Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, December 27, 1906, Page 4

% Blank Books, Ledgers, Jqurnals Eto., Stationery, Christmas Stickers, 1907 Diaries, Fypewrifer Paper, Sorap Books, Lead Pencils, Pens, Holders, ink Iullu, Etc. Rubber Stam Legal Blanks, Copy Holders, Calendar Pads, Document Files, Note Baoks, Tima Books, Scale Report Books, Trial Balanes Books, Rulers, Erasers, Kneaded TROOPS NOT NEEDED MILITIA HURRIED TO SCOOBA, MISS,, ON UNCONFIRMED RE- PORT OF RACE WAR. LITTLE APPARENT CAUSE FOR SCARE STORIES OF RECENT TROUBLE AT WAHALAK, Miss, ALSO EXAGGERATED. Scooba, Miss, Dec. 27.—Indefinite reports reached this town that four negroes had been pursued by a posse and killed five miles east of here. It also reported that the negroes in and around the town were In a 'state of unrest and trouble was feared. A telegram was sent to Governor Varda- man at Jackson asking that troops be forwarded here from Meridian. The governor ordered out a company of militia and the soldiers arrived here in the day. They found, how- ever, that no trouble existed in Scooba and they are now walking about the little town chatting with the citizens. he reported killing of the four ne- groes was a direct outgrowth of the ent trouble at Wahalak, where a desperate fight occurred on a Mobile and Ohio railroad train between two negroes and Conductor Cooper, One of the negroes was killed outright and the conductor received severe injuries. at excitement prevailed at Waha- lak when it was reported the negroes had threatened to exterminate the white pecple and burn the town. Gov- ernor Vardaman promptly sent the state militia to the sceme, but after remaining there one day Colonel Me- Ca , in command, returned to Meri- dian, reporting that danger of further trouble had apparently passed away. Citizens of Scooba say that no clash with negroes is now feared here. The negro population is quiet. Advices from Wahalak state that the excitement there has subsided and businesg x» being carried on as usual. SUSTAINS THE DEMURRERS. Decision in Hamilton’s Favor in In. surance Suit. New York, Dec. 27.—Demurrers in- d by Andrew Hamilton to the complaint of the New York Life Insur-. ance company in its suit to compel him to account for $574,250 received and distributed by him on behalf of the company were sustained by Judge Bischoif in the supreme court. Justice Bischoft’s decision says there are six causes of action set forth in the complaint and the demurrer chal- lenged the sufficiency of each cause of action for an accounting and raises the question of misjoinder if some of | the other causes of action may be deemed to proceed for other relief. The court finds and upholds the de- murrer of the insufficiency as to the first three causes of action and gives the life insurance company leave to amend on the payment of costs. FLAGMAN HELD RESPONSIBLE, Four Persons Killed and Twelve In- jured Near Milton, Wash. Tacoma, Wash,, Dec. 27.—~An infes- urban train from Seattle and a work train collided a mile north of Milton. Four persons were killed and twelve injured. Conductor George Ross is among the dead. The motorman was fatally hurt. A flagman was out to stop the passenger train, but failed, The dead beside Conductor Ross ape tralnmen, The injuries of the twel® persons are slight. - The accident occurred on a sharp grade in a deep cut. Two flat cars were piled on the first passenger car, crashing it to splinters. The flagman whase alleged careless. ness caused the wreck canmot be found. DUEL WITH PITCHFORKS. Fight Ends in Fatal Injury of One Combatant. New York, Dec. 27.=-A duel with pitcbforks between two grooms em- ployed iu o fashiopable ridigg acad- emy in East Fifty-eigh$h street result- ed in probably fataf injuries to Thomas Connolly, whose eye apd braip were penstrated by the prong of the.fork wielded by James Cassidy. The two are said to have quagrelgd over the amount of tips each had received from patrons of the acadegpy. Armed with a pitchfork each they fought for sev- eral minutes, while the other employes were afraid to interfere, untii Con- nolly was stabbed in the eye. Cassidy ‘was arrested. Girl Accused of Infanticide. La Crosse, Wis.,, Dec. 27.—A war- rant has been issued here for the ar- rest of Miss Lillian Losching of Ban- gor, the first degrce. The girl 1s alleged to have given birth to a child and to escape detection to have strangled it to death with a cord. The issuance of the warrant followed the finding of the infant’s body, Embezzling Cashier Trrenders, Sedan, Kan., Dec. 27.~Otto D. Stal- lard, former cashier of the People’s. National bank of Sedan, who disap- Deared on Sept. 20 last owing the banjk close to $20,000, arrived home during Wis., on the charge of murder in. . the afternoon and surrendered. ‘He' - “was accompanied by Mrs. Stallard, T0 SUPPRESS DISORDER GARRISON OF AMERICAN TROOPS IN SANTA CLARA PROVINCE LARGELY INCREASED. LAWLESS BANDS OPENLY PILLAGING INABILITY OF CUBAN RURALES TO CONTROL SITUATION PLAINLY APPARENT. ‘Washington, Deec. 27.—Secretary Taft has received advices from Gov- ernor Magoon, at Havana, stating that a more or less unsettled state of af- fairs exists in certain parts of Cuba and that in Santa Clara province law- less bands are operating and pillag- Ing. Thercfore at the governor’s in- stance General Bell has ordered a con- siderable reinforcement of the gar- rison of American troops in that prov- Ince. For the first time since the second occupation of the island by the Amer- icans it has become necessary for the troops to undertake the suppression of these disorders instead of leaving this task to the native Cuban rurales, which in some quarters is regarded as an indication of the inability of the Cuban civil authorities permanently to maintain peace in the island. General Bell, in company with General Wint, who will succeed him Jan. 1 in com- mand of the American troops in Cuba, is now making a tour of the island with special reference to the military necessities in case further disturb- ances oceur. LIVELY TIME FOR UNCLE SAM. Japs Plan Insurrections in Cuba, Ha- waii and Philippines. New York, Dec. 27—The World publishes a dispaich frcm Havana which states that Governor Magoon is investigating a report that the Japa- nese are planning an inswrrection in February against American rule in Cuba, the nes and Hawail. The Investigation, it is stated, was prompted by information recelved from a Cuban official named Pardinas, insurrection that will be planned among the negroes of Cuba simultane- ously with in rections in the Philip- pines and Hawail, The presence of the Japanese, the dispatch says, has been noted by the secret police be- cause they are alleged to have been taking photographs and measurements of the fortifications of Havana. Magoon Ridicules Story. ‘Washington, Dec. 27.—Governor Magoon, at Havana, has cabled Secre- tary Taft that a Havana newspaper printed a story to the efiect that Japa- nese had been heard intriguing to ob- tain control in Cuba. Governor Ma- goon ridiculed the story and Secretary Taft also characterized it as absurd and ridiculous. SHIPYARD ‘BADLY SCORCHED. Newport News Plant Damaged to Ex- tent of $200,000. Newport News, Va, Dec. 27.—A large frame and sheetiron building, containing the carpenter, sheetiron and pipefitters’ shops and riggers and molders’ lofts, was destroyed at the Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock company’s plant, The Old Do- minion liner Jefferson, which is being repaired in the dry dock, was dam- aged to the extent of $10,000. It is estimated that the total loss will amount to $200,000 and will be fully covered by insurance. Eddie Eddins, a fireman; was struck by a falling telegraph pole and fatally wounded. His skull was crushed and a red hot wire cut his throat. In the carpenter shop were tool chests belonging to 200 ship carpen- ters. 1t is estimated that these men will Iese in the neighborhood of $10,- 000 and their loss is not covered by insurance. GUARDS AND MINERS CLASH. Three Men Killed and Four Seriously Wounded. ~ Owensboro, Ky., Dec. 27.—Three men were killed and four probably fa- lally wounded in a battle - between guards employed by the West Ken- tucky Coal company and the striking ‘miners at Sturgis. The dead are: C. J. Dougherty, mine guard; Billy Mal- loy, miner; Will Gray, miner. The fight occurred on a down town street about one mile from the mine, but what caused it is not known. Twenty-five shots were exchanged. The members of the Miners’ union have been on strike for the last year. The coal company has been working nonunion mi¢n under guards and seri- ous trouble has been“long expected. AFFECTS FOUR THOUSAND MEN. Employes of Blast Furnaces Given In- crense of Wages, Pittshure, Dee. 27.-~The employes and Shenango valleys have been noti- fied that they will receive an increase of 10 per cent with the beginhing of the new vear. The increase will affect” | about 4,000 men, It comes 28 a-sur-: prise to the men, as the Blast Work- erg’ imion agked the employers for an who, it is alleged, overheard five Japa- | | nese, said to be in Cuba, talking of an | in the blast furnaces in the Mahoning | CAUSES GENUINE REGRET, James Bryce Resigns His Seat In Parliament. Aberdeen, Scotland, Dee. 2T, —Jameu Bryce, who is to succeed Sir Mpr- timer Durand as British awmbasgsador, at Washington, has given his constit| uents here the first definite informa- tion of his selection for the Washing- ton post in a letter which they have Just received. In this communication Mr. Bryce said the appointment will compel him to give up his seat for South Aberdeen. The retirement of Mr. Bryce causes genuine regret, as his scholarly qualities made him pecu- liarly qualified to represent the con stituency which has the reputation of being the most intellectual in the United Kingdom, as Aberdeen enjoys the unusual distinction of not having one illiterate voter. No plans have yet been made for the choice of a successor of Mr. Bryce .in parliament, but it probably will be made from the literary class. FORCING NEGROES TO WORK. Striking Firemen Accuse Railroad of Peonage. Houston, Tex., Dec. 27.—Vice Grand Master Shea of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen has announced that he will lay before Commissioner of Labor Neill, who is due to arrive here from Washington shortly, charges of peonage against the Southern Pa- cific railroad, which company Mr. NOT PRESENT NO PAY. Congressman Galnes WIll lInsist on Enforcing Old Statute. ‘Washington, Dec. 27.—Representa- tive Gaines of Tennessse, who is in favor of enacting a new statute pro- viding that members of congress shall forfelt $13.70 for every day they are Rbsent, announces that as a result of & search through the old documents at the Capitol he has found that a stat- nte, passed in 1856, which prohibits ebsent members from collecting their salaries unless they are kept from their official duties by illness, has never been repealed. An attempt was made to enforce this law, he sald, in the Fifty-second congress, which re- sulted in a strenuous effort to repeal the statute in 1894, when the Demo- crats had control of the house. Rep- resentative Galnes will call the atten- tion of congress to the statute, he says, and insist that it be enforced. EMPEROR DID NOT ATTEND. Funeral of Count Ignatieff Occurs at 8t. Petersburg. St. Petersburg, Dec. 27.—The.body of General Count Alexis Ignatieff, who was assassinated at Tver Dee. 22, was interred here during the day in the Alexander-Nevsky monastery. The funeral was attended by the Grand Dukes Michael, Nicholas, Sergius Michaelovitch and practically all the members of the imperial family here except the emperor. The procession Shea asserts compelled negroes to|was the most statély witnessed of re- serve as firemen against their will. Southern Pacific officials declare that trains are being operated on schedule time. Reports of congestion reach Houston from a number of points along the Atlantic division of the system. Former Mrs. Blaine to Wed. ‘Washington, Dec. 27.—Mrs. James G. Blaine, Jr., formerly Miss Martha Hichborn, who secured a divorce in South Dakota several days ago, has announced that she would soon be married to Paul S. Pearsall of New York, a licutenant in the regiment of Rough Riders during the war with Spain. BRIEF BITS OF NEWS. Four men were wounded, two crit- ically, in a pistol battle at William- son, W. Va. i The Chicago and Eastern Illinois railroad has announced an increase in pay of 2 cents an hour to all machin- ists. The condition of the shah of Persia has taken a sharp turn for the worse and his death is expected from hour to hour. The cotton harvest in Central Asia is extremely good, 17,000 carloads in- stead of the-usual 12,000 being avail- able for export. Fire originating from a defective gas “Tghting system destroyed three business block. in Perry, Ia. The loss aggregates $100,000. s General Joseph K. Hudson, one of the best known editors and publishers in the West, is ill at Topeka, Kan., with peritonitis and acute indigestion. The summit of Mount Vesuvius is covered with snow, producing a pie- turesque ‘effect. Snow has also filled cracks in the volcano resulting from the recent eruption. London is covered with two inches “of snow and advices from the country districts announce that deep drifts are interfering with the distribution of the mails and railway traffic. Mrs. Rosa L. Segur of-Toledo, O., ploneer woman suffragist, is dead at Dallas, Tex., aged seventy-three years. Mrg, Segur was closely identified with the suffragist movement ever since its inception in America. The coroner’s jury has returned a verdict of “unavoidable accident” in ‘its inquest over the body of Samuel ‘West, _the fourteen-year-old colored boy who was run over and killed by Joseph Leiter's automobile at Wash- ington. MARKET QUOTATIONS. Minneapolis ‘Wheat. Minneapolis, Dec. 26.—Wheat—Dec., 763c; May, 794c; July, 79%c. On track—No. 1 hard, 79% @80%c; Northern, 787%@79%¢; No. 2 North- ern, 76%@76%¢; No. 3 spring, 73@ T4e. Duluth Wheat and Flax. Duluth, Dec. 26—Wheat=-To arrive and on track—No. 1 hard, 79¢; No. 1 Northern, 78%e¢; No. 2 Northern, 77¢; Dec., 76%c; May, 79%c; July, 8c. Flax—~To arrive, on track aud in store, §1.18%; Dec, $1.18; May, $1.- 22%; Jan., $1.18%. St. Paul Union Stock Yards. St. Paul, Dec. 26.—Cattle—Good to choice steers, $5.50@6.25; common to good, $3.25@4.00; good 1o choice cows and heifers, $2.50@4.50; veals, $4.00@ 5.60. Hogs—$6.10@6.20. Sheep—Weth- ers, $4.560@5.25; good to prime spring: lambs, $6.50@17.26. \ Chicago Grajn and Provisions. Chicago, Dec.” 26.—Wheat—Dec.,’ 73%c; May, 77% @77%e. Corn—Dec., 41c; May, 43%4@45%c. Oats—Déc., 888c: May, 85%ec. Pork—Jan., $16.- 05; May, $16.55@16.60.. Butter— Creameries, 22@81c; dairies, 20@27c. Hggs—21@24c. Poultry—Turkeys, 10 @11c; chickens, 9c; sp‘rlngs. 9%e. Chicago Union Stock Yards. Chicago, Det. 26—Cattle—Beeves, fl.lfi@&.}o, cows amd heifers, $1.66@ stockers. and feoders,. $2.50@ 46 ;. Texatis, $3.75@4.60; - We: erns; °$3.90@5.40; ~calves, $6.00@7.75. Hbll ~~Mixed and butchers, $6.10@6.50;, good heavy, Increase in wages a few:months ago, tha! 1 suomzo- light,: 30, Bhi | fantry formed the escort. The em- $6.30@6.47%; - rough*! .w?e cent years. The entire €hevalier regiment of guards, the Pavolosky regiment of guards and mounted in- peror and empress sent wreaths. HARLAN FOR STATE RIGHTS ASSOCIATE JUSTICE OPPOSED TO EXTENSION OF FEDERAL POWERS. ‘Washington, Dec. 27.—Justice Har- lan signalized his golden wedding an- niversary by an emphatic declaration against an increase in . federal over state power. said: The venerable jurist served in the Civil war as colonel and have been on the bench twenty- nine years the 10th day of this month. I can say now; what I have said in many judicial decisions, and such has been the uniform doctrine of our court, that the federal government has no powers except those delegated to it by express grant or by necessary implica- tion from express grants. “I think the federal government has all the power it need have for the purpose of accomplishing the objects for which the government was estab- lished and that any tendency to en- large its powers by loose construction of the words of the Constitution ought to be restricted. “I think the preservation of the states with all their just powers is essential to the preservation of our liberties.” MUST PAY FOR JEWELRY, Anna Gould Responsible- for Certain " Castellane Debts. Paris, Dec. 27.—The three remain- ing suits .brought by creditors -with the object of making Madame Gould (formerly Countess Boni de Castel- lane) Jointly responsible with the count for certaln claims were decided during the day. . The court found that she was in no way responsible for the claims of M. Zeigler, one of the larg- est creditors, who claimed that it had been the practice of the Castellanes ever since they were married to ap- peal to him to extricate them from financial difficulties, but held her Jjointly lable for jewels valued at $24,- 000 purchased from Mlle. Nimodorft of Odessa, who sold the jewels to Count Boni through the intermediary of a jeweler. The court also found that Mme. Gould was jointly liable for about $57,000,:the balance due the Hartogs for a jewelry bill amounting to about $137,000. CHRISTMAS GIFT IS FATAL. Pennsylvania Man Shot While Display- ing Revolver. Pittsburg, Dec. - 27.—John Dele- banty, a hotelkeeper at Braddock, eight miles from this city, recelved as a Christmas present a revolver and a few hours after recelving it he wag taken to a hospital with a bullet in bis stomach, where he lies in a critical condition. Delebanty, proud of the gift, was showing it to a brother-in- law and as the latter handed it back to Delehanty the gun was discharged, the bullet lodging in Delehanty’s stom- ach, ALL FROM ONE TOWN. Nine Thousand Spaniards Going to South America. New York, Dec. 27.—A cable dls- patch from Madrid says that 9,000 of the inhabitants of the town of Rejar, which 18 forty-five miles south of Sala. manca, decided-some time ago to em- Igrate in & body. A meeting was held Monday which approved the offer of the presidents of Uruguay and Nic- aragua to suppl ths trnnsporta n_of the emigrants, Ty 8 in Body. Broken. 27 —Falling into Olmim us,.0:, Do, & Sifonge miiXsr ful) of dough, which: he Was feeding, H.'D. Van Kirk, forty. whirled round. 'body Rubber Squares, ‘I':vmshlp Plal ~ ghips and funds for | Pads, Fountain Pens, Letter Copy Books, Paj INJUNGTIGN IS ASKED STATE OF MINNESOTA OPPOSES INCREASE OF GREAT NORTH- ERN CAPITAL STOCK. ACTION TAKEN WITHOUT PERMISSION CONSENT OF RAILROAD COMMIS- SION NEEDED, ACCORDING TO THE STATUTES. St. Paul, Dec. 27.—Attorney General Young has begun an action in the Ramsey county district court on be- half of thg,state of Minnesota against the Great Northern Railway company ‘asking for a permanent injunction against the company, -its officers, agents and servants from proceeding in any manner with the proposed is- sue of capital stock recently author- ized by the board of directors in New York. The attorney general also asks that the order restrain the defendants from receiving or . collecting ' the ‘gmounts due on any subscriptions ywhlch may have been or which will heraatter be made, or from taking any 'action Lo catry out those plans until the Great Northern Railroad company shall first have made application in writing to the railroad and warehouse commission of the state of Minnesota and procured its consent to that issue of stock. It also asks for a temporary injunction pendente lite. ‘The attorney general, in his bill of complaint, after reciting the fact that the Great Northern is a corporation of the state of Minnesota and that its original authorized capital stock was $30,000,000, that being the limit fixed by its charter, says® Former Increases Unauthorized. That between Feb. 1, 1890, and March 1, 1906, the defendant made several large increases of its capital stock until on March 1, 1906, its cap- ita] stock aggregated substantially $150,000,000. That all of these in- creases were first made without appli- cation to and obtaining the consent of the railroad and warehouse commis- sion of the state of Minnesota as re- quired by law. ‘That prior to Dee. 11, 1906, the de- fendant determined to increase its capital stock to $210,000,000 by an ad- ditional issue of $60,000,000, notice of which was served on its stockholders by its president, James J. Hill, and invited them all to subscribe for their pro rata share of the same. That the -defendant’s officers are now preparing to sell and issue said stock to its stockholders of record on its books on Jan. 4, 1907, and who have duly subscribed therefor prior to that date. The petition further says that all necessary arrangements for the issue and sale of said stock have been made, Procedure Contrary to Law. The bill of complaint further states that unless prevented by an injunction the defendant will issue and sell the stock without first applying to anc procuring the consent of the state rallroad and warehouse commission and thereby depriving the state and its officers of the right and oppor- tunity of investigating the said pro- posed stock issue and examine into the propriety and purposes of the sgme. All of which, the complaint says, is contrary to the state laws. The bill further says: If the deféndant increases its stock as now proposed the aggregate there- of will be $210,000,000. That the de- fendant has been and is now paying annual dividends at the rate of 7 per cent on all of its capital stock and will pay dividends at the same rate on all of its present capital stock and the proposed increase if this increase'is consummated as now intended. That this increase of $60,000,000 if effected will therefore .increase the fixed an- nual charges by the defendant by the sum of $4,200,000, a great portion of which will have to be paid by the de- fendant’s Minnesota ‘patrons as charges on freight and passenger traf- fic local to Minnesota. Determine Necessity of Increase. The bill says that if the defendants should make due application in writ- “ing to the railroad and warchouse com- mission and set forth the amounts and purposes of said inecrease of its capital stock a hearing could be had on the same to determine its neces- sity and the state would become fully advised of the facts and circumstances surrounding thie said proposed issue of stock and could. therefore exercise that surveillance and control amount- ing to prohibition if the stock issue should prove to be unwarranted. The petition further alleges that by its willful :and wrongful neglect and re- 1 fusal to make such an application to the state raiiroad and warehouse com- mission before proceeding with the prenarations for the proposed increase of capital stock the defendant will de- prive the state of Minnesota in the premises and prevent giving the transaction that scrutiny and publicity contemplated by law: The bill further says that the plnin- tiff has no ndequate or speedy remedy at law unlesy restrained by an injunc- ‘| tion and proceeds to set forth its re- quest for thie injunction ostred. Sirtinaes Sl Many Jews Injura B ucharest, Roums.nin, ‘Dee, 27—~The © Get Your Offlce Supplies at the Bemidji Pioneer Office Mest Complete Stock West of Duluth L er Clips and Fasteners, Rubber Bands, Letter Files, Invoices, Typewriter S 5 Scales, its in book form, Fine quality colored Blotters, Letter Copy Presses, Waste Panr Baskels, nn::r Type &Mh,ghpl::r:l,‘;l:ewmh RMS IN CONGO. Leading New Yorkers Appeal to Sco- retary Root. New York, Dec, 27.—J. Pierpont Morgan, Dr. Lyman Abbott and other prominent citizens of New York have DEMAND Joined In a letter to Secretary of State [ Root directing his attention to condi- tions in the Congo Free State, where, it 18 asserted, “flagrant inhumanity ‘exists,” and urging him on behalf of the American people to use the “moral support” of the United States govern- ment to correct the abuses from which the Congo natives are flleged to be suffering. Seven instances of flagrant inhumanity are mentioned in the let- ter, as follows: “First—The exaction of a labnr law s0 oppressive that many natives on whom it falls have little if any free- dom. “Second—Appropriation of land to such an extent that the natives are practically prisoners within their own territory. “Third—The employment under au- thority of the government as sentries of cruel, brutish blacks, chosen from hostile tribes, who murder, pillage and assault the people for whose protee- tion the government is avowedly es- tablished. “Fourth—The abuse of the natives by white representatives of officially recognized companies. “Fifth—The binding of little chil- dren- to years of labor at uncertain wages by contracts they do not under- stand. “Sixth—QGreat injustice in the ad- minfstration of the courts. “Seventh—The sending out of puni- tive expeditions to terrify the natives into paying a tax which is inhuman.” VERY MUCH OF A CURIOSITY = NO FREIGHT TRAIN FOR WEEKS AT MANY POINTS IN THE NORTHWEST. 7 Washiagton, Dec. 27.—Interstate Commerce. Commissioner Lane, who has direct charge of ameliorating con- ditions in the Northwest, where both coal and car famines-have prevailed, is in daily recelpt of hundreds of let- ters from dealers and residents in North Dakota, Minnesota, Wyoming and Idaho that tell a most interesting story of existing conditions. Some of the writers go to the extent of saying that In many instances freight trains have not passed railroad stations for a month or six weeks and that hundreds of thousands of dollars have been lost to the farmers and elevator men, par- ticularly in North Dakota, by reason of their failure to obtain cars to move their wheat and flax. Commissioner Lane received a letter, which is a sample of many, from Cheyenne, N. D, in which it was stated that on Nov. 26 a car was billed from that point and that on Dec. 17 the car was still on the sidetrack and a freight train had not passed up or down for weeks. Governor Gooding of 1daho, to whom Commissioner Lane had written for information relative to conditions in that state, states: “The serious trouble, it seems to me, is the fact that among the trans- portation companies the one impor- tant - consideration in their manage- ment is the securing of dividends with- out regard to the service rendered to the people. The latter condition ls entirely lost sight of.”. REASON FOR POSTAL DEFICIT. Publishers Say Government Overpays the Railroads. Chicago, Dec. 27.—Statistics com- piled by representatives of the United. Typothetae of America and the Amer- ican 'Weekly - Publishers’ association, which ofganizations are vigorously fighting the movement to increase the rates charged for second class mail matter, show that the government is paying the railways three times as much-on the average for the transpor- tatlon of mail matter as the express companies pay the roads for like serv- Ices. On the basis of the postmaster general’s estimates the publishers as- sert that the government, during the fiscal year ending June 30, 1507, will pay the roads almost $32,000,000 more than the express companies would pay them for hauling an equal tonnage. The printers’ and publishers’ organ- izations compiled the statistics to thow that the government, for the purpose of reducing the annual post- office deficit, rather should reduce its putlay for the transportation of mails: than increase the rate for second class mail matter. “One of the chief needs of the gov- ernment is an expert traffic manager,” said W. D. Royce, a Chicago pub- lisher. ~ “It then would get as good rates as the express companies.” STOLEN MONEY REOOVERED. sun!y comp-ny Finds Enough to Re. imburge Its ‘Losses. ~ Austln, Tex, Dee. 27. $8,000 and* $9,000 stolen by Willlam C. Anderson, former assistant paying teller of the First Natlonal bank of Kansas City, who was arrested here last week, has been found in Austin, The exact amount récovered is not known, but neeordlng to the agent | here of the surety company that bond- | ed ‘Anderson it is sufficiently large, with that tlirned over by. Anderson. when arrested, to reimburse the com: & 3 ~ pany for the $10,000 bond it had given, ; ETe] cal 0 5 i SIIGBESTEIJ BY NELSUN - 8 — MINNESOTA SENATOR WOUND IN- : CLUDE ANTI-TRUST CLAUSE | : IN LAND LEASES. i z e BILL IN COURSE OF PREPARATION q EET'S INTENDED TO CARRY OUT REC- OMMENDATIONS OF RECENT 2 SPECIAL MESSAGE. i ‘Washington, Dec. 2(.—Senator Nel- = gon of Minnesota, a member of the committee on public lands, has in course of preparation a bill intended to carry out the recommendations of President Roosevelt in his recent spe- clal message dealing with the public ' land questions and especially with % Tespect to frauds in connection with the grabbing of lands containing vai- uable deposits of coal and gas. It is the plan of Senator Nelson’s measure, as he has outlined it, to connect with a leasing system cover- = ing these valuable lands features of the Sherman anti-trust law, forbid- ding the leasing to individuals or cor- porations entering: into’ any combina- tions in restraint of trade in interstate commerce, this being the way most easily opened to dealers in commodi- ties such as coal and oil to raise prices: Under the plan Mr. Nelson will pro- pose the lands will be leased and upon the violation by the leasing company of any provisions of the lease the right to cancel by the government shall immediately arise. The leasing companies are to pay a royalty to the government and the regulations un- der which the operations are to be conducted will be prepared under gov- ernment direction. President Roosevelt in his special message relating to the public lands called special attention to the frauds which have been perpetrated. He said among other things that “the present system puts a premium on fraud” and, he suggested that the evils be cured by a policy which shall open the lands to lease “under government resuxa. tions and proper restrictions.” ON JAPANESE QUESTION. = President Will Send Third Message to Congress. ‘Washington, Dec. 26.—There is to be a new and independent report on the Japanese Iimmigration question and when it is completed the presi- dent will transmit it to congress with - another message, making the third on this subject. Frank Sargent, commissioner gen- eral of immigration, was at*the White House during the day and gave Pres- ident Roosevelt a summary of his in- vestigation of the Japanese tide of immigration into California through Hawail. As he has but just arrived here and has not even begun prepara- tion of his official report the commis- sioner general was unwilling to give an outline of his conclusions. His feport will have great bearing upon thé settlement of the Japanese difficulty on the Pacific coast, how- ever, because all of this Oriental im- % migration now comes from the Ha- walian islands and if the flow from Japan to Honolulu can be stopped the fear of Californians of an inundation of Japanese will disappear, violation of law and order will cease and nor- 3 mal labor conditions on the Pacific - slope will be restored. 3 GIFT TO MARQUETTE COLLEGE. Sum of $110,000 Donated for Erection = of New Building. Milwaukee, Dec. 26.—Announcement 1s made of a gift of $110,000 which is to defray the entire expense of the construction and equipment of a new | home for Marquette college, to be 1 erected at Grand avenue and Elev- . | enth street, Milwaukee, the donors be- ing Mr. and Mrs. Robert A. Johnston - of this city in conjunction with thelr son, Rev. Robert Story Johnston, S. J., of Florissant, Mo. The trustees of the college have offered to change the name of Marquette to Johnston col- lege, but the Johnstons declined the honor, “preferring that the institutfon should continue to bear the name of the famous missionary. - Father Johnston is an alumnus of Marquette college, having graduated with class honors in 1891 at the age of sixteen years. CONVOY FOR. MOTOR BOATS. ent to Look Out for Safety of Small Craft. 3 ‘Washington, Dec. 26.—The navy de- - partment has assigned the Scorplon o act as conyoy to the motor boat race which has been arranged to take place Feb. 8 “from flag to flag,” mean- ing from an American flag at Miami Govern! ‘{ or Palm Beach, Fla., to the British en- sign at Nassay, Bahama islands. It is said at the department that in the umnl ‘February weather the race across’ the Gulf stream will be extra. hnzarduus for such small craft, henes Seattle States