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Show vm mUSHUID m FEESS TELESSAPlilC SERVICE FAIR VOL. I. NO. 355 OGDEN CITY. UTAH, TUESDAY MORNING. COURT SERIES OF. DESPERATE REVERSES TORPEDO. ATTACKS In A Yire-Admir- al out-ai.- ie Vice-Admi- tw It er, rr. M -l 105 aui-rce- ded Ml is ith the ' an rot out mt . its sow tM KB Hum to Japan, leaving a junior to conduct the final operations and to continue the blockade. It is expected that Togo will be summoned by the emperor to Tokio, where he will be given splendid public reception. Admiral Togos campaign of ten months is considered equal, to any in tlie history of naval warfare. He baa labored constantly under the necessity f preserving the veasel of his fleet for service against the Russian Second Pacific squadron. The admiral and his am have stood storm, stress and exposure excellently. The men are in good health and exultant. ad-mi- ial !rer Pe, irwr SfOtlK from kit ititr tint I ;e Ki iPlui kuu 1 iLl ENEMY'S SHIPS TOTALLY UNFIT FOR SERVICE. Tokio, Dec. 19. date of December raj:Thera that "It is certain that at least six Russian torpedo loat destroyers remain intact In the harbor. A staff officer landed at Port Arthur reports a follows: " The bail leship Perea viet Is lying 200 metros northwest of the Tiger's Tail peninsula with her how turned northeast, half north, and at high tide the water reaches to the terpedu tubes in her bnw. 8he Is submerged to her .tern walk and liea aground without listing. Her central funnel la severely damaged. "The bsttlaahlp Poltava lies 201) metres north of the point of Tigers Tail. Her mow points east southeast, half east, and at high tide she is submerged to her after deck. She is doubtlessly aground and does not list. Tlie battleship Retvizan lies 100 metres east of the Poltava, with her stem toward that, vessel. Her condition Is worse than that of the Poltava. She is listing five degrees to starboard and lier after deck is ronstantly submerge'!. The battleship Poliieda liea 220 metres northeast, half east, of the point of Tiger's Tail with her bow pointing northeast, half north. Her after dick on tbe starboard side must be submerged at high tide. Everything seem, to show tint she is aground. The protected cruiser Pallada lies 100 metres east by north of rhe Pnbieda. Her stern is towards southwest, half south, and she is listed flva degrees to port. At high tide the condition of her deck. is about tha same a that of the decks of the Pereavict. She ia doubtlessly aground. "The armored cruiser Dayan Deg 400 half west, of metres the harbor entrance, with her bow half east. She haa listed 115 degrees and appears to he aground. Two cruiser have been abandoned and no boat are seen near them.' Togo, In reporting the renewal of the torpedo attack on the night of December 15, says: Our torpedo flotillas again attempted an attack on the night of December 15 against the battleship Sevastopol, the coast defense vessel Otvashnl and the torpedo boat destroyers lying at tip font of Chengtao mountain. "Commander Sekl'a flotilla, braving the heavy snow, reached the enemy's anchorage at 4:30 oclock in the morning, aiul, running between the Sevoato-p- ol and a destroyer, succeeded in discharging torpedoes close againat theSevastopol and the Otvasbni. Explot, st, Vive-Admir- al Telegraphing under (Continued on Page 3.) ocnp t, WiA deal-N- ' W. and nee Owned by Walter Jennings Clips of a Second off the Record Made by Rag Tag -- Record now Stands 1:32 Flat. Dainty, One-Fif- th less HI Francisco. Dec. 19. The .worlds for 7 2 furlongs was smashed in 'ivll race at Oakland today. Dainty Jnesimit mare by Golden Garter-"bu- d. owned by Walter Jennings. ' ,lth n impost of 109 pounds, rtuiiaied the distance in 1:82 flat. ''Pring one fifth of a second off the rmr record of 1:321-- 5 made by ,J T"S ' Washington Park in 1903. s Dainty's first start on the track since the mare'a auccess-ramiiain the New York courses. n, INI" m merits of the case, but declared tbat be will give all the assistance anil support warranted by his olfice and will give the plaintiffs the service of one of bia assistants for the purpose of bringing the case before a magistrate. Mr. Wark'a counsel said that he will proceed in the manner suggested . by District Attorney Jerome and will have tbe matter reported to a magistrates court. gn ',R- WACK WILL GO BEFORE rk- - i Dc. A 19. MAGISTRATE. Henry Wel-L- 'n Mack, who say he seeks the 01 Timms W. Lawson, did Iw , today in Diatrict . Attorney , K wml'I."ff'M, as he had announced but hia attnrncv called on LT"-m,, t, - W I h. i arrlT mt m" It a m,tler lawyer representing interoats than thore Mr. Beattie. He refused ly 0Zrnl,i ho the other i lawyer was or dls-- i thp other great interest! trr "ia. (Sip dutrii;t uririse by saying that "N., ,ni1 Krpater rn grt into the grand jury I Vii3"1 'Ir- T'r',Dlp' in be first proven case or for MBHr I VT JT',on. eveept over nr dead I . - Prnd Jury has bran used in instances to pull ' ? 'JI 'dMine the fire, but it wil? not in 'hi jV' ref isod to the v I e- SEIZURE WARRANT ISSUED FROM THE POLICE COURT NOT . VALID. the disTopeka. Knn., Dec. 19.- -In trict court Judge Hazen today decided that the police court haa no power to issue a search and seizure warrant and that the police, acting nndcr. uch noa warrant from the police jiiilg'-- have acize right to search a building and liquors or any other property. m f f Washington, Dec. 19. The supremo court decision in the cae of Johnson v. the Southern Pacific railroad is by the lnierstaie Commerce Commission and the Department of Justice to be a decided step forward toward the protection of railroad The point! decided were summarized aa follow: "Couplers must be of uch a character tbat they will couple automaticall and save emplojea from going between can, though absolute uniformity ia not required. "A car, though empty and on a may be engaged In Interstate em-plnj- the enemys ships in the harbor of Port Arthur are totally unfit for service. I have reason to believe that the battleship Sevastopol has been disabled by our torpedo attacks, but no definite data ou which to ia final judgment has jet been obtained and Investigations are being conducted in all available quart-ter- a. pre slde-trai-- k, commerce. That for the purpose of safety law locomotive are cars and that they are leqnirrd to be equipped with automatic coupler. The accident out of which the suit grow occurred at Promontory Point, Utah, in 1900. when Johnson, who was head hrakeman on a through passenger train between San Franrisco and Ogden was directed to couple the Inromotiva to a dining car which waa standing on a aidetraik at that, point. The engine and car were equipped respectively with the Jenny coupler and the proper hook, but they did not work together and Johnson wa compelled to go between the car with the result that his hand was so badly mashed that amputation became necessary. He bronght suit tor damages, but both the circuit court, for tbe district of Utah and the court ni appeals for the eighth circuit decided agaiUkt him. Today's opinion reverses both these Judgments and orders a new trial At a meet ing of creditors of Jacob Berry k Co., today, Edward 8. Tboma. the temporary receiver. said that tbe firm owe about sro 1750,000. while the actual asset only about 864,000. Tha creditors elected a receiver. New York, Dec. 19. Senator Platt of New York Calls Republicans Together to Consider Senator Depowo New York, Dec. 19. Senator Tboma C. Plait ha called a conference of Republican to meet in the Fifth aveuuo hotel on Wednesday at 11 o'clock to consider the of 8enaior Uhauiu-eM. Depew. When naked tonight whether he hail invited Governin Odell to consult with him. Senator Platt replied: "Of roiire 1 have not dune so. The governor ia backing the other man Senator Plan said tbat he had visited Wall Btreet today and consulted with a large nuiulier of prominent Republican, all of whom he said he had found to lie in favor uf the uf Senator Depew. Regarding who would be present at the conference, Senator Plait said: "Republican who are Interested in the election of a United States senator men from different parts of the state. I shall not turn anybody away. 1 want to find out where we stand and I purpose getting to the bottom of the matter." a Governor Odell waa mistaken. Senator Plait said, if he believed that Black SECRETARY URGES PUBLIC would have a majority in the legislaBUILDINGS APPROPRIATIONS. ture. "He haa not even a majority of the Shaw Washington, Dee. representative, he Mid. statea house In the transmitted today When asked how Governor-element relative to the work nn buildings Higgins Mood on the question, uf the He said: now tinder erection wens irali ip, Senator Platt replied that "Sites for public building In quite be did not know, but that he exiiorted a large number of cities sad towns to lie able to "anioke him out before have been purchased under authority long. granted. In aome of these places the deGovernor Black came to the rity from mand for building! is urgent. Troy tonight When naked If the an"I therefore recommend approprianouncement of his candidacy in the tions covering all the aitea heretofore Troy Times was autbnrltive he anamount an addition in purchased and nounced tbat he waa not yet prepared sufficient to make Improvements in to make a statement of his attitude. consuch cities and towns where like ditions well nigh Imperative exist. The aggregate amount of appropriations need not exceed 1 19100, 0U9. The list of eitee includes Albuquerque, N. M., and Baker City, Oie-goct 1 1 NOTHING n. SENSATIONAL DEVELOPED HOTEL AM WEDNESDAY .' HATES ii Recovered Minneapolis, Dec. SO.' The east wall uf the O. 11. Peek building which was destroyed by tire Tuesday fell at 1:21 Ibis morning crushing the Crocker hotel. The twelve iumato of the bold have nut been scon since tbe wall lcll and It ia believed they are burled in iho ruins. Tbo wrecked building took fire, probably from gas lights and la now burning. The missing are: a William (rocker, landlord. Mrs. LeClalre. Jennie Morris. William Morris. William Bra, carpenter and tractor. Hans Andvreou. James hostler. Two Scandinavian, names unknown Peter , hostler. Albeit , Mac. Mrs. William was taken out of tbe wreckage seriously injured and may die. The firemen are directing their effort to fighting the fire. The buildings fur one block are of wood. Until tbe fire le out It will be Impossible t tell definitely how many people were killed or Injured. Four bodies have alrradv been ta'seu from tbe ruins of the hotel, in which three of them life le extinct, and the fourth, a woman, is barely living. The fire in the hotel la slowly being drowned out and the firemen are working underneath the falling wall trying to extrirale tbe people known to have been in the hotel. misae.1 for hazing, special order after January 5, caused aome criticism. Mr. lecey nought to pass the resolution under tlie of the rul.s. and Messra. Maim or illunoia; Fitzgerald uf 'New York, and Williams of kiiraissipiu contended that the case uf these could uoi be given prcfcrr&cn when there were n many matters of VMt public imimrtance which could not get time for consideration. The limine refused to adopt the reso- Km-peror- 'e JAPAN PRAISES HERO Fort Samejima Kekwan the Turned Threatened Disaster into Victory. ed PUGILISTS EXPRESS 1 n ' lution, 35 to 77. The Philippine government bill with the senate amendments was referred to the committee on inuUr af- i fi fairs ' i Mr. Morrell of Pennsylvania moved the pasMige under the suspension of the rules of tire ncnate bill providing for the inauguration of the president, amended o as to provide that the inauguration ball shall be held in the capital building Instead of tne congressional library. The hill as passed by the senate authorized the pension officii to be used for this purpose. The houaa amended It so as to grant, tha um of the rongresiiioual library, but Mr. Morrell Mid that the opposition to the latter place had been an greet that, the district committee now urged the rapt-t- ol s ! it .i building. emphatic nn the house votdoan the resolution requiring that the district committee repair all damage, and give bund. By an ed Under suspension of the rules a bill was passed to aid the Western Alaska (kin struct ion company. Mr. Morrell of Pennsylvania called up the bill to grant the temporary orrupancy of tlm Washington njonument grounds for tbo American Railway Appliance oxhibl-tiu- n. Washington, Dee. 19. The amain committee on prlvilegee and alertkma today developed nothing sensational In the Senator Smoot, investigation. In; A motion to pass tba bill under terest was evinced by membera of the suapenskm of the rales was voted down, committee by statement! by A. C. Nelafter which tbe house, at 4:29 p. m. son, superintendent of public lnat.ru tinlill Wednesday. of Utah concerning the une of school building for the teaching of Houm Register's Emphatic No" to Mormon religion. Um of Capitol Building. EVERY iJtND OFFICE DI8TRICT WILL RECEIVE ATTENTION. RELIGIOUS CLASSES AIRED. Washington. Dec. 19,-- TLe house today emphatically diMpproved the apDnrtland, Ore.. Dec. 19. Every land Waabington, Dee. 19. At the after- propriation to hold the inaugural ball office In Die district of Oregon snd in the capitol building. noon session of the Smoot investigation there ere six, will receive the attention The house also voted down a resolucommittee A. C. Nelson of Salt Lake, of the United States grand Jury which tion making a special order for January convened Mate superintendent of public instrucafter a rwen of a montion and a Mormon waa aworn. He is 6 the bill to restore to the naval th. Twelvetoday quarter aectlone of fins now making an investigation of the exthree naval academy ngdet who were in the Roseburg land office distent in which religious clastic are dismissed for hazing. trict are said to lie the aubjeet of the maintained in the seluwl. Answers invest! ration of the grand Jury toilay, have been received, he says, from all HOUSE RECORDS AN KMHPATIC although this statement ia not conthe county superintendents except firmed. "NO." three. Claaaea are held in about YuO buildings. These classes are assembled Washington, Dec. 19.' The House to- BOARD OF TRADE after the adjournment of tbe re pula day passed a bill under of RESUMED SESSION. school day, which varies from 2:30 to the rules to exclude from suspension the Yoaemlte 5 p. m. Nslkmal park. Calif., certain lands and London 19. The Dec. representaMr. Nelmn reed a letter which he had to attache them to the Hierra forest tives of the board of trade who are sent to all school superintendents, call- reserve. inquiring Into tbe North Ben incident A resolution ing attention to a statute prohobitlng Mr. Lory of Iowa, resumed their session The intbe public making the bill by sectarian teachings in to restore three mid- dividual claims for comtoday. pen a I inn of clioo1. John shipmen, Henry Lnfland. Earl the men employed on the Hull trawlers So far as he had information Mr. NelWorden Chaffee and Joseph Drnuimund were present ed end also the claims of aon mM that the school teachers usualLittle, members of the first --class. Unit- the owners of the fishing boate and classes. the religion ed Btatee Naval academy, who were die- - the solicitors costs. ly taught Mr. Nelaon waa On asked if Senator Smoot had bran advised of matters relating to religion . i r, , l ; I w od ' ? i V ; ' ' -- i . , -- c Isaacs. T Well," answered the remember meeting Senator Smoot and telling him I wna about to begin my fttvesligalion and that I believed the use of tbe school buildings for the um of Britt and Nelaen are Each Certain of relegious purposes was contrary to law, gpd he Mid: Winning the Big Fight Both Men Good, I am glad to bear It. " Ready. I that' intended to lie Senator answer on the witness stand?" Smoot. San Franrisco. Dec. 19. Not until a few hours before their fight tomorrow asked Mr. Tayler. "It i well enough In an Investiganight will Jimmy Britt and Battling tion in which he i the subject to have Nelson leave their training camps. All Senator Smoots name mentioned at work, however, practically ceased to- least once a week," responded Mr. day and the young boxera today did little more tban move about in a Worthington. was Tbe hearing adjourned until torecreative way. Nelson is slightly under morrow. weight and Britt a fraction over the mark, so the forfeit money is aafe on both sides. In interviews today each of the pugilist e expressed confidence in the outcome. Britt said: "I am going to be beaten aome time, but Nelson won't be the man. He is not good enough fighter to whip me. This may sound like conceit, but it is a fart, nevertheless. When I figy that I will Woman Murdered Unknown beat Nelson don't think that I am look- Yeung a Bullet Fired by UnThrough ing for an easy victory and that I am known Person. under-ratin- g him. From what I have seen I think NeNon is the best man I Colorado Springs. Colo.. Dec. 19. ever signed articles with. At the coroner's inqumi held today nev-er- al Nelson said: witnesses were examined including "When I fought Corbett I was better sherthan when I fought Hanlon and w hen I the men who found the body,anthe examinmade who a dentist iff and meet Britt I will be better than when I beat Corbett. I have more confidence ation of tlie terth of the dead girl on and I think I am a better fighter. I which ex pm rive and expert dental have improved, but I think Britt has work had beta performed. The authoribeen seen at his best. He wont be any ties hope to trace tbe identity If the better when he meets me than when be girl through the dentist who did the fought Gans or Corbett. If Britt beats work. The Jury returned the following verme all 1 qan aay ia that he will know that he haa been in a fight, ami tbat dict: That tbe unknown woman came to lie found me tn my bptit condition. I her dMth on a dale unknown to this will have no exruHsee. Betting on the match has thus far jury and that the cause of death wa a been light with Britt the favorite and gunshot wound below tbe back of the the Nelson supporters asking for great- left ear ranging upward, the bullet been.l fired by some person er odda. Today ten to eight were the ing to the unknown. jury around headfigures given sporting quarters and tonight the Ndsonites a were demanding 10 to 7. Heavy betting la not looked for until tomorrow. J CONFIDENCE CORONER'S INQUEST VERDICT CLOSED. New York, Dee. 19. Subscriptions to the amount of S15.0U0.000 of Mexican 4 per cent gold bonds, offnvd by Speyjima, the hero of the assault on Kek- er A Co. and Harvey Fisk A sous, wan mountain fort. It Is conceded that dosed today. The amount was several his heroism umpired hi mm snd turned time ottr ubacribed. Tokio, Dee. 20. All Japan is today ringing with praises of General Same- i tint-herla- a threatened disaster into a splendid victory. General Samejima is an old Samurai veteran of the war uf the restoration and the Bstauma rebellion. He ia gray-liairand bent, but is wiry and active. He is an engineer and was formerly a garrison commander. He le Jailin' specialist in fortifications, and was called to Port Arthur to superintend the siege works He was not assigned to an. active command and It ia supposed here that. General Samejima replaced General Tsuchiya as division commander. SUBSCRIPTIONS i . -- mid-ehipm- tn TO CONCUR St. Petersburg, Dec. 19. The fete day passed without any Bt. In untoward demonstrations marked was by a Petersburg, but continuation of the Moscow disorders, though they were not so serious as on Sunday. The feature of the Moscow demonstration was the distribution uf a violent proclamation of the Royal Denwcratic Labor party, describing the whole country as being in a state of mourning and teara for tbe sacrifice of life in the Far East for tbe aggrandizement of the Romanoffs, picturing the government as driving tbe people to starvation and railing upon workingmen to enter ceaselessly upon a war overthrowing tbe tyrants. Other demonatrotions are reported from various localities. In consequence of the character of tbe current agitation, the advisera of Emperor Nicholas have dissuaded him from hia contemplated trip t the south of Russia to bid farewell to troupe being despatched to tbe Far East. Aa an indication of the temerity of some of the extreme liberals in the campaign now waging, 107 of the leading writers, for Russian fatherland, our life and other liberal paper of St. Petersburg hare openly drawn up an indictment against the action of the police at tbe demonstration in the Nevsky Prospect on December 11, which indictment has been sent to Russian revolutionary papers in Germany, Switzerland and France for publlcaflon. The names attached to this Indictment Include Karabevexy, tbe attorney of the assassin Sasoneff; Milinkoff, who recently made a tour of the United States; Kerellnkoff and other well known writers. As a means of keeping tlie people stirred up the university students are trying to persuade some lawyers to bring criminal suit against- - Individuals policemen and Dvorniks wl-.strurk rioters In course of tbe Nevsky prospect affair. Conservative are afraid that tbe ill advised ' course of the extremist will drive the government to adopt repressive measures Just when a distinct victory over tlie reactionaries had been won and a liberal regime has been inaugurated. The renewed activity in revolutionary circles already ha caused manv arrests. i: Wall of Last Weeks Ruins Collapsed Crushing the Docker Hotel Twelve Inmates Four Bodies So Far Missing REFUSED '.JWr-e Royal Democratic Labor Party Distributes Violent Proclamation Advisers Dissuade the Czar From Taking his Southern Trip. Of .t CAUCUS Headquarters of th Third Jap- auese Army, via Pusan, Due. 19. 'the capture of the Ninth Kekwau mountain fort was a brilliant spec- fade. For weeks the Japanese had been tunneling two shslis forty feet in length wiih four branches. They laid seven mine which were ezplodcd on the lSili. 1 Ue two at- tacking parties were composed of volunteers and those participating in the first atiempi vowed to cap- turo the fort or die. The soldieia of the first force were distinguished by a red badge. They remained in the moat during therxplosiuu of the mines, having charged prematurely and many were killed bv the de-bris The second body as distinguished by while badges, was in the sap during the explosion and was prevented from rliaiging of the Ini mediately, the inniuli saps having bran filled with de- bris. The explosion made two huge rents on the north walls through which the assault or charged the enemy, winning Hie trenches in front of the wall, and killing the remainder of the garrison in the rear of the fort. m I SAILS New Yor. D?c. 19. A special cable diapa'ch to tbe World from Paris says Dr. Leroy S. Chadwick. and bis daughter, Mis Mary Chad wick of Cleveland, eglled from as Dover, England, on Saturday, on the second class passenger steamer Pretoria of the HamburgAmerican line. BRILLIANT SPECTACLE. HOUSE , 1 D ARRANGES REPUBLICAN Religious Claeaee. . HE E03ECAST PRICE FIVE CENTS In the Smoot Hearing State Superintendent Nelaon .Teatlfled .About - DR. LEROY S. CHADWICK Rail- con-sidei- ed 18, Vice Admiral Togo la no room left for doubt Caoo-Anoth- Step Toward Protection of road Employes. Admiral Togo Narrates Acts of Bravery During Attacks on Russian Battleships- Describes Condition of Enemy's Ships Left in the Harbor. Tokln, Dec. 19. Telegraphing under gate of Derember 18, Togo says: Although accustomed to hearing of aett of bravery on the part ( their addlera and aailom, the people of Japan have been thrilled by the detail of tbe aeriea of despera.e torpedo (track againat the Rue Rian battleship Sevastopol and other craft driven tlie liarbor of Port Arthur by the flr of the Japanese land batteries. Commander Yesoe and Lieutenant Nakahara are the heroes of these attacks and the former promises to gain rqual prominence with Commander Himse (who .on March 27 last was In blown to fragment Togo' second attempt to bottle up Port of Arthur) in the war tradition Japan. Commander Vezoe'a flotilla of torpedo boats was undergoing repairs when the attack acre planned, but he succeeded into conIn putting one of his vessel dition for a fight. On this veasel he promptly steamed to tha rendezvous ami, finding that the other flotillas had gone, begged and gained permission to Jilin in the attacks. Then he steamed through the snowstorm alone, and in locating the Sevastopol, to which he was able to get close enough tn hear the watch.ra talking.. The Yeuie fired a torpedo. Then he went closer and fired a second torpedo when a shell from the Sevastopol .truck him in the abdomen, cutting his body in two. Portiona of Commander Yezoe'a remains were saved and brought back to the They wilt probably come to Jain for pubile Interment as was done with portion of the remains of Cum minder Hirose. Lieutengat Nakahara went to tlie refine of a disabled torpedo boat, which hid been tinder the command of Weiri tenant Nakahori, who with five others va killed, and submitted to a deadly lire, Nakahara's boat waa hit repeated--l- y. but be succeeded in reculng a majority of the crew of Nakahara'a boat. A number of Admiral Togo's men volunteered for the attacks, more, even, be anaigned. thin It la belie vel Admiral Togo will soon the Famous Johnson DECEMBER 20, 1904. CAPTURE OF KEKWAN FORT JUDGMEMT at VEATHER RUSSIAN BALTIC SQUADRON SIGHTED. - Sixteen veo- eel, probably of the Russian Baltic squadron have been sighted 25 miles out steering south. It ia probable they will come up at Delagoa Bay, where colliers have already arrived. Cape Town, Dec. 19. ENTER INTO COMPACT Interesting Developments Promised in Land Fraud Dses- - Defendants Decide to Tell Portland, Ore., Dec. 19. It gppearn there la considerable doubt whether United Stole Senator John H. Mitchell and Congressman Bingcr Hermann. who are now on their way from Washington, I). C.. to ask the privilege ol appearing before the federal grab (I Jury In their own behalf will be granted their wish. It is on good authority tlmt these gentlemen will not be allowed to go before the grand jury unless tbat body believes ibat they have evidence necessary fur the Jury to know. In charging the jury today Judge Bellinger stated that if pereons connected with the testimony were to ask to appear in their own behalf he recommended that their request be granted, but he specifically staled tbat this is not a legal right of such persona. He added that It would be proper for the Jury to allow them to so appear if the jury mw fit to do so. In any rose It Is the opinion that under no cireumstonee will Mr. Mitchell And Mr. Hermann in the event of their being allowed in the jury room be permitted to tell their story according to their individual desires. They will be subjected to the ant rule of proceedure as prevails in the rase of that AH. had been convicted with the of Mias Ware and that thereexception was a great deal of trouble ahead from which no stw mean of l they the-- e escape.-Althings roiderel. Pu'cr. Mrs. Wat --on and McKinley did not see why they should suffer in eilenre while the Instigators of the conspiracy rested in peace and security. They thus derided to tell what they knew. MJs Ware, however, helil out. She did not concede that she had anything to confess, she however, at .last consented to go before the grand Jury with whatever testimony she might he able to give. In return for this. It Is Mid, the defendants were assured that they could hope to receive the minimum sentence for the crinee of which they had been convicted. As to the cases which were postponed, it le unlikely tbat tbe pubile will ever bear of them again. Tbe agreement made waa' commenced lq Its fulfillment today when B. A. D. Puter and Horace G. McKinley went before tbe Jury and told what they knew of the frauds in which they were concerned. Mary E. Ware waa In readiness to testify, but was not called today. Clyde Lloyd of Eugene, Ore., and the ot her witneesM examined. It was BNrertalned today that, on the Thaddeus S. Potter were also wil nbss-e- s today. Pot ter la an attorner in tbe evening of Monday. Dec. 12, the defendants in the first case went into con- office of F. Pierce Mays, a well known ference, which lasted until late at lawyer uf Portland. night. At tbat meeting were present S. A. D. Puter. Emma Watson, Horace G. Washington, Dec. 19. Tbe Tnited McKinley, Vary E. Ware tad peibaps Slate supreme court to.fav adjourned D. W. Taipley. It wa aigued by them until January 3u for the' Christmas . they were at a disadvantage, that they holidays, : I! i t. , i AT V. |