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Show court uf New York state in the suit bro.:g!;i by Clarence H. Vennar agaiiut the Great Northern railway. J. J. Hill and others, was signed by Judge Lacom be in the United States circuit ourt today. The plaintiff claimed the interest of the Great Northern and J. J. Hill were, so far as the present action was concern's!, identical, which fact removed the of citizenship that gave the federal courts Jurisdiction. A demurrer by the defense will be argued later. The suit was brought by Venner as a stockholder of the Great Northern alleging that JJ. Hill used the flnsnoe of the road for the purchase of the stock of the Burlington route and Sold the stock thus acqulrej to tha Great Northern corporation, thereby making a Urge profit for himself and associates individually, to tne detriment and loss of Great Northerii stockholders. HKEVELT DSCbSSES His Version of the Magnate's Pre NotO.ie Particle Election Visit of 1904 of Truth in Parker's Statement. TeDs of tobal. when the dry dicks anl the dredges were Inspected. April 8. PrMldent of BivwU discussed with number feature' Ttriouu hii alien today Mr. Karri-.a, controversy between himself growing out of the fiction of the letter, between not to be quoted, them. He dealreJ 'jWhtaftoB, Kingston. St. Vincent. April J. Dr. Tempest Anderson, who has Just made a study of the condition of the Si. Vincent volcano, Bays the crater of the volcano Is inactive except fur a email discharge of steam In two places. The lake la restored, and vegetation ia growing up to an altitude of 1,400 feet An examination of the materials thro a out during the last eruption confirms the conclusion set forth In the report made by Dr. Anderson to the royal geographical society In 1902. Salt Lake, April 3. Adolph H. May. who has been manager of the local office of the Western Union Telegraph company for the last three years, has been promoted to the position ofvsuperlmendent of the Pacific made to hi. friende the president Harrl-mni Mr. of version h plain that bis visit preceding the election of that Mr. Harrimaa wanted UM from the national Repuo-het- a committee to held Chairman cam? Ooell In the New York state toward whose eapen.es he division of the company, with headquarters at San Francisco. He will leave this week for his new dutton iu on the coast. 8. E. Leonard, a.i.nr. su)ierinteudent of the Denver office of the company, la in Salt Lake to turn the business over to A. W. Long, who will kuccsed Mr. May as local manager. A. W. Long la a native of Utah and has been with the Western Union twenty-fiv- e qlf., had raised 1 100,000. The ynsldent promised to communicate with Mcmts. Cortelyou and BUss to ms what could be done. He did In this case, be declared, Just what he (Hsrrlmsn) INCAPACITY years. INVESTIGATION OF BRIBERY. had done In other Instance where he had been appealed to help In atute campaigns. Ns Truth in Parker's Statsmsnt, To some of bin visitors the president referred to the statement, made public last night by Judge Alton 3. Pilfer in Albany, In which ha said that tt has never been denied that I1M.OOO was turned over by the Equitc able, Mutual and New York Life Sun Francisco, April J. Further in veatlgation Into the bribery transactions of the Home Telephone company was begun when the grand Ju-resumed Its session this afternoon. A number of witnesses were called, among them being George Frick and Mark Gentle, members of the law firm which attended to the company's legal business ; F. W. Eaton, secretary and treasurer of the Pacific State Mr. to Oortelyoui company; E. M. Van Lieu, a director companies committee and that congress has reof the Empire Construction comps uy fund to make an Investigation Into of Oakland, an allied corporation of 1904 or of the corporate contributions the Home Telephone company; R. 81. .to pais a law prohibiting such oontrt-bndsaHoteling, a former director of the la the future. On this subject Nicholas Premier gait, 'outside Home; the president referred to a statement for ths Home. man which ha made on November 4, 1101, o ia whith he uld In part: "That contributions have been made to (ho lapsbllcan committee as have been made to the Democntte committee la not the quev hot at ksua Mr. Parker's assertion MAJOR PENROSE ' BEFORE COMMITTEE Is la offset that such contributions hart been made for Improper motives, either la consequence of threats or In nsosquenoe of Improper promises, dl-n- et or Indirect, on the part of the recipient But there 1. not one perticle of truth la the statement, etc. Denn Contributions Declined. Nehhr Mr. Parker nor hla supporter, the president declared, have been sMo to traverse or question the statement. made In that answer. The president uid that to hla own knowledge shout a dozen eon trl but I on. offered by mrporations had bean declined by Chairman Cortelyou, but that others bad hem A contribution by irrepterl. the American Tobacco oompauy, he said, hid been returned. A prominent tarn had made a contribution of jjlO.OM to tba Republican oaiapaiwn fund. Subsequently this man had male known hla desire for an appointment In the diplomatic service In the event that the president was 'leeted. A. soon as hla motives were understood, the national committee returned his contribution. The preai-uea- t inerted to his callers that no.ie f the eorpnntlons contributing to the campaign fund In 1904 had oome to bn for favors, either directly or indirectly. in tjiig connection the president referred to the legislation enaced "ganHnq corporations during the last yMr 'proving any Imputa-that immunity would be shown them for their contributions TAFT EXAMINES SANITARYCONDITIONS tocrtWy of War Making Examination of ThingsThorough In the Zne. 8. reSV tprll 0n from thaler Secretary Tart th other aide of h0 M J1 Plck this morn- In, r Junch'on be met a deputa ties of iVl ownerm of Colon and nther ,who Protested against hall h "nl,,,rt bard ships imposed authorities and asking relief oJost and intolerable of ti,.nu imposed In tht carrying out 7 ln,Prvrmenta her,. made a thorough ttmiLftinT8ff Th. ?1 ,he Itary conditions vAt the Colebra cut OJ.r Pmkm7 br ,1 "f th, WOrk BhoTela wre and explained Thl a;lMlt f Excavation TrJlurk at Empire was thnr-L- ,. dP and from Emptre to Gatun. Here he w,.7pVvk Buerd, general . ,?y J tarv Tlf, . Plu,,,n,a roiiroad. See- the entlr ',f h it aod visited each er Bit II t. mnir fai.'ir-rIn?,- 9d T. E the Rin, tom rhed as be wasRepresentative lowered Into V th,t ' t0 tbs hot- When Mr. Burton 1,lrfac- Secretary Tnft prPsent by taking !! V-h,n r,me tn in iirPriH riZlT,PPlng hla b'irhpt f tnl.i:';,, ' I k Into the to the botin 'be center of P' Vrl - F B Mnltliy, first the canal, and ,h psrifir iiviho ' ,n chrge of J rcompanled the re'srv descent, and ex 'io p,ind : "Port of the ani hPhi;fceTerJ v-- Aft 7'r,,v Old ,' band. surface the . rnPl, n a ! ? Z,,,n "'i INVESTIGATION BROWNSVILLE GROW! VERY INTERESTING. 'rain to Cut- - Testified in His Own Gave Sketch of His Career. Behalf Further Charges Made in the C se of Mrs. Eddy. Washington, April 8 Hinder Hermann, on trial for deMru.uiig public records, testified la hi own behalf today. At the suggestion id hla counsel Mr. Hermann gave a brief sketch of hi career. He was born in Maryland, In 143, went to Oregon when he was sixteen years old, taught school and worked on a farm, studied law and was admitted to the bar lu 1M!6. That year he was elected to tbe state legislature. In 1871, Frosiilent Grant appointed him receiver of public moneys in the Rose burg land ufllce. He was elected to oongrem in lbK4 and served twelve years, umil the election of Mr. McKinley as president. Selected by President McKinley. President McKinley kindly selected me or perhaps unkindly," remarked Mr. Hermann, as comniikalouer uf tbe general land offles." After leaving the land ufllce in 1903, Mr. Hermann said, he had twice been elected to congress, his last term expiring March 4 of this year. Mr. Heii mann emphasised the fact that during hla public career he took great pains tp travel over his stale and In these travels he made many friends. These friends wrote him many letters and he never refused to answer a letter. As a consequence, he said that when he went Into the land office as commissioner In J897 he was receiving on an average of ID to SO letters a day. mostly from his Oregon friends. E. P, Hough, who was a stenographer In the land nfltae under Mr. Her- Leckie Traced Course of Bullets Came to the Conclusion That Shots Not Fired by Nogroos. Lieut Washington, April I. Testimony of unusual intorcst was given today in tba Brownsville Investigation before on military af- fairs, the chief witnesses being Mejnr Charles W. Penroee, who commanded the former soldier who are charged with having shot up the Texas city, and Lieut. H, O. Leckie, who was sent to Brownsville by Geil. McCaskey, commander of the department of Tex-oto investigate facts connected w ith a, tba shooting. Lieut. Leckie traced (he course taken by bullets that penetrated houses in Brownsville and came to the conclusion that the bulleat could not have been fired by soldiers in the barrack a. Major Penrose, who has been acquitted by court martial on charges of neglect of duty, while the same court martial found that the men of the 25th Infantry were guilty. Not withstanding thin. Major Penrose asserted bis confidence now ia the Innocence of th men. although at first he thought them guilty, Penrose Heard the Bhota. Major Penrose said he was awake when the firing began on the night of August 13. He beard two pistol shots from the mad, he thought la the vicinity of the guard house. He tert.1-fle- d to sending Captain Lynn with company D to patrol the town and of Me return accompanied by Mayor Combe and hla brother Joe Combe and of their statement that soldiers had done the shooting. The witness said Mayor Combe told him none of the men of the 25th should be permitted to tnler the town, as he could not be responsible for the actions of dtlsens toward them. This applied to officers as well as 'enlisted men, as Mayor Combe said that the sight of a uniform might inflame the people. Major Penrose said he replied that be would allow none of his men to enter the town, and neither would he allow a citizen to enter the garriyon. Major Penrose said he did not believe his men hsd done the shooting until the following morning, when Captain Marklla found the dips and shells outside the garrison wall at the mouth of what Is known as the Cowan alley. The witness detailed his meeting with adttsens committee on the morning of August 14, when demand was made for the surrender to civil authorities of the -- perpetrator of the attack. He told the committee that a soon as ths guilty men could be discovered he would surrender them and that In the meantime he was taking every prerantlon to prevent a recur rence of the firing. VENNEIS APPLICATION DENIED BY N. Y. COURT Claimed That Hill Used Great North' cm Money to Buy Bur- lington Stock, New York. April nying the application to remand the rase 3. An order CRITICAL STAGE TODAY - Slayer of White Will Be Either Pronounced Insane or His Trial Will Be Resumed Before Justice Fitzgerald fice. Hermann explained the frequenSenator Mitchell by cy uf the visits Haying that Oregon seemed to have more laud matter to attend to than r almost any other state, and that Mitchell's collcajite, Senator Mcltrlde, was physically incapacitate! to gel around much. The defense placed in evident' about 100 letter written to Mr. Hermann's friends and relatives while ho was commissioner. Many of these lellers were copied in the books which have been destroyed. Olliers were not copied at all and all of them were placed In evi, dence, sccordlug to Attorney as showing ths character of Mr. Hermann's correspondence. 81r. Wuth-Inglon- SETTLEMENT Controversy on Rail- - road Question Nearing End New York, April 8. Tomorrow brings any critical stage tn the case or Harry K. Thaw, when tbe slayer uf Stanford White either will be officially proclaimed inaane and ordered soal to e stale asylum or hla trial will b resumed before Justice Fitzgerald n upon the fluffing of tbe lunacy thst thr defendant Is at tins lime capable of rightly understanding his own position, of appreciating Uu nature of the charges against him sod of rationally advising with his counsel. The commission completed it work tonight end will lie ready ' to report to Justice Flttgerald tonne row ruin-ulMilo- morning. Underwent a Private Esaminetlen. Thaw underwent a private mental and physical examination for unit than two hours this afternoon. In tlila last crucial teat he was entirely alone liefore the commission, even the district attorney end the members of hie own counsel being barred. When the three members uf the commission David McClure, Peter B- - Olney ann Dr. Leopold Futsel had completed their final examination, they shook hands wllh Thaw tn a most cordial manner, lie went bark to hi cell in tbe Tombs with a light heart slid declared later lo his euiinscl that he fell the commission would aurfly declare him sene tomorrow. The attorney! shared their cltent'a optimistic view of the e!u,atlnn. I Diet Attorney Jerome would not rotu-mhimself In any way. Thaw's counsel declared they were reedy to prw ceed with (he case torpor row, end that Mr. Delinaa might beaut his summing up. address before nopp. In that event, they said, Mr. Jerome would address (he Jury an Friday end e verdict might be expected befoie the week end. Report Will Not Be Made Public There la little or no likelihood that the report of the commission which has Inquired Into Thaws present mental stats ever will be medo public. If the derision favors Thaw, Justice Fitzgerald will merely ordgr the trial la proceed without any reference whatsoever to thd interruption whi'1.1! Iiegan two weeks ago. Should the ded rision lie against Thaw, Justice would bevf in quote bill barely the fonnal finding of tbe romnilssiou In hi order committing the young man to an asylum. If committed. Thaw would have to remain In the asylum until declare 1 sane by the superintendent of the institution. Then he would be brought back here and tiled again. Last Public Bastion Held. The last piddle session of the commission ass held this morning to hear the tentlniony of two more alienists Dr. Allen Hose Diefendorf of Middle-town- , Conn., for the prosecution, and Dr. rhari4 G. Wagner of Binghamton. N. T., fr th defense. Dr. gave a purely academic decision. based upon assumed facts snj writings of the defendant, and dared Thaw waa incompetent. D. Wagner said he hsd talked with the prisoner almost dally for nearly two month and hod 'been unable tn find anything upon which to predicate an opinion nf mental unsonndness at this time. Hi- - was not willing to go on derecord, however, as specifically claring Thaw to be In every sense a sene men. He said be bad not sufficient fart before hlin or sufficient time In which to reach so positive it . and tba aenata committee THAW CASE WILL REACH mann, corroborated Chris Muller as to being present In a Portland restaurant with Mr. Muller sad Rittenhaus when Concord. N. H.; April I. Counsel Mr. Hermann asked these young men Chicago, April 3. A settlement of for the plaintiffs In the Eddy eae If they had kept their reports and the controversy between the Western hooka He said Mr. Hermann's words said today that It appeared to them railroads and their conductor! and that Mr. Streeter, personal counsel for enema Merer tonight thsn trainmen Thstr Note Books. . Wish They Had Mrs. Eddy, and thoc who have charge at since Commlaaloners time any note I wish you boys had your of her case have, after mature delib- books, then Neill and Interceded In behalf ws could show to the Knapp eration, arrived at the same conclu- world what was In those letters. of peace. After delivering (be uV sion as to the incapacity iff Mrs. Eddy Hough said he did not remember timatum of the general managers to to manage her business affairs as that that Mr. Hermann made any remarks the representatives of the men this books at of her son when he saw her In Jun about the destroyed afternoon, s long conference was held that time. uary. As to this Incident, Mr. Rittenhaus and the final result was that the labor This cult, they declared, la not dl has testified Hist only himself asd leaders came to an agreement which rected at Mrs. Eldy or at Christian Muller were present at this Inttrvlew the two they requested government Science. The position of the petition with Mr. Hermann sad that Mr. Hei to deliver to the managers era from the beginning haa been th it mann asked minutely regarding what of her Incapacity to manage her busi hsd been done with the destroyed letWhile It Is not known ofnesa affairs, reformation ad to the ter books. ficially what tbs exact nature of the B. H. Cortes, who was a messenger management, control and accounting thereof was necessary for her protecIn the land office during Mr. Her- basis of the settlement agreed upon tion. manns administration, testified to Is, It was stated by a man In authorNow that the Imperative need of finding two or three old letter hooka ity that the prospects for s peaceable thL reform la conceded, counsel uld, In a store room of the office, the letter settlement of the were difficulty a remaining question would seem te books being those of Senator Carter, be whether the Interests of Mrs. Eddy who waa once a commissioner of the brighter. will be best cared for and protected land office. Mr. Hermann then reby a receiver appointed by the court sumed the stsnd and explained that or hy trustees appointed by and acting the first day he took np hla duties as SELECTING JURY prsctlcally as a continuation of the rommlssluner, he was brought a- letold regime. TO TRY ABE KDEF ter book Private by Mr. Hough, who Mr. Eddy Iseuea a Note. had been assigned as his stenographer. Concern, N. H., April 3. Mr. Mary It was explained to him that 11 was Baker G. Eddy Issued s personal note the usual custom for tbe commissioner Four of thtf FI jut Twelve Talesmen Have Been Passed by tonight bearing on her appointment of to, use a private letter book for his Beth Bidet. trustees to handle her estate as am personal correspondence. nounced In the motion filed in the With His Family. Cerrespendtnsd Merrimach county supreme court yesMr. Hermann said that he corresterday in the action brought to comSan FranrlsAi, April 3. Three of considerably with the memponded pel an amounting of her property In Oregon and that the first twelve talesmen who will sit his bers of family The note, which was sent out from son many letters. He la the jury box. subject to peremptory Pleasant View, bearing the signature he wrotehadhis said he departmental business to challenge, were passed by thG proseof Mrs. Eddy, follows; transact for his constituents and Ore- cution and the defence as s result of 1 am pleased to say that the fol- gon friends in practically every de- the second day's proceedings In thy constitute members hoard the lowing partment and every bureau of every, trial of Abraham Ruef for extortior. of trustees who own. my property: department of the government. He They .are J. H. Dumbreil, a retail mer1 Henry M. Baker, who won a suit said hla mall was always opened and chant; William U. Knight, cashier for D. at law In Washington, C., fur whlrh on desk when he arrived at the a furniture firm, and Julius Meyer, a hla It la alleged he was paid the highest that frequently he would tobacconist, retired. J. K. Bradstreet and office, fee ever before reMved by a native find letters relating to mailers fo the having been passed by loth sides yesof New Hampshire. office, which required an terday, four talesmen have now been "2 Archibald McLellsn, editor In general land conclusion. official answer, among his personal let- temporarily selected. When this numchief of the Christian Science period ters. Dr. Wagner repeated manr of his weft always sent ber has been increased in twelve they These letters difive In the leals circulating grand more recent conversations with Thaw division for reply and will lie subject tn peremptory chalto the proper In our visions of globe; also Canada, all auch replies were written for him lenge. the defense having the right and gave the defendant's Idea of hla Australis, etc. to excuse ten Jurors peremptorily and present predicament Thaw declared to sign. 3 Joslah E. Fernsld, Justice of the the prosecution five. thst he realised his position today wss Senator. Is t Wanted peace and president of the National In all, seven panelmen were examserious. He thought, however, Ms atMr. Herman admitted In answer to ined Bute Capital bank. Concord, N. H. four being challenged fur torneys had made such good progress today, To my aforesaid trustees I have a question by his attorney, that he cause and excused Angelo R. Dtipeni, during (he trial that be was. In i committed tbe hard earnings of my hsd aspirations to become United a real estate man; William Cohen, much better position than when It wav pen the fruit of my honest toll, the States senator and that ho correspondretired merchant; Donald McDonald, a begun. He said he bed nu delusion in to labor that U known by 1U fruit beneed with many persons Oregon wholesale liquor dealer, and former now that Ms set was an act of prori fiting the human nee, and, I Have so keep In constant touch with the po- Supervisor John H. Fheehan. The donee. said He his personal done that I may hava more peace and litical situation. talesman. Christian Reis, capieighth Questioned About the Delusion. time for spiritual thought and the correspondence also wii Increased by talist, was given permission to adthe fact that be hod written a pam- dress the counsel Just before the adWhen (he commission began ' Ita higher criticisms. MART BAKER G. EDDY, (Signed) phlet describing the western boundary He private examination of tbe defendant of court for the day. Pleasant View, Concord, N. II., April of tha Louisiana Purchaae and he had journment o the members question d him particuhe was disqualified that stated sent many of these pamphlets, togeth- serve as a Juror because of deafness larly about this delusion and others 3, 1907. er with a few kindly lines, to hi and that he was otherwise physically from which It has been testified he friende In Oregon and tbe west. Re- unfit, at this time, to try a case. In was suffering at tlie time be shot and Two Letters From Mro. Eddy. Bsston. April 3. Two eommunlca quests for state map, for information substantiation he produced a physikilled Stanford White. Dr. Putxel if tkms from Mrs. Mary Baker G. Eddy regarding homestead entries and let- cian's certificate. Both the defense the commission, conducted the brief were read at tonight's meeting of the ters from person who bad contracts and the prosecution paid a high com- physical examination to whleh Th.w First Church of Christ Scientist, the for surveys, Mr. Hermann said, were pliment to Mr. Rela by expressing an ws subjected. He ws given ell the mother church of the denomination. written to him personally, to which be earnest desire to have him n the jury standard tents of the reflexes, the pureplied personally. It was this charThe first communication read to th If he thought he could hear the testipils of the eyes, the Romberg test for audience was addressed to the mother acter of correspnndence that was cop- mony, and the defenxf offered to in- evidence of locomotor ataxia, dr. church. In the letter Mr. Eddy says: ied In his private letter books. him without examination as to Thaw Is said to have undergone ell The official correspondence of the cept Mr. Reis replied that the test in a thoroughly satisfactory "My Beloved Church: Your love and qualifications. Hermann explained, It would le useless for blm to at- manner. The alienists testifying for irlelity cheer my advancing yean. As land office, Mr. division hritlan Scientists you understand originated In the thirteenth the defense and who conducted a more tempt to serve. He was excused. I Fret not thyself be- of that office, where the letters were he Scriptures searching physical tesi than thst uncause of evil doers. Also you spir- written. These letter were brought dertaken by the commission today, deDEMONSTRATION. LABOR to him daily for bis signature. They itually and scientifically understand clared they were unable to find any to 350 a day. He that God Is divine love, omnipotent, numbered from to the really abnormal traces. Dr. B. D. 3. Speculative aid without these April letters he Parii, signed omnipresent, lnfinlts, hence It Is there was an unusual bump at tbe labor demonstration May 1, with fore- Evans said base enough for you and I to know that reading them, simply looking of the skull and also near tbe a large occupy of casts see to corner disturbances, that they our Redeemer liveth and lntercedeth initials In the Thaw's fluctuating puls, deof told The toils y. in the in Individuate newspapers came space from the proper for us. claring It was tbe most extraordInxy the various divisions. secretary of the federation of labor, At thla period my demonstration dishe had ever met vrith In bis medic! to declined During hla administration of the when Interviewed, of Christian Science cannot be fully decided upon. He experience. The rile nf beats ofn close the he Hermann dll program land said, Mr. office, understood theoretically, therefore it In a minnto. however, thst the stoppage would change four times is best explained by Its fruits and hy not remember having looked Into onee declared, would Nesblt Thaw was presMr. In France Evelyn be of work onlj-usbooks. general of The his letter personal the life of our Lord, as depicted in ent during most of tbe public session they were put to was to obtain tile on that date. The government's prethi chapter, Atonement and Euchar- Attorney Delmss wss nut present address of some correspondent. He cautions to prevent disorder are comsaid about a year iieforw his term ex- plete. and the officials believe that today, but at the end of the inquire Thaw sent him a note by special ures (Continued on Page Six) . pired he noticed that thews private May Day will pais off peaceably. r etc- - laulwh on THE these book. Described His Daily Duties. Mr. Hermann described hi daily duties a coiuuiii-Moner- , saying that t it was tbe bustm-sbureau in the government service. During congress he va Civiistsmly visited by- Senators and repiesentaiiios. There are. he said, about 25 attorneys iu Washington who devote their entire practice to land lustier and those attorney c lied ou him frequently. It was brought out ilut whenever information was given to Senators, reprexeiitative and attorneys orally, nu record of the same was kept whether the information was given by yte commiskioner himself or by the head uf any bureau iu the of- Ben-atu- D. W. 1., MOTED. however. ON STUDIED VOLCANOES. WESTERN UNION MANAGER PRO- d HERMANN booh wvre increasing ou tbe shelf very rapidly gud that loo many unimportant Mw-- r were being copied in de- of the plaintiff to the supreme Fls-geral- Iitef-endo- . safer telling blm to be reedy to with bis summing np tomurrow. pro-ree- argunim-- d t IN NEW YORK. TAKABHI New York, April 3. Mr. TakashL the Japanese financial agent, who recently arranged tbe big five per eent lien la London and Paris for the purpose of refunding the outstanding tpc bonds, arrived from per cent Japem-eEurope today en route for Japan, lie will remain in New York about ten deva and tail from Ban Francisco e April 34. MAYOR ELECT DROPPED DEAD. Central City, Colo., April 8. During s celebration in the rotunda of the Teller hotel la hie honor after the result of the election last night, Janies A. Gilmour, Democrat, who waa elected mayor, dropped deed from an at tack of apoplexy, Mayorelect Gilmour had been a resident of thla city for thirty-liv- e years end was ooe of the moat prominent men la the dietrloL SENATOR CARTER POSTAL METHODS CONFERS WITH PRESIDENT UPON IMPROVEMENTS. Clabna the Government Lease Seven Cents Per Pound en Second Class Matter. Washington, April 8. Senator Car ter of Montana, a meinbe: of the postal commission appointed to consider the matter of better buslneee method for the pnetofflee department, was at tbe white bouse today. Speaking of one of the features nf the commission, the senator said that It has been charged that tbe money urdi-- r department of the government lose 1,(nni per day. While the oun mission hsd not found this rharyo substantlaleil, the senator' believed that there was murh lax It jr In various bnreans of the posts! service (hat ought to be remrdtaL Fnr Instance, It is said (he government Iom-- s 7 renin on every pound of sccond-ela- s newspaper mall carried. When the comiulsslnn railed on tlie department for an explanation, the senator said It found the officials had no means of giving any accurate information on It. AH wss guess work, be said. Expert accountant will lie employed to go over tbe records and see If the charge! can be aiibstan tinted. . There Is a proposition for the ap polntment of a director of posts, wni Is to hold hla position irrespective of l, any change In the office of whlrh the senator admitted had some merit, end the commission will consider the propriety uf recommending the creation of such an posimas-tergenera- office. oooooooooooooooo o o O WHITE HOUSE CONFERENCE. O a o o o o o o o o o o o of the subjects discussed. The discussion today waa a o general one without reference o O Washington. April 8. An was O Important conference O held at tlie White House this of O afternoon on the subject O trust prosecution now under O way by the department of Jus O lice. Tbue present Included O Messrs. Root, Bonaparte, Uer-field end Cortelyou. Tbe so O railed tobacco trust was one O O O O O O O O O O to any particular trust or cor-porstlon and no conclusions were reached. Attorney Gen era! Bonaparte, It la said. Is outlining s program for action. He submitted his plans to the president sad bis cabinet as soclste wKh the view of re-celvlng any suggestion as to the best methods to pursue when the administration Is ready to resume the trust proe-ecuttons. O o o o o o o o o o o O o O o O o o O o o oooooooooooooo o o o WALKING DELEGATE IS o DOWNED. o o San Francisco, April the union men employed on o the hotel Fairmont were called o off today by order of P. H. Mc- o Carthy, president of the build- o ing trade council. Six hun- o dred obeyed the order, but af- o ter excited meetings bed been o held on the street, more than o half of them returned to work, o declaring the order of McCar o thy to be tyrannical and unjust 9 The men will take the matter o np with their respective un- o ions. McCarthy's order grew o out of his controversy with the o lndeendent nuion of Elec tries! o Worker, which was formed o here some time ago In defiance 9 o of his orders. o O ooooooooooooo 9000000900000000 |