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W. FOR THE BUSY MAN. IN

ReecRsr's old pulpit in Brooklyn, of which read
oh. tina; proved only tempest in teapot.
After the trustees Of the church. despite the pro
bargain of renting the edifce the Christian Science
people IN spirit OF generosity refused mem d a se
cure theatre FOR the purpose .,.... euor .,o
presidency of Dartmouth college; after fourteen
years incumheuCy, by OF i'll health, leaves
Massa dRlsetts institute of Technology has asked
DIR. Benjamin Ide Wheeler president of the C s,1
coed DR. Henry S Pritchett, who is now in charge
fessors The Presbyterian General Assembly, at
its annual session at Columbus. Ohio elected Or;
of Moderator. to succeed Or. Pleasant corbett It
is thought that union of all the ee pefn3 and
the Moderator of the General Assembly will
Spooner. who recently resigned Inc coroner i
Supposed to have been kidnapped and whose dead
BODY was found Two Sa from ac Of food ana ex
posure. An effort 10 make a sensational story OF
was frustrated by evidence that he fell from tree
and killed himself. Governor Hughes selected Ed
Huffcutt whose suicide caused SO much regret;
Secretary Root lectuTed on The ResPonsihiltles OF
ing demagogues and showing the good done by the
Bryce delivered an important address at the OBJ
servance Of the 300th anniversary of the Landing
Beginning eS the setfemenp Of Virginia The pros
pect If harmony in Ohio was somewhat lessened
by the calling off of the state conference Of Re
publicans owing to some disturbing elements. The
trial at Boise. Idaho, complicated by state
nlent made public by Henry Orchard who is
pected TO be the principal witness, which the court
declared highly improper, as designed to affect the
jury. The jury box filed. but the peremptorY
challenges Will extend the time for securing the
actual Jurors, Dollar wheat caused furries in the
Chicago market. and scenes of great excitement,
but the food market Of the world unaffected.
The pier strike continued. but little delay
caused to steamships The Adriatic. of the White
Star feet, the n7TEest Of British twin steam
arrived IN this port She t. 725 feet long. nine
stories deep. and can carry 5000 persons
The deaths of the week include those of Charles
H. HasWe the venerable engineer, of this city,
who had almost attained the advanced age of
ninety-eight; Jors Carl Huysmans. the French
novelist: Frank H. Goodyear OF Buffalo: the Rev.
DIR. Leonard W. Bacon, formerly of New Haven.
and Orrin w. Potter
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law, and would be asked if his lawyer did not
tell him that If he said he had no lawyer. ne
was advised to get one and if he asked what one
to get Ruef would be recommended. After ne
had paid a retaining fee of hundreds OF thou-
sands of dollars in proportion to the cost OF the
work, he found the ways creased for pronJ-
able violation Of law.
Realizing that under the cloak of legality
Ruef hid his operations Mr. Heney set at work
to disclose the grating operations of the Board
of Supervisors by bogus measures for
which money was paid and then scared some OF
the members of the board into confession. The
outcome was the indictment of most of the lead
ing officials Of the city, and the probability that
the confession of Ruef and his plea for mercy
others
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AN IDYLI-AND A MORAL.

Twas the farmers pretty daughter
Minna, Young and slim
Who by panuDc's azure water
Seemed fair to him.
He was but n genre painter,
Welded to his art,
But ambitions cry grew fainter
WheE aWoie his heart.
As he watched her. posed demurely
I'm her Gretchen gown
You'll not blame him. reader surely
If he bent him down
Bent him down and kissed the maiden
On her rCSy mouth,
With the tender sweetness laden
o. the tropic South
For young Conrad bert and kissed her.
Did It, roo. what's move,
As her mother. who had missed her,
Entered at the door.
Reader. take. before thou partest
Moral TO this tale:
Twas n blessing for the artist
That this occurred by the Danubes aZur
tide. where they don't mind little thin:
of that sort; for II he had tried IN,
scheme in other countries we know o
he would have been liable to find him
self let in for a good old-fashione,
breach OF promise sult.-Grand Maga
zine.
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SIR HIRAM MAxiM's LEATHER MEDAL

Sir Hiram Maxim the great engineer and in
ventor Of the automatic system OF firearms has
confessed that he was no infant prodigy-in fact
he believes that he was the most stupid and also
the best behaved pupil at his first school, and to
prove the former point he tells how he won a
leather medal 1t the last O he term
and proud day for Sir Hiram's younger sister
for she had carried off the first prize. Other chill
dren also received prizes and then the teacher
said: Il will now give leather medal 10 the
most stupid scholar in the school" II looked
about me-, says Sir Hiram. land ] was quite GER
tain IL must be Kimm Casley, the double thurnbed
boy. But, no. The teacher selected Hiram Maxim
! went forward and given the only medal
have ever received In my life for anything relating
70 education" -Tit-Bits
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RAILROADS.
NEW JERSEY CENTRAL

MEW JehSeU Urn MAl
Time she%a below II ssesa+ Liberty Sd
Station Leave West 23d ST. 10 minutes,
earlier. except as noted by designating
PHI 4 DE. PHI EIs Two HOUR
EVERY HOUR ON THE HOUR
jsl2 10. $50. MOO. m's.O0. $40. 400
$50. 200. 400. s4OO. $500 $40
m,60o 200. 800. 300. plO.S0 p. m
BALTIMORE AND wAsHINGToN-z.1
$500, $1,000. y'12oO. 900. .t'4Oo
$500. 400.
LAKEWOOD AND LAKEHURSr-z.Oo
1000 a m. xl.oo. 100. ks. 40. IA 10. SO,
p m. x6-1o. Sundays. 200. 1000 a m.,
ATLANTIC CITY-.1OOO a m. xIOa
p2-3O. k3. 40 p. m
ALL RAIL ROUTE-Long Branch. Asoury
Park. Ocean Grove Sundays no Asbury
Park, z4.OO. $50. 1l.30 q. m. ex12 40
II 20. 1.30. 3. 80. g4-45. 5.15. $40. $50.
jI20l- sundays. except Ocean Grove.
SANDY HOOK ROUTE-Atiantic High
lands. Seabright. Monmouth Beach. Lons
Branch. Asbury Park and Ocean Grove
Leave Pier 81. n. r. t42d ST.. s.55 a m.
1890. SEQ. AIS. Sundays. $50 a m.
loo. 7.45 p. m. Leave Pier 10 " r.
Cedar St-). 20 a m 100. 3 As. AS.
Sundays. 1000 a m. l-3O. $40 D m.
Time tables giving time TO EASrON
BETHLEHEM. ALLENTOWN. MACCH
CHUNK. WILKES BARRE. SCRANTON.
READING. HARRISBURG. POTTSVILLr.
WILLIAMSPORT and all other points can
be obtained at following Offices: Liberty 81.
west odd St Tel. 3144 Chelsea. As,or
House. PAS. 434. 1900. 1884 Broadway. Is?
9th Av. PSI 9Th Av., . Union Square West
279S 3D. Av. 1O5 West 18th St, PAS Column
bus Av.. New York. Court St, 34s 344
Fulton St 40 Nostrand Az. BROOKLYN;
800 Broadway. Williamsburg New York
Transfer co. calls for and checks bagsazs
.Daily. tDaily. excep, Sunday. psun-
days. tParIOr cars only. mDininz car
except Sundays. xSaturdays only. Glib.
erty ST. only. sDining car Sundays yDin-
ing car daily. bExcept Saturdays. From
West Twenty-thlrd Street-e122O p NJ.
"a so r. NJ. j11.5O P. NJ. ks 20 p. NJ.
d3 80 2. NJ
W. G. BESLER. W C HOPE.
Vice-Pres. & Gen Mgr. Gen Pass'r Agent.
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AMERICAN LINE Sailing bat, at $50 = a , ~
PLYMOUTH CHERB'G -SOUTHAMPTON
II iIADELPHIA- May -. June %. July 20
81. PAL l.. June l. June %. Aug
NV YORK June = July 9, Aug 10
ST. LOI IS June 10. July Is, Aug. IL
RED STAR LIlJE IRON Pier
NEW YORK-DOvER-A
ICELAND. May %. 2:3OPM; June q. July 20
kROONLAND. June !. S:30AM: Jly Is. Aug 10
NADERLAND.J June 3. 2:3OPM; July s Aug
FINLAND June IL. $ 30 AN; July -, Aug -
WHITE STAR LINE From Per
NEW YORK-Q' ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
CELTIC May 81. $50 AM June q. July -
- tNAIflt- ...-.... July 4. Aug. ]
BALTIC. June Il. 7:3OAM: july II. Augs
CEDRIC. June On. l2:30PM; July Is. Aug Is
Fly MOtTH-CHERB'G -SOCTH' PTON'
TAlRIATiC- May 81 I PM; June 10
III TONIC. May % 10 AM: June %
~ t-ANlC'- .---.-.June 3 PM; July
MAJ ESIIC. June IL 10 AN; July 10
'tNew. IS 600 tons: has Elevator.
Gymnasium. Turkish Baths and sBand.'
THE MEDITERRANE VA
FROM NEW YORK
~ ~; June 2o. noon; Aug l. Sept. 2s
FROM BOSTON
kCMAN C. June s o AM: Sept. II
''AN'lPll,..- June 90 l PM: Aug 10
PASSENGER OFFICE, o BROADWAY
Freight office. Whitehall Bldg. Battery Pl
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Mln INnRIlMlrNN LINE

DAILY SERVICE
For Old Point Comfort. Norfolk Ports
Touth. Pinners Point and Newport News.
Va. connecting for Petersburg. Richmond.
Virginia Beach Washington. D. C and
entire South and West
Freight and passenger steamers sail from
Pier 20 y R foot OF Beach St every
week day at 3 ? NJ
W l. WOODROW. Trafic Manager.
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PED ID" LINE
For la Guayra. Puerto Cabello. Cura-
Gao and MsracsibO. via Curacao calling
also AZ san Juan. p. r.:
;. ). CARACAS. -...-.. sat. May - noon
5. s PHILADELPHIA. sat. June s noon
For La Guayra, Curacao. Msracaibo:
: : n 'I.IA...-...-......S sat Tune I noon
: :. MARACAIBO. 500 sat. June Is noon
These steamers have superior acconmO-
dalton for passengers.
BOILppN. BLISS & pALI.ETT,
General Managers 80 Wall st
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NEIGHOR 11ME.

GLASGOW VIA LONDONDERRY
Astoria May -. 2 pm Ethiopia June S 3 pm
Columbia une J. n n Caledonia June Is, nm
Cabin. $50 2d Cabin S35. Sd Class ST 30
and upwards. according % accommodation &
steamship. For terms and information apply
HENDERSON BROTHERS. 1913 Broadway
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URG-AMERlCAN LINE

ABEBURG-AMERlCAN LINE
TWIN SCRDW EXPRESS AND PASSEN-
GER SERVICE
Plym0uth-CherbOurg Hamburg
'Amerika May %. PM sBluecher.. June .
P'nsylv'a. May %. 3 PM Pretoria. June
-D'tscbl'd Nav 20. AM @Kaiserin June IL
fBata VIA. June I, o AM Patricia. June 10
Among special features II these vessels
are: grill Room. Gymnasium. Palm Garien.
Ritz-Carlton Restaurant. Elevators. Electric
Baths. +Hamburg direct.
Mediterranean Service.
TO -NAPLES-GENOA-
+'Molti1e May p, 10 AM July =, Sept.
Hamburg. June II. 10 AM; Aug. 10. Sept "a
HAS Grill Room. fHas Gymnasium
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OCEAN STEAMERS.
MDRT@ GERMAN LLOYD.

uOVNl v uu EISuUGvu CNHu 6n W. 10
Fast Express Service.
PLYMOUTH ERBOURG-BREMEN.
Kronprinz. May 81 1OAM X. VIM. II Aug.
Kaiser June 4, 1nAMl KrOnprinz Aug Is
X VIM. III June IL. 6 AM Cecilie Aug ~
kronprnz June Is, I0AM Kaiser. g. Aug -
Kaiser July .. 10 AM X. VIM. III. Sept. 8
X. W II. July O. 6 AN Kronprinz Sept 10
Kronprinz July 10 8 AM CecilIen'wlSept IL
Kaiser. July 80. 10AM Kaiser Sept. ~
Iwin-Screw Passenger Service.
PLYMOUTH CHERBOURG-BR BREMEN.
Friedrich Nav 81 noon Bremen. July
=. Alice. May % 10AM BarbarOssa .July1l
Bremen. May %, 10 AM Kurfuerst July Is
-Main. June q. 10 AM Friedrich. July =.
Barbarossa June s, IOAM 7. Alice Aug.
Kurfuerst June Is I0AM Bremen Aug
Friedrich. June 20. loan Barbarcssa Aug 10
Z, Alice ...... June - Kurfuerst Aug. p
Bremen direct.
Mediterranean Service.
GLIB LTAR-NAPLES- GENOA, AT IL AM:
=. Irene. June 2. Irene. 49, Aug 1.
.Neckar. June 5 X Luise. 80 Aug. 81
X. Albert. June % 'Neckar. Sept. u
=. Irene. July 13 T. Irene. Sept. y
'Neckar. .... July 20 X. LIise. $500. Oct >
X. Louise. July % X. Albert. Oct. ~
K. Albert. Aug 3 'Neckar- Oct 20
"Omits Genoa.
From Bremen Piers Sd & 4th SITS, Hoboken.
NORTH GERMAN LLOYD TRAY EI-I.EI{S
CHECKS GOOD ALL OVER THE WORLD.
OELRICHS & CO, No Broadway. y. Y
Louis II. Meyer 1915 Walnut St. Phila
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STEAMBOATS,
pm nm AND POINTS IN

B Cd 3 i I'd " N NV E SS;s, = r
FALL. RIVER LINE via Newport and Fail
River I've Pier 10 y r.. II Warren So,
week DAYS and sundays $40 ? " Strs.
Priscilla and Puritan. Orchestra on each
NORWICH LINE via New London Leave
Pier 40 y R. foot Clarkson St, week taFs
only P NJ Steamers City OF Lowell
and Maine
NEW HAVEN LINE for New Haven and
North Leave Pier 20. r. P. week dsyp
only 2:43 p NJ Steamer Chester ". Chaplin.
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SUMMER CRUISES

DURING JUNE july AND AUGUST
10 the Norwegian FjOrdS, North
Cape, SpitZbergen, Iceland and Eu-
ropean seaside resorts. Send for
programme.
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TOURIST BUREAU.
Il. r. Tickets. hotei accommodations and
general information about foreign travel
Travellers checks good all over the world
OFFICE, 81 BROADWAY. y Y.
Phone 1900 Rector. Piers, Hoboken-
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WORK WANTED.

ROOKK EHPER. BY young man. III. single
and double entry. speaks spanish anu
English: reference: salary expected; n"
dress BookkeeFcr, Box i, tribune piilce'
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BARTENDER; experienced; lrish. NJ
Dooly. care Hcnnessy. A26 West 2'th ST
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GURyNRD l0MES,

HUNGARIAN-ANER SERVICE
To FTIrMF VIA
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BOY, living with parents. to learn cleo.
trical trade r. care Doss l4o west
97th
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md wASHINGTON-z.I30
%. y'l2oO, 200, $500
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VISITING GOVERNESS and COMPANION
Lady leaving town wishes to find desIr-
able position for the German lady who has
been visiting governess and companion in
her family for ten years: teaches French.
German. elementary English and music
>A~~--->~G> Ak 1aS West seth Ct.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1907-07-08
. ssssesssssssss .
GENERAL NEWS.


The National Educational associa-
ton now in session at Los Angeles,
will formulate some movement to ad-
vance teachers wages throughout
the United States
1t is stated in all the great fiscal
centers of the world that Turkeys
credit, long drawn out and the most
diaphanous of all the nations, is at
last completely exhausted.
Sharks were almost unknown in
the Adriatic until the Suez canal was
opened. Now the harbors of Fiume
and Pola are so infested with them
that residents dare no longer battle
in the open sea.
The 18th, 18th and 18th assembly
district democrats of New York city
have in mass meetings announced
their intention of supporting Bryan
for the democratic nomination for
president in 1908.
In New York city, on the Fourth,
Arthur Cararoa, aged 19, accidental
~ shot ana killed his aunt, Mrs. AL
fonso Carino, wife of a wealthy con-
tractor. Seeing what he had done,
the boy Immediately killed himself.
Jersey City, n. j., has purchased a
tract of SO acres which is to be
dedicated exclusively to play
ground for children during the sum-
mer months. During the winter a
large tract will be flooded and used
as skating rink.
Rev. DR.. Ramsey Donohoe, Pres
byterian divine, whose efforts in be-
half of the Americanized Cinnamon
caused him ito be recognized as an
authority by Chinese mission workers
throughout the United States. is dead
by heart disease at Pittsburg, Pa.
Ex-Governor David r. Francis of
Missouri, as chairman of the COM
Inittee on program, has issued the
Official call for the 18th annual ses-
sion of the Transmississippi Com
mercial congress to be held at Mus
kogee, I. T., November 1922. The
call is issued to governors of states
and territories and all public and
commercial bodies in the transmits
slssippi district.
A funny baseball play came up al
Atlanta the other day in a game be-
tween Atlanta and Augusta. Sid
Smith, the Atlanta first baseman
threw his glove at ball that was hi
over his head. He gauged the speed
and distance nicely and struck the
ball, 1t dropping right into his hands
He claimed that the batter was out
but the umpire rightfully gave the
Augusta batter hit, as the ruler
provide for just such a trick.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1907-07-08

NORTHWEST NEWS.


The Congregationalists of WASH
tucna will build a church building
the coming fall.
Mrs. L. G. Fay was badly burned
at her home in Boise by the acciden-
tai ignition of a mixture of water and
gasoline with which she was clean
ing some garments. Her face and
hands suffered most, but her eyes
were unhurt.
John Genteel, laborer on the
North Bank railroad, near The Dalles,
recently had his left arm crushed to
a pulp by huge rock falling upon
it. The arm was amputated at the
shoulder. Genteel is an Italian and
23 years of age.
The city council of Nampa, Idaho,
has ordered street paving to the val
ue of $151,052, subject to successful
protest UP to July 10. Thirty-five
blocks will be paved. The cost of
saloon licenses at Nampa has been
raised 5000 per year.
Two Cinnamon are dead and a
thir1 is in a hospital badly wounded
as the result of a mysterious shoot
ing which took place at their cabin
il the suburbs of Spokane. The Chi
nese claim a masked man entered the
cabin about IL o'clock and without
warning began shooting. The Off
GERS discredit the story and believe
| the shooting was the outcome of a
| quarrel over the lease of some land.
A Swede employed by the Ivanhoe
Fur company of Yakima, had a mar
row escape during the winter. On
his way to camp with a so pound
pack on his shoulders he lost his way
in a blizzard of snow and wind, and
| passed the whole of one night with
in 1000 feet of the camp, standing
behind a tree for protection. The
| man was nearly "all in" when he
was found. but he showed his grit
by staying with the pack for all of
the two days he was out, without fire
or shelter in the snow storm, and
brought 1t safely to the camp.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1907-07-08
STAGE FRIGHT.
The Way Henry Miller Rendered
Well Studied Line.

We'll STUDIED Line.
In Toronto, almost my first appear
ance on the STAGE was cast for the
Earl of Shrewsbury In "Amy Rob-
surt." The title sounded imposing,
and felt quite important although l
had but a single line to speak. In an
swer to Queen Ellzabeth's command,
~ charge thee, my Lord Of Shrews-
bury, arrest that man." l was called
upon to reply, "Whom does your
grace meanT
My perturbation over that line was
probably more serious than anything
In my subsequent career. What en-
phasis to give, what intonation to use,
what manner to assume, gave me
greater concern than felt later over
an Interpretation of Hamlet. repeat
ed the line thousand times, stressing
first one word and then another, using
this infection and that, and getting
into 1t every grade and shade OF mean
ing. With what result? SO far as
could learn afterward, did not speak
1t at all on the opening night. The
leader Of the orchestra was the first
person broached on the subject.
How did l speak my line" I asked
him after the play, longing for the
encouragement none had vouchsafed
to volunteer.
81 didn't hear you say anything at
ALL" was his disheartenlng rejoinder.
And neither did any one else whom l
could discover.-Henry Miller In Bohe-
mian
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1907-07-08
JUSTICE IN STORE
FOR STOCKMEN
RESERVE DEPUTIES SET
TIED IN GRANT COUNTY.
secretary of Agriculture Wilson Is
Disposed to DO Justice by Resident
Stocl<nlen. Is the opinion of Grant
County Paper-Disputes I'm Blue
Mountain Reserve Taken Over
Heads of Local Officials to Depart
ment Heads.

The Blue Mountain Eagle has the
following to say concerning the set
tlement of forest reserve disputes in
Grant county:
The outcome of a grazing permit
being denied NJ. J. f. Morgan for a
band of sheep, the denial of graz
ing permit to J, A. Laycock for all
his cattle and the assessing of IA fine
against j. d. Combs for allowing cat
tie on the reserve and the refusal of
a permit until the fine was paid,
would indicate that If all those who
have a grievance on account of any
matter connected with the forest re-
serve, would take such grievance di-
rect to Secretary of Agriculture Will
son through our senator's or congress-
man, they will promptly get the mat
ter adjusted, and if justice was on
their side, they can be assured of a
settlement of the matter in their fa-
vor.
This was not only the result in each
of the cases referred to, but would
other cases in this county, If an appeal
had been taken to Mr.. Wilson.
The officers in charge of the forest
reserve are simply following the Pin
chot rules and regulations, and
whether right or wrong, have, no
other course to pursue.
From the action of Secretary Will
son on all complaints thus far made
to him, there is no excuse for any
resident stockman who owns a reason
able sized band, to sell such stock SIM
ply because he was refused a grazing
permit.
The Blue Mountain Eagle is satis-
fled that Secretary Wilson will not
deny any resident stockman a grazing
permit as long as the reserve will fur
nish grass FOR single OUTSIDE stock
| nan.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1907-07-08
o. II. & n. AGAIN SUED.
kcrr-Gifford Company Asks DAM
ages TO the Amount of S5S,749.

iSCS 10 tile AnfOunu VI 300, s4S.
Damage suits against the o. r. &
N. for failure to furnish cars are now
becoming the fashion in Portland.
The Oregon Daily Journal says of the
second suit just filed, this one by the
Kerr-Gifford company:
Another suit against the o. r. &
n. for damages growing out of the
car shortage of 1904 and 1905 was
filed in the circuit court yesterday
afternoon by Kerr, Clifford & COM
pany, who seek S5S,749 from the rail-
road company. This makes a total
of s9O,5S5 damages for which the o.
r. & \. has been sued by two firms,
the Interior Warehouse company hav-
ing filed suit for s31.S36 yesterday
morning.
Kerr, Clifford & company, through
Peter, Thomas and Andrew Kerr, al
lege that they purchased 1,777,000
bushels of wheat for the eastern
market in the fall of 1904, relying up
on representations of the o. r. & ".
that ample facilities for transporting
the grain would be furnished. The
wheat was contracted with eastern
dealers TO ra total of s1,239,920, says
the complaint, and when demand
was made for cars in which to ship
the grain they were not furnished
for two months.
The complaining company charges
that it was forced to hold its grain in
readiness for shipping an average of
6S days before the cars were set out
for them, when Is days was the lin
it of reasonable time for the o. r. &
N. to furnish Lars.
When cars were finally furnished,
1t is alleged, many of them were so
badly out of repair that Kerr, Gift
ford e company had to repair them
at their own expense before they
could be used, and 426,700 bushels
of wheat had to be shipped in sacks
instead of in bulk. which increased
the cost of shipping l cent a bushel.
They ask the court for judgment
against the o. II. & NJ for $4,267 for
this item alone.
Kerr, Clifford & company ask
judgment against the railroad COM
pany for insurance on the grain, stor-
age charges. telegraph and telephone
tolls in caring for the grain during
the unusual time 1t was held ready
for shipment, the expenses of one OF
the firms in Chicago In adjusting
troubles with the eastern dealers that
arose from the delay, cost Of labor
and interest on the money tied up in
the grain while 1t was held for cars
in which to ship 1t.
1t is expected that still other suits
against the railroads will follow
Both of the suits brought yesterday
were filed by the firm of Teal C Mi.
nor, and an interesting legal battle
is anticipated before they are finally
determined.