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TL. O. N. M. "C P. Q.SF. M. J 15th gj 23rd 1 lstA Sth. FEATURES OF INTEREST CONCERNING PEOPLE, PLACES AND DOINGS OF THE WORLD. Courts and Crimes, Accidents and Fires Labor and Capital Grain Stock and Money Markets. Revolution in Cuba. Jacksonville (Fla.) special: The following bulletin wa3 received from Key West: Alarming reports here of revolution in the eastern end of Cuba under the leadership of Modesto Leal, agitator of the strike last .November. Pilots were ordered to intercept all American warships and report at Key West. Goverment wireless station working all night to get in touch with the snips in vicinity and succeeded in catching the cruiser Columbia. Cuban consul wired Havana for truth concerning revolution. Answer no information whatever. It is said that Leal had a big strike m Santiago, 8,000 men being involved. Reported here that resident Palma has sought safety at Moro castle. Two Men Killod in Pistol Duel. In a desperate pistol fight at New Point, six miles east of Greensbnrg, Ind., Pleasant Land was shot and instantly killed and his brother, Winfield Land, was shot through the head, dying later. Jeff Williams was shot and is not expected to live. Garfield Williams and William Bare, the other participants in the affair, were not injured and are now in the county Jail at Greensbuxg. The shooting occurred in Charles Carr's saloon. The trouble resulted from a drunken quarrel. Indiana "PostofSce Robbers Caught. John Walsh and John Smith, who robbed the postoffice at Millersburg, Ind., were captured in a church thirteen miles from Muncie, by deputy sheriffs. They drew revolvers and were taken into custody only after the farmers had formed a pose for assistance. Heavily ironed, they were taken to Goshen. Postoffice Inspector Burr, of Fort Wayne, will prosecute them. Considerable plunder was found in their possession. Seven Killed In Wreck. The Chicago mail train No. 71 and the Chigago & St. Louis express No. 13, on the Pennsylvania railroad, running at full speed, collided near Springfield Furnace, on the Petersburg cut-off, eighteen miles from Altoona. Pa. Seven persons were killed and about twenty injured. Both locomotives, the express and mail cars and passenger coaches were completely demolished. Tb cod ore B. Crayton Left Lim?, Ohio, about twenty-eight years ago, since which time nothing has been heard from him. Iiis brother, W. E. Crayton still lives at Lima, Ohio, and is rery anxious to learn of his whereabouts. When yon read this, if you know anything of Theodore B. Crayton's whereabouts, please so inform the editor of this paper. Bomb Throwers in Moscow. A special from Moscow says: A bo jab was thrown at the carriage of Vice-Admiral Daubasoff, governor-general of Moscow, as he was being driven to the palace, lie was wounded in the foot and his aide-de-cam pe and a sentry were killed. The man who threw the bomb is reported to have been killed. lie wore an officer's nxifonn. Banker Gets Ten Tears in Prison. Henry G. Göll, formerly assistant cashier of the First National bank, of Milwaukee, Wis., who was convicted on nineteen counts in the United States district court a week ago, of misapplying funds of the bank, was denied a new trial by Judgo Quarles and sentenced to ten years in the military prison at Fort Leavenworth, Kan. Lake Shipping Badly Tied by Strike. It was estimated in shipping circles at Cleveland, Ohio, that not less than fifty vessels with approximately 400,000 ton, of ore on board are now lying at the various lower lake ports waiting to discbarge their cargoes which owing to the strike of the 'Longshoremen's union cannot be done. Fatal Collision on Internrban. In a collision on the Fort Wayne fc Southwestern traction line, eight miles west of Huntington, Ind., C. F. Murphy of Fort Wayne, motorman, was hurt internally and died in a hospital at Huntington. Mrs. E. F. Meyers of Fort Wayne, and Mrs. Walter Tercival of Kokomo, were slightly injured. Rushville High School Barns. Fire which is believed to have been started by the lighted stub of a cigarette thrown down by a member of the Junior or senior class of the Rushville high school, broke out in the first floor of the high school at Rushville, Ind., and consumed the building. Fall Kills a Scientist. A special from Lucerne, Switzerland, says: Prof. Eugene Renevier, president cf the Swiss Geographical society and of the Simplon geological commission, was killed by falling down an elevator shaft Labor Leader Dropped Dead. Edwin F. Gould, well known labor leader and editor of a paper devoted to the interests of labor, drcpped dead while walking on Market street, Indianapolis, Ind. He was 50 years old. No Free Beerf Brewers Strike. The entire force of the Mirtin Mason Brewing Company, at Hamilton, Ohio, went on strike because the company refused to allow the men free beer to drink. The order came from the National Asso ciation of Brewery Workers. About 150 men arc oat Her Song Is Cut Short. 4iss Anna Heising, one of a driving i rty of four, was singing, "Hello, Central, Give Me Heaven," when a freight train crashed into the carriage In Omaha. Miss Heising was killed instantly. Her three companions escaped serious injury. Hother of Temperance Instruction. Mrs. Mary H. Hunt, who was known throughout the civilized world as the orig inator of instruction in the public schools on the evil effects of stimulants and narcotics on the human system, died Tues day, at Boston, and was buried at Dor ehester, Mass. Chicago Is Given Time. Secretary of War Taft has granted the city of Chicago two months' time in which to begin the work of lowering the tunnels. The work must be begun by Juiy 1 or the matter will be put in the hands of the district attorney and no further pleas for delay will be consid ered. Elks' Temple Dedicated. The new Elks Temple, erected by Phil adelphia lodge. No. 2, Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks, was dedicated, delegations from New York, Washington, Baltimore and many western cities attending.

BANKER SERVES SIX YEARS. Former President of Globe National of Boston Completes Sentence. Charles II. Cole, former president of the Globe National bank of Boston and once a prominent financial leader of that city, was released from the Greenfield jail the other night after serving fourteen the other night after serving fourteen days less than six years in the institution for the misappropriation of the bank's funds. He left at once for Bost -a and will return to his former hon at Hingham, Mass. Cole's conviction followed a series of financial disturbances in Boston during the latter part of December, 1899. The business situation was seriously unsettled by the failure on Dec. 15 of John P. Squire & Co., pork packers, for $3,000,000 and the closing of the Broadway National bank the following morning. The Squire corporation had a large amount of paper in the Globe National and heavy withdrawals followed the packer's failure. The Globe failed Dec. 21. Cole, whoso health became impaired, had gone to Los Angeles, CaL, after resigning his position as president of the bank in the fall of 1899. ne was arrested in California, charged with misappropriating $900,000. On April 14 he pleaded guilty to three counts of an indictment.

CHICAGO'S ENDOWED THEATER. Steinway Hall to Be Remodeled Dedication Early in October. An endowed theater supported by a number of men prominent in business, so cial and artistic circles is assured to Chi cago in the announcement that Steinway Hall is to be remodeled for the purpose and that early in October the new theater will be dedicated. Fifteen plays will be presented during a season of thirty weeks. A guaranty fund of $30,000 has been subscribed and $23,000 worth of season tickets have been sold. The expense of remodeling the hall will be $30,000. pe playhouse is to be known as The New Theater" and its management will endeavor to give Chicago a high class of the dramatic art. Victor Mapes has been chosen as the dramatic director of the theater and Sam P. Gerson, manager of the Garrick theater in Chicago, will be the business manager. The board of trus tees includes prominent Chicagoans. When completed the new playhouse will have a seating capacity of about 800. MILLIONAIRE LOTTERY AGENT P Police Discover Two Tons of Tickets in "Wilmington, Del., Plant. Acting under warrants issued by the federal court, policemen searched the printing plant of the John M. Rogers press in Wilmington, Del- for lottery tickets. The officers found about two tons of slips believed to be lottery tickets. The plant was searched because in the John M. Rogers gauge and drill works in Gloucester six cases of plates of a Honduras lottery were found. John M. Rogers, a well-known citizen of Wilmington and supposed to be a millionaire, is owner of both concerns. In the printing office several books which the police sus pect are lottery books were seized. The plant was locked up by secret service men. A warrant has been issued charging Mr. Rogers with having shipped lottery tick ets from the State in violation of interState commerce. This warrant was not served on condition that Rogers counsel would produce him In court when wanted. BIG FORGERY IS REPORTED. A. L. Rich of Cincinnati Disappears When Spurious Paper Is Found. The forgery of $100,000 worth of improvement bonds of Woods County, Ohio, and the mysterious disappearance of Arthur L. Rich, a prominent Cincinnati broker. Is reported by the newspapers. It is believed Rich is now on his way to Honolulu, having eluded pursuers by jumping from a railroad car at Dayton. Chio. Brokers who were associated with Rich in several large business deals have taken up $05,000 worth of the spurlou bonds that were pledged with the banks as collateral for loans, and secured those Institutions against loss. HOLDS BOLD BURGLAR CAPTIVE. Aged Han with Shotgun Guards Prisoner Until Help Comes. When George Rodgers called at the store of Garrett Dalton, 65 years old, in Chester, Pa., he found Dalton sitting with a shotgun across his knees, guarding a man he had captured robbing his store. Two other men escaped after Dalton had emptied his revolver at them and they bad returned the fire. The prisoner, a white man, who gave his name as Charles La very of Media, was bound by Dalton and Rodgers and taken to city hall. . Big Watch Plant to Double. TLi directors of the American Waltht an Watch Company announce an intention to enlarge the plant at Waltham. .Mass., so that the employes will be increased from 3,500 to 6,000. The directors propose to rename the company the Waltham Watch Company and to increase its capital stock from $4,000,000 to $12,000,000. Explosion Throws City in Darkness. Mansfield, Ohio, was left without street car service, arc and incandescent lights and electric power by reason of the bursting of the big fly wheel and steam heater at the Mansfield Railway, Light and Power Company's power house, demolishing three engines and doing great damage to the building. The loss may reach $50,000. Indictments Are Dismissed Indictments against W. R. and C L Tallmadge of Chicago and six St. Louis, Kansas City and Denver men, charged with land frauds, were dismissed at Roswell, N. M., on the ground that undue Influence had been brought to bear on the grand Jury. Shoots Off Man's CoattaiL In an altercation in North Lewisburg, Ohio, over a question of rent, Harry Bennediet shot at James Emerson with a shotgun, cutting off the tail of his coat and planting a few shot in his back. Emerson's wounds sre not considered fatal. England and Turkey at Odds. An ultimatum to the Sultan of Turkey, ordering him to withdraw his troops from Egypt within ten days, has been delivered by Great Britain, which will make a naval demonstration against Turkey unless the demand is complied with. Strike on Lake Vessels. A strike that will paralyze lake com merce was begun when the union pilots. firemen, water tenders and oilers went out in response to orders. The struggle, which promises to be bitter, is over the question of recognition. Would Be Governor Again. Governor Davidson of Wisconsin an nnnnred at Madison that he will be a can didate for the gubernatorial nomination at the Republican primaries next Sep tember. Negro Murderer Lynched. Will Brown, a negro, after confessing that he murdered W. J. -Johnson, a rail road contractor, was lynched at Rienzi, Miss. Pittsburg Papers to Consolidate. George T. Oliver, Republican leader of Pittsburg, has secured control of the Pittsburg Times, and will consolidate it with the Gazette, which he also owns. Employe Robs Tiffany & Co. For several days rumors have been currert that Tiffany & Co. of New York had suffered heavily recently through a defalcation. Careful inquiry discloses

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employe, but the amount of the defalcation is declared by persons In authority to be less than $10.000. It is said that the method adopted was that of padding payrolls. MISSOURI 13 BEST WARSHIP. Battleship Wins Ocean Race with Kentucky, Maine and Kearsarge. In a great race to New York of the battleships Maine, Missouri, Kearsarge and Kentucky, which left Guantanamo at 3 p. m. last Saturday, under command of Admiral Evans, the Missouri was the victor. The men on board the big fighting ships have wagered all their money on the result. At 8 a. m. Sunday the signal for the start was made from the Maine, and for two hours the battleships steamed under ordinary draft the Maine finally 1,200 yards in the lead. From 10 a. m. until 2 p. m. the Missouri overtook the Maine and led her by 1,500 yards, when the test under forced draft ended. Officers of the fleet all admit, that the Missouri will probably carry the honors for target practice and speed tests. The Missouri, commanded by Capt. Edwin C. Pendleton, hn the highest average in great gun and torpedo practice, it is said, and unless the Ohio's average exceeds that of the Missouri, the latter ship will capture the trophy now held by the Oregon. Her 12-inch gun record is thirtyseven hits in thirty-seven shots, and she also has a record of twelve hits In twelve shots with her torpedoes. ANTHRACITE TONNAGE HEAVY. Production in Year 1905 Was 69,330,162 Tons. According to a preliminary report on the production of anthracite in 1905, made public by the United States geological survey, the tonnage during that year was 69,339.152 long tons, with a value of $141,879,000, the largest in the history of the industry. The official explanation of this is that it partly Is due to the experience of the trade In the preceding severe winter and partly by the fear of impending trouble In the anthracite region, which caused both dealers and consumers to lay In heavier stocks. The average price of anthracite a ton was $2.25, the average number of men employed in the mines was 105,400 and the average days worked 215. An increase in the shipment of the smaller sizes of coal Is noted. The disastrous effect of strikes on the trade is shown In the record for 1902, when the production of anthracite was only 39,940,710 long tons, worth $70,173,580. The average price of coal a ton in that year: was $2.35, the average number of men employed was 148,141 and the average number of days worked was only 116. SAYS MAN'S DOG SHOT HTM. Curious Tale Told by Brother of Sup posed Suicide at Two Harbors. That his brother wss shot by his dog is the rather startling claim mads by Peter Carron in denying the story that it was a case of suicide. It was stated that Carron, who was running a tie camp about three miles from Two Harbors, Minn., had seated himself on a pile of ties, and, pointing the muzzle of his gun at himself, had pulled the trigger with his toe, blowing out his brains. The man's brother, Peter Carron, denies that it was a case of suicide, and says that the gun was exploded by a pet dog, which had a habit of leaping upon its master. "TRUST" OP FARMERS BbäTED. Men Who Tried to Induce Growers to Hold Wheat Go to Wall. The business of James A. and William II. Everitt, the Indianapolis seed men. who recently announced that a combina tion of 100,000 farmers had been formed to hold their wheat until it should bring $1 a bushel, has passed into the hands of a receiver. The petition for the appoin:ment was signed by James A. Everitt who alleged that his brother William has deserted the business and left it in bad condition. President's Special Message. . President Roosevelt in a message to Congress accompanying the report of Commissioner.Garfield accused the Standard Oil Company and the railroads of illegal acts in the manipulation of rebates and secret rates to the destruction of independent operators and the loss of mill ions of dollars to the public, suggested the probability of prosecutions and pointed a legal remedy for the abuses. To Crush a Filipino Bandit. A force of constabulary, acting in con junction with Gov. Juan Schaick of the province of Cavite, will begin a movement next week to capture Montalon and his band of outlaws, now located south of the Taal volcano. The authorities predict that it will be impossible for the bandits and their leader to escape on this occasion. Government Tug Is Damaged. The government tug Mina was rammed by the submarine torpedo boat Porpoise during maneuvers in Coddington Cove, near Newport, R. I., and the tug was forced to run full speed for the shore to escape sinking. The forward compartnent filled with water. The Porpoise vas not injured. World 2-Cent Postage Lost. The committee of the international postal convention now in session in Rome has rejected the proposal of the delegate of New Zealand for the establishment of a universal 2-cent postage rate. The proposition was supported only by the delegates of Egypt and the United States. Auto Crushes Girl to Death. Driving an automobile at tremendous speed, Joseph Daniels, a chauffeur employ ed by Health Commissioner Ilond In St. Louis ran into Gertrude Copeland, a 14-year-old girl. Inflicting injuries from which she died. The girl was riding a bicycle. Murderer 36 Times Over. a dispatch from Mogador, Morocco, to the London Daily Mail says that a cobbler of Marrakesh named Mesfewi will be crucified May 3 for the murder of thirty-six women, whose bodies were found buried under his shop and in his garden. Hoch Named in Kansas. Gov. Hoch was renominated by the Republican State convention of Kansas by acclamation and was given a great demonstration. The entire so-called "machine" ticket won by a vote of nearly 2 to 1. Horse Poisoner Guilty. The alleged leader of a gang which, it is charged, has poisoned more than a thousand horses in Greater New York in the last five years, was sentenced to serve a year In the penitentiary. He was . t a V m Samuel ueiier, years oia, or. uroosiyn. Guilty of $100,000 Robbery. Thomas J. Wainwrieht. under arrest for stealing property valued at $100,000 from Dr. J. rs. l'inauic or .Minneapolis, rhan?d his mind, decided not to firht the charge and pleaded guilty to grrjid larceny. lie was remanaea ior sentence. Steel Construction Is Halted. Steel construction on Chlcaro's skr scnipers has been brought to a halt by a strike of bridge and structural Iron workers, and contractors regard the situation as the most serious since 1900. Receiver for Bond Reserve Company A receiver has been appointed by Judge S. II. Bethea for the American Bond Reserve Company of Chicago, and the postal authorities, It is said, have barred the concern's correspondence.

FLAYS THE OIL TRUST

PRESIDENT SAYS MONOPCI.Y'3 OPPRESSION MUST END. Compel Itlon-KlllliiMT Ortopo De clared to Have Gained Threeqnnrlrr of n Million a Year While Independents Softer. President Roosevelt Friday transmitted to Congress the report of James It Gar-fiel-J, Commissioner of Corporations, giving the results of his investigation of the subject of transportation and freight rr.tes in connection with the oil industry. In his message the President expresses the view that the report is of great importance because of the effort being male to confer upon the interstate commerce commission the power to meet the needs of the situation. The facts set forth in the report, he declares, are for the most part, not disputed. That the Standard Oil Company has benefited enormously almost to the present moment from secret lates, many of which were unlawful, the President says the report clearly shows, the Ix'nefit thereby secured, amounting to at least three-quarters of a million dollars a year. That the broadside from the White House hit its mark was shown by a sweepiug statement of denial given out by the Standard officials in New York, in which the administration indictment is called unjust and untruthful, the business methods of the combine ar? defended and there are lightly veiled smers at the President's activity in generously offering advice on a wide range of subjects from race suicide to affairs of state. 3Ieaantce of the President. Following Is the rreildenf message: Th.? Senate and House of Representative I transmit herewith a report by the Com: uuBsiunrr or me uureau or Corporations In the Department of Commerce and Labor on the subject of transportation and freight rates In connection with the oil industry. The Investigation, the results of part of which are summarized In this report, was undertaken In aceordanee with House resolution 410, passed Feb. 15, 10or, but for the reasons given In the report It has been more general and extensive than was called for in the resolution Itself. I call your especial attention to ths letter of transmittal accompanying and summarizing the report: for the report Is of capital importance In view of the effort now being made to secure such enlargement of the powers of the Interstate commerce commission as will confer upon the commission power In some measure adequately to meet the clearly demonstrated needs of the situation. The facts set forth In this report are for the most part not disputed. It Is only the Inferences from them that are disputed, and even in this respect the dispute is practically limited to the question as to whether The transactions are or are not technically legal. BeneCta by Secrei Rates. The report rhows that the Standard OtI Company has benefited enormously up almost to the present mcment by secret rates, many of these secret rates being clearly unlawful. This benefit amounts to at least three quarters of a million a year. This three-quarters of a million represents the profit that the Standard Oil Company obtains at the expenxe of the railroads; hut. of course the ultimate result h that it obtains a much larger profit at the expense of the public. A very striking result of the Investigation has been' that shortly after the discovery of these secret rates by the commissioner of corporations the major portion of them were promptly corrected by the railroads, so that most of them have now been done away with. This Immediate correction, partial or complete, of the evil of the secret rates is of course on the one hand an acknowledgment that they were wrong, and yet were persevered in until exposed, and on the other hand a proof of the efficiency of the work that has been done by the Bureau of Corporations. . Prosekution Is Promised. The Department of Justice will take up the question of Instituting prosecutions in at IeRt certain of the cases. Dut It Is most desirable to enact into law the bill Introduced by Senator Knox to correct the Interpretation of the. Immunity provision rendered In Judge Humphrey's decision. The hands of the government tave been greatly strengthened in securing an effective remedy by the recent decision of the Supreme Court in the case Instituted by the government against the tobacco trust, which decision permits the government to examine the books and record of any corporation engaged in interstate commerce and by the recent conviction and punishment of the Chicago, Burlington and Qulncy railroad and certain of Its officers. But in addition to these secret rates the Standard Oil profits Immensely by open rates which are so arranged as to give it an overwhelming advantage over Its Independent competitors. The refusal of the railroads In certain cases to prorate produces analogous effects. Thus In New England '.he refusal of certain railway systems to prorate has resulted in keeping the Standard Oil In absolute monopolistic control of the field, enabling It ti charge from three to four hundred thousand dollars a year more to the consumers of oil In New England than they would have had to pry had the price paid been that obtaining la the competitive fields. Government Control Needed. This Is a characteristic example of the numerous evils which are inevitable under a system in which the big shipper and the railroad are left free to crush out all indi vidual Initiative and all power ef Independent action becaufj of the absence of adequate and thoroughgoing governmental control. Exactly similar conditions obtain In a large part of the West and Southwest. This particular Instance exemplifies the fact that the granting to the government of the power to substitute a proper for an improper rate is In very nnny Instances the only effective way In which to prevent improper discriminations In rates. It is not possible to put into figures th exact amount by which the Standard profits through the gross favoritism shown it by the railroads in connection with the open rates. The profit, of course, comes not merely by the saving In tha rats itself as compared with lta competitors, but by the higher prices It Is able to charge, and (even without reference to these higher E rices) by the complete control of the maret It secures, thereby getting the profit on ths whole consumption. Here again the only way by which the discriminations can be cured Is by conferring upon the Interstats commerce commission the power to take quick and effective action li regulating rates. One feature of the report which Is especially worthy of attention Is the showing made as to the way in which the law is evaded by treating as State commerce what Is In reality merely a part of interstate commerce. Sasfar Trust Aeensed. It is unfortunately not true that the Standard Oil Company la the only great corporation which in the Immediate past has benefited, and is at this moment benefiting, in wholly Improper fashion by an elaborate series of rate discriminations which permit it to profit both at the expense of Its rivals and of the general public. The Attorney (ieneral reports to me that the Investigation now going on as to the shipments by the sugar trust over the trunk lines running out of New York City tends to show that the sugar trust rarely, if ever, pays the lawful rate for transportation, ind Is thus Improperly, and probably unlawfully, favored at the expense of Its competitors and of the general public. The argument Is sometimes advanced against conferring upon some governmental body the power of supervision and control over interstate commerce, that to do so tends to weaken Individual initiative. Investigations such as this conclaslvely disprove any such allegation. On the contrary, the proper play for Individual initiativ can only be secured by such govImproved Smelttnar Furnace. An improved smelting furnace recently installed in a foundry in Canada uses coal instead of coke, at about one-half the cost, and when smelting the sulphide ores the sulphur is used in combustion, making a still further reduction in expenses. It Is stated that this furnace decs not require crushing and roasting of the ores, which means a very considerable saving. Herman Miller killed Edward Scanlon and wounded Patrick Donovan and Mrs.' Miller in New York. He asserts the men attacked his wife. The trustees of Columbia university have nominated, and the Prussian ministry of education has confirmed, President Arthur T. Iladley of Yale to be Roosevelt professor of American history and instruction in the University of Rerlin fr the academic year of 1007-8. Tios Angeles capitalists will spend ?lt"V 000,000 in the development of the resources of the State of Sinaloa, Mexicc, including the building of railroads and hotel-, establishing of banks, operation of a steamship line and the promotion of a great colonization scheme. Advertise In this paper.

THE GOVERNMENT VS. THE f

STANDARD OIL MONOPOLY. During 1904 the Standard Oil Company saved about three-quarters of a million dollars through the secret rates discovered by the bureau of corporations, and, of course, there may be other secret rates which the bureau has not discovered. This amount represents the difference between the open rates and the rates actually paid. Many of these discriminations were clearly in vioja. it GAUUtLu. jation of thc Jnter. state commerce law, and others, whether technically illegal or not, had the same effect on competitors. On some State business secret rates were applied by means of rebates. These discriminations have been so long continued, so secret, so ingeniously applied to new conditions of trade and so large in amount as to make it certain that they were due to concerted action by the Standard and the railroads. James R. Garfield, Commissioner of Corporations. Commissioner Garfield Flndst The Standard Oil Company gets secret rates and open advantages on practically all lines. Published tariffs from 1 to 21 K cents lower from Standard refineries than from those of the independents. Oil is from 2 to 5 cents a gallon higher in fields where the Standard has a monopoly. The independents have no chance in New England, south of the Ohio river or west of the Mississippi. Standard's control extends-from tha well of the producer to the doorstep of the consumer. The Rockefeller trust has had an important voice in making published rates. Points from Roosevelt's Message. President Roosevelt's recommendations to Congress, based on the Garfield oil report, are, in brief, as follows : A law should be passed regarding oil similar to that putting alcohol used In arts and manufactures on the free list Fee to oil or coal lands held by the government should he kept by the government. Railroads should be permitted to unite for protection to themselves and the public as against the power of great corporations. Examiners under the direction of the Interstate commerce commission should examine the affairs of a railroad as thoroughly as bank examiners Investigate banks. The commission should have affirmative power making Its decisions take effect at once, "subject only to such action by the court as is demanded by the constitution." "The proper play for Individual Initiative can only be secured by such government supervision as will curb these monopolies which crush out all Individual Initiative." Commissioner Garfield's report finds that both secret and open rebates to the Standard Oil Company have existed all over the country. The discriminations by secret tariffs alone have aggregated $750,000 a year. ernmental supervision an will curb those monopolies which crush out all Individual Initiative. The railroad Itself cannot without such government aid protect the interests of its own stockholders as against one of these great corporations loosely known as trusts. Approves Proper Agreements. In the effort to prevent the railroads from uniting for Improper purposes we have very unwisely prohibited them from uniting for proper purposes ; that is, for purposes of protection to themselves and to the general public as against the power of the great corporations. They should certainly be given power thus to units on conditions laid down by Congress, such conditions to Include the specific approval of the Interstate commerce commission of any agreement to which the railroads may come. In addition to ibis the government must Interfere through Its agents to deprive the railroad of the ability to make to the big corporations the concession which otherwise It Is powerless to refuse. The government should have power by Its agents to examine Into the conduct of the railways that is, the examiners, under the direction of the interstate commerce commission, should be able to examine as thoroughly Into ths affalra of the railroad as bank examiners now examine Into the affairs of banks. Commission Needs Power. It Is Impossible to work a material Improvement In conditions such as above described merely through the instrumentality of a lawsuit. A lawsuit is often a necessary method; but by Itself it Is an utterly inadequate method. What Is needed Is the conferring upon the commission of ample affirmative power, so conferred as to make Its decisions take effect at once, subject only to such action by the court as Is demanded by the Constitution. The courts have the ttower to, and will undoubtedly. Interfere if the action of the commission should become in effect confiscatory of the property of an individual or corporation or If the commission should undertake to do anything beyond the authority conferred upon It by the law under which It is acting. I am well aware that within the limits thus set the commission may at times be Kulltv of Injustice : but far grosser and J far more frequent Injustice, and injustice of a much more Injurious kind, now results and must always result from the. failure to give the commission ample power to set firomptly and effectively within these broad lmlts. Free Alcohol Will Help. Though not bearing upon the question of railroad rates, there are two measures consideration of hich is imperatively suggested by the submission of this report. The Standard Oil Company has, largely by unfair or unlawful methods, crushed out home competition. It is highly desirable that an element of competition should be Introduced by the passage of some such law as that which has already passed tbe House, putting alcohol used In tbe arts and manufactures upon the free 11 i. Furthermore, the time has cone when no oil or coal lands held by tbt government, either upon the public domain proper or in territory owned by the Indian tribes, should be alienated. The fee to such lands should be Kept In the United States government whether or not the profits arising from it are to be given to any Indian tribe, and the lands should be leased only on such terms and for such periods as will enable the government to keep entire control thereof. THEODORE KOOSEVELT. OH Magnates rteply. In reply to President Roosevelt's message and the report of Commissioner Garfield, Messrs. II. II. Rogers and John D. Archbold of the Standard Oil Company said that any assertion that the Standard Oil Company has been or is now knowingly engaged In practices which are unlawful is alike untruthful and unjust. The grief that the President expresses in his message over the inability of the railroads to combine and protect themselves from the shippers will probably arouse amusement. The President says, respecting this investigation, that the facts are not in dispute, only the Inferences are disputed. The Standard Oil Company furnished the facts, and a man with a muck rake dug out such as under his manipulation he felt would prove damaging. Brief fewa Items. Reports from Vienna say there is a plot to dethrone King Tcter of Servia if he does not abdicate. George Garry, cashier of the Tampa Elecic Company, was drowned at Hillsboro, near Tampa, Fla. George Slosson beat Jake Schaefer in a final game of the billiard championship tournament at New York, by a score of "jOO to 300. Andrew Carnegie will receive the freedom of the borough of Gravescud, Enghud, a distinction never before conferred, on June 1. The grand jury at Buffalo, N. Y., returned indictments against Fred O. Murray and six others in connection with the "graveyard" scandal resulting from the purchase by the county of an old cemetery for a site for a militia armory. There were three American winners in I he Olympian games at Athens, Greece, Wednesday, and the 100,000 spectators cheered the waving of the Stars and Stripes. Martin Sheridan threw the discuss 130 feet 2 inches, while the Greek champion, Georgandas, came second with 124 ''et 9 inches. C. M. Daniels with his crawl stroke, won the 100-meter swimming race. R. C. Ewry won the standing jump at 10 feet 10 inches.

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k n a ni n -i u r v i The next Friday was set by the Senate Monday as the day for beginning to vote on the amendments to the railroad rate bill. Mr. Tillman endeavored to have May 9 set as the date for voting on the bill as a whole, but failed. Senator Clark of Arkansas occupied most of Monday with a speech opposing the pending measure. The House emergency bill appropriating $170,000 for the Mare Island navy yard and the San Francisco postoffice was passed. Discussion of the agricultural appropriation bill, and Incidentally the distribution of. free seeds, occupied most of the day in .the House. Resolutions that the thanks of Congress be tendered Gen. Horace Porter for his work in recovering the body of Jean Paul Jones, and that Gen. Torter's speech at Annapolis on the occasion of the interment of the body be printed in the Congressional Record were passed. Representative Hearst introduced a resolution that an additional $2.500,000 be appropriated for the relief of the San Francisco fire and earthquake sufferers. Mr. Daniel occupied a large part of Tuesday in the Senate with his speech on the rate bill. After debate the resolution thanking Gen. Horace Porter for recovering the body of John Paul Jones was referred to the committee on foreign relations. Mr. Allison explained the disposition which has been made of the money appropriated for the relief of the San Francisco sufferers. Mr. Tillman 'presented a resolution directing the committee on the District of Columbia to investigate the ejection of Mrs. Minor Morris from the White House, and "especially to inquire whether the superintendent of police and one of the chief witnesses against Mrs. Morris have since received recognition by the appointment of near relatives to office." No action was taken. By a vote of 153 to 58 it was decided to continue the free distribution of seeds. Manj of the items in the agricultural appropriation bill broadening the scope of tbe department of chemistry were eliminated. Mr. Sherman's request to have the Indian appropriations bill taken from the Speaker'a table and sent to conference was refused on objection of Mr. Williams. -: :- Mr. Newlands on Wednesday introduced a resolution directing the finance commit tee of the Senate and the ways and means committee of the House to, consider the feasibility of the government guarantee ing bonds to be issued by San Francisco to provide money for the reconstruction of the city. Both Mr. Flint and Mr. Perkins of California deprecated the in troduction of the measure at this time. and said the California delegation should have been consulted. The resolution was referred to the committee on finance. Mr. Daniel concluded his speech on the rate bill, and then the army appropriation bill was read. An amendment appropriating $1,500,000 for a supply depot at Fort Mason, San Francisco, was accepted, as was one appropriating $900,000 for a cable to Panama. In the House the agn cultural appropriation bill was completed and passed, including the provision for the free distribution of seeds, which was carried by a vote of 153 to 82. The bill carries $7,481,440. The military acad emy appropriation bill, carrying $1,GG3, 115, also was passed, after the deficiency appropriation of $1,500,000 to complete improvements at West Point had been stricken out. -: The last day of the general debate or the railroad rate bi in the Senate Thursday brought out much criticism of federal judges. Mr. Tillman,' by citing individual cases, attempted to show that the powe: of granting temporary injunctions should be taken from the inferior United State courts in interstate commerce commission cases, ne was followed by Messrs. Bacon. Bailej', Teller and Foraker. Tht army appropriation bill, carrying about $74,000,000, was passed. The naval appropriation bill, which carries nearlj $100,000,000, was taken up in the House. Mr. Foss (111.) explained the measure and the general debate which followed al once took on other lines. The tariff agalu forged to the front, with the prices ol steel rails abroad as tbe main object ol interest. The Senate Friday entered upon con si d eratlon of the amendments to the railroad rate bill under the fifteen-minute rule; The measure was changed so as to include on pipe lines as common carriers not excepting the one on the Isthmus ol Panama. A proposal by Mr. Foraker to exclude refrigerator cars from the operations of the measure, was voted down, at was an amendment by Mr. McCumbei making the requirements concerning thes cars more stringent than in the original bill. The Senate adjourned until Monday. The House spent the day considering the naval appropriation bill. Mr. Burton (Ohio) delivered a speech against what he termed the needless enlargement of the navy, while Mr. Butler (Pa.) and Mr. Calder (N. Y.) supported the bill. Other speeches, covering a wide range of subjects, were made by Mr. Flood (Va.), Mr. Clark (Fla.) and Mr. Shackleford (Mo.). President Roosevelt's message, accompanying the Garfield report, was read in both houses. Notes of tbe National Capital. The President has sent to the Senate the nomination of Julius Jacobs to b assistant treasurer of the United States at San Francisco, Cat Edwin S. Holmes, Jr., former statistician of the Department of Agriculture, who has been indicted for conspiracy in connection with th cotton leak cases, has pleaded not guilty t pthe indictment. For the first time in twenty-nine years the Supreme Court of the United States called its docket of original cases, with the end In view of eliminating some of them if possible. Sir Mortimer Durand, the British ambassador, was at the capitol making inquiries regarding methods of Congress, the information being collated at the request of the British government. - Senator Lodge denies the report that ha will offer the Philippine tariff bill as an amendment to the House bill removing the tax from denatured alcohol, and also denies that he is opposed to that measure. For the month of March, 1900, the collections of internal revenue amounted to $30,495,990, a gain over March, 1905, of $1,108,701. For the nine months of the present fiscal year the receipts amounted to $187,432,371, an increase over the corresponding period in 1905 of $11,421,188. Thomas Fitzgerald, general manager of the Baltimore and Ohio railroad, as a witness before the interstate commerce commission in the hearing under the Tillman-Gillespie coal and oil resolution, read a prepared statement detailing past and present conditions of the road. He said there had been limitation or restriction on tonnage by the B. & 0. within his knowledge. The Senate committee on privileges and elections by unanimous vote has authorized Senator Foraker to report favorably the Tillman bill to prohibit insurance and other corporations from contributing to campaign funds. Secretary Root has informed the Russian government that any date after SepL 20 next will be convenient to the United States for the holding of the second Hague conference. An effort is bein made to secure the admission of the South American delegates to the conference on an equality with others by allowing their governments to adhere formally to the arbitration agreement prepared by tha first nsgue conference.

Business generally derived further impetus, the seasonable weather Chicago. permitting some extension of activity, consumption of commodities being on an enormous scale, and new demands making a satisfactory aggregate In both the leading productive and distributes branches. Aside from the purely commercial progress, the week is 'noteworthy in the remarkably prompt and liberal response made in aid of the San Francisco sufferers and the demonstration of the city's ability to furnish adequate supplies of food and other necessaries upon the shortest notice. The markets for raw material have shown ho diminution. In their high volume of absorption and prices exhibit firmness in the face of more liberal receipts. Heavy materials continue to provide an unprecedented freight tonnage for the railroads, while lake carrying permits a large movement of grain, lumber and fuel. Construction Is favored by good weather, this enabling more headway to be made in new buildings, track md bridge work and shipbuilding. Wholesale dealings present fair totals in staple wares, shipments to the Interior Indicating further replenishment of clothing and footwear stocks. Late reports show both local and country retail sales advancing In lightweight apparel, victuals and household furnishings. The total quantity of grain handled at this port, 7,437,934 bushels, compares with 7,G 15,282 bushels last week and C,433,7G7 bushels a year ago. The markets for primary foodstuffs exhibited the best sustained activity in coarse grains and hog products, no Impovement having developed for flour and wheat Compared with the closings a week ago, prices are higher. In oats cent per bushel, and In sheep, 5 cents a hundredweight, but have declined In wheat cent, corn cent, lard 7 cents, ribs 15 cents, pork 55 cents cattle 5 cents and hogs 20 cents. Bank clearings, $201,202,794, exceed those of corresponding week In 1905 by 2.3 per cent Failures reported In the Chicago district number 29, against 25 last week and 24 a year ago. Dun's Review of Trade. 4 . Wheat, Including flour. Hev York exports from the United States and Canada for the week ending April 20 are 2,149,084 bushels, against 1,844,798 bushels last week ; 1.2G0.31G bushels this week last year, 1,010,850 bushels In 1904, and S.41&289 bushels in 1003. From July 1 to date the exports are 111,501,301 bushels, against 52,313,207 bushe's last year, 121,723347 busheK In 1904. and 1S7.0SS,4S2 bushels in 1903. -; Corn exports for the week .ire 1,428,921 bushels, against 1.673,912 bushels last week, 1,8S3,7GG bushels a year ago, 1,190,193 bushels In 1904. and 2,210,155 bushels In 1903. From July 1 to date the exports of corn are 102.902,032 bushels, against 07,203,430 In 1905, 47,035,400 bushels In 1004, and 53,314,004 bushels In 1903. Bradstreet's Commercial Report. mm Chicago Cattle, common to prime, $4.00 to $G.10; hogs, prime heavy, $4.00 to $0.52; sheep, fair to choice, $3.00 to $5.05; wheat, No. 2, 87c to 90c; corn, No. 2, 4Gc to 47c; oats, standard, 30c "to 32c; rye. No. 2, 61c 4to G2c; hay, timothy, $8.50 to $14.00; prairie, $G.00 to $12.50; butter, choice creamery, J8c to 20c; eggs, fresh, 14c to 16s; potatoes, 48c to 58c. Indianapolis Cattle, shipping, $3.00 to $5.75; hogs, choice heavy, $4.00 to $G.CO; sheep, common to prime, $2.50 to $5.00; wheat, No. 2, 87c to S9c; corn. No. 2 white, 48c to 50c; oats, No. 2 white, 31c to 32c. St. Louis Cattle, $4.50 to $5.75; begs, $4.00 to $0.50; sheep, $4.00 to $6.00; wheat No. 2, SSc to 00c; corn. No. 2, 4Sc to 49c; oats. No. 2, 30c to 32c ; rye, No. 2, 63c to 64c. Cincinnati Cattle, $4.00 to $5.33: hogs, $4.00 to $GJ5; sheep, $2.00 to $4.60; wheat. No. 2, 89c to 90c; corn. No. 2 mixed, 50c to 52c; oats. No. 2 mixed, 33c to 34c ; rye, No. 2, OGc to 68c, Detroit Cattle, $4.00 to $5.25; hogs, $4.00 to $G.50; sheep, $2 50 to $3.00; wheat, No. 2, 87c to 89c: corn. No. 3 yellow, 50c to 51c; oats. No. 3 white, 34c to 35c ; rye. No. 2, 65c to 67c. Milwaukee Wheat, No. 2 northern, 78c to 81c; corn, No. 3, 4Gc to 47c; oats, standard, 31c to 33c: rye. No. 1, 62c to 63c; barley, standard, 54c to 55c; pork, mess, $15.12. Toledo Wheat No. 2 mixed, S5c to SSc; corn. No. 2 mixed, 44c to 4Gc; oats. No. 2 mixed, 31c to 23c; rye, No. 2, 60c to 67c ; clover seed, prime, $6.30. Buffalo Cattle, choice shipping steers, $4.00 to $5.50 ; hogs, fair to choice, $4.00 to $0.80; sheep, common to good mixed, $4.00 to $3.23; lambs, fair to choice, $3.00 to $G.G5. New York Cattle, $5.'X) to $5.47; hogs, $4.00 to $7.00; sheep, $3.00 to $5.00; wheat, No. 2 red, 89c to 90c; corn, No. 2, 54c to 5Gc; oats, natural white, SSc to 30c; butter, creamery, 20c to 21c ; eggs, western, 15c to 18c Raisin Combine a Fall a re. The California Raisin Growers' Company, a co-operative concern, which included a large number of raisin growers under a capitalization of $5,000,000, has gone out of business, thus leaving the packers free to regulate prices. The price of raisins is now from 3 to 4 cents a pound. w Slx-Incb Gnn Record. The cruiser Pennsylvania has established a new record with her O-inch guns. The battery under the command of Lieut Brady hit the target seventeen times in ninety seconds. Storage of Steam Heat. The Scientific American supplement describes the new type of boiler invented by Chief Engineer Maurice of the French navy, which is able to kocp on supplying steam for several hours after the fire has been extinguished. The storage consists in the use of a mixture of salts having a great specific heat, and surrounding the greater part of the tubular system. Fire brings the temperature of these salts to 841 F and this keeps up the production of steam for a long time after the firs has ceased. 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NEW8 OF THE WEEK CONCISELY CONDENSED. TV bat Onr Neighbor Ar Do! äff Matters of General and Local Inter est Marriage and Dee the Accident and Crimes Personal Pointers About Indianians Brief SUte Iteaas. John Gross, jr., was run over and killed by a passenger train at Petersburg. Frankfort Elks will build a modern lodge and club room quarters at a cost of $50,003. Mrs. Phoebe Redmond, who was probably the oldest person in Indiana, died in Indianapolis at the age of 106. Miss Margeret Siemandel, aged 43, well known in church circles at Aurora, com mitted suicide by drinking carbolic acid. George H. Hurley. 79 years old. died at his home In Crawfordsville. He was for fifteen years the law partner of General Lew Wallace. William Metcalf of St Joe. was killed by a passenger train on the Baltimore and unio railroad. The engineer said he was sitting on the track. lloscoe, youngest son cf Mr. and Mrs, Edward Moore of Ilillisburg, while playing with a railway torpedo, had his face terribly torn in an explosion. James Quin lan, 22 year old, brake man on the Lake Shore railway, fell between the cars at Valparaiso aLd was ctt to. pieces, tie lived at Garrett J. C. Donovan, alias D. D. Marthey.said to live in Columbia City, was arrested at Hanna, La porte county, accused of passing a worthless check on Ewald Greegor. 'Captain David Watkins, 87, who helped build the Wabash and Erie Canal in tha thirties and ran the first boat on that waterway, diel at his home at Lagro. uYockey" Noll of Union City, was sentenced to from one to three years in state prison for stealing a dollar's worth cf horseshoe nails from a blacksmith's shop at Winchester. Harry Walker, thc Indianapolis nfro, who stole Jewelry from the home of Elwood McGuire, at Richmond, was sentenced to the Indiana 'reformatory on a plei of guilty. A destructive fire practically wiped out" the villageof Weisburg. The blare started in W. F. Super's saloon, and three saloons, the postof&ce, general store, warehouses and Big Four depot were destroyed. Albert Hunt 14 years old, of Corydon, while fording Bluf river in a buggy, attempted to recover his hat which was blown off by the wind, and he went beyond his depth and was drowned. After quarreling with her husband, Mrs. Frederick Milbretb, wife cf cne of tha wealthiest farmers in northern Indiana, living near Mishawaka, stabbed herself with a knife and died soon afterward. She was over 70 years old. , Among the Indictments returned by tha Wabash grand jury were four against Wtbash dairymen who have been using formaldehyde in their milk. Tbe prosecuting attorney bad the milk analyzed and the preservative was found. . The affection with two yourg men, Charles Liddle and Louis Ulrich, have borne for Miss Sarah Meddles, a wellknown young woman of Lawrenceburg, resulted in an affray in which Liddle shot and fatally wounded Ulrich. Delaware county will purchase votinj machines to be used at ail county elections. It is planned for the county to purchasa the machines and then rent them to the city for city eUictlons and to the political parties for primary elections. James Lynch, a wealthy farmer near Frankfort, was fatally Injured in an unusual manner while working with a spring tooth harrow. He fell in front of the harrow, a tcoth penetrating his skull and pinioning him to the ground. Fire destroyed the large barn cn the Theodore Humphrey 'arm near Rushville, in Richland township, and the entire contents, including 500 bushels of corn, many farm Implements, with carriages and eight fine horses, were consumed. The loss is $5,000, with small insurance. Ruth Doboney, twelve years old, daughter of Mrs. R. B. Dohoney, a trained nurse from Chicago, disappeared from the home of her grandparents m Michigan City and ivxi not been found. The missing girl is a beaut'ful child and the oracers charge her disappearance to kidnapers. The library board at Rochester will now proceed with the construction of a library building, to be completed in October, Andrew Carnegie having add id $5.000 to his original gift of $10,0OJ. The township will join with the town in paying the tax for the maintenance of the library. Emanuel Miller, aged SO, a well-known farmer near North Manchester, Wabash eounty, was killed in a peculiar manner. While building a wire fence he, used a team of horses to stretch the wire taut A link in the chain broke, striking him squarely in the forehead and fracturing bis skull. Virgil Rhokds, 18 years old, an epileptic, assaulted his father, O. P. Rhoads of Atlanta, and attempted to kill his 11-year-old brother. Marshal Leonard with the assistance of four men, seized and bound Virgil after a desperate struggle, and he was removed to Noblesville to await transfer to the Insane hospital. Joseph Eacock, a prominent attorney of Lafayette, was sentenced to prison for an indeterminf.e term of from two to fourteen years, ' A fine of $25 was also assessed. He was jointly indicted with Lulu B. Grimes on April 29, 1905. There were eight counts charging him with conspiracy to blackmail William Kessler of Clarks Hill and others. The Perkins anti-cigwet law passed by the last session of the Indiana Legislature has been declared valid by the Supreme Court. The court interpreted the laws as meaning that it is illegal to sell cigarets In" Indiana or keep them for sale, but it is not illegal to bring them into the state. Otis Manor was convicted of manslaughter at Winchester and sentenced to the Michigan City penitentiary for an Indeterminate term of from two to twenty-one years. Manor was accused of beating Andrew Johnson, an old soldier living enr Eaton, and causing the latter's -th. Irs. Marnerie Moles, 20 years old, died .iv iluncie - from eating poprn. After eating a large quantity she drank some water. Tha swelling that followed obstructed the intestines and killed her. A building stone weighing more than 1,000 pounds was dislodged at the third floor of the new K. of P. building, in coarse of erection at Massachusetts avenue and Pennsylvania street Indianapolis, and it went down with a crash, seriously injuring 0. D. White, an engineman, who wak standing on the sidewalk below. The stone struck "White a glancing blow, tearing the flesh from his arm and side. Xot Quit Bare Atoat It., Mrs. nighmus (making a call) 1 should think you would find a "social sec retary a convenience. Mrs. Gaswell Ye-es, but where would we find room for it? Our aparfcrtzti are as full of furniture already as they can stick. Obvloaalr. Trusty Henchman Senator, I think I ouxht to tell you that your political stoclt Is running low oat In our section. Senator Lotsmun If there is aaytklrj the natter wfta ray.politijal stoci yea Lavsn't been attending to your duty iq 'looulnj after xay fcacrs that's cl

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