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Five persona were killed and 100
others injured by a gasoline explosion
in a store at Celina, Ohio.
A historical tablet commemorating
the first settlement of the northwest
territory was unveiled at Marietta,
Ohio, by Mrs. Alice Roosevelt Long-worth.
the officer returned with hot soup,
pork chops, potatoes and coffee. As
he entered Daley raised himself on
his elbow and stared wildly at the
tray of steaming viands. As they
were brought toward hire ho uttered
an inarticulate cry and dropped back
dead."
commissioners were applied to the
secretary of the Iowa Grain Dealers'
Association declared that farmers
should not be allowed to erect ele
vators because this compelled the
payment to them of high prices . for
grain."
Mrs. Jefferson Davis, widow of the
president of the Comederacy, died in
New York city.
An Associated Press dispatch under
date of New York follows:
A Verdict' of guilty of granting re
bates on sugar shipments was re
turned by a jury in the United States
court here against the New York Cen
tral Railway company and Frederick
L. Pomeroy, the company's general
traffic manager. Sentence was de
ferred until Friday to permit the at
torneys for the defense to file mo
tions with the court. In discussing
the jury's verdict Austen G. Fox,
counsel for the defendants, placed the
responsibility for the conviction of his
client upon public opinion.
"You cannot defend rebate cases in
the present state of public opinion,"
he said.
In the provisions of the Elkins act,
under which the convictions are se-
An Omaha newspaper dispatch un
der date of October lb says:
"Count John A. Creighton, one of
the founders of Creighton university,
deeded to that institution this after
noon two buildings in the wholesale
district, worth about $500,000.
"They are leased for a long term
of years and will pay the university
about 5 pea cent net on the above
valuation.
"Count Creighton has heretofore en
dowed the university liberally. This
gift was made in commemoration of
his seventy-fifth birthday.
A Findlay, Ohio, despatch under
date of October 15 nays: '
"That the Standard Oil company
of New Jersey, the parent concern
of the oil combine, owns a controlling
interest in most of the companies op
erating in the Ohio field was demon
strated at today's .session of the trial
of the Standard Oil company of Ohio
for conspiracy to restrain trade. Di
rectors In the various companies ad
mitted this when called to the wit
ness stand. Much light was thrown
upon the complicated methods by
which the oil combine works."
age. A number of small crafct in ths
naroor were sunk, several houses
were blown down, twenty people
killed and the loss is estimated at
two million dollars.
The Bank of England raised its dis-
-count rate to 6 per cent October 19.
The American Bankers' associa
tion, In session at St Louis, discussed
at length the credit currency plans
and finally submitted the matter to a
commission of fifteen members,
which committee iB to confer with
the Chamber of Commerce of New
York city and after careful Investiga
tion of the plan submitted is to co
operate with the proper congressional
committee for the purpose of securing
an enactment of the measure agreed
upon.
Washington dispatcnes say that it
is, estimated that Cuba must pay the
United States at least one million of
theexpense of intervention.
Former United States Senator Bur
ton of Kansas received the news of
the confirmation of his prison sen
tence in silence and announced that
he was prepared to at once begin his
term in the Iron county, Missouri,
jail.
In the proceedings against the
Standard Oil company at Findlay,
Ohio, the jury returned a verdict of
guilty. The Standard Oil company is
charged with violating the anti-trust
laws of the state. The fine is from
$50 to $5,000. The proceedings were
against the corporation and it was an
nounced that no action will be taken
against John D. Rockefeller person
ally until the supreme court passes
npon this case.
A Chicago dispatch under date of
cfiired, the maximum penalty Is $20,
000., As the Central and the personal October 15 follows:
convicted by the jury on all of the
six counts charged In the indictment,
the total fine for each can be $120,-000.
Charles A. Barnes or Jacksonville,
Illinois, was chosen aupreme chancel
lor of the Knights of Pythias by the
supreme lodge in session at New Orleans.
The Northwestern railroad has au
thorized the. Issue of $100,000,000 of
stock, doubling the present capital.
The treasurer of the New York
committee of the Bryan reception re-
ports that after paying all expenses
there was a surplus of $500 In the
treasury. This surplus was sent to
the democratic congressional commit
tee at Washington.
A Paris mob were so ancered bv
the poor start of the horses that they
broke down barriers, Invaded the
track and when refused returns of
bets set fire to the building.
The Australian commission ap
pointed early in 1905 to Inquire into
the working of the old age pension
systems has reported in favor of a
universal pension system for the com
monwealth of Australia.
A Chicago dispatch under date of
October 14 to the New York World
says:
"Cornelius Daley, 45 years old,
went to the stockyards police station
today and begged for food. He was
emaciated and so wpak that as he
spoice to the sergeant he had to
' clutch the railing for Bupnort. The
policeman's lunch was before him
and as the starved man told his storv
It was with difficulty that he re
strained himself from grabbing it.
"T'm no tramp," ho snld. "T am not
afraid to work, but i am almost too
weak to stand. How T got the
strength to get over here I don't
know I must eat. I must have
something now or T w'll die.'
uniey was induced to lie down on a
Testimony was heard today before
three members of the Interstate Com
merce Commission relative to the pos
sible existence of a grain trust A.
T. Aygarn of Pontiac, 111., told of his
struggle against the Illinois Grain
Dealers' Association. Aygarn broke
into tears while on the stand and it
was necessary to excuse him. He
declared as he left, with tears
streaming down his face and his voice
broken, that he had been ruined be
cause he had dared to deal with the
farmer and with the track shovelers.
He declared that the discrimination
against him had been doubled because
the railroads had refused to give him
cars in which to transport his grain.
wnen Aygarn had recovered he said
Jie had $10,000 invested In his busi
ness, but that has disappeared and he
Is many thousand dollars behind. He
declared all his troubles followed his
attempt to aid a farmer by purchas
ing his grain. He said that one time
the Illinois Central railroad left $600
worth of his grain on the tracks for
weeks without moving It.
"H. H. Carr, an independent dealer,
also asserted that he had been ruined
by the grain combination and the rail
roads. He declared that he had often
protested to the Interstate Commerce
Commission, President Roosevelt and
Attorney General Moody, but nothing
had ever come of It.
"Secret letters ana circulars to
members of the Iowa State Grain
Dealers' Association nna the Illinois
Association were read and considered
so unusual that the witnesses were
rigidly examined.
"J. E. Brennan and L. G. Dunn.
grain solicitors for a Chicago house,
declared their firm had been black
listed and boycotted because It per
sisted in buying grain from farmers
elevator combines Instead of solely
from members of the grain associa
tions. Dunn told of the refusal of
the Chicago & Northwestern railroad
to give an independent dealer In grain
a site for an elevator until a bill
aimed to stop such action was pre
sented to the legislature.
"Ho also declared that five weeks
ago the Illinois Central road refused
farmers tlie right to bu Id an ele-
A New York dispatch under date
of October 15 says:
"The ruling of Justice Greenbaum
to the effect that only those news
papers which' support the candidacy
of William R, Hearst for governor
are entitled to receive election adver
tising as democratic newspapers was
sustained today by the appellate divi
sion of the supreme court. The de
cision sustaining the ruling dis
missed the appeal from Justice Green
baum's ruling.
Mrs. Sam Lewis Hill, widow of
Sam Lewis Hill, well known as an
English money lender, died at London,
leaving $15,000,000 to be 'distributed
in charitable bequests.
Dr. J, W. Woodbury, street com
missioner of New York city, has re
signed because as he declared Mayor
McClellan wanted his department re
organized for political ends.
A New York disparcK to the' Chi
cago Record-Herald under date of Oc
tober 15 says:
"Action to compel the restitution
of more than $10,000,000 by J. J. Hill
alleged to be wrongful profit secured
by him in the Chicago, Burlington &
Quincy deal, was begun today in the
United States " district court by Clar
ence Vehner, who claims to hold 300
shares of Great Northern stock. The
action is against the Great Northern
Railway company and Hill as presi
dent and director.
"It is alleged that in 1901 President
Hill wrongfully and illegally carried
out a plan to purchase the Burlington
stock in the open market at a price
said to be a little over $160 per share,
but which it Is alleged became the
property of the Great Northern and
the Union Pacific railway jointly at
$200 per share.
"The amount paid is alleged to have
exceeded $35,000,000, and President
Hill is charged with making a profit
of over $.0,000,000. The complainant
asks that restitution bo made to the
stockholders of this, money.".
A Washington dispatch to the
New York World World says that the
delay in the appointment of a succes
sor to Justice Brown is due to the fact
that President Roosevelt intends that
the new justice shall not be a states
rights man.
Several thousand revolvers pur
chased by the Russian government in
Berlin were seized by revolutionists
at Warsaw.
The Chicago American base ball
team and the Chicago National
League base ball team having won the
pennants in their respective leagues,
played a championship series for the
championship of the world. The
Chicago American team won the se
ries, defeating the Nationals four
games out of six. Over 100,000 peo
ple witnessed this game. The gate
receipts for the first four games,
less 10 per cent, was divided among
the players of the two teams.
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Upon request of Governor Brooks
of Wyoming a troop of cavalry was
sent to round up and return to their
reservation. the,Indians who have been
causing a disturbance rn that state.
An Associated Press dispatch from
Chicago says there will be a carefully
planned campaign to secure1 a re
peal of the fifteenth amendment to tho
federal .constitution. This is the
amendment which confers upon the
negro equality with the white man as
a citizen. It Is said that Governor
Vardaman of Mississippi will take the
leading part In this campaign. He is
a candidate for the United States sen
ate and says that If elected 'he will
make his fight In that body.
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