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ROADS ARE WORTH $27,000 A MILE /Minnesota Investigating Com, mittee Squeezes Out Con siderable Water. ■St. Paul, Minn.. April 24— Railroac. property in Minnesota is valued at 1*215,000,000 by the Sundberg investigat 'ing committee which returned its re port to the state senate yesterday. This is approximately *27,000 a mile. Tlia property is capitalized to the extent of $400,000,000 or *50.000 a mile on an average. The net earnings according to the committee's findings averaged over *5,000 a mile last year, or 18 per cent, on the committee's valuation. The report says that to arrive at the most of reproducing and equipping the different lines in their present condition ■the committee considered the original cost of construction; the cost of im provements, betterments and equip ment added since; the cost and charac ter of the lines recently built; the ex pense of operating and the earnings under existing rates; value of stock and bonds; the geography of the line and the judgment displayed in its lo cation. Referring to the Chicago Great West ern, the report says: “This road was built by A. B. Stick ney, who raised the funds by acquir ing, organizing, reorganizing and har monizing corporations of Minnesota, Iowa and Illinois." The capital stock and funded debt of the road is $143,668 per mile and the committee finds it is valued at about one-fifth that, or $28,000 a mile. In its last report the company certifies that the line and equipment cost $98,011 per mile. Referring to the fact that in 1891 there was reported for "purchase of constructed road” $6,317,191.52, the committee says “it was then 815 miles long. Fifteen years later this elastic item had been stretched to $50,594. 344.28, but the whole line had shrunk sixty miles in length. It had been watered too much.” MILLIONAIRE A SUICIDE; BRIBERYRY FAILS New York, April 24.—Benedict Gim bel, the Philadelphia millionaire mer chant who cut his throat and wrists with broken glass in Hoboken, soon after being arrested, died early to day. The arrest of Gimbel, who was a' member of a prominent and prospective firm, married, and of hitherto spotless reputation, caused tremendous sur prise. Thursday afternoon he was taken from a cab in this city, in company ■with Iver Clark, a lB-year old boy, by two detectives, who acted on com plaint of the boy's parents. Gimbel, according to the detectives, resorted to an attempt at bribery and offered the detectives $2,000 if they would release him. The detectives apparently consented and, demandin'” cash, were driven with Gimbel to his banker’s office here, and given the $2,000. Then they informed Gimbel that an additional charge of attempted bribery would be placed against hint, and they took him to the district attorney’s of fice, where it is alleged, Gimbel of fered Assistant District Attorney Kro tel, any amount of money to gain his release. Found Nearly Dead. Later Gimbel was released in heavy bail and started, ostensibly, for his home in Philadelphia. He never reached there. Instead he went to the Palace hotel In Hoboken, l and there, with Jagged glass obtained from a water nitcher which he broke, he cut his throat in many places and gashed his left wrist. He was discovered several hours af terwards, almost dead from loss of blood. BIGAMIST ARRESTED, SINGING TO HIS BABY Second Wife Faints When Con« stables Suddenly Appear in Home, for Husband. Philadelphia, April 24.—While sing ing to his baby, born to his second wife, Morton Wood, who has lived his life in two sections, and who was so .well along in the second that he was beginning to flatter himself he would never again hear from the iirst, was surprised when suddenly two con stables appeared in his home in Ger mantown and arrested him for big amy. It had been five years since he de serted his wife in Waterbury, Conn., iand closed, as he thought, the first sec tion of his life. It had been unsatis factory to him, and he decided to start (anew. " HUGGER NARROWLY ESCAPES LYNCHING 3rowd Gathers After Man Whc Forces Embraces on Girl Has Been Thrashed. Norfolk, Va„ April 24.—L. B. Plum imtr, a well known young man narrow lly escaped lynching at the hands of in furiated citizens after hugging a promi nent young woman on the street. , Plummer followed the girl several ! blocks, threw his arms suddenly around her and gave her a good hug. The girl screamed and the man was given a thrashing by several men who happened to be at hand. A crowd gathered, but the police suc ceeded in rescuing Plummer. ADMITS THlFT IS QHARTER MILLION New York, April 24.—The" shortage in the accounts of W. O. Douglas, assist ,ant loan clerk of the Trust Company of North America, who was arrested yes terday on charge of stealing $50,000 In bonds from the institution, may roach I $250,000. Considerable anxiety is felt for the safety of Mrs. Douglas, who has not . been seen since shortly after 'tidnight r .Sunday ■;.) ASK ALL LA WYERS TO MIX CONSCIENCE WITH BRAINS New York, April 24.—United States Supreme Court Justice David J. Brew er pleaded for a higher standard of ethics in the legal profession In an ad dress before the Ethical Culture so ciety in Carnegie hall. The justice said no profession is so often wrong fully attacked as the legal, adding: “It Is strange there should be so much criticism of the bar. We must remember the wisdom of the law maker can never keep pace with the ingenuity of trained minds seeking to evade legal limitations. “The old saying that holes may be found in every law, simply means that | the ingenious lawyer can often fln either in the statute or in the mode of its enforcement, some way to escape from its penalties. “It is this which provokes the fre quent remarks that the law so seldom reaches the rich, for the rich can pay for the brainiest, and the brainiest can quickly discover means of evasion. "As against this, I appeal for a high er standard of ethics. I appeal for ev ery lawyer to put his heart alongside Ills head, to mix his conscience with his brains. Let him have courage to say to his client: ‘It may be legal but it is dishonest, and I will have nothing j to do with it.’ ” THAW MANSION REPORTED HAUNTED BY WOMAN SUICIDE Wife of Presbyterian Minister Hanged Herself in One of the Bathrooms. Pittsburg, Pa., April 24.—After being carefully suppressed five years, the se cret of Lyndhurst, the Thaw family mansion, became known today through an admission by ex-Coroner McGeary. For the first time the public knows why Mrs. William Thaw refuses to live in the great house alone and why Harry K. Thaw was so nervous when he visited there. Five years ago a Kentucky woman, wife of a Presbyterian minister, and a relative of Mrs. Thaw, while visiting her at Lyndhurst committed suicide by hanging in one of the large bath rooms •>f the house. WOMAN GETS MEN INTO LEMON LODGE; FLEES WITH MONEY Merchants Who Bit at a Ran Scheme in Program Ad vertising, Sorry. New Castle, Del., April 24.—Business men of New Castle and Wilmington are anxious to have an Interview with Mrs. Elizabeth C. C. Campbell, of Phila delphia. They strongly suspect her of having initiated them into the “Lemon lodge," j of which she is said to be sole charter ■ member and walking delegate. They are not specially Interested in the lodge, j but are interested in the initiation fees they have paid. Ten days ago Mrs. Campbell came to New Castle, and began advertising a musical entertainment. It was to be a i big affair, she said, a musical treat ! such as New Castle had rarely seen. A number of the merchants of Wil mington and New Castle placed their cards in the program for the event. Show Is a Frost. When the time came for the curtain to rise, there were ten people in the house. Basso Shuttleworth had come from Philadelphia, and was indignant. He claimed he had been imposed upon. At the last minute the date was can celed. The program cards had not been given out. Mrs. Campbell was j not in the house, and none of the mer chants has heard of his money. The alleged apostle of the "Lemon lodge” is a striking brunette of abou 30 and of apparent refinement. CONFESSION BASIS OF BIG BANK SCANDAL Seymour, la., April 24.—Cashier Le- | Roy Ware, of the Farmers and Drovers 1 Dank, made a complete confession of lis operations in the bank this morning o the state auditor and several direc :ors. He said that the shortage would oe nearer $75,000 than any other sum ne could name. He feared it might «.un to $100,000. Ware said: “As God is my judge 1 have not profited by this shortage by a single 1 cent. I was the dupe of several men | who found out that I had manipulated 1 the books by false entries and used that information to hold me up for , money.” “The system of robbing the bank was to issue certificates of deposit to men vn ho did not give the bank any money. 1 These men speculated in grain with the certificates of deposits. So long as they had money, well and good, and the cer tificates were redeemed.” Will Prosecute. Auditor Carroll will not permit the bank to open until experts have gone over the books to get evidence for criminal prosecutions. Ware is generally believed to have been duped. He was not a high liver. R. S. Davidson, a depositor had $9,000 in the bank for which there is not a record. Twenty -five angry Italian coal miners are in Seymour clamoring for their money and threatening trouble. Extra police have been ordered to keep them away from the bank. Cashier Ware after opening the safe and mak ing his confession collapsed and he is at his home behind locked doors. His wife is standing by him nobly and in sists that men higher up in the town, though not officers of the bank, are the real culprits. 3 BABIES BURN TO DEATH; MOTHER AWAY Des Moines, la., April 24.—Two chil dren of Chas. Bratewell were burned to death today near Mystic, and a third so terribly injured that death will re sult. A boy of 5 was playing with matches while the mother was away. A boy of 3 and a baby 19 months old were burned to a crisp. LORD BARRINGTON GUILTY, DECLARES SUPREME COURT \\ ashington, D. C\, April 24.—In an opinion by Chief Justice Fuller of the supreme court, today he dismissed the criminal case of Frederick Seymour, alias ■'Lord” Barrington, under sen tence of death In St. Louis on charge of Murdering James P. McCann In June, 1303, thus sustaining the verdict of guilty returned by the trial court. IOWA AND NEBRASKA EDUCATORS BENEFIT BY CARNEGIE FUND New York, April 24.—J. D. Bowman secretary of the Carnegie fund for th . advancement of teaching, announced today that although the foundation has declined to admit state universities to the list of beneficiaries it occasionally grants retiring allowances in state In I stitutions to men who have rendered distinguished academic service. In accordance with that plan the ex ecutive committee has given retiring allowances to following educators: Benjamin Andrews, chancellor of the University of Nebraska. Francis P. Smith professor of nat ural philosophy m the University of Virginia. YVilliam V. Folwell, ex-president of ttie University of Minnesota. Amos N. Currier, dean of college of liberal arts. University of Iowa. STRIKING CLOAKMEN ASSAULT EMPLOYEh New York, April 24.—The striking cloakmakers at the establishment of Oscar Hargolin & Son, today assaulted the senior member of the firm, and created a riot in which several hundred persons participated. They were dis persed by the police and four wert arrested. MURDER SIGNS IN DEATH CAKl Chicago, April 24.—Positive proof of murder in the Irving park poisoning mystery was found when Professor Walter M. Haines, of the Rush Medical college, reported to Coroner Hoffman that his analysis found sufficient arsen ic to kill in the stomach of Mrs. Mary Mette. Mrs. Mette leaked a Bohemian fruit cake of flour that contained enough ar senic to kill twenty persons. The day the cake was eaten she became violent ly ill with the other members of her mil v. POSTHUMOUS CHILD MAY AFFECT “SILENT SMITH’S” MILLIONS His Widow Reported in Posit tion to Resist All Claims of Husband’s Relatives. SHE COMES FROM JAPAN Dead Man's Kin Prepares to Fight for Part of His Immense Fortune, Bcino Dissatisfied With Legacies. Now York, April 24.—It Is a little 'arly for the mother, sisters and brother of James Henry ("Silent”) Smith, who died in Japan, to gather for the purpose of disputing with ills widow over the $50,00(1,000 or $75,000,000 which be left behind. if there should be a posthumous heir or heiress, what then? It is asserted by persons in this city who are in Mrs. Smith's confidence that such a complication Is to be expected. if Smith died childless and without expectation of lawful Issue from his marriage with Mrs. Rhinelander Stew art, whom he married after her divorce, there would be a likelihood that his relatives could contest, with some chance of success, a will leaving all Ills property to his bride-widow. Hut the advent of a son or daughter would change the situation vitally. Comim From Orient. Mrs. Smith is accompanying her hus band's body home from Japan. Her late husband's relatives expect to meet her party in Chicago and urge claims to a share of the immense fortune. No details as to Mr. Smith's will have yet been made public. It has been gen erally supposed that he left a suitable provision for his blood relatives, but that the bulk of the estate Is left to his widow. It is likely that on hii marriage Mr. Smith was advised by lawyers to de vise a certain share to his wife and the bulk of the remainder to any chil dren that might be born to them. UDn.lnl k„ kl ni r* If the blood relatives, dissatisfied wtth the size of their legacies, were to attempt to break the will they would be "headed off" by the advent of an heir born after Mr. Smith's death. For, by breaking the will, If they could, they would cause the property, aside from the widow's dower right In the real estate, to descend In bulk to the son or daughter yet to be born. And if this son or daughter were to tile, his or her property would revert to Mrs. Smith, the widow. Of course, unless the child lived even for however a brief moment after birth, the position of the blood relatives, and their chances of breaking a will which might not be deemed just to them, would be ns if the child were never born at all. George A. Smith, a brother of the dead man, formerly lived in Chicago, but has been in Philadelphia for sev eral years. The nephews are William S, Mason, vice president of the City National bank, in Evanston, and George G. Mason of Aberdeen, S. D., superintendent of the Aberdeen division of the Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul, one of the executors. COURT ARRAIGNS THE _ A - ON MANY CHARGES Wilkesbarre, Pa., April 24.—More .‘ban a score of foreigners charged with being members of the Blackhand are responsible for many crimes in this dcinlty, were placed on trial here to 3ay. Thirteen cases of shooting with ittempt to kill, thirteen of conspiracy, six of dynamiting and two of robbery by threats and menaces are charged against the men who are ulleged to bo 'eaders of the Blackhand. Hundreds of foreigners’ families in ihis section have for several years lived 'n a state bordering on terror as tho result of threats made by this myster ious organization which in many cases have been followed up with murder. 44444444444444444444444444 4 4 4 WIFE’S SURPRISE 4 4 PLAN IS SPOILED 4 4 BY 599 HOTELS- 4 4 4 4 Atlantic City, N. J., April 24.— 4 4 Planning a little surprise for 4 4 her husband, who is at one of 4 4 the Atlantic City hotels, Mrs. 4 4 Walter Brown came over from 4 4 New York to pay him a visit. 4 4 She had never been in the re- 4 4 sort and when she discovered 4 4 that her hubby might be in any 4 4 one of the 599 registered hotels, 4 4 she narowly escaped hysterics. 4 4 Persons to whom Mrs. Brown 4 4 told her plight sent her to po- 4 4 lice headquarters and friendly 4 4 detectives started a seach for 4 4 her husband. 4 4 4 ♦4444444444444444444444444 STEAMER DODGES SHIP, IS AGROUND Tokio, April 24.—The Pacific mail tteamer MongoMa ran aground this morning near Mayeda lighthouse, prov ince of Nagato, Japan. The locality is full of reefs. The accident was caused by an attempt to avoid collision with a sailing ship. NEW YORK EXCHANGE. Chicago, April 22.—New York ex change 25 per cent, discount DOG EATS $12 AND ' UNCLE SAM TO GET IT New York, April 23.—Colonel Christo-: pher Columbus Shelby of Paterson, N. j J., a handcuff and box trick expert,j whs perplexed when his Napoleon) ; French poodle ate $12. It was a case of Shelby being out $12,1 and the dog in, or Shelby being in and the dog out. A woman went to the bachelor apart ments of Colonei Shelby and paid him $12 in two bills. Mr. Shelby placed the money on a table and. on returning after escorting the woman out, found the money gone. He was sure nobody had taken the money, and search was started. After a vain hunt the dog was spied chewing on something. With a “curses upon you" the animal was grabbed by I lie tail and Held in the air until it yelled for mercy. Letting the dog down. Shelby continued to examine Its mouth. In the furtherest part could, be seen a little piece of green paper, all chewed ui>. The paper was taken out, and proved to be pieces of the money. Fortunately the ends of the two hills with the num ber on were the parts the dog had not swallowed. A doctor was asktd how an operation could he performed to recover the money. The operation was just start ing when Congressman William Hughes walked In and was told of the occur rence. The congressman advised Shel by to send the pieces of money to Washington and not to operate oil the dog. This was done, and now Shelby Is all smiles. When asked the cause Shelby replied that Charles H. Treat, treasurer of the United States, had sent him a cheek for the money that the dog had eaten. “Had I not recovered that money," said Shelby, “I would have killed that dog, Just to teach him never to do such a thing again.” CHILD ELOPERS JOIN IN SUICIDE WHEN PURSUED Plunge Into River After Parent, Balk Attempted Marriage Joint Ages, 32. Clifton Forge, Va., April 23.—After being arrested and brought back after having attemnted to elope to Washing ton, Miss Mabel Pendleton, a 17-year old girl, plunged from a bridge over ‘the Jackson river, and Stewart C. Gay, aged 15, who was to have become her husband, did likewise. . An old negro made an effort to save the life of the young couple, who sank together, the boy holding his sweet heart In his arms. From the best Information obtainable It seems they decided to put an end to life after undergoing tho humilia tion of having the marital plans frus trated and the girl being placed In th« custody of an officer, practically undei arrest, by her parents, who were op posed to her marrtago owing to her youth. GOURTMARTIAL FOR GALLANTRY LIKELY (.Vest Pointers Who Put Coatf Over Girls’ Shoulders Are Now In for It. West Point, April 23.—Court mar tiak-d for gallantry Is to be the fat« of the seventeen cadets at the United States military academy here, who an under cnarges of having loaned theh overcoats to as many fair visitors at the dress parade of April 17, when Colonel Howse ordered the masculine garments stripped from the feminine shoulders. Colonel Howse, the com mandant. admitted today that the ca dets would be punished. Colonel Scott, superintendent of the academy, will name the members of the court immediately. Colonel Howse is upheld by the mil itary authorities, both in Washington and at West Point. A report of the whole affair was sent to General Ains worth, military secretary of the gen eral staff and was Communicated by him to the war department and to the president. All are thoroughly in sym pathy with Colonel Howse. It Is said that the punishment prob ably will take the form of demerits. CHINESE GIrTnOW SACRED HEART NUN Honolulu, April 10.—Tho first Chines* nun in the history of the order of tho Sa cred Hearts of Jesus and Mary was in vested with the veil, tne cincture and th« scapular at the Roman Catholic cuthedrai here. She will he known as Sister Aleida She was Miss Mary Wong Leong, the only daughter of Wong Leong, one of th* wealthiest Chinese merchants and ric€ pjanters In Hawaii. .The order of the Sacred Hearts of Jesus and Mary was founded in 1800, and among the early rules of the order was one re quiring daily prayers for the restoration of the Bourbons to the throne of France. Miss Wong Leong on the paternal sid* Is pure Chinese. Her maternal grandfath er is a Chinese and her grandmother part Hawaiian. Both are still living. Hex fajber'fi household has always been main tained as a Chinese household, excep: that the children were accorded more freedom than is usual. Tho daughter was sent as a child to the convent school maintained by the sisters of the society of which she is now a mem ber. Something over a year ago she be came a novitiate of the order. She is 24 years, tall for a Chinese girl, and of at tractive appearance. STEPHENS CALLS ON PRESIDENT Washington, D. C., April 23.—Jchn T. Stevens, ex-chief engineer and Chair man of the isthmian canal commission, was a caller at the White House today.. His visit was personal, he said, as he] hat? not seen the president since his re turn to this country. He talked with Roosevelt about the condition of affairs on the isthmus. “How long will it take to complete the canal?” was asked of SteVens. “Between six and seven years,” he re plied, adding: “January 1, 1913, after discounting all contingencies, and it should be com-. Dieted twn years before that time." 1 MINNESOTA'S ANTI PASS Ji DRASTIC Members of the Railroad anf Warehouse Commission Must Pay. j BE NO "IMMUNITY BATH* Uo "Excepted” Persons, Includinr Officers and Agents, van Be Ex cused From Testifying to Mat ters Prohibited by Act. St. Paul. Minn., April 23.—While tho senate passed the anti-pass bill, H. F. No. 25. It did so with amendments taken ; from the senate anti-pass bill, S. F. No. 6, passed some time since In the senate, and the bill will go the house for con currence In the amendments. It was all In vain that Senator Peter son Insisted that the gentlemen of tha railroad and warehouse commission should be In their list of exceptions and ride on state business on passes. It was all In vain that tie referred to them as state police and urged with that candid force of which he Is a mas ter the proprieties of the case. The senators would not have It it. and the S gentlemen were put out, as It were. The state Is able to pay their ex penses, was the answer, and when they ride on private business they ought to pay fare. Another amendment offered by Sena tor Peterson added the prohibition, against "franks" and special privileges from express companies, telephone companies, telegraph companies and still others added the people to he ex cepted from the operation of the bill. The Exceptions. These the "bona fide officers, attor neys, surgeons and emnloyes of rail road companies and members of theli* immediate families, together with tha duly elected representatives of railroad, labor, organizations, bona fide reprex eentatlves of religious and eleemosyxj nary and charitable organizations, to gether with such indigent, helpless op homeless persons as may be in charge! of such charitable organizations; the* necessary caretakers of live stock, vegetables or fruits while traveling! with the same and re, jrnlng home;1 victims of wrecks, acclut ts, general; epidemics, pestilence or < er calamH tlous visitations, and persons engaged. In the relief of such victims, and vet erans of the civil war. bona fide em ployes on sleeping cars, express cars and mall cars, United States mail agents and newsboys on trains. This act shall not be construed to prohibit the interchange by railroad companies, of passes for tho officers and employes’ of railroads and members of their Im mediate families, but no free transpor-' tatlon shall be issued or given to any) person when such person Is a member of, employed by, or In any' way con nected with any political committee, or, candidate for. or an Incumbent of anyj office or position under the constitution and laws or any ordinance or any mu nicipality of this state. No “Immunity" Bath. “No person. Including persons who are agents or officers of any corpora-! tlon mentioned In the foregoing section, shall be privileged from testifying In relation to anything herein prohibited; and no person for so testifying shall be' liable to any prosecution or punlshment| for any offense concerning which he was required to testify or concerning which he was required to furnish docu mentary evidence." Another amendment makes the bill applicable at once. It Is not at all probable that the bill will fall because of any disagreement between the two houses. It Is too Important a bill to be dropped In that way. The constitu encies of the members of the legisla ture demand that It be passed. It Is very likely that a conference commit tee will be called to settle differences. BANDIT WHO STOLE $26,000 SENTENCED, ♦ Tuesday, 9:40 p. m., Gunderson 4 4 held up Clerk Fred Zimmerman In 41 4 the Union depot office of the North- 4 4 ern Express company In St. Paul 4 4 and forced him to open the safe. 41 ♦ Gunderson made away with $25,000. 4 4 Wednesday, 4 a. m., Gunderson 4 4 was arrested by the police In his 4 4 home. 4' 4 Thursday, 8 a./n., Gunderson con- 4 4 fessed he had taken the money and 4: 4 told where he had concealed It. All 4 4 the money was recovered. 4 4 Friday, 9:30 a. m., Gunderson was 4 4 arraigned waived examination and 4 4 was bound over to the district 4 4 court. 4 t Friday, 2 p. m., Gunderson was 4 sentenced. 4 4 4444-M-+4-M-M-f ♦ St. Paul, Minn., April 23.—John Gund erson, who confessed to the robbery of the Northern Express company’s office by holding up Fred Zimmerman, a clerk, compelling the latter to hand over a package of money containing $25,000, was sentenced to the St. Cloud reformatory. The sentence is indeter minate. NAVYMAN, BARRED, CAN RECOVER ONLY PRICE OF TICKET Providence, R. I„ April 23.—Fred J. Buenzle, who was barred from dances in Newport because, as he claims, he was wearing the uniform of the navy, can recover at law only the price of his admission ticket, according to a de cision handed town by Justice Swee land of the Rhode Island superior court. The decision says the legal rights of a man wearing a United States uniform are not different from those of any well behaved person who possesses a ticket of admission to any place of amusement. The Judge holds that the proprietors of any amusement place are not under any obligations to admit any person whom they may choose to exclude. Buenzle was given financial support by the naval officers and President Roosevelt to help defray expenses of the prosecution. EARTHQUAKE IN ITALY, ILOILO IS SUFFERING Manila, Aprtl 23.—The latest reports; from Iloilo say the fire has been checked. The native quarter of the city! was destroyed and the property loss la: estimated at $100,000. The business sec-! tlon was untouched. Several hundred houses were de-j stroyed and 10,000 natives are home-; less. The shocks were the most severe laj fifteen years. J