1 1
OHM OIL COMPANY
MM OF REBATING
tfendant Wilt Fijht Against Decision
of Judge Landis.
WAS BITTERLY SCORED BY COURT.
MHala Responsible For Alleg ed Viols
Hon of Anti-Trust Law Compared
With Conntrfeitcrs and Mall Rob.
km-Special Grand Jury To Inquire
Into Arts of Chicago and Alton.
BLOW TO MILLIONAIRES.
The flue Imposed by Judge
Landis Is believed to be the larg
est In the history of the world
and Is the maximum that could
be Imposed.
The sum of $29,240,000 rep
resent a fine of $20,000 on 1,462
carload lots of oil on which re
bates were obtained.
The Standard Oil paid but six
oent freight, wbile other indus
tries were charged 18 cents.
Judge Landis said the methods
of Standard Oil were a greater
meuaco thau counterfeiting or
robbing the malls, and that Its
officials resorted to crime to pro
duce dividends.
He scored the trust magnates
for studied Insolence and ridi
culed their virgin guilt.
The Judge instructed the grand
jury to begin criminal proceed
ings against the Chicago and Al
ton road, which may involve E.
H. Harriman.
John D. Rockefeller owns 27
per cent, of Standard Oil.
Chicago (Special). Judge Kene
aaw It, Landis. in the United States
District Court, fined the Standard Oil
Company of Indiana $29,240,000 for
violations of the law against accept
ing rebates from railroads. The fine
Is the largest ever assessed against
any Individual or any corporation in
the history of American criminal Jur
isprudence, and is slightly more than
181 times as great as the amount
received by the company through Its
rebating operations. The case will
bo carried to the higher courts by the
defendant company.
The penalty imposed upon the
company is the maximum permitted
Under the law, and it was announced
at the end of a long opinion, in which
the methods and practices of the
Standard Oil Company were merci
lessly scored. The Judge, in fact,
declared in bis opinion that the of
ficials of the Standard Oil Company
who were responsible for the prac
tices of which the corporation was
found guilty were no better than
counterfeiters and thieves, his ex
act language being:
Worse Than Criminals,
"We may as well look at this sit
uation squarely. The men who thus
deliberately violate this law wound
society more deely than does he who
counterfeits the coin or steals letters
from the mall."
The court held that the railroads
have no more right to make a secret
rate for a shipper than a board of
assessors would have to make a se
cret assessment of any particular
piece of property.
The court expressed regret that
the law failed to provide more seri
ous punishment than a fine, hut in
sisted that the penalty would be
sufficiently large to act as a deter
rent, and not of such a size as to
ncourage the defender to persist In
lawlessness.
At the conclusion of his opinion,
and after announcing the amount of
the fine, Judge Landis directed that
a special grand jury be called for
the purpose of inquiring into the
acts of the Chicago aud Alton Rail
road Company, it having been prov
ed In the case just closed that the
oil company accepted rebates from
that corporation. This Jury is sum
moned for August 14.
HiiIkuII'k Threat.
Tangier, Morocco (By Cable). At
the request of the British minister
here, Gerard A. Lowther, made upon j
the receipt of a letter from Cald Sir
Harry MacLean, stating that Ralsull,
who holds him prisoner, threatens
to put him to death unless the troops
of the government are withdrawn
from the Elkmes territory, Moham
med Gabbas, tht minister of war,
ordered the suspension of all opera
tions against Ralsull.
Alabamu, Too?
Montgomery, Ala. ( Special ) . The
general prohibition bill of Mr. Hen
ley, which was reported adversely
by the House Committee on Temper
ance, was taken from the adverse
calendar and placed on the favorable
calendar for consideration. The
House by an almost unanimous vote
suspended the rules for this purpose,
Speaker Carmlchael, who vacated the
chair, making the motion.
Figured In Goehel Assassination.
Georgetown, Ky. (Special). "Tal
low Dick" Combs, made notorious
by the Goehel assasslnution, while
crossing a high trestle was run down
and killed by a train. Combs was
Indicted with Youtsey, Powers, Whlt
Uker and Davis, and lay for months
In Jail here acruted of assassinating
Goehel. The cast; against him was
dismissed.
Lightning strike-. Four.
Jacksonville, Fla. ( Special) . At
Fulton, 15 miles from here, four per
sons were struck by lightning, one
tkf them, Charles L. Eddy, Jr., 14
years old, being killed. The bolt
ran down the fiont of a building,
aud, entering a door, struck the boy
on the neck, breaking the spinal
cord. The three others In the build
ing who were struck were rendered
unconscious, but all recovered with
in an bour.
I'.n- iipture Jups.
Victoria, B. C. (By Cable). Ad
vices were received of an attempted
onslaught on seals by the Japanese
sealing nohoonern Kulke and Midori,
on June 1, on the seal rooker it
Copper lulu ml guurded by Russians.
The schooner KuuVe returned to -Japan
and reported three saillug boats
and 12 men captured and one man
shot by Russians. The Midori, which
had anchored close to the Kaike, was
flu it on by the Russian rookery
guard. A mast was dan, aged by shell
fire from a Held gun on shore.
THE NEWS OF THE WEEK,
Domestic.
The bat of a Callfornlan blew over
board from a steamer In Sao Joa
quin River. He leaped after it, res
cued It and, when hauled aboard, he
displayed $2,000 under lining of the
recovered derby.
A Bristol (Tenn.) husband em
ployed a duplicate telephone by
which he heard conversations be
tween his wife and her admirers.
A suit for divorce : pending.
Lightning set Are to the large
plant of the Armour Fertilizer Com
pany In Jacksonville, Fla. Loss,
$100,000: covered by Insurance.
Nine politicians were Indicted at
Binghamton, N. Y., on charges of
fraud In expenditure of state appro
priation for public roads.
Swift Tar bell, Edward L. Woode
son and William Catching were ser
iously Injured In an automobile acci
dent In New York.
Newporters will he disappointed to
learn that the President will not
come to that resort aa it was rumor
ed he would.
Six snow-white horses have been
engaged by the labor unions of Den
ver, Col., to draw the carriage which
will take William D. Haywood from
I'nion Station to his hotel. It Is said
that 50.000 people will join in a
great welcome to the secretary-treasurer
of the Western Federation of
Miners.
Fred Magill and his wife. Faye
Graham Magill, were indicted by a
grand Jury at Clinton, 111., on six
counts charging them with the mur
der of Magill's first wife.
Actor Harry Woodruff, who was
reported as engaged to marry Anna
Gould before she wedded Count Bonl
de Castellane, denies tbat he will
marry the heiress.
The Northwest Is facing a coal
famine, owing to Great Lakes ves
sels being busy hauling Iron ore.
The roof of an oil tank ablaze at
Edgewater, N. J., was hurled a mile
by an explosion.
The 15,000 coal miners in the
Pittsburg district will not go on a
strike.
The excitement caused In New
York by the recent atrocious crimes
against women and children was
greatly Increased by the discovery of
the body of an eight-year-old girl In
the cellar of an East Side tenement.
The child had been assaulted aud
then murdered. There were marks
on the throat, indicating that, per
haps, the little one was strangled.
Congressman Jenkins, chairman
of the House Judiciary Commltee,
expresses regret that a compromise
was reached in the North Carollua
railroad rate regulation case. He
says such agitation brings on civil
war.
Robert Stubbs, for many years a
butler in the service of former Vice
President Levi P. Morton, has retir
ed with a fortune of $100,000.
The Carolina and Northwestern
Railroad Company will accept the
2-cent rate In North Carolina.
Former Governor Joseph F. Johns
ton was elected senator from Ala
bama to succeed the late Senator
Pettus.
Policeman Stephen S. Walsh, of
New York, accused of cowardice In
falling to arrest Frank Warner, who
shot and killed Miss Norltng. was
stripped of his shield and buttons
by Commissioner Bingham and es
corted out of police headquarters.
Special Judge J. E. Robins, after
denying the allegation of counsel for
Caleb Powers that he was too preju
diced to sit in the case, vacated the
bench, necessitating the naming of
another judge to try the man accus
ed of Governor Goebel's murder.
The Woodworkers' and Carpenters'
Unions of Chicago are at odds over
what constitutes a union-made burial
casket.
John Debraw, an escaped patient
from the Pontine (N. Y.) Insane
Asylum, held up a train with a pitch
fork. The plant of the American Fisher
ies Company, Long Island, was burn
ed, entailing a loss of $S00,000.
A trunk containing $200,000 In
securities was shipped to the wrong
man at Watertown. Wis.
Foreign.
District troops annihilated a
Greek band at Kastoria, European
Turkey, killing 40 of the men and
capturing 9. The ringleaders of the
hand that captured Robert Abbott
from his father's home. In Salonika,
were captured.
Ex-Ambassador Choate made an
argument at The Hague Peace Con
ference in behalf of the American
proposition for a general court of
arbitration.
Four Russian officers dropped at
intervals from a military balloon in
to the sea to reduce the weight of
the falling airship.
Serious agrarian disorders have
broken out in the government of
Voronezh, where the peasants have
burned 11 estates.
Hintze Robelro, former premier
and leader of the Portugese Conser
vative party, died suddenly in Lis
bon. During the last few days nomadic
bands of Ttingtises have made fre
quent raids In Russian territory.
The German government will send
full blooded Trakhener stallions from
royal breeding farms to stock farms
at Field, Ky., which has been look
ed to for breeding of calvary horses.
The Earl of Rosslyu will appeal
decision of Scotch courts granting a
divorce to his wife, who was Anna
Robinson, daughter of a Minneapolis
hotelkeeper.
Americun Rhodes scholars figure
prominently In the list awarded In
the finals of the School of Modern
History at Oxford.
Troops have been withdrawn from
the disaffected winegrowing districts
of Southern France.
The program was arranged for a
meeting between King Edward and
Emperor Francis Joseph at Isohl, Up
per Austria, on August 15 and lti.
William Illtt, said to belong In
Washington, D. O, was acquitte-: (n
Karlsbad of the charge of running
over a workman with his automobile
Martial law may be declared lu
Belfast because of disorder growing
out of the dock strike.
During August Emperor William
of Germany will take a voyage in
an airship
Captain Shuckelton's South Polar
expedition started from England on
the steam barkentlne Endurance.
There was a pitched battle between
Turkish troops and Greek Insurgents,
In which the Greek baud was wiped
out.
The cornerstone of the Temple of
Peace was laid with Impressive cere
monies at The Hague.
"The Governor of North Carolina Said to the
Governor of South Carolina"
Copyright 1907, by Jftdgo Publishing Company.
-Cartoon From Judge.
REVENUES OF THE RAGER RENOUNCED
All the States in the Cotton Belt Affected
By the Temperance Movement.
New York City (Special). Ken
tucky, where "whisky straight" was
supposed to bubble from the earth,
has gone dry. Ninety of Kentucky's
119 counties are "no license." Mr.
Edward Lissner enumerates in a re
cent issue of Harper's Weekly the
Southern States that, in part or al
together, officially abstain from the
cup and flowing bowl. All Tennes
see, except Memphis, Nashville and
Chattanooga; ninety counties of Tex
as; most of the counties and all the
rural districts of North Carolina,
South Carolina and Mississippi have
renounced the revenues of the rager,
and last week, by the passage of the
Hardman-Covington bill, Georgia
Joined her sisters under the prohi
bition banner. Not a State in the
cotton belt but is affected by the
temperance movement. Mr. Lissner
reproduces the Knoxvllle Sentinel's
comparison of local criminal records
for two years, one year "wet," the
other "dry," which has been much
quoted by the Anti-Saloon League:
With Saloons.
Criminal record, two years, 1901-2.
Criminal cost $5,074.76
Jail record, one month,
February, 1903: Com
mitments for public
drunkenness 23
Number cases, in criminal
court, two years, 1901-2 236
City school $7000
Population, 1903, estimate 3500
Without Saloons.
Criminal record, two years, 1904-5.
Criminal oosts $2,076.21
Jail records, threo years,
nine month, 1903-1907;
Commitments for public
drunkenness 14
Number of cases 1904,
two years 105
City school $8500
Population 1906, estimate, 5000
That is a good showing, so far as
It goes. There is a powerful impulse
to the Southern movement for pro
hibition, lacking In the wave that
swept the Northern States many
years ago. in the effort to suppress
the crimes of drunken people. But
the South's most Important cities re
main obdurately "wet."
Politicians In the South have como
to a realization that the prohibition
movement in their region is one
which must be taken with the utmost
seriousness. The polltlco-tompcr-ance
crusade, with Its new life and
energy, constitutes the most startling
development In Southern politics to
day. The advocates of compulsory
abstlnance are growing more power
ful day by day. The movement is
not so much against the consump
tion of whisky and other alcoholic
beverages as against saloons, rum
shop, bars and the like.
The average American is In the
habit, of regarding Kentucky, Tennes
see, the Carollnas, and in fact, most
of the other Southern States, as dis
tinguished for the production and
consumption of liquor. It Is Inter
esting In view of this, to have atten
tion directed to the fact that In the
State of Kentucky ninety out of one
hundred and nineteen counties are
"no license." That 1b to say, in none
of the ninety counties will be grant
ed a license to sell liquor. The
whole State of Tennessee is "dry"
save for the cities of Memphis, Nash
ville and Chattanooga. In the "dry"
districts no alcoholic beverages may
be bought not even a glasB of beer
or claret with dinner.
The State of Texas is said to con
tain ninety counties that have abol
ished saloons. North Carolina, Mis
sissippi and other States of the South
tell the same story. Anybody may
have spirituous beverages sent to him
in any of the "dry" districts; but
throughout these regions every sa
loon has been extirpated One may
travel up and down the rural parts
of Kentucky and Tennessee without
finding one bar or cross-roads sa
loon such as may be found in pro
fusion throughout, say, New York,
New Jersey or Pennsylvania.
WIPING OUT THE
SALOONS IN GEORGIA
New Liquor Law Will Have Vast
Financial Result.
THE PROHIBITIONISTS ARE JUBILANT
Great Scene in the Matebouse When
the Prohibition Bill Is Passed The
Crowd Marches to Grady Monument
and Sing Doxology Speculations
Regarding Extent of Setback.
Augusta. Oa. (Special). Chaos
reigns in the liquor traffic In this
state, since it is a foregone conclu
sion that the bill providing for abso
lute prohibition after January 1 will
be signed by Governor Smith.
Dispatches from Savannah and oth
er cities tell a story of financial loss
that runs into many millions. Au
gusta will lose $2,500,000 In prop
erty values and license taxes. Co
lumbus will lose heavily. Atlunta's
loss will almost treble that of all
other whisky-selling places In the
state. Brunswick's loss will run
above the million mark. Macon will
suffer heavily In the loss of revenue
from many saloon properties.
It was stated here that the rail
roads have offered to transport brew
eries and stills to other states free
of freight charges. Florida and
Alabama are the states to which the
whisky Interests will move from
Georgia.
Tuesday night crowds of anxloiiB
women, men and children waited for
hours In the capltol corridors while
the members of the House were vot
ing on the amendments, getting them
out of the way In order to get down
to the real question.
Then when the doors of the House
were opened and It was announced
that the measure had been passed by
the vote of 139 to 39 a scene of the
wildest rejoicing took place. Wright,
Covington and other stanch support
ers of the bill were swept from their
seats, thrown upon the shoulderB of
admirers and taken from the House
to the capitol grounds. From that
ploce the crowd proceeded to the
Grady monument, where the Doxol
ogy was sung and speeches made by
all leaders of the fight for the bill.
Tuesday night after the Grady
monument scene the crowd swept up
the stiets to the Governor's man
sion, where he was giving a reception
to the young people of the city.
There he made a speech to the people
of Atlanta and told them he would
sign the bill Just as soon as it reach
ed him, and the Governor was cheer
ed to the echo. He is not in favor
of prohibition; he prefers local op
tion, but it was the will of the people
and he could not oppose them.
In Atlanta here Is a brewing com
pany, representing probably an In
vestment of $1,000,000, and In Sa
vannah there Is another worth $600,
000. There are 263 saloons In Sa
vannah; there are 125 In Atlanta.
In the remainder of the state there
are about 750. All must close ont
in about five months. This means
confiscation for the breweries, so
says Mr. Dunbar, of Richmond, lead
er of the "antls."
Arm) supplies For iMiiiippines.
San Francisco iSpeclal). Large
quaitltles of merchandise, ammuni
tion and supplies of every descrip
tion for UBe of the army In the Phil
ippines are being forwarded to the
islands. Within the next few dava
four transports the Logan. Warren,
''rook and Buford- -will salt loaded
to full capacity with military stores.
In addition they will carry 3,000 men
of the Twenty-fifth and Twc. -
nlMth Infantry.
Governor Glenn Finn.
Hulelgh, N. C. (Special). The
corporation commissioner ruled that
the Louisvile and Nashville Hallway
belug controlled by the Atlantic
Coast Line, must conform to the uni
form state rate of 2 cents, and
Governor Glenn so wired the rail
road. The Carolina and Northwest
ern Railroad has as yet made no
promise, though a telegram from
that road lutlmates it will abide by
the 2 -cent rate.
IN THE FINANCIAL WORLD.
C. I. Hudson now says: "Buy
stocks only on the sharp break and
sell them on every bulge."
Another slump In the price of
copper metal occurred which caused
Amalgamated to fall two and one
half points.
It was reported that J. P. Morgan
& Co. had bought the unsold portion
of Atchison's ."i per cent, convertible
bonds, amounting to about $15,000,-
000.
Presldeut George Westlughouse
says that his company now employs
23,000 persons.
There ws sold to United States
Steel 15,00i) tons of Bessemer pig
iron at $22, being a reduction of
$1.50 a ton compared with the mid
dle of June price.
To raise money with which to
complete their share of the terminal
at Washington and to make other
Improvements, the Philadelphia, Bal
timore ft Washington shareholder!,
authorized a $5,000,000 Issue of
bonds. This will Increase the com
Dsny's hoods In $26.00(1.000
KOREANS PATHETIC FIGHT
Hopeless Resistance Against the
Japanese.
Seoul (By Cable). A Korean bat
talion mutinied against the disarma
ment order and engaged In a fight
for several hours with the Japanese
troops near the consulate quarter
with rifles and a machine gun.
Japanese troops surrounded the
Korean barracks after an Imperial
proclamation had been issued dis
banding the Korean army, composed
of 7,000 men. Several hundred Ko
reans, gathered at the great building
during a thunderstorm, were dispers
ed by a company of Japanese sol
diers. The outlets from the Korean
army barracks are guarded by ma
chine guns.
The proclamation disbanding the
troops says that the disbanded sol
diers will be granted one year's pay.
According to official reports re
ceived by General Hasegawa up to
9 o'clock P. M. there were 120 casu
alties among the Koreans as a result
Of the riots growing out of the dls
bandment of the Korean troops.
Marquis Ito, in his audience with
the Emperor, assured the Emperor
of his complete safety. Marquis Ito
provided the foreign consulates with
guards us a precaution for safety.
Tho Japanese military take the
credit for a prompt suppression of
an outbreak, having prepared to sup
press all garrlsonB In the event of a
sympathetic uprising.
The Imprisonment of fugitives
from the Shlnwa regiments contin
ues. The remainder of the Korean
Army, distributed throughout the
country, will be disbanded as fast
as the Imperial rescript reaches the
different stations. No trouble is an
ticipated. The residency general re
gards the urgent question, that re
lating to abdication, settled, and be
lieves that an army of several thou
sand Japanese Is sufficient to main
tain order.
Toklo (By Cable). With the ex
ception of nn unsuccessful attack on
the Japanese troops by some dis
banded Korean soldiers, resulting In
slight casualties on both sides, the
Japanese losing one officers, a gen
eral calm Is reported in Seoul. The
disbanding of Korean troops does
not apply to the court guards, the
court being allowed to retain six
battalions out of consideration of
Imperial prestige. It is believed that
a lack of ammunition by the disaf
fected soldiers, coupled with the
trlctest surveillance on the part of
the Japanese authorities, will pre
vent risings on an extensive scale.
C. W. BYRNE. FAITH
COBIST, SENT TO JAIL
Died
His
Six Year Old Child
Pneumonia.
of
INSANITY I! Kit MANIA.
Studying Subjcc . Caused Her To He
roine Lunatic.
Toledo, Ohio (Special). Insane
on the subject of Insanity, and know
ing that she is Insane, Jennie Blck
ner, aged forty-eight, walked into
the Probate Court and asked for
Judge Morrill.
The judge did not need to be told
that he was dealing with a lunatic,
because insanity was apparent in
every action of the woman.
"Judge, I'm Insane. 1 feared In
sanity and made a study of it. The
more I thought about It, the more
Insane I became. I am being perse
cuted, and I am dangerous. You'd
better send me out to the hospital."
Judge Merrill ordered the woman
taken to the State Hospital.
MINERS READV TO STRIKE.
NO FAITH IN MEDICAL DOCTORS.
Believed in the Efficacy of the Re
ligious Faith to Which He Belongs
-Sent to Jail for I hlrty Days ior
Not Calling a Physician While His
Child Was III.
New York (Special). Clarence W.
Byrne, who was recently tried and
convicted on charge's growing out of
his failure to employ medical assist
ance for his six-year-old daughter,
who died of pneumonia, was sen
tenced to 30 days' imprisonment by
the Court of General Sessions.
Byrne, who is a salesman, was found
guilty of violating section 288, of
tho P" im Code, which provides that
"a person who willfully omits, with
out lawful excuse, to perform a duty
by luw imposed uon him to furnish
food, clothing, shelter or medical at
tendance to a minor is guilty of a
misdemeanor."
The complainant was Coroner P.
P. Acrltelll. The decision was given
by Justice Kenn, and the whole court
was unanimous for conviction and
sentence. The defendant's excuse for
not calling a medical practitioner
during his daughter's illness was
"want of faith in medical doctors"
and reliance upon the efficacy of the
religious faith to which he belongs.
The court held the sole question be
fore it to be whether the omission to
furnish medical attendance under
the circumstances constituted a "law
ful excuse," and lu a lengthy decis
ion says:
"To auswer that question In the
affirmative by granting the motion
In arrest of judgment would estab
lish a precedent that might be ex
tremely vexatious in other directions
An individual of some other cult,
with equal plausibility and earnest
ness, could plead disbelief in edu
cational methods r.s an excuse for
not sending children to school; could
withhold food, clothing and shelter,
leaving ench, ns a purt of his reli
gion, to be furnished through the
same or similar agency."
8TJICTDE PACT,
COMMERCIAL COLUMN.
Weekly Review of Trade and Latest
Market Reports.
R. Q. Dun & Co.'s Weekly Review
of Trade says:
Trade reports from the leading
cities are Blngularly uniform in mak-
lng favorable comparisons with the
corresponding week In any prevloui
I year. At most Western and South'
ern points the improvement In crop
prospects has brought little fall or
i ders and there Is evidently mors
confidence In the future than at any
time since It was found that meat
of the principal fnrm products had
made a bad start. Jobbing-house
are preparing for winter trade on
scale seldom equaled, the consump
tion of seasonable goods promising
to deplete stocks most satisfactorily.
Manufacturers still receive orderl
In abundance, few clothing cancells
Hons appear, and It is the exception
when plants have smaller contractl
than a year ago. More detailed re
ports for the first half of 1907 add
to the earlier testimony that all
rerordB for six months were far sur
passed. Settlement of the ore strike re
moves any danger of Interruption to
nctlvlty at pig-iron furnaces, whlclj
promise to establish a new record of
output during the second half of th
year. According to the regular re
port of the American Iron and Steel
Association, all previous figure!
were surpassed during the six
months with an aggregate of 13,
478,044 tons, an Increase of 753,103
tons over the previous maximum.
Alleged Violation Of The Wage
Agreement.
Pittsburg, Pa. (Special). The ex
ecutive board of District No. 6,
United Mlneworkers of Atnerlcu,
which embraces the Pittsburg dis
trict, . authorized President Patrick
Feehan to call a strike Immediately
of the miners in this district, alleg
ing that the Pittsburg Coal Com
pany has been violating the wage
agreement repeatedly.
President Feehan has announced
he will give the Pittsburg Coal Com
pany a few hours in which to adjust
matters.
Over 14,000 miners will be affected
in the event of a strike.
Will Cool Anmuiiitioii.
London (By Cable).- As a result
of explosions on war shins of various
navies of the world, attributed to
the overheating of magazines, the
British admiralty has decided to
equip the magazines of all ships In
the British navy with refrigerating
machines to keep down the tem
perature. The total cost of the In
stallation of this device is estimated
at $2,a00,000.
Two Louisville Girls Take Poison,
One May Die.
Louisville, Ky. (Special). Be
cause Bessie O'Connell and Annabelle
Weston, girls of 14, loved Clarence
Cast of the same age and each had
reached the conclusion that life
would be unbearable without his af
fection, they entered into a suicide
pact. Bessie agreed to buy the poi
son. She registered her name in the
poison ledger as "Laura Jones," rep
resenting to the druggist that her
mother wanted to kill Insects. Anna
belle waited on the comer. Hand in
hand they walked Into an alley be
hind a fire engine house tand swal
lowed the mixture. Firemen heard
moans, and the children were hur
ried to the office of a physician. The
O'Connell girl probably will die. The
other girl told the story of the agreement.
A Jack The Slasher Arrested.
Denver, Col. (Special) Peter Ma
goffin, a laborer, was arrested after
he had slashed the dresses of 30
women and girls In the streets. He
was caught In the act. A keen knife
and a number of bits of slashed
dresses were found on his person.
He could not explain his actions.
Korean Army Disbanded.
Seoul (By Cable). An ordinance
disbanding the Korean troops was
promulgated Wednesday.
Drowns lu Half A Foot Of Water.
Binghamton, N. Y. (Special).
James H. Morey, seventy-four yearB
of age and considered one of the
wealthiest men In Tioga County, was
drowned at Tioga Center in the Sus
quehanna River. It Is supposed he
had a shock, as the water where he
was drowned was only .dx Inches
deep.
Mudiiian Holds Up Train.
Owosto, Mich. (Special). John
Debraw, an escaped patient from tlie
Po'htlao Asylum, held up a train
with a pitchfork. The engineer
stopped to avoid running him down.
Debraw thought he owned the rail
road, and had a right to stop the
train.
Governor Vurdnnian Injured.
Jackson, Miss. (Special). Gover
nor Vardamau was badly bruised
about the shoulders In a railroad
wreck in the railroad yards at New
ton, Miss. The passenger train on
which the Governor was traveling
crashed into the rear of an engine
standing on the main line coaling
His Injuries are not serious. The
express messenger and three passen
gers were also more or less severely
In J ii red.
SiOO,(MM) For Charities.
London (By Cable). Howard
Paul, the well-known American en
tertainer, who died bore on Decem
ber 5, 1906, whose will has been In
litigation, bequeathed about $200,000
to London charities.
Five Killed! Ten Injured.
Milan, Tenn. Special). Five per
sons are reported killed and ten seri
ously Injured in an explosion of an
tuiglna attached to a fast freight
train on the Illinois Central Railroad.
AT THE NATION'S CAPITAL
Some Interesting Happenings Briefly
Told.
Peter A. Jay, the newly elected
secretary to the American Embassy
at Toklo, and United States Attorney
General Alfred W. Cooley were en
tertained by President Roosevelt at
lunchen.
The Bureau of Animal Industry has
ordered samples of shipments of dev
iled ham held up at Buenos Ayres
because of the presence of borax In
the product.
The American Minister in Peking
has been Informed by the Foreign
Office of the opening to the Inter
national trade of seven cities in
Manchuria.
The Comptroller of the Currency
has authorized the reopening of the
doors of the lllcksvllle (O. ) FlrBt
National Bank.
The supply ship Culgoa Is to be
fitted up by the Navy Department as
a repair vessel.
Dr. David T. Day, who Is a Mary
lander, retired as chief of the Di
vision of Mining and Mineral Re
sources in Geological Survey. He
was presented with a seal ring by
the office force. He will take up
a study of the petroleum supply.
Chaplain Harry W. Jones, U. 8.
N., charged with uttering worthless
checks. waB arraigned for trial by
court-martial at the Norfolk Navy
Yard.
President Roosevelt is the author
ity for the statement tbat there has
been no change In the plans to send
the Atlantic fleet to the Pacific.
Admiral Evans and Acting Secre
tary Newberry held n conference in
regard to the Atlantic fleet move
ments during the remainder of the
summer.
An accident bulletin Issued by the
Interstate Commerce Commlsslou
shows that the total number of rail
road casualties for three mouths end
ing .March 31 was 20,563.
Three thousand volumes have been
purchased by the Isthmian Canal
Commission for the libraries for the
four recreation buildings on the
Isthmus.
Announcement la made that trains
of the various railroads will be run
into the new Union Station, Wash
ington, after Octpher 15.
Washington labor leaders held a
number of conferences to endeavor
to adjust the pending controversy,
without result.
The Central Labor Union has re
quested the President to require or
permit the Attorney General to bring
about the arrnft of Senator Borah,
of Idaho, counsel for the State In
the Haywood case He under in.
dlctmeut for complicity In the Um
ber land frauds.
Wholesale Markets.
Baltimore. Wheat Southern wai
In good demand and steady. Can
goes on grade sold at 90c. for apecial
bin No. 2 red, 89 for stock No. 2
red, S3for special bin steamer No.
2 red, 82 for stock steamer No. 2
red, 77 for special bin rejected,
"4 for stock rejected and 70 for
rejected to go through the drier,
The market for Western opened
steady and a shade higher at 89 c.
for spot; No. 2 red Western 92; Sep
tember, 91 r, 91 .
Corn Western opened steady:
spot and August. 59 Ti 59c; Sep
tember 60 (fi 60.
Oats We quote: White No. 2,
52 53c; No. 3, 51 'h 52; No.
4, 4950. Mixed No. 2. 50
50c; No. ;:, 49". 6; 50: No. 4.
48 C'l 19.
Butter The market rules about
steady, but not active. We quote:
Creamery separator 84 9 2ft He.; im
itation 2 4 16.
Cheese Jobbing prices: New,
per lb., 1 4 M 1 .
Eggs- Maryland, Pennsylvania and
and nearby, firsts, 18c; Western,
firsts, 18; West Virglnl. firsts, 17;
Southern, firsts 17; guinea eggs,
8 9.
New York. Wheat No. 2 red,
96 c, elevator: No. 2 red, 98,
f. o. b., afloat; No. 1 Northern Du
luth, 108. f. o. b., afloat; No. 2
hard winter. 99, f. o. b., afloat.
Corn Spot easy; No. 2, CI a, ele
vator, and 60, f. o. b., afloat; No,
2 white, 61 and No. 2 yellow, 60
f. o. b., afloat. Option market wa
higher, with the West, closing c,
net higher. September closed af
62 He.) December 6(4i60, clos
ed 60; May closed 59.
Oats - Spot firm; mixed.
lbs., 50 c; natural white.
lbs., 53 (ft 54; clipped white,
lbs., 63 (ft 58.
Butter- Steady, unchanged; re
ceipts 10,329 packages. Cheese easy
unchanged; receipts. 6,091 boxes
Eggs easy, unchanged; receipts, 12,
766 cases.
Philadelphia, Pa. Wheat SteadJ
but quiet; contract grade, August,
89 90c. Corn dull but steady;
August! 57 58c. Oats firm and
c. higher; No. ,2 white, natural
53 54c.
Butter Steady, fair demand; ex
tra creamery, official price, 20c;
street price, 25; extra nearby
prints, 27.
Eggs firm, good demand; Pennsyl
vania and other nearby firsts (free
cases), 18c. at market; Pennsyl
vania and other nearby current re
ceipts (in returnable cases) 17 al
market; Western flrBts (free cases)
17 at market. Cheese steady, fail
demand; New York full creams,
;holce, 13c; do., fair to good, 12
12.
26ft 32
30 (ft 33
36 40
Live Stock.
Chicago. Cattle Market for best
trong to 10c higher; others steady;
common to prime steers, $4.60(6)
7.50; cows, $3(115; heifers, $3
5.60; bulls, t. 80O6; calves. $3
7.25; Blockers and feeders. $2.50
5.
Hogs Market 10c. lower; good to
prime heavy, $6.15 6.20; medium
to good heavy. $6.05 6.1 5 hutchor
j weights, $6.20 19 6.35; good to prime
mixeu, it..u.ca 6.20; light mixed,
$C.20(ii 6.35; packing. $5.506;
pigs, $5.60 6.50; selected. $6.45
6.65; bulk of sales, $6.05 Q 6.20.
Sheep Market steady but slow;
sheep, $3.75 6.50; yearlings, $5.60
i 6.50; lambs. $5 7.50.
Pittsburg, Pa. Cattle
steady. Choice, $6.50 6.76;
$6.20 6.40.
Sheen Market Kteiidv
wethers. $5.50 (ft 5.60: eiilln and
mon, $23; Iambs, $5 7.50, veal
calves, $8 8.50,
Hogs Market slow and lower.
Prime heavies, $6.50; medium and
heavy Yorkers, $6.50(&6.75; light
Yorkers, and pigs, $6.76 6.80;
roughs, $4.50 5.36.
THIS AND THAT.
Market
prime.
Prime
The hottest region on earth is
along the Persian gulf.
The wealth of French is estimated
at $42,000,000,000.
There are 40.000 medical men In
India who understand English.
Von Moltke, the great German
general, would never begin a battle
on a Friday.
elson, the English naval hero, al
ways carried a horseshoe with him
into battle.
Great Britain is rich lu mosses.
There are 290 varieties found on the
British Islands. -
Black opals of great beauty are
found In Queensland, Australia, be
sides 58 uther kinds of precious
stones.
It costs $100,000,000 a year to
maintain the army in British India,
an Increase of $40,000,000 a year In
36 years.
Japan is perhaps the only country
In the world where the fashions In
women's dress have not changed oii
i i ill in 2.600 years.