EERL0US GROWTH BE TOBAGCD COMBINE Sememnssioner Smith Furnishes In- foramation About Workings. of Big Syndicatz. TEM MEN HAVE CONTROL. @mmiisation Represents Total Capi- alization: of Qver Three Hun- dred and Sixteen Million Dollars. Washington, D. C.—Herbert Knox Be@AAfh_ Commissioner of Corpora- @Ssws, wade public further sub-divi- s@ame «of his report dealing with the gemmemt organization of the tobacco sssnlimstion and its degree of con- nll. = Comemissioner Smith says: . Fu Fhe tobacco combination are the JMsmeriezn Tobacco Company and. its #hrea great subsidiary combinations —4Be American ‘Snuff Company, the Awerican Cigar Company - and the British American ~~ Company—besides #2 other subsidiary concerns doing Busimess in the United States, Puerto Wien znd Cuba. The combination rep- sesemts a total net capitalization of awer three hundred and sixteen” mill- Sen dellars. A group of ten stock- #old=rs controls 60 per cent of the sutstanding voting stock of the Jiwrerican Tobacco Company, through which company the entire combina oa #s controlled. They are J. B. Duke {president of the company), A. N. Brady, O. H. Payne, P. A. B. Widener, Thomas F. Ryan, B. N. Duke, & B. Schley, the banking and Brokerage firm of Moore & Schley chiefly as agents for clients), and he estates of W. C. Whitney and Ww. x. Eikiss. : A Tist of the subsidiary companies eontrolied, “including over twenty Btherto secretly controlled so-called “Bozms independent concerns’ » is =iven. It is shown also that the com- $ination is practically the only impor- gant exporter of tobacco manufactur- ers. Astonishing figures are given #n respect to the development of the eombination. In 1891 it controlled 80 per cent of the business of cigar- ette manufacture, and this proportion practically is maintained today. He centinues: In cigars its output increased from 4 per cent of the business in §897 to 14 7-10 per cent in 1906; while in manufactured tobacaco {chewing, smoking, fine cut and sauff), the combination’s output in- creased from 7 per cent of the total $n 7891 to 77%per cent in 1906. Final- By. in 1906, the combination controll- ed of these separate products, re- spectively: Plug. 82 per cent; smok- fag T1 per cent; fine cut, 81 per cent, and snuff, 96 per cent. ¥n the year 1906 th ecombination used in the manufacture of its vari emus products nearly 300,000,000 pounds of leaf tobacco. ¥n 1897 the combination had 10 plants, each producing over 50,000 pounds of manufactured tobacco or symif per year, while there were 243 fmdependent plants of the same class. #= 3906 on the other hand, the com- Sination had 45 plants of this class amd imdependent manufacturers 140. Wspecially conspicuous has been the absorption of the large plants. In 1837 the combination had eight plants, each producing over 1,000,000 pounds of these products per year, while its competitors had 46 such P= Tn 1906 the combination had plants of this size and indepen- dent concerns only 17. JUDGE CAN'T STAND BLOOD @elumbus Jurist Is Overcome When Stained Clothes Are Brought into Court. Columbus, O.--Judge C. M. Rogers, aftting in the trial of Harry Hillyard $or the murder ef, Patrolman Camp- Bell, was overcome by fainting when fhe Bloody clothing of the dead po- Weesnan was displayed. SCHWAB LOSES AT BACCARAT Dregs $12,000 an Hour in Gambling House in Paris. Paris—Before sailing for New York Charles M. Schwab gave him- self a day’s amusement at the races, whither he took a party of Ameri- can girls. Late that night he ap- peared at the famous gambling club at & Boulevard Des Capucines, of which he and John W. Gates are the few American members. Mr. Schwab played at railway Baccarat for exactly one hour and Jost 1,000 francs a minute. When ®e had paid up the $12,000 the club- sen urged him to continue, but Mr. Sehwab refused, saying: . “No: 1 don’t mind a small flutter, ®t IT have given up gambling.” et Rockefeller Helps Hussars. Augusta, Ga.—By 2a contribution of $329 from John D. Rockefeller, who $# here, the Richmond Hussars, one of fhe south’s oldest military com- pamies, will be enabled to participate Sn fhe inaugural parade in Wahing- @om. Mr. Rockefeller’s contribution wes announced and completes the smn necessary to send the Hussars. FOOTBALL IS GIVEN JOLT @ame Is Called “Debasing and Brutal izing” by Farmers’ Institute. Springfield, O.—The farmers’ insti- Ewie at Yellow Springs adopted a reso- Sefien condemning the game of foot ®e® and calling upon the colleges of she sountry to abolish it, characteriz- Sag #t as debasing and brutalizing. Wellow Springs is the seat of Antl- ax® college and the farmers say they Save seen the game and know what they are talking about. JINGOES DENOUNCED Sénator-Elect Root, Japanese Ambas- gador and Taft Speak at Peace Dinner. New York.—The Peace Soclety of New York- brought together around the banquet table at the Hotel Astor a notable gathering in honor of Sena- tor-elect Elihu Root. Joseph H. Choate was toastmaster. President- elect Taft, Governor Hughes, British Ambassador Bryce, Baron Kogoro Takahira, Ambassador from Japan, and Joaquin Labuco, Brazilian Am- bassador, were the speakers. Mr. Root dwelt upon the causes that led to war and said: The great obstacle to the doing of things which make for peace has been the inconsiderate and thought- less unwillingness of the great body of the people of the respective coun- tries to stand behind the man who was willing, for the sake of peace and justice, to make fair concessions. War comes today, as the result either of actual or threatened wrong by one country to another, or as the result..of< a: Sugpigion by one country that another intends to do it wrong, and upon that suspicion instinct leads the country that suspects the attack to attack first;. or from bitterness of feeling, dependent in no degree what- ‘ever upon substantial questions. of difference, and that bitterness of feel- ing leads to suspicion, and suspicion in the minds of those who suspect and who entertain: the bitter feeling, is justification for war. It is their jus- tification to themselves. The least of these three causes of war is actual injustice. Takahira Speaks. Baron Kogoro Takahira, Japanese Ambassador, said: We are very often surprised by the rumor of war, sometimes not without some cause, but in most cases entire- ly unfounded, as though there were a desire in some quarters for such a bloody struggle. I cannot help referring to this un- pleasant subject not only because it has a direct bearing upon the ques- tion of peace, but because Elihu Root himself had a trying experience with that fallacious clamor in connec- tion with the relations between the United States and Japan and stood out against it calmly and firmly throughout two years time of its con- stant uproar. Today we are happy to see that the public has become convinced with the folly of propagation of that im- possible story. “The first thing that I want to say,”’ in an apologetic tone, said Mr. Taft, “is that Elihu Root ought to be President-elect and I a prospective member of his cabinet, because I know how to serve under him.” He then delivered a hearty laudation of the Senator-elect. FAMILY OF FIVE CREMATED Widow and Her Four Children Sup- posed to Have Been Murdered. Bakersfield, Cal.—Mrs. Minnie Beekman, widof of W. M. Beekman, who was a prominent resident of Kern county, and her four children were burned to death in their home four miles south of Bakersfield. The police say they were murdered and the house fired. - The children are Verna, Raymond, Annie and Arthur, and were from 6 to 14 years of age. The charred bodies were found in bed. The half-consumed mattress, on which Mrs. Beekman had slept, was covered with what appears to be blood stains. Mrs. Beekman’s husband died a year ago. He had two children by a former wife. To these he left $100 each, and bequeathed the remainder of his $75,000 estate to his widow and her four children. LOWER FREIGHT RATES Important Trans-Continental Redus- tions Announced. Chicago. — Important reductins from the new schedules of trans-con- tinental freight rates, which have been in effect since January 1, have been agreed on by various railroads, according toan announcement made following the adjourment of a confer- ence of railroad officers of the trans- continental freight bureau. The concessions are in most cases a restoration of the old rates in ef- fect before the first of the year, and they are from 3 to 25 per cent on a large number of the commodities. ROBBER MURDERS GIRL Shot Dead While Her Sister Was Handing Him Money. Hamilton, Ont.—Miss Ethel Kin- rade, daughter of T. H. Kinrade, prin- cipal of the Cannon Street school, was shot dead by a robber. She and her sister Flossie were alone in the house, when a man walk- ed in and demanded money. Flossie was in the act of handing the man her purse, when he shot her sister. When the police arrived the man had disappeared and the girl was found dead, with five bullets in her body. $150,000 for Harvard. Cambridge, Mass.—Announcement of the gift of $150,000 to Harvard university for the purpose of endow- ing a chapel to be known as the Ed- ward Wigglesworth Memorial chapel, was made. The donors are James Norton Drew, Mary G. Pitcher, Hen- rietta G. Fitz and George Wiffles- worth, all of Boston. Aged Woman Burns to Death. Washington C. H., O.—During the absence of the family Mrs. Susannah Clawson, ninety, who lived with her son James, near South ‘Solon, was burned to death. Mrs. Clawson was putting wood on the fire when her dress was caught by the flame. Washington.—Until a court of last resort decides otherwise, all neutral spirits, diluted to proper strength, and colored, and flavored, must un- | 2 . 4 Dr. Deyeke, director of the Culberne der the pure food law, be labeled “fmitation whisky.” PRESENT ELEC GHOLSES CABINET Men Who Have Been Selected for Government Portfolios. TAFT REFUSES TO TALK It Is Believed, However, That Frank- lin McVeagh Will Be Secretary of Treasury. New York.—All qualifications of uncertainty in the prediction that Franklin MacVeagh of Chicago, has been selected by Mr. Taft.as his sec- retary of the treasury, are now re- moved. Mr, MacVeagh accepted the place, and thereby the Taft cabinet was made complete as heretofore an nounced, : Secretary of state, Philander: C. Knox, of Pennsylvania; attorney gen- eral, George W..Wickershaw, of New York; secretary of war, J. M. Dickin- son, of Tennessee; secretary of the navy, George von L. Meyer, of Mass- achusetts; secretary of commerce and labor, Charies Nagel, of Missouri; secretary of the interior, R. A. Ball- inger, of Washington; postmaster general, Frank H. Hitchcok, of Mass- achusetts; secretary of agriculture, James Wilson, of Iowa.. Ee It is interesting to. know something of the personality and legal achieve- ments of the latest acquisition, J. M. Dickinson, of Tennessee, who has ac- cepted the war portfolio. He will give up the position of general solic- itor for the Illinois Central railway system and a salary of $35,000 a year to become a cabinet minister. He is between 54 and 55 years of age, a native of Mississippi, served three months in the Confederate army, as *a boy, graduated from the Univers- ity of Tennessee and finished his ed- ucation in Germany. His grand- father was Felix Grundy, attorney general of the United States; his father a distinguished chancellor in Mississippi. Mr. Dickinson has al- ways been a Democrat, although he is a personal friend of President Roosevelt and refused to vote for Bryan. He is the owner of the famous Belle Meade Mancr House and im- mense estaates, three miles out from Nashville, in which he began his law practice. He was for a time judge of the supreme court of Tennessee, and was appointed by President Cleveland assistant attorney general of the United States, serving under Attorney General Harmon. Mr. Dickinson was selected by President Roosevelt to present the argument of the United States before the joint high commission which ad- justed the Alaskan boundary dispute between this country and Great Bri- tain, and his presentation of this case won for him an international reputa- tion. He has just retired as presi- dent of the American Bar association. PRESIDENT'S SALARY RAISED Taft Will Receive $75,000 but no Ad- ditional Allowance. Washington.—President Taft will have $75,000 a year with no allow- ance for travel pay, as compared with a salary for President Roose- velt of $50,000 and $25,000 additional, or such part of it as might be need- ed, for travel pay. The secretary of state in Mr. Taft's cabinet will have $8,000 a year instead of the $12,000 of the present secretary, and there will be no increase of the staff of the state department. There will be no increase of the pay of the vice president, speaker of the house or the judiciary. : Anti-Trust Law Upheld. Washington.—Deciding the case of of the Hammond Packing Company, of Chicago, versus the State of Ar- kansas favorably to the State, the su- preme court of the United States up- held the constitutionality of the antl- trust law of Arkansas. The compa- ny was fined $10,000 in the Arkan- sas State courts for failing to observe the law. Fortification Bill Passed. Washington.—The fortifications bill carrying appropriations aggregating $8,320,111 was passed by the senate. For the purchase of 170 acres at San Pedro, Cal, as a site for fortifications the appropriation was increased from $250,000 to $400,000 after representa- tions by Senator Flint that a smaller amount would not be sufficient to ac- quire the land. Tornado Does Damage. Evansville, Ind.—Several houses were unroofed, many barns were de- molished and much live stock was killed -by a tornado that swept over Center township, four miles north of Evansville. The storm’s path was 500 feet wide and a mile long. Sev- eral houses were wrenched from their foundations. Forty Perish. Buenos Ayres.—According to a dis- patch received here by the minister of marine, 40 persons lost their lives in the wreck of the Argentine steam- er Presidente Roca. The Presidente Roca went ashore on the east coast, between Puerto De San Antonio and Perto Madrin, after which she caught fire. LEPROSY IS CONQUERED Persian Surgeon Completely Cures Two Persons and Helps Others. Bombay, British India.—8peaking before the Bombay medical congress Captain Williams, residency surgeon at Rushire, Persia, announced that he had completely cured two lepers, practically cured two others and ef- fected a remarkable improvement in a fifth. He used the treatment of hospital, Constantinople. ROOSEVELT'S NEPHEW KILLED Stewart Douglas Robinson, a Harvard College Sophomore, Falls to Death. Cambridge; Mass.—Stewart Doug: las Robinson, aged 19, son of Presi dent Roosevelt's sister, and a sopho- more of Harvard college, fell from a six-story window at Hampton hall, a dormitory and was killed. He was a son of Douglas Robinson. Robinson was with a party of fel- low students Saturday night. Late in the evening he compained of not feeling well and went to the apart: ments of his brother, Monroe Doug: las Robinson, who is a senior at Har- vard. ‘The elder brother was not in his apartment, but Stewart Robinson had the freedom of the room and the party of friends accompanied him there. It is understood that shortly after their arrival young Robinson fell in crossing the room and struck heavily on his forehead, receiving, a painful injury. His friends say that they then put him in bed, znd after rais- ing the window of the room a few inches went away a short time later. It is believed that after his friends left him Robinson got out of the bed and walked toward the window to open it wider. .: It is thought that as he leaned out over the sill he became dizzy. and, losing: his balance, fell out.of the window. It is not known how long. the body lay in the street. It was discoyered by a policeman. TOO MANY FARMERS Standard Oil Attorneys Fear Verdict as in Former Trial. Chicago.—The retrial of the, Stand- ard Oil Company of Indiana was un expectedly delayed when United States Judge. A. B. Anderson quashed the panel of 150 veniremen because of what he considered the singularly large proportion of farmers thereon. It was a so-called “farmers” jury which brought in the verdict making Judge Landis’ fine of $29,240,000 in the original case possible, and John S. Miller of the defense was prompt in calling the Court’s attention to the fact that the panel presented for the new trial contained only three Chicagoans, although 60 per cent of the population within the jurisdiction of the court lives within Cook county. The jury commissioner was order- ed to produce the new panel. UNCLE SAM SHUTS THE DOOR Official Foiis Attempt to Smuggle Chinamen Into New York. New York.—An attempt to smug- gle into the United States two Chi- namen, both of whom had hidden on board the Hamburg liner Prinz Sig- ismund until that vessel, in port from South American ports since last Wednesday, had unliaded her cargo, was frustrated by the vigil- ance of a night inspector of the United States custom service. " This official intercepted the Chi- namen and placed them under ar- rest as they were being escorted from the steamer’s pier by an Ital- ian storekeeper of the Prinz Sigis- mund. The two Celestials were turned over to the immigration au- thorities for deportation ° while the Italian was held as a federal pris- oner. RIVER BILL PASSED Provision Made in Appropriations for Additional Dams on the Ohio. Washington.—The river and har- bor bill passed the senate unameend- ed as to the matters of concern to Pennsylvania, except that the pro- vision for surveys for locks and dams on the Ohio river is increased to include dams to No. 29, instead of stopping at No. 26. ; The pricipal contest in the senate was with regard to water power rights. Southern ‘Senators took the ground that the general government had mo power whatever to engage in the conservation and marketing ®of water power, but Senator Bacon who voiced this view contented himself with a protest after an agreement had been reached that such rights should be exercised only when the government had improved the stream for navigation. There was no ques- tion of the power of the federal gov- ernment to improve streams for mav’ igation. PROJECTS BIG SYSTEM Midland Continental Railroad Compa- ny Begins Contracting. Columbus, O.—It was announced that a contract had been let to a Co- lumbus contractor for the construc- tion of 212 miles of standard gauge steam railway from Edgley. N. D.,. to Pembina, Manitoba, near Winnipeg. The line is to cost approximately $2,500,000. This is the first part of a system projected by the Midland Continental Railway Company from Winnipeg to Galveston, crossing several continen- tal lines and making an entirely new route from north to south across the United States. Auto Goes Over Bank; One Killed. New York.—The snapping of: a rear wheel sent an automobile tumb- ling down an embankment, causing the death of Georg=s Portere, super- intendent of the Scott & MeComb. Kennels at Elmford, N. Y. Complairt of coal operators of Pittsburg district against freight rates to lakes was made to Chair man Knapp of interstate commerce commission. Ashes to Be Brought Home. Nice.—At the funeral services held here over the body of Rear Admiral Charles S. Cotton, U. 8S. N. (retired), the coffin was wrapped in an Ameri- can flag and covered with flowers. The body will be cremated at Mar- seilles and the ashes sent to the United States on board a battleship. Names Rear Admirals. Washington.—The president nomin- ated the following captains to be rear admirals. Giles B. Harber and 4 Uriah R. Harris. { BATTLESHIPS RETURN T0 HAMPTON ROADS Long Cruise of American Navy Is Completed Successfully. PRESIDENT DELIVERS ADDRESS Traine and Steamers Brought Multi- tudes to Surrounding Towns to Witness the Event. Old Point Comfort.—A record-break- ing crowd greeted the battleship fleet when it steamed into Hampton Roads Monday after its globe-girdling trip. Incoming trains and steamers poured a multitude of people into the towns that surround the Roads. ” “Not until some American fleet re- turns victorious from.a great’ sea bat- tle will there be another such home- coming, another such sight as this. I drink to the American navy.” ; This was the toast of President Roosevelt as he stood radiantly hap- py in the cabin of the graceful little cruiser yacht Mayflower, at the con- clusion of the review and the cere- monies attending the welcome home of the American battleship fleet. He was surrounded by the admirals and captains of the 16 world-encircling vessels brilliantly attired in all ‘the gold lace and paraphernalia of spec- ial full dress uniform, and every glass was raised in response to the Presi dent’s suggestion. “We stay-at-homes also drink to the men who have made us prouder than ever of our country,” added the President and again the toast was pledged. Speery Proud of the Moment. «When the fleet sailed from San Francisco, Mr. President,” replied Rear Admiral Charles $S. Speery, “you sent us a message saying that ours was a heavy responsibility and a great honor. - That we have today fulfilled the responsibility makes this the proudest moment of our lives. I say ‘we’ advisedly in speaking of the fleet for no one man could have done what has been done without the loyal and willing co-operation of every man on the fleet.” *® : Thus briefly the commander-in- chief of the returning ships made his official report to the commander-in- chief of the army and navy. The president was in the same joy- ous mood as he was when the ships set sail 14 months ago and to those who had also witnessed that notable departure of the first real battle squadrons ever gathered under the American flag, he constantly express- ed his enthusiasm over the safe and triumphant return of the fleet “which was despatched under his orders on a cruise which, it was said, was too hazardous for any such body of ships to undertake. UNDER GOVERNMENT SEAL Peculiar Feature of Evident Attempt to Smuggle Chinamen Into This Country. San Luis Obispo, Cal.—What is be- lieved to be an organized plan to smuggle Asiatics into this country has been unearthed, as a result of the discovery of 22 Chinese in a box car in this city. The most peculiar feature of the discovery was that the Chinese were in a bonded car sealed with the Government stamp. The car was billed from Algiers, La, where it left on February 10, for San Francisco. Owing to numerous land- slides and washouts the car was de- layed. While passing the sealed box car in the yards a conductor heard voices in it. In response to 1 question who was in the car hé re- ceived an offer of $2 for a bucket of water in the “pigeon English” of the Chinese. The sheriff’s office was notified, the seals broken and 22 half-starved Chinese taken out. All had large canteens, which, during the long journey, had been drained of avery drop of water. One of the Chinese stated that they had crossed the Mexican border at El Paso, but refused to give any further informa- tion. They were placed in the coun- ty jail. Again Indict Ohio Congressman. Norwalk.—Embezzlement and ob- taining money by means of false pre- tenses are the new indictments placed against Congressman J. F. Laning. Last April Congressman Laning was indicted on charges growing out of the failure of the Ohio Trust Compa- ny and was subsequently acquitted. Mr. Laning then resigned his nomina- tion for a third term in Congress. First M. E. Church in Russia. St. Petersburg.—The first Metho- dist Episcopal church in Russia has just been dedicated at Wirballen, .on the German frontier, by Bishop Burt of Zurich, Switzerland, Methodist Episcopal bishop of Europe. The Russian mission is the youngest in Methodism, but now has 10 congre- gations organized in Russla. Twenty-Five Killed in Wreck. Guayaquil, Beuador.—A pas:zenger train on the main line, bound north, was thrown over a cliff 100 feet high’ at a peint near RIo Bamba and crashed to the bottom of the ravine. Twenty-five persons were killed and 40 wounded. The accident was caus- ed by a displaced rail. Buffalo has $450,000 Fire. Buffalo, N. Y—Fire destroyed the six-story brick building on the north- west corner of Pearl street and Ter- race and badly damaged the up-er floors of the two buildings to the north on Pearl street. The loss is estimated at $450,000. Thirteen Killed. Marked Tree, Ark—Thirteen per- sons were killed, more than a score were injured and every building ex- cept two in Fisher were wrecked by a tornado. ATTACK ON PRESIDENT Representative from Colorado Assalls Chief Executive. Washington.—Never before, proba- bly, was there heard in either house of congress SO vicious an attack on the President of the United States as that made in the House of Repre- sentatives by Republican Represen- tative Cook, of Colorado, on Presi- dent Roosevelt and his administra- tion. Compared with it, the attack lev- eled at the president a few weeks ago by New York, was mild and tem erate. vet Willet was stopped before he had got off more than a dozen sen- tences by objections from several quarters, while the vitriolic outburst of the Colorado Republican went un- checked until the man who had: yield- ‘ed him time during the debate on the sundry civil bill, Chairman Tawney, of the appropriations committee, took Cook off the floor by withdrawing the remainder of the time he had grant- ed him, : The discussior arose over an amendment by Mr. Bennet (New York), striking out the provision lim- iting the field of operations of the secret service. A similar graph in the last appropriation bill is what gave rise to the presidents strictures upon members of congress. Mr. Bennett entered a general de- fense of the secret service tives. : - COURT OF INQUIRY Aldrich - Compromise Bill Dealing With Brownsville Matter Passes Upper House. Washington.—The president is au- thorized tb appoint a court of in- quiry to determine the qualifications for re-enlistment of discharged ne- gro soldiers of the Twenty-fifth infan- try regiment, who were accused of shooting up Brownsville, Tex., on the night of August 13-14, 1906. ‘ The Aldrich bill for this purpose was passed by a party vote of 56 to 26, except that Senator Teller voted with the Republicans for the passage of the bill. The bill is a compromise measure, approved by President Roosevelt, Senator Foraker and all of the Re- publican members of the committee on military affairs. The court of in- quiry will act as a board to consider applications for re-enlistment and recommend the restoration to duty of such soldiers as are not found guilty of complicity in the affray. RICH BUT INCOMPETENT Newly Wedded Man may Repent at Leisure Even If He Did not Marry in” Haste. Worcester, Mass.—Wedded to Miss A. Mary Hauff, a $200,000 heiress aft- er a 12-year courtship, W. W. Sar- gent, a wealthy and prominent busi- ness man of this city, was committed to an insane asylum with the promise. of two doctors that in two years he will be a raving maniac. immediately on the news of the mar- riage reaching his aged father, he : went before a justice and swore out a warrant for the son’s arrest as in- sane. The bridegroom was in cus- tody within 15 minutes affer his marriage, but was allowed to. spend the night with his bride under po- lice surveillance. He was, however, examined by two doctors, both of whom gave it as their opinion that he was suffering from dementia paralyti- ca. He was examined in the district court and the judge at once signed the warrant committing him to an in- sane asylum. : a Uniform Parcels Post. Washington.—The parcel post serv- ice to foreign countries practically will be uniform after March 1, with a postage rate of 12 cents a pound and a weight limit of 11 pounds. Japan and Sweden, however, will not be able to adopt the 11-pound limit until next month, and France, Hong- Kong and Denmark are expected to conform in a short time. Judge Anderson of Chicago, ruled that possible fine to be inflicted on Standard was $720,000, which govern- . ment regards as practical defeat for Sherman anti-trust law. $1,000,000 FOR TENEMENTS - Mrs. Vanderbilt to Erect Homes for White Plague Victims. New York.—Mrs. William K. Van- derbilt, Sr, has given more than $1,000,000 for the erection of four model tenements for persons suffer- ing with tuberculosis. A moderate rental will be charged tenants. -. » Buys the Phillies . Philadelphia.—The controling inter est in the Philadelphia National league baseball club passed into the hands of Israel W. Durham and at present member of the State senate. = Since 1902 the club has been con- trolled by a syndicate, headed by James Potter. The consideration given the syndicate for the controll- Ing interest in the club has not been announced, but it is said to exceed $200,000. Andrews Legally Elected. Washington.—By unanimous vote of the house William H. Andrews was declared to have been legally elected a delegate in Congress from New Mexico, as the result of the contest of Octaviana A. Larizola. HUSBAND-SLAYER GOES FREE Jury Thinks She Was Justified by : His Brutal Conduct. New York.—Rose Gratzicne, 20 years old, who, wher “ut a bride of six months, shot and ° ‘lied her hus- band, Domenico, bec: se unable to endure longer his alle +d brutal con- duct, was acquitted ¢° murder in the second degree in B--uklyn. Much sympathy had been shown for Mrs. Gratzione because of her story that she resisted her husband’s | efforts to i | efforts to drive her to tha streets. Representative Willet, of _ para- detec- moti gy OgppCcCR ie EE Re HO Rh 0 Ane AOE HHO 4d IY PSS ID a ay Ll
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