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FIFTY-FOURTH YEAS NO. 13.
SALEM, OREGON, TUESDAY MORNING, JUNE 1 1905.
first section eight fages.
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' 1 1 . . t l J Wit. M Am. i A
HIS EFFORTS
BEAR FRUIT
CASSINI BEARS NEWS OF , RUS
SIA'S DESIRE FOR PEACE. ,
WHX NAME PLENIPOTENTIARIES
President Will Name Place and Time
of Meeting of Peace Envoys
of Two Countries. :
It Is Expected That Negotiations Will
Begin Within Snort Time Armistice
Will Be Declared Russia Fears
Japan Will Demand Too Much.
'WASHINGTON,':; June 12. Official
assurance that tne president's efforts
to bring Russia and Japan together to
Jj8'4i9 peace will be crowned with
success was brought, to the White House
today by Count Cassini, the Russian
ambassador, who called by appointment
:ibI in the name of Emperor Nicholas,
aftd formally accepted the president's
'.)ffr f good will."
The ambasador states that Russia
will'appoint plenipotentiaries to- meet
plenipotentiaries from Japan -to '-discuss
the question of 'peace. The place
.. , . x a. ! . i:
or meeting ai present is ieing uia
eussed. ' '.
Iluring the past two weeks the presi
dent's efforts have been directed to
ward" a mutual agreement to consider
tb terms of peace. This he aceom
-plished finally today. - It remains bow
for the belligerent powers to name their
plenipotentiaries and to agree upon a
time and place for jtbeni to meet and
discuss the terms and , to negotiate a
treaty of peace,. These details are now
unIer consideration with a bright pros
pect that such minor differences as may
exist will be dissolved within a few
IlTS. ' j
uonierence oi $uprema .importance.
ronferences of supreme importance
were held today Jat Washington. Presi
dent Iloosevelt, Count Cassini, the Hus
sian ambassador, and Kogo Takahira,
the Japanese minister, were-the prin
cipal conferees.- President Roosevelt
now has the unequivocal ' assurances
from both Russia and Japan of the ac
wptance of his proposition that they
will enter on negotiations for peace.
In addition to "indicating the accept
ance by the Russian government of the
president's proposition, Cassini in
formed the president of Russia 's de
tires as to the place of the meeting
of the plenipotentiaries and named
tho who would probably be delegated
to represent the Russian government.
Minister Takahira bad a conference
with the president this afternoon The
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LADIES DRESS SKIRTS.
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100. Pair Ladies Kid Shoes, with
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interview lasted thirty-five minutes. It
can be said that the place of meeting
of the plenipotentiaries was not finally
settled. Jn the arrangement of this
detail and others of the like the choice
wilt be that of the president acting as
the intermediary between Russia and
Japan. ' Russia, through Cassini, has in
dicated her pref erence " f or 1 one place
for holding the peace conference,, and
Japan, through Takahira, has suggested
another." It is known that neither
Washington nor the battlefield of Man
ehuria was selected by either Russia
or Japan. Further than that, informa
tion of a definite nature was withheld.
WU1 Hare Foil Power. "
St.1 Petersburg. June 12. Russia's
qmeial reply to President Roosevelt will
be printed in the Official Messenger to
morrow or Wednesday. At the foreign
office this afternoon the : Associated
Press was informed of Japan's indica
tion of the time and place for the meet"
ing that the plenipotentiaries are ex
pected to be named within twenty-four
or forty-eight hours at the most. "Rus
sia plenipotentiary," continued the
informant, "will be clothed with full
power toreeeive Japan's terms and
give ' Russia's answer, which will in
volve power to conclude a temporary
suspension of hostilities. Hueh suspen
sion j will probably be limited to-from
three to eight days, in which Russia
will decide whether it is possible to
proceed." -
, According , to the Russia view it is
impractical to attempt to inhibit the
movement of troops or supplies during
the armistice and fears continue to be
expressed that there will be a broad
gap j between Japan 's minimum ami
Kussia's maximum, but diplomatic
fencing is now the order of the day.
Pessimistic Paris.
Paris, June, 12. Opinion in official
and diplomatic quarters here is becom
ing j rather pessimistic as to the out
eorne iof the peace movement, owing to
Kt. Petersburg dispatches showing the
reserved attitude of Russia and the
activity of the war party. A special
dispateh to the semi-official Temps says
that influential Russians, forming the
war element, are making a strong rally,
being reinforced by protests against
peace telegraphed from the field by
Linevitch and all the division com
manders. Name Plenipotentiaries.
Washington, June 12. It is under
stood from a high official quarter here
that Marquis I to, Baron Komura and
General Yamagata are the three under
consideration by tb Japanese emperor
as plenipotentiaries and the inclination
of the belligerents is that each select
two plenipotentiaries. M. Nelidoff, it
is understood, has been tentatively se
lected by Rossia and it is suggested
that he will be assisted by Baron Ros
en, though this lacks official confirma
tion. -
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i yd ..... ... -i. 23c
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45c- Fancy Mohair Dress Goods,
! yd ..... ...... ..........25C
75c Mohair Dress Goods, new shades,
J yd ..:..49c
85c Fancy Dress Silks, yd. ..... ,59e
75c Black Taffeta Silk, yd.... 45c
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i : ; MEN'S FURNISHINGS.
Men's S5c Summer Underwear .,23c
Men's 75c Balbriggan Underwear..
V ' ' ... .. 45C
iBoya' 10c Suspend rs ..........50
'Men's 45c Wofking Shirts..... 29c
Men's Straw Hat ';
...............lOc, 15c and 25c
Men's Gloves
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HOT SHOT ON
EVERT SIDE
SCHOOL BOARD HOLDS ENLIVEN
ING" SESSION BY REQUEST.
PROFESSOR TRAVER ACCUSED
Of Conspiracy Against 8chool Teach-
ers. Grafting. Spoila- 5 f w
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Entire Meeting Replete With Heated
, and Fuming Argument' and All Ae
' cusatlons Were Heaped Upon Head
of City Superintendent.
"To the Board of Directors of
the Hahem. 8chcKl District:" '
"During the past year a large
sum of money was collected by
your- superintendent from the
teachers, pupils and friends of
the city schools for the osten
sible purpose of purchasing pie
tures to decorate the ; school
rooms, and, as a contributor and
one of the fr tends of the school
and a taxpayer, I demand an ac
counting. 1 further request - an
investigation be held by you to
ascertain whether or not your
superintendent j attempted to
graft $300 from the contractor
of the heating plant to be in
stalled in tine high school build-
ing now being, Erected by you.
Orafting is not commendable
anywhere, but in our public
school affairs it is most .repre
hensible. Yours truly,
"John. A. Carson."
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Spontaneous combustion! Great py
rotechnical display of spasmodic and
conglomerated, oratory () bearing an
unmistakable odor of the regions of
perpetual fire! These, or any other
combination of linguistic aphorisms .or
paraphrases but faintly describe that
which transpired ,in the police court
room of the city hall asf evening"npon
the occasion of th speeial meeting of
the board of directors held for the
purpose of receiving a delegation of
the patrons of - the Lincoln school.
Thre was a full attendance of the
board during the greater part of the
meeting, but while the humid atmos
phere was . becoming uncomfortably
heavy laden with sulphurous fumes
indeed so overcoming that Dr. Byrd
was obliged to step outside' to get a
breath of fresh ozone Director Condit
was obliged to leave under pressure of
an engagement and from that time
on "there was something doing all
the time."
Evil Forebodings.
Even before the meeting was called
to order the silence which prevailed in
tb room and over, the stern and set
countenanced assemblage was overpow
eringly oppressive, occasionally broken
by an inuadibly uttered word pokea
as a joke and followed by a mullled
ripple of half -hearted laughter which
froze upon the lips scarcely beforeut
terance was given. Once the meeting
was called to order, however, and the
object of the gathering announced by
Chairman Fletcher, there was no halt
to th-r proceedings until all present hs.d
speken thvir thoughts. There was no
hemming and hawing or mincing of
wj.'d 'when the ball had become faiily
oja ied.
It. If. McMahan, leading spokesman
for the Lincoln school delegation, in
troduced the subject in an eloquent yet
decisive manner, addressing the board
and meeting in general, butbefore ad
journment was bad all of the remarks,
both directly and .indirect Iy ere ad
dressed to the erson of Kuperigtend
ent Ij. B. Tr.ivcr, who made faint and
faltering attempts to defend himself,
to no avail, at least in. tile ryes of his
accusers, until he-gat, flushed ani) flus
trated, as one overwhelmed with pierc
ing and scattering accusations. The
personality of the onslaught, which was
at first so general and misleading,
burst upon him so suddenly that be
was at a Ioss-for words to defend him
self, and the upshot of it all was that
he was openly accused of having
brought "false and surreptitious
charges against; three young lady
teachers, who were so mysteriously
dismissed from the public school serv
ice, grafting, spoliation, etc., and he
took it all as one dazed, anly mutter
ing excuses and denials and inviting
investigations. t
Sworn to secrecy,
; As the meeting progressed, and it
progressed thick and fast once the ma
chinery was set in motion, it became
strongly, evident that the members of
the board i had sworn themselves to
strict, secrecy : regarding what took
place at the secret meetings -of the
board, during the election period, ard
especially as to the nature and the au
thor of the charges which "were brought
against the three teachers of the Lin
coln school. All lips were securely
edled as to this feature of the investi
gation, and not a single one of the
members would utter a word or sylla
ble which would have a tendency .to
convey an idea or lift the thick veil
of mvstery whicir enshrouded tne sr
fair. Three of : the' members present,
Chairman JTetcher, Lee and Byrd, were
willing .to disclose the proceedings of
th'i stcret meetings, but the majority
would not it was "all or none" and,
as Mr. Condit was absent, their lips
were individaally and eolbxtivcly
sealed. - - ; , - - '
Explode Bombshell.
The lKmbshell of "the meeting was
exploded, however, when - Attorney
John A. Carson of the South Salem del- j
gat ion, after a brief r3 catting ad
dress, presented the eommcnieation
which heads this article. It came so
suddenly-; and unexpectedly That it al
most took the breath away front all
present, especially the one accused, and
it .was several momenta before they
eould recover suffieienfly to take ac
tion upon the matter. The accusations
embraced in the communication have
been talked of cautiously between in
dividuals, but .they had not: hitherto
been sprung openly and publicly, and,!
after some heated discussion, it was
finally decided that the picture fund
charges were withouT the jurisdiction
of the board, bat a commit tee of three,
composed, of- Directors Byrd. Lee and
Condit, was appointed to ; investigate
the charges of attempted graft In rela
tion to the heating plant contract. Di
rector Croisan was first named upon
this investigation committee,' bat he
quickly and .heatedly: declined the hon
or of serving in favor of Mr. Condit.
McMahan Takes Up Cudgels.
The meeting opened with a brief dis
cussion of school election matters, dur
ing -which' a full ' set of judges and
eherks were, named. , This duty per
formed the board announced It Was
ready to listen to the delegation from
South Salem. Mr. McMahan,. after-tho
redaing of the resolutions which have
been published heretofore, ? made a
brief statement of the object of the
call, which was to tho effect that the
patrons of the Lincoln school' were
"sorely and righteously ''indignant
over the obscure and mysterious man
ner in which the resignations of the
Misses Maude. Myers, Bessie Smith
and Grace BaJ linger were obtained, and
demanded to know, on Jehalf of the
patrems and as a patron himself of
the Lineoln school, flie nature of the
charges which were preferred against
the young ladies, who made them, and,
if their falsity could be proven to thfc
satisfaction of the board of directors,
that the young ladies be1 exonerated
from disgrace and reinstated to the
teaching staff of the schools.
He was followed by Mrs. Wheelan of
South Salem, who Spoke in defense of
the young lames,' stating that she had
known them all for a period of from
three to six years, had studied their
methods and characters thoroughly, and
was convinced of their efficiency- as
instructors and high standard of mor
als. A brief silence followed this
lady's remarks, which was finally bro
ken by lr. Byrd, who, ia order 'to get
the question properly before the meet
ing, moved that the resolutions be re
ceived and spread upon the minutes.
The adoption of the motion was prac
tically unanimous. John" Bayne then
took the floor and called attention to
the charges, and thought the board
should take some action upon them, as
they wanted to know their purport and
the ageney of the injustice to the
young ladies and is vindication of the
board. - "
Questions Traver, .
Mr. Lee then stated that the board
thought it liad good foundation for its
action, wbifh it was not at liberty to
disclose, unless by unanimous eonnent.
This brought Mr. Condit to his feet,
who said: "Gentlemen, as stated
early in the meeting, I have a very
pressing engagement and will have to
depart. It don't occur to me that
the board is responsible for what ru
mors may be afloat concerning its ac
tions." "I would like to ask Profes
sor Traver if he ever went over to
Mouth Salem and gave reasons why the
hoard had taken action in dismissing
those teachers." interposed Mr. Lee.
"I did not," replied Mr. Traver.. "I
mean to make it plain," 'again spoke
up Mr." Lee, "that "I am given to un
derstand that yon went to the South
Salem scbol and gave out what trans
pired behind closed doors here and
what was supposed to have been se
cret." "I think I understand you
now, Mr. Lee " said ' Mr. Traver,
straightening up in his chair," and am
iHTfeetly witling that the private mat
ters of the board should be made pub
lic. I went over to South Salem and
instructed somo of the teachers who
asked me . that ;1 was not responsible
for their dismissal." ,"! was told, by
one of the teachers personally" inter
jected Mr. Lee,; and from that time on
the wordy war assumed a truly warlike
aspect, 'fthat you told her that I had
two friends who must he procured
places on the teaching staff and . that
those three teachers had to he dis
missed in order to make, room for
them." ' , - ',.;; . ' :
"I told her "began 2&r. Traver.
"Told whot'V d emamled Mr. Lee.
"Well, the one you are talking abbut,"
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said Mr. Traver. Let" ns hve the
names," thundered J. A. Carson. "1
will give no names," reiterated Mr.
Traver. ."Miss Miller is the one I am
speaking about," said Mr. Lee; "she
came to my house and told me all that
yon said. to her: Now, inasmuch as yon
went and gave out what took place in
the private meeting, I am in favor of
divulging the whole business."
Condit Defends Action.
'For myJpaiV said Mr. Condit, at
this point" in the discussion, ." I dont
see. how the teachers can be reinstated.
They had no lease npoa their jobs and
their contracts had expired. It has
been customary with the board, ufion
occasions of elections, to hold secret
meetings and discuss the matter priv
ately. I am tarry if we have made a
mistake, but I fail to see where we
have done so and. I cannot see how jt
can he helped now. If a mistake has
been made we are willing - to make
amends. I flo no think the board '
accountable for its actions to any com
mittee 'or delegation in any .event, 'tit
has been customary to rfrop teachers
from the roll whenever we saw fit,
and this time we dropped five. They
were given an opportunity to resign
and did so. I am opposed to opening
up the proceedings of the closed meet
ings." . .
' It was at this juncture that Mr. Car
son offered the communication referred
to,, eoatarning the sensationaL charges
against the city superintendent, but Mr.
Condit would not remain longer and
took his departure. "As a patron of
the school, a peaceable and law-abiding
citizen, and taxpayer I repel and
resent the statement made by the man
who has juit'left," began Mr. Condit,
but he was interrupted by Mr. Croisan
with "I object to this man saying any
thing against a man who is away, and
I appeal to the chair." Chairman
Fletcher then requested Mr. Carson not
to say anything disrespectful against
Mr. Condit in his absence, and Mr. Car
son replied with, "I would say it to
his face, Mr. Croisan, if he had re
mained, and I would just as soon say
it to yours." But Mr. Croisan subsid
ed and did not feign a reply. "I
don't like-this maner of saying 'we
have done it and it is nobody's business
but ours' and I am inclined to and do
resent it no matter , who says it or
infers it."
This style of argument continued pro
and con for several minutes, during
which Mr. Bayne called attention to
the charges preferred against Professor
Traver and suggested that a rigid in
vestigation be made. Mr. Carson again
spoke up and said:. "It seems to me
that the teachers' question should be
taken up and decided here and now."
He was followed quickly by Mr. Me
Mahan, who said that it was nothing
more than justice to them that the
ladies should know the nature of the
charges brought against them and end
ed dramatically with the exclamation:
"If there is anything to tell, for God's
sake tell it and let's have it over. This
cowardly assassination of the women
in their'good names. Other little par
ries and thrusts were indulged in by
Messrs. Acbesbn, Fletcher, Lee, Traver
and Bayne. Dr. Byrd then took 'up
the discussion of - the charges and
moved that a committee be named to
conduct an investigation. "That
world just suit me," remarked Mr.
Traver. "Anything like that would
suit-me very much." Little heed was
Eaid to this remark, however, as the
oard proceeded with the work in hand.
There was a further discussion about
the secret meetings when . Fjofcssor
Traver said: "I don't think what
took place at those meetings should be
made public The teachers were asked
to resign, when they didn't do so. It is
customary to relieve teachers wnen the
est interests of the school system are
sought to be subserved whenever" neces
sary. These teachers were not robbed;
their contracts had expired, and they
had no right to expect to be re-elected."
Mr. Bayne resented this, speech,
ami, after a severe arraignment of the
position taken by the professor, he
said: "I an surprised at the superin
tendent making pleadings to the board
to not make these charges public. If
he is a man among men, ho would come
out and say what he has to say, like a
man. Any one who walks around in
the shape of a man and is such a cow
ard as to be afraid to come out like a
mn, is -deserving of no respect by
man." Here some quick interruptions
took place on the part of Messrs. Car
son, Lee, Acheson. and Traver, nntil
Mr. Bayne again secured tbeJ floor
with': '"I have understood thaVthe
superintendent has assumed to give out
such parts of the proceedings of the
secret meetings as suited bis own pleas
ure and in his own defense, and this I
deem as an unfair advantage, inasmuch
as he is not a memler of the board, and
the other members were, bound by se
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crecy. It is an unfair advantage that
should be? resented by the board."
f "If the ladies win make a written
request that the charges against them
be made public, will the board answer
that!" asked Mr. McMahan. Direc
tors Lee, Byrd and Fletcher were In
favor of this, and Mr. McMahan said
he would present the request at next
Saturday night's .meeting. "If you'll
make them public I '11 secure the re
quest," he continued. "Give them a
chance to face them and the party who
made them." "That is an insult to
tm board," suggested Mr. Traver.
"That is not an insult to the board,"
thundered Mr. McMahan with blood in
his eye. " If the shoe .fits the man
who made the charges he Is the man
that is to wear it and upon him rests
the result, and not the board. There Is
just that much Irish in me." This
practically ended the fireworks.sas Mr.
Lee said he was. willing to, come out
with the charges on Saturday evening
and make 'them public if the entire
board would release him from his
pledge, . otherwise his, tongue was
sealed. After Mr.-, Carson had again
taken the floor, ami assured the hoard
that Mr. Lee jra exonerated from all
blame and that no particular fault was
being found with the board as a whole,
the delegation-took its departure and
adjournment was had.
CHILD SHOOTS PLAYMATES.
Raymond Coin and Mabel Cooper Ac
cidentally .not by Claudine
Coin of Los Angeles.
LOS ANGELES, June 12. Raymond
Coin, aged 14, and Mabel. Cooper, aged
10, were -accidentally shot today and
perhaps fatally wounded by a shotgun
in the hands of Claudine Coin, a 13-year-old
sinter of the boy. The bo
and girl who were shot were playing
together at the home and became en
gaged in a quarrel. The boy slapped
the title girl's face and Claudine, pick
ing up the shotgun and aimed at tho
two children, saying: "If j-ou don't
stop that racket I'll shoot yon both."
Her finger accidentally touched the
trigger and the heavy charge of nnm
ber seven shot struck the two children
in their faces, producing terribl
wounds. The boy's skull was fractured
and it is thought he cannot survive.
The charge struck the 'girl near the
temple, producing possibly a mortal
wound. Claudine, who is prostrated
over the accident, was taken into cus
tody by the police. '
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MAKE EARNEST PROTEST.
American Asiatic Association Object
Enforcement of Chinese Exclu
sion Laws. ; -
WASHINGTON, June 12. President
Roosevelt held a conference today
with about thirty members of the
American Asiatic Association, repre
secting the cotton textile industries
and iron and steel trade of the United
States. The delegation "entered a for
mal protest against such enforcement
of the Chinese exclusion laws as might
imperil the export trade of this coun
try with China.
PJ IS WORK OF ANARCHISTS.
Two Bombs Are Found on Premises of
Public School Building In
Pittsburg.
PITTSBURG, June 12. Two bombs
were foiind today on the premises of
the Springfield public school in this
city by the janitor No reason can be
given for the selection of this school
as the object of any attempted out
rage. There are a nnmlior of Russian
families in the vicinity of the School,
many of whom, it is said, are, so far as
Kiwurfa is concerned, intensely' anar
chistic. WILL DD3 NATURAL DEATH.
Neither Side in Strike Makes Any Ag-
gresslve Move Yesterday.
CHIOAGO, June 12. The teamsters'
strike has come to a stage where it
will die a natural death unless new life
is inj.-eted into it by the strikers.
During fhe past twenty-four hours
nothing, of any importance whatever
has developed, neither side to the con
troversy having made any aggressive
move.
JAPS APPLY WHITEWASH.
TA(XMA, June 12. The Japanese
btseball team from tle Waseda univer
sity, of Japan, defeated Whitworth
Oollegc team hero today by the score
of 2 to 0. -
BLANKET EACH
OTHER'S FIRES
NONE KNEW ROJESTVKNSKY'3
PLANS OF BATTLE.
DID NOT TELL NEE0GAT0FF EElf
Survivors of, Battle of Sea of Japan
Lay Blame of Defeat, on Careless- ,
ness of Admiral.
Paid No Attention to Approach of Jsp
I anese Ships Poorly Maneuvered
Position Was Cramped No Training
x or uunnery jjunng xivire v uy
VLADIVOSTOK, June 12. A series
of interviews, which the correspondent
v. the Asociate Press has had with
the naval officers who survived the bat.
tie of the Sea of Japan, leveloed a
most sensational story of the causes of
the I!uRian disaster, first of nil, and
the complete demoralization which fol
lowed the sinking of the flagship Kniaa
Souvaroff and the wounding of Itojest
vensky. It is explained that not u sin
gle ofticer of tho fleet knew the commander-in-chief's
plans. The admirals,
in command of the divisions knew no
more than the sub lieutenants and had
to rely on tho signals of tho flagship.
Nebogatoff, upon whom the command
devolved, had seen Kojestvensky only
once after the juncture of their squad
rons and then only for a few minutes.
All the stories of the extensive tar
get practice oft Madagascar were
takes.: During the entire voyage there,
was practically no training in gunnery
worthy of the name. Ugly torics aro
told of the happenings at Madagascar.
Kven the very mufning of the battle,
while the buzzing of tho wireless in
struments on the Russian ships showed
that the Japanese scouts were commu
nicating his dispositions to 'Togo, Ko
jestvensky continued careless of his
maneuvering, snd when tho Japanese
appeared the Russians were caught in
an impossible formation and were at
tacked on its three fronts. Kojestven
sky 'a position was cramped, and his
transports were badly placed and
caused confusion. While 4he Japanese
were raining projectiles on the Russian
ships, the latter were huddled together,
blanket intr each other's fires.
LARGEST TRUST IN THE WORLD.
Plans to Consolidate Equitable Life
and Equitable Trust and Morton
Trust Companies.
NEW YOUrs, June 12. The organi
zation of the blrgest trust company in
the United States and one of the lar
gest financial institutions of the world,
was said today to be a part of the plan
of Thomas F. Ryan in negotiating the
purchase of the stock of the Kquita
ble Life Assurance Society held by
James II. Hyde. Ryan's plan, it is
reported - today, will be to consolidate
the Equitable Trust Company, the
Mercantile Trust Compsny and . tho
Morton Trust Company, all of this
city, with the last named in control.
It is expected that this will result in
creating a financial institution with
deposits second only to those of the
Nation City bany of New York
which deposits amount to H5,000,000.
The deposits of the proponed consoli
dation would amount to $109,000,000,
and also would mean the elimination
of the .control of the subsidiary com
panies by the Equitable Life Assur
ance Society.
STUCK FAST AND SURE.
Steamer Tampiean, Heavily Laden,'
Goes Airround Shortly After
Leaving Port.
HALIFAX, June 1?. Word was re-eeitM-d
tonijjht that the Leyland line
steamer Tampiean,- from Montreal,
went hard aground in the Kt. Jjawrenro
soon after loaving port today. She is
heavily laden with a general cargo and
400 head of cattle. . She is firmly im
bedded in the sand. Six tugs failed to
float her.' "
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