The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, December 16, 1905, Page 2

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, SATURDAY, DECEMBER 16, 1905. WA TCH FOR THE CHRISTMAS NUMBER OF THE CALL—O0UT TO-M ORROW" OCH MUST DIE ON THE CALLOWS Affirms the Ruling -of Lower Body in Illinois et N INFEBRUARY INSIDE FACTS ARE REVEALED I EXECUTIO gr. e oo Condemned Murderer Loses fen | His Self-Control When He | Learns Last Hope Is Gone s -— | e K ~ - - ! - - | CHICAGO, Dee. 15.—The Supreme Court of the State to-day affirmed the verdict <Sade Syherion = of the Jower court whi¢h condemned Jo- hann Hoch to death for the murder of his wife, Mrs. Marle Welcker-Hoch, and the date of his execution has been set for view with Ryan was | SEEKS SHARE OF STOCK. } w | | wing the purchas 2 e A 3 er was sent to Hoch with : the news and found him in the visitofs’ -’ ge of the jail talking with the last ot ny wives, Mrs. ischer-Hoch, the < -~ | f the woman for whose murder he was sentenced to death. When he received . the news Hoch becam atly excited, | and pressing his against the wire | netting he shouted: u are ‘a lia liar. It is not true. I do not believe § He qu became more composed and asked a verification of the report. | When the messenger came back a second | time Hoch took it very quietly. He aid not betray the slightest emotion and said x “1 have nothing to If it must come, | nothing more to all. have The specific charge against Hoch and on which he was convicted was the. kill- | ing of his wife by the administration of arsenic. He fled from the city and was| ed in New York and brought back | to Chicago. He was placed on trial on April 19 and convicted on May 20. Sen- | tence of death was passed on him June 3, the date of June 23 being set for his exe- Governor Deneen a re- ieve granted him and a second re; : Before the arrival of | . 8 Pre | however,, the Supreme Court ot and ':"—"5 im a supersedeas to allow of | . > Ryan: "You | the consideration of his case. The action | . said: ‘Yes. | of the court to-day destroys his last hope | of ¥ the r Deneen interferes. ¥s denied that he kille by arsenic or otherwise. He ha: that he committed bigamy re- but asserts that all of his wives | Who died expired of natural causes. appoint stees who wi wife itted ad promise 1 sa a tisfied I do not remem- ber said. 1 may have said | £ + v tlemen say 1 did. I.in-|say anything about the Legislature?’ | — as satisfied of his mo-| “I do mot recall any such thing, mor | t his control of the soclety | that I would do anything to induce ar ought to be stopped. 1| legislation. I cannot deny positively I had selected as trustees, | that I did. I don’t know that it would k » to divest him- | have been proper. Everybody knew f s k. that there would be legislation on the i asked Hughes, | matte It I recollected it T would be p ees independent. of | perfectly willing to tell it.” x any trustees | “Did you take any steps to thwart med them must be to | his plans?” s er his control, espe-| “Not .yet. I had mno conversation med a man out of his | With Governor Odell about advisability e ent. I did not | of & legislative investigation, nor about y two trustees, |@nd kind of legislation whatever. .I 3 inde- | Xnew nothing about this investigation whatever. Harriman sai@ he is in politics and he said he did not consider it improper make if his mo-|if he did use his political influence phildn- | @8gainst Ryan not consider it such for| “What is your political influence?” 000 which he was going | Was asked. = o he got control of the | “It Is such@s any man of prominence has who has never asked anything im- proper. 1 have great interests in New York and am often consulted.” ‘It has been openly charged that you rest share. a panic. view. I doubt her he had it | & your _political influence through u ela ons with M O i Mr. INFLUENCE IN POLITICS. | ;{ug‘h' latior 1 Mr. Odell,” said Mr. Did you tell R f he did not give | “I should say that Mr. Odell gets his ock you would op- | political influence through his relations r i7" asked Hughes. with me.” No, sir. A wrong interpretation has Harriman at first refused to state beer t came out of this. 1| what men had promised to watch legis- of having d unless said so to | lation for him in Albany, but later gave the names of Governor Higgins ana Speaker Nixon. s or Armstron to I aid chairman of the s | committee, said: e are sorry you Did ¥ tell him he would have ,\‘ourigi\'v such an air of mystery to this he gave you a share? | matter, as we all know ‘such inquiries are regular and common.” Harriman then said: “I ask the press to spare these men and not bring their names into the headlines.” no demand for the stock, but e should satisfy me of the tives, which he could do share.” mad he could not succeed | Senator Armstrong stated to-night 4 | that just before finishing the investiga- i that he intended to | tion about December 3Q the committee ce of the Equitable in|may go to Albany to examine the State ¥ if and I told him that my influence | Insurance Department, holding sittings nid be thrown against him. I told him | at the capital R MILWAUKEE, Wis,, Dec. 15, Gilman of Baltimore, Md., was ed to the presidency of the Reform League 1t was It lasted »uld use every effort I could: not so strenuous an interview. only fifteen min “Did you refer Tw National . Civie to legislative action, or | had | over to the revolutionists and that the | the constitution Bloody Cbflflzcts Occur Betwem Russian Troops and Revolu Aided by tionartes, Who Are Workmen. Situation in the Cau casus Is' Now Serious and. the Entire Country Remains Close to the Boiling Point. ML S LONDON, Dee. 16,.—The St. Peters- burg eorrespondent of the Times re- ports that 440 officers have been dis- missed by the general staff as untrust- worthy. ST PETERSBURG, Dec. 14, via Hels- ingfors, Finland, Dec. 15.—General neviteh telegraphs from Manchuria: 41 canot combat the growth and spread of the revolutionary movement in the army. * Alrendy more than half the men are mutinous. The reserves demand to be sent home immediately, Urgent.” ST. PETERSBURG, Dec. 14 evening, via Eydtkuhnen, Bast Prussia, Dec. 15.—It seems to be beyond question that bloody collisions have occurred between troops and the united peasantry and workmen in the streets of Riga, during which machine guns were used. The situation is most se- rious in the country, which is practically abandoned to the revolutionary bands ywing to the concentration of the troops in the cities and towns. Against some of the estates where the landlords, aided by a few faithful adherents, are attempting to protect their property the revolution- ists are conducting regular military op- erations. They reduced the garrison of the estate of Baron von Loewis to sub- mission after a majority of the defenders been killed, and plundered and burned the buildings and carried off the Baron. The survivors were made pris- oners. The reports from the provineces indicate that the country generally remains close | to the bolling point. The situation in the Caucasus is again serious. The Tartars and Armenians are murdering each other as of yore. At Elizabethpol there has been a savage exhibition of race hatred. From Kharkoff an agent brings the story of the establishment of a republic there. He says the military forces have gone latter have full possession of the city. A private and reliavie report from Mos- cow says that the authorities there are | extremély nervous, as the city is denuded of troops, the soldiers having been sent to the neighbering provinces, especially | southeast. Less than 10,000 troops remain in Moscow, dnd this force is considered to be utterly inadequate should a crisis aceur. HOPE TO AVERT CATACLYSM. Foreign Minister Lamsdorff, at the first interview which he has had with the American Embassador, Mr. Meyer, since the lafter: , Petersburg, | while #o\figsm(rf‘ snlg,"‘efi'refi’ed the opinion that the political situation and, outlook had considerably improved. — CIARWILL SIAND BY MANIFESTO Delivers a Speech to Delega- tion of Noblémen Who Are Desirous of a Return to the Old Autocratic Regime —_— LONDON, Dec. 15.—The St. Petersburg correspondent of the Dally Telegraph, in a dispatch dated December 14, sent by way of Eydtkuhnen, East Prussia, says: The Emperor to-day received a deputa- tion representing numerous leagues of a patriotic complexion, including Prince Scherbatoff and other noblemen, all of whom are notoriously desirous for a re- turn to the ancient autocratic regime and therefore are dissatisfied with the Cabi- net of Count de Witte. Though they made no secret of their aspirations, the Emperor did not give them the slightest hope that there would be any deviation from the promises made in the manifesto of October 80. In a short speech his Majesty said he was convinced of their devotion to the fatherland, but that he would advise them to advance by no other route than that which he had traced In his mani- festo. He charged them to make known to all Jovers of the fatherland that the manifesto is “‘the clear and deliberate ex- pression of my inflexible and unchange- able wiill and is°'an act which admits of no alteration.’” The Empéror then éxhorted them to support and co-operate with the authori- ties he had appointed to execute these re- forms, for the speedy realization of which guch support and co-operation were Indis- pensable, and by the exércise of a just, 3 The law and order elements are pow the principal hope of averting the cataclysm | which the revolutionary parties are striv- } ing for. Upon the early convaeation of | the National Assembly, the pressure for | which is constantly increasing, it is gen-| erally believed that Premier Witte will‘ dispense with the services of Interfor Min- | ister Durnovo, against whom all classes | have risen, and appoint M. Guchkoff, a | prominent member of the Moscow Zemst- vo, who is said to be ready to accept the office as his successor. People here continue to talk of the prob- able ceremonial attending the issuing of the constitution December 19, and much is being made of the report that the golden state carriages used at momentous ceréemonies will be sent to Tsarskoe-Selo. An investigation of the rumor, however, { seems to show that it is baseless; as xpeé Emperor is going to Moscow to proclaim | in . the Kremlin. The| budget of 1906 is being cut hard, not only in order to try to make both ends meet, but in order to make the best possibie showing to the National Assembly. Ex- travagance in all directions has been elim- inated and projects for railroad construc-~J tion and new public works of every kind are omitted. The only items increased are the salaries of the railroad and postal employes. TROOPS ARE DISSATISFIED. The personnel of the army and navy and the naval programme are greatly reduced, and an item of $19,000,000 for new construction is stricken out. It is mnot yet definitely determined whether the Admiralty desires to develop home indus- try so far as possible and construct at home ‘whatever ships are to be-bullt, but Alfred Lilienfeld @ Co. 201 and 203 Kearny Street 200 and 202 Sutter Street Carry in stock more OVERCOATS, ULSTERS AND CRAVENETTE RAINCOATS For Men and Youths than all the stores in San Francisco combined. We seil more overcoats than any store on the Pacific Coast. Our stock is the newest and best selected of any in the city'and em- braces the make of manufacturers who are premiers in their lines. It behooves you to inspect our lines of OVERCOATS, ULSTERS AND CRAVENETTES Before purchasing elsewhere. We have them in prices ranging from $10 to $40 .«A Merchandise Order if so desired... ; Alfred Lilienfeld & Co. 203 and 203 Kearny Street : 200 and 202 Sutter Street , A Tiflis were unavall stringent and firm power to re-establish tranquillity and order in the land now so agitated by troubles.. The Emperor con- tnued: 2 Those who by their action and influence provoke or maintain disorder and inflame pas- slons and hate are burdening their souls with a heavy sin. May the Lord our God bless and tranquillize Russia and help all of us to die- charge our duty to the end. o A for this purpose young and energetic of- ficers have been sent abroad to study naval construction. It is the intention to construct only sample ships in for- eign vards. A spirit in fayor of the en- tire reorganization of the navy is appar- ent at the Admiralty. The system of training and handling the personnel of both officers and men will be changed. The outbreak of the mutinous spirit in the Manchurian army is partly attributa- ble .to the failure to pay and properly feed the troops. The latter problem is especlally difficult, owing to the impossi- bility of forwarding adequate provisions from Russia on account of the practical paralysis of the railway to Siberia, com- pelling the purchase of supplies from the Chinese, for which adequate funds are not available. The authorities have now hurriedly forwarded $12,000,000 to the army in Manchuria. Japan has finally agreed to accept Rus- sia’s decision against raising the mis- sions at Tokio and St. Petersburg to the rank of embassies at present. Japan ac- cepts M. Bakmetieff as Russian Minister at Toklo, and Russia accents M. Makino Noboakl, the present Minister at Vienna, as Minister at St. Petersburg. ” PR TR MOSCOW TROOPS DISAFFECTED. Make Demand for Increased Pay and Shorter Terms of Service. PARIS, Dec. 16.—A St. Petersburg dispatch to the Journal, dated Decem- ber 15, says: “At a meeting of engineers to-night it was resolved to demand the imme- diate release of Schmidt, the leader of the mutiny at Sebastopol. Alarming reports are arriving concerning the. troops at Moscow, who appear to be thoroughly dlaffected, and who, In addition to demanding increased pay and shorter terms of service, ask for liberty to read all newspapers. Fight- ing has occurred at Petrovo, in the gov- ernment of Novgorod, between an armed crowd and the railroad officials, during which a number of cars were pillaged.” ; e OPERATORS STILL FIRM. MOSCOW, Thursday, Dec. 14, by tele- phone to St. Petersburg, Dec. 14, morn- ing, via Eydtkuhnen, East Prussia, Dec. 16.—The leaders of the post telegraph strike declare they will never surrender until Interior Minister Durnovo and M. Bevastianoff, superintendent of posts and telegraphs are dismissed and their demands satisfled. Not a single telegraph wire is *working out of Mos- cow and the telephone lines, which are badly crippled, are the only means of communication. . M. Gringmuth, editor of a reactionary paper, was forcibly ejected from the public baths to-day by the attendants, who declared that a man of his views could not enter. 5 4 i 5 SRR N 3 MASSACREING THE TARTARS. CONSTANTINOPLE, Dec. 15. — The Turkish Bmbassador at St. Petersburg has been instructed to draw Russia’ attention ‘to the serious situation at Tiflis, Caucasia, where it is alleged the Russian authorities are distributing arms to the Armenians and ineiting them to massacre the Tartars. The Armenians are alleged, with the assist- ance of the troops, to have taken full advantage of the opportunity and have invaded Mussulman residences, includ- ing those of Turkish subjects, slaugh- tering the women and children as well as the men. The appeals of the Turk- ish Consul to the local authorities- at | P | - |MACHINE GUNS ARE USED IN THE STREETS OF RIGA _— COCKRAN SCORES INSURANCE. MEN In Speech in the House He Says the Grafting Officials Should Be Sent to Jail LT D WASHINGTON, Dec. 15—The House to-day devoted four and three-quarter hours ‘to a:lively debate on the possibil- ities of controlling insurance companies. Two set speeches were the features. One, by Sherley' of' Kentucky, was based on the doctrine ¢f State’s rights, and the other, by Cockran of New York, related to the actions of the officers who manage the big life irsurance companies of his State, Cockran proposing that Congress through’its taxing power should confine all insurance companies to the State in which they are organized. Cockran made a vigorous attack on the] officers of the three big life insurance companies of New York. lie denounced the system under which the companles had grown up and was appalled that the confessions of the officers of the com- panies had not landed them in jail. Cockran mairtained that the power of legislation was a legitimate weapon for the control of privileges and of com- merce, The reason the Senate was stead- ily increasing in power, he sald, was be- cause it constantly exercised every vestige of its power. Emphasizing the re- lations of the two houses, he asserted that powers unused would decay and that the House now possessed all the power necessary to establish its predominance. TAKES SHOT AT RYAN. “There is not the need of paying a salary of $150,000 a year by an insurance company to protect its policy holders,” sald Cockran, “but it is necessary to get a man to swindle them.” It was an awful spectable, he said, to see these men mount th¢ witness stand and boldly confess their misuse of the people’s funds. . There is now the spec- tacle In New York, he sald, of the Dis- trict Attorney working day and night to prosecute those guilty of violating the purity of the ballot box, which was com- mendable. “ But at the same time the in- surance officials did not go fo jail, but back to their offices atter their confes- sions. - He sald it was a deplorable con- fession to make, but he would assert that it would be absolutely impossible to put the possessor of $1,000,000 in jail in this country. “The Equitable company was organized on a somewhat peculiar basis,”” he con- tinued. A very rich gentleman whom we all have the right, I suppose, to call a philanthropist—for he himself has said it, and it is greatly to his credit (laughter)— purchased the control of this company glving $2,500,000 for stuff that can pay him but $3500 a year. That is to say through his philantbropy he has given an earn- ing 'power of $125,000 for 33500. He is too good a busiriess man to have doné that as a matter of course. There is no explana- tion for_ it, except philanthropy (aughter). REFERS TO CLEVELAND. “Now, in order to appease the popular mind on the philanthropic enterprise what has he done? Has he gone to the insur- ance world to find this talent that is worth $150,000 a year or $75,000 a year? By no means. . He has gone outside and appointed a king of a financial vigilance committee; and not one of the vigilantes has ever had anything to do with an in- surance company except that possibly one of them may have berrowed money from it. A very eminent statesman, one of the most illustrious of our time, has been called from the classic shades of Prince- ton, where he has been spending the de- cline of an illustrious life in composing philosophical contributions to the thought of the country, and placed in the chair of an insurance company with which, so far as I know, he has never had the slightest acquaintance whatever. “‘Another gentleman, who may have borrowed money from an insurance com- pany, but certainly never had anything to do with the administration of one him- self, a financier of no mean distinction, is associated with him. And the third is a Judge, an eminent Judge, a Judge whose motives nobody will ever question, but who In taking on this peculiar fune- tion of a vigilante has been compelled to' disqualify himself from sitting in a great number of cases which the State of New York had expected him to adjudicate. “And in order to make effective this re- form a gentleman is selected who may have been a good railroad man—I believe he was—and we have the authority of the President for it, he who was an excellent Cabinet officer, too good, in fact, to re- main (laughter), and this gentleman, who in the walks of life where he had proven his efficiency, I do not believe could com- mand more than $25,000 or $30,000 a year, gets $80,000 in a calling for which he has had no qualification or preparation what~ ever. Now that is reform as the insur- ance companies themselves concede it. “In the Mutual we have the very board of trustees who had themselves either been active agents of business frauds choosing a new head, and that selection is generally attributed to the influence of a gentleman who had leaped into & pe- culiar fame through magazipe articles, and which seem to describe him as the triumphant and successful hero of a hun- dred larcenies. (Laughter.) “Rockefeller's fortune is a monument to crime,’ declared Cockran, “and he does not deny it.” “It is time we should consider the awful offect of criminals still holding offices they have abused,” Crockran added. In conclusion he declared Congress was bound to take action. Mann of Illinois outlined a proposed means ¢f control he .will later. present in the .fogm:of.a Dbill, leaving it to the insurance companies yoluntarily to sub- mit to Federal examination and ap- proval. ¥ Williams, , t! cluded: ther debate, was possible, but not. through'the power. Digressions were .indulged in, first, to send a message to the Senate returning its bill regarding ‘canal bonds as a usurpation of the counstitutional rights of the House to originate revenue legisia- tion, -and again to’ discuss . hazing at No conclusion was reached on the com- mittee report of the imsurance feature of the President’s méssage, which is the mat- ter now under consideration, and the de- bate will proceed” to-morrow. holding- that control Y mpdi early delivery of thelr copy at ¢hix o No ads. | bé' “later 7 oiclock Suturday night, o - SALT LAKE, De¢. 15.—The b S el e TR Sesers ...tea'.‘.':;mm T mlfifi&%m e he WAR ON REBATES [HOLIDAY TRADE ON IN MISSOURI AT HICH MARK Fourteen Indictments Are Returned Against Railway Companies and Shippers PACKERS ARE INCLUDED Concessions Alleged to Have Been Made to Business Firms by the Carriers KANSAS CITY, Mo., Dec. 15.—Fourteen indictments were returned by the Federal Grand Jury here to-day against common carrlers, railroad officials, shippers and freight agents, charging .the giving of rebates and conspiracy to gain rebates. The fourteen Indictments were returned, as follows: George H. Crosby of Chicago, | general traffic. manager of the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad; Geo. L. Thomas, broker, of i Broadway, New York; L. B. Taggart, New York, Crosby’s chief clerk; tae Chicago and Alton Rail- he minority . leader, cop- | i | { Joint traffic assoclation to 35 cents be- road Company and John N. Faithern and F. A. Wann, formerly vice presid¢nt and general freight agent, respectively, of the raliroad company; the Cudahy Packing Company; Swift & Co.; the Armour Packing Company; the Chicago, M- waukee and St. Paul Railroad Company; Nelson . Morris, Edward Morris and Ira N. Morris, comprising the partnership of Nelson Morris & Co; D. H. Kresky, Kan- sas City, freight broker. The charges against the Chicago and Alton and Messrs. Faithorn and Wann are identical with those made in the in- dictments returned by the Federal Grand Jury at Chicago on December 14, The indictments against the packing companies charge that they entered into | a contract with the Burlington Railway to accept concessions on shipments of | their products from East St. Louis to New York for export. The Grand Jury charges that the agreement thus entered into_provided for a rate of 23 cents a hundred pounds on these products. This | was in July, 1905. . The agreement was to continue in force until January 1, 1%06. The local rates applied on these ship- ments between Kansas City and St Louis. In August, 1905, the joint rate on pack- ing-house products was raised by the tween East St. Louis and New York. The Burlington, nevertheless, it is de- clared, lived up to its 23 cent agreement | with the packers in Kansas City and | under which agreement it practically carried all the packing-house products | from this city except those of the Schwarschild & Sulberger Packing Com- pany. Two indictments were returned against | George L. Themas of New York, who is | alleged to have had a contract with the | Burlington, by the terms of which he was | to receive a certain percentage of the | freight rates pald on all shipments more than a specified tonnage from New York to Kansas City and vice versa. The In- vestigation made by the Grand Jury re- vealed the fact that Thomas had agencies at Kansas City, , Omaha, Chicago, St Louls, Atchison, Milwaukee and other clties. - The specific charge against the Chicago, | Milwaukee and St. Paul Railway is that | of granting a rebate of seven cents a hundred pounds to the Howard Mills Company of Wichita, Kan., on a ship- ment of flour from Kansas City to New York. - CHICAGO, Dec. 15.~In an interview here to-night regarding the indictments returned by the Federal vourt at Kansas City J. Ogden Armour, head of the Ar mour Packing Company, said: | because I understand the charges relate entirely to shipments from Kansas City to Europe. In each case the packers have paid the full rate established by the rafiroad on such ship- ments. This rate was open to anybody mak- ing such shipments, and there was not any rebate, concession or discrimination whatever to_the shipper in respect of this transaction. It has long been & question between the Interstate Commerce Commission and the rall- roads whether the transportation of property from interior citles of the United States upen @ through rate over rallroads and ocean steam- ships to foreign countries is within the pro- visions of the Interstate Commerce act or the jurtsdiction of the Interstate erce Com- mission. 1 understand that the Burlington Railroad has consistently maintained the posi- tion that it is mot and so has refused to file such tariffs with the Interstate Commerce Commission. So far as I can see, the ques- tion raised by these indictments is whether the railroads are required to flle with the Interstate Commerce Commission and publish the through tariff on such through shipments to Europe. With that question, the shippers, like the packers here, would have no controi or_concern. —————————— NEW YORK, Dec. 15.—The steamer Angola, which recently went ashore near Morro Castle, was pulled off the rocks tast night, says a cable diepatch to the Herald from Havana. he is now anchored in the bay, awaiting docking factlities. Retail Sales Surpass All Ree- ords and Supplementary Orders Are Coming In STAPLES ARE IN DEMAND Railway Earnings Steadily Show Gains Over Figures for December Last Year NEW YORK, Dec. 15.—Dun's weekly review of trade will say to-morrow: Holiday trade has been the principall feature commercially, retail sales sur- passing all records, while it has been nec- essary to liberally supplement orders. Yet this activity In speciaities detracts little from the steady movement of staples, and in jobbing and manufactur- is ing departments there unprecedented preparation for the spri season. Little machinery is idle, and the outlook for the future is brightened by several announce- ments of higher wage scales to become effective Januory, 1. Bullding activities are scarcely retarded by the advaneing season, new points being constantly granted and dezlers in some materials find their stecks nearing exhaustion. Railway earnings steadily show gains over last year's figures for December thus far exceeding those of 1904 by 44 per cent. Foreign commerce returns for November made a much better exhibit as to exports than was expected partly of the outgo of breadstuffs, which surpassed all monthly records for two years. At this port for the past week all exports were valued at 33,424,342 more than a year ago, while imports decreased $1,406,089. Hides are remarkably well sustained, considering the seasonable deterioration in quality and the liberal receipts of cattle. Failures this week number 239 in the United States against 28 last year, and 27 in Canada compared with 25 a year ago. Bradstreet's to-morrow will say: Holiday trade has absorbed attention this week and reports from all over the country are unanimous that all records for this stage of the season have been H surpassed. In raw - wool buying is moderate but prices are strong and about at a par with last year at this time. Much depends on the coming heavyweight season. The lightweight season showed demand most active for worsteds. If, as is hoped, woolens find. flavor, sherter eclothing wools, which are in elaborate supply, will be stimulated. Business faiures in the United States for the week ending December 14 number 26, against 23 last week and 29 in the like week of 1904, In Canada failures for the week num- & ber 32 as against 31 last week, and 37 In R this week a year ago. Wheat, including flour, exports for the week ending December 14 are 4,135.126 bushels, against 4,245,162 last week and ¥ 4,444,839 this week last year. From July 1 to date the exports are 30,258,574 bushels, against 32,701,479 last year. ———— Christmas Leather Goods. There f= nothing new in leather goods that you will not ind In our store; new trunks, suit cases, bags and pocketbooks are being received every day; your name In gold letters free of charge. Sanborn. Vail & Co.. 741 Macket. * —_—— COURT DECLARES PFISTER IS NOT GUILTY OF LARCENY Dismisses the Indictment Charglng Him With the Theft as Ballee of $14,000. MILWAUKEE, Wis, Dec. 15.—Judge Brazee in the Municipal Court to-day decided that Charles F. Pfister was not gullty of larceny as bailee, as charge in the indictment returned on August by the Grand Jury. The decision was on a motion to dismiss the defendant after the State had rested its case. The charge against Pfister was that of larceny as bailee of $14,000 belong- ing to the Wisconsin Rendering Com- pany. He acted as stakeholder in an effort to obtain a garbage contract in Milwaukee, $25,000 being placed in his hands. It was charged that he did not account for $14,000 of this. —_——— To Cure a Cold in One Day Take LAXATIVE BROMO Quinine Tableta Druggists refund money if it falls to cure. E. W. GROVE'S signature is on each box. 25e.* —————— Y LONDON, Dee. 15.—A dispatch from Rome to the Standard says that after the ceremony at the Public Consistory yesterday the Pope, turning to Dr. Henry Joseph Richter, Bishop of Grand Rapids, Mich., sald: 'America will have her turn.” 4 Columbia Records Are Best 60 cents each. . This is not a special sale, but the regular retail rice of the famous Columbia Records which have eretofore sold for $1.00 each. 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