GERMANY WINS A
DIPLOMATIC WAR
IMew French Premier Concedes
the Points That Delcasse
Wouldn’t Consider.
GERMAN NAVY IS ACTIVE
^ -Suspicion at Berlin That France Would
Like to See Great Britain Wipe
Out the German Navy,
Though Whipped on Land.
Paris, June 21.—Offic ial quarters here
today show a feeling of optimism and
confidence concerning the early adjust
ment of the Franco-German contro
versy, which is in marked contra '
the agitation and depression •.
week.
It is definitely stated that negotia
tions between Premier Rouvier and
■German Ambassador Randolin give
promise of accord within the present
week.
Improvements in the Franco-German
•situation continues today, officials ex
pressing belief that the crisis is on the
way toward speedy adjustment on the
basis of a conference within defined
limits.
France Makes a Concession.
Berlin. June 19,—Premier Rouvier has
Informed Prince Radolin, German am
bassador at Paris, that France is in
clined to accept the invitation to take
part in the proposed conference on
Morocco provided the German and
French governments can reach mutual
ly satisfactory agreement as to the pre
cise points to be considered by the con
ferees.
The conviction exists at the' foreign
office that France and Germany will be
able to agree upon ths program. Al
though earnest differences of views are
yet to be reconciled, the authoritative
judgment of the foreign office is that
they will all be overcome by negotia
tion.
M. Rouvier has yielded to Prince Von
Buelow on two essential points on
which Delcasse. former foreign minis
ter. had refused the invitation to take
part in the Morocco conference. Rou
vier first consented to reopen the ques
tion. and second agreed to take part in
the conference, provided the protocol
is in conformity with French interests.
This will be accepted by Germany,
which will imit the deliberations of the
conference. A great diplomatic battle
is in pi ogress with probabilities leaning
toward German success.
German Navy Is Ready.
No adequate view of German feeling
at this time can be presented without
making note of the very general belief
In naval circles that Great Britain Is
seeking an excuse to check the great
progress which is making in German
sea armament. This belief is widely
expressed among naval officers of all
classes. It is their view that Great
Britain would be willing that Fiance
should suffer defeat on land if Britain
thereby was given a chance to destroy
the German navy. As a result of this
feeling there is great activity in the
German navy, and it has never been so
alert or so perfectly ready for defense
as now. -
Took a Turn for the Better.
Paris. June 21.—The improvement in
the Franco-German situation took a
more definite turn yesterday as the
semiofficial version of Saturday’s con
ference between Premier Rouvier and
Prince Radolin, the German ambassa
dor, became known. This version show's
that the ambassador asked France to
accept in principle the plan of an in
ternational conference, leaving the de
tails to be adjusted later. Premier
Rouvier answered that he desired first
to he advised upon Germany's object
In securing the conference and the
questions it would be called upon to
•consider.
As the result of instructions from
Berlin Prince von Radolin was able to
respond to those inquiries and to give
Information regaining the German gov
ernment's idea of the scope and conclu
sion of the conference. More oartlcu
larly was he able to relieve the con
ference plan from any appearance of
being a menace to France or of being
a preliminary step to override French
prestige in Morocco. With these ex
planations pourparlers will continue,
with a good prospect of resulting in a
definite agreement. There is, however,
a necessity for further exchanges be
tween the governments with a view of
fully defining the extent of the confer
ences.
WOMAN IN A POLE HUNT
.Miss Mamie Babb Declares Her Pur
pose to Go with Peary to the North.
Norway, Me., June 20.—Love for ad
venture and a desire to be the first woman
to reach the north pole has caused Miss
Mamie Babb to abandon school teaching,
to sail, she says, with Lieutenant Com
mander Robert E. Peary In his quest of
the North pole. From the peak of the ex
plorer's new steamer will float an Ameri
can flag presented to Miss Babb by her
pupils at the Little School at North Harps
well.
“What danger can there be in such a
journey?" she asks when the perils of an
Artie trip are pointed out to her by rela
tives who are opposed to her going. “I
shall be the first woman to reach the pole,
because I know Mr. Peary will find it this
time.”
Says She Will “Stick”
Mrs. Peary and her daughter Marie, 12
years old, also will be passengers on the
Roosevelt, but they will return home when
the steamer arrives at the point where
relief supply stations are to be established.
Miss Babb says she will stick to the ship
until the end.
“If the men stand the trip I guess I
can,” she says.
Miss Babb is 30 years old, tall and hand
some. For sever years she has lived
with an uncle and aunt at West Brook,
who are greatly adverse to the trip she Is
About to take.
Miss Babb has always been a friend of
Mrs. Peary, and as a stenographer has
dor." much of Lieutenant Peary’s clerical
work. She has read much about the frozen
regions. She has prepared maps and routes
for thv' coming trip and all have been ap
proved by Mr. Peary when submitted to
him for examination.
PHONE KISSES NO CRIME
No Divorce Granted Because of Ca
resses Over the Wire.
Springfield, 111., June 21.—Mrs. George
Holman is said to have wafted a kiss to
a male admirer over the telephone, and
her husband demanded a divorce. And
Mr. Holman often scolded his wife, and
she filed a cross bill because of that.
But a jury in the Sangamon county
circuit court did not consider telephone
kissing adequate ground, nor frequent
acolding sufficient; und both cases were
thrown out of court.
SUFFERING FROM HEAT
New Yorker* in Pitiful Condition
Mi. or Orders Park* Kept Open
All Night.
New York. June 21.—Showers and
change of wind early today greatly
j reduced the temperature and excessive
! humidity from which Greater New
! York sweltered throughout the Sabbath.
Nowhere in the city was suffering so
; intense as In the Kast Side tenement
I section, where little preparation had
! been made for it.
| From hundreds of stuffy tenement*
I thousands of children swarmed into the
streets, many of them halt clad, others
struggling to rid themselves of such
fragments of winter garments as still
clung to their little bodies. Mothers,
with haggard faces, peered out of lofty
w'ndows and shrieked in vain for the
Jlttle ones to come in.
■ Police were constantly called upon to
quell infantile riots and scores of chil
dren were reported lost at nightfall.
Nearly every household among the tene
ment dwellers has been called upon to
provide for one or more of the Immi
grants who swarmed Into the city last
spring and most of these have nothing
but heavy winter clothing. In many
places the curbs and doorsteps were
lined with heavy bearded men. exhaust
ed, apparently suffering Intense physical
! pain.
Orders were issued itt all downtown
precincts to leave the parks open dur
ing the night until the weather
changed.
Take Up Immigration Question.
Business men, sociologists and others
wil begin here today a formal discus
sion of the immigration question. It is
estimated that 60 per cent, of the im
migrants arriving at th)s port remain
In "New York. The overcrowded condi
tion of the East Side streets and tene
ments during the past six months has
awakened new Interest In the matter
and plans will be discussed for ridding
the city of the burden. Some author
ities estimate that In Greater New
York nearly 100,000 English speaking
families are on the verge of destitution,
because of the influx of cheap labor.
MAKES FAST TIME.
The Lake Shore's “Twentieth Century
Limited” Beats Schedule Time
by Five Minutes.
Chicago, June 21.—The first west
bound trip on an eighteen-hour basis,
made by the Twentieth Century Lim
ited” over the Lake Shore, was finished
five minutes ahead of rime.
New York, June 19.—Tile "Twentieth
Century Limited” on the New York
Central railroad arrived here from Chi
cago at 9:27 a. m. today, three minutes
ahead of time. It made the run in 17
hours and 57 minutes.
From Albany to Hudson, for a dis
tance of thirty-one miles, the train ran
at a rate of nearly seventy miles an
hour, thirty-one miles being made in
twenty minutes. One other stretch of
twenty miles was made in eighteen
minutes. The new train brought to this
city seventy-two passengers, many of
them prominent railroad men. They
declared that despite the great speed
the ride was easy and pleasant.
The train averaged one to five min
utes ahead of schedule all the way
from New York, the average running
time being 53 1-3 miles an hour. Out
side of stops the train occupied 17
hours 9 minutes in making the jour
ney. _ _
MERICAN YACHT WINS
The Atlantic, Winner of the Trans
Atlantic Race, Wins Special
Race from Dover.
Island of Heligoland, June 21.—The
American schooner yacht Atlantic won
the race for auxiliary yachts from Dov
er to Heligoland, completing the course
in 41 hours, 26 minutes and 24 seconds.
The annual race from Dover to Heligo
land was won by the schooner yacht
Susanna (Germany). Time, 40 hours,
45 minutes and 40 seconds. The yawl
Therese (Germany) second. The Amer
ican built schooner yacht Navahoe was
third.
ORCHID BRINGS FORTUNE
Rare Flower Sells for $4,952 at an
Auction Held in London.
London, June 21.—The highest price
aver given for an orchid at an auction
sale was realized this week at the Port
land street rooms.
It was an Odontoglossum crispum,
named ' Roger Sander,” and is the only
one of the variety in existence.
Soon after it was put up the bidding
mounted briskly to $4,592.
Even at this high price there was a
condition which provided that the sell
er should, when it is ripe, have half the
seed carried In a pod by a plant which
has been crossed by Odontoglossum
crispum, known as Lucian).
The sepals and petals, almost cov
ered with a richly brilliant red color, j
are surrounded by a margin of the |
purest white, which throws up the bril
lant coloring, giving exquisite beauty '
to the bloom. The top is large and
white, with a central blotch, and some
small markings around it are deep yel
low. The crest is rather curious.
SWEDEN IGNORES REVOLT
Sends Charge to Washington to Rep
resent Both Countries.
Stockholm, June 21—Gustavus Sirahle
of the foreign office started last evening
for Washington as Swedish-Narwegian
charge d'affaires, the legations abroad
continuing to represent both countries,
as Sweden does not recognize the disso
lution of the union. Mr. Strahle says
he will be glad to renew his acquaint
ance with people at Washington, as he
has pleasant recollections of his secre
taryship there.
Prince Karl May Be King.
London, June 19.—The Copenhagen
correspondent of the Daily Mail says
he learns on excellent authority that
the majority of the members of the
Swedish riksdag are ready to accept
King Oscar's third soiv. Prince Karl,
as king of Norway, provided that the
Norwegian government shall demolish
the fortifications on the frontier and
enter into an arbitration treaty with
Sweden.
FOILS TRAIN WRECKERS.
Engineer Discovers Obstruction on
Track in Midst cf High Trestle.
Huntington, W. Va„ June 21.—A pas
senger train on the Norfolk and West
ern road, eastbound, anrrowly escaped
destruction at Lost creek trestle. At
the highest point of the trestle a brake
chain had been securely wrapped about
a rail. Fortunately the obstruction was
discovered by the engineer who sue
! ceeded in stopping the train.
i
STRIKERS APPLY FOR
THEIR FORMER PLAGES
(individuals Are Not Waiting for
a Formal Declaration of
the Strike’s End.
PEACE PARTY IN THE LEAD
Will Take Extreme Measures at To
night’s Meeting to Force the Shea
Faction to Consent to
Terms.
Chicago, June 21.—A pronounced
break in the ranks of the strikers oc
curred today when a large number ol
striking teamsters applied individually
for their former positions without wait
ing for the strike to be formally de
clared off. This was especially true at
the lumber yards.
The "peace party” of the striking
teamsters was t«jsy today outlining
plans for forcing an end of the strike.
Tonight the 'steering committee” ap
pointed Saturday at a meeting of the
anti-Shea and anti-strike element will
endeavor to carry its point in the
:eamsters’ joint council meeting, even
if it has to keep deliberations in prog
-ess ail night.
Calls 1 ave been sent out to command
a full attendance at the Joint council
and there are many avho predict that
the way for peace In the Industrial sit
uation will be paved at tonight's ses
sion.
L. B. Beebe, head of the "steering
committee,” will lead the light for
peace. The first move of the "anti
strike” teamsters will be to have the
whole matter referred to the national
executive board of the International
Brotherhood of Teamsters, with full
power to act. If the "steering commit
tee” fails to force others in the council
to adopt this program it will be an easy
task getting a new councfl of the com
mittee tvlth* plenary powers.
Looks Bad for Shea.
A two-edged knife that will out both
ways was whetted vigorously Satur
day by the grand jury in Its investiga
tion of the charge that the strike
against Montgomery Ward & Co. was
prompted by blackmail and furthered
by the actions of business rivals. De
velopments indicate that employers and
employes alike will suffer injury when
the knife gets into actfon.
In the language of "Con" Shea arid!
his associates, the grand Jury has un
covered a beautiful example of the
"double cross." A canceled check for
$2,500, said to represent part «f a bribe
fund pafd to Shea to avert a threatened
strike against a firm among the com
petitors of Montgomery Ward & l'®.,
has fallen Into the hands of State’s At
torney Healy. The check was cashed
by Shea's wife. '
According to one story heard by the
grand jurjr, the workings of the "double
cross” were as follows: A representa
tive of one big firm offered Shea $10,000'
to call a strike against a rival firm.
The amount made Shea open his eyes
to the possibility ahead. He saw a good
thing, and became busy in short order.
As a result the rival firm "doubled the
ante” and added $10,000 more to have a
strike called against its competitor and
prolonged as long as possible. The to
tal amount paid is said to have been
$30,000.
Turned Down for Their Pains.
None of the teamsters who applied
for reinstatement were given employ
ment, as the employers stated they
wished to consult other members of the
Employers’ association before giving
answer.
LA FOLLETTE* MAY RESIGN
Finds Plan to Stay in Chair Till Con
gress Meets Blocked.
Madison, Wis., June 21.—It has been
found that Governor I.uFollette must
send his resignation to the legislature,
and, should he not resign before that
body adjourns, he will have to call a
special session. The governor intended
to remain in the executive chair until
congress meets, but this will block his
plan.
The senate today confirmed by a
unanimous vote the nominations by
Governor LaFoliette of B. H. Meher
and Halford Erickson as members of
the railroad rate commission. The nom
ination of N. P. Haugen was rejected
by a vote of 16 to 11.
KILLED BY MOLTEN METAL
Two Dio as the Result of an Extra
ordinary New York Accident.
New York, June 21—Two deaths have
already resulted from a shower of shat
tered steel and clouds of steam which
followed a boiler explosion near the
banks of the Hudson river on the up
per west side yesterday. The victims
are Joseph Morgan, colored, whose
death resulted from scalds, and Frank
Morone, who with three companions
were swimming in the Hudson when
the shower of debris fell over the wa
ter. He was not seen again and un
doubtedly drowned. Four other per
sons were seriously injured and twen
ty others slightly hurt. Two men are
under arrest, pending an Investigation.
SAYS ROOSEVELT IS FRESH
Virginia Woman Rebuffs President,
Who Attempts to Assist Her.
Richmond, Va., June 20.—President
Roosevelt was given a curt rebuff by a
woman of the backwoods, who did not
know she was speaking to the head, of the
nation. At Red Hill. Albermarle county,
the president, on leaving t^e train to go to
the country home recently purchased by
Mrs. Roosevelt, noticed a plainly dressed
woman attempting to get on the car. !
Rushing forward, Mr. Roosevelt assisted i
her to ascend the steps. He then caught
her hand and gave it a regular “execu
live”
Snatching her hand away and eyeing
him wrathfu'.ly, the woman said: “Young
man, I don't know who you are, and I
don’t care a cent, but 1 must say you are
the freshest somebody I’ve ever seen in
these parts.”
The story was too good to keep, and the
president is telling it on himself.
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FIVE HUNDRED KILLED.
Terrible Result, of the Explosion at
Khartsisk.
Ekaterinoslav, Southern Russia, June
21.—Five hundred persons were killed
in the explosion which occurred at the
Ivan colliery at Khartsisk belonging to
the Russian Donetz company.
BOARD OF TRADE FIRM FAILS.
Chicago. June 19.—Fyfe, Mason &
Co., a prominent board of trade com
mission Arm, went Into the hands of a
receiver today.
FORCHIEF OF ARMY STAFF
Batss and Corbin Ara Each to Serve
for a Short Tima.
Washington, June 21.—An official an
nouncement was made at the war de
partment Saturday that Major Oeneral
John C. Bates and Major Oeneral
Henry C. Corbin would successively
serve as chief of staff with the rank of
lieutenant general after the retirement
of Oeneral Chaffee next April. Oeneral
| Corbin becomes of retiring age In Sep
■ teniber, 1906, and Oeneral Bates in Au
; gust, 1906. Major Oeneral Oeorge L.
Gillespie, assistant chief of staff, was
today placed on the retired list at his
own request. He will be succeeded by
Major Oeneral John C. Bates.
CHINESE GET BACK AT US
Boycott of American Goods Is Agreed
to with Remarkable Unity.
Tientsin, June 21.—Two important
meetings, attended by 6(K> students
represented by twenty-six colleges,
were held yesterday In correction wl*' ■
anti-American propaganda resolutlo
Resolutions were passed to boyc,
American goods: to stimulate Chines
manufactures; to circulate anti-Amer
lean literature, and to record results.
Other bodies representing commer
cial guilds of seventeen provinces have
sfgped an agreement under mutual
bond to forfeit 50,000 taels If any mem
ber is reported as purchasing Amer
ican goods.
ELEVEN NEGROES DEAD.
Result of Fight orr Southern Excursion
T rain.
Atlanta, Oa.. Jane 21.—A special to
tire constitution from Griffin says:
"Chief of PWlfee- Hayes says his latest
information- regarding the shooting on
the negro excursion train on the South
ern last night is that eleven negroe*
are dead."
Two Grlffim negroes of bad reputation
are held as suspects. They say a) «rap*
game which had been going on all! day
Saturday was the- cause of the trouble,,
and the fighting began at Atlanta and
raged unceasingly with revolvers and
razors until Griffin' was reached'. IXH.
eers are at work on the case.
MEET AT FIWEHANAPQLFS.
Festival of Mart Hr American- Gym nasties
Union- This Week.
India napol is-, lad.. Jiune 21-—Beglm—
nipg Tuesday night with u public per
formance of • the festival play, "The
Glorious Three;." and continuing
through Sunday, at which time a fare
well picnic will be- held at Germania
park, the festival of the North Amer
ican Gymnastic union will be held in
Indianapolis this week. The city is
being decorated with red and white-col
ors of the union and. bunting, and in
tlie- downtown district the approaches
to- Monument Place statues typifying
the features of the festival are being
erected to- complete the- elaborate- decor
ative scheme.
Concerts by singing societies, athettiai
events and historical pageants, mass
exercises and a grand picnic are- feat
ures of tlie five- days’ meeting
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NOVELTIES OF THIE NEWSv.
Marysville, O.—As the- result of swoili
lo-wing a live rat while eating oats- puH
of his trough, the noted trotting horse
Corlntho. 2:13, dledi In convulsions at
Ida-in City. After an examination had
been made by the veterinary It was
found that the windpipe of the- horse
had been lacerated by the rat In its
efforts to gain its way out the throat.
Cagliari. Sardinia..—Four men lost
their lives here Friday while attempt
ing to- descend into a ’. uge wine reser
voir bolding 50,000 gallons of wine.
Art nloye who- was first sent Into
the reservoir was asphyxiated by the
fumes. Two other employes who at
tempted to rescue him were likewise
overcome. The proprietor of the place
then attempted to make the descent.
He fell into the reservoir and was
drowned.
Mansfield. O.—'Thursday at Cliester
yilie Mr. and Mrs. Clark Pierce, two
of the oldest and most highly respected
citizens of that place, were interred in
the same grave. Pierce was engaged
in the undertaking business.
Cincinnati, O.—The incorporation of
the Ford & Johnson company, of Cin
cinnati. at Columbus. Friday, with a
capital stock of $3,000,000, reveals tlie
fact that more than twenty-five chair
manufactories of the country are to be
merged into one concern. The plan is
to centralize the business and reduce
the cost of manufacture.
Edinburgh.—The famous old border
“marriage house" on the Scotch bank
of the Tweed at Coldstream, where
Monk raised the famous regiment of
the Coldstream guards, is being re
stored by Captain Waring, the new pro
prietor of Lennel estate, who, with
Lady Clementine Waring, is to -reside
at Coldstream. This "marriage house,”
which rivaled Gretna Green and Lam
berton toll, the two other notorious
border resorts of eloping couples, was
the scene of the runaway marriage of
Lord Brougham. ,
Port Jarvis. N. Y.—Mrs. M. J. Moore,
a wealthy New York woman who is
spending the summer here, discovered
that a thoroughbred cow which she had
just purchased, hud no upper front
teeth. She shrewdly sold it for a good
price and purchased another. Discov
ering that it. too, was without upper
front teeth she sold It and Inaugurated
a search for a cow with a full set of
teeth, which dislosed to her that none
is so equipped.
New York, N. Y.—Edward Langdon,
of Brooklyn, a clerk In the office of
Robert A. Sharkey, naval officer of the
port of New York, has been fined ten
•lays' pay for flirting, at the Instance
of Secretary Shaw.
While riding in an elevated car a
month ago Langdon smiled at a young
woman and dropped his card In her
lap.
Fort Dodge, la.—A pig that lias an
almost perfect elephant's head Is In
the possession of William Lynch. The
freak is one of a litter of eight, be
longing to Lou Alger, a farmer, and
all the rest of the lot are normal.
It has a perfect elephant's trunk, and
the entire formation of the head and
neck corresponds almost exactly to that
of an elephant. Even the eari are sim
ilar. Tne remainder of the body is
perfectly r mal.
DOUBLE TRAGEDY IN HOME.
Los Angeles. Cal., June 19.—C. E.
Thalszs, manager of a drug store in
Pasadena, and wife were found dead in
a ranch house near Glendale last night.
A bullet in the man's forehead and one
In the woman's breast show how they
met death. Powder burns on the wom
an's dress indicate she might huve done
tiie killing.
Japs Oust Foreign Merchants.
Chefoo, June 19.—American and Eu
ropean firms still In Port Arthur have
teen notified by the Japanese author
ities to depart and remove-thelr mer
chandise.
j"TRU$T" CO rs 1
SIOUX CITY PLANT
Beatrice Creamery Company
Would Merge with Han
ford Produce Company.
_
LACKS ENTIRE CONTROL
While Every Attempt Ware Been Madr
to Add to the $200,000 Stock Now
Held, Looal Men Still Domi
nate in the H.intord.
_
(From the Sioux City 'Prtftrone.)
The Hauford Produce company, a
$000,000 corporation, and thir Inrgest
creamery company In Iowa,, may be
come a part of the Beatrice' f.'rewmery
company, a $3,000,000 corporation, com
monly known throughout the- went, be
cause of Its slxe, as the' ‘‘creaniwry
trust.”
Kvery effort has been made' tty title
llteatrlce Creamery company to' secure
frontroI of the big creamery company
in Stoux City, but according tO' Presi
dent A. S. Hanford the control of the
concern Is still In the handk- of tftnu*
; City people, but later may bo1 absolutely
rorrtroHed by the Beatrice- (fteamery
company. The latter has eighteen
great pfants In the west and southwest,
prnetlcariy controlling dairy product*
tn the west.'
For a considerable period thcKanford
^Produce company and the Beatrice
[Creamery company have had' Joint in
terests. even to the extent of buying
together- and using the same trade
mark oil certain brands of butter and:
other products.
Recently George K. Haskell, president'
of the Beatrice Creamery company,' in
creased his personal holdings In the
Hanford' Produce company to> $300,000,
which Is two-thirds of the common
stock, or two-fifths of the entire cap
ital of the corporation.
Wound rvoep Cionxroi rxrre.
By many this is considered sufficient
evidence that the big $3,000,000 corpora
tion control's the Sioux City plant,
though Mr: Hanford, president of the
Sioux City company, contends that
$100,000 of common stack and tha $200,000
of preferred stock, held by the Farm
ers Boan and Trust company, is suf
ficient to keep the “creamery trust**
from gaining absolute control of his
company.
George K. Haskell, president of the
Beatrice Creamery company, is the
vice president of the Hanford Produce
company, and the Beafrice Creamery
company also has two representatives
on the board of directors of the Sioux
City company.
A vigorous attempt was made to se
cure a controlling Interest in the Han
ford PVodhee company in January of
this year, when the Beatrice Creamery
' company increased Its capitalization tc
$3,000,000 and took over the plants and
business of the Continental Creamery
company, a $T,000.000 corporation.
Would Buy Through Agents.
Flrr some time it has been the in
tent of Sloirx City business men to gain
a controlling Interest in the Hanford
Produce company and retain that in
terest at home. This desire has so far |
defeated the plans of the Beatrice
Creamery company. Failing to secure
the stock directly, the Beatrice com
pany proceeded through other agencies,
including Booth & Co., who were will
ing to subscribe for any amount of the
stock. But Booth & Co. were known to
represent the creamery trust, and their
proposition to buy stock at a good pre
mium wtis declined.
When the Hanford Produce eoinpsny
was reorganized recently with a cap
ital sto<-k of $500,000. $200,000 pref^^ed
and $300,000 common stock, the Bea
trice company again attempted to se
cure a controlling interest and merge
ft with their dozen plants in the west
and southwest, controlling, ns tbev do,
the dairy products of the west. George
K. Haskell, president of the Beatrice
rnmnany. finally scoured $200,000 worth
of the common sto^P. while $100.ooo
was tn^en by Mr. TTanford and bis
Sioux City ^ssoefot* The Farmers’
Loan and Trost corymany agreed to
take $200,000 of the preferred stoc^ as
financ ial agents for its sale. Sim a*
taking over this stork the F'^rmorr*
Boan e».fi Trust company lias dlsnc^e‘1
of $100,000 worth of the preferred
stock, supposedly to small investors, to
whom they guarantee 5 per cent, in
terest.
Business Is Enormous.
At the present time President Hns
kell Is In Europe, but It is thought his
agents will be unceasing In their ef
forts to secure control of the Hanford
company, and should they succeed the
big plant In Sioux City will become a
part of the greatest creamery com
pany In the world, having a dally out
put of over 1,500,000 pound's of butter
at different plants of the company.
Something of the enormity of the bus
iness may be gained from the fact that
the Hanford Produce company manu
factures 1.000,000 to 1,800.000 pounds of
butter every month, and last Sunday
alone 50,000 pounds. More butter was
manufactured In Woodbury county last
year than In any other county In Iowa
as a result of the enormous amount of
cream collected by the Hanford Pro
duce company, and put on the market
as a finished product. Contracts for a
'■uarter of a million pounds for the
T'nlted States navy were filled here.
Has Eighteen Big Plants.
The Beatrice Creamery company
controls about eighteen such plants as
•he Hanford company, being capitalized
at six tlm^s as much. This great
creamery corporation has plants at
Des Moines, Topeka, Lincoln, Beatrice,
Kansas City, St. Louis. Oklahoma City,
Pueblo, Denver, Cheyenne, Deadvvood
apd other cities In the west and south
west, buying a large share of the cream
of several states. The states of Ne
braska, Iowa, Missouri, Colorado and
Kansas are dotted with separating sta
tions of this great creamery company;
every railroad train running into one
of the large plants brings in hundreds
of cans of cream and every freight
trains going out takes to the eastern
markets carloads of products from the
factories.
Gradually the “creamery trust" Is
winding itself about the smaller con- ■
eerns of the country, having already !
banished the churns of the farmers'
wives, and within a few years, It Is
said, will control the entire dairy pro
ducts of the west.
According to stockholders In the
Stoux City concern, it Is not desired
to consolidate with the Beatrice com
pany. though It has been found ad
vantageous to have some joint Inter
ests with them and to allow their com
pany to hold the 1200,000 of common
stock, purchased by their president and
afterwards assigned to the Beatrice
Creamery company.
GOMEZ IS DEAD.
L(t« Commander in Chi*f of Cuban?
Army and Patriot Dias at
Havana.
Havana, June 20.—General Maxima*
Gomez died at 0 o'clock Saturday even
ing.
The end came quietly in the beautiful)
temporary home at the seaside in then
suburb of Vedado, to which Generali
Gomez was taken on hts return from.
Santiago. Palma, accompanied by Gen
eral Amlradtt. arrived, about a quarter
of an hour previous to the death of
General Gomez.
The distinguished jwvtlent'* heart had
weakened steadily since 11 o'clock in
the morning artd failed to respond to
stimulants. Several times during hl»
lb tig? Illness General Gomez had shown
recuperative powers that! were’ aston
ishing. His real Illness extended over
Sorty-slx days, although bis he*tth had
Seen falling for some months prior to
that time.
General Gomez leaves a widow, five
pons and one daughter. Only Satiwday
the secretary of the treasury delivered
to one of Gomez’s sons a check- for $100,
000, which has been voted unanimously
by congress for the general’s benefit,
and approved by President Palma. This
was In*addition to the *50,000 previously
voted' by congress.
TERRIBLE MASSACRE*
Natives, of- Kamchatka "to- Number a#
Hundred and Fifty Slain by
Pirate*.
San Francisco, June 20.—News of m
terrible massacre of 150 natives on the
Siberian coast has been received in a»
letter from Petropavolsk, on the coast
Of Kamchatka. A. Morogravlenof ha*
written to, hie. brother, a resident of
thl» city, that. Ini the early part of. the
year the natives in one of the small
settlements down the coast, which- he
does not name, bserved a- ya<dit or
schooner drop anchor In the hyrbor*
and her coming was hailed with crlew
of rejoicing. From the vessel, came a>
number or. small boats. The native*
could see tltw crew piling what they
thought wore supplies Into thesmaller
craft. Then the men pi lied for the
shore. During that or the next day
there was heard the firing of. arms, anii
later on smoke and lire were observed*
This led toj investigation from. Fetro
pavolsk and. other towns on the coast
and a horrible tale of pillage and- mas
sacre was brought to light.
About the streets of the settlement*
writes Morogravlenof, were strewn the
bodies of. 150 of. the Inhabitants, st;ot
and cut to pieces- by the pirates, who.
under the pretense of friendship, %di
gained a landing on. the coast.
Robbery was their only motive,, foir
every house had been ransacked and
everything of. marketable value had.
been taken. Who the marauders were
those who manuged to make their es
cape could not say beyond, giving, the
Information that some Japanese- we*
in the party.. _ _
MANY KILLED.
Two Score on More., Were Victim*, off ai
Collision of Freight end Passen
ger Trains in Maryland..
Baltimore, Mil., June 20.—The death
roll of Saturday night's wreck on the
Western Maryland railroad now foots
up to twenty-five, and this number Is
likely to be Increased from among the
list of those grievously mangled.
The wreck occurred at a point about
a quarter of a mile from Patapsco, a
small station between Westminster and
Flnksburg. At least eighteen people
are believed to have been killed, and
a score Injured.
Passenger train No. 5,. westbound,
was running at a very high rate of
speed when, at the point named, It
crashed into a- doubleheader freight
running east.
All three of the engines ware re
duced to, scrapJr.on,. the express and
baggage cars were smashed,, and a
number of the freight cars ware splin
tered. The passenger coaches sustained
little Injury, and almost without excep
tion their occupants escaped with noth
ing worse than a bad shaking up.
The fatalities and Injuries were of
the crews of the engines and to. work
men employed by the railroad'.. It is a
remarkable coincidence that these lat
ter should have been at work repairing
the damages- caused by a recent small
freight wreck that occurred at Mt.
Hope station, near this city. They
were on their way to their homes in
small towns along the Western Mary
land to spend Sunday. Not being reg
ular passengers,, they boarded the bag
gage-car and engine. When the crash
came, the more fortunate, whs were on
the engine, jumped or were thrown
from the train and were only injured.
Those In the baggage car were terribly
mangled, and the crews of all three en
gines w ere killed. Their bodies are all
believed to, be under the wreckage of
the engines.
HEN SETS ON A RATTLER
Indiana Woman Discovers Serpent
Coiled in Nest of Easv
Wabash. Ind., June 20.—A hen set
ting on a live rattlesnake was a nov
elty which Chester township, this
county, produced yesterday.
Mrs. Jesse Heeter, who hacf a hen on
eggs which had just begun to hatch,
noticed the hen was much disturbed
by something and Investigated. She
placed her hand under the hen and
drew forth a chick, but the negt dash
she encountered a cold, clammy sub
stance. which she gulckly dropped. The
hen flew off the nest and to t\er horror
Afro. Heeter saw, colled In the nest, a
large rattlesnake. Fortunately It did
not strike her, though It had killed a
chicken, and Mrs. Heeter bravely killed
the reptile with a club.
AUDIENCE POSTPONED.
Emperor Will Not See Zemstvo Dele
gation Now.
St. Petersburg, June 19.-—On account of
the failure of the delegates to settle differ
ences regarding the details of the recep
tion and the n.ake-up of the deputation
from the all-Russian congress of zem
stvotsts and mayors, which recently met
in Moscow rind sent a strangely worded
memorial to the emperor for the Immedi
ate summoning cf a national assembly,
the audience with his majesty again has
been postponed. It is hoped that the dif
ferences will be arranged and that the
audience will soon take place.
GETS $583 WAR PAY.
Two Months’ Extra Salary Due Presi
dent for Fighting in Cuba.
Washington. June 20. — President
Roosevelt is to receive 35S3.33 as ex
tra pay for his services during the
Spanish war. Congress, after the
close of the war, granted two months’
extra pay to all soldiers who served
upon foreign soil during the bonfllct.
President Roosevelt would not ask for
this "»». hence the delay In getting it.
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