Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 31, Number 338, 6 January 1907 — Page 4

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THE RICHMOND PALLADIUM

Entered at Richmond Postofflce as Second Class Matter

SUNDAY MORNING, RICHMOND, IND.

50,000,000 Displayed NigHtly. New York dispatches state that some fifty million dollars worth of jewels are displayed every night at the two grand operas in that city Think of it! Fifty million dollars worth of diamonds, rubies, emeralds and what not, worn every evening by tlie wives and daughters of our wealthiest families. How that grand array of jewels must shine and sparkle under the glare of the electric lights in those two opera houses. How proud the woman with the most costly jems must feel as she surveys the lesser lights around her. There in the opera house everybody is dazzling but around the corner and down the dark and narrow streets .are the results of what those diamonds. and other jewels have produced. There in the tenements with their thousands huddled together in space fitted only for hundreds are the people who must pay the price that these society leaders may wear their costly trophies. But these same society leaders won't believe such a statement as that. If you made it to them they would reply that they or their husbands spent thousands of dollars every year on charity for these dwellers in the tenements. They would also tell you that the tenement dwellers are the result of the fight for ths survival of the fittest, and that they owed only themselves for their condition. The creed of the survival of the fittest is a splendid one where everyone has a chance. But in this country today it has become the excuse of a lot of murderous financiers for their practices. Kternally after the almighty dollar they break laws, corrupt legislatures, monopolize industries, etc., and charge it all off to the survival of the fittest. The are about as fit to survive as men of the Tat Crowe stamp. They own the railways and every year the disasters on their under-equipped and over-crowded roads cost thousands of lives. And still they charge it all off to the survival of the fittest claiming that they pay enormous dividends on their oVer-capitalized and heavily watered stocks and bonds. They own our senate and many other officers of our government, and when we try to introduce laws that will give everyone a better chance in this country, their glorious old senate knocks them to smithereens under the plea that they are not constitutional. They have in the past owned presidents whose greatest care was to see that so-called vested interests were not disturbed. Then when death at the hand of an assassin put in a president who really would work for the people and not for the interests, they did everything in their power to squelch him. But they couldn't defeat the man who went squarely to the people on every question instead of to them. They couldn't dim his popularity by calling attention to his mistakes for the people loved him all the more for his mistakes. They were and are tired of the kind of president who never makes a mistake that is, a mistake such as not inquiring into the conditions of the packing Industry of the country, or the giving of rebates, etc. The people wanted a president who would make those kind of mistakes from the criminal financier's viewpoint and they got one in the person of President Roosevelt. He makes mistakes galore and the people don't care. They want him to keep right on making more mistakes if It makes the sensational representatives of the trusts grudgingly pass laws which will more and more curb their masters' evil powers. They don't like to do it but the president's "mistakes' force them to. The president has of course made another "mistake" in recommending a graduated Income and inheritance tax. Yet when we get at least the latter as a law it will be found to be a most effective way to break up the power of swollen fortunes. And the problem of swollen fortunes is the greatest one we have to do with today. Until it is solved and the wealth of the country more equally distributed we cannot have any faith In our present creed of the survival of the fittest. When we have worked out that problem as Switzerland and New Zealand have, then we can really take some pride in that creed. But we will never be able to work out the problem at all if we permit the mis-called captains of industry to retain control of our government. It Is to such men as Theodore Roosevelt that we must look to for help. Men who have the interests of the country at heart and not their own selfish interests. As long as we have swollen fortunes we will have places on one side and hideous tenements on the other with all the evils bothering. Another Millionaire Senator We are to have another millionaire Senator, Simon Guggenheim, of Colorado, and also of the smelting trust. He talks beautifully, thus: If I go to the Senate it will not be to represent the smelting company or any other company or any private interest. I will go as Simon Guggenheim, plain citizen, to represent the State of Colorado. An honorable ambition is permitted to every man, even to the wealthiest, and it is my ambition to serve my cou ntry. That has the true "Washington! an ring. Mr. Guggenheim only wants to serve his country, and that is, as he says, "an honorable ambition." It is an ambition that should not be denied to rich any more than to poor men. But after all, one should be cartful about the steps one takes to realize it. In a statement made to Ridgeway's Magazine this new candidate for senatorial honors throws some light on his .campaign. It seems that he contributed largely to defray the campaign expenses of members of tho Legislature, which Is to elect him. We quoted him yesterday, but his words are so interesting that they will bear repetition: There is nothing wrong about it. It is merely conducting political campaigns as they are conducted in these days. -The money I have contributed has helped to elect these men, and. naturally, they feel under obligation to vote for me. It is done all over the United States today. I do not consider that it is wrong, and neither do I think that it can In any sense be called bribery. In other words, he gets a United States senatorship as pay for services that he rendered to tho men who are to elect him. If he had not "put up" liberally he would never have been thought of. Perhaps the transaction is not bribery, but what is it? The method is the same as that used by M itt Quay In Pennsylvania and Gas Addicks In Delaware. Though there may haw Wen no pledge, there certainly was an understanding. Guggenheim admits it himself, when he says, "the money I have contributed has helped to elect these men, and, naturally, they feci under obligations to vote for me." He created the "obligation" by his gift of cash. But he Is most innocently frank. He says, in response to the question whether he thought he could have been elected had lie been a poor man: I would have the same chance of being elected that any other poor man would have. (Is not that delightful?) Because I am wealthy and because I have contributed to Republican campaign funds 'I have more prominence than I would have had had I been poor. I suppose if I had been a poor man I would not have stood as good a chance to be elected as my wealth gave me. What poor man, had he been a Webster, a Clay, or a Sumner, could have stood against Guggenheim? Clearly none at all. He is to be Senator because, and only because, he financed the campaigns of members of the body that is going to elect him.. The interesting thing about it all is that Gugonheim Is honestly unable to see anything wrong or discreditable in the deal He thinks he is being criticised because he is a man of wealth, because the people object to haying men of wealth, as such, in public office. And so he says that an ambition to serve the country "Is permitted to every man, even to the wealthiest." So it is. So it ought to be. But the people have a right to demand that wealthy men shall stand on their merits, be elected on their merits, and compete with poor men on this basis alone. They have a right to say that r.o rich man shall be sent to the Senate merely because he has money which he is willing to use, and does use, to pay the campaign expenses of those charged with the duty of electing a Senator. Xo one objects to Guggenheim's ambition. But every right-feeling man will object most decidedly to the methods -which he has employed to gratify it. He is at least short on moral sense. We hope his deficiency in this regard may be the result of mere Ignorance and of an ignorance fcicli it may be possible to enlighten. Indianapolis News.

Rowdy Passengers The problem of what to do with rowdy passengers on the interurban cars is proving to be a hard one for the officials of the roads just at present. The greatest trouble It seems is experienced m Saturday and

JANUARY 6, 1907.

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Sunday nights- On these nights men who have been paid their wages go to neighboring towns, become drunk and cause considerable trouble to conductors and motormen on their return to the city on the interurbans. Not only are the conductor and motorman bothered but the passengers as well are annoyed and disgusted by the actions of these intoxicated men. It seems to us that the best way in which the traction line officials can handle this question is to prohibit drunken and naturaly passengers from riding on the cars. Every railway in the country prohibits such, characters from riding on the steam cars and though such action is drastic, nevertheless it is affective when it comes tc making other passengers more comfortable on their journey by keeping from them the sight of the disgusting antics generally indulged in by Intoxicated men. If railways can thus secure their decent passengers from drunken men the interurbans can do so likewise. There are far more decent passengers patronizing the interurban lines than there are drunken men, and the interurban officials should take steps to protect the comfort of the majority. Just because a Richmond man goes to some small town nearby and gets drunk is no reason why the interurban lines should allow him to return to Richmond in that condition. Probably if such men were refused the, privilege of return, at least on the interurban lines, while in an intoxicated condition, there would be lass of this emmigration to surrounding towns in search of liquor. Incidently if these same men Imbibe too much in the city they know they will be taken by the police, a fact that may have the effect of making them be a little more temperate to their drinking. But one thing is sure. The interurban officials should not let the new year get very much older without taking steps to end at once and for all time tho drunken man nuisance on the cars. The less of his fare will more than be made up in the good words passengers will say about the pleasant trips they have had free from annoying features. The Power Behind the Throne. Yesterday's papers were filled with alarm headlines telling how Harriman is an absolute railway czar. He is shown as being the owner through the Union Pacific railway of half a dozen other railway systems.

To Harriman is given the credit for owning all these lines. But the inquiry has not yet gone deep enough and when it does it will show looming behind Harriman the far greater power of the Standard Cil crowd. Harriman ia a skillful general and the Standard Oil people don't mind his getting the credit for being the railway czar as long as they receive tha dividends and wield the real power behind tho throne. Of course, Harriman is by no means a mere dummy leader. On the contrary, he is one of the brightest and most daring of our modern financial pirates. It's rather amusing and at the same time furnishes food for thought to see that in every investigation into the industrial conditions of our country, the Standard Oil octopus is invariably mixed up in it in some way or other. Pure Food, Rebates, Packing house conditions in all of these we find the Standard more than an interested onlooker.

SIXTH DISTRICT

We are peppered and pestered with letters and circulars from investment firms and alleged specialists in mining stocks, soliciting the use of our columns to exploit their schemes, and offering liberal commission on business obtained through such advertising and our personal efforts to secure dupes. All such propositions find immediate and secure resting place in the scrap basket. We concede the usual allegation of the letters that the rank and file of the speculative horde have turned from their old loves, grain and pork, to mining stocks, and more's the pity. We have noted with alarm the mining stock mania that seems to be taking possession of the country, and dread the outcome, which is sure to bring financial disaster unless conservative influences are exerted and prevail. Existing conditions are the result of our extraordinary prosperity. So many ventures have turned to gold that people are losing discretion ad jump wildly at the shining bait. Panic and ruin are daily invited in, an J as sure as fate they will come and rule at no distant day unless these wild investments and this frantic indulgence in speculation can be stopped. New Castle Courier.

It is quite evident that there will be some exciting times In the Indiana Legislature within the next few weeks when the different interests get to work. Among these, the attempt to raise the liquor license to a high water mark will probably be one of the foiemost. Those who are preparing thi3 bill have lately met a very strong opposition In an unexpected source, the Prohibition party. Of course they have expected to fight the liquor interest but to find the prohibition workers lined up against them is to say the least quite a surprise. But if this bill fails to be come a law because of thfcj "Prohibition" opposition, it will be a sad commentary on the part that professes to be the arch-enemy of that "awful demon, rum." Their argument, which looks good from a superficial standpoint, is very flimsy and not worth quoting, yet there is no denying it will have some weight and influence with those members of the Legislature, who, looking for a good excuse to side'm with the saloon interests. What better excuse will some sly, week-kneed member want than to say, "Boys, I can't vote for this here bill for the Prohis are agin it. She can't be much good er them fellers wud be throwin up ther hats for it." Just imagine how the "beer trust" is smiling all over his face because he has by mere. chance of luck, or hook or crook, captured one of the bravest cohorts of the enemy. Not only has he captured but he has enlisted them in his ranks, and they are now on the skirmish line beginning tho battle with colors flying. Shelbyville Republican.

Last month Secretary Root gave the states of the union some fatherly advice. He said the only way in which they could maintain their power and authority under existing conditions was by "awakening to a realization of their own duties to the country at large." He said that the state which was maintaining laws promoting the overcapitalization of corporations, or facilitating the creation of trusts, or permitting the existence of child labor in an objectionable form was given aid to the tendency of the people to seek relief from the national government. Power which is not used or is misused will pass inevitably to the agency that will use it properly. v ' Many stale legislatures meet this month. It will be interesting to observe the extent to which Secretary Root's sound advice is heeded. The natural tendency of legislatures is to devote themselves to matters which are of purely local concern, but this year some of them, taking notice of the agitation for a national child labor law and national legislation in reference to insurance and other matters, may take a broader view of their responsibilities and duties. - President Roosevelt intends to press upon congress the necessity of increasing government control over transportation corporations to prevent

excess capitalization. To permit them to water their stock is equivalent

to permitting them to overtax the producers and consummers they serve. Gov. Warner of Michigan, in his message to the legislature, recommends the enactment of a law giving the state railroad commissioner power to scrutinize and approve all proposed issues of railroad stocks and bonds. It is not enough for states to pass such laws. They must be enforced when passed to be of any use. If the states would do their duty in this particular there would be no call for natioral legislation. Gov. Folk, of Missouri, asks for the enactment of a rigid child labor, law. Gov. Hughes, of New York, recommends additional legislation on that subject. The attention of the legislators of several states has been called to the insurance question and to the need of stronger pure food and anti-trust laws. - Secretary Root's speech was a direct challenge to state legislatures to show that they can think nationally that they can refrain from permitting practices or enacting laws which work injury to the people or sister states. If they prove equal to the test the national government will rest content with the authority it has and let the states keep all they have Chicago Tribune. .

Wound Was Fatal. Fayette, Mo.. Jan. 5. Arthur F. Davis, mayor of Fayette, and president of the Farmers" and Merchants bank, who accidentally shot himself while looking for burglars, died of his wound. Hate! Burned. Belleville, Out.. Jan. 5. The Bay of the Quinte, one of the finest hotel3 between Toronto and Montreal, was destroyed by fire. Many guests had Harrow escapes. Loss, $S0.O0O. Dead In His Office. Kaoxville, Tenn., Jan. 3. James Liscjmbe, a prominent Insurance man, was found dead in his office. King Oscar Gaining. Stockholm, Jan. o. Kins Oscar continues to gain strength. He is able to sit up and sleeps well.

The Richmond Palladium, Sunday, January

EDITORIALS. Chain Wcrks Damaged. Columbus, O., Jan. 5. The plant of the Columbr.s Chain company was damaged ?0,OCO by fire, fully insured. The fire started by an explosion of natural gas caused by the carelessness of a Hungarian workman who tried to light the gas in a kiln. Receivers for Wire Company. New Haven. Conn., Jan. 5. H. S. Hotchkiss and F. T. Farnsworth were appointed permanent receivers of the National Wire corporation. The liabilities of the concern are placed at $3,000,000. Ore From Goldfield. Vallejo, Cal.. Jan. 5. A consignment of ere valued at $1,000,000 arrived at the smeltiag works from Goldfield. It filled three box cars and was guarded by eight express messen-

b, 1907

DIIIIIERS GALORE AT WASHINGTON President to Give the First One in Honor of Speaker Joseph Cannon. THEN ONE BY FAIRBANKS MUCH POLITICAL SIGNIFICANCE ATTACHES TO THE EVENTS IN THAT THEBEAR ON PRESIDENTIAL POSSIBILITIES. Washington, Jan. 5. (Spl.) In these feverish days of ante-convention political skirmishing, aspirants for Presidential honors needs must have unblemished records as trenchmen. There is to be a Veritable orgy of political dinners within the next few weeks, and incidentally much importance is being put to tho one given at the White House in honor of Speaker Cannon. It is the first time that

President Roosevelt has given a din- j 1Iarbors' Dili is reported to the House ner in the Speaker's honor. Political j abQUt the ni5ddle of this m0nth that wissacres will go a long way toward ;,t wiH carrv expropriations exceeding shaping coming political events. Fol- i $?2 2?5 000 whicn was th8 high water lowing close on the heels of the White ;uia;k for 8Uch Gxponuiturcs reached House dinner will come the one to be;In 190(. Part of lhU will be ln ca8h given by the elongated Mr. Fairbanks, ; and part jn authorization for future whose yearning for the Presidential , work During the Christmas recess chair is well known. Practically ev-j . vnHmis sub-committees of the

erybody who is anyone in Washington has been invited, ana among lue guests will be seen a numoei v, no are entertainine: Presidential dreams themselves. There is no doubt that Mr. Fairbanks' guests scarcely will be in good trim again before they are summoned to the revels planned by the portly Mr. Taft, and, not to be outdone, Mr. Foraker probably will have a function. The silent Secretary Shaw also is expected to entertain within the month, and Uncle Joe will not let his light remain long hidden beneath the bushel. From present indications the next Republican Presidential candidate will be decided upon at some one of these feasts, although the decision, of course, will not be made known. Uncle Joe may lead in the political handicap with the appearance of the blue points, but before the entree is served Mr. Foraker or Mr. Fairbanks may be contesting for his place. In the number and importance of the feasts this season. Washington may well be compared with the palmy days of imperial Rome. While the Republican leaders are skirmishing over the viands for the honor of heading the ticket in 1908, the Democrats are somewhat at a loss. In the South there has been a welldefined and extremely popular boom for Representative John Sharp Williams, the leader of the minority in the House. Mr. Williams this week put a quietus on the movement by declaring that . he had not taken any steps whatever toward securing the nomination at the hands of his party and added that it might be stated that he had deciaeu not io ane me were it offered him. This droll way Mr. Williams said that his principal objection was the fact that the White House is too damp and that Mrs. Williams declares she is irrevocably opposed to risking the health of their daughters, Kit and Sallle, in the Chief Executive's home. Secretary Root is said to be preparing a statement supplemtary to his New York speech on the subject of centralization. It is reported that the Secretary of State is decidedly dis gruntled at the manner in which i the country received his recent New York address. He had not intended it to te revolutionary in buy w , mn believes that it has been thoroughly misinterpreted by the press. It is ex-1 plained that the Secretary meant only to arouse the country to a realization of its short-comings in the individual state governments, a condition which is arising through the great growth of commerce and the consequent reorganization in the lines of general business. He especially desire' to call attention at the time to the danger of enacting laws that would conflict with the federal laws or with legislation enacted by neighboring states. Because of the wonderful and rapid growth in all lines of business, organ izations of men, known as corpora-! uons, nave com iixku tsxibucu iu , - i i x r a f der to reduce expenses anu uueapen the cost of production, to the end that the nation mny capture its share of the world's trade. These big corporations properly conducted, have made the United States one of the greatest commercial nations in the world. Practically all their business is interstate, and because of the so-called "trusts" violating the laws, of the land, the States have endeavored to remedy what should have been left to the national government. Consequently there has been a conflict in authority that endangers the commercial structure, not of the individual State but of the nation at large. The Secretary believes that the danger of this situation to existing prosperity is evident, and he was seeking to point out this legislative error in his New York address. He undoubtedly will seize upon the earliest opportunity to discuss further th subject, and make clear what he believes has been misinterpreted. The Panama cocktail, according to the report of President Roosevelt, who says that" it is drunk with coffee at dinner every evening by the great majority of families in the canal zone, will harly become popular here. It is really a health cocktail, to which not even Carrie Nation could object, since it consists entirely of liquid quinine and is taken not for pleasure but to ward off those ills to which Panama flesh is heir. It is not much of a compliment to the Panama climate, but that is liable to continue indefinitely

as a matter of discussion. Some of the visitors who return to Washington from the Canal make. remarks about this same climate which are lurid, to

put it mildly. Minister Squiers, on the other hand, who has now occupied the post for two months, has had nothing to say against it. His Washington friends have been grieved to learn that since going to Panama both Mrs. and Miss Squiers have sufTered illness, but the Minister loyally refuses to attribute the cases to the climate, saying that it has not been a factor. Mr. Squiers whole family is with him. with the exception of the younger children, who are in school here, since he has certain ideals, now perhaps rather old-fashioned, to. the effect that to whatever post one may be sent by his country, personal inclinations should be made secondary to duty. This belief may perhaps have come from Mr. Squiers training in the army, where he served for fourteen years before entering the diplomatic service. The Navy Department has been advised that James B. Connelly, the author whose stories of the Gloucester fishing fleet have made him famous, has enlisted as a yeoman in the United States Navy. Mr. Connelly has been assigned to the battleship Alabama, and it Is said that he will be accorded certain special privileges so that his work of preparing a novel in laudation of the naval service Mill not be impeded. It Is Mr. Connelly's ambition to do for the American Navy what Kipling has done for tho British army. i It is expected when the Rivers and j Comm5ttee Were engaged in considerI jng the different phfi of the work t(j M.hlch this sum shan bo devoted. Among the more important items which it is certain to carry are appro priations of about $6,000,000 each for a new "Soo" locjv and for alternating channels in the Detroit River. It is likely also that there will be a good sum for the deepening of tho harbor at Boston and liberal amounts for the Improvement of the Deleware and Mississippi Rivers. There Is a decided movement on foot to increase the annual appropriation for the better ment of the Mississippi to $3,000,000. Members pf Congress from the Middle West are putting up a united fight for this amount, and it is not unlikely that it will carry. The amount to be carried by this big appropriation bill is even greater than that asked by the National Rivers and Harbors' Congress at its convention here last month, and is a hopeful sign that tho administration realizes the necessity for a General development of the country's waterways. It is the con gress' hope that annual appropriations of at least $50,000,000 will be granted for the next ten years, so that all the work mapped out by the government engineers may be completed. According to the annual report of the Philippine Commission for the fls cal year ending June 30, 1906, the "lit tie brown brothers" in the Philippines have been benevolently assimilated and peace has spread its wings over tho lelnnrla TIia Tukn1anps and the Ladroneg by reason o a policy of j .-benevoleilt assimilation," either have . .tnt,t nt. nro unilor Kntnee of tleath for atrocious murders, or havo been driven into the fastesses of the hills, where their power for evil has practically disappeared. With regard to the industrial conditions in the islands, the situation is excellent. The typhoon of the early part of the year damaged the crops to the extent of some four million dollars, but on the whole the farmers are more prosper ous and tnere is a general spread of neaceful acriculture. The balance of trade for the year in fa or of the is lands was $6,000,000. The Commis I Jon recornmend8 'again that an agri j cnUural bank be founded on the pian , of tfae Egyrtian Agricultural Bank, for the quicker development of the agri cultural resources of the Islands. The Commission ulso declares that the Philippines offer 'an excellent oppor tunity for the investment of American capital, and adds that the archipelago affords a splendid field for active and intelligent Americans to become resi dents. There will probably be a pretty row in the meeting of the Senate and House conferees on the immigration bills, which were passed at the last session under the same title, but witn totally different texts. The bono o contention is the educational test. which Senator Iodee had inserted in the Senate measure but which tbe The House House promptly sat upon. is anxious to go t the seat of tin; trouble in the immigration question by the appointment of inspectors and physicians with police powers at foreign ports, thus increasing greatly tha deportation of unwelcome aliens who seek to land. Apart from the educational clause, the differences undoubtedly can be adjusted, but there wi'J be a bitter fight on that score. Wife's Pitiful Story. Lima, O., Jan. 5. Mrs. William Davis confessed to stealing from the St. John's Cathedral church here. She claims her husband forced her to steal for a living and before sending her to rob the church gave her a half pint of whisky to drink. The girl come of a highly respected family and was married only a year ago. Old Comrades Fight. Marion. Ind., Jan. 5. John Smith, 71, and John Sturdevant, 77, veterans of the civil war and members of the National Soldiers Home in this city, engaged In battle with pitchforks as weapons. Smith received injuries that will probably result in his death. Sturdevant waa slightly injured. If you like Mrs. Austin's famous Buckwheat flour, tron't you kindly tell your friends how delicious It Is? See how what you have vteard took In print and get a dollar for doing it Win tha news tip' prize-

RECORD OF YEAR III CIRCUIT COURT

County Clerk Penny Prepares Statistics for the State Statistician. PROSPERITY IS SHOWN FEW SHERIFF SALES AND FORE CLOSURES OF MORTGAGES D I VORCES WERE ONE TENTH Of MARRIAGE LICENSES. At the request of Mips Mary Stubbs, chief of tho. State Bureau of Stati tics, County Clerk. Hary K. Penny has compiled a report giving n record ol 1 the Wayne Circuit Court for the yeai of 1906. The report shows that the count? has lived well up to her reputation of being one of the richest and most prosperous counties in the State. Dur ing the entire year there were but sij sheriff's sales and six foreclosures ol mortgages. There were 289 civil cases filed mid 293 disposed of; some of them being filed in previous years. The new yeat starts with a docket of about 12: The court approved twenty-slx guar dianships during the year and issued 132 letters of administration. The record of marriages and dlvoices showed that marriage must not be a failure as the number of divorces ;vas but ten per cent, of tbe number of marriages. There were CS! marriage licenses issued and but thin ty-two divorces granted. Of the divorces granted, twenty-one were granted to women and twelve tc men. - 1 Sixty-six criminal cases were filed; fifty cases being disposed of, and sixteen disniisaed. Twenty-five cases were ou felony charges. Of these, fifteen were white males, and two white females; seven colored males and one female. Fourteen foreigners were naturalized during the year. Of these twelve were Germans, one a Frenchman, and one a man without a country. Thirty people were adjudged insane, but all were not admitted to the Eastern Indiana Hospital for -- sane. Shot Wife In Cold Blood. Wellington, O., Jan. 5. Oscar MeAlphin, 70, shot and Instantly killed his wife, 66. McAlpIn and hla wife separated last summer, he agreeing, upon her paying him $1,200, to leave the farm In Penfleld township forever. He returned, took dinner with hia family, and after dinner, when his wife was washing dishes, he shot Trier through the head. Shaken . By Dynamite. El Paso, Texas, Jan. 5. Nine bu!13lngs were wrecked and much mining machinery destroyed ln Lowell. Arix., by the accidental explosion of dynamite ln a mine storehouse. So far as reported no liven were lost. All the window Jn town were broken. Search for Overdue Steamer. New York, Jan. 5. -Steps were taken by officers of the New York and Porto Rico Steamship company t prosecute a search for the missing steamer Ponce, five days overdue from Porto Rico. The following is a list of passengers abo-ird the Ponce: Henry W. Rogers, B. A. Fox, T. P. Kidd. G. D. Campbell, in the first cabin, and George Santiago, M. Bates and Maria B. Mayoral, In the second cabin. Will Step Pork Shipments. Berlin. Jan. 5. It ia learned from n. responsible source that discontinuance of the official microscopic examination of perk in the United States must result ln the exclusion by Germany of all such shipments whicT are not accompanied by certificates as the Imperial sanitary regulations require. n Negro Lynched. Kufaula, Ala., Jan. 5. A negro whose name cannot be learned here, was lynchtd for attempted criminal assault at Midway. Ala. A posse of citizens swung him to a tree and riddled his body with bullets. Arti-t!pping Law Sustained. New York, Jan. 3. The anti-tipplng law passed hy the last legislature was upheld in a decision handed down bjf the justice of the court of special sessions. Powder Mill Explosion. Kenosha, Wis., Jan. 5. The powder mill at Pleasant Prairie exploded and four men were killed, four injured. CLUSTER OF CURRENTS Heavy rains caused destructive avalanches of mud on Mt. Vesuvius. Carpenters' union at San Francisco declared boycott against employing or patronizing Japanese. Failures in United States during the week, 185; same week last year, 220. In Canada, 16; last year, 32. Henry Carter of Ontario, his daughter Mabel, 28, and C. E. Abbott, ate canned beans and died at Los Angeles, Cal. Federation of Labor in Washington state adopted strong resolutions condemning Roosevelt stand on Japanese question. George D. Emery company of Boston wants United States warships to protect its interests in Nicaragua, trouble over which is soon to be arbitrated. R. C. Flower, alias C. G. Dalney, fugitive from New York since 1S03, arrested In Philadelphia. Wanted for alleged mine swindles aggregating $1,000,000. Protest of advisory board of the Jamestown exposition, signed by Carroll D. Wright, Rev. Edward Everett Hale, Cardinal Gibbons, John Mitchell. Jane Addams and others, is made against "diversion of the exposition to the ferrice of militarism." .