AN AWFUL EXPOSE
OF THE ICE TRUST
Sensational Charges of Gouging
and Deceit
THE SUIT BEGIN IN NEW YORK.
Attorney General Mayer Asks for
the Dissolution of the Trust of
Whoiie $46,325,488 of Stock $33,260,
606 Represents No Tangible Asset
Restricting the Output.
New York (Special). Attorney
General Julius Mayer, in the name
of the people of the State of New
York, began an action against the
American Ice Companw la the Sup
reme Court of New York County
for the dissolution of the so-called
Ice Trust. A summoms and com
plaint issued here was forwarded to
the New York City representatives
of the Attorney General for service
upon the proper offlclalB of the com
pany. The complaint alleges as a prin
cipal feature of the scheme and
arrangement" by which the company
secured a practical monopoly of the
natural and artificial Ice output and
distribution, especially in Greater
New York and the communities in
that vicinity, that it secured control
of the Main Ice field and caused a
reduction there last year of the usual
hnrvest from a million and a half tons
to one-third of that amount. The
other sources of supply are alleged
to be similarly controlled.
The key to the Ice situation in
New York City is pointed out as ly
ing In the company's cc'itrol of the
"Ice bridges" or landing depotB, by
which means, it. la ulleged, the com
pany Is enabled to fix the price of
Ice, resulting last summer in an In
crease from 11.20 a ton at the
bridges to $5 aud $0 a ton to the
independent dealers, who are alleged
to be controlled by the company,
and who supply the retail trade.
It Is aid that by the time the
Ice reached the poorer customers it
cost them at the rate of $10 to $14
a ton.
Accused Of Double Dealing.
Correspondence of the company
with its agents nnd others is quoted
to show that at the very time when
the company war, urging its custo
mers to be careful in their purchase
and consumption of ice, owing to the
shortage of supply, it was Informing
Its agents that the ice situation
from the company's standpoint was
satisfactory, und that offers were
being received from various sources,
especially from Maine Independent
producers, of ample supplies, and
the company was at that time refus
ing to accept these offers on any
terms. It lrt contended that the ef
forts of the company were designed
to create a popular impression that
an Ice famine was Impending, in or
der to forestall public clamor against
a contemplated enormous inrrease in
the price to consumers, which in
crease did. in fact, take place.
It la declared by the Attorney
General that on the Hudson River
the American Ice Company owns all
ut 17 of the 141 icehouses, aud
that It contracted with the Mountain
Ice Company, operating in New Jer
sey and Pennsylvania, to restrict, its
sales in Brooklyn, whereby the free
pursuit of the lee business in that
borough was prevented; that it had
like agreements with various Inde
pendent concerns along the HuJson
River anJ elsewhere to prevent their
entering the field of competition in
production or distribution of either
natural or manufactured ice.
MIXER LOSING HW MISI.
Kurruonclrd Hy Corpses He Believes
They Are LuugliliiK At Him.
Bakersfield, California (Special).
Though only a few feet of earth
nnd stone separate L. B. Hicks, the
miner entombed in Granite Mountain
!.y a tunnel collapse, from freedom,
the slightest mistake of his rescuers
will crush out the life of the man
who. for days, has lived in a night
Mnck hole with death threatening
every moment.
For 14 days Hicks has end.-.rc-!
tortures. Without, light and terror
biting at his soul by fears- that any
moment would lie his last. Hicks has
many times bordered on Insanity.
'July 'the voices of hi friends com
ing to him through the gas pipe with
which he is fed has been able to keep
lilm from madness. Sometime the
miner Is happy and again he is
plunged In despair. He can feel the
bodies of his five dead companions
about Mm.
"1 can see Jim's foot in this hell
hole," lie yelled to Ills rescuers. "It's
moving, I think. They are laughing,
too."
"If you don't shut up. Hicks," said
a miner, shouting through the tube,
"I'll Jump right down the pipe and
lilinke your head off."
In this way Hicks' mind was
drawn from his Illusions by the mill
ers. "We'll get you out soon," shouteJ
a. grizzled miner.
"Well, be careful," replied I licks,
"or this fool mountain will sit on my
chest."
Hick diH-k a gallon of uilik to
day He said tlat the fine cut. tobac
co which had been slipped to him
through the pipe was a life-saver.
He he would have rather had
that chew than got out.
I A I'ill'i no W hite?
Wutiilugtoa, I). C. (Special I. The
scl.ooi authorities of Washington
have been caliei upon to decide
whether a Filipino la white or col
ored. The problem was brought be
fore them hy Major M. F. Waltz,
Culled Slates Army, who sent a com
munication unking that his Filipino
servant, 22 years old, be admitted to
the white s'hools of Washington.
After much discussion tne question
was referred to a committee, which
has not yet reported.
A Jicve Anieiicuii Peeress,
London (By Cable). The uewent'
American peeress Is; Hermlone,
daughter of the lute 13. W. H. Scheu
ley, of Pittsburg, Pa., who was mar
ried !n Loudon to Lord Kllenborough.
u retired cop'iiodive of tlio Koyul
Nivy. The biUi- wore a robe ot
white velvet, draned with old 'ace,
nnd u white velvet toque. The
Vridegroom, who lial long bet'n re
garded as a confi-r.iej bachelor, p-i:--
iiipttted In r.nval oprutlons In th
Baltic so lo-.g r.:: bj the HukUu.i
war of 1805.
THE KffiJFJE WEEK,
Domestic
Bishop Charles C. McCabe, known
better as "Chaplain" McCabe, died
In a New York Hospital from apo
plexy, with which he was stricken
while passing through that city re
cently while on his way to Philadel
phia. On application of the National
Steel and Wire Company a receiver
has bpen appointed for the National
Wire Corporation, which operated a
large plant in Maine.
It was testified before the Inter
state Commerce Commission in Min
neapolis that a scarcity of labor Is at
the bottom of the railroad car short
age. K, Dereylan, who claimed he was
the son of a Russian admiral and
married, and who died In Arizona,
turns out to be a woman.
Mrs. Jackson 1. Case, twice a wid
ow and worth $10,000,000. and John
W. Dalmnn, a Standard Oil official,
were married In Chicago.
The Hub colliery. In Nova Scotia,
which has been afire five days, will
be flooded by water trom the At
lantic Ocean.
George Rurnham, Jr., general
counsel for the Mutual Reserve Life
Insurance Company, recently convict
ed of larcny, was sentenced to serve
two years In state prison..
The Ann Arbor Railway and the
Toledo Ice and Coal Company have
been Indicted on 155 counts each,
charged with double rebating on Ice
shipments.
The publisher and a writer for
the Morning Telegraph, of New York,
were fined $50 each by Judge Deven
dorf for criticising the Gillette case.
It is declared that Mrs. Catherine
Nelll, charged with the death of her
husband, stabbed him while under
the Influence of morphine.
Col. G. K. Colton has been ap
pointed collector of customs at Ma
nila. He formerly was collector of
the port at Hollo.
Farmers of Idaho state that they
have been ruined by the Inability of
the railroads to move their wheat
crops.
Miss Hallie Amelie Rives and Post
Wheeler are to wed in Toklo, Japan.
The I'nlted State Casualty Com
pany, of New York, has obtained an
injunction In in Alabama court re
straining the Virginia-Carolina Chem
ical Company from removing any
books or papers needed In a suit filed
by the casualty company.
By a decision of the United States
Circuit Court of Chicago the Yerkes
millions will go to establish the hos
pital he planned for New York.
Chancellor Day, of Syracuse Uni
versity, denounces what he calls the
socialist movement against the
wealthy as "milltonalrephobia."
George T. Klramel, former cashier
of an Arkansas bank, who has been
In an Insane asylum in New York,
has been declared by a Jury to be
sane.
The nolice of Hazleton, Pa., have
been unable to obtain any clue to
the mystery of the corpse of a wom
an found in a barrel.
Dakota, Montana and Minnesota
are short of coal and railroad cars.
roreign.
Prof. Karl Hau, of Washington.
D. C, was remanded in London, for
extradition to Germany to answer
to the charge of murdering his moth
er-in-law at Baden-Baden.
Lord Ellenborough was married to
Miss Hermoine Schenley, of Pitts
burg, at St. George's, in Chelsea,
England, before a large crowd of
fashionable persons.
The French court has freed Ma
dame Anna Gould from all responsi
bility for the debts contracted by
her husband, except In a few minor
Instances.
The three hundredth anniversary
of the sailing of the first British col
ony for Jamestown, Va., was cele
brated with a banquet in London.
Two bombs were thrown at Chief
of Police Cheshanowski In Lodz, Rus
sian Poland, while he was driving
through one of the principal streets.
A court martial in Lille, France,
cleeraded Cataln Murqutez for refus
ing to obey orders in connection with I
the taking of a church Inventory.
Rioting attended the evacuation ol
the episcopal palace and seminary at
Nantes, Fiance.
Fifteej millions of people are re
ported to be starving In the famine j
district of China.
Eight terrorists were condemned
In Sledlce, Russian Poland, and shot.
Sir Kdward Sassoon ( Liberal-Un
ionist I, hi a speech In the House of
i Commons on the wirelosa Ulegraph
conference, contended that Great
Hiitain played second fiddle to Ger
. many.
j The Japanese consul at Honolulu
says the Japanese squadron will not
i go to San Francisco, as originally in
j tended, because of fear of a repeti-
tion of the Maine disaster.
I The steamer Prinzessln Victoria
I Luise. whic h went ashore off Port
! Royal, Jamaica, Sunday night, 13
i likely to become a total wreck,
j The French government will not
for the present press the question
I of treating recalcitrant priests as snb-
jeets or a foreign power.
! George Armstrong, son of Mine.
! Melba, the opera singer, was mar
ried to Miss Ruby Otwa.v In London.
I A general strike has begun in all
tho ports of Italy and commerce Is
paralyzed.
Hair a million people are destitute
in Klangsu, China.
Luzzuttl, ex-minister of the Italian
treasury, in an address In Rome, de
clared Japan and other Asiatic races
were superior to the white races lr.
the matter of religious toleration.
Professor Koch, of Germany, is re
ported to have discovered a cure for
the sleeping sickness in Africa and
his experiments upon the native.) have
been successful.
The Premier of New South Wales
has protested against any Interfer
ence by the imperial commonwealth
In the rights of the state governments
in state affairs.
The Hamburg - American Line
steamer Prinzessln Victoria Lulse,
from New York, stranded off Port
Royal. Jamaica, and Captain Bron
slng committed suicide.
The British Premier announced
that the program of the second peace
conference would Include the ques
tion of 'he limitation of armament.
The Spanish government has no
tified the Vatican that it cannot take
charge of the archives of the papal
nunciature at Pari.
RaUull, the bandit chief, has been
threatening the French and Spanish
e;;i-t cf Tiie, M o-"o:.
BIG STEAMBOAT IS
BLOWN TO ATOMS
Many
Lives Are Lost In
the
Mississippi River.
OVER A SCORE ARE MISSING.
The W. T. Scovell, riying Between
Vicksburg and Davla Rend, la Blown to
Rita by an Explosion That Occurred
While She Was Taking on Freight at
Gold Dust Landing, Near Vl.kaburg.
Vicksburg, Miss. (Special). One
of the most disastrous accidents In
the history of the Mississippi River
occurred at 10 minutes past 11
o'clock Wednesday morning, when
the steamer W. T. Scovel, plying In
the Vicksburg aud David Bend trade,
was destroyed by an explosion.
Owing to the large number of ne
groes on board It la Impossible to as
certain the exact number of the dead
and Injured, but officers of the boat
who arrlted here alate that no less
than 10 nor more than 16 were
killed. The probabilities are that a
like number were Injured.
The number of dead and Injured
negroes cannot be stated at this time,
but of a crew and passenger list of
about 50, about half are missing.
The negro dead were cared format
the place where the accident oc
curred, as were some of the Injured.
About five of the injured negroes
were brought to Vicksburg on the
steamer Senator Cordell with the
white dead and Injured. The acci
dent occurred at Gold Dust Landing,
about 17 miles south of Vicksburg.
The Scovell was at the landing
taking on freight, when suddenly a
terrific explosion occurred and the
boat was blown practically to atoms.
Many of the timbers of the boat
were thrown hundreds of yards, and
some of those on board were blown
almost as far.
The pilot house und front part of
the cabin were blown to splinters, and
some parts of the boat were so badly
damaged that she began to sink im
mediately. When the Cordell left
here she was listing heavily and her
cargo of 1,000 sacks of cottonseed
and 50 bales of cotton will be lost.
Pending the arrival of the Senator
Cordell, the Injured were cared for
at Gold Dust Landing as well as pos
sible. Of the white dead only the body
of Lavell Yeager has been recovered.
Wade Quackenboss was heard to call
for help soon after the explosion, but,
according to the reports of those who
were on the boat, escaping steam
soon smothered his cries. Captain
Quackenboss was not seen after the
accident.
Pilot Dougherty was blown several
hundred feet out Into the river", but
despite a dislocated shoulder man
aged to swim to the bank.
The Injured were taken' to the
Vicksburg hospitals.
The captain was one of the oldest
and best known residents of this city
and was well known to every man on
the river. The steamer Scovell was
only recently purchased by him and
others for the Vicksburg and Davis
Bend trade. The boat was Insured
for $6,000.
SEA INTO BURNING MINE.
Nova Scotia Coal Colliery Has Been
Ablaze Five Days.
Glace Bay, N. S. (Special). Other
means having failed the tides of the
Atlantic Ocean will be utilized by the
Dominion Coal Company to drown
out the fire that has been raging since
Friday In the Hub Colliery. Day and
night shifts of men are being em
ployed to open, up a concrete dam
placed some years ago at the base
of a cliff about a quarter of a mile
from the pit mouth, where formerly
old rooms were worked. An old pas
sage .Is being cleat ed out, and as
soon as this work is done the dam
will be broken down and the rising
tides will flow into the old rooms p.nd
thence into the pit where the fire
Is burning 60 feet below the sea
level. In a week It Is expected the
sea will flood nearly the entire mjne.
In another coal mine In this province
a fire has been btirning for about two
years.
KOBltKI) OK $o,ooo.
Woman Who Hud No Fultli In Banks
Loses Money.
Philadelphia (Special). Mrs. Ella
V. Kober was robbed of $6,000 by a
pickpocket in the holiday crowds In
tne shopping district here. The
money was paid to Mrs. Kober by
the Pennsylvania Railroad In settle
ment of a claim on the death of her
husband, who was knle.-; In the elec
tric railroad thoroughfare wreck near
Atlantic City two months ago. Mrs.
Kober had no faith In banks and had
refused to accept a check from the
railroad in payment ot the claim and
demanded cash. She received 30
$100 and 6 $500 notes, which Bhe
sewed In a secret poo. et In an un
derskirt. White shopping with a friend bhe
discovered that the pocket had been
cut from her skirt and the money
taken.
Consul Fairehlld Head.
'Mukden (By Cable). The Ameri
can vice consul general, Nelson Fair
child, shot and killed himself. It is
believed that the shooting was acci
dental. Funeral services will be held
tomorrow. There Is a unlvetsal feel
Ins of sympathy.
Four File Victims.
Buffalo, N. Y. (Special). Four
persons were killed and one was fa
tally burned In a small fire in the
Zenobla Apartment House, on Pros
pect Avenue at the corner of West
Huron Street. Other occupants of
the place had narrow escapes, half
a dozen being rescued by the fire
men. The blaze was a amall one and
was quickly brought under control
by the firemen.
Killed Hy Dynamite.
Savannah, Ga. (Special), By the
explosion of dynamite In the fire
works factory of Joseph Carbo and
John Nlva, Italians, at 531 Anderson
Street, one fireman was burned to
death, another was fatully burned, an
assistant fire chief and another fire
man were seriously and possibly
burned.
The proprietors were painfully
burned and a bov was struck In the.
face by flying debris and severely
hurt. Carbo and Nlvn, were counting
-jr;:cdoei they had manufactured.
AT THE NATION'S CAPITAL
Soma Interesting Happening Briefly
Told.
Joseph W. Lee was nominated by
the President to be minister to Gua
temala and Honduras.
President Roosevelt's Panama mes
sage is to be reprinted for the Senate
in "normal" spelling.
Senator Elklns introduced a bill
to carry Into effect several .of the
recommendations of the Secretary
of the Treasury to enable him to ex
tend relief to money markets.
William A. Held & Co. by ft bid
of 105.777 for all or any part of the
$2,000,000 bond bssue for improve
ments In Manila obtained the greater
part of the issue.
8enator Berry presented telegrams
objecting to the recent order of the
Secretary of the Interior in withdraw
ing lands trom allotment in Indian
Territory.
Representative Gregg, of Texas,
Introduced a bill to purchase 15 sub
marine torpedo boats at a total cost
of $5,000,000.
Ten of the South American repub
lics have accepted Invitations to be
represented at the Jamestown Ex
position. The Senate passed a bill providing
for a bridge across the Allegheny
River near Pittsburg.
Senator Patterson introduced Jn
Hi. oannta a resolution for an in
vestigation of the reports that a lobby
has been endeavoring vo inuueuco
matters relative to the Congo Free
State.
In the Senate the increasing ex
penditures for the Army and Navy
establishments were deplored.
Director Wolcott. of the Geologi
cal Survey, was before the Senate
committee investigating tne values
of the coal and oil lands In Oklahoma
and Indian Territory.
The Senate nassed a bill to inves
tigate the industrial, social, moral,
educational and physical condition
of women and child workers.
The Department of Commerce and
Labor, decided that foreign laborers
assisted to migrate by a State are
not liable to deportation..
The House Committee on Banking
and Currency reported the elastic
currency measure, which alms to re
lieve the money stringency.
President Roosevelt transmitted to
Congress Secretary Metcalf's report
on the Japanese situation In San
Francisco.
The Senate passed a bill making
a million-dollar governmental loan
to the Jamestown Exposition mana
gers. Hinging Director's Suicide.
Mayville", Wis. (Special). William
F. Berchert. believed to have be
come Insane through brooding over
the refusal of a New York manager
to accept an opera which Berchert
had written, committed suicide here
by hanging himself to the side ladder
on a freight car. Berchert had for
a number of years been director of
singing societies In Milwaukee,
Maysvllle and other Wisconsin cities.
New Way To Get Cars.
Philadelphia (Special). A new
In the rebate discrimina
tion suits against the Pennsylvania
Railroad Company has Decn insti
tntorf In ilio ITnlted States Circuit
In this cltv hv the Lozan Coal
Company. It is In a form of a peti
tion for a writ of alternative manaa
mtts i to compel the corporation to
make a pro rata distribution of coal
cars.
Crater of Vesuvius Tumbles.
Naples, ( Special ).4-Another por
tion. of the crater of Mount Vesuvius
fell in and caused a great eruption
of ashes, cinders and sand. It was
not preceded or accompanied, how
ever, by either detonations or earth
shocks. In the afternoon for a peri
od of 20 minutes a rather heavy rain
of ashes fell over Naples, and an
other portion of the crater, on the
side toward Pompeii, fell in.
Hit Slieiin'a Daughter.
Bristol, Va. (Special). A heavily
armed posse is following the trail of
Wesley Wilkes, condemned negro,
and a white desperado named Eaton,
who escaped . from the Gate City
(Va.) Jail, after murderously as
saulting Sheriff Broadwater and af
ter the negro had seriously wounded
the Sheriff's daughter by biting her.
The men made their way to the.
mountains of East Tennessee, and
bloodhounds are on their trail.
Girls Hurt At Basketball.
Trenton, N. J. (Special). Miss
Helen Lee Is Buffering from a broken
leg and Miss Julia Goldberg has u
sprained ankle as the result ' of a
girls' basketball game at the New
Jersey State Normal School. The
game will likely be barred by the
faculty.
L. & N. Raises Wages.
Louisville, Ky. (Special). The
Louisville and Nashville Railroad
gave notice that it has increased the
wages of its shopmen about 4 per
cent., effective December 1. The in
crease affects about 2,000 men. By
reason of the higher wages the pay
roll will be increased about $100,000
a year.
'UULIi
t Jersey Central has Increused Its
employees' wages from 10 to 20 per
ctnt.
St. Paul dropped over 13 points
on the announcement of the new
Issue of $100.000,0''j of stock.
Both Northern Pacific and Great
Northern, broke under 2 00. It has
not been long since those figures
would have looked remarkably low.
Before the various melon euttings,
Great Northern sold at. 34 8 and
Northern Pacific at 232 Ms.
The extraordinary ri?.o of Balti
more & Ohio when all 'other stocks
were so weak caused the impression
to prevail that the Union Pacific was
gathering up the stock while -the
market was so upset. A similar rea
son was attached to the comparative
strength of Reading.
The St. Paul's plan is voted very
unpopular and It was a godsend to
the bears, who were short of the
stock. The "rights" sold at 37 on
the curb.
Westlnghouse Electric & Manufac
turing Company declared a quarter
ly dividend of 2 H per cent, on pre
ferred and assenting and non-assenting
stocks.
The Bank of Germany ranted its
rate of discount from 6 to 7 per
-ent. The Bank or England's rate
remains at 6 per cent. These are the
nost powerful proofs how big the
lemand la in Europe for money.
THE CAPTAIN'S
COSTLY ERROR
Further Details of Wreck of Tourist
Steamer.
PILED UP ON A ROCKY LEDGE
The Prinzessln Victoria Luise Impaled
on a Rock and the Seat Pounding
Heavily on Her The Back Part
of the Captain's Head Shattered by
Rifle Bullet.
Kingston (By Cable). According
to reports received from Port Royal,
the Hamburg-American Line tourist
steamer Prinzessln Victoria Lulse,
which went ashore off that place dur
ing the night of December 16, la
likely to become a total wreck. The
vessel Is so close to shore that people
can almost walk walk on board of
her from the beach. 8he is Impaled
on a rock, and the seas are pounding
on her starboard side severely.
She has heeled heavily to star
board, and It can be seen that her
bottom Is badly damaged, and that
her boilers and engines are spveneiy
Injured. The Gnrman cruiser Bre
men Is still standing by the stranded
steamer and the steamer Virginia
went to the scene today to assist in
the Baivage work If possible, but the
latter returned here after seeing the
condition of the stranded ship.
The body of Captain Brunswig,
who killed himself In his cabin on
board the steamer after she went
ashore, was buried this afternoon.
The autopsy showed that the back
part of the Captain's head had been
completely 'shattered by a Tlite bul
let. The crew of the stranded vessel
started later In the day for Kings
ton. The Prinzessln Victoria Luise
Is now practically abandoned. She
fast Impaled on a rock, and the
seas are pounding her starboard side
severely.
One of the passengers of the Prin
zessln Victoria Lulse today gave the
following account of the disaster:
At about 9 o'clock on Sunday
night, when we were abreast of Port
Royal Light, the ship suddenly ap
peared to shudder; then she stopped,
and a terrible grinding noise was
heard from under her hull. The or
der was given to reverse the engines
and go full speed astern, but the
steamer remained fast.
"The discipline displayed by the
officers and crew was excellent.
Every man kept to his post, the pas
sengers retained their presence of
mind, and there was no panic. Rock
ets were sent up from the stranded
vessel, but apparently they were not
seen, for there was no response to
the signals from the shore. Eventu
ally the news of the wreck was taken
to Kingston by a sailboat, which
made slow progress, owing to the
fact that the breeze was light. Af
ter breakfast Monday we went
ashore, hunted up some native boats
ana made our way to Kingston.
The news of the suicide of Captain
Brunswig was kept from the passen
gers for sometime."
Norfolk, Va. (Special). The Nor
folk wrecking tug Rescue sailed from
here with the wrecking barge Sharp
for Kingston, Jamaica, to make an
effort to float the Hamburg-American
Line tourist steamer Prinzessln
victoria Lulse, which went ashore
off Port Royal Sunday night, while
bound from Kingston 'to New York.
THE DISMISSED THOOl'S.
The President Tells Senate Why He
Did It.
Washlngtoj (Special). President
Roosevelt, in response to a Senate
resolution asking him why he dis
missed the members of the Twenty-
fifth Regiment (colored infantry)
without honor, sent his reply to the
Senate, together with a full report of
the Investigation conducted by offi
cers on the ground.
The President wastes no words in
giving the Senate bis reasons, and
says that he Is glad of the opportuni
ty to do so. The President says that
the punishment meted out to the reg
iment was Inadequate, as "a blacker
crime than that committed never
stainted the annals of our army,"
and he regrets keenly that he is un
able to properly punish the real cul
prits. He resents with Indignation
the charge that the men were dis
missed because they were negroes and
the intimation that one of the offi
cers who conducted the investigation
was prejudiced against the troop3.
he being a Southerner.
The President concludes by chal
lenging "as a right the support of
every citizen of tnis country, what
ever his color, provided only he has
in him tlie spirit of genuine and fa--slghled
patriotism."
Accompanying the President's re
ply is a report by Secretary Taft, in
which he enters into an exhaustive
discussion of the law and the evi
dence in the case. He quotes the
authority for the President's action,
and with regard to the new evidence
presented savs he has examined it
with care and that he does not find
anything contained in it which
should lead to a different conclusion
of fact from that already stated In
his annual report.
Th question whether the 8enate
should make an Independent lnves
tieaii'v of the Brovnsvllle raid was
raised by Mr. Foraker Immediately
after the rending of the President's
niesag'. He offered a resolution
giving the Committee on Military Af-ml-
authority to make such Investi
gation if deemed necessary after con
sideration of the testimony transmit
ted by the President.
Ohio's Treasury Overflow lug.
Columbus, O. The surplus in the
state treasury now Is the largest In
the history of that state $4,750,
356.39. The size of the surplus is
due to the Aiken law Increasing the
saloon tax. It is estimated that by
the end of January the surplus will
bo nearly $6,000,000.
Iiuri;liirs Hob A I'oHtofliee.
Macon, Ga., (Special). Burglars
broke into the postoftice at Broxton,
Ga., blew open the safe and secured
stamps and nloney to the value of
$500. No clue to the robbers.
Convicted of Assault.
Atlanta, Ga. (Special). Robert
Turnage, a. white man,. 28 years of
age, was convicted of an attempt a'
assault ppon Mrs. Carrie Comstock
the wife of a city water meter reaJj
and a solicitor for a cooking com
noun. The Jury was out but a short
time and roturued with a verdict o
"Guilty," with the recommendatlo'
for mercy. Judge Roan then said i
1eferenc to the recommendation fo
mercy he would make the sentcne
15 years' penal servitude. The ma:;'
nam puiis'"ntnt is jW years.
THREE STATES SHORT OF COAL
The Ralroads Too Busy Hauling Bum
' per Crops.
Minneapolis, Minn. (Special) Tnu
Northwest faces the most serious fuel
famine Blnce 1903, when several
deaths occurred, when farmers aban
doned their claims and extreme hard
ships wero endured by thousands.
The present famine has really only
Just begun, and it Is still possible to
avert It If the railroads will furnish
motive power to move Immense coal
plies In Duluth and West Superior.
While the coal companies are clam
oring for cars and railroads are mak
ing excuses, mayors of a dozen towns
In Dakota, Montana and Minnesota
are telegraphing news of shortage
and the necessity for Immediate ac
tion to Washington to the governors
of their respective states and to the
editors of the Twin City newspapers.
Some of the towns which have
made the vigorous protests are Gran
ville, N. D., where 15 cars arc needed
immediately to avert suffering;
Galesburg, N. D which thinks fed
eral troops could not be better em
ployed than in running special coal
cars; Glenburn, N. D., where farm
ers are camping together in village
schools to conserve the scanty supply
of fuel; Castleton, N. D., where there
is a' general shortage, and where the
lighting plant may have to be shut
down; Elvelh, Minn., which faces
darkness from the same cause; La
kota, N. D., which sent a representa
tive to Washington to tell Its tou
bles to the federal authorities.
Raising a bumper crop and look
ing forward to a season of great pros
perity the farmers now find them
selves unable to get their wheat to
market, or even to purchase fuel.
Investigation of the Interstate Com
merce Commission, which began
here Monday, may reveal the cause
of the sluggishness of the railroads.
That politics of some sort is back of
the situation Is confidently believed
throughout the farming districts.
F. K. Lane and James S. Harlan,
of the Interstate Commerce Commis
sion, opened at Mlnncandpolis an In
quiry on complaints against railroads
in the Northwest for the existing car
shortage. The hearing opened with
the reading of a formal statement by
Commissioner Lane. He stated that
the present Inquiry would be further
prosecuted Ui other parts of the
country. It is the purpose of the
committee to enter fully Into the
conditions attaching to the movement
of freight In the Northwest; and to
further this investigation the com
mission has for the past two weeks
had a corps of trained Investigators
In the field.
Investigation of the present fam
ine crisis in the Northwest may not
stop with the Investigation of the
Interstate Commerce Commission. It
Is probable that in every affected
state, but. notably Minnesota, North
and South Dakota and Montana, the
subject will be made a matter for
legislative Investigation. Northwest
ern coat dealers have indicated to the
large shippers here that they 'plan
to stir up an official Investigation in
their states. Towns that are suffer
ing now, or have been held In the
grip of winter and the famine, are
laying their cases before their legis
lators and are asking that the sub
ject be brought up at the coming
sessions of the state legislatures, and
action taken to prevent a repetition. .
POISOXKD ONE BY ONE.
Postmortem IteveaU Wholesale Crime
In Chicago.
Chicago (Special). Arsenic was
responsible for the death of at least
two members of the Vrzal family, six
of whom died within a few months of
each other, according to a chemical
examination completed Monday.
Herman Billik, a fortuneteller, is
now in Jail ou a charge ot having
administered poison to the familj
so that the mother of the dead chil
dren could collect the insurance mon
ey. Mrs. Vrzal was found dead in
her home two weeks ago, a few hourt
after an investigation into tho cause
of the death of tho other members
of the family was begun. At first It
was believed she committed suicide,
but the police are of tho opinion that
she was killed to conceal the cause.
of death of the children.
The bodies of Blla and Mary,
daughters of Mrs. Vrzal, were ex
humed last week. Professor Haine.1,
of Rush Medical College, and Dr.
Lewke, of the coroner's staff, toduy
found ai-Eenlc in the liver and tho
stomach of both girls in sufficient
quantities to case death, according
to tho doctors.
The bodies of the other four mem
bers of the family will now be ex
humed. A Counsel I'udcr A Cloud.
Washington (Speciul). The Slate
Department has sent out an order to
all American counsels In Europe to
look out for Frederick McMastcrs,
of New York, und to communicate
with the authorities In case he is
found. McMasters was recently re
moved as consul to Zanzibar on
charges filed by Sir Charles Harding,
the British under secretary. Harold
Van Buren, the American consul at
Nice, has reported to the State De
partment that McMasters Induced
him to become surety for a $1,000
note by representing that he was on
his way out to his post.
The British liaige Presented.
Washington (Speciul). Sir Morti
mer Durand, the British ambassa
dor, called oa Secretary Root and
presented Esnc Howard, the new sec
retary, of embassy, and who will be
charge d'af.'alres pending the ap
pointment of a Bin-censor to Ambassa
dor Durand. Later the Ambassador
and Mr. Howard paid official visits to
Secretary Taft and olher officials of
the War Department. Ambassador
Durand will sail for England on the
29th Inst., and meantime will be
given a series of farewell dluners
Cotton Factory ItitUcs Pay.
Blddeford, Me. (Special). The
'cperell Manufacturing Company an
nounced an advance in wages of
ubout 6 per cent. Tho new rate will
go Into effect December 31. About
3,000 are employed, the mill being
rated as the third largest cotton fac
'ory in this country. ,
Arguments on the demurrers of
the railways und grain firms charged
by Indictment with giving und rorelv
ng rebatei, were begun in tho I'nlU'd,
"r'.el Court ttt Mlnr.ca ioll i.
KEW TURK OAT Of DT
Some of the Things Dons Daily in tta
Metropolis.
nfaxlmn For Kngnged Couples. ,
If a- young man allows his sweet-,
heart to go to places of amusement
with other men, he Is a foolish fel
low. If a young woman who is engaged
to be married accepts the attention
f other men, she Is a silly girl,
It makes no difference whether
the "other men" referred to are
friends of either party.
Sweethearts' attention Is directed
:o the Judicial wisdom, which was
Handed out by Magistrate Crane.
Tho Magistrate's advico was directed
particularly to Tillle Rosonbaum and
Arthur Samuels. They, who are
iweethearts, had caused the arrest
sf Nathan Davis on a charge of cir
culating reports that reflected upon
the good name of the girl. A fort
night ago Samuels, being obliged to
work, permitted Davis to take his
weetheart to a dance. It Is charged
that ever since that night Davis has
been saving things about Miss Rosen
baum. Samuels and the girl both
wanted Davis sent to prison, but the
magistrate dismissed the case after
DaMs signed a written retraction.
"Mttle Tim" Gives His Views.
A resolution to pay William M.'
Ivlns $12,500 for his services as
counsel to the committee of Alder
men which investigated the Street
Cleaning Department last spring
took up the time of Aldermen Thurs
day and elicted a notable speech from
Alderman Sullivan. Alderman Sulli
van asked that the resolution go over
so mat he could look into the mat
ter. He said that Mr. Ivins had spent
only 20 working days on the inves
tigation and that the proposed com
pensation was exorbitant. "From
what Mr. Ivlns told me," said Alder
man Peters, "I thought he was going
to do the work for nothing." "When
Alderman Peters Is a few years old
er," said Alderman Sullivan, "he'll
discover that reformers like me and
Ivins never does nothing for noth
ing for anything."
His "Sinn" Client A Woman.
An action against the Inter
Borough Street Railway was with
drawn by Lawyer Emmanuel L. Sil
bersteln because he found that his
client, the plaintiff, who had appeared
as a man, was a woman. The sup
posed "man" wore her hair cropped
short, shaved her chin, and wore a
black sack suit which fitted her well.
The lawyer himself was mystified
over the revelation. "I first became
aware that there was something
queer about my client," he said,
"when she refused to be examined
by my physician. I had had an offer
of a settlement of the case from the
Railroad Company. She had refused
it. I had then told her that she
would have to be examined by my
physician, who would be called to
testify In the suit. When I told her
this she grew pale and bolted from
my office. I have not seen her since,
nor have I been able to find her."
Wouldn't Tell Who He Was.
It was about 3 o'clock A. M., when
Mrs. E. Frank Galloway was awaken
ed by the opening of a door of her
room. She saw a man ot heavy
build, medium height and fairly well
dressed. Mrs. Galloway asked him
who be was and what he wanted.
The burglar made no reply but coolly
picked up a bundle of things he had
gathered together from the table,
with Mrs. Galloway looking en and
still demanding to know who he was,
but the burglar paid no attention to
her and climbed out. a rear window
through which he, forced his entrance
to the house. After the thief had
gone1 she gave an alarm.
fhnnce For BOO Hichool Ma'ams.
Five hundred teachera are needed
In New York's public schools be
cause the course of instruction at the
Normal College has been lengthened
to seven vyears. This was the ex
planation ot the great number of
vacancies In Manhattan given by
Superintendent Maxwell at the meet
ing of the Board of Education yes
terday. Another reason for the
shortage in teachers, he said, was
the rule of keeping the elementary
grades in the schools free from over
age pupils. This rule necessitated
separate classes for these larger pu
pils, and there weren't enough teach
ers to take charge of them. .
To Fight An Chicken Diet.
The women ot the Brownsville
section of Brooklyn held a mass-meeting
the other night and resolved to
eat chickens In the future,, that they
might boycott the Beef Trust. The
meeting was called to order by Is
rael Reichman, who Informed them
that the women pickets sent out dur
ing the day had succeeded in closing
several more butchers' shops In
Brownsville. The resolution to eat
chickens Instead of beef was adopted
by a vote of 320 to 4.
Chief Of Terrorists Here.
Almost direct from Siberia, whence
tie escaped in a barrel of sauerkraut,
Sregory Gerschunln, most famous ot
the Russian terrorists and chief of
their fighting committee, arrived In
this city Wednesday.
ODDS AND ENDS.
The population of Rangoon Is 250,
000, of which 3,200 are European)
and Americans. In the city and dis
trict are 80 rice mills, 32 sawmills,
2 oil works, iron works, 2 ship
building yardB antM2 ice factories.
An old woman who has Just died
at Wisbech, Germany, at the age ol
S4, wrote her own obituary notice
on the day before her death, and also
made a list ot all the - friends to
whom she wished memorial card
to be sent.
The ingenuity of collectors In the
discovery of new fields having been
exhausted, .there is still open to them
that of collecting the finest specimens
ot forged or spurious works ot art,
and this Is capable ot becoming a
hobby scarcely less Interesting or ad
mirable than the pursuit of the genu
ine article. Art Journal.
' A newly Imported wood for use In
high-class cabinet and piano work is
the Tasmanian myrtle, described by
the Timber Trades Journal, of Lon
don. It is of a rich pink color,
moderately hard and very c!o:q
grained, taking a ood finish and
working well and smoothly,
Consul John C. Covert reports from
Lyon that the discussion during the
'last few years of a French wins
trust has recently culminated in au
organization, into which, a nurobor
of large winegrowers have entered
for the purpose of keeping jp -Ui
price ot their product.