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VOL. XXIII.
THAT $29,000,000 FINE
», Is Declared Illegal by Court of
Appeal—New Trial Ordered.
JUDGE LANDIS IS CENSURED
<• ’
Decision Was a Scathing Arraignment
of. Lower Court Judge, Who is Asked
if He Believes He is Above the Law.
Chicago, 11l. —The United States
circuit court of appeals reversed the
famous decision of Judge Kennesaw
M. Landis, in which he fined the
Standard Oil company of Indiana $29,-
240,000. The case is remanded to he
lower court for a new trial.
“The decision of the court, compos
ed of Judges Grosscup, Bakes and
Seaman was a scathing arraignment
of Judge Landis, in which it was ask
ed if the court believed himself above
the law in imposing a fine that would
fall on the shoulders of the mother
corporation, the Standard Oil com
pany of New Jersey—when the Indi
ana corporation alone, under the law,
could be held responsible.
It seemed to be the irony of fate
that Judge Grosscup should have writ
ten the decision of the upper court.
He not only wrote the decision, but
read it to the waiting throng in the
court room.
Judge Grosscup and Judge Landis
have not been the 'best of friends for
some time as a result of certain state
ments made months ago by Judge
Landis concerning federal judges who
talk publicly on matters which might
come under their judicial atention.
- When the three judges took their
seats on the bench the court room
was crowded to the doors. John S.
■ Miller, Rockefeller's, famous $50,000
lawyer, was present to represent the
. oil’ trust. He was accompanied by At
torney Moritz Rosenthal and several
other Standard Oil lawyers, District'
Attor-ney Edwin Sims appeared for
the government. All that occurred in
court was the reading of the very last
paragraph of the decision. Judge
Grosscup read it as follows:
“The judgment of the district court
is reversed and the case remanded
with instructions to grant a new trial
and proceed further in accordance
with this opinion.”
That was all and court adjourned.
New York City.—Standard Oil
stock on the curb jumped from 646 to
on the.strength of the decision
-■re Verging the $29,240,000 fine.
EASTERN FIRMS AREITvORED.
Investigation of Charge as to Gro
ceries for Panama.
New Orleans, La.—An investigation
of .charges that eastern firms are fa
vored above those in other parts of
the country in bidding to supply Pan
ama canal groceries is now being con
ducted by order of Colonel Goethals,
of the canal commission, according to
announcement by the New Orleans
Wholesale Grocers’ association. This
association complained to Colonel
Goethals that bids were being opened
in New York city only, to the exclu
sion of southern and western trade.
It was also claimed that the canal
commission circulars were unsatisfac
tory in specifying certain brands of
goods unknown in New Orleans. Col
onel Goethals was asked that awards
be made for three months instead of
for six.
Information here is that Colonel
Goethals has ordered all awards made
in New York recently under circular
P-152 to be held up pending an in
vestigation of the New Orleans com
panies.
ROOSEVELT WANTS FIGHTING NAVY.
The President Pleads for a Navy Cap
able of Whipping the Enemy.
Mr Ji
Newport, R. I. —. o \.sr*pupuibr
support for a “first class fighting
navy,” a navy capable of seeking out
he enemy and “hammering him till he
Quits,” President Roosevelt was the
central figure here in the most nota
ble conference of American naval of
ficers ever called to gether to consult
and discuss, in a broad, general way,
the future United States battleships.
The president spoke publicly for
more than half an hour, and then the
conference went into executive ses
sion for on^ hour. During this ses
sion the president took a leading
part in the discussion. He argued as
a layman, he explained, and did not
attempt to give advice to professional
men.
The conference included no less
than ten rear admirals of the navy
and a host of officers from the grade
of captain and below. Army officers
from Fort Adams and Fort Greble also
were invited to the conference. The
officers applauded the president’s ag
gressive navy address almost contin
uously.
MISS WHEELER GOES TO CHINA.
Wealthy Girl Becomes Missionary.
Pays Her Own Expenses.
New York City.—Miss Ethel J.
Wheeler, daughter of Everett P.
Wheeler, who gives up her social life
in this city and the pleasant sur
roundings of her parents’ home in
exchange for the hardship and work
of a missionary among the women of
the Chinese empire, bade many of her
friends farewell preparatory to her
immediate start for central China.
The case of Miss Wheeler is an ex
ception in the mission field, as she
will apply her own private income to
her mission work and. will pay all her
own expenses during the five years
she expects to remain in China.
§anamiah erilnutr.
RELEASED AFTER LONG SLAVERY.
Men Were Inticed Aboard Ship and
Held in Peonage.
San Francisco, Cal.—Nineteen sur
vivors of several hundred South Sea
Islander kidnapped 18 years ago from
their native strand and sold into
slavery among the coffee plantations
of Guetemala, arrived here on the
steamer City of Para. They are free
and homeward bound and in addition
are traveling as tourists with the Brit
ish government paying expenses.
The natives were kidnapped by Cap
tain Blackburn, who visited the
islands in his steamer, the Montzeratt
and enticing them aboard, sailed away.
They were supposed to be contract
laborers bound to their Guatemalan
employers for three years.
Ignorant of the language and in a
strange land, they slaved until their
plight was made known to the British
government. This, however, was not
until 18 years had passed and most
of the natives had died.
Captain Blackburn was lost at sea
in December, 1894, when the Montzer
ratt went down with all hands.
WAGES FOR THE YEAR 1907
Were 3.7 Per Cent Higher Than in
1906—Some Interesting Figures.
Washington, D. C. —The average
wages per hour in 1907 were 3.7 per
cent higher than in 1906, the regular
hours of labor per week were 0.4 per
cent lower than in 1906, and the num
ber of employes in the establishments
invested was 1 per cent greater than
in 1906.
These are some of the facts of in
terest in a statement issued by the
bureau of labor as the result of an
investigation of the principal working
occupations in 4,169 establishments
representing the principal manufac
turing and mechanical industries of
the country. The article is entitled
“Rates of Wages and Retail Prices
of Food, 1890 to 1907.”
Investigations covering the sales of
1,014 dealers in sixty-eight localities
show that the real prices of thirty
principal articles of food, according
to consumption in representative
working men men’s families were 4.2
per cent higher in 1907 than in 1906.
As the advance in retail prices from
1906 to 1907 was greater than the ad
vance in wages per hour, the purchase
power of an hour’s wages, as measur
ed by food, was slightly less in 1907
than in 1906, the decrease being one
half of 1 per cent.
The average hourly wages in 1907
were higher than in any other year
of the eighteen-year period from 1880
to 1907, and more than 20 per cent
higher than the average in any year*
from 1890 to 1900. As compared in
each case with the averagte for the
ten-year period, 1890 to 1900. As com
pared in each case with the average
for the ten-year period. 1890 to 1899,
the average hourly wages in 1907
were 28.8 per cent higher, the num
ber of employes 44.4 per cent greater
and the average hours of labor per
week 5.0 per cent lower.
IN TOUCH WITH MINISTRY.
This Country Has Not Yet Recognized
New Government.
Washington, D. C.—Although the
American government has not official
ly accorded recognition to the govern
ment of Paraguay formed since the
recent revolution in that country, yet,
following the customary practices in
such cases, Minister O’Brien is in
touch with the ministry. This is de
sirable because a contingency may
arise whereby the United States may
have to call upon the existing provis
ional government for the protection
of American interests or make other
representations. Whether the United
States will recognize the new govern
ment is a question for future settle
ment and will depend upon whether
the new ministry will be able to
maintain peace and successfully car
ry out treaty relations.
(IF DUHTjru INTPRFST
‘ -bi i r
Chairman Hitchcock of the republi-1
can party is in Colorado Springs,
Col., preparing for a hard fight in the
West.
William H. Taft, who is at Hot
Springs, Ya., has completed the
speech he will deliver in accepting
the republican nomination at Cincin
nati, July 28.
John W. Kern, democratic candidate
for vice president, made a visit to
his old home at Kokomo, Ind., and
was given a rousing reception,
Alabama delegates to the conven
tion of the Independence League,
which will be held in Chicago next
week, have decided to push the name
of M. W. Howard of Alabama for the
nomination of president of the United
i States.
। Virginia’s Independence League has
1 stated that John Temple Graves is
their preference for president of the
United States, provided William Ran
dolph Hearst will not run.
Thomas E.- Watson opens his cam
paign for president on the populist
ticket Thursday, July 23, in an ad
dress at Macon, Ga.
William J. Bryan has practically
completed his personal plans for the
campaign. It is his intention to make
ten or a dozen political addresses,
dealing with the vital issues as pre
j sented in the democratic platform,
but to deliver no stump speeches.
Mr. Bryan will go to New York
some time in August. It is said he
has determined to wage a fierce bat
tie in that state, believing that, des
! pite his failure to get an eastern run
ning mate New York is debatable.
Ollie James of Kentucky has been
selected for the chairmanship of the
, democratic national committee.
THE TRIBUNE OFFICE REMOVED’TO 462 WEST BROAD STREET
SAVANNAH, GA., SATURDAY, JULY 25, 1908.
FOR PEACE MONUMENT
In 1915, Plans are Proposed By
Cincinnati Citizens.
CIVIL WAR SEMICENTENNIAL
Each State Representing the New South
to Have It* Own Building in Which
to Exhibit It* Resource*.
Cincinnati, Ohio. —A movement to
celebrate the semi-centennial of peace
between the north and south by hold
ing, in 1915, a great southern exposi
tion at Cincinnati and dedicate a
southern peace monument in Cincin
nati was launched at a special meet
ing of the chamber of commerce. The
proposition was given enthusiastic ap
proval by the members. At the close
of the meeting one of the leaders in
the movement said; “A southern ex
position and some sort of memorial
or monument indicating Cincinnati’s
affection for the south is assured.”'- »
A formal report was presented in
support of the idea giving various rea
sons why such a celebration should
be held in Cincinnati. While sum
ming up the probable character of the
celebration, the report said:
“As to character, scope and plans,
these are matters for future consid
eration. It may take the form of an
exhibit of waterways, devices and
methods. It is suggested that there
be erected a monument commemora
tive of peace, the money to be raised
by popular subscription. This monu
ment is to occupy the center of a
small park or public square in Cincin
nati. The unveiling of this monu
ment would take place at the open
ing of the celebration during the
month of May, 1915, the fiftieth an
niversary of the restoration of peace.
Unlike expositions of the past, each
state representing the new south
would have its own building in which
its resources, things of human inter
est and particular forms of amuse
ment and entertainment would ibe
found. No state would be restricted
as to the magnitude of its exhibit.”
BISHOP POTTER IS DEAD.
Noted Prelate of New York Passes
Away After Long Illness.
Cooperstown, N. Y. — Henry Cod
man Potter, seventh Protestant Epis
copal bishop of the diocese of New
York, died at “Fernleigh,” his sum
kAsr home, near here, after an illness
several weeks.
'Death .-UttU -due primarily to embol
ism in the right leg, following a
long attack of liver and' stomach
trouble, and the end had been fore
seen for some time by the bishop’s
physicians. Bishop Potter suffered a
severe relapse, and though oxygen
was given him him decline was grad
ual and he sank into unconsciousness
which lasted until the end.
Henry Codman Potter was 74 years
old and a native of Schenectady, N.
Y. He had been at the head of the
New York diocese since 1877, succeed
ing his uncle, Henry Horace Potter.
Bishop Potter created a stir through
out the country several years ago,
when he took part at the dedication
of the subway tavern on Bleecker
street, New York. He was noted for
his adovcacy of organized labor.
A few years ago Bishop Potter mar
ried Mrs. Elizabeth Scriven Clark, his
second wife.
Bishop Potter was the son of the
Rev. Alonzo Potter, who was conse
crated bishop of Pennsylvania, in
1845. He was ordained a priest in
1858.
8,000,000 BAGS OF COFFEE
Owned b y Brazilian Government
Stops Stock Market Gambling.
City.—Gambling in cof
fee on the Now^YOFie-coffee exchange
has almost ceased. This is true also
in regard to the coffee houses in Eu
rope. In two days there have been
only a few more than 20,000 bags of
coffee sold on the New York coffee ex
change. A year ago the daily sales
were about 80,000 bags.
This condition has been brought
about by the government of Brazil.
In 1906 there was an enormous crop
of coffee. To have marketed the whole
of the product would have sent prices
tumbling and Brazilian planters
would have been ruined. The coffee
had to be disposed of, and so the gov
ernment borrowed money, making the
coffee export duty on it security.
This coffee now owned by the gov
ernment amounts to about 8,000,000
bags. The government against this
has borrowed $45,000,000.
With this enormous holding the
government controls the market. As
prices have fluctuated so little, trans
actions on the exchange have been
made unprofitable.
STRIKE TROUBLE IN ALABAMA.
Deputies and Miners Clash —One Min
er Killed, Three Deputies Injured.
Birmingham, Ala. —Information was
received at the sheriff’s office that
। one striker had been killed and three
deputy sheriffs wounded in a clash at
i Johns, a mining town in the Blue
Creek region.
A special train with forty soldiers
was rushed to the scene. Several hun-
I dred strikers were marching upon the
। property of the Tennessee company
| when deputies ordered them to halt.
। The strikers are said to have fired a
; volley of shot and three deputies fell.
The deputies in turn fired and one
man was said to have been killed out-
I right.
PROHIBITION CANDIDATES.
Eugene Chafin for President and A. S.
Watkin* for Vice President.
Columbus, Ohio.—For president,
Eugene W. Chafin of Chicago, Ill.; for
vice president, Aaron S. Watkins of
Ada, Ohio.
T his ticket was nominated by the
prohibitionists’ national convention,
and both non^inations were made
Unanimous. The full indorsement of
the convention was not, however, giv
en to Mr. Chafin, until after three bal
lots had been taken.
On the first two ballots Mr. Chafin
did not show a great amount of
strength, receiving but 195 out of
1,083 votes on the first, and 376 out
of 1,087 on the second.
However, when the third ballot was
taken he received 636 votes and his
nomination was made unanimous. His
strongest competitor was Rev. Wil
liam B. Palmore of St. Louis.
Reverend Palmore was nominated
for vice president <by acclamation, but
refused to accept the nomination.
This involved the convention in a
parliamentary tangle. The rules were
several times suspended and the su
pension immediately revoked.
Three men were named for vice
president, A. S. Watkins of Ohio, T.
R. Demaree of Kentucky and C. S.
Holler of Indiana.
Watkins of Ohio received an over
whelming majority on the first bal
lot and his nomination was made
unanimous.
Mis. Carrie Nation, who represent
ed the District of Columbia at the
convention, made a speech in which
she declared the nominee must be a
man who did not use tobacco as well
as a prohibitionist. She named no
candidate, and was finally called to
order and forced to conclude abrupt
ly.
DISMISSAL OF JOS. M. BROWN
Governor Hoke Smith Gives His Rea
sons in a Message to Legislature.
Atlanta, Ga. —In a special message
to the legislature Governor Hoke
Smith gave his reason for dismissing
Honorable Joseph M. Brown from the
Georgia railroad commission.
After stating that during his cam
paign speeches in 1906 he had an
nounced his intention of removing
Mr. Brown in event of his election,
Governor Smith asserts that after the
railroad commission had reduced pas
senger tariff in Georgia, Mr. Brown
had issued a pamphlet containing ar
guments and statements adverse to
the reduction of passenger fares as
made by the railroad commission,
also arguments to show that the re
duction was not beneficial to the
masses of the people.
“The pamphlet encouraged litiga
tion* '“Sy the railroad companies
against the railroad commission and
caused lack of harmony in the com
mission,” the message further states,
“and on August 20, 1907, I received a
communication from Mr. Brown en
closing a ’card’ sealed in a separate
envelope and a note stating that en
closed in the envelope was a card
which he had refrained from publish
ing. I was unwilling for Mr. Brown
in this way to force upon my atten
tion offensive matter which he had
refrained from publishing, and, there
fore, on August 21, 1907, I suspended
him and returned the smaller envel
ope to him seal unbroken.”
“REV.” WHITTAKER GUILTY.
Convicted of Using Mails for Fraud
ulent Purposes.
Asheville, N. C. —In the United
States circuit court, Judge Newman
presiding, “Rev.” William G. Whitta
ker was found guilty of using the
United States mails for fraudulent
purposes. The accused was found
guilty on all six counts on which he
was indicted. Sentence was deferred.
Whittaker was arrested in Dayton,
Ohio, last February at he instance of
the postal authorities.
Whitaker claimed that there exist
ed in the Bank of England a fund of
$200,000,000 which was the lawful
{property of the heirs of the Whitta
ker family, and is alleged to have col
lected various sums from the “heirs”
in all sections of the United States.
ASSAULTS NEWSPAPER MAN.
Lieutenant-Commander Carter, of U.
S. Navy, Under Charges.
Honolulu, Hawaiia. —United States
Atorney Brackens has filed informa
tion against Lieutenant-Commander J.
F. Carter, United States navy, charg
ing him with malicious assault on F.
B. Moore, a newspaper man. The
hearing was continued to August 31.
Lieutenant-Commander Carter is in
command of the United States Steam
ship Iriquois, staioned here. He had
demanded a retraction of certain
statements appearing in the Bulletin,
on which Moore is employed. Moore
declined to admit that he statements
were false, and there was an alterca
tion, during which Carter struck
Moore with his fist.
MOST PRECIOUS OF METALS.
American Finds Uranium in Mexico.
Large Deposit.
Mexico City, Mex. —William Niven,
an American explorer and antiqua
rian, has returned from a trip to the
wilds of the state of Guerrero with
samples of uranium, the most preci
ous of all metals. An analysis of tho
samples has been made by the direc
tor of the geological institute here,
and he declares that Mexico is des
tined to be one of the radium produc
ers of the ’world. Samples have also
been spent to the Smithsonian insti
tute at Washington. Mr. Niven claims
the deposit is a large one.
FORCONTEMPTOFCOURT
Gompers and Mitchell are Sum
moned to Appear.
VIOLATION OF INJUNCTION
Order Was Issued in the Famous Boy
cott Case of the Buck Stove
Company.
Washington, D. C. — In the Buck
Stove p.nd Range case, Justice Ander
son of the district supreme court,
summoned Samuel Gompers, presi
dent of the American Federation of
Labor; Secretary Frank Morrison of
that organization and John Mitchell
of the executive council and formei
president of the United Mine Workers
of America to appear in court on Sep
tember 6th next, to show cause why
they should not be punished for con
tempt of the court’s injunction order.
The citation is based on a petition
of the Buck Stove and Range com
pany of St. Louis, which alleges that
an order issued by Justice Gould for
bidding an alleged boycott by the
American Federation of Labor has
•been violated by the public utterances
and addresses of the three labor lead
ers named. It is also stated that
Gompers caused to be published in
The Federationist, the official organ
of the federation, a certain article re
flecting on the court’s decision, and
in alleged open defiance printing the
name of the Buck Stove and Range
company on the “we don’t patronize
list.”
Gompers is quoted as saying to sev
eral newspaper men: “So far as I am
concerned, I wish to state this: When
it comes to a choice between surren
dering my rights as a free American
citizen or violating the injunction of
the court, I do not hesitate to say that
I shall exercise my rights as between
the two.”
Other utterances are quoted which
it is alleged Gompers and Morrison,
in furtherance of an alleged plan to
nullify the court’s orders, have pub
lished editorially and which are oth
erwise offensive to the court’s decis
ion, including the name of the Buck
company.- The references, it is claim
ed, were m’ade for the purpose of
keeping alive the idea of the boycott
as it existed before the order of the
court, and were so framed as to affect
the sale of the company’s products.
John Mitchell, at a meeting of the
United Mine Workers last January,
put to a vote a resolution imposing a
fine of $5 on any member of that or
ganization who purchased a stove or
range of that company’s make." The
resolution also provides for the expul
sion of a member in default of pay
ment of the fine.
MIMIC WARFARE
Naval Militia Having Sport Off Hamp
ton Roads.
Washhington, D. C. —Theoretically
rushing to the defense of Hampton
Roads, the most important naval base
on the Atlantic coast, the District of
Columbia naval militia has left Wash
ington for Alexandria, Va., there ship
ping on the cruiser Yankee, which
is laying to off that city. Under com
mand of Commander Marsh of the
navy, a fleet of eight vessels will de
fend Hampton Roads and the navy
yard at Norfolk against the attacking
torpedo craft. A majority of the ves
sels of the defending forces will be
manned by the reserves of Pennsyl
vania, Maryland, New Jersey, North
and South Carolina and the District
of Columbia. The Yankee is a flag
ship. Other vessels participating are
the gunboat Isla De Cuba, the Sylvia,
the Vixen and the Prairie. Theje will
be half a dozen torpedo boats, two
submarines and possibly several de
stroyers. The program will inelude
everything from regular ship routine
and drill to theoretical battle.
TO REMAIN IN HONOLULU.
Battleship Minnesota Waits for Mail.
The Nebraska’s Quarantine Raised.
Honolulu. —The battleship Minneso
ta will remain behind when the rest
of the fleet sails for Australia, await
ing the mail for the fleet, which will
arrive on the Virginian.
The crew of the Nebraska, officers
and men, have passed the 'bacterio
logical examinations and the whole
nine hundred and fifty have been re
leased from quarantine restrictions.
The ship is also released. Nine sus
pects were transferred to the hospital
ship Relief.
A letter received from Brother Dut
ton at the leper settlement on the Is
land of Molokai, expresses the thanks
of the unfortunate residents on the
island for the opportunity given them
to view the fleet as it passed on the
way here.
RAILROAD GOETdRY
South of Ohio River, Illinois Central
Bars Liquor from Trains.
Chicago, 111. — General Passenger
Agent Samuel G. Hatch has announc
ed that the Illinois Central Railway
company has decided not to allow the
sale of liquor on any of its diners
or buffet cars south of the Ohio
river.
“There are so many local option
states along our road,” he said, “that
we have decided not to permit the
sale of any intoxicating drinks on
our trains south of the Ohio. Texas
has had a law similar to that of Lou
isiana in force for some time, and its
effect, I understand, has been bene
ficial to all concerned.”
LATE NEWS NOTES.
General.
A federal jury has decided, that the
telegraph operator who changed the
wording of a telegram from Congress
man Fassett to State Senator Cassidy
and temporarily saved racing in New
York committed no crime.
Twenty-one proprietors of cigar
stores, confectionery dealers and Sun
day newspaper men were arrested at
Topeka, Kans., charged with violating
the Sunday labor law. Theatrical
managers, whose houses had been
closed, swore to the complaints in re
taliation. The- city council has de
clared ice cream, cigars and soda wa
ter sales before 9 o’clock on Sundays
are not a labor law violation.
American capitalists contemplate
working a concession of 8,000 acres
of hard wood timber in Honduras.
Twenty miles of railway, with spurs,
are to be constructed. Shipments
will be made to the United States. As
the land is cleared rubber, banana
and cocoa will be planted.
The emperor ot China, Tsai Tien,
has been ill for some time past. It is
impossible to ascertain what his mal
ady is because western medicial sci
ence - is barred from the imperial pal
ace, but the reports indicate that he
is suffering from dysentery. His maj
esty is said to be better, but in spite
of this the dowager empress.has or
dered the various viceroys and gov
ernors to send physicians from the
provinces to Pekin.
The Western Maryland express
from Elkins to Baltimore was com
pletely wrecked near Keyser, W. Va.
Eleven passengers were seriously in
jured. Nearly all are West Virgin
lains. Two caskets containing corps
es were broken open and lie in the
wreckage on the river bed.
It has transpired that an American
woman who was traveling through the
wilds of the state of Chiapas, Mexico,
dressed in man’s attire, and who was
suspected of being Mrs. Bell Guinness,
the notorious LaPorte murderess, is
Mrs. K. M. Cameron, widow of a
preacher of Parkers, W. Va.
All of the five balloons which start
ed from St. Paul in an effort to sur
pass the world’s distance and endur
ance record have landed, the Chica
go, owned by C. A. Coey of Chicago
winning the contest by traveling a
distance of seventy-three miles in an
air line. The Pommern, which was
the last to report, landed near War
saw, Minn., about fifty-two miles from
St. Paul. The Chicago won both en
durance and distance prizes.
Following his action of naming one
of the great national forest reserves
“Cleveland National Forest,” Presi
dent Roosevelt has written Mrs.
Cleveland praising former President
Cleveland’s act of establishing forest
reserves.
Mrs. Susan Turner, wife of Louis C.
Turner, of Argentine, Kansas, gave
birth to quadruples, three boys and a
girl. The girl died a short time after
birth, 'but the boys are alive, and ap
parently healthy. Besides the four
children born today, seven others
have been born to the Turners.
The lepers located on the island of
Molokia purchased a large quantity
of daylight fireworks which were used
to salute the Atlantic battleship fleet
as it passed the island. A large
piece which on its explosion formed
the word “welcome,” was placed in a
position of vantage.
H. H/Rodgers, the well-known Wall
street man, in an interviiew declared
that the country has fully recovered
from the effects of the recent panic
-and that business along all lines was
in as good, if not better condition,
than before the scare.
A net income of $449,461,188 availa
ble for dividends or surplus, 873,905,-
133 passengers carried and 1,796,338,-
659 tons of reight hauled, track mile
age of 327,975," employes numbering
1,572,074, equipment including 55,33$
locomotives, 43,973 passenger . cars
and 1,991,557 freight cars and 122,855
persons killed or injured, is the show
ing made by the railroads of the Unit
ed -States in the inter-sttae Commerce
commission’s report for the year end
ing June 30, 1907.
Mrs. Isabella” Salem of Buffalo, N.
Y., killed her three small children
and then attempted to kill herself.
She poisoned the children first with
Phris green and then strangled them
with handkerchiefs.
One contestant was drowned, half
a dozen others were seized with
cramps and rescued with difficulty,
and two spectators were thrown in
the river when a tug boat collided
with their rowboat during the first
annual “Marathon swim’’ of the new
Illinois Athletic club in the Chicago
river. The water proved far too cold
for the swimmers, and only seventeen
of a field of sixty managed to finish
the two-mile course.
Washington.
A young man who gave his name as
Juan Herzgeld was ».rrested in New
York City at the request of the Mexi
can authorities at Washington on the
charge of having stolen $5,065 from
the Mexican Sugar Refining company
at El Potrero Cordora, in the state of
Vera Cruz.
An examination of the books of the
railroads of the country ,by the inter
state commerce commission will be
gin soon. The commission desires to
find whether the roads have complied
with prescribed forms of accounts,
records and memoranda showing the
movement of traffic. The commission
asks for SO men for this work, and
are now swapped with applications
from expert examiners.
NO. 44.
