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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-11-16
STENSLAN DIS ESTATE.
HOLDINGS GO TO MILWAUKEE,
BANK FUND.

CHICAGO, November 16-Referee in
bankruptcy Frank l.. Wean yesterday or.
dered W. c. Niblacl:, receiver of Paul o.
Stensland's personal estate, to turn over
his holdings to John c. Fetzer, receiver
of the Milwaukee Avenue State Bank, and
make final report within five days The
action was taken Immediately after the
creditors of the estate had elected Mr..
Fetzer trustee by practically unanimous
vote. Following his election to the trus-
teeship Mr.. FetZer filed a bond for $4,000
and announced that he expects to announce
soon a final dividend of at least 10 per
cent to the depositors of the bank and wind
up the receivership by the first of next
year. Receiver FetZer made a statement to
Judge McEwen concerning the financial
condition of the bank before it failed.
1t is declared the records show irregu.
larities dating back farther than thirteen
years. State bank examiners visited the
bank at regular intervals but failed to learn
of conditions. Mr.. Fetzer tells TIE court
that to get a correct audit for the thirteen
years would probably take year and cost
not less than $4,000.
At the time of the crash the books
showed, according to the report, that the
bilities, but the irregularities place a big
advantage on the liability column
Judge McEwen declared notes for ZOO
and S26S1 bearing the name of Fred Boy
essen, and a note for $4,000, bearing tho
name of f. n. EcklCnd, to be forgerics.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-11-16
ODDS AGAINST sATsUMA.
Plot to Wreck the Great Japanese
BattleShip,

TOXIC, November 16.-An extraordinary
story is current here of bets having been
laid by foreigners in Yokohama against
the successful launching of the battleship
Satsuma at Yokosuka yesterday, and of
attempts to make the launching a failure
About 100000 is said to have been wagered
at odds of to against a successful float
of the warship. and workmen. formerly Of
Yokohama are reported to have been bribed
to place impediments in the slip. The de-
lection of these the day before the launch
ing, it is said. led to the discovery that a
workman had actually been arrested, but
his examination with the view of ascertain
ing whether he was connected with the
alleged betting syndicate has thus far been
inconclusive.
The first-class Japanese battleship Sat-
suma, of 1900 tons. the first battleship to
be launched in Japanese waters, took the
water yesterday in the presence of the en-
peror. The greatest enthusiasm was mani
tested. The newspapers here reflect the
epoch-making nature of the event, as in
dicated by the unprecedented presence of
the emperor. and eulogize the success of the
naval constructors. 1t Is taken for granted
that the ship is the equal and perhaps the
superior Of any other warship afloat
The Satsuma is the first battleship of
modern construction to be launched In
Japan. and Is believed to be equal to the
British battleship Dreadnought. The Sat-
suma embodies all the lessons Of the war
between Japan and Russia. The woodwork
on board has been reduced to a minimum,
the vessel Is fitted with elaborate fire ap-
paratus, and her upper works have been
kept clear of top hamper as possible
The details Of her construction follow in
the main those of the Dreadnought, whose
steaming capacity the Satsuma is expected
to excel. There was every reason to be-
lieve that the British and Japanese ad-
miralties exchanged plans and ideas pre-
yious to the construction of the Satsuma,
which was built by japanese labor exclu-
siyely
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-11-16
IN CLUTCH OF A TRUST
PRICE OF SILVER DICTATED TO
THE GOVERNMENT.
Must Pay What is Demanded in Order
to Turn Out Subsidiary
Coin Required.

The Treasury Department is hard and
fast in the clutch of the silver trust, and
is absolutely at the mercy of the great
combine. Secretary Shaw doesn't like IT
DIT, but he admits that he can't help It.
Some stories have appeared indicating that
Secretary Shaw was humping the trust
around in great shape and refusing to buy
silver from 1t for subsidiary coinage but
the silver trust people know better than
this and its officers are laughing heartily
over the situation.
The latest story published represents the
silver trust as humbly writing to Secretary
Shaw, wanting to know why he has de-
cided to stop the purchase of silver. AS a.
matter of fact the silver trust has not
done anything of the kind but on the
other hand, has informed Secretary Shaw
that the price of silver is rising right
along, and probably will continue to rise
The whole trouble arises out of the abso-
lutte necessity that the government shall
buy silver to coin subsidiary money. 1t be-
gan purchases several months ago. when
silver was bringing between IS and GO cents
an ounce. Only small quantities were pro-
cured. however. the American Smelling
and Refining Company being about the only
concern making offers of silver to the gov
eihIent InlS concern practically controls
the output of American silver mines and
mas a working understanding with the
London brokers who control the silver of
the rest of the world. So the government
must buy either from the American trust
or from the London brokers.
The latest purchase by the Treasury De-
partment was at 1925. and the next quo
tation was at ~ cents an ounce. Secretary
Shaw rebelled at the increase and ordered
that the purchases stop. The trouble. how
ever, is that there is only enough silver on
hand to continue subsidiary coinage for ten
days or two weeks, when the government
will have to enter the market again and
pay what the silver trust asks
Secretary Shaw is expected to Jay the
matter before the next cabinet meeting and
take up with the President the question of
making an investigation of the trust, with
the object of bringing legal action against
it, if possible.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-11-16
TWO w ERE KILLED
MASKED MEN ATTEMPT TO HOLD
UP SALOON.

SAN FRANCISCO, November 1.-two men
are dead, two others dying and others seri-
ously injured as the result of row last
night in the attempted hol5up of a saloon
by two masked robbers. Shortly before mid
night two men with handkerchiefs over
their faces and revolvers in their hands en-
tered the saloon of John O'ConDel at 9Th
and Brannon streets.
All the inmates complied with the order to
hold up their hands given by the masked
men. except George O'Connel, a retired
and pensioned police officer, who drew his
revolver and commenced shooting at the
robber near the 9th street entrance. Seeing
the gun fash in O'Connelrs hand the two
robbers began firing at the ex-policeman
and patrons of the saloon at almost the
same moment. When the smoke of the
battle cleared away, four men were lying
on the floor Of the saloon. three of them dy-
ing and the fourth seriously injured-O' Con-
nell, with two bullets in his chest; Stephen
Lynch. twice shot In the abdomen: Louis
Delatour. with his Jaw torn away by a
bullet, and Michael Kennedy, shot in the
ear.
From the 9Th street door trail of blood
led across the street to the sidewalk op-
posite the saloon, where was found one of
the robbers with the mask still on, dead
with two bullets, fired by O'Connell, in the
chest. The second robber escaped. The
dead man was identified as Frank Burke
an ex-convict.
O'Connell died soon after being taken to
the Central Emergency Hospital, where it
is said that Lynch and Delatour, both la
borers, cannot recover
John Byrne was arrested at an early
hour this morning, believed to be the other
robber. He answers the description of the
second man engaged in the holdup. A re-
volver with two empty cartridges that had
been recently fired was found under his
bed.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-11-16
MILES PRAISES SKATER
Former Has Just Returned From a
European Trip.

Lieut. Gen. Nelson \. Miles, T. G. A.. re.
tired. who has just returned from three
months tour in Europe, is in this city on
visit to his daughter. Mrs. Reber, wife of
Col. Reber OF the general staff. In the
course Of visit to friends in the War De-
partment yesterday afternoon he said that
his visit to Washington had no official Sig
niheance Referring to the death of Mai
Gen. Shafter, Gen. Miles said: His death
Is matter of deep regret to me- both be-
cause OF his splendid career a military
OlScer and because OF his personality There
were no differences between myself and
Gen. Shafter at Santiago"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-11-16
PLATT MAY RESIGN
BECAUSE OF HIS HEALTH AND
NoToRIETY.

Persistent rumors are being circulated I'm
this city and in New York that Senator
Plat will resign his seat I'm the Senate, to
take effect probably before December 3.
when Congress Will convene.
The reasons given for this step are the
senator's i'll health and the notoriety con-
sequent upon his separation from his wife.
Should Mr.. Plat resign from the Senate
before January I. his successor would be
appointed. probably. by Governor Higgins.
If, on the other hand. the retirement of
Mr.. Plat should not take place until after
the first of the new year the legislature,
under Governor Hughes. would elect a
representative to care for the interests of
the Empire state in the Senate at WASH
ington. The politicians are already cog
infant of the likelihood that Plat is about
to retire. and are laying their various plans
accordingly.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-11-16
TEX OIL PROBE
CONNECTION BETWEEN STAND
ARD AND WATERS-PIERCE.

ST. LOUIS, Mo-, November 16-Five wit
nesses have been examined in secret hear
ing by Assistant Attorney General J. p
Lightfoot of Texas in the taking of deposit
tons relevant to the suit to Gust the Water s.
Pierce Oil Company from Texas, and the
examination of two more witnesses today
completed the present hearing. Mr.. Light
foot will return to Texas tonight
1t is learned that the examination has de-
veloped from the testimony that a con-
nection between the Standard OIL Company
and the Waters-Pierce Company existed,
and that in certain sections of Texas where
the Waters-Pierce Company was unusually
strong all the competing forces were de-
stroyed by the Standard Oil Company.
Witnesses testified that the Corsicana Oil
Company and the Security Oil Company, at
Beaumont. two refneries owned by the
Standard OIL Company. did not sell to COM
panies competing with the Waters Pierce
Company. and that in return the latter
company purchased all the Oil sold in the
state of Texas from these two refineries.
Territory Divided.
1t was also developed that maps showing
the division of territory covered by the
Waters-Pierce and the Standard compan-
les were prepared at % Broadway New
York, and distributed over the territory
covered by the two concerns. The wit
nesses that have been examined were: c.
NJ Adams, secretary and treasurer of the
Waters-Pierce Company; c. B. Collins, for
merly private secretary to H Clay Pierce;
Charles Hatfield, Z. N. Won Harten, city
division manager. and c. ]. Cohn, formerly
a Texas representative of the Waters-Pierce
company.
Suit in Missouri.
ST. LOUIS. November 16.-When the
hearing of the dispositions of the defense
in the Missouri custer suit against the
Standard. Waters-Pierce and Republic OIL
companies was resumed this morning II was
anticipated by Attorney General Hadley
that the hearing would continue today The
remaining witnesses to be examined We're
Edward N. Won Harten. manager of .ae
city division, and V.-H. .Crandall, assistant
manager of the Missouri division of the
Waters-Pierce OIL Company.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-11-16
TWO CONVENTIONS.
Senator Foraker Said to Want Presi-
Dental Endorsement.
Special Dispatch to The Star.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
COLUMBUS. Ohio, November 49,
Friends of Senator Foraker are now plan
ming for two republican state conventions
in 1908. one to be held early in the year
to choose the four delegates-at-large to
the republican national convention and the
other later in the year to nominate candi-
dates for state offices. The reason Is that
Senator Fairbanks desires the Endorsement
for the presidential nomination and expects
to get it. Should he fail to secure the nomi-
nation he will be a candidate to succeed HIM
self In the United States Senate The party
has adopted the rule of nominating candi-
dates for the Senate in its state conven-
lions. and the legislature elected is ex-
pected to follow the nomination thus made
II there were but one state convention
Senator Foraker would have to secure from
1t Endorsement for both the presidential
and the senatorial nomination..
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-11-16
JEWS WITHIN THE PALE
PREPARATIONS TO IMPROVE THE
CONDITIONS IN RUSSIA.

ST. PETERSBURG. November 16-Pre-
mier Stolypin's organ, the Rossia, today
publishes a long article. apparently in
tended to prepare the way for the promul-
CATION of the reforms in the condition of
the Jews as recently outlined
The paper stated that with the view of al
laying the anticipated storm of protest upon
the part of the reactionists, the projected
Jewish reforms will not give the Jews full
equality. nor permission for them to spread
through the country and acquire the lands
of the peasants, but they will have the
right to live everywhere inside the pale, in
the country as well as in the cities, and the
restrictions imposed on Jewish merchants
and artisans will be revised. including
granting them permission to dwell outside
the pale.
The article reviews the Jewish problem
since it acquired, with Poland, 100
years ago: 1t declares that the forcible
concentration within the pale of five mil
lion Jews. or 111s per cent OF the popula-
ton, has proved failure, and has not pre-
vented the most dangerous elements the
Jewish intelligencia and plutocracy, from
penetrating into Russia over the golden
bridge. while poverty has stricken the resi-
due. The people, the article asserts forms
an accumulation in which the revolutionary
energy of the Jewish proletarat has been
developed, adding:
6uAafSeo hlSuSS
Men who are condemned to live on one
herring and two potatoes a week cannot
be expected to understand the benefits or
obligations of citizenship. Loyalty stops
where famine begins. A full equalization
of the Jews with the Russian population,
however, Is impossible at present because
the Jewish masses within the pale are in
state of revolutionary white heat and would
carry the torch of sedition through the
whole of the interior. 1t must await the
final solution of the agrarian question,
which would prevent the Jews, through
their money power. from acquiring the land
of the impoverished pesantry and restoring
the state of servitude.
but without waiting for the convoeation
of parliament the Jews must be granted the
right to live everywhere within the pale
and the regulations governing the residence
and privileges of the Jews in the interior
provinces must be revised Too long has
the problem been banded about from COM
mission TO commission until it has assumed
its present acute. infiammatory character,
which is finding expressions on one side
with the bomb of the Jewish anarchist and
on the other side by anti-Jewish excuses"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-11-16
COMMENTS ARE MODERATE.
japanese Editorial Views on San
Francisco Exclusion Policy

Ambassador Wright has supplied the
State Department with editorial extracts
from several of the piS--.pal japanese
newspapers. which, he says, re-~-t the
views of the government in relation to the
friction in San Francisco, growing out OF
the refusal of the school board to admit
Japanese pupils to the public schools. The
articles are remarkably moderate and
friendly in tone, making it appear that the
trouble Is extremely local, and that IL
cannot in any sense be permitted to him
der the growth OF closer relations between
the United States and Japan. They also
indicate desire the part of the Japan
csc to enter into reciprocity treaty with
the United States to strengthen the conn
merce between the two countries
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-11-16
ROOSEVELT is DAMAGED.
Message Received From the Arctic
Explorer at Sidney.

SYDNEY. N. s., November 16.-A mes
sage has been received from Commander
Robert Z. Peary. the arctic explorer, by a
local firm OF shipwrights, stating that his
steamer. the Roosevelt. has been consider
ably damaged. The message came from
Battle Harbor. where the Roosevelt was
last reported, and where she lay on Friday
last. One blade of the steamers propeller
rs gone. and the rudder is considera bly,
damaged as a result of the battle with the
ice foes. As the Roosevelt on her trial
trip averaged only ten knots an hour, 1t is
thought these accidents will slow her down
to about three or four knots an hour Battle
Harbor is about 40 miles from here Mrs
Peary. the explorers wife, and W. s. Quig-
~. representing the Peary Arctic Club are
Dc awaiting the Roosevelts arrival
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-11-16
Thousands of Residents Are Camping
Out in the Valleys Between
Seattle and Tacoma.
VALLEY TOWNS UNDER WATER
Some of the Villages Are Submerged
to a Depth of Twenty Feet
Danger at South
Park.

Great anxiety is felt for the fam
lilies of the farmers who live in the
fertile valleys of the state of WASH
ington between Seattle and Ia
coma. During last night the
numerous streams having their
source in the foothills of the Cas-
cade mountains rose rapidly flood
ing great tracts of land and doing
inestimable damage. A dyke pro-
tecting a suburb of Seattle has been
washed away and the population
OF the town-some 1000 peoples
said to be at the mercy of the flood.
SEATTLE. Wash. November l6.-Home-
less and suffering from hunger and expos
and in hourly dread that the rising
waters will overwhelm them. thousands of
residents OF the fertile valleys lying between
Seattle and Tacoma camped today in
the foothills nearby. with what few provis-
ions and effects they could carry in hur-
ried flight.
Six deaths have thus far been chronicled
the rapid rise of the rivers in King and
Pierce counties. Three of the men who met
death in the foods were trying their utmost
to prevent log jams that would endanger
the residents of the towns further down the
river.
+. W. Killmer of Auburn was the first to
lose his life while working on a jam in the
White river. Two other loggers who were
working for the Decker Lumber Company
trying to break jams. and whose names are
not known, were drowned in the Green
river, three miles from Auburn.
Incalculable Damage.
Black, White, Green. Cedar, Stuck Sho-
qualmie and other streams having their
source in the foothills of the Cascade noun
tains have risen overnight and have flooded
thousands of acres of land and caused in
calcuiable damage How many farmers
families have lost some member through
the rapid advance of the treacherous waters
will not be known until the waters subsida
All the valley towns are under water
the depth ranging from eight TO twenty feet
Railroad communication has been cut and
the towns cannot be reached except by
message over the long distance telephone
wires. With the water already standing
on the streets at such depth that it is
no longer safe for residents to remain in
the first stories OF their houses the men are
organizing in each town and either remoy-
ing the helpless ones to the second stories
or carrying them away to places OF safety.
Waters Are Rising.
The greatest danger point at present is at
South Park, suburb of Seattle near the
mouth Of the Duwamish river AS the flood
sweeps down the valley to Puget sound
the water is steadily rising at this point
Wednesday night the dyke protecting the
lowlands at South Park was carried AWAY.
and the town. with a population of about
2Ooo people, is at the mercy of the waters
Last night residents were preparing to flee
TO higher ground. From Yellowstone Park
small tract on the north side of the Du-
Wanish, Just opposite South Park, comes
the report that house containing several
persons was swept down the river yester
day afternoon.
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The Ohio to Be Laid IN.

Orders have been issued at the Navy De-
partment for the battleship Ohio, now at
Gibraltar on her way home from the
Asiatic station, to proceed to the navy yard
at New York for necessary repairs instead
Of going to the navy yard at Norfolk for
that purpose, as originally ordered When
the Ohio has been repaired she Will be at
tached TO the battleship squadron Of the
Atlantic feet.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-11-16
UNTRUE BUT HUMOROUS
NABUCO LAUGHS
AT NEWSPAPER STORIES.
Declares That He Was Cordially Treat
ed on His Arrival and Has
No Complaint.

There is no Brazilian incident. according
to Ambassador Nabuco. who has arrived in
Washington from New York. Secretary
Root called at the Brazilian embassy early
this morning for the purpose Of expressing
the regret of this government at wha. was
reported to have occurred when the am
bassador arrived in New York yesterday.
The ambassador told him that he had been
presented with a list of questions by one of
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-11-16
MANY ROADS MAY
| RAISE WAGE SCALE
Companies Ready to Accept
Pennsylvania'S Standard.
INCREASE OF 10 PER CENT
In Lieu of All Other Demands the
Melon" May Be Cut.
MAGNITUDE OF THE CONCESSION
Increase Would Amount to a Dividend /.
Of Ia Per Cent on Capital Stock
on All Systems.
INCREASE OF 10 PER CENT
MAGNITUDE OF THE CONCESSION

CHICAGO. November 18-The Record
Herald today says:
The railroads of the entire country stand
ready to accept the standard of wages set
by the Pennsylvania and to grant their emf
ployes an increase of 10 per cent in lieu OF
all other demands The melon which thu
railroads are willing to cut and to divide
among more than 100000 employees would
aggregate between $S1 100000 and So, 600.
600 annually This sum the roads are ready
to give the large army of employees pro.
vided the latter will accept it and cease
FOR the time being any further demands for
increases in all branches of the railway
service.
Decided Upon Increase.
Several railway magnates have already
taken action in the matter and have de.
cided to grant the increase If the matter
can be arranged amicably with their EN-.
ployes.
The magnitude of the concession TO labor
is understood when 1t Is stated that the
Increase will amount to a dividend of near
Ia per cent on all the capital stock of the
entire railroad systems of the country
and to nearly 81 per cent of the amount of
dividends declared and paid on that stock
for the year 1900
There has not been concerted action on
the part OF the railroads. but the question
or increase in wages has been the subject
OF discussion In many meetings which have
been held among the western presidents
and executive officials at Chicago and
among the eastern men at New York
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-11-16
Weather.

Fair tonight; tomorrow
increasing cloudiness and
warmer.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-11-16

New York Office: Tribune Building.
Chicago Office: First National Bank Building.
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