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THE MeflENRY PLAlftDEALER ^ kcHENRY PLAINDEALBR CO. McHENRT, • . ILLINOIS. TOLD IN- i A * - V'* . "President Harvle Jordan of the Southern Cotton association has is- iraed a circular letter to' the farmers of the South saying the association •will not ask the farmers to reduce the cotton acreage for 1906. The present estimated 27,000,000 acres planted in cotton is regarded sufficient under normal climatic conditions to produce enough cotton to meet the demands of spinners. Webster Davis, former mayor of Kansas City and assistant secretary of tJbe interior under President Mc- Kinley, who left the republican party tecause of his sympathy with the Boers, has announced his return to the party in a statement issued at Los An­ geles, Cal., lauding Theodore Roose­ velt. - In order to clear the title- to the New York Stock ExcUhnge seat of Holzman & Co., bankrupts, Trustee Boyden applied to the federal district court in Cincinnati for an injunction to restrain W. J. Odell from interfer­ ing with the sale of the seat and a temporary writ was issued. Odell is declared to claim title to the seat through a transfer secured from Charles Henrotin of Chicago, a mem­ ber of the firm of Holzmfcn & Co. The country home of Charles James, a widower, aged 65 years, was burned at Hamilton, O. James-* charred corpse was found in the ruins. Oscar Gibson, a farm hand, was convicted in the circuit court at Ke- wanee, 111., of attempt to assault two young women near Outing Park, east of Kewanee. By executive order President Roose­ velt has abolished the Sidney, Neb., land office and transferred the work to the North Platte, Neb., office, , to take effect Feb. 28, 1906. The Kennebec Spinning mills at Richmond, Me., were sold at auction for $33,000 under a foreclosure judg­ ment to P. J. Chaplin of Boston, chair­ man of the first mortgage bondhold­ ers' committee. The navy department has decided to sell the transport Zaflro, which is now at the Puget sound naval station. The Zafiro was bought by the navy department in 1898 for $80,000. "It Is roughly estimated that the ship now should sell for $25,000. Judge Belden at Hamilton, O., ap­ pointed a committee of three lawyers to Institute disbarment proceedings against Attorney U. P. Bickley, for­ merly democratic nominee for con­ gress in the third Ohio district, who Is accused of misapproiating $1,800 as an administrator of the Charles Gath- man estate. E. W. Kirkpatrick of McKinnney, Tex., was elected president of the Na- tlona- Nut Growers' association. George Taylor Simonton, the pros­ pector, who was reported to have been murdered in Mexico, is at Santa A"*"!, Mexico, alive and well. Lord Rothschild of London has been appointed a director -of the Grand Trunk railway to SH the vacancy caused by the death of I* J. Sargeant, former general manager. Senator Warner of Missouri and a delegation from his state called on Secretary Root and urged the appoint­ ment of EL E. E. McJimsy of St. Jo­ seph, Mo., as counsel general to Mex­ ico. The body of Sheriff W. B. Johnson of Fernandino, Fla., was found on the beach and all appearances pointed to the belief that he was murdered. Dr. H. F. Brooks, ^former pnincipal of the Uniontown (Pa.) public schools, who was arrested several months ago in London, Eng., on a charge of em­ bezzlement, has been found guilty. The first legal execution in the his­ tory of Fulton county, Georgia, for the crime of assault took place at At­ lanta, ifhen Jim Walker, the self-con* Wieted negro , -assailant i* Mrs. Alice Moore, was hanged. Mrs. Virginia Pierson, aged 70, of Oshkosh, W5s., has begun suit for di­ vorce against Joseph Pierson, aged 80, alleging that her husband and three of her daughters plotted to place her In an insane asylum. At the Plankinton cafe at Mitchell, 8. D/, two masked robbers held up a •crowd of fifteen men. While one rob­ ber stood guard the other searched the victims. The rpbbers secured sev­ eral hundred dollars. Because she was cheated out of 10 6ents in the purchase of a preparation represented to be bug poison, but •which turned out to be something else, Mrs. E. R. Payne went all the way from Minnesota to testify before the Columbus (Ohio) grand jury against George W. Barnhard of Chllll- cothe. - Theodore Larson, confessed murder­ er of Horse Trader Nels Nelson in Crookston, Minn.* Oct 16, 1903, was released from custody, no true bill of evidence being returned by the grand Jury against him. The confession was denied by Larson and the state was •without a slip of evidence. " Congressman W. Bourke Cockran ;.v elected grand sachem of Tam many h&ll. Anthony Fiala of Brooklyn, N. Y., ' the arctic explorer, and Miss Claire Peryear were married at the bride's feome in Nashville, Tenn. v I- W. Haiiman, president of the Wells-Fargo-Nevada National bank. > representing a syndicate of New York and San Francisco financial institu tions, has completed a deal for the trarchase of $14,500,000 of the bonds Qf Jhe Spring Valley Water company Of t California. At 'the annual meeting of the Illinois " Millers' association A. Dow of Pitts- fleld was elected president -Monsignore Giuseppi Aversa, apos- delegate to Cuba and Porto Rico, reached New York on his way to i j' the late Archbishop Cbanelle. LATEST CASH MARKET REPORTS. Chicago Produc®. Butter--Extra creamery, 2i 25%c; firsts, 19#21e; second renovated. dairies, C firsts. 18c; ladles. 1<>V4@17C; pac! 15^^160: storage, 22@22\&e. Kstrs--Ftesh stock at mark, new cases Included. 20H@2o\c; cases returned, 20® 25c: firsts, 25e; primfe firsts, packed In whitewood cases. 29c; packed for city trade. Sic; storage eggs. 20c. Cheese--Full crfam. daisies, iSe; twins, ll>4@ll%c; young Ar»eiicas, 13c; long horns. I2%@13c; Swiss, block. 1214®12%c; dium, J8«4g; limburger, choice, oft grades, 6@8c; brick, 12@12V4c; off grades. 8@ 10c. Fish--Black b^ss, 15c; carp and bulfalo. 2c; pike, 7e; pfifkerel, 5c; perch, 4c; sun- fish.. 2@3c; croppies, 2^6c. Live poultry--Turkeys, per lb, 13c; chickens, fowls, 10c: roosters, 7c; springs, 10c per lb; ducks, 10%@llc; geese. $6@9. Game--Rabbits, |1#1.25 per doz; opos­ sum. 25@40c apiece; bear saddles, 12@ 12%c per lb; venison carcasses, 15©16o per lb. Apples--Jonathans, $8.50@6.?5 per brl; Greenings, $3.2a@4.25 per brl; 20-os., S3.2S @4 per brl; Kings, $3.50@4.25 per brl. Green Vegetables--Beets. 60c per sack; carrots, home-grown, $3 per 100 bunches; cabbage, $1.35<§2 per crate; celery, ?&c@ •1.35 per box; cucumbers. $1.50 per doi; radishes, hothouse, 40@60c per do«.| spin­ ach, 40@50c per tub; tomatoes, $1.25® 1.50 per case; lettuee, head, $1@4 per bbi; leaf, 33@40c per case; potatoes, car lots, on track, 53@65c per bu; turnips, 65@75c per sack; string beans, $1.50@2.o0 per box; squash, 75c per doz; watercress. 20c per doz; sweet potatoes, Illinois. $1.50@3.25; Jeiseys. J2 per bbl; horseradish, 75c per bunch; eggplant. $2.50@3 per.crate; pump­ kins, 50 @ 75c per doz. Broomcorn--Market firm; self-working, common to choice, $50@8» per ton; hurl, common to choice, $5G@90 per .tod: dwarf, $60<g>70 per ton. v. Grain Quotations. .• WHEAT. Chicago--No. 2 red. 8S'A@89^c. . New York--No. 2 red, 96%c. Minneapolis--No. 1 northern, 83%& St. Louis--No. 2 red, 93c. T '?• Duluth--No. 1 northern, 84c. * - • Kansas City--No. 2 hard, 81c., •- Milwaukee--No. 1 northern, 86tife CORN. • Chicago--No. S, 44c. Liverpool--American mixed, 4s U&d. New York--No. 2. 55c. Peoria--No. 3, 43%c. St. Louis--No. 2, 43c. Kansas City--No. 2 mixed, 43)&c. Milwaukee--No. 3, 44%c. OATS. Chicago--Standard, 32@S2%C. New York--Mixed. 36^c. St. Louis--No. 2, 32c. Kansas City--No. 2 mixed, 31)4e. Milwaukee--Standard, 32ttc. Live Stock. CATTLE. Chicago--$1.50@6.50. Omaha--$1.75® 5.95. Kansas City--$1.75@6.25. St. Louis--$2 @5.90. St. Joseph--$1.85@5.95. New York--$1.50@6.50. HOGS. • ' • Chicago--$4.25@5.05. * Omaha--$3.75(g"4.95. Kansas City--$3.50@4.90. St. Louis--$4.15@5. St. Joseph--$3.75@4.85. New York--$5.25@5.35. SHEEP AND LAMBS. Chicago--$2.50@7.50. Omaha--$3.75 @7.25. Kansas City-- $4.25@7.10. St. Louis--$4@7.25. St. Joseph--S4.50@7.15. New York--$4.75®8.50. CONGRESSIONAL DOINGS IN CONDENSED FORM SHlr" [Tuesday, December 5, 1908.] The Senate gave practically all of Its time to listening to the reading of the President's message. The document re­ ceived the closest attention. At 2:50 o'clock the Senate adjourned as a mark of respect to lh-3 memory of the late Benjamin F. Marsh, member of the House from Illinois. President Roosevelt's message received the attention of the House for two and a half hours, and it was applauded. Pre­ liminary steps were taken toward appro­ priating the needed emergency funds for the Panama Canal, and this matter will be the business for to-morrow. The House received and ordered referred to one of the regular election committees i protest from the fifth congressional dis­ trict of Illinois stating that Anthony Michnlek, who was sworn in as a member of the House from that district, is not a litiaen of the United States. Upon mo­ tion of Mr. Goldfoele of New Yoi'k a reso­ lution was read expressing the sympathy ">f the American people for the distressed Russian Jews. The resolution * was or­ dered printed In the public record and referred to the committee on foreign af­ fairs. On the announcement of the death at John M. Pinckney. late member from Texas, the Hpuse agreed to resolutions In hts memory, and at 4 o'clock adjourned as a further mark of respect. Wednesday, December S, 1905. The Senate began business in earnest, several hundred bills and resolutions be­ ing introduced. Some of the more im­ portant follow. By Mr. Frye--Concerning private pensions..'. By- Mr. Newlands-- Directing the interstate commerce eurri- mission to frame an act for the incorpora­ tion of interstate railroads. By Mr. Cul­ berson--Setting aside one-half of the un­ appropriated public lands in the Philip­ pines belonging to the United States t6 aieate a permanent free school fund. By Mr. Frye--Providing for a national uni­ versity. By Mr. Foiaker--A railroad rate regulation bill. By Mr. Gallinger--For a merchant marine subsidy. A resolution directing the committee on judiciary to Inquire into and report whether under the Constitution Congress has authority to supervise marine, fire «and life in­ surance was adopted without debate. At 1:56 p. m. the Senate went into executive session, confirming the appointments of Secretary of State Root, Assistant Secre­ tary of State Bacon and Justice o' the Court of Appeals of the District of Coluh^- Ibia McComas. At 2:07 p. m. the Senate adjourned as a mark of respect to the memory of John S. Plnkney, late repre­ sentative from Texas. The House, In committee of the whole, considered -the emeigency appropriation, bill for the Panama Canal, after the com­ mittee on rules had prepared a rule to force consideration of the measure, and of waters at Sault Ste. Marie also ar» asked by the commission. Ind op fraud good* Msi» Chief Wiley Tells Warehouse Wares Must Be Stamped. Washington dispatch: Chief Chem­ ist Wiley of the department of agri­ culture told the American Warehouse, Men's association that the time is not far distant when all cold storage goods must be stamped cold storage-^ goods. "There Is a widespread prejudice in this country ' against warehouse goods," he said. "A little of it may be just; a great deal of it is unjust;! but just the same these prejudices must be respected. You cannot beat a prejudice out of a man's head with a club; it must be educated out of him, and the be^t procedure, to my way of thinking, is to label your goods. , "The consumer has a right tp. know- just" Wiat h6 is buying." " 'ky.'* *k-; Fight Private Car Lines. Washington special: A strong fight to .secure a better regulation of private, car companies is being made by a del­ egation of commission merchants. A committee representing commission merchants will remain in Washington until congress passes tho railroad"rate bill. The commission business has been greatly affected by the practice* of the private car companies to en­ courage shipments direct to consum­ ers and dealers instead of through commission merchants. Two New States. Washington dispatch: Two new states will be admitted into the Union. One will be composed of Indian, terri- HOW CONGRESS STANDS. Gen. A. W. Greely of the army pre­ sided at the final public meeting of the second annual conference of the na­ tional child labor committee in Wash­ ington. Addresses were made by Dr. Felix Adler, the chairman of the com­ mittee, and Rev. A. J. McKelway, as­ sistant secretary of the national com­ mittee. Frederick A. Mollter, chief engineer of the Midland Valley railroad of Ar­ kansas, has accepted the position of supervisor of railroads In the Philip­ pines to which he was appointed by the secretary of war. Billiards is a game of skill, not one of chance, according to a St. Louis Judge, who reversed the decision of a justice fining Frank Leslie flO tor betting on a game of billards. Representatives of Thomas F. Ryan completed a deal at Richmond, Va-, for the purchase from Henry McHarg of all the properties of the Virginia Iron and Coke company, Including mineral land in three states and the Virginia and Southwestern railway, for $12,000,000. Baroness von Zedwitz Issued a statement at Peoria saying that she and her sister the Marchioness des Monstiers, had no thought of return­ ing to the Roman Catholic church. She declared she was visiting Peoria on business. She visited Archbishop Spalding and talked with him for an hour. John EL Ward, ex-adjutant general of Indiana,- removed from office by Gov. Hanly, has paid into the state treasury the full amount of the short­ age charged against him. Among the young women to become Sisters of Providence at St. Mary's of the Woods at Terre Haute were Misses Hall, Bursa, Hart and McCabe of Chicago. Harry B. Hurd and R. C. Dawes of Chicago have bought the Waterloo and Cedar Falls (Iowa) Gas and Electric company for $520,000. H. M. Byliesby & Co. of Chicago have purchased the Ottutnwa Traction and Light company for $500,000. Frederick Harris of Chicago was acquitted in Saginaw, Mich., of the charge of murdering Henry A. Weick, Jr., while acting ?.s a guard during a street car riot last summer. i Attorneys for Mrs. Eleanor Lock- hart-Flower of Pittsburg, who repre­ sented her in a suit to contest the will of her father, Charles Lockhart, the Standard Oil director, brought suit for $50,OOP for fees. Foreclosure proceedings have been begun against the National Manufac­ turers' company of Elkhart, Ind., suc­ cessor to the National Manufacturing company, which was promoted by Wal­ ter Brown, now serving a sentence for wrecking the Indiana National bank. The National Nut Growers' associ­ ation met in convention at Dallas, Tex., with 100 delegates from all parts of the country present. President Loubet of France opened the annual auto show at Paris Friday before a large crowd of people. The old mines of the Richmond Min­ ting company in California have been purchased Ijy the newly formed Rich- mond-Eurekk Mining company of Maine, with a capital of $3,600,000. The timber laden steamer Fram was sunk in Christiania fjord with seven of her crew and four passengers. President Taylor and Secretary Black well in a letter to the National Cotton Growers' association, made public at Dallas, Tex., accuse Secre tary of Agriculture Wilson of bad faith in making up the government crop estimates. Eugene Zimmerman said in Toledo that all working contracts between the Cincinnati. Hamilton & Dayton and the Detroit, Toledo & Ironton roads had been annulled, this being the first ad mission from him indicating a clash with J. P. Morgan over the recent transfer of the former property. SBlia Kg?? n g? [!•••••• White spaces show seats occupied by Democrats; the black indicates r-V. the Republican strength. \ providing for unlimited debate. The oratory of the members was exhausted, and the bill will be read for amendment and placed on its final passage to-morrow. Thursday, December 7, 1905. The Senate adopted a resolution direct­ ing the committee on naval affairs to In­ vestigate the condition of the old frigate Constitution with a view to its repair. Mr. Tillman's resolution calling on the Secretary of the Treasury for information as to campaign contributions by national banks was adopted. In executive ses­ sion the nominations of Charles J. Bona­ parte. Secretary of the Navy, and Tru­ man H. Newberry of Michigan, Assistant Secretary of the Navy, were confirmed. The extradition treaty with Denmark was ratified. Adjourned at 2:13 p. m. until Monday. The House passed the Panama Canal appropriation bill without opposition after adopting an amendment by Mr, Bonynge of Colorado cutting the amount from $16,500,000 to >11.000,000 and defeat­ ing amendments by Mr. Williams of Mis­ sissippi limiting the appropriation to $6,858,333 and by Mr. Prince of Illinois fixing the sum at $10,000,000. An amend­ ment by Mr. Williams striking out the bonding feature of the bi'.l under which a tax disability against tne proposed bonds Is removed was defeated. 152 to 107. Messrs. Williams and Prince protested against the issuance of bonds for ean«t work when there is $136,000,000 cash in the treasury and $55,000,000 in national banks drawing no interest. An amend­ ment by Mr. Burgess of Texas giving the Secretary of War authority to fortify the canal at each terminal also was lost. An amendment by Mr. Mann of Illinois ie- quiring detai'ed statements of canal ex­ penditures and estimates to be furnished to Congress at each regular session and restricting all expenditures to money ap­ propriated .by Congress was adopted. Ad­ journed at 3:3a p. m. until Monday. May Affect Lake Level. Washington dispatch: The effect of the Chicago drainage canal upon the levels of Lakes Michigan, Huron, Erie rnd Ontario and upon the St. Law­ rence river is one of the subjects tak­ en up by the American section of the international waterways commission in its annual report to the secretary of war. The commission expresses a de­ sire for an opinion on this and other matters from congress. The board, which consists of Col. O. H. Ernest, U. S. A., chairman; George Clinton and George Y. Wisner, also asks for a definition of its powers as an execu­ tive body. Regulations governing navi­ gation in .narrow channels, the sup­ pression of illegal fishing, the mainte­ nance of Niagara falls as a scenic spectacle and regulation of the uses tory and Oklahoma and the other of New Mexico and Arizona. This plan Las been adopted by the leaders in congress and is absolutely certain to be carried out. Arizona and New Mexico will be given an opportunity to vote. separately upon the question of joint statehood, but as the votes will be cast upon the day the constitu­ tion IB adopted and state officers elect­ ed +t Is certain that Arizona as well as New Mexico will accept the proposi­ tion. If the question of joint state­ hood were submitted by itself Arizona would reject It by a large majority. Reciprocity Bill. Washington special: Senator Lodge introduced an amendment to the Ding- ley tariff law providing for maximum and minimum rates of duty so as to give preference to the products of those countries which do not discrim­ inate against products of the United States. It provides for the levying of excess duties against countries which do not admit the goods of the United States on terms equal to those granted tq other countries. Democrats Honor Teller. " Washington dispatch: The demo­ cratic senators have named Senator Teller as a member of the steering committee to fill the vacancy caused by the retirement of Senator Cockrell. Senator Gorman was re-elected chair­ man of the democratic .caucus, Sen­ ator Blackburn vice chairman and Sen­ ator Carmack secretary. 11 ' Appropriations Grow. • 'Washington dispatch: A statifftfcrit has been issued by the appropriations committee of the senate and house estimating the appropriations to be made at the present session of con­ gress for the fiscal year 1907 at $804,- 296,415. These estimates are greater than the appropriations for the cur­ rent year by $19,170,155. Death of Steamship Caotaln. Washington dispatch: Capt. James T. Smith, commander of the Pacific mail liner Siberia, died at Hongkong. 8UN'8 RAYS CAUSE STORE FIRE I TEN PERS0N8 KILLED IN WRECK Lose of $12,000 Sustained by Mendota, 111., Merchants as Result. Mendota, 111., special: Fire broke out in the show windows of the Potter Brothers' dry goods store in the Wal­ dorf block and threatened the destruc­ tion of the entire building and con­ tents. The fire is supposed to have been caused by the sun's rays focus­ ing on a small electric light bul,b in the show wlndowj thus "Igniting the cotton batting. The loss will be over $12,000, fully covered by insurance. KANSAS THIEF MAKES BIQ HAUL Robe House of Anthony Banker of Jewels Worth $8,000. Anthony, Kan., special: While Mrs. P. G. Walton, wife of the president of the First National bank, sat reading at her home Tuesday night a thief raised the window of an adjoining room, entered and escaped, taking with htm a jewel box containing, a trold watch.- four diamond rings and .f vcral /ItainAnd nilia yaluaH in.,jLlL .ni •s*, t ̂ m • m m . J8.00Q. ' . Many Others Are Injured In Train Col- -- lision in Wyoming. Omalia, Neb., dispatch: One of the worst railroad wrecks on the Union Pacific railroad for years resulted from a head-on collision between a freight train and Overland limited pas­ senger No. 2, east bound, five miles west of Rick Springs, Wyo., at 3 o'( lock Thursday morning. Ten per­ sons were killed and nineteen were injured, eleven of them railroad em­ ployes and eight passengers. INSTANTLY KILLED BY TRAIN Bloomirigton Poetmaster Struck While Walking Across Traok. Bloomlngtop. 111., special; Postmas­ ter R. R. Puffer, while crossing the tracks of the Chicago and Alton at Odell Wednesday ' morning, was in­ stantly k'illed by the Golden state lim- ited. » He was 72 years of age and one of the prominent citizens of Livingston county lor many years; tie had 'bee* postmaster for five terms. PUZZLE PICTURE. fat, Forty-four yeara ago the Turks defeated; VV, Find Another Turk. Montenegrins. n MID WITTE President and Seven fcers of Executive mittee Are Anfested. ' K RADICALS ENTER A PROTEST Socialists and Work In omen Hold Meet- tags for the Purpose of Declaring a General Strike at Which lnflam> ma tory Speeches Are Made. TO BE SENATOR Wisconsin Executive Will Don Topi When Special Ses­ sion Adjourns.; DUTY TO STATE COMES FIRST Wishes Policies Undertaken by His Administration Carried Out Before ; He Takes Up His Duties in the Upper Mouse at Washington. Madison, Wis., special: "During this special session, or at least at its close, I shall transmit to you my resigna­ tion as governor and accept your commission as United States senator,' but I shall regard it as my privilege and duty to continue active personal participation in contests involving the principles of representative govern­ ment in this state." In these words Governor La Follette after reading his message to the ex­ traordinary session of the Wisconsin legislature Tuesday declared his in­ tention to go to the United States senate, to which office he was chosen during the regular session of the leg­ islature, Jan. 5 last. Referring to the needed rate legislation in the state, inaugurated by him in his last message, enacted into law, and sub­ sequently attacked in the courts by the corporations, he said: "We cannot halt or turn back with­ out bringing disaster to our own state and discouraging all progress along these lines in other states. To Wis­ consin belong the high privilege and great responsibility of proving to sis­ ter states of the nation that these policies adopted and the principles enacted into law are not transitory, but are wrought into the very foun­ dations of our government and are not to be destroyed." Railroad Rate Revision. four recommendations are made in the message regarding the revision of the railroad rate commission law. In the first he recommends that the com­ mission be authorized to prescribe a jniform system of keeping accounts." His second recommendation pro- ROBERT M. LA FOLLETTE. vides that the law be so amended that special mileage tickets, commutation tickets, excursion tickets, and party tlcketB can be issued at less than the regular rates. His third recommend­ ation provides for additional power by the commission to investigate rates. His fourth recommendation gives the commission power to saf^ guard railroad crossings. Regarding Railroad taxes, the gov­ ernor sayB that $1,144,399.30 in rail­ road taxes are now due the state, the payment of which has been held up by litigation. Regarding the tax com­ mission, he calls attention to defects in the statute determining the valua­ tion of the general property of the state and recommends additional pow­ ers. Primary Law Amendment. The governor pays considerable at­ tention to the primary election law, and points out that the strongest point that can be made by the opposition to this enactment is the fact that a can­ didate may be nominated under the present law by less than a majority vote. He suggests that provision be made by amending the law so as to enable the voter at the primaries to indicate upon the ballot his first and second choice of the candidates pre­ sented for each office. The investigation of public service corporations and insurance compa­ nies is one of the most important fea­ tures of the message. He takes the railroads to task for maintaining what he calls expensive lobbies and for re­ sisting the prompt payment of taxes. "The people of Wisconsin have at least as good a right to know just what money has been expended by the rail­ roads and other public service cor­ porations of this state in salaries, in lobbying, in political campaigns, and legislative entertainment," he says, "as the people of New York have to know the same facts with respect to the life insurance companies of that state. "It is no more a betrayal of a trust relation for the president of a life in­ surance company to pay himself a sal­ ary amounting to a plundering of pol­ icy-holders, than for a railroad presi­ dent to pay himself a salary in excess of the value of the services he ren­ ders to the railroad company." He suggests that a legislative in­ vestigation which would uncover all facts with relation to this Important subject will require much time and labor, but that no money so expended would be wasted. GIRL 18 BEATEN AND CHAINED 8ensational Evidence Given by Inmate of Industrial Home. Indianapolis, Ind., dispatch: Sensa­ tional testimony was given in the in­ vestigation of the conduct of Miss Emily Rhoades, superintendent of the industrial school for girls, who is charged with cruelty. Myrtle Butler, a former inmate, was the chief wit­ ness. She said: "In August I and another girl ran away. When Miss Rhoades found us she caught me by the hair, handcuffed me and brought me back. I was then shackled and chained. My hands were fastened be­ hind my back. I was taken to 'Japan,' as the punishment cell was called. On the way she knocked me down, then she struck me in the back with her fist and I fell on my face. She kept me In a cell for three weeks. I was kept handcuffed and chained three, days and nights." , Marine Subsidies. -c/ Washington dispatch: The supple­ mental report and revised bill of the merchant marine commission were presented in the senate by Chairman Gallinger of the commission and in the house by representative Grosven- or. The revised bill, according to the commission, will produce an increased revenue from the new tonnage taxes of $1,900,000 in the first year of thes operation. It is estimated that the actual expenditures in this time will be $1,283,250. ILLINOIS CENTRAL 8ETTLE8 UP SHOOTS HIS Wlris AND HIMSELF tatves the State $550,775 Due From Branches of Line. - Springfield, 111., dispatch: The Illir nols Central railroad has turned $560,- 775 Into the office of the state treas­ urer. This amount Is the semi-an­ nual payment of 7 per cent interest on the gross earnings of the lines of, the road from. Cairo to Galena and from Chicago to Centralia. It. is be­ lieved the total payihent this year will exceed $1,200,000. Czar's Gift for President. wAtJWashington dispatch: In token Of bis appreciation of President Roose­ velt's work in securing peace Emperor Nicholas has sent the president a gift fcy W. H. Brown of New Jersey, who was in Russia with Lewis Nixon. ' Charge Illegal Fencing. Topeka, Kan., dispatch: The federal grand jury in session here returned indictments against twelve persons ffcf the illegal fencing of grazlng^ands in northern and western Kansas. Tragedy Results From Quarrel Over inheritance at 8L Louis. St Louis, Mo., special: As the out­ come of a quarrel over a $17,000 inherit­ ance, Charles E. Bosse, aged 30 years, a collector, shot his wife, aged 28, and then killed himself with the revolver in the presence of Mrs. Elizabeth R. Wubecks, his wife's aged mother, at fcis home, 4257 Gano avenue. Mrs. Bosee's injuries "are believed to be mortal. Consular Service. . Washington special: SenAtor Ix>dge introduced a bill for a reorganization of the consular service, broadly along the lines recommenced by business men of Chicago. Secretary Root will give it his earnest support. Denies Right of Cuba. Washington dispatch: In a message to the American people by T. B. An­ derson, "secretary of state" of the Isle of Pines, the Americans there deny the right of Cuba to rule them. Berlin, Dec. 11.--Word from 8t. Pe* tersbyrg, under date of Dec. 9, saya the czar and Count de Witte have sanctioned a step which the revolu­ tionists foresaw, President Krustalelf of the executive committee of work­ men's delegates and seven other mem­ bers of the,committee being arrested by Cossacks at a house at which they .were meeting. A wave of popular anger swept over St. Petersburg when the news of the arrests became public. Every social­ ist and workingmen's union is hold­ ing mass meetings to-night for the purpose of declaring a general strike immediately. Inflammatory speeches are being made and workmen are urged to accept the challenge thrown down by the government. The revolutionists, it is declared* shortly will proclaim themselves an acting government. They will divide Russia roughly into a thousand elec­ toral districts. Meanwhile the gov­ ernment fears to act with vigor, only arresting a few strike leaders and lib­ erating them the next day. The strike committee continues its terrorism. It renders the life off "blacklegs" intolerable, beating and killing them on the streets. The Cos­ sacks who intervened Saturday were put to flight by a shower of bomb cases containing messages stating that loaded bombs would follow. The state of the army grows worse daily. Sixteen thousand men of the garrison at Kharkoff have mutinied. The leading columns of the Manchu- rian army, which just arrived at Mos­ cow, are mutinous, and have been dis­ armed. The whole fourteenth naval battalion has been hurried to Cron- stadt under guard of 4,000 troops. Some of the eighteenth battalion and eighth naval corps also have been con­ veyed to Cronstadt, where the forts contain 7,000 naval mutineers, dis­ armed but defiant. The ministry of marine has decided to abolish all the naval barracks at SL Petersburg. The revolutionary committee has published the announcement that all la well organized for the last bloody struggle against the government. A hundred thousand of the better class of Russians have fled abroad in the last ten days. The worst feature pit the situation Is the ever growing Vio­ lence and agrarian outrages. . Plan General Strike. In an interview President Krusta­ lelf of the executive committee of workmen's delegates, said the general strike would be inaugurated as soon as arrangements are completed, probably just after Christmas. He added: "Delegates have been sent in every direction. Some are still away. Those who have returned speak enthusiastic­ ally on the reception of the strike pro­ posal. The country is ripe for revolu­ tion, although the workmen, as shown at the meetings here, sometimes are compelled to subordinate political to economic aims. It is simply owing to their being faced by starvation that the vast majority of them would Wel­ come a general strike. "Furthermore, preparations for an armed rising are highly advanced. The men possess a large quantity of arms, but we cannot expect to succeed unless we are joined by a considerable por­ tion of the military. The propaganda has made such strides in the ranks of the army that the revolutionists are justified in counting on the support of sufficient numbers to Insure victory." The increasing revolutionary senti­ ment led to another clash In the streets here, two strikers being killed and a number wounded. The trouble was due to the efforts of strikers to get £he mail carriers to quit work. The police interfered and a fusillade of shots followed. Cossacks aided in persing the crowd. LEAVE BABE AT MORTON'S DOOK Little One Is Abandoned at Residence of Equitable'* Head. • New York special: A 6-weeksold baby girl was abandoned at the gate of the delivery entrance to Paul Mor­ ton's home, 33 Park avenue, shortly after dark Thursday night. Charles Fullwood, employed as an engineer at the residence, carried the baby into the house and sent a servant for Mrs. Morton. She had just left, however, for the opera, and Fullwood called Po­ liceman Curtis, who took the baby to the East Twentieth street station. Later it was sent to the foundling ward at Bellevue. < CREATES FUND FOR FIRB LOSS City of La Crosse, Wis., Drops Old Insurance Plan. La Crosse, wis., special: This city has adopted a new plan of carrying Its own fire insurance on public build­ ings. Policies of a face value of $10,- 000 have expired and $15,000 worth of insurance will expire in January, but the policies will not be renewed. A sinking fund of $15,000 has been cre­ ated and will be increased annually until the city is able to pay for any probable fire losses out of tbis fund. Monument to General Meias. Washington special: A joint re: tlon authorizing Richard T. 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