Plymouth Tribune, Volume 8, Number 33, Plymouth, Marshall County, 20 May 1909 — Page 2

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jjZih. V? 12tMJl9th. fil 26th. FEATURES OF INTEREST ABOUT THAT WHICH HAS BEEN AND IS TO BE. All Side and Conditions of Thins are Shown. Nothing Orerlooketl ta make it Complete. Double Murder Over Line Fence. In a dispute over a line fence between the farms of Alexander Meek and Frank Railsback, three miles "west of Richmond. Ind.. Alexander Meek and his son Raymond were shot and instantly killed. Frank Railsback was badly wounded and Frank Railsback, sr., slightly wounded. The difference between the two families relative to the fance had existed for some weeks, but had not reached a serious stage until the Railsback men proceeded to the line and with axes beg2n chopping away the posts. The Meeks, father and son, left the house, going to the point of the fence where the Railsbacks were at work. The father had a revolver and the son a shotgun. Both fired on the Railsback men and Frank Railsback. jr., fell with a vound in his knee, probably from the revolver of the elder Meek. The elder Railsback was wounded In the abdomen by a shot from one barrel of the younger Meeek's gun. The Railsbacks retreated, and Joel Railsback, another son, went to the house and returning with a double barreled shotgun fired point-blark at the Meeks killing both, snooting each of them in the head, and the fact that their faces and clothing were powderburned indicates that he must have been very close when he fired. After commmiting the murders Joel Railsback got on an interurban car and went at once to Richmond, where he gave himself up to Sheriff Meredith, giving the latter the first intimation of the tragedy. An Explosion Follows Fire. Fire of unknown origin, accompanied by an explosion, destroyed the warehouse of the Sea Board Air Line railway at the railroad terminals in Portsmouth, Va., entailing a loss of from $100,000 to 1150,000 and resulting In the injury of four men, one being seriously hurt. Between fifty and sixty freight cars, many of them loaded, also were burned. Soon after the Portsmouth fire department arrived on the scene a teremendons explosion within the storehouse, a brick structure, followed by several smaller ones sent bricks and burning timbers flying In every direction. The officials of the company attrribute the explosions to a quantity of torpedoes. "Friend of Boyles Threatens Judge. The police of Cleveland, Ohio, have learned that a threat has been made to dynamite the home of Judge A. W. Williams In Mercer, Pa., unless he lends his efforts to obtaining a new trial for James Boyle and wife, recently convicted before him on a charge of kidnaping Willie Whitla. The treats were sent in any anoymous letter postmarked Cleveland. The letter postmarked Cleveland. The letter was signed "A Friend of the Boyles," and warned Judge Williams that unless he did as the writer ordered his home would be blown up and himself and family killed. Barndenburg a Prisoner in r'.w Vork. Broughton Brandenburg, the magazine writer, whose troubles quickly followed the publication of a letter in the New York Times last fall purporting to have been written by the late Grover Cleveland, Is a prisoner in New York. He was locked up at police headquarters after being brought from San Francisco by two detectives who were sent to the coast after Brandenburg's arrest there some weeks ago following his disappearance from New York when he was wanted for trialj 1 Mrs. Taft Suddenly Stricken. Mrs. Taft, suffering from a slight nervous breakdown, was taken ill while on her way from Washington to Mount Vernon on the yacht Sylph with a party of friend3, and was hurried back to the white house. It was said that there is no cause for alarm and that Mrs. Taft probably will be 11 right again in a few days. Taft's Son Heads Phi Beta Kappa. At a recent meeting of the Yale chapter of Phi Beta Kappa In New Haven, Conn., Robert A. Taft, son of President Taft, was elected president. Train Ditched by Miscreant. Five, persons were Injured none fatally as the result of a pasenger train from Atlanta running onto a Southern Railway switch at Juneau, N. C, which had evidently been thrown with malicious purpose. George Meredith, . Novelist, Is Dead A dispatch from London says that George Meredith the English novelist, Is dead. The Immediate' cause of death .wa3 heart failure. Drugged; Robbed; Dies. Drugged' and then robbed of $30 ant is a result dying in a Westville sa Joon. was the fate of John Hawk, o Danville, 111. Hawk was found in the rear of a saloon and John Botow and Bert Joveauth have been arrested on uspicicn. Saved by a Walking Cane. John Miles, of Evansville, Ind., f;ll Into the Ohio river at Henderson, Ky., and as he w.s sinking for the third time James Manion, a policeman, rescued him by means of a walking cane. Hunter Accidentally Shot. Charles Parker, forty-five years old. was accidentally shot near Shelbyville, Ind., while hunting with a party of relatives. He laid a shotgun on the ground and a nephew picked it up. The gun was discharged, the shot entering Parker's abdomen. . Nineteer. ehot were removed.

Fill Dead While Planting Corn. Joseph Pappanun. a well-knowi. farmer, fifty-five years old, jvhile planting corn on his farm near Valparaiso, Ind., fell dead from heart dl e. He leaves a family.

8 TO 16 YEARS IS SBIBGE FOR RMS

Captain Convicted of Killing W. E. Annis Gets Indeterminate Term in Prison. JUDGE DENIES A NEW TRIAL Defendant Seems Overcome by Court's Words and Father and Brother Deeply Affected. Capt. Peter C. Hains, Jr., IT. S. A., convicted of manslaughter in the first degTee fcr killing William E. Annis at the Bayside Yacht Club last August, was sentenced Monday by Justice Garretson in the Supreme Court in Flushing, L. I., to an indeterminate sentence of not less than eight years, nor more than sixteen years, a hard labor in State's prison. John F.- Mclntyre, counsel for the defendant, made the usual motion for a new trial on the ground that the verdict was against the weight of evidence and also contrary to law. Justice Garretson denied these motions. Mr. Mclntyre then raised the point of jurisdiction of the Supreme Court over the defendant, contending that he had never been released from jurisdiction of the federal government and therefore the case was not properly before the court. Mr. Mclntyre also stated that Dr. Brush, who had been an expert witness for the defense, had examined Capt. Hains since he was convicted and found him insane. Justice Garretson said there was no evidence to that effect before the court and he declined to consider the motion in regard to jurisdiction. The court clerk then instructed Capt. Hains to come to the bar and proceeded to ask him the formal questions put to a man about to be sentenced. The prisoner seemed dazed and seemed to have some difficulty in understanding the questions. Lawyers Mclntyre and Young of the defense stood on either side of Capt. Hains and assisted him in answering the questions of the court clerk. Referring to the nature of the case the court said that Capt. Hains had been indicted for murder in the first degree, the severest crime against society, and, although there had been a great deal of sympathy Injected into the case, the law did not allow a man to punish another for wrong he had suffered or to wreak vengeance on the man who had wronged him. After Justice Garretson had Imposed the sentence Capt. Hains sat down and dropped his head on the table before him. He seemed overcome with emotion for a few moments, but soon recovered himself and sat upright, staring at the court. Gen. Hains, the defendant's father, and Maj. John Powers Hains, who were in court, displayed much emotion. Immediately after sentence the prisoner's lawyers asked for a stay of sentence for a few days to take an appeal. Justice Garretson said the case would take the usual course, and gave the defense twentyfour hours In which to file an appeal. WIDOW IS GIVEN" $1,000,000. "Lucky" Baldwin Helra Effect Comprofit le and Save Entate. Mrs. E. J. Baldwin is to get $1,000,000 from the estate of the late E. J. (Lucky) Baldwin. His daughter, who at the time cf her father's death was not known to be his child, Mrs. Rosella Robinson Selby, of Oakland, is to get $223,000. The' lawyers who arranged the compromise divide a fee of $400,000. According to the terms of the will Mrs. Baldwin was left a onethird interest in property in San Francisco found to be worth only $30,000. Mrs. Selby was left a parcel of land which wa3 said to be worth about $25,000. ABEUZZI TRIES TO END LIFE? Report Concerning Doke Greatly Atrltatea Italian Court Circles. Court circles in Rome are agitated over sensational reports which have reached the government about the duke of the Abruzzi. It is related on good authority that in one of the fits of depression to which the duke has become subject of late he attempted to kill himself with a revolver on the way out to India, but was saved by a member of his suite, whose suspicion had been aroused and who had kept a vigilant watch on him. Letters from members of the expedition represent that the duke is utterly reckless. WARSHIPS BEACH TURKEY. Will Stop MMtarrm and Give Protection to American School. The armored cruiser North Carolina and the armed revenue cutter Tahoma have arrived at Alexandretta and put the United States in position of dealing directly with the Turkish government. Several cases involving the payment of Indemnity and the glving( assurances of peace were discussed at the Cabinet meeting. All that Is definitely known is that this government proposes to show a strong hand in the instances of the death of American citizens and the recurring danger from Turkish outbreaks to American colleges and schools in Asia Minor. Prleat Lead 10,000 Starch. Thirty priests, coming from all over the United States, led 10,000 celebrants in a grand march Thursday in Carey, Ohio, closing the ceremonies of the annual pilgrimage to the Church of Our Lady of Consolation. . ItnnU Guaranty I.r Paitrd. The Texs Legislature adjourned at midnight Tuesday night, after having been in session since Jan. 11. The most notable feature of the concluding session was the passage of a bill for the guaranto. of bank deposits. Typewriter "Work Fnt. A Tiw speed record for typewriting was made in Kansas City by E. A. Tx'jfzger of New York when he wrote an average of 103 words from copy each minute for fifteen minutes. Trefzger was second in the international contest recently when Rose L. Fritz made tLa hour record. Suffrage Killed lu 3IIoarl. The Missouri Senate Committee on Constitutional Amendments killed the woman's suffrage resolution by report ing it adversely.

TORNADOES IN THREE STATES.

Town Devastated and a Train Wrecked by Kansas Cyclone. A series of tornadoes in Kansi?, Missouri and Oklahoma late Friday killed at least five persons, injured fifty-five, devastated one town, wrecked a train, and did great damage to property. The storm spread over a wide area and laid to waste many farmhouses. On account cf a great portion of the damage being done on farms, its full extent could not be learned at once. Many conflicting reports have been received One said ten were killed. A blinding rain and hail storm accompanied the wind in all three States. Many washouts demoralized railroad traffic. Twenty-five were injured by a storm that swept over Mount Washington and Fairmount Park, suburbs of Kansas City. At least two of these are thought to be fatally injured and others seriously. The town of Hollis, near Concordia, was swept away. Three were killed there and ten seriously injured. The Eckstrom family, consisting of five persons, is missing. Their house is in ruins and it is thought they are dead. Near Great Bend a tornado killed two and injured twenty. All wires are down in that vicinity and it is feared that the death list may be greater. William Ackerly, a Santa Fe engineer, was killed while working with a bridge gang between Great Bend and Kinsley. Frank Nicholson, a conductor, was killed. The tornado wrecked the work train of which Ackerly was engineer and blew it into a ditch. Several members of the crew were blown 100 feet. The pile driver toppled over, crushing Ackerly to death in his cab, where he had remained, with his hand upon the throttle. At Holslngton, Kan., a tornado injured a number and greatly damaged farm property. It was not so severe, however, as that passing over other portions of the State. At Pond Creek, Okla., a severe wind storm injured four, and unroofed several houses. RUSSIAN "ROBIN HOOD" SLAIN. Itobber Chief Who Lone Joked with Police Finally la Killed. The noted robber chieftain, Savitzky, the "Robin Hood" of the Russian revolution, has been killed by members of the rural guard. With three members of his band Savltzky was surrounded by the guard In a village near Mohlev, and after a fight that lasted for four hours all four were killed. One member of the guard lost his life In the encounter. Savltzky, who was a high schol student when he took to brigandage, had been the terror of the police of the provinces of Tchernigov and Mohiley for several years, but he was a source of amusement to the rest of Russia on account of his dare-devil exploits. He delighted In playing fantastic tricks on the police. Once, on a wager, disguised a3 a priest, he visited the governor of this province and various other officials. It was his custom to rob only the rich, and he distributed his spoils among the peasantry with a lavish hand. He finally was betrayed by a member of his band. The directors of the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad have decided to refund all its underlying bonds, except those of the Illinois division or a total near to $4,0OO,00G at 4 per cent. Holders of the old bonds will have the option of an exchange for the new. During the last season the Pennsylvania Railroad Company set out 303,000 trees, including pines, larches, spruce and hardwoods. In its nursery it set out 313.000 forest seedlings for future transplanting, and planted 222 bushels of red oak acorns, from which 1 ,.7)0,000 seedlings are now growing. It also planted a large quantity of black walnut, chestnut and hickory, practically all of which have given complete germination. Slason Thomson, manager of the Bureau of Railway News and Statistics at Chicago has issued the fourth annual report of that bureau covering the business year ending November 30, 1908. It shows that the loss of the railroads of the country on account of the panic and ensuing depression fas far greater than estimated by the Interstate Commerce Commission. The railroads complain that the commission experts made the mistake of basing their estimates on a period which included some of the prosperous months of 1907. Thomson finds the total loss in gross earnings amounted to $330,000,000 as compared with the commission's estimate of $T04,OO0,000, ami that the loss in net earnings was $120.340,400 as compared with the commission's estimate of $111,031,000. The bureau also finds tb it the effect of the 2-ccnt passenger laws was a loss of $23,000.000 in gross earnings. The heavy los in net earnings is accounted for partly by the expenditure of $32,000,000 in meeting the new requirements as to method of accounting and as to the hours and conditions of labor. The net capitalization of the railroads has increased 7G.5 per cent, but thi. is only 9 per cent a mile more. The railroads carried 180.5 more passengers a mile and 200 per cent more tons of freight a mile than in 1888. Work on the two extensions of the Northern Pacific road, one going eighty miles northwest of Mandan, N. D.. and the other eighty miles south of the same city, will begin at once. At Little Rock, Ark., 5,000 bales of cotton, estimated to have been worth $ 250,000, were burned In a fire which for several hours threatened to destroy the plant of the St. Iwis Compress Company, valued, with its contents, at $1,000,000. Satisfied with the foot and mouth disease in cattle, sheep, other ruminants and swine has been completely eralicated in the United States, Sec retary Wilson has issued an order releasing the entire country from the federal quarantine on account of that di.-case. The Pasteur Institute at Ann Arbor Is treating a mother and ten children from Ludington, Mich., who are afflicted with a peculiar ailment, supposed to be rabies, and believed to have been contracted by drinking milk from an infected cow. Dean J. W. Olsen of the Minm-sota State Agricultural college and hi. staff ae already formulating plans ta get into touch with the farmers so as to achieve the best results from the courses in agriculture through the mail, authorized by the recent Legislature.

JURIST WHO SENTENCED E OYLES.

TWENTY BLOWN TO ATOMS. Victims Hurled High in Air by Blast in Quarry. At least twenty men were killed Wednesday by a premature blast of dynamite in a stone quarry operated by the Callanan Road Improvement Company near South Bethlehem, eleven miles southwest of Albany, N. Y. Twelve Italian workmen are among the victims. One thousand pounds of dynamite exploded, and the bodies of the victims were hurled hundreds of feet by the concussion and so badly mutilated as to be almost beyond recognition. As darkness was falling a wagon drew up to the engine house loaded with bodies that had been picked up back on the quarry hill. A crowd of grief-stricken relatives gathered around eager to identify the dead, only to turn away at the sickening sight. Italians with shovels found here and there portions of bodies and brought their grewsome loads in boxes to the engine house, which served as a temporary morgue. FARMERS PLAN CHAIN TRUST. Aemhle to Control Price, bnt Want 'Cornfri" Supprewaed. Grain growers from many States assembled in Springfield, Mo., in mass meeting at the call of C. S. Barrett, president of the National Farmers' union, to take action to protect their interests. The farmers' union has a membership of 3,000,000, and that part of the organization that convened In Springfield is known as the grain growers branch. President Barrett, in his call, issued at Atlanta, Ga., said: "It Is the intention to build such a system as will enable the growers to sell their wheat for the highest possible figures." It Is Intended to organize the grain growers the same as the cotton planters of the South are organized, the chief aim being to aid members in storing wheat until prices advance. Congress also will be petitioned to enact a law that will prevent corners in grain. FIGHT FOR THE PENNANTS. Standing of Clnb In the Principal Dane Dall Leasari. XATIOXAL LEAGUE. yj Ia Pittsburg ..1C 9 Boston 11 12 Chicago ...15 12 Brooklyn ..11 12 Philadel'a. 12 10 New York.. 9 13 Cincinnati .14 14 St. Louis ..11 17 AMERICAN LEAOCE. W. I, W. U Detroit 16 7 Chicago ....11 13 Boston 14 8 Cleveland ..9 14 New York .13 9 St. Louis ..9 14 Philadel'a .12 9 Wash'gton . 6 16 AMERICAN ASSOCIATION. W. L. W. I. Milwaukee .18 8 Mirn'polis .12 14 Louisville ..17 11 Toledo 12 16 Ind'n'p'lis .17 13 St. Paul 10 14 Kan. City.. 12 14 Columbus ..11 19 Given Potfton In Banana. Detectives claim to have discovered a clew showing that Salvator Rlzzo, Cincinnati fruit dealer' who died suddenly Tuesday morning after having received threatening letters from the Black Hand, was given poison. Last Saturday, according to the detectives, Rizzo was approached by a man claiming to be a fruit salesman, who gave him a new .variety of banana, after eating which Rizzo became violently ill. Make Million; Aid Chorcb. Joseph N. Shenstone, a millionaire of Toronto, Canada, at a meeting of the laymen's missionary movement In connection with the southern Baptist convention in Louisville, declared that he had made enough money during his lifetime and that he was now going to devote his fortune and the remainder of his days to the service of God and man. Carry Poivder from Fire. The Beamer Handle Company's factory at Manor, Pa., was destroyed by fire, which caused a loss of $100,000. Not far away 13 a powder magazine, which contained 200 kegs of powder. During the progress of the fire the roof of the magazine wa3 found to be on fire. Heedless of the danger, the firemen rushed in and carried cut the explosives. Tein Pi-nlrle Fire Sweeps County. A disastrous prairie fire swept Castro County in the Panhandle of Texas, Saturday and Sunday, and Col. T. K. Herring of the flrn of Herring & Lacid, Amarillo, was the heaviest loser, the flames sweeping thirty sections on his ranch. Lopnktne la Sentenced. , M. Lopukine, a former director of police, who was arrested In St. Petersburg last January on the charge that he was a member of the revolutionary organization, was condemned to five years' Imprisonment at hard labor. Col. John 1... IIurlclKH Dead. Colonel John N. Burleigh, lawyer, editor and actor, died at his home in Brooklyn Sunday night, aged 61. He was on the stage, starring jointly with Rev. George C. Miln in Shakespearean plays for several years. Kxnreft Cap In Itiirned. An Adams Express Company car on the second section of No. 12, the main line express to New York and Boston over the Pennsylvania Railroad, caught fire at Pittsburg a few minutes before leaving for the East and was destroyed with its contents. The less is ?ra!d to be heavy. Castro ti itohiiiMon t runoc. It is reported at Santander that forn r President Castro of Veneuela has decided to take up hl3 permanent residence on the Island of Tenerlffe.

WRECK TRAIN; SECURE $20.000.

Daring1 Robbers Hoard Engine and Cau:e Serious Collision. Posses are scouring the co.untry be tween Colbert and Meade, Wash., seeking trace of the bandits who held ur passenger train No. 3 and secured more than $20,000 worth of booty late Saturday night. The robbers escaped without leaving a clew to their identity. To aid in the pur-suit the Great Northern, on whose road the robberj occurred, has offered a reward of $10,000 for each bandit captured. Twelve persons were injured during the affair. The disaster happened when the en gine and mail car, running wild down the track after being rifled of the mails, collided with the remaining cars of the train. The bandits detached the engine and mail car from the train, ran them down the track a considerable distance, and then after the registered mail had ben opened they sent the engine back to collide with the cars standing on the track. The ban dits, of which there were at least six in the party, made their attack just after the train left Colbert. BALLOON EXPLODES IN FLIGHT. Army Craft Destroyed and Two OfHcerl Bruised at Jackson, Neb. Army balloon No. 12 exploded In landing at Jackson, Neb., Monday night after a 120-mile trip and wa? destroyed, Captain Chandler and Lieu tenant Ware, the aeronauts In charge, being knocked down and bruised, but escaping serious injury. Captain Chandler believes that while at a high alti tude the gas bag became charged with static electricity, and that on reaching the ground contact with the earth caused an arq to form, thus producing an electric spark, which set fire to the big bag. The ascension was made from Fort Omaha. The balloon started north as soon as it was well into the air and soon crossed the Missouri River. It followed the general course of the river for nearly 100 miles, the flight following a northwesterly direction. The 120-mile flight was made in about six hours, deducting the hour and a half the balloon was becalmed. TWO KILLED IN PANAMA RIOT. Police of Republic daub, with Amer icana of Canal Zone. In a conflict between Panama police and employes of the canal zone near the dividing line C. M. Abbott, an American electrician in the powerhouse at Christobal, and a colored man, also an American, were killed. The police crossed the zone at Christobal in an effort to arrest an escaped prls oner. They were mobbed and pelted by West Indians and finally were ar rested by the zone police for disturb ance. At eight a number of Panama police armed with rifles proceeded to ward the zone in an attempt. It i.3 al leged, to find those who had maltreated their comrades earlier In the day. Tfcey came into collision with the canal workers and many revolver and rifle shots were fired. The riot became so threatening that all places of business were quickly closed, but eventually the Invaders were driven off. Cite Ilynnnilte Ilonae a Tnrcet. Steve Page is dying from injuries received when a magazine near Wash ington. Pa., containing forty quarts of; nitroglycerin and 150 pounds cf dynamite blew up. Page and Tony Mer rette, Italians, not knowing what was In It, pinned a target on the magazine and began shooting at it with revolvers. Doy Knda Life to Avoid Arreat. Peter Paschalt, 13 years old, livlnfr with his uncle and aunt, Mr. and Mrs. Peter Paschalt, In Nashville, shot and killed himself as a policeman, called by his aunt, entered the house. The boy had been whipped, Mrs. Paschalt says, and, with rocks in his hands, threatened to kill her. or The Patchen Wilkes Stock Farm will shortly begin training operations at the Kentucky Trotting Horse Breeders' Association track. The Columbus, Ohio, team, former champions of the American Association, opened the present season by losing seven straight games. John B. Taylor, the aged horse racing and baseball magnate of Freeport, 111., is dead, from injuries received b7 a fall from his buggy In a runaway. A mass meeting of one thousand citizens decided that Goldfield, Nev., should offer $30,000 for a fight between Jack Johnson and James J. Jeffries, to take place In the latter part of September, during the session of the mining congress. Governor Morris of Montana said to horsemen at Frankfort, Ky.: "There is but one thing that will ever put a, stop to racing in Montana or any of the Western States, and that is" the men who do not care anything about racing except to make money out of the gambling that accompanies racing." The Western Canada Baseball League, successor to the Northern, is an eight-team league made up by clubs in Winnipeg, Brandon, Medicine Hat, Calgary, Regina, Moose Jaw, L'jthbridge and Edmonton. A very large percentage of the players are Americans, gleaned from the clubs of the Northern States. Dr. Roller, the Seattle heavyweight wrestler, falle! to thrown Jim Galvin, the New York grappler, twice in thirty minutes at Chicago, and lost the match. President Diaz of Mexico has granted a betting concession to turfmen, who expect to establish a track at Tijuana, just across the line from California. Sam Langford, the colored heavyweight pugilist, has sailed for London. Iangford Is matched to fight Ian Hague, the new heavyweight English champion. Henry Gehrlng, of Cleveland. Ohio, defeated Charles Ccnkle, of Hamilton, Ont., in a wrestling match for the middleweight championship cf the wor'd in Cleveland. A monument, to the memory of the late Henry Chadwick, known as the "father of basooall." was unveiled the other clay over hi grave ia Greenwood cemetry, Brooklyn. One of the most prominent trainers in England predicts that Sir Martin, the $60,000 American-bred colt, will win the Derby. Backers of Piyardo, the British fvorlte, are much worried.

1 i Work of Congress t ,

After several hours spent In the Senate Wednesday in discussing the window glass schedule of the tariff bill Senator Aldrich asked that that paragraph be passed over. Some other sections relating to glass manufactured articles that previously had been passed over were agreed to. The Senate proceeded to the consideration of passed over sections until the iron ore paragraph was reached, when Senator Crawford spoke at length upon the lack of wisdom of any tariff that encouraged the exhaustion of natural resources, which could not readily be reproduced. He insisted that there should be no tariff on Iron ore, oil, lumber and coal.. Early in the session Senator Paynter spoke in favor of the removal of the duty of 6 cents a pound upon leaf tobacco, as a means for freeing the tobacco growers from the control of the tobacco trust. The House was not in session. After a day devoted to discussing the duty on iron ore, the Senate just before adjournment Thursday adopted by a vote of 61 to 24 the recommendation of the committee on finance for a duty of 23 cents per ton. The House had placed it on the free list, while the present law levies a duty o? 40 cents per ton. In taking this vote party lines were annihilated, as seventeen Democrats voted "Aye" with the Republicans and twelve Republicans voted "No" with the Democrats. Senator Bailey, announcing that he proposed to vote for the duty on iron ore as a revenue measure, declared that such action did not affect the prosperity of the United "States Steel Corporation, and added that even if It did there was a better way to deal with that organization, which was by an enforcement of the antitrust law against it. For the first time there was a suggestion looking to the fixing of a day for a vote on the tariff bill, but it came to naught because of objection from Senator Beveridge. The House was again in the throes of a tariff discussion, the entire day being spent in the consideration of the Philippine tariff bill. After the reading of the bill had been concluded further action was deferred until Monday. Mr. Clark (Mo.) objected to Immediate consideration of a bill amending the organic act of Porto Rico in accordance with the President's suggestions In his recent message, and the bill went over. Speaker Cannon's policy of not appointing committees was upheld by a substantial majority after Mr. Garrett (Tenn.) had sought to have him directed to name the committee on insular affairs. The House adjourned until Monday. Again the committee on finance was upheld when the Senate Friday voted down an amendment by Senator Cummins to lower the duty on round iron, etc., by a vote of 33 to 42, and upheld the House rate, which was recommended by the Senate cqmmitte. Almost the entire session was given up to a debate on the profits of the United Stages Steel Corporation, and toward the end of the day personalities were freely Indulged in by Senators. This occurred when Senator Root had spoken in defense of the finance committee and In criticism of Senators who had complained of the failure of that committee to provide more ample information concerning various schedules. Mr. Money, addressing himself directly to the Senator from New York, resented what he characterized as a lecture to the Senate, and said that If the Senator from New York desired less speaking in the body "he should do less of It himself." Senator Beveridge proposed an amendment to the tariff bill increasing the tax on tobacco and its products, and charged that by continuing the" shortweight packages of the Spanish war period the tobacco trust was reaping a harvest of $21,000,000 a year. The House was not In session. The lowering of duties In the case of eight or ten classes of wire goods contained in the steel schedule, upon motion of Senator Aldrich, in charge of the tariff bill, gave great encouragement Saturday to Senators who are advocating a revision downward. With evident gratification Senator Beveridge greeted those proposed amendments by the chairman of the finance committee by declaring: "Good, that's making progress." The entire session of the Senate was devoted to the steel schedule, the section relating to penknives being under consideration when, at 4:44 p. m., the Senate adjourned to meet at 10 o'clock Monday morning, one hour earlier than the Senate has been beginning business. The House was not in fession. NUBBINS OF NEWS. The Montevideo, Minn., roller mill and elevator, containing 8,000 bushels of wheat, were burned. The loss is $00,000. Excise figures for New York show n.tl-14 saloons in the Manhattan and Bronx boroughs, a decrease of 8G4 during the year. The shah of Persia has dismissed his premier and war minister and appointed his uncle, Narb es SalUneh, to these place!. It has been discovered in Rome thht a satchel containing jewelry valued at ? 1(1,000, which was recently stien from a train there, was the property of Princess von Bu'elow of Berlin. Announcement has been made at the University of California that ex-President Roosevelt will deliver his first public speech in this country upon his return from his African hunting expedition in the Greek chapter at that institution. A prison-reform league has been formed in Los Angeles. Cal., for the purpose of endeavoring to obtain the abolition of capital puunishment. C. C. Lewert, superintendent of the State insurance department of Ohio, reporUnl a shortage of ?l,o42.."VT in the accounts of the Ohio JTnderwriters' Mutual Fire Insurance Company of Columbus; James W. Van Cleave of St. Iouis, president of the Citizens' Industrial Alliance, has resigned because of antagonism shown to him by manufacturers after h'ff fijrlit. as president of the Bucks Stove and Range Com puny, against .Samuel Gomprrs, John Mitchell and other labor leaders. The wharf and warehouses of the New York and Baltimore Transportation Company at Baltimore were burned, entailing a loss of $.V,000. In violation of custom, members of this year's senior class of Columbia University have discontinued the wearing of the academic cap and gown in the last two months of the college year. Eleven residence were destroyed at Hammond, twelve miles from Fairmont,

W. Va., by a tire of unknown origin. The entire village was threatened and both Grafton and Fairmont were called on for assistance. All the houses belonged to the Hammond Fire Brick Company. Loss $2r,0CU. i

FORMS BIGGEST COAL COMBINE

Consolidation Company Takes Five Concerns and 200,000 Acres. The Consolidation Coal Company, which before the adoption of the Hepburn coal act was owned by the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad. ha3 acquired the entire capital stock of five coal companies and formed the greatest coal combination in the world, with approximately 200,000 acres in Maryland, Pennsylvania, West Virginia, Kentucky and Ohio, and a capital stock of $37,630,000. The five compa nies acquired are the Fairmount Coal Company, capitalized at ' $12,000,000; Somerset Coal Company, $4,000.000; Pittsburg and Fairmount Fuel Com pany, $2,230,000; Clarksburg Fuel Company, $1,250,000, and Southern Coal and Transportation Company, $500,000. The Consolidation, which has controlled the companies w'lich it now absorbs, has bought the minority stock in all of them. There will be no change in management, President Clarence W. Watson and Vice Presi dent Jere H. Wheelwright continuing as directing heads. WILL DISCIPLINE BY EEC OED. "Q" Boad Putting Into Effect New Method of Handling Employe. "Discipline by record" is the title of a new method of maintaining discipline among the employes of the Chicago, Burlnglton and Quincy Rail road, which the officials are confident will achieve satisfactory results. Instead of punishing an employe for In fractions of rules by suspending hlml from ten to sixty days, the Burlington will govern its workers by a system of records. Any employe whose record indicates clearly that he Is not a safe or fit man to be intrusted with the lives of pas sengers or with valuable properly will be dismissed. Promotion will be based on the service record. When the qual ities are equal between two me,n, the older in the service will receive the preference. Officials of the road believe that suspension docs not make a man any better, while it deprives him of the chance to earn money to support his family. ' KERMIT ROOSEVELT LOST. Spend Mtfht Riding Th roach Strannre Rearion. It was learned at Nairobi, British East t Africa, Friday, that Kermit Roosevelt lost his way from his father's camp near Machakos last Friday and spent an entire night alone riding horseback through a region unknown to him. Saturday morning he appeared at Kin, a station on the railway, inquiring there the way to the camp. The region In which Kermit Roosevelt is reported to have been lost lies between the AthI River and the Uganda Railway, Kiu, where he found himself, is about fifty miles below Nairobi, and thirty or forty miles southeast of Machakos. There is an old cart road from Machakos to Kiu, but the country is sparsely inhabited by , natives of the Wakamba tride, a peaceful people engaged chiefly In agriculture. THREE DIE TO SAVE FTVE CENTS. , ( Men Seeklnc Work Try Leaky Boat to Dodge Drldsre Toll. To save 5 cents bridge toll five foreigners, who had been out of work for many months, attempted to cross the Monongahela River at McKeesport. Pa., In a small boat, which sank as they got into midstream, drowning three. Five hundred school children, enjoying their first day's diversion in a new playground, saw them drown. Expecting to find work at Glassport, the men, with only a few cents in their packets, found an old boat which, had been washed ashore, and, rather than spend one cent each from their scanty board, they 'entered the boat. " They were within twentyfive yards of tho farther shore when the boat shipped water and sank. POSSE KILLS A MURDERER. Men Who Purin Wife Slar ta South Dakota Shot Him Down. The body of Mrs. William L. Lansing was found In the cellar of her home in Presho, S. D., the other night, with her head crushed by a hammer. The husband was missing and a posse began a search. After scouring the country all night the men found him twenty-two milss north of Presho, In a claim shack on tho Brule reservation. Lansing showed fight and was shot through the chest He died in a few hours. Lansing had threatened his wife and her brother because of divorce proceedings which 6he had started. He started north at dark after falling in an attempt to kill his three children. 1.5O0 JAP STUDENTS STRIKE. Qnlt Tokyo KI;, Sehodl Deennxe It Wn ot 31:nle 1'RSvemlty. Fifteen hundred rtudent representatives of the commercial high school, after adopting a resolution at a mass meeting in Tokyo to quit the school, formed a line In front of the building, sang the school song, bade farewell, removed their school Insignia and then dispersed. The trouble in the commercial high school commenced some time ago when the students petitioned the government to raise It to the rank 'of a university. This was refused. Former Mayor Drop Dead. Former Mayor John Morris of Troy, Ohio, dropped dead on the street of that town. He served as State Senator for two terms, and was finst exalted ruler of the Elks. Cavtuo Barn at Tonopnh, Xev, The Casino, one of the larges-t sporting resorts of its kind in Nevada and made famous as the training place for Marvin Hart, Mike Shreck, Joe Gans, Jack ("Twin") Sullivan and other prize fighters, was destroyed by fire in Tonopah, Nev. Three Killed In Railway Wreck. Reports to the general manager :; cf fice of the Missauri, Kansas and Texas Railroad told of a wreck on the Gainesville branch near r.oulLa, Texas. Three men were killed. Man Murdered in Mynfory. Louis Arbogast, a butche-, was murdered in his home In St. Paul, Minn. His head was crushed and ills bed, tho police say, was saturated with oil and set on fire. The police are investigate ing, as the stories of Miss Ida Arbogast, aged 22, daughter of the dead man, and her mother do not agree. I'uwdrr IHant Kill Four Men. The mixing-room of the Lalfin-Rard powder mills at Turk Station, near Columbus, Kan., blew up killing four nen.

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CHICAGO. Actual improvement and the general trend of business affairs now conIrm the hopeful return of better imes. Some increase in trading defaults is due to a special cause and lacks significance in view of the sus:ained high aggregate of solvent payments through the banks. Weather rondltlons favor enterprise in both inlustrial and agricultural operations, ind the promise improves for larger :rops and increasing outputs of the nanufactures. Notable demands appear In the ironforking branches, large tonnage being closed for pig iron; rails, structural steel and wire, while there is gratifying revival In the bookings of railway equipment, power, machinery md minor metals. Iile capacity is seen to be under50lng further reduction In various branches, and more hands find steady evork at the car 6hops and factories. The mill3 and forges In the Calumet iistrict appear almost as busy as ever, aew structures and production m?.H4 rapid gains at Gary and larga t:ditions to the Pullman works are planned. New enterprise Is noted in tho 3lans for additions to factories and mercantile structures, which again occupy attention, and estimating depart ments figure more actively upon trfccK xtenslon, elevation and bridges. Con templated local betterments involve in e use of enormous quantities of iteel shapes, quarry products an a timber, while the building trades are aow settled Into a remarkably prosperous season. Movements "of general merchandise, oreadstuffs and live stock show the moderate decline incidentf to this period, but offerings of other freight rise in factory faterials, raw supplies ind needs cf the farms. Bank clearings, $264,742,933 exceed those of corresponding week in 1908 by 1S.1 per cent acd compare with $267,734,845 In 1907. Failures 'reported in the Chicago district number J6, against 30 last .week, 24 in 190$ ind 26 in 1907. Those with liabilities over $5,000 number 4, against 7 last week. 7 in 1308 and 4 in 1907. Dun's Review of Chicago Trade. NEW YORK. Irregularity still characterizes the trade, crop and industrial situation. In Industrial lines the consensus of reports is that further improvement has been registered, especially in the iron and steel, coal, coke, woolen manufacturing and leather trades. Building is active and lines of trade catering to this Industry are feeling beneficial effects. It is a between-sea son period in wholesale and jobbing distributive trade; orders from retailers are merely of a fllling-in character and hardly equal to expectations. The tone . of opinion as to the outlook for fall trade Is as a whole rather more optimistic, but the evidences of repression In trade, whether due to tariff and crop uncertainty, reduced purchasing pwwer of the public or high prices for foodstuff?, are ,too evident to be Ignored. Manufacturers of woolen goods are buying freely of raw material at Boston, and sales of new domestic clip wool to arrive have aggregated 10,000 pounds. London sale prices are reported to have been advanced, end this is reflected in large dealings in foreign wool. Business failures in the United States for the week ending with May 13 were 224, against 214 last week, 281 in the like week of 1908. 184 in 1907, 161 in 1906 and 191 in 1905. Canadian failures for the week num ber 31. against 29 last week and 22 In the like week of 1908. Bradstreefs. Chicago Cattle, common to prime. $4.00 to $7..V) ; hogs, prime heavy, $4.50 to $7..")0; sheep, fair to choice, $3.00 to SG.15; wheat. No. 2, $1.42 to $1.43; corn. No. 2, 7.V to 7c: oat, utandard, 57c to 53c: rye. No. 2, S,V to SOc; hay, timothy, $S.OO to $14.50; prairie, $S.K) to $13.50; butter, choice creamery, 22c to 25c; eegs. fresh, 18c to 21c; potatoes, per bushel, ISOc to t2c. Detroit Cattle, $4.00 to $G.0O: bojs. $4.00 to $7.30; sheep. $2.50 to $5.00; wheat; No. 2, $1.40 to $1.50: corn. No. 3 yellow, 77c to 78c; oats. No. 3 white, 57c to 50e ; rye, No. 2, SSc to 00c. Milwaukee Wheat, No. 2 northern. $1.27 to $1.20; corn. No. 3, GSc to G0 oats, standard, 57c to 58c; rye, No. 1, S7c to SSc; barley. No. 3, Güc to 70c; ork, mess, $17.50. 1 Buffalo Cattle, choice shipping steers, $4.tO to $G.75; hogs, fair to choice, J4.00 to $7.03; sheep, common to good mixd. $4.00 to $4.73; lambs, 'fair in choice, $3.00 to $8.40. New York Cfcttle, LOO to $G.C5; hogs. $3.50 to $7.00; sheep. $3.00 to $G.O0; wheat. No. 2 red, $1.43 to $1.43; corn. No. 2, 79c to 82c; oats, natural white, Glc to G3c; butter. cnaniory, 22c to 20c; egps. western, 17c to 22c. Toledo Wheat, No. 2 mixed, $1.43 tc $1.44; corn. No. 2 mixed. 74 to 75c; oats. No. 2 mixed, 57c to 50c: rye. No. 2, SOc to 01c; clover wed, $0.73. Indianapolis Cattle, shipping. $3.0C to $7.40; hogs, good io choice heavy, $3.50 to $7.43; hecp, pood to cboice. $2.50 to $G.15; wheat. No. 2. $1.45 to $1.40; corn, No. 2 white, 7c toE)o; oats. No. 2 white, 51o to 52c. St. Louis Cattle, $4.0!) to $7.15; hoz. $1.00 to $7.40; sheep. $3.00 ta Ai.25; wheat. No. 2, $1.5 to $1.54; corn. No. 2 7Gc to 77c; oats, NV. 2, 55c to .Ve; rjP No. 2. 83c to Mc. j Cincinnati Cattle, $4.0). to $G.50; ! hogs $4.00 to $7.50; slnvp. $3.ix to I $1.00; wlK-at, No. 2, $1.47 to S1.4S; corn. No. 2 mixed, 75c to 77c; oats. No. 2 nixed, 57c to 5Sc; rye, No. 2, .0c to 02c. New York financial circles were stirred by the announcement that the Cargneie Trust Company had effected ! a $40.000,000 merger cf the Van NorI i rn a. 1 1 - . AnV.nv n I W V. aen i rusi v-cini-'iii!. , uv uin wnu ius Nineteenth and Twelfth Watd banks The total number of depositors will be 33,000. The anthracite miners' convention ha3 adopted in its entirety and with out change the three-year agreement recently effected by President Lcwij and the Executive Boards with the representatives of the coal comcaniei