The Dalles daily chronicle. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1890-1948, 1895-03-30


Great Northern Railway Company.
This gives a thorough rail service, re-
gardless of the action of the Union Pa
cidc on the proposition, and, besides, the
Great Northern was as anxious as the O..
R. & N. for an Oriental steamship con-
nection. That road has already tried to
run a line between Seattle and the
Orient in the interests of Its line, but
it had found it Improbable, and had to
abandon the idea, so it welcomed the
prospect of the O. R. & N. joining hands
with it for such a line from Portland.
The principle article of export from
this coast to the Orient is -four, and
Portlsnd being the greatest of the supply
markets for that product on the North
Pacific coast, is naturally the best fitted
for the initial American port of such a
line, SO far as location Is concerned. In
1898 1925 barrels of -four were ex-
ported from this city to China and
Japan.
All of this went first either to Tacoma,
then reloaded onto the Oriental steam
ers The -four export has been greatly
increased by the war between China and
Japan, and it is reasonable to suppose
that all of this staple leaving this port
for those countries will be shipped via
the new line from Portland when it is
established, as it will thus save the un-
loading and loading onto the steamers
now required at Tacoma and Vancouver.
Besi'les the proportionate expectation of
-four from here as compared with other
ports may be expected to increase ma
terially on account of the more direct
service.
A large percentage of the -four ship
ments to the Orient at present comes
from the mills located in the wheatgrow-
Ing sections of Eastern Washington. A
part of this is shipped via the O. r. &
N. to Portland, and thence via the
steamer Signal to Vancouver, where it
is given to the Canadian Pacific Com
pany's steamers, but the bulk takes the
more direct route, via the Northern Pa
cifc to Tacoma, thus saving the hand
ling required in the extra loading and
unloading on the Signal.
A Great Conspiracy Brought to Light.
SAN Francisco, March 29.- After
many delays the internal revenue de-
partment has finally succeeded in land
eng one of the biggest gangs of counter
feiters that have operated in California
since the days of the Boyd Ciprico gang.
That combination sold red certificates
issued to the Chinese by the custom
house in China and reaped fortune.
Boyd ran away to Australia, came back
and turned states evidence against
Ciprico, and afterwards shot himself.
Ciprico was acquitted, Kip never came
to trial and Whaley fled the country.
Another of the gang died before his case
was called. There were five conspira-
tors in the Boyd Ciprico gang, and there
are five in the one just landed. Like its
predecessor, it also dealt in fraudulent
certificates.
The names of the men arrested are
H. L. Foss, freight clerk of the Oceanic
Steamship Company's dock; James H.
Sullivan, formerly deputy county clerk
Max Katzauer, a new arrival from Vic
toria, and said to be the leading snug
gler of Puget sound; Fernando D. Clip
rico, the man who was tried and &C.
quilted for completely in the Boyd
Ciprico ring, and NJ. Greenwald, g
brother of Louis Greenwald, the man
now serving time in San Quentin for be.
ing mixed up in the operations of the
Emerald smuggling ring. They are al
charged with conspiracy in attempting
to land Chinese in the United States by
means of forged certificates.
The counterfeiters were caught in 6
room down town which had been rem
devious, and in which many of theii
operations took place. The officers haC
to break in the door, and whom they sc.
cured admission they found one mar
tearing up documents, while anothel
was caught throwing package of certi
ficates out of the window, where they
were caught by a waiting detective be
low. Marked photographs for certifi
Gates were seized and also seals, rubbe