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EN ATTACK ON LOW RATES
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HAW FIGHTING TO GET UNDER IPENNSYLVANlF JURISDICTION
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DOES NOT
HURT TAFT
BONSAYSBRYAN
POWERLESS
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! iMtn Mns.. Oct. 1 - ThoniUB W.
won, who Is 111 of In grtppo nt his
est it Egypt, near this city, today,
ltiiver to Inquiries about im
5i, ive out a statomcni snyinc
a; u believes tho oxposo of Sonn
v ranker, of Ohio, lins not hurt
j.1 in the presidential campaign
iiniiLawson'j way of explaining
lit be l not so 111 that he is ran-
Vw attend to his affairs.
lie Foraker exposure, Lawfion
d wtm only to allow President
twt to throw Foraker over
wind int himself dlroutly Into
h li'tiflon
(Continued ou pngo flvn. ,
MUST PAY
BIG SUM OR
GOTO JAIL
ORDERED TO RE
FUND $118,000
(United Press l.cuied Wire.)
Goldllold, Nfcv., Oct. 1. -tho Ne
vada supremo court having decided
against his potltlon for a rehearing
on n contempt chnrge, T. G. Lock
hart, president of the Florence ,GoId
llold Company, faces tlio alternative
today of paying to tho Esmornlda
district court tho sum of $118,000,
claimed by tho Florence- Mining Com
pany, or going to Jnll.
This Is but ono feature of n suit of
the Florence Mining Company against
the Florence Goldllold Company, in
volving over n million dollars. The
amount nwaidod U due on n' ship
ment of ore. "oi which the Goldllold
company rof'ised to pay. A counter
claim for damages Ib ponding.
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DEMOCRAT
WRITES TO
ROOSEVELT
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ADMINISTRATION 15
ATTAGKED
(United Press Lciucd Wire.)
Los Angeles, Cal., Oct. 1. Demo
crats hero today arc nwnltlng with
Interest President RoosovoU'b roply
to a letter sont him by Adam Dixon
Warner, better known as "Silver
Dick," in which it was nlloged that
tho present administration and tho
ono preceding it, know that a "pool
ing nrgroomont" existed hotwoeu tho
Southern California railroad (tho
Santa Fo system) and tho Sou thorn
Pacific Company, In violation of the
was Inducted into ofllco nine mouths
after tho signing of this contract.
That thla contract wnH and always
has been a 'pooling agreement,' in
violation of tho law, has boon public
ly known by you and your ad minis-
MINISTER IAMENDE0
TOLE NINE COMPLAINT
MILLIONS
FORMER JUSTICE IN
DENMARK
(United Preis Vtnn Wln.
Copenhagen, Oct. 1. Having
fixed tho nmount of his nctual thofts
at from $9,000,000 to $10, 000,000,
tho Danish government Is attempting
today to determine- to what oxtont the
defaulting former minister of Jus
tice, Albortl, profited by tho snlo of
titles and decorations, In which ho
Is nsiortcd to have dono a wholesale
business for years.
The inquiry promises to be Intense
ly embarrassing to scores of promi
nent men, whoso elovatlun to the ur
Btocracy Is said to have cont.T-d on
payment or heavy sums, which lit- nf
forwards lost, along with his sten'
Ings, in unlucky .iwillutlon.
Tin ''till wlji which tho mlnUtor
cov .Md up these transactions Is norl
otik han'llenpplug tho lnvoHtlijatori.
Frou Alburti himself they oro getting
'Ittle assistance, tho culprit having
uttorlycollnpsod since his surrondor
, to tho police. Phv-lr-inns sny thnro
) Ik no pretense concerning tho partial
I loss of , his memory, and It Is the gon
lerul opinion that ho will not live to
I be punished.
IS FILED
TO QUASH HEPBURN
MEASURE
WONDERFUL BARGAINS
In Ladies' Coats, Suits, Millinery, Dress Goods and Silks
it
Wo .ell the- unoiR,
Jh our low itrlirs that
does It,
LAWKS' SUITS
Priced Away Down
$H.no, $io.5o, $f.no,
$1-1.30 ami up.
LAWKS' COATS
Going at Small Prlcoo
$1.05, $(1.00, $H.ftO
$10.50 ami up.
MISSES COATS
At Bargain Prjcos
$3.50, $1,50 $(1.50 mid
up.
DHESS C200DS
Now Is Your Time for
Bargains
Yd. 25r, 35c, 40c anil up
DUKSS AND WAISTIXG
SILKS
Going at Smnll Prices
Vil il3c, !Wc, 10c ami up
.Cliiaigo Store
Salem, Ore.
law. Tho lottor nUo scoros tho ad
ministration for exchanging valu
able timber In Oregon uud Cnllforn'.i
for property which, tho writer al
logos, wiib known to bo worth Iobb.
Warner enclosed u copy of tho al-
logcd pooling agreement, which boars
the date of Juno 1, 189G, and was
signed on behalf of tho Southern Cal
ifornia railway by Paul Morton, sec
ond vlco-presldont, nnd for tho South
orn Paclile by J. C. Stubbs, third
vlco-presldont. This ngreomont, ho
doclnred to bo in plain violation of
the Shormnn law, which has boon In
forco for nearly 22 years. Tho loi
ter In part says:
"You havo beon President of tho
United States for sovon years. Your
predecessor, whose policies you car
ried out In your first administration
tratlou, and tho ono preceding It,
and the entire peoplo of the country
during nil this tlmo.
Tho Paul Morton who slgnod thU
contract was afterwards placed In
your cnblnotf and for several years
he held a cabinet position.
"You ny in your lotter to Mr. Ilry
an that you and your administration
I haB destroyed a number of trusts.
"Will you explain to tho American
people what action you havo ever
taken to dostroy this pooling agree
ment ono of the grontost, most far
reaching and vicious trusts In Amorl
ca? And ono that cost the peoplo
of California $25,000,000 annually
In oxcess'vo freight rates?
"In addition to this will you ex
plain to tho American people why
hundreds of thousands of acres of
worthless lands hold by those com
natiles that woro Included In the San
Jacinto nnd other westorn forest re
serves (landB that wero and are ab
solutely worthless) have bepn ex
changed for hundreds of thousand!
of acres of tho most valuahlo timber
lands In Orogon and California, to
the ndvantago and benotlt of those
nllroad corporations of hundreds of
millions of dollars?
"And whethor or not that trans
action had anyth'ng to do with Mr.
Harrlmnn's subscription and dona
tions to tho Now York campaign
fund of $268,000. at your roquou
and Mr. Harrlmnn's later donation
of $25Q,000 moro chocks for which
ho exhibited In N'ow York to the Now
York Herald, mediately after your
nretended falling out with Mr. Har-rlman?"
KIDNAPED FHOM IDAHO
OX 1.I1IKL CIIAKOli
(I'nltoil l're l-flfed Wlr i
Snokam. Wash., Oct. I. -Maurice
FlWinaurlc. editor of a er in Gar
Held county. Is today In tho custody
of tho authorities of 'Dayton, Wash
ington , on a libel charge after being
a principal in an exciting kidnaping
i plsode In which ho was dashed
across the Idaho-Washington state
line last night. '
(United Press Lcnicd Wire.)
San Francisco, Oct. 1. Charging
that tho Interstate Commerce Com
mission misconceived tho Hepburn
rate law In assuming tho power to
compel n railroad company to moot
water competition, and to forco a
carrlor to iiBiumo what Is tcrmod nn
unreasonable low rato. tho attorneys
for tho Southern Pacific railroad and
tho Orogon Hallway & Navigation
company tills morning Died nn amend
ml complaint bofore- the United
Stntos circuit comrt In the Oregon
luinbor rate enso, i(nd the legal bat
tle which wu lost to tho railroad com
pnny yesterday will ho rcoponod In
court this afternoon', when the attor
neys tor Loth r'l lll begin argu
ment on the iiuw bill.
The attorneys for the Interstate
Commerce Commission announced
today that thoy will fllo a demurrer
to tho amended hill of tho railroad
attorneys, nnd-tho nrgument. wlllbu
on tins iiemiirror.
The amended bill filed today moro
explicit than tho original potltlon for
an Injunction asked for by the rail
road company, and tho railroad at
torneys hope to roopou the question
ns to tho roaBonablonoss of the rnto
on tho hearing on this bill.
Hat' Almost Confiscatory.
The now bill contend.! that the In
torstnto Couimorco Commission has
put tho rnto on luinbor from' tho WIN
Ininetto rlvor valley to San Francisco
bay points so low, that It amounts al
most to confiscation, Tho attorneys
for tho railroad companies do not
contond that the rato Is confiscatory,
but say that It Is so nearly confisca
tory that It comes Into "the pool of
Tantalus."
Tho bill further alleges that It can
bo shown that the lumber men In
tho affected area derive a profit of
$2,000,000 annually from tho luinbor
buslnos-, whllo tho railroad gets
$00,000 from tho shlpmont of luin
bor. Tho railroad company Is entitled
to a countorvlow of the acts of the
Intorstato Couimorco Commission by
tho very language of tho Jlopburn
law, says tho complaint, nnd'iinloss
sueh examination Is granted hero, tho
rnilroad company will bo deprived of
nu Inquiry into the reasonableness
of tho rato.
Tho Southern Pacific attorneys
take tho attitude that yostorday's
decision simply compelled thorn to
fllo a moro explicit complaint and
think they can force another de
cision of tho constitutionality of the
rato law.
Luther M, Waller, attorney for tho
Intorstato Comniorco Commission,
will fllo n now doimirrer on tho
ground that tho court has nlrondy
docided that tho law Is constitutional
and that the rnilroad must uttack
tho methods of the commission In
making tho rnto, and not tho law
Itself, unless they are willing to tako
the ground that tho new rate is actu
ally confiscatory.
The law tnakos nmplo provision
for tho safeguarding of tho interests
of tho railroads, Walter holds, with
out turning federal courts into rate
making bodlos.
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LETTEHS CO TO IUHTAIN
FOR TWO CENTS
New York, Oct. 1. Outgoing
stoamers today carried large consign
ments of mall for Groat Ilritnln, as
the rostilt of the decreased postago
rates. The liner Amerika cnrrlqd
6G1 sacks and the Baltic took 110
Micks of lettors hoarlug two-cont
stamps.
Under the now agreement, begin
ning today mnll for an postofllco In
the United States can be sent to any
it of the Ilrltlih Islos for tho do
meetlc rate of two cents per outico.
The rate ye-turday was five cents.
BLOCK OF TOWX
IS Bl'ltXKI)
C'hico, Cal.. Oct. 1. Sevon fnml
IIph were rendered homeless by a fire
that destroyed all the houses on a
block on Mulberry street early today
The loss is estimated ui $25,000.
DETECTIVE
DEMANDS
PRISONER
BUT WHITES SLAV
ER IS HELD
(United Pre Lwwcd wire.)
Whito Plains, N. Y Oct. 1.- Tho
light to tuko Harry Thaw out of Now
York stato through orders Issued in
his bankruptcy enso at Pittsburg, be
gan In earnest today whon Hogor
O'Mara, trustee of Thaw's ostato, nr
rlvod hero with his attorneys and Is
sued a writ ou Sheriff Lane, ordorlnij
him to turn Thaw over to tho Pouii-'
sylvnnla authorities.' v
Sheriff Lnue refused to rocognlzo
the writ, and declined to surrondor
tho pi-honor. O'Mara, formerly chief
of detectives of Pittsburg, was em
ployed bb Thaw's prlvato dotectivo
during IiIh trltilB. Ho mndo a vigor
hub demand for the release of tljo
prisoner, r.l Sheriff Lane was firm
In his rofusul. He said ho coujd not
I'l'i'ognlrp the writ, coming from nn
othor stato.
O'Mk'h then sot out lmmdlatolv
I lor Scrauton. Pa., whoro Judge Arch-jboldr-who
Issued tho Ordor,- is hold
I lug court today, and will endeavor to
obtain an order for tho nrrost of
Sheriff Unto ou tho chnrgo of con
tempt of court. It Is believed tho
Now York authorities will support
tho sheriff In his attitude, and n hot
legal battle may result.
KIHST SAKE HOBBKItY
IX MIXING CAMP
Tonopnh, Nov., Oct. 1. Tho HrHt
safe robbery evor recorded in tho
Navadn goli camps was committed
todny, whon robbers crnckod tho wife
In tho Stag saloon nt Manhattan,
near hero.
Tho burglars scoured $000 and two
gold watches, the property of W. 12.
Stanley and his brother, Harry, who
conduct a gambling place nj. Mnnhat-'
tan.
Hobhors havo frequently hold up
snlooiiB crowded with pooplo, and
robbed them In tho approved wild
Wostorn fnshlou, but this Is tho first
tlmo a "safo-cracklng Job" has over
beon reportod.
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DOUBT AS TO DEMOCUATIO
NOMINEE IX WASHINGTON
Olyntpln, Wash., Oct. 1. Who la
Justly entitled to tho Democratic iiohi
Inatinn for govornor Of the state of
Washington, John PatMson, of Col
fax, or A. J. Bfilawn, of North Yak
ima? This question probably never
will be setUed to tho natl-factlon of
all the politicians, who are Just now
showing they are much Interested In
the mattor, ,
On tho fnco of tho roturnB of tho
roceut primary election, Pattlson will
rocolvo loss than 200 moro votes than
Splawn on combined first nnd second
choice. Yet accompanying features
liidicuto thnt thero will ho a discrep
ancy of more than in 00 vote bo
twoou the total first choice and tho
total second choice votes cast for this
nomination.
Tho fact that If tho votos ore prop
erly counted, first and second cliolco
should exactly equal raits a sorloub
doubt ou tho question us to which is
tho nominee.
Pattlson has been conceded to ho
tho nominee of tho Democrats, and
has already hftgiiu his campaign.
MONTANA LEVIES
CATTLE OVA HAXTIXE
(Palled I'rrtm (.ennui Wire.)
Butto, Mont., Oct. 1. It wni an
nounced today that this stato will ad
ml,L nn shlpmenta of entile from tho
Dnkntai or Wyoming as long as an
thrax Is euhlomlo In those states.
Tho new ruling will bo onforced rig
nlly under, orders I med by tho
state iiuthorltlob.
COMPANY IN UKOHIVEU'S
HANDS IS SOLVENT
H'nllfd I're" I.eneil Wire I
Minneapolis, Minn., Oct. I. The
"lllshury Washburn Flour Mlllliu
Company, which went into tho bunds
of revivors 'about two mouths ug,
has aaiOta over and above Its llabll -tics
to the amount or $1,146,630. ac
cording to the reports made toduy by
expert accountants.