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DAKOTA COUNTY HERALD.
VOLUME XVI
DAKOTA CITY, NEK., FRIDAY, SKPTEMKER 19, 1907.
NUMBER 4.
LATEST BY TELEGRAPH
SUMMARY OP THB NEWS OP
THE WHOLE WORLD.
VAST PROFITS SHOWN'
OIL OCTOPIS IIRSl'OXDS TO MR.
KELLOGG'S PIIODD1XG.
Financial Statements Showing Earn
Iiirs of Seventeen Subsidiary Com
IMinlcs in 1003 und 1900 Are Pro.
iluml In Federal Court.
More light was ehed upon tho re
markable earning capacity of the va
rious subsidiary companies of the
Standard Oil company Wednesday
when Frank H. Kellogg, who Is con
ducting the federal suit in New York
succeeded In placing upon the record
the profits of seventeen of the princi
pal subsidiary companies In the years
1903 and 190C. The statement of thu
earnings of the standard Oil Company
of Indiana, which was recently fined
$29,240,000 by Judge Landis, of Chi
cago, for rebating, disclosed that In
1906 the company earned $10,616,082
on a capital of $1,000,000, or over
1,000 per cent a year. The Indiana
company In 1906 earned more than
any othersubrldiary company of the
big combine.
Mr. Kellogg developed during the
day, while Clarence G. Fay, assistant
comptroller of the Standard Oil com
pany, was on the stand, u curious prob
f financial bookkeeping, or handling
of accounts, which Mr. Fay failed to
explain. From figures submitted It
was shown that the Standard Oil Com
pany of New York in 1904 made a
profit of $7,751,160, and paid In divi
dends to the Standard Oil Company
of ' Xew Jersey the total sum of $32,
99S,4!i0. This transaction reduced
the net assfts of the New York com
pnny from $40,425,900 to $15,179,706,
while the liabilities leaped from $47,
C4S.235 In 1903 to $81,393,145 in 1904,
en increase of nearly $34,000,000. The
gross assets of the New York com
pany, however, increased from $88,
074,561 In 1903 to $96,574,852 in 1904.
Meanwhile the accounts receivable
of the Standard Oil Company of New
Jersey grew from $19,045,014 In 1903
to $58,272,924.
KEAIi WIFE IS DISCOVEEED.
Assertion Hint Foot Were Dig Itrings
Settlement of Novel Dispute.
The real Mrs. Kllmovicz has been
found. A few days ago John Kllmo
vicz, of Grand llapids, Mich., was ar
rested on complaint of Miss Tlllle To
land, of Chicago, whom he had been
annoying by claiming she was his
wife. In court Mrs. Mary Sematls, of
Grand Rapids, Klimovtcz's mpther-in-law,
identified the girl as Mrs. Kllmo
vicz. The girl asked for one of 'the
missing woman's shoes, expressing
the opinion that she could put bo'h of
her feet in It. This so piqued the real
Mrs. Kllmovicz, who has been living
near here, that she came to Chicago
to settle the controversy. She says ulio
fears Kllmovicz and wants a divorce.
1 1 10 11 AS .IEKYL-1IYDE IDEA.
Indiana Man Imitates Rnvlngs nod
ltccoiii' ii Lunatic.
After witnessing a ' production of
"Dr. Jekyl and Mr. Hyde" some tine
ago Albert Heaver, of Newcastle, Ind.,
attempted to imitate the ravings of
Mr. Hyde. He became so adept that
his Impersonation amazed his friends,
and In a lew Weeks he began to expe
rience the same difficulty Dr. Jekyi
did in returning to his normal self. A
few days ago he lapsetl Involuntarily
Into the character of Mr. Hyde, which
now has complete control of him. II
was taken to the insane hospital.
Germans Win lialloon Race.
The long distance prize In the inter
national balloon race has been won
by the German balloon Pomeru, pilot
ed by Ilerr Eiibslof. The Pomem
came down at llnyonne, France, 621
miles from UruKsels.
The "A. I'." Stands Put.
At the annual meeting of the mem
bers of the Associated Press held In
New York Wednesday a resolution was
unanimously ndoi'jd approving the
course of the officers of the association
dealing with the telegraphers' strike.
lRltH-rs Kill Hank ('ashler.
Two Russians entered the bank at
Montreaux, Switzerland, shot and kill
ed the cashier, seized the cash box and
lied. A crowd give chase and the
robbers were captured.
II. W. Trow bridge Dead.
Alva It. W. Trobrldge, former presi
dent of the American Hankers' asso
ciation, died at his home In Hacken
waok, N. J Wednesday.
Sioux Clly Live Stock Market,
Wednesday's o,uotalions on the
City live stock market follow: Uutetier
steers, $5.40 H 6.25. Top hogs, $6.00.
New York's School Children.
- Six hundred and thirty -sever thou
sand, three hundred and elg!ity-s. veil
children are enrolled "in the schoo's
of New York, an increase of more than
20,000 over last year.
Muiiy People peii-ii.
A Japanese steamer, suid to be th-?
Tafu Maru. has burned three miles
from Ching Klung, China, on the right,
bank of the Yangtze Klaus. It U re
sulted 100 lives were lost.
FOR MIRDER OF MRS. GENTRY
Trial of Frank Constantino Ileglns In
Chicago.
In the criminal court at Chicago the
rurtaln was raised Monday on one of
the weirdest criminal dramas ever
staged, where Frank J. Constantino
plays the role of defendant on trial for
his life for the murder of Mrs. Arthur
Gentry.
Frank Constantlne boarded at the
Gentry home and was there at the
time the woman met her death. He
successfully eluded the police for a
long time and was finally captured In
New York. The prosecution will con
tend that he committed the murder,
while Constantlne and his lawyers will
offer evidence tending to prove that
the woman killed herself following a
quarrel with her husband.
Mingling with the facts on the lde
of the defense Is a mystery Involving
a telephone conversation which Con
stantlne relies on In hope of proving
his contention of suicide. A steno
grapher employed In Gentry's office,
It is asserted by the defense, will take
the stand and swear that just before
Mrs. Gentry's death she called her
husband to the telephone and they
quarreled over an engagement.
II. II. ROGERS VERY ILL.
Oil Magnate Tells Son He is "About
Done."
That Henry II. Rogers Is In a very'
weak physical condition; that his face
is distorted and his speech affected;
that his left side Is not In Its normal
state, and that he Is unable to transact
any business or even discuss ordinary
affairs, was the substance of testimony
given by Rogers' son-in-law, Urban H.
Boughton, In the supreme court at
Boston Monday afternoon.
H. II. Rogers, Jr., testified that his
father had signed but three check
and a power of attorney to open his
vault since July 22. His condition,
Mr. Rogers, Jr., said, has shown some
slight Improvement In the past few
weeks.
Mr. Boughton also testified that re
cently Mr. Rogers had told him to
take up business where he had left It,
as he (Rogers) was "about done."
After hearing this testimony Judge
Hammond denied the motion to bring
H. II. Rogers Into court for the pur.
pose of testifying.
CANNOT WED AFFINITY.
Artist Earle's Wife will not Get a Dl.
vorce,
Ferdinand Plnney Earle cannot
marry his "atliinty," Julia Kuttner,
after all.
Mrs. Earle has decided not to get
a divorce. Earle lacks ground to sue.
So If his wife refuses to help him
he has no way of severing the matri
monial ties, and he and Miss Kuttner
must stay apart.
"My gracious," Earle remarked
nervously. In discussing his wife's
plans for a divorce, "suppose she
shouldn't get It!" In such a case he
admitted he saw no alternative but
for Mrs. Earle to return to him.
This is Just what Mrs. Earle is
counting on. She says openly she does
not think "Ferdy" knows his own
mind. She expects him to tire of "Af
finity" Kuttner and seek a reconcilia
tion. Then, too, she is beginning to see
in what an unfortunate position her
contemplated renunciation of her hus.
band will pluce her little son.
Admiral Walker Dead.
Rear Admiral John G. Wulker, U. S.
N., retired, died suddenly Sunday
night at the home of a friend at High
Pasture, York Cliffs, Me. Admiral
Walker was 72 years of age and a na
tive of New Hampshire. '
Frederick McNully Dead.
Frederick McNully, of Chicago, for
three years president of the publishing
house of Rand, McNally & Co., died
Monday. Mr. McNally had been 111 for
three weeks with nervous prostration
due to overwork.
Applies to Mil Retired Privates.
Comptroller Mitchell decided thu
all retired private soldiers, whether
retired before or after the passage of
the act of March 2, 1907, are eutitleu
to $15.75 a month as provided in thai
act.
Noted Grafter Blind.
Mrs. Cassle M. Chad wick, the noted
witch of finance, who Is serving a term
In the Ohio penitentiary for swindling
bankers and capitalists out of millions,
was stricken with nervous collapse
Monday which left her blind.
Ininx-ciit Man to In- Freed.
After thirteen years of a life sen
tence for burglary had been served by
William Evans in the San Quentin.
Calif., prison, positive evidence has
reached the authority of his Innoceiicu
and ho will be Immediately released.
Welsh Coal for the Nuvy.
The United Stales navy department
has, according to a dispatch from Car
diff, Wales, contracted with a Welsh
firm for 100,000 tons of the best steam
coul, the delivery to extend over 19oS
Six Workmen Drowned.
Panic stricken when u barge ii,
which they were crossing the Alleghe
ny river at Pittsburg, l'u., began t
sink six workmen Jumped Into thu
river Monday and were drowned.
Navy In Disgrace.
The baseball team of the United
States cruiser Colorado was defeated
by a nine of the Chinese Athletic club
ut Honolulu Monday. The score stood
7 to 6.
BIGGEST OIL BATTLE.
Rearing In Suit to Dissolve Trust
Begun.
Delving Into the financial workings
of the Standard Oil company, of New
Jersey, the holding company of all the
subsidiary organizations of the so-called
oil trust, Frank H. Kellogg, con
ducting the federal suit for the disso
lution of the company, brought to
public view In New York Tuesday for
the first time the enormous profits
made by the company. In seven years
from 1899 to 1896, ncluslve, the Stand
ard Oil company, by a statement
spread upon the records, was shown
to have earned profits of $490,315,934,
or at the rate of more than $61,000,
000 a' year. It distributed to its share
holders In the same period $308,359,
403. ! While the company was earning
these vast sums, the statement showed
that the assets of the company grew
from $200,791,523 to $371,534,631.
The capital stock Is $98,338,382.
Financiers and those seeking knowl
edge of the exact profits of the Stand
ard Oil have striven vainly to obtain
the figures which Mr. Kellogg suc
ceeded Tuesday in placing upon tho
record of the court The Standard Oil
company makes no statement of It
business, and other than declaration
of dividends It makes no public an
nouncements by which Its business
may be gauged.
The hearing Tuesday brought out
much Information which Mr. Kellogg
obtained from tho company. Mr. Kel
logg got a. statement showing that th
company controlled over seventy com
panies by stock ownership engaged
In the refining and transportation of
oil by pipe lines.
TURNS MEAT INTO STONE.
Chemist Discovers Method of Artificial
Petri fuel hill.
Agostlno Giuseppe Glwso, a chemist
of Vercelll, Italy, now in New York,
declares he has found a way to turn
organic matter Into stone.
Fourteen years ago, while he was
In Peru, he had occasion to take a
case of eggs to Ecuador. He had nn
way of refrigerating the consignment,
and began experimenting with pre
servatives. He bored tiny holes in tho
eggs and tried Injecting various chem
icals. None seemed to accomplish the
work. In trying one powerful drug
he injected a smaU quantity in several
egga and a few hours later found every
one of them as hard as a rock. He
tried to break the shells, but could not
make the slightest dent.
He continued his experiments on
beef and vegetables. The result was
the same.
The chemist went back to Vercelll,
and before a gathering of doctors gav
successful demonstrations.
JAP AMBASSADOR TO QUIT.
Mikado's Representative in Berlin
Asks to Be Relieved.
It is understood in Toklo that Count
Inouye, Japanese ambassador to Ger
many, has Intimated his desire to re
sign his post at Berlin. Rumors are
rife as to his successor, and Viscount
Aiokl, now ambassador at Washing
ton, has been mentioned as a possiblo
successor. The Japanese foreign office,
however, is not prepared to make an
official statement on the subject.
Should Aokl desire a change It Is poss
ble that Baron Kaneko may be ap
pointed ambassador at Washington If
the government can spare his services
as president of the exposition to be
held at Toklo in 1912, In which at
present he Is actively Interested. Ba
ron Kaneko is considered to be one
of the most capable diplomats in Ja
pan. OFFER BOYS AS SACRIFICE.
An Insane Mother Slays Her Three
Children.
Mrs. John Anderson, wife of a farm
er residing a mile and a half from
Mldale, Sask., on the Soo line, took
her three children, all boys, to a pota
to patch and there knocked them on
the head with a hammer, after which
she cut them up In a horrible manner,
with a big knife.
She had not shown any signs of in
sanity before, but had been ill and was
suffering from religious mania. She Is
35 years of age. Her husband was
not at home.
The woman shows no remorse for
what she has done and expects to be
hanged. She believes It was some kind
of blood sacrifice.
Killed by Pitched Dull.
Henri Pilor was struck over the
heart by a pitched ball In a baseball
game Sunday at Montreal, Que., and
died almost instantly. The ball passed
through the hands of another player
and struck Pilor.
Aid for Telegrapher.
As the result of a recent conference.
President Gompers, of tho American
' Federation of Labor, will issue an ap
peal for aid for the striking telegraph
operators.
PrLsonkccpcr for 37 Year.
John McLuughlln, keepe r of Block
well's island for thirty-seven years,
died at St. Vincent's hospital. In New
York, after an operation.
ConiHNcr Beniiing Dead.
Odls Louis Kenning, of Milwaukee,
a well known pianist and composer,
who composed the coronation ode t
King Haakon, died Tuesday, aged 27,
from mi opratlou for appendicitis.
Increased Wages for Shopmen.
Apprentices in all the shops of the
Sunta Fe have, been granted an In
crease of 2 cents an hour, dating back
ito Sept. 1. The raise wus grunted voluntarily.
Mens of
DR. JAMES CARROLL IS DEAD.
Scientist Whom Nebraska I'nlvrrsltj
Honored l Victim of Disease.
Dr. A. S. von Mansfelde. of Ashland,
has received word of the dental In
Washington. I). C, of lames Carroll,
on whom, In recognition of his serv
ices to science and medicine, the I'ni
veislty of Nebraska hiU spring con
ferred an honorary title. Dr. Carroll
died In Washington from the effects of
the yellow fever Infection which he
submitted to during the sanitary cam
paign Instituted by ,he surgeons of the
United States army In Cuba Some
years ag,o.
Dr. Carroll was associated with the
late Maj. Walter Reed, surgeon in the
United States Brjny, In the study of
Sanarelll's supposed yellow fever ba
cillus, during the years 1S97 and 190'..
both in Cuba nnd the United States. To
Justify experimentation on other per
sons, he volutarily submitted to tho
bite of a contaminated mosquito that
had previously been caused to blt
three well-marked cases of yellow fe
ver. Within four days he whh taken
111 and suffered a severe attack of the
disease the first case of experimental
yellow fever on record. His sacrifice
proved of Inestimable value to the ex
perimentation planned by Major Reed
himself In the successful campaign
against the disease.
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SALOON RORRED.
Liquor Dealer Leaves Roy In Charge
and I oscs $80.
Sheriff E. A. Dwyer, of Pierce, won
called to the village of McLean by the
news that the saloon at that place had
been robbed the evening before. H
seems that the proprietor, William
I Feddern, had gone to Sioux City and
had left one of the Soiipler boys in
charge of the saloon. At fi o'clock fhe
buy locked the saloon and went home
to supper. On returning he found I he
back door open, and on going to the
; money drawer he saw thnt It. h:M domi
' pried open and the content", amount
ing to nearly $80, tuken. No tramps
or other suspicious looking characters
had been seen about the village during
the day, so It is thought by many tlu-.t
It was the work of local talent.
CARS FOR SHIPPERS TO OMAHA.
Great Northern Ordered to Permit Di
rect Shipment to Gnto City.
The state railroad commission has
Issued a formal order commanding
the Wllmar and Sioux Falls Railway
company to furnish cars at the sta
tions along its line for tlje shipment of
grain direct to Ornaha. This follows
the complaint of the Omaha Grain ex
change made some time ago against
the Great Northern road, as owner of
the Wllmar & Sioux Falls branch,
chargingi that It discriminates against
Omaha in furnishing cars and making
shipments of grain.
New Rates on Cream.
The state railway commission an
nounced the promulgation of new
rates on teream and milk on passenger
trains In Nebraska. The minimum
charge on a ten-gallon can of cream
up to twenty miles distance is made 15
cents. The maximum rate between
550 miles and 600 miles Is 68 cents
per can. The new rate does not change
the rate on long shipments and re
duces the rate on short huuls.
ItraUcman Killed nt Elwood.
An accident occurred at Elwood by
which Charles Reynolds, aged 22.
brakeman on the Burlington, lost his
life. Reynolds was riding on the pilot
of the engine. - He fell in front of the
engine and was dragged about thirty
yards before It was discovered he was
under the engine. He was badly muti
lated and life was extinct when he
was gotten out.
Severe Storm at Pierce.
A heavy storm of wind and rain
came up from the southeast and did
quite a good deal of damage to prop
erty In Pierce and vicinity. A num
ber of trees were badly damaged. A
bolt of lightning struck near the Gar
vey fesidence, and one of the boys,
who was sitting near the window, was
stunned.
EiiilH'.zlemejjt Is Charged.
Richie O Taylor, arrested at the
Instance of the American Telegraph
and Telephone company at Omaha,
was charged with embezzling $1,350.
Taylor came originally from the east,
but was employed In Lincoln for some
time.
Bcii-licrl In Jap Camp.
Dr. Jones, of Murdock. Informed the
state board of health that twenty cases
of berl-berl existed among a number
of Japanese laborers at Alvo. The
"state board of health sent a represent
ative to make a thorough Investiga
tion. Gus Stove Explodes.
Mrs. C. A. Powell, of 515 Court
street, Beatrice, was severely burned
about the face anil hands by the ex
plosion of u gas stove at her home.
The windows were blown out and the
kitchen badly disarranged by the forco
of the explosion,
.Man W ho Passes Itml Draft Caught.
G. T. Durst, who succeeded n ob
taining a ticket to Denver and $-"Jii in
money from City Ticket Agent II H.
Kller, of the I'niou depot nt Fremont
by means of a fraudulent draft, win
arrested at Evanstou, Wyo.. and is
now in jail at that place.
SusiM'eteil of Keltic Train Kohhc:.
Believing he saw before him the
two men wanted for Induing up tin
Great Northern train at l'edford.
Mont., Sheriff Ress, of Lincoln, arrest
ed Edward Clark und Fred Montgom
ery near Firth. Th y deny being
train robbers.
i lioulil (ion r I' npi.v.
While hitiidllng a revolver uppoed
to be unloaded John .). Haul, (lit i ( Lo
ot the State hank at St. 1'aul, And son
of the bank's president, incidentally
bhot himself Unough the heart.
Nebraska
HURRIED RACK TO JAIL.
Nehraskan Broke Rolens Pledge ami
Started War on Family.
Henry Mahler, who was In Jail for
a few weeks on a criminal charge pre
ferred by his 16-year-old daughter,
was released from custody at West
Point when his mother signed his
bond for iitio for his appeainnco he
fore the district court of Cuming coun
ty In November. He remained in town
about three days, during which time
he broke the most sinners promise
made to his attorney and the court to
keep sober, go home and treat 1 Is
'amlly with due respect. Whisky got
the upper hand of him again. He
boarded the evening passenger ' train
for I'eemer very much Intoxicated,
when shcritf Mnchow, without any
preparation, with not even Ms coat,
Pepped aboard and followed him. At
reenter, near where his homo Is situ
ated, he enraged a liveryman to drive
him out to his home, tried t ) have him
get him a pint of whisky and then
went to n hardware store to buy a re
volver, evidently Intending to lpe
out the whole family. At this pnlrA
the sheriff took him In charge anli
took him to West Point. His wife In,
mediately swore out a complaint W
keep the peace and he was placed uf
der $1,000 bonds, which, being unable1
to procure, he once more languishes
In Jail.
SWINDLER GETS MONTH IN JAIL
John Richardson Worked Ministers It)
.Smooth Trick.
John Richardson, who attempted to
swindle Fremont ministers out ol
small sums, pleaded guilty to vagrancy
in justice court and was sentenced to
thirty days In the county Jail.
He was Identified as the some man
who worked tho Lincoln ministers In
tho same way last April and had done
the same kind of a trick In Omaha and
the western part of the state.
Each of his Intended victims says
the man showed thorough knowledge
of law and creeds of the different
churches und is a very smooth fellow.
His scheme was to call at the house
of a clergyman, tell him that himself
und family were members of his de
nomination nnd had Just moved ontv)
a farm a few miles from town. Ho
hnd a baby he wanted baptized the
next day, when he and his wife would
be In and would bring In some vegeta
bles, and could the minister pay him
In advance? The scheme, he said,
generally worked.
OFFICER RROWN CREATES STIR.
Fires Four Shots in Effort to Halt
Man.
Officer Brown, of Omaha, fired
four shots at Henry Moran and three
others who were thought to have held
up John Jones at Thirteenth and
Douglus, but none of the shots took
effect. Moran was caught. It appears,
however, from investigation that It
was not a case of holdup, but that the
three simply Intended to give Jones a
beating as a result of an old grudge.
The shooting attracted considerable ol
a crowd and created much excitement
Sward Surrenders Push.
Some time ago the state board ol
health Issued an order that none ol
the secretaries should ride on pnsses.
in response to this order word hn.H
been received from Dr. Sward, of Oak
land, one of the secretaries, that he
had returned his pass to the Great
Northern road and notified that orpo
rntlon that hereafter any work done
by him for that corporation would be
on n cush basis.
Conner Nebraskuu Dead.
Word has been received thut Hon.
R. F. Jones died In a hospital at Seat
tle. Wash., where he had gone from
his home at Watei'ville, Wash., to b3
operated on for a gathering 1 1 hla
head. He was an old nnd highly re.
spected pioneer of Lyons, and at one
time represented Hurt county in the
Nebraska legislature.
liiirkctt Against Big Shows.
Senator E. J. Kurkett, who left re
cently for Washington, declared that
he would fight the Alaskan-Yukon ex
position appropriation In congress. He
declared that tho exposition at James
town had been' n lamentable failure
and he would oppose all such project!
In the future.
Gcriiuiiirt Celebrate.
The Bow Valley Sehutzen Vereln
held their annual two days' schutzen
fest and harvest picnic nt St. James.
A very largo crowd was present the
last day of the celebration. The so
ciety was organized eleven years ago,
and has since given a two days' cele
bration every yeur.
I'.oilwell Gels ApMlutmeiit.
E. .1. I'oilwell. superintendent of tht
Norfolk schools and formerly county
superintendent of Douglas county, hat
been appointed u member of the
boeril to examine tenehtrs for ntnti
certificates. He takes the place mf
the liourd loi nierly occupied by E. 'D.
Shvrinuii.
Prairie (iilii.cu Season ()m iih.
Sund.'iy Sept. 15, according to the
game liws, was the opening day on
pnii'ie chicken, and many a true
"poi tsnian slriuldcrod his musket, un
'haliied his bird dog undstarted forth.
Some big kills are reported In the ter
rltoiy north of Central City, one party
from l!i::t place bagging fifteen birds.
Potato Grower Meet.
The I.rovvn County Potato Growers'
esMoeiation held its nuiiuul meeting
Saturday. The new officers are, A. It.
lieebo, president; Park Stillma!!, sec.
retery; Huuli I'ooth, treasurer, and J.
i'Vrnuu and T. J. Hustings member!
of the board of directors.
PcinocrutM Delay I east.
TV.o Democratic executive commit-tn-t
deeldi d to postpone the banquet
set for Kept. 21 because that Is tin
(lute for the btato convention at Lin
coln und the two events might conflict.
A BATTLE ON KANSAS PLAIN.
America Artillery to Reproduce the
CJreat Makden Conflict.
Out on a wide stretch of Kansas plain
the savage bnttle of Mukden is to tie
fought again a mimic struggle which for
ten smoke-blown days is to stagger over
80,0(10 acres of government reservation.
There will be the crai of h.vivy siego
guns and the stench of picric a the dis
rupting shells hurl earthworks and their
dummy defenders in the air.
The Infantry, with its siege guns and
field artillery, will throw Its strength
against the redoubts which the engineers
have constructed a fortification which
duplicates as far as possible the one be
hind which Kuropatkin intrenched his
Itussians at Mukden and over which the
little brown men swarmed after their
Shlmoso shells had blown great breaches
iu the works.
It la chiefly for the purpose of seeing
what American artillery ran do under
Identical circumstances thnt .this mimic
battle is to be fought. Du unite Is the ex
plosive with which our shells are to be
charged, a picric compound which takes
its name from Major Beverly W. Dunn
of the United States Ordnance Corps.
Th works which are to be attacked
by this shell were constructed by the
Third battalion of engineers, now stntiou
ed at Fort, Leavenworth. The redoubt
is 30 feet through nt the base and Yi
fet at the top. It is rivetted with fa
clues, hurdles, brush and sod and is made
as strong as the nature of the soil and
subsoils of the region will allow. On the
Inner face a banquette trend, about four
and a half feet bplow the top, lias been
constructed, and on this will bo placed a
largo number of dummy figures represent
ing men, to test shrapnel lire.
The work of making this redoubt has
occupied the engineers all summer nnd
they believe that it will put the artillery
to a stubborn test. It is practically the
strongest fortification thnt modern mili
tary science could construct.
In all about .1,000 men will be engaged
in the maneuvers at Fort Riley.
WORSE THAN BLACK PLAGUE.
Great eat Catastrophe 'World Ever
Knew Now lu I'marena,
The greatest entnstrophp the world has
fver known is in progress nt this present
moment and the world reeks little or
nothing of it.
This is the plague epidemic in India,
w hich has now beeu raging for more than
eleven years, nad which, so fnr from
showing any tendency to die out, keeps
steadily increasing in intensity. Thus,
during the six weeks ending May 11 last,
481,802 persons perished from it, or at
the rate of over 80,000 deaths n week.
Nothing approaching the appalling hor
ror represented by these figures has ever
been recorded before. The nearest to it
was in 100.", when, during the lust week
in March, the epidemic was responsible
for 57,70'J delrths.
No pestilence of ancient or . modern
times, of which we have any knowledge,
bus slain so many millions of people as
has this one and the end of which, mind,
is not yet.
The "Groat Plague" of Iondon, foi'
example, about which everybody has
heard, killed at the outside some KO.000
people In seven months, or about as many
ns are dying weekly in India from a dis
ease which is identical with it In every
respect.
The "Black Death" is said to hn,ve
slain one-third of the then population of
England -soy l,.ri00,)00 persons; bit this
i.i doubt fill. Even admitting the correct
ness of the estimate, however, tho mor
tality of the present epidemic iu India
has already more thiin doubled this huge
total.
What will be the end no man can
foresee or venture to foreeasl. It limy
be that all that has gone before, nnd nil
thnt is happening now, inexpressibly aw
ful though it is, is but the prelude of
worse to follow.
HIGH PRICES FOR COAL.
fnr Scnrrllr Mar Make Coat of Fori
HltrheMt In Yeur".
The Pittsburg Con I Company, the Mo
noiigaheln Itiver Consolidated Coal and
Coke Coinpnny nnd the Pittsburg and
Buffalo Conl Coinpnny have refused to
nccept nn order from the Italian gov
ernment for ft 10,000 tons of coal, to be
shipped to Italy.
For some time past a representative of
the Italian government has been in this
country trying to obtain coal, first in the
nuthraeite field and afterward in Pitts
burg. In both places he has been un
successful. The Pittsburg oMTators have
decided that it would he luiMissible to
fill the order because of the grout home
demand for coal.
There is a shortage of miners nt the
present time, and the car shortage is so
serious thnt it would be Impossible to
get the coal to tidewater. Besides, there
are no boats available on which the coal
could bo shipped.
According to the operators, there is
every reason to believe that the price of
coal will be higher this winter than ever
before, mainly through the car shortage.
The railroads entering Pittsburg have
served notice on the operators that here
after no ears will be allowed to be sent
off the lines owning tl i. 'litis action
will prevent the shipment of thousands of
tons of coal until tho order is rescinded,
which Is not expected to happen until af
ter the crop movement is completed. The
situation wus never more serious than ut
present.
Itrlet Ncwa Iteaia.
Chicago bunks semi millions of dollars
West to aid in crop movement.
Mayor Becker of Milwaukee intimates
that he will iu a short time be a full
Hedged candidate for Governor.
A strong sentiment favoring Roose
velt for a third term as President Is seen
by Secretary Straus during a trip. N
During n reception at the Eagle Club
rooms in McKeesport, I'n., Louis Delo, a
well known athlete, attempted to kill him
self by shootiug. His condition is crit
ical. The Panama canal cost the American
government $S I, I III, (KM) up to Dec. .".1,
ISM aj, according to a statement of the
audited oxpendil ures made as of that tht.
ami just published.
Sliermiin Lonif. n ciirnotitot. u-nn ulmt
and killed nt his home in Colmnbiw, Ohio, j
by Frank M.ller, his brother-in law, who
has had trouble with his wife, and went
to Long's house in search of her.
t OKLAHOMA GOES DRY.
Election llrlnrns from New !
Indicate acres of Prohibition.
Oklahoma has ratified the enabling act
and become a State so far as Oklahoma
and Indian Territory nre concerned. Re
turns from the largest cities and eoun
ties of Oklahoma and Indian Territory
up to midnight Tuesday Indicated that
the constitution of the proposed new
State has been adopted by a large major
ity; thnt the prohibition clause of the
constitution has been adopted and that
the Democratic State ticket, headed by
C. N. Haskell of Muskogee for Got
ernor, has 'Leon elected over Frank
Frantz, the present territorial governor
of Oklahoma, who was the Republican
nominee. In the enabling art Congress
provided for prohibition In Indian Terri
tory for twenty-one years from Jan. 1,
I'.HMl. The prohibition clause voted on
applies the same provision to the Okla
homa side of the now State,
All of the elements of a nntionnl cam
paign wore at hnnd in the canvass. Secre
tary of War Tnft was the chief represent
atlve of the Republican side anil William
J. Itrynn was brought in to answer Sec
retary Tnft nnd to load the Democratic
fight for the constitution and the Demo
cratic ticket.
The election was held wider the terms
of the net of Congress grnntlng joint
statehood to Indian Territory and Okla
homa Territory. The statehood bill was
passed nt Washington after a strenuous
fight which was carried through several
sessions of Congress. President Roose
velt intervened on behalf of the people
of the territories, nnd, while each terri
tory was nnxious for separate statehood,
a compromise whs affected by which the
friends of statehood accepted the joint
bill rather than have none at nil. Imme
diately after the statehood bill was sign
ed by tho President the battle for the o
litlcal control of the now Slate opened.
NEW CHARTER BEATEN. ,
Clilcaifo' Proponed Measure la Deo
fen I oil Two to One.
Chicago's proposed new charter was
defeated nt the polls Tuesday by a vote
of more than two to one. The measure
was snowed under in many strongholds
of both parties alike, losing In all but
four of the thirty-five wards. Fifty per
cent of the registered electors turnfd ont,
and their ballots killed the act by a vots
of ftl.oSl for to 121,479 ngalnst.
Knowledge had bnrdly been obtained
thut the charter was dead than a move
ment was on foot to secure another in
strument that will contain the good fea
tures of the defeated measure while hold
ing none of the alleged defects that lei
the voters to turn it down.
An analysis of the vote shows thnt the
campaign made by the United Societies
bore much fruit In the shape of ballots
nguinst the measure. A survey of the
situation indicated that the defeat of the
charter was due most largely to the con
tention that taxes would be raised un
der thu instriunent, and that the Sunday
closing lavva would be put Into force.
On the North nnd West Sides hundreds
of small property, holders turned out to
register an adverse vote because of the
taxes argument, while in the thickly set
tled foreign sections a heavy vote against
the act was tallied because of the "per
sonal liberty" appeal. '
The ward gerrymander, too, undoubted
ly played an important part lu the defeat.
Tho political aspect it gave to the char
ter led many an independent voter to show
his resentment by marking an adverst
ballot.
STANDARD OIL PROFITS.
Eurnlns-a from 1NIM) to 1UOO Shows
lo lie S H0,:il5,u:t4. .
Sensational disclosures regarding the
fabulous euruiugs of Standard Oil wer
brought out In New York at the hearing
In the suit of the Tinted States govern
ment to dissolve tho corporation. Adroit
questioning drew from the reluctant lips
of Clarence G. Fay, resident comptroller
of tho Standard Oil Company of New
Jersey, the admission that in seven years
Standard Oil's total profits amounted to
$400,313,1)34, or something over STO.OOO,-
OIK) a year.
Mr. Fay was also forced to admit that
in ISO!) tho profits wore nearly $80,000.-
000 Instead of $31,000,000 as set forth oo
the books of the company. The Standard
Oil managed to cover up its great earn
ings In that year by deliberately failing
to credit the earnings of nineteen subsi
diary companies thut contributed vast
sums to the parent corporation. This
is the first time the company's earnings
have 'been made public.
i iguring on the capital stock now out
standing $08,330,38:; this is an annual
profit of something over 70 per cent. Fig
ured on the basis of the Standard Oil
trust, which hud a capitalization of $10,-
000,X)0 when it was dissolved and reor
ganized into the present; company with
out any additional investment on the part
of Mr. Rockefeller uhid his associates, the
annual profit is something like 700 per
cent. On the basis of the original Stand
ard Oil Company, with a capitalization
of $1,000,000, the annual profit is a little
more than 7,000 per cent. On the basis
of the little refinery Mr. Itoekofeller had
when he started out, with nn Invested eap-
Itul principally of nerve, the percentage
of annual profit is well, the statisticians
haven't figured thut out yeU
BLAST ON JAPANESE SHIP.
TnriiD'.NFvrii Men Killed by
Ex-
IiIokIoii on the Knuliluia.
Twenty-seven of the crew wore killed
and many were injured on the Japanese-
battleship Kashhua by the explosion of
powder after target practice near Kure.
The Kushlma, under command of Captain
Koizumi, went to Kure, where the wound
ed were placed in the hospital. The dead
included a lieutenant, two cadets and on
stuff officer.
Details regarding the effects of the ei-
plosiou ure lacking, but it was terrific and
tlio ship wus severely damaged. The blast
followed an attempt to remove an unez-
ploded shell from the trim. A majority of
tho bystauders were fearfully mutilated.
The explosion U under Investigation.
It occurred inside of the shield of th
starboard nfiter ten-inch gun. It wus n"t
the shell which expljihd, but powder.
I'vldeutly caught lire from the gas
emitted from the breech wheu opened to
rloud the gun, Tho hull of lbs KaUim
is not damaged.
