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XHaill, a Euclid avenue
"1jrokcr, wan fined $3G0 for
g a buckelshop for women.
I'he Industrial tieup nt Butte, Mont.,
is added to by u walkout of drivers of
transfer wagons, for an Increase from
$3 to $3.50 per day.
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The 4-ycar-o!d Hon of Dr. II. W. Mar
vin, recently of Sioux City, la., has dis
appeared from his homo in Dovor, Del.
and kidnaping Is suspected.
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The New York Ilorald company has
pleaded guilty to violating the secLlon
of tho United States statutes in refer
ence to tho sending of Improper mat
ter through tho malls.
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It Is reported from St. Paul thnt
Sonator Spoonor will become general
nttornoy for tho Mill system of rail
roads when his duties as . Senator
cease on May 1.
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The German steamer Norlssa collid
ed at the mouth of IV3 15ms with tho
Belgian steamer Congo, which sank.
Seven of tho crow of the Congo woro
saved and eleven were drowned.
The limited fast mall train from Chi
cago for New York waB partially de
railed whllo passing through TIvoll, N.
York., and ten persons were Injured,
others sustaining slight bruises.
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The now United States battlo ship
Vermont has been formally placed In
commission at tho Charleston navy
yard with Lieutenant Commander
Levi C. Bertolotto, the executive of
ficer in acting command.
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In tho trial In tho federal court at
Chicago of tho Standard Oil company
on chnrgos of nccoptlng rebates, it
was brought out that railroads in tho
freight association m'r tnaopendont
rate on coal, oil, couo and grain.
Having failed to pay Its fees and
file Us report by tho first of March, as
required by law, tho State Life Insur
ance company of Indiana, has been
barred by the state lnsurnneo depart
ment from doing business In Colorado.
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In twenty-eight working days In
February excavation in Culebra cut,
Panama canal was G38.G44 yards. On
tho samo basis full month would have
been 722,000 yards. March should go
oonslderably over 800,000.
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At a sale at tho Limestone Valley
took farm six miles cast of Scdalla,
buyers were present from ten states,
and forty-seven jacks and fifteen jen
mots sold for $40,100", the top price be
ing brought by Limestone Wonder 408,
sold for $1,080.
Tho board of aldermen of Itolla, Mo.,
awarded tho contract for constructing
and installing the waterworks system
for the cty to a St. Louis company at
$35,931. Work will begin within thir
ty days and It Is .expected that tho on-
tire system will bo completed within
six months.
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The socialists made the oponlng of
the Russian douma, tho occasion of a
riotous demonstration at St. Peters
burg In honor of the social deputies.
Revolutionary speeches woro mado
nnd red flags woro displayed In tho
crowds which had by that timo swell
ed to about 40,000 persons, who pack
ed all tho streots for blocks around
the Taurido palace. Somo of tho dom
onstrators begap to poll tho pollco
with enow balls and tho pollco
charged and broke up tho demonstrn
tion. Mounted policemen rode down
the crowds and uaod their whips right
and, left. Among those beaten by tho
noHce In tho demonstrations was M.
Kuzmin-Karavaleff, member of parlla
mcnt from Tver province, who was
oaught In oqe of the- crowds of Social
ists. Attempts were made to renew
the demonstration and Cossacks and
the chevalier guards were ordered out.
The Cossacks contrary to custom.car-
ried their lances. At night cavalry
atrols occupied all the important
thoroughfares, but no more demonstra
tions bad been reported. Thousands of
revolutionists had an excited meeting
Teacher John D. After you have carefully studied this lesson In figure,
for a long timo I trust you'll not believe all tho wicked stories about Stand
ard Oil that are prevalent.
Tho resignation of Governor Swettcn
ham of .Tamnica has become an ac
complished fact and ho will leave
that Island so soon as his affairs can
bo nrranged. When tho earthqunko
In Jamaica almost destroyed Kingston
last December, Admirnl Davis of the
United States navy was rushed to
Kingston with American vesels to 'bo
of whatever sorvlce ho could to tho
authorities. Ho landed seamen, razed
buildings, aided thoso In distress
opened a hospital and patrolled the
streets In the Interests of tho safety
of the people. Governor Swottenham
took exception to the action of the
American admiral and wrote Admiral
Davis a curt letter asking him to ro
ombarlc his men, ns tho authorities
wero fully competent to attend to tho
Island's difficulties. Davis, surpris
ed and astonished, sailed away des-
plto the demands of tho business men
and city council that ho stay and con
tinue Kls work. London was astonish
ed and cabled for an explanation from
Swcttenham. London assured Wash
ington that the act was one for which
tho homo government could offer no
reason and tho Washington govern
ment accepted tho apology. The affair
caused wide newspaper comment and
tho English journnls, hardly with an
exception, called attention to the fact
that tho bond of friendship between
the two nations TralT grown so firm
that tho excitable notion of a colonial
officer could cause no entanglement
between them.
In tendering his resignation to tho
Governor of Wisconsin as U. S. Sen
ator, Hon. John C. Spooner, surprised
both his frlouds nncl factional eno
mles. Sonator La Folletto refused to
believe the report when he heard It.
The reason assigned by' Senator
Spoonor for his resignation Is that he
cannot affortl longer to servo as sen
ator because of tho financial sacrifice
ho Is making. He emphasizes his
Life Will Soon Mean So methlng to the Baseball Fan.
The baseball teams are,headed for the practice fields. News Item.
contention that senators should not
practice law and it was of significance
that Spooner dropped out of the Sen.
ate for this renson on tho same day
that Bailey of Texas returned to it)
after his desperate fight precipitated,
by tho practice of his professfon. In
private conversation Senator Spooner)
would confirm none of the suggest
tlons made as to his probable Inteiv)
tlons. All that he would say In reply
to queries was that he would mako
his homo In Madison and practice law
at any place In the United States
where clients proscnted themselves.
It was difficult, however, for those
who heard tho news to .accept tho
statement that Senator Spooner had
quit tho Sonato without having some
tangible proposition before hlin for
consideration and it was suggested
that ho might associate himself with
tho Northern Pacific Ttailroad com
pany. Senator Spoonor was tlte attor
ney for the Hill and Morgan interests
which reorganized the Northern Pa
cific. THIs reorganization is trow be
ing threatened. Personal friends who
have had frequent conversations with
Senator Spooner of late are or one
opinion as to his attitude on the sena'
torshlp. Many things havo of lato
displeased him. Only a short time
ago In commenting on tho attitude of
tho newspapers with regard to tho
Senate he complained bf -unfair crit
icism of the public
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Tho conforenco committee on tho
meat Inspection law decided to reject
tho provision for dating tho labels
placed on canned meats. Representa
tlve Wadsworth of New York, a mom
bor of the conference, said he would
defeat the bill If this provision was
not stricken out. The President was
In favor of It and Senator Beverldge
championed It in the house.
Tho ship subsidy was killed In the
United States Senate.
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HARRIMAN'S RAILROAD PLAN
4 The Interstate Commerce Cemmle-
slon Told that Billions are
Necessary t Improve
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E. II. Harrltnan's presence In Wash
ington causod speculation ns to what
took him there. During his stay, Sen
ator Elklns of West Virginia gave a
dinner to Mr. Harrlman at which the
other guests are understood to have
been Sonator Spooner, Senator Fora
ker and Sonator Depew. Thote sena
tors are all antl-ndminlstratlon men,
nnd it is presumed that plans were
discussed to frustrnto tho President's
intention respecting proceedings
against railroad men. The dinner Is
adding plausibility to the rumor that
Sonator Spooner, when his resigna
tion from tho Sennto takes effect May
1, will become one of Harrltnan's at
torney's, possibly chief counsel of the
Harrlman system. Asked If ho be
lieved ho would be compelled by a
court to answer questions he refused
to answer before tho commission, Mr.
Harrlman said: "Since I have been
here I have been treated by everyone
with great consideration. I have sim
ply taken the position that I am qual
ified to talk about my own affairs, and
that I am entitled to the samo consid
eration that every other American
ought to havo." When it was sug
gested that tho President might ben
efit by a talk with Harrlman on these
matters, the latter said: "You ask
the President to appoint mo as his
special adviser, and I will sit by him
night and day and advise him what to
do."
E. II. Harrlman outlined to the in
terstate commerce commission a huge
plan for the reorganization of the
railroad systems of the United States.
His plan would involve an expenditure
of billions of dollars. The railroad
magnate Indicated to an official of tho
commission that he would like to call
on the "members of the commission
and discuss with them the traffic con
ditions throughout the country. Ho
stated that he desired to meet tho
commission as a body. In response to
an invitation a meeting was arranged.
In tho course of his talk on tho rail
roads, he said:
The railroads will have to be re
built with much heavier rails and
gauge of six feet, Instead of the pres-
ont one of 4 feet S 1-2 Inches. Either
locomotives of such sizes that nobody
now can imagine them, or electric en
gines will have to be provided. I
think in timo the latter plan will be
found more feasible.
"The combination freight car of the
present will have to give way to an
all-steel freight car, which will be two
feet wider, two feet higher and several
feet longer than tho car now used.
It will at the same timo bo Impossible
to make tho car much lighter in pro
portion to carrlago capacity than tho
present car, and this will effect a great
a saving in the cost of transportation.
"Grades will be reduced every
where; tunnels will have to bo enlarg
ed; bridges must be rebuilt to make
them equal to the strain of tho lncreas
ed loads that will pass over them.
"To do all these things will cost bll
lions of dollars nobody can toll how
many billions.
"I've made up my mind In future to
give more attention to tho lntorost of
tho public In these affairs. It has nev
er been my idea to concern myself
much about the relations of tho public
to tho railroads, but I propose here
after to give the public information;
to take it into my confidence as to
matters it is entitled to know about.
I think I shall glvo. the newspapers
more of tho Information they want
about the business of the roads I am
connectod with. The Interstate com
morco commission, in my opinion
would be more useful If it would co
operate with tho railroad managers
and with the public in all thoso quo
tlons. It could be most useful aB
medium to Becure smooth and satis
factory relations among railroads.'
.Mr. Harrlman did not attempt to .die
cuss financial problems except to tho
oxtent of tho casual allusions that
havo been quoted.
The visit of the magnate to Washing-
ton, his unsuspected geniality and ap
proachablonoBs, his willingness to talk
of somo of the probloms of, railroading
and finance with everybody from tho
nowspaper correspondents to the Pres
ident, lias been a wonder to Washing
ton. Everybody guassea what It may
mean, and everybody has his own an
down te the imtreeiloa da! Mr. rtee-j
rlman-ls going to melee an effort ferl
the first time in bis remarkable career!
to cultivate the good wlM of the pub-'
lie. That he has designs, too, ef mak
ing himself a larger iniuence In poll
tics, is suspected by many.
Mr. Harrlman wants no raoro rail
road legislation. He protests that the
public interests do not demand It; tftat
too much of It would be bad for the
country, Injuring confidence of invest
ors and making It difficult to got tho
money needed to extend and rebuild
the roads.
Ho. has talked much about the lm
mense things that increasing tonnago
demands shall be done in rebuilding
tho roads. Always and vigorously ho
has used the argument that the rail
roads are only In tho Infancy of devel
opment, and that tho problem of keep
ing them up tw tho requirement of tho
country Is greater today even than
was originally tho problem of getting
them when there were none.
E. II. Harrlman granted a farewell
Interview to fifteen newspaper men at
Washington, announcing that ho
would return to New York and stop
talking for publication. Mr. Harrlman
discussed transportation prob
lems, railroad legislation, tho
tariff, the currency question,
the attitude of the public to
wad tho railroad corporations, and
the probability of a panic in the future.
"I notice that the afternoon papers say
that the New York Central holdings
and those of the old Wasserman pool
In tho Reading railway were taken
over last night," he said. "This is not
true. I have not purchased a single
share of railroad stock since I havo
been In Washington." He refused to
answer tho direct question as to
whether he had secured control of tho
Reading. "The United States will not
always enjoy the prosperity that has
prevailed during the last decade," saldi
Mr. Harrlman. "Hard times certainly,
will come again unless congress and'
the people generally change their tac
tics toward railroads and corporate In
terests." Mr. Harrlman commended
the stand taken by President Roosevelt
In a recent message to congress when
he advocated a "reciprocal" agreement
between tho government and railroads.
'It was a very bold and courageous
stand for the president to take," said
the railroad magnate, "and the only
thing for the administration to do Is to
give us a law that will legalize our
combines." Senator Chauncey M. De-
new. upon his return to Washington.
from New York, denied that the New
York Central had sold Its holdings In
the Reading to E. II. Harrlman.
C. W. Zars, a bank collector living
n Ramona, I.T., is the father of twen
ty-five children and has Just boon mar
led to his fourth wife. Twenty-six
children have taken his nXme, but ono
of them died. Nine of the children
Ivlng are girls and sixteen are boys.
Mining men from all over tho lead
and zinc district mot In Joplln, Mo.,
to nlan for tho entertainment of the
American Mining congress there next
October, representatives of mining In
terests at Miami, I. T., Baxter Springs.
Webb City, Cartorvlllo, Carthage, Gal
d other places belngl
present.
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In order to prevent tho Japanese!
from poaching on the sparsely guarded)
Siberian littoral during tho fishing
season commencing in April, Russia1
has decided to send to the Pacific two
small cruisers, now in the Black Sea,
which will pass through the Dardan
elles with their guns mounted, under
a private agreement with Turkoy.
Domesticated Giant Sloths.
Dr. Hauthal, a German savant, haU
put forward a startling theory con
cerning tho remains of gigantic sloths,
related to the great magathorlum and
tho mylodon, recently found In Pata
gonia. In his opinion, these animals, whoso
race is now extinct, wero kept in a
domesticated state by tho prehistoric
Inhabitants of Patagonia. A cave a
Ultima Esporanza, whore many indW
cations of the former presence of th
hugje sloths havo been found, is rf
garded by Dr. Hauthal as having beem
used by the nnclont Patagonlans as
stable for their beasts.
Some mea's Idea of being good Is
to get out with a large lamp, and
search for Sin, that they may expose
It.
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