—
amas,
Testify Against Oil Trust.
SMALL DEALERS HAD TO QUIT
An Old Agent of the Standard Makes
Full Confession of Its
Methods.
A total of 19 witnesses was called
vommis-
sioners Prouty and Clements in the
by Inter-State Commerce
Standard Oil
O., in one day.
inquiry at Cleveland
Testimony bordering on the sansa-
tional was obtained from several wit-
That of George L. Lane, ot
employe oi
the Standard oil Company, was re-
nesses.
Mansfield, O., a former
garded as particularly important.
According to his evidence Lane was
for about 14 months, in 1901 and 190
employed by the Standard Oil Com-
pany for the express purpose of driv-
ing all the independent oil
in a dozen or more of the principa:
cities and towns of Northern Ohio out
of business. He said he was em-
ployed by G. E. Lyons, of the Cleve-
land office of the Standard Oil Com-
bany, to go to designated places ana
use every means, fair or foul, to force
independents to quit. He described
the methods pursued in detail.
“My instructions,” he said, “were
to kill them, and I was told that if .
could not do the job somebody else
would be sent to take my place.
worked in Youngstown and surround-
ing small towns, Canton, Girard, War-
ren, Ravenna, Massillon, Mansfeld,
Elyria, Oberlin and other places.
“In all the tows, with the excep-
tion of Youngstown, the independent
pedlers were forced to abandon their
business. In Youngstown a man
named William H. Vahey was en-
countered, and despite everything we |
could do he held nis trade. We gave
oil away by the barrel and tank load,
but it did no good. Vahey’s custom-
ers threw it out.”
Miss Elizabeth Protzman, a steno-
grapher and bookkeeper in the Dayton
(0.) office of the Standard, testified
that information concerning the oil
shipment of rivals was brought into
the office by draymen and that she
made careful reccrd of them and gave |
them to her superior.
W. J. Cram, who was engaged in
the oil business at Marietta from 1885
to 1897, testified that the Standard
Company for years used coercive
methods, and the Standard was so
persistent in its efforts that his com-
pany was finally compelled to sell out
to the Galena Oil Company, a Stand-
ard branch, at a lower figure than
might otherwise have been obtained.
Many other witnesses gave similar
testimony.
CHURCHES UNITED.
Cumberland Presbyterians Absorbed
by Presbyterians—Only Two
Dissenting Votes.
Union between the Presbyterian
and the Cumberland Presbyterian
Churches was consummated at Des
Moines, It., when th: general assem-
bly of the former church adopted the
report of the committee on church
co-operation and union. But two
commissioners voted against the
union of the denominations, one be-
ing the Rev. Dr. William Laurie of
Bellefonte, Pa., who asked his vote be
recorded in the negative, and Dr. R.
F. Cressy of Jacksonville, Ill. Dr.
Laurie said his conscience compelled
him to belong to a small minority.
The report of the committee on
union was presented by the chairman,
thé Rev. Dr. William H. Roberts, and
the Rev. Dr. James H. Roberts of
Washington, Pa., moved the adoption
of the report. Immediately follow-
ing the vote the commissioners sang,
“Praise God from Whom All Bless-
ings® Flow” and ‘Blest Be the Tie
That Binds.” Moderator Hunter
Corbett then stated: “l. do" sol-
emnly declare and here solmenly an- |
nounce the basis of reunion and union |
is now in full force and effect and the |
Cumberland Presbyterian
ica as one church.” .
Heary applause followed the con-
summation of the overtures which
have been in negotiation for several
years. The stated clerk then wired a
message to the general assembly of
the Cumberland Presbyterian church
at Decatur, Ill., announcing the union
had been effected.
PROHIBITION TICKET
Pennsylvania State Convention Meets
at Harrisburg.
The Pennsylvania State Prohibition |
Harrisburg and |
convention met at
nominated the following ticket:
Governor—State Treasurer W. H.
Berry, Democrat, Delaware.
Lieutenant Governor—Homer 1
Castle, Prohibitionist, Allegheny.
Auditor: General—William T. Crea-
sy, Democrat, Columbia.
Secretary of Internal Affairs—E. A.
Coray, Independent Republican,
zerne.
The platform provides for the en-
actment of laws providing for the im-
prisonment of officers, and employes
of corpcrations, whether
pipe lines, industrial, insurance o
otherwise, who take part or assist in
any act’of discrimination personally
or on the part of their company.
Pneumatic Tube Service.
The Senate Committee on Postoffi-
ces and Post Roads, agreed upon an
amendment to the appropriation bill,
adding $88,735 to the amount to be ex-
pended for the extension of the pnue-
matic tube service, making the total
appropriation $1,230,000. The new
service was confined by the House
provision to Pittsburg, Brooklyn,
Cincinnati and Kansas City, and the
Senate has added Baltimore and San
Francisco.
STANDARD OIL'S METHODS
Men of Slaughtered Competitors
peddlers
church is |
now reunited with the Presbyterian |
church in the United States of Amer- |
Lu- |
railroad. |
CASSATT ACCUSED.
tors Business
That A. J. Cassatt, President of the
Pennsylvania Railroad, was responsi-
ble for orders issued to minor officials
which resulted in the ruining of his
coal business was the positive state-
ment made before the Inter-State
Commerce Commission at Philadel-
phia, by F. Albert von Boyneburgh,
a mine operator, who formerly had a
prosperous business.
Further than that the witness
that the business which he had lost
had in many iastances been gained
by the Berwind-White Coal Company
and the Keystone Coal & Coke Com-
pany, which are known as the Cassatt
companies.
Mr. Von Boyneburgh stated that the
officers of the Penuasylvania Railroad
were working in the interests of the
Keystone Comvany and that he la
learned that an officer of the Pennsyl-
vania Railroad had endeavored to
have his informant customer take the
business from Von Boyneburgh and
give it to the Keystone Company.
Robert Kelso Cassatt, son of Presi-
dent Cassatt, is the eastern agent ot
the Keystone Ccal & Coke Company.
GAEKWAR COMING AGAIN.
said
Baroda’'s Ruler Wants to Make Fur-
ther Study of America.
Thoroughly imbued with the ad-
vantages to be gained by a study of
its people and institutions, His High-
BOMBS KILLED SEVERAL
Sunday in Russia Marked by a
“Number of Assassinations.
HIGH DIGNITARIES ATTACKED
Governor General and Chief of Police
of Tiflis Have Narrow Escape
—Terrorists Blamed.
Several bombs were thrown while a
review of troops was being held at
Sebastopol, after the te deum in cele-
bration of the anniversary of the Em-
peror’s cornation. Three persons
were killed and several wounded.
Among the wounded were the com-
mander of the fortress, General Nep-
lueff, who received slight hurts, and
the chief of police, who was gravely
injured. Other high dignataries es-
caped. Vice Admiral Chouknin,
commanding the osiack sea fleet, who
is a special subject for terrorist re-
venge, was not present. Two of the
bomb-throwers were arrested.
Dispatches received at St. Peters-
burg concerning the bomb outrage
during the review of troops after the
celebration of the anniversary of the
Emperor's coronation at Sebastopol
say 11 persons were Killed, including
five children, and over a hundred per-
ness Maharajah Gaekwar of Baroda,
will pay a sccoand visit to the United |
States. . ;
The subjects of fisheries and agri- |
| culture have occupied his attention |
most, and he stated that he prcbably |
will request the secretary of com- |
merce and labor to allow an expert |
from the United States fish commis- |
sicn to go to India and give instruc- |
tions in fish culture. «of
Owing” to the almost similar cli- |
matic conditions which prevail in In- |
dia and. the United States, and being
impressed with the extent to whi
farming is successfully carried on in
this country, his highness is seriously
considering the advisability of send-
ing to America and placing in agricul-
tural colleges a number of students,
to study farming with the view to im- |
proving the condition of his people.
RECEIVED REBATES.
|
Members of Several Firms Testify in
at Kansas City.
Members of half a dozen large bus-
iness firms of Kansas City, admitted |
at the trial in the Federal Court ot |
George H.. Crosby, the Burlington |
traffic manager, George 1. Thomas, |
the New York freight broker, and the |
latter’s clerk, L. B. Taggart, that they |
had received thousands of dollars in
commissions from ‘‘unknown sources.”
All of the firms hired Thomas to
attend the shipping of goods from the
Atlantic seaboard to St. Louis ana
Kansas City, but none of the wit-
nesses would say that the money
came from Thomas.
None of the firms kept records ¢
the payments, according to the wit-
nesses. All payments were made in
New York.
Several officials of the Burlington
Railway were also examined, aad
their testimony developed the fact
that vouchers for the payment of
ccemmissions have disappeared.
TO PRESERVE ANTIQUITIES
Measure Ordered Reported by Senate
Committee on Public Lands.
A measure for the preservation of
American antiquities has been order-
ed reported favorably by the Senate
Committee on Public Lands. The
proposition has been before Congress
in various forms for several years,
but always some objections were
urged against it until the present
Congress.
Under the bill, any person who
shall appropriate, excavate, injure or
destroy any histroic or prenistoric
ruin or monument, or any object of
antiquity, situated on lanus owned or
controlled by the United States, upon
| conviction, shall be subject to a fine
| not exceeding $300 or imprisonment
for not more than 90 days, or both.
It is intended that the President, by
| proclamation, shall declare Tistoric
| landmarks, histroic and prehistoric
structures and other objects of his-
toric or scientific interest, to the na-
tional monuments.
Assessment of 200 Per Cent.
| The Home Fire Insurance Compa-
| ny, of California, has levied an as-
| sessment of 200 per cent on its stock-
| holders. This will at once put into
| the treasury of the company $630,000.
| This sum, together with the surplus
| of between $500,000 and $600,000 of the
| company, the officers of the company
| say, will be sufficient to meet its San
| Francisco liabilities and enable the
| company to continue its business with
unimpaired capital.
TELEGRAPHIC BRIEFS
Dr. J. K. McClurkin, pastor of the
Shadyside Church of Pittsburg, was
elected Moderator by the United
Presbyterian General Assembly at
Richmond, Ind.
Emperor Nicholas accepted the
resignation of Admiral Rojestvensky,
which was tendered on the ground of
ill health, following wounds, received
in the war with Japan.
The Republic Ircn and st-el Com-
pany has clcsed a contract with the
Bessemer Pig Iron Association , for
10,000 tcns of Bessemer pig iron for
June delivery. The price agreed up-
on is $17.25 a ton at the furnaces.
RAISED 10 PER CENT.
Increase of Cotton Mill Employes’ Pay
In Connecticut.
A voluntary wage increase of 10 |
per cent has been granted all cotton
| mill employes in the Danielson,
| Conn., district, notices to that effect)
| having been posted in Moosup, Jewett
| City, Waaregan and many other places |
{in Windham and New London coun-
| “The action of che mill owners af-|
| fects 20,000 persons. |
sons were wounded. The dispatches
also say four arrests were made.
M. Shataloff, warden of the St. Pe-
tershurg city prison was shot four
times and mortally wounded by an 18-
year-old youth who was executing a
social revolutionist sentence in re-
venge for Shataleff’s bad treatment
of political prisoners. The assassin,
whose name is Skutilman, killed a
beggar who tried to stop him, but
afterward was arrested.
While Governor-General ‘timoseieff
of Tiflis and Chief of Police Martinoft
were driving out bombs were thrown
at them. Neither was injured, but
a Cossack belonging to their escort
was killed. The crime was attempt-
ed in the center of the town.
General Timoseieff and Chief of. Po-
lice Martinoff were riding in separate
carriages. They were on their way
to attend the coronation anniversary
te deum at the cathedral. Two
bombs were thrown simultaneously,
| one of them failing 10 explode. Chie:
of Police Martinoff, who was riding
with his revolver in his hanu, shot
and killed one of the terrorists, but
the other escaped. Governor-General
Timoseieft’s coachman was wounded.
The city is agitated, tearing an armed
attack.
LIGHTNING KILLS FIVE
Bolt Strikes in Midst of Crowd
at Ball Game.
During a ball game in an open field
three miles from Mobile, Ala., a thun-
derstorm came up, accompanied by
vivid lightning, which struck in the
midst of the crowd of spectators, in-
stantly killing five and injuring some
25, more or less, seriously. The dead
are: Daniel Touart, aged 21; Stev-
en Touart, aged 19; Arthur Moody,
aged 19; John wureen and Charles
Thomas. The seriously injured are:
John Yokers, Fred Johnson, Fred
Burch, Joe Dolbear and George Cleve-
land.
At least 15 or 20 others were
shocked and knocked down by the
stroke, who quickly recovered, and
were able to leave the scene. The
field was strewn with bits of shoes
and clothing from those who were
killed or seriously injured, and the
bodies of the dead presented a terri-
ble spectacle, being burned in numer-
ous places.
A silver dollar taken from the
pocket of one of the victims was melt-
ed on both sides.
BOAT ROCKER ON HAND
Sends Himself and Two other Men
to Eternity by Drowning.
The boat rocker was on hand at
Santa Fe Park, on the Desplaines
river near Chicago, and roc«ed him-
self and two other men into eternity.
The dead are: Charles Saenger, 22
years; Robert Heiden, 24, and Albert
Brunke, 24. Mary .ctigney and Al-
bert Golastein were rescued.
BIG INCREASE IN TRADE
Including Exports, Over Previous 10
Months Periods.
The foreign commerce of the United
States for April aggregated $251,000,-
000, of which $107,000,000 was in im-
ports and $144,000,000 in exports.
These figures are given in a bulletin
issued by the bureau of statistics,
which says that only in one previous
April in the history of our export
trade, has the total of imports and
exports reached as much as $200,-
000,000.
For the 10 months of the fiscal
year, 1906, ended with April, the im-
ports were $1,021,000,000 and exports |
imports |
$1,480,000,000. The total
and total exports in 1906, says the
bulletin, are in each case likely to be
greater than those of any earlier year,
and several monthly records already
have been broken.
No 10-month period of any earlier
year, the bulletin says, ever touched
the $1.0.0,000 line in imports or
reached the $1,300,000 line in exports.
Texas Cumberland Presbyterians
are in open revolt against union with
the Presbyterian churches.
New Submarine Wonder.
A new submarine destroyer from
which the crew can see and hear
sights and sounds at a great distance
| and thus strike with greater accuracy,
| bas been
invented by Lewis Nixon,
the shipbuilder. Mr. Nixon said he
had applications for patents pending
all over the world. The new sub-
marine destroyer, Mr. Nixon said,
will be offered to the United States
government by thes inventor before
any foreign power has an option on
it.
-
+-- VESSEL HAD BEEN DISABLED
Riffians and Angera Tribesmen on the
Coast of Morocco Are Attacking
Vessels.
A message from Tangier, May 22
says: *Owing to an accident to her
engines the small steamship Manolita,
flying the American flag, had to put
into Pescadores bay, on the Riffian
coast of Morocco to land passengers
and make repairs. A large number of
Riffians appeared on the beach, swam
out to the Manolita, boarded her,
seized a small boat, carried off three
native passengers and all they could
lay their hands upon.
The Manolita, after some alterca-
tion between her crew and the pirates,
escaped and arrived at Penon de la
Gomera, where the outrage was re-
ported to the Spanish authorities.
Angera tribesmen, after seizing a
British sailing vessel near Ceuta,
kidnaped three of the crew whose
nationality is unknown.
These vessels arriving on the Riffian
and Angera coasts gives ground for
the belief that the business they car-
ried on was not bona fide.
AGAINST EIGHT-HOUR DAY
Agent of Carnegie Steel Co. Appears
Before House Committee.
A. C. Hayden, repesenting the Car-
negie Steel Company, opposed the
eight-hour bill before the house com-
mittee on labor. He said the enact-
ment of the measure
every large institution now
government contracts from that field, |
would turn over the manufacture of
the supplies of the government to the
small contractor and would increase
the cost of the same to the govern-
ment from 121% to 25 per cent.
The Carnegie company, he said, at
one time made the experiment of
changing its factory method from two
shifts of men working 12 hours each
to three shifts working eight hours.
As a result the product of that factory
decreased 20 per cent.
MUST PROCURE SIGNALS
Free Delivery Will Be Refused
Where Boxes Are Not Provided.
The fourth assistant postmaster
general has issued an order providing
that after July 1 rural delivery car-
riers when making their trips will
visit and examine only those boxes
for which they have mail for delivery
and those on which the signals are
displayed to indicate that there is
mail for dispatch. Patrons now
maintaining mail boxes on which
there are no signals will be required
to procure some sort of device which
will serve as a signal to carriers.
By this new arrangement it is ex-
pected that the delivery and collec-
tion of mail along rural free delivery
routes will be facilitated.
BOOK OF FORMS ACCEPTED
General Assembly Does Not Make Its
Use Obligatory.
By a practically unanimous vote the
Presbyterian General Assembly at
Des Moines, Ia., adopted the report of |
the committee on ‘Forms and Ser-
vices.”
churches for voluntary use.
The assembly
the contents of the book, or direct its
use, and will place on the title page
“Prepared by a committee of the
general assembly of the Presbyterian !
Church.” The committee's report at
first embodied on the title page the
statement “Published by the author-
The bock now goes to the |
refused to sanction |
WILL INVESTIGATE GRAFTS
Pennsylvania Railroad Officials |
Admit Receiving Gifts. |
THE PRACTICE ONE |
IS AN OLD
| Kansas City,
| meet death in her
In Olden Days It Was Not Improper
for Railroad Officials to Own
Such Properties.
Forced to action because of the
scandals brought to light by the in-
vestigation now being conducted by
the interstate commerce commission,
the board of directors of the Penn-
sylvania Railroad Company at a
meeting in Philadelphia decided to in-
vestigate the admissions made be-
fore the commission now sitting here,
that certain officers and employes of
the company hold stock in several
coal companies along the lines of
the Pennsylvania railroad, which was
given them gratuitously. The com-
mittee appointed to make the investi-
gation is composed of C. Stuart Pat-
terson, James McCrea, W. H. Barnes, |
Effingham B. Morris and T. De Witt
Cuyvler.
First Vice President John T. Green |
presided at the meeting and appoint- |
would drive |
taking | In any manner to affect the full and
ed the committee. He laid before the |
board the notice issued by him on
Muay 18, in which it was stated that
‘‘no ownership or practice calculated
impartial discharge of the duty owed |
| by the company, its officers and em-
| holdings might not now be regarded
|
|
|
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|
|
1
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|
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|
ity of the Presbyterian Church.” This |
was stricken out.
Crow indian Land Drawings June 14.
In accordance with a proclamation
of the President, opening to settle-
ment and eatry 1,000,600 acres of the
Crow Indian reservation in Montana,
|
|
| apothecary at Grimstad and there he
' composed his first works,
the commissioner of the general land |
office announcad that a registraticn of
applicants will be he!d at Miles City
and Billings, Mon., and at Sheridan,
Wyo., commencing June 14, and end-
ing June 26, 1906.
be held at Billings,
June 2. .
commencing
ALASKAN TOWN FIRE SWEPT
“wrote ‘‘The Viking’s Grave,” and be-
The drawings will i
One Woman Burned to Death in Fire
at Fairbanks.
The entire town of Fairbanks, Alas- i
ka, from Turner to Lacey street and !
back to Third, except the Fairbanks
i dis, of the United
| court to settle all the points in con-
| A formal order declaring that Dowie
Building Company’s building and!
warehouse, has been destroyed. One
woman was burned to death. The
fire has been extinguished.
Fairbanks is situated on the Chena
river, a tributary of the Tanana, and,
although but three years oid, is now
the largest and most impertant city |
on the Pacific coast north of Van-
couver, B. C., having a population of |
about 7,000.
An unofficial estimate
loss at about $1,000,000.
Bill to Make Pesos Lighter.
The Senate Ccmmititze
| lutions,
places the
|
pines decided to rep rt favorably the |
bill to auttorize a reducticn in the
weight and fineaess of the silver in
the Philippine peso. Tre changa is
made necessary, he said, by ths rise
in the price of silver, which renders
the coin of greater value for the sil-
ver in it than as money. .
Pension Law Defect Fixed.
The House passed an amendment
to the present pension laws, curing
a defect by joint resolution of Sec-
tion 2 of the resolution approved
July 1, 1902, construing the act of
June 27, 1890. The resolution makes
the section harmonious and equit-
able in its application to any en-
listed man of the army, including
regulars, volunteers and militia, who
was honorably discharged from the
last contract of service entered into
by him during the Civil War.
1 1904 had the
! nomination from him and
on Philip- |
ployes to the public, would be toler- |
ated.” |
The board unanimously approved
the notice issued by Vice President |
Green and adopted it as their action.
Further Revelations Made.
Further revelations’ concerning
stockholdings in soft coal mining
companies by officials of the. Penn-
sylvania railroad were made when
the interstate commerce commission
resumed its investigation into the al-
leged discrimination by railroads in
the distribution of cars.
Three high officials of the railroad,
First Vice President Green, ‘Third
Vice President Samuel Rea and Will-
iam A. Patton, assistant to the presi-
dent, at Philadelphia, were the im-
portant witnesses of the day. Mr.
Patton was under examination the
greater part of the morning and was
an unwilling witness.
The persistent questioning of At-
torney Glasgow. for the commission,
however, brought out the fact that
Mr. Patton had acquired stock, the
par value of which is $307,000, in
various coal companies without cost
to himself. He explained, however,
that he had signed notes obligating
himself for his share of the losses
and declared his belief that it was
proper for him to accept the stock
under those conditions.
Vice President Green said that 20
or 30 years ago it was not considered
improper for an official of the railroad
to own coal company stock, but that
conditions had changed and such
in the same light as formerly. Mr.
Green said he did not own a dollar's
worth of coal company stock.
DEATH OF HENDRIK IBSEN
Was Great Poet and Dramatist of
Norway.
Henrik Ibsen, the Norwegian poet
and dramatist, died at Christiania,
Norway, May 23.
Henrik Ibsen was born in Skien,
Norway, March 20, 1828, and was of
mixed Scottish and German descent.
At 16 he became apprenticed to an
“Hosten,"’
a poem and ‘‘Catilina,” a play, pub-
lished in 1850, under the name of
Brynjolf Bjarne.
After a few months’ work at the
University of Christiania in 1850, he
came manager of the new National
theater at Bergen, after which he
turned his whole attention to dramatic
composition.
DOWIE DECLARED BANKRUPT
Judge Landis to Settle All Controver-
sies Between Him and Voliva.
The attorneys in the Dowie litiga-
tion have agreed to allow Judge Lan-
States district
troversy between Voliva and Dowie.
is an individual bankrupt was enter-
ed in Judge Landis’ court. ,
Bryan Endorsed.
William Jennings Bryan was indors-
ed for President at Lima, O., by the
Democratic judicial committee of 16
counties of northwest Ohio. The reso-
which were adopted with
cheering, declare that Bryan would
have been renominated and elected in
trusts not stolen the
that the
National Democracy will nominate
him in 1908 by acclamation.
Two unknown workmen, one a ne-
gro, the other an Italian, were killed
and two others were injured by fall-
ing rock in the Pennsylvania railroad
tunnel under the Hudson river at
New York City.
SOLDIERS WILL GET $22,000
A Plea for Extra Pay for Kansas |
Volunteers Is Granted.
The accounting officers of the
Treasury have just completed the
settlement of a demand amounting to |
$22,000 for extra pay due the Kansas |
volunteers, commanded by Col. |
Frederick Funston, brigadier general |
in the United States army. The case |
grew out of the service of the Kan- |
sas volunteers during the Spanish
War before they were accepted as a
part of the volunteer army.
|
| dian appropriation bill,
WOMAN AND MAN TO HANG
Killed Husband That
Might Marry.
The Supreme Court of Missouri,
affirmed the conviction for murder of
Mrs. Agnes Myers and Frank Hott-
man. They will be hanged June 20
unless the Governor interferes. Hott-
man will be executed in the jail at
while Mrs. Myers will
cell in the Court
House at Liberty, Clay county. If
Mrs. Myers is hanged she will be the
first white woman hanged in the
State of Missouri.
The crime for which the two were
convicted was the killing of Clar-
Had They
ence Myers, husband of Agnes
Myers.
Mrs. Myers has never confessed.
She denounces Hottman as a liar. She
declares she is innocent and hopes to
meet her murdered husband in heav-
en.
Boston Wool Market.
The Boston wool market is without
special feature, trade being quiet,
with prices firmly held. Dealers are
approaching the new clip with scant
stocks on hand. Old territory stock
is practically exhausted. Fine cloth-
ing is held at about 70c and fine
| medium at 66 to 68c, and half-blood
| at 68 to
70c. Pulled wools are dull.
Australian cross breds and merinos
| are moving moderately and are in a
strong position. Leading quotations
follow: Ohio and Pennsylvania XX
and above, 34 at 34%c; X, 31 to 32c;
No. 1,237 to 38¢;-No. 2, 37 to 38c;
fine unwashed 25 to 26c; one-fourth
| blood, unwashed, 25 to 26e¢; three-
eighths blood, 32 to 33c¢c;
Agreement on Indian Bill.
Complete agreement has been
reached by the conferees on the In-
and the re-
port was signed. The chief differ-
ences, raised by Senate amendments
were disposed of by agreements as
follows:
severalty to Indians on the various
reservations shai become liable to the
satisfaction of any debt contracted
prior to the issuing of the final pat-
ent..
Lake Steamer Sunk in Collision.
The steamer John Duncan, bound
down, was sunk near the mouth of the
Detroit river in collision with the up-
bound steamer, Wisconsin of the Haw-
good Line of Cleveland. The Dun-
can’s bow was badly damaged and she
was beached on Bois Blanc Island in
a sinking condition. The Duncan is
owned by Henry J. Pauly of Milwau-
kee. The Wisconsin continued her
trip uninjured.
Petition a Mile Long.
A petition more than a mile long
and bearing more than 115,000 names
was sent to Governor Guild of Massa-
chusetts, asking him to commute to
life imprisonment the. sentence of
death imposed upon Charles L. Tuck-
er for the murder of Mabel Page at
Weston in March, 1904. An express
wagon was necessary to transport
the petition io the State House.
TELEGRAPHIC BREVITIES.
The Senate in executive session
confirmed the nomination of S. W.
‘Wright to be postmaster at Elizabeth,
Pa. :
Secretary Bonaparte resumed his
duties at the Navy Department after
ar absence of about three weeks, due
to illness.
Three people were killed and one
fatally injured by lightning during a
storm at Richmond, Ind. Farmers
report great damage to crops by the
heavy rain.
The omnibus lighthouse bill, pass-
ed by the House contains an item
of $5,000 for port lights on the Monon-
gahela river. The total authoriza-
tions carried by the bill amount to
$1,313,500.
James F. Rager, of Allegheny, 21
years old, was found dead along the
Turtle Creek branch of the Pennsyl-
vania railroad. He was a freight
brakeman and it is presumed that he
fell from his train.
The agricultural appropriation bill
was reported to the Senate. It car-
ries $7,715,000, an increase of $223,-
560, over the amount carried by the
bill as it passed the House.
The American National Red Cross
received $30,000 from the Japanese
Red Cross for the relief of the San
Francisco earthquake sufferers. This
brings the total Japanese Red Cross
contributions up to $80,000.
Reports from Santo Domingo de-
clare another revolution on the is-
land is imminent. According to the
same report, Gen. Morales has gone
to St. Thomas.
The House committee of interstate
commerce disagreed on all the Sen-
ate amendments to the Hepburn bill
and that measure will be thrown in-
to conference, unless the House should
overrule this report, and veto to
agree.
Attorney General Mayer of New
York gave a hearing on the appli-
cation of W. R. Hearst for permis-
sion to commence quo warranto pro-
ceedings to test the title of George
B. McClellan to the office of Mayor
of New York City.
Senator Beveridge introduced a bill
to enlarge the scope of the meat in-
spection service under the Depart-
ment of Agriculture. In addition to
the power of inspection the inspectors
are permitted to destroy condemned
meat whether for domestic or for-
eign consumption.
Two Killed in Auto.
While endeavoring to drive his
| automobile across the I.ong Island
| railroad
tracks at Westbury station
in front of an approaching express
train George Bishop, chauffeur for
Robert J. Collier, lost control of the
machine. The automobile ran into the
second passenger car of the train and
was smashed, and the chauffeur and
Frederick White, his companion, were
instantly killed. The machine was
| distributed in shapeless bits for 400
feet along the track.
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