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The Cummins amedmeni to the rail-
foad bill prohibiting the putting into
effect of increases in railroad rates
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by the Interstate Commerce Commis-
Bion was before the Senate Tuesday.
. Arguments in favor of the amendment -
were made by Senators Cummins ,
iBorah and Dolliver. Senator Martin
suggested an amendment to the Cum-
tnins provision requiring the commis-
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slon to pass upon all increases within
1 Bix. months after their filing. In the
'House ' an amendment to the' sundry
civil bill was adopted by a strict party
vote of 110" 'to 83 , appropriating $250-
000 > to enable the President to obtain
such prices relating to production here
or abroad as would be necessary for
, an enforcement _ of the tariff law. By
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j.Je.--I. a vote of 84 to 106 the House rejected
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an amendment reducing this allowance
to $75,000.
With the exception of a brief time
given to the general calendar , the Sen-
ate devoted the entire session Wednes
day to the consideration of the rail-
road bill. Senator La Follette occu-
pied the floor for almost five hours in
support of the Cummins amendment
requiring the approval of increases in
railroad rates by the Interstate Com
merce Commission. In the course of
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his speech he declared that it would
toe necessary to add greatly to the
J equipment of the commission in order
to put it into condition to render . .ef
fective service. ' The House consider-
ed various bills on its calendar. Meas
ures were passed to provide a railroad
in the Hawaiian Islands and to build
in Nome , Alaska , a house of detention
for persons suspected of being insane.
Mr. Olmsted of Pennsylvania explain-
ed at length the bill to provide a new
civil government for Porto Rico.
The Senate Thursday by a vote'of 29
to 43 rejected the Cummins amend-
ment requiring the approval of rail
road rates by the interstate commerce
-commission before they became effec
tive. It also adopted an amendment
providing for six months extension of
the : ; 120 days' suspension of new rates
-and regulation in case the hearing is
A not concluded' within the time. The
. -capitalization provisions were stricken
from the bill. Because the President
.exceeded his traveling expense allow-
ance of $25,000 voted by Congress for
the present fiscal year and the com
mittee on appropriations sought to
meet the deficiency by making the ap
propriation ; for next year "immediate-
ly available , " the House was thrown
Into lively debate. Chairman Tawney
.offended several Democrats by sug
.gesting that the President had made
bis extended Western and Southern
- \ . . \ trip largely upon the urgent solicita- .
tion of Democrats of the House. Sev
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. eral Democrats made angry retorts and
.1. { the motion was defeated. '
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The Senate failed Friday to reach a
final : vote on the railroad bill. Senator
Dixon moved an amendment placing
telegraph and telephone lines undei
the jurisdiction of the Interstate Com-
.tnerce Commission. This provision had
ao sooner been adopted , though in dif -
ferent form , than Senator Brown , of
Nebraska , offered an amendment pro-
: hibiting railroads from acquiring con
trol of competing lines under a pen.
alty. Unwilling to accept so import-
ant an amendment without more op ' -
portunity for consideration , the Sen.
ate adjourned. The House twice re
jected amendments by Mr. Keliher , of
Massachusetts to authorize canteens at
-soldiers' homes where such institutions
are within five miles of a town or city
-In which the sale of liquor is author-
ized. It appropriated $1,500,000 for
State and Territorial homes for dis
abled soldiers and sailors and refused
'to : move from New York City to Wash
ington or anywhere else the board of
managers of the national homes for
disabled volunteer soldiers.
_ The Senate Saturday laid aside the
railroad bill to listen to a personal ex
'planation by Senotor Lorimer of Illi-
nois of the charges of corruption in
i connection with his election. He in-
-troduced a resolution directing , the
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committee on privileges and elections ;
to make an investigation. The re. ain.
vder of the day was devoted to eulogies
on the life of the late Representative
'Griggs of Georgia. The House devoted
the to the ' civil
day sundry appropria-
tion bill. Led by the Democrats , it
-curtailed the appropriation for the pro
tection : of the public domain , cutting
In half the amount authorixed to be
used in bringing the work up to date
.and prohibiting the use of any of the
snoney to meet the existing deficiency.
INTERESTING NEWS ITEMS.
Potato fields of Minnesota averaged
115 bushels to the acre during 1909.
Alfred Wade , Montesano , Washing-
ton , raised 123 bushels of wheat on two
4-cres of land.
Experiments with African cactus at
the botanical greenhouse of the Uni- !
yer.sity of Pennsylvania have demon- '
istrated that that plant will grow in
the deserts of Arizona and Southern
' California and will yield enough rub-
' ber to make its cultivation pay.
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f' ls learned that more than 50,000 cherry
trees have been set out this spring by
farmers of Door County , Wis. The in-
dustry in the last few years has reach-
ed such vast proportions that the ter-
eitory is ! ! being given the namn of th .
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BANISHMENT FOE HEBREWS.
Russia Ousts Jews by the Thousands
from City of Kiev.
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One thousand and two Jewish , fami-
lies have now received official notifi-
cation that they must leave Kiev , Rus-
sia , in accordance with the determi-
nation of the Russian government to
drive back into the pale all Jews who
are unable to establish their legal
right to remain outside its confines.
An additional 193 families living in
the suburbs outside the city proper
are subject to deportation before June
14 unless in the meantime they pro-
duce proofs of their right of residence
In their present homes.
It is quite impossible to secure sta-
tistics showing the number of those
already expelled. Even the Jewish re
lief committee is unable to state the
exact figure , but the committee esti-
mates that between 200 and 300 Jew-
ish families have quitted the city.
In addition to the deportation order-
ed , the Jews of Kiev have been sub
jected to minor annoyances , such as
the refusal of passports , good over
the year , and interference with their
residence at the summer resorts out-
side of Kiev , where all those who are
prosperous enough go during the heat-
ed term , the law forbidding Jews to
settle in the villages or on farms , "in
order to prevent , the exploiting of
simple peasantry. "
The real hardships for the Jews are
expected to come on June 14 , when
the time limit for their departure ex-
pires. All who still remain in Kiev
on various pretexts will be expelled on
that date. Although the Jewish relief
committee is collecting funds for this
contingency , it is feared that many
will face deportation by force rather
than leave the city voluntarily. The
committee has collected several thou-
sand dollars , and hopes are entertain-
ed that adequate funds may be secured
from the considerable colony of Jew
ish millionaires in Kiev.
LORIMER DEFENDS HIMSELF.
Illinois Senator Makes Speech De-
nying Bribery in Legislature.
William Lorimer the other day ask-
ed the United States Senate for an in-
vestigation of the charges that his elec-
% tion was secured through the buying
of votes in the Illinois General Assem-
bly at prices ranging from $1,000 up-
ward. By way of preface to this re
quest he delivered his long-awaited
speech , and in vehement language de-
clared before his colleagues that the
bribery scandal is the outcome of a
"political conspiracy. " Immediately
after finishing his speech Senator Lori-
mer hurriedly put his affairs in order
and caught a late afternoon train for
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Chicago. .
The main points in the Senator's ad-
dress were as follows :
Eulogy of Minority Leader Lee O'Neil
Browne , now under indictment in Chicago
for bribery. .
Attack upon Governor Deneen. ' '
Assault upon Representative Charles A.
White , whose confession opened the scan- ' '
dal.Attack scan'I' 'I'
Attack upon the Chicago Tribune.
Five-thousand-word history of Mr. : Lor-
imer's political career since 1884 , and an
outline of his newspaper "feud. "
Declaration that Governor Deneen first
suggested that Lorimer become a candi-
date for Senator but withdrew his support
on the day of election.
Accusation that Governor Deneen broke
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faith with him on water way legislation.
Denial that Representatives H. J. C.
Beckemeyer and Michael S. Link have
made confessions corroborating White's.
Declaration that Governor Deneen join-
ed the Tribune in a "conspicacy" to over-
throw Lorimer , to get control of the next
Legislature.
.Mr. Lorimer's request for an inves-
tigation was referred under the Senate
rules to the committee on contingent
expenses.
BIG FIRE IN MINNEAPOLIS.
Implement Warehouses Destroyed
as Blaze Rages for Hours.
Fire , which started at 1 o'clock on
t. recent morning and burned fiercely ,
was not got under control until 3
a. m. , after burning down four large
implement warehouses and other
pieces of property in Minneapolis , en-
tailing a loss of over $75,000 , accord-
ing to last estimates. But one man ,
Christ Madison : , was burned. His con-
dition is serious. The fire started
from an unknown cause in the ware-
house of the Great Northern Imple-
ment Company. The burned district
is bounded Washington avenue and
3d street and 6th and 7th avenues ,
south.
The implement warehouses burned
were : The Rock Island , the Great
Northern , the Waterbury and the
Northwestern. The Sixth Avenue Ho-
tel was practically destroyed. Three
engines were detailed from St. Paul
to help fight the flames. The princi- -
pal losses are : Northern Rock Isl
and Plow Company , $200,000 ; Great
Northern Implement Company , $250-
000 ; the less on the building owned :
by C. W. . Wright , Saginaw , Mich. ,
$200,000 ; Waterbury Implement Com'
pany , stock and building , $100,000.
Makes : Parcels Post Record.
A record delivery of a parcels post
package has been reported to the Post
master General in Washington. The
package was placed in the mails at
Bremen , Germany , on May 2 , and de
livered to the addressee at Seattle ,
Wash. , on May 14-twelve days. This
is the best time ever reported of mail
of this character.
Butter Highest , Since Ch'nVar. .
Although market reports show that
butter receipts in May were larger
than usual , prices of the best grades
are higher in New York than they
have been at this season since the
Civil War.
Fire Destroys Lumber Town.
The village of Inglis , Ore. , was prac-
tically wiped out by fire in the night.
Tho sawmill and yards of the Oregon
Lumber Company were destroyed.
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COURT STOPS RAISE
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Twenty-five Western Roads' Are Re-
Brained from Enforcing the
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H.EA CITES UNLAWFUL COMBINE
Action Is Begun by Attorney Gen-
eral Wickersham on Behalf of
Federal Government.
Twenty-five Western railroads were
temporarily restrained by United
States District Judge David P. Dyer
In [ Hannibal , Mo. , from enforcing or !
making a general advance in inter-
state freight rates. The injunction
was granted on a petition filed by the
United States government on the alle-
gations that the advance in rates were
fixed by the defendants by agreement ,
without competition and in violation
of the Sherman anti-trust act.
, The petition was filed in the United
States Circuit Court at St. Louis and
was brought to Hannibal to present to
Judge Dyer. It states that unless such
a restrainiIg order be issued the ad
vances will become effective at once ,
to the grave harm and injury of the
people of the United States.
The petition was presented by Ed-
win P. Grosvenor of Washington , spe-
cial assistant to the Attorney General ,
and ! Frederick N. Judson of St. Louis ,
acting as special counsel. It was sign-
ed by George W. Wickersham , Attor-
ney General ; William S. Kenyon , As-
sistant Attorney General , and Charles
A. Houts , United States District At-
torney.
The roads restrained from % ncreas-
ing their freight rates are :
Missouri Pacific Railway.
Chicago and Northwestern Railway.
Chicago , Burlington and Quincy Rail-
road.
Chicago , Rock Island and Pacific
Railway. .
Wabash Railroad.
Chicago , Milwaukee and St. Paul
Railway.
Illinois Central Railroad.
Chicago and Alton Railroad.
Atchison , Topeka and Santa Fe Rail-
road.
Chicago Great Western Railway.
Missouri , Kansas and Texas Railway.
St. Louis and San Francisco Rail-
road.
San Francisco Railroad.
Quincy , Omaha and Kansas City
Railroad.
St. Paul and Des Moines Railroad.
Minneapolis and St. Louis Railroad.
Iowa Central Railroad.
Fort Dodge , Des Moines and South-
ern Railroad.
Chicago , St. Paul , Minneapolis and
Omaha Railroad.
Elgin , Joliet and Eastern Railroad.
Chicago , Peoria and St. Louis Rail-
road Company of Illinois. ,
Chicago , Milwaukee and Gary Rail-
way.
way.Minneapolis , St. Paul and Sault Ste.
Marie Railroad.
Kansas City Southern Railroad.
Chicago , Indiana and Southern Rail-
road.
road.Western
Western Trunk Line committee.
Brought to a sudden climax in the
West by the successful invocation of
the Sherman anti-trust law to enjoin
the lines west of Chicago from putting
their proposed rate increases in effect ,
the freight ra.te controversy was given
an unexpected turn later. While the
Western roads thrown into consterna-
tion by the application of a law from
which they had considered themselves
immune , were preparing to restore
their old rates and to defend them-
selves against charges of illegal com-
bination , the Eastern roads were filing
tariffs at Washington with the Inter-
state Commerce Commission. These
tariffs advanced commodity rates
throughout the territory north of the
Ohio River and east of the Mississippi.
This move will actively extend the
fight at once to every section between
the Missouri River and the Atlantic
seaboard and is expected to make the
Eastern trunk lines defendants in a
similar proceeding.
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KILLS MAN WHO JILTED HER.
Milliner Slays ! Dool.keellerVhen : lie
Tells of AVertdiiigAnother. , .
Because he jilted her , Miss Carrie
Pritchard , 25 years old , a milliner em- ,
ployed by J. F. Ball & Bro. , shot and
killed Sam E. Ford , bookkeeper : for
the same firm in his office in Pollock ,
La. Miss Pritchard , on going out for
luncheon , accused Ford of fickleness
and asked him if the report was true
that he would marry Birdie Long on
June 22. Ford admitted the accusa-
tion. The milliner opened her hand
satchel and flashed a large revolver.
Before clerks could interfere she fired
a bullet through Ford's head. Miss
Pritchard was arrested.
STAMPEDE , BEGINS : . TO ALASKA.
Rush of Prospectors " . . , Overtaxes Ca-
pacity of Xortbcrii Steamships.
Officials of companies operating
steamships to Alaska points on the
Bering Sea estimate that 15,000 people '
will leave Seattle for Nome and St.
Michaels on the early June sailings ,
drawn to the far north by the reports
of rich discoveries in the Iditarod gold
fields. Wealthy men have been com-
pelled to take accommodations in the
steerage , and there is a waiting list at
the steamship offices larger than the
combined capacity of the north-bound
steamers.
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DR. KOCH IS DEAD
German Professor Who Developed
Preventive Medicine Passes Away.
Professor Robert Koch , the eminent
German bacteriologist , died iq
Baden Baden the other afternoon of
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neart uisease. rie
had been in fail-
ing health , for a
year or more , fol
lowing the expos-
ures to which he
subjected himself
while engaged in
scientific research :
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in malarial dis
tricts in German .
East Africa and
elsewhere. He was
in his sixty-sev-
enth year.
A graduate of
DK. ROBERT KOCH. the University of
Berlin , Dr. Koch began his bacteri-
ological investigations about thirty
years ago , when he was district sur-
geon Wallstein. . He first achieved
public notice through his discovery of
a method for coloring microscopical
preparations by means of which he
isolated the tubercle bacillus and pro-
duced tuberculosis by its inoculation
. in animals. His reward for this was
his selection as privy councillor and
the enjoyment of the full confidence
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of the Kaiser.
He gained world fame by his dis
covery of antitoxin for the prevention
and cure of diphtheria and by his re
search for the cause and cure of
"sleeping sickness" which afflicted the I
tribes of Central Africa. He also was
the discoverer of a ratkilling gas
which proved effective in ridding ships
of rodents. Koch never claimed that
his lymph cure for tuberculosis was
infallible. He did claim , however , that
it was a preventive and a practical j
cure in a great majority of cases.
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JULIA WARD HOWE 91. '
Masses of Floral Greetings Received
by Aged Author from Friends.
Julia Ward Howe was 91 years old
the other day. There was no public
observance of the event , the break-
fast to her which the New England
Women's clubs have given every year
for forty-two years having been served
two days before. As has been her
custom of late years , Mrs. Howe spent
the day in her home on Beacon street ,
Boston , with her family , surrounded
by her children , grandchildren , and
now the little great-grandchildren ,
who had loving greetings and caresses.
While few outside of the family circle
were received by her , gifts of flowers
from relatives and friends and tele-
grams and letters were received from
all parts of the world.
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The ships of the British navy con-
sume 3,000,000 tons of coal each year.
" It is proposed to forbid the exporta-
tion to America and Australia of the :
famous Angora goats from Turkey.
The Turkish mthister of the interior is
drawing up regulations on the subject.
Commander Robert E. Peary gave
his polar lecture at the Casino in Ber-
lin under the auspices of the Berlin
Geographical' Society. About 200 were
present. The American explorer left
Berlin for Rome.
For the first time in many years the
czar visited a theater the other night.
The visit was kept a profound secret ,
and-surprise was great when the fact
became known. The occasion was a
grand military concert at the opera
house in aid of funds for old soldiers.
In their effort to suppress the re-
bellion in Albania , the Turkish forces
under Gen. Shefket stormed Katchanik
Pass on the 29th , where the rebels were
stationed in , strong force. The Alban-
' fans retreated In good order and took
up their positions on the surrounding
mountains
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C. H. TREAT FALLS DEAD.
Fonaer Treasurer of Xntion Stricken
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Charles Henry Treat , treasurer of
the United States under President
Roosevelt , died of apoplexy in his
apartment at the Hotel Victoria in
New York. He was stricken an hour
before death , and did not regain con-
sciousness. He is survived by his
wife and two daughters.
Mr. Treat was born in Frankfort ,
Me. , about sixty-eight years ago.
Among his ancestors were Robert
Treat Paine , a signer of the declara-
tion of independence , and Robert
Treat , a colonial governor of Con-
necticut. He was graduated from
Dartmouth College in 1865 , and at
once entered business with his father
and brothers , who operated a fleet of
twenty-eight vessels Engaged in the
import and export trade.
In 1888 he was Delaware's delegate-
at-large to the Republican convention
in Chicago and was credited with so-
lidifying the Delaware delegation for
Benjamin Harrison. Soon after Mc-
Kinley's election he was appointed
Collector of Internal Revenue for the
Wall street district , serving during
the Spanish-American war.
STANDING OF THE CLUBS.
Progress , of the Pennant Race in
Base Hull Leagues. ,
XATIOXAL LEAGUE.
W. L. ' W. L.
Chicago . . . .23 12 St. Louis . . .19 20
New York .24 14 Brooklyn . . .17 22
Pittsburg . . .18 16 Philadel'a . . .13 21
Cincinnati . .18 17 Boston . . . . .14 24
AMERICAN' LEAGUE.
W. L. W. L.
Philadel'a . .26 9 Cleveland . . .14 18
New York. . .23 10 Washington. 22
Detroit . . . . 23 16 Chicago . . . . 11 20
Boston . . . . .19 16 St. Louis . . . 7 28
AMERICAN ASSOCIATION.
W. L. W. L
Minn'polis . .29 14 Ind'polis . . . .20 24
St. Paul . . . .29 15 Kan. City . .15 23
Toledo . . . . .26 17 Louisville . .17 28
Columbus . . .20 Milwaukee . .16 27
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o'W. . L. W. L.
St. Joseph .18 14 Lincoln . . . 17 18
Sioux City .18 16 Omaha . . . . .17 19
Wichita . . . .19 17 Des Moines .17 20
Denver . . . . .19 17 Topeka . . . .13 17
FLOODS RUIN NORSE CROPS.
I'own is Submerged ; , Hallways Are
Damaged and People > > Imperiled.
Phenomenal warmth has melted
enormous quantities of snow on the
mountains in the interior of Norway.
The result is that lakes and rivers are
flooded to an extent not equaled since
1860. The town of Lillestrommen ,
twenty cniles from Christiania , is sub-
merged. The inhabitants .have been
compelled to take refuge in the upper
stories of their houses. Widespread
damage has been done to railways and
crops.
NEW YORK PRIMARY BILL DEAD
Assembly Kills : Compromise Act -
HUf"lleVill Veto Other.
By a decisive vote of 46 to 94 the
Cobb compromise direct nomination
bill , after having passed the senate ,
was defeated in the New York assem-
bly as the climax of a session of four-
teen hours. Governor Hughes has an-
nounced that he will veto the Meade-
Phillips bill , which has passed "both
houses , and the only hope of primary
reform or direct nomination legisla-
tion this year lies in the possibility of
an extraordinary session being called.
DYNAMITE WISCONSIN BANK.
Bold Robbery Is Committed at
Unity by Two Men : Who Escape.
The State Bank of Unity , Wis. , was
robbed the other day of $2,000 , the
safe of the bank being dynamited.
The robbers escaped. It is supposed
the robbery was committed by two
men who had been hanging around
the bank for several days. The bank
was established in 1905 with a capi-
tal of 10OUO. .
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CHURCH MEMBERSHIP ,
NOW AT 32,936,445
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Protestant Denominations Report
20,287,742 and the Roman
Catholics 12,679,149.
NUMBERS ARE ON THE INCREASE :
Statistics Are Based : on Report of
United States Census , Soon to
Be : Published. :
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The aggregate number of communi-
cants or members of all religious de-
nominations in the United States in
1906 was 32,936,445 , according to the
United States census of religious ,
bodies. Of this grand total , the va-
rious Protestant bodies reported 20-
287,742 an'd the Roman Catholic
church 12,679,142.
Of the Protestant communicants , ac
cording to the report , 80.6 per cent
were outside the principal cities of the-
country. Of the Catholics , 27.9 per
cent were in the cities of the first
class , those having a population of
more than 300,000 , while 47.8 per cent
were outside the cities of the first , sec
ond , third or fourth classes , the last
class being cities of 25,000 to 50,000.
Protestants : ! in the first-class cities ag
gregated 7.3 per cent.
Of the Protestants , the Protestant
Episcopal church reported a majority
of its communicants in the principal
cities , 51.2 per cent , as did the Church
of Christ , Scientist , 82.6 per cent.
The report shows a growth of all
communicants , both in the cities and
country , since 1890. In the five lead
ing cities the proportion of communi
cants to population was : New York ,
44.7 per cent ; Chicago , 40.7 ; Phila
delphia , 38.8 ; Boston , 62.6 ; Ct. Louis ,
46.6. '
STATE SENATOR IS INDICTED.
Sangamon County Grand Jury Makoa
Charge Against Holstlaw of Iuka.
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State Senator D. W. Holstlaw , of
luka , Marion County , who represents
the Forty-second Senatorial District in
the Illinois General Assembly ; was in
dicted by the Grand Jury of S'angamon
County on two counts charging per-
jury in testimony given by him in the
local investigation of legislative
bribery. The evidence against four oth-
er men is being carefully considered
by State's Attorney Edmund Burke ,
and on the basis of it more indict-
ments are being drawn up.
The alleged perjury consists in Sen-
ator Holstlaw's sworn statement before- ] 1
the grand jury that he "never wrote a
letter to J. W. Knox , a salesman for
the Derby Desk Company. At the time
Mr Burke , it is claimed , had in his
possession a letter written by Holst- -
law to Knox , shortly before the con-
tract was let.
MORE THAN 500 PERSONS PERISH
Cast Africa and Adjacent Ocean Is
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Swept by Terrible Cyclone.
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More than 500 persons were drowned
and many ships lost in the terrific cy -
clone that swept East Africa , according-
to dispatches received from Mozam
bique. The storm did great damage
on land as well as on sea. It is be
lieved that several large ships , as well
as smaller ones , were lost. On one
were 400 miners , en route to the Rand
mines. All were drowned.
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President Tuttle , of the Boston and
Maine , announced that passenger rates
on that line would be advanced on June
1 to those prevalent before the 10 per
cent reductions of 1907. The increase
is said to be due to the recent advance
in wages paid to employes. It will not
affect the suburban service.
Records now published show that
the number of accidents since the pay-
as-you-enter cars were put into opera-
tion on the Chicago Rapid Transit
System about two years ago , have de-
creased 31 per cent. This is due to
the fact that the new system requires
that the car shall not be started till
all passengers are aboard. At the
same time the receipts of the Chicago
system have increased 4 % per cen , .
and , allowing one-third ! of this for in-
creased traffic , there still remains to
the company a gain amounting to $1-
000 a day. .
Several more railroads have joinerl
the procession of those which had
granted better wage scales to employ-
es , and the largest of the independent
steel companies of Pittsburg have fol-
lowed the example of the steel trust
by volunteering a 6 per cent increase.
Trolley companies in many cities have
agreed to pay 10 per cent more , and
the Postal Telegraph and Cable Com-
pany gives notice of advances of from
5 to 25 per cent. At the same time
the railroads of the Middle West have
given notice of coming advances of
freight and passenger charges , the
former averaging 18 per cent. Soft
coal miners in Central Pennsylvania
and in Pittsburg district have received
an addition of 51/ per cent and have
gone to work. The Pressed Steel Car
strike at McKees : Rocks , Pa. , ended
without material results. ,
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