Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, December 13, 1906, Page 4

Legal Blanks, Copy Holders, Calendar Pads, Document Files, Note Books, Time Books, Scale Report Books, Trial Balance Books, Rulers, Erasers, Kneaded Rubber Squares, % CONSPIRAGY IS LAWFUL| = wwvee_2e ssmene COURT UFHOLDS ACTION WHEN TAKEN IN EFFORT TO BET- TER LABOR CONDITIONS. RIGHT TO STRIKE IS UNQOESTIONED PRIVILEGE OF QUITTING WORK FOR ANY CAUSE OR FOR NO CAUSE SUSTAINED. Madison, Wis., Dec. 13.—"The right to strike for any cause or no cause is clear and fully sustained by all au- thority. Even a conspiracy to strike followed by legal damage is not un- lawful if formed to better labor condi- tions.” . This is an extract from the decision of Judge Sanborn of the United States district court, which was handed down here in the case of the Allis-Chalmers company against the Ironmolders’ un- ion. It is probably one of the first opinions wherein a conspiracy might be sanctioned as lawful. The opinion says: “The right of workingmen to com- bine in trade unions in order to secure the economic advancement of their members is unquestioned and such unions are generally regarded as bene- ficial institutions in bettering the con- ditions of labor and the relations be- tween employer and employed. Whether a threat to strike or bring about a strike when made by a num- ber of persons acting in concert is lawful is an entirely different ques- tion. The conclusion to be drawn from the case, as is applicable to these cases, that the combination of the de- fendants’ union, their members and the defendant, O'Leary, to strike and, further, to enforce the strike and if possible to bring the employers to terms, was not unlawful because grounded on just cause or excuse, be- ing of economic advancement of the labor unions.” LIABILITIES OVER $2,300.000. Bank at Waynesburg, Pa, Closed. Washington, Dec. 13.—The Farmers and Drovers' National bank of Waynes- burg, Pa., has been closed by direc tion of the comptroller of the currency and National Bank Examiner John B. Cunningham has been appointed re- ceiver. The assets and liabilities are $2,367,474. A statement issued by the comp troller of the currency says that the bank has been in an unsatisfactory condition for some time and that its lawful money reserve has been con- tinuously deficient, notwithstanding repeated admonitions and an official notice to make it good. ‘Waynesburg, Pa., Dec. 13.—The Farmers and Drovers’ National bank, which was closed by the comptroller of the currency, is said to be the old- est national bank west of the Alle- gheny mountains. It is backed by the ‘wealthiest men of Greene county and chiefly for this reason the comptrol- ler’s order occasioned no excitement. National NATIONAL CIVIC FEDERATION Many Well Known Persons at Annual Convention. New York, Dec. 13.—With well nigh 250 persons in attendance, including some of the best known men in all walks and all professions of life, the National Civic federation began its fifth annual meeting during the day in the Bark Avenue hotel. Among those present were: Andrew Carne- gle, Cornelius N. Bliss, Oscar S. Straus, Nicholas Murray Butler, Arch- bishop Ireland, Bishop Potter, ex-Gov- ernor David R. Francis, Henry Phipps, Clarence H. Mackay, Samuel Gompers, John Mitchell, Rev. Dr. Washington Gladden, Clark Howell and James Speyer. The meeting was called to order by August Belmont, president of the fed- eration. In his opening address Mr. Belmont urged the appointment of a committee to investigate the problems growing out of the accumulation of great fortunes. Cleveland, Dec. 13.—Announcement has been made by President Charles F. Thwing that gifts of $100,000 each were made Tuesday to Western Re- serve university by H. M. Hanna and Colonel Ollver H. Payne. ©Ohio Man Weds Last Girl in the Family. Mount Gilead, O., Dec. 13.—After marrying five sisters, all of whom died or were killed, James Craven of this city has just wedded the sixth and re- maining sister of the Lamprecht fam- fiy. Craven met the family when he went to Montana thirty years ago. The girls had always lived there and never caught a glimpse of civillza- tion. Craven established a trading post and married Nora Lamprecht. They lived happily until a jealous halfbreed Indian who had wished to marry Nora shot the woman through a window of the cabin. Four years later he married Marle Lamprecht, who was also killed by the same In- dian. Then he married Effie, a third sister, and she also was killed by the Indian. Craven, somewhat discouraged, re- turned to Ohio, but found he could not be contented. He returned and married Helen, aged twenty-eight. After the wedding he heard the Indian was still in the neighborhood. He lay in wait and shot the redskin. Then his wife was taken ill and died. Ber- tha ‘came to his home to care for his little boy and he married her. She was thrown from a horse and killed. Craven went home to Ohio only to find he could not get along without a Lam- precht for a wife. He prevailed upon Lena, the remaining sister, to come here to marry him. INSURANCE OFFICIAL GUILTY. Convicted of Larceny of the Com pany’s Funds. New York, Dec. 13.—George Burn- ham, Jr., a vice president and gen- eral counsel of the Mutual Reserve Life Insurance company, has been convicted of larceny of $7,500 of the company’s funds. The prosecution and conviction of Burnham was an outgrowth of the investigation of insurance companies. Two other officers of the insurance company, Frederick A. Burnham, pres- ident, and George D. Eldridge, vice president, were indicted at the same time. The charge against George Burn: ham, Jr, is that in 1901 he paid J. Douglass Wells with company funds for a loan alleged to have been made to Frederick A. Burnham, president and that the payment was concealed by false entries in the books of the insurance company. The Newborn and the Dead. Lavater in his “Physiognomy” makes the following curious remarks: “I have had occasion to observe some infants Immediately on their births and have found an astonishing resemblance be- tween their profile and those of their father. A few days after this resem- blance almost entirely disappeared. The influence of the air and food and probably the change of posture had so altered the design of the face that you could have believed it a different indl- vidual. I afterward saw two of these children die, one at six weeks and the other at four years of age, and about twelve hours after their death they im- mediately recovered the profile which had struck me so much at their birth, only the profile of the dead child was, as might ‘be expected, more strongly marked and more terse than that of the living.” Spider Chased a Man. A story is told by an explorer of a large and fierce South American spider ‘which chases men if they come too near its lurking places. On one occa- sion he was pursued by one. “Riding at an easy trot over the dry grass,” he writes, “I observed a spider pursuing me, leaping swiftly along and keeping up with my beast. I aimed a blow with my whip, and the point of the lash struck the ground close to it, when it instantly leaped upon and ran up the lash and was actually within three or four inches of my hand when I flung the whip from me.”—London Standard. Arranging Chrysanthemums, In the arrangement’of chrysanthe- mums the Japanese guard against sev- en faults. Their stems must not be of the same length, a single flower must not turn its back or present its full face, the flowers must not be hidden by leaves, or, should they be arranged in the way of steps, a full blown flower should never be placed at the base of the composition, and one odd one must not be allowed to fall between two others allke in color. Three flowers should not appear to form a triangle. His Literary Bent. “Father, when I leave school I am golng to follow my literary bent and write for monéy.” “Humph! My 'son, you ought to be successful. That's all you've done since you've been at school,” Diaries WE NOW have in stock a large assort- ment of 1907 diaries. The line is suitable for business and professional men. Prices cowmpare favorably with eastern houses and the cheap as well as the very best book can be had here. STATIONERY DEPARTMENT OF Bemidji Pioneer. SENATOR RAYNER CAUSTIC. Criticises President’s Position on Jap- anese Question. ‘Washington, Dec. 13.—Caustic critl- cism of President Roosevelt's position on the Japanese guestion prefaced Senator Rayner’s discussion in the senate of the constitutional questions involved. If the military and civil forces of the federal government were to be used by the president, Mr. Ray- ner said, it became very important to know the exact power of the president in the matter. “Because,” he added, “it is quite a serious matter in view of the great calamity that has lately be- fallen the city of San Francisco for the president to contemplate the bom- barding of the city at this time and to declare war against the beards of county school trustees of California if there is no justification or pretext upon which such ferocious proceed- ings can be undertaken. If he can take possession of the public schools of California and compel the state to admit to them Japanese students con- trary to the laws of California he could with equal propriety send us an amendment to the Santo Domingo treaty and demand the admission of the negro children of Santo Domingo into the white schools of South Caro- lina or of any other state of the Un- ion. Of course if the people have come to the conclusion that every- thing that the president recommends is right then there is hardly any use in contesting any of his propositions and instead of conferring upon him the power to give congress informa- tion of the state of the Union we might confer upon him the function of furnishing his own peculiar views upon the entire state of the universe and recommending any improvements or changes in the general plan of crea- tion that he may deem expedient, from the cradle to the grave.” MAY PROVE EMBARRASSING CHURCH PAPERS SECURED BY FRENCH OFFICIALS CONTAIN IMPORTANT EVIDENCE. Paris, Dec. 13.—The papers seized at the papal nunciature placed in the government’s hands important evi- dence which may prove exceedingly embarrassing to the Vatican if open war is to take place. They include, besides all the diplomatic records cov- ering the correspondence exchanged before the rupture with the Vatican, recent instructions from Cardinal Merry del Val, the papal secretary of te, a mass of letters from prelates all over the world and letters in the bhandwriting of deputies of the Right party. M. Jaures, the Socialist leader, asserts in his paper that the seized documents even prove the existence of a conspiracy. Prosecutions have been begun against the ultramontain abbes of the churches of St. Pierre du Gros Caillou, St. Augustine and St. Roch, where the greatest resistance to the taking of the inventories occurred, and it has been decided to immediately take over the buildings belonging to the ecclesi- astics, stop the pensions of the clergy, compel aspirants to the priesthood to fulfill their military obligations and, if necessary, treat the clergy as sub- jects of a foreign power. ' This consti- tutes a sufficient demonstration of the spirit with which the government in- tends to meet resistance. The recep- tion of Premier Clemenceau’s speech in the chamber of deputies also shows that he has parliament at his back. Nevertheless, M. Clemenceau was careful to say that there was still time for Catholics to conform to the law. NEEDLESS HUMILIATION. Vatican’s View of Forcible Expulsion of Envoy to Paris. Rome, Dec. 13.—The Vatican au- thorities characterize the action of the French government in having Megr. Montagnini, the expelled secretary of the papal nunciature at Paris, accom- panied to the frontier by police as be- ing “an odious act, showing a desire to inflict humiliation on those who, because of their weakness, cannot re- taliate.” It is much regretted in Vat- ican circles that contrary to the propo- sitions of some of the cardinals Mer. Della Chiesa, the assistant papal sec- retary of state, was not sent to Paris after the rupture of diplomatic rela- tions between the Vatican and France, as in view of his Francophile attitude under the late Pope Leo he was the only person capable of reaching an understanding with the French gov- ernment. It is believed even now that notwithstanding the gravity of the situation France would not find It diffi- cult to conciliate the Vatican if nego- tiations on the subject were opened. In the meanwhile all the Vatican forces have been mobilized to take part In the campaign. Even Father ‘Wernz, the general of the Jesuits, has joined the belligerents. The latest instructions sent to the French clergy are in substance that they are to look upon the situation from Its worst possible aspect ana or- ganize private religious services. FATAL GASOLINE EXPLOSION. lowa Boy Burned to Death and Three Other Persons Injured. Rock "Rapids, Ia., Dec. 13.—While Mrs. C. Rudolph was engaged in clean- ing a coat with gasoline at her home near here, the gasoline exploded. Her five-year-old son was burned to death and a daughter, seventeen years old, 8o badly burned that she cannot re- ' cover. Mrs. Rudolph and her baby were also injured but it is thought | they will recover. MAS. HARTJE WINS SUIT COURT DECIDES NOTORIOUS DI- VORCE CASE OF PITTSBURG MILLIONAIRE. MAKES NO REFERENCE TO ALIMONY MOTHER RETAINS CUSTODY OF CHILDREN AND PLAINTIFF PAYS ALL COSTS. Pittsburg, Dec..18.—The famous dl- vorce case, brought by Augustus Hartje, the millionaire paper manu- facturer of this city, against his wife, Mary Scott Hartje, in which he named Coachman Thomas Madine as co-re- spondent, has been decided in favor of Mrs. Hartje. Judge Robert S. Frazer denies the petition of the plaintiff, but makes no reference to the question of alimony. MRS. AUGUSTUS HARTJE. The children are to remain in the cus- tody of Mrs. Hartje until a further or- der of court. The court costs of the entire proceedings must be paid by Hartje. Attorney William B. Rodgers, of Hartje’s ‘counsel, announced imme- diately after the filing of the decree that the case would be appealed. Most Sensational Case. The Hartje divorce case was one. of the most sensational ever heard here and aroused public interest all over the country. It was bitterly con- tested by the attorneys for both sides and it took nearly five weeks to finish the hearing of testimony which in- volved the allegations on which Hartje filed his suit for divorce and the counter charges of Mrs. Hartje. The gauge of the battle was cen- tered in the production of a series of letters alleged to have been written by the wife to Thomas Madine, the coachman of the family. For five days handwriting experts gave their opin- ion on the authenticity of these letters. During the trial Mr. Hartje and John S, Welshons, his friend, together with Clifford Hooe, colored, a former coach- man of Hartje's, were arrested on charges of conspiracy. Hooe was also charged with perjury. Two weeks ago attorneys for Mrs. Hartje began proceedings in common pleas court for temporary alimony, counsel fees and $30,000 expenses incurred during the trial. This case is still pending. When informed of the decision Mr. Hartje, the libellant, said: “Well, that is not the finish. I will appeal the de- cision and carry it to the bitter end. My conscience \is clear and I hav done nothing wrong.” . HIS WOUNDS ARE FATAL New York Man Attempts to Kill His Daughter and Himself. New York, Dec. 13.—Desperate from grief over the loss of his wife, who died four months-ago, and the intem- Derate habits of his daughter, James Howe, a shoemaker, shot the daugh- ter, Mre. Miranda Brinkworth, and then sent two bullets into his own body. Mrs. Brinkworth was only 'slightly wounded, but Howe's wounds resulted in his death in a few min- hutes. The tragedy occurred in the Times Ll‘;ufldlng at Forty-second street and {Broadway, where Mrs. Brinkworth was employed. SENT TO THE SENATE. Changes in' American Representatives Abroad. ‘Washington, Dec. 13.—The president ihas sent the following nominations to the senate: Ambassadors extraordinary and plenipotentiary, Henry White, Rhode Island; to France; Lloyd C. Griscom, Penngylvpnln, to Italy; John W. Rid- dle, Minnesota, to Russia; Irving B. Dudley, California, to Brazil. Envoy extraordinary and minister plenipotentiary, Leslie Combs, Ken- tucky; to Peru. Brown's Condition Unchanged. Washington, Dec. 13.—The condi- tion of former Senator Arthur Brown of Utah, who is at the Emergency hos- pital (suffering from the effects of a bullet wound inflicted by Mrs. Anna M. Bradley on Saturday last, is re- Jportgd to be practically unchanged. The patient passed a fairly comfort- able night. - AL S —1 ownship Plats in book form, Fine qual CHARGED WITH CONTEMPT. New York Newspaper Men Placed Un- der Arrest. i New York, Dec. 13—Willlam B. Masterson, a United States deputy marshal, and William BE. Lewis and Henry N. Cary, editors of the New York Morning Telegraph, have been arrested in this city charged with “criminal contempt of court in cir- culating false and grossly, inaccurate reports of the trial of Chester E. Gil- lette at Herkimer.” Masterson was also recorded as an editor of the Tele- graph. All three were sent to the court of general gessions. Messrs, Masterson, Lewls and Cary were taken to the district attorney’s office and thence to the court of gen- eral sessions. Ball in each case was fixed at $500, which was furnished. The bench warrants on which the men were arrested specified no time for their appearance in court, but it is understood that they will present themselves before a police magistrate of Herkimer county within a reason- able time. TOOK ALL CASH ON HAND. Armed Robbers Hold Up a Bank at Odessa, Russla. Odessa, Dec. 13.—One of the most daring robberies of recent times in .| South Russia was committed at the Petersburger International bank dur- ing the afternoon when a number of robbers escaped with $14,500, the en- tire cash of the bank. Half 3 dozen armed men suddenly appeared at the counter, ordered the clerks to throw up their hands and shot the policeman on duty. They then rifled the cash drawers and ran off. A force of Cos- sacks was speedily mustered, pursued the robbers and captured several of them, but the rest got away with the money. WILL DISSOLVE REICHSTAG EMPEROR WILLIAM INSISTS ON SECURING APPROPRIA- TIONS. ASKED. Berlin, Dec. 13.—Emperor Willlam has authorized Chancellor von Buelow to dissolve the reichstag and order new elections if the supplementary appropriations asked for by the gov- ernment are not granted by the house. The question of the reichstag ap- propriating enough money to keep the present army in German Southwest Africa in the field is, according to the conviction of the government, equiv- alent to the question whether the col- ony shall be given up or fetained. An appeal to the country, if necessary, will be made on that issue, the gov- ernment’s position being that, if the present garrison of German Southwest Africa is reduced from 12,000 to 2,500 men, as the Center party and the Ex- treme Left contend should be done, the insurgent natives will obtain pos- session of the colony. RUSSO-AMERICAN ALLIANCE. Plan Suggested by Responsible Rus- sian Paper. St. Petersburg, Dec. 13.—The Bourse Gazette, one of the most responsible Journals in Russia, contains a care- fully written leading article advocat- ing a rapproachment between the United States and Russia to safeguard the interests of both powers in the Far East, which, the paper says, are now threatened by Japan. The Bourse Gazette remarks: “Contemporary Europe has no ground on which a combination of powers for the maintenance of peace in the Far East is possible, but Russia and the United States are able to join hands for this purpose. They have no old scores to settle. Their ancient friendship is only temporarily impaired owing to the mistakes of the former regime. A Russo-American rapproach- ment, which is historically necessary, would check the Asiatic storm which is again moving towards the Western world. This in no way implies war with Japan. On the contrary, so soon as the understanding takes definite i form, it will guarantee the stability of peace in the Far East.” STRANGE FAMILY ROMANCE. Massachusetts Girl Weds Her Foster Brother. Boston, Dec. 13.—The marriage in Cohasset of Miss Emma Lawrence Farrell to her foster brother, James A. Lawrence, culminates a family ro- mance almost without a parallel in Massachusetts. The oddity of the marriage is in the fact that for sev- enteen years Miss Farrell has looked on Mr. Lawrence as her real brother. Miss Farrell was adopted into the Lawrence family when she was a baby. She was never told of her par- entage and until recently believed Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence her real par- ents and John Lawrence her brother. The two children grew up together and became bound by ties of affection that to them seemed strange, as their love was not like that of other brothers and sisters. Recently Miss Farrell was told by her foster parents the facts of her birth and adoption. Instantly her sis- terly affection for John Lawrence changed to thé love of a sweetheart. They became betrothed and the wed- ding followed. Congress to Adjourn Dec. 20, ‘Washington, Dec. 138.—The house has adopted the concurrent resolution to adjourn for the Christmas holidays on Dec. 20 and to reconvene Jan. 8. Get Your Office Supplies at the Bemidji Pioneer Office Most Complete Stock West of Duluth | Blank Books, Ledgers, Journals, Etc., Stationery, Christmas Stickers, 1907 Diaries, Typewriter Paper, Scrap Books, Lead Pencils, Pens, Holders, Ink Wells, Eto. Rubber Stai % ind Pads, Fountain Pens, Letter cary Books, Paper Clips-and Fasteners, Rubber Bands, Letter Files, Invoices, ity colored Blotters, Letter Copy Presses, Waste Paper Baskets, Rubber GUILTY OF MANSLAUGHTER. Jury Convicts Mrs. Birdsong at Hazel hurst, Miss. Hazelhurst, Miss,, Angie Birdsong has been found guilty of manslaughter for killing Dr. Thomas Butler and was recommended by the Jurors to the merey of the court. Mrs. Birdsong, who is twenty-twc years of age and a member of a lead ing Mississipp! family, in November, 1905, shot and killed Dr. Thomas But: ler, alco prominently related. She al leged that he had bhoasted of illicit relations with her and that his boaste Wwere untrue. BRIEF BITS OF NEWS, Letters patent have been issued granting a constitution to the Trans vaal. The terms were fully outlined in the house of commons July 31. Joseph H. Andrews, identified for many years in Chicago building and commercial enterprises, died suddenly at the Calumet club of heart disease. H. H. Rogers and John D. Archbold have issued a joint statement deny- ing they had said John D. Rockefel ler’s income was $60,000,000 a year and denouncing the story as prepos terous. The French government has notified the government of the United States through Ambassador Jusserand, that Henry White, the recently appointed American ambassador to France, is pérsona grata. MARKET QUOTATIONS. Minneapolis Wheat. Minneapolis, Dec. 12—Wheat—Dec., T7%c: May, 80%c; July, 81lkc. On track—No. 1 hard, 813c; No. 1 North- ern, 80%c; No. 2 Northern, 77%@ 7825¢; No. 3 spring, 75@76c. St, Paul Union Stock Yards. St. Paul, Dec. 12.—Cattle—Good to choice steers, $5.50@6.25; common to good, $3.50@4.00; good to choice cows and heifers, $3.50@4.50; veals, $4.00@ 5.50. Hogs—$5.80@5.90. Sheep—Weth- ers, $4.50@5.25; good to prime spring lambs, $6.50@7.25. Duluth Wheat and Flax. Duluth, Dec. 12.—Wheat—To arrive and on track—No. 1 hard, 80%c; No. 1 Northern, 79%c; No. 2 Northern, 78%c; Dec., 78%c; May, 8le; July, 81%c. Flax—To arrive, on track and in store, $1.20%; Dec., $1.19%; Jan., $1.2034; May, $1.23%. Chicago Grain and Provisions. Chicago, Dec. 12.—Wheat—Dec., T434c; May, 783c. Corn—Dec., 41%¢; May, 43% @43%c. Oats—Dec., 33%¢c; May, 35%ec. Pork—Jan., $15.75; May, $16.00. Butter—Creameries, 22@31c; dairies, 20@27c. Eggs—26@30c. Poul- try—Turkeys, 1lc; chickens, 9c; springs, 9c. Chicago Union Stock Yards. Chicago, Dec. 12.—Cattle—Beeves, $4.10@7.25; cows and heifers, $1.65@ 5.15; stockers and feeders, $2.407 4.50: Texans, $3.75@4.60; Wester $3.90@5.75; calves, $5.75@7.75. H —Mixed and butchers, $5.90@6.. ; good heavy, $6.10@6.20; rough heavy, $5.75@5.95; light, $5.80@6.15; pigs, $5.30@6.05. Sheep, $3.90@5.80; lambs, $4.50@8.00. STRIKE IS AVERTED. Homestake Miners Have Been Granted Eight-Hour Day. Lead, S. D., Dec. 13.—There will be no strike in the Hills this year and every one is rejoicing. T. G. Grier, superintendent of the Homestake, has just announced that the eight-hour day will be granted. Secretary Ryan of the Miners’ un- ion was summoned to a conference with Mr. Grier and the news was then made public. The men will go to work at 7:30 in the morning, be allowed half an hour Mt noon and will come off at 4:30. The night shift men will be given the same hours. This regulation applies only to un- derground men, from whom the de- mands had been made. The conces- sion is satisfactory to all and the min- ers have called & special meeting to modify demands hitherto made. Hunting the Bird of Paradise. Inside a queer, birdcage-like wicker contrivance built high up in a tree the Aru fslander will watch patiently for days to get a shot at a bird of paradise, perhaps the loveliest of nature’s crea- tions. His food is supplied every morn- ing by another native, who remains at the foot of the tree during the day to secure any bird which may fall, killed or stunned. Only the adult males, with long plumes, are sought after, for were not this the case this beautiful species would long ago have become extinet. To secure living specimens the natives employ an arrow having three prongs at the end. These prongs are barbed on the inside, and the object is to shoot at the legs of the bird, which, when hit, flutters helplessly to the ground.— A. E. Pratt in Wide World Magazine. Matter of Fact Lovemaking. For downright prose Dr. Johnson's offer of hand and heart to his second wife would be hard to beat. “My dear woman,” said Johnson, “I am a hard- working man and withal something of a philosopher. I am, as you know, very poor. I have always been re. spectable myself, but I grieve to tell you that one of my uncles was hung.” “I have less money than you, doctor,” demurely answered the lady, “but 1 shall try to be philosophical too. Noue of my relatives have ever been hung, but I have several who ought to be.” “Providence and philosophy have evi- dently mated us, my good woman,” said the doctor as he pressed a chaste malute on the ladvis hraw e ey Dec. 13.—Mrs | Typewriter Supplies, Postal Scales, Type Outfits, Staplers, Paper Knives, &c TOTAL 1S $210,000,000 ' GREAT NORTHERN DIRECTORS IN- CREASE CAPITALIZATION BY SIXTY MILLIONS. 60ES T0 STOCKHOLDERS AT PAR MONEY TO BE USED IMPROVING EXISTING LINES AND BUY- ING NEW LINES. New York, Dec. 13.—At a meeting of the directors of the Great Northern railway it was voted to authorize an Increase of $G0,000,000 in the com- pany’s preferred stock and to give stockholders the opportunity of sub- scribing therefor at par. Payments on the new issue are to be paid at periods extending over two years and on all such amounts.the company will pay interest at the rate of 5 per cent per annum until the full amount is subscribed for, The present amount of Great North- ern stock outstandiug is very nearly $150,000,000, so that the new issue, when it becomes stock, will bring the total amount up to $210,000,000. According to a statement given out the proceeds of the sale of the new stock is to be used to pay for addi- tional equipment, for additions to and improvements of existing lines and for acquisition, by purchase of their securities or otherwise, of such lines as the directors may decide to be nee- essary. SHAW TO RETIRE. MARCH 4. Senate Secures Desired on the Subject. Washington, Dec. 13.—“It is the present intention to have Mr. Cortel- you take charge of the treasury port- folic on March 4,” said Senator Al- drich, who talked with the president about Mr. Cortelyou’s nomination to be secretary of the treasury, which was held up by the senate finance committee because no date was speci- fied as to when the appointment would become effective. The same formal objection, it is said, applied to other nominations before the senate, notably that of James R. Garfield as secretary of the interior. It had been customary heretofore, the senator said, to specifically indicate the date upon which such appointments are to take effect and its omission in the present case apparently was an over- sight. So far as he was aware, the senator said, there is no objection to Mr. Cortelyou’s confirmation nor to others now pending. Senator Spooner accompanied Senator Aldrich to the ‘White House. The other changes in the cabinet, it is announced, will take place on Dec. 24. Information FINES AGGREGATE $150,000. Sugar Trust and Cooperage Concern Guilty of Rebating. New York, Dec. 13.—Fines amount- ing to $150,000 have been imposed by Judge Holt in the United States ecir- cuit court upon the American Sugar Refining company and the Brooklyn Cooperage company after the defend- ants through counsel pleaded guilty to indictments charging the accept- ance of rebates on sugar shipments in violation of the Elkins anti-rebating act. The Sugar Refining company was fined $80,000 and the Cooperage com- pany $70,000. After the fines were imposed United States District Attorney Stimson, who conducted the prosecution, told the court that he thought the amount of the fines assessed was sufficiently large to act as a deterrent to rebaters in the future and that the government ‘would consent to the remainder of the indictments against the American Sugar Refining company and the Brooklyn Cooperage company being dismissed. Judge Holt granted a mo- tion dismissing the other indictments. HEAD OF TRUST CONVICTED. Verdict of Guilty in Omaha Coal Com- bine Case. Omaha, Dec. 13.—After being out two days the jury in the case of S. E. Howell, president of the Omaha Coal Exchange, charged in company with the seventy-nine other members with waintaining a trust in violation of the state law, returned a verdict of guilty. The case will be appealed. This is the first trial under the indictment, which includes practically every coal firm in the city. The court has indicated the intention of trying each defendant separately and the next case will be called Monday. BAR JAPANESE LABORERS. Resolution in Senate With That Ob- Ject in View. ‘Washington, Dec. 13.—A resolution was laid before the senmate by the vice president, at the request of Sen- | ator Gearin, giving it as the consensus { of the opinion of the senate that nego- , tiations be entered into with Japan to definitely define the rights of each country under the existing treaty with .a view to securing such modii tie of this treaty as will absolutély pro- hibit the entrance into the United States of Japanese coolie laborers. No action was taken on the resolution. . S - e -