TO BE THE BIGGEST WARSHIP AFLOAT Secretary Meyer Onllines Ambitions Plan. An THE HOUSE COMMITTEE IS WILLING. It Would I'liire The United States In Possession Of A Monster Fight ing Machine That Would Put Tho Present Dreadnoughts Of The World In The Shade To Re Equipped With M-Intti Guns Tlio Xavnl Program. Washington. D. C. (Special). The building of a world record-breaking battleship of no less thau ?.J,000 tons displacement at a cost of approxi mately $18,000,000, and the making of the Vnlted States the leading nav al power of the world are planned by Secretary of the Navy Meyer. This was what Secretary Meyer 13 eald to have told the members of the House Naval Committee was his ultimate plan and what ho would ask Congress to authoroze next year. The members of the committee r fat ed that the Secretary's radical plans for naval advancement were favor ably received by the committee. At the session of the committee even the stenographer was barred, and the Secretary disclosed freely with the members his plans for the Navy. He said that It was his pur pose that the United States should not follow In the wake of any ether nation In naval alvmcement, but that In essential particulars It should take the lead. The Secretary did not refer In this Instance particularly to naval strength In numher of ships or armament, hut to various features of lmproverne.it of the efficiency of ships and guns. Klg 1 i-inch Runs. The plant battleships which Sec retary Meyer wants the United States to build waits until next year only be cause the naval experiments with 14 tnch guns have no: be;n completed and the department dires to know the result of fu'l experiments befcre planning for the armament of the giant Dreadnought. Tentatively, It is planned to arm this great battle ship with a battery of fourteen 14 inch guns of the latest type. The Secretary said his plans for the enlargement of all the dry docks of the country as outlined to the committee some weeks ago were made In contemplation of the great enlargement of the battleships and he wanted the docks built to ac commodate ships of great size. The committee has already Indorsed the Secretary s plan for dock enlarge ment and the Naval Appropriation Bill is expected to carry the several million dollars necessary for that pur pose. It was tentatively agreed by the committee that the naval Increase this year, based on the Secretary's recommendations, shall be as fol lows: Two 27,000-ton battleships, equip ped with either 12 or 14 inch guns One repair ship. Two colliers. Flvo submarines. Fleet Submarines. Tlio submarines are for the Pa cific Coast and are the first of a fast fleet of those vessels which will be provided within the next few years. The plan to place 10 additional sub mariites on the Pacific Coast next year was favorably considered. The Pacific Coast congressional delega lion, which told the committee some weeks ago of the practically defense less erudition of the Western coast against foreign men-of-war, appealed strongl." to the members, and the submarine fleet has been decided upon. 74 FSCAPE FROM MIXK. THE JAPANESE ARE AGAIN AGITATED Reports From America Cause a Gloomy Feeling. Secretary Knox, However, Explains That Mr. Shaw Was Simply Arguing For Ship Subsidy And General Hill For Increased Appro rlatlong For The Army Not The Slightest Likelihood Of Any Trou. tile With Japan. Tokio, (Special) Special dis patches to the newspapers fro i the United States report a recrudescene of the anti-Japanese movement at San Frasclsco. All of the local pa pers feature the speech of Leslie M. Shaw, former secretary of tho Treas ury, In which he Is reported as hav ing said that war between the United States and Japan was Inevitable. The speech has caused a most gloomy Impression among Japanese and for eigners alike. The specials quote Major General J. Franklin Bell as having said that war between the two countries was likely to break out fit any moment. The press and the public are unable to ur derstand tho reason for these violent utter ances. Kdtorially the papers repudiate tho suggestion that Japan Is seeking the control of the Pacific, and declare that American campetltlon will be welcomed. Explosion May, However, t'niwe One Man's Death. Central City, Ky. (Special). An explosion of gas In the mine of the Iron Mountain Coal Company, three miles from this place, probably fatal ly burned Warren Glbba, a miner, but 74 men, who, with Glbbs, com prised the day shift, escaped with slight bruises. The men went underground at the usual hour and were proceeding to their rooms, when Gibbs, who was leading the way with, it Is said, an uncovered lamp, hit a pocket of gas. An explosion followed In which Gibbs was fearfully burned. The other men retreated hastily, but forced their way Into the workings and rescued their comrade. Meantime the woodwork In tho mine caught fire, but the men man aged to reach the surface In safety. The mine Is still burning. GEORGIA DENTIST ACCUSED. Hud Had $10 Coins And Is Held As Counterfetler. Valdosta, Ga. (Special). J. rt. Dodge, a Jentist of Nichols, Ga., was ordered held under bond of $1,000 on charg. g Implicating him In a coun teracting scheme. At the preliminary bearing before United States Com missioner Powell here, It wag tcstl Jled that Dodge had on him when arrested, ten spurious $10 coins. Dr. E. E. Dodge, a brother. anJ also a dentist, was arrested, but the warrant against bim was dismissed. FOH FAKMIXO IX PALESTINE. Jewish Agricultural Exierlnicnt Station Incorporated. Albany, N. Y. (Special). The Jewish Agricultural Experiment Sta tion, with principal offices in New York was Incorporated to establish and support agricultural experiment stations in Palestine and other coun tries. It Is also to promote the advance ment of agriculture In arid regions throughout tne world. Chloroformed 50,(MM C hlrkrns, Kansas City, Mo. (Special) Aroused by the activity of a gang of chicken thieves that is said to liave chloroformed and stolen SO. 000 thickens In Wyandotte County. Kansas, since last Christmas, the Wyandotte County Horticulture Bo- rlety has ottered $500 reward for the arrest and conviction of the per forators of the crime. It is said (hat the thieves soak rag in the drug, apply the rags to the chicken's noet-tii, put thorn to sleep and re- vnove (nam from ine roosts without 4ven so mucn as a sauawk. San Francisco (Special). While there has been nothing In the nature of a renewed anti-Japanese movement in this city or state, the special dis patches from San Francisco men tioned as having been received In Toklo are believing to have been in spired by a resolution adopted by the Labor Council advising all unions "not to unionize or permit their to work In houses where oriental labor is employed.". Tho adoption of the resolution fol lowed a discussion on a proposition to boycott saloons where Chinese and Japanese help is employed, and the action was designed to extend the scope of the movement to embrace all houses employing orientals. The Antlasiatlc League Is endeav oring to secure assurances that Asia- ties will not be employed by the Pan ama-Pacific Exposition directors. Washington. D. C. (Special). Major General Bell, Chief of staff, was shown the dispatch from Toklo quoting to him the authority of cer tain special correspondents to the effect that war between America and Japan was likely to break out at any moment. In the presence of Secretary of War Dickinson, who gave his approval of the statement, General Bell declared emphatically that he had never anywhere made any such declaration, and that there was absolutely no Justification for it. "There is not the slightest like lihood of any trouble with Japan any more than with any other country with which we have excellent rela tions of friendship." This statement was made by Secre tary Knox when shown copies of the press dispatches from Toklo, Indicat ing some considerable discusion of reported utterances of Mr. Shaw, for mer Secretary of the Treasury, and of General Bell, and referlng to al leged anti-Japanese exnresslonir In San Francisco. The Secretary of State expressed creat surprise that notire should be taken of such trifles. Secretary Knox also said: "Mr. Shaw's speech was obviously nothing but an argument for ship subsidy, and what General Rell said made no refernce to trouble in the Far East and was quite evidently an ordinary argument, for Increased ap propriations for the Army, As for the. San Francisco report everywhere knows that our lmlgration arrange ment with Japan Is working entire ly satisfactorily. If, In spite of this, agitators will talk, no serious-mind ed person should be disturbed." AN ODD DEATH NOTICE Declares mat Wire imcii or a . , . .Broken Heart. New York, (Special) "Jenks On Sunday, February 20, of a bro ken heart, May, unbeloved wife of Thomas Jenks." Miss Ida May Jenks In comnll ance with her mother's wiBh, today Inserted the above death notice in the local newspapers. Mrs. Jenks and her husband sep arated several years ago. and it was the dying woman's wish that her husband be not permitted to look upon her face after death. ALASKA'S HIDDEN WEALTH Washington. D. C, (Special) A graphic picture of Alaska with her mllllans In gold lying hidden beneath hundreds of feet of frozen earth was drawn by Delegate James Wicker- sham in a statement pefore the llnnuA I'nmniitteA on Terrltnrl.o in support of a bill for the rlvislon of tho Alaskan mining laws. He told of the luck of the pioneer prospector and or his patneuc failures; tb nriirinpfia nnri tho tniideniiftrv nf th mining laws In that territory and of tho frequent resort to the rifle and pistol, even tne occasional summary punisnmeni oi vioiaieru oy in rougher cono or me nangman noose. To Lay Another Cable. New York (Special). George G. Ward,- vice president and general manager of the Commercial Cable Company, announced that, in view of the public demand for increased cable facilities and greater speed of transmission, the Commercial Cable Company will proceed at once to lay an additional trans-Aitantio cable. This will ho the sixth cable which the Commercial Cable Company will own between Europe and America, and will greatly accelerate tne trans-At lantic cable service. Fuse Blows Out; Two Dead. El Paso, Texas (Special). Two people are dead, one seriously In lured and several slightly hurt In consequence of a street car accident caused by the blowing out of a fuse Flames broke out, the people be came panic-stricken, and a number jumped from the swiftly moving car. Former Congressman Dlee. Washington Courthouse, O. (Hnec lal, Hon. Millls Gardner, aged 80 former congressman and member of both branches of the Ohio legisla ture, died beie. He was one of the laat LIdcoIo electors in Ohio. MURDERED THE TIBETAN Chinese Soldiers Also Rob the Monasteries. THE DALAI LAMA PROTESTED. Chinese. Military Commander Thon Ordered 2,i0l Troops Into Lhesa, Where The llama's Followers En rolled As The "Golden Soldiers" Tried To Oppose Them, But Were Shot Down Without Mercy The Flight Of Dalai lama. Darjiling, British India (Special). The circumstances surrounding the flight from Lhasa of the now de posed Dalai Lama, the nominal head of the Tibetan government, are as follows: The Dalai Lama, following bis wide wanderlngB, arrived at Lhasa In December with authority from Peking to take over the government from the provisional governors who were appointed following the inva sion of the Holy City in 1904 by Col. Sir Francis Edward Younghus- band at the head of a British col umn when Great Britain secured from Tibet certain concessions In the matter of trade and in that of the foreign returns of the country. The Dalai Lama was Installed at the pal ace and monastery of Potala amid popular demonstrations. The ruler, who was again given civil power long with his ofllce at the head of the Lamalst hierarchy, pardoned all the Tibetans who had given aid to Colonel Younghusband and all went well for Hie first month. The the Dalai Lama protested to the Chinese Amban in charge of the military affairs, because of the excesses of the Chinese troops on tho Sze-Chuen frontier, where they were sacking the monasteries and killing the monks. This protest served to stir up the whole question of the status of Tibet. The Amban declared that It was a Chinese prov ince and said that he would deal with the rebels on the frontier as It pleased him to do. Other ques tions of authority arose, and finally the Amban ordered Into Lhasa, 2.500 Chinese troops, who were en camped at the outskirts of the capi tal. A few companies composed of the Dalai Lama's followers were hastily enrftlied under the name of "golden soldiers." They opposed the Chi nese troops, but, being indifferently armed, were shot down with much bloodshed. Meantime the Dalai Lama with three of his ministers and 60 retainers fled through a gate at the rear of the palace enclosure and were fired upon as they escaped the city. The Dalai Lama does not Intend to appeal to the Indian government. his motive In coming to inaia in stead of proceeding to Western Tibet, where he would De perfectly safe, being because tnis way oners the shortest route to Peking, where he can personally lay hie grievances before the Chinese throne. The Ti betans generally resent the treat ment of the Dalai Lama, and as they have other crudges against the Chi nese, the Chinese officials at Isolated posts are in great danger or ceing massacred. NEW TltllMPH FOIt EDISON Stoiage.bHlteiy Cars Cross The City Of New York. New York, (Special) Thomas A. Edison flashed another brilliant Invention on the world when the first street car using his new stor age battery In practical operation traveled In place of the antiquated horse cars back and forth across Manhattan Island on Twenty-eighth and Twenty-ninth streets. Though It bad been known for nearly a year that Mr. Edison, after many years of endeavor, hal perfected an Im proved storage battery for surface car use, this public trial was the first demonstration that his Invention could make money. In fact, he not only proved that a street car company using the new car could make money, but more money than It could make with horse cars or trolley cars. Thus was sounded In New York the doom of the horse car, and, per haps, the .dQorn of the trolley car. The horse car will be abandoned by the Twenty-eighth and Twenty-ninth street lines, and within three months they will have In operation the EJi son storage-battery cars. DISHONEST FOIt MOTHER'S SAKE. SAYS SHE FELL Off THE PIER Seyler's Story of the Death of Jane Adams. ne Denies That He Attempted To Assault The Girl, Hut Docs Not Ex plain Wlint Caused Her To Try To Get Away From Him And Hack Over The Hailing Of The Pier The Man Held For Trial And The Police Investigating. Atlantic City, N. J. (Special). Jane Adams, the young girl whose body wag found in the surf on the morning of February 13, tumbled over the rail of the million-dollar pier Into the ocean while backing away from William Seyler during a quarrel, according to the statement of tho man made to the police. Al though Seyler refuses absolutely to admix that he was attempting to as sault the girl when she met her tragic, death, the police still hold to this theory, and are working to es tablish a case that will warrant them in holding Seyler for murder. Un der New Jersey laws, attempt at as sault which results in death of the victim Is considered murder, and this law will be invoked by County Pros ecutor Goldenburg in his effort to hold Seyler for indictment and trial. The substance of Seyler's confes sion made public by he police Is to the effect that the girl met her death by accident. Seyler declares that he saw her back toward the railing and suddenly tumble backward into the ocean. The man declares that he hurried down the ladder leading to the water's edge in the hope of grab bing the girl, but that she never came up. The man Insisted that he had no intention of assaulting the girl, but baa made no satisfactory statement regarding the cause of the quarrel that led her to run from him. "I never Intended to harm Jane Adams," he declared after the po lice had broken down his nerve and impressed him with the necessity of explaining his part In the tragedy. "Jane backed away toward the rail ing and the next minute 1 saw her fall. She screamed as she went over the rail and I ran for the ladder intending to jump overboord If nec essary, but she sank like a stone and I never saw her again." The spot pointed out by Seyler as the place where the tragedy oc curred is directly over the boat landing of the pier, where the police found what they believe to be blood stains. Seyler also joins with the police in the theory that the girl's body struck the landing in its fall causing the terrible bruising of her face and the deep scar over her eye, which surgeons declare to have been enough to have caused her death. $10,000 OR DEATH. Threatening Letter Received By An Ohio County Treasurer. Portsmouth, O. (Special). Harry Bennett, treasurer of Meigs County, has received a letter threatening his father, Capt. Thomas L. Bennett, a well-known river man, and a brother and himself with death of $10,000 If not placed In the soldier's monument In the courthouse yard before Sat urday night. The letter containing the threat says: You have robbed us long enough." It was turned over to the postal authorities. The treasurer's ofllce of Meigs County was robbed six years ago of $20,000 by alleged hold-up men, who locked Treasurer Chase In tho vault. NEW APPENDIX RECORD HELD, The Court Had Mercy, Hut Youth Commits Suicide. Eaton, Ohio (Special). Because he had used money obtained by cash ing a worthless check to pay house rent and buy fuel for his mother, Gall Crouse, 18 years old, had been released by the court on probation, but he closed suspension of sentence by committing suicide. Crouse passed the check at a hotel at Richmond, Ind., and was arrested. He told his companions that be felt he had been disgraced forever. He drank four ounces of chloroform and died. Earthquake Shocks In Nebraska. Columbus, Neb. (Special). Two earthquake shocks occurred here at 2 A. M. Windows were rattled and houses shook enough to awaken nearly all the Inhabitants. No dam- ago la ltported. Paulhun'a Flights Stopped. Oklahoma City, Okla. (Special). Louis Paulhan, aviator, who was un der contract to make aeroplane (lights In Oklahoma City, received a telegram saying that the Wright Brothers had procured an Injunction in the federal court in New York preventing Paulhan from making fur- ther exhibitions. Paulhan said be would make no more flights until the case was cleared up. Gave Away Turnips. Toledo. Ohio (Special). Free tur nips were on the menu of many Washington's Birthday dinner In To. ledo. A carload of the vegetables was distributed by J. C. Bonner, who waa dissatisfied with the price offer ed his shipment by wholesalers. Colonel Bonner advertised his Inten tion also as a sort of protest against high prices for the same vegetable chanted by retailers, rronaoiy uu persons surrounded the car with baskets, boxes, tin pans, baga and recsotlcl of all kinds?-and the ten tone of turnips disappeared in snven- tv zonules. WASHINGTON BY TELEGRAPH Pennsylvania Leads The List At Seven Inches, Sharon, Pa. (Special). The com petition which recently developed for world's records in the length of ver miform appendices disclosed a new winner. The standing Is now as follows: First Edwin Ross, of Sharon. Pa.. 7 Inches. Second Howard Gould, of Wln- tbrop, Mass., fi- Inches. Third George Ross, a former Yale athlete, 6 Inches. Drs. O'Brien, Reed and Kennedy It took all three of them to remove the appendix from Ross at the Buhl Hospital believe that the seven-inch record will stand for quite a while. The Father Of 32. New York (Special). "I claim to be the champion American father," said Daniel Bulger, of Flushing, L. I. Bulger says he is the father of 32 children. His claim Is based on the fact tDat wnerea Darling has father ed 28 children, he has been married twice, while Mr. Mr. Bulger has been married but once. "My fatherhood has keep me poor in this world's goods," said Bulger, "but I do not regret that. Every one knows that children are an expensive luxury, and therefore I may be called rich In deed. Shoots Wrong Mun. Waco, Tex. (Special). Charles Franks shot and killed Josle Dono van, fatally wonnded Roy Anderson and Lulu Holt and then killed him self In a rooming house. Franks entered the building and saw An derson talking to the Holt woman, and mistaking bim for another man, opened fire. Germany War On Oil Trust. New York (Special). German con. sumers have opened war on the meth ods of the Standard Oil Company, ac cording to Dr. Paul Schwartz, who arrived In New York from Germany, He comes to this coun'ry to investi gate the independent supply of oil, with the view of reporting to the German government the advisability of establishing Government monopoly in the oil business to crush out the StandarJ. He will visit oil producers In Texas, Mexico and elsewhere In this country. Tillman's Mind Alert. Washington, D. C. (Special) '. The Improvement in the; condition of Senator Benjamin R. Tillman, of South Carolina, continues, and his family believes be Is gradually ap proaching recovery. He spent a good night, and when he. awoke it was evident that the favorable turn in the paralysis and aphasia waa pro gressing satisfactorily. A North Carollan who raised 227 bushels of corn on a single acre of land In a contest Is believed to have broken ail records. Peary may be asked to submit his proofs to a board composed of Rear Admiral Mclvlle, Rear Admiral Schley amd General Oreely, all re tired. Moreton Frewen, of London, Eng land, gave an Interesting talk to the National Monetary Commission on the subject of oriental exchange. President Taft accepted an Invi tation to address the opening session of the American Women's Suffrage Association. Senator Heyburn introduced a bill to atop the practice of securing con fession by "third-degree" methods. General Gordon, the picturesque senator from Mississippi, delivered his farewell address to the Senate. The House committee acted favor ably on a bill requiring custom house brokers to have licenses. The House Naval Committee adopted a resolution calling upon the Secretary of Commerce and La bor for Peary's official reports of the discovery of the North Pole. The McCumber bill to provide for second homestead entries was or dered favorably reported by the Sen ate Committee on Public Lands. The hearings In the Missouri Riv er rate cases before the Supreme Court have been advanced from Oc tober to April 4 next. A nation-wide crusade against the house fly was launched by a special committee of the American Civic Association. The President withdrew his nomi nations of Alfred C. Coxe, William H. Hunt, James F. Smith, Ortn M. Barner and Marlon Devries to be judges of the court of customs ap peals. J. W. Snyder, of the Baltimore Chamber of Commerce, was one of the speakers at the hearing before the House Committee on Agriculture on the Anti-Option bill. Attorney General Wlckersham made a lengthy statement to the Sen ate Interstate Committee on the In terstate Commerce law. Secretary WllBon talked to the Na tional Grange of West Virginia on the possibilities of farming. The House Naval Committee voted to give the Meyer naval reorganiza tion plan a year's trial. Senator Depew read Washington's Farewell Address to the Senate. Manager Stephen Birch, of the Guggenheim-Morgan syndicate, testi fied before the Senate committee to the wealth of the Alaskan coal fields. The National Monetary Commis sion issued a bulletin showing the part that checks and credit docu ments play in the business of tho country. Jumps 110 Feet On Skis. Coleralne, Minn. (Special). An ders Haugen, of Chippewa Falls, Wis., won the first professional hon ors of the Nation ski tournament here, with a score of 271 points. Oscar Gunderson, of Chippewa Falls, was second, and Ole Felrlng, of Du luth, third. Barney Rellly, of Cole raine, winner of the amateur events, made an exhibition standing jump of 119 feet, whereas the longest standing jump made by a profession al was 117 feet, by Haugen. Washington Memorial Hall. New York (Specla). Mrs. Henry F. Dlmeck, president of the George Washington Memorial Association, announced that contributions suffi cient to practically assure the erec tion of the proposed $2,500,000 George Washington Memorial Hall at Washington, D. C, have already been pledged. As a part of the cel ebration of Washington's Birthday the association made public the names of several o the foremost financiers of the country who have promised substantial sums to the cause. Seventeen Prisoners Escape. . Hot Springs, Ark. C. A. Conlln, wanted in San Francisco on a charge of grand larceny, escaped from the county prison here, at the same time releasing 16 other prisoners. Conlln Is believed to have left the city in an automobile. A posse has taken up the chase. Killed 19 in .10 Years. Stockton, Cal. (Special) Within a few yards of the spot where he ran over and killed a man Christmas Eve, Albert Phlpps, a Southern Pacific engineer, who during 30 years of service had run over and killed 18 men and one woman, was crushed to death In a collision, Germany's First Dreadnought. Berlin (Special). The NasBua, Germany's first Dreadnought, has successfully undergone a severe test which was highly gratifying to naval officers. All her guns, large and small, were fired simultaneously with battle ammunition without the slightest damage to any of her fit tings or Installations. Choir Singer Prop Dead. New York (Special). Mrs. John Valdron, wife of the president of the New Brunswick in. J.) iron and Foundry Company, dropped dead while singing in the choir at the Second Reformed Church, of that place. Heart disease was probably the cause. Two Killed In Wreck. Denver, Colo., (Special) Two persona were killed, two perhaps fatally injured, and twenty others hurt In a collision of a Union Pacific passenger train and a street car In Denver. The locomotive of the pas senger train, which was running at blgh speed, struck the front of the street car, hurling the car across the tracks. The moterman and a woman passenger were killed, It is feared a number of the Injured may die, Bolo Wound Causes Death. Bayonne, N. J. (Special). Robert A. Johnson, long associated with Claus Spreckcls In the sugar busi ness, died here Indirectly from the effect of a blow from a bolo, received In the Philippine insurrection. Lo comotor ataxia developed from the injury. Johnson superintended Irri gation work on sugar plantations In Hawaii and la credited by noma with being the first to introduce Irriga tion Into those islands. ' He acted as superintendent of plantations In Hawaii, Japan and the Philippines- . INDICTMENTS PASSED AGAINST BEEF BARONS Twenty-Seven I5ig Corporations in the Grip of the Law. MANY MILLIONAIRES TO ANSWER. National Packing Company, The Swifts, Armours, Morrises And Hammonds Must Stand Trial Wealthy Parkers Liable To Fine And Imprisonment Compelled To Go Before Jury Or Oppose Extra dition Fight Centers On Control Of Beef And Poultry Supply Through Cold Storage Plants Near New York. THE BEEF TRUST Earnings. Armour & Co $260,000,000 Swift & Co 275,000,000 Morris & Co 175,000,000 National Packing Co 150,000,000 The following companies are controlled by the National Pack ing Company: G. H. Hammond Co., ' Mich., capital $3,600,000 Hammond Pack. Co., Ill 1,750,000 Anglo-American Prov. Co., ill 250,000 Anglo-American Ref. Car Co., Ill 200,000 Fowler Pkg. Ass'n, Kan 700,000 Kansas City Ref. Car I Co., Kan 150,000 umaha Pkg. Co., 111.. 500,000 United Pressed Beef Co., N. Y 300,000 St. Louis Dressed Beef and Pro. Co., Mo.. 1,250,000 Hutchinson Pkg. Co., Kan 150,000 National Car Line, N. J 100,000 Prov. Dealers' Dis patch. Ill 390,000 Continental Pkg. Co., Ill 500,000 New York (Special). Indictments charging conspiracy to raise prices on foodstuffs contrary to the public good, against all the officials and di rectors of the National Picking Com pany the so-called Beef Trust were presented to Judge Swayze, In the Supreme Court of Hudson Coun ty, N. J., in Jersey City. The In dictments embrace the six great pack ing companies and 21 packers, sev eral of them multimillionaires, social ly and industrially prominent, were Indicted by a grand Jury in Hudson county, N. J., charged with conspir acy in limiting the supply of meat and poultry. The indictment is drawn under the law of New Jersey, which provides, upon conviction, a maximum penalty of three years in the penitentiary or $1,000 fine, or both. The offense is extraditable, which means that practically all the meat barons ol this country must either successfully resist extradition or come to Jersey City for trial. , Pierre Garven, the prosecutor of Hudson County, announced that h would forthwith notify the defend ants of their indictment, and would be ready to force extradition in each and every case where the individual concerned is not wiling to face trla voluntarily. None, he says, will b spared. The defendants, as named, are ai follows: , Corporations: The National Packing Company. Armour & uo. Swift & Co. Morris & Co. Hammond Packing Company. G. H. Hammond & Co. Individuals: J. Ogden Armour. A. Watson Armour Louis Swift. Kdward F. Swift. Charles H. Swift, Edward Morris. Ira N. Morris. Arthur Meeker. ' Edward Tllden. L. A. Carton. Thomas E. Wilson. Thomas J. Connors. F. A. Fowler. L. H. Heyman. Jas. E. Bathgate, Jr. George J. Edwards. Fred'k. B. Cooper. D. E. Hartwell. Henry J. Darlington. A. A. Fuller. Lemuel C. Patterson. The Indictment, which bristles in its arraignment of the men named, also refers to "divers others" as be ing responsible. These latter, how ever, are not specified. The forego ing list of names, it will be seen, represents the very backbone of the great packing industry of this coun try, containing, as it does, two Ar mours, three Swifts, and two Mor rises, all for the most part residents of Chicago, together with less im portant figures in the packing world. $:tO,000 For Thaw's Creditors. Pittsburg (Special). The first and partial account of Roger O'Mara, trustee In bankruptcy for Harry Kendall Thaw, was filled with Ref. eree Blair. After all Items of ex pense are deducted Mr. O'Mara states that $30,000 remains for distribution to Thaw's creditors. A meeting of creditors will be held here March 8. Mrs. Cyrus II. K. Curtis Dead. Philadelphia, Pa, (Special). Mrs. Cyrus H. K. Curtis, wife of the bead of the Curtis Publishing Com pany and the first editor of the Ladles' Home Journal, died at her borne, in Wyncote, a suburb. Death was due to heart disease. She was 68 years of age. Mrs. Curtis became editor of the Ladles' Home Journal when that publication waa started in 1883. She retired from the editor ship sic years later. Inauguration Date. Washington, D. C. (Special). Ths Henry resolution, proposing to ths several states an amendment to ths Constitution changing the date of the inauguration of the President and Vice President from March 4 to the last Thursday In April, was favorably acted upon by the Hous Judiciary Committee by an unani mous vote. The resolution baa been pending in the committee for several weeks. The unfavorable weather usually existing about March 4 was the moat potent argument In favon o Ifttar data. COMMERCIAL Weekly Review of Trade and Market Reports. R. O, Dun ft Co.'a "Weekly Re view of Trade saya: "Improved financial condition serve to strengthen business conoV donee. Sentiment In iron and steel is more cheerful now that the United States Corporation has entered the market as a buyer of pig Iron, al though the situation on the whole t this division still remains somewhat disappointing. No cancellations are reported, however, and shipment are sustained, except where severe weather has delayed transportation. Some railroads have found It neces sary to replenish old rolling stock because of the wear and tear caneel by an unusually bard winter, and a Western system alone baa placed am order for 75 locomotives. Activity Is especially pronounced in the wire trade, and the reported weakening of prices is not general." Bradstreet's says: "Business failures in the United States for the week ended with Feb ruary 17 were 269, against 249 last week, 282 In the like week of 1909, 326 In 1908, 177 In 1907 and 18 in 1906." . Wholesale Markets. New York. Wheat Spot, easyj No. 2 red, 131c. nominal elevator do mestic and nominal t. o. b. afloat: No. 1 Northern Duluth and No. I hard winter, 127 nominal f. o. b. afloat. Corn Spot steady; No. 2 nomin al; elevator domestic and delivered No. 2 f. o. b. afloat, 72 e. nominal. Oats Spot firm; mixed, 2 6 11 pounds, nominal; natural white, 26 32 lbs., 6265c. Clipped white, 34 42 lbs., 63 57 c. Butter firm; receipts, 4,562 pack ages. Creamery specials, 31c.; ex tras, 30;' third to first, 25 29; held, second to special, 25 31; state dairy, common to finest, 23 29; pro cess, first to special, 2 4 2 6 Vi - Eggs Firm; receipts, 9,589 cases. State and Pennsylvania and nearby gathered white, 30037; do., hennery brown and mixed, fancy, 2S29; do, gathered brown, fa'r ti prime, 270 28; WeBtern first, 26 27; seconds, 25; refrigerators, 22 23. Philudlephia. Wheat Firm; con hennery white, fancy, 30 3 8c; do., tract grade, February, 126 128c. Corn higher; February and March, 69 69 c Oats higher; No. 2 white natural 54M:C. Butter lc higher; extra Westers creamery, 31c; do, nearby prints, tl Eggs firm; Pennsylvania and othei nearby firsts, free cases, 28c. ai mark; do current receipts In return able cases, 27, at mark; Wester firsts, free cases, 28, at mark; da current receipts, free cases, 23 27 at nark. Cheese firm; New York, full creams, choice, 1717c; do, fair to good. 16 17. Baltimore. Wheat The market for Western opened dull: No. 2 red spot, 127c. asked; May, 121. Prices sagged and offerings continue light At the midday call No. 2 red spot was quoted at 126 Sic. Settling prices were: No. 2 red Western, 127 c; No. 2 red, 126; No. 3 red, 121 i ; steamer No. 2 red, 120; steamer No. 2 red Western, 111. Corn Western opened firmer. Spot. 69c; March, 70; May. 7211 72. . Oats We quote per bu.: White, as to weight No. 2, 63 64c; No. 8, 6263; No. 4. 6151. Mixed No. 2, 6262o.; No. S, 5151. Rye We quote, per bu.: Rye No. 2 Western, domestic, 8590&; No. 3 Western, 81 83; No. 2 near by, 80 81. Hay We quote: No. 1 timothy, per ton, $21.50; No. 2. do, $20,000 21.00; No. 3 do, $17.60 19.00: choice clover mixed, $20.60; No. 1 clover mixed, $20.00; No. 2 clover mixed, $17.6019; No. 1 clover, $20.00; No. 2 do, $17. 6Q 19.00. Butter Creamery fancy, 20c; creamery choice, 27 28; creamery good, 25 26; creamery imitation, 21 23; creauory prints, 29 30. Cheeso We Quote, Jobbing price per lb., 18 18 c. Esgs. The market was firmer and prices advancod cent per doxen. Fair Jobbing demand for fresh eggs. We quote, per dozen: Maryland, Pennsylvania and nearby firsts, 26 c; Western firsts, 26; West Virginia firsts, 25; Southern firsts, 24. i Live Poultry We quote, per lb: Chickens Old hens, heavy, per lb.. 18c; do, small to medium, 18; young roosters, good to choice, 19 20; do, rough and staggy, 16 16. Ducks Large, 18c; email, 17; Muscovy and mongrel, 16 17. Geese Western and Southern, 1314c; Maryland' and Virginia, 15 16. Pigeons, per pair Young, 25c; old, 25. Guinea Jowl, each Old, 25c; young, 1 lbs. and ovpr, 40; young, smaller, 25 JO. Turkeys Choice bens, 24c; choice young gobblers, 23; old toms. 199 20; rough and poor, 10011. Live Stock. Chicago. Cattle Market strong to 10c. higher; steers, $4.758; cows, $3.80 5.30; heifers, $3.40( 6; bulls, $46.25; calves. $30925; stockers and feeders, $3.50 6.75. Hogs Market strong; choice heavy, $9.809.85; butchers', $9.25 9.35; light mixed, $9 9.20; choir light, $9.209.25; packing, $9.20(2 9.80; pigs, $8 909.10; bulk of sales, $9.15 9.30. Sheep Market steady ti strong. Sheep, $6.607.26; lambs, $7 3S3 9.10; yearlings, $7.2508.60. Kansas City. Cattle Market steady to 10 higher; choice export and dressed beef steers, $6.25 7.50; fair to good, $5. 30 6.25; Western steers, $5 6.75; stockers and feed ers, $4 5.90; Southern steers, $4 7a 6.60; Southern cows, $30514; native cows, $3 6; native heifers, 9 t E i7 a oc. v.. .11. m mttsxK s. calves, $4.50 0 9. Hogs Market 6 to 15c higher. Top, $9.10; bulk of sales, $8,760 9.05; heavy, $9 9.10; packers ani butchers'. $8.85 9,10; light, $8 1 8.95; pigs, $7.4008.10. Sheep Market 10 to 16c higher; lambs, $8.469; yearling, $7.7649 8 60; wethers, $67; ewes, $5,500 $.25;' stockers and feeders, $4 6. PitUburg,. Pa. Cattle Suppl light; choice, $6.60 06.75; prima, $6.266.40. Sheep Supply light; prime weth ers, $6.81 7; oulls and common, t' 4; lambs, $8.80; veal calvefc 10 10.60. Hogs Receipts light; prime has lea, mediums, heavy and tight York era, $9.60 9.851 pigs, $940; rouj(M $8.6001.80. I
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