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a?* *s.t| Tie McUcnry Plaindealer Published by CU 8CHR£INER« McHENRY. ILLINOIS. Keep your overcoat handy. Time for the weather man to atop Ui bad guessing. An Ohio man advertises for a home­ ly wife. And in leap year, too. If New York la to have hold-ups, tt should restore the old stage coach. The email boy with bat and ball beat the robin to the green swards. Aviators are doing wonderful stunts, but the toll of death does not stop. RAIL TARIFFS ARE NIT COMMERCE COMMISSION RULES STATE RATES MUST APPLY ACROSS BORDER. MINORITY OPPOSES PLAN Par Reaching Principle la Established In Case of Louisiana Body Against Roads Operating In That State and Texas. The hatless man and the slippered woman are two of a kind • this weather. A heart tbrob specialist tells us that It is possible to marry on $10 a week, but why? Dogs once ran under the wagon-- now they ride on the seat of the automobile. A Chicago man wants a divorce be­ cause his wife refuses to cook. What a ridiculous plea! Washington.--In an opinion made public here the interstate commerce commission established the far-reach­ ing principle that a railroad must ao adjust its rates that justice will be | done between communities regardlesa of state lines. If a railroad makes a low rate upon traffic wholly within a state, even when forced to do so by a state com­ mission, it must accord the same rate to interstate traffic moving under sub­ stantially similar conditions. The prin­ ciple was laid down by a vote of 4 to 3. The minority held that the powers of congress were usurped by the ma­ jority opinion and that the remedy for «uch a situation should be applied through additional legislation in the case of the railroad commission of Louisiana against the St. Louis Southwestern railway and other car­ riers operating between Louisiana and Texas. The opinion of the majority of the Interstate commission, prepared and handed down by Commissioner I/»ne, is a definite assertion of the su­ premacy of national regulatory author­ ity over the powers exercised by any state. It is. the first time this assertion has been made distinctly by the commis­ sion. In making It Chairman Prouty and Commissioners Clark and Meyer concurred with Commissioner Lane, and Commissioners Clements, Harlan and McChord dissented. The proceeding brought by the Louisiana commission placed in issue i the ri^ht of interstate carriers to dis­ criminate in favor of state traffic and against interstate traffic. "The gravamen of the complaint," the opinion says, "is that the defend- No one likes to discuss the trou- j ant carriers make rates out of Dallas bles in Chihuahua because no one i 611 ̂ other Texas points into eastern BRIBE HEARING BEGUN i.,,.. '»•» --••• jr. • >. i POLICEMAN TESTIFIES AGAINST NEW MEXICO LEGISLATORS. No. gentle reader, there is no re­ semblance between the turkey trot and the chicken reel. A bee travels 48.000 miles to get a pound of honey, but bees are not both­ ered by railroad rates. What's in a name? An expert in­ forms us that clam chowder Is being made out of jack rabbits. # Any man who tells you that he habitually works 18 hours a day exag­ gerates at least six hours. The auto for many purposes has poshed the horse aside, but it will never do for an equestrian statue. A prominent dentist says false teeth are more sanitary than real ones. This is a reflection on nature. can pronounce the name of the prov­ ince. A scientist tells us how to find oat the age of a fish. But what rule can be give us for finding the size of a fish? Eggehaped bonnets will be worn for Easter. Another dastardly plot on the part of the milliners to raise the price. A Texas preacher arises to remark that a man will not tell a lie if th« troth is easier. The preacher is not a fisherman. A New Tork sculptor killed himself because his work was inartistic, so he must have hated the thought of making money. The New Yorker who was sent to jail for the theft of a loaf of bread is looked upon by his fellow New York­ ers as r piker. One of our scientists tells us that poets are mad, but they are not half as mad as the editor who is flooded with spring poems. Reckless joy riders should be pat to work on the streets and roada. Then their speed could be utilized with poetic justice. Why do sociologists declare that a man cannot live on $620 a year when lota of them are supporting families | fective upon state traffic, that carrier Texa3 which are much lower than those which they extend into Texas from Shreveport, La. A rate of 60 cents carries first-class traffic to the eastward from Dallas a dlstai ce of 160 miles, while the same rate of 60 cents will carry the same class of traffic only fifty-five miles into Texas from Shreveport." ' The low rate within the state of Texas was forced upon the railroads by the Texas railroad commission in furtherance of a policy to protect and promote the jobbing interests of Tex­ as. ' The Louisiana commissioif and that state's commercial Interests declared that Louisiana was being - discrimi­ nated against because of the exaction of the higher rates from Shreveport westward and demanded an adjust­ ment of the rates. The contention of Louisiana waa sustained by the commission absolute­ ly. The majority held: That the present class rates from Shreveport to Texas points were un­ reasonable and prescribed lower rates which must be put into effect by May 1. That the present relation of rates east-bound and west-bound from Shreveport gives an undue preference to Dallas and Houston and other Texas cities and the carriers are or­ dered to establish the same rates on west-bound as on eastbound traffic. That If a state, by the exercise of Its lawful power, establishes rates which the interstate carrier makes ef- on no greater wages? SparrowB have been taught to sing like canaries, but we have lost ail bope lq the cultivation of the feline voice. Tom Edison says there will be no poverty in 100 years, but in the mean­ time the ultimate consumer is not in danger of dying rich. A statistician informs us that there are 170,000,000 English speaking peo* pie, but he does not tell us how many of them speak English. does so with the full knowledge that the federal gbvernment requires it to apply such rates under like conditions upon interstate traffic. That to say that an interstate car­ rier may discriminate against inter­ state commerce because of the order of a state commission would be to ad- ! mit that a state may limit and pre- 1 scribe the flow of commerce between ! the states. J The conclusion of the majority opinion is a vigorous assertion of the j paramount authority of the national government over all interstate traffic. A--, New York millionaires sometimes ! CHINESE SHOOT 3 AMERICANS make good use of their money, even j if the methods by which they acquired it cannot be commended. A gun made of oement is the latest thing in Implements of war. The in­ ventor has not yet determined wheth­ er it is safer to stand at the muzzle or at the breech. It is said that the people of this country ate $200,000,000 worth of ice cream last year i; seems that the soda fountain clerk has developed into an important citizen. Men, Believed to be Missionaries, Are Attacked and Wounded at Wushan. Ichang, Province of Hupeh, China.-- A telegram received here from Wu­ shan, Province of Szechwan, Bays that three Americans--Messrs. Hicks, Hoffman and Sheldon, who are pre­ sumed to be missionaries--were at­ tacked while exploring the gorges in the Yangtse river in a boat and three were robbed and wounded. Hicks is reported killed. Five Ecuadorean generals have been hanged, but tt is said that Ecuadorean generals can be found hanging around almost any street corner. A Chicago man returned home the other day and found two wives at the •tation to greet him. Of the warmth of his welcome there can be no doubt. Whenever a warship and an ocean liner collide, the warship generally gets the worst of it All of which •peaks well for the firhtinv of warships. Three Are Killed In Fight. Raylersville, Ky-- In a fight here Charlfs May, aged seventeen, and Wli- liam P. Day, aged nineteen, were shot and killed by Harry Raybourn, aged nuieteen, who was himself fatally stabbed. The three young men were cousins. The fight atarted over a trivial matter. Veterinary Kicked to Death. T^arimore, N. D--Dr. J. D. Camp­ bell of Ijiritnore. a vfitarjniiry and a member of the state board of veterln- , artans, was kicked to death by a horse. TMtt About Bathroom fhcldeht--Ac­ cused Men Declare They Are Conspiracy Victims. Santa Fe, H. If.--Mounted Po- liceman A. A. Sena, who testified before the boose committee of fif­ teen at the investigation of bribery charges against Representatives Lo- cero, Montoya and Cordova, under­ went a severe cross-examination, but his story was not shaken. Sena told of having beard a. con­ versation between Elfejto Baca, the prosecuting witness, and the four de­ fendants in a room at the Palace hotel, in which the defendants prom­ ised, h<. said, to vote for any candi­ date for the senate that Baca might designate. He declared when the money waa passed that Baca clapped his hands aa a signal, and the witnesses. Ven- ceslao, Jaramillo and Jose D. Sena, who had bee nwaiting in an adjoining bath room, stepped in. The wl&nese said he took the money, relating how part ol it had been thrust under a bed quilt. Q He told of recovering a $20 gold piece half an hour after the arrests, from the defendant Lucero, who had it in his vest pocket Questions asked by the defense in­ dicated that counsel for the accused will seek to show a conspiracy ex­ isted to get the four legislators out of the way because they would not vote in a certain way in the senatorial con- teat The men were arrigned before District Judge David J. Leahy. They waived preliminary examination and bail was fixed at $2,000 each. MEN REFUSED WAGE INCREASE Coal Operators Will Not Grant De­ mands of Miners--200,000 in Four States Ready to Strike. Cleveland, O. -- All the demands of the 200,000 miners In the bituminous coal fields of western Pennsylvania, Ohio, Indiana and Illinois for a ten. per cent, increase in pay and shorter working hours were voted down by the operators here. As a final effort to prevent a pro­ longed shut-down of the mines after April 1, and possibly a strike, the whole dispute was then referred to a subcommittee. The subcommittee, composed of eight miners' delegates and eight operators, will convene to consider the possibility of a compro­ mise to be recommended to the gen­ eral conference. Both operators and miners declared, arter the union demands had been re­ fused, that the coal situation through­ out the country was grave. Intima­ tions were made by John P. White, president of the United Mine Workers of America, that the negotiations here might continue a few days longer, un­ til the union's policy committee will convene. Besides the 200,000 miners in the four states directly concerned, 150,000 bituminous coal miners in other states are dependent upon the present delib­ erations for a basis of making their wage scale, and In addition tthe policy committee will consider the wage de­ mands of about 170,000 anthracite miners. It was pointed out by Presi­ dent White that the wages of more than 500,000 union miners after April were in dispute, and that the coal output of the country, other than that mined by nonunion men. was involved. I 34 HEROES HO FINAL TRIBUTE PAID TO UN­ IDENTIFIED BODIES OF MAINE MARTYRS. THOUSANDS ATTEND FUNERAL Services Begin In White House Grounds and End at Arlington Cemetery--President Taft and Cab­ inet Present at Ceremonies. NEGRO CONVICT IS LYNCHED Black Kills Guard, Fires on Others- Mob Takes 8iayer From Sheriff and Hang Him. Cochran, Oa. -- A negro convict. Homer Howell, was lynched after he had killed Guard Joseph Coody, aged forty, and attempted to shoot down two other guards in the convict camp a mile from here. Howell and sixty other men in the camp, It is said, had plotted to escape. Newa of the killing spread quickly. Howell, guarded by deputy sheriffs, was being taken to Hawklnsvllle, ten miles from this place, when a mob Washington.--The nation has paid final tribute to its martyred dead. The chief officials of the United States hon­ ored the memory of the men who per­ ished in Havcna harbor fourteen years ago when an explosion destroyed the battleship Maine. Thirty-four unidenti­ fied bodies recovered from the wreck­ age were interred In Arlington ceme­ tery with ceremonies that were most Impressive. President Taft was pres­ ent, as were also members of the cabi­ net, other high government officials, many officers and men of the navy and army and thousands of private citizens. The funeral began with services in the park behind the White House and a procession thence, the escort be­ ing second in size only to that at the funeral of President McKlnley. At the cemetery the services were conducted by Rev. G. Livingston Bayard, chaplain of the Washington navy yard, and Rev. Father John P. Chadwick, who was chaplain of the Maine at the time of its destruction. The thirty-four burled were the last of the martyrs recovered from the Maine wreck, the other 227 having been taken out shortly after the ex­ plosion, when they were identified, shipped to their several former homes in different parts of the country and buried in separate private funerals by their families. The last thirty-four bodies, however, which had lain under Havana harbor for fourteen years, could not be identified, so the one great funeral was arranged as a trib­ ute of the nation to her heroes. ALLENS OFFER TO SURRENDER Outlaws' Last Hope Is to Avoid Death Chair for Crime--8ldna Edwards is Captured. Hlllsvllle, Va.--The hunt for the Al­ iens is drawing to a close. With Sidna Edwards, one of the five original fugi­ tives captured and behind the bars of the little jail here, the Aliens are weakening. They are going back upon of fifty armed men took the prisoner their lifelong boast that while they and quickly strung him up to a tele- nilght be arrested they would never phone pole. TO SAVE RICHESON'S LIFE stand for conviction. They have sent an emissary to the officials at Roanoke and have offered to surrender. Counsel for Confessed Boston Murder* er Consults With Governor Fos*-- Hopes for Prison Sentence. Boston, Mass.--Efforts to save Clar­ ence V. T. Rlcheson, the confessed murderer of AvU Llnnell, from death in the electric chair began when his counsel. William A. Morse, conferred with Governor Foss. The date set for the execution Is May 19. Mr. Morse said no petition for commuta­ tion would be sent to the governor for two weeks at least. Richeson's friends hope to obtain a life sentence for him. BARS PUBLIC DRINKING CUP Girl Wins $15,000 8ult. Cincinnati.--A jury here awarded Kansas Board of Health Orders Them „ Removed From All Cities in * the 8tate. Topeka, Kan.--To prevent the spread of epidemic diseases, the state board ol health issued an order that public drinking cups must be removed from all the cities of Kansas. City officials were notified the order must be enforced rigidly and business men were requested to remove common drinking cups from their places of business Plans 8tate Ownership. Phoenix, Ariz.--State ownership of MIbs Lillian 'Sucher $15,000 damages all Industries that pertain to the de- agalnst William Burger, a merchant. The girl, who formerly was employed in Burger's store, sued for $25,000, charging breach of promise. A man In Philadelphia asked for di­ vorce on account of his life's being made miserable by bis wife's nine cats. As they had eight other lives apiece over and above his own, he decided not to risk that one any long­ er with the odds so great against him. A Milwaukee court has decided that fktbers have a legal right to whip sweethearts of their daughters who propose elopement. This judicial de­ cision will uphold opposition to the common idea that in sentimental mat- .0era everybody Jus a right but faifca* Army Officer Is Dismissed. Washington--President Taft has approved the sentence of dismissal of First IJeut. Orra L. Houser, Philippine scout, convicted by court-martial of drunkenness on duty and inflicting cruel and unauthorized punishment on enlisted men under his command. Trains in Collision; Many Injured. Peru, Ind.--Head-on collision at Wolf creek, near Plymouth, north of here, between passenger and freight trains on the Lake Shore & Western road. Several nersons were injured. Would Oust Stephenson. Washington.--A resolution declar­ ing that Senator Isaac Stephenson of Wisconsin was not legally elected, and that his seat should be declared velopment of natural resources was provided for in a bill Introduced in the senate by Senator Worsley of Tuc­ son. Under the bill the state would own oil wells, refineries and mines and sell the products to th«e people. Santa Pe to Spend $22,000,000. Topeka, Kan.--Announcement was made that the Atchison, Topeka ft vacant, was offered here by Senator I Santa Fe railway had appropriated $22,- Jones of Washington. Warden's Funeral Is Held. Lincoln, Neb.--The funeral of James Delahunty, warden of the Ne­ braska prison, killed on March 13, by two escaping convicts, was held here. All officials and hundreds of the foremost people of the state attended. Great Lakes Man Dies. Buffalo.--Capt. Lewis Talbot, eigh­ ty-nine years old. said to be the old­ est navigator on the great lakes, died at his home here. For 80 years Cap­ tain Talbot had sailed the lakes in the capacity of owner and master. 000,000 for Improvements this year. Famous Qulnn-Peck Suit Dismissed. New York.--The $100,000 suit .for breach of promise that Miss Esther Qulnn brought against Harry Thurston HEAR MINERS CRY 75 VICTIM8 APPEAL THROUGH PIPE FOR HELP. Fifty-Five Bodies Have Been Recov­ ered--Twenty-Five Men Brought Out Alive. McCurtaln, Okla.--Pitiful cries for help, conveyed to the surface through a small air pipe, were distinctly heard from the seventy-five miners still Im­ prisoned in the shaft of the San Bols mine. For several hours the imprisoned men, 200 feet below the shaft open­ ing, could be heard as they attempted to tell their exact plight and location to the rescuers on the ground above. Every means was taken to understand the words, but nothing more than the cries and a murmured jumble of con­ versation was audible. Tappings, the sound of which was conveyed along another air pipe, re­ sulted in the rescue of fourteen more survivors of the terrible explosion. This makes Just twenty-five miners brought to the surface since the rescuers started to work, and still leaves in the vicinity of seventy-five men battling for their lives against the poisonous gases and black damp in the crowded shafts. No way is known to tell the number who have already succumbed to the lack of oxy­ gen. SAYS HE SENT BOMB TO JUDGE Man Arrested ae Vagrant In Florida Admite Mailing Infernal Machine to Roaalakl. Jacksonville, Fla.--Fred Price, alias Fred NewBom, arrested as a vagrant, confessed to having sent! the infernal machine to Judge Rosalski of New York recently. Newsom says he mailed the bomb to New York from one of the small towns near Jacksonville and says that if the detectives make an investigation they frill find the records show the package containing the infernal machine was sent to Judge Rosalski as he says. The man claims to have been an old friend of Folke E. Brandt. FIRE HORROR TRIALS HALTED Court Rules Proprietors of Shirtwaist Company Cannot Be Placsd In Jsopardy Again. New York.--Justice Seabury ruled that Max Blanck and Isaac Harris, proprietors of the Triangle Shirtwaist company, In whose factory 142 lives were lost last March by fire, could not be placed a second time in jeopardy and retried on a charge of manslaugh­ ter. At a former trial the defendanta were acquitted. DEFEAT FOR MEXICAN "REBS" Both 8ldee Reported to Have Suffered Heavy Loeses in Battle Fought Nssr Jimlnsz. Mexico City.--The vanguard of the federal army, numbering 500 men, commanded by Gen. Truoy Aubert, de­ feated 1,800 rebels under General Salazar near Jlmlnez, according to re­ ports received here. Heavy losses on both sides are re­ ported. For five hours the federals with­ stood vicious attacks of the rebels, whom they finally routed. To Hear Amundsen First. Washington.--Roald Amundsen, dis­ coverer of the south pole, will visit the United States next January. He will deliver his first North American lecture on the successful antarctic expedition before the National Geo­ graphic society in Washington. Qlanta Re less* Latham. Dallas, Tex.--Arlie Latham, haa been carried by the New Giants in the capacity of coaching clown for the past four years, has been released. who York Oldest U. S. Mason Dead. Minneapolis, Minn.--William Holt, ag«t» eighty-seven, thought to be the oldest Mason in the United States in Peck, formerly a professor at Columbia {the point of membership and a rest- university, has been dismissed by Su­ preme Court Justice Platxek because of a technical defect in complainL B. B. Johnson's Mother Die*. Cincinnati--Mrs. Eunice C. John- son, mother B. B. Johnson, presi­ dent of the American baseball league and member of the national baseball commission, died at her home here. dent of Minneapolis since 1865, is dead at his home here. He waa a mem­ ber of the Portland lodge. No. 1, Join­ ing the organisation In the tOa. "Father of House" Critically III. Philadelphia.--Congressman Henry H. Bingham of the First Pennsylvania district, "father of the bouse," ie ertfcr ically ill at hla home here. AGED MAN NEARLY DROWNS IN BED MMry Frohman, Paralytic, Sew Water From Burst Main Creep Up to Him. Now York.--Henry Frohman,•para­ lytic of 70, Is suffering from shock following an explosion which flooded the basement at 203-207 Eaat Forty- eighth street, In which he lay help­ less on his cot. He was rescued when the water was up to his neck. Frohman heard the explosion in the street and a few minutes later saw a tiny stream of water trickle down the door step and into his room. The stream Increased in volume and tbo water rose about his bed. Then he began to call for his wife, who Is janitress of the building,' but she waa on one of the upper floors LEWIS" Single Binder TOstg mo?p. other 6o cigars. Made of extjra qualita tobacco. w&NTED 10 TRAVELING ---- MOTORCYCLE SALESMEN Who can earn $189(1 yearly and all expenses, to. those who can qimlify, ami are willing to purchase a SAMPLE MACHINE at a special low P»i«e» a SftlSWO ie offered... WriteOotek PEERLESS MOTOROYOLE OOMPANY 28 J Co I umbos Avsnue, Boston, Mian, He Waa Reecusd When the Water Was Up to His Neck. and did not hear him. When a chair and a table began to float about the room he made a desperate effort and raised his head upon his elbow. It was this that saved his life. Policeman Donovan and Frederick Miller, a chauffeur, both of whom live in the house, came through the base­ ment and carried Frohman to safety, just as he had given up hope. The water was then three and a half feet deep. Outside, the walk had been ripped up and a stream was shooting 25 feet in the air from a bursted 18-inch pipe. Nobody knew how to stop the flow and in was half an hour before the wafer waa shut off. Meanwhile the basements in all the honses In the neighborhood had been flooded and many tenants were busy carrying furniture into the street and to upper stories. It was necessary for the police to place guards over the furniture piled in the streets, and while the flood con­ tinued the reserves formed lines and refused to permit any one to enter the danger eone. NAILS INTO WIFE'S SPINE Husband Alleged to Have Inflicted Torture In Form Preferred by Ancient Jezebel. Wilkesbarre, Pa.--Accused of Inflict­ ing on his wife the weird and deadly form of torture which the ancient Jezebel preferred for her most dead­ ly foes, Stanley Vehenas Is under ar­ rest here. It is alleged upon corrobo­ rated testimony that the man actually drove two nails Into his wife's spine. Jealous rage is given as the cause (or the deed. Vehenas lived in a community of aliens in a settlement where several families of foreigners herd together, using what few household effects they possess In common. 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WALKER, PITTSBUROH, Pa., are Issuing1 a fine 224-page Book No. 18A showing: how a million families ar« getting $2.00 worth of foods, soaps, cloth­ ing1, furniture, etc- for $1.00. Over thlrty- flve hundred articles. Write for tree copy today. Costly Necesaities. A woman who wants alimony says her face powder costs her $100 a year. We shudder to think what she must spend for tooth paste. Or hairpins. Or shoestrings. There is one thing certain. The husband with a wife like that should deal directly with the factories and cut out the middleman. AT POKER. /c Writhing in Pain and Helpleae. # lenoe against his wife. According to a story told by his son, he overpow­ ered his wife last week, bound her with ropes and then with a hatchet drove two nails into her spinal col­ umn. Writhing in pain and helpless, she screamed with all her power and summoned aid from the neigborhood. She was taken to the hospital, whei*® she Is in a sem-consclous condition and doctors fear she will not roeover. Would Tax Female Cats. Trenton. N. J.--A bill Introduced Into the assembly and backed by the state game and flah commission would place a tax of $1 on female cats. Rat Causes,Death. Ithaca, NT. Y.--Awakened at said* night by a rat, Mrs. Edward Van Of* der dropped dead of fright. 4W/0 Horan--Is O'Brien a good bluffer? Boran--No; whenever he gets a aphade he spits on his hands. NO WORDS WA8TED Swift Transformation Briefly scribed. De- About food, the following brief but emphatic letter from a Georgia wom­ an goes straight to the point and Is convincing. "My frequent attacks of indigestion and palpitation of the heart cui* minated in a sudden and desperate ill­ ness, from which I arose enfeebled in mind and body. The doctor adylsed me to live on cereals, but none of them agreed with me until I tried Orape-Nuts food and Postum. "The more I used of them the more I felt convinced that they were just what I needed, and In a short time they made a different woman of me. My stomach and heart troubles disap­ peared as if by magic, and my mind was restored and is as clear as It ever was. "I gained flesh and strength so rap* idly that my friends were astonished. Postum and Qrape-Nuts have benefited me so greatly that I am glad to bear this testimony." Name given by Postum Co., Battle Creek, Mich. "There's a reason," and It is explained In the little book, "The Road to WdB- ville," in Pkgg. ®v*r read the skm Ictterf A sew mae appears tfm ttSM to «!•>. Titer are renulae, trwe, mm* (all at huua latere* t. h ..