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RAILWAY RATE FIGHT
OPENED BY CMS
Iowa Senator Introduce Dill at
Washington for Radical
Change in Law.
f OWZB TO THE COMMISSION.
Uniform Classification, Interstate
Body to Act on Own Motion and
No Court Interference.
A controversy over railroad legisla
tion which for Interest and Impor
tance promises to surpass the legisla
tive conflict over railroad rates four
years bko will be precipitated In Con
gress thin winter. The first gun was
Bred by Senator Cummins of Iowa
when ho Introduced a bill proposing
radical changes In the Interstate com
merce act.
In brief, the Cummins bill requires
the Interstato Commerce Commission
to promulgate a uniform classification
of freight and to prepare a plan for
the statement of rates, which there
after would bo made In n uniform way.
The carriers are required to adopt this
classification. , The cnmmlMslon Is to
be authorized to consider rates on its
own motion, with a view to determin
ing their reasonableness, and Is em
powered to fix maximum and mini
mum rates. In an action In court to
set aside an ordor of the commission
respecting rates, the courts would be
prevented from Inquiring Into the
reasonableness or sufficiency of any
rate fixed by tho commission.
The bill also provides that changes
shall not become effective before they
are approved by the commission. It
prohibits acquisition of control of par
allel and competing lines by any com
mon carrier, or acquiring of capital
stock or bonds of any other carrier
that is a competitor.
A carrier Is prohibited from issuing
capital stock without payment at par
either In money or in property, and,
in effect, the commission shall have
supervision of issues of stocks and
bonds by any carrier. Speclflp direc
tions are set forth for the disposition
of the proceeds of any sale of boifds.
After Jan. 1, 1911, no railway doing
Interstate buslnebs shall be permitted
to engage In other business than thiit
of a common carrier.
A resolution authorizing the Presi
dent to take the necessary steps for
the apprehension of President Zelaya
of Nicaragua and for his punishment
on the charge of murder, if the fact
In the possession of the State Depart
ment warrant such action, has been
introduced In the Senate by Senator
Rayner. The resolution recites the
circumstances connected with the exe
cution of two Americans, Grace and
Cannon, by order of President Zelaya,
as generally understood through pub
'Ishedreports from Nicaragua.
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TWO DIE IN FLYER WRECK.
Northwestern Train Jumps Track at
Northern Limits of Chicago.
The Chicago and Northwestern flyer
No. 5 the 11:30 a. m. limited between
Chicago and Milwaukee while run
ning forty miles an hour Jumped the
tracks at noon the other day at How
ard avenue, the boundary line between
Chicago and Evanston. The train was
Jammed Into smithereens, two Immi
grants were killed, and at least eight
een passengers injured. The wreck
took place in Chicago. The victims
were killed In Evanston. The train
Jumped the track within the city lim
its, but had passed the boundary line
before death visited the passengers.
Just beyond the limits the locomotive,
which had left the tracks, dislodged a
rail. The rail curled up beneath the
locomotive, vunctured the floor of the
baggage car like a great knife, ana
slit (his car and the one behind it into
distinct halves.
GROCERS CHARGE CONSPIRACY.
Government limine Investigation oi
High I'rlcea of Foodetuffe.
High prices of foodstuffs are being
investigated by the United States Dis
trict Attorney's office in New York,
because of complaints by the largest
wholesale grocers that there seems to
exist a conspiracy among some man
ufacturers to maintain prices to the
consumer. It Is learned that several
leading manufacturers of food prod
ucts have been called before District
Attorney Wise and Informed that the
contracts they have been using to
force, wholesales to keep up prices
ire In restraint of trade and a viola
tion of the untl-trust law. .
V. S. WANTS YOUNG FIGHTERS.
Oslerlaullou t'nmiiHlu.11 I nnuuurati'd
In the Army unit Nuvr.
An "Oslerlzatlon" campaign In the
army and navy Inn boon inaugurated.
Secretary Dtcklp.son rial Secretary
Meyer announced In t.ielr annual re
ports that the time has arrived to
put younger men ut t'10 top of the
armed organizations 0.' the country.
The reform in the navy is made ctler
because of the g.M-.cral 1 eo x inUation
now In progress there. At present of
fleers of sea tighter;) ur.f promoted ae
cording to seniority .tiloue. Selection
for promotion and mora retirements
annually are changes urged.
OHIO TOWN FIRE SWEPT.
mm Hotel (iucet llurued lu Drath mt
t lien.
The village of L'tlca, O.. containing
900 people, was practically wiped out
by fire and one man, Kdward Daum
of Lancaster, a guest of the Hotel
Vance, wa burned to a crisp. Thirty
five other guests of the hotel had
narrow escape aim wer rorceU to
rush to the sidewalk In their night-
clothes. The entire business section
of th town waa destroyed aad th lot
Is placed at $100,000.
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BIG FIRE AT KALAMAZOO.
One Life Probably Sacrificed and
Much Property Destroyed.
One life probably was lost, many
firemen were overcome by smoke, 300
hotel guests were driven into the Icy
streets and property valued at $1,000,
000 was destroyed by a fire which
started in Kalamazoo at 10 o'clock the
other night and was extinguished af
ter an all-night struggle by the com
bined fire-fighting forces at Kalama
zoo, Battle Creek and Grand Rapids.
Originating in the basement of the
Star Bargain house, a 5 and 10-cent
store on West Main street, the flames,
fanned by a strong southwest wind,
spread east along the north side of
Main street, destroying the, Burdlck
House, a four-story hotel and store
building covering more than half a
block. Along an arcade running north
through the Burdlck building to Water
street were hulf a dozen small estab
lishments, and these were burned.
Sweeping east on Main street the
flames made their way through the
Postal Telegraph and American Ex
press offices, Chase's shoe store. Cowl
beck's furnishing store, Kennedy's
drug store and-smaller business places.
To low pressure In the mains is at
tributed the spread of the fire. The
lty depends for its supply on artesian
wells and the water from this source
was inadequate. A large standplpe at
the asylum was connected with the
mains, but gave only a temporary ad
vantage.
35 HTJET IN CAR ACCIDENT.
lllt'hr I'eniiajlrnnla Train at ln
dianauoll aud Hurled 30 Feet.
Thirty-flv passengers on a street
car were IMurea. none raiaiiy, ana
few seriously, when the car was struck
by an inborn d Pennsylvania passen
ger train at the South street crossing
n Indianapolis and hurled thirty feet.
The car fell on a cement sidewalk and
lay across the track, but the engineer
stopped his train before hitting It a
second time. Most of those hurt were
injured in the panic which followed
the crash.
I. la rnnrtpfl from Borne that the
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Duke of Abruzzi rins oeen proinuicu
and Is now a rear admiral.
Twenty salllnK vessels went to the
bottom and an unknown numuer 01
sailors were drowned in a storm whien
recently swept the Mediterranean sea
from Port Said to Gibraltar.
An effort to draw the United States
Into the revolution In Nicaragua is bo
lug made by many who are circulating
a notltlon unking this country to re
store peace. The United States, the
Dctttton says. Is the only country to
which the Nicaraguans can look for
assistance.
Cunuda's naval plans have been laid
beforo parliament. They provide for
the construction of three cruisers of
tho 'Inmroved MriHtol" class, und four
destroyers of the Improved river class.
The cost of the cruisers Is estimated
ttt $75,000,000, and that of the destroy
ers at It.fiUO.OOO. The unnual cost of
maintenance of the vessels Is esllmat
ed at lJ.000.000.
The Finnish diet, tho last legislative
body of Finland preservi-1 from the
domination of rtussia. has been dis
solved. Thi dissolution U looked up
on a the beginning of the end of Fin
nlsh Independence.
During the past few months remark
able excavations have been In opera
tlon at Jerusalem ana startling reaults
ar expected. A hitherto unknown
tunnel ha been discovered and ex
plored and two deep shafts hive been
aunk. in P" ' " secrecy main
Ulnad. tt Is understood that the quet
ta for th tomb of David and the
king of Judali and the treasure
thouaht burled with them.
SPECIAL DELIVERY.
' TO DIE FOR MUTINY.
Mrmbera ,.r ottv- Conalabnlar jr
WIH lie Kxreutrd In Darao 1'laaa.
Fodrteen men of the Second com
pany of native constabulary, stationed
at Davao, Mindanao, which mutinied
on the night of June 6, were sentenced
to death after being convicted of mur
der. The murder charge was based
on the killing of Roy Libby, a planter,
when the mutineers attacked the town.
The executions will take place on Da
vao plaza, the scene of the uprising,
providing the Supreme Court upholds
the decision. The trials were held at
Davao, Judge Gate presiding. Twenty
three men mutinied, eight of whom
were killed resisting arrest, while one
turned state's evidence.
CHILD'S MURDERERS GET LIFE.
Hafile Zlmla'a Slnyrrs Sentenced at
Milwaukee After Confeaaton.
Carl Wojciechowskl and Adam
Pletrzyk, the confessed murderers of
14-year-old Hattie Zinda, were taken
Into the Municipal Court in Milwau
kee unexpectedly the other night and
pleaded guilty. The men were about
to be sentenced for life when Pletrzyk,
who confessed that Wojciechowskl
committed the murder while he him
self stood guard outside, asked for an
attorney to make a plea for clemency.
This request was granted. After a
hearing, lasting three hours, both men
were sentenced to life Imprisonment
and arrangements were made to start
them to the state prison before day
light.
BOYS SEIZED AS MURDERERS.
Tno of Trio Arreafed for Kobberlea
Are Identified aa Slayera.
In the arrest of three youths, aged
17, 19 and 21. the Kansas City police
believe they have found the perpetrat
ors of numerous holdups. Two of the
boys, Ralph Clyne and Louis Dye, were
Identified by a witness as the men
who shot and killed M. A. Spangler
Nov. 24. Spangler was killed In his
saloon during an attempted holdup.
His son, Samuel Spangler, was shot
In both arms. The third prisoner,
Harry Shay, was Identified as the
youth who accompanied Dye and Clyne
on several expeditions.
RUINOUS STORM BRINGS JOY.
nonght la Helleved and Thonaanda
of Mlnera fan Get Work.
Wind aud rain has done thousands
of dollars damage in the coal regions
of eastern Pennsylvania, but in re
lieving a long drought the storm
brought untold benefit. During the
last sixty days thousands of miners
had been idle or working on less than
half time because of the lack of water
at the collieries. The mines can be
put in full operation now. The wind
In some places stopped the running of
the electric lines and unroofed many
buildings.
Injured In Trula Wreck.
The Denver-Chicago east-hound ex
press on the Chicago, Burlington &
Qulncy Railroad was derailed at Ex
eter, Neb. Eight passengers were in
jured, only one severely.
OlDi-tala of New Mesleo .Named.
President Taft Bent to the Senate
the names of William .1. Mills and
William 11. Pope, both of New Mexico,
to be Governor and chief justice of
that territory.
(untile Die lu Nult-lde Tact.
Dr. and Mrs. A. C. Smith, an aged
and wealthy couple of Tulsa, Okla.,
were found dead In their residence,
apparently the victims of a suicide
pact. The couple was last seen by
neighbor the other morning, when
they appeared In jolly mood.
I'uUillt-r Get Wait laereaae.
The Lebanon Valley Iron Company
at Lebanon. I'a.. bus posted notices in
creasing the wage of puddler from
$4 to $4.50. Four hundred men ar
affected.
FROZEN TO DEATH IN SWAMP.
Lutheran Missionary Meets Fate In
Effort to Keep Appointment
Rev. Ole O. Fugleskle, missionary
of the United Lutheran Church, disci
ple and associate of Rev. Frank Hig
glns, better known as the "Lumberjack
Sky Pilot," was found frozen to death
In an uninhabited and swampy region,
southeast of Spooner, Minn., by a
searching party of homesteaders. The
hardy missionary left Nels Rlppes"
homestead hut at Silver Creek, afoot,
at 2 o'clock on n recent afternoon for
Clementson, thirteen miles away,
where he was due to hold services
that evening. When he did not arrive
It was taken for granted by the assem
bled lumbermen and homesteaders tbat
he had not started out, as a heavy
snow was falling. He was found about
ten miles from Rlppes' place, at the
edge of a floating bog, where he had
dropped exhausted with his Bible open
at his side.
LAKE SHORE TRAINS WRECKED.
Twentieth Century Limited Collides
with Slow Passenger Train.
The east-bound Twentieth Century
Limited, shortly before 11 o'clock the
other night, ran Into the rear section
of Lake Shore passenger train No. 10,
also east-hound, at North East, Pa.
Four persons were killed and many
were Injured, but all of the victims
Were on the slower train. The pas
sengers on the Twentieth Century
Limited were badly shaken up and
scared, but no one was Injured. One
of the wheels of passenger No. 10, It
Is reported, broke down and the lim
ited crashed Into the rear.
The Chicago, Milwaukee and St
Paul Railway, which instituted freight
traffic on its new Puget Sound exten
sion by rates Independently of the oth
er transcontinental lines, with some
especially low tariffs on Oriental .ex
port and import business, has aban
doned it Independent attitude so far
as the Import traffic Is concerned.
One hundred miles of elghty-fl've-pound
rails huve been ordered for the
improvement of the Central branch, a
subsidiary road of the Missouri Pa
cific system. The line traverses a rich
section of Kansas. Governor Stubbs,
of that State, recently threatened to
Institute receivership proceedings
against tho line unless it was speedily
Improved.
We are moving freight ut the rate
of a billion gross tons a year, and to
do this we employ nearly two million
and one-half freight cars, and nearly
fifty thousand locomotives. We Im
port about nineteen million gross tons
of merchandise yearly, and export
about fifty-two million gross tons. Our
foreign trade shows a return of $3,.
000,000,000, and our domestic trade one
of $21,000,000,000, annually. One-half
of the world's ocean commerce move
along North Atlantic routes, and for
the greater part of it our foreign trad
ing is responsible. At this its volume
Is a drop In tne bucket us against the
great trunk-line tonnage in this coun
try. The Pennsylvania Itallroad ha
placed order in Philadelphia for 10,
000 new freight cars. These are in
addition to the order for the regular
replacements on the 1909 and 1810
schedules, for which 16,000 car had
alreudy been ordered, since the first of
the year.
The New York Central and Hudson
River Itailroad Company ha been au
thorixed to Issue tock to the value of
$44,658,000. or 44,658 hare, the tock
to be old at par. Of th proceed,
nearly half will be used In th dis
charge of certain three-year i per cent
gold note, which mature in February
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I DATA ON POSTAL BANKS.
Comptroller Shows Growth of Bneh
Depositories In Foreign Countrl.
In the annual report of Comptroller
of the Currency, Lawrence O. Murray,
there Is a comprehensive table of th
growth of postal savings banks the
world over which serves to emphasize
the need for such banks in the United
States. The table shows that thirty
four countries or colonies .have such
banks and that, during the last dec
ade, the number of depositors In these
banks have Increased from 20.1S2.8S7
to 40,320,303, or nearly 100 per cent,
while during the same period the de
posits have increased from $1,138,411.
44 to $1,989,299,815, or approximately
75 per cent. During the decade the
average deposit of each depostor has
fallen from $56.41 to $49.83. While
the number of depositors in postal
savings banks Is 42 per cent of the
number of depositors in all foreign
avlngs banks, the deposits are only
about 20 per cent of the total deposits
In such banks.
In the thirty-four countries and de
pendencies having postal savings
banks, the united kingdom load3 In
the number of depositors and uriount
3f deposits that Is, 11,018,251 and
$781,794,533, respectively. In Japan
Lhere are 8.013. 193 dennstnrs: In ftn-
y, o.ius.su;:; trance, &.o;j4,stas; uei
Slum, 2,106,237; Austria. 2.064,403;
Russia, 1.7S8.990; Netherlands. 1,401,
570, and British India, 1,262,763. Ca
nadian postal savings banks have but
155,595 depositors, but their deposits
amount to $43,190,484, making
the average deposit account $289.88,
by far the largest average account In
postal savings banks in any country.
The report shows 25,000 banks with
in excess of 25,000,000 deposit ac
counts, capital aggregating $1,855,987.
36S and Individual deposits of more
ban $14,000,000,000.
NEGRO SOLDIERS HIT.
tfew Evidence Said to Fix Guilt Coc
clusively in Brownsville Case.
That the "shooting up" of Browns
ville, Texas, was done by members of
the Twenty-fifth Infantry, colored,
who were in the fort at the time their
companions were running through the
streets of the town, firing right and
left, is said to be proved conclusively
by evidence now in possession of the
military court of inquiry Into that fa
mous case. None of the members of
the court would discuss the matter,
but it is Intimated that a demand for
the abolition of the negro troops will
be made by tho Southern delegations
In Congress. Thus the bitter debate
that marked the final days of the
Roosevelt administration threatens to
be renewed. The evidence discovered
by the officers who compose the court
is said to be susceptible of complete
proof. Certain members, it is report
ed, made personal examination of
buildings across the road from the
fort in Brownsville. They discovered
bullet holes in the sides of three
houses. Continuing their investiga
tions, they discovered the bullets,
which were of the regulation army
design. Following back the line of
fire, as shown by the track of the bul
lets, the marksmen could have been
nowhere else than within the barracks
rOTTl TTTT.T.S WT"KT flW V S TOT
Refugees of Foundered Ferry Found
Frozen in Boat.
With her flag at half-mast, the state
fisheries boat Commodore Perry, Cap
tain Gerry Driscoll commanding,
brought to Erie, Pa., the dead and
frozen bodies of nine of the crew of
the Bessemer and Marquette ferry
No. 2, which left Conneaut. Ohio, Tues
day morning carrying thirty-two men
and which has probably foundered In
the middle of Lake Erie. As the look
out on the Perry sighted a tiny half
sunken yawl orders were given to
steam down upon the object. Tho use
of glasses discovered the boat to be
loaded with nine men. As the Perry
came abreast of the drifting and half
water-logged yawl the men gathercul
at the side of the fish boat saw that
they had arrived too late. Trie nine
occupants of the boat, which was
marked "Bessemer and Marquette No.
4," were frozen stiff in death.
THREE DIE IN MINE SMOKE.
Klantea Fanned Down an Air 8hnft
Suffocate Workera Below Deptha.
Three men died of suffocation and
twenty-one others were overcome and
rescued with difficulty as a result of a
peculiar accident at a mine of the
Shoemaker Mining Company, fifteen
miles northeast of Johnstown. Pa. Fire
broke out in the fanhouse at the m
of the shaft. The place was deserted
and the flames gained much headway
before being discovered. Meanwhile
the fans were in operation pumping
air to twenty-four men inside the
mine. The smoke caused by the lire
was caught by the fans and forced Into
the mine with such volume that three
of the men were suffocated. The oth
ers were rescued In a serious state of
exhaustion.
BURNING TAR LAKE INGULFS.
I'lttaburwrera, I'.n tranped, I'orreil t,
See r'lauiea Creep to Tlieiu.
Entrapped in a lake of flowing tar,
four men were held fast at the Mc
Cllntock & Irvine Company's roofing
plant In Pittsburg and were compelled
to wt-lrh the gradually approaching
flames. Three of them were burned
to death, hut the fourth managed to
extricate himself and escape the hor
rible fate of his fellow companions.
I.eprosr Kllla Arnir O 111 err.
Death removed probably the onlj
case of leprosy In tKi United State
army the other day when First Ser
geant C. O. Mix of the Sevenly-secMud
Company Coast Artillery died on
Fort Srraven Reservation.
Killed br aa Antouaobll.
Theodore It. Ballard, who in 1901
was president of the St. Loula Merch
ants' Exchange and police commission
er, waa run down and killed by aa
automobile while b waa crossing th
treet in St. Lou I.