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Tagso Handsome Pros
Come.

julien Rlriord. - Ie02 Min street. has
ju.t received smother urge supply u ;lnt
celebrated GiH Tea taat D. has sold 50 much
~, and with thc Tca some eo'ire new pres
cuts. Call snd see what nice present you
vii! gct With pound ~ ia Tor 30 cents.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1888-10-31

rspocial telegrem y NO plsV"'01I
CtarIfsroN, ". Va, Oe'oecf 81, .. &c
oorossr'r jary to-day prepared . Verd'cs eH ',
',,era,,ng tse railroad company Ioin ~.
S5.me fer the wreck near this city sa'uroa!
Morning.
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LORD SACKYILLE
20 LONGER ACCEPTABLE TO THIS GOV.
ERNNENT.
o.csy Eayard Writes the Presiaspt
sud the Isttsr Meets
the lssue.


.4 lord Sackvtlle that for csnscs
1fc Known 20 her Nsisstv,s
rt Die continuance n bis pfoss,,
.'.uon 80 Che United States h no
soic % Tins Government. and
lueu'ly bee detrimental 20 the re-.
wren thc Two countries. Tho
.. 'a's action oa the part Of The
.,.. 500 stated 81 the report o. fbc
Stale 60 ihe President. dared
H'. which IS ss follows:
ngraETNENr oP SrATF2
Nt~rlSsToN, october 20, lSSS.
DENT.
lrfrirucd has the honor ~ submit
: ..gsiicration tte following STATE.
: 'iey 70 rcce SO your direction
- th rs September last letter Dur.
'H rc written by one Charlie. T..
t.n. oaci % romona. Cal. was
r ''I. p.sce o. the British Minister
..-lfi. in waic0 thc writer solicited
.eDan ~ hts WINS in regard - Ger.
...ri dig.orlatir questions b.
iied ~istcs and Great Britain.
n f.c ss0.o time thst such an OK.
ess soaEnt by BEN for The purpose
'n.ur hs vote as Tie approaching
.r tr0'on. ii~ stated Inst he
o.0irelze4 citizen u the United
laeheh hiril, tut that be SIN
Lae land th5 m8.herlsnd
Doe tls iact led him 10
..ar from Che British repre-
.. ir fnis country. Tie further stated
f.'aTuatl1n he sought was nor for
..re, bat 20 enable h,rn 70 give Ger
arrrcfs 90 mans oihcr pVrsous in tie
rNan ts himself Tor TIE purpose Of
rad drcrmioiug then political
.e ctlfns q IRE Uuitrd States a
'riA. hli Who saH regarded their
-Hrr1ous Of allegiance as para
fhc krief also eonlnioed gross re-
....p tae coz duct q F1n Govern
r r.t get % Questions now ia cou're-
... rnasit'cd brtwcen the UuGed
GrcN Britain, ard bon directly
Is iuputcd ioanoerity "a such
letter tao British Minister NJ
..r1 from Beverly, Mas. under
.fauaar l3-h last IN thls reply
.es "uny political party wmcs
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tl.riV 'T f1s t.TI1lhiIcan majority
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found ru'nnfy.
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political r-tiou hata.s' tonfer''4o
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. r.I..ni of soc Juif 2 ~,I'r-
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aARsNE IzHELLIGkscE-

PORT OF RICHMOND, ocToBEz %. Is'a
AksIyED.
steamer ARIEL. DeYo. Norfolk. merchaniiae.
passengers, nited States mail &c. l. IL iA'un'
agent
sAuSn
steamer wyanoke, each. New YORK, mer.
chandise snd passengers, George W. Alien q
c.. akenta
scboon.r Annie Aiaslis, hcAndrov, New ha-
ven. p4x- iron. John NJ 0oceoo. agent; vessel.
S-nosnsr saunders. orss. pig-irVn and poplar
wood: weasel, Curtis Parker.
PoRr OF NEWPORT ksws ocrosss % isca
lBy roassraVAI
steamship Qzsea. Aaas<ssza. Galveston. coslei
ard sAlsse tsr Havre.
g.ys FspysoA Kew TORI, - had stsveA
srhasnsrs o q, Potter. boeton. Z. WiEAD.
Bcstoa-born 70 load cesl
skikGR
steamship Ksnssha. sssss. New YOsk. coal
SCHOONER NJ l. fescKs. wnller1A Ssas9<. coal
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1888-10-31
prnHnnsD LLvl-srocY MARYRr.

Ocr5BEs .a-Rocoiyts: az head Of cattle, 60
th-eD. sid rs tggs
sa.ls: JiI loaa %, cattle, % sheep, aud 2s5
hOga
rrlreg:
CaUl0-Best fHaf1c gross medium 20 good,
Sac. gree. common - fair, @agl. c. grosA
eussp--l ssc. gros%
HJys-6Hal<c. act
bAL.9-s Alc. 700
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1888-10-31
OUR MARKET REPORTS
AND IN coHHKoTroH THBBEwrTH THE
WEATHER INDICATIONS
Record Of TIE New York and Richmond
Stock gxcnangss-Grsin, Flour, Cot
ton, Meat, and other Qaotationa
fBv telegraph 70 the Dispa,ch.l

10y Telegraph 70 inc Dtsp1Achl
- WASHINGTON. d. c.. October 6.--For
FAIR Virginia, fair and warmer, with south
- easterly winds.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1888-10-31
UVHE BRADSTEEET COMPANY.
CHAKI.ks y. CLARK, PzEsIDsSe
BRADSTEggrs RICHMOND OFFICE
NJ. Iiss SASH hAiS slRGEE
1slSYhoos koLkS1
III Witty, supsnAtsadsa.

Tho RIGA moad Once aas moro nan xopi paes
Witn the rAxtd grOEto OF the cisy and develop
tnoat Of sae serrltary tributary - L. Il 0dsrs 10
the morca4ale eODiuuaiiy o. his secston an Ne
advantages q ssystsm EAe superiority q uhlca
" rseoFnfzsd M every aa1e cesaero o. ne evil
i1ed word 1aaat u IA N spocini sense prepared
10 rnsrd no inssrest u ia h0o4l pa1o1s A.
tested ~ IL fact mai IS has Aoa q l1rg~ SsabS
sfo.bs.~SAsrs tAaa say stAsr s1reantiJs essasH
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DOOK AND JOB WORK NEATLY
ID KxaCUTkD at TAx DlsPATcR PRINT.
Ma-AoU2k
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ws 0uots. Flas. sasaas2.Es snpsr1ne. s275A
So. 0rtrs. Is 5las5f1. AauAy. &la8L5J, patoai
lA-.llY. "a. ~, kl...lI =.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1888-10-31

The earth pluhges through this gigantic
meteor-zOHe on the l3fh, aud stray ne'eofs
caught IN the ceneussioD ~ith tho eAFtRs
atmosphere will be visible on The nights Of
the liza. lSlh, and 18th. Thege viii proba-
by be 0oly an ordinary display, but It II
well 10 be on the Waies, for No enc eau tell
whst may happen. The SoysElher meteor
cana Is made % Of 3 collection o. meteors
f0ll0gice in the track Of TeDpis's comet
las periheiisn rsstI on the eartb's sroit, and
hs Apsehoa y beyond the erbit 81 Uranus.
It's period Is about thtLty-thFce YEAR,
ard sses IN about that true tse earth
maSs lee taiskest part Of ihe Swarm and
a r1Sd display takes place. ssch d.
play Is expected IN 1898. Hsantsms, a. yea 5
10 Eot eoaat t0r muen on celsstisl caie0iars
ts6S ia not "a very iAr away frOa 1870. The
swarm - extending it, boundaries sud Dec-
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PORI % kICnhOND, ocTogEa p, -
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1888-10-31

..-. .......r.. October .1.-rhc Cabinet
t-t.r f..Iri a..uf Two hours au0
attended lv Secretaries E"'ri 7ho
.r.u .4d kuorucy.CcncIaI Gar and
..al-e. efrWry 1homleou, OF tht li'''
tlt Cnum1dere Harmony AeHu&
.lr, g lu. Na}v, Welc present. dui'nI
f....oi f,r.t.s..A discussing measures
he rtltf OF ne wha.frs ice. p'u"d B"
4r.. D.asu. Toe regular session.
....r w.. devoted mainly to the cou-
....l..8 of tns case o. tac British Minister,
... r-.ru i- shown in the stAIement
....f ,a She press by tne secretary "i
.,.. ..ea..e. after Secretary htyaid
......r,I trls s.s'emcnt he walked over
LAD. guuse auI tupmHiet N 10 'De
HDt for his approval. Toe president
. q carefully ana Suggested To"
... .a .rfp 300 ltr iaif'du'.i""' eng
... t.... t.a been made the member. 81
.-,.- were furnished with copy "a "'
LORD sAcEvuLr SILENT. ,..,..
...........,,. Orieaer SD AT The briu'n
t... f.-s evening entrance Wa 0ehiea 10
..,..rr..nen. sud tees were lnIoiineN
t.rt -arE4iie hsd nothing to say Az
t.s1 Press reporter managed nc"
10 have clpy AZ lhe report o. oeeir
g.,srd 20 ilo pre.idtg' sen' " 'ns
.,r after sbout asf an hour Lotu
..,uria p-rsoa returned the copy 10 i ihs
ar repofle9, aud cordially exprss's q
,-.aa Tor having had an Opportunity uni! 10 20
a t,s report. which be- SAID nc oAu 10 TO-
.. before. he declined 90 express sly
r.o i7 fegsrd % &c. saying: Il have
ING % say." ..u -.
LEA YOU VIII say nothing sbont u TO-
.tgf 49,,
"No'Ang. sothiug." answered Lofu 'S'~'
.e Of .m absolutely quiet" 49,.
L.rs sacey.Il.'s face A BE- sad this wore
a,.,ai smi.s. sua DO did NOT seem mn. ~ The
at, a.fufse3 a. ihs sgfp slhr' hao - 80
,re,sry fiyard when seea O-siS q. . az y.
Ia tarle war poltiug be could sny y" AV 49,
90 wax wss sisted IA us ispod' " -
"'icehL Tic Govern neSts ee'l"u' -
..Is. c4a ,.tnie6 eo,splese severance Of our
% 'isoef viii Miaister West. -.
be Secretary dld B0f care 70 enter -
~ tNCBlsilon rs " Wbat 0reA Di'S''"
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1888-10-31

O-roBRK 20 marriott dgioL Prime, SIC; extra
prime ueH. 89c.: 0E. So. tancy, ", COM
mon. l4alNc.: sfoilea ~ % t,, factory hand
picbsd. ga s5c. Peanut men Soy there via 90 ao
r-,reauf1a ~ tro lrurt tut that mo con
tract uetresa ths companies. bY wnich. n ono
Of no urms lsnirn Ia put dDan tho pfico ofpeA-
uU.s, 70 VIII have 70 nouiy the othor arms me
Gag before, Eul oonuuus. by La.s means The
lbr0res gill not cuL ami tho farmers 0ataln
better prUss for u5ir pcaauis
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1888-10-31

uo,sse~d's Acta Phosphate
BgwAaE or InlzATioSs.
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COTTON REPORT.
Market dru.
QUOTATfONA
Nf0DLIg1. 94c.
L0H ANDLN0. SIC.
GOOD LhgLHAfE. sc.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-01-12
THE WEATHER.
Various Kinds Of Weather Re-
ported by Globe Correspond
eIltS.


entS.
Special to the Globe.
WATERFOWL, Dak., Jan. n.-There
has been no let up in the cold weather.
1t was 80 deg. below zero this morning
and 20 deg. below all day. while tonight
the mercury seems to be making des-
perate effort to reach the lowest possible
poin in the Indicator Railroad trains
arrive at irregular periods.
FEARS OF SUFFERING.
Special to the Globe.
CHIPPEWA FALLS, Wis, Jan. H.
Cold weather has come and bids fair to
stay. Three successive mornings the
mercury has ranged from 40 to "A deg.
below. 1t is feared that the very poor
will suffer from cold. Trains are nearly
all late, but fair time was made to-day.
WARM WEATHER IN MONTANA.
Special to the Globe.
HELENA, Mont, Jan. 1.-THE weather
has undergone great change. Yester-
day it began to mOverate and the ther-
mometer rose AZ deg. in twenty-four
hours. The snow is now melting, and
people are doing without furS and over
coats. Reports from over the territory
indicate great cessation of the cold
snap, and the temperature is generally
above the freezing point. The stock
interests have not suffered at all. and
cattlemen are in high glee over the
speedy termination of the cold weather.
Trains and mails are running more reg
ularly.
THE WEATHER MODERATED.
Special to the Globe.
BILLINGS, Mont, Jan. 1.-THE
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-01-12
IOWA LflGEeLATURE.
The Senate Gets Down to Work
and Lively Times Looked For.

Special to the Globe.
DES MONIES, To-, Jan. 1.-THE Iowa
senate always gets into working order
before the cumbersome house, and to-
day, while the house was jingling over
an unimportant resolution, bills were
being introduced in the senate. Some of
them were STARTERS and offered a very
clear index of the drift of the winters
legislation. Senator Wilson's bill is the
first and it prohibits the leasing of con-
vict labor. Senator Weber followed
with No. ., abOlShing the offices of
state. printer and binder and providing
for the state to do its own work under
direction of the executive council. who
are employed to edit and condense re-
ports and documents to be printed. Sen
atOr Reeds bill was No. 3, and is in
tended 10 amend the registration law,
providing for registration on the day of
election and applying the law only to
cities of 10000 population. He also pro-
posed second measure providing for
the employment of soldiers in the state
institutions. Senator McVay intro
duced two bills. one requiring
railroad companies 10 fence their
tracks, and one to provide for the
election of railroad commissioners. Sen
ing a resolution that the visiting com
mitteeS to the several state institutions
be dispensed with on account of the de-
pleted condition of the state treasury.
These visiting junkets are looked for
ward to with pleasurable anticipation
by the members and they seem 10th to
give them up. Senator Dodge rubbed
salt upon the raw places, however. by
offering an amendment providing for
special committee to investigate the
charges of corruption in the Anamosa
penitentiary. Debate on this amend
ment was waxing hot when the hour
for going into joint convention to count
the vote for governor was reached, and
further debate was shut off until Friday
morning. The house did very little
business, the day being chiefly occupied
in counting the vote, the fOotings not
being obtained until after 5 o'clock.
Larrabee was found to have received
LII votes over all. and he ard Lieut..
Gov. Hull will be inaugurated to morrow
afternoon, the exercises to occur in the
rotunda of the capitol. A reception will
follow in the evening.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-01-12
The Financial Affairs of the
Province in a Deplorable
Condition.
Ugly Charges of Intrigue to
Overthrow Nopquay Will
Be Made To-Day.
Iowa Legislature Gets Down
to Work After Great
Trouble.
Cold Weather in the North
west Pretty General--A
Chinook in Montana.

Special to the Globe.
WINNIPEG, Man., Jan. IA mem
Der of the Harrison government admit
ted tonight that it was all up
with the government. He said it was
impossible with the present boodling
elements in the house to carry on
straight, honest government, and so he
and his colleagues had resolved to get
out. They could stay if they would re-
sort to intrigue and buy up members,
but they determined in the interests of
the country to go out. They had handed
to the lieutenant governor a speech
from the throne to be read tomorrow at
the opening. 1t was an honest state
ment of the affairs of the country. If
another never should be presented they
were bound to have the merit of pre-
Senting one truthful speech from the
throne. He said the financial affairs of
the province were in a most deplOrab1e
condition, and the government fully
recognized it and were prepared to deal
with it. AS to the Red River Val
ley railway the governments
policy was to carry the enterprise
to successful issue. Their policy was
one OF such rigid economy that civil
service would have been carried out if
my INtt DCCu ptI w IL Outs
He knew former supporters had been
Influenced to support the opposition.
When the house meets tomorrow the
government will move an adjournment
after the speech is read. The opposition
will oppose an adjournment, and move
to vote want of confidence. When
speaking to the motion ugly charges of
intrigue to overthrow Norquay will be
made against Premier Harrison and sub
stantiated. This will give the Con-
servatlves an excuse for voting against
the government, and the majority will
vote against the government. Green
way, leader of the opposition. is ready
to take the office, and has a cabinet ar
ranged. He will ask for aISadjourn-
ment to evolve policy. 1t is not likely
the defeated premier will ask for dis
solution, as in such event, amidst the
present feeling. the party would be
badly bea ell. With liberal govern
ment in Manitoba there only remains
one province i'll confederation with the
government in accord with the Domin-
ION government.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-01-12
A DESPERATE GANG.
Innocent Men Lynched for a Muir.
der by the Actual Murderers.

PARKERsBURG, w. Va, Jan. IL
Rev. Thomas P. Ryan, a noted Metho-
dist minister of this state, living in
Roane county, about forty miles from
here, was brutally murdered in the
presence of his family and at his own
home in October last. He had Just re-
turned from conference with some S40O,
and the purpose of the murder was evil
IDENTIFY robbery. Within two or three
days after that three young men, Robert
and George Duff and Chester Coon,
were brutally lynched for the murder.
1t has been the prevailing opinion that
the lynchers and the murderers were
the same party, and that they lynched
innocent men to cover their own crime.
Since the events just stated took place,
Detectives Alfred Burnett and Daniel
Cunningham have been working up the
case, and last night for the first time
made public the facts in regard to the
matter. Cunningham says that about
the time the war broke out number of
families came from Clinch river, Russell
county, Va, and sQuatted on the Bruen
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-01-12
BOLD TRAIN ROBBERY,
A Mexican Central Passenger
Train Held Up by a Band
Of Robbers.
The Express Car Rifled But
the Passengers We're Left
UnmoleSted.
Gigantic Timber Land Steal
by a Crowd Of English
Sharks.
A Band OF Virginia Murderers
Lynch Innocent Men for
Their Own Acts.

Ell PASO, Tex, Jan. 1.-THE Mexi-
can Central passenger train, due here
this morning, was held up last night
about 300 miles south of Ell Paso by
band OF robbers. The train had stopped
at watering station at the base of the
mountains, and just as the engineer was
about to open the throttle valve, eight
men suddenly made their appearance
out of piece of woods skirting the
track. Two others proceeded to the ex-
press car and the balance stationed
themselves at the doors of the two
coaches and terrified the passengers so
completely that no effort was made to
save the express agent, who in defend
ing the valuable property in his car was
being roughly handled. The rob-
bers were said to have been
Americans and were armed to the teeth.
They finally succeeded in quieting the
express agent, and secured a considera-
bic sum of money in gold and in MeXi-
can and American bits. Quite large
quantity of silver was stored in one cor
her of the express car, and the robbers
undertook to carry it along, but owing
to its great weight, and also, no doubt,
to the fear that they were probably de-
layed too long, they were reluctantly
compelled to leave it behind. So far as
learned no passengers were maltreated,
and having deliberately secured their
booty, they took to the mountains, dis
appearing as suddenly as they had come
upon the scene. AS yet the details of
the robbery are very meager, though we
are assured that there were no casual
ties. The whole transaction did not
occupy three minutes, and those on the
train were SO completely surprised that
no attempt at defense from the robbers
was made
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-01-12

Mr.. Fellows and asked Mr.. Hale whether
MIR. Nicoll had not, during the cam
palgn, written letter for publication
To the effect that no man stood higher
at the bar than Mr.. Fellows, and that, in
the prosecution of the aldermen charged
with bribery, he had done all that could
be done by any man.
Mr.. Hale replied that he h ad no per
Sonal knowledge of either of the candi-
dates in that important contest, and that
he knew nothing about the letter i'll
question. Passing on to the subject of
political Assessments, Mr.. Hale quoted
from the Washington Post. which he
spoke of as the organ of the admins
tration, of the 1St of November last, in
regard to the collection of contributions
for the New York campaign, and also
communication in the Was hington Re
publican, describing how assessments
for that campaign were being levied in
the government printing office. From
all this something ought now to be
plalnly seen by every man who was not
stone blind. Mr.. Butler sent to the clerks
desk and had read circular sent out in
1878 by authority of the Republican
congressional committee. of which Mr..
Hale was a member, calling on govern
ment employees for political contribu-
tiOnS.
Mr.. Hale justified the circular, and
said that it directly and explicitly eX-
cluded the idea of eXtorting contribu-
tiOnS
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-01-12
GIGANTIC LAND STEAL,
Sixty-Four Thousand Acres of
Timber Land Stolen BY English
SbarES

NEW YORK, Jan. 1.-THE Herald this
morning prints a three-column letter
from Eureka, CAL, in regard to gigan-
tic timber land steal. The correspond
ent states that foreign syndicate is op-
Grating in the Redwood district, of
which Eureka is the center, and that it
has already gobbled up $1,000 acres of
the finest redwood forests in the world.
The correspondent says: "Of all the
numerous Iobberies of the government
of the United States which has dis
graced the Western and Pacific slope
states during the two past decades, no
one has possessed the monumental ear
marks OF unbluShing fraud to a more
startling degree than the one about to
be related. For rugged pieturesqueness
of rOguery the California Redwood COM
pany's robbery is unique" He then
goes on to tell how the California Red
wood company was
ORGANIZED IN EDINBURGH
in 1883. The directors were Sir George
WarrelIder. Bart. f. ID. l. Blythe, ESQ,
Edinburgh; Thomas Nelson, ESQ.,, Edin-
burgh; Patrick Stirling, ESQ.,, Kippen-
davie; William John Menzies, Edin-
burgh. These are the gentlemen who
supplied or controlled the capital, had
the power to add to their number
six other directors according to discre-
ton. James ID. Walker, an Englishman,
of San Francisco, was chosen the presi-
dent, Charles II: King, of San Fran
cisco, and David Evans, of Eureka, were
created general managers. a number
OF notorious land sharks were hired by
the company and sent to Eureka, and
they soon had the plans perfected for
the great fraud.
THE HEADQUARTERS
of the gang was in a back room of the
tough gin shop of Gordon Barnum, a
local sport, whose establishment was
the resort of the rough floating popula-
tiOn of new seaport. Three blocks
away from Barnum'S saloon was located
the United States land office. The area
of land sought by the cOnspirators was
so vast that small army of men was
entering and proving as required by the
laws of the United States in the dis
posal of the public domain. 1t was
necessary to obtain 400 persons who
were willing to aid In the fraud know
ingly or uncOnSciOusly through ignOr-
ance of the meaning of the statement
each would be called on to make. The
sum fixed by the Redwood company as
the maximum price was $50. For that
paltry sum men were to be called OH to
go to the land Office and make state
ment that the land they entered under
the beneticent and literally generous
laws of Uncle Sam were for their indi-
vidual use and occupancy. As soon as
the entry was made the men were es-
cOrted to the headquarters of the syndi-
cate, where the land was transferred to
the ''Canny ScOtchmen." Thus it was
that the chapter of crime was COM
pleted and the raid on $4,000 acres of
growing timber, among the most valu-
able in the world, was finally cOnsum-
mated.