexandria and the
Dowager Cxartrfa of Russia to 5 buy
sharea. The bank aJ a few Jnd'rid
uals; will probably face the matter and
tand the losses since the treaty pro
viding for the sale of the Danish West
Indies to the United States wa reject
ed partly on account of their promises.
- - Sick of Job.
COPENHAGEN. Nov. The small
ness of the subscription one-Cfth of
the proposed capital of Il.000.0p0) to
the rroP'"t Danish West Indian Com
pany, Is discussed everywhere. The
leading promoters disagree, some .In
flating on tlse abandonment of the
plan. Many former anti-sellers are
wishing that the Island had been sold.
The prospect of assisting the Inhabi
tants of the islands Is now more prob
lematical than ever.
i " ; ' : i "' - i" ' ' : r ..' " : ? 1 - r
CUBAN TREATY
NOW OVERDUE
Reciprocity Document Has Not
Left Havana Yet
STATEMENT OF MINISTER
Misleading as to Location of
Draft Should Fol
low Message
CUSTOMS OFFICERS SEIZE THE
ENTIRE CARGO OF FURS FROM
ALASKA ON STEAM1IIP OHIO
OTHER CARGOES TO BE SEIZED
LIKEWISE." i
WASHINGTON. Nov. C Contrary to
the comnwn understanding here. It ap
pears that the draft of the Cuban Re
ciprocity Treaty has not yet left Ha
rana on Its return to Washington. A
misunderstanding as to the location of
the document arose from a statement
from Minister Squires, at Havana, th.it
he expected the treaty to be sent by
mall following the sendlng of his mes
sage.'; j . . ' - - . :,, '
Cargoes Ssizsd ' ;
Seattle, Wash., No. .Th entire
cargo of furs brought out from St.
Michael by the steamship Ohio has been
taken charge of by theustoms officers
i.t this imrt and th same will be the
case with the other shipments due
shortly. . - .
' The selxure was made under the law
fixing the date when fur shipping from
Alarka. on bear or game animals, shall
cease ou July 1,
Alaska Gold Output.
Washington. Nov; . The Director of
the Mint reports ttre placer gold output
of Aliiska for the last ten months at
$l.87O.07r;.i This is over S4.000.0tf0 in
ex'cess of the Alaska output for the en
tire calendar year of 1901.'
BOHEMIA'S RAILROAD
TWO TRAINS DAILY TO BEDROCK.
J AND ADVANCE WORK BEING .
, PUSHED.
COTTAGE GROVE, Oct. 31. The
new railroad to connect this city with
the great Bohemia mining district.;' is
slowly but surely rwshlng Its way
alrmg. Two trains are regularly run
to Bedrock, ten miles distant. The pas
senger, traffic is steadily increasing.
and the freight business is all that can
be expected. About six miles more of
grade Is nearly completed and track
laying will besrornmenced Monday next
and" pushed teadtly forward until
empleted to the Red BHdgea distance
of sixteen miles from town."
A branch 1s being built up Mosby
Creek into the big timber district to
connect the logging camts with the
large saw mill litre, and over a mile Is
now in operation with train loads of
logs arriving dally. The general man
ager of the new road went East yes
terday to arrange for more cars and
passenger coaches. A new deaot,. Is
soon to be built at the Intersection of
the mala line and the Moby Creek
branch to be known as Waldon Station,
about three miles from here. The sec
ond engine, which recently 'arrived, Is
actively at work on construction and
fills the requirements fully. The finish
ing touches are now being, put upon
the roundhouse In the corporation yard
for housing the engines. New and
commodious quarters have' been fitted
up and are now occupied as the offices
of the company In the east end of the
big freight house on the . terminal
grounds. In fact, everything for the
advancement of the new enterprise; Is
going forward as fast as circumstances
will "permit, and another, season will
witness the completion of this railroad
through one of the finest timber belts
In Oregon and Into the heart of the
greatest mineral tone In the North
west,.: . . -
FATAL MONTANA DUEL
DEPUTY CU8TQMS COLLECTOR
KILLED HIS ADVERSARY-
THREE WOUNDED.
BUTTE, ; Mont.,! Nor. CA special
loathe Miner ' frra Ouwscow. Mont..
says that as the result f ill-feeling
engendered 4urlng - the campaign
United States Deputy Collector of
Customs James R. Stephens shot and
Instantly , killed William Humphrey
during a pistol duel yesterday. The
fight occurred In saloon, and a num
ber of bystanders were shot, though
it ts believed not fatally.
Oeorge F. Hunt, mayor of Glasgow.
was shot In the right leg and may
lose that member.' 1
D. J. White was struck by a spent
bullet and. slightly injured.
Joseph. P. Dore was shot In the
ankle and foot shattered; will lose
foot. .. .. .
Humphrey was shot through the
heart. T ff
Stephens emptied his six-shooter
and Humphrey; three chambers of his
gun during the duel. s
GIFT TO AMERICANS. .
CHICAGO. Nov. The gift of a
large eolleetlonvof edition Je luxe vol
umes, mostly historical and scientific,
Is the partial award received by the
University of Chicago for its partici
pation 1n the "Franco-American"
more, to establish closer educational
relations between Franc and the Unit
ed States. ,-,-;.. . --
The French Government with lta own
press publishes scientific treatises and
historical memoirs which no private
publisher could afford to undertake. No
expense ts spared In the compilation or
printing of these works, and they .r
extremely valuable. The French Min
ister or Public Instruction In apprecia
tion of th University's coropcration
with the French tchoolv hai presented
to the Chicago school a collection of all
works so far issued. Several thousand
volumes already have been shipped. It
is expected that as new works are pub
lished the University will receive copies
of them. ' ' ' .
ARRESTED FOR ASSAULT
DRUNKEN MAN ATTACKS A CRIP
PLED BARBER ON COMMER
CIAL STREET.
D. F. Vance was arrested rast night,
about 7 o'clock, by Chief of lVtUe D.
W. Gibson, charged with assault and
battery upon the person of one. Hyde,
a barber employed In a shop on' Com
mercial street, next to the Pennsyl
vania restaurant. Vance was consider
ably Intoxicated at the time of the as
sault. Just as he came along. Hyde,
who is a cripple ste.pped out of the
chop, and was in the act of locking the
door.' when Vance began a tirade of
kbuse ' wlthput the slightest excuse
Ilfrde attempted, to return to the shop,
when Vance made the assault, striking
him in the face, and Inflicting a serious
bruise. Chief Gibson, at that .time ap
eared ujm the scene and escorted the
felluw. to the city jail, where he ' was
locked up for the night, lie will be
given a heating his morning tw'r
City Recorder Judah. .-. ',
EDITORIALS OF PEOPLE
HOP GROWER RECEIVES INFORM
s ATION FROM ENGLAND RE- .
GARDING MARKET.
Editor Statesman; :.
I-hod friend, whose relatives live
In the hop center of Kent, England,
make inquiry regarding the prices. He
received u reply,, dated October 1 6th.
1902, stating that hop there were 44
(fhts per pound, or $50 per cwt. of 112
Itounds, our dollar being iual to 4
shillings and t penc of Kngllsh money.
This may be Information to the
grower, so I send It In. Of. courre,
romebpdy is taking a big "rake-off' be
twwn'th grower here and h consum
er. There has always teen mt ln
than 6 cents difference between New
York prices and Salem prices. But I
suppose the rake-iff' Increases vrlth
th Increase f hop buyers, fnr this
year it is more. The grower had bet
ter turn buyer, fony hat Individual
seems to enjoy perennial prosperity.
,' Mold and lice and low prices may
bankrupt the grower.jbut the buyers
rake-off never fails. Query: If the
brewers have - the warehouse In Sa
lem full of hops at 10 and 12 cents a
pound, why are they paymg 42 cents
for German hops? HOP GROWER.
Macleay, Or, Nov. 6th..
WERE IN NO HURRY.
NEW YORK. Nov. 6.A romance of
love and war culminated In the Roman
Catholic Church of St. Veronica, to
day, when Miss Julia Agatha Dunne
became the bride of Dr. William Dono
van. i Three year ago. when Agulnaldo
mas making trouble in the Philippines,
Dr. Donovan was appointed surgeon
with one of the regiment sent there
to help quell the insurrection. At that
time he was engaged to Miss Dunne,
but. believing that he owed his first
duty to his country, he made the long
Journey across the sea.' It wss agreed
that should the younghyslclan sur
vive his service they should get mar
ried on his return. With a good rec
ord for bravery under trying circum
stances on the field, and for faithful
service, the physician returned home
two months ago to take his bride and
redeem his pledge.
CAPTAIN DIED ON SHIP.
SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. . 'aptnln
H. Griffiths, captain of the bark Kalu-
lanl. died on board' the vessel last Sat
urday, when she was at point 400
miles off Cape Blanco, on the way from
Seattle to Honolulu. Stomach trouble
was the cause of death. Chief OnVes4
Wallace took charge of the ship and
starred a course for this p.rt to land
the captain's bodr.
Captain Griffiths was one of the best
known and mn.'t capable master mar
iners sailing out of this jMM-t. having
been on the Coast for more than forty
years. -
All. who use Atomisers in treating
nasal catarrh will getj the best result
from Ely' Liquid Crea?m Balm. Price
including spraying tub, ?5 cents. Sold
by druggists or mailed? by Ely Bros.,
S6 Warren street. New -York.
New Orleans. Sept. 1, 1902.
Messrs. Elv Bros.: I sold two bot
tles of your Liquid Crrm Balm to
customer. Wm. Lamberton, 1415 Dela
chaise street, ; New Orleans; ; he ba
used the two bottles, giving him won
derful and most satisfactory results.
; Geo. W. McDuff, PharmacUU
PLASTER ER8 WIU, ARBITRATE.
NEAV YORK." Nov. iBy an agree
ment just reached, itetvpeerf committees,
the plasterers who hayje been on strike
all over th city since October 21. will
return to work today at the union
wages of 15 a day, pending the settle
ment of the points In dispute by arbi
tration. Both sides are pledged to
abide by the decision of the arbitrators
who will be the members of. the two
committees. -
This action averts a threatened gen
eral sympathetic strike of 73.000 men
In the building trades.
- Smith's Dandruff Pomade
stops itching scalp upon application;
three to six removes all dandruff and
w::i stop falling hair. Price iOc, at ail
druggists.
WILL ADHERE
TO DECISION
President Diaz Will Jtat Ac
cept the Subscription
FOR PIUS FUND CLAL'.I
Insists That money Be Paid
Out of the Mexican
; Treasury .
ASSESSOR ' M 'GRIFFIN. OF CAS
CADE COUNTT. MONTANA. IS
15,000 SHORT IN HIS ACCOUNTS
HAS NOT SETTLED 'FOR. FOUR
MONTHS -RE- ELECT EI J.
LA REIKI, Tex, 11 Nov. 6. A, sjmh III
from Mexico City says: President Dial
has dec-lined the proposition' to cc pt
the money raised by public subscription
fur the payment of the Plus Fund
claim. .
The President stated that Mexico will
adhere to th decision of The jlagu
Court, and thit, nlnv It was stated In
the decision that the amount should be
J f.o.ii the Mexican treasury, the
payment will be made accordingly.
8hert In Accounts.
Butte. Mont..' Nov. A spp lal to.
the Miner from Great Fills any the
county commissioners have made a dis
covery whereby It la alleged , that As
sessor Nat McGrlffln, of Casraile coun
ty, Is short In his acciunts in a sum
apHoslmatlrjg )5.000. McGrlffln, It la
Mid. has made ImT settlement with the
county treasurer for the past four
months. On last' Thursday ' MrOrlfflu
was re-elected to the office he now
holds. No definite action has yet l n
taken landing a thorough esarulnatlon
of hli'Bi'tounli.
To Harness Waters.
lVrton. Mass., Nov. 6. Engineers nr'o
1-Jng sent ti Taroma'snd Heattle to le
gln work on a project which has Tor Its
chief aim the harnessing of the waters,
of the Puyallup GlnVler m Mount Haln-:
ler for commercial puroses. ' ,
It Is claimed that, if su-eimiful, this
will be the first Instance wher glarta.1
waters have been lined directly to pro
Vide power. " i
IS A PROFESSIONAL- .
"LOCOM OTI VE MM ITI I SO IE
C LA RED BY COMMITTEE OF
ARBITRATION.
On Tuesday morning last the States
man printed a press ditatch to the
effect that .- '"Locomotive (W, W.)
Smith, well) known in this city nnd
throughout Oregon" a a noted football
player and. until recently, ! the star
halfback upon tha University of Cali
fornia' teum, had been declared a
professional and was barred from tak
ing part In the big gaijiie between the
University and Stanford, which takes
place tomorrow, ami which prnmlea in
prove oneiof the bitterest battles ever
fought on the California gridiron as the
result of this decision, whlrh vas
brought (about by charge of-professionalism
preferred against Smith by
the Stanford University. '
The details or JJe case .have how
arrived, which are to the effect that
the charges were brought aril"
Smith by reason 4f hi" connection with
the University of Oregon last fall, as
coach at a cash remuneration of $450
for "expense.
According to the San Francisco
Chronicle, Of November 4th, the Stan
ford case was presented In th form
of legally prepared data, consisting of
affidavits collected Irt Oregon i.y f!hes
ter Murphy, of this city,, the former
Stanford quarter-back and captain,
and by McFadden, the former Stanford
Varsity end and this season's Oregon
coach, both being -residents of places
In Oregon conveniently near the Uni
versity St Eugrne. ARlJavlts were nlo
prwluced from, members of thet faculty
st Eugene. On the other hand. C;ill-
fomla nrale little more than, a te-h-nlcal
defense, But Monday evening
"Ijocomotlve" Smith himself appiand
before the commit t-e'and ex jAainp- his
extwnsea, though he had kept no
vouchers and had .bunched his expen
dltures; in general phrases.
Colohel Edwards' of the University f
California faculty did not concede It.
He accordingly asked for an arbitra
tion committee to settle the question
on Its merits. The president of the
Unlvettity Club of San Francisco was
asked to appoint an Impartial commit
tee to try the case. H chose gradu
ates from all the big Eastern colleges
and representatives als from Canadian
and E.nglfsh universities, ntoetecn- In
alt. Fifteen of these mature college .
alumni attended the sessions of the
committee and finally rendered a unan
imous decision for Stanford in the form
of a resolution, a follows: .
"Resolved. That upon the evidence
presented to this committee. It la th
sense of the committee that W, W.
Smith Is not an amateur within th
meaning of article 2. section 2, of. the
lntercolleglat agreement of March 2",
1$00." ' . ,
The attitude of Stanford in this mat
ter has generated the bitterest fi-eliis?
and the members of the California
'Varsity assert th.it, as a connerjurn
of the Smith episode, the game tomor
row wllf "go down In history 'as th ,
flercest gridiron struggle ever known
on the Pacific Coat.
Legal Blanks, Statesman Job OIHce,