The News
Domestic.
In the hearing of the govern-
ment’s case against the Standard Qil
Company in New York, Treasurer
Tilford testified that John D. Rocke-
feller owned more than one-fourth
of the stock of the company.
Mysterious cases of poisoning have
caused a scare among residents of &
section of Allegheny City, Pa. Four
members of one family were made
violently {ll.
Three voung daughters of Samuel
Cook were drowned by a cloudburst
which filled a gulch in which they
had taken refuge near Durango, Col.
A crowded trolley car on the Lake
Shore Line was wrecked near Toledo,
0. Two persons were killed and a
number seriously injured.
Edward Richards, an aeronaut, was
killed while making a descent in a
parachute at the fair grounds at
Troy, O.
Louis Cote shot Mrs.
Franklin, N. H.,
him to leave
Nellie Clark
she or-
boarding-
because
her
in
dered
house.
The body of the late President Mc-
Kinley was transferred from the
cemetery to the mausoleum in Can-
ton, O.
The annual report the Phila-
delphia Rapid Transit Company,
which controls all the street car lines
of that city, shows a deficit, although
the gross earnings were the largest
in the company’s history.
At the Standard Oil hearing it was
brought out that control of the Wat-
ers-Pierce Oil Company was held
three years by a son-in-law of John
D. Archbold for Standard.
he chief address the
of the National Prison
the address Attorney
of
the
at
of
don.”
Richard Spriggs,
Detroit, Mich., to answer to a charge
of forgery, to New
a prisoner on the steamer Oceanic.
At the annual {
sociated Press the
ficers in de: v
strike was
was brought
the
the
purpose of
The str
conti
to
and 9 deat}
Francisco
Miss J
patients
hospitals
Martin
Chicago and
The sie
vor
sr
Spr
ed at
a Te
powers
conference
The Ja;
tawa, In
by the Dor
Congress,
be broken.
The
treaty
provides
long list
Arthur
tenced to fiv
for the
jewelry
The Bri
orders for
warship of
to be 1°
Fran
was
Pre
Defenss
G00 t
the vicinity
King Frederi
was thrown {
den and i 3
The coroner's
gated th
cific in + 1 8 1 ersons re
killed direct the arrest the e1
gineer and conductor and blamed the
company for putting nexperienced
men in charge of
Sir James Cri
are to
passenger trains
hton-Browne in an
address the Sanitary Inspectors’
Association in England denounced
the prevalent craze thin,
and declared many not
eat enough
Japan claims the
to
for getting
people did
right te
it lies between the
twenty-fist parallel it
land.
King Leopold, fearful that obliga-
twentieth
was no
and
in the Congo, commanded the
ernment to oppose it.
Louis Waterlin, the French paint-
er, is dead
Sir Arthur Conan Dovie and Miss
Jean Leckie were married in 8t. Mar-
garet’'s Church, Westminster,
land.
Two Russians killed the
a bank at Montreaux,
and fled with the cash box.
M. Gabrie, ex-governor of the
land of Martinique, died in Paris.
The European residents of Maza-
cashier of
18
ere when the tribesmen
onde for a bomardment.
Dr. Wilfred Grenfel reports
mos along the northern Labrador
Coast because of the failure of fish-
eries.
D. W. Stevens and H. W. Denison
were rewarded by the Japanede gov-
ernment for valuable services during
the Japanese-Russian war.
PUTS BLAME ON
THE AMERICANS
Failure of Peace Conference at the
Hague.
THE LACK OF PREPARATION.
A Foreign Delegate Declares This Was
Particularly Striking in the Case
of the American Delegation— Was
Not in Accord With Latin-American
Countries.
The Cable).
having in
months, and with
ably a in
generally,
After
three
Hague (By
been gession over
adjournment prob-
the distance, it is
by
peace
month
even
the
inte:
recognized and
the
movement,
moet optimistic in
that the
tional peace conference has been and
will be at its conclusion barren of
results leading to permanent meas-
ures of benefit to the peace of the
world.
Mr. Choate, of the American dele-
gation, however, is still optimistic
regarding the results, even on the
great questions, and especially that
of a permanent court
being satisfled that the principle
admitted. He thinks that once
conference has concluded its session
it will be an matter to over-
come the prejudices concerning the
allotment of judges, and that there-
after the establishment of the court
will be an easy task. The general
opinion among the other delegates,
however, differs from that of
Choate.
second na-
is
if
the
easy
Edward Fry's proposal
with the task
which to elect
the
finding a system 1
governments
they
is ended,
study the
ex
stions at issue
ch as the | ition of
No Date For Another,
tian fo
affair, as
he confer
governments will not
of judge t a
clare,
the
once t
question
tent th
greater
ATI ’
irmaments
a
CLEVELAND'S HEALTH BETTER.
Reports (Of His
It
Condition
Is
Exng-
gerated, Claimed.
{Special ) ¥or-
Cleveland
This was the
from
the lips
of Mr.
Princeton
friend
veland, who resides in
the former president
fliness
This gentleman said that as a per-
sonal favor he would ask that the
reports concerning Mr. Cleveland's
present condition be denied, ag they
are grossly exaggerated, Mr. Clove-
he sald, is rapidly picking up
in health.
during his late
between Mr
lang no verification
in Princeton Dr
that Dr. Banks had not
in and that there was on con-
anyway From reliable
source it was learned that Dr. Bry.
a personal friend of Mr.
bag been calling at Westland
Saturday and that Dr
is in attendance daily.
wrangle
1
physic could be
called
and,
To Tie Up Town.
Helena, Mont.
business men of
{ Special) — Because
Helena refused to
discontinue the use of telephones
pending a settlement of the Rock
Mountain Bell Tellephone Company's
strike, the Helena Trades and Labor
Assembly has decided to call a gen-
eral strike in Helena Monday. The
result of this action, It is said, will
be a complete tieup of street car
service and the closing of hotels and
manufacturing establisbments,
JAPAN LIELY TO ANNEX KOREA
Marquis ito Says They May Have
to Do It.
Tokio (By Cable) .—~The possibility
that Japan may have to annex Korea
to have arisen. Mar-
quis Ito is having said
that it may be necessary to alter Ja-
an’s policy owing to the present situa-
tion; and that if the Korean people
persist in their servitude of unfriend-
liness it will be “the last day for
them.”
Tokio papers are recelving reports
that insurgents are gathering from
all directions around the city of
Seoul to attack it Their number is
unknown, but band of 800 is
reported,
Roving parties
the leadership
killing Japanese
ians and Koreans
pro-Japanese. These parties take
the mountains upon the approach
Japanese troops, but not
fering heavily .
A new official organization of
staff of the res general
Korea was submitted to the
council and passed it is
be promulgated on Saturday
According the organization the
office of deputy resident general has
hed, and it is understood
Sone, the late minis
in Katsura cabinet
appointed to the post
soems again
quoted as
one
of Koreans
of ex-eoldier
officials and civil-
of
sul
before
the
fO1
privy
ident
to
been establis
that Baron
of finance
will be
the
CAGE DROPS FEET.
275
Seven Fatally
Mine,
Killed and
In
Eleven
Hurt Michigan
Mich { Spe
By
down
Negaunce
the
ninneinge
Li HUnNngn
’
the shaft of the Jones & Laughlin
Steel
killed and
The cage
{ the
Comp
for
any t
Celt 107
the hoisting
othar mer
the o
their con
of n¢
and the
reel from
thread fro
tent Ends His Life,
and
resigned
istrict attorne
in Oakland, Cal
Saved His Sister's Life,
{ Special) Through the
of
one-half quarts of her brother's blood
into her Mrs. P. H. Welch,
wife of a dentist living at 608 North
State Street, is on the high road to
health. John R. Cooke, president of
of the Cooke Brewing Company, is
the brother who gave his bloofl to
gave his sister's life,
Chicago
successful transfusion two and
veins,
Steamer Wrecked: Six Drowned,
Chicago (Special) The
Alexander Memick went
of Whitefish
gieamer
13
in
ashore
miles west Point,
Lake Superior,
five sailors were
members of the crew wore
The Memick was bound north
coal. It is supposed that the eagines
broke down and that the ‘vessel drift-
drowned.
rescued.
Former Mayor An Embezzler,
Kenton, 0, (Special). ~The grand
Jury reported 13 true bills against
former Mayor Thomas B. Black for
forgery and three for exYszzlement.
Each of the forgery bills was on two
counts, each count covering a sepa-
rate offense relating to Attorney
Black's alleged mlsuge of funds in-
trusted to him by his client, Dr. ¥.
W. Bapp, of Columbus. Mr. Black
while in jail is said to have made a
complete confession,
PUT MANY MILLIONS
INTO QUEET RAILROAD
Oil Magnate MH. H. Rogers’ Costly
Enterprise.
OVER FORTY MILLIONS INVESTED.
New Facts Concerning the Tidewater
Railway Which Was Built Under
Mysterious Circumstances From Sew.
alls Point, Near Norfolk, Into the
Coal Fields of West Virginia.
New York
ing Post say:
(Special) The Even-
obtained
effect
“Confirmation
Wall
that
ested
was
Street to the
H H
in the
of reports
Rogers was heavily
Tidewater Railway
ject
“According
14 iretnlatad
iy circuiaieq
of Mr.
upware 40
Rogers’ has
volved in the Ti water i ast
wa report Hi he
sonal obligation
| to $40,000,000, It
i positively that the
er than the amount
{ the gituation has
| ed up.
“In order to
{ made upon him in
the construction of the
| Rogers was foreed of a
| large amount of stock at
| a sacrifice. All during the recent de-
in prices the vic ident
Standard Oil Company seld
| edged stocks, such as Standard
Consolidated Gas, U Pacific
St. Paul
! Some
against the advice of his
LOR tarted
low-grade
Norfolk
to car:
| cent
fin
B
ment, It
incurred amount
gtated
much lk
been entirely
demand
with
Mr
meet the
connection
railroad
to dispose
investment
pre
non
five or
re to
the
8 object wa
tidewater
miles
THAN 20,000. TON SHIP.
a i May
Advance.
MORE
Details For New Be Pre.
paired In
segsion
that
the
repare in advan
of the new
To
thus
Ot
at would pr be
he two committees,
delay that
the
abviating
curred in
clase
Delaware
PERFECT MONROE DOCTRINE
Visit To Mexico.
City
the
Mexico
Creel,
{ Special).
present
regarding the visit of
Secretary Root.
“1 attach the groatest
to Mr. Root's visit to Mexico. It
will mean the rounding out of the
policy which determine the
approaching
He sald:
importance
is to
Latin-America, and will result, in
ree Doctrine.”
On The City's Poor List,
Cleveland, O. (8pecial). Old and
infirm, M. Czolgosz and his wife, the
parents of Leon Crolgosez, slayer of
President McKinley, were placed on
the books of the Outdoor Relief De-
partment of the city for Immediate
and continuous relief. The father
is 88, the mother 76, and both are
too feeble to work, while thelr chile
dren are so burdened with their own
families that they cannot relieve their
parents,
The Nation's Capital |
Some Interesting Happenings Eriefly
Told.
recommendations were
made by the Naval "Turret Board”
for measures to prevent accidents
from flarebacks.
The chief surgeon of the
Cuban pacification reports
tary condition of the army
be good
The
contracts
strovers
Various
army of
the sani-
poste to
Navy
for
Department rarded
five torpedo-boat de-
Roosevelt announced the
of Walter O
circuit judge
the
President
appointment
United
vacancy caused by
Ham K. Townsend.
District Commi
he is of the opinion
confined in the government
asylum persons who are
Noves
to fill
ne
Biates
gloner West
that ther
not inean
for positions as Ameri-
will have
for
Applicants
Consul
instruction
Department
10
month
ssident Roosevelt
rip
Uctoner
ants’ Coal Con
Virginia and Pen
charges that the Baltimore
Rallroad is discriminating
the company in favor of the Ct
and Penn
attached in
West
land sylvania Rallroa
Importance gOme
ters
that
the
LO Nel Cure
he
presic
ment in
ome statement
Speaker Cannon
Ln use
viewed with
Experts have reported to the
Department that the
bam will by condaiti
BAD battieshis
pany pattiesnip
LAST HANGING IN JERSEY.
Put For Muardex
ff
fo
John
Libriola Death
HAZED THE MINISTER.
People
With
Fifty Young Give Pastor
Spanking Shingices
hingling he
The minister
» $14
tawned
birthday
good-naturedly
WORKHOUSE FOR CARRIE.
Mrs, Nation Sentenced To 75 Days In
Default Of Fine,
Washington (Special)
Mrs
to promise
on the girecet
was sent the
5 dave in default of the payment
of a fine of $35 She wag arrested
for disorderly conduct. 8he was ad-
dressing a crowd in front of the
Postoffice Department on the evil
effects of eigaretle smoking, and
when she to stop wae
In the po-
Carrie Nation
not to talk
in the future,
workhouse for
lice court
crowds
and to
refused
IN THE FINANCIAL WORLD.
Good commercial
delphia still brings
cent,
Bell Telephone
a quarterly dividend 1%
cent,
Banks of the United States
now lending $332.000.000 more than
they were one year ago.
New Haven Iron &
paper
6%
in
or 7 per
directors
of per
Steel, whose
SHRINKAGE COST OIL
KING $100,000,000
Rockefeller's Losses Owing to At-
tacks on Trust
A DROP OF $400 A SHARE
University of Chicago Has Lost Two
Millions Owing to Depreciation of
Shares of Standard Oil Held by In.
stitution Trust Has Earned However,
Since 1882 Nearly $900, 000,000,
We #3 i
New Record
York
stockholders
{ ii
(COIN
Russians Who Par
A Revolt,
More
irty Persons Dix
the Kosakah
Kotar A fire started in the min-
ar ad while
save
ing works, wore
being made the
was broken, flooding
iHage
were
water reserw
ia portion of Many
en and
victims
wom.
among the
i
Students Destroy Stean Hats,
Pittsburg {8p Ly
Carnegie Technica
150 of the
on the cami
required just 10
1000
UE Wore
850 to demolish
po
the
other hats,
other
many of
who bad no
| threatens to take up
as loro
the matter
Auto Crashes Into Pole.
Colorado Springs. Col. (Special)
A powerful racing aetomobile, occu-
pind hy seven prominent Elke and o
chanffeur, and built to hold but three
passengers, while running at a terrif-
{ ie rate craghed into a telephone pol
| at the bottom of the West Husrfano
Street hill here nnd was wrecked
i Pour of the occupants were killed,
land the others were more of less
| seriously Wurt. The party was re.
$642,000, while net profits were $23,
500,
Manitou, at the time of the acci-
dent.