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Four Packers Given Pines
for Conspiring to Take
Railroad Rebates
CHICAGO Four ofllclalB of llio
Schwnrzchlld & Sulzberger Packing
company ot Chicago woro fined an ag
gregate of 125,000 by Judgo Humphrey
In tho Uqltod States district court
hero Thursday. Tho fines followed a
pica ot guilty to Indictments charging
conspiracy to accept railroad rebates.
Tho defendants wero Samuel Welt of
Now York, vlco president of tho com
pany; B. 8. CtiBoy, traffic manager;
Vnnco D. Sklpworth nnd Chess E.
Todd, asnlstnnt trafllc managers,
Mr. Well was fined $10,000, tho other
three $5,000 each, nil fines wero Im
mediately paid.
With tho entering of tho plea tho
declaration was mado that unless at
least otic of the enses Is Immediately
settled tho llfo of Samuel Well, who
Is vlco president of tho company and
Is ono of the defendants, Is In Jeop
ardy. Ho is said to bo a nervous
wreck and fears wero entertained for
his llfo if ho had been allowed to con
tinue under tho strain of trial. Tho
plea was onterod, It Is doclnred, after
n complcto understanding had been
roached between counsel for tho do
fondnnts and Attorney General Will
iam II, Mpody. Whllo in Chicago the
nttornoy genoral wns apprised of tho
condition of Vlco President Well, and
It is said ngrcod to tho entry of a
plea of guilty, with tho understanding
that tho Jail provision ot tho law
tinder which tho Indictment was ro
turnedt should bo waived and merely
a fine imposed. Tho samo concession
was mado In tho caso of tho other
throo dofendants.
Tho four defendants woro charged
with unlawfully combining and ngroo
Ihg to solicit rebates for tho Schwnrz
chlld & Sulzberger company from tho
Michigan Centrnl Railroad company,
tho Chicago, Itock Island & Pacific, the
Grand Trunk Wostorn Itallroad, Uio
Lehigh Valley Itallroad company, tho
Boston & Malno Knllroad company nnd
tho Mobile & Ohio Railroad company.
Charges woro mado that tho defend
ants conspired with each other In pre
senting supposed claims for damages
which wero really claims for rebates.
Tho plea mado docs not In any way
affect tho charge of Interference with
govornmont witnesses mado In a pre
vious Indictment returned against
Ctisoy andd other Schwnrzchlld &
Sulzbsrger men. They were nccompa
nlod by Attorney Weissenbach nnd
Attorneys I II Boycson and J. J. Her
rick. COURT-MARTIAL FOR BURBANK.
Army Officer Who Is Seeking Separa
tion from Filipino Wife.
LEAVENWORTH, Kan. Inrorma
tlon has boon recolvod nt Fort Leav
enworth that First Lloutenant Sidney
S. Burbnnk, Sixth Infantry, who left
horo for the Philippines In Fobrunry,
Is to bo court-martialed for conduct
unbecoming a gontlcman and an offi
cer. LloutcnantyRurbank is tho offi
cor who broughtlsult in tho district
.court hero to annul an alleged mnr
Tlago with Mrs. Conception Vnsquoz,
n Filipino woman. Tho suit Is still
ponding nnd after ninny delays, cov
ering a period of nearly two years, is
net for trial In Octobor.
Will Not Delay the Treaty.
ST. PETERSBURG Tho Associa
ted Proas was assured that the em
peror's crulso will not Involve delay
In tho signing pf tho peace treaty, nn
oftlclnl copy of which, with all docu
ments pertaining to tho conference,
Is on tho wny horo with tho mombers
of tho penco commission.
Coal Dealers In Combine.
BUFFALO, N. Y. Tho National
Council of Retail Coal Dealers' asso
clattonss and tho International Anthra
cite Merchants' associations havo
boon amalgamated under tho- namo of
tho International Council of Coal Mor
cnants. ANTHRACITE BARONS ARE FIRM.
Say They Will Renew Present Agree,
ment, but that is All.
SCRANTON, Pa. Ono of thojnrjt
est coal operators In this region, who
has Just como from Philadelphia,
where ho had a conference with Pres
ident Baer of tho Reading, declnred
unhesitatingly, and for publication,
that the operators would not, under
any consideration, grant tho demand
of tho mlno workers for an eight-hour
day and that they proposed to agreo
only that tho prosent agreement shall
bo continued. Announcement to this
effect would be made, he said, after
tho miners held their convention in
Shamokln December 14.
Believes in Poison Story.
SCHENECTADY, N. Y. Welton
Stanford, a nephew of tho lato Mrs.
Jano Stanford, who died at Honolulu
last summer, has not been satisfied
with the reports concerning her
death and is a firm believer in tho
murder by poison theory. Some tlmo
ago he offered a reward of $1,000 for
information leading to tho arrest and
conviction of tho poisoner, but that
did not accomplish his object. Mon
.day ho announced-that he would raise
the amount to $2,000. Ho has had
detectives at work on the case.
JUDGE HASTINGS LEADS.
He la Nominated for Supreme Judgo
by the Democrats.
LINCOLN In tho state democratic
convention horo Wednesday tho fol
lowing nominations woro made:
For Justlco of tho supremo court, W.
G. Hastings of Sallno county.
For regents of the State university,
Louis Llghtnor of Platte county and D.
C. Colo of Polk county.
Tho plntform: On stato Issues
Stringent nnd sweeping anti-pass reso
lution, with criminal clatiBo attach
ment. For tho valuation of railroad
property on stocks and bonds basts.
For a reduction In freight rates and
demanding that tho nttornoy general
proceed at onco for tho enforcement
of tho schedules of tho maximum rato
law, DemandB criminal prosecution
of elevator, lumber and coal trusts.
For a direct primary law. For tho
Initiative and referendum. For tho
election of United States senators by
a direct voto of tho people On na
tional issues For tho Impartial en
forcement of nntl-trust laws, Including
tho criminal clause of the Sherman
act. Dcmnnds thnt officials of rail
roads and corporations violating tho
law bo held personally responsible.
Against rebntcs nnd freight discrimi
nations. For tho conferring of tho
rnto-mnklng" power on tho lntorstato
commerce commission.
Lincoln Tho populists In slnto con
vention hero endorsed Judgo Hastings,
democratic nominee for Supremo.
Judgo. D. C. Colo of Polk county,
nnd Louis Llghtnor, of Platto county,
wero nominated for regents.
WORK 18 UNSATISFACTORY.
Civilian Physicians' Services Are to bo
Dispensed With.
WASHINGTON Tho worloof civil
Ian physlclnns In oxnmlng recruits of
tho army has proved so unsatisfactory
that tnolr services will bo ontirely dls
ponsed with In thnt capacity after Sep
tombor 30 next. This decision Is con
tained in general ordors Issued nt tho
war department today. Tho fees to
civilian physicians for this work has
averaged $00,000 annually. Com
plaints from army officers of tho bad
physlcnl condition of recruits hnvo
bocn Increasing nnd tho government
hns been put to great expense In
equipment nnd transportation for men
entering tho service who havo to bo
condomnod and discharged before they
havo rendered any service becauso ot
glaring physical defects.
STOCK RATE IS TOO LOW.
Such Is Claim by Iowa Central Rail
road at Hearing.
CHICAGO Passenger servlco on tho
Iowa Centrnl railroad, ns far as ope
rating oxponsts tiro concerned, costs
tho railroad company less than to
handlo cnttlo and other llvo stock ship
ments, according to J. M. Tlttomor,
freight traffic managor of tho Minne
apolis & St. Paul and tho Iowa Con
tral Railway companies. Mr. Tlttomor
gavo tho Information before Federal
Judgo S. H. Bethea, who Is hearing
tho casos of tho Interstate commerco
commission ngalnst eighteen railroad
companies on questions of alleged dis
crimination of freight rntos,
"Tho rates oh llvo stock from Mis
souri river points to Chicago are moro
than Just to tho shipper nnd loss than
just to tho carrier" declared tho wit.
noss. "Most of this traffic Is what
we call pick-up and our company must
provldo nt various stations at a great
oxpenso for tho recoptlon of tho cat
tle It costs us more to recelvo and
care for tho llvo stock than for tho
samo ser""co for passengers, It you
will. Wo provide scales and scnlo
houses, windmills to pump water, pavo
tho ynrds with vitrified brick, and build
buildings which withstand tho cold and
heat nllko."
TOLD NOT TO PAY MONEY.
No Assessments on Philadelphia Po
licemen and Firemen.
PHILADELPHIA, Pa. Director of
Public Safoty Potter Issued an order
to all policemen and firemen prohibit
ing them from pnying and contribu
tion for political purposes. Dlsobe
dlonco of tho order will bo cause for
Immediate dismissal,
Dosplto the earnest request of Myor
Weaver that action be dolerred for tho
presont, both branchos of the city
council today passed ordinances au
thorizing a loan or $G,000,000, of
which $4,000,000 Is to be expended In
abollBhlng grade crossings and tho
remnlndor for Btrcet paving. Under tho
law such a city ordlnahco providing
for tho borrowing of money Is not ef
fective until approved by the voto of
tho people.
Buffalo Bill's Hortes Shot.
CHICAGO A special to the Record
Herald from Cody, Wyo., says: Word
has been received to tho effect thnt
colonel W. F. Cody's (Buffalo Bill)
Wild West show has been quarantined
In France and that all of tho show
horses, many of them worth over
$1,000 each, have been shot under of
ficial orders on account of glanders.
Joseph Langdon Is Dead.
KANSAS CITY, Mo. Joseph Lang
don, tho last survivor of tho company
of cavalry which captured Jefferson
Davis, Is doad at his home In Taco
ma, Wash. Ho lived for many years
at St. Joseph, Mo.
Order for Rapid Fire Guns.
SHARON. Pa. Tho United States
government bus Just awarded a con
tract to tho Drlggs-Seabury ordinance
corporation for l"6 rapid flro guns of
different sizes.
MESSAGE
President Roosevelt Now
Busy ot Oyster Boy
with the Document
OYSTER BAY President Iloosovelt
will comploto Is summer sojourn at
Sagamoro Hill and return to Washing
ton next Saturday. The president and
Mrs. Roosevelt and their family, Sec
rotary and Mra. Loeb nnd members of
tho executive forco will leavo here Sat
urday o,n a special Long Island rail
train. Thoy will go by boat from
Long Island City to Jersey and thnco
by tho Pennsylvania railroad to Wash
ington, reaching tho capltol shortly
aftor C o'clock.
Tho president Is devoting consider
able tlmo each day now to work on
his nnnunl message to congress. For
sorno tlmo ho has been assembling
data for tho message, but slnco tho
adjournment of tho peace conference
ho has been writing the data Into defi
nite form. The mossage will not bo
completed until Bomo tlmo early In
November, because each member of
tho cabinet will havo to supply ma
terial for discussion with reforenco
to his department. The Information
will bo contained In tho annunl re
ports of tho cabinet officials, which
havo not been completed.
Throo topics, highly important at
this tlmo to tho American people, will
bo discussed by tho president in his
message They are the federal regu
lation and supervision of llfo insur
ance, the relations between this coun
try and Venezuela and America's in
terest In the fiscal affairs of tho gov
ernment of San Domingo. Other Im
portant subjects naturally will be con
sidered, among them tho scandals dis
closed In tho Departments of Agricul
ture and tho Interior; tho work of tho
Department of Justlco in tho beef
casos; tho regulation of freight rates;
tho progress mado In tho construction
of tho Pnnama canal and tho conclu
sion ot pence between Russia and
Japan.
Much of tho matter for these discus
sions President Roosevelt now has In
hfand, nnd tho last days of his stay at
Sagamoro Hill nro being devoted to tho
preparation of thnt part of his mes
sage which will deal with them. Fow
visitors havo been received Blnco tho
adjournment of tho peace conference,
tho president desiring to bo 'as free as
posslblo from Interruption while work
ing on his message
THE MOROCCCAN MATTER.
Agreement Reached on All Disputed
Points.
PARIS Information obtained from
a well Informed Bourco Is to the effect
that Dr. Rosen, tho German minister
to Morocco, and M. Revoll, represent
ing Franco reached a completo agree
ment on all tho disputed points of tho
Moroccan question In tho course of
tholr conference today. Both parties
are entirely satisfied with tho arrange
ment. Premier Rouvlor and Prlnco
von Rndolln, tho German ambassador
to Franco, mot nt the foreign offlco
after tho negotiators had reached an
accorL.,nnd conversed most cordlallyJ
WORK OF BOMB THROWER.
Chinese Assassin Kills Four Officials
and Wounds Twenty.
PEKIN At the Pekln rnllway sta
tion Sunday, as a train carrying ono of
tho four missions ordered abroad to
study foreign political methods was
leaving, a bomb was exploded Insldo
a private car, killing four minor offi
cials and wounding over twenty other
pontons. The wounded Included
Prlnco Tsal, Tohe, who heads tho
most Important ot tho missions, nnd
Wu Ting Fang, former minister to tho
United Stntes, both of whom received
Blight Injuries. The perpetrator of the
outrage, who was In tho car, was blown
to pieces.
The affair has created a profound
sensation and causes apprehension re
garding tho safoty of members of the
court and leading officials of the gov
ernment. Tho government offlc'als and
'railways aro strongly guarded.
A MILLION DOLLAR FIRE.
Large Section of Butte, Montana,
Swept Away.
BUTE. MONT Fire, causing a loss
estimated at about $1,000,000, Sunday
con8ummed tho entire business por
tion of Butte lying between the Scho
dald block and Rcnshnw alley, on the
south Bldo of West Park street, and
destroyed one-half of public library.
Nine New Cases of Cholera.
Berlin The official bulletin issued
today announced that nine fresh enses
of cholera wero reported between noon
yesterday and noon today, and that
two deaths occurred In tho samo pe
riod, making tho totals 23G cases and
eighty deaths.
COUNT OF CASH IN TREASURY.
Total Is $1,259,598,278 and Agrees with
the Books.
WASHINGTON The count of cash.
notes, bonds and other securities In
the treasury or tho United Stntes. inci
dent to the transfer of tho office of
United States treasurer from William
Ellis H. Roberts to CharleB H. Trnnt
was completed Tuesday and found to
agree exactly with the treasurv books.
Tho total of July 1, 1905, was found to
bo $1,259,598,278.
GOT MONEY FROM THE BANK.
Wlre-Tapper Placed Under Arrest at
Gettysburg, 8. D.
SIOUX FALLS. S. D. Chnrtrml with
being tho principal In a famous wire
tapping schemo by which $3,800 was
secured from a bank at Gettysburg,
S. D., B. V. Dunham was arrested there
today. A telegraph operator, who had
acted as Dunham's accomplice gavo
tho pollco the Information that led to
Dunham's nrreBt,
Dunham, who Is also known as F.
D. Miles, Is charged with representing
himself as n cattle-buyer of Miles City,
Mont Ho is charged with having ap
plied to tho GottyBburg bank for $3,
800, giving a Chicago bank nB refer
ence and asking that tho Chicago In
stitution bo wired as to his financial
standing. His accomplice, It is
chnrged, Btatloned himself several
miles from town, tapped tho wlro
and intercepted the Chicago message.
Four hours later tho wire-tapper sent
a reply, ostensibly from tho Chlcngo
bank, and of such a character that tho
money was paid to Dunham by tho
Gettysburg bank. Tho nrrcst of Dun
ham Immediately followed.
THE PRESIDENT'S DAUGHTER.
Korean Officials Vie With Each Other
In Doing Her Honor.
SEOUL Prlnco Yl, tho emperor's
cousin,, acted as host at an opon air
garden party given at tho old East
palaco In honor of Mlsa AHco Roose
velt All of tho officials of note of
Korea were present. Tho wooded
paths and colored pavilions were dec
orated with American and Korean
flags. Prlnco Yi toasted President
Roosovelt and Minister Morgan toast
ed the emporor of Korea.
Later Miss Roosevelt was present
at a gathering under tho auspices of
tho, Korean Christian Women's mis
sions and was given a Korean Bible
and prayer book. From the chapel
tho assemblage proceeded to a garden
party given In honor of Miss Rooso
velt and her party by American mis
sionaries in Korean districts. All de
nominations wero tiresont. liolnir In
attendance at tho annual, conference
at Seoul.
WIDOW OF THE REVOLUTION.
One Still on Pension Rolls Many
Old Age Allowances.
WASHINGTON Tho report of the
commissioner of pensions for tho fiscal
year ending July 1 shows that during
i. o year there wero 40,985 allowances
under tho old ago disability order of
March 15, 1904. It also shows that C55
pensions of $72 a month havo been In
creased to $100 a month on account of
total blindness under tho act of April
8, 1904.
There aro pending only 15,250 orig
inal claims of survivors of tho civil
war and tho commissioner gives assur
ance that they will bo adjudicated as
speedily as possible
There aro still five pensioners on ac
count of the war of tho revolution,
ono of them being Esther S. Damon,
the widow of n revolutionary Boldler,
and tho other four bolng daughters of
such soldiers. Mrs. Damon Is 91 years
old.
CUBAN LIBERAL'S THANKFUL.
Express Gratitude for Protection .of
the Police at Clenfuegos.
WASHINGTON Tho Cuban minis
ter received the following dispatches
from his government at Havana:
The members of the executive board
of tho liberal party at Clenfuegos havo
addressed a communication to tho
mayor, who is a moderate, asking him
to express their gratitude to tho mu
nicipal authorities and customhouso
functionaries for tho way their lives
wore protected during tho occurence
Friday, which caused the death of tho
bravo chief of pollco whllo doing his
duty
There has been no disturbances
since tho local ono at Clenfuegos.
There is perfect order throughout tho
republic and tho government has ample
means to guard It.
Tho elections for the boards woro
held yesterday with strict legality and
without a-" disorder. In almost all
tho boards tho moderates won.
SCALE DOWN LIFE POLICIES.
Knights and Ladies of Honor to
Guard Against Fraud.
INDIANAPOLIS An Important new
law, providing for tho scaling of cer
tificates of llfo Insurance, was today
enacted by the supremo lodge, Knights
and Lndlos of Honor, In session here
The law, .which is designed to protoct
the order from fraudulent representa
tions as to the stato of health of per
sons taking out insurance, provides
that a policy or certificate holder who
dies within a year of tho issuo of the
policy shall receive only one-third of
tho face amount; when one dies with
in tho second year of the llfo of tho
policy shall recelvo two-thirds; ono
dies In thp third year shall receive only
80 per cent. After the third year It is
provided the policy shall be paid in
full.
Awaits Consul's Report.
CONSTANTINOPLE Minister
Lelshmann is awaiting tho result of
Consul General Dickinson's Inquiry
Into the naturalization of Vartanlan
and Afarlan bpforo taking further
steps. In tho course of his examina
tion Vartanlan admitted to Mr. Dick
inson that ho had been dispatched
by tho revolutionary commltteo to
murder Aplk UndJInn, n prominent Ar
menian, who was shot and killed Au
gust 26 In the Galata quarter ot this
city, and added that Afarlan was his
accomplice
BLOODSHED
A Congressman and the
Chief of Police Killed in
Riot ot Clenfuegos
HAVANA, Cuba Official dispatchoa
received from Ccinfuegos announced
tho killing of Congressman Enrique
VUluondas, leader of tho llborol party
and tho most ablo orator In tho lower
house and tho chlof of pollco of Ccin
fuegos during a conflict between tho
two political parties, tho llborals and
moderates The government advices
say tho police had Information that
within tho hotel In which VUluendaa
resided a quantity of arms had beon
deposited and thoy went to the hotel
to Investigate tho matter. As tho po
llco ascended tho stairs they wero met
by a party of liberals, who fired on
thorn, killing Chief of Pollco Ulance.
Tho pollco returned tho flro killing VII-
luendas and wounding several others.
Intense excitement prevails at Clen
fuegos and Havana.
Tho government authorities fear tho
result tho affair may havo on tho
election of mombers to tho election
board, which will bo held Sunday.
As tho news spread throughout Ha
vana tho liberals and moderates aro
rapidly gathering in their respective
clubs and It Is feared that unless tho
leaders give wise counsel a clash may
result tonight.
A dispatch to tho Associated Press
from Clenfuegos saysthat six persons
woro killed and twenty-flve wounded
during tho conflict
Dispatches to tho government say
that besides Congressman Villuendas
and Chief of Pollco Illance, two police
men wore killed and a number of po
licemen nnd civilians injured. Rural
guards aro around tho entire block In
which tho Hotel Sulso, the scene of
tho affair, Is situated. One telegram
says that Villuendas flred tho shot
which killed the chief of police, whllo
according to another telegram the shot
was fired by Joso Fernandes, a liberal
who has been arrested.
A search of the hotel rovealed two
dynamite bombs In tho room occupied
by Villuendns. The pollco In searching
tho hotel were carrying out tho order
of a Judgo who was Informed that
explosives woro hidden there Tho
government has received a telegram
from Senator Frlas asking It to send
reinforcements at once. The telegram
says:
Whllo In Clenfuegos at tho present
tho forces are keeping order, overy
precaution Ib needed, as there Is dan
ger of assault. I recommend that tho
authorities prevent the entrance into
Clenfuegos of probable trouble mak
ers who are liable to Invade tho city.
Thore are fears of dynamlto bomb
throwing.
ODD FELLOWS IN SESSION
Decide to Make No Change In Fun
eral Service.
PHILADELPHIA, Pa. Tho sover
eign grand lodge of Odd Fellows de
cided, by a vote of 145 to 138, to mako
no change In tho funeral service. Tho
proposed amendment to exclude all
persons who are engaged In the liquor
business wns tabled.
Tho constitution was changed so
that In case of death of any officer,
the Beverelgn grand lodge shall havo
powor to fill the a'cancy for tho rest
of the term. It was also amended so
that tho grand sovereign, In his super
vision oi the order, can decide such
questions as may be put before him
by tho grand lodge
FACTORIES IN NEBRASKA.
There Are 1,819 Establishments In
Which Are Invested $80,235,810.
WASHINGTON According to a bul
letin Issued Tuesday by tho census
bureau there wero- at the beginning
of the presnot year 1,819 manufactur
ing establishments In tho stnte of Ne
braska, as against 1,707 In 1900, and
the capital employed amounted to $80,
235,810, as against $00,002,313. There
wero 3,192 offlclnls employed and re
ceived salaries amounting In tho ag
gregate to $3,074,911. Tho wago earn
or8 numbered 2 ,241 and thoy wero
paid $11,022,147 annually. Tho pro
ducts for tho present year aro valued
at $154,918,220, a gain of 19 per cent
since 1900.
Of tho principal cities Lincoln show
ed tho greatest gain, amounting to 89
per cent. The gain in Omaha was 42
and in South Omaha 3 ner rent-
Slaughtering and meat packing con-1
tinues to bo the principal Industry, .
with a production for last year of $69,
243,468, a decrease of almost $2,000,
000 when compared with 1900. Flour
and grist mills hold second place with
a total of $12,190,303, against $7,794,.
139 for 1900.
Nebraska Man Holds the Place.
INDIANAPOLIS At Friday morn
ing's session of the National Rural
letter Carriers' association a motion
to have President Cunningham of Neb
raska, retain his office for one year
longer was carried by a largo majority.
As result it is possible that about
ten states that aro unfriendly to tho
project will out of the association and
start a rival organization. It 1b related
that a committee already has been ap
pointed by Cunningham's opponents
to draw up a constitution for the pro
posed new body.
FIND MORE GRAFT.
President Morton Uncovers Question
ablo Methods.
NEW YORK That tho Equltablo
Llfeo Assuranco society paid out $218,-
264 to tho Mercantile Trust comnanv
In connection with certain loans
known as the "Turner loans" nnd that
these payments were without author
ity so far as tho records of thee sock
oty discloses, becamo known Tuesday
when Paul Morton, president. ot tho
society, mado public a report on tho
subjoct submitted by him to tho so
cloty'B directors.
Thoso transactions occurred in
what Mr. Morton refers to as "tho Tur
ner loanB,, with tho Mercantllo Trust
company.
Tho "Turner loan," Mr. Morton's re
port sots forth, was carried In 1894
by tho Wostorn National bank, which
was controlled by tho Equltablo Life
ABsurnnco society. The collatoral for
tho loans wns objected to by a bank
examiner, and Henry B. Hyde then
ngreed to transfer tho loan and col
latoral to tho Mercantllo Trust com
pany. At that tlmo apparently tho
loans amounted to $661,491.
Georgo V. Turner, In whoso namo
tho loan stood, was secretary to Louis
Fitzgerald, then president of the Mer
cantileo Trust company and a closo
business associate of Henry B. Hyde.
The loan was guaranteed by Marcellus
Hartley, John E. Searles, Louis Fitz
gerald, W. N. Coler. Jr.. and H. B. '
Hydee On March 21, 1895, tho samo
guarantors renewed their guaranty,
tho loan having grown to $1,270,478,
tho increase being duo to attempts
to develop tho property on which the
collateral for the loan was made.
Part of this collateral was given by
John W. Young and consisted of Salt
Lako & Eastern railway stock and
other Salt Lako stocks. This col
lateral proved to be of little value.
Cfther collatoral consisted of contracts'
of tho Kontucky Mineral and Timber
company and the Amity Land and Ir
rigation company of Colorado. At--tempts
wero mado to develop the Ken-
tucky property and tho Colorado prop-t
erty, and largo sums wero expended!
for thnt purpose and by July 1, 1905,
tho cost of tho Kentucky property'
stood at $619,067, and tho Colorado;
property at $2,809,653. Tho Equltablo
Life Assuranco society paid tho Mer-"
cantflo Trust company $218,264 on
these loans on January 23, 1900, and
$500,000 on February 4, 1904.
"Tho records of tho society," said
Mr. Morton, "disclose no authority
whatever for these payments, and the
cash entries in respect to them wero
very obscure."
Mr. Mort.on found that $265,000 was
paid by thee Equltablo Life Assurance
society to the Mercantile Trust com
pany on tho $685,000 loan, tho naturo
of which loan has never been ex- -plained.
THE TROUBLE AT CIENFUEGOS.
Cuban Minister Receives Some Detail,
of the Affair.
WASHINGTON Senor Quesada, tho
Cuban minister, received tho following
disptach from Secretary of Stato
O'Farrlll. giving an official version of ,
tho trouble at Clenfuegos.
Today, while tho chief of pllec was
carrying out an order of tho court to
examine tho premises of tho Hotel la
Sulsa, at Clenfuegos, where Enrlquo
Villuendas a member of congress, was
stopping. Villuendas flred on the"'
chief of police, who died shortly afteri,
ward. Immediately In the samo place v
the police" answered tho aggression,
being attacked at tho samo time by
thoso who accompanied Villuendas.
Tho latter and another individual died
and two wounded persons wero arrest
ed. Threo policemen wero seriously
wounded. Tho rural guard proceeded
to make an examination of tho prem
ises and to help tho pollco, finding
ammunition and dynamite bombs in tho
hotel whero Villuendas lives. The
rural guard Is doing service In the
town nnd order Is fully established.
The govornment has mado measures
so that the elections to bo held tomor
row will take placo with strict legal
ity throughout tho republic.
SEES NO HOPE.
Famine Districts of Spain Being De
populated. MADRID Dispatches from tho fa
mine districts of Andnlusla say that
ontlro trains of emigrants are leaving
to embark for South America. Many
families aro abandoning their homes
and farms. Somo villages in Gallcia
havo been totally deserted through
despair of receiving tho promised re
lief. The steamship companies an
nounco that fifteen steamers loaded
with emigrants will leave Anfalslan
ports In October. Tho prdss Is urging
tho government to adopt energetic
measures against wholesale emigra
tion to America.
Paname Desires Immigrants..
PANAMA It is reported that Presi
dent Amador and tho canal coramls.
sion are endeavoring to attract Span
ish immigrants from tho famino
stricken districts of Gallca. Many are
considered to bo tho best workmen in
Panama.
AlberB Is Convicted.
WASHINGTON The state, depart
ment was Informed that the Nlcarag
uan court In session at Ocotal has con
victed William S. Albew. the Ameri
can resident agent at Jalapa, on the
charge of resisting legal process arid
Insulting President Zeleya. Sentenco
has not yet been Imposed, however.
Former Governor Dead.
Providence. R. I. Henry Howard,
formerly governor of Rhode Island and
a leading manufacturer, died at hia
home In Hariris, aged 78 years.
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