A 'BULL DAY. Big Advances in Pacific Railway Stocks. FRENZIED FINANCE. Millions of Dollars Were Lost and Won in a Few Hours on New York's Stock Exchange. New York.—Amid scenes of fran tic trading on the stock exchange, Union Pacific common stock rushed upward 17V& points a share and that of Southern Pacific 0% jioints Friday after an announcement of dividends far in excess of what the traders had any reason to expect. The result was that a large number of traders who had sold the stock short suffered sharp losses and, according to an es timate reported by the Evening Post, a pool in Union Pacific stock realiz ed profits amounting to $15,000,000 and a similar pool in Southern Pacific $10,000,000. Notwithstanding the meeting of the ■executive committees of the Union Pacific and Southern Pacific roads in this city on Thursday the bulk of fho brokers were totally unprepared for Ihe announcement of dividends which •was made public soon after the open ing of Friday's market. The divi dends were: Union Pacific, pfd., 2 per cent, semi-annual; common, 5 per cent, semi-annual; Southern Pacific common, per cent, semi-annual. Union Pacific common heretofore paid 3 per cent, and yesterday's dividend was the first ever declared on South era Pacific common. BUSINESS BAHOiVsETER. Each Week Brines a New High Water Mark in Some Branch of Industry. New York. —R. G. Dun & Co.'s Weekly Review of Trade says: Abundant crops and an oversold steel industry engender sentiments of confidence that make the outlook bright for a continuance of present prosperous business conditions. Each week brings a new high water mark in some department and the not result is uniformly better than for the cor responding week in any previous year. The weather has favored both crops and the distribution of merchandise, while the latter is increased by sea sonable bargain sales. Despite unprecedented preparations for business by liberal purchase of rolling stock, the railways are facing .a serious traffic blockade that cannot be avoided when the crops begin to move freely. Earnings thus far re ported for August were 11.7 per cent, larger than last year. Failures this week numbered 17C in the United States, against 21S last year, and 1C in Canada, compared with .28 a year ago. THE G. A. R. ENCAMPMENT. It Will be Held in Saratoga, N. Y., In 1907. Minneapolis, Minn. The Grand Army of the Republic complet ed its fortieth encampment Friday and adjourned to meet in Saratoga, N. Y., in 1907. The encampment after an exciting and acrimonious debate de cided that a protest against the erec tion of a statue to Henry Wirz should be sent to Gen. S. D. Lee, commander of the United Confederate Veterans. The proposal to deprecate the ac tion of congress in abolishing the canteen from old soldiers' homes was laid on the table without debate. Just prior to adjournment, Com mander-in-Chief R. B. Brown announc ed the following staff appointments: Adjutant General Joseph W. O'Neall, of Ohio. Quartermaster General Charles Burrows, of New Jersey. Assistant Quartermaster General — J. H. Holcomb, of Philadelphia. Chief of Staff—J. V. Winans, of Ohio. CITY SHAKEN BY EARTHQUAKES. Valparaiso. Chile, Is Reported to Have Been Bsdiy Damaged. Now York. Except for a few private messages received earh Friday reporting an earthquake in Chile and damage to buildings in V: 1 ! paraiso, no direct news from Chile has as yet. been received. The early reports coming from different poin stated that the earthquake had re suited in great loss of life and wide spread damage lo property. Up to 11 o'clock last night, however, there had been nothing to confirm those reports. The Associated Press correspondent at Buenos Ayres cables that it is fear ed the town of Los Andes, in the; province of Aconagua has been de stroyed. At the same time he points out that Buenos Ayres has no direct communication with the disturbed district. Lightning Killed a Woman. Crawfordsvllle, Ind. —While mem bers of the Ladies' Aid so •cioty of the Christian church at Wal lace, ind., were rehearsing an enter tainment Friday, lightning struck the church and killed Mrs. John Bellis. Mrs. Bessie Philpot and Miss Una Shoeaf were seriously injured. A 20 Per Cent. Dividend. Chicago, 111. —J:'-;ge Brentano la sued an order Friday permitting Re ceiver Fet/.er to pay a dividend of 20 per cent, to all depositors of the Mil waukee Avenue bauk. TO BUILD NEW RAILROAD AIR LINE BETWEEN CHICAGO AND NEW YORK PLANNED. New Road to Be Equipped with Elec tric Locomotives —Project Will Cost About $150,000,000. Pittsburg, Pa. —Papers of consoli dation of three railroads in dif ferent parts of Pennsylvania will be filed at Harrisburg this week, stnd will constitute the formal announcement of a project of prominent foreign bankers, associated with Joseph Ram sey, Jr., former president of the Wa bash railroad, to build a low-grade double-track railroad from New York to Chicago by way of Pittsburg, which will cost about $150,000,000. Complete surveys have been made, and it is expected that work prelim inary to actual grading and construc tion next spring will begin this fall. It is expected that the road will re quire three years to construct. It is contemplated to operate with electric locomotives from the beginning. It will be known as the New York, Pittsburg and Chicago Air Line, and will be 65 miles shorter from Pitts burg to New York than is the Pennsyl vania, and 108 miles shorter than the shortest line between New York and Chicago. The new air line will traverse the important bituminous coal fields of central Pennsylvania, now controlled by the Pennsylvania railroad, and also will pierce the anthracite region throughout its length. It not only will be the shortest line through Penn sylvania, but it will cross the summit of the Allegheny mountains 400 feet lower than does the Pennsylvania, and will have easy curves and remark ably low grades for a mountain line. Mr. Ramsey confirms these state ments in a telegram from New York The cost of the line between Pitts burg and New York. Mr. Ramsey says, is estimated to be between $75,000,000 and $100,000,000, all of which has been pledged, the bulk of it by foreign cap italists. KING AND KAISER KISS. Cordial Meeting of Monarchs at Kron berg. Kronberg, Hesse-Nassau, Prussia, —King Edward arrived here on a special train from Frankfort at 8:45 Wednesday. Emperor William \nd Prince and Princess Frederick Charles of Hesse-Nassau met him at the station. The emperor assisted the king in alighting, and they kissed each other on both cheeks. The meeting wa very cordial. The king wore a black Prince Albert coat and a silk hat. The emperor had on the uniform of the Posen Jaeger regiment, with a steel helmet. King Edward was accompanied by Sir Charles Hardinge, permanent un der secretary of the foreign office; Maj. Gen. Sir Stanley Clarke, chief equerry, and Maj. Frederick E. G. Ponsonby, equerry to his majesty. Sir Frank Lascalle3, British ambassador to Germany, and the British consul general, Francis Oppenheimer, joined the royal party at Frankfort. After introductions had been ex changed the party and their following proceeded to Frlederlchshof in auto mobiles. CIVIL WAR VETERANS PARADE Two Grand Army Men Drop in Ranks and Third Is Killed. Minneapolis, Minn. —For the fortieth time since its work in war was fin ished and its glory won, the Grand Army of the Republic was in line Wednesday. There had been many parades more gorgeous, many spec tacles more dazzling and bewildering, but never was there in this country one more appealing and impressive than that which passed through the streets of Minneapolis during the morning. Col. Charles T. Keeting. of New Or leans, was overcome by the heat and exhaustion and died an hour after reaching the hospital. Thomas A. Martin dropped while marching in the parade and died on His way to the emergency hospital. George A. Penny, of Logan, la., was seriously injured by au automobile, which ran him down. FOUR LIVES ARE LOS"F IN VAIN Each Plunges Into Undercurrent in Effort to Rescue Others. Davenport, Wash. Five persons prominent in social life of Daven port, who had been enjoying an outing on the banks of tho Spokane river about 12 miles northeast of here, were drowned Sunday. The dead: Miss Winnie Jones, A. L. Bergett, Mrs. A. L. Gergett, Roy Howard, A. L. Inilan. Four of the drowned heroically sac rificed their lives in an attempt to save others. One after another they plunged into tho river, only to be seized by tho river and drawn down either by tho whirlpool or the under: current. Paper Mills Burned. Ypsilantl, Mich. The Superior mills of the Ypsilanti Paper company, located a short distance outside of the city limits, wore practically de stroyed by fire early Wednesday. The loss is about SIOO,OOO. Lightning Kills lowa Banker. Des Moines, la.—R. A. Lamason, a wealthy banker, cashier of the Bank of Ankeney, was struck by lightning and instantly killed Wednesday morn ing. He was in the barn when the bolt struck him. CAMERON COUNTY PRESS, THURSDAY, AUGUST 23, 1906. PROBING. * anything.7 A ' / .>^ m ROOT TELLS ARGENTINA WE WILL DEFEND ALL AMERICA SECRETARY OF STATE ASSURES SISTER REPUBLIC OF OUR FRIENDSHIP —NO OLD SCORES TO SETTLE. Buenos Ayres.—At the official ban quet at. the government house by Pres ident Alcorta in honor of Secretary , Root, to which only the diplomatic j corps and high officers of state were invited, the secretary made what was considered the most important speech he has delivered while on his tour. Rising to tender the secretary an official welcome, and proposing the health of Mr. Root, the president traced the similarity in the constitu tions, progress, and success in over coming obstacles, of North and South America. lie dwelt especially on the mutual advantages of closer friend i ship between the races. Mr. Root, in replying to the official | welcome, thanked the president -in be i half of President Roosevelt and the | "millions of citizens in the United j States." Then he said; "We inherit the right to he inter i ested in the Argentine Republic, and | to be proud of the Argentine people. Stands for Monroe Doctrine. "From the time when Benjamin j Rush was fighting, from the day when James Monroe threw down the gaunt let of a weak republic, we were then in defense of its independence and rights, and from that day to this the interest and the friendship of the peo ple of the United States for the Argen tine Republic have never changed. We rejoice in your prosperity. We are proud of your achievements. We feel that you are justifying our faith in free government and self-govern ment; that you are maintaining our great thesis which demands the pos session, the enjoyment and the control of the earth to the people who inhabit it. So how can the people of the United States help feeling a friend ship and sympathy for the people of Argentina? "1 deemed it a duty to come in re sponse to your kind invitation to say this and to say that there is not a cloud in t lie sky of good understand ing. There are no political questions at issue between Argentina and the United States. There is no thought of grievance by one against the other. There are no old grudges or scores to settle. Each Nation to Study Other. "Wo can rejoice in each other's prosperity. We can assist in each oth- CONCERTED PLAN TO MURDER Bombs and Revolvers Cause Terror to Russian Officials. St. Petersburg.—Acting apparently with a definite plan, and at a signal, the terrorists and revolutionists Wed nesday inaugurated a carnival of mur derous attacks with bombs and re volvers on the police and troops in various cities in Poland, echoes of which are heard from Samara, Ufa, Yalta. Kiev and even far away Chita, where Acting Chief of Police Cor pinchonko was slain almost on his j own doorstep. The revolutionist cam : paign llamed out with especial viru i lence at Warsaw, where over a score were slain in the streets and many more were wounded. T-srce Badly Hurt in Wreck. Chagrin Falls, O. —A special car on the Cleveland & liastern electric road, carrying 55 passengers, collided with a milk car while running at high speed near here Wednesday, resulting in the injury of throe persons. Forest Fires in Minnesota. Biwabik, Minn. —Several large for est fires are burning fiercely west south of this place. Hundreds of acres of second growth and thicket have been burned over and still the flames sweep on unresisted. er's development. We can be proud of each other's successes without hindrance or drawback and for the de velopment of this sentiment in both countries, nothing is needed but more knowledge; that we shall know each other better and that not only the most educated and thoughtful readers of our countries shall become familiar ; with the history of the other, but that j the entire body of the people shall ; know what are the relations and what | are the feelings of the other country. "I should be glad that the people of ' the Argentine Republic, not merely | you, Mr. President; not merely my | friend, the minister of foreign rela | tions, not merely the gentlemen con ] nected with the government, but the j people of Argentina, might know the > feeling with which the people of the | United States are their friends, as I | know the people of the Argentine Re public are friends of the United States. Favors Alliance with Sisters. "I have come to South America with no more specific object than I have I stated. Our traditional policy in the I United States of America is to make no alliances. It was indicated by | Washington. It has been adhered to jby his successors ever since. But, j Mr. President, the alliance that comes j from unwritten and unsealed instru ! ments, as that from the convention I signed and ratified with all formali j ties, is of vital consequence, i "We make no alliances, but we make an alliance with all our sisters in sentiment and feeling in the pur suit of liberty and justice, in mutual helpfulness, and in that spirit 1 beg to return to you, sir, and to your gov ernment and the people of this splen did and wonderful country ray sincere thanks for the welcome you have given me and my country, in my per son." Mr. Root's speech was received with vociferous applause and the greatest possible satisfaction. Forest Fires in Minnesota. Biwabik, Minn., Several large forest fires are burning fiercely west-south of this place. Hundreds j of acres of second growth and thicket | have been burned over and still the I flames sweep on unresisted. Much j damage has already been done aside ! from the burning of wood. Many set- I tiers have been forced to abandon ! their homes and have iost most of J their property. Wild animals are in -1 vading the limits of the villages. Un . less rain falls witli in 24 hours valu able tracts of pine wil be destroyed. DEATH OF A FAMOUS REPORTER Man Who Took Noted Trials and Speeches Dead at Washington. Washington.—Francis 11. Smith, j one of the first official reporters of ! congressional debates, ",d Tuesday | at Washington, Conn., where he was | born March 11, 1529. For many years |he had been a prominent banker | here. Daniel Webster was one of the | first men Mr. Smith reported in con ! Kress, and later Mr. Smith reported ; for the Associated Press the court j martial of the Lincoln conspirators ; and the subsequent trial of John H. | Surratt. Another famous trial he | covered was that of Gen. Daniel Sickles for the killing of District At torney Key. Two Killed by Boiler Blast. Three Rivers, Mich.—The boiler of : a mint distillery on the farm of Wil liam Moliney, three miles from this : city, exploded Wednesday, instantly ' killing Mr. Moliney and his son Koy, I and woumfing two of Hoy's children. Clark's Assessment Raised. I Butte, Mont. —The board of equal!- | nation assessed W. A. Clark $1,000,- | 000 on his San Pedro railroad stock, $2,440,000 on his United Verde mine, j and raised his bank assessment $649,- | 000, an increase of nearly $1,000,000 ICE INQUIRY AT TOLEDO CONVICTED MANAGER TELLS OF DEALS WITH ROAD. PAID NO RENT ON FREIGHT Employe of the Railroad Acted as Selling Agent for the Ice Con cern, His Salary Being Paid by the Parent Company. Toledo, O. —Judson C. Clements, member of the interstate commerce commission, Tuesday began an in quiry 011 behalf of the government into the relations between the rail roads entering Toledo and the ice companies shipping over these lines. Joseph A. Miller, manager of the Toledo Ice & Coal company, and one of the men sentenced to the work house by Judge Kinkade for conspir acy in restraint of trade, was the first witness called by the government. Miller's testimony was to the effect that previous to five years ago, when he became manager of the ice com pany, he was purchasing agent for the Ann Arbor railroad; but while an agent for the road he had sold ice for the ice company and was paid by the road, and that Wellington it. Burt, president of the Ann Arbor, and Har ry Ashley, general manager, were di rectors of the ice company, and that practically all the stock in the ice company was owned by the railroad people. He further testified that the office of tlie ice company is located on Ann Arbor railroad property, but that no rent was paid. The 100 or 125 men sent each year by the ice company to cut ice were carried free by the Ann Arbor road until 1901, when a flat rate was charged. Miller testified that as manager of the ice company he traveled over the road on an an nual pass. The most important witness of the afternoon session was Wellington R. Hurt, once receiver and president of the Ann Arbor railroad. Mr. Hurt testified he was president of the road when the Toledo Ice & Coal company was organized, that he suggested the organization and coaxed the employes of the railroad to become stockhold ers in the concern, but that he did not know the road carried freight for the ice company free of charge. He knew the ice company was using the rail road real estate as a basis of opera tions, but this was done by other companies which produce freight. In regard to free or reduced freight rates for the ice company, Mr. Burt said it is the custom to haul freight at half rates for building up indus tries. When asked by Commissioner Clements if he did not think it bad policy for an official of a railroad to be interested in industries along the line and thus be in position to dis criminate in rates, Mr. Hurt replied that if he had it to do over again he would do exactly as he did in order to build up the business of his road. Employes of the Ann Arbor testified that supplies and men were carried over the road free of charge for the Toledo Ice & Coal company. H. E. Meyers, local freight agent of the Pere Marquette railroad, was the last witness for the day. He said the Michigan Lake Ice company was the principal shipper of ice over his road, but he had no records to show that the company was given a lower rate than other ice shippers. When asked to furnish the ice rates of his road as he himself would want to know what they were, the witness laughing ly said he did not think he wanted to know, but would try and get the in formation. Doilies. 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