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REFUSES TO DELAY TRIALS. Kifiil Jif;i lasisiSH Pncitlii wttl Pisttfliet bus. Arraigned on Charge ( Embetsel ment and are Qlvon Counsel. Neely Ploade Net Guilty. as arising from the Oitinn post of fice embexslement opened Psturday In the Audencla court before five Judged. The court room 1 located over the prison In which Neeley ha been con ned. One hundred and eighty-two wltne hsve been called to testify and of these about eighty responded today. . Of (he defendant. Neelry, Rathbone end Reevea were reeled on one aide of the room and Moya and Mascara, the Cuban stamp elerka, on the other. Neeley ahowed no signs of hi confine ment. He haa grown stouter and wan in good aplrlta. Upon the opening of the court Rath bone w aa Informed by the Judge that hi counsel. Senore. Lanuza and De vernlne, bad withdrawn. The court eaked the other counsel for the defense if they would assume chaise of Rath bone a raae, and, being answered In the negative, appointed lawyer Panrua, a court employe, and gave Rathbone one hour in which to consult with hi new attorney. The court avked Neeley to plead and the latter responded that he had never heard the accusations against him, but, after consulting with his counsel, he entered a plea of not guilty. Rath bone, Moya and Macara also pleaded not guilty, while Reeves was granted permission to wait until the next -.-alon of the court before making hi plea. Senor Zaya, Nelcy counsel, a;ed that Ihe accusation against hi client be read. He said he had not given instruction to Neeley, a the court had not allowed him to consult upon document and examine paper in order to prepare hi defense. The complaint wa read in Spanish, consuming two and one-half hour. During the reading Rathbone rose and aid he desired io protest against the continuance of the trial until he should have time to get counsel of hi own selection, and also that if hi plea was to be taken a a d' position he wished to withdraw If. KKFl'HBS TO JimTfOXB TRIAL. The court said that the pica would not be taken In the circumstance, and lhat Rathbone protest would be considered. Before t'he reading of the complaint wa finished lawyer Pcvernlne, a brother of Rathbone former counsel, asked the privilege of the court to as sume the protection of hi brother' client for the afternoon. The court granted hi request, but would nut al low the further delay aked for. law yer Devernine then moved that the reading of Rathbone' answer to the charge be withheld until the next -Ion of the court. The amount of documentary evi dence ubmltted by the government 1 very great, a table being plied with book and Interrogatories. The court in It refusal to postpone the trial aald there wa no reason for delaying the proceedings because the Interroga tories anil other evidence for the de fense had not arrived, lnce they might arrive at any time during the trial. The defense take the grounrt that the government i submitting a great man of documentary evidence and tha tthe twenty day given them to file an answer Is Inefficient. FR88IH6 pECENT RAILWAY MERGERS. Chicago. Jan. 7. At ameeting here nexfWednesday the Interstate Com merce commission win -moe agulnst the Northern Hecurltle tompany and Investigate tl.t combine of the Great Northern, Northern Pacific and Bur lington railway. ' , The commission will probe the en tire matter of "community of Inter, eat" between great railway ytems, but the epeclflc Investigation will be aimed at the northwetern railway. Hundred of wltnrsse, among them many of the leading railway promo ter end owner In the country, have been summoned to appear In Chicago neat Wedneaday lo testify before the eommllon. All the western mag nates have been summoned to appear, and, after the Investigation In Chicago which may lat week, ha been con cluded, the commission will resume Ita hearing In New York and call before It the great promoter and financier ef Wall street. It Is understood there I to be a general and determined fight all along the line. The commllon has an nounced II intention of examining every phase of railroad combination, Including the purchase of the South ern PecMo by the Union Pacific, the t'nlon Pacific's officers 'control 'over the Burlington, and every specflo In stance of what they regard a viola Hons of the Interstate commerce law. Leap From Trestle te Death. , Cincinnati, O., Jan, I. Mrs. Lena Ferfoer, a widow, jumped from tres-, tie fifty feet high In a frenzied attempt to esc a IX certain death from en ap proaching train. Hh wa crossing the Deer creek trestle on the Cincin nati, Portsmouth A Virginia railroad, when e rapidly moving train came up on her. It was Impossible for her io reach the end of th trestle, and she leaped just before the train reached her. Hhe wa alive when picked up, tajt later 414 at the hospital. IOWA MAI FOR TIE tlXlM. Des Moines, la., Jan. (.Adjutant ieneral Byers' name will be" presented to the National Guard association at Washington on tbe lath aa a candidate for president 0 the asoclatlon. The nomination will come from Minnesota In compliment to General Byer8 en the good work he ha done for tha guard In securing the appropriation of $1,000,000 for the guards from con gre. n was largely through the in strumentality of General Byers that thl appropriation was secured. He went to Speaker Henderson with a proposal of the guard association for tt.OOO.OOO. The speaker at first refuse to consider snythlng of the sort. Gen- eral Byers drew tfenator Allison asi Representative Cannon into th move ment and together they prevailed on Speaker Henderson to permit the measure for an appropriation of II, OOO.OW) to be called up. Thl was all that Henderson would permit at that time. The guard association meets in Washington January 20 and an effort will be made to have congress Increase the annual appropriation. It is prob b! that ex-Adjutant General C, O. Iambert of Minnesota will be made secretary and General Byers presi dent. Both have taken an active part in .the work. Under the appropriation Iowa, get annually about $28,000 from the general government for the state militia. General Lincoln, who la pres ident of the Plate Guard association, ha not yet named the delegates from Iowa, but the adjutant general la -offieio chairman. INAUGURATION OF IOWA'S GOVERNOR. Ie Moines, la., Jan. 7. Lieutenant Governor. John Herriott and Speaker W. I,, Katon. who will secure thoe office' about the middle of the month have been entrusted with the naming of the cammlttee to arrange for the inauguration ceremonies The mili tary feature of the inaugural ceremo nies will be the most Important this year. It ha been decided that four companies of the national guard will be called to the city and the compa nies selected will be those that were highest In marking at the last In spection, namely, Company A, Forty ninth Dubuke; Company B, fiftieth, at Davenport; Company M, Fifty-first at Red OBk; and Compeny L, Fifty second, at Sioux Clly. The expense of bringing these companies lo the, inauguration a a military escort to the governor will be about $800. Their aervlce will be donated free, aa in the past. The Fifty-flist regi ment band of Centerville will furnish music for the occasion.- The vocal nvi sic will be largely by the glee club of the Grant club of De Moine. Messrs, Herriott and Eaton have not yet completed the general committee, but Senator Dowell of De Moine will be chairman. The Inauguration will take place January 16 and the cere monies will be In the auditorium. The two house will meet in Joint session and be presided over by the retiring lieutenant governor, J. C. Mllllmen, and proceed to the auditorium. The legislature and the aute official will be serted on the stage. The box- will be reserved for the friend of the governor -ryJ ,ho lieutenant governor. The seats of the auditorium will be free to all who come. It will seat about 3,5()0 persons. In the evening the recepllun to the governor and wife will be at the state house. POWERFUL COAL COMBINE 0R6ANIZED. Pittsburg, Jan. 7. A powerful inde pendent coal combination has been formed In Pittsburg, to be known aa the Manufacturers' and Consumers' Coal company, with a capital of $15, 000,000, all paid in. The combine la a consolidation of ail the J. H. Jones' lu tereHt. together w ith the Pittsburg and Buffalo Coal company. J. 11. Jon -a will be president of the company, J as. June chairman of the executive com mittee and J. P. Jonea general man ager. The total acreage to be con trolled by the ne wcorporatlon will be ;'5,00, all of which is In the Pllsburg I district. The daily output w ill be about 15,000 tons. The Manufacturer and Consumers' company will come into competition with the Pittsbury coal company, which I known as the rail combine. SHOOTS HIS NEI6HB0R IN THE HEART. Humboldt, Neb., Jan. 7. Word Just received here I to the efTect thBt Frank Fritch and William Hunateker, two well known farmers, four mile went o fthl city, quarreled and wound up with a fight, in which Fritch shot Hunxeker through the heart, killing him Instantly. Huniekcr had become Involved In noma trouble over, the establishment of a road. The affair occurred Just over the line In Pawnee xounty, and theh officer of that county are now searching for Fritch, who made hi escape after taking a few ineffectual shot at other men who attempted to Intercept him. Both parties are among the most prominent In their section, and the affair ha stirred up general regret. Both men have families and are well-to-do. " . Congo Ptoo State Company. Brussels, Jen. . An organisation entitled the Upper Congo to the Great African Lakes company, with a cap ital of 26.000,000 franca, was registered here today, with the object of con structing and working 1,400 kilometer of railroad In the Congo Free state. French capitalist subscribed 10,000,000 frnni-'s and Belgians subscribed 15,000, 0OQ franc. The Congo Free Htate guarantees a minimum Interest of 4 per cent. The company gets con ces sion of lands, forest and mines THE SHERIFF IS KILLED. Wiftsiq; Oitlm Illl Hti. tf Firtj Seek lef Tkflr Cipttrc. Mere Than a Hundred Determined Chaee the Fugitives. Prospect of a Speedy Lynohlng. Casper, Wyo., Jan. I. New Year evening four prisoners escaped from jail. They were Charles and Clarence Woodward, David Poote-and C. B. Franklin. Sheriff W. C. Ricker fol lows daad overtook them at Garfield Peak, esenvty-tlve miles west of Cas per. The Woodward, from a concealed position, fired on the sheriff and shot him from right to left through the breast.' A posse was started out at once fer the scene of the shooting. Sheriff Ricker has a wife and four children. One hundred and fifteen men left here for the place where Sheriff Ricker was shot. The posse went out on horseback, but the swiftest may not get there until after midnight. Seri ous thoughts are now being given to the posse, as some have gone poorly clothed and with little or no food. A grub wagon ha Just started to relieve them. The enow out there is over a foot deep, and some of the posse are spt to freese. There i no doubt that Ricker is dead. A vigilance commit tee has been organized here and the men will probably be hung The whole community Is In on the committee, and everything i ready for summary Jus tice. Kxcltement i at white heat. The community hasa been the prey of thieves and a general cleaning up will now be made. GOV, RICHARDS NOT1F1KD. Cheyenne, Wyo. Governor Richards has been advised that Sheriff Ricker of Casper, Wyo., wa shot during a battle with outlaw in the mountains near Garfield Peak, seventy-five miles west of Casper. Sheriff Ricker was In charge of a posse ent out lat Tues day to capture the Woodward broth ers and two others, who escaped from the Natrona county Jail Monday night. The outlaws are said to have been mounted and well armed, friend hav ing aided them after they left the Jail. It I a 10 reported that the out law fortified themselves In a ravine and when the posse appeared opened fire. Reinforcements lave been aent out from Casper. The outlaws are headed for the "Hole in the Wall" country, a notorious hiding place for bandit. DETAILS OF THE SHOOTING. They were confined In the county Jail awaiting trlHl for cattle stealing. LaH Monday night, aided by friends on the outside, the four men sawed thalr way out of jail. Once on the outside, they were given horses anil made their escape to the ranch of the Woodward Bros., at Garfield peak, sixty-five miles west of Casper and not for from the riotorloi Hnle in . the Wall country. Sheriff Ricker and two deputies took up the trail Tuesday and reached th" Woodward place at night. The out law were located In the barn, and as Sheriff Ricker advanced and ordered them to surrender they opened fire. The officer fell mortally wounded, and for twenty minutes the bnttle waged fiercely, the two deputies taking refuge behind some rock. At the end of this time Kheriff Ricker culled out that he was dying and asked to be moved from the range of the flying bull"ts. The outlaw refused to grant a truce and continued firing every time a dep uty showed his head. A the horse of the officers had been Htampeded at the first fire, one deputy wa compelled lo walk buck to a ranch and secure a horse, upon which he went to aCspcr and organized a posse. The whole country is aroused and the capture or death of the outlaws Is certain. The outlaws have horses and plenty of food and ammunition,' and with a good start the chase will be a long one before they are over taken. A RICH SOLD STRIKE IS MADE. Deadwood, 8.D., Jan. . What la be lieved to be a continuation of the Homestake gold ore belt ha been discovered on the ground of the Gar den Clly Milling company near Gur den City. The find Is a body of free milling or, and wa discovered while the annual assessment work was being done. The ore found shows good value. The extent of the deposit ha not bucn determined. It I located only two or three mile from the Homcrtake com pany, and in line with the trend of the ledge. The Garden City district contain it large amount of low grade ore, and recent experiment with the cyanldv process have caused mining men to ,ke a decided Interest In these field. Recently the tailings of an old chlor natloti plant at Garden City wa workvd over with flattering result. Compelled to Work. Waahlngton, D. C, Jan. . The war aepnrtment hus received the report of a court-martial at Manila, involving the caae of Frank C. Merkln, formerly t private In Company K, Thlrty-ev-snth volunteers. Meekln Joined the In urgent and aerved with them for nine month,, chiefly In repairing wea pons and preparing ammunition. Hi icfense wan that he wa captured While drunk, and compelled lo work lor the enemy. He was found guilty mA wnlinwrf til ,1a th CL0S1X8 II CN KelTAIA OUTLAWS. Cheyenne, Wyo., Jan .7. iPosse from Sweetwater, Fremont and Natrona counties are closing In on the outlaws who murdered Hherlft William Richer In Casper, near Garfield peak. In the Rattlesnake mountains, Thursday night. All avenue of escape through Johnson, Sheridan and Big Horn counties en the north and Albany and Converse counties on the south, are being guarded, and the officers hope the outlaw will be captured or killed lnlde of thirty-six hours. Over 108 mounted and well-armed men have joined the chae. Central Wyoming Is aroused as a reu!t of the murder, the details of which were brought to Casper when the mutilated body of Sheriff 'Ricker wa taken home, and threats of a wholesale lynching are openly ex preed. Sheriff Ricker wa not killed la a battle with the escaped prisoners, a at first reported, but wa murdered in cold blood. When the officer and hi two deputies, one of whom wa a cousin of the Woodward brothers, the outlaws, and who is alleged to have Joined the murderers, reached the Woodward ranch, he was shot down as he was entering the barn to stable hi horse. His body was dragged into the barn, where his head was beaten into a Jelly and a bullet fired into his brain. He wa then robbed of pistol, money and valuables, j After the commission of the crime, and while Deputy fherlft Milne wa returning to Casper for aid, the four murderers escaped. Two are believed to be headed north and three south west. The dead sheriff was prominent in Masonic circles in the state. He wta also an Odd Fellow. He was chief of the Casper fire department and a man universally liked. Thebody will be laid at rest Sunday. GOV. SHAW TALKS WITH PRESIDENT. Washington, Jan. 7. Governor 1a: lle M. Shaw of Iowa, who i to suc ceed Hon. Lyman J. Gage as secre tary of the treasury, arrived in Washington tonight. He Is staying at the Arlington hotel and had been there but a short time when, in re sponse to a message from the White house, he walked across, Lafayette place to the president' home and re mained with him until arter 9 o'clock. Later the governor called on Speaker Henderson. He will have a more ex tend. (1 conference with the president tomorrow. Governor Shaw accorded a hearty greeting to the group of newspaper men who were awaiting him in the hotel lobby after his-return from the White house. He was noncommuni ca 1 1 ve, however, w hen asked leading questions about matters of financial policy. Tomorrow Governor Hhaw will confer with Secretary Gage as to the latter' wishes In surrendering the secretaryship of the treasury. The governor said he would be ready to sume the oflice by the 2L'd or 23d of January, but he would suit the date largely to Mr? Gage' wishes in the matter. "iiv experience ha been that when a man has decided to null an office," said the governor, philosophically, "he is Jealous of the hours he has to stay. 1 can come any time, but will leave the change of the date to the present secretary. President Roosevelt has left the arrangements for the change practically to Mr. Gage. The governor will remain here for several days before returning to iow.i. MANY LIVES ARE LOST AT SEA. San Francisco, Cal., Jan. 7. Advices from Kureka say the list of dead and missing In the foundering of the steamer Walla Walla ha reached forty-one. Of these eight are known to have died. The remaining thirty-three are probably adrift on the ocean In two lifeboats atid on a raft. Of the 142 passengers and crew on the Walla Walla 109 are. accounted for as fol lows: Eighty-four survivors are at F.ure ka; 107 at Big Lagoon, near Trinidad, seven were drowned before reaching land and one unknown woman died from the hok and exposure after reaching shore. This leave thirty three unaccounted for. It I thought that nearly all are in boat at ea, hut it la possible some were drowned when the steamer went down. San Francisco. tpecinlj A colli sion at sea early Thursday morning bit ween the steamship Walla Walla and an unidentified sailing vessel re sulted In the sinking of the tiumhlp and probiihln los of at leat twenty live. The Walla Walla, owned by the Pa cific Coast Steamship company, saHod from Pun Francisco January 1 for Pu get Hound point. It carried Hixty-five llrst-clas passenger, , twenty-eight second-clas and a crew of eighteen men. When off the const of C.-ipe Mendocino on the California coast at 4:10 a. m. Thursday and iron bark, be lieved to be French, loomed up In the har.e and crashed Into tho Walla Wal la's bcw. Then the sailing vessel slid off into the datknes and wa feun no more. Plant's Will Is Declared Illegal. New Vork, Jan. 8. Justice Leaven trltt of tha supremo court hu decided that the last codicil to the will of the late H. B. Plant, the southern railway magnate, tying up tils vast personal estate until his youngest son and his grandson become of age,, I Illegal un der New York laws. Mr. Plant, by the decision, will receive $7,000,000 di rect, instead of an annuity of $700,000. Tbe court decided that though Plant died in Connecticut, he was a resident of New York. TEE COMBINE IN COURTS. Step Tskii ti Oppose Riilmd Dili li Hiefcest Ctirt li tie Land. Tho Interstate Commerc Commktion Will Also Investigate tho Big Railroad Combine. New York, Jan. 7. The opposition of the authorities of the northwestern state to the Northern Pacific-Great Northern consolidation will come to a head next Monday, when a bill will be filed in the United State supreme court at Washington to restrain the Northern Securities company from proceeding with it organization. Attorney General Douglas of Minne sota will be id Washington in charge of the matter. This appeal to Ihe highest curt was decided upon at the recent conference of governor of the northwetern states, and received a unanimous approval. The bill, prepared by Mr. Munn, al lege that the Northern Securities company is avowedly organized to hold control of two competing railroads, something positively and clearly for bidden by the Minnesota law. It I argued that the state of New Jersey ha no power to authorize a corpora tion to perfor maets In another state, specifically forbidden by the statutes of such a state. Chicago, 111., Jan. 7 Having been requested by the railway commission of Minnesota to invetigate the pro posed amalgamation of the Great Northern and Union Pacific railway companies and determine whether the consolidation i in violation of the in terstate commerce law, the five in terstate commerce commissioners, Knapp, Flfer,- Prouty and Yoernan.are en route to Chicago. Here a thorough investigation will be begun. Next weeki the commission w ill as semble In the Monadnock building and hear the testimony of officials of the railways proposing to consolidate. Subpoena's have been issued for all the higher official of the two com peting lines, including President Mel len of the Northern Pacific and Presi dent J. J. Hill of the Great Northern, beside President St ill well of the Great Western, President Harris of the Burlington and ex-President Hays of the Southern Pacific. .It Is denied that J. P. Morgan, E. H. Harrlman, Jacob Schiff and W. H. Rockefeller have been asked to at tend. URGES THE SOLDIERS TO DESERT. Washington, D. C, Jan. 8. Accom panying the report of General Chaffee on his action in the case of John T. Kreider, corporal of the Thirty-eighth volunteers, convicted of treason and sentenced to prion for life, which sen tence was reversed and the man set at liberty because of the absence of conclusive proof, is a copy of a proc lamation signed with the names of r.i!! America n seven of them sol diers, inviting American enlisted men to desert and join the ranks of the Filipinos. Kreider claims to have been captur ed, forced to act against his country and compelled to sign the document, which speaks ot the folly of the con tinuation of "fighting these people, who are defending their country against a cruel American Invasion, In the same manner our forefathers did against Kngland." Besides Kreider', the names attach ed are: Harry Almln, company K; John Blake, trumpeter, Twenty-eighth infantry; Frank Clark, company F, Twenty-first InfantryjCharle Buchan an, company B, Twenty-eighth volun teer; Harry Richter, Sixth artillery; Charles Wright, F. Smith and J. Ryan. FISH IN THE WESTERN STREAMS. Washington, D. C, Jan. 8. An In crease of over 9,000,000 in the fish and egg distributed by the government throughout the country and a marked decline In lobster fishing are shown in the annual report of United Stale Commissioner of Fisheries Bower for the last fiscal year. The total fish and egg distributed wan 1,173,833,400, the principal species being shad, salmon, lake trout, white fish, pike, perch, lake herring, cod, flatfish and lobsters. Plans were ma tured to begin the propagation of lake herring on the great lakes. The total yield of the great lakes fisheries for the year was 113,728,000 pounds, worth $2,011,400. There were 9,670 person em ployed in the lakes fisheries and $6, 617,000 was Invested. In recent years the fisheries of the Mississippi and its tributaries have de veloped to such a degree that In 1899 they exceeded In quantity and nearly equaled in value the entire yield of the remaining Interior waters of the United States except In the great lakes. Muel shells, used in the manufacture Of pearl buttons, were a valuable Item, some 145,000,000 pounds being gathered, for which the fishermen ob tained $147,000. Buda-Pest, Jan. 8. An extraordin ary duel has just been fought In the village of Surog between two youth name Arllan and Jan Ik, following a quarrel over cards. Arllan wanted to fight with flat, but Janlk Insisted on pistols. Both were blindfolded and Arllan was mortally wounded. The pistols were loaded with chopped lead, Janlk and his seconds were arrested. In reply to the magistrate' question a to how the duel was arranged, Janlk replied: "We fought as gentle men do." . IfiXMATICI AFFECTS MILL IXTEUSTS, Toprka, Kan., Jan. 7. The use of the wafer of the Republican river 1st Western Nebraska and Eastern Colo ado for irrigation purposes has in creased to such an extent during the past year that the nulling industry la Southern Nebraska and Northern Kansas is beginning to suffer. W. G. -Guthrie of Superior, Neb., anl several Kansas miller are now tak ing steps to prevent the further use of the water for irrigation purposes. The suit against the Irrigationists will probably be tried in the district court of Nuckolls county, Nebraska. W. W. Williams, an attorney of Clay Center, Kan., ha been engaged to assist in the prosecution. It is the intention of the miller to try the case in the Ne braska courts because the laws of that state are more strict in regard to the control of irrigationists. The suit will probably be brought under the Nebraska law enacted In 1SS7, which provide that the right of the earliest user of the water are paramount to those of later consum ers. It will be shown that the mlHs of Southern Nebraska have been us ing the water of the. Republican for twenty-five or thirty years for power, and that the irrigationists have only begun using the water during the past ten years. The suit will be somewhat similar to the suit begun in the Unit ed States supreme court to restrain the irrigation companies of Colorado from using the waters of the Arkansas river. CARNE6IE MAKES OFFER TO FREMONT. Fremont, Neb., Jan. 8. Andrew Car negie has made an offer to donte to the city of Fremont a $16,000 library building. A short time ago Superin tendent J. L. Laird of the city school wrote to Mr. Carnegie, setting out th need of a public library building for the city. Now he has received an an swer, stating that if the city council will pledge itself by resolution to sup port a library at a cost of not les than $1,500 a year and provide a suit able site Mr. Carnegie will be glad to furnish $15,000 for a free library building. The members of the council appear to be heartily in favor of ac cepting the proposition, and no diffi culty is expected in raising the money for the purchase of a site. It is Just a year since the agitation , begun which resulted in the establishment of th present Fremont public library. 6000 USE FOR THE PRIZE MONEY. San rancisco, Jan. 8. Captain B. H. McCalla, now in command of the Kearsarge, the flagship of the North Atlantic squadron, ha in view the erection of a fine club house at Val lejo for the enlisted men of the navy. He ha already secured a site- for the proposed building, paying' for' it with the prie money awarded to him for his service in the Spanish war. Addi tional funds are to be secured by pop ular subscription. Mrs.' McCalla is now here making the preliminary ar rangements for the erection of the structure, which will probably be modeled after the Blue Jackets' club house In Brooklyn, which was erected through the munificence of Miss Helen Gould, j . -1 1 1 cot? 5 ! f! a. Itbmrv v v m nasium, billiard room, a bowling alley and sleeping rooms and be a home for the men at Mare Island when off duty. LAMPRE HERE TO, SELL THE CANAl New York, Jan. 7. M. Lmpre, sec retary general of the Panama Canal company, arrived in New York on tha French line steamer l'Acquitaine. He la here to confer with a number of the Panama company's American rep resentatives and to renew overtures for the sale of the canal property to the United States. In regard to the price which it Is in tended to ask for the property, It is generally believed that it will be ap proximately $40,000,000, although up wards of $150,000,000 was asked at first. The definitive price, however, will not be submitted until it is as certained whether the United State ia disposed to renew the negotiations. TRUST PLANS TO CONTROL THE KHMJ Chicago, III., Jan. 7. At a meeting held this week by the directors, of the Diamond Match company, plans were discussed, it is reported, for securing a monopoly; on the match manufacturing Industry of the world. The company already practically controls the match Industry in thfe United States, In England and in South America. It also has factories in operation ia Germany and Is negotiating for the purchase of the Swedish match Indus tries. It 1 planned also to establish factories in other countries within the next year. Edwin Gould has become the princi pal owner of the Diamond Match stoch and It Is said to be his Intention to se cure a monopoly of the business th world over. The Sattley Manufacturing company has filed suit In the Sangamon county court against forty-two strikers, who formerly worked In the Sattley shops, but are now engaged In a strike, to recover damages placed at $40,00. While suffering from the delusion that someone was pursuing him for the purpose of- murder, George Jones, supposed to be from Madlsonvllle.La., leaped to his death from the third) floor of the Salvation army barrack at St. Louis. Death was Instantane ous. Archie Patterson wa shot and killed . by Oscar Baker at Mount Vernon, Both were young men. The mnrder occurred In a notorious resort to tk town.