SCENES OP THE CAPITAL OF HAITI , y/HICH WAS SEIZED BY TEE
REBELS , WHEE'E LOOTERS WORKED HAVOC IN A HIGET OF TERROR.
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PUBLICITY CURB ITOE TRUSTS.
Sec'y Straus in Eeport Urges Federal
Hegistration of Corporations.
The effective control of corporations
can IK * brought about , declares Secret -
t ; > rv Straus of the Department of Com-
/r / . .
3KTSiKjf , A SSJ
ff w i
nicrce and Labor ,
in his annual re
port , by federal su- !
pprvifcion of inter
state corporations
vuth the primary
i end of securing
complete publicity
fcj in corporate affairs
and federal regis-
Iration.
Secretary Straus
ti . .j \ iiSTKAUS. . says mat some cou-
& .iu ti\e system , which will give the
\M-7"st publicity and allow of the most
< "i.I i-ie co-operation , must come soon
ait'I .t will have the following basic
f . ; uu-s : It should be carried on by
II. jd j < 'ral govi-rnmcnt , as the only
.i.diction : : competent to handle a sub-
j < t mailer * in
so ontireli national its
s " > , . and nature. It should require a
i-\s < > is of regular reports from all large
ji'to-Mate corporations to be made to
an idmmistraiivo ofiicc and should pro-
vi' c that that office shall have access
i 1ic ! record of these corporations. It
pho'i'd further provide that that ofiice
shall publish the important facts as to
corporate operations , so far as they arc
of public interest , safeguarding at the
eano lime from unnecessary publication
iiH proper business secrets. So far as
poMl'lt ' the system should be made vol
untary rather than compulsory.
In exchange for giving this publicity
corporations should be allowed to ivg-
jstor under .such a law so as to obtain
n federal standing and the public bene-
( t of their position as concerns not
afraid of scrutiny.
NEV7BEBBY HEADS THE HAVY.
Vielor IT. MeteaM Ile < ires ami Xew
Secretary Is Stvorn In.
Truman II. Newberry was sworn in
Tuesday as Secretary of the Navy. Mr.
Met calf , his predecessor , formally present-
red him to the cabinet at its meeting. The
Ilast official letter written by Mr. Metcalf
was to Admiral Dewey , thanking him for
"most cordial and loyal support. " The
retiring Secretary left at once for his
home in California.
Steel I'Innt It Ilcopenliis.
The Carnegie Steel Company has or
dered two big furnaces at its Mingo Junc
tion , Ohio , plant 'star ted. The rest of the
plant will shortly be put in operation.
It employs 3,000 men and has been idle
monUis.
u
Hero of St. l.onl Tornndo Dead. of
dipt. John C. McLean , 07 years old ,
" who saved a ferryboat laden with scores
of passengers during the St. Louis tor
nado of 1SOG , is dead in an East St. Louis
hospital.
HOLLAKD MENACES VENEZUELA.
Di : > cIi " .Vr Jjliiijs Plaice IJciu-
AJou : Use Coa t.
Three Dutch warships , the battleship
Jacob Van lleeniskerk and the cruisers
Friesland and Gelderland. have made a
demonstration against Venezuela. Togcth-
er they steamed Thursday along the coast :
Puerto Cabello to La Guaira at a
dlslavK-e of o.OOO yards- from the shore.
The Jacob Van Heemskerk returned to
Willemstad Friday morning. The two
cruisers are going to Maracaibo. where
they v.ill make a similar demonstration.
The demonstration is regarded as indi
cating the preparations for an effecthe
blockade of ulie Venezuelan coist : are com
pleted. It is reported that the Nether
lands battleship De liuijtcr left Holland
Thursday for this porl.
KILLED BY SOBBEES AT ST. PAUL
I'oily oJ St. Ptl niisine..s I\Iiis
'Found "Under a IJriilsc.
The body of Joho P. Gedney , brother
of M. A. Gedney. Charles B. Gedney and
Isadore V. fJedney. proprietors of the M.
A. Gedney Pickle Company of St. Paul ,
was found under the bridge of the Min
neapolis and St. Louis railway. Second
street and Fourth avenue. South Minne
apolis , with his skull fractured. It is
< -upposc d lip uas shot and killed by rob
bers and thrown from the bridsrc.
Texas will cut a big figure in the winter -
ter racing game.
AI Kaufman and Jim I'.arry are match
ed to fight forty-five rounds at the Jeffries a
Club , Los Angeles.
At Vermillion. South Dakota , unversity
defeated North Dakota at football by a
score of 10 to 4.
The deaMi of John Watson , the famous
polo player , at Navan , County Meath , Ire
land , is announced.
Dainty Dame easily Avon the handicap
at Latonia. Hanbridge , the favorite ,
had no trouble taking the place from All
Red.
Frank Erickson , the star catcher of the
TVausau , "Wis. , baseball team last season ,
3ias been drafted bythe Minneapolis ful
American Association team.
In the big school game of tlie North
west , Shattuck defeated Pillsbury , 30 to
22. The defeat was more decisive than
the score indicates 'as the cadets were
never headed.
Dorando , the Italian runner , who made
such a sensational finish in the Marathon
race lield last summer , will run a race in
America with John J. Hayes , the winner
the Marathon.
It is announced that the proposed aero
plane race between Paris and Bordeaux ing
will be held next summer , probably in men
July. Five halts to renew supplies of
gasoline , etc. , will be permitted.
SHI ? SOO CITY SINKS.
Steamer 1'rom Chicago Goes to BotPil
torn in Gnle Oft Newfoundland.ni I
The .steamer .Soo City , from Chicago , I '
is believed to have sunk in the Gulf of
St. Lawrence with all aboard. No pasaet
scngers wore on the vessel. The See j i
City , for some time on the run between
Chicago and llonton Harbor , had plied [ I
the great lakes as an excursion boat
for twenty years.
Wreckage A\hich lias come ashore at
Cape liny loaves little room for doubt
that tlie sturdy little steamer wont
down in the gale that las-hod the New- J
foundland coast for two days.
The steamer w.is in command of Capto
tain John ( J. Dillon , of P.rooklyn , who
was formerly commander of the United
States govornnii-nt transport Missouri ,
The exact number of the crew is in
doubt. It N known , however , that no
fewer th.jn eighteen men were on
board , and it has boon reported that
the crow was recently increased to
tuonty-oi-cht men. i
The See City w.is sold recently by
the Indiana Tr.mvporlation Company to
Felix Jackson , of VoLiso. . Texas , and
was being taken to Now Orleans , whore
it had been planned to put her in ser.uuj
vice between that city and Texan ports. .
She was to bo overhauled in New York ,
and for that purpos" had been consigniUj
ed to Agent T. II. Franklin , of Now
York. The See City sailed from MichiPVOI
gan City on Nov. 1 and reached Ogdensabo
burg. N. Y. . Nov. 11. At that port she
took on coal and added four men to
her crew. Up to that time the steamer
was in charge of F. V. Dority. of Mil-
\\aukcc. but at Ogdonsburg the comlne
, mand was turned over to Captain Dil-
Ion. She -uas last reported at Quebec
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N01V A BUTTE2 , TSUST.
! - > lu5n , Chicnfto misl Kji'.leru Dealers
J etiJire Corner on Commodity.
The "butter trust" is the latest com
bine to send thrills of anxiety through the
housewives of the country. Butter , to a
certain extent , has been "cornered. " A
group of Chicago , Elgin and Eastern
butter dealers ha\o pooled their inter-
c ts , and it is said that they intend to
send the price soaring until butter will
be a delicacy on the dinner table , instead
of a necessity. The "butter pool" is said
to be gathering in a rich profit oft thou
sands of pounds of cold storage butter ,
purchased last spring. They bought this
butter at nn average price of 22 cents a
pound , and are now selling it for 27 cents
a pound wholesale. Unless the milch
cows of the country come to the rescue
and supply thousands of gallons of crenrn
for : the independent dealers , the butter
trust will have the housewives at its iner-
cjwr . The entire amount of butter in the
warehouses of the country is a little more
than JO.000,000 pounds , just about four
dawi * supply. Whether the butter cows
will be able to thwart the high-price cam
paign of the pool is now a question of
much moment for housewives.
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BAINS STAUT ELOGDS IN KANSAS.
B.G
GiiiT'i : o < 3Fcn Btiild Dikci Along
Sfirius 35iier Banks.
Swollen by heavy rains for ninety-six
hours , streams in the vicinity of Galena ,
Kan. : , have broken through their banks ,
overflowing the lowlands and causing destruction - '
struction of property. Spring river is on
rampage , and at I ladder much danger
to mines * is feared. A force of fifty or
sixty men has been employed building
dikes along the river banks to prevent the
mines from being flooded by the overflow.
Reports state that the Neosho river is
out of its banks in several places in
southeastern Kansas , overflowing the low-
lauds and causing much destruction to
farms. liailro&d traffic is demoralized.
J-iiijuor , Even as M-ediciiie.
Gov. ITaskell of Oklahoma formally de
clared the State dispensary system had
been abolished by the vote at the recent
election , leaving citizens without any law
means of purchasing liquor for medic *
inal purposes inside the State.
Lost * 7 y Fire nt Resort.
Damage amounting to $100,000 was
done by fire at Exposition Park , Con-
neaut Lake , a popular .summer resort near For
Meadville , Pa. The progress of the flames
was diecked by dynamiting a number of
buildings. aicl-
invc
Ilunter.s Killed.
in
Joe Berenski nad John Bardole , for side
eigners , were instantly killed while hunt regi
near Steiibenviile , Ohio. One of the qua
fired a bullet into a can that had
previously
prof
viously contained nitroglycerin
, causing a firce
terrific explosion.
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Uncle Sam Reaches Agreement with
Mikado in Affairs in
Pacific.
WILL CONSULT EACH OTEEE.
Nations Promise to Sespect Respect
ive Territories and Chinese
Independence.
official reticence at Wash
ington , information from reliable
sources has been obtained of an agree
ment of far-ro.iching importance be-
I\\con the United States and Japai
The agreement Is Iius-cd on the idea
of encouraging and defending free and
peaceful commercial development in the
Pacific. It contains not only a mutual
guarantee to respect each other's terri
torial possessions there , but defines the
attitude of the two countries toward
China , binding each to defend by every
peaceful moans China's independence
and integrity , and to give equal com
mercial opportunity in the Chinese- em
pire to ftII nations. But more imjior-
" \ni \ still , the agreement in the event
OL complications threatening the status
Qto , binds the United States and Japan
* u' consult each other with a view to
.
acting together.
The agreement has boon drawn up in
the form of a declaration and consists
Of live j articles. The first article gives
, xprossion ; to the wish of the two gov
ernments t ( . encourage the free and
peaceful ccnolopmcnt of their commerce
in the Pacific. The second is a mutual
disclaimer of an aggressive design , and
contains alsr a definition of the policy
of each < r'vernment. both as directed
to the ' maintenance of the existing
status quo in the Pacific and the defense -
fense of rhe principle of equal oppor
tunity for commerce and industry in
China. The third article contains a
statement of the " "
consequent "firm" re
ciprocal resolution of each government
to respect the territorial possession in
the Pacific of the other.
In the fourth article the United
States and Japan express their determination -
mination , "in the common interest of
all the powers. " in China to support "by
all . peaceful means at their disposal"
j.j'ie
the independence and integrity of China
and the principle of oqunl commercial
and industrial opportunity for all na
tions in the empire. The fifth article
mutual { ! } * pledges the two governments.
in the 1 case of "the occurrence of any '
event " f
threatening the
static quo. as
above do-cribcd , or the principle of
equal : opportunity , as alxno defined , .1
"to communicate with each other for
the purpose of arriving at a mutual '
understanding" with regard to the
measures ! ! they may consider it useful to
take.
SOME EXHIBITS AT CHICAGO'S STOCIC SHOW.
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BULL. the
idAIL PASHA IS ASSASSINATED.
rmer Aid-dc-Cuinii of Sultan Shot
Dcmii by Army Ofliccr.
5en. Ismail Mahir Pasha , a former
-de-camp of the Sultan of Turkey , who
estigated the revolutionary movement
the army- last May and who was con-
pred to have been a spy of the old
ime , was assassinated in the Stamboul
irtcr : of Constantinople. He was ap-
lached by an officer of the army , who
d five revolver shots at his victim. The
asein escaped.
BIG STOCK SHOW OPENS.
Great International Live Stocl. Ex
hibit Is On in Chicago.
In the prs"nce 01 a crowd nud % up
principally of fanners and stuck deal
ers , but as gay and iivoly as th ugh
their chief business in life was to
amu.se themselves. Chicago's annual fat
stock show , known as the Internation
al Live Stock Exhibition , opened in
the International Amphitheater. From
early in the opening nmrning until late
at night the big buildings were crowd
ed. During the morning and afternoon
the spectators wandered through the
long aisles of exhibits or watched the
students from nine agricultural colleges -
legos in the judging contest.
Seven thousand cattle , horses , she p
and swine are on exhibition , the cattle
being in the
majority , numbering more
than ) 4.000 head. More than a thou
sand ! horses are displayed , while GOO
sheep ] and as many swine have been as
signed pens. Experts in each depart
ment declare that the quality of the
animals shown this joar excels that
exhibited at any other show in the
world.
For seven years the exposition has
brought to Chicago annually a greater
gathering of country visitors than any
event since the World's Fair in 1S93.
The show was established in 1000 as
the result of co-operation between Jhe
n'ltional pure-bred live-Stock record as
sociations , agricultural colleges of the
UniU-d States and Canada , and tlie
railroad and live-stock interests center11
ed at Chif Jg < x It received the hearty
indorsement and co-operation of the
agricultural departments and govern1'
ments of both countries.
In brief , the show is a v.T = t object
lesson , intended for the improvement
of the live stock of the United States ,
increasing public confidence in the
health and excellence of American ani
mals and moats and the creation of a
bettor demand for them at home and
abroad. It is educational in its nature ,
aims , methods and iv ults . It brings
together from 0,000 to 10,000 of the
world's choicest animals , to b ? judged ,
in competition for more than 2.000 cash
premiums worth $73,000. besides other
valuable prizes.
ZEE.O WEATHSS SILLI2IG CATTLE
n IVomiM ; o L up re ce clouted
an ( oioruslo Ilnnsrc * ) .
Thousands of fpttl. * on the ranges in
Colorado have iicr'i bed and thousands of
others are repoilfl to b" starving. The
prospect is that th re will be unprecedent
ed loss to the cattlemen during the winter ,
which opened early and caught the majority -
ity of stockmen unprepared. In the park
range district , the first suow , which fell
earlj in October , still covers the ransres ,
and hundreds of catt > perished in the
lirt.t storm. Tljls miir'ier was increased
to tens of thousand i. * the storm of the
last ! few days. Ther. ; little grass on
the range * . Feed is sell".is : at almost pro
hibitive prices. 'iay ' briNgircr S2 > to $30
ton in tin * Arkansas valley and other
range distrLls. Dr. CL-.iles Lamb. State
u't'-rinariaii. - herd- 1
herdlook
says mar - ; look as
tho'i li they would bo depleted b } ' over
half before Christmas. I'ange cattle can
not be shipped because of their poor con-
dil inn
Yale Student Kills Himself.
John Alan White , a Yale student , leap
ed from the top of West rock , a cliff 500
feet high at New Haven , Conn. , and waa
crushed to death. His brain had been White
tinned by overwork. His home was itt and
Walton. N. Y.
ton
tional
Ilrynn Buys Texas Fruit Farm. Mi
W. J. P r an and Mrs. Hryan are oa count
I heir return from Mexico , where Mr. Bry \volves
an had been hunting. At Mission , Tezas , aniranls
Mr. Bry.'in purchased a tract of Iaa4 by a
wihich he will plant in fruit trees. I
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1G32 We Vries. on his second voyage ,
arrived at the Delaware river.
1007 Sr. Paul's cuthedr * . ? . London , first
opened.
1702 First school of anatomy in Amer
ica was opened ic Philadelphia.
17.xj : New York evacuated by the Bri -
ish.
1187 , Delaware
adopted tbe federal con-
stkmion , bein ? the first State to do
so.
1793 ConuTOinp of Paris ordered all
churches closed.
17f > i The United States concluded a
treaty with the Tuscarora. Stock-
bridge and Oneida Indian tribes.
1795 Treaty of peace made -writh tlie
Dey of Algiers , by which an annual
tribute w&s given by the United
States for the redemption of cap
tives.
ISOi P.ritish ports in the West ladiea
closed to American commerce.
ISIS Illinois admitted to the Onion as
the twenty-first State.
1S2S John Gilbert made his first ap
pearance on the stage at the Tre-
mout theater in Uostou.
IS30 Pope Gregory XVI. issued a bulle
tin for abolishing the slave trade.
18-18 Ferdinand of Austria abdicated
and was succeeded by Francis Jo-
seph.
1852 Louis Xatpoleon became Emperor
of France Funeral celebration in
Boston for Daniel Webster.
18(11 Jefferson Davis elected President
of the Confederate States of Amer
ica Gen. McClellan ordered ifca
observance of the Sabbath in all the
camps of the United States army. . . .
Lord Monck took the oath of office
as governor general of Canada.
lSJ.j Gen. Longstreet raised the siege of
Knoxville.
ISfM Treason trials of members of the
Knights of the Golden Circle begnu
in Indianapolis.
186.1 Habeas Corpus act restored in tlie
Northern States.
1S67 Committee of the House reported
in favor of the impeachment o Pres
ident Andrew Johnson.
5GS Loretta. a small town in Califor
nia , r-e troi ed by &u earthquake. . . .
Sir John /Young appointed governor
general of Canada.
1S74 Proposal made for an exclusive
mail train to run between New York
and Chicago.
1S70 Steamer IJnru-sia of tilie C nada.
and Mississippi line , foundered at
sea. with loss of 200 lives.
1SS4 Science Hall of the University of.
Wisconsin , at Madison , destroyed by
fire..The presidential electors met
in the several States and cast the
vote which elected Cleveland and
Hendricks.
1S92 Sir John Thompson succeeded"
John Abbott as Canadian prime min
ister.
1900 Royal Canadian troops reviewed at
Windsor by Queen Victoria.
190'J Academy of Music in Brooklyn
destroyed by fire.
- Armored cruiser Tennessee launch
ed at Philadelphia Close of the
Louisiana Purchase Exposition at St.
Louis.
Senor Palma elected president of
Cuba Celebration in New York
of the 250th anniversary of the land
ing of the first Jews in America. . . .
Edward VII. gave New York Yacht
Club cup to be raced for by American
yachts.
Fine of $1S.COO imposed on Ameri
can Sugar Refining Company for ac
cepting rebates from the New York
Central railway Rev. Algernon
Crapsey , who had been charged with
hereby , renounced ministry in the
Protestant Episcopal church.
Hon. liodolpho Lemieux of the
Canadian overnmen received at
lunch by the Empress.
FACTS FOR FAHMEBS.
The business interests
of Fargo are
backing up the proposition to secure the
fair for that city permanently. At
present the fair is on wheels between that
and Grand Fork" .
Elaborate plans are being mr.de for the
farmers' short course to be hold at Cor-
lectionvillle , la. , under the auspices of the
State Agricultural College , Feb. 8
13 , 1909. One hundred prizes wiH be
in the corn contests alone , aggre
$150 for the best 100 ears to $1
some of the third prizes in the thirty-
classes. It is expected that from
to GOO of the best farmers in Western
will attend. The domestic science
is attracting large attention from
women and girls.
The government is experimenting with
breeding to produce a milking strain of
Shorthorn cattle , and nine Minnesota
breeders are co-operating.
President Roosevelt received at the
House about five hundred farmers
their wives , who were in Washing
attending the convention of the Na
Grange. Patrons of Husbandry.
s Eugenia Halstead of McKenzie
} . N. D. , shot and killed fourt n
near her homestead shack. Hie
had been attracted to the vicinity
fine lot of chickens , but Miss HaV
? udked off the wolves on ? by
