THE COLUMBIAN. BLOOMSBUfc-O.
LINES TIGHTEN
ON BEEF TRUST
Judge Landis, in Charge to the
Grand Jury, Opens the Fight
in Chicago
SAYS HE STARTED THE H
Declares That He Mentioned It to Dis
trict Attorney on Jan. 20 and on Jan.
22 Washington "Functionaries" Told
cf Anti-Trust Plans.
Chicago, Jan. 27. In one of the
most remarkable charges ever deliver
ed to a Federal Grand Jury, Jud.e
Kenesaw M. Landis formally launched
the Inquiry that la to be made Into the
alleged combination among the big
Chicago packing concerns in restraint
of trade.
Excorclatlng the Department of
Justice at Washington In sizzling lan
guage, and referring to certain of Its
members as "governmental functiona
ries," Judge Landis deplored the fore
cast published In the newspapers con
cerning the plans of federal officials to
place the Beef Trust under a legal lire
and seek the conviction of those be
lieved to be responsible for an illegal
combine.
Such disclosures on the part of fed
eral legal officials and the press, he
asserted, not only tend to obstruct the
orderly administration of justice, but
also inflict a wrong upon any indivi
dual whose conduct is under scrutiny.
A stir was created in the court room
when Judge Landis informed the
members of the Grand Jury that he
had reached the conclusion some time
ago to call the attention of that body
to "alleged circumstances and condi
tions" connected with the fresh meat
Inquiry. He said he called the atten
tion of District Attorney Edwin W.
Sims on January 20 to his plan of re
vising the grand juror3 to consider the
subject, and that two day3 thereafter
long despatches came from Va-hlns-ton
informing the public that the De
partment of Justice was fully primed
for an attack on the "Beef Barons"
that probably would land some of
them behind the bars.
TAFT TO WAR ON THE TRUSTS.
Start Made in a Crusade of Wide Ex
tent. Washington, Jan. 26. With the
beef trust already under fire and the
Standard Oil and American Tobacco
Company cases In the hands of the
Supreme Court, it was made known
on high authority that the Adminis
tration Is planning a crusade of "trus;
busting" such as this country has nev
er seen since the passage of the Sher
man anti-trust law about twenty
years ago.
President Taft, It was made known,
!s waiting only for the decision of the
Supreme Court in the Standard Oil
ind Tobacco cases before he begins
ais campaign against the trusts.
CHILDREN FORCED TO WORK.
High Prices of Food Driving Them
from Schools at St. Louis.
St. Louis, Jan. 26. High prices of
leat and other foods are forcin? chil
:ren out of the schools into the fac
ory and workshop. This statement
as made to-day by W. V. Williams,
'tate Factory Inspector. His office is
lied with children who desire to quit
chool and go to work. Each must
avo a certificate from the Factory
nspector before being allowed to do
. o.
When children leave school to
ork, Inspector Williams inquires the
qason, and almost without exception
ie great number of applicants in the
1 st ten days, he says, have given tho
ost of living as the reason.
The applications for child labor per
'ilts have almost doubled for the first
' alf of January, as compared with
t'.ie previous month.
BANDIT-SUICIDE IDENTIFIED.
Prosperous Realty Man Who Killed
Himself After Robbery.
New York, N. Y Jan. 25. The
earth for Vincent Vander Weyde, a
rosperous young real estate broker,
iilrty years old, who last Thursday
Isappeared from the home of his
idowed mother at No. 415 West One
hundred and Fifteenth street, ended
i the Brooklyn morgue yesterday
orning when the robber who on that
;me day murderously assaulted a
Brooklyn Jeweler and took carbolic
eld when the police got him was
'rlentifled as the missing man. Dr.
harles E. Dennison, the family phy-
'dan and for years a personal friend
t Vander Weyde, mude the Identified-
on.
A sudden attack of Insanity is the
nly explanation the physician can
ve for the young man's deeds. Ha
id a good Income, no business trou
. .es, and his home life was happy,
A HOLD-UP FAILS.
"ngineer Opens Throttle Wide and
Saves $15,000.
Huntington, W. Va., Jan, 26. Four
on, armed with Winchesters, at
mpted to hold up Lex Coleman, pay
aster of the Knox Creek Lumber
ompany, near Devon. Coleman had
'5,000 In cash with him and was
'joard a yard engine. The engineer
row tho throttle wide open and
' :'.lied by the bandits, amid a shower
i bullets.
GIRLS LEAP TO DEATH
IN SUDDEN FIRE PANIC
Shirt Waist Factory Employes Pcish
In Philadelphia Blaze Fire
Escapes Useless.
Philadelphia. Pa.. Jan. 27 rivs
persons four girls and one man
leaped to their death in a panic caused
by a fire In the four story facio.y
building at Nos. 20S-210 Chance' irr
street, near Second nnd Walnut
streets. Five others received injur le,
from which they will probably die,
nn d many more were les3 serinuiy
hurt. The property damage is' esti
mated at S50.O0.
The dead are Morris Pessan, B-'cd
twenty-six. fractured skull; (".ara
Swartz, aged eighteen. crushed by
fall; Ida Greenberg, twenty, burned
and crushed; Rebecca Kaufman, nee
teen, fractured skull, and Elizabeth
Chachkin, sixteen, burned and crush
ed. The probably fatally Injured arc
Rebecca Chachkin, aged fourteen,
fractured skull. Internal Injuries and
burns; Ilynian Belokln. aged twenty
five, both legs and arms broken and
probably Internal injuries; Sarah
Cohen, seriously burned and probably
internally Injured; Philip Poklos, arm
and both legs fractured; unidentified
negro woman, overcome by smoke and
flames.
Nearly all of the dead and severely
Injured were employed In the shirt
waist factory of Joseph Chachkin.
which occupied part of the fourth
floor of the building. Chachkin him
self was Injured. One of his daugh
ters is dead and another dying.
The flames, which originated In the
elevator shaft on the fourth floor, are
supposed to have been caused by the
short circuiting of the electric motor
which ran the elevator.
The girls and men In Chachkin's
factory became panic stricken and
jumped wildly from the fourth story
windows. Men on the Btreet spread
blankets and an awning to break their
falls, but in the dense Finoke which
filled the narrow street many fell to
the pavement before the Improvised
fire nets could be extended for them.
The building was perfectly equip
ped with fire escapes, and nearly ev
ery window had a rope. These proved
useless, however, owing to the panic.
One man instead of lowering the rope
and sliding down it Jumped from the
window with the loose end in his
hands. He died with a fractured skull.
Others had their hands burned to the
bone by their rapid descent on the
ropes.
FARMER BEARS THE LOSS.
Packers Take None of the Reduction
In Meat and Butter.
Omaha, Neb., Jan. 27. The meat
boycott Is hitting the farmer instead
of the beef trust, and instead of the
great corporation suffering it is mak
ing money out of the people by pur
chasing Its live Ftock at lower priee3
and" selling at the old prices. The
same conditions prevail in the buuer
market, which is controlled by the
packers and In which the reduction In
prices is saddled on to the farmers.
At the South Omaha stock yards
cattle, sheep and hogs are bringing
less than ten days ago, but the whole
sale price of fresh meats has not
changed.
Omaha is the largest producer o!
butter In the world. When prices
dropped six cents a pound to-day an
nouncement was sent to all dairymen
that beginning to-morrow they will
get a proportionately lower price for
their cream, thus throwing all the lo.ta
on the farmers.
PLUCK AVERTED FLOOD.
How Austin, Pa., was Saved from Dis
aster Like That of Johnstown.
Austin, Pa., Jan. 27. Heroic work
by men of Austin has saved this town
from a disaster similar to that which
almost wiped out Johnstown twenty
years ago.
A concrete dam, restraining a huge
volume of water, showed signs of giv
ing way yesterday, and three hundred
families went to the hills where they
remained all last night.
When the break was discovered,
however, a large gang of workmen,
assisted by many volunteers, set to
work blasting one end of the breast
of the dam. Others, at the risk of
their lives, worked all night trying to
reach a release valve at the bottom of
the dam. They finally succeeded, and
the water was gradually released until
all danger was passed.
SMALLPOX KILLS 1,000.
Record of One Chinese City for a
Week.
Amoy, China, Jan. 25. Native re
ports estimate that a thousand deaths
from smallpox, principally among
children, have occurred at Chng
Chow, one of the largest cities of
China, during the last week.
Joseph A. Graham Dead.
Salisbury, Md., Jan. 25. Joseph A.
Graham, a widely known editor and
author, died at his home here to-day,
He was at different times connected
with the Kansas City Times, the St.
Louis Republic, the Philadelphia
North American and Public Ledger,
the St. Paul Dispatch and the Omaha
Bee.
Teaching 4,000 Sailors to Swim.
Washington, Jan. 25. Manoeuvres
are not the only activities of the bat
tleship fleet now at Guantanauio. A
regiment of seamen and a battalion
of marines encamped ashore for a fort
night for small arm target practice
and drill and 4,000 men who cannot
swim are being Instructed.
a Dm
nuiiiiui
FOR ALASKA GOAL
John E. B&llaine Say Govern
ment Wculd Get $50,000,000
by Suggested Lease
A REVENUE CF 58,000,000,000
Frrpccri M;2a In Opposition to Sill
Fine.tically Clv;r3 Lands Away
Fighting f.O en Ace Lease Pl;n
Which la Under Advisement.
Wcrhlngton, Jan. 27. A r.ew factor
a; reared In the nlready excited puli
ation over the Alaska coal landu, ou
the eve of the beginning of the Ual-linger-Plnchot
Invectlgatlon. which
largely concerns that question. Joiui
E. Ballaine of Seattle, said to be tho
largest Individual property owner In
Alaska, has proposed to the Senr.fj
Committee on Territories, of whlc'i
Senator Bcverldge Is Chairman, to pay
the Government a royalty of 50 cent
a ton on coal mines for ihc lease of
5,C('0 acres of some of tho choices'
coal lands In Alaska. Such a royalty
would net to the Government. Mr.
Dr.'.laine fays, as high as $2,000,00) a
hundred acres.
This proposal Is made In orposltl-n
to nncil.er proposition embodied in u
bill which has been prepnied, but no
yet inlroduced, designed to permit .'.:e
sale or lease of such lands at $10 nn
acre. It is said that the general feat
ures of this plan have the approval
of officials high In the Administration
and of Influential members of both
hoese3 of Congress.
Mr. Ballaine offers to enter Into a
bond of $1,000,000 with the Govern
ment for the performance of his part
of the ngreement which he proposes,
and charges that "other ir.terebtj"
have now at work In Washington a
lobby "headed by a former United
States Senator" In support of the hill
referrei to above, under whore pro
visions the Government would e?itend
an unconditional guarantee to a r.il
ror.d or railroads whl;-h these Iiv.e"
ert3 purpose to build in Alaska, nnd
would virtually donate to them r.t J 10
per acre one or more tracts of 3,0i'0
acres each to be selected by thvm.
Mr. Ballaine quoted the I'n't-d
Str.tes Geological Survey as statin;; in
one of Its recent reports that there are
! 6, OGO.n 00.000 tons of coal in Eight in
the known coal areas cf Alaska ur.d
and probably at least as much ng.iiu
In regior.3 yet unexplored, end he
pointed out that the leasing of those
areas on a royalty basis such as ho
wr.s offering for an area of only 3,0)0
acres would ultimately bring to t'je
Government a net revenue from that
fourcc exceeding $S,000.000,COO.
RESCUE 115 AT SEA.
Captain, Wife and Crew Lashed (o
Masts All Day.
Edgartown. Mass., Jan. 25. The
schooner Mertie B. Crowley, one uf
tho few sixmasters flying the Ame. i
cun flag, lies a total wreck on i;C
reefs miles off the southeast end of
Martha's Vineyard Island. Alr?r.('y
the Crowley has broken In two, and
grent seas are fast smashing her stout
timbers to pieces. She was bouJ
from Baltimore for Boston with co;.
To the bravery of the skipper. Levi
Jackson, nnd his crew of four men,
of the Edgartown fishing smack Piis
cilia is due the rescue of the fifteen
persons aboard Captain Haskell,
Mrs. Haskell and thirteen members of
the Crowley's crew. Mrs. Haskell,
like the others, had been lashed for
ten hours to the rigging of tho bat
tered schooner.
CONFESSES GIRL'S MURDER.
James K. Hall Admits He Killed Ann.i
Schumacher in Rochester.
Portsmouth, N. H.. Jan. 25. Jamej
K. Hall, a sailor now Imprisoned oa
the Vnited States prlsonshlp Southery.
confessed to the brutal murder of . n
na Schumacher, a young girl of Roch
ester, N. Y. She was strangled to
death last August In Holy Sepulchre
Cemetery, near that city, where she
had gone to place flowers oa ber
brother's grave.
Hall, who Is of Swedish descent Rnd
halls from Minnesota, did not spare
himself In his confession. The brutal
ity of his words matched the brutality
of his crime.
Buy Texas Lands with Whiskey.
San Antonio, Texas, Jan. 27. James
B. Aitkin, of Fort Worth, said here to
day that he has completed the sale
of 100,000 acres of land In Brewster
and Presidio counties for 100,000 gal
lons of whiskey. The land, which has
been purchased by distillers of
Dayton, Ohio, Is valued at $1.10 an
acre.
Sixth Cavalry Back from Manila.
San Francisco, Jan. 14. The army
transport Sheridan arrived to-day
from Manila, carrying the Sixth Cav
alry, whose term of service in the
Philippines has expired. The troop,
era have been ordered to Fort Des
Moines, la.
Ezra Kendall Dead.
Cloveland. Ohio, Jan. 25. Ezra P.
Kendall, one of the best known come
dians of the country, who ha been
starring In "The Vinegar Buyer" for
several years, died suddenly at a ear.l
tarlum In Martinsville, Ind. Apoplexy
was the Immediate caut'e of hia death.
nrrrnp
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WORLD NEWS OF
THE WEEK.
Corcring Minor Happenings Frj3
All Over the Globe
DOMESTIC.
Ten of the largest milk ro'.n'.l.-i.;
companies announced that eight ceil
a bottle would be their price for :'ii;
In future.
Innocent Investors who lost henvii?
by the collapse In Hocking Coal i :i 1
Iron are planning to .sue the inemlv"?
oi" the pool, who they claim ii:e re
pp1 liable for their losses.
The United States Steel dlrec'. v?
declared a quarterly dividend of 1 l c"
cent, on the common stoc k with an .:
tra dividend of 11-4 of 1 per ceiu.
Warner M. Van Norden. Pie. 'd r.
of tl:e Van Norric,i Trust Com;t..y, : e
cu:;cd two women of the theft of fliS.
000 from his pocket.
Herbert J. Dennison. a mr-siclan
who has been in insane nsylunis. w.n
arrested. In the belief he was the mur
derer of little Robert Lomas nnd Ar
thur Shibley.
President Cortelyou of the Consoli
dated Gas Company, of New York, in
his annual report said the earnlm.s
were 3.73 per cent; that the export
ed increase in gas consumption from
the SO-cent law has not taken phv e.
The compr-.ny may again appeal to tV
co.irts. The Alexander Campbell Milk Com
pany, cf Brooklyn, reduced the price
of milk to eight cents.
Rabbi Charles Fleischer, of Boston,
preached n sermon in which he advo
cated early marriages and small fatv.l-
ilea.
The forces of the government gath
ered at Chicago preparatory to begin
ning the investigation into the hlg'i
price of meat.
Floods In the Susequehnnna River
caused heavy damage near Havre de
Grae. Md.
By a decision rendered in the fed
eral court at Kansas City the Tis
sourl, Kansas & Texas Railroad was
enjoined from refusing shipments o.'
liquor Into the "dry" states of Kansas
and Oklahoma.
Inquiry is made into an alleged gl.'t
of $2,000,000 worth of United Stairs
Independent Telephone stock to W. J.
Conners, chairman of the Ne.v Yoil;
State Democratic Committee.
"Al" Kaufman, of San Francisco,
defeated "Jack" O'Brien, of Philadel
phia, in a six round bout before tin
National Athletic Club. Philadelphia.
WASHINGTON.
The fortifications appropriation bill
v.'as passed by t!) Semite and a meas
ure creating a new national forest In
Montana was considered.
President Taft Issues a statement
denying sensational stories of an im
pending, Indircrimlnate prosecution of
Important Industries.
It was announced that President
Taft is picparins a special message oa
the high cost of living.
Robeit L. O'Brien, editor of the
Boston Transcript, says It is plain the
government's postal loss comes froui
magazine transmission and urges a
complete departmental overhauling.
Washington reports a growing fe.ir
of the attitude of Mr. Taft und Attor
ney General Wlckersham by the
trusts.
Senators Nelson, Flint and Smoot
are leaders of a revolt against Presi
dent Taft's policies In the Senate.
It was said at Washington Uint
friends of Speaker Cannon were in
favor of his retirement as Speaker
for the good of the party, as well as
of a new House leader in place of
Representative Payne.
Senator PenVose demands such re
classification of magazines and period
icals as will end the government los
Of $63,000,000 annually.
Addressing the Association of Life
insurance Presidents In Washington,
Gov. Hughes warned them against any
attempt by bribery to thwart legisla
tive attacks upon the interests of policy-holders.
FOREIGN.
. The floods in Paris continued to
rise at the rate of half an inch of wa
ter an hour, and no Immediate relief
la expected.
Lord Minto, In opening the Imperial
Legislative Council of India, in Calcut
ta, warned the members that the
preachings of the revolutionary presi
would not be allowed.
A special dispatch from London
says It is no.v estimated that the
Liberals will hnve a majority of 118,
including Laborites and Nationalists,
in the next House of Commons.
The flood situation In France is be
coming desperate. Premier Biiand de
clares. Floods did great damage In Taris
and rendered hundreds homeless.
A special dispatch from London
says the incoming Liberal govern
ment in England will depend for ex
istence on the Irish vote.
Rivers in the East of France have
overflowed their banks, following a
violent storm of forty-eight hours' du
ration. Fire destrojed the Palaco of Chora
gan, one of the finest on the Bosp'io
rus, where the Turkish Chamber of
Deputies held Itti sessions. -.
GLEN ISLAND BRINGS $600,003.
Ignatius Roth Buy Old Picnic Prop
erty from John H. Starin's Heirs.
New York, N. Y., Jan. 2C Ignatius
Roth, an lmporte- of cloths, puli
f 000,000 for Glen 'Island, formerly ft
well known amusement reBort r.nd at
one time the country home of the lit?
John H. Starin. The tollero wera
Caroline Statin Carroll, Harriet M.
Spruker and Gen. Howard Carroll, ex
ecutors nnd trustees of tho John II.
Statin estate.
ALIEN CONVICTS ARE
NUISANCE TO STATE
Every Condemned Prisoner at
Close of Lat Year a Foreigner,
'Says Supt. Collins
ARE A CLASS BY THEMSELVES
He Would Bar Them from Entering
Country If Government Won't Ex
clude Them It Should Provide Jails,
Declares Head of Prisons.
Albany, N. Y., Jan. 27.-Supt Col
lins of the State Prison Depnrtment
in his annual report to the Lcgit-lu-tuio
makes a strong appeal for the
exclusion from this country of unde
sirable Immigrants, lie points out
that at great cost and Inconvenience
the State Is maintaining and endeav
oring to educate, train nnd rehabili
tate 1,031 men who are subjects of
fo"ei!;n countries. Most of them have
but recently come to the United
States, and all of them are by reason
of convict ion of felonies forever de
barred from citizenship.
LUatlstics of foreign born prisoners
show that there were 312 Italians in
the State prisons in 1000 nnd 008 in
lftD: 200 Germans In l'JOG and 219 In
1!" 'J; 107 Irish In 1106 and 9.1 In l0i;
101 Russians In l!K)t nnd 100 In 10'V.t.
The prison population of Italians and
".-:!acs nearly doubled in throe
yeirs.
Supt. Collins calls attention to the
fact that of tho nineteen condemned
prisoners at the close of the last fiscal
year not one was a naturalized clLiycn
of the I'nlted States.
A classification of the crimes of or
eign born prisoners shows that K.iiy
leads In crimes against the person,
with 318, while Germany and Ru.-.iia
?:ich have 29 charged against them.
Russia leads In crimes arainst pro;
arty with 102, while Italy Is second
with 01.
"It is apparent to all," says Sup.
Collins, "that the Interests of this
country would be best served by the
exclusion of this undesirable class of
immigrants, who claim and receive
the protection and benefits that our
form of Government affords, but dis
regard our laws,
"They are a class by themselves.
Our modern methods of penal admin
istration and control do not fit them.
They should be segregated and treat
ed as a class, and it would seem but
right that the Federal Government,
which permits these alien criminals
to land on its shores, should assume
the burden of maintaining them when
they are convicted of crime nnd that
It should provide prisons where they
may be kept by themselves and where
tho systems of discipline, education
and training shall be especially adapt
ed to apply to this distinctive class of
prisoners. When they have served
their terms they should be deport?d
and never allowed to return here.
"As 59 per cent, of the alien prison
ers now In our prisons are unmarried
and less than DO per cent, of the mar
ried men have wives or children in
the United States, the claim that a
man should not be deported, leaving
a helpless family here, would apply to
but few of the present alien prison
population."
SITE FOR A NEW SING SING.
Slate Commission Decides on Peeks
kill Camp Grounds.
Troy, N. Y., Jan. 25. The State
camp grounds at Peeksklll have been
selected as a site for the new State
prison to replace Sing Sing, and a bill
will be Introduced In the Legisaiure
authorizing the deal.
Superintendent of Prisons Collins,
the State Prison Commission and
Messrs. Hill and Merritt, Chairman of
tho Legislative Committees on Divid
ing and Site, are unanimous in their
choice.
This action was brought about by
the abandonment of the Bear Moun
tain site In favor of a park.
PITTSBURG HAS MEASLES.
Alarming Increase of Scourge Is Re
ported by Health Bureau.
Pittsburg. Jan. 27. The measles re
cord of 520 enses reported to the Bu
reau of Health last month Is expected
to be doubled in January. Up to the
noon yesterday tho cases reported for
this month numbered CS7, with from
thirty to fifty new cases being report
ed dally. Yesterday there were thirty-three
new cape3 reported.
While these figures are the oincial
record, the health authorities say
that many cases have not been report
ed because no physician has been
called. .
GRIFFITH ELECTED SENATOR.
Plurality In Raines's Old District Ex
ceeds 3,800.
Rochester, N. Y Jan. 27. The
Plurality of Frederick W. Grinith. of
ralmyrn. Republican candidate for 'the
strte Senate, to succeed the late John
Raines, Is given as 3,806. His plural),
ties by counties are: Wayne, 2,.7)S;
Ontario, 6G8; Yates, C332. The vote
was light. The Democratic candidate
was John Colmey, of Canandaigua.
Miners to Give Up Meat.
Wllkesbnrre, Pa., Jan. 2(1. Leader!
o: the mine workers Bay that In a few
das some thousands of the anthracite
workers will have joined the beef boy
eott ur.d they will abstain from meat
u.utll the cost of It Is decreased.
FEDERAL GOVERNMENT TO
SUE THEJEEF TRUST
Blames It for' High Meat Prices and
May Institute Both Civil and
Criminal Prosecutions.
Washington, Jan. 27. The "Heel
Trust," so called, Is to be prosecuted
by the National Government. Tin.
Department of Justice evidently w
Ileves Its existence Is a leading f';i-!,ir
In maintaining the present high prii ,
of fresh meats.
The contemplated action of the rl...
partment follows nn Investlgatimi
which has been conducted by its -i'.
iiil agents for some months. Ini 'ni
pun cedlngs w ill begin at once befnr..
tho Grand Jury, nt Chicago and t;ny
contemplate both civil and crlmli iil
nctVm.
The firms mentioned In cotinc tin;l
with the matter Include Swift & Co.,
Mollis & Co. and Armour & Co., nil
hl packing house concerns, nnd
of whom, It Is snld, are Interested in
tho National Packing Company. Tie
three concerns named are commonly
represented to control the Natin i:;!
.cvporntlon for their common ben-.Mit.
The aim of the department I,.m
been to ascertain tho relations be
tween the several firms Individually
nnd the National Packing Company,
for the purpose of determining whetii
cr they have operated to control tin.
prices of froth meats, which, accord
ing to almost universal complaint,
have been going higher and higher.
From the fact that proceedings are to
be Instituted, the Inference is that tin
olllclals feel satisfied they have a guml
Ono possible method of action may
ic that of a suit to dissolve the com
pany under the Sherman Anti-Trust
law, as in organization operating in
rcriralnt of interstate trade. Pro
ceedings against Individuals also may
rcF'.'.lt.
The Investlcntlnns rnniliu li.il hv 1 1 .-.
lepartment, resulting In the deter.ni-
auon 10 proceed in me courrs ngaiiir-;
le aliened combination, nau tneir r.
'ption In an inquiry Into the pruc
ics of one of the Western railro:ul
In making shipments for Morris
Co., which, It had been chnr:;id.
amounted practically to rebating.
These were gone Into fully at tir
time, and the' conclusion resulted th.it
while they could readily be regarded
ps improper they actually had nothii.g
to do with rebating. The practices
complained of, however, were discon
tinued. Meat Boycott Spreads.
New York, N. Y.. Jan. 24. Tho
countrywide movement against thu
constantly increasing cost of the nec
essaries of life has gained impetus In
New York nnd It was confidently pre
dicted that before a - week Is over
ninny hundreds of thousands of men
and women will have Joined In the
fight to force down the price of mc:it
and other foodstuffs.
From all over tho country came
telegraphic despatches last night Pil
ing of the progress of the campaigns
of the consumers. Pittsburg, Sprlnjt
field, Mass.; St. Joseph, Mo.; Omaha,
one of the meat packing centres; Cin
cinnati, the hog packing town; An
bury Park, St., Louis. Kansas City,
Baltimore, Denver, Cleveland, where
the movement started about a week
ago; Chicago, Providence. Philadel
adelphla, Memphis, Milwaukee. Pin
Chester, Atlanta, Des Moines. Ia.. ar.d
Indianapolis were among the pri.ie'pal
cities heard from, and Judging f.o:n
the reports received over a million
people must have already pledged
themselves to abstain from meat for
thirty or sixty days.
12 Children In 9 Years.
Los Angeles, Cal., Jan. 25. Tt.o
girls and two boys arrived at til'
home of Mr. and Mrs. W. W. Wilson,
In this city, yesterday, making twelve
children born to them In nine ye.rs.
They were married twenty-live
years ago. Two sets of triplets and
one pair of twins have previous been
born to the couple.
Anti-Treatlng Bill Before Legislatura.
Trenton, N. J., Jan. 26. Assembly
man Heritage for Gloucester, Intro
duced a bill prohibiting treating in
saloons or taverns. Mr. Heritage
holds that much drinking would be
averted If every man were compelled
to pay for his own liquor.
NEW YORK MARKETS,
Wholesale Prices of Farm Products
Quoted for the Week.
MILK Per quart, i'ic
BUTTER Western extra, 33 36c;
State dairy. 2629c.
CHEESE State. Full cream, spe ial,
m,4 18c.
EGGS-State. Fair to choice. 31
40c; do, western firsts. 30i0'33c.
APPLES Table sorts, bbl., f2.2.fg
4.50.
DRESSED POULTRY Chickens, per
lb., 1523c; Cocks, per lb., mfcc;
Squabs, per dozen, Jl.OOffo.OO.
HAY Prime, per 100 lbs., 11.13.
STRAW Long Rye, per 100 lbs., 80
85c.
POTATOES-State, per bbl., $1,500
1.75.
ONIONS White, per crate, 2550e.
FLOUR Winter patents. $5.50 0.00;
Spring patents, $5.5006.85.
WHEAT No. 2, red. $1.30; No. I,
Northern Duluth. $1.22 'i.
CORN No. 2. 72&74e.
OATS Natural white, 53 '.4 033 lie;
Clipped white, roM ."'Sc.
BEEVES City Dressed, 8 ft 1 Hie
CALVES-City Dressed, 10018c.
SHEEP Per 100 lbs., $1.25rr5.75.
LAMBS-Per 100 lbs., $8.5 0.23.
HOGS Live, per 1100 lb.. $0.15;
Country Dressed, per lb., 10li
13 Vic.