Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, April 17, 1906, Page 1

VOLUME 3. NUMBER 304 MAINTAINING THEMSELVES Striking Miners Have Made No Demand on National Treasury---Situation Is Still Quiet. COAL PLENTIFUL SAYS MITCHELL 1ndianapolis, chell, April 17.—John M1t president of the United Mine ‘Workers, and Secretary Treasurer W. B. Wilson have arrived here from New York and Pennsylvania, where | 8live, and as his mode of doing it is they have been in charge of the an- | Probably new to mauy Englishmen [ 1 A Polish Sport. thracite and bituminous contests since | Will briefiy describe it. A wolf heing One of the favorite sports of a Pollsh couniry gentleman is to capture a wolf the Indianapolis -convention. Both | driven into the open, the well majinted were at headquarters and both seemed | borseman pursues it, armed only with satisfled with the outlook. They are | & long whip and some rope. The wolf here to attend the special international | after a time tries to take rest, but the executive board meeting. One of the | rider forces it on with his whip till, matters to come before the board will | 8fter repeated attempts at vest, it siuks be the proposition to levy a strike as- | exhausted. The rider hen springs sessment on the miners whose oper- | from his horse, jumps astride the wolf ators have signed the 1902 scale and | 8nd, bolding it by the cars, secures it have put the men to work. About | With the rope. Most men require the 400,000 men are idle and on strike. assistance of a mounted companion, “Up to this time none of the men | Who ties the wolf while the other lolds has drawn on the national treasury for | Its ears with borh hands, and in this support and I have heard of none | Way the capture is comparatively easy, drawing on the district or sub-district | but to do it single handed Is a diffcult funds,” said Secretary Treasurer Wil- [ feat. Nasty bites and even dangerous son. “They are maintaining them. | Wounds result should the huuter have selves on their own reserve.” miscalculated the strength of the ani- “One would scarcely know that a | mal. No one, however, is considered a great strike Is on,” said Mr. Mitchell, | Derfect sportsman till he has done this, “The operators and the public have yet many never succeed. Of the large all the coal they want, the miners | Party assembied only our host fwo of would not have had any work anyway | V48 stalwart brothers and ove other since April 1 and if the public is pay- | man had obtained this blue nhbo}\ of ing more than formerly for coal some | Polish sport.—Blackwood’s Magazine. one is taking advantage of the situa- tion. The cost of coal has not in- creased.” Conture and His Dainty Puptl, An old pupil of Conture tells how the master came into his schoolroom one day when the model was in exception- ally good condition, the light especially fine and the circumstances of the se- ance altogether auspicious. As he en- tered one of the students got up and went to the tub of water in the corner, leaving all the rest buried in their work. “What are you going to do?” asked Conture roughly. The student showed his hands, which had some paint on them, and replied that he was going te wash them. Conture dabbed his thumb in some paint on the palette of the nearest student and made a smear on the dainty pupil's forehead. “You'd better wash your face, too,” he sald. The face washing was the last act of the students when they had finished their work for the day. The dainty pupil took the hint to heart, apologized and sat down at his casel without visiting the tub. If he had not done so he would never have en- tered the school again. Advertiaing. Untll business is successful without a proper store, proper employees and the right amount of capital, it must be assumed that these three conditions are essential to the conduct of profit- able trade, and it is as obvious that 80 long as advertlsing accompanies the business of profit advertising is nee- essary for the upbuilding of busi- ness. The mere appearance of advertis- Ing indicates that business Is being done or will be done, and so long as everybody prefers to buy of men of success rather than of men of failure Just so long will the man who adver- tises be likely to do the largest Lusi ness. Curious Storage of Hay. An English traveler through Kash- mir found in practice there a mnovel method of putting fodder up for win- ter use. The country lles in a valley among the Himalayas. The chief in- Qustry of the people consists In ralsing fine wool and in making this into fab- rics which have carried the name of the country all over the world. A cu- rious custom in some places i that of banging quantities of hay up among the branches of trees. Why It was done was more than I could guess, till my guide informed me that in winter the snow lles five and six yards in @epth and that the supplies of hay, ‘which now look only as if they were meant for camelopards, are then easily reached by the flocks of sheep which abound there, Critic—That villain In your story Is & perfect masterpiece. Where did you get the character? Novelist—I imag- ined a man possessed of all the forms of wickedness which my wife attrib- utes to me when she Is angry.—London Tit-Bits. On ana og. Mrs. Hightone—You are having trou- ble with your cooks? Mrs. Flash The first one carried on so. Mrs. H tone—And how about tle last? My Flashly—She carried off so. I lost two dresses and a hat. what we sell for 10c From Monday morning until Saturday night, but it's safe to say that the best will go first so better come the first of the week. China tooth pick hold- Pressed cut bon bons, each 10c ers, each 10¢ Pressed cut comports Child’s china cup and each 10c saucer, 10¢ Kitchen measures, Decorating plaques, each 10c each 10c 4 drinking glasses for 10c 25¢. decorated china plates, each 10c China oat meal dishes 10c China ash trays, each 10c Egg cups, each 10c Hose supporters, child- ren’s or ladies, each L0c each Children’s heavy ribbed Chinabon hons, each 10¢c | cotton hose, size 5 to 10 per pair 10c Gold banded soap slabs, 36-in. huck towels, each 10c each 10¢ Remnants. 1000 short ends of silks, dress goods and wash goods, many pieces are worth from 25¢c to $1.00, choice of any plefle in the lot this week 10 cents O’Leary @ Bowser. RESULT OF RECENT DISASTER. Chicago Churches Must Obey " the Building Laws. the Easter eve panic at St. Ludmilla’s Bohemian Roman Catholic church Sat- urday night, when three little girls were killed and more than a score of persons injured, all churches through- out Chicago where the building laws are not enforced are to be closed. Po- licemen are to be stationed at every house of worship to prevent over- crowding. This plan was announced by Build- ing Commissioner Bartzen, who had investigated the conditions existing at the time of the stampede. Had the ordinances prohibiting overcrowding and the locking of exits been complied with, he says, every person in the church would have escaped uninjured. The church has a seating capacity of 600 and it was admitted by the pastor, Rev. Mathias Farnik, that at least 200 worshippers were standing in the aisles while the services were in prog- ress. ASHES CEASE TO FALL. Mount Vesuvius Surrounded by Thick Cloud of Smoke. Naples, April 17.—The condition of Mount Vesuvius is unchanged.. The volcano is still surrounded by a thick cloud of smoke, but ashes have almost ceased to fall. Many Americans, in- cluding passengers of the White Star line steamer Cretic and the North German Lloyd steamer Barbarossa, visited the Vesuvius region during the day. 'The police_and carbineers. tried hard to prevent some of them from going further up to the observatory, saying that it was not safe. Professor Mattucci said that while all danger appeared to be over the normal condition of the volecano would not be re-established for several weeks, Bodies are still being exhumed from the ruins at Ottajano and San Guis- eppe. SEVEN KILLED ON WARSHIP. Gun on Battleship Kearsarge Explodes in West Indies. Washington, April 17—Two officers and five gunners were killed instant- ly and one man was seriously wound- ed by an explosion in one of the for- ward turrets of the battleship Kear- sarge at Culebra, West Tndies. The killed are: Lieutenant John Hudgins, turret officer, of Virginia; Julius Al- fred Koester, turret captain, of Chi- cago; Theodore Meagly, seaman, of Elizabeth, N. J.; Peter Nirberg, gun- ner’s mate, of Sweden; Anton O. Phor- son, ordinary seaman, of New Yor] Ellis H. Athey, seaman, of West Vir- ginia; Lieutenant Joseph W. Graeme of Maryland. Decision Against Newspapers. St. Paul, April 17.—Judge Bunn has held adversely to the newspapers in a decision overruling a demurrer to the indictments for publishing the story of the William Williams murder. “In view of the importance of the ques- tion, if the defendants so desire, I will immediately certify the case to the supreme court,” said Judge Bunn in the decision. —— Russian Easter Passed Quietly. St. Petersburg, April 17.—So far as known Easter passed quietly through- out the empire. No dispatches chron- leling anti-Semitic disorders were re- ceived during the night, The Barth’a Swift Motion. Everybody knows that the earth makes one complete revolution on its axis once in each twenty-four hours, but few, however, have any Idea of the high rate of speed at which such an im- mense ball must turn in order to ac- complish the feat of making one revo- lution in a day and a night. A graphic 1dea of the terrific pace which the old earth keeps up year after year may be bad by comparing its speed to that of a cannon ball fired rrom a modern high pressure gun. The highest velocity ever attained by such a missile has been es- timated at 1,626 feet per second, which Is equal to a mile in 32-10 seconds. The earth in making one -complete revolution in the short space of twen- ty-four hours must turn with a velocity almost exactly equal to that of the cannon ball. 'In short, its rate of speed at the equator is exactly 1,507 feet per second. This is equal to 17 miles a winute. “A Star Out ef Jacob.” In the time of the reign of Hadrian, about A. D. 130, a Jew appeared among the peopl- of Palestine claiming to be a mespiah—the “star out of Jacob”— which Balasm predicted In his proph- ecy. (See Numbers xxiv, 17.) This Jewish messiar's name was Simeon ‘Bar-Cocheba, which latter name in the Hebrew language means “son of a star.” This individual who so blatant- ly proclaimed himself to be of divine origin took Jerusalem by storm (A. D. 132) and actually commenced the re- bullding of the temple. He took the government in hand and issued coing and performed many other public of- fices. One of these coins, now in the British museum, has an enlarged star upon one side and wupon the other a i Hebrew legend meaning “The Deliver- er of Jerusalem,” The Jews, it Is said, Official Correspondence, A fourth class postmaster—and he doesn't live in Billville—sent the fol- lowing to headguarters In Washlag: ton: “This wil make three times that I've told you I'm laid up with a bad leg, havin’ shot myself in the left leg—the one that was wounded in the war— while I wuz tryin’ to kill a squlrrel for my breakfast, and I will not be be- nmes, T don’t git much holiday no- | how!”—Atlanta Constitution. [ Chicago, April 17.—As a result of | More Than a Hundred filld as Result of Formosa Disaster, Toklo, April 17.—One hundred and pine persons are said te ve been killed and nineteen inju; in the earthquake in the southern part of the Island of Formosa. Further details, 1t s expected, will swell thd death roll, as the shock was more wvex-e than that of March 17. Later reports’ received from For- mosa confirm the earlier rumors of the complete destruction of Kagi, where geven persons were kuled and thirty- five injured. At Dalgo 400 hunding- were de- | stroyed and at Ajensui;1,191 buildings collapsed and 749 were damaged. Three persons were killed: jand fifteen injured there. These later advices say that this 'shock was more powerful than that of March 17, but as the people had been PORTO RICAN TRADE GROWS. About 84 Per Cent of’ts Business With United st:{el. Washington, April 17--A bulletin issued by the department of commerce and labor says that tihe trade of the United -States with North American countries, exclusive of Canada, Mexico and Cuba, but inclusiveof Porto Rico, aggregated in the fiscal year 1905 prac- tically $100,000,600, as compared with $60,000,000 in 1900, Porto Rico, the bulletin says, has an annual commerce of about $35,000,000, of which -84 per cent is with the Unit- ed States. The parflclpntlon of the United States in this'trade has largely increased since the: organization of Porto Rico as a customs district of this country in 1900. -Sugar shipments from Porto Rico to the United States in 1905, including melasses, were val- ued at $12,176,861. TARTAR BRIGANDS KiLLED. Cossacks Capture and Slay Several Bandits. Tiflis, April 17.—In an encounter in the outskirts during the day between Tartar brigands, who have been cou: nitting depredations almost with: the city and a squadron of dragoons, tbe troops killed two and mortal:y wounded four of the marauders, the others escaping. A squadron of Cos- sacks which surprised another bandg in the village of Janisvy, capturei four of the leaders. Four Cossacks were killed in this ercounter and af ter the bandits had been lodged i prison they were killed by the Cos BRIEF BITS OF NEWS. Mrs. William J. Lemp, widow of William J. Lemp, Sr., founder of the ‘William J. Lemp Brewing company of St. Louis, is dead. The Standard Oil company has an- nounced an additional advance in the price of refined oil and gasoline of half a cent per gallon. David C. St. Charles, an engineer of San Francisco, has invented a repeater which will make it possible to tele- phone from that city to New York. Ernest B. Kruttschnitt, chairman of the Louisiana Democratic state central committee and one of the most prom- Inent lawyers in the South, is dead at New Orleans, aged fifty-four. Two hundred agents of the Cana- dian Express company along the lines of the Intercolonial railway are on strike to enforce a demand made some time ago for a higher rate of compen sation. Antonio Drilleo, aged thirty-four Years, an ironworker, was shot and stabbed to death in New York oity. Alphonse Drilleo, twenty-four years old, a brother of the dead man, {s un- der arrest. THREATS BOLDLY UTTERED. Asserted Lynchers Will Be Released if Arrested. Kansas City, April 17.—A special from Springfield, Mo, to the Star says: Notwithstanding the presence of armed troops, the fact that a grand jury has been called to indict the lead- ers of Saturday night’s mob, that the county prosecutor has promised to is- sue warrants and the best citizens have decried the triple lynching the streets are full of people who approve the work of the mob, who curse all negroes and advise that they be run out of town. All danger of mob vio- lence is not passed. Hundreds of men boldly utter the threat that i arrests are made the people will rescue the arrested men and drive the militia as well as the negroes from the city Everywhere this. threaf is heard: “This town is too small for negroes and whites. to live iz. One or the other must go.” An incident showing the trend of the feeling took place near the court- house, where hundreds of people were gathered, walking aimlessly about. A negro, leaning against the courthouse, with the troops nearby, made the re- mark in a swagger manner: “Give the colored men the guns and we’ll show you.” Several white men threatened to tlose in upon the negro, when officers hustled the man away to jail. These are the things feared by the conserva- tive citizens. They know how trivial an incident may start a riot. Mines Filling With Water. Columbus, O., April 17.—According to reports received here from Illinois and Indiana some of the mines in those states are filling with water be- cause the pumpmen and engineers have not gone to work, At the Indian- apolis meeting the operators, it is said, will demand to know by whose author- 1ty the men (in the mines in qmflon) e «m. ™ (D il ™ S A Su MINNESOTA HISTORICAL SOCIETY, TO AMEND CONSTITUTION. Ex-Senator Turner Advocates Calling of Convention. Spokane, Wash,, April 17.—A con- Vention to amend the Constitution of the United States, so that many re- torms and laws demanded by the peo- ple may be carried out, is advocated \y Judge George Turner, formerly United States senator, who has re- tently returned from Washington. A provision for the calling of such a con- vention is made in an article of the Constitution, although never in the history of this country has it been apA plied “I am in favor of having a conven- ton to amend the Constitution called,” taid Judge Turner. “I believe that there is an urgent need for such a sonvention. In my opinion it is the ly way by which the necessary leg- islation can be passed to elect United Btates senators by popular vote. “There is an amendment needed to the Constitution to enable an income lax law. Such a convention would make possible a uniform divorce law ind also the federal control of life in- surance matters, as advocated by Pres- ldent Roosevelt. “The convention could go over the entire Constitution.” = CHICAGO-NEW YORK AIR LINE. it Electric Road Expects to Cover Dis- tance in Ten Hours. Chicago, April 17.—Ten hours be- tween Chicago and New York on trains operated by electricity and making an average speed of seventy-five miles an hour is the plan of incorporators of the Chicago and New York Electrlo Air Line railroad. The scheme appears to be far in the future, however. It is asserted that “some of the right of way has been secured,” but the projectors decline to say how much. They hope to have the road in operation in five years. As the name implies the proposed road will sacrifice everything for speed and distance. According to the state- ment of Jonathan D. Price, president of the Co-Operative Construction com- pany, which was organized to build the road, the line will be 742 miles long, or 200 miles shorter than any steam road now connecting the two cities. Part of the line already has been sur- veyed. The first section of the road to be built, according to the promoters, will be out of Chicago and work on this; one of the incorporators said, will begin soon. GORKY’S MARITAL STATUS. Washlngton Authorities Paying No At. “tentiom to Matter. - ‘Washington, April 17—The question of the marital status of Maxim Gorky, the Russian author and socialist who arrived at the port of New York last week, has not been officially brought to the attention of the department of commerce and labor, ner is it known here what steps, if any, are being taken by the immigration commission- er at New York to ascertain the truth of the assertion .that Gorky has not been divorced and that his real wife, together with their children, is still in Russia. It was stated at the bureau of Immigration that the matter of course would be investigated if complaint was officially made that Gorky’s companion Is other than his legal wife. The offi- cials here are not concerning them- selves about the case, feeling satisfied that if it is one warranting official ac- tion the immigration commissioner at New York has full authority to act. CONTRIBUTIONS BY BANKS, Senator Tillman Introduces Resolution of Inquiry. Washington, April 17.—When the senate convened Mr. Tillman intro- duced a resolution directing the com- mittee on finance to inquire into al- leged contributions by national banks to campaign committees and why facts concerning them had not been dis- 2losed by the comptroller of the cur- rency, The resolution dealt with the broad subject of bank contributions and by inference to specific cases in Chicago and Cincinnati. It directed the commitiee to inquire whether legal proceedings should be had. Mr. Till- man asked for immediate considera- tion of the resolution, but upon objec- ton it went over. GOVERNOR FOLK ACTS. Orders Military Commander to Arrest Leaders of Mob. Jefterson City, Mo., April 17.—At noon Governor Folk issued instruc- tions to Adjutant General de Armond- to direct General E. C. Clark, in com- mand of the state militia now in Bpringfield, to arrest the leaders of the mob of Saturday night, put them i jail and surround the jail with troops for protection. The governor stated that the militia will be kept in Springfield until quiet and order is restored and danger of injury to persons and property is averted. PASSED BY THE HOUSE. Only Seven Votes Against Free Alco- hol Bill. Washington, April 17—The dena- lured alcohol bill passed the house— 222 to 7. The house also passed a bill extend- ing the time when the coastwise laws of the United States shall apply to the Philippines until April 11, 1909. At Work in Hocking Valley. Columbus, O., April 17.—According to reports received here from Hocking valley points between 10 and 15 per cent of the output of the mines of the state are in operation, the men going to work on the promise of a raise of wages to the 1903 scala. TEN CENTS PER WEEK BUFFALO GRAFT CASES Gollector of Port Murray and Others Are Indicted For Alleged Stealings. CONVYICTED CONTRACTOR CONFESSES ADMITS SYSTEM IS WRONG. Northwestern Life Will Change Elec: tion Methods. Milwaukee, April 17.—Important ad- missions were made by the Northwest- ern Mutual Life Insurance company officers at the legislative investigation during the day. President Palmer ad- mitted that the election system which had been used by the company was obsolete, saying: “Its like some other things in the history of the company. The company has grown too large for such a system and it must be rem- edied.” General Counsel George H. Noyes of the company declared it was the in- tention of the company to radically change the form of the assignment de- manded from policyholders making loans on their policies. The clause in the Northwestern Mutual Life Insur- Rnce company has been the most se- vere of any company on this point. Color was given the examination by a personal statement from President Palmer in regard to his wife’s loans on policies. President Palmer feels much hurt that so much publicity has been given this matter. He declared that he considered his wife’s loans a legiti- mate form of investment and that they were all made from her own private funds inherited by her from her father. He also claimed that the majority of ; the loans made were upon tontine pol- icies on which the company could not loan. He also declared that where re- newals had been made upon policies on which the comipany might have loaned the rate of interest higher than 6 per cent had been reduced to that amount. Army Officer Jumps Overboard. Honolulu, April 17.—Captain Martin of the lizht artillery, en route home on board the United States transport Sherman under guard as insane, jumped overboard during a storm on April 5, thiee days after the steamer left Nagasaki. His body was not re- covered. Captain Martin went to the Philippines about taree months ago. MOTIVE FOR ATTACK UNKNOWN. Insurance Man Assaults Aged Couple Then Suicides. Des Moires, April 17.—Following a brutal attack on Obadiah Smith and is wife, an aged couple residing near Hampton, A. E. Evans, a prominent insurance man of Waterloo, Ia., com- mitted suicide by shooting. The body was found in the stock yards at Hamp- ton. Evans, who was secretary of the Property Mutual Insurance company, went to Hampton Saturday afternoon to transact business with Smith. It is alleged that when the latter was about to take some legal paper from the safe Evans struck him a blow over the head. Mrs. Smith interfered in' behalf of her husband and was herself attacked. Both were left lying uncon- scious, the assailant escaping. The motive for the attack was unknown. Evans took nothing of value from the safe. TIES UP CONoTRUCTION WORK. Employes of Southern Bell Telephone Company Out. Norfolk, Va., April 17.—The strike among the linemen, inside workmen and cable splicers of the Southern Bell Telephone company has “tied up all new construction work in progress. Birmingham, Ala, April 17.—Sixty linemen of the Southern Bell Tele- phone and Telegraph company went on strike here during the day. Mobile, Ala., April 17.—One hundred linemen and cable splicers of the Bell Telephone company went on strike during the day in Mobile. lowa Lynchburg, Va., April 17.—Twenty electrical linemen of the Southern Bell Telephcne company struck here dur- ing the d TWELVE TONS OF MONEY. Steamship - Bringing $6,250,000 From London to New York. Queenstown, April 17.—The .steam- ship Campania, which sailed from here during the day for New York, has on board what is said to be the largest consignment of specie ever sent across the Atlantic on one vessel. The total value of the specie is about $6,250,000 and its weight is close to twelve tons. Postponed for Fifth Time. Chicago, April 17.—The preliminary hearing of John R. Walsh, former pres- ident of the Chicago National bank and now under charges of alleged mis- management of the institution, has. been continued for the fifth time, the next date for the hearing being set for April 26. Bufralo, N. Y, April 17.—Fred O. Murray, recently appointed collector of the port of Buffalo and former treas- arer of Erie county, has been indicted by the grand jury on a charge of stéaling from the county of Erie sums aggregating $38,870 and receiving stolen property in a like amount. In all ‘iyenteen indictments were hand- ed in by the grand jury, which has been investigating alleged grafting in connection with the purchase by the county of the North street cemetery as a site for the Sixty-fifth regiment armory, Mr. Murray, with his attornéy, ap- peared before Justice Kenefick in the supreme court and entered the plea of not guilty to all the charges. Seven of the indictments are against Fred O. Murray and Robert S. Wood- burn jointly and one is against five men, namely, Fred O. Murray, Robert S. Woodburn, former clerk to the board of supervisors and at present secretary to Representative W. H. Ryan; Byron D. Gibson and William B. Jackson, supervisors, and John W. Neff, former county auditor. The three last named are already under indict- ment. Postmaster Gainor Involved. Postmaster Fred Gainor appeared before Justice Kenefick during the aft- ernoon and entered a plea of not guilty on a charge of bribery in conmection with the graveyard scandals. The charges arose from what has been known as the graveyard scandal, resulting. from the purchase by the county of the North street cemetery estate for the Sixty-fifth . regiment armory. The contract for the removal of the bodies was secured by R. J. Conover. He was to receive $15 for each body raised and reinterred in an- other cemetery. It was charged that the county was mulcted in the sum of $100,000 and Conover was convicted on a charge of grand larceny. Former County Auditor John "W. Neff was Jjointly indicted with Conover,-but has not vet been tried. In Conover’s trial evidence was given showing that the bones found in single graves were divided into several parcels, which were buried as separate bodies. - Since his conviction Conover has appeared before the grand jury and it is reported laid . before it evidence which has involved-several members of the board of supervisors and some prominent political leaders. GIVEN SIXTY DAYS IN JAIL. Corporation Counsel of Chicago Held Guilty of Contempt. . Springfield, IiL, April 17.—Judge Humphrey, in the United States eir- cuit court, has declared Colonel James Hamilton Lewis, corporation counsel _of Chicago, in contempt of court and “sentenced Colonel Lewis to sixty days’ imprisonment in the Sangamon county jail. The sentence is to be remitted if Colonel Lewis, within the next five days, dismisses suits which he brought in the Madison county circuit court in behalf of the Boston (Mass.) Water and Light company against the Alton ‘Water Works company and others to foreclose on second -mortgage bonds. Judge Humphrey had held -that the Alton Water Works company is the property of the Farmers’ Loan and Trust company as holder of first mort- gage bonds and had issued an injunc- tion restraining any one from inter- fering with the operation of the plant or prosecuting any action in the bond matter. It is claimed that Colonel Lewis, by instituting suit, had jeopar- dized the sale of the waterworks to a syndicate which was about to pur- chase. RESULT OF A SUIT. Receiver Named for Belt Line Railway at Chicago. Chicago, April 17.—John N. Fai- thorn, president of the Chicago Ter- minal Transfer company, which oper- £tes a belt line around Chicago, has heen appointed receiver of the com- pany, in bonds of $100,000, by Judge Kohlsaat of the United States circuit court. The appointment of the re- ceiver was not contested and comes 2s an indirect result of a suit brought some time since against the corpora: tion by holders of some of its bonds. It has become necessary for the com- rany to elevate its tracks and erect some new buildings and it was be- lieved that this work could more read- tly be done under a receivership. “ne civil tribunal of the Seine at Paris has annulled the opposition of the mother of Count Roger ‘de Mar- timprey, who tried to prevent her son from marrying Miss Florence Drouil lard of Nashville, Tenn., the divorced wife of Count Bernard de Pourtales.