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J*? *> * i... I**: ^ €,,-' *•: -i « .< / *> ' 1 i '"&. • v pic mtiHEHRY riilMEJILER McHBNRY PL AINDEALER ~mi\ 1 McHBNRT, ILLINOIS. pw« ' --TOLD IN-- U Rev. George G. Ware, who was ai> rested recently on charges of particip­ ating in a land fraud conspiracy, has sent in his resignation as rector of St. John's church, Dead wood, 3. D., and Christ church at Lead. Jpseph Hastings of Pittsburg, who was associated In business ventures with T. Lee Clark, late cashier of the Enterprise National bank of Alleg­ heny, which failed so disastrously, died In a sanitarium at Summit, N. J. When placed on the operating table in the New Orleans Charity Hospital to be operated upon for a supposedly mortal accident, Joseph Donahue broke away from the surgeons, ran up a ladder to a skylight and was cap­ tured after a chase around the roof, v Captain Norman E. Webb, & well- known capitalist, took his life at Bir­ mingham, ,&la., by firing a pistol bul­ let through his forehead while his family was at breakfast The student volunteer movement for foreign missions, with about 3,000 delegates, representatives of college, religious and missionary life ofrJevery state in the union and many nations of the world, will meet In Nashville Feb. 28. The sovereign grand lodge of the independent Order of Odd Fellows will meet in Toronto next September. The executive committee has decided to appropriate $12,000 for the enter­ tainment of the delegates. Two thou­ sand delegates will be set aside for prizes for competition in degree work. Clara West, 12 years old, and her younger sister were burned to death at their home at Enterprise, Miss., their clothing being set afire by sparks from a grate. President Diaz of Mexico and party are en route from Meridia to Mexico after experiencing the lavish hospital­ ity of the associations and the leading citizens of that state. The duke of the Abrussl has defi­ nitely arranged to leave Rome in April on an expedition in Africa, He will "land at Nombaza, capital of Brit­ ish East Africa, and afterward will cross Lake Victoria Nyanza and climb the Elgon mountains in Uganda. ' Philip M. Hoeffie, third secretary of the American embassy at the City of Mexico, has resigned to go into pri­ vate business. A committee of the so­ ciety of the American colony has been appointed to welcome Ambassa­ dor Thompson, who is expected in Mexico shortly. The Belvidere hotel, the largest and most fashionable in Baltimore, Md., has been placed in the hands of re­ ceivers on application of the Union Trust company,, trustee under .the first mortgage. All the independent steel and iron mills west of Youngstown, Ohio, em­ ploying 15,000 men, have organized as the Western Bar Association to deal in a body with the unions on wage matters. Fire damaged the plant of the I* Schreiber & Sons company, manufac­ turers of structural iron, at Cincin­ nati, to the extent of $250,000. There is a suspicion that the fire was of in­ cendiary origin. The Lithographers' International association at Buffalo elected J. W. Hamilton of St. Louis president and Albert C. Brack of Chicago vice presi­ dent. The next convention will be held at Cleveland. Irving D. Smith, known as the mil­ lionaire farmer of South Dakota and famous for his charities, died in Madi­ son, S. D., aged 80. He was possessed of 91,500,000, nearly all of which is invested in farm lands. Willis L. Watkins was appointed re­ ceiver of the Toledo Portland Cement company, whose plant is located at Manchester, Mich. Persons who refuse to pay their doctors' bills will be refused treat meat by members of a physicians' so­ ciety organized in Indianapolis. It is expected the organization will be ex­ tended throughout Indiana. Dwlght Parker of Fennlmore, rep­ resentative on the board of Wisconsin university regents from the third dis­ trict, has resigned. Judge Alton B. Parker and family have secured a home on Gulf beach, Pass Christian, La., and will live there tor the remainder of the printer. The Wisconsin Academy of Science, Arts and Letters has elected Louis Kahlenberg of Madison president and C. E. Brown of Milwaukee curator. A statue will be erected to Ralph Wlaldo Emerson at Concord, Mass., the town where he lived and died. Fifty-seven natives were drowned in Johannesburg, Transvaal, owing to the flooding of South Rose, a deep gold mine. A person who purports to be the mysterious stabber who cut seven­ teen St. Louis women two weeks ago, has written a letter to a St. Louis sci­ entist, in which the writer said he had been possessed of uncontrollable desires to stab women since having been wronged by a woman he loved. Maj. Thomas M. Owen, commander- in-chief of the United Sons of Confed­ erate Veterans, issued an open letter to the camps and members of the Con­ federate veterans appealing for aid and assistance in reviving old camps of Sons of Veterans and urging the or­ ganization of new camps. By the explosion of one of the four powder houses at the iron mines at Hartville, Wyo., the shafthouse, black­ smith shop and other buildings of the Colorado Fuel and Iron company were demolished and nearly every pane of glass in the town shattered. Fred M. Stoddard has been appoint- c£ postmaster of Ramsey, 01., to suc­ ceed P. Cahlll, whoJtias held the office for eight years. ^ . Announcement was made that Rev. Arthur C. Baldwin of Ballston, N. Y. las accepted a caJl to aharoh at Aurora, IS, ' Atw*T MAftKUT _ "Chicago Produce, Butter--Extra creamery. 28c; prints, 29c; firsts. 22@"4c; seconds, 18@19c; reno­ vated, I9%<g>20e; dairies, Cooleys, SSc; firsts, 20c; packing stock. 16c: storage, Eggs--Fresh stock at mark, new cases included, 15^<g>16*4c; cases returned, 16® l<ic: firsts, 16c; prime firsts, packed In whitewood eases, 17c; packed for city tiade. 19c; storage eggs, 32%c. Cheese--Full cresm, daisies, ISc; twins, 11«4@12c; Teung America. 12c; lone borns. 12%@ 13c; Swiss, block, 12#12%c; drum, 13*4c; Umburger, choice, ll@ll}Sc; oft grades, 6©8c; brick, 12@12&c; off grades, seioc. Fish--Black bass, 14c; carp and buffalo, 2c; pike, 7c; pickerel, 6c; perch, 4c; sun- fish. 2c; croppies, 203c. Live poultry--Turkeys, per lb, 15c; chickens, fowls, 11 He; roosters, 7V4c; springs, ll%c per lb; ducks, 13c; Reese. Game--Rabbits, $1 per dos; Jacks, gray, $1.50 per dos; white, large, $2@2.50 per dos; opossums, 25@40c apiece; bear sad­ dle, I2<0~12%c per lb. Apples--Russets, $3.25@>4 per brl; Green­ ings, J4.25@4.75 per brl; Baldwin, $3.50$} 4.50 per brl; Ben Davis, t3.75G4.25 per brl. . Berries--Strawberries, Florida, 30050c per qt Green vegetables--Beets, 75@S5c per sack; carrots, home-grown, 60@60c per sack; cabbages, $1.25@3.75 per brl; calery, 5@30c per bunch; cucumbers. 50c@$1.40 per dos: radishes, hothouse, 12% @50c per doz; spinach. 40@S5c r>er box; tomatoes, $1@5 per case; lettuce, head, $3@12 per brl; leaf, 45@50e per case; potatoes, car lots on track, 45©5Sc per bu; turnips, 75c per bu; cauliflower, $2 per crate; onions, 34@40c per bu; kohlrabi, $4 per brl; watercress, 12@15c per dos; sweet potatoes, Illinois, $1^)2.50; horseradish, 65@75c per bunch; eggplant, $2@2.75 per crate. Broomcorn--Market firm, self-working,, common to choice, $55@90 per ton; hurl, common to choice, $55 @95 per ton; dwarf, $65 ©75 per ton. Grain Quotation*. •• a WHEAT. Chicago--No. 2 red, 87%©88«L.V New York--No. 2 red, 9034c. Minneapolis--No. 1 northern, 84c. ; v St. Louis--No. 2 red, 83c. Duluth--No. 1 northern, 83%c. Kansas City--No. 2 hard, 7S%C. Milwaukee--No. 1 northern, 85%C. -- Toledo--No. 2 red, 89c. CORN. ' *.,•>' Chicago--No. 2, 41@4114c. Liverpool--American mixed, 4s SH4 New York--No. 2, 58c. Peoria--No. 3, 41c. St. Louis--No. 2, 411&C. Kansas City--No. 2 mixed, 426. Milwaukee--No. 3. 41 "4c. OATS. Chicago--Standard, 30*051140. New York--Mixed, 37 St. Louis--No. 2, Sic. Kansas City--No. 2 mixed, 39%e. Milwaukee--Standard, 31Hc. Live Stock. CATTLE. Chicago--$1.50@6.35. Omaha--fl.50@5.85. ' Kansas City--$1.7505.3®. St. Louis--$1.50(56.25. St. Joseph--$1.80©>6. New York--$1.50@6.40. ! HOGS. Chicago--$4.25 @6. Omaha--$4.V5&5.90. Kansas City--J5.25@5.95. St. Louis--$4.75@6. St. Joseph--$4.50@5.80. . 5 New York--$6.10@6.20. _ * * SHEEP AND LAMBS. Chicago--$2.50@7.35. .• Omaha--$2.75i&'7.25. : -\i Kansas City--$3.75@7.10. " St. Louis--$4 @7.25. » St. Joseph--$3.75@7.15. New York--$5.50@8.50. I TRAIN WRECK Broken Flange Precipitates ^Cars Down Embank ^ ment onto Lata 1 SMOTHERS fIRE WITH HIS COAT Soliciting Freight Agent Prevents Hol­ ocaust by Hla Presence of Mind In Putting Out Lamps and Charcoal Range In 'Dining Car. In a jealous rage Frank Populace, aged 29 years, shot and killed Mrs. Anna Jablausky, aged 35 years, with whom he boarded, and then killed himself in Philadelphia. Tomo Sabath and Gero Buvolch, who had been imprisoned in the App mine at Quartz, Colo., by a cavein since midnight Monday, Feb. 5, were rescued after having been in the tun­ nel without food for more than 100 hours. / The United States army transport Meade, delayed in her departure on the first ,of the month by a fatal fire, sailed from San Francisco Saturday for Honolulu, Guam and Manila, car­ rying more than 100 passengers, be­ side the Second infantry and the Eighth and Thirteenth field batteries. In a pistol duel at Maud, Okla., "Vic" Chambers was killed and Town Marshal Thomas Dancer fatally wounded. A Istatue in memory of Theodore Thomas will be erected in the Cin­ cinnati music hall, a popular subscrip­ tion for that purpose having been Btarted with a gift of $5,000 from A. Howard Hlnkle, former president of the May Festival association. Charles H. Treat, treasurer of the United States, is in San Francisco on a pleasure trip^nd visited the sub- treasury yesterday. A large cat killed the 3-months-old girl baby of Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Devlin of Los Angeles by lying on the baby's head and suffocating it. L. H. Wagner of Milton, Pa., a stu­ dent at Park college, near Kansas City, was drowned while trying to res­ cue other students who had broken through the ice while skating. Presque Isle, famed as a summer re­ sort and the key to the river front at the mouth of the bay at Toledo, Ohio, has been sold to the Cleveland Cliffs Iron company for $50,000. It contains thirty-six acres. The suit brought by the State of Kansas nearly a year ago to oust the Santa Fe railroad from the state on account of alleged violations of the anti-trust law was dismissed at Sedan. Kan. *fhe hog with which George W. Seckman of Mount Sterling, 111., won the first prize at the St. Louis world's fair, and which at one time weighed 1,120 pounds, has been sold by Mr. Seckman for $5,000, the record price for a hog. The South Carolina house has passed the bill to abolish the state dispensary. The measure has passed the senate. The Republicans of the thirteenth congressional district of Indiana will hold their convention at Warsaw March 15. Mr. and Mrs. John B. McBride of Dixon, 111., celebrated their sixtieth wedding anniversary Tuesday. They were married in Dundalk* Ireland, Feb. 6, 1846. One son gave the couple a $5 gold piece for each year of their married life. Several diamonds also were received. Train dispatchers of Iowa meet next Sunday at Des Moines to form a new nstional railroad organization sepa­ rate and apart from the Train Dis­ patchers' association. The object of organization Is to secure better sal­ aries. The Ohio house has passed the Wertz bill abolishing prison -contract labor in Ohio. J. T. Adams of the Adams Brothers Bridge company at Findlay, Ohio, pleaded guilty to violating the Val­ entine anti trust law and was fined $500 and costs. Jacob A. Riis is reported ill at his home in Richmond Hill, L. I., with an affection of the heart. His illness, while not necessarily serious, is suf­ ficiently severe to cause him to can­ cel Ms leqture engagements J&r £1 next tb*ee months, h Milwaukee, Wis., Feb. 11.--Wiscon­ sin Central Wain No. 2 from St. Paul to Chicago was wrecked at Theresa, near here, Sunday night by the break­ ing of a wheel. Four coaches, the smoker and diner went down a fifteen- foot embankment. Fourteen persons were hurt, none fatally. • When the train bumped over the ties for a. hundred yards before the cars were overturned, the passengers were thrown into a panic and there was a dash for the doors. Before any of the passengers could jump, how­ ever, the cars were thrown over the embankment. The body of Mrs. Fred Schumacher of Medford was being taken to her former home in Chicago. The coffin was torn open and the body fell out,, .with the relatives Into a ditch. Among the injured are: Andrew Christenson, cook. Goerhardt M. Dahl, attorney, Ste­ vens Point; four scalp wounds. The Rev. Frotachel, Fond du Lac. C. L*. Meyer, Milwaukee. Robert M. Mueller, bank teller; scalp wounds. Mrs. A. S. Palmer, Oshkosh*; L. W. Rlggs, Fond du Lac. Cars on Frozen Lake. Gerhard M. Dahl of Stevens Point, district attorney of Portage county, one of the injured, said: "Our train had just passed through Theresa and we were going at a pretty fast clip. Suddenly the car in which I was seated lurched violently to the left and then seemed to drop tiown some distance, after which it turned over on its side and slid over the ground. We were thrown about the car in total darkness. The gas began to escape and we broke sever al windows over our heads to let in air. "It was quite a time before we got out, at last managing to escape through the front door. There were seven people in my car, which was the second One. When I got out I found the entire train of six cars lying on the frozen surface of a lake. I understand the accident was caused by the breaking of the flange on one of the driving wheels. I don't think there were more than, twenty on board, of these fourteen were in­ jured." , Robert W. Mueller, teller at the First National bank in this city, said: "I was thrown violently against the side of the car and knew nothing more until I recovered consciousness in a nearby house. My head was cut, my back was Injured, and my left eye felt as if it bad been put out. Prevents Fire in Wreck. "A. K. Ford, soliciting freight agent of the Wisconsin Central, and Emll Noerenberg were on the train. Mr. Noerenberg was injured, but I believe Mr. Ford was not. Mr. Ford took off bis coat and smothered the lamps, pre­ venting a fire. The dining car was at the rear end. There was a charcoal range in this car. Mr. Ford also put out this fire." "The accident was caused by ths breaking of a. tice on one of the drive wheels of the engines," said Joseph Sharkey, who was present, "just as the train was passing through Ther­ esa, running at the time at a speed of 50 to 60 miles an hour. When the broken wheel struck the switch the rail flew up, derailing six passenger coaches. These turned dver as they shot down over a ten-foot embank­ ment and then slid out upon the lake fully 150 feet from the track. The engine and baggage car were broken loose from the other coaches and ran down the track fully a mile before the engineer could bring them to a stop. "Where the accident occurred is but a few rods from the village of Ther­ esa and many of the citizens hurried to the assistance of those in the over­ turned > cars, aiding in the removal of the Injured, who were carried to the village hotel." Chicago-Florida Limited Wrecked. Nashville, Tenn., Feb. 12.--The Illi­ nois Central's Chicago and Florida limited was wrecked at Chapmansboro, thirty-four miles west of here, at 8 o'clock Sunday night. Conductor S. A. Cherry, Engineer Charles McGee and two passengers whose names have not yet been obtained, were injured. Six other passengers were slightly hurt. The train is said to have struck an obstruction on the track. The en­ gine, baggage car, smoker and first chair car were derailed and turned over. The sleepers did not leave the trnMr - 1 fFind Wreck Vlctlm'a Body. * Clayquot, B. C., special: The body'of Harry Woolridge, a victim of the steamer Valencia disaster, has been picked up on Long beach, near Schoon­ er Cove. This is the thirty-eighth body jrffOirered. " Minnesota Sheriff Weda. Ann Arbor, Mich., special: Elmer E. Ward, sheriff of Martin county, Min­ nesota, and Miss Gertrude A. Dauber- smith of the same county, were mar­ ried Thursday in Chelsea. Railroad Official Has Pneumonia. Cleveland, Ohio, special: Col. A. 3. Smith, general passenger and ticket agent of the Lake Shore it Michigan Southern road, has been critically ill with pneumonia for several days past He probably will recover. PUDiN PUZZLE PICTURE. - v. \ s "I": 1 m tMm 7'^, /V1 ^' Flnd the Maiden for Whom They Af Fighting. STATE IN GRASP (adv. Bawson of West Virginia AlteJongress to.fro^. i:Conditlo^r;c«|f ! s.. j.... vV/f CONTROLS SOFT COAL OUTPUT Executive Declares Interests of Penri- sylvania Line Are Promoted to the Detriment of Citizens by Ability of Company to Discriminate. •K ?,.* \r* I David B. Hill Very tlofc. w York special: Advices receives here state that former United States Senator David B. Hill is seriously ill In South Carolina, where he went sev­ eral days ago to benefit his health. Washington special: Declaring that West Virginia is in the grasp of a railroad and coal trust, and that the entire state is at the mercy of this trust, Gov. Dawson has written a let­ ter appealing to the senate for help. The letter was read by Mr. Tillman. Gov. Dawson asserts that the trust controls the production of bituminous coal in the commonwealth, and that the Interests of those- who will help the railroads are promoted? to the harm of other producers of coal not situated to such advantage to the roads. Senators declared en investiga­ tion must be undertaken. If the House does not take up the matter. Mr. Dawson's letter is as follows: Pennsylvania Controls. "It may be that the Pennsylvania Railroad company does not legally own a controlling part of the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad company or the Chesa­ peake & Ohio Railway company or the Norfolk & Western Railway company. "I have no doubt, however, that an investigation will show that the Penn­ sylvania Railroad company practically controls these three great trunk lines which traverse West Virginia, and which are the only means whereby the products of this state, including coal, can be shipped either to the lakes in the West or other markets in the East. Hence, it is a fact that West Virginia is to-day in the grasp of a railway trust which practically says what part of the state shall be developed and what shall not be developed; how much coal shall be shipped out of the state, to what points or ports It shall be shipped and when it shall be shipped: ".•'1 •» Looks to Its Interest. "Of course, it makes its own rates and we are helpless. The Pennsyl­ vania Railroad is very largely inter­ ested in the production or shipment of bituminous coal; it will naturally look after its own interest and the interest of the people along Its lines in Penn­ sylvania and elsewhere first of all, and, therefore, the interests of West Virginia are subordinated to the later- eats of those others, and our railroads upon which we are dependent are con­ trolled by an alien corporation, prac­ tically in competition with 'is." The governor closed by requesting an official investigation into the state of affairs, and Mr. Tillman said that he would move for such an investigation but for the fact that the House was moving in that direction. He said that as the letter came from the Republican governor of the state it was of trans­ cendent importance, aqd he could not see how an investigation could be re­ fused, and unless the House should move In the matter he would ask the Senate to order an inquiry. Mr. Elk in a said there was a state law affording an adequate remedy by mandamus for such conditions as those represented, but that shippers hesitated to employ it. He suggested that ^he governor's letter be referred to the committee on Interstate com­ merce, and it was so referred. Rabbi* Congratulate Roosevelt. Washington special: Rabbis Kraus- kopf of Philadelphia, Guttmacher of Eaitlmore and Simon of this city, ac­ companied by Herman F. Haha of Chi­ cago, composing a committee appoint­ ed by the national conference of rtb- bls, called on the president to precent resolutions congratulating him for his ,work in behalf of peace. Indiana Treasurer Pay* Up. Madison, Ind., special: Examination of Jefferson county books revealed a shortage of $9,000 on the part of ex- Treasurer George T. Mayfield, which amount he has refunded to th^ treas­ ury. , l y • f.l , Eleven Buildings Burn. Morning Sun, Iowa, special: Eleven buildings in the business district were destroyed by fire Wednesday night. The loss is about $20,000, covered by insurance. PAUL DUNBAR, NEGRO POET AND WRITER, DEAD Most Noted Author of His Race Ex> pires at Dayton, Ohio, After Long Struggle with Consumption, Dayton, Ohio, dispatch; Paul Lau­ rence Dunbar, famed as the most tal­ ented negro writer of poetry and au­ thor of many creditable works ia prose, died of consumption at his home in this city Friday afternoon, after an illness of three years. Although he had known during the past year that death was near at hand, he did not cease his literary labors, and when able' he was con­ stantly busy with his pen. His last poem was written for his Christmas book. It was entitled, "Howdy, Honey, Howdy." The son of a father and a mother who were slaves, Paul Laurence Dun­ bar's rise in life from the lowly posi­ tion of newsboy and elevator con­ ductor to that of a librarian in the service of the government at Wash­ ington was remarkable in Itself; but his subsequent transition to a suc­ cessful writer' of songs, plays, short stories, poetry and books can be at­ tributed to nothing less than a near approach to genius. Dunbar was born in Dayton, Ohio, June 27, 1872, and obtained a limited education at Steele high school and Oberlin college. His first poem was written when he was seven years old. His first work to attract attention to him was a class poem written for the high school in 1891. His first of a total of twenty-one bookB was "Oak and Ivy." His poem best known was "When Malindy Sings," which "was written to his moth­ er, whose name is Mallida. CRUISER'S CREW JS IN MUTINY Out of 325 Sailors on Marblehead Only Ten Obey Coaling Orders. San Diego, Cal., special: It is stated on what is believed to be good author­ ity that a condition of mutiny existed among the sailors of the cruiser Mar­ blehead while on her recent trip In southern waters. The Marblehead, Capt. Mulligan, reached this port Wednesday and anchored apart from the other vessels of the Pacific squad­ ron now in this harbor. While at Plchllinque bay, it is said, all but ten of the 325 sailors refused to partici­ pate in coaling the vessel, giving as their excuse for the action a lack of shore leave and an absence of fresh vegetables since the cruiser was last at San Francisco. - . NAVAL SCHOdlL INQUIRY. Members of Congressional Committee to Look Into Management, Washington dispatch: The house committee on naval affairs, on motion of Congressman Loud of Michigan, decided to appoint a subcommittee of flvo to visit the naval academy to ex­ amine into the manageent and disci­ pline. Chairman Foss named Repre­ sentatives Vreeland, Loud, Dawson, Padgett and Gregg as members of the committee. Secretary Bonaparte, after a conference with several mem­ bers of the house, decided to post­ pone action against midshipmen ac­ cused of hazing to give congress time to prepare & $ra4uatecL lshoient*, ' . SiXTY GIRL8 E8CAPE FLAMES. Big Ship la Launched. •* ^ftrWtaerhaven cable: At Rfrkmer's shipyard Thursday there was launched the biggest sailing ship in the world. The length of the craft is 438 feet, her breadth is 54 feet and she is of 8,000 tons burden. Occupants of Female Seminary at vLanark Flee for Their Lives. Lanark, 111., dispatch: Sixty girls,, prospective students at the University of Chicago, were compelled to flee for their lives from the dormitories of the Frr.nces Schimer female seminary at 5 o'clock Friday morning, when three "of the main buildings of the institu­ tion were destroyed by fire. Many of the girls had narrow escapes, as they were driven to leap from the windows. The cry of fire was raised as the girls were fast asleep, and when those In the main dormitory rushed into the hallway In their night robes they ware almost stilled by the smoke. Hogs Eat Man's Head. Pittsburg, Fa., dispatch: The body Of Surley C. Armstrong, cashier of the Washington National Bank of Pitts­ burg, who committed suicide, was found near Roanoke, Va., the head having been eaten off by hogs. Prepare for War in Chin. Manila cable: Maj. Gen. Leonard Wood is preparing for field maneuvers over the larger part of the island ol Luzon, to fit the troops tor possible service in China. ^gjprbpoaea to TsxSacheim$, ' iciumbus, Ohio, special: Represen­ tative Elson proposes to introduce a bill in the legislature to tax bachelors a sum sufficient on each to support an old maid. Cable Is Repaired. York dispatch: Announcement was made Thursday that the Jamaica- Porto Rico cable, which had been in­ terrupted a week, has been repaired. Communication with all stations in the United States has been restored. Song Causes Attempt at Sulelde. Des Moines, Iowa, special: Thinking his family had reference to bJm by persistently singing "Everybody Works but Father," Robert Lehman oC city has twice attempted suicide. Congressional < ^ Proceedings Tuesday, February 6, 1906. The Senate to-day save up the entire semion to & revival of Its prerogratlves tlon was raised by Mr. Bacon in a speedt to the framine Of treaties. The ques- on the resolution requesting Information concerning the Algeciras conference. He -Was followed by Mr. Spooner, and there were several sharp clashes between them. The discussion of the Patterson resolu­ tion concerning the Democratic caucus action went over until to-morrow. A resolution directing the committee on im­ migration to niaks an investigation of the Chinese boycott was adopted. At 6:10 p. m. the Senate went Into executive session and at 5:25 adjourned until to­ morrow. The House to-day fixed the end of the general debate on the rate bill at 4:3>0 p. m. to-morrow and then seventeen speeches Were made, all of them for the measure. Mr. Gillespie (Texas) ex­ pressed dissatisfaction with the reply of the Interstate commerce commission to his resolution concerning the Pennsylva­ nia Railroad combination, and announced that he would address a request to the President to have the commission make a thorough investigation along indicated lines. Mr. Gaines (W. Va.) placed in the record evidence of combinations of rail­ roads to control the coal output In his state. At 4:20 p. m. the House adjourned until to-morrow. Wednesday, February 7, 190#. The Senate chamber to-day was made the scene of an effort to administer party aiscipline to a member of that body and the proceedings were filled with dramatic Interest. Mr. Patterson was the subject of the effort and Mr. Bailey the Instru­ ment of the Democratic party. The pro­ ceedings arose In connection with Mr. Patterson's resolution of remonstrance against the Democratic cauous action op­ posing the Santo Domingo treaty, and al­ though the subject was thrashed over thoroughly no vote was taken. The de­ bate lasted until 4 p. m., when an exe­ cutive session was had. Fifteen minutes later the Senate adjourned until to-mor­ row. The House to-day concluded all pre­ liminary steps to the passage of the rail­ road bill, ordered a roll call on the meas­ ure, and put off the final action until to­ morrow at noon. The closing speeches were made bV Bourke Cockran, Mr. Mann ail.). Minority Leader Williams and Mi Hepburn. The time for amendment came at 4 o'clock and for three hours scores of changes were offered,.but all were de­ feated. The test came with the first one and the vote on this was 119 to 146. Ad­ journment was taken at 5:55 p. m. until to-morrow. Thursday, February 8, 190«; The Senate devoted a short session to­ day to routine business, the caucus Ques­ tion being sidetracked temporarily . Mr. Tillman again made reference to the charge that the railroads In West Virginia were discriminating against private coaj mines and had read a letter from the gov­ ernor of the state, which referred to the committee on interstate commerce. The urgent deficiency appropriation bill was reported and the railroad rate bill was received from the House. A number of bills were passed, including the following: Placing telegraph operators of the civil war on a pensionable basis; authorizing the -use of $1,000,000 of the reclamation fund for the drainage of lands in North Dakota; authorizing the construction of a dam across Rock River at Grand Detour. 111., and a large number of private pen­ sion bills. At 3:02 p. m. the Senate went into executive session and at 3:22 ad­ journed. The House to-day passed the railroad rate regulation bill by a vote of 346 to 7. The pension appropriation bUl. carrying $139,000,000 for pensions and $1,245,000 for administration, also wag passed. Other measures passed were as follows: To prevent leaks in government crop re­ ports; calling on the Secretary of the Tn- terrior for information regarding charges, of irregularities in the Kingfisher, Okla.. land office; to open for settlement 505,000 acres of land in the Kiowa, Comanche and Apache reservations in Oklahoma. At 5 p. m. the House adjourned until to-mor- row. Friday, February 9, 190S. The Senate to-day passed the urgent deficiency appropriation bill practically as it came from the committee. The only discussion was over an amendment sug­ gested by Mr. Patterson to strike out the provision relieving alien workmen on the Panama Canal from ^he operations of the eight-hour law, the amendment being rejected. At 3:08 the Senate went into executive session and at 3:15 ad­ journed until Monday. The House to-day put out Its usual semimonthly grist of pensions, passing in seventy-two minutes 429 bills for the benefit of veterans who are barred for one reason or another from/ coming in under the general statute. Seventy-five per cent of the beneficiaries are either blind or bedridden. Two amendments to the Philippine tariff act of 1905 were passed, the purpose being to remove the discrimination against American goods. After passing a number of minor bills the House at 2:28 p. m. adjourned until Monday. CLASS PRESIDENT IS KlONAPEO Kalamazoo College Student* Make Threat to Quit If Punished. Kalamazoo, Mich., special: A clash is threatened at Kalamazoo college which may result In the entire second- year class leaving the institution. The ireBhmen class planned a party Thurs­ day evening, and following chapel service in the morning Glancy Thomas of Ovid, Mich., president of the first class, was kidnaped by sophomores and taken from the city. He is said to be held in close confinement and was not allowed to return for the par­ ty. President A. O. Slocum threatens to prosecute the students taking part. He has suspended a brother of the class president for failing to give In­ formation. Now the sophomore class threatens to quit the school if any member Is expelled. * • COMMITTEE OF EDITORS MEET Officers of National Asaoclatlon At­ tend 8esalon at French Lick. French Lick, Ind., special: The ex­ ecutive committee of the National Rditorlal association, consisting of forty-four members representing twen­ ty-three states, met In French Lick Friday. The national of&cem present were Col. John Diamond of New Or­ leans, president; W. A. Ashbrook of Johnstown, Pa., secretary; J. E. Jen­ kins of Sterling, Kan., treasurer. Tho programme for the national meeting in Indianapolis June 12-20 was pre­ sented by the secretary of the Indiana committee on entertainment. PLAN TO CHANGE RIVER COURS% Water* of Kankakee to Be Turned Into Wabash Instead of Illinois. La Porte, Ind^ special: Large own­ er* of lands along the Kankakee river will divert the flood waters of the Rankakee Into the Tippecanoe river, whereby a more rapid and thorough discharge may be had and much dam­ age to crops averted. The channel will be about eight miles long. The Kankakee will then flow down the Wabash Instead of the Illinois. Operator* An Firm in 0a- nying Wage Advance l» ' Minaworkers. NOHUNIONISTS BARRED OUT No Coal Will Be Taken from Shaft* After April 1 Until Difference* Aref Adjusted--Consumer* Are Advl to L«y?J»i Supply Now.'iv"® .--4,$ ' ̂ Chicago dispatch: A strike of 65,->'V 000 bituminous coal miners la Illinois*}, by April 1--part of a general walk-? I out of coal miners throughout the.'%*. y- country--was made practically certain^ ? '*'• Friday, when the IIMnoia Coal Oper-;i* "i ators* association approved ths action v • o f t h e n a t i o n a l s c a l e c o m m i t t e e i n ? - refusing to grant tho demands of the; ^ mine workers fbr a wage Increase of - ^ 12% per cent * f- Among 150 coal operators, who met' :11 < to take action, it was the prevailing Opinion that nothing could now toter^^ vene to prevent a strike and the shut- ' ; ting down of a large majority of the" \V bituminous mines throughout the.', ~ state. According to officials of the v organization, there will be no attempt- 1 -o supplant the strikers with non-union:^V, miners, and only a sufficient force of, % •, men will be put at work to prevent the mines from being flooded. In an­ ticipation of the strike the operators have decided to urge soft coal consum^Hllfli ers to purchase extra supplies of fuel, . *. as practically none of the operators ' ^ will follow the example of the anthra­ cite mine owners in storing coal for use after April 1. C:.{' / err Strike Sterna Certain. *, 1 do not see how the strike eat< be avoided," said Herman Just! of the association. "The miners say they intend to strike April 1. The ne­ gotiations conducted by the scale com­ mittee, which resulted In a failure to reach an agreement with the repre­ sentatives of the United Mine Work­ ers, were discussed at the meeting of the operators, and the action of the committee in refusing to grant the de­ mands made by the miners was ap­ proved by the operators without a dis­ senting voice." The meeting of the operators' asso­ ciation was held behind closed doors, , and lasted more than an hour. Mr. Justl later gave but the ToHowlng statement: ; "The Illinois Coal Operators' Asso­ ciation received the report of the na­ tional scale committee and unanimous­ ly approved Its action In refusing to - accede to the demands made upon the operators by the United Mine Workers o f A m e r i c a . " • * ' * ' • mil Clo** 900 Mlh*<; "K/J|--; Members of the association control all of the large properties embraced in the 900 mines throughout the state. They' say the mining concerns outside of the association do not produce 5 per cent of the 37,000,000 tons of bitu­ minous coal mined annually in Illi­ nois. C. L. Scroggs, recording secre- • tary of the association, said: t "A Btrike of miners in Illinois will result in a deplorable situation, but 1 see nothing to prevent the clash. Bituminous mine operators in the state are not likely to lay by any supplies . ̂ of coal for future use, and it is up to - ^ the consumers to get whatever amount r t i- they deem necessary. Of course, the situation will be relieved somewhat by the shipping in of coal from Kentucky, Tennessee, West Virginia and other , states where the miners are not or-,w ganized. There are about 55,000 min- " ers in Illinois, and in addition to this number there are many thousands of others in Iowa, Michigan, Arkansas, Indian Territory, western Pennsyl- . vania, Ohio and Indiana for whom no agreement regarding a contract has been secured." No Chance for Non-Union Men. "The general attitude of the oper- ators is in favor of closing the mines i • if the miners strike," said Vice Pres­ ident Hammond of the association. "Of course, a sufficient force of men will be kept at work to prevent dam­ age to property interests. It is a grave situation. We have taken a de­ termined stand, and propose, through a committee that has been appointed, to acquaint the public with our post- j'c;j tlon." ^ president Randolph Smith declared ... ,' there w'ould be no attempt to hire non- - union men after April 1. In an effort to reduce selling ex­ penses, the Chicago and Eastern Illi­ nois and the Rock Island coal inter­ ests have become consolidated. The Dering Coal Company becomes the op­ erating and selling agency of twenty- nine Illinois and Indiana mines,^ with a daily output of 30,000 tons. Bishop Potter Head* Pilgrim*. New York dispatch: Bishop Henry G. Potter was re-elected president of the Pilgrims of the United States at the 'society's annual meeting Friday. Operate on King Alfonso. Madrid cablegram: Alfonso went a slight operation for the remov­ al of a cyst which had formed on his shoulder. The operation has not pre­ vented the king from following hi* ordinary occupations. FIRE LOSS AT WASHINGTON, IND. Two Blazes Cause Property Damage Estimated at $9,500. Washington, Ind., special: Two fires in this city caused a loss of property valued at $6,500. Fire broke out in the Murphy block, doing $1,000 dam­ age to the building and damaging Lea L. Whetzell's shoe store $4,000, J. E; Bowman's restaurant $700 and Pad­ gett ft Padgett's law office $100. Wil­ liam Prater's feed store was totally destroyed, at a loss of $700 ' Trust Qet* Elkhart Theater^ v | South Bend, Ind., dispatch: The Bucklen opera house of Elkhart has been purchased by the theatrical trust, H. O. Somers of Chicago and New York securing control. Slain In Saloon Row. Denver special: Thomas Johnson, traveling agent for a book company of Chicago, was shot and killed in a saloon by Policeman Charles Sec rest Secrest had quarrelod with Jbhnson over a game of dice. Men of Letters Elect Officer*. Madison, Wis., dispatch: The Wis consin Academy of Science, Arta a»d Letters elected a* president Louie Kahlenberg of Madison. C. B. Brown of Milwaukee was elected curator. „ • -J •' 'l-wrfe .411 mailto:1.50@6.35 mailto:fl.50@5.85 mailto:1.50@6.40 mailto:J5.25@5.95 mailto:3.75@7.15 mailto:5.50@8.50