THH CITIZEN, KM DAY, MAItCH 23, 1010.
$6011 II IBB
Paid by Undcr.vr iters V
Defeat "Strike" Bills.
G. W. SHELDON AS COLLECTOR.
Senator Grady's Reinsurance Bill
"Bought" Through New York
Legislature and Bargain
Made Not to Repeal It.
New York. March 'J-'. Now confu
sions of money paid to Influence lire
insurance legislation In Alhnny made
to State Superintendent Hotchkiss In
Ills Investigation at his olllce here In
dicates that the New York board ot
fire underwriters litis been for years
one of the most prollllc producers to
the hungry Knitters In the state lepls
la t tire.
With the probe barely under the skin
of the scandal it lias been shown (lull
the lire Insurance companies In the
lxard of underwriters of this citj
alone paid .G0,000 to influence leglslii
tion in tlie six years beginning In 1!H)1
and ending liXHl.
How much more was paid by the
companies of this and other cities and
states and by the casualty companies
Mr. Hotchkiss Intends to show. He
also intends to show If possible win
got the money. It would appear from
the revelations so far that the fire In
surance and casualty and bondlns
graft collected by the legislators ran
Into the hundreds of thousands.
The most important testimony came
In the admission by Emanuel II. A.
Correa, vice president of the Home In
suranee company, of a letter written
by him to J. H. Branch, president ot
the Providence-Washington Insurance
eoiupuny. The letter was dated New
York city, July 3, ilK).". and In It Mr.
Correa said:
We had quite an understanding last
year and were very successful In killhiB
a couple of very serious bills that pre
sented themselves through the senate ol
this state, and we hope with due dill
Kence and exerclslnff every possible ef
fort to properly protect the Interests ol
our associates.
In regard to the Grady reinsurance act
it may not be out of place for me to Rive
you In perfect confidence a statement
that has come to my knowledge and
which I conveyed to the committee (on
laws and legislation) a short time aifo
namely, the fact that the Clrudy bill, hav
ing been fought through by certain rein
surance companies and having been
bought through the legislature (the
amount of tho purchase even having been
signified to me), has been placed upon
the statute books with the absolute and
avowed understanding, promise and con
duct that the parties who put the bill
through will defend it and tako caro that
It Is not repealed until 1906.
When pressed by Mr. Hotchkiss to
state to whom the money had been
paid for the passage of the Grady bill
and the amount of It Mr. Correa de
clared that all he meant in Ills lettei
to Mr. llrnuch wis that the represent
atives of the beneficiaries of tho Grady
hill had employed counsel to go to Al
bany and 'present arguments" for the
measure and .that these lawyers were
paid only jr.,000.
Tills Grady reinsurance act still
stands on the statute books. It was
put through the legislature of 1001 and
signed by Governor Odell. It was in
troduced by Senator Thomas F. Grady
and as backed by ouly three foreign
reinsurance companies, led bv the
Munich and the Itossia. It was bitter
ly fought by 240 American fire insur
ance companies.
To defeat that bill they spent 10,
000 In vain through George F. Sheldon,
then president of the Phenlx of Brook,
lyn, and vainly used all of the vast In
fluence at their command to bring
nressure upon assemblymen and sena
tors. This Grady act was of tremen
dous benefit to the foreign companies,
giving them an advantage reckoned
at :ir per cent over American compa
nies. W. N. Kremer, president of the German-American
Insurance company and
vice chairman of the laws and legis
lation committee of the New York
board of lire underwriters In 100O-1
testilled that many strike bills against
liifiiirance companies were Introduced
in the legislature in IDOIi and 1004.
The introduction of memoranda of
payments made by Mr. Kreiner"s com
pany during 100-1 brought the name of
the late George I'. Sheldon, president
of tho I'lienlx (tire) Insurance com
pany of Brooklyn Into the proceed
ings. Mr. Sheldon died at Greenwich,
Conn., following nu exposure of his
company by Mr. Hotchkiss.
Tho payments to Mr. Sheldon were
listed as follows: April 28, 1003, $2,500
for legal service; Sept. 1, 1!)04, $2,500;
Dec. 30, 100), $200.
"Do you know what these amounts
wero paid for?" was asked.
"They were additional amounts paid
to Mr. Sheldon at Ids request."
"Do you remember his telling you
for what lie used the money," Kroner
was asked.
"No, I do not. I can only remember
that Mr, Sheldon was collecting a fund
for expenses Incurred in connection
with legislation. Ho was acting for
tho board of underwriters ,to defeat
hostile legislation. He ran up u bill
of $15,000 for legal exiienses."
Mr. Correa of tho Home Klre Insur
ance company, recalled to tho stand,
testilled that ho gave Sheldon $5,000
In two amounts of $2,500 each.
A receipted bill for $10,000 paid to
the national hoard of Are undenvrlt
;rs on June 3, 1001, was shown td Mr.
3orrea. It was for services In the re
peal of the stamp tax In congress
Tho witness didn't remember much
nbout It.
Marshall S. Drlgg. president of t'l
Williamsburg City Pins Insurance coin
pany, ndmltled subscribing $250 to the
$5,000 fund nt the suggest Ion of Mr.
Hutchlns. lie also identified tv,
checks of $1,000 and $5lMI that he paid
to Sheldon,
P. C. Alleld. malinger of the Hum-burg-Hremen
Plro Insurance coiiip.tny
nud treasurer of the national honid,
said that the national board mined 1U
funds by assessment .upon the com
panies throughout tlie country. He
spoke nt some length on the strike
bills and snld that he considered the
nntlcmnpact hill the worst of the lot.
Colonel Alexander 11. Wray of the
Commercial Union Assurance compa
ny of London told of the foreign com
panies paying n bill of $10.00(1 to Da
vies, Stone & Auerlmch in IIHM. It
wns the foreign companies' share ,of
legislation expenses, he said.
60 KILLED IN TRAIN WRECK.
Forty-fivo Bodies Taken From Debris
Near Green Mountain.
Miirshalltown, la., Mnrch 22.-.Porty-five
bodies have been taken from the
wreckage of the Hock island's St. Paul
bound train near Green Mountain, and
thirty-one who were Injured have been
brought here. T'je death list resulting
from the crash, which occurred on the
Great Western tracks, totnls eighty.
Three thousand searchers are working
In the debris, and efforts are being
made to account for a number of pas
sengers who are missing. No eastern
ers are among the dead and injured so
far as reported.
Tho wrecked train was a combina
tion of trains which left St. Louis and
Chicago. It was forced to make a de
tour over the Great Western tracks on
account of tlie burning of a bridge
seventeen miles north of Cedar Hop
ids. It was while the train was mov
ing over this stretch of track that the
crash came.
The engine left the track and stuck
in the bauk In a deep cut at the top ol
a hill while going at the speed ol
twenty-five miles nn hour. Tlie second
engine hurled Itself on top of the
other, crushing it farther into the
earth. Tlie sudden Impact caused flit'
Pullman sleeper to telescope the smok
ing car. Just behind, driving the sleep
er clear through the car. The smoket
In turn telescoped the women's da
coach. In these two cars tho death
loss was appalling, there being clght
passengers In the women's coach and
almost as many In the smoker.
ASSAULTED HIS PRIEST.
Parishioner Makes Attack In Sacristy
of Church In Fredonia.
Dunkirk, N. Y.. March 22. Antonic
Mancuso of Predonla is under arrest
charged with making a murderous as
sault upon the Itev. Toofil Close, rec
tor of St. Anthony's Roman Catholic
church in Predonia,"of which Mancusc
Is a member.
The assault took place in the sacris
ty of the church soon after the conclu
sion of mass and while the priest was
alone. Mancuso nskeTl the priest what
was the trouble about Alphonso, mean
ing his cousin mid brother-in-law, Al
phonso Mancuso, who had not paid
Jfor a memorial window of which lit
was the nominal donor and from
which his name had been removed bj
direction of the priest on account of
nonpayment. The priest replied:
"It is not your business, and why di
you meddle with It V"
As he said this Mancuso struck tin.
priest a blow with his list just above
the right temple that knocked Patliei
Close down. The assailant continued
to pound him about the face and
head till he managed to open the out
side door and call "Murder!" and
"Help!" As several persons answered
the call, Mancuso ran out of tlie
church aud went home.
Closing Stock Quotations.
Amal. Copper 78V4 Korf. & WeBt...l0S
Atchison 11EV4 Northwestern ..151
B. & 0 111 I'enn. It. It l.WVii
Hrooklyn It. T.. 70 Heading W
Ches. & Ohio.... 8SV4 Hock Island 19
C. ,C.,C.& Ht.I.. Wfc St. Paul imi
D. &ll nWt Southorn Pac...l27&
Erie 30V4 Southern Ity.... 29
Gen. reioctric ...154U South. Hy. pf... &
III. Central 140 Sugar 120
Int. -Met 22 Texas Paclfle... 30H
Louis. &Nash..l52H t'nlon Pacific... 1S6
Manhattan 13 U. S. Steel H5?i
Missouri Pac... 70 U. 8. Steel pf..,121
N. Y.. Centra?.... 125 West. Union 75
Market Reports.
HUTTEIt Stronger; supplies of fine
butter short; receipts, C2S3 packages;
creamery, specials, 33!4c ; extras, 32Hc;
thirds to firsts, ZaZlMc; held, seconds to
specials, 2Ba32a: state dairy, common to
finest, 2la31Hu. ; process, llrsts to specials,
2Ca27'4c. ; western, factory, seconds to
firsts, 22a23Vc; Imitation creamery, lilVta
20c.
CIIEKSE Firm; receipts, 023 boxes;
state, full cream, fall make, specials, 17V4
alSc; fancy, l'VtC, good to prime, lCWa
10 c.; current make, best, lBHalGc; com
mon to fair, 13al5c; state skims, HJ lbs,
fall make, speolalB, HHc,j good to prime,
13Haltc: current make, best, Hal2c. ; fair
to good, SalOc.; common, iMalc; full
skims, 3a4c.
EGGS Lower, but very active; receipts,
22.JS0 cases; state, Pennsylvania and near
by, hennery, white, 24a25c.j gathered,
white, 23a24e.; hennery, brown and mixed,
fancy, ISHaSlc; gathered, brown, fair to
prime. 224aKc.j western, firsts, 22a221tc;
seconds, 21Hc.
HAY AND STUAW-Plrm; timothy, per
hundred, Jlal.20; shipping, 95a97$4c: clo
ver, mixed, H2V4c.aJ1.12,4; clover, 90caJ1.07tt!
long ryo straw, "5a77Hc.;oat and wheat,
WaKc: half bales, 2Ha5c. less.
DHESSKD POULTItY-Presh killed tur
keys, western, average best, per lb., 23o.;
fair to good, 21a22c. ; capons, Philadel
phia, S to 10 lbs, each, fancy, Sc.; under
8 lbs. each, fancy, IS.UTc. ; small and slips,
20a22c.: Ohio, 7 lbs. and over each, fancy,
26n20c. ; C lbs. and under each, prime, 22a
23c. ; other western, 7 lbs. and over, funcy,
24a25c,; G lbs. und under, prime, 22a23c;
western slips, lSa'.'Oa; broilers. Philadel
phia, fanoy squab, per pair, Mc.al; 4 lbs,
to pair and under, per lb., 40a 45c. j Penn
sylvania, 4 lbs. to pair and under, per lb.,
KatOo.
lately rahen ,I,,ts H-1 went ,0 0'"p I wv
When tittle Hnna went to oleep
Upon the txt of 6antcr day
Che dreamed of candled cfj-io a heap
Hnd frlolty, brtahy lambs at play,
plump Rumpty. Dumpty, with a bow.
Stood smtllna on the counterpane,
Hnd Duchy Daddies, wondering bow,
Was at the foot ust to cjplatn.
Chree baby ducho (n noisy play,
wiea -(uacn, quacit,
nnu men loooggancu aown an CQg.
H rooster and a hen on nest
6jtclalmcd, "please put us In the rhyme,
for we are doing our level .bent
In worldng up the 6aafer time I"
five bunnies, each with eyes of ptnh
Hnd cars oo long they flapped llhe wlnga,
Said. "Hfter all, do you not thlnh
Chat we arc cunning little things?"
Cwo lambs, llhe that which Nary had,
Chat fro itched as all lambs will do,
Said, "OTc are not considered bad,
Hnd, don't forget, we're little too."
five sparrows, proud of their wee olie
Cbey never grow too broad or tall
Chirped, "IHc should ourcly win a prt,
for we are littlest of them all."
Cwo tiny men from Cttahum,
TOltb good strong arm and sturdy leg,
licld steady as a block of gum
H large and glowing rainbow eggj
"Cbere. standing on tt llhe a queen,
mtth rosy Hps and roguish eye,
In plnh and gold and bron anu gveen,
Che glrly, curly butterfly.
EASTERTIDE GIFTS.
Some Things to Be Given During the
Joyful Season.
Tlie oxohtingc of sifts nt Easter! ide
Aas become mi established custom
Here Is a list of inexpensive trilles
most of which hnve the merit of beiup
either appropriate to the season or ex
tremely simple in design and charac
ter: A white prayer book.
Any daintily bound book of poems.
A pot of blooming flowers.
An Individual saltcellar In tho form
of ii silver egg.
A photograph of any of the famous
Madonnas simply framed.
A china fernery filled with ferns foi
the Kaster morning breakfast table.
A dainty bit of neckwear for each ol
the girls of the family.
A white silk Ascot tie for eacli ot
tlie boys of tho family.
A light pair of kid gloves for niothei
to wear to. church.
A bonbonnierc In tlie form of nn
ICaster egg for eacli of the little folks.
A basket of new laid eggs from tlie
ountry cousin to the city cousin.
A basket of chocolate and sugar eggs
from tlie city cousin to the country
.ousln.
A bit of silver for one's toilet table.
A bottle of flue extract or cologne.
Cbtre was once a naughty bunny
Who was always being funny
Hnd hept the land about htm In a constant state of awe.
Bis father and his mother
Chese pranks would try to cover
Co hecp him out of prison and the clutches of the law.
On one morning bright and early,
ttlhen the cops were getting surly,
Be started to discover what sad mlocblel he could do.
Soon he saw a blachblrd's nest.
Hnd he could not eat or rest
Clntll he'd dyed the eggs therein a lovely darhsea blue.
Be was so pleased at his Jolting
Chat he said, "I'll round go poking
Hnd ash my little bunny friends to help me gather more."
So they Btole birds eggs galore
Hnd put them by, In store,
Clll all the nests were empty and the birds were threatening
gore.
Chen a burly bunny "copper"
Said he'd quickly put a stopper
Co ouch dire depredations as were never heard before.
So, much rather than get caught,
Cbese bold robbers sfratgbtway sought
H man who tooh the eggs to town and sold them In a store.
Now, this raised an awful clatter,
Hll their hln began to chatter
Hnd said to steal such pretty eggs a great and mighty sin,
But the bandits made It seem
Chere was money In the scheme,
So for wealth and sordid profit all rabbits now Join In.
So all this explains the habit
ttlby eggs are brought by a rabbit
Href given little boys and girls on 6astcr every year,
Hnd the lesson seems to show
It was all a case of "dough,"
Yt eggs and little bunnies white have found their proper
sphere.
New Yrh Berald.
ml
quacn, tor eanttr dav 1
FIRST COLORED EGGS.
How and Where This Charming Cus
tom Originated.
During the crusades a lady living in
a castle along the Hue of inarch re
ceived some chickens from a man re
turning from the east. They were a
great curiosity nud highly prized by
their gentle owner.
The men of her family were cru
saders, and their absence was taken
advantage of by some lawless neigh
bors, who commanded her to abandon
her home and seek refuge In the Black
forest. There she received protection
and kind treatment and lived several
years among very poor peasants. She
had taken her chickens with her und
took groat pleasure in giving their
eggs to her poor neighbors.
She was particularly interested in
tho children and devoted considerable
time to their Instruction. She made a
rule to glvo ti present to each child
nt Easter, but each year she had few
pr possessions.
Tills necessity suggested to her the
novel idea of decorating some eggs
witli bright colors, and to make them
still more Interesting she concealed
them among the dry leaves In the for
est. The children were sent to hunt
them and were greatly nstonlshed and
flighted to litid the colored eggs.
WIMMIESDRING
PACKERSJNDiCTEO
Eleven Companies to Stand
Trial In Chicago.
FEDERAL DISSOLUTION SUIT.
Government Begins Action In
Equity to Break Up the Beef
Trust Violation of Sher
man law Charged.
Chicago, March 22. Indictments
were returned against the National
Packing company and ten subsidiary
concerns by the federal grand jury
which has been Investigating viola
tions of the Sherman antitrust law.
The Indictments were returned before
Judge KcneKiiw XI. l.utidls. Besides
the National racking company the fol
lowing concerns, all branches of the
National Packing company, weru In
die led:
I (!. N. Hammond company, Michi
gan; Aiigio-Ainerican rrovision com
pany, Illinois; Omaha Packing com
pany, Illinois; Kowler Packing com
pany, United Dressed Beef company.
New York; St. I.otils Dressed Beef and
Provision company, Western Packing
company. Denver; Colorndo Packing
nnd Provision company, Denver; New
York Butchers' Dressed Meat compa
ny. New York, and Hammond Pack
ing company, Illinois. .
Simultaneously with the announce
ment of tho Indictments came tlie filing
of a suit by the government seeking
the dissolution of tlie National Pack
ing company. Tlie action Is a suit In
equity and marks the beginning of
the end of any open combination of
the packers under tlie guise of a sin
gle company.
AVhlle none of the packers was
named In tlie Indictment, they are
mentioned in the suit in equity. Those
who are made defendants to the suit
In equity besides those corporations
which were Indicted are:
nnour Co.. Swift & Co., Edward
Tilden, I.outs I Swift, Edward K.
Swift, Charles II. Swift, L. A. Carton.
Frank A. Fowler, J. Ogden Armour.
Arthur Meeker, Thomas J. Connors,
F.dwnrd Morris, Thomas E. Fllson, I,.
M. lleyman and Continental Packing
company.
Tho indictment sets forth that all of
tho defendants except tho National
Packing company, which, it Is claimed,
is merely a holding company, are en
gaged in the beef packing Industry;
that they buy live cattle nt divers
points in tlie United States and
slaughter them at the plants of the
various concerns located In Chicago,
Kansas City, St. Joseph, East St.
Louis, Omaha, Denver and New York
city; that the beef resulting from the
slaughter of cattle is shipped to va
rious markets throughout the United
States.
Investigation into tlie affairs of the
so called beef trust was announced
from the department of justice at
Washington on Jan. 21. On Jan. 21
Judge ICcnesaw M. I.andis summoned
the grand jury before him and de
clared that it was lie that started the
Investigation by notifying the district
attorney of Ills intention ot so doing
on Jan. 20. He declared that certain
"governmental functionaries" at Wash
ington took It upon themselves to
claim credit for the investigation.
The grand jurors did not immediate
ly delve into Hie inquiry, us docket
cases were given tlie right of way.
Meanwhile the government otlicials at
Chicago begun to work. The actual
Investigation did not begin until about
Jan. 2S, when the calling of witnesses
started.
After tin adjournment of about ten
days District Attorney Edwin W.
Sims. James II. Wllkerson, his chief
aid, and Oliver E. Pagan, the govern
ment's indictment expert, went to
Washington, where they conferred
with ofllilaU in tlie department of
Justice on the evidence obtained and
tlie forms of Indictments which wer"
drawn.
When the government qlllclals re
turned there was another delay of sev
eral days Then several other wit
nesses were called, and finally the In
vestigation, after numerous delays,
was concluded with the calling of At
torney Italph Crews of the National
Packing company.
Witnesses from New York, Denver,
Kansas City, Oklahoma City and oth
er distant points were brought to Chi
cago to testify before (lie grand Jury.
An Important matter considered was
the $i.-,000.00n loan mado by Kuhn
Loeb & Co. of" New York to tho Nu
tlonal Packing company at about the
time the latter acquired control of tlie
New York Butchers' Dressed Meat
company, tin eastern Independent con
cern. Tills concern practically con
trolled tho eastern markets, nnd the
Chicago puckers desired to compete.
After several costly efforts tho combi
nation found that It was unprofitable
to compete with the Independent,
which had behind it a powerful ally In
tho way of public opinion.
Tho National Packing .company then
began tho purchase of stock of this
eastern eoniimiiy. Cautiously and se
cretly Hie stock was purchased until a
majority was obtained. Then tho stock
holders of the eastern company awoke
to nnd the control of, their company
wrested away in a night. A suit was
begun to oust the trust and regain
control of the stock, but tho suit finally
came to naught.
I'UOFISSSlONAIi CARDS.
Attorncvs-nt-Lnw.
H WILSON,
. ATTORNEY i. COUN8EI.OK-AT-LAW.
Utiles, Masonic building, s-ccond floor
Ilonesdnle. l'u.
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Oilier Liberty llnll bolldlnc. opposite the
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ATTORNEY Jl COUNSEl.OIt-AT-LAW.
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ATTORNEY 4 COUNSELOR- VT-LAW.
Sneclnl and nronint attention civen to the
collection of claims. Olllce over Hell's knew
store. Ilonesdnle. l'a.
FP. KIMBLE,
. ATTORNEY 4 COUNSEl.OIl-AT-LAW,
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. ATTORNEY 4 COUN8EI.OR-AT-IjAW,
Olllce in the Court Houpe, Honesdale
l'a.
EKMAN HAKMEb,
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Patents nnd Pensions tecurcd. Olllce In tho
Sthucrholz bulldins Honesdiilc. 1'n.
PETEll II. ILOFF,
ATTORNEY 4 COUNSELOR-AT-L AW.
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bulldlnc Ilonesdnle. l'a.
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ij ATTORNEYS A COUNSELORS-AT-LAW.
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Dentists.
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telephones. Office Honrs-fcOO to 4:00 nnd
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Livery.
LI VERY. rred. G. Kickard has re
moved his livery establishment from
corner Chuch street to Whitney'B Stone
Barn
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made to thorouchly cleanse and save tin
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They are the kind that clean teeth without
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