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Still, feeding children on two cent* a day and making them like it am two different propositions. If we must have so many wsnblps why not get Mr. Edison to make a f#W with bis cement molds? Now Peru and Bolivia fro disagree­ ing. What South America needs la ft fight and revolt antitoxin. HAS PRECEDENT FOR Si AND If motion pictures are to aid the in­ sane they should not be associated with nickel-theater ventilation. When a cold ware hits New York there are noses sympathetically red In Weehawken, Hoboken and Hacken- •ack If all the New England hunting •tories are true the abundance of ven- tson should bring down the price of beef. No objection Is heard from the young men of the family to the new fad of employing young women chauf­ feurs. * A ninety-three-year-old man has been left a fortune but refuses to give up his Job. He knows what has kept The C^rtiT-Jbufnal notes the fine- ; iMfwAnn iha words "died" d "passed away" as applied to bank ihlera. 1 was a stroke of genius which nade the census taking precede the opening of the shooting season for fNbateur hunters. ;^:jChlcago highwaymen carried a tIc- lElh three miles to rob him. That tsust constitute a violation of the , , interstate commerce law. - 'ap-x-gi-' • • • . f:JA new million-dollar apartment tawwe in New York Is to have a kin- 4torgarten, hospital and skating rink. The three don't go badly together. te - Mrs. Russell Sage Is going to build ^ model town for 1,500 model families near New York. But she may have to go out of New York to find her ten- aerial freight transportation Begins to become a fact, we shall hear iome railroad men arguing that there s'<v 4 not enough air for the success of V.;1 ' • V 5r • An Iowa lodge granted a divorce to j}'*""" whose wife liked cigarettes bet- 0;- &r than she did him. Must have been awfully good cigarettes or a pretty t^V V#>or husband. J. New York waiters are opposed to Institution of the Bertillon system, yMi the public will stand by them so far as pertains to thumbprints on the •oop plates. m- Faragrapbers all over the country wfll mourn that it is the society wom­ en of Philadelphia, Instead of Chicago, Who are unwilling to show their feet la a classic tableau. Or. Wiley says that the earth is eooHng and that men will freeze to death on the equator some day. From a man who Is contemplating matri­ mony OM would expect a brighter view. 1 Last year Alaska produced $20,463,- 000 gold, or about three times what Uncle Sam paid for the big territory. Some day Secretary Seward will have a fine monument as a good Judge of a 'real estate bargain. , The students of Vassar proclaim •With pride that they can cook, and oook appetizing meals at that There its no danger in the higher education, even for the conservative, when wom­ en take pride in their cooking as an •accomplishment, and men. as a rule, •do not care how much science and philosophy their future wives absorb as long as the absorbing process does not interfere with the prospect of .good dinners when the cook is on strike. In the silk war between Italy and Japan goods and prices cut much more of a figure than battleships. The brave police president of Berlin has taken a valiant, stand against long fiat pins, calling upon women to cease making themselves In this respect a menace to mankind. The long bat pin /affected by fashion is really danger- ;v^ fpus, as those who have been Jabbed In Crowded cars or on the street can tes- tify. If the women won't be reason- about it. won't they please be ~ iierclXul? An osirifled man has been married in (Pennsylvania, but It 1« suspected that » fhls Is .not the first case on record. Wiiikl! -------------- The census shows an average \ln» •crease in population In the New land states considerably In excess in some parts of the west Iowi ,r Instance, reports an actual d< s for the ten years since 190< ut for gains in the larger clti< also would have 6ly>wn Conclusions that the ei decadence will have By GEORGE CLINTON. Washington.--Prior to this time In these dispatches it has been said that President Taft had high hope that be­ fore the present session ended he would be able to let the country know that the "ultimate consumer" was to benefit by the opportunity to purchase some of the necessities of lire ai a lower price than heretofore because of the removal from them of the incubus of a tariff." The president had in mind a reciprocity treaty with Canada under the terms of which he believed he was to get free natural products. There was a good deal jot scepticism In Washington concerning the presi­ dent's ability to secure ratification by the senate of the treaty which would lower the tariffs. The Canadian com­ missioners, authorized to negotiate for the treaty, have done their errand in Washington. Now it is knwn that President Taft for some time has been hard at work lining up high tar- iu senators on behaii of bin ireat; 6i»- deavor and the word is that he has succeeded in his task. There seems to be some chance, however, that the house of represen­ tatives will insist upon having a hand In the negotiations with the country's northern neighbor. Treaties, of course, under the constitution, are for the senate alone to ratify, but the house of representatives always has main­ tained that anything affecting the revenue must take legislative and not treaty form, and must originate in the representative chamber. If this view of the case is held to be proper it is possible that legislation rather than a treaty must be depended upon to put Canadian reciprocity into effect. If It is to be authorised at all. Parallel Case In 1904. There is a virtually parallel case which is being referred to freely by members of the house. In the spring of 1904 the senate was called together by President Roosevelt after the ad­ journment of congress March 4. The senators simply remained in Washing­ ton and sat in an extra session of their own body. Mr. Roosevelt sub­ mitted a reciprocity treaty with Cuba to the senators. It affected the reve­ nues, according to the views of the house leaders, and so the treaty form was given over and Mr. Roosevelt was obliged to call an extra session of oongress for November, 1904, when the reciprocity matter was made the subject of legislation originating in the bouse of representatives. The bill which was passed at that time was virtually identical with the treaty which the senate had been asked to ratify, but it was legislation and not a treaty, and the form which it took vindicated the argument of the representatives that revenue legisla­ tion must have origin In the popular chamber. Outlook for Tariff Commission. Members of congress are won­ dering Just what effect the meet­ ing of the National Tariff Com­ mission association, which has Just been brought to a close in Washing­ ton. will have on the form of the tariff commission legislation aB it is even­ tually enacted at the present session. President Taft, Senators Cummins and Beveridge and Representative Ijongworth, whose name is carried in authorship on the commission bill which the administration has approv­ ed, made speeches to the delegates to the convention and expressed warm approval of its endeavors. There is, however, among Republicans in con­ gress an undercurrent of opposition to tariff commission legislation. It is not to be supposed that the Republican leaders will carry their antagonism to the measure to the extent of securing Its defeat, but the progressive Repub­ licans an<l a good many of the Demo­ crats believe that the standpat ele­ ment may cause such changes to be made In the Longworth bill as to weaken its purpose and its effect. The situation Is being watched most close­ ly by the real friends of the commis­ sion plan and by those who secretly are opposed to it but who will give it their support, In part at least, as a Republican measure, a measure which they hope will help the party in the next election. Origin of Commission Plan. The tariff commission legislation has had a peculiar history. It was at a gathering of business men in In- LOVE LESSONS FROM BIRDS Males of All Species Show Themselves to Best of Ability When Seek­ ing Mate. A happy young matron, exchanging confidences with two other wives, ec­ statically said that, regarding court­ ship, her husband was "a bird." She was using Blang, but she was putting the case better than she expected. Birds are skillful and accomplished wooers, and the males of all species show themselves to the best of their abilities when seeking to mate. Some of them are grotesque and bizarre and perform clownish and absurd antics during courtBhip, while others are ex­ ceedingly graceful in their gentle en­ deavors to gain mates. The peafowl is clownish in his court­ ship, and captivates the female by in­ dulging in the most absurd and gro­ tesque antics. Several males will form » "stamping ground," beating down and removing all the grass and weeds in a space ten or fifteen feet square. When this queer dancing hall &as been fixed to suit their tastes they dianapolis some years ago that t*« tariff commission plan was suggested. Members of both great political par­ ties smiled at the Idea that congress ever could be brought to consider cus tome regulations which were recom­ mended by any official body except the majority In congress itself. At about the time that the Indian­ apolis meeting was held there was a convention in Chicago of representa­ tives of those business interests which held that reciprocity was a good thing, and that in some Instances the tariff could be cut to the advantage of trade. At this contention the tariff commis­ sion idea also was In evidence, but everything that was suggested was smiled at. Just as the Indianapolis idea had beep smiled at. by members of both houses of congress. Things lay dormant for some time and then during the Roosevelt ad­ ministration a tariff commission bill was Introduced Into the senate by nf Indiana. The bill made i no headway and in fact a good many Republican members, even those who were of the low tariff persuasion, said that the scheme was chimerical. After Mr. Taft came into office be studied the tariff commission plan and finally congress was induced to create the present tariff board, *"& board" to which comparatively little power was given. It is «aid, however, that both Democrats and Republicans in congress admitted tba<. tariff board legislation was the entering wedge for a tariff commission and that one day the goal of the commission advo­ cates would be reached. It seems likely that it will be reached at the present session. Peculiar Customs Case. Here Is a curious customs case. A week or so ago a Philadelphia woman of high social standing, as the world views society, the wife of a promi­ nent club man, was vi&uiag in Mon­ treal. Canada. While there she was shown some lace gowns which she considered to be of rare beauty and which were offered to her for sale. One of these gowns she liked so much that she ventured to ask the price and was told that It was $400. She paid cash for it on the spot and then she smuggled it into the United States, taking it to her home city of Phila­ delphia. Some woman "friend" of the buyer of the lace gown "tipped off" the fact of the purchase and the smuggling to the agents of the treasury depart­ ment. An agent called on the hus­ band of the woman and told him what he knew. The husband of course said it was impossible t£iat his wife could have been guilty of a fraud. In an hour or two, however, the husband was at the office of the customs agents with his attorney, and he said that his wife had bought the gown, but that her failure to pay duty was mere­ ly an inadvertence. The customs authorities had the gown appraised by rtperts and it was found It could have been purchased in the United States for $75 and that the woman who paid $400 for it had been done out of $325. The husband was compelled to pay the duty on the United States value of the gown, and also to pay a penalty. When the transaction was over he found that he and his wife together had paid $625 for something which could have been bought for $75 at any Philadel­ phia department store. Billion Dollar Session Here. Congress this winter will ap­ propriate about $1,000,000,000, to enable the government to pay Its bills during the fiscal year ending June 3c. 1912. Years ago when a bil­ lion dollar congress was spoken of the words were uttered in the irony ol exaggeration by members of the party which did not happen to be In power. The intention was to intimate that it the extravagance of the majority In congress did not cease "the first thing the country knows It will have a bil­ lion dollar congress on its hands." Not only has the billies dollar con gres come, but the billion dollar ses­ sion has some, for each year about that amount must be appropriated tc carry the government along. Of course the revenues have Increased. Ii they had not It would not take many billion dollar congresses to bankrupt the country. There is some fear that the appropriation bills this year will have to go through without as careful scrutiny as usual, because both senate and house have matters on their hands which it could not je foreseen were to be the subjects of long debate. If the Ballinger-Plnchot report gets Into the house it will coDBume much time, and as for the senate the Lorimer cast seems to be bound to take up the bet ter working part of many days. Fathers and Sons. Gov Glasscock of West Virginia did what many people considered to be a graceful thing when he nominated Davis Elklns, eldest son of the late Sen- phen B. Elklns, to succeed his father in the senate. The younger Elklns in any circumstances could serve only a few days because the legislature of West Virginia is about to elect two Democratic BenatorB to fill the vacan­ cies caused by the retirement of Sena­ tor Scott in March and by the recent death of Mr. Elklns. call the females about them In order that they may witness the agility and gracefulness of their would be suitors. The males will then enter the arena, holding their heads far back among their trailing wings, and, spreading their tails to the fullest extent and holding their legs perfectly stiff, will jump awkwardly about the ring, or, folding their wings and tails, and stretching out their wings as far as possible, they will run at full speed around the improvised ballroom; or, standing in the center of the square, they will elevate their tails, lower thejr heads, and beat the ground with their feet. Every now and then they will utter tho most discordant ehrieks and yells, doubtless very pleasing to the peafowl ears, but unmistakably disagreeable to our own. WEATHER READIN6 Without False Start. No man can Ibe aappy or successful o" of use to others unless he does what he is best fitted to da Instinct will-tell him what that Is. It is for him to think lqrg and seriously before be begins his life work, and then be- in it without any fslss starta I i V".'/, k AM mimiwi m///; m ! * WJ&SZ, cmc*oa «KCO«U4W||(# "OMJ* ER'O •ATTBR8 DOWN DOORS OF 8HEL- BYVI4.LE (KY.) JAIL, LYNCH THREE NEGROES. TWO ARE SHOT TO DEATW Rope Breaks, Prisoners Run, A>e Pur­ sued and Riddled With Btrtieb--- Murderer and Two ln»alt«fs w? Women Are Victims. BUTTLE IS DI8PATCH FROM MEXICAN BOR­ DER TELLS OF RESUMP­ TION OF WARFARE. MORE THAN 40 ARE SLAIN insurrectos Reported to Have Held Federal Troops at Bay for Three Hours When Latter Withdrew and Went Into Camp. 8an Antonio, Tex.--According to advices received in this city Thurs­ days more than forty participants were killed in a serious battle that took place between the Mexican fed­ eral troops and the revolutionists Just across the border. The news came from Ed. O'Reilly, a newspaper correspondent who has been at the front in Mexico near the International line, and was received here in a dispatch dated Comstock, Tex. It reads: "Big fight; mere than forty killed; hit myself." The insurrectos, it Is reported, held the federals at bay for three hours, after which the latter withdrew two miles and went into camp. This telegram indicates a reopening of hostilities after a lull of about a month, or since the insurgents fought a draw battle with the forces of Gen­ eral Navarro at Cerro Prleto and soon afterward caught the federal com­ mander's men in an ambuscade near Mai Paso and inflicted on them heavy losses. STRIKE IN ALL PORTUGAL Rail Employes Walk Out; Business Houses Idle--Spanish Minister 8sys Paralysis Is General. Lisbon.--A majority of the railroad employees in Portugal have gone on a strike. The government had long been warned of the movement apd took active measures to maintain the service, with partial success. Following the example of the rail­ way men the employes of the commer­ cial houses quit work on the ground that the government had failed to 1B- sue a decree fixing the limit of a day's work at 12 hours and providing one day of rest in seven. As a consequence of this action many business places in this city are closed. The strikers are making an attempt to extend the Movement to the provinces. FIVE DEAD IN OHIO CITY FIRE Believed More Bodies Are In Ruins of Cincinnati Chamber of Com­ merce Building. Cincinnati.--Five men are known to have been killed and there is a pos­ sibility of several more being dead as the result of the fire that destroyed the chamber of commerce building Tuesday night. At the annual meeting of the cham­ ber of commerce Wednesday steps were taken to build an entirely new building where the other one stood. Troops Kill Eleven In Riot. Bombay.--Troops called out to quell the riot fired several volleys into the crowds, killing 11 and wounding 14 persons. Each year riots mark the celebra­ tion of the muharram, the first month of the Mohammedan year, when trouble arises between the Sunnltes, or orthodox section, and the Shiahs, the second great division of Moham­ medans. A procession was prohibi­ ted. Unearth Blfl Smuggling Plot. IJOS Angeles. Cal.--Tfhe arrest of two wealthy Chinese merchants of San Francisco Saturday, now in Jail here, brought to light a conspiracy which federal immigration authorities assert is the biggest Chinese smug­ gling plot ever unearthed. Issues Reprimand for Sims. Washington--A general order, rep­ rimanding Commander William S. Sims for his "last drop of blood" speech in Ixtndon, was Issued Satur­ day by Secretary Meyer. Impaled on Ski 8tick; Dies. Houghton, Mich.--Robert Williams, seventeen years old. died Wednesday In Hancock hospital as a result of be­ ing Impaled on a ski stick which pene- thated his bowels. The stick is used la propelling a ski rider. New York Wars on Long Hatpin. New York --New York city will Join the list et cities which have legislated sgalnst tbs long hatpin evil. An or- dinauce was introduced In the board of aldermen Wednesday. It provides a $60 fine. SAYS TRUST WAR IS "SHAM' SAMUEL UNTERMYER ATTACKS GOVERNMENTS COURSE. Says Little Combines Are Pursued With Brass Band While Big Ones Are Unmolested. New Tork.--In an address before the annual meeting of the National Civic federation Thursday Samuel Untermyer attacked the government's attitude toward the trusts as a "mon­ strous sham." According to him the large and "vicious" corporations go unmolested while "the little fellows are being pursued with a brass band and the greatest press bureau ever put in action." Mr. Untermyer first blamed the courts and the government, since the enactment of the Sherman anti-trust law In 1890, for failing to suppress the crimes It was passed to prevent and thus permitting the growth at "vicious" corporations. He then charged the present administration with prosecuting only the smal com­ binations, such as the window-glass and bath-tub associations, which he claimed were innocent of criminal in­ tent. , As a solution for the trust problem, the speaker advocated rigid federal regulation, asserting that state con­ trol was confusing and inadequate. He also maintained that the expres­ sion "guilt Is personal" was merely "a political catch-phrase" and really had no bearing on the question. Fed­ eral regulation, he believed, would perserve all the benefits of combina­ tion, such as the elimination of de­ structive competition, while avoiding its evils. FIVE DIE IN A WRECK Passengers in Sleeping Car Crushed Under Locomotive at Ba- tavia, N. Y. Batavla, N. Y.--Five men are dead, two were probably fatally injured and eight others seriously hurt in the wreck of the Western Express and the Boston and Buffalo special, both westbound, at the station here of the New York Central railroad Friday. The victims were all in the rear sleep­ er of the special. The engine of train 23, the west­ ern express from New York to Chi­ cago, struck the rear of 49, the Bos­ ton and Buffalo express, with such force that th« last car of No. 49; a sleeper, was crushed. The engine was reduced to wreck­ age, beneath which four bodies were found. The mutilation was so great and steam played such havoc that early identification was impos­ sible. CHERRY RELIEF REPORT MADE Miners' Widows and Children Paid $54,594.52--$214,593.33 Still Left. Springfield, 111.-- --Widows and children of miners who were killed in the Cherry mine disaster of Novem­ ber 13, 1909, have received $64,594.52 from the Cherry relief fund, according to the report of Secretary Duncan Mc­ Donald of the Cherry relief fund com­ mission, following a meeting of the body at Chicago. The report In detail shows that six chHdren of the miners who were killed have since died, and 11 beneficiaries have gone to Europe. Six of the 142 widows who livfed at Cherry Just after the accident have remarried, and only 102 reside in the village at the present time. The sum of $214,593.53 remains in the hands of the commission to be paid to the widows and children of the dead miners. Death Ends Bobsled Ride. Kansas City, Mo.--A boy was killed and four persons injured, two prob­ ably fatally, when a bobsled upon which the party was coasting struck a moving automobile at a street cross­ ing here Saturday. Iowa Central Roundhouse Burns. Marshalltown, la.--Fire of unknown origin Sunday completely destroyed the twenty-two stall roundhouse of the Iowa Central railway and twelve of seventeen engines it contained. Loss $100,000. Pension Records Destroyed. Washington.--Thousands of records and documents In pension cases were destroyed Friday in a fire which origi­ nated tn the office of the United States pension agency In the pension bureau building here. Mormon Leader Is Dead. Seattle, Wash.--News of the death of Dr. E. G. Cannon, one of the most prominent physicians of Nome, Alas­ ka, and head of the Mormon church In the Seward district, was received here Friday. Shelbyvllle, Ky.--Twenty masked men early Sunday stormed the jail here, seised three negroes and strung them up to a railroad bridge. The rope broke with two of the victims and they wero shot to death. The dead negroes are: Eugene Mar­ shall, who had been convicted of the charge of murdering an aged ntegro woman, and had been sentenced to the penitentiary for life; Wade Patterson, charged with detaining Miss Elizabeth Rubel, a white nine-teen-year-old Shei- byviile girl, and James West, a negro charged with detaining Miss Mary Coley, a white girl of this place, j Feeling had been high since the ar rest of the two negroes several weeks ; ago and they were taken to Louis­ ville, where they were held for safe­ keeping until Thursday, when the local authorities brought them here to stand trial. However, the news of their arrival spread and as there was no demonstration, the authorities be­ lieved that the citizens would allow the law to take its course. The mob rifled a local blacksmith shop and secured a sledge hammer and various other tools for breaking doors and cutting bolts. They then proceeded to tho county js.!'. On their arrival they drew their re­ volvers and demanded that Jailer Ed­ ward Thompson surrender the keys of the prison to them. 8eeing that he would only cause trouble by denying them, as h« was without aid, he com­ piled. In their hurry to get into the Jail the mob broke down the doors. They then proceeded to cut off the bolts holding the door Into the place in which the negroes were sleeping. However, they took time to be sure that the negroes were the ones want­ ed before taking them out of th« Jail. The negroes were awakened by the plows on the doors and knew tnaf. the mob had arrived. Pleading for iheir lives they wefe dragged out of the jail and hurried across town, where they could be hanged outside of the city. Ropes were quickly adjusted and it is said that no time was given over to a confessional. As Patterson and West, who were hung on the tame rope, were swung over the end of a railroad tie, their bodies dang'.ing several feet below, the rope snapped. The two negroes then made a break for cover. The body of Patterson was found riddled with bul­ lets near the creek. West's body has not been recovered, but it is stated that he was shot. Marshall's body was found swinging from the bridge. There will be an Investigation of the hanging, but it is believed that there will be no arrests. GARMENT STRIKE IS ENDED Agreement Is Reached With Big Chi­ cago Firm--Grievances Are to Be Arbitrated. Chicago.--The garment workers' strike is practically ended. An agreement was reached late Saturday between the Hart, Schaff- ner & Marx Clothing company and the joint conference and strike com­ mittee, which ends the long struggle for 10,000 of the strikers, returning them to their positions with the firm. The agreement, in all probability, will bring an early settlement of the entire strike. By the terms of the agreement all former employes of the concern will be taken back, and there will be no discrimination against members of the United Garment Workers. The compromise provides for a committee of three to arbitrate all grievances of the strike. COL ROOSEVELT IN DENIAL Declares Statement Concerning Him­ self and Senator Lodge by Con­ gressman Ames to Be False. Boston.--Theodore Roosevelt took a leap into the Massachusetts sena­ torial contest Saturday when in a telegram addressed to Joseph Walker, speaker of the Massachusetts house of representatives, he vigorously cham­ pioned the cause of Senator Henry Cabot Lodge and charged Congress­ man Butler Ames with deliberately misrepresenting facts. The telegram, which was sent from Oyster Bay, was called forth by the publication of an alleged statement by Congressman Ames, who is active in opposition to the candidacy of Senator Lodge for re-election. Clements Head of Body. Washington.--Judsuu C. Clements of Georgia was elected chairman frfgjAhe interstate commerce commisskmr to Succeed Judge Martin A. Knapp of New York at a special conference of Che commission held Friday. Coast Banker Ends Life. Colfax, Wash.--John Terhune, vice- president of St. John State bank, com­ mitted suicide Friday by shooting himself through the head with a re­ volver. No cause was given or is known for his act. Held for 8laylng' Husband. Portland. Ind.--Sal lie Karney, widow of David Karney, a storekeeper at Cornwall, this county, who was killed on Hallowe'en night, was arrested Thursday following a grand Jury In­ dictment charging her with first de­ gree murder. KilJLS SELF WITH DYNAMITE i-- . MAM jCOMMITS SUICIDE ON CROWDED eOAT. Blows Himself to Pieces In Midst oT 2,000 Persohs---Two Passengers Seriously Hurt. San FYancIsco.--An unidentified man1 blew himself into bits with a stick of dynamite on a bomb while on board of & Sciiuiciu Pacific fenjr bound from Sai^ Francisco to Oakland upon which there were at least 2,000 passengers. Two other passengers were serious­ ly injured. A panic which followed was subdued with great difficulty. Ten minutes after the boat, the- Berkeiey, left the Sab Francisco dock an unidentified man shouldered hla way through the throng on the lower deck and rushed into the lavatory. Aa Instant later there was a terrific ex- •plosion. Roy B. Samplon and Edwin Hoff- schteider, both of Oakland, were In­ jured. The body of the unidentified: man was blown to bits. The explosion was followed by * stampede on both lower and upper decks. Several excited passenger* raised a cry that the boat was slskins- Capt. W. J. Jones, with his officers* and men, finally pacified the passengers, and the boat proceeded to the Oakland shore. KELLOGG FLAYS OIL TRUST Declares Standard Was Born and Reared In 6ppresslon--Assails John D. Rockefeller's Veracity. Washington. -- The government'* side of the story of the Standard OiL iui|)u'at>uii, all iu« viutl'gM of sins laid at Its doors, was placed In part before the Supreme court of the United States by Frank B. Kellogg* special assistant to the attorney gen­ eral, who, in an address of three and a half hours' duration, on Friday en­ deavored to show that the combine^ should be dissolved in accordance with the decree entered by the fed­ eral court in Missouri. "The Standard," be said, "was born and reared in oppression and hang* today over the country like a threat enlng cloud." Mr. Kellogg said John D. Rocke­ feller either did not tell the truth in an aflldavit be made in a suit in 1880 about the alleged connection of certalin refineries with the trust or when he was on the stand In the pres­ ent suit. "Didn't he offer any explanation of the affidavit when be was on the stand In this case?" inquired Justice Lur~ ton. "No; he couldnt," responded Mr. Kellogg. Mr. Kellogg showed that the profits of the Standard Oil were so vast aa scarcely to be conceivable. He In­ stanced the Standard Oil company of Indiana. On a capitalization of $1,000,000 this corporation shows In 16 years $63,000,000 in earnings, $39,- 000,000 of which it had *mld In divi­ dends, the "remainder held in sur­ plus. He produced figures to prov* that some of the Standard Oil's pipe line had paid as high as 1,050 per cent, on the capital, others paying from 100 to 250 per cent. FIVE DEAD IN GAS BLAST / Ten-Cent 8tore Is Blown Up st Con* nellsville, Pa.--Twelve Per­ sons Injured. ConnellBvllle. Pa.--Five persona were killed and twelve injured in a gas explosion that wrecked a well- filled five and ten-cent store her» Thursday. The fire that followed completely destroyed the building. Clerks ana customers were buried tn th« eolUpu of the walls. One young woman went mad In anticipa­ tion of her horrible fate, fought off a resfuer and burned to death. Tb* heat and smoke was so intense that all attempts at rescue were futile. Only three of the victims, all girl clerks, have been identified. The failure of workmen to cap the supply pipe after removing a nat­ ural gas meter caused the blaze. EDDY WILL DECLARED V0ID Gift of $2,000,000 to "Mother" Church Is Said to Be Illegal. Cencord, N. H.--Mrs. Mary Baker G. Eddy's $2,000,000 bequest to the First Church of Christ, Scientist* of lloston, known as the "Mother church," is null and void under the New Hampshire law, according to cer­ tain legal lights, and it is possible that her sons, may get the estate. The residuary clause in the will* leaving the $2,000,000 to the "Mother'* church, is not legal, in the opinion of Ex-United States Senator William E. Chandler, Hannls Taylor, the profes­ sor of constitutional law at George Washington university, and others. Their opinion was given out for pub» lication here. 1,680 Pest Offices Looted. Washington.--During the fiscal year ended June 30, 1910, 1,680 post* offices were robbed, as compared with 1,969 during the previous year, ac­ cording to the report of Robert 8. Sharp, chief inspector of the post of­ fice department, to the postmaster general, made public Saturday. Psof. James S. Edwards Dies. South Bend, Ind.--Prof. James 8. Edwards, Notre Dame university, died Sunday night of paralysis and Brlght's disease of the kidneys. Carrie Nation le*8trloken. Eureka Springs, Ark.--Mrs. Carrie- Nation, the pioneer Kansas saloon smasher, suffered a nervous collapee- at her home here Friday. Her condi­ tion was such that Mrs. Nation ex­ pressed the fear that her career a* temperance lecturer was^nded. New York Banker Indicted. Hew York.--The grand Jury re­ turned an indictment Thursday charg- |Ug perjury against William L. Brower, f tion company here was destroyed bp former vice-presldeut of the Northern » fire Friday, The lots will reach bank of New York | $80,000 Creosoting Fire Costs $40,000. Beaumont, Tex.--The plant of th* International Creosoting and Coi ' i £•