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PLUM B.4VI& MAifA PM£MJLMM*3 SoBma-MtBMLt. Con CHAPTER it, srir-:'.. nL.xLJtJi' Sovereign. •Yli AlfheCourt of a S That evening after supper I trait ;™ see Dominick. ^ ,. In the lower end of Pulaski there as a large beer garden known aa minick's headquarters. He re­ ceived half the profits in return for leaking It his loaflng-place, the seat y * ®f the source of all political honor, * * preferment and privilege in the y,; iThlrd, Sixth and Seventh congressSon- - -.4] districts. I found htm enthroned i the end of a long table ia the far-1 ' ihest corner of the garden. Oa one jiide of him sat James Spencer, judge - m the circuit court--"Dominlck'z Judge;" on the other side Henry De ^Forest, principal owner of the Pulas- i Gas and Street Railway company, here were several minor celebrities : - In politics, the law tad business . "i|lown either side of the table, then v fTessenden, talking with Cowley, our - , lieutenant governor. As soon as I Appeared Fessenden nodded to me, i.'V^:'i-ose, and said to the others generally: J *Come on, boys, let's adjourn to the \ fiext table. Mr. Dominick wants to k -^talk to this young fellow." I knew something of politics, but I jvas not prepared ,to see that dlstin- uished company rise, and, with not , shadpw of resentment on any man's ? i1a.ce, with only a respectful, envious . -gglanee at me, who was to deprive jtliem of sunshine for a few minutes, A [; Remove themselves and their glasses another table. When I knew Doitt* •••'•j/'lnick better, and other bosses in this yRepublic, of ours, I knew that the bow y-c ^s nevei above the weakness of the »" > ;|nonarch class for a rigid and servile y* •" .court etiquette. My own lack of thia • ^iP^eakness' has been a mistake which triight have been serious had my po- . ^ • l^itical power been based upon men. It is a blunder to treat men without 'self-respect as if they .were your equals. They expect to cringe} if they are not compelled to do .so, they are Jikely to forget their place. At the court of a boss are Been only those who have loet self-respect and those who never had it. The first are the lower though they rank themselves, and are ranked above the "just natu* . rally low." *t;*v BUt--Dominick was alone, his eter- - jnal glass of sarsaparilla before him. -ftlHe used the left corner of his mouth ^Ifeflfhfor bis cigar and for speech. - ^CjTo bid me draw near and seat myself, -he had to shift his cigar. When the few words necessary were half- spoken, half-grunted, he rolled his \|-acigar back to the corner which it -jjJ^rarely left. He nodded condescead- " ingly, and, as I took the indicated chair at his right, gave me a hand that was fat and firm, not unlike the flabby yet tenacious sucker of a moist ; sea-creature. He was a huge, tall man, enormous­ ly muscular, with a high head like a block, straight in front, behind and on * either side; keen, shifty, pig eyes, pompous cheeks, a raw, wide mouth; slovenly dress, with a big diamond as a collar button, and another on ..his puffy little finger. He was about 40 years old, had graduated from blacksmith too lazy to wprk jinto prize-fighter, thence into saloon keep- Pb . • <?r. It was as saloon-keeper that he |v.^; founded and built bis power, made I himself the local middleman between our two great political factors, those i \ who buy and break laws and those Cfl, .who aid and abet.the lawlessness by selling themselves as voters or as of- i, '-j flee holders. %; *; Dominick had "fixed Ms eyes ufcon Ms sarsaparilla He frowned sav- ^jragely Into its tale brown foam when he realized thai I purposed to force him to speak first His voice was ominously surly as he shifted his cigar to say: "Well, young fellow, what can I do for you?" ju,j| "Mr. Fessenden told me you want- to see me," said I. "He didn't say nothing of the sort," <•'. "vvs growle4 Dominick. "I've knowed Ji'jck 17 "years, ssi is • so liar." jk 1 flushed and glanced at the distln- , guished company silently waiting} to f-'i' return to the royal presence. Surely, . If these eminent fellow citizens of mine endured this insulting monarch, I could--I, the youthful, the obscure, Said I: "Perhaps I I laughed--I was really amused, such a relief was it to see a gleam of pleasantry in that pernicious mass. "I'm not better than my party," said I, "and I don't desert it just because it doesn't happen to do everything ac­ cording to my notions." "That's right," s*id Dominick, fall­ ing naturally into the role of political schoolmaster. "There ain't no govern­ ment without responsibility, and there ain't no responsibility without organ­ ization, and there ain't no organs za- tlon without men willing to sink their differences." He paused. I looked my admiration--I was grateful to him for this chance to think him an intellect Who likes to admit that he bows before a mere brute? The compulsory courtiers of a deputy may possibly and in part tell the truth about him, after they are safe; but was there ever a volun­ tary courtier whose opinion of his monarch could be believed? The more distinguished the oourtier the greater his necessity to exag­ gerate his royal master--o.r mistress --to others and to himself. Dominick forged on: "Somebody's got to lead, and the leader's got to be obeyed. Otherwise what becomes of his party? Why, it goes to hell, and we've got anarchy." i tern, ffW* was potato* plausible-- he needs you. Tour family--** checked himself, feeling that was making him voluble. "He's a strong man, isn't kef said I; "a born leader." "Middle-weight champion la his day," replied Fessenden. "He can still knock out anybody in the organisa­ tion in one round." "Good night; and thank you," said £ Ss I went' my way, set elated, but utterly depressed---more than de­ pressed when I won the first case in which I knew my client's opponent was in the right and had lost only be­ cause I outgeneraled his stupid law­ yer. I was, like most of the sons and daughters of the vigorous families of the earnest, deeply religious early- west, an idealist by Inheritance and by training; but I suppose any young man, however practical, must feel a shock when he begins those compro­ mises between theoretical and prac­ tical right which are part of the daily routine of active life, and without which active life is impossible. I had said nothing to my mother, because I did not wish to raise her hopes--or her objection®. I now de­ cided to be silent until the matter should be settled. The next day but on® Fessenden came, bad news in his face. "'The old man Uteeo you" he feegaa, "but.--" I had not then learned to control ray expression. I could not help show­ ing what rains of lofty castles that ominous "but" dropped upon my head. "You'll soon be used to getting it in the neck if you stay in politics," said Fessenden. "There's not much else. But you ain't so bad off as you think. The old man decided that he can afford to run one of his reli­ able hacks for the place. He's sud­ denly found a way of sinking his hooks into the head devil of the re­ former's and Ben Cass' chief backer, Singer--you know him--the lawyer." * Singer was one of the leaders of the state bar and superintendent of oar Sunday school. "Dominick has made De Forest give Singer tfas law business of the chance tit# place gives Hps." At first I flatly refused, bat Bock pointed out that I was foolish to throw away the benefits sure to come through the "old man's" liking for me. "He'll take care of you," he as­ sured me. "He's got you booked for a quick rise." My poverty was so pressing that I had not the courage to refuse--the year and a half of fe­ rocious struggle auu the longing to marry Betty Crosby had combined to break my spirit. I believe it is John­ son who says the worst feature of genteel poverty is its power to make one ridiculous. I don't think so. No; its worst feature is Its power to make one afraid. That night I told my mother of my impending "honors." We were in the dark on our little front porch. She was silent, and presently I thought I heard her suppress a sigh . "You don't like it, mother?" said I. "No, Harvey, but-- I see no light ahead in our direction, and I guess one should always steer toward what light there is." She stood be­ hind my chair, put her hands on my shoulders, and rested her chin light­ ly on the top of my bead. "Besides, I can trust you. Whatever direction you take, you're sure to win in the end." I was glad it was dark. An hour after I went to bed I heard some one stirring in the house--it seemed to me there was a voice, too. I rose and went into the hall, and so, softly to my mother's room. Her door was ajkr. She was near the window, kneeling there, praying---for me. on. KING, WITNESS BEFORE m i JUDGE LANDIS; TELLS LITTLE • «i/f*' •'* VL ;• • %**'* & ? < * ' X * " # • * i . t t John D. Rockefeller Ignorant o pi^frd' Oil's Buslnass--Flguraa quired as Basis for Fine Obtained from Pratt. ; •' *r • N m "Well, Young Fellow, What Osn I De fer YouF* ay the dependent 111 did not express myself quite accurate- ly. Fessenden told me you were *$ considering making me your candi- ' ; JJ 4&te for county prosecutor, and sug- - J *1 tested that I call and see you." Jominicy gave a gleam and a grunt like a hog that had been flat­ tered with a rough scratching of its hide. But ho answered: "I don't give no nominations. That's the province of the party, young man V jryu reply. At the time I was not con-. .'4j 8&ouB that I had thus easily dropped down among the hide scfatchers. I assured myself that 1 was simply stat- "4-" Ing the truth and ignored the fact that telling the truth can be the most - , degrading sycophancy, and the sub- • u ^ tlest and for that reason the most Shameless, lying. 'i-:M "Well, I guess I've got a little some- thing to say about the party," he con- •>f* eluded. "Us young fellows that are •' Jr active In politics like to see young „ v| fellows pushed to the front. A good ^ many of us boys ain't stuck on Ben *• i,l Cass--he's too stuck on himself. He's U getting out of touch with the com- ^ s mon people, and is boot-licking In \ $<h with the swells up town. So when I heard you wanted the nomination for 4: '(;! prosecutor, I told Buck to trot you - .tjj 1000(1 and let us look you over. Good ^ party man?" <% "Yes--and my fallutr and graadfa- ther before me." -?»• "Ko reform the stereotyped "machine" argument I nodded emphatically. "Ben Cass" he proceeded, "believes in discipline and organisation and leadership only when they've elected him to a fat job. He wants to use the party, but when the party wants service in return, up goes Mr. Cass' snout and tail, and off he lopes. He's what I call a cast iron--" I shall omit the vigorous phrase wherein he sum­ marized Cass. His vocabulary was not large; he therefore frequently re* sorted to the garbage barrel and the muck heap for missiles. I showed in my face my scorn for the Cass sort of selfishness and in­ subordination. "The leader has all the strings in his hand," said I. "He's the only one who can judge what must be done. He must be trusted ouu cbcysd. "I see you've got the right stuff in you, young man," said Dominick, heartily. "So you Want the job?" I hesitated--I was thinking of him, of his bestial tyranny, and of my self- respect unsullied, but also untempted theretofore. He soowlttf. "Do pea, or don't you?" r "Yes," said I--J was thinking of the debts and mother and Betty. Yes, indeed; I'd esteem it a great honor, and I'd be grateful to you." If I had thrust myself over-head into a sewer I should have felt less vile than I did as my fears and longings uttered those degrading words. He grunted. "Well, we'll see. Tell : the boys at the other table to come uarty." was my | back." nodded a dismissal and gave me that moist, strong grip again. As I Went toward' the other table each man there had a hand round his glass in readiness for the message of recall. I mentally called the roll --wealth, respectability, honor, all oa their knees before Dominick, each with his eye upon the branch of the plum tree that bore the kind of fruit he fancied. And I wondered how they felt inside--for I was then ig- norantf of the great foundation truth of practical ethics, that a man's con­ science is not the producer but the product of his career. Fessenden accompanied me to the door. "The old man is In a hell of a humor to-night" said he. "His wife's caught on to a little game he's been up to, and she's the only human be­ ing he's afraid of. She came in here, one night, and led him out by the ear. What a fool a man is to marry when there's a chance of run­ ning into a mess like that! But-- you made a hit with him. Besides, «W- Gas and Street Railway company, so Singer is coming over to us." Buck grinned. "He has found that 'local Interests must be subordinated to the broader interests of the party in state and nation.'" I had been reading in our party's morning paper what a wise and pat­ riotic move Singer had made in ad­ vising the putting off of a reform campaign--and I had believed ia the sincerity of his motive! Fessenden echoed my sneer, and went on: "He'a a rotten hypocrite; hut then, we can always pull the bung out of those reform movements that way." "You said It Isn't as bad Cor me as It seems," I interrupted. "Oh, yes. You're to be on the tick­ et The old man's going to send you to the legislature--lower house, of course." Z did not cheer up. An assembly­ man got only a thousand a year. "The pay ain't much." -confessed Buck, "but there ain't nothing to do except vote according to order. Then there's a great deal to be picked up on the side--the old man understands that others have got to live besides him. Salaries in politics don't cut no figure nowadays, anyhow. It's the I had not been long In the legisla­ ture before I saw that my position was even more contemptible than I anticipated. So contemptible. Indeed, was it that, had I not been away from home and among those as basely sit­ uated as myself, It would have been Intolerable--a convict infinitely pre­ fers the penitentiary to the chain gang. Then, too, there was consola­ tion In the fact that the people, my fellow citizens, in their stupidity and ignorance about political conditions, did not realize what public office had come to mean. At home they be­ lieved what the machine-controlled newspapers Bald of me--that I was a "manly, independent young man." that I was "making a vigorous stand for what was honest in public af­ fairs," that I was the "honorable and distinguished son of an honorable and distinguished father." How often I read those and similar eulogies of young men Just starting in public life! And Is it not really amazing that the people believe, that they never say to themselves: "But, if he were actually what he so loudly pro­ fesses to be, how could he have got i>uliiie office from a boss and a ma­ chine?" I soon gave up trying to fool my­ self into imagining I was the serv­ ant of the people by introducing or speaking for petty little popular measures. I saw clearly that graft was the backbone, the whole skele­ ton of legislative business, and that its fleshly cover of pretended public service could be seen only by the blind. I saw, also, that no one in the machine of either party had any real power. The state boss of our party, United States Senator Dunkirk, was a creature and servant of corpor­ ations. Billiman, the state boss of the opposition party, was the same, but got less for his services because his party was hopelessly in the mi­ nority, and Its machine could be use­ ful only as a sort of supplement and scapegoat. With the men at the top, Dunkirk and Si ill man. mere lackeys, I saw my own future plainly enough. I saw my­ self crawling on year after year-- crawling one of two roads. Either I should become a political scullion, a wretched party hack, despising my­ self and despised by those who used me, or I should develop into s lack­ ey's lackey, or a plain lackey, the lieutenant of a boss or a boss, so-called-i--a derisive name, really, when the only kind of boss- ship open was bead political procurer to one or more rich corporations or groups of corporation*. I felt I should probably become a scullion, as I thought I had no taste or instinct for business, and as I was developing some talent for "mixing," and for dis­ pensing "hot air" from the stump. I turned these things over and over In my mind with an energy that sprang from shame, from the knowl­ edge of what my mother would think if she knew the truth about her son, and from a realization that I was no nearer marrying Betty Crosby than before. At last I wrought myself into a sullen fury beneath a calm sur­ face. The lessons In self-restraint and self-hiding I learned in that flrsl of my two years as assemblyman have been invaluable. When I entered upon my second and last winter I was outwardly as serene as--as a volcano on the verge Of eruption. (TO BK CONTimJKIX) Chicago. -" John D. Rockefeller, In. the witness chair before Judge K. M. Landis, of the United States district court Saturday, told all he could remember or knew, or all he said he could remember or knew, of the Standard Oil company of New Jersey. It wasn't a great deal. Mr. Rocke­ feller said he really was sorry it was not more. If hl« knowledge bad been better or his recollection clearer it would have been more, Mr. Rockefeller said. Mr. Pratt--Charles M. Pratt, secre­ tary of the company--could tell mora --he said. Mr. Pratt did, giving neces­ sary details. Mr. Rockefeller was deferential to the court, friendly with .the curious public that crossed his path or tagged his footsteps, affable with the report­ ers, genial to all oomers, and. at peace with the world. In the evening he departed for Cleveland. Landis Gets Information. With the information furnished by Mr. Rockefeller In court and ampli­ fied by details furnished by Mr. Piatt, Judge Landis Becured the knowledge which he sought to obtain, which re­ quired the bringing of Mr. Rockefeller from Plttsfleld, Ma^s., to Chicago. He knows now how much of a fine the Standard Oil company of Indiana can stand. He knows from the ofa­ cials of the Standard Oil company of New Jersey that the stock of the In­ diana company Is controlled by the New Jersey company. The parentage was admitted. The earnings of the New Jersey company were given. Judge Landis knows that the concern found guilty in his court on the charge of rebating can stand the maximum fine permitted by the law---$29,000,000. Dodge Immunity Bath. , 4 This information was secured with out allowing Mr. Rockefeller or any of the other witnesses to give testi­ mony which might enable Attorney John S. Miller to claim immunity for them. A dangerous question was asked by one of the attorneys for the govern ment, but Judge Landis stopped the answer. "I do not want that," he said. He secured what he did want, and now is in a position to fix the amount of the penalty. Mr. Rockefeller and Mr. Pratt were have 110$ been rendering any service whatever. Q.--Do sou know what the out­ standing capital stock of the Stand­ ard Oil company of New Jersey is? A.--I think that it is about $100,000,- 000, the outstanding. I could not state definitely, your honor. * Q. -- Approximately, $100,000,000? A.--That is my idea, yes, sir; approx­ imately $100,000,000 of the outstand­ ing. Q.--Generally speaking, what is the business of the Standard Oil company of New Jersey--production, distribu­ tion, and sale of oil? A.-- Well, your honor, as I have been so long out of business and out of this business I could hot well answer that question. It la a dozen years Ings of ths Standard . Oil. company were during • tiiose. rmrift : A---I; iff 'not, no. * Q.--What officer of the Standard Oil company of New Jersey, Mr. Rockefeller, would be able to tell what the net earnings of the Standard Oil company of New Jersey were dur­ ing the years 1903, 1?04 and 1905? A.--I really do not think I could tell you. Undoubtedly one of the gentle- men subpoenaed is here jsnaaefit wlB could, but-- The Court--I see that Mr. secretary; Mr. Howe, assistant tary; Mr. White, assistant secretary^, and Mr. B&rstow, assistant secretary, are here. ~ ' ° Mr. Miller--Mr. ArthboM, wfe# 1$' •» vice president. Q,--Would either one of those gen­ tlemen be able to answer that ques­ tion? A.--What was the question, Jt | your honor please? Q/--As to what the net earnings # > 5 the Standard Oil company of New Jersey during the years mentioned were? A.--I should think so, sir. The Court--Mr. Prattf * 7 Sir. Rockefeller--One of th«se gW tlemen or Mr. Archbold. . -f •'* The Court--Mr. Pratt. That W «H <&£ for the present, Mr. Rockefeller. ; Mr. Pratt GSves Figure*. . Charles M. Pratt, was tbfttt swoflg f and testified as follows; " " 1 Q.--What is your name? A- Chariaa M . P r a t t - v . - • Q --Where do you live? A.--Brook- A' "VrM JOHN O. ROCKEFELLER. Standard Oil Magnate Who Was Unable to Tell Judge Landis Much About Oil Trust. an Queer Assortment of Married Couples In Hungary. After being employed for 40 years as valet to tbe male companion of his own wife, a man named Ruzizka, once wealthy, but now penniless and im­ becile, has been received into the mu­ nicipal workhoase of the town of Agram, in Hungary. RuzUka, left an orphan with a good deal of j»5Qj>erty, married In 1863 Camilla Outvie, a pro­ fessional singer. Returning from the church, the btlde introduced her hus­ band to Dr. Theodor tSparcek, a law­ yer. Sparcek brushed the bridegroom aside and walked on ahead, enjoying a tete-a-tete with the bride. In a lit­ tle while he turned to the bridegroom and informed him that he (Dr. Spar­ cek) and the bride were going on a honeymoon trip. The rightful hus­ band might come, too, if he acted as k valet. The husband's poor wits seem ^ IVMIJCUU to have been scattered forever by the announcement. He was helpless, and accompanied hi» wife on her elope­ ment. In this manner all three lived uneventfully until 1885, when the woman died. Dr. Sparcek then lost no time in finding a new "wife," hut seemed disinclined to marry himself. Under threats of dismissal from his valetshiD. the imbecile was obliged to go through the marriage ceremony for the second time- Another 21 years passed quietly, when suspicion was aroused by Sparcek selling Rozizka's properties. The guilty lawyer then fled with the second Mme. Rusizka, leaving his unfortunate "valet" abso­ lutely penniless. Sixty years ago a Pennsylvania farmer cut down a chestnut tree on a neighbor's property. Recently the heirs of the two far&ers paid the cost* upen final decision of the suit. The total expenses have been $30,000. Judge K. M. Landis. the only two officials of the New Jer­ sey company called on to testify. John D. Archhold, William Rockefeller and the other vice presidents, secretaries, treasurers and officials of the company sat In readiness and apparent willing­ ness to testify. They were not tioodod- Paets Obtained In Court. 'What Judge Landis secured from Mr. Rockefeller was: The fact that the outstanding capi­ talization of the New Jersey company is sbout $100,000,000. The fact that it pays approximately 40 per cent dividends. What he secured from Mr. Pratt wgs: The fact that the outstanding capi­ tal stock of the New Jersey company Is $88,300,000. That it made $11,800,000 net profits in 190$. That tt made $61,500,000 net profits in 1904. That It made $57,000,000 net profits In 1905. That the Standard Oil company of New Jersey controls the Standard Oil company of Indiana, which is the company found guilty In the rebating trial. John D. Rockefeller Testifies. John D. Rockefeller, being sworn, testified as follows: The Court--Mr. Rockefeller, have you any official connection with the Standard Oil company of New Jersey? A.--I am the president, but the posi­ tion is purely honorary, and has been for the last eight or ten years, as I since I have been at all actively re­ lated with the affairs. It is eight or ten years, your honor, since I have even been in the office, at all. Q.--What Is your general impres­ sion as to what the business of the Standard Oil company of New Jersey is? A.--They have a refinery and re­ fine oil. That was the--yes. It would be Impossible for me to give--to make an answer to that question intelligent­ ly without a study of the case. Knows Little About Refineries. Q.--Have you any recollection, Mr. Rockefeller, that the Standard Oil company of New Jersey is interested in the refinement of oil more than in the one refinery you have referred to? A.--I do not know what refineries there are. The refining business has grown up since my touch with the ac­ tive conduct of it t q--So. that you don't know? A.---I could not tell. Q.--That there are any--whether there are any oil refineries In which the Standard Oil company of New Jer­ sey has an Interest? A.--I only know of the operation of refineries that are In New Jersey by the Standard Oil company of New Jersey. Q. -- Do you know of tbe Standard OU company of New Jersey being interested In the operation of any other refineries through and in the name of the cor­ poration whose stock is held by the Standard Oil company at New Jersey? A.--That I presume is so. Q.--Is the business of the Standard Oil company ©f New Jersey, generally speaking, the production and refining of oil? A.--The production1, the refin­ ing and sale of oil, that is an impor­ tant feature of the business of the Standard Oil company of New Jer­ sey. Uncertain ae to Dividends. Q.--Do you know what the dividends of the Standard Oil company of New Jersey were during the years of 1003, 1904, and 1905? A.--I don't know, your honor, exact­ ly, but approximately aoout 40 per cent on the outstanding stock. I would not undertake to speak abso­ lutely definite, hut that is a close ap­ proximate. q.--do you know what the net ear* lyn, N. '•< Q.--^What l* your business? am secretary of the Standard OH"• pany, in the oil business: Q --Which Standard Oil company? A.--Of New Jersey. Q.--How long have yOu been see- ; retary of that company? A.--Five of . six years all told. * Q.--Did you hear Mr. Rockefeller's statement as 18 the amount of stock outstanding in that company? A. --I did. f Q.--He approximated It Is it $100,- 000,000? A.--I think it is not «uit*» that It Is about $SS,3Gv;000. Scs^- thlng like that. That is within a few dollars of the amount. Q.--Did you hear his statement Ml to the approximate amount of divi­ dends paid by that company during the years 1903, 1904 and 1905? A.--I did. Q,--Is that your understanding? ' A.--That Is my understanding. Q.--He was uncertain as to the ex­ act amount He stated 40 per cent A.--I think that was correct, your honor, that was the average. Q.--Do you remember the net earn­ ings of that company during those three years? A.--I do, clearly, your honor. Would- you like them? I think for the first year they were $81,300,000 approximately. Q.--In 1903? A.--In 1908. Those are the years you speak of. Q.--Now for 1904? A.--For 1904, aa near as I can remember, I should say they were $61,500,000. Q.--And 1905? A..--A trifle ofrar $57,000,000, as near as I remember. Q.--Now, generally speaking, is the capital represented by the outstanding stock something under $100,000,000 oC the Standard Oil company of New Jer­ sey employed in the production, re­ finement, distribution and sale of oil. the products of petroleum? A.--Oh, your honor, the properties are worth vastly more than that Q.--That is what the capital Is enh ployed In, is it? A.--It is. Q.--Do you recall what 'proportion of the stock of the Union Tank line company the Standard Oil company of New Jersey holds? A.--I do not recall the proportions, but I think ft controls a majority of the stock. .:-.v .: Museum Secures Famous Painting. New York.--Announcement is made that the famous likeness of George Washington by Gilbert Stuart, known as the Gibbs-Chaaning-Avery portrait has been acquired by the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Seven Died In Cyclone. > La Crosse, Wis.--Complete reports from the whole tornado-swept district east of Ia Crosse show only seven persons to have been killed, instead a! 26, as first reported. 1 •loody Fighting In Formosa. Victoria, B. C.--The steamer "Fre­ mont brought news of desperate fight­ ing in Formosa, where the Japanese are conducting operations against the Formosa natives, mostly head hunt­ ers. Five hundred Formosan Chinese, trained by Japanese officers and led by Lieut Hayakawa, attacked the na­ tives who heW €^ntcztan at a hill of­ fering considerable cover. After three days' fighting the stronghold was car­ ried in a desperate charge. The offl- SJr in command and 140 of tha.500 I wife, Mrs. Anna Dodge, troops were hilled. > |B*©r, an attorney. _ Fire In Jollet Penitentiary. Jollet, HI.--The state penitentiary was threatened by flre Saturday. A blaze probably from spontaneous com­ bustion started in the chair shop. The convicts became excited, but were brought under control. Work on Panama Canal. Washington.--The total excava­ tions from the Panama canal during June, according to a dispatch from Chief Engineer Lieutenant Colonel Goethals, was 780,957 yards. St. Louis People Indicted. St Louis.--Information of the in­ dictment of eight St Loulsians by the federal grand jury In Denver for fraudulent entry of coal lands in Col- |8«st orndo and Montana nas bweu received here by District Attorney Blodgett and the names of five were made pub­ lic. The Indictments are against L. M. Rumsey, of 4378 Westminster place, president of the L. M. Rumsey Manu­ facturing company; Frank T. Fay, a promoter; Charles H. Dodge and his William B. Y. P. U. Selects Officers. Spokane, Wash.--The board of man­ agers of the Baptist Young People's union, in session here, selected Cleve­ land, O., as the place for holding the seventeenth annual convention next July. \Vstfi Franklin Museum In Paris. Psris.--A movement Is on fcflt among Americans in this city to pur­ chase the house in which Benjamin Franklin lived white here, aaA •!»*)», it a museum. Army of the Philippine# Rwiba, 1 J' sM Kansas City, Mo --The annual en- ' i campment of the Army of the PfeUip* ^ pines will be held in Kansas City Att* jS IMS. Delegates from 125 , ^ camps win be present Lieut. Gen. , Arthur MacArthur, U. 8. A* com- mander-in chlef of the society, will attend, and on the second day will re: . view the military parade. Among oth- era who will be present are Brig Genu Frederick C. Funston, Col. Wilder S. Metcalf, of the famous Twentieth Kansas; Brig. Gen. Irving Hale, et Denver, and Brig. Gea. Charles