Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, December 3, 1906, Page 4

H { it i i i} ‘THE BEMIDJI DAILY PIONEER: MONDAY EVENING, DECEM BER 8, (006, Late News of the Wor. Domestic--Foreign--Financial--Social--Political ié % YOUNG ON THE STAND LABOR LEADER TESTIFIES CON- CERNING ALLEGED CONSPIR- ACY AT CHICAGO. GIVES SOME SENSATIONAL EVIDENCE ASSERTS HIMSELF AND OTHERS RECEIVED $1,500 TO CALL A CERTAIN STRIKE. Chicago, Dec. 3.—Sensational evi- dence was given during the day in the trial of Cornelius P. Shea, president of the International Brotherhood of Teamsters, for alleged conspiracy in the teamsters’ strike of 1905. The first witness called to the stand by the state was Albert Young, the president of the United Teamsters of America, who has entered a plea of guilty to the charge of conspiracy made agalnst him in connection with the strike of 1905 and who offered to turn state’s evidence. According to the statements of Young on the stand Robert Noren, business agent of the Garment Work- ers’ union, provided a fund of $1,500 which was divided between Shea and other labor leaders to induce them to call a strike of the teamsters for the purpose of aiding the garment work- ers of Montgomery Ward & Co., who had been on a strike for several months. At the time of the payment of the momey to Shea and others Noren was, according to Young, treas- urer of the Chicago Federation of Labor, Young said that in March, 1905, he was summoned from his home in Jol- fet to Chicago for the purpose of hold- ing a conference with a number of labor leaders whom he met in Brick- layers’ hall. “Who were present at that meet- ing?” asked Assistant State’s Attor- ney Miller. “Cornelius P. Shea, Willlam Kelly, business agent of the Coal Teamsters’ union; Hugh McGee, president of the Truck Drivers' union; James Barry, business agent of the Express Wagon Drivers’ union; Jeremiah McCarthy, business agent of the Truck Drivers’ union; Stephen Sumner, business agent of the Milk Wagon Drivers’ un- fon; Charles Dold, president of the Chicago Federation of Labor; Edward Nickles, a membher of the Chandelier ‘Workers’ union, and a man named Hoppe of the Cigarmakers’ union.” Says Shea Proposed Scheme. The witness declared that Shea ad- dressed the gathering, saylng that if the Chicago Federation of Labor would raise the coin he would furnish the men to aid the strike of the garment workers. He also declared that Noren addressed the meeting, saylng that if the teamsters would engage in a sym- pathetic strike the garment workers would win their fight. Young declared that in the follow- ing month he attended a meeting in the Stock Exchange building at which were present Barry, Shea, McGee, Mc- Carthy, Noren and himself. “What took place at this meeting?” asked Mr. Miller. “Noren had $1,500, which was ac- cepted by us. Shea sald that we should each give Noren $20 for his trouble. I understood that the money had been appropriated by the garment workers to call a strike of the team- sters.” “Did you see the money paid by Noren?” “Yes, I did.” “What did you do with the money?” “I kept $300 for my personal use, except $20 which I gave to Noren.” “Did you see the others hand Noren $207” “Yes.” “Was there any discussion while Noren was there as to what the money ‘was to be used for?” The witness did not answer this question directly but said: “After Noren left we went to Shea’s hotel and to his room. There I heard Shea say to Jeremiah McCarthy: ‘We will have to make good in the morn- ing.’” hat happened the next morning?” “The teamsters of Montgomery ‘Ward & Co. were called out.” The witness declared that he had sald to Shea at that time the strike had not been called in accordance with the rules of the Teamsters’ un- fon and that he belleved a mistake had been made in calling the strike at all. Young then described a number of meetings attended by labor leaders at which he had been present. At one of these gatherings, he said, instruc- tlons were given by Shea that no un- ion driver would be permitted to haul any goods in or out of the store of Montgomery Ward & Co. | CONSUL MILLER QUESTIONED. Alleged to Have Said Japs Would Fight United States. Washington, Dec. 3.—Henry B. Mil- ler, United States consul general at Yokohama, will be given an oppor- tunity by the state department to afirm or deny a published interview in which he is quoted as saying that the Japanese are organizing their army and navy to fight the United States. A copy of the alleged inter- view has been forwarded to Mr. Miller with the statement that i he denles it his answer will be accepted by the state department as conclusive. | condueted by C. V. Chandler of Ma- LIABILITIES OF $700,000. MOB FIRES PROPERTY WAREHOUSES OF THE TOBACCO TRUST AT PRINCETON, KY,, ‘Three McDonough County (1il.) Banks Close Their Doors. Peorta, Ill, Dec. 3.—Three banking institutions in McDonough county, comb, have been closed. The banks are: The Bank of Macomb, conducted by C. V. Chandler & Co., having deposits of $450,000 and capitalized at $50,000; the Chandler & Imes bank at Colches- ter, capitalized at $25,000, having de- posits of $200,000, and the Chandler & Smith bank of Bardolph, capitalized at $25,000, with $60,000 in deposits. The money has been invested in McDonough county real estate. The immediate cause of the suspension is given as a lack of ready cash. +The Macomb bank was responsible for the payment of the bonds of the Macomb and Western Illinois Electric railway and when the bondholders demanded their money they badly embarrassed the three banks. The llabilities are upwards of $700,- 000. DESTROYED. OUTCOME OF CONTINUAL "AGITATION TOBACCO RAISERS OF THE VICIN- ITY ANGERED BY METHODS OF OCTOPUS. Princeton, Ky., Dec. 3.—The tobacco stemmerles of John Steger and John G. Orr, the latter controlled by the Imperial Tobacco company of New York, were totally destroyed at an early hour by a fire which was kindled against them by a mob of masked men. Several cottages in the vicinity were badly damaged, but nobody was hurt. The loss is estimated at $170,- 000. The mob, which numbered about 300 men, entered Princeton between 1 and 2 o’clock, seized the night town marshal and disarmed him. They then went to the factories and quickly applied the torch. The masked men stood on guard, permitting nobody to come near until the buildings were completely enveloped in flames and help was useless. A squad of the mob took charge of the telephone office and no word of the affair was permitted to go out. ‘When the mob saw that the fire was beyond control they left the town, go- ing in the direction of Hopkinsville, discharging revolvers and rifles as they departed. The fire department then came out, but could do nothing more than prevent the fire from de- stroying buildings in the vicinity. The Steger factory is controlled by the American Snuff company and Mr. Steger is the Princeton agent for that concern. Mr. Orr is the representa- tive of the Imperial company. There was about 150,000 pounds of tobacco in each warehouse and all of it was burned. The work of the mob is believed to be only a furtherance of the agitation by tobacco raisers against the so- called tobacco trust. CARNEGIE 1S CRITICISED. London Papers Object to His Remarks at New York Banquet. . London, Dec. 3.—Exception is taken in some of the afternoon papers here to the statements made by Andrew Carnegle at the banquet of the St. Andrew’s society in New York regard- ing the decline of recruiting in Scot- land. The Pall Mall Gazette heads its comment “An Allen Insult” and says that, even if true, “it is the worst of manners in an alien who elects to make frequent use of British hospitality to make it the subject of public rejoicing." Sir Mortimer Durand’s “vigorous re- buke" of Mr. Carnegie on the same occasion is applauded by the press. STEAMSHIP YALE LAUNCHED. Second Ocean-Going Turbine Vessel Built in This Country. Chester, Pa., Dec. 3.—The Yale, the second ocean-going turbine steamship to be built in this country, was launched during the afternoon at Roach’s shipyard in this city. The steamer was built for the Metropolitan Steamship company and will ply be- tween New York and Boston on the outside route. The steamer was christened by Miss Laura B. Hadley, daughter of the president of Yale uni- versity. The Harvard, a sister ship to the Yale, will be launched in a short time. PEARY CALLS ON ROOSEVELT. ELEVEN PULAJANES KILLED. President Heartily Congratulates Arc- tic Explorer. ‘Washington, . Dec. 3.—Commander R. E. Peary called on the president by appointment during the day. He was heartily congratulated by Mr. Roose- velt on the achievement he has made in his latest Arctic exploring trip. Commander Peary, upon leaving the ‘White House, said he was going to New York on business matters. ‘Walter Wellman, who hopes to reach the Arctic regions by means of an airship, was at the executive offices when Commander Peary arrived. The two exchanged cordial greetings. MESSAGE ANXIOUSLY AWAITED. Chief of Band Escapes, but His Cap- ture Is Certain. Manila, Dec. 3.—A force of con- stabulary under command of Major Murphy surprised the camp of Pablo, chief of the Pulajanes on the island of Samar, at daylight Nov. 30. Eleven of the Pulajanes were killed, the chief’s son and nine of the band were wound- ed. Chief Pablo himself escaped, but his wife and daughter were captured. Clothing, arms and papers found were destroyed, together with the camp. The capture of Chief Pablo is consid- ered the question of only a few days. There is now only one other chief at large and plans have been arranged to capture or kill him. Governor Curry of Samar wires that the breaking up of Chief Pablo’s band signalizes the death knell of Pulajanism in the isl- and. * DEED OF DIVORCED HUSBAND. Kills Man Who Married Former Wife and Then Suicides. Zanesville, O., Dec. 3.—At Middle- bourne, Guernsey county, Benjamin Scott, aged forty-eight, was shot and killed by James C. Nicols, aged fifty years, who then committed suicide by taking carbolic acid. Two months ago Mrs. Scott was granted a divorce from Nicols on a charge of cruelty and within three weeks she was mar- ried to Scott. Just after dark Nicols rapped on the front door of the Scott home. When Scott opened the door he was promptly shot down. Nicols then fired three shots at his former wife and, thinking that he had killed her also, ran into a nearby grocery store, placed a vial of carbolic acid to his lips and drank the contents. Mrs. Scott was not hurt. HAUNTED BY HIS VICTIM. lowa Farmer Driven to Death by Mem- ory of Crime. Sloux City, Ia., Dec. 3.—Driven to drink by the specter of his brother-in- law, whom he had murdered six years ago, Ernest Meyer, a farmer living near Moville, committed suicide by banging himself to the rafters in the haymow. Britons Interested in Solution of Japa- nese Question. London, Dec. 3.—President Roose- velt’s solution of the difficulty arising from the anti-Japanese rule of the San Francisco public schools is awaited with the greatest interest and some anxiety here. The London papers are being regaled with sensational state- ments made by recent arrivals on the Pacific coast from the Far East sug- gesting the possibility of grave com- plications, even war. The forthcom- ing presidential message to congress, therefore, is watched for with even greater interest than usual. THREE THOUSAND ENTRIES. . International Live Stock Show Opens at Chicago. Chicago, Dec. 3.—The seventh an- nual international live stock exhibi- tion opened during the day at the Un- ion stock yards and will continue for eight days. There are more than 3,000 entries, Including some shire horses owned by King Edward VIL of England. Other entries from abroad have been made by Sir Thomas Lip- ton, Lord Cavan and Lord Rothschild. Each evening a horse fair will be held in the exhibition ring. HEAVY “OFFICIAL” EXPENSES. British Parliamentary Candidates Ex- pend $5,834,290. London, Dec. 3.—A parliamentary re- turn of the “officlal” expenses of the | n March, 1900, Meyer stabbed his candidates of the recent general elec- prother-in-law, Chris Bauer, for as- tlon shows that it cost the 670 mem- . gaulting his mother. He was tried bers of parllament $5,834,290 to ob- and convicted of the crime, but was tain thelr seats, an average per vote released upon payment of a fine of of 98 cents. The sums privately dis- $500. Since that time the memory of bursed would . substantially increase the deed has haunted him continually the total, judging from the evidence of ang lately he sought to drown his re- some of the bribery trials which fol- morge fn drink. He made away with lowed the elections. himself after a drunken debauch. Texas Sheepman Assassinated. Del Rlo, Tex., Dec. 3—C. R. Caw- thorn, one of the most prominent sheepmen in this section, was found dead in his buggy three' miles from Del Rio with a bullet in his heart. This is the second murder within two days and the city Is greatly excited. Wage Dispute Adjusted. New York, Dec. 3.—Questions at issue between the New York' Central and Hudson River Rallroad company and its steam and electrical locomo- tive engineers have been adjusted. The men will recelve & substantial in- crease in pay. Would Enforce Collection. Berlin, Dec. 3.—Messrs, Sutro, Thomas and Dohrmann, three repre- sentatives of the San Francisco insur- ance claimants who have not been paid by three German companies and one Austrian company, have arrived here and are making the necessary official calls and looking over the fleld before pressing the companies for a: settlement. Russlan Police Chief Slain. - Kazan, Russia, Dec. 3.—Chief of Po- lice Chopolo of this city was shot and ‘The assassin was arrested. v O killed while leaving a theater here.’ , VIOLENCE AND FRAUD ALLEGED. | Methods of Utah Fuel Company as Told at Federal Hearing. Salt Lake, Dec. 3.—Allegations of llegal methods, ranging in degree of lawlessness from secret rebates on freight shipments to violent selzure of lands belonging to others, the selzure being made and maintained by force of arms, were used by the Denver and Rio Grande rallroad system and its affiliated coal companies have been made in the hearing before Interstate Commerce Commissloner Clark, George D. Halliday of Salt Lake City told of his efforts to acquire title to a tract of coal land In Whitmore canyon, near Sunnyside. Robert For- ester, geologist of the Utah Fuel com- pany, with J. Kipman and other men, came to him, he said, and told him that unless he got off the land they would jump his claim, Later, during his absence, armed men went in and took possession of his property, to which a mnan named Robert Kirke set up a claim. Halliday testified that he attempted to contest Kirke's claim in the district court of the Third Utah district, but every decision was against him until he secured a transfer of the case to Salt Lake City. After the Pleasant Valley Coal com- pany caused Kirke to jump his claim, Halliday testified, he went back to the property, but was driven off by seven armed men and Kirke fired a shot at him. From the time Kirke jumped the claim, he testified, until he gold out his rights to the Pleasant Valley com- pany he was not permitted to g0"wnon his land. ha CAUSES DROP Guggenheims Refuse to Close Option on Mining Stock. New York, Dec. 3.—A rapid de- cline in the stock of the Nippising Mines company, a Cobalt company, from a high point of 337% a short time ago to 19% attracted much attention and was without explanation until afternoon, when it was announced that the Guggenheim interests had de- clined to exercise an option held by them to purchase 400,000 shares of the company’s stock at $25 per share. No reason is given in the statement for the decision, but Louis Marshall, coun- sel for the Guggenheims, said it was because there had not been sufficient time to examine the titles to the com- pany’s property. The par value of the stock is $5 per share and the total issue is 1,200,000 shares. The stock has been traded in very largely on the curb and has been a leader in the speculation in mining shares. When it became known that the Guggen- heims were considering the stock as an investment there was a rush on the part of the public to buy and the price advanced sharply. When the decline set in there were rumors that the Guggenheims might not exercise their right to buy at 25. The official statement by the Guggenheims con- talns a mnotice to the subseribers to their syndicate that they, the Guggen- heims, will assume all losses and that the subscribers will not lose a dollar. HEINZE'S GENEROSITY. Donates $160,000 to Depositors of De- funct Bank. Butte, Mont., Dec. 3.—Recelver Wil- son of the wrecked Aetna bank of Butte has announced that he received a check from Augustus Heinze for $100,000. Mr. Heinze formerly was president of the bank, but withdrew in 1903. Believing, however, that many depos- itors had not known of his withdrawal, although it was widely advertised at the time, and that through confidence in his reputation many of his friends may have lost their money, Mr. Heinze says In his letter to Mr. Wilson he contributes $100,000 towards the bank’s assets and forwards his check for that amount. The contribution should increase the bank’s assets 50 per cent. NO TRACE OF OPERATOR. Man Responsible for Southern Wreck Still Missing. Lynchburg, Va., Dec. 3.—Operator Mattoax, upon whose shoulders is placed the responsibility for the wreck ten miles below Lynchburg on Thurs- day morning, is still missing, although detectives of the Southern Railway company are bending every effort to locate him. While the railroad com- pany can secure no statement from Mattoax a comparison of the record at the Rangoon office and at Wilmers, the next block office north of Rangoon, disposes of the rumor that Mattoax was outside of his office engaged in a boxing match when the first of the ‘wrecked trains entered the block be- tween his office and Lawyers. FOILED BANDIT SUICIDES. IN PRICES. Tries to Steal $6,000 From Bendenda (Kan.) Bank. Bendenda, -Kan,,. Dec. 3.—While President Dillon and Assistant Cashier Selby were counting $6,000 in the Bank of Bendenda Jesse Harris, a farmhand of Westport, entered, thrust his gun into their faces and ordered them to enter the vault quick. Dillon started to comply, but Selby | escaped to the street. Realizing that' ;he would : be captured the robber ..turned the gun on himself and blew out his brains. | Owing to Slow Collections. South McAlester, L. T., Dec. 3.—The Bank of Kiowa, at Kiowa, twenty-five miles south of here in the Choctaw Nation, has closed its doors on ac- count of slow collections and inability to realize on lts assets. The bank - had a capital of $10,000 and owed “7$8,000%borrowed money. tles exceed the assets. The Uabill- “white woman, last August and sen- WRECKED CARS BUR:. NUMBER OF LIVES LOST AS RE- SULT OF RAILROAD DISAS- TER IN VERMONT. GRAVEL TRAIN BUMPS PASSENGER TWO COACHES TOPPLE DOWN EM- BANKMENT AND IMMEDI- ATELY CATCH FIRE. Vergennes, Vt, Dec. 3.—Fqur per- sons are known to have been killed and it is feared that others lost their lives while several were seriously in- jured in a wreck on the Rutland rail- road near here. A gravel train plowed into the rear end of a passenger train. Two passenger cars were wrecked and caught fire. A mixed train {rom Rutland, due here at 9 a. m., was taking the sidini at the Vergennes station in order to allow a southbound mail train o pass. A heavy gravel train followin: crashed into the mixed train, which vas com- posed of two passenger s and a caboose. The caboose Ww:.s smashed | and the passenger cars were hurled on end and then toppled_ ver the edge of a fifty-foot embap’ nent, which drops at an angle of 4 degrees to a small brook. The cars did not fall the entire distance, how;ver, remaining on thelr sides on the slope. This posl- tion made the work of rescue very difficult. Almost immediately the wrecked cars caaght fire and several of the passengers were unable to es- cape from the flames. The -persons living nearby made ‘every effort to assist the passengers and those most seriously hurt were taken to a farmhouse near the station. The less severely injured were brought to the Stevens House in the village. Among the passengers were twenty- one members of the Drury Opera com- pany of New York city, an organiza- tion made up of colored singers, who had just filled an engagement at Mid- dlebury. All of this group have been accounted for. One member, however, Miss Rosetta Faulk, is believed to be fatally hurt, while another, a man named Stevens, was seriously injured. Mr. Drury, leader of the company, was slightly hurt. HUNTING SEASON CASUALTIES. Seventy-four Persons Killed and Sev- enty Injured. Chicago, Dec. 3.—The Tribune says: Seventy-four deaths and seventy per- sons injured, some of them so seri- ously that death may result, is the record of fatalities for the hunting season throughout the country. Northern Michigan and Wisconsin where the open season for deer closed Friday, went ahead of the record for last year in deaths, twenty-eight being reported this season agalnst twenty- six for the previous one, but in the number of persons injured this year's record falls far below that of the pre- vious one, having only twenty serious accidents which did not resylt in death. The larger part of the deaths were the result of accidental discharge ot shotguns, many of them occurring while the owners were cleaning the: weapons. In many of these cases the victims were children. Many of the deaths were those ot boys who were hunting and the mis- taken for deer reason accounted for a large number of others. Michigan leads the list in the num- ber of dead and injured, with Wiscon- sin a close second, the former having fifteen deaths and the latter thirteen. Illinois had a total of eight deaths. DECLARED TO BE ILLEGAL. District Attorney Jerome's Method of Securing Evidence. New York, Dec. 3—The court of appeals has given a death blow to John Doe proceedings, the method de- vised by District Attorney Jerome to put citizens on the rack and get in- formation from them. The court de- nounces such proceedings as illegal and the subpoenas issued for wit- nesses as worthless as waste paper. The decision grew out of John Doe proceedings against Klaw & Erlanger,’ the so-called theatrical trust, to get evidence on which criminal prosecu-: tion could be based. These proceed- ings followed the civil suit of David Belasco against Klaw & Erlanger. AGGRAVATES COAL SCARCITY Four Hundred Montana Miners Go on Strike. Livingston, Mont., Dec. 3.—Because the Montana Coal and Coke company refused to reinstate a miner who had been discharged some weeks ago 400 miners have struck, tylng up the mines and coking plants of the com- pany at Aldridge and Horr. The de- cision to strike followed after the ¢ompany had refused to further nego- tiate concerning the reinstatement of the discharged miner. The shutdown of the Montana company’s mines will further aggravate the prevailing scarcity of coal in this state, many Eastern towns in Montana being prac- tically without any reserve coal. Negro Rapist to Be Executed. "Atlanta, Ga., Dec, 3.—Will Johnson, & negro, has been found guilty of as- v the wor._ agalnst creased ed to Ha: large met lem to bo until the The Har; to combat they would / ‘Lower Eas shops rather of haying wrecked. L. o town they de « Cost of meat was suse the packers had r. i The women ng adopt- ed resolutions / any more meat until the ; vered. Mean- while fish will place of meat in thousands of | 8. HILL DE,//’.'G AGAIN. Has No Intentiord of Buying Railroad tn‘the Gulf. New York, Dec. 3—James J. Hill [ has returned to his office here. He ~was not inclined to discuss any of the reports concerning his railroad plans beyond adding another to his numer- ous denials that he was after the Mis- sourl, Kansas and Texas, which, re- cent reports had it, is being purchased in the interest of Mr. Hill's roads. Mr. Hill said that if he wanted a road to the Gulf he would sooner build a line than buy one alfeady built. He would know then, he said, just what he was getting. Moreover, he added, he would rather see the gov- ernment build a fifteen-foot canal to the Gulf, which would be vastly better than a rallroad. COAL FAMINE Great Suffering Follows in Wake o1 Severe Storm. Reno, Nev., Dec. 3.—Unless the fue) IN NEVADA. -famine in Nevada is broken imme diately suffering and sickness and perhaps death will follow in the wake of the storm which has raged for the past two days in Southern Nevada Coal cannot be obtained in Goldfield or Tonopah and wood is bringing ex orbitant prices. Ties and telephone poles are belng burned. The fuel famine extends over the entire staté and even in this city coal cannot be purchased. BRIEF BITS OF NEWS. “Sam” Martin, proprietor of one oy the best known restaurants in New York city, has filed a petition in vol untary bankruptey. The state of siege in the republic o} Salvador, which was proclaimed al the time of the discovery of the ploi against the government Sept. 11, has ended. Mark Hassler, widely known throughout the United States as & musical director and composer, is dead at Philadelphia. He was sixty eight years old. Mark Twain is seventy-one year: old. He celebrated his birthday by playing pool almost the entire after noon with his secretary and one o1 two other friends. Nathan M. Flower, a member of the New York Exchange and of the firm o Flower & Co., stock brokers, is dead Mr. Flower was a nephew of the lat¢ Roswell P. Flower. Captain Thomas Fuller, veterat shipmaster and hero of many an excit ing experience on the high seas ir days when piracy and mutiny were frequent, is dead at Salem, Mass. Four Spanish-American shoplifters have been arrested at Los Angeles Cal,, by detectives and $6,000 wortk of silks, furs and clothing stolen from local department stores recovered. The Chicago, Milwaukee and St Paul railroad has filed with the Wis consin secretary of state articles in creasing the company’s capital stoch $150,000,000. * For so doing the com pany pald $150,101. MARKET QUOTATIONS. Minneapolis Wheat, Minneapolis, Dec. 1.—Wheat—Dec. T6%c; May, 78%c; July, 74%c. Orp track—No. 1 hard, 79%c; No. 1 North ern, 78%c; No. 2 Northern, 76%c. St. Paul Union Stock Yards. St. Paul, Dec. 1.—Cattle—Good tc choice steers, $5.50@6.26; common ta good, $3.25@4.00; good to choice cows and helfers, $3.50@4.50; veals, $4.00@ 5.25. Hogs—$6.76 @5.95. Sheep—Weth ers, $4.50@5.10; good to prime spring lambs, $6.25@7.00. Duluth w_ln and Flax, Duluth, Dec. 1.—Wheat—To arriv and on frack—No. 1 hard, 78%c; N 1 Northern, 78%c; No. 2 Norther: 76%c; Dec., 76%c; May, 9% @79%c July, 79%c. Flax—In store and tc arrive, $1.18%; Dec, $1.17%; Jan. $1.18%; May, $1.21%. Chicago Gram and Provisions. Chicago,. Dec. 1.—Wheat — Dec., 72%c; May, T7%c. Corn—Dec., 42%c¢; May, 43%@43%c. Oats—Dec., 383c; May, 34%c. Pork—Jan., $14.60; May, $14.95. Butter—Creameries, 22@29%c; dairies, 20@26c. Eggs—23@27c. Poul- try—Turkeys, 13c; chickens, 8c; springs, 9c. = Chicago Unlon Stock Yards. Chicago, Dec. 1.—Cattle—Beeves, $4.00@7.40; cows and heifers, $1.50@ 5.25; stockers and feeders, $2.35@ 4.50; Texans, $3.75@4.60; Westerns, $3.50@6.00; calves, $5.25@7.00. Hogs —Mixed and butchers, $6.85@6.25; good heavy, $6.16@6.25; rough heavy, | | 2P <=ARK WILL BE- GIN INQUIRY IN THAT CITY EARLY NEXT WEEK. A S— Denver, Dec. }.—Edward E. Clark, Interstate commerce commissioner, is on his way to Denver, where, next Monday, he will begin an investigation into the charges made against the Un- fon Pacific Coal company that that corporation has stolen thousands of acres of coal lands to which it holds no rightful title. A. J. Smith of the Smith-Bradbury Mining company, who stands sponsor for some of the charges against the corporation, intimates that he will charge the attempted murder of a gov- ernment agent by poison during the hearing. 2 Smith says that it would appear that an attempt was made to remove Michael A. Myendorff, the land office detective, who testified in Salt Lake_ City on Wednesday and who men- tloned two Wyoming senators unfavor- ably during his testimony. After completing his investigation Myendorff, according to Smith, stopped at a saloon on his way to the Union station. Smith says something was put into the liquor; that the detective became unconscious and that it was necessary to take him to a hospital. It is also alleged that two attempts were made to poison A. F. Abbott, general manager of the Peerless Cop- per Extraction company, who, with Smith and W. H. Canniff, had been largely instrumental in bringing about an investigation. BLOCK OPERATOR MISSING. Is Blamed for Disastrous Wreck on Southern Railroad. ‘Washington, Dec. L—Officials ol the Southern Rallroad company were ' in consultation early in the day for the purpose of going over the conditiond resulting from the wreck at Lawyers Station, Va., which resulted in the death of President Samuel Spencer and six others. Superintendent of Transportation Taylor said that all efforts of the company so far to locate Operator Mattox, who was operating the block signal tower at the entrance of the block in which the accident oc- curred, had failed. Mattox is a native of Sandy Level, Va.,, and had been in the employ of the company for three vears. Practically two independent investi- gations are under way for the purpose of fixing responsibility for the wreck, one by the division superintendent in charge of that division and one by the general superintendent of the road. GIRL ATTEMPTS SUICIDE. Accused of Cheating in School Exam- ination. Minneapelis, Dec. !.~—Hazel Scott, aged thirteen, a pupil in Robbinsdale public school, attempted suicide by taking strychnine because she was ac. cused of cheating in an examination at school. “I would rather die than face my parents,” said the girl to companions after school. She bought the drug on the way home and when alone took five grains. A few minutes later she was found unconscious by her mother and a physician was summoned. Her chance of recovery is slight. TWO ITALIANS CONVICTED. Nineteen Others Acquitted on Murde: Charge. Ellsworth, Wis,, Dec. l.—After be- ing out forty-one hours the jury in the Italian murder case arrived at a ver- dict at 10 a. m. Joseph Siragusa was convicted of manslaughter in the third degree and John Demma was convict- ed of manslaughter in the fourth de- gree. The penalty is from one to seven years. The remaining nineteen Italians go free. They were all on trial for the mur- der of John Isaac at Prescott, Wis., two months ago. CANADIAN RUBBER TRUST. Three Large Concerns in New $5,000,- 000 Merger. Montreal, Dec. 1.—The Canadian Consolidated Rubber company is the result of the merger of the Canadian Rubber company, the Granby' Rubber company and the Maple Leaf Rubber company of Port Dalhousie, Ont. The capital of the new company is $5,000,- 000, with $2,600,000 6 per cent forty- year bonds. Accused of Harboring Rebels. El Paso, Tex., Dec. §,—Mrs. Maria Ponce de Gonzales, a prominent wo- man of Juarez, has been arrested in Juarez charged with harboring revo- lutionists. Her husband recently was arrested as a revolutionist and she is accused of putting the police on the SRy i sault upon Mrs. Georgia Hembree, a tenced to be hanged Jan. 1. $6.76@5.95; | $6.85@6.20; pies, ; lambs, wrong trail when they were search- ing the city. There are now forty al-