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FORCED TORAISE RATES
The Railroads in Southeast File
Answer to Complaints.
SAY PUBUcTrEFER ADVANCE
Rather Than Have the Tramportation
Companies Reduce Wages of
Their Employees.
Washington, D. C.—The railroad
companies operating in the southeast
ern territory have filed their answer
[before the interstate commerce com
mission to complaints which have
been brought against the advance in
rates on grain and grain products from
Ohio river crossings to the south
east.
In connection with this answer, the
railroads filed a motion and demurrer
to strike out of the complaints certain
allegations with regard to the south
eastern freight association and similar
associations being combinations in re
straint of trade and in violation of
the Sherman anti-trust law. The
grounds for this motion are;
First, that the interstate commerce
commission has frequently ruled that
it has no jurisdiction to administer
the Sherman anti-trust law, that law
being solely a matter for the action
of the courts.
Second, that the interstate com
merce commission has ruled that a
rate may be reasonably low or in
deed unreasonably low, even though
it be the result of an illegal combi
nation.
The railroads allege in the present
instance that while the order of Judge
Emory Speer of Georgia was in force
from August 1 to August 5, giving a
lower rate to shippers in Georgia than
to those in any other state in the
southeastern territory, the effect was
to demoralize and disorganize trade
and commerce.
The railway companies take the po
* sition that this is a demonstration of
the fact that such associations as the
Southeastern Freight Association are
absolutely necessary to prevent de
moralization of commerce and that
they promote trade instead of retard
ing it.
The railroads deny that the in
crease will restrict the volume of traf
fic and declare that it is not even a
sufficient compensatory charge to fair
ly meet the cost in value of the
service performed by them.
They declare that the wages of
their employees have been increased
and that prices of all articles neces
sary for the maintenance and equip
ment of their lines are higher; that
the demand of the public for efficien
cy of service has become more and
more exacting as well as the demand
for quicker transit, better terminal
facilities, depots and stations, -larger
and more expensive cars, heavier en
gines, stronger bridges, heavier rails
and, in all other respects, they have
been compelled to meet an increased
and costly demand for safe, prompt
and efficient service.
The large volume of traffic enabled
them in some measure to keep pace
■with these extra expenses, but since
November, 1907, the traffic has been
decreased, decreasing their gross rev
enues enormously, while they have
been obliged to continue their high
scale of wages and to pay high prices
for all material and supplies.
The railroads aver that there is no
alternative left to them except to ad
vance their rates in order to pay their '
employees.
They say that the development of
the south depends upon an increase
rather than a decrease of their effi
ciency, and that they believe the pub
lic prefers to see such a reasonable
and fair advance in service and con- ।
sequent commercial development rath
er than the holding down of the trans
portation companies to such scant re
turns as will require them to reduce
the wages of their employees and
prevent them from maintaining serv
ice.
TO TEST NEW FENDERS.
Railroads to Experiment With Safety
Apparatus.
New York Citv.—lt is announced
by the officers of the public service
commission that tests of fenders and
wheel guards will be held at Schnec
tady, N. Y„ and Pittsburg, Pa.
Three lay figures, representing a
man, a woman and a child, will be
used in each of the realistic experi
ments. They are supplied with faces,
hands, and a proper amount of wear
ing apparel. They are to be placed
on railroad tracks in various posi
tions, and exhaustive experiments are
’ to be made to show the capacity of a
great number of devices which have
been submitted by inventors. Cars
will be operated at various degrees of
speed and the tests are expected to
determine finally the value of the dif
ferent inventions.
TRUSTTETDiORIIa,OOO,OOO.
It Is Given by the Carolina and Ohio
Railroad Company.
' Bristol, Tenn. —A deed of trust for
115 000,000 given by the Carolina,
Clinchfield and Ohio Railroad com
pany in favor of the Farmers' Loan
and Trust company, has just been
recorded at Bloutville, the county seat
of this county. This deed was issued
to secure an issue of gold bonds, run
ning thirty-five years and bearing 5
per cent interest.
The money obtained on these bonds
is being used to complete the rail
road company’s coal-tarrying line
from the Southwest Virginia coal
fields through portions of Virginia,
Tennessee and Carolina to the Caro
lina coast.
L. &N. TgAIN WRECKED.
Mail Clerk injured — Track Badly
Damaged.
Linden, Ala.—A passenger train on
the Louisville and Nashville railroad
was wrecked one mile east of Linden.
Mail Clerk W. W. Woolf was injured
and a number of passengers were
shocked. One hundred feet of track
was torn up and the road was ob
structed for twenty-four-hours.
OF POLITICAL INTEREST.
The unanimous action of the Minne
sota state convention In renominating
Governor John A. Johnson for a third
term was gratifying news to Mr. Bry
an who at once forwarded a telegram
of congratulations.
It has been announced at republican
headquarters in Chicago that Speaker
Joseph G. Cannon will make a speech
making tour of the country beginning
in September. He will talk, if possible,
in every doubtful congressional dis
trict.
• Governor Hughes is an aristocrat in
his correspondence. When he writes
a personal note from the executive
chamber at Albany he uses the heav
iest type of stationery of a cream
white color, double page, and ten by
seven Inches, twice the size the aver
age man has for his personal use.
The seal of the state, embossed in
gold, is stamped at the head of the
paper withothe words, “State of New
York, Execut ve Chamber, Albany,
N. Y.,” in blue below.
Thomas Watson, populist candidate
for president, has announced that he
will wage an active campaign to car
ry Mississippi and with that object
in view will make numerous speeches
in that state.
The fact that Senator Foraker of
Ohio was not asked to participate in
the opening of the republican cam
paign in that state has caused much
comment from the republican press.
The reason given for thus slighting
the senator is that in an address re
cently before the chamber of com
i merce of Cincinnati he made a severe
I attack upon the policies of President
Roosevelt.
Thousands of democratic campaign
buttons of the vintage of 1896 and
1909 have been sold to Brooklyn shop
keepers, and fully $5,000 was realized
by those who engineered the transac
tion. Some of the buttons bore the
pictures of Bryan and Sewall and oth
‘ers o fßryan and Stevenson.
A trick mule mascot sent to Mr.
Bryan by the Minnesota State Agri
cultural society became unruly while
an eastern newspaper correspondent
was riding him and the reporter was
thrown and seriously injured.
A large black snake, which has
made its home under the porch of Mr.
Bryan’s home at Fairview and which
has frightened many visitors, has
been captured and given to the zoo
at Lincoln, Nebraska.
Eugene Chafin, candidate of the pro
hibition party for president, has ac
cepted an invitation to speak at At
lanta, Ga. The occasion of Mr. Chaf
in's visit will be celebrated by the
holding of a great prohibition rally
in that city.
John W. Kern was asked by a
friend if he liked Roosevelt. Mr. Kern
replied that he did and asked his
friend how he liked Roosevelt. “Well,”
replied the friend, “I’d like him a’ lot
better if you didn’t like him so well.”
Chairman Mack of the democratic
national committee has authorized a
denial of a report that the national
committee had received a fund of
$300,000 left over from the last demo
cratic national campaign. Mr. Mack
said that the report is without foun
dation.
If George T. Angell, president of
the Massachusetts S. P. C. A., has his
way, William H. Taft has taken his
last horseback ride.. “It is outrageous
cruelty to animals,” said Mr. Angell,
“for a big 300-pound man like Taft
to ride a horse about the country. If
he must ride, let him use an automo
bile or elephant.”
National Chairman Charles R. Jones
of the prohibition party has announc
ed that it had been decided to make
a vigorous fight for the South Dakota
vote for Chafin and Watkins, presiden
tial .and vice presidential candidates
of that party.
Announcement has been made by
General Dupont, director of the speak
ers’ bureau at the republican national
headquarters, that Governor Hughes
has offered his services as speaker
during the campaign, and that the
offer has been accepted.
Mr. Bryan will permit no one to
ride his trick mule since the animal
threw and seriously hurt a man who
was riding him. The mule has been
put to work, pulling a grass cutter
over the lawn of Mr. Bryan’s home.
Contributions to the campaign fund
from corporations or from officers of
corporations, acting as such, are not
being accepted at republican national
headquarters, according to a state
ment made by Treasurer George R.
Sheldon, of the republican national
committee. Mr. Sheldon said that he
had returned several such contribu
tions to those who made them.
Editors of every democratic and in
dependent newspaper throughout the
United States have been appealed to
by the democratic national committee
to start subscriptions for the demo
cratic campaign fund in their news
papers.
Eugene V. Debs, the socialist party
candidate for president, will make
most of his campaign speeches from
a train, which he has chartered to
take him to the Pacific coast. A car
load of socialist party literature will
be taken along and distributed. The
cost of sending out the special, it was
said, would be $20,000, made up from
contributions by socialists from ten
cents to one dollar.
“The people have ruled through
the republican party.” This is Wil
liam H. Taft's answer to Mr. Bryan's
challenge: “Shall the people rule?”
The answer was made in an address
the republican presidential candidate
made before a gathering of several
thousand Virginia republicans who
came to Hot Springs to see and hear
Taft and to celebrate Virginia day.
Announcement has been made by
James S. Sherman, republican candi
date for vice president, that President
Roosevelt had authorized him to in
form the republicans of New York
state that Governor Hughes was the
president's choice for governor of
New York.
Eugene W. Chafin was struck with
a brick during the recent riot at
Springfield, HI-, and although badly
cut he continued to plead with the
mobe to cease their murderous work.
TRAIN WRECKERS’WORK
1 Southern Railway Train is De
railed Near Buford, Ga.
TWO MEN - WERE KILLED
Large iron Bolt Which Had Been Placed
on Track Wai Found-Officials are
Making Thorough Investigation.
Buford, Ga.—A miscreant or some
Irresponsible person placed an iron
bolt on the track of the Southern rail
way, about a mile south of Buford,
and northbound train No. 38, whick
left Atlanta for Washington, the fin
est train operated by the Southern
railway, was derailed and the engi
neer and fireman scalded to death at
their posts of duty.
The dead are: Engineer B. F. Dew
berry of 119 Washington street, At
lanta; Fireman Mayson Wadkins, col
ored, of McDaniel street, Atlanta. A
number of passengers on the train
were shaken up, and many were
thrown to the floor, but none serious
ly hurt.
The track was completely torn up
for a distance of nearly 200 feet.
Three coaches were so badly damag
ed they could not be moved. The
engine turned over on its side, both
sets of drivers were clear of the
ground. The engineer had applied
the emergency brake and reversed his
lever before the engine capsized, and
the ponderous driving wheels revolv
ed at tremendous speed in reverse or
der until the stream was exhausted.
Engineer Dewberry was found on
the floor of the cab, between the two
box seats. He had made no attempt
to escape. The negro fireman was
also found in the cab so badly in
jured as to be unconscious.
After, the first bump came there
was a series of jolts as the train ran
along on the crossties. Finally there
was a crash that threw the passen
gers in the dining car and the com
bination club and baggage car to the
floor. The train stepped and three or
four passengers, with greater pres
ence of mind than the others, rushed
forward to the engine.
An examination of the track show
ed that some miscreant had thrown
a heavy bolt under the wheels of the
train, the bolt being found and turn
ed over to the authorities who will
make a thorough investigation.
INTELLIGENCE OF MONKEYS.
Professor Haggerty Proves They
Have an Initiative.
New York City.—Professor Melvin
E. Haggerty of Harvard university,
who has been studying monkeys in
the Bronx zoological park for the last
month, has proved to his own satisfac
tion that some of them at least are
not merely imitators of the human
species, but have an initiative. In one
of his tests he had a platform built
extending about five feet outside the
cages occupied iby the orang outangs.
Mickey and Minnie. On one end of
the stand he placed a bunch of banan
as and some lucious peaches. Then he
placed in the cage a long stick with
a hook in the end and went away.
He had not been gone five minutes
when Mickey looked at Minnie, wink
ed and laughed. Minnie winked and
laughed too. Then Mickey got the
hbok, raked the fruit, and they had a
delicious meal.
Later Professor Haggerty tried the
trick on Baldy, the chimpanzee, but
he got the fruit within close range
before the hook was ready, and there
was no need to go any further. Baldy
also had an enjoyable time. The pro
fessor had some other tricks in stock
which he believes will demonstrate
his theory beyond any doubt.
FATAL FOUR-HANDED FIGHT.
Two of Participants Will Die of Theor
Wounds.
Keota, Okla.— In a four-handed
fight in a blacksmith shop here two
of the participants, Sam Shores, Sr.,
and Sidney Stockton, received wounds
which will probably terminate in their
death, and the others, Sam Shores,
Jr., and Boss Laflore, were badly
wounded. The weapons used were
heavy sledges and hammers.
The fight originated during the
trial of a civil suit before a justice
of the peace, whose courtroom is on a
floor above the blacksmith shop, and
in which Shores and Stockton were
the principals. After fighting their
way down the stairway and into the
shop, they were joined toy Laflore and
the younger Shores. Then for ten
minutes the fight waged fiercely, sev
eral times the men being knocked to
the floor bv blows of the sledges, and
for the larger part of the time the two
elder men fought after each had suf
fered a broken arm. Although several
hundred spectators gathered, they
were powerless to end the fight until
the men were exhausted.
Uri Jumped in Well.
Salisbury, N. C— Enraged because
her mother chastised her for attend
ing a party without parental permis
sion, Certio Lewis, aged 18, of this
city attempted suicide by jumping
into a well. She fell forty feet to the
bottom, and, after rising above the
water, clung to the walls until res
cued by neighbors.
Bees’ Ming Causes Man’s Death.
Columbus, Ohio. —John Stansberry,
a farmer, who lived near Dublin, died
within twenty minutes after he had
been stung by bumblebees. He was
stung six times, and within three
minutes he became unconscious, and
was beyond aid when physicians ar
rived.
Contractor’s House Dynamited.
Pratt City, Ala.—As a result of the
dynamiting of the home of Thomas
Duggan, a mine contractor, his two
daughters were rendered unconscious
by the shock. Dynamite was thrown
at the house and it exploded on the
porch, near where the young ladies
slept. The entire side of the house
was demolished. The coal miners'
strike is supposed to be the cause of
the dynamiting.
COAL MH ERi ENTOMBED.
Explosion in Mine Causes Great Loss
of Life in England.
. Wigan, England.—Not a single man
of the seventy miners who were en
tombed toy an explosion which occur
red in the Mayhole coal mine here
(survived the disaster.
The ventilating fan, which was put
out of order by the explosion, was re
paired, and the mine, having been
I cleared of gases, the rescue party
again descended. The sight which
met their eyes was horrifying. Not
far from the bottom of the shaft eigh
teen bodies were found, all frightful
s ly mutilated, legs and arms having
i been blown off and heads battered al
- most beyond recognition.
, The management of the mine de
. clares that between sixty and seventy
■ men were underground at the time of
i the explosion, and that there is no
- hope that any one will be brought
! out alive.. The women and children,
however, who remained at the pit
- head, refused to leave until the bod
- ies of their dead are brought to the
. surface. Nothing else will convince
, them of the hopelessness of waiting.
! GOO.OOOTEOPLFGREEf FLEET
■ Sixteen American Battleships at An
chor in Sydney Harbor.
' Sydney, New South Wales. —The
• American warships arrived here and
• were given a great ovation. It is es
! timated that hardly less than half a
1 million people assembled to give the
1 visitors a royal welcome. Sydney
■ harbor, with its innumerable bays and
1 coves, never looked more beautiful,
nor did the American sailors ever wit-
• ness a more inspipng sight than that
■ which greeted their eyes as the white
■ ships came through the channel, past
• the great head lands into Port Jack
-1 son.
A hundred thousand people, the
• greatest single assemblage of all,
gathered on the south heads, where
a magnificent view of the whole scene
■ was to be had.
Hundreds of craft of all kinds mov
ed up and down, even at that early
hour, all the waters, with the excep
tion of the fairway and the anchor
ages, being dotted with little and big
■ vessels, decorated in every conceiva
• ble manner with flags and bunting.
COMPOTNJtf CANAL
it Can Be Accomplished in Five
Years, Says Colonel Goethals.
Washington, D. C- —That the Pana
ma canal can be completed within
five years and at much less cost to
the government than has been gener
ally supposed is the informatioh
which Colonel Boethals, engineer in
charge of the work has given Secre
tary of War Wright.
Colonel Goethals made the trip to
this country for the purpose of con
ferring with Secretary Wright on
canal zone matters. One of the sub
, jects of discussion was the estimates
for next year to be submitted to con
gress at the coming session.
While here Colonel Goethals will
make a trip to Oyster Bay to discuss
the situation with the president.
BURGLAR^fpRBONDIKE.
Effort to Secure Lease of Gregorius
From Missouri Prison.
Springfield, Mo.—Declaring that Al
phonse Gregorius, convicted in 1996
of burglary and sentenced to seven
years’ imprisonment in the Missouri
state penitentiary, is a duke of the
old Bourbon house of France, Father
Gretcbam, a Parisian priest, in a let
ter to Vai Mason, a local attorney,
asks that efforts be made to obtain
the convict’s pardon in order that he
may return to France in time to see
his invalid mother before she dies.
References are given by Gretcham to
prove Gregorius’ connection with the
royal family.
ATTITUDE OF AMERICA.
Interest in London in Holland-Vene
zuelan Dispute.
London, England.—Much interest is
shown here in the attitude of the
United States towards the Holland-
Venezuelan dispute. The Daily Graph
ic, in an editorial thinks that it is not
a wise precedent even for the Nether
lands to acknowledge such an expres
sion of the Monroe doctrine as im
plied in the limitation to the blockade
imposed by the United States, in her
justly punitive action against Vene
zuela, and hopes Holland’s action will
be drastic as the American restric
| tions will permit
TO DISCARD MERRY WIDOW” HATS.
\ Reports From Paris Say It Will Dis
appear Next Season.
New York City.—Miss Isabelle Hol
। land and Miss Mary S. Moore, milli
i ners of Boston, returning passengers
j on the Kaiser Wilhelm, declare that
the large brimmed hat had disappear-
I ed in Paris and that next season the
popular hat would be exceedingly
small. Miss Moore said the new hat
j was to the Merry Widow type as a
pin head was to an umbrella.
dropped^adjFstorm.
, Little Yacht Picked Up in Midlake —
One Man Alive.
Milwaukee, Wis. —Beaten about by
. a storm of wind and rain for three
• davs the little schooner-rigged yacht
■ Juanita, of Milwaukee, was picked up
. in midlake by the steamer Helena
. and brought in tow with David Beebe
and his dead shipmate, Philip Thomp
son, aboard. The death of Thompson
occurred while thq little yacht was in
midlake and in the height of the
’ storm. Thompson had been steadily
I at the tiller for hours when he arose
: to put on a coat. Without a word he
. dropped to the bottom of the boat
dead. As the Juanita was being
' towed near the Milwaukee harbor she
sank out of sight.
ALLEGEDTHEATRICAL TRUST.
। It Will Be Investigated by Depart
ment of Justice.
’ Washington, D. C. —In view of rep
' resentation of theatrical managers of
1 the alleged theatrical trust, the de
i partment of justice will investigate
> the charges. So far no inquiry as to
i the so-called combination has been
1 inaugurated, officials of the depart
ment of justice not having gone into
[ the quetsion of their powers in the
premises.
CORNER IN COTTON
Broken By “Bear*”—Decline of
$3 a Bale.
LIVERMORELOSESS2,OOO,OOO
Had Accumulated 600,000 Bales of Cot
ton Valued at Twenty-Seven Mil
lion Dollars.
New York City.—There was a col
lapse in the October option in the
cotton market, which, according to ex
change experts, netted the bull pool
a loss of upward of $2,000,000. The
October went to smash and the en
tire deliveries up to May of next
year declined sympathetically. The
day was a most exciting one on the
cotton exchanges of this city and
New Orleans. At one time October
cotton showed a decline of $3 a bale.
There was no doubt at the market's
close that big inroads had been made
in the profits of Jesse L. Livermore,
the bold young operator in the cotton
market, whose manipulations in the
October option had startled the cot
ton markets of this city, Liverpool
and New Orleans.
Acting for himself and for other
plungers, Mr. Livermore had accumu
lated a line of 400,000 bales of the Oc
tober option, while in the campaign
to strengthen that option from a
strategic point of view, it was posi
tively believed that the bull pool ac
cumulated fully 200,000 bales of the
more distant deliveries.
Altogether a stake of cotton valued
at $27,000,000 was being played for
and financed by the great bull pool,
of which Livermore was the popular
head.
MASSACHUSETTS TAKES TROPHY.
Sixth Regiment Has Won Champion
ship Rifle Shoot Three Years.
Camp Perry, Ohio. —The regimental
championship rifle shoot of the United
States, held under the auspices of the
National Rifle Association, was won
for the third successive year by the
sixth regiment of Massachusetts. By
winning for three years the Massa
chusetts team is. entitled to perma
nent possession of the SSOO trophy.
The Massachusetts team made a
score of 775. The fifth regiment
team of Maryland w’as second, with a
score of 769, and was awarded the sil
ver medal.
The final stages of the shoot for the
Herirck prize, which was a continued
event, held under the auspices of the
Ohio Rifle Association, and open to
all, was shot. First place was taken
by the United States marine corps,
with a total of 1,647. The Pennsylva
nia team was second, with 1,645, and
Ohio’s first tern third, with 1,642.
The service revolver match, held
by the Ohio association, was won by
the United States cavalry, .by a total
score of 821.
manTacattacks mayor.
Hoboken Executive Has Narrow Es
cape From Death.
New York City.—Attacked in his
office by an insane man, armed with
a knife, Mayor Steil of Hoboken had
a narrow escape from death and was
saved only by the arrival of a detec
tive. William Carmody, who was re
leased from an insane asylum a few
days ago, entered the office when the
mayor was alone and demanded pay
for his time spent in the asylum. The
mayor endeavored to temporize with
him, but Carmody drew out a knife
and started for him. The mayor
jumped behind his desk with the mad
man in pursuit just as a detective en
tered the room. After a desperate
struggle, the mayor and detective dis
armed and arrested Carmody.
SHIP HORSESTOJAR south.
Animals Valued at Half Million Sent
to Buenos Ayres.
New York City.—Eighty-eight thor
oughbred horses valued at $500,000,
the property of J. B. Haggin and
James R. Keene, were shipped from
here on the steamer Velasquez for
Buenos Ayres.
Specially built and fitted quarters
were arranged for this particular ship
ment. A track on the deck will be
used in calm weather for exercising
the animals.
The shipment is believed to be due
to the decline in horse racing which
followed the enactment of the anti
gambling laws in this state.
RAILROAD BUYING CARS.
Order for 500 Box Cars Placed With
Baltimore Foundry.
Baltimore. Md.—The Atlantic Coast
Line Railroad company has awarded
to the South Baltimore Steel Car and
Foundry company a contract for 500
steel under-frame box cars. The or
der involves an expenditure of $500,-
000.
Confederate Veterans’ Reunion
Winston-Salem, N. C— The annual
reunion of the North Carolina confed
erate veterans closed with a big pa
rade of over a mile in length. There
were more than 1,000 old soldiers on
foot, while scores of carriages carried
those who were unable to make the
long journey in the ranks. The tatter
ed banner of the old Forty-eighth reg
iment, showing the scars and marks
of many bullets, attracted much atten
tion.
Two Killed in Boiler Explosion.
Charlotte, N. C. —Two men lost
their lives and two others were fa
tally injured bv the explosion of the
boiler at William Reid’s saw mill,
near Draco, Caldwell county.
President Greets Victorious Americans
Oyster Bay, N. Y.—President Roose
velt received the members of the
team which piloted the American au
tomobile to victory in the New York
to Paris race. The president also had
a look at the machine which won the
race and saw the American flag which
was carried around the world. Presi-.
dent Roosevelt listened with close at
tention to the tales the automobile
party told about the wild animals en
countered on the trip through Sibe
ria.
LATENEW3JOTES.
General.
A record tor releasing prisoners
was made in Boston when the mayor
freed 551 prisoners at once. Because
of the wholesale arrests of crooks,
yeggmen and tramps in the crime
wave that has been sweeping over
Massachusetts the police stations and
city jails have been packed to suffo
cation. The men released were also
charged with minor misdemeanors.
One man was killed and two were
injured when a speeding automobile
dashed over an embankment at Buf
falo, N. Y., into an abandoned stone
quarry. James Wayland, a chauffeur,
was instantly killed; John Wakefield
and James Morrison were seriously
hurt. The automobile was reduced to
splinters.
Miss Blaine Golding, champion wo
man swimmer of America, defeated
three other fast women swimmers in
a three-mbile race aeross the Hudson
river from Irvington to Piermont,
swimming the distance in the remark
ably good time of one hour and forty
five minutes.
The United States scholarship Ithi
ca has arrived at Corunna, Spain. This
is the first vessel of the American
government to call at Corunna since
the Spanish-American war.
By the premature explosion of twen
ty pounds of dynamite in an oil well
near Santa Rosa, N. M., William
Lane was instantly killed and Mike
Doyle and William Wickstrom and
Thomas Donnolly severely injured.
Officers of the National Association
of Life Underwriters were elected at
Los Angeles. Charles Jerome Ed
wards of New York was re-elected
president and William A. White of
Detroit, secretary. Louisville, Ky.,
was selected as the place for holding
the next convention. Charles E. Bent
of Los Angeles won the first prize cup
and Ilf G. Newell of Georgia the sec
and Alf G. Newell of Georgia the sec
ance essay.
The Evansville cotton mills at
Evansville, Ind., have closed down
owing to the inability to secure raw
material. Several hundred employes
are idle.
John A. Hiney, the “Captain Dreyfus
of the Knights of Pythias,” after suf
fering for seven years expulsion from
his lodge and a charge of embezzling
half a million dollars, has been exon
orated and reinstated.
Seing a light on the second floor
when she returned to her fashionable
home on South King’s Highway boule
vard, St. Louis, Mo., and believing
that the place had caught fire, Mrs.
Sophia Dunlop, 45 years of age, hur
ried to the upper story to find herself
confronted by two burglars. They
knocked her down, stabbed her in the
right temple and escaped. Her injuries
are serious.
Miss Lucia Dobbs, the divorced
wife of the bogus Lord Reginald
Douglas, the most occomplished biga
mist in the United States, who made
her way back to Virginia from Mexico
practically on foot, after her deser
tion, a baby being born to her in Tex
as while en route, has been led to the
altar bv Hubert Halloway, of Raleigh,
N. C.
In township No. 13. North Carolina,
Logan Jones, in a rage declared he
would kill his entire family, and upon
attempting to make good his threat,
was shot down by his 15-year-old son.
He was also attacked with an axe by
another child. He died instantly from
the gunshot.
A license has been issed at Ellicott
City, Md., for the marriage of the
Rev. George S. Fitzhugh, aged 67, to
Lulu V. Frazier, a girl, aged 10.
An explanation for the peculiar case
is said to be that the Rev. Mr. Fitz
hugh desires to make Lulu his heiress
and that his object can not be attain
ed to his satisfaction by the adoption
of the child.
While H. W. Schuttz and W. W.
Fox of Colfax, Wash., were away har
vesting, their wives went to a theatri
cal performance. Fire originating in
a manner unknown, destroyed their
house and four of the Schuttz children
and two of the Fox children were
burned to death.
Surgeons amputated the leg of W.
G. Blair of Omaha, near the hip,
while I lair smoked a cigarette and
“joshed” them about their bloody
work. His leg was injured In a rail
road accident near there. Surgeons
prepared to administer an enaesthe
tic, but Blair would not permit them
to do it. He insisted that if they
would give him a cigarette he could
go through the operation without be
ing put to sleep and he did.
Emperor Menelik, when told by his
physicians that he had less than a
year to live has chosen his grandson,
Prince Yazon, to succeed him.
Washinston.
At the point of a pistol, three al
leged thieves were captured in New
York by a policeman while they were
in the act of robbing five sailors of
the United States cruiser Prairie
The government’s petition for a re
hearing by the United States court of
appeals of the case against ths Stan
dard Oil company of Indiana has
been filed and represents, it is au
thentically stated, the administration’s
attempt to have th e Elkinß act and
the interstate commerce law from be
coming futile.
Indicative of returning prosperity,
Acting Comptroller of Currency Kane
has stated that under the last call,
reports of the condition of national
banks shows since December individ
ual deposits had increased $197,000,-
900 and total resources $306,000,000,
while the liabilities of banks for gov
ernment deposits decreased $104,000,-
000. bills payable $47,000,000, clearing
house certificates $74,000,000.
Samuel Gompers, president of the
American Federation of Labor; John
Mitchell, former president of the Unit
ed Mine Workers of America, and
Daniel J. Keith, all of the executive
council of the Federation of Labor,
had a long conference with their
Washington attorneys at which pre
paratory steps were taken toward
fighting' the injunction recently issued
restraining the officers of the federa
tion from carrying on a boycott
against the Buck Stove and Range
company, of St. Louis.
