Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1891-04-17

New York Central IN mind whei
they made the alliance with tn
Canadian Pacific They didn'
reckon on the effect that It woult
have on the Western Vanderbilt
roads, but they have heard from
them since, and big family row
has been the result, aud the presi
dents of the Lake Shore ans
Michigan Central companies haC
sufficient Independence, It is said
to give Mr.. Depew piece o
their mind. They protested tha
the Canadian Pacific would iniur,
them. II has an entrance into
Chicago over the Wabash, and
already it has made a hole in the
tonnage of other lines while in
connection with the New York
Central, the Canadian road would
gain a prestige that would insure
It big share of high-class freights
Where the Vanderbilt family row
would have ended is a question,
but Secretary Of the United States
Treasury Foster has added the last
straw that will no doubt result
in breaking up the New York
Central. Canadian Pacific alliance.
Secretary Foster himself verified
yesterday a dispatch from Wash
ington that an order would shortly
be issued abolishing consular seals,
prohibiting transit of freight in
bond from Canadian points to its
destination in the United States.
THE KAwEAH COLONY.
Los ANGELES. Cal, April IT,
The Evening Express of yesterday
contains the result Of the investiga-
tion of the Kaweah colony in Tulare
county, which was established os-
tensibly to carry out the nationalistic
idea. The investigation was
prompted by the prosecution, in the
United States district court here, of
Burnett G. Haskell, Henry s. HUB
bard, Henry II. Taylor, James J.
Martin and William Chrlsty, trustees
and leaders, on charges of cutting
timber on government lands, In
October, 1885, forty-two men made
timber entries on lands famous for
big timber In Tulare county. Two
months later the land commissioner
instructed the withdrawal of the
lands from entry. Meanwhile the
filers had partly built road eighteen
miles through an Inaccessible coun-
try to get to timber claims. The
entries were refused by the Visalia
Office, but the filers protested and
went on with their work. The five
trustees were found guilty, and the
Express makes the following state
ment in regard to the methods
under which the Kaweah colony
was conducted. Haskell and Mar
tin started joint stock company,
and the former started a magazine,
claiming that Kaweah's colony
owned 1000 acres of timber lands
and 1000 acres Of grazing lands. The
most glowing descriptions were
given of the delights of living in a
colony which was being run on the
bellamistic plan. Hundreds of
people, during period Of over three
years, have been duped into the
scheme, many persons spending
their all to get to Kaweah and work
ing tor long time. The workers
We're paid in time checks, which en-
titled the holder to the labor of an
other man, or goods brought from
the colony and bearing one-halfcent
interest. Thousands of these worth
less bits Of paper have been issued,
and many persons have nothing else
TO show for their three years labor,
The arrangements for entering were
'or the applicant to pay $500, 500
being cash, the balance In monthly
Iums ofS5. BY getting new receipts,
through the influence of the maga-
line, 1t is estimated that the revenue
If Haskell aud Martin, who received
III these monies, was $4,000 "a
month.
J. w. COOK DYING.
CHICAGO, April III. w. Cook,
treasurer Of the Southern California
Orange exposition, is dying at Leland
hotel. He has been suffering from
a grippe ever since he came to
Chicago and this has turned into