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About The frontier. (O'Neill City, Holt County, Neb.) 1880-1965 | View Entire Issue (June 16, 1910)
fHE O’NEILL FROM T ILL O. H. CRONIN. Publl.h.r. F.'■ ■' IfNEIUL. NEBKA8KA “By living with tbe Arabs, doing as they did, and moving with thorn In their migrations," writes Douglas Car ruthers In the Geographical Journal. "I obtained an Insight into their mode or life and customs. 1 learned „how to drink coffee a la Arab, and, most difl «ult of all, how to sit still all day long doing nothing. I found this last most trying, more especially because It was cold. A Bedouin tent Is a draft? Klace at the best, but in midwinter It i almost unbearable. On two occa sions there was snow on the desert. We used to feed out of a huge, round dish, 10 of us at a time. The fare was Camels' milk and bread in the morning and in the evening we generally had meat and rice, cooked with an enorm ous amount of fat. During the day we appeased our hunger by sipping strong black coffee. At night there was al ways a largo group of men in the tent bf the sheik and talk was carried on far Into the night _ Forty-three automobile accidents were reported to the police of Chicago In two weeks, according to figures fathered by Chief of Police Steward. he mishaps resulted in thirty-eight persons being Injured. Thirty of the accidents were collisions between auto mobiles. This, Chief Steward asserts, •hows the carelessness of chauffeurs ana the need of better legislation to regu late them. “The automobile problem is a serious one,” said Chief Steward. “Most of the accidents either are caused by negligence or careless driv ing. There is need of better legisla tion to regulate the automobile and the chauffeur.” _______ The people of the New England Itates are proverbial for their "enera tion of trees and in these davs of Iruthless destruction of woods it is re freshing in the extreme to hear of a Case like the resident of Kennebunk tort, Me., who, rather than to disturb n old tree which grew on his farm opon a site desired for the location of • barn, built the structure around the free. The barn wall completely cir cumscribes the tree, but lies at suffici ent distance to give the tree plenty of lir. The age of this particular tree Cl not accurately known, but it is one >f a pair which is said to have been full grown trees at the time of the revolution. _ _ The pine Is the greatest American free. It has been of the widest use, is host in demand and has enriched its tens of thousands of men The most fashionable tourist and health resorts b the south are in the "piney woods” feglons—vide Aiken. 8 C.; Pinehurst, N. C.; Thomasville, Ga., and others. It Is the resinous quality of the ozone that Ittacts the health and pleasure seek irs. Also the piney woods country af fords the finest of fruits, vegetables and melons. Living is cheap among the sines, health good and the people well fed. _ __ An authority on alcohol stills says that there are 20,000 farm stills in oper ation on as many farms in Germany. The German government permits the (armor to produce a certain amount of grain or potato alcohol, the amount de pending upon the size and location of (he farm and the annual demand for [he product, upon the payment of a re |uced revenue tax. Alcohol distilled In Ixcess of the quantity allowed is sub ject to the higher rate or taxation. De natured alcohol, however, Is not sub ject to any tax. _ Countess Szechenyl (nee Vanderbilt *f New York), has made, In the name >f' her husband, Count Ladlslaus Bzechenyi, a gift to the Academy of Sciences at Budapest of 600,000 crowns ($120,000) for endowing chairs In for »ign universities for instruction In the Hungarian language, history, literature and law, In order to obtain recognition »f the Hungarian nationality the world over. The United States is easily first as regards the length of her telegraph lines, being 1,160,965 miles, or about three times as much as Great Britain *r France, which have 386,358 and $91, (75 miles of wire, respectively. Ger many has the largest telegraph system In Europe, 401,039 miles. Russia, with Siberia Included, has only 402,371 miles tf wire. The latest Jewelry novelty in Ger many is a special type of ring for di rorced and widowed persons. The llaim set forth for these curious Inno rations in rings is that they save the wearers, especially the feminine aex. trom embarrassing or painful explana tions, and delicately inform other In terested persons of their clrcum - Itances. __ The finishing touches have Just been Raced on the exterior of "the model power plant of the world”—a $1,500,000 Itructure erected by the United States government a stones throw from the japltol at Washington. This station Is lo furnish heat, light and power to the pntlre group of Immense government buildings on Capitol hill. Since the introduction of taxicabs in Wew York city four years ago, the dme honored hansom has been grud tally disappearing from Manhattan's treets. Of the hundreds of these ve hicles that were at one time a feature »t life in the busy city orly a few re main. Merchants In the south have awak ened to the value of rural telephone lines, and are seeking to develop them with a view to increasing their trade among the rural population. In certali sections they have made large contri butions to aid the farmers In bulldinj their UneB._ _ _ News has been received of flghtlnj a. the Kogoro and Attakka districts o northern Nigeria. Bees play an lm nortant part In the warfare with thes Nigerian tribes. The villagers on retlr Ing before an enemy excite the bee and let them loose, and woe betide th jnan who is attacked by them In th labyrinths of cactus which surroundei the villages. _ Speaking of the comet as a "celes tial wanderer," when Its orbit is flxei and known and its pluce in the heav •ns determined at any time, is abou as correct as speaking of a "dash t the pole" when the dasher is doin, well to make 10 miles a day. It is said the Professor Karl Harries «f the University of Kiel, has produce a synthetic rubber. Attempts such a this huve been made time and tim< but with no commercial success. Life Insurance has made great prog .ess in Japan, and there are alread 42 -companies operating there, near! one-foui th us many as in England. The tourist in London has his choic Of 3.228 omnibuses, 4,825 hansoms. 3,65 four-whelers, to say nothing of hun dreds of taxicabs. Astronomers discover an average c three comets a year, but few pf thei ore visible .to the unaided eye. NEBRASKA BANKING INSTITUTIONS SHOW STRONG FEATURES beposits Show an Increase of $4,481,273.45 Over Last . Year’s Statement. Lincoln, Neb„ June 14.—The abstract of the condition of the Incorporated, private and saving hanks of the state of Nebraska, at the close of business ion the 11th day of May, 1910, shoiys • gratifying condition as follows: Number of banks reporting, 662: average reserve, 27 per cent; deposit ors, 225,420. RESOURCES. Loans and discounts .$69,044,318.25 Overdrafts . 645,128.04 Bonds, securities, judgments, clglms, etc. 588,291.92 Due from hanks . 16,112,154.44 .Banking house, furniture and fixtures . 2,408.903.58 Other real estate . 176,828,60 Current expenses and taxes paid . 961,461.69 Other assets . 61,746.89 Cash .4,627,648.83 Total .$94,516,382.21 LIABILITIES. Capital stock paid In.$12,269,740.00 Surplus fund . 2,246,449.45 Undivided profits . 2,342,399.87 Dividends unpaid . 25.251.13 Deposits . 76,964,166.39 Notes and hills rediscounted_ 66,364.46 Bills payable . 612,011.00 Totals .$94,616,382.21 The report runs: This department feels like congratulating the people of Nebraska on the unexpected strong showing made by the hanks at this time. In view of the wide spread and unusually large Investments made In lands and otherwise, It would be natur al to expect an unusually heavy drain on the deposits of the banks of the state. Such does not seem to have been the case, as the decrease from the statement made February 12, 1910, the date of the high water mark for de posits In the history of the state, shows about $1,000,000, and the in crease over a year ago Is $4,481,273.45. In the loan Item the Increase between this and the previous call, Is $1,712, 181.77, and between this and a similar statement a year ago shows an In crease of $8,866,760.54. The fact that this statement Is made at the close of a period marked by unusually heavy Investments, the showing Is certainly gratifying. The average reserve a year ago was 32 per cent, at the last previous call 30 per cent, and this statement shows ^an average reserve of 27 per cent. The actual cash on hand In the banks Is shown by this report to be $4,627,648.82, an Increase of almost $200,000 since February 12, 1910. - The notes and bills rediscounted and bills payable are $678,375.46, an In crease of but $113,164.42 since the Feb ruary, 1910, report. This Is the beginning of the season when loans decrease and deposits In crease, so that while the condition of the banks Is strong at this time, it will grow stronger from now on until fall. —+— FATHER’S WIDOW GENEROUS WITH LONG LOST SON Fremont, Neb., June 14.—Edward Murphy, the "lost heir” who came from Troy, N. Y., to claim a portion of the estate left by his father, the late James Murphy, did not come in vain. He left lust evening for New York with a deed to half the Maple township farm in his pocket. The settlement was made Thursday at Wahdo, where Mrs. Murphy, the widow, is staying with her sister. She summoned the claimant's attorney to the Saunders county town Thursday morning and he returned in the afternoon with the deed. By the terms of the will, James Murphy left his entire estate, valued at $15,000, to his second wife, cutting off his son, Edward, who he had not seen for 40 years, without a cent. Mrs. Murphy said Thursday that she had come to the conclusion that Mr. Murphy’s son, her stepson, should have an equal share In the property. By giving him the deed to half of the 120-acre farm she saved the necessity of going into the courts in an attempt to break the will. MONUMENT ON TRAIL. Kearney, Neb., June 14.—The first monument in Nebraska to mark the old Oregon trail has been erected here by the Fort Kearney chapter of the Daughters of the.American Revolution. At the unveiling of the monument, which was marked by impressive cere monies and a large crowd from the surrounding country, it was presented by the chapter to the city of Kear ney. —4— HORTICULTURISTS AT WYMORE Lincoln, Neb., June 14.—The State Horticultural society will hold its sum mer meeting at Wymore, July 20 and 21. The society Is required by law to hold two meetings annually. Fruit crop conditions will be discussed. SEATTLE IS SWEPT BY A DISASTROUS BLAZE Fire Breaks Out on Water Front During Storm and Does Oreat Damage. Seattle, Wash., June 14.—Fire that broke out on the northern water front during a storm last night was carried ; to a district to the eastward, thickly t covered by wooden buildings, and in a . short time 20 acres were ablaze, caus > ing a loss of $1,000,000, und making 500 . people homeless. i The fire, starting at Railroad avenue s and Battery street, destroyed all the ) buildings on six city blocks and picked 1 out a wooden house here und there In the surrounding district not entirely fire-swept. Alarming reports of loss of . life were reported among the crowds 1 outside the tire lines, but so far as can . be learned there were no fatalities, t Sixty horses were burned in a stable > on Railroad avenue, f Tile district had long been considered a dangerous risk, and rates were so high that most of the light wooden , buildings carried little or no insurance I DEATH FOR ASSASSIN. , London, June 14.—Official advices from calio, Egypt. Btate that the court of cessation there today confirmed the . sentence of death im>.sed upon the stu , dent, Wardani, who shot and killed y Boutros Pacha Ghali, the Egyptian premier and minister of foreign affairs' 9 TO BOND UNIVERSITY. 0 Washington, June 14.—Tile trustees . of the George Washington university have decided to Issue $105,000 of second mortgage bonds on the real estate oi f the institution. They hope thereby tc II tide the university over its present . financial crisis. GOLDEN RULE WORKS WELL WITH DRUNKS; CUTS OFF ONE-HALF Tried for a Month and Now in Effect as One «f the Ordi nances of Omaha. Omaha. Neb., June 11—A month ago. when Chief of Police Donahue appeared before the fire and police commission and asked to b<^allowed to give the "golden rule” plan a trial in dealing with drunkards, the members were in clined to laugh at the idea, contending that a drunken man was more in need of a cell in the jail than an applica tion of the golden rule. However, the arguments of Chief Donahue carried weight, and he was authorized to give the plan a trial of a month. The month has expired, and now the "Golden Rule” is in full force and effect as any ordinance of the city. In Omaha, as in most other,, cities, there are certain respectable citizens who now and then look top long upon the wine. In the past, when friends did not happen along to take care of them, they have been placed in the patrol wagon and carried to Jail, there to remain until sober. Now, however, Instead of making nuisances of them selves upon the streets, or going to Jail, they are put into police automobiles and taken home, where the wives and members of their families learn of their real condition. Chief Donahue says the "Golden Rule” method in dealing with "drunks” has reduced drunkenness fully 50 per cent in the single month that the new order of things has been in operation, and that it is working so well it will be continued. With reference to common drunkards there is no "Golden Rule.” They are taken to jail, especially those without homes, where they remain until the following morning, when they appear In court and take the usual fine. VIOLENT DEATHS FOR THREE SONS IN ONE YEAR Nebraska City, Neb., June 11.—A strange fatality has followed the sons of Dr. Thompson of this city, three oi them, all men, having met violent deaths during the year. The father, broken in health and bowed with grief, has sought and secured refuge in the Soldiers’ home. Ten months ago, Morris, the oldest son, fell from a railroad bridge and his neck was broken. A month later, George was killed in a railroad wreck in Montana, and a week ago, Curtis, the third and last son of the family, went into the basement of his house here, and cutting his throat with a pocket knife, bled to death before he was dis covered. PEARY TO CONTEST LAWSUIT OF FRANCKE Row Among Polar Explorers Will Be Fought Out in Ger man Courts. Berlin, June 11.—Commander Robert E. Peary, who was served here yester day with papers in a suit brought by Rudolph Francke, left for London this morning. The American explorer had nothing to add today to his statement of last night that he had placed the matter of the litigation in the hands of American Ambassador Hill. Francke was associated with Fred erick A. Cook In north polar ex plorations and alleges that Peary, found him ill at Etah and took advantage of his condition to take his collection of furs and walrus and narwhale teeth as the price for transporting him home, ward. Francke demands $10,000 as the value of the Arctic products which he claims to have handed over to the com mander. The suit was brought in the Berlin courts, notice of the action being served on Peary when he arrived here yester day to fill a lecture engagement. Later It was learned that while here Commander Peary said to a friend that he would contend that the German courts had no jurisdiction, as he had no property or domicile here. He had anticipated, he said, that the box of fice receipts at Philharmonic hall, where he lectured last night, would be attached and he was rather surprised that they were not. The case will come up on June 28. Mr. Peary has arranged to be repre sented in court by an attorney. He expects to sail from England for New York on Saturday. THREE LOSE LIVES IN A WRECK IN MISSOURI St. Louis, June 11.—Three men were killed, two perhaps fatally injured and six others seriously hurt when the St. Louis, Iron Mountain and Southern fast mail train for Texas was wrecked near the city limits early today. The train left the track and crashed through the walls of a building of the Miller Manufacturing company. The dead and injured were members of the train crew or worked In the mail cars. No passengers were carried on th* train. The dead: WALTER A. DOUGLAS, engineer. ROBERT D. SHEPPARD, fireman. JASPER L. LASTER, mail clerk. The injured who are believed to be dying are Thomas A. Couman, brake man and T. J. Wiggins, postal clerk. The wreck was caused by the engine Jumping the track while going around a curve. YOUNG KERENS BETTER. St. Louis, June 11.—Richard C. Ker ens, Jr„ son of the United States am bassador to Austria-Hungary, who was taken to the city hospital last night, unconscious from an overdose of par aldehyde, was sufficiently recovered this morning to be removed to his home. DIAZ HONORS KAISER. Berlin, June 11.—Emperor William has received an autograph letter from President Diaz, of Mexico, asking him to accept the Grand Cordon of the newly instituted order of the Mexican Eagle. His majesty accepted the decoration in a cordial response. PANIC IN NICARAGUA. Washington, June 11.—Official dis patches from Managua, Nicaragua j state that the war is fact reducing ; western Nicaragua to a state of panic. The exportation of fruit products has been prohibited and money exchange 4 la rapidly Increasing. MRS. DORA E. DOXEY, LIBERATED BY JURY, VISITS HJRMER HOME Refuses to Talk About Murder Trial and Future Home Not Yet Decided. Omaha, Neb., June 9.—Mrs. Dora E. Doxey, fourftl not guilty of the charge erf murdering William J. Erder by a St. Louis Jury Fridaysand now at lib erty under bonds pending her trial on a bigamy charge, was in Omaha a short time yesterday. Mrs. Doxey is naturally an attrac tive looking woman, although her Ap pearance plainly Indicated the nervous strain under which she has been dur ing the sensational trial which resulted in her acquittal on the murder charge. "No, I do not want to talk about it. I am making a hurried trip to Colum bus and will leave there today," was the response given a reporter who asked her if she had any comment to offer on the proceedings at St. Louis. "The papers have said a great" deal and I have nothing further to say.” Wearing a large black hat, white waist and dark skirt, the woman un happily prominent in the public eye for several months was the subject of many curious glances at the Union station when her personality became noised about. She arrived in' Omaha accompanied by her sister, Mrs. Grace Latham, of this city, leaving for Columbus on Union Pacific passenger No. 17 at 12:40 o’clock. Mrs. Doxey would not intimate where she will make her home in the future, but has repeatedly stated that she will not again live with Dr. Doxey. WANTS ALIMONY BOOSTED TO MEET HIGH PRICES Lincoln, Neb., June 9.—Because the cost of living has increased, Mrs. Ger trude E. Miller has petitioned the dis trict court to Increase her alimony al lowance above the $15 a month fixed by t-he court five years ago, when her decree was granted. Her former husband, Clarence Mil ler, in charge of an implement house here, has remarried, and has been dila tory about sending her the $15 even. She now wants $20 and says that this will scarcely equal the original sum, since the price of necessaries has gone above 40 per cent more than when she first received the award. RUTH BRYAN LEAVITT-OWEN’S FURNITURE IS SHIPPED Lincoln, Neb., June 9.—A drayload of furniture belonging to Mrs. Ruth Bryan Leavitt-Owen, which has been stored In the Commoner building for some time, has been shipped to Jamaica, where she and her husband will live. For several years preceding her recent marriage Mrs. Owen lived at Falrview with her parents and the furniture which she brought back from Denver has not been In use. Part of It is included in the consignment to Jamaica. OXFORD GIVES COL. ROOSEVELT A DEGREE )istinguished American Deliv ers the Romanes Lecture at the Historic University. Oxford, England, June 9.—For mer President Theodore Roosevelt was the guest of Oxford today. He deliv ered the Romanes lecture at the Uni versity of Oxford and the university conferred upon him the honorary de gree of doctor of civil law. The lecture and the conferment con stituted the big feature of the day, but It did not complete the program, which was about as crowded as any that the distinguished American has undertaken In his European travels. The Romanes lectureship at Oxford was named for George John Romanes, who was born at Kingston, Can., on May 20, 1848, and died at Oxford In 1894. He gained celebrity as a natural ist and Fullerian professor of physiol ogy at the royal institution. The first encumbent of the chair, occupied this year by Mr. Roosevelt, was William E. Gladstone, who in 1892 lectured on "Medieval Universities.” Lord Curzon, chancellor of the uni versity, and who delivered the Romanes lecture In 1907, presided at the exer cises today. TAFT URGES LAW BE EFFECTIVE AT ONCE Compromise With Railroads Will Cause Amendment of Pending Bill. Washington, June 9.—President Taft today sent a special message to Con gress In which he recommended that the clause In the new railroad bill which gives the Interstate Commerce commission power to investigate and suspend increased rates filed by the railroads be modified so as to take ef fect Immediately upon signing of the act. As it stands in the bill, the provision would not take effect for 60 days. The president bases his request upon the agreement he reached with the railroads yesterday whereby they agreed to withdraw all Increased rates until v>e new law is signed. As to how the act is to be amended, whether in conference or by joint res olution, the president left to the discre tion of Congress. ANTI-JAPS MAY RISE. Vladivostok, Russia, June 8.—An anti-Japanese rising of serious propor tions is being plotted, it is reported In north Korea by Koreans who are opposed to the annexation of Korea Japan, and who are the enemies of the Japanese generally. MACCABEES MEETING. Kalamazoo, Mich., June 8.—The twenty-second national convention of the Knights of the Modern Maccabees began here today with more than 3.000 delegates in attendance, and nearly the same number registered for the fourth Great Hive review of the Ladles of the Modern Maccabees. WASHINGTON—That there was an attempt made by a Japanese anarchist to assassinate one or more members of the cabinet, as reported from Tokio, was denied yesterday at the Japanese embassy.___ __ WOMAN’S EVIDENCE IS AGAINST THE JANITOR She Tells of Seeing Wendling and Little Kellner Girl in the Church. Louisville, Ky„ June 11.—The one missing link of evidence necessary to establish the fact that Alma Kellner was last seen alive in St. John’s Cath olic church, was obtained last night by Frank Fehr, the murdered child's uncle. Mrs. Rosa Staeuble, who lives a few blocks from the scene of the murder, will be called today at the coroner’s Inquest. She was probably the last person save the murderer who saw the child alive. Mrs. Staeuble says Joseph Wend ling, the missing janitor, who is be ing sought in connection with the mur der. was in the church when she left, and that she noticed him moving about the church several times during her stay of a quarter of an hour, and that she had remarked at the close attention he paid to the little girl, who was on her knees praying. Mrs. Staeuble's story and the finding of a bloody knife and bloody razor among the effects of Wendling arc the latest developments In the case. WRECKED STEAMER IS SINKING IN LAKE ERIE Cleveland, O.. June 11.—The steamer A. L. Hopkins is sinking in Lake Erie three miles east of Colchester lights, according to a wireless message re ceived here. It is reported that the Hopkins and the steamer Syracuse collided last night near Southeast Shoals, and that the Syracuse took the Hopkins in tow. The steamer City of St. Ignace sighted the damaged boats near the mouth of the Detroit river and sent out the call for assistance. The tug Aldridge met the Hopkins and is now towing the vessel to De troit. Toledo, O., June 11.—Steamers A. L. Hopkins and Syracuse collided early this morning near Southeast Shoal lightship. The Syracuse, which was not damaged, took the Hopkins in tow to the mouth of the Detroit river, where she was met by the tug Al dridge. MARRIED MAN DRIVEN TO MURDER BY LOVE Slays Girl Who Rejected His At tentions and Then Ends Own Life. Chicago, June 11.—Unrequited love Is believed to have prompted Frank L. Campbell to slay Miss Lena Hansen and kill himself last night. At a lone ly spot in the southwestern part of the city Miss Hansen was shot twice while on her way home after dark. Both bullets pierced her heart. Campbell, with a photograph of the dead woman in his pocket, was found early today shot to death about 500 feet from where Miss Hansen met death. He was 31 years old and she two years younger. Campbell, who was married and the father of a 3-year-old daughter, was foreman of a starch manufactory. Miss Hansen was employed in the label de partment of the same establishment. AVIATOR SUSTAINS HARD FALL IN TOPEKA FLIGHT Topeka, Kan., June 11.—J. C. Mars, the aviator, fell 50 feet with his Curtiss biplane while making an exhibition flight this forenoon. His machine was caught in a gust of wind while making a turn and captized. The aeroplane was broken, but Mr. Mars was unhurt. He walked back to the aviation field unaided. Mars says that notwithstanding the accident he will continue nis flight to morrow. He attribute^ his fall to an air current caused by a railroad train which passed near the path of his flight. The wheels of the aeroplane stuck in the soft mud when it struck the earth, and it captized smashing the lowe plane. LEPROSY SPREADING, DECLARESA DOCTOR Speaker at Medical Association Sounds Alarming Note About the Disease. St. Louis. June 11.—Officers wero elected at the Cist annual session of the American Medical association to day, and the standing committees, which were announced by President William H. Welch, were confirmed by the house of delegates. In the section on dermatology a paper by Drs. Isadore Dyer and Ralph Hop kins, of New Orleans, contained the an nouncement that leprosy is spreading to nearly every state in the union, and that no concerted method of caring for lepers is practiced. Officials were ac cused of neglecting the quarantine laws. The importance of the prevention of infant mortality was impressed on the delegates at the section on preventive medicine and public health. Drs. Gott reid Koehler and St. Clair Drake, of Chicago, reported that one-third of all deaths in children in Chicago are among children under 5 years of age, and a large percentage of these are from preventable causes. Seven other sectional meetings were held. This afternoon those attending the convention witnessed a double balloor ascension. The national beverage of the Japa nese, sake, has a much more powerful effect on them than on Europeans or \mericans. BRITISH EDITOR DIES. London, June 11.—Sir George Newnes. the founder of the Westminster Ga zette Titbits and the Strand Maeaalne and the donor of the international chess trophy bearing his name, died to day. Sir George was born March 13, 1851, and formerly was a liberal mem ber of parliament, representing Swan sea town. He was the son of a Derby shire clergyman. Under the law of Mexico the national hymn may be played only on occasions when the chief executive of the nation or the governor of a state is present ROADS WILL CANCEL / THEIR HIGHER RATES After Conference With Presi. dent Taft, Peace Pact Is Agreed Upon. Washington, June 10.—A complete Agreement between the government and the recently enjoined railroads of the Western Trunk Line association was reached at a White House conference which lasted more than four hours yes terday afternoon. The railroads rep resented agreed to withdraw all rate* increases filed to be effective on or! after June 1, and agreed to file nol more increases until the bill in con gress, which gives the Interstate Com merce commission power to investigate* and suspend increases that are notj Justified, becomes a law and goes into* effect. The following statement was prepared! .and given out: | "E. P. Ripley, president of the* Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railroad: company; Walter D. Kaines, acting* chairman of the executive board of the Atchison. Topeka & Santa Fe Railroad, company; Frederick A. Delano, presi dent of the Wabash Railroad company,, and S. M. Felton, president of the Chi cago Great Western Railroad company. a committee representing the 24 rail-* road companies defendant in a suit! brought by the government in Mis-' souri, in which Judge Dyer granted an* injunction restraining increases in* ratfcs, met the president and the at torney general today, pursuant to a re-! 'quest sent to the president a few days* ■ago. | “The president stated to these gentle-i men at the outset that the purpose of! the suit was to prevent the proposed! rate increases (which under the exist-' ing law could not be investigated at! all until after they had become effec-i tive) so as to preserve the statutes until the new statute could be passed! and the commission should have the power to investigate rate advances as soon as announced and before becoming effective. "He stated further that he thought the railroad companies must withdraw the tariffs enjoined and all other tariffs* filed by them, effective on or after Jun« 1, 1910, and that none of them ought to file any new tariffs involvirg rata advances until the new law should be passed, assuming that it would be passed at the present session of con gress. “After the conference the railroad companies announced that they would1 adopt the view expressed by the presi dent and thereupon the president stated that if they did so his purpose in bring-* ing the suit would be accomplished, and such result being accomplished^ he saw no occasion for pressing the; suit and the same would be with-i drawn.” The rate Increases specified in the* injunction suit against the railroads in the western association did not cover all of the increases filed with the com imission. The railroads agreed to withdraw all the increases planned for June 1 of after-. FISH LEGISLATION IS CAUSE OFJIG GRAFT Probe at Springfield Is Unearth ing More Crookedness Among Solons. Springfield, 111., June 10—While States Attorney Burke was unearthing im portant evidence In Beardstown last night to assist the grand jury to day in further inquiry into the “jack-! pot,” which Frank Traut admits he handled in Springfield, but which he now insists he spent legitimately. As- a sistant State’s Attorney T. J. Sullivan! ^ found additional evidence in Havana. More subpenaes will be issued when the prosecutor and his aslstants meet today to check up the new evidence. That T. K. Condit, cashier of the First National bank, of Beardstown, took Mr. Burke to his bank last night, of-! fered every assistance and unhesitat ingly exposed all the records relative, to the fisheries bill fund deposited there, adds to the importance attached to Condit’s appearance with his records before the grand Jury today. His records, according to the state's attorney, show that at least $2,075 was sent to Springfield to Frank J. Traut, of Beardstown, nine days before the close of the session of the legislature. Charles Cole, a fish dealer of Beards town, is also expected to testify to day. OFFICE OF CORONER SCORED BY A DOCTOR Speaker at Medical Association Declares It Should Be Abolished. St. Louis. June 10.—The abolishment of the office of coroner was urged by Dr. E. J. Goodwin, editor of the Mis souri State Medical association journal, before the American Medical associa tion in its second session here today. He presented a resolution asking the association, through its house of dele gates. to favor the passage of state laws giving the medical functions of the present eoroner'B office into the hands of a medical examiner, and the, judicial functions into the hands of the prosecuting attorney. Twelve sections of the convention met this morning. The resignation of Dr. F. George Simmons as general sec retary of the house of delegates was. accepted. NEW YORK—Mrs. William Jennings Rryan sailed Saturday for Liverpool to join her husband in Edingurgh where they will attend the world’s missionary conference. MILITARY ACADEMY DESTROYED BY FIRE Norwalk, Conn., June 10—The greater portion of the main building of the Sel-, leek military academy was destroyed* by fire early today, compelling the 75. students to seek shelter for the re-‘ mainder of the night at the Norwalk hotel. The building was erected some 25 >, years ago by Rev. Charles M. Sel leek, who died two years ago. A'large num ber of the students are foreigners.