The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, January 12, 1905, Page 4

THE SAN FR &'\’CSCO CALL, THURSDAY, JANUARY 12, 1905. PRES[DENT YIELDS BUT WILL RATE TO THE CONGRESSIONAL OPPONENTS OF TARIFF REVISION, HNSHST UPON RAILROAD LJEGIIISLATIION SENATE HEARS ~[PRAISE MORALE EXEGUT VE U'RGES R ATIFIG AT ON SHOT DIRECTED |BOODLE CHARCE EWLANDS'PLAN| OF MORMONS ; AT GEN. MILES| T0 BE PROBED 3 Nevadan Presents Argument | Two Prominent Idaho Gen- OF THE ARB TR ATION TRE ATIES House Takes Up Question of | Foes of Missouri Caucus for Federal Incorporation| tiles Testify on_ Be- Soldiers onmRitlire; ilI"ti'St g’tominelg for Se?lil;:itg; Act for the Railroads| half of Reed Smoot 4 . p ‘Who Serve in the Militia| Stir D8 3 FOR NATIONAL CONTROL|GOOD WORD FOR SECT EmphalthTa]k to REPUBLICANS CoaSt Delega:tlon DISCUSSION OF SALARYIWAN'[ INVESTIGATION Controversy Leaves Little| Former Senator McConnell t'he Bi Men Ot NOT IN FAVOR Favors Dm le Measure Adopted Reducing|Brewers Alleged to Have Ad- Time to Be Devoted to| Refutes Statements Made g OF REVISION g Pay of High Officers Who; vanced a Corruption Fund the Statehood Measure| by Former Witnesses C | S h (1]]_1 Join the National Guard| to Thomas Niedringhaus WASHINGTON, Jan. 11.—The at-| WASHINGTON, Jan. ll.—Tesumnny“ Ongress' (ip::l.l m::_y‘;:_l;:;h (A;I,:)s,r c e eS' WASHINGTON, Jan. 11.—The ap- JFFERSomo., Jan, 11.— iteq atween: Cha Vit wobalims] Il of e WME EHO A o B DU, e g e M ey e oo and governmental regulation of rail- roads. Newlands made a formal speech on the railroads and at its close en- gaged in a controversy over the points involved with Senators Spooner and Foraker. All amendments to the state- hood bill except that relating to liquor traffic in Indian Territory were agreed to. Newlands addressed the Senate on the onstruction of railroads engaged in in- terstate commerce. He said it was time to ignore State lines in the operation . and management of railroads, and add- ed that the power sought was constitu- | tional and involved no contradiction of fute the word of witnesses who have declared the contrary to be true was| oftered by counsel for Senator Smoot | to-day. W. J. McConnell, formerly a| United States Senator from Idaho and twice Governor of hid State, and Rep- resentative Burton L. French, a mem- ber of the present Congress and re- elected for another term, were the| day's witnesses. It was the opening| ference 1in political affairs. Former Governor McConnell said that the gen- | tile members of the Idaho Legislature ! had not as high morals as the Mormon | members, and that if it were not for, questions of geography and knowledge Flllbuster Operations Will Prove of No Avail, ident Roosevelt has yielded to the Re- publican leaders of Congress on the tariff question and there will be no re- vision in the immediate future, he to- i day took a decided attitude upon two President Roosevelt to-day, “I am willing to yleld to the sen- timent ‘of Congress and the country on this subject. There will be no Andy Johnson busi- ness about this. And with that the tariff re- vision flag was hauled down from the staff of the White House, l will be no' overhauling of the Dingley law by the next Con- gress, in extra or regular ses- sion. Speaker anon called upon the President to-day and showed him the result of a can- Takes Mg Part in Anti-Revision Ca@m*@_i_gn. ! Coast delegation in Congress, which is taking a leading part in the propagan- da against tariff revision, made an ef- fort to get together to-day to arrange for concerted action by all members of the State of Massachusetts overshad- owed all other questions in the discus- sion of the army appropriation in the House to-day. The debate had proceeded leisurely {until Hull, in charge of the bill, of- fered an amendment providing that re- tired officers above the grade of mafor should not receive the full pay of thelr grade when assigned to duty with the such thought in mind, and argued that the best results were obtained from officers of the lower grades. He asserted that not until the law was passed al- lowing increased pay for officers as- signed to the militia did retired officers house of the General Assembly calling for an investigation of the report that St. Louls brewers had given $21,000 to Thomas K. Niedringhaus, chairman of the Republican State Committee and caucus nominee for United States Senator, to influence legislation during the present session of the Legislature. The resolution created a sensation. A joint resolution which he introduced | session of the defense in the Smoot in- | pectal D “Uncle Joe” Cannon, Speaker 3 £ militia of the several States. Many| motion to lay it upon the table was | some days ago, which provides for a|vestigation. Both witnesses denied | ISl DMDRIVE 10T i) of the House, won this capltu- Spein (Disnel teetiie icalt, 'y members declared that the amendment | 1ot after a rolleall had been de- commission with instructions to frame many statements directed against the| CALL BUREAU, POST BUILDING,! | jation from the President and CALL BUREAU, POST BUILDING, ( was directed especially “at General| nangeq a national incorporation act for the Mormon church and its alleged inter-| WASHINGTON,Jan.1l.—Though Pres- the tariff revisionists and there WASHINGTON, Jan. 11.—The Pacific | Miles. Hull insisted that he had 10| The Democratic Senate took up the Niedringhaus campaign fund matter and appointed, an investigating com- mittee, consisting of Senators McDavid, McAllister, Dowell, McIndoe and Fris- by. The committee consists of three Democrats and two Republicans. the Democratic views as to the re-|of legislative needs the interests of the | Other questions and threw down the vas§ of the House which had Ccngress. trom the Pacific States. The | of higher grades apply for the appoint-| " gq 1oyIs, Jan. 11.—R. C. Kerens, served powers of State and local self-| State would be better served by an en- | gage of battle to those who care to take been made under his direction. | | meeting called for this evening failed | ments. He said it was such increased | o, morly member of the National Re- government. tire Mormon Legislature. |1t up. President Roosevelt has de-| | This showed that whatever | |Of a quorum, however, probably for the | pay and not patriotism which prompted | pypiican Committee from Missouri, Foraker asked Newlands how he pro-| In defense of the Mormons, McCon- | ciared unequivocaily that there must might be the sentiment of the | reason that, because of the announce- | them, and he characterized thelr con-| op, safled to win the Republican cau- posed to secure the reincorporation of the various railroad companies as pro- posed by his resolution. Newlands re- nell said he considered the man who | took a plural wife and cared for her' and her children far better than one! be legisiation Increasing the powers of the Interstate Commerce Commission— if not at this session, he will summon public in favor of revision, the overwhelming feeling among the Republican members of Con- ment that the President would not con- tinue to urge a change in the Dingley schedules, it was not believed that duct as unseemly. The statement aroused Cockran of New York,who declared that it was sim~ cus nomination for United States Sena- tor to succeed Francis M. Cockrell, made a statement to-day as to the ac- plied that his measure is so framed as| who sustained illicit relations with alan extraordinary session. He also| | gress was against a genmeral re- | | there was necessity for prompt action. | Iy penalizing superiors to the advan- | yon of the Legislature looking to the 1o partially drive and partialiy coax woman and'abandoned her and her ' caused it to be understood that if any vision of the tariffl. Cannon It is understcod that the sentiment of | tage and profit of inferlor officers. investigation of the campalgn contri- the rules. (»mxdren to the scorn of the world | attempt were made ¢o alter the pro-| | told the President that 90 per | | the Westerners is practically unani- The measure was adopted. butions of Thomas K. Neidringhaus, Spooner raised *%e point that it would | posed arbitration treaties now pending| | cent of the Representatives did- | (mous in its opposition to any altera- | A message from the Presldent Was| (ne guccesstul candidate. Kerens said: be impossible by Federal enactment to regulate commerce between the States. in the Senate -they would be withdrawn. | Leaders in the Senate were told plainly not want any extra session and at best only a few of them were tions of existing conditions. All of the leaders of the House ex- read in which he recommended the ap- \ pointment in the naval service of John “I would not accept the office of Senator with the slightest taint upon 1 Newlands replied that he did not con- | l RANT IL a8 { [ \ | that the President desired the ratifica-| | in favor of a few minor correc- { cept Representative Payne, chairman | Henry La Fland, Earl W. (i:n;f‘ee and | ;. itte. A United States Senatorship tend that Congress had power to regu- | | tion of ‘theé treaties, and without the| | tlons in the Dingley schedules. | |of the. Ways and Means Committee, Joseph Drummond Little, m! ; P“‘:“- tarnished, if secured by the promise of late commerce confined exclusively to| slightest alteration. {1 The Herald and The Call | | who is ill, and Representative Tawney | dismissed from the Naval Azfa lemy 10T | pogeral or State offices or other dis- any one State. He did contend, how- ) | "It can be said that the President re-| | made amother ca of the | |are against revision. The work of | hazing. The President says: reputable considerations, would be a ever, that when the Government con- A \ gards the interstate commerce question ‘ Republican - members of the | | crystellizing sentiment against revigion | | Their ‘-;v‘e;:n;{;lrrgp‘;gtpmd;;nghgg:";; blight upon its owner that would de- structed a railroad no State had power as the paramount subject now before| | House to-day. The result tal- | |is belng done by Representative Dal- | \irc’members and their entry fato the naval | 8troy his usefulness to the State, the to tax it out of existence. | the American people. At the confer-| | Hes closely with that obtained | |zell of Pennsylvania and Grosvenor of | service without formal graduation would be | people and the party.to which the re- The statehood bill was taken and an amendment which will have the fect of leaving the location of the cap- inent part in the setlement. able that the Harriman interests are to It is prob- l'oliwmon Obliged to Use line of waiting depositors convinced the excitable Hebrews that something | ence last Saturday he informed those whom he had summoied into consulta- | tien that in his judgment the question | tude inimical to the conventions should the | have been assumed by some of by Speaker Cannon. It shows that 196 members out of a total Republican membership of 210 talented Senator from the little State is the constructive partner of John D. Ohio. The friends of revision seem to be taking no active interest in advancing at Gagette; Rayrhond “W. Hofflund, at adequate punishment. —_— Judge Gaynor, which calls for the pro- duction of Duke before Judge Gaynor cipient belongs. Therefore, it should be assumed the friends of Mr. Neid- ringhaus in the Legislature will place s e # s LB al B ital to the Legislature of Oklahoma was| Théir Clubs Upon a Mob | of raiiread greight rates was far more| | AFe opposed to an extra session | | their ideas in the House, but claim to | 4 10 DA, S e why. OF the: Salant passed. : £ o . important tfan that of the tariff, and! | Of Congress and a general re- have many members in the various l inquiry into the many rumors current The amendment making a donation of | Of Frenzied — Depositors | 5o \iie he desired a readjustment | | Vision of the tariff. | | delegations cn their side. and published, Involying improper $5,000,000 for the benefit of the public | . of the existing customs duties he would It is g ee ally under- | B A 4 methods.” schools of the proposed State of Ari-| . o i v o 9 stood that the President will . > R S\ o A 2, W Zoma was alopied. after siriking oui | NBW YORK. Jan. 11=Three pofice-| 200 BOTmiL an¥ radienl Serencet | | Gonne e surplus cncrgies 1 | | wi6H1INGTON, Jun 11.—By order GOLD AT BTAKE e I il B0 i ;:::uu::la‘"‘:-Iu?h‘,:“\»:':]:fi- ‘;_;‘r"‘k"l"" e £aid definitely that he would call an | | AN attempt (o ""‘"'"."I“'l‘"’"‘l | lof the War Department Private TAKEN. INTO, COURT erest o sum. 5 o onjuae N ™ ' | extra sesslon of Congress to consider | rate revision and supervision. ‘,A.\ulph P. Wagner, who deserted on - A e | Grand street, in the heart of thé busi- | jnterstate commerce legislation un,e,,,\ . \ | Avgust 10, 1904, from Troop C, Third | Relativ and Bride Begi Two Men Captured in Victoria Appear Johnny Smart, Who Does Stunts. | ness section of the East Side, to-day | definite action was taken by (‘nugress; Cavalry, and who was apprehended on | Ve 8U1VES* ANG ride begin Before a Commissioner in He is willing to experience any and | The “run” was attended by some sen- | at the present session. The interstate ] December 3 while serving as a private | What Promises to Be Cleveland. all chances to please Miss Jolly. In | sational incidents. The 3000 persons | commerce question involved a principle ays resl efl S 00 in Company L, Thirty-first Infantry, at CLEVELAND, Jan. 11.—When L. xt Sunday’s Comic Sacttess. crowded about the bank became so in. | 44T to every right-thinking and right- the Presidio, San Francisco, will be| a Long Legal Battle|p. oligher and J. R. Zimmerman, de- } N s e sistent that-they broke down an iron | Minded American, precisely as . the discharged without honor by reason of o faulting officials of the Wooster, Ohio, RIVAL RAILWAY BARO) 5 i Ve : " | whole matter of dealing with corpora- S OWH hroat Ot desertion by the commanding officer at National Bank, arrived here to-day in | WILL END LONG FIGHT | '8 around a lght-well in front of | tjong jnyolved a principle, and he would Fort Yellowstone, Wyo. Private Wal- Speclal Dispatch to The Call. .| the custody of two secret service men the building, and it was only by des-| fight for that principle with all the| te: R. Myers, Company K, Fifteenth | NEW YORK, Jan. 1l.—Brodie L.|from Victoria, B. C., where they were Confirmation of Report That the Perate clubbing on the part. of the | power that he nossessed. Infantry, will be discharged without|puke's incarceration in & sanita. | Placed under arrest several days ago, Northern Securities Case Is to police that the excited and unruly mob | At the same conference the President N hénor from the army by the com- f t - Fldsh L Tand. B they were at once arralgned before a e Ny was prevented forcing many of its informed the Senators that he desired manding officer of the Presidio at|]lum At FAshnE LonE eRd PA%| ypited States Commissioner. Both NEW YORK, Jan. 1L—The reporc ™MEMDErs inta the well. T he policemen | the arbitration treaties to be ratified. 2 Monterey, on account of imprison- | !nVolved eight ’"W??"- representing | ;1.03ed not guilty and waived a pre- e s et ‘| and women were hurt at that point. The treaties now pending were nego- ohto The Call ment under sentence of a civil court. | three interests, in what promises to be | jyminary hearing. Ball was fixed at ! X £ o e Northern S The emergency police detail of the | tiated by Secwetary Hay with the rep- o e 5 e e R a long legal wrangle. In addition to| $15,000 In each case. Oligher fur- i curities case hgd been practically | Delancy-street station was finally | resentatives of the powers, and all of | .Ian._ 11.—Thomas W. Law- California Postal Changes, these, two members of District Attor- | nished bond, but Zimmerman was un- I} reached by the Hill.and Harriman in- | called out, and policemen were sta- them were signed in Washington. son issued the following statement to- WASHINGTON, Jan. 11.—Fraud | Dey Jerome’s staff are paving the way{ able to do so. terests was confirmed to-day by a high | tioned at interval of five or six feet| The conventions entered into were [day under the caption “Wall Street's| . tF 000 S0 Bodlom THe art. | for criminal proceedings against those ——————— official of a hig Western road which| for two blocks on each side of the with France, Great Britain, Germany, | Mouth and Washington’s Foot": ennt AFEINEL 1D ANSHORI ;1 pl'l | Who are believed to have made Duke Beveridge and Hemenway Named. has considerable at stake in the matter. | bank. Ttaly, Portugal, Switzerland. Spain and | “The wider Wall street opens {(s|Ment against the / £ ercante | the vietim of a conspiracy. | ™ V. Aok H % 2 <5 Company, the Mutual Investment e vietim of a P! v ! INDIANAPOLIS, Ind, Jan. 11. e fldd»d The cause of the “run’ was as ex- | Austria-Hungary. The President and | mouth the further down the lresldent‘( ‘ompany, B. Warner Rice and D, H. By permission of the State Lunacy|The Republican joint caucus to-night lnd()uhlf dly events are progressing traordina as the frenaied character | Secretary Hay felt in negotiating the rams his foot. The able Senator r“"";Flelnlwr A1) ‘ot /San - Frantigho fimre"c"""“‘ss"’"- Duke was to have been! nominated Senator Albert J. Beveridge toward a final settlement of this tire- | of the “run” itself Yesterday there | trcaties that a lcng Step toward uni- | Rhode Island s, as every one knows, | Fletchen 87 of 2 : | removed to-day from the sanitarium|to succed himself and Congressman some and expensive litigation that will| was a rush of depgsitors to get their | versal arbitration and consequently & Dartner by marriage to John D.jTTUICROSEC | 00 |t the asylum at Amityville. This| james A. Hemenway to fill the unex- be generally satisfactory to everybody. | money into the bank in time to begin | universal peace had been taken. Both | Rockefeller, his dayghter having mar-| Postmasiers were oofmitlontd 10 | (rqneter was prevented by the serving | pired term of C. W. Fairbanks. The The Burlington is to play a very prom- | to draw interest at once and the long | have expressed surprise that an atti- | ried young Johnie D. Therefore the‘\ifl;hh ot BoRHey BaGR T l_.uu"fe of a writ of habeas corpus issued by | ncmination insures election. P e —— ADVERTISEMENTS. | .have an important voice in the control | Was wrong with the institution. Five | Senators. “He went to Washington for a sit- [Bostonia, San Diego County. |at 10 o'clock on Thursday MOrNING. | wmmmmm e of the Burlington, and they do not care | hundred persons waited in front of the | The President has impressed upon |down with the President. That was N | This was the first step taken in the anything about Northern Pacific be- | building last night and thelr number | members cf Congress,particulariy of the | sufficient for Wall street. The President | RIPLEY WITHDRAWS HIS | legal battle by the opponents of the g yond the fact that under the pregent | auickly swelled to 5000 when the bank | Sepate, that he regards the arbitration | Was harnessed, muzzled and shackled, | REQUEST FOR A HEARING | Duke family. The writ was issued on arrangement it controls the Burlington | opened to-day, though 80 far as the tariff was concerned, and, jointly not all that | treaties and a formidable navy as the | number were depositors. | the theory that Duke is sane and capa- with the Great Northern. The ! | best assurance of peace the United | consequently, shackled, muzzled and |Senta Fe's President Does Not Desire | ple of taking care of his personal af-| Then you are the very person we want to strong financial interests of the country| The bank, which has deposits of $10,- | States vossibly could have. harnessed In regard to all other Wall a Reopening of Rebate Case fairs. Alice Webb Powell Duke, the|interest in the merits of Hostetter's are anxious to see peace and their good | 505,000 and a cash reserve of $4,000,000,| The Senate Committee on Forelgn | Street affairs. Poor Wall street! It's Inguiry. bride, is still in hiding. S catit's ek T aiaial offices are being used to that end. I|and which, Cashier A. I Voorhees| Relations to-day continued considera- | not only the joke of the civilized world,| ~g1CAGO, Jan. 11.—President E.| This action was taken before Judge | has restored more sickly people to Tobust think it safe to say that an early set- | 6ays, earned 24 per cent profits last| (jon of the arbitration treaties. but it's rapidly monopolizing tear P AT || Gaynor in Brooklyn simultaneously | health than any other. Get a bottle of tlement i nd. story in Wall street that the relations between J. P. Morgan and | James J. Hill are no longer as cordial as they were. erally demand a settlement of the fight in order that the enormous sums held up in Great Northern and Northern Pa- cific dividends may be disbursed. Hill thus finds himself in a state of prac- tical financial isolation and has been persuaded to yleld to the suggestions for a settlement. ADVERTISEME; NT! I'WILL GIVE $1000 If 1 fail to cure any CANCER or Tumor | treat before it polsons dee o Knife! NoPaial Mo Pay Uatil Gured a8 years l have cared more Than any owher doctor lmu. No X lAy o other swin- INVESTIGATE My Absolute Guarantes . A LUMP IN Wlll 8 BAEAST 15 GANGER poison ‘lfl glands in the armp! They m-r plln Sttt n::um’ """ --u S30 Slax Sooe st dler, you can see snd talk with. - CHAMLEY CANCER INSTITUTE Iac. OR. $. B. and MRS. CHAMLEY, «“ Strictly Reliable.” -Two Lady Assistants. Offices 25 Third St., San Francisco SEND T0 SOMEONE vmum Financial interests gen- | ar, sent-for money early to-day and | 000 was brought by thg wasgon, | largely in specie. At the sight of the money those waiting seemed only im- | patient to get at it. The bank paid off.| the depositors as fast as possible. In| all it paid out to-day $55,000 and re- ceived in deposits $440,000. Remarkable scenes attendéd the pay- ing off within the bank. The officers paid in two-thirds specie and one-third bills and some depositors were fairly overwhelmed by the amount of cur- rency thrust upon them when they passed in théir books, Immediately upon getting their ‘money into their hands and' becoming convinced that the bank was able to pay them, the frantic Hebrews became extremely anxious to get their money into the bank again, and several of them creat- ed scenes when the officers refused to accept it. The depositors were paid in specie to prevent a redeposit, as this was the sixth “run’ the bank has ex- perienced from equally trivial causes. Payment of depositors was made up to 6 o'clock to-night. Officers of the bank declare it is absolutely sound and can pay $4,000,000 at an hour’s notice. They recelved many offers of help to- day and declined most of them. —_——— WELLS-FARGO MESSENGER MURDERED IN HIS CAR R. A. Latta, on the Run Between El Paso and City of Mexico, Killed. EL PASO, Tex., Jan. 11.—A tele- gram announcing the murder of R. A. Latta, a Wells-Fargo messenger, running between this city and Mexico City, has just been rgeeived by the ccmpany. officials here. The body of the messenger was dncovafed in his car. - Latta's’ death is believed to have | been-accomplished by robbers, but the officials. decline to state.whether the express car was robbed. They assert that no details. have as yet been re- eelv.u., Lo8 ululLu Jan. u—ch-rl- lhrn.v. —_———— ¢ OF A PURCHASED S 1P IS DENIED TAL WASHINGTON, Jan. H.v-senalyr Knox angd Senator Penrose of Penn- sylvania unite in saying there is no truth in the story that the election of Knox to the Senate was bought by friends, who pald $500,000 against Senator Quay, Senator Pierce and other Pennsylvania State leaders, held by the late S. W. Oliver of Pitts-| burg. “The story is absurd and untrue,” said Senator Penrose. ‘“There . never were any notes like those mentioned or any other kind of notes. Senator Knox holds his seat without taint of any kind. It is all a lie.” Senator Knox said: “The story is untrue in every detail.” R George T. Oliver, brother and ex- ecutor of Henry W. Olher says the | story is false. —————— Newspaper Men Celebrate. CHICAGO, Jan. 1L—Then twenty- fifth anniversary of the founding of the Chicago Press Club was celebrat- ed here to-night with, a banquet in the clubrooms. In after dinner speeches statesmen and authors of national reputation, the invited ‘guests of the newspaper- men, praised.the power and influence of the American presy’ in the highest terms. The principal addresses of .the evening were by George Harvey of New York and Governor Cummins of Iowa. Highest Authority Places Lesiie Sterilized Salt above ail. No contamimation. No typhotd, Free running for table. Vel ‘srain for kitchen. Adk for £ B e Chitago Business’ Leader Dies. cnux'c:‘uo. Jan. 11.—~Charles David- son 11, for many years one of the| leading' members of the Chicago | Board of Trade and for two terms its president, died bo—dly at his home in Prairie avenue ‘of hardening of the rder of ‘ w ‘the’ mu :; e B 1"-’”“ and brain. trouble, e ot m'-m'm eidence ‘sgainet 93’-. Gatriel Priating. Con 113 Sactaments S8 T in notes| drools as well. “1 herewith call attention to the fa(t‘ that while figuratively our President only has one foot down Wall street's throat, he will have both buried out of sight there’ shortly. “THOMAS W. LAWSON. “p, §.—I suppose Wall street will use Ithe fact of both the President’s feet be- ing down its windpipe as a bull point, and try to make the people believe that it is swallowing him. T. W. L. —————————— More Go to Jail in Denver. DENVER, Jan. 11.—Four men were adjudged guilty of contempt by the Supreme Court to-day for conduct at the polls at the recent election, and were sent to jail. E. H. Raedestki was given six months, Willlam Ely four months, John Thomas ’three months and Adam Fries two months. Fries' sentence was suspended on ac- count of his advanced age. Picture Frames And an immense variety of mouldings for framing pictures to order; also ready- mlde frames in all the new shapes and tint and color of mat boards and binding papers Sanborn, Vail & Co. 741 Market street. —————————— On Stage When Lincoln Was Shot. NEW YORK, Jan. 11.—John Mat- {hews, an actor, who for a time was held in connection with the assas- sinatien of President Lincoin, died at his boarding-house here to-day. Mat- thews was Wilkes Booth's roommate and one of his closest friends and was on the stage in Washington when the fatal shooting occurred. FREE FREE SUNDAY CALL SMALL ADS. ! A BRPTTLE. 'mmromu"onmsaoo. Free With Every Small Ad in Sunday Call. l', Ripley of the Santa Fe Railroad Company, has withdrawn his request for a hearing before the Interstate Commerce Commission in the Colo- rado Fuel and Iron Company rebate case. His reasons for this action are given by him in the following tele- gram sent to the chairman of the commission: Since requésting a hearing in the matter of the investigation of the New Mexico coal rates 1 have becn furnished with nuies of evidence already taken. and find that there is no tes timony to support the criticisms of the press that ‘have concerned me personally the most, and that, while there may have been techni- cal violations of the law, yet inasmuch as I know them to have been unintentional and that they have resulted in Injury to n per, 0 tn View of the fact that the entire matte is_the subject of a pending civil action, which will be heard before a Federal court, I beg to withdraw such request. In regard to the statement that there had been technical violations of the law, Ripley said: 1 mean that the tariffs we filed with the commitsion included the price of the coal and that there Rothing In the tariffs 1o show that this was e case. That is the way those matters were customarily handies, and tnough not technlcally Tegal It lled to no discrimina- tlon or fafury to any ohe. Thes tariffs been corrected at Washington and Woula have been corrected long ago the matter been called to my attention. The so-called secret rate sheet {s nothj more nor less than a regular division sheet of The othef circular was neces. be price fluctuated. The price Buta I Jewnes only from the Colorado Fuel and Iron Company. ————————— CANNOT PRINT PORTRAIT .° OF ALLEGED ' ORIMINAL Artist Employed on an Indiana News- paper Is Enjoined by the Court. EVANSVILLE, Ind., Jan. 11— Judge Louis O. Rasch of the Circuit Court to-day issued an injunction against Irvin Alexander, an artist on the Evansville - Courier, prohibiting him from publishing certain sketches in his paper. Alexander had made pictures of Nicholas Trautvetter, de- fendant on a serlous charge in court. On motich of ‘the defendant's attor- neys the court issued the writ. This is believed to be the first case of the kind on record. ——————— Table d'hote lunch at the Garden, 121 to 137 Mason street, 1 1:30 to 2 p. m. 40c. 5 with a counter move on the part of | Nicoll, Arnable & Lindsay, represent- | ing Duke’s family, who were obtaining Judge Greenbaum'’s signature to an or- der in the Supreme Court in Manhat- tan. This order was returnable on Jan- uary 20 and called for the appointment of a committee for the care of the per- son and property of Duke. In the ap- plication for this order it was alleged that Duke was an habitual drunkard and was insane and absolutely incom- petent to manage or take care of his property. * Duke at one time was considered to milllon dollars. His estate now is be- ueved to be worth about $250,000. Members of the Duke family were in consultation with Delancy Nicoll near- ly all afternoon. They are determined to annul the marriage of Duke to Alice Webb in the first instance; to have a committee appointed for the care of their relative, and to do all that lies within their power to prosecute those who, they believe, took part in the conspiracy to get possession of Duke's estate. —————————— KANSAS LEGISLATORS RECITE LORD'S PRAYER | Innovation lntndnced at the Opening Session of the Lower House. TOPEKA, Kans, Jan. 11.—There was a new feature introduced in the Kansas Legislature to-day when the House held its first session. The in: novation was a recitation of the Lord's Prayer by the assembled legislators. ‘When Bishop Millspaugh started the prayer a murmur ran through the crowd and 125 voices joined that of the divine in completing the prayer. —_—— © Counsel for Bryan Appeals. NEW HAVEN, Gonn., Jan. 11.— Counsel for Willlam J. Bryan to-day appealed from the decision excluding as evidence the sealed letter in which Philo S. Bennett requested his widow to turn over to Bryan $50,000. —— T M;m--iouwumm Hostetfer's Stomach Bmsrs to-day and tak dose "before at be worth anywhere from three to five | 1D WO LS Indigestion, Sick Headache, Constipation, Torpid Liver, Chills, Colds or Malaria, Fever