Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, February 27, 1907, Page 4

ADDITIONAL LOGAL MATTER| Business Good at Puposky. 0. J. Laqua, who, in partner- ship with Mr. Smith, runsa gen- eral merchandise store at Puposky, was a visitor irf the city yesterday. Mr. Laqua states that business is very good at Puposky, and that the home- steaders about there are realiz- ing good suws from the market- ing of their various kinds of timber. Mrs. Neal Teaches Classes. During the absence of Super- intendent Ritchie at St Paul, in the interest of the location of the proposed normal school, Mrs. W. E. Neal has been officiating very | acceptably as teacher of the classes over which the superin- tendent presides. Discharged From Hospital. Will Collins was discharged from St. Anthony’s hospital yes terday, after having been con- fined to a room at that place suf- fering with inflammatory rheu- matism. He will leave for Fowlds to resume his position with the Crookston Lumber cocmpany. T00 LATE TO CLASSIFY. WANTED-Onehundred teams for railroad work near Armington, Montana, All summer’s work. Free transportation out and back. Anderson & Johnson, Bemidji, Minn. FOR RENT—Nine rooms, over the Arcade. Apply at Brink- man hotel, propelier builder, “is eption of any in- uiter effect as com- purely to crews for < large as possi that the great- ligher the speed. wits sent o sea with aserew that it was decmed Dest to L lavzer one, b rears ago vere made the theor neter the 1 biade in two parts and then weld them o . During a storm all three Llades of the propeller broke at the welding, reducing the diameter by more than two-thirds. To the sur prise of the captain the vessel shot for ward at a speed such as had never been | ugineers then exper propellers and discovered that they were much more effective than large ones. Had it not been for that nccident we mizht have gone on using large bladed screws to the present da Where Fogs Are Thickest. “In going from Rome to Paris,” said a young wan, “I paid extra money to cross the St. Gothard, but that lofty Alpine pass was a disuppointment. It was foggy, aud T saw nothing of the Alps. Hard luck, eh?’ “Not at all,” replied the globe trotter. “Nearly everybody finds the St. Go- thard wrapped in fog and mist. The 8t. Gothard, In fuct, is the foggiest place in the world. London has 33 days of fog a year, Munich has 47, Hamburg has 52, Tegernsee, in the Bavarian Alps, has 134 all of them comes the St, with an annual average of 2 days.” The Starry Cross. The first order ever bestowed upon women was the order of the Starr: Cross, founded in 1668 by Eleanor, widow of Ferdinand III of Austria, in thanksgiving for the saving of a por- tion of the holy cross at a fire in the palace at Vienna. This order, which was confirmed the following year by the pope, is divided into two classes, containing different jewels, and is con- | ferred in recognition of distinguished | virtues. It is worn on the left breast attached to a black ribho.:. No Chinese Language. An Euglish traveler says that “Chi- nese lansuage” is a misnomer, “There is no such thing as a Chinese language | any more than there is a European lan- | guage. A Canton man cannot under- stand an Amoy man, and I have seen two Chinamen sitting together with a third one acting interpreter. Pigeon English is the common tongue of com- merce.” Her Idea of It. “Is this the Stock E iuired the sweet young m “Yes, madam. “Then I wish to exchange these se- curities for some that will pay divi- dends. These never have.”—Exchange. ange? In- atron. A doctor forbidding a patient to drink alcoholic Leverages, the patient replied, “But, doctor, you yourself drink alcobol.” “Yes, my friend, but not as a doctor. When I do drink I| do 50 only s an ordinary man.” The Poets. “Poets usually have sad lives,” sald the sentlmestalist. “Well,” answered Mr. Cumrox, “writ /ing the kind of things they do, T don't Y11k of Ahyssinia is sending to Pres- % VIRGINIA' MURDER TRIAL. Brothers Charged With ter's Husband. Culpepper, Va,, Feb. 27.—Four wit- nesses testified at the morning session at the trial of James and Phillip Strother, jointly charged with the murder of William F. Bywaters, their brother-in-law, on the night of Dec. 15 last. Rev. W. J. Ware, the minister who married Viola Strother and Bywaters an honr before the tragedy, was the most interesting witness of the four. He said that the service was read by him while the young bride lay ill in her bed. Mrs. Bywaters, he stated, cried continuously during the cere- mony, while Bywaters was composed and answered the minister’s questions in a clear, firm voice. Rev. Ware stated that James Strother and By- waters shook hands after the cere- mony had been solemnized. J. G. Lemon, the next witness, said he arrived at the Strother home soon after the shooting and found Bywa- ters on the roof just outside of the room where the two brothers had first begun firing. Bywaters, he said, ap- peared to be dying. Lemon stated that young Mrs. Bywaters was on her bed, crying piteously. She called for Brother “Jim™ and asked him to for- give her for 1ving about her condition. During the recital of Lemon’s testi- mony James Strother showed great emotion and tears streamed down his face. Deputy Sheriff J. F. Bowersett and I. B. Crump, one of the Strothers' neighbors, were the other two wit- nesses. Mr. Crump stated that Phil lip Strother told him that he had killed Bywaters because Bywaters had ruined his sister. Both brothers, Crump stated, told him that they had fired the shot. Killing 8ls- LOOK TO CONGRESS FOR PAY. Cost of Curbing Colorado River Will Be Over $3,000,000. Los Angeles, Cal, Feb. 27.—The overflow of the Colorado river at the Imperial valley dam has been stopped, according to statements made by offt- elals. The dam has stood a test of two weeks and the officials are satis: fied that the work will now proceed without interruption until there is ab- solute assurance against another out- break of the Colorado. It is believed that the work of building levees will be finished by April 15. W. J. Doran of the Califor- nia Development company said that the cost of the work on the twenty- mile levee is nearly $1,000 a day and that the total expense Involved in curbing the river will be between $3.000,000 and $4,000,000. This money has been or will be expended by the Southern Pacific company, which must look to congress for recompense. Regulate Sale of Canned Goods. Springfield, 111, Feb. 27.—A bill has been introduced in the house to reg: ulate the sale of any article of food contained in sealed glasses, cans, bot: tles or packages, providing that there shall Le placed or stamped on the out: side of such packages in plain letters the true date of packing and sealing of such package and the name of the article contained therein. BRIEF BITS OF NEWS. A bill cutting rates on Pullman carg 30 per cent has been introduced in the Nebraska legislature. J. Henley Smith, who was editor ot the Confederacy, a daily paper pub: lished at Atlanta, Ga., during the Civil war, is dead in that city. Leslie M. Shaw, secretary of the treasury, who will retire from the cab- inet on March 4, is to become the pres: ident of the newly organized Carnegla Trust company of New York ecity. An Abyssinian dispatch to the Lon- don Daily Mail says that King Mene: ident Roosevelt an autograph lotter conferring a royal order upon him. MARKET QUOTATIONS. Minneapolis Wheat. Minneapolis, Feb. 26.—Wheat—May, T9%c; July, 80%5@80%¢c; Sept., 78% @78%ec. On track—No. 1 hard, 82@ 82%ec: No. 1 Northern, $1@81%¢c; No. 2 Northern, 19@179%c¢; No. 3 North- ern, 76% @77%ec. St. Paul Union Stock Yards. St. Paul, Feb. 26.—Cattle—Good to choice steers, $5.50@6.25; common ta good, $4.00@5.00; good to choice cows and heifers, $3.50@4.75; veals, $4.50@{ 5.75. Hogs—$6.75@6.85. Sheep—Weth- | ers, $4.75@5.25; goed to prime lambs, $6.50@7.15. Duluth Wheat and Flax. I Duluth, Feb. 26.—Wheat—To arriva and on track—No. 1 hard, 81%ec; No. 1 Northern, 80%c; No. 2 Northern, T8%:¢; May, 80%4c; July, 8lc; Sept 78%c. Flax—To arrive and on trac $1.20%; May, $1.21%; July, $1.21%; Oct., $1.18%. Chicago Grain and Provisions. Chicago, Feb 26.—Wheat—May 7% @77%¢; July, 78%¢c. Corn—DM: 4T%@4T%e; July, 46% @46%c. Oats CONTINUED FIVE DAYS ATTORNEY JEROME COMPLETES CROSS-EXAMINATION OF EV- ELYN NESBIT THAW. DRIGINAL STORY PRACTICALLY INTACT ASIDE FROM CERTAIN ADMIS- SIONS WITNESS 8TICKS TO FIRST NARRATIVE. New York, Feb. 27.—District Attor- ney Jerome has finished his long cross-examination of Mrs. Evelyn Nes- bit Thaw at the trial of her husband on the charge of having murdered Stanford White. Mrs. Thaw had been under the district attorney’s fire for nearly five court days. His conclud- ing questions had to do with what the witness observed as to Thaw’s man- ner when he would chance to meet ‘White. She said he acted as a person in a fit. Mrs. Thaw said her husband would remember the meetings and talk of them. From Christmas, 1903, until he shot White he believed the archi- tect had set the Monk Eastman gang upon him. He constantly feared ‘White and said he was being perse- cuted by him. 3 Mr. Jerome called Abraham H. Hummel to the stand to question him regarding the affidavit Evelyn Nesbit is alleged to have made against Thaw in his office. Beyond the fact that the glrl went to the lawyer’s office and that he dictated to a stenographer while she was there the district at- torney was powerless to bring out anything more because of the contin- ued objection of Mr. Delmas. Justice Fitzgerald upheld the objec- tlons on the ground that collateral testimony cannot be taken to discredit the witness. At the conclusion of her cross-ex- amination Mrs. Thaw was recalled by Mr. Delmas for redirect examination. Evelyn Thaw’s Story Intact. To the observer it is not evident that Evelyn Nesbit Thaw’s story has been broken to any great extent. The cross-examination brought out the fact that Evelyn Nesbit lived with Thaw as his wife for a year and a half before they were married, but there was no attempt made to con- ceal this fact. Mrs. Thaw admitted it without quibble. She also admitted that her relations with White contin- ped for several months after her al- leged ravishment. She also admitted that Thaw sent cable messages to ‘White in her name asking him to in- terfere to prevent her mother from making trouble while she and Thaw were traveling together in Europe. Aside from these admissions, how- ever, her story stands practically as she told it on her direct examination. Occasionally Mr. Jerome succeeded in inducing her to make her statements more positive, but he was unable to induce her to fix dates with any cer- tainty. On these matters her memory proved to be very bad. ‘That Mr. Jerome will attempt to controvert many of her statements gseems probable. He has confronted her with Dr. Carlton Flint, whom she declared she had never seen before. Mr. Jerome several times asked her if it were not true that she had gone to Dr. Flint with Jack Barrymore and she denied that she had. It is also said that Mr. Jerome will place on the stand several chorus girls and others who knew of the relations be- tween Miss Nesbit and Stanford ‘White. CONFESSES DOUBLE MURDER. Denver Man Admits Killing Wife and Daughter. Denver, Feb. 27.—Benjamin C. ‘Wright, solicitor for the International Correspondence school of Scranton, Pe., is held a prisoner in the city jail here on a charge of murder, having confessed to Chief of Police Delaney in the presence of witnesses that he poisoned his wife and his daughter, ‘who were found dead in their home in this city. Infatuation for Stella Good, from whom the police claim to have learned that Wright had neglected his family, is supposed to have been the motive for the crime. According to the statement of hos- pital physicians Wright himself had taken no poison and was shamming when he seemed to be unconscious. The contents of his stomach were ex- amined and no poison was found. ‘Wright did not disclose the nature of the poison given his wife and child, but it is known they died in agony. Stella Good has left the city for Colorado Springs and the authorities of that city have been asked to arrest her. She has been arrested several times on charges of theft. Merchant Kills Policeman. —May, 423 @42%c; July, 37%@38:. Pork—May, $16.40; July, $16.50. Bui- ter—Creaineries, 22@32%c; dairie 20@30c. Egzs—21@22c. Poultry— Turkeys and chickens, 1lc; sprin 10%e. Chicago Union Stock Yards. Chicago, Feb 26.—Cattle—Beeves, $4.10@6.90; cows and heifers, $1.60@ | 5.25; stockers and feeders, $2.50@ 4.70; Texans, $3.65@4.75; calves, $6.00 @7.50. Hogs—Mixed and butchers, $6.85@7.12%; good heavy, $7.06@ 7.12%; rough heavy, $6.80@6.95; isee how they could expect to be very <haarful.”—Washington Star. light, $6.85@7.07%; pigs, $4.75@7.65. Shoep, $2.5095.60; lambs, $475@7.65. Sl SRR et Augusta, Ga., Feb. 27.—E. M. Fuller, a grocery merchant, shot and killed Policeman Walter 8. Wilkins. While making his rounds with another offi- cer Wilking tried the back door of the Fuller store and Fuller, mistaking the officer for a burglar, fired two loads of shot directly into Wilkins’ face. Ship Subsidy Bill Taken Up. Washington, Feb. 27.—The house resolved itself into committee of the whole for the consideration of the ship subsidy bill, with Mr. Currier of | , New Hampshire in the chair. Five hours are to be devoted to general debate. lank Books, Ledgers, Journals, Etc., Stationery, Christmas Stickers, 1907 Diaries, Typewriter Paper, Scrap Books, Lead Pencils, Pens, Holders, Ink Wells, Etc. Rubber Stamps and Pads, Fountain Pens, I Eega! Blanks, Copy Holders, Calendar Pads, Document Files, Note Books, Time Books, Scale Report Books, Trial Balanoe Books, Rulers, Erasers, Kneaded ‘Rubber Squares, Township Plats in book form, _— ACCUSED OF COWARDICE. Stoessel Blamed for Surrender of Port Arthur. St. Petersburg, Feb. 27.—A copy of the secret report on the defense of Port Arthur, which is the basis of the indictment on which Lieutenant Gen- eral Stoessel, Lieutenant General Fock, who commanded the Fourth East Siberian division at Port Ar- thur, and Major General Reiss, chief of staff of General Stoessel, are stand- Ing trial for their lives before the su- preme courtmartial, has been ob- tained by the Associated Press. It is of the greatest interest as ex- plaining the decision to try these three officers and nolle prosequi the other defenders of Port Arthur. The report, which was written by Lieuten- ant General Smirnoff, the actual com- mandant of the fortress, is sensational in the extreme and categorically ac- cuses Stoessel of cowardice and in- capacity and, finally, of the deliberate, treasonable hastening of the surren- der to save his own life and in defi- ance of the decisions of two successive zouncils of war. The report is biased in the extreme, breathes the most bit- ter personal enmity and shows that the high officers of the Port Arthur garrison in the darkest days of the slege were almost at each other’s throats. FOR FLEECING TOURISTS. High Police Officials of Salt Lake City Arrested. Salt Lake City, Feb. 27.—George Sheeb, chief of the Salt Lake police department, and George Raleigh, chief of detectives, were arrested during the day charged with complicity in a conspiracy to fleece tourists and trav- elers passing through Salt Lake City. TWO SGORE CHILDREN DEAD FIRE IN SCHOOLHOUSE AT MON- TREAL RESULTS IN TERRI- BLE LOSS OF LIFE. Montreal, Feb. 27.—The Hochelaga Protestant school on Prefontaine street, in the French section of the city, caught fire during the afternoon while filled with pupils and before the firemen in the nearest station could reach the spot many children had been smothered to death. The rescue was quick, but at 8 o’clock, although some thirty children had been taken out alive, it is feared that in the top story there are, in addition to the bodies taken out, twenty more dead, includ- ing a teacher, Miss Maxwell. It is stated that all the teachers except Miss Maxwell saved themselves as well as the larger pupils. It was due to Miss Maxwell’s heroism in rushing up stairs to save the younger pupils that she lost her life. At 3:30 o'clock the nineteenth body had been brought out, all of them kin- dergarten pupils, excepting that of Miss Maxwell. There were 250 children in the school when the fire started. The fire broke out in the furnace room and spread with great rapidity. It was gotten under control shortly, although there was a lack of water on account of the breaking down of one of the big pumps at the waterworks, but smoke had by that time done its deadly work. DUE TO CLERICAL ERROR. Sub-Treasury Officials Abandon Theft Theory. Chicago, Feb. 27.—The government officials who are working on the dis- appearance of $173,000 from the sub- treasury in this city declare they are unable to trace the theft to any one person and they have formed the strong opinion that the disappearance is not the result of a theft but of a clerical error. Captain Porter of the secret serv- ice, who has charge of the case, said that he believed the matter will be straightened out before night. He ‘would not say that he had abandoned the theory of a theft, but other offi- cials connected with the sub-treasury declared that the idea of an error was receiving far more consideration than that of a possible robbery. GUILTY OF GROSS NEGLIGENCE. Rallroad Officials Responsible for Big Four Disaster. Fowler, Ind., Feb. 27.—Charles S. Comley, coroner of Benton county, has returned his finding in the case of the Big Four disaster at this place Jan. 19. He finds that George W. Sears, assistant train dispatcher at Kankakee; Charles Mills, conductor, and John Kobble, engineer, both of freight train No. 95, and the head offi- clals and management of the Big Four company were guilty of gross nesli- gence. He also finds that Edward W. Tripp, engineer of the ill fated pas- senger train, was running his train at reckless speed when the accident hap- pened. The coroner, however, did not order any arrests. Increased Pay Causes Insanity. Kankakee, I1l., Feb. 27.—To an in- crease of wages from $35 to $50 a month, which he could not under- stand, is attributed the insanity of Phillip Couture, a painter at the Illi- nois Western hospital, who was ad- judged insane and committed to the same institutic Two-Cent Fare In Indiana. Tndianapolis, Feb. 27.—Governor Hanly has signed the Blaid 2-cent fare act. It has ng emergency clause and goes in effect with the publication: of thie new laws about May or June. Get Your Office Supplies at the Bemidji Pioneer Office Most Complete Stock West of Duluth % RESIGNATION OF CHIEF ENGI- NEER ACCEPTED BY THE PRESIDENT. ARMY OFFICER WILL SUCCEED HIM STEPS TAKEN TO SECURE CON- TINUITY OF MANAGEMENT IN FUTURE. Washington, Feb. 27.—The presi- dent has received a letter from John F. Stevens, chief engineer of the Pan- ama canal, in which he asks to be en- tirely relieved from work on the canal as soon as he can be replaced by a competent person and that person can become familiar with the work. The president has accepted Mr. Stevens’ resignation. In order to secure con- tinuity in engineering control and management in the future the pres- ident has asked the canal commission to assign to the office of chief engi- neer Major George W. Goethals of the engineer corps. Major Gaillard and Major Sibert, members of the engineer corps, are to accompany Major Goethals to the isthmus and assist him in his labors. They are to be appointed members of the commission. The president requests the commis- sion to take formal action necessary to reject the Oliver and MacArthur bids in accordance with the power re- served to it in its invitation. ALL BIDS TURNED DOWN CANAL CONSTRUCTION TO BE CONTINUED BY GOVERNMENT AS HERETOFORE. ‘Washington, Feb. 27.—It has been decided not to accept any bids for building of the Panama canal. This announcement was made following the meeting of the cabinet and after the president had been in conference for an hour or more with Secretaries Taft and Root. It was decided that there should be no readvertisement inviting proposals for constructing the canal under the plan as first laid down, but there will be a full consideration of the whole subject before determining upon a change of the present procedure. In his letter to the chairman of the canal commission instructing that body to reject the bids for the con- struction of the canal the president states that the purpose of the con- tract was to secure in the building of the canal the services of the best, most experienced and most skilled contractors in the country at the least risk to them and at the least expense to the government. This pur- pose failed, he stated, and there was no longer any object for doing the work by contract. PERMITTED TO LAND. Over 600 {ap Laborers Arrive at San Francisco. San Francisco, Feb. 27.—Six hun- dred and thirty-one Japanese steerage passengers arrived in port during the night on the Pacific Mail liner Mon- golia and an equal number are expect- ed by the immigration officlals on the arrival of a liner from the Hawaiian islands that will take up the consign- ment of Japanese that the Nippon Maru will leave at Honolulu. - No orders were received from Wash- ington by the local immigration offi- cials relative to the debarring of Japa- nese on the Mongolia from the Cali- fornia shore and after a perfunctory examination they were allowed to land. s Loses $200,000 in Jewels. Paris, Feb. 27.—M. Schiff, a prom- inent jeweler here, has lost jewels valued at $200,000. Schiff went to the postofice and while writing a tele- gram placed the parcel containing-the Jjewels on the floor. When he looked { for the package it had disappeared. - Serious Disorders In Siberia. St. Petersburg, Feb. 27.—A dispatch received here announces that serious Letter Copy Books, Paper Clips and Fasteners, Rubber Bands, Letter Files, Invoices, Typewriter Supplies, Postal Scales, Fine quality colored Blotters, Letter Copy Presses, Waste Paper Baskels, Rubber Type Outfits, Staplers, Paper Knives, & Soclallst Leader Makes Two-Hour Speech in Reichstag. Berlin, Feb. 27.—Herr Bebel, the Socialist leader, took the tribune in the reichstag during the day and for two hours attacked the government and the parties supporting it with the wit, argument, invective, sarcasm and 81l the other resources of the most powerful speaker in German parlia- mentary life and rising to uncommon heights even for him. Herr Bebel de- voted his remarks to details of inter- hal policies during the recent elec- tions and to the controversies which have arisen on the subject. Herr Bebel said the recent reichstag elections were simply an official cam- paign without parallel since the re- gime of Napoleon III. Officers had been detailed to make campaign speeches and money had been hand- ed over from the imperial chancellery to the Naval league for election pur- poses. Tee government by such methods won. EPIDEMIC ON BATTLESHIP. Thirty-five Cases of Typhoid on the Connecticut. ‘Washington, Feb. 27.—The secre- tary of the navy has received a dis- patch from Rear Admiral Evans, com- manding the Atlantic fleet, stating that the battleship Connecticut would sail immediately from Guantanamo for the North with a typhoid epidemic aboard, there being thirty-five cases now under treatment. It has not yet been decided to which port the vessel will go, but this will be determined shortly and Captain Swift, comman- der of the vessel, advised by wireless message. CRIMINAL INTENT LACKING GEORGE W. PERKINS ACQUITTED OF LARCENY OF LIFE IN. SURANCE FUNDS. Albany, N. Y., Feb. 27.—The court of appeals has decided in favor of George W. Perkins, a vice president of the New York Life Insarance com- pany and a member of the firm of J. Pierpont Morgan & Co,, in the matter of the charge of grand larceny made against him in connection with the payment of funds of the New York Life to the Republican national cam- paign in 1904. The decision is by a divided court, voting 4 to 3. The pre- vailing opinion holds that there was no larceny owing to the absence of criminal intent. The dissenting opin- fon holds that larceny consists in tak- ing property belonging to some one else, even for a commendable purpose. DEMOCRATS OPPOSE IT. Santo Domingo Treaty Ratified by the Senate. Washington, Feb. 27.—After a de- bate of over three hours the senate ratified the Santo Domingo treaty which provides for the assistance ot the United States in the collection and application of the customs revenues of the Dominican republic. The vote ‘was 43 to 19, which is one more than two-thirds. Senator Carmack opposed the rati- fication, but said that if favorable ac- tion was not had on the treaty the president would go ahead with it any- way and the senate might as well take the action that would “save his face.” Senators Clarke of Arkansas and Patterson made speeches in favor of ratification and these senators were the only Democrats who voted for the convention. SPECIAL COMMITTEE' REPORTS. disorders have broken out in the Biskl district of the province of Tomsk, Siberia. Troops with five field guns have been sent to the scene from Barhaul. Brake Shoe Cause of Pennsylvania Disaster. Philadelphia, Feb. 27.—The special | committee sent out by General Man- ager Atterbury of the Pennsylvania road to investigate the wreck of the Pennsylvania special near Johnstown, Pa,, on Friday night has submitted its report. In substance the report says the accident was caused by some foreign substance, possibly the brake shoe on the tender. getting between the flange of the wheel and the track, causing the bolts on the track to spring and the rails to spread. The report adds that the train was not running more than fifty miles an hour at the time of the accident. END CENTRAL AMERICAN WAR. United States and Mexico May Resort to Intervention. ‘Washington, Feb. 27.—Unless Niec- aragua and Honduras speedily agree to arbitrate their differences in re- sponse to the suggestion of the United States and Mexico it is not improb- able that intervention will be resorted to in order to bring to an end the pres- ent state of hostilities. ‘Within the last day or two a second note has been sent to the presidents of Nicaragua and Honduras, in effect conveying this threat. No replies have been received. It is reported that San Marcos de Colon, a well fortified Honduran town, has been captured by Nicaraguan forces. Conferees Nearing Agreement. ‘Washington, Feb. 27.—The confer- ees of the two houses on the river and harbor bill have almost reached an agreement. The senate provisions for lock and dam No. 7 on the Ohio river | TEVENS QUITS CANAL| xrrscxs mux_eovemmenr. iy 1oy WS QUSTED HARRIMAN EXPLAINS RECENT CHANGE OF PRESIDENT OF ILLINOIS CENTRAL. SPRINGS SENSATION AT HEARING FORMER HEAD OF ROAD ACCUSED OF USING POSITION FOR PERSONAL GAIN. New York, Feb. 27.—E. H. Harrl- man, head of the Union Pacific and allied roads, while on the stand in the interstate commerce hearing, sprung a sensation- while explaining the recent change of presidents on the Iilinois Central. He accused the deposed president, Stuyvesant Fish, of sonal ends and of other acts incon- sistent with his duty as head of the road. In 1903, Mr. Harriman said, after he returned from Europe, he was ap- proached by several influential direc- tors of the Illinois Central, who asked him as to the advisability of report- ing several of President Fish’s acts to the board with a view to having the hoard request his resignation. Mr. Harriman said that he took- steps to smooth over the difficulty. It ap- peared, he said, that President Fish had used his official position to fur- ther his own interests, but he (Mr. Harriman) prevented any action at that time. Subsequently Mr. Fish re- peated acts of the same character and the board of directors of its volition relieved him of office. Notwithstand- ing the board’s action, continued Mr. Harriman, in 1904 Mr. Fish again be- gan to deposit money of the Illinois Central with certain trust companies “in order to pad statements.” The trouble with Mr. Fish, said.Mr. Harri- man, was that he looked upon the Illi- nois Central as his personal property. Loaned Money to Himself. “In addition to that,” Mr. Harriman continued, “he loaned to himself a large amount of money during that summer without the knowledge, I be- lieve, of the board of directors; and it was based on those matters that the directors who had hecome conversant with these facts approached me after my return from Europe with the re- quest that 1 join with them to take the matter before the board of direc- tors of the Illinois Central with the intention of having Mr. Fish deposed. I interfered in the interests of Mr. Fish, loaned him $1,200,000 to take up his obligations to the Illinois Central and let it remain with him for two years. Most of the principal he paid back gradually until the securities ‘which he had up appreciated in value and he could arrange for the matter somewhere else or dispose of some of it. “Subsequent to that he again. in January, 1904, deposited with the Com- monwealth Trust company, the suc- cessor of the Trust Company of the Republic, additional money again to pad the statements of that trust com- pany and continued to do various things of which I think I have sald enough. They are matters of record and can be taken up.” As Mr. Harriman told the story of Mr. Fish's overthrow from the Illinois Central every one leaned forward to catch his explanation of this sensa- tional railway incident. For the first time Harriman spoke with warmth and feeling, even using a rare gesture as he proceeded. CHARGE DENIED Murderer of Rich London Merchant Not His Son. London, Feb. 27.—The case of Horace G. Raynmer, who shot and killed William Whiteley of West- bourne Grove Jan. 24, was heard in a police court here during the day. Counsel for the treasury, which prose- cuted, dealt at length with the prison- er's parentage and admitted that there was some doubt on the subject. Counsel added, however, that he was prepared to produce overwhelming evidence to show that there was not the slightest ground for the sugges- tion that Rayner was Whiteley’s son. Counsel also_asserted that there was no truth in the report that the de- ceased merchant had been for years a victim of an extensive blackmailing scheme. The testimony taken threw no new light on the tragedy and the prisoner was remanded. TO COST $50,000,000. IN COURT. Big Passenger and Freight Terminals at Kansas City. Kansas City, Feb. 27.—An agree: ment to build passenger and fresight terminals at Kansas City at an esti- mated cost to the railways of $50,000, 000 has been reached at a conferenca here between John M. Egan, president of the Kansas City Terniinal Railway company, representing the leading railways entering this city, and a com- mittee of city officials headed by Mayor H. M. Beardsley. The railways are to erect a $2,000,000 Union passen- ger station near Grand avenue and Twenty-second street, on the South Side; five Union freighthouses along the river front in the west bottoms and forty street viaducts and sub- and for deep water surveys at Phila- delphia, Galveston and Savannah go out. ways, the latter to be tained by the railways. The city agrees to give the railways a fifty-year grant far their terminals, 4 using his position to further his per- v,