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Grigsby, editor of the Christian County, Illinois, Indepen­ dent, has announced the suspension of that publication. :•?; Infuriated because he . blamed -him for trying to' prejudice MeRachel . jFMndley, his sweetheart, against him, . Clayton Christy, aged 24 years, shot ••down and killed Frank Meisenger on Ills -own doorstep at Lancaster, Pa. ft Mrs. Roosevelt has returned to ' Washington from her visit to New jTork and Groton, Mass. John D. Spreckles, eldest and fa­ vorite son of the sugar millionaire, is • critically ill from cirrhosis of the liver In San Francisco. Captain George W. Lloyd, who for tbrty years guarded the grave of Tom S'lPaine, is seriously ill at his home in pi' ,:_^New Rochelle, N. Y. Mrs. George Whittel, Jr., one of ^Anna Held's "Sadie girls," has sued v-':'r *• 'for a divorce from her husband, the |1cjc®0n of a San Francisco millionaire. An advance In wages of 1 cent per i^V liour has been granted the employes % f the Pittsburg Railways Company »* \ operating all the traction lines In tu .'Pittsburg and Allegheny. The men ^ . Jiave accepted the company's proposi- V tion. ' Work has been commenced on the %' 155,000,000 plant of the American "Smelting Company at Point San Bru- jb;\\ no, Cal. A pier over a mile long is |if?. ito be run Into the bay so that deep *"s.ter ships may load and unload. The smelting works will give employment y 2,000 men. , * The Ohio state board of health has appointed A. EL Kimberley as one of "the engineers under the new law giv­ ing the board means to Inspect water "filtration and sewage purification plants. He has been assigned to sew- jage purification work. The president announced the reap- |t -pointment of Rear Admiral Mordecai Thomas Endicott, chief of the bureau # i ^*)f yards and docks, navy department, fb 'whose present term of duty expires on April 6 next. Admiral Endicott will f" ' . -continue as a member of the isthmian canal commission. , J. M. A. Spottswood. assistant fbre- ||t ' man of printing at Washington, who ISr; .ATEST CASH MARKET REPORTS Chicago Produce. Botter--Extra creamery, X7Ho; iMnta itHc: firsts, 22©24c; seconds, 16©18«; renovated, I8©19c; dairies, Cooleys, t4c; flrsts, 20c; packing stock, 14c; storas*. Eggs--Fresh stock at mark, new cases Included, 15V£c; cases returned, 13c; firsts, ISMic; prime firsts, packed In whitewooii cases. 14%c: packed for city trade, 16c. Cheese--Full cream, daisies, 12%@13«; twins. ll%@12c; young Americas. 12c; long horns, 12c; Swiss, block, 12@12^c; drum. 13^4c; llmburger, choice. ll<?>llVic; off grades, 6®8c; brick, IlV4@12c; off grades, 8@I0c. Fish--Black bass. 14c; carp and buffalo, 2c: pike, 7@8c; pickerel, 6c; perch, 4c. Live poultry--Turkeys, per lb. 12%o; chickens, fowls, 12V6c; roosters, 7%e; springs, 12&c per lb; ducka, 14c; geest, »6@9. Game--Rabbits, 50c per dos; jacks, "gray, $1 per dos; white large, $1.50 per doa; opossum, 25@46c apiece. Apples--Russets, J4.50@5.60 per brl; greenings. $4.25@5.50 per brl; Baldwin. $4.50@5.50 per brl; Ben Davis, $4.50<J>5^4) per brl. V Strawberries--Florida, 30®45c pe«»qt. Green vegetables--Asparagus, hothouse,' |3@4.50 per doz; beets, home-grown, 85% per sack; Brussels sprouts. California* 12%c per qt; cabbage, J1.90@2.5O per brt; carrots, home-grown, 65@75c per sack;; cauliflower. California, J2.75 per crates celery, 15®>40c per bunch: cucumhera, hothouse, 40c@31.75 per dose; eggplant, Florida. )2$3,7S per crate: horseradish- home-grown. 60@V0c per doz; letiuco,,: head, $2.50@<5 per brl; leaf/ 40@45c per, case; mushrooms, 15@40c per brl; oniona, home-grown, 20@25c per sack; Spanish* 11.50 per crate; potatoes, car lots on, track, 41 ®>57c per bu; parsnips, home­ grown. 70@7.5C per sack; parsley, hoine^ grown, 17is®25c per dos; peppers, Florl-- da, J3.2S@3.50 per case; pieplant, 20@ 50c per doz, radishes, home-grown. 25!§> 75c per doz: shallots. Louisiana, $5@6 per brl; spinach, Illinois. 60@75c per box; string beans. Florida, $2.50@5.50 per box; sweet potatoes. $1@2.50 per brl; to­ matoes. $1.25@5.50 per case; turnips, home-grown. 75c per sack; watercress, Virginia. 25c per doz. Broomcorn--Market firm; self-working, common to choice, $60@95 per ton; hurl, common to cnoice. $60@100 per ton; dwarf, $70@80 per ton; Illinois, $110® 12«. Jf !QTM*?E r-0 } J ijp* I -n /) % ~ o. <5 i pH 'Sj %f Find the Singer He Is Aecompanytng. was offered the position of foreman of printing to succeed Oscar J. Rksk- •etts, resigned, has declined. It was stated at the government printing of- ;fice that the position would be offered to Charles E. Young, foreman of the night bill force. ^ : • Rev. Dr. John Watson of Liverpool, England, "Ian MacLaren," the author, fjp^ls to be the lecturer extraordinary in m* the Western Theological seminary at «^ I Pittsburg for a course of lectures next i- year. Dr. Watson requires that some Ip -;«hurch give him preaching for the year and Josiah V. Thompson, the mil- « lionaire, has taken up the idea on * behalf of the First Presbyterian ' ' church of Uniontown, Pa. Friends of David E. Sherrick, the Indiana ex-auditor who was convict­ ed of embezzlement, have drawn up . « petition to the governor asking for a pardon, and it will be sent tp every Republican county chairman in the state for his signature. In the annual oratorical contest o! f; the University of Michigan K. S. intfl. Japanese, won first prize and Floyd Drahl got second place in a field of eix final contests. The winner will represent Michigan in the Northern Oratorical league contest in Oberlln May 4. *' - That a labor union has the right to conduct a strike, employing pickets, ; providing they do not use violence. ', was the decision of Judge Howard Ferris of Cincinnati In refusing to en­ join the United Leather Workers from ordering a strike against the Perkins-Campbell company. The government closed its case Fri­ day in the trial of Greene and Gaynor at Savannah, Ga., charged with fraud In harbor contract work, and George Y. Wisner, a civil engineer, was the llrst witness for the defense, testifying (hat the brush mattresses put in at Cumberland Sound by the defendants were according to specifications. Rev. G. C. Porter has resigned the pastorate of the First Presbyterian church at Laurel, Neb., to become a socialist orator. u Dr. Adolphus Rambeau of the man- . nal training school at Kansas City has . Accepted an appointment to the fac­ ulty of the University of Berlin. The conference of ore and coal dock managers with delegate? from the In­ ternational Longshoremen, Marine *nd Transportation Workers' associa tion at Cleveland ended in a split yesterday, no agreement being reached on the question of wages and ^ Jioura. Mr. Walker-Martinez, the Chilian minister, by direction of his govern ment has tendered Secretary Root an Invitation to visit Valparaiso on his •coming trip to the Rio conference. The plague has reappeared in iSyd ney. New South Wales. Josef Hoffman, the pianist, was passenger on the steamer Bluecher. which arrived at New York from Hamburg. The president sent ths name of f Lieutenant Colonel Charles F. Powel to the senate In nomination for brig •rf#rg*en.... * i' ji. ifcsr : "A JL . Grain Quotations. WHgAT. Chicago--No. 2 red. 82%@84V4e. New York--No. 2 red. 87^c. Minneapolis--No. 1 northern, 80c. St. Louis--No. 2 red, 91c. + Duluth--No. 1 northern, 79ttc. Kansas City--No. 2 hard, 75%c. Milwaukee--No. 1 northern. 83Vi#84^4c Toledo--No. 2 red, 84 ̂ 4c. CORN. Chicago--No. 2. 42>4@43c. Liverpool--American mixed, 4s T&d. New York--No. 2, 47V»c. Peoria--No. 3. 42 %c. . ' St. Louis--No. 2. 42\c. Kansas City--No. 2 mixid, 41c. Milwaukee--No. 3. - 43c. OATS. Chicago--Standard. 30@31V&O. New York--Mixed, 35\^c. St. Louis--No 2. 30c. Kansas City--No. 2 mixed, SS^c. Milwaukee-Standard. 32c. TWENTY-BNE DIE L Charred Bones Hide Identity of Fifteen to Twenty Other Victims. OPERATOR ASLEEP AT HIS POST Live Stock. CATTLE. Chicago-- H.50@6.«0. Omaha--$2©5.60 Kansas City--»2 25®t. St. Louis--)2.25@fi St. Joseph--$1.65@S.10. New York--J1.50@6.M. Hooa Chicago--$5.25@ 6 45. Omaha--J5@6.15 Kansas City--$5 25@6.15. St. Louis--$5.50 @6 40. St. Joseph--$4.75@6,10. New York--$6.40@6.60. SHEETP AND LAMBS. Chicago--J3.50@6 85. Omaha--$4.50@6 60. Kansas City--$4 25@6.65. St. Louis--$4 @6 85 St. Joseph--14 25® 6.76. New York--16.50@7.60. Andrew Carnegie has offered $25,- 000 for the completion of the Baker university library at Baldwin, Kan., on condition that the friends of Baker raise $75,000 for the endowment fund. Alexander Berkman, the anarchist who tried to assassinate Mr. Frick in Pittsburg several years ago, will be released from prison this week. Whitelaw Reid. United States am­ bassador to Great Britain, spent Sun­ day in Rome visiting places of in­ terest He also received visits from a number of prominent personages. The receiver of the Defunct Enter­ prise National Bank of Allegheny,.Pa., will pay a dividend to the depositors early in April. It is expected that they will ultimately receive 30 cents on the dollar., The steamer Jamestown, for use In the day service on the Potomac Riv­ er, was successfully launched at New­ port News, Va., in the presence of a great crowd. Miss Katherine Nor- ment of Washington, D. C., christened the vessel. Damage amounting to $500,000 to truck farms has resulted from the overflowing of the Kings and San Joa­ quin rivers In California. The flood around Visalia has not been equaled since 1862. The towns of Woodville and Farmersvllle have been deluged. A heavy fall of stone in the Pocock mine, Massillon, O., killed Fred Zett and Robert Booth. The grand trustees of the Fraternal Order of Eagles in session at Buffalo. N Y.. has changed the time for hold­ ing the grand aerie in Milwaukee from tbe second to the third week of Au­ gust next. Edwin Reynolds, consulting engin­ eer of the Alli8-Chalmers company and one of the leading machinery en­ gineers in tbe United States, is se­ riously 111 at Milwaukee. Dr. Toung of the University of Wis­ consin has been called to take s posi­ tion in Leland Stanford university Suit has been filed at Louisville against the American Reserve Bond company of Chicago, charging fraud and insolvency, and asking for a re­ ceiver. The company later filed a counter suit against a long list of de­ fendants in Kentucky, asking $50,000 damages. Grand Army men In Peoria, 111., have launched a boom for Eliot Callender for department commander Dr. C. F Fowler of Boston ad dressed the National Holiness asso­ ciation at Marshalltown, Iowa, last night Mrs. J. L. Klmmel, wife of the pas­ tor of the progressive Brethren church at Gratis, O., committed sui­ cide by drinking banana oil. Governor Pattison 6f Ohio authdr- ized the announcement of the appoint; ment of John A. Black of Cambridge as executive clerk. K. Vanderbilt's Lumlneuse won the Prix Chemin de Fer at the Mai- sons Lafflte races in Paris. James Burke and Raymond Ed wards of Viccennes, Ind., have been sentenced to fourteen years in the In­ diana reformatory tot burglary, Had Been on .Duty Seventy-two Hours and Neglected to Deliver Or­ ders Which Changed Meeting Place •f Belated Trains. Pueblo, Colo., dispatch: An opera­ tor who had worked for seventy-two consecutive hours without rest is re­ sponsible for the wreck on the Den­ ver and Rio Grande railroad at 2:20 o'clock Friday morning, in which many of the passengers--the number being variously estimated from twen­ ty-one to thirty-five--were crushed or burned to death. The operator was arrested Friday night. He has confessed that he fell asleep. While he slept dispatcher's orders which would have prevented the wreck were not delivered. Twenty-one men, women and chil­ dren are known to be dead. A colleo tion of charred bones thrown promis­ cuously- into a 'big box will forever hide the identity of perhaps fifteen or twenty more. In one of the burned cars was a party of foreigners, emi­ grants seeking new homes in the northwest. Only a few bits of black­ ened bone remain as mute witnesses that these foreigners had lived and died. List of Known Dead. Edward EL Baird, deputy sheriff, Ifenver. A, N. Barklo, Salida, Colo. MISB Grace Barklo, Salida, Colo. Mrs. William Burnside, daughter and daughter's child, all of Kansas, town not learned. Walter Crosslett, engineer No. 3, Pueblo. Ed. Cowley. Lebo. Kas. Mrs. Ed. Cowley, Lebo. Kas. Taylor Hewitt. Lebo. Kas. Mrs. Winona Hewitt. Lebo. Kas. Pearl Hewitt, 15 years old, Lebo, Kas. Mrs. Catherine Hewitt, and baby boy, Lebo. Kas. Mrs. Lillian Hewitt. Lebo, Ka$. William Hollis. engineer No. 1$. Pueblo. f Fred Jones Lebo, Kas. Fred Lemecoo'.ey. Denver. Enas McParland, express messen­ ger, Denver. H. D. Sudduth, fireman No. 16, Pu­ eblo. . Archibald Whitney, prisoner, ©ft way to penitentiary at Canyon City. - charge of Deputy Sheriff Baird. Denver. Collision In 8nowstorm. The wreck of the two trains oc­ curred in a blinding storm of snow which made It impossible for the trainmen to see ahead, even on a straight track. The trains came together head on at a point midway between Portland and Adobe, twenty-five miles west of Pueblo. The wreck Is attributed to the fail­ ure of the telegraph operator at Swal­ low to deliver an order, which changed the meeting place of the two trains. The Utah & California express. No 3. west bound, left Pueblo over an hour and a half late and was giv^n or­ ders to meet the Colorado. & New Mexico express, No. 16, east bound. Naturalization Frauds. Washington dispatch: Recent ^la- Closures of wholesale naturalization frauds at Chicago and elsewhere have resulted in the introduction of a bill ljP the bouse by Representative Olm- stead of Pennsylvania, which makes it the duty of the district attorney jto present to the courts evidence fur nished thfem of fraudulently obtained naturalization papers, and, upon de­ cision by the courts that the certifi­ cates were fraudulently obtained, the certificates shall be canceled. at Florence. This order was changed and the westbound train was direct­ ed to pass the eastbound train at" Beaver, about twelve miles east of Florence. The order should nave been delivered to 'the train crew at Swallow, ten miles east of the scene of the wreck, but the operator there, S. F. Lively, fell asleep and the or­ der was not delivered.. As he slept No. 3 passed through Swallow. Discovers Mistake Too Late. A few minutes later Operator Lively was asked by the dispatcher at Pueb­ lo if No. 3 had passed. He answered: "No." Then No. 15, a following westbound train, came along. Lively gave the orders to the engineer of No. 15, who saifa: , "These are No, 3's orders." Lively immediately notified the dis­ patchers of his failure to deliver No. 3's orders, but it was then too late to prevent the wreck. Lively is 25 years old and had been in the employ of the company sever­ al years. He said that he had worked Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Thursday night without rest. He said after the wreck: "I was dead for rest. I went to sleep and did not give No. 3 its or­ ders. I am responsible for the wreck. I will not run away." Rio Grande officials deny, however, that Lively was overworked. In the meantime the eastbound train had received its orders and ex­ pected to meet the westbound train at Beaver. Both trains were running at the usual speed, the deep snow and high wind making it necessary to exercise exceptional care. Suddenly both head­ lights flashed out from the darkness, and it was realized for the first time that something was wrong. According to the story of Fireman J H. Smith of the westbound train, Engineer Walter Coslett opened the emergency brake and the train was checked for an instant, but the slip­ pery rails and the momentum of the heavy train carried it on. M'GOVERN LOSES FIGHT TO BATTLING NELSON "Terrible Terry" Lucky to Last Six Ifeunds' and Escape Knockout at Hands of Champion. Philadelphia, Pa., dispatch: Bat­ tling Nelson, the fighting Dane of Hegewisch. 111., fought and bested Terry McGovern of Brooklyn in six hard rounds before a crowd of 4,000 persons who packed the large audito­ rium of the National Athletic club. McGovern was lucky to lpst out the limit He bad never a lookin to win. Save only for a portion of one round the Brooklyn boy was always on the short end of the milling Nelson showed great strength and tt was probably only his lack of clev­ erness that prevented him from ad­ ministering a knockout. As it was, Nelson twice had the Brooklynlte in Queer street. Terry was down on one knee twicel but because of his foot slipping as much as from Nelson's punches. The men were announced to fight under straight Queensbury rules and to protect themselves at all times. Nelson's strength was evident from the first, as be could always throw Terry around at will. The wrestling of the first two rounds tired Terry some, but he made a showing in the opening of tbe third, although It didn't seem to worry the Battler much. Fortunate was it for Terry that the contest was only for six rounds. Had there been another It Is doubtful If the Brooklyn boy could liaVe done more than advanee to the center of the ring: Nurse Heiress to $20,000* 8t Paul. Minn, dispatch: Miss Laura fcinslow. nurse at St. Mary's hospital. Minneapolis, has a cable­ gram from England telling her an uncle has died, leaving ber $20,000 In property. » HEROES BMWE DEATHJN OCEAN Crews of Two Ships Go to of Men on Sinking ^ Steamer. Standard Boosts Gasoline Price, Cleveland, Ohio, dispatch: The Standard .Oil company has advanced the price of gasoline a half cent per gallon. Deodorized stove gasoline ts now quoted at 12M> cents a gallon; 74 to 76 degrees gasoline. 14^ cent*. • Favors Lock Canal. Washington dispatch: Alfred No­ ble. a New York engineer, testified before the senate coufmittee on in- teroceanlc canals in favor of the took Trains Cash I Five Injured. Clevelaildv Ohio, dispatch: eastbound , accommodation train crashed into the rear of a freight on tbe Lake Shore railroad near here. Five passengers were slightly Woman Fatally Burned. i y Petersburg, Ind., dispatch: While endeavoring to recover wearing appar­ el and household goods from her burn­ ing home, a celluloid comb exploded In the hair of Mrs. B. B Barrett. She was ao badly burned that she wilt die. Fire Destroys Masonic Hall. Springfield, III., dispatch: Fire Wednesday morning destroyed the Masonic hall at Wllllamsville. The local bank was also damaged by tilt Ambm. Iff &0ATS CRUSHED TO BITS Volunteers Are Thrown Into the 8ea, But All Are Rescued--Vessel Goes t9 Bottom When D*rkjn^ ElW^L ftiecuers' Efforts, r* V< Boston, Mass., dispatch: Sailors facing death on a sinking ship and fighting to see who should be last to leave it; the crews of two rescuing vessels vying with each other In ef­ forts to man the lifeboats for rescue, and the captain of the foundering vessel, with one leg broken in two places, bravely directing efforts for the safety of his heroic men--these are the graphic features which at­ tended the loss of the Phoenix line steamer British King, which on Sun­ day, March 11, in a terrific hurricane, foundered 150 miles south of Sable island and carried to death twenty- seven members of the crew. Thirteen men were rescued from the sinking vessel by the Leyland line steamer Bostonian, bound from Manchester to Boston, and eleven by the German tank steamer Mannheim, from Rotterdam for New York. Five others, who had been drawn down in the vortex into which the British King was engulfed, were picked up by the Bostonian from a frail bit of wreckage which they had grasped after a desperate struggle in the whirlpool. The Bostonian arrived here Wednesday afternoon and the details of the disaster became known. Captain Dies of Injuries. Captain James O'Hagan of the Brit­ ish King died on board the Bostonian from the effects of terrible injuries sustained in trying to save his ship. The rescued brought here include James Flanigan, second officer; J. D. Crawford, chief engineer; Adolphus Beck, fourth engineer, and William J. Curry, steward. The others were coal passers and sailors, mostly Bel­ gians, and one stowaway, Henry Par- kotch of New York. Two lifeboats from the Bostonian were crushed to fragments, and the volunteer crews which manned them were thrown into the high running seas while engaged In the work of rescue, but all were safely landed on board the steamer. Volunteers from the Mannheim, af­ ter a heroic battle with the waves, had taken off eleven from the British King, but after this neither of the steamers, in consequence of the in­ creasing gale, could make an attempt to reach the foundering freighter. Goes Down in Darkness. Moreover, darkness fell, and It was an utter impossibility to do else but iralt for the moonlight to guide them, [n the darkness the British King, wa­ ter logged and helpless, plunged to the bottom. For three days her captain and crew, working against unconquerable adds, had tried to prevent or at least postpone their ship's destruction. On Friday, in the height or the tempest, the deck load of oil barrels of the British King and all her fittings were carried overboard. The barrels and wreckage, forming into a powerful ram, were driven down upon her sides with crushing force, opening up the vessel's plates and allowing the wa­ ter to pour Into her holds. Fires Are Put Out, The extent of the leak was not un­ derstood until the following day, how­ ever. and then, although all hands were placed at the pumps, the water gained considerably. The fires had been extinguished and the engines rendered useless by the rising water. The only remedy at hand lay In re­ pairing the damaged sections, and. while personally superintending this work, Capt O'Hagan sustained a frac­ tured leg and Internal Injuries. Al­ though unable to stand, he continued to direct the efforts of his crew. At the end of the three days, when all hands had labored ceaselessly without rest and with little food, the Bostonian and 'Mannheim were sight­ ed, and to these Capt. O'Hagan dls- played the signal for assistance. MAY GARNISHEE MONEY IN BANK Sweeping Interpretation of Law Hand­ ed Down by 8upreme Court. Minneapolis, Minn., dispatch: The supreme court has decided in the case of A. J. Cummings against Edwards, Wood & Co. that the garnishee law of Minnesota may be extended to cover moneys In the bank when a garnishee Is secured. The decision is a sweep* Ing one and Judge Lewis states in the opinion of the supreme court that the courts can give no relief to the in­ stitution and that the legislature must be- looked to for any other construc­ tion of the law. *•'* The Iron, Raisea Pay for Puddle**. Youngstown, Ohio, dispatch: Amalgamated Association of Steel and Tin Workers has Induced the Republic Iron and Steel company to Increase the rate per ton for pud- dllng from $5.75 to $6. Eight Workmen lire Hurt. Pittsburg. Pa., dispatch: An ex­ plosion of hot metal in the converting mill of the Edgar Thompson steel works at Braddock, Pa., resulted in serious injuries to eight workmen. Offered Chicago University Chair. Ann Arbor. Mich., dispatch: Prof Andrew C. McLaughlin, bead of the American history department in tbe University of Michigan, has been of­ fered the chair of history at the Uni­ versity of Chicago. Aged Man Burnt to De#Hw r Sioux Falls, S. D., dispatch: John Hovde, aged 55, formerly of Duluth. Mlna., was burned to death in a fire which destroyed the Ollie Taylor bus­ iness block at Coltoa. Congressional Proceedings TuMtfay, March 13. 190®. ^ The Senate to-day passed a number of bills, including the following: Provldlna for the punishment of government officials tt.r the premature divulgenca of secret In­ formation of government bureaus In such matters as crop reports, (ranting execu- 5'v« authority over the construction of bridges over navigable streams, giving government sanction to the efforts on the part of Delaware and New Jersey to ad- just their long pending boundary dispute, rlzlng .the construction of a public bu 'aing in Denver at a cost of $2,300,000. authorising the disposal of 505,000 acres or land in the Kiowa, Comanche and Apache reservations In Oklahoma to ths iuvT Didders under the provisions ol the homestead laws, authorizing the erec­ tion of a monument in Washington to the J' Paul Jones at a cost ol :J50,000. Mr. Simmons made the speech ol ' the day on the railroad rate bill support­ ing the House measure. At 3:50 p. m. the Senate Went into executive session and adjourned ten minutes later until to­ morrow. Tb;e H°use began the consideration of the legislative, executive and judicial ap­ propriation bill, and incident to it dis­ cussed the question of eliminating aged clerks from the government service th« placing of alcohol used In the arts on the free list, the restriction of Japanese and Korean Immigration, and llnally condi­ tions in New York City resulting from Im­ migration. At 5 p. m. the House adjourned until to-ronrrow. Wednesday, March 14. 1906. A controversy over the provisions of the railroad rate bill occupied the Senate to-day. Mr, Rayner was the chief speak­ er. and his criticism of the suspension feature of the measure drew replies from Messrs. Foralter, Lodge, Dolliver, Ald- rich, Tillman and Knox. A bill was passed authorizing Rear Admiral C. H. Davis to accept gifts offered him by the British and Russian governments, and also a resolution calling on the Secretary of War for copies of reports and other communications between the War Depart­ ment and officials in the Philippines re­ specting the recent battle on Mount Dajo. An executive session was taken at 5:10 p. m.. and ten minutes later the Senate ad­ journed until to-morrow. The second day of the general debate in the House on the legislative, executive and judicial approprintion bill developed a limited discussion of the plan to retire aged clerks, interspersed with a speech on statehood by Mr. Babcock (Wis.), one on the restriction of immigration by Mr. Gardner (Mass.) and a presentation of reasons why the jurisdiction of federal courts should be restricted in cei'faln cases where jurisdiction is acquired be­ cause the litigants are citizens of differ­ ent states by Mr. Garrett (Tenn.). Mr. Grosvenor (Ohio) attacked the civil serv­ ice laws. Adjournment was taken at 4:55 p. m. until to-morrow. Thursday, March 15. 1906. The report of Mr. Tillman on the House rate bill, the reading of the views of Mr. Newlands and a speech by Mr. Nelson on the subject occupied the time the Senate devoted to the regulation measure to-day. The message of the President regarding the recent Moro bat­ tle was read, and Mr. Bacon spoke of the affair as a "slaughter." Mr. Lodge urged that criticism be withheld until all the facts should be made known, "fbe House resolution, broaaening the powers of the interstate commerce commission in its investigation of charges of discrimina­ tion against railroads was adopted. A resolution by Mr. Stone directing an In­ quiry into the Postoffice Department's rulings on the admission of college pub­ lications to the mails as second-class mat­ ter was passed. At 5:22 p. m. the Senate adjourned until Monday. The additional power which President Roosevelt suggested shouiu be given the interstate commerce commission in mak­ ing the special investigation into the re­ lations of the coal and oil industries with the railroads was conferred by the House in the passage of the Townsend resolu­ tion. During debate on the legislative, executive and judicial appropriation bill severe criticism of the recent battle in the Philippines was made bv Sir. Jones (Va.). Adjournment was taken at 3 p. m. until to-morrow. Friday, March 16, 190ft, The House to-day indulged In the first real filibustering of the session. It was due to the attempt of Mr. Prince of Illi­ nois to put through his bill abolishing the grade of lieutenant general in the army, which would take away the chancer of promotion of Generals Corbln and Mac- Arthur. For several hours 'the leaders of both factions exhausted the possibilities of parliamentary tactics, and when a truce was declared the bill stood as the regular order of business, and an amend­ ment by Mr. Grosvenor to let in Corbln and MacArthur was saved from defeat only by the absence of a quorum. Pre­ viously there had been four hours of debate on the legislative bill, during which Mr. Shackleford (Mo.) scored Speaker Cannon's rule of the House. Ad­ journment until Monday was voted at 6:50 p m. There was no session of the Senate to­ day. GLOOM ENDS ROMANCE OF BOY Eleven-Year-Old Illinois Lad Deserted by Girl After Eloping. St. Louis, Mo., dispatch: A child­ ish romance came to grief in the grim Carr Street police statiou Thursday. Thomas Exton, 11 years old, ran away from Madison, 111., a month ago with a girl named Bessie, 17 years old, and they drifted about until they came to St. Louis March 11 and procured rooms on the third floor of an Italian boarding house near Seventh and Wash streets. The dream of love ran smoothly until Monday when Thomas came home after selling papers all day to find that Bessie was gone. It was a heavy blow, but he continued to sell papers until Thursday, when he applied to the police for shelter from the cold The officers have no­ tified his father and he is expected to take the boy back. JAP STUDENT FIRST IN ORATORY Wins Michigan Contest and Gets Chi­ cago Alumni Medal. Ann Arbor. Mich., dispatch: K. S. inui. a' Japanese student, won first honors In the annual oratorical con­ test of the University of Michigan and received $100 in gold and the Chicago alumni gold medal His subject was "The Mission of New Japan." The final contest was the result, of a slft- lng-down process from all classes in which 150 student orators started. Inui will represent Michigan in the northern oratorical league contest. ROCKEFELLER. JR.. QUITS BOARD Mis-Resigns From Directorship of sourf Pacific Railroad. , New York dispatch: John D. Rockefeller, Jr., and E. Parmalee Prentice, his brother-in-law."at the an­ nual meeting of the Missouri Pacific railway Tuesday resigned as directors of the company, and James Henry Smith-and S. Davies Warfield were elected to fill the vacancies. Mr. Warfleld Is president of the .Conti­ nental Trust company, and formerly postmaater of Baltimore. KENTUCKY TO HONOR LINCOLN Legislature Devotes $200 for a Memo- rial Tablet at Birthplace, tfrankfort, Ky., special: The state senate has concurred in the house bill appropriating $200 for thi pur­ pose of erecting S memorial tablet at Modgenville, Larue county, to the memory of Abraham Lincoln. The town of Hodgenvllle ts the county seat of the county in which Lincoln was born and was the scene of his boy­ hood days. Ths govsraor will ap­ prove ths bilL ON MINE STRIK Split May Result, wjth Roij£ bins Leading Conserva- tive Employers, y WfljUiNG TO QUIT LEADEftSHlf* Pittsburg Man Is Ready to Pass Honor in Order That He May FigM for Compromiee on Floor of ttar Convention. '*/ t i 'mir'uSi'ill r. Indianapolis, Ind., March 18.--Aftsr caucuses at a late hour last night |*> split between the faction of the op­ erators favoring peace and that stand* ing out for a strike seems imminent. The latter men threaten to depose Francis L. Robbins, the big Pittsburg operator, as their chairman and se­ lect in his stead John H. Winder*.« president of the Sunday 'Creek Coil' - company and the representative of th§ v. coal interests in the Hocking vall€?j| of J. Pierpont Morgan A demand was made upon RobMtiii • that he announce his position definite*, ly before the operators' convention tpr day. Robbins replied with an 'ultfc-: \ malum which created consternation^ the ranks of the strike party. He dlh '• clared that he did not wish to b* made chairman of the operators' joint scale committee. With his hands left free, he said, he would be in a better position to take care of the lnt<yesta of the western Pennsylvania operajffe ors and carry on a fight tor a comprii' mise on the floor of the convention. '* £ This was immediately taken by tlf* opposition faction as a threat to breajjfc the ranks of the operators and algiw the miners' scale, Irrespective of tl&» wishes of the rest. A third operator, who shall stand' for the middle ground, was talked Of- as a way out of the difficulty. Depends on Chairman. John H. Winder, the choice ,of the strike party for chairman, Is one of the most belligerent men among the- operators. He is unequivocally against granting any concessions to th»? miners. The selection of the chair­ man is regarded as the most impor­ tant part of the operators' meeting, as it will determine to a large extent*' the attitude of the mine owne|p» toward a compromise. Robbins and his peace prograii' gained some ground, however. Thre*> of the largest Independent coal cop^ cerns in western Pennsylvania cam|r- over to his side. These are the Pent* sylvania Gas Coal company, the La­ fayette Coal company and the Bulger Block Coal company. Together they represent a capitalization of ovei" $30,000,000. They announced then|p> ' selves as favoring a slight increase ^ wages. Strong sentiment in favor of » strike has developed rapidly amon£ the bituminous coal operators, and it now is conceded an uphill fight must be made if peace is to be maintained1 after April 1. Illinois Men Want 8trike. The Illinois delegation, 150 strongs is leading the fight against any con**:, promise with the miners. They ai»\ supported by the southwestern oper^- ators from Missouri, Arkansas and' Texas. Ranged on the other side is at1 majority of mine owners from . the* fields of western Pennsylvania, who> are following Francis L. Robbins lt» his peace program. Ohio and Indiana opierators appear to be holding a neutral position, but talking war more than peace. On. ft. canvass of all the employers it Is ap» parent the interests controlling fully* two-thirds of the bituminous tonnag*, ; will be ranged on the side which is in favor of giving the miners a fight. Long conferences were held again yesterday afternoon in which Presi­ dent Mitchell, Mr. Robbins, and the> operators with him, digcyssed their plans. Mr. Mitchell afterwards wai* confident. Mr. Robbins continued to» work quietly among the Ohio and lHr diana men. They both were discofc* certed, however, by the open declare lions of such men as Herman Justl* and A. J. Moorshead of Illinois, Seo- retary T. W. Brooks of Ohio, and by a number of Indiana operators. t "Nothing can prevent a strike ini Illinois," said Mr. Justi. "I believe It will extend over the entire bituminous field. Illinois Is on record as opposed? even to a renewal of the old wage» scale and to back down would be sui­ cide to our organization?" A. J. Moorshead, author of the res­ olution under which the Illinois oper­ ators are bound to bolt the joint con­ ference if unsatisfactory terms are not forthcoming, said: "My company and many others are ready to leave the Illinois Operators' association the moment a compromise with the miners is decided upon.** ^ ' V Arrest Forty Revolutionist* Moscow cablegram: Forty revolit- tionlsts and several bombs have been seized by the police in a hoteV Widow Ends Life With A<g& Evansville, Ind., dispatch: Grieve# that all her sisters were either dead or married and that her husband re­ cently died. Mrs. May Buchanan, a widow, committed suicide by taking carbolic acid. Japan Will Nationalise Railroads. London cable: The Daily Tele­ graph's Tokio correspondent says that as a result of party meetings the pasft," age of the railway nationalization bi|| by the diet is now assured. Bernhardt Disappoints CrovMjk Chattanooga, Tenn., dispatch: rah Bernhardt, the great French a# , tress, Friday refused to Jay the col* nerstone for the new Schubert thea^ ter here and a crowd of 6,000 pel* disappointed. , Tfjfcatal Fall From Hayracl^T^ Jahesville, Wis., dispatch: Whligi moving August Reilow of Footvillfl fell from a hayrack and struck frozen ground. He died within a fe minutes from fracture of the skulL , -- ' MJ* t . l . r t , , mailto:25@6.15 mailto:6.40@6.60 mailto:25@6.65 mailto:16.50@7.60