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THE MCHENRY PLAINOEALER ^ McHBaNh-Y PLAINDEALER CO. WKPS John Stead, a ; colored laborer, was killed and two other negroes were In­ jured by the collapse of a bathhouse On the beach front In Atlantic City, N.J. It was stated that Associate City Counselor B. H. Charles Is preparing new charges to be filed against Chief Of Police Kiely of St Louis, recently Suspended from office. It was slated at the offices of the Erie railroad company that a major­ ity of the repair shops on the road had closed for one week to make the usual spring repairs. About 2,500 men are affected. T. D. Overton, aged 25. was shot and killed at the Beaumont, Texas rice mill by A. Mold, night watchman aged ,60. Mold alleges that Overton bad grossly insulted him and attempt ed to shoot him. . A bulletin issued by the Census bu­ reau giving the statistics for the man­ ufacturing industries of Kentucky for fhe calendar year 1904 shows the num ber of establishments as 3.737; capi tal, $147,282,478; wages paid, $24,438,- 684; value of products. $159,753,968. Thomas M. Casey, former cashier Of the Salmo^t bank of Clinton, Mo., sentenced to five years on his plea of guilty to a forgery charge, has entered the penitentiary at Jefferson City. Ex-Cashier Thomas M. Casey ad­ mitted at Kansas City that he had tes­ tified falsely regarding the manage­ ment of the failed Salmon bank of Clinton, Mo., under an agreement that he was to receive a sentence of not more than four years. As a conse­ quence, the suit of the trustee of the' Salmon bank to recover securities from the Kansas City State bank was dismissed. Superintendent John A. Long of Streator, before the Central Illinois Teachers' association at Galesburg, ad­ vocated the segregation of the sexes tn schools after the seventh grade. It was reported at Des Moines that • committee was investigating charges that District Judge McPherson had re­ ferred in insulting language to Gov­ ernor Cummins at a Council Bluffs banquet. That it is the wife's duty to live in (he home provided by her husband *as the decision given by Judge C. A. Fowler in Bond du Lac, Wis., in the «ase of Mrs. Albert Saunders, who ap­ plied for a divorce. Twenty-three men were killed and twenty or more injured by the explo­ sion in the Century, W. Va., Thurs­ day. The dead include T. B. Jones, Daniel Jones, Joseph Jones, Frank An­ drews and fifteen foreigners. % Fearing an attempt of the beef packers to secure control of the cured fish business, four of the largest con­ cerns in Gloucester, Mass., have en­ tered into an agreement to work to­ gether in resisting competition. Attorney James H. Beal of Pitts­ burg, former law partner of Senator Knox, refused to furnish bail for his chauffeur, William Devine, who had been arrested for running down and killing Daniel Breen, a schoolboy. Mr. Beal said he left the chauffeur in the lockup that his fate might teach oth- «tb to be more careful. Anton F. Mispagel, former cashier Of the St. Charles, Mo., Savings bank, has been found guilty of embezzle­ ment and sentenced to two years' im­ prisonment. Robert Spriggs, a New York negro, Is convicted pn the charge of abduct­ ing white women. Wisconsin state school superintend­ ent wants five $10,000 positions ex­ empt from merit law. Russian officials are alarmed by plans of revolutionists to establish a government of their own. The Behring tunnel project is Btronngly favored by the czar and his advisers and has a good chance for adoption. The state of Wisconsin sent notice to all ice companies to malte time checks payable at banks. Saloons were getting discounts. The new Japanese minister to Rus­ sia, M. Motono, was' received in audl- «nec by Emperor Nicholas. The secretary of the navy has re­ ceived the resignation from Midship­ man Minor Meriwether, Jr. This is the second time he has offered his resignation. He says his eyes are Weak. After being out all night the Jury at Waukegan, 111., returned a verdict of guilty of murder in the first degree, with a sentence of life imprisonment, against Salvatore Gravano and Salva- tore Pilo, charged with the murder of three countrymen. Present famine in Japan is declared by New York Red Cross to be among worst in modern history. Twenty-one earthquakes in three days visited Ustlca island, doing big damage. Rev. A. H. Chase, Claiming to be a Free Will Baptist preacher, was sen- : tenced to sixty days in the Lee coun­ ty, Illinois, jail, Rev. Mr. McLean be lng the complaining witness. Arthur Upson, acting professor of English literature at the University of Minnesota, attempted suicide by leaping into the Mississippi. He was rescued, but his recovery is doubtful Mr. Upson is about 35 years of age and has done some notable literary work I In verse. „ Bank burglars murdered Edward Pullman, a constable and night watch­ man, at Sodus, N. Y. Pullman had caught them, trying to rob the sate. Illinois postmasters . confirmed by the senate were H. W. Lynch at Pe­ oria and J. G. Reul at Mendota. - T h e six-year-old son of Mrs. Nicho­ ls % las Zacharias was instantly killed and ? ti|e mother probably fatally hurt under • * Racine, Wis., street car. The miners' strike in France Is breaking up. The strikers are re­ turning to work and an early terminal t Qf the trouble is expected. LATEST CASH MARKET REPORTS 2Viid prints. 28ftc; firsts, 22@24c; seconds, l«®18e; renovated. J8®19c; dairies. Cooleys, 24c; firsts, 20c; packing stocks 14c; storage, 20 @2 01,4c. Eggs--Fresh stock at mark, new cases included. 13%c; cases returned, 13c; firsts, 13%c; prime firsts, packed In whitewood ses, i4i£c; packed for city trade, 16c. Cheese--Full cream, daisies, 13@13Hc twins. 12c; young Americas, 12@12%c; long horns. 12@12%c; Swiss, block. 12® 12%>e; drum. 13Vie; limburger, choice. ll£; off grades, 6@8c; brick, 10@llc; off grades. 8@10c. * ^ Fish--Black bass. 14c; carp and buffalo, 2c; pike. "@8c; pickerel. 6c; perch, 4c. Live poultry--Turkey, per lb, 12Hc; chickens, fowls. 13c; roosters, 7%c; springs. 13c per lb; ducks, 14c; geese, *6 00@9.00. Gh me--Rabbits, 50c per dos; Jacks, gray. $1.00 per doz; white, large, |1.50 per doz; opossums, 2o@40c apiece. Apples, russets. $4.50@5.50 per brl; rreenings, $4.25@5.50 per brl; Baldwin, 4 r>0@5.50 per brl; Ben Davis, $4.75© 6 00 per brl. Berries--Strawberries, Florida, 15935c per qt. Green vegetables--Asparagus, hothouse, $3 f)0@6.00 per dos; beets, home-grown, $1.00 per sack; Brussels sprouts. Califor­ nia. 12V£c per qt; cabbage. $2.00@2.50 per brl; carrots, home-grown, $1.00 per sack; cauliflower. California, $2.75 per crate; celery. S@45c per bunch; cucumbers, hot­ house. 40c©$1.25 per doz; eggplant. Flor­ ida. $2.00@3 25 per crate; horseradish, home-grown. 60@70c per doz; lettuce, head. $1.25@5,00 per brl: leaf, 40c per case; mushrooms. 20@50c per lb; Onions, home-grown. 25@30c per sack; Spanish, fl.35@1.50 per crate; polatoes, car lots on track. 43(^60c per bu; persnlps, home- giown, 70<f?75c per sack; parsley, home­ grown. 15@25c per* doz; peppers. Florida, $2.50@'3 per case; pieplant. 20@30c per doz; radishes,^ home-grown. 25@60c per doz; shallots. Louisiana. per brl; spinach, 40#75c per hamper, string beanst Florida. $3@5.50 per box: sweet potatoes. $1<®2.75- per brl; tomatoes. $i.50@5 per case; turnips, home-grown 7oc per sack; watercress. Virginia. 15c per doz. Broomcorn--Market 'firm, self-working, rtimmon to choice. $60®S5 per ton; hurl common to choice. $60@100 per ton; dwarf, $70@SU per. tor.; Illinios* $110@lj$. COIL CONFLICT SEEMS CERTAIN Men and Operators are Con­ vinced Great Strike Can­ not Be Averted. RAILROADS CONFISCATE WEI Take Advantage of Interstate Com* merce Law to Fill Their Bins, De­ spite Fact That Small Manufactur­ ers Are the Sufferers. Grain Quotations. WHEAT. Chicago--No. 2 red. 83^@85c. New York--No. 2 red. 91c. Minneapolis--No. 1 northern, 7<ftc. St. Louis--No. 2 red. 8S@H3c. Duluth--No. 1 northern. 76<*c. Kansas City--No. 2 hard. 74^fec. Milwaukee--No. 1 northern, 84c. Toledo--No. 2 red. 85c. CORN. Chicago--No. 2, 43@43tfc. Liverpool--American mixed, 4s 7ftd. New York--No. 2. 48%c. * Peoria--No. 3. 42%c. St. Louis--No. 2, 43@43tfc. Kansas City--No. 2 mixed, 41^4c. Milwaukee--No. 3, 44c. OATS. Chicago--Standard. 31!4@31?4c. New York--Mixed. 35»£@36*4c. St. Louis--No. 2. 31V4c. i Kansas City--No. 2 mixed, 30ft & Milwaukee--Standard. 32c. "Y Live Stock. CATTLE. Chicago--$1.50@6.30. Omaha--$1.75 @5.65. Kansas City--$2.25@5.90. St. Louis--$2.10@6. St. Joseph--$1.65@5.80. New York--$1.50@6.50. HOGS. Chicago--$3.50® 6.50. Omaha--$5.25@6.25. Kansas City--$5'§>6.27V4c. St. Louis--$o.50@6.50. St. Joseph--$4.75©6.40. New .York--$6.50@5.60. SHEEP AND LAMB8. Chicago--$4.25® 6.70. Omaha--$4.50® 6.50. Kansas City--14 _5@6.40. St: Louis--$4@6.85. St. Joseph--$4.50®6.75. New York--$4.75@7.50. , «V T 1 The Iowa conference of the United" Brethren church has elected Rev. J. H. Patterson of Lisbon, Iowa, as pre­ siding elder. Charles S. ft-ancis, the newly ap­ pointed ambassador to Austria-Hun­ gary, called upon the president and Secretary Root yesterday. M. Cure, the French billiardist, who %:11 compete in the world champion- snip billiard tournament, which begins in New York April 9, has arrived on the steamer La Savoie from Havre. Thomas K. Niedringhaus of Missou­ ri, whose candidacy for the United States senate from Missouri occa­ sioned a long deadlock in the Missouri legislature, is ill at the Waldorf-Asto> ria in New York. John A. Locke and H. C. Harrfs are under arrest in San Francisco on the charge of safebreaking and train rob­ bery near Richmond, Ind. The Illinois United Evangelical con­ ference at Freeport celebrated the fiftieth anniversary of Bishof Duds' accession to the mfafstry. B. F. Yoakum of the Rock tslan# railroad is recovering after aa oper­ ation for appendicitis In New Yerk. The drainage commissioners of Hahnemann township, near Sterling, 111., have filed a damage suit against the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy rail­ road for $20,000, claiming that the grade caused that much damage to farms by stopping drainage. Andrew Hamilton is absolved from all lflame in a letter written by John A. McCall, former president of the New -York Life, the day lk«fore the l&t- ter's death. Death list of train catastrophe- at Adobe, Col., it is admitted, will reach between forty and fiftv. Bellamy Storer, the retiring Amerii- can ambassador to Austria-Hungary, who is now In Egypt, wHI return to Vienna March 2ft. The appointment of Reginald T. Tower as British minister to Mexico in succession ta Sir George Grevtile was announced ia London. Claude Whlsler, indicted for the murder of Frank Ogden near Bloom- flelri, Iowa, a year ago, was placed, on. trial. Claude Tucker was stabbed several times during a fight at Baraboo, Wis., and is in a critical condition. JLouis Kauffman was arrested. Dick Harrod, a young man who has been attending the normal school at Oshkosh, Wis., has disappeared. His parents live at Austin, Ind. Dr. Francis J. Van Horns el the First Congregational (South) church of Worcester, Mass., has been tender­ ed a call by Plymouth Congregational church of Seattle. Wash. Mrs. Morris Hain of Edgerton, Wis., was killed by a train while driving across the tracks. Eighty-five lives were lost and fifty four ships were wrecked along the coast of New England and the Cana­ dian provinces during the past winter, which was of unusual severity at sea | Of the vessels lost twenty-seven were British and fifteen American. The board of managers of the Rhode Island College of Agricultural and Mechanical Arts at Kingston, R. I announced that Professor Howard Ed wards of the Michigan Agricultural college has accepted the presidency of the Rhode Island institution, to suc­ ceed Kenyon L. Butterfleld. Charles McDonald of Pleasanton, Cal., killed Joseph Mello, who, he as­ serts, had broken up his home. Ambassador Meyer has left St Pe­ tersburg for a few days. The embassy explains that his absence Is without significance. Indianapolis, Ind., March 26.--Prep­ arations for the big impending strike in the bituminous coal fields has tak­ en activity which demonstrates that both mine operators and miners are convinced the conflict is inevitable. With negotiations practically at an end and peace hopes all but aban­ doned the operators suddenly realize* that Only six more days remain in which to get ready for the enforced shutdown of .the mines. . The miners under the old: agre^B- metit are bound to work no longer than next. Saturday. On that day, un­ less outside intervention steps in to stay the limit, the strike threatens to become effective In the soft coal col-' lieries of at least eleven states. While storing of coal against fam­ ine has been in progress since early In December the big operators attend­ ing the conference- here said that many large concerns, half expecting some sort of a settlement, have neg­ lected to husband adequate supplies, and there will be within the next few days an unparalleled rush to hoar<f as much coal as possible. Roads Confiscate Coal. The first move in this direction is expected to be taken by the railroads. The roads in Illinois, Indiana and Ohio in particular are planning to con­ fiscate every ton of coal they can lay their hands upon. Under the interstate commerce act the railroads claim the right to pur­ sue this course in order to prevent in­ terruption of trade. Railroad repre­ sentatives here say this is upon the theory that operation of railroads is necessary if interstate traffic is to be maintained. Those roads whose lines tap the soft coal fields expected to find little difficulty in getting hold of hundreds of thousands of tons. Others, such as the lines in the northwest, will have more trouble. These roads, however, are reported to have taken earlier pre­ cautions in the matter and they are supplied already with fairly large quantities of fuel. Some of the mine operators not di­ rectly representing the railroad coal Interests are making a clamor Against the proceeding. In many cases mine owners have contracted for large amounts'of coal which they had ex­ pected to deliver during the coming week from fbeir shafts. With the rail­ roads stepping In and confiscating every pound these operators say they will not be able to fulfill their con­ tracts. Small Fry Must Suffer. "It comes hard upon us and npon our customers," safd one Illinois op­ erator. "Bot there is no recourse. If the strike comes the small manufac­ turer will have to suffer." Scores of operators who have been attending the conference have left for their mines to superintend prepara­ tions for the protection of their prop­ erty after April 1. It Is not feared strikes will' cause so much damage as will result from flooding or the natur­ al running down of the mines during the period of idleness. All the mine owners practically have arranged to maintain forces of men at work to guard against such contingencies. Engineers and pump­ men are not expected to walk out with the miners, although they belong to the same organization. Leaders in the miners' union say the miners have as much interest in maintaining the shafts in as good conditions as the owners themselves, and they are will­ ing to agree to any plans on their part to keep tbem from being In­ jured or destroyed. Miners Well Prepared The miners say they have made fewer preparations for a strike than have the mine owners. The union treasuries cannot be increased within the uext week to any considerable de­ gree. Already great funds are stored in some of the- district treasuries. Il­ linois miners in particular have hoarded nearly $1,000,000 since the bituminious strike in 1897. Predictions ©f the operators varied from a statement that the strike, if it comes, wilt not last ijiore than thir­ ty days to other estimates that It will continue throughout the s»mmcr. "Nobody can tell in advance hov great*or how long the strike will be," said S. F Chapman of the Obk> opera­ tors. "That* will depend' much upon the temper of the miners and also upon the resources which the union may be able to gather." PUZZL^PIO- 1 I'-'/'-vl & 6 Find Hsr Father and Brother Dough Machine Tears Oft Head. Washington, ind., dispatch: Tbfe head and arms of Myret Cross, aged 17. were torn off while be was working In a bakery. He was feeding a dough mixing machine and his head caught la the roll. Governor of Alaska. Washington dispatch: The senate committee on territories has author­ ized a favorahle report on the nomina­ tion of Wilfred B. Hoggatt to be gov­ ernor of Alaska. > Strike Assessment la Fixed. Pittsburg dispatch: Telegrams re­ ceived here from Indianapolis state that John Mitchell has decided upon an assessment of 20 cents a week for the local miners, to be used in case a strike is called April 1. -Little Girl Christens 8hlp. Philadelphia dispatch: The steam­ ship Mexico of the New York and Cuba Mall Steamship company was lannched at Cramps'. The sponsor waa Katharine W. Smith, 6 years old. FOB PER CITY Mayor Forces Traction Com­ pany to Relinquish Valu­ able Grants. GAINS $400,000 FOR TREASURY Nullifies Biggest Steal in Philadelphia Franchises When Extension of Time Is Asked in Which'til Complete the Subway. Philadelphia, Pa., special: Political reform In Philadelphia achieved its most notable single victory Tuesday. The famous midnight traction fran­ chise steal of 1901 virtually was un­ done. The Philadelphia Rapid Tran­ sit company, the backbone of the Wid- ener-Elkins traction clique, whose in­ terests extend into many states, agreed to disgorge the stolen fran­ chises and to pay the city $400,000. Competition, which the traction mo­ nopoly never would permit, is almost assured, and incidentally the Wabash Railroad probably will gain Its long- sought entrance into Philadelphia. Moreover, the city will regain fran­ chises worth millions of dollars. All this was accomplished by Mayor Weaver, who saw a chance to club the rapid transit company and used it All that is necessary to bind the bar­ gain is ratification by the city coun­ cils and by the traction stockholders, which, it is expected, will meet with no opposition in either quarter. Good Deal for the City. Mayor Weaver's opening lay in the fact that the traction company, which is constructing a subway under Mar­ ket street through the heart of the city, has hot pushed Its work rapidly enough to complete It within the time limit, which expires June I, and was compelled to ask the city for a three years' extension. Should the mayor veto the ordinance work on the sub­ way wonFd have to be stopped June 1. Weaver threatened to refuse his ap­ proval of the measure, which, though passed by the council, would not have been repassed over his veto. A conference with the traction offi­ ce*® was arranged for, and then It was that the trolley men came to terms, and pledged themselves to re­ turn the stolen franchises, nullifying the biggest steal of the old band ol political pirates. Four of the franchisee, covering the work the traction company now has in hand, and one more elevated line, the rapid transit people will be allowed to keep In consideration of their |400,~ 000 payment. History of Franchise Steal. The mtefnight franchise steal.'tn 1901 was the result of the attempt of the Tate "Al" Johnson, brother of Mayor Tom Johnson of Cleveland; to* obtain a franchise here, lie Surveyed the streets, mapped out Hie lines, and1, by using virtually sin of the unoccu­ pied streets suitable for car hues, worked out a comprehensive system of subways and surface roads He applied for bis frnnchlse. hnt the maehltM; refused to listen to him Instead a number of politicians formed a paper corpuratiou They went to Hatrisbwte. the legislature railroaded throwgh the corporate grants and Gov Stone signed: the bill Old Age Pensions. 8t. Johns. N F., dispatch: The colonial legislature has unanimously adopted a resolution favoring old age pensions. The estimated cost ol the pensions is |150.000 or $200,<MW a year. In the dead of night, after ths mid­ night session of the legislature. The city councils here were then called into extra session and granted franchises covering every unoccupied street in- the cit^ absolutely free. Politicians Sell Out. Ex-Postmaster General John Wana* maker led a sensational fight against the steal and made a formal offer to Mayor Ashbridge of $2,500,000 to be paid Into the city treasury if the fran­ chises should be given to him instead of the politicians-asking for them The mayor flung the offer to the ground and signed the ordinances in spite of a storm of public protest. The politicians holding the fran­ chises at once began to bargain with the Widener Elkins Interests owning the Union Traction company, and finally sold their easily acquired new franchises to the Widener-El^ns peo­ ple for $1,500,000, practically all of it 6lear proat upon a political hold-up. The Union Traction company merged Itself into the new company, and after long delay set out to build the Market Street Elevated and Sub­ way system upon one of the grants. None of the other grants ever was utilized, and In order to hold the Mar­ ket street franchise the company has now been forced to relinquish over half of the franchises it was forced Into buying. * TEACHERS MUST 8H CUI>tD Nebraska County Requires Contract Not to Marry During Term. Omaha, Neb., dispatch: School au­ thorities in Otee county have decided female schoolteachers must sign a contract . not to marry during the school year belore they will be given positions hi the schools. Teachers In most of the districts in the county have married recently, causing great inconvenience to the educational sys­ tem. There is much opposition to the order, but the officials insist it will be enforced to the letter. REPUDIATES NATIONAL FLAG Mayor of Richmond, Va., Makes Radi­ cal Speech Before Convention. Richmond, Va., dispatch: In an ad­ dress before the Southern Ice ex­ change here in its seventeenth annual convention Mayor McCarthy said, re­ ferring to Richmond's having been the confederate capital: "I recognize but two flags--the state Hag of Virginia ami the battle flag of the confederacy. The stars and stripes are all right in their way, but tar me there are o»ly two flags " DEATH ENDS ESTATE QUARREL Man Dies After Lacing Mind to Dis­ pute Over Wife's Property. Charleston, 111., dispatch: Charles Leroy. a Chicago commission, man, died here at his room in a hotel. He bad been adjudged of unsound mind a few Lours before. In January he mar* rted a Mrs. Anna Knoch of this city, who was possessed of considerable property, and a disagreement concern­ ing it is said to have unsettled Leioy's mind and hastened his death. Missouri 8upreme Judge. Jefferson City, Mo., dlspatcii: Goi< Folk will commission Judge W W Graves of Butler as Jtidge of the su preme coyrt, to succeed Judge Mar- Shall.re signed. • Public Utilities Merger. Moline. 111., dispatch: The Identity of eastern capitalists interested in the recent $10,000,000 merger deal of the public utilities has been announced. The concerns are M W. Halsey A Co., McKay & Co. and J G. White & Co. Had to Sleep With Cattle. Omaha, Neb., dispatch: William O. Garber of Dewltt, Iowa, formerly of Morrison, 111., has sued for divorce on the ground that his wife made him sleep with cattle, beat him and drove him from home with s revolver. . . 1 ;• ik , Honor Dead Genefsl. Lincoln. Neb., dispatch: The body of Gen John M. Thayer was removed from the capitol, where it had rested in state, to St Paul Methodist church, where funeral services participated In by all th« military organisations of the state were held. Endows Home for Aged Women, Sterling. 111., dispatch: Mrs. Ade­ laide Prouty In her will has set aside $50,000 to construct an old ladles' home to be erected at Princeton. An endowment of $10 000 also is provided. The home Is to be for the worthy old ladies of Princeton only. Victim of Colorado Wreck. ^ "Pes Moines. Iowa, dlspatcn: James Gill of Packwood, Iowa, is now believed to be one of the unidentified victims of the Florence wreck. -Few Have Appendicitis. Omaha, Neb., dispatch: Dr. Ship- man, a prominent Omaha physician, has made the sensational statement that of &00 patients operated on for appendicitis here during the last year less than 10 per cent had the disease. Life Term for Murderer. Galesburg, 111., dispatch: Judge Thompson imposed a life sentence on George Lynch, formerly of Chicago, who confessed murdering Constable W. H. Selbert. Congressional Proceedings ; HERR MOST'S BODY IS CREMATED Memorial Meeting for Anarchist to Be Held in New York. Cincinnati, O., dispatch: The body of Johann Most, tlje anarchist, was cremated in this city shortly after 2 o'clock Tuesday afternoon. There was no religious ceremony, but some of Most's comrades delivered brief ad­ dresses before the cremation. Mrs. Most will takb her husband's ashes to New York at once and the memorial meeting Is to be held there ia a few days. CUT WAY THROUGH IRON BARS In-Escape From Jail Made by Four diana Prisoners. Vincennes, Ind., dispatch: Four prisoners in the jail here escaped Monday night by sawing their way out. The turnkey made bis usual rounds and locked all cells, but failed to see the four, who remained in the corridors of the Jail. Those escaping were Harry Corrie, convicted of grand larceny; Daniel Brown, charged with larceny; Gee*ge White, adultery; JameB Lawsoa, assault with Intent to hUL Papermakers to Raise Prices. Appleton, 'Wis., dispatch: Local papermakers are preparing to boo t prices as threatened after the dec - ion of the supreme court against t e paper trust. The pulp wood shortage is given as an excuse for a shutdown tor months. Noted Woman Author bead. Boston, Mass., dispatch: The death of Mrs. A. D. T. Whitney, the author, at her home in Milton, is an­ nounced. Mrs. Whitney's stories for young people carried her name all over America. Acquit Doctor of Manslaughter. Mattoon, III., dispatch: Dr. H. C. Van Atta of Lerna and Dr. n. Mr. Lit­ tle; of Jamesviile, charged with man­ slaughter, were acquitted in the Ef­ fingham county circuit court, the Jury being out only a short time./ . Pool Bill Is Quickly Kitted. Columbus, Ohio, dispatch: The senate by a vote of 18 to 12 defeated the Pollock poolselling bill. The bill legalized poolselling at races through­ out Ohio. Dies on Wedding Annlversa^p Keokuk, Iowa, dispatch: Sylvester Carter, a pioneer lumber dealer, died Thursday when about to celebrate the fifty-second anniversary ojf his wed­ ding. All his relatives were here for the wedding celebration. Germans Arrest French Spy. Essen, Germany, cablegram: A stranger, believed to be a French spy, was arrested here after offering a sol­ dier several thousand marks for a plan of the fortifications of Essen. WAIT MILLIONS FROM R. M'CUR The senate to-day passed the pension appropriation bill, carrying $140,000,000, The railroad rate bill was laid aside fas? the day, and the fortifications appropria­ tion bill taken up. All provision for de-»: fenses in the Philippines was eliminated ; • jnp the amount for Hawaii cut to 1260, -> 000. Consideration of the measure wasfc not completed. At 5:05 the senate wfcr.t into executive session and adjourned flf- SJI "llnutea later until to-morrow. The house was bound up in matters of small moment, that section of the legis­ lative appropriation bill fixing salaries for tne omcers and empolyes of the house be- lngr up for consideration. Many pro­ posed increases were lost on points of or- aer and great economy was exercised. Having covered less than twenty-five pages of the bill, the house adjourned at 5:20 p. m. until tD-morrow. Wednesday, March 21, 1906. The entire day in the senate was de­ voted to the consideration of the railroad rate bill. Mr. Culberson presented an amendment prohibiting corporations com­ ing under the operations of the proposed law making campaign contributions. Mr. Bailey then offered his "just compensa­ tion" amendment, and spoke on the sub­ ject. Other speeches were made by Messrs. Dolllver, Tillman, Patterson, Hey- burn and Knox. Mr. Bailey was inter­ rupted by the announcement of h!s fa­ ther's death. At 2:32 p. m., the senate went into executive session to consider the Isle of Pines treaty, and adjourned at 4:08 p. m., when the death of Representa­ tive George R. Patterson was announced. The house adjourned Immediately after it Was called to order to-dav out of re­ spect for the late George R. Patterson, a member from Pennsylvania, who died in Washington this morning. The statehood bill was made the first order of business to-morrow. Thursday, March 22, 1906. The railroad rate bill occupied prac­ tically all of the time of the senate to­ day. . Mr. Lodge spoke in -advocacy of his amendment looking to the enlargement Of the interstate commerce commission and replied sharply to some recent utter­ ances by Commissioner Prouty, Mr. Spooner devoted a speech to the technical features of the measure. The appoint­ ment of conferees on the statehood bill went over until to-morrow. A Joint reso­ lution extending from June 15 to Aug. 15, 1906, the time for opening to entry the ceded portion of the Shoshone reserva­ tion in Wyoming was passed. At 4:55 p. m. the senate went into executive ses­ sion and five minutes later adjourned until to-morrow. The statehood bill was taken from the speaker's table In the house to-day, placed in the hands of the three selected con­ ferees and a request made of the senate for a conference. There was much oppo­ sition, but the final vote was 175 to 156. The legislative appropriation bill consti­ tuted the subject for the remainder of the day. Criticism was made of the man­ agement of the library of congress, and Mr. Hardwick (Ga.) found himself op­ posed by both sides of the chamber In his endeavor to restrict the white house appropriation so as to eliminate a social secretary for the wife of the president. At 5:20 p. m. the house adjourned until to-morrow. Friday, March 23, 1906. N Mr. Spooner concluded Ills apeecb on the rail­ road rate bill In the senate to-day and Mr Tillman replied to his arguments. The fortifi­ cations appropriation measure was taken up and passed. It carries an appropriation of $125,000 for the erection of a government #ow- der factory and provides for a total expenditure of $5,278,993. At 5:20 p. m. the senate went Into executive session and adjourned seven miu- utes later until Monday. The housa to-day continued discussion of the legislative bill and a great deal of friction de­ veloped. By a strict application of the rules Mr. Prince (111.) and Mr. Hardwick (Ga.) wrought havoc .with the force of the civil serv­ ice commission' wherever Increases of salary or force were proposed, as well as other positions for which the managers of the bill could find no law. An nmcTidincr.t by Mr. Gaines (Tcnn.) providing $100,000 for a private car for the president was defeated on a point of order. After one-third of the bill had been considered the house at 8:10 p. ra. adjourned until to-mor­ row. Saturday, March 24, 1906. There was no session of the senate. Hazing at the Annapolis naval academy was dealt with by the house in the pas­ sage of a senate bill with a house sub­ stitute. An amendment, making it the duty of cadet officers to report infrac­ tions of the rules was accepted. The bill repeals that portion of existing law which makes it compulsory to dismiss midship­ men guilty or hazing in any degree and substitutes punishment according to the nature of the offense. Pension bills were taken up, and 235 were passed. At 4:35 p. m. the house adjourned till Monday. Mutual Life Company Seeks to Recover From Former President HELD RESPONSIBLE FOR WASTE Political Gontrlbutiona,* Unauthorised Salary and Expenditures, Losses Due to Neglect and Commissions Are Placed In This Category. New York dispatch: The com­ plaint in the Mutual Life Insurance company's suit- against Richard A. McCurdy was served Friday on the defendant's counsel, De Lancey Nicol! of Nicoll, An&ble & Undsay. The Mutual seeks to recover from the former president |3,370,341.66, with interest, as damages for his "un­ faithfulness and neglect." This total includes the following general speci­ fications: Political contributions, $292,500; unauthorized salary, $225,- 000; unauthorized expenditures, $600,- 000; losses due to neglect, $970,000; commissions on foreign business, $1,282,841; total, $3,370,341. Mr. McCurdy personally Is hel<f re­ sponsible for practically all the waste that has been uncovered in the Mu­ tual. If he did not know of the ex­ traordinary expenditures made he was, the company alleges, negligent In the discharge of his duties and therefore liable. The complaint served is only one of eight that will be served in actions begun by the company against the former president, his son. Robert H. McCurdy, and the members of the Metropolitan agency firm of C. H. Raymond ft Co., who include ex-Pres­ ident McCurdy's son-in-law, Louis A. Thebaud. Contains Nine Counts. Friday's complaint contains nine separate causes of action. The first five causes seek recovery in the ag­ gregate of $292,500 as alleged con­ tributions to political parties since Jan. 1, 1885. The contributions are said to have been, respectively, $15,- 000 in 1896, $35,000 in 1900, and $40,- 000 in 1904 to the republican national committee, $2,500 In 1904 to the re­ publican congress committee, and $200,000, embracing the various con­ tributions which Senator Piatt testi­ fied before the Armstrong committee had been made by the Mutual to the republican state committee since Jan. 1, 1885. President McCurdy testified before the state investigating commission that the Mutual had never contributed to the state campaigns. In connec­ tion with each of these five causes of action it is alleged: "That the said payments were un­ lawful, improvident and a waste of the assets of the plaintiff, and were made, authorized or permitted by the defendant through want of faithful­ ness and ordinary care, vigilance, and diligence in the discharge of his aforesaid duties to the plaintiffs; that the said payments were made without authority or authorization by the plaintiff, were not for any of its cor­ porate purposes, and were beyond the lawful powers of the plaintiff as a corporation; and that the defendant neglected to establish proper and ad­ equate rules and regulations to pre­ vent the said payments and the con­ tribution of the plaintiff's moneys to political parties." Wants Unauthorized Salary. " The sixth cause of action seeks to recover from Mr. McCurdy $225,000, representing the total of the $50,000 alleged increase in annual salary drawn by the ex-presilent since June 1. 1901. It is alleged that the Increase from $100,000 to $150,000 was made without authority. The seventh cause of action seeks to 'recover $600,000 as the aggregate* amount paid out by the plaintiff in the last six years on the voucher of the committee on expenditures undpr, cir­ cumstances detailed in the testimony before the Armstrong committee. The eighth cause of action charges Mr. McCurdy with being responsible for a loss to the company of $970,000 through improvidence and want of faithfulness and diligence in employ­ ing the firm of C. H. Raymond & Co. as the general agents of the Mutual in the Metropolitan district, and in con­ tinuing and even increasing the rates of commissions paid to the firm after it had become apparent that they wers making exorbitant profits at the ez< peuse of the plaintiff. The ninth cause of action relates to the sum of $1,282,841.12 received by Robert H. McCurdy as commis­ sions while superintedent of the for­ eign department from 1886 to Novem­ ber, 1905. Manufacturer Is Killed. South Bend, Ind., dispatch: David Wiser, 58, an Elkhart manufacturer, was struck by a train here while hur­ rying across the tracks, and killed. Cure Children Who Stutter. Pittsburg, Pa., dispatch: Dr. O. H. Bnnis, a Chicago specialist employed by the board of education, has found that 200 school children of Pittsburg stutter and has been engaged to cure them. ^ Dies on Wedding Anniversary. Duluth, Minn., dispatch: firin Dunlap, a pioneer of Minnesota, died at the age of 66, his death occurring on the fortieth anniversary of his wed­ ding. Sleeping Slayer Is Arrested. Springfield, 111., dispatch: J. Bai­ ter Casey, who shot and killed his wife because she had instituted di­ vorce proceedings against him, haa been arrested. He was found asleep in a railway station waiting room. Philippine Press for Wood. Manila cablegram: The American Spanish and native press of this alty sustain Ma]. Qen. 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