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THE NORFOLK WEEKLY NEWS = JOURNA JU i , , , . NOHIOLK NRIWASKA Fill DAY OITOI3I3U 115 11)00. ) FIVE TRAINMEN ARE KILLED IN WRECK NEAR LARAMIE , WYO. DEATHS IN TUNNEL EXPLOSION 'Three Men Killed and a Dozen Ren dered Unconscious In Gas Disaster In Long Island Tunnel Iron Moun tain Train Jumps Track. Cheyenne , NVyo. , Oct. 11. Five men were killed in n freight collision on the Union I'ncille railroad near Lnrn- inlo , Wyo. , today. The dead : Engineer Strong. Engineer Murray. Viremnn Engstrom. Fireman Kelly. Brakeman Meyers , THREE DIE IN TUNNEL DISASTER And a Dozen 'Rendered Unconscious. Flame Follows Explosion. New York , Oct. 11. Three men wore killed nnd a dozen rendered un conscious by the explosion of gas and a flre that followed in the Pennsyl vania railroad tunnel under \JO\\K \ \ Island City , today. ONE'.DpAD ' , INJURED Iron Mountain Fast M.v "raln Jumps Track , Killing , " * St. Louis , Mo. , O ? ' " 0 " > n I f " Mountain fast mall train j 'n , . ' track at the city limits of St. $ > today , killing one man and Injuring number. Engineer John Casper was killed outright and ten persons suffered in juries , some of them serious. Mrs. Frank Meldit. Madison , Neb. , Oct. 11 Special to The News : The death of Mis. Frank Meidit , an old settler in this county , will bring regret to the family's many Irlonds , Her condition wns very low last night and it was known at that time that she could not live many hours. Her sister arrived from New York and a brother from Columbus last night , and it was feared that she could not live until their arrival. NEEDS WORKERS ; EMPTIES JAJL Southerner Pays Fines of Prisoners and Gets Men to Pick Cotton. Fort Worth , Tex. . Oct. 11. It re- malned for A. T Brown of Muskogee , I. T. , to solve the scarcity of cotton pickers problem He walked into a local police headquarters and sur prised the chief of police by offering to pay all fines of the prisoners in or der to put them at work In the cotton fleldi. The unusual proposition was snapped up and .after Brown paid $250 in fines , twenty-five prisoners were turned loose , emptying the jail They rejoiced in their freedom , notwith standing the fact that they were hur ried-to gather crops under a blazing uun. Applen Going to Tecumseh , Neb. , Oct. 11. There IB BO market for apples here , and as a result thousands of bushels are going to waste in the orchards of Johnson county. The cider mills will pay but 16 cents per 100 pounds for the fruli , and the men who own orchards say they cannot afford to gather the fruit and deliver it for that price. MISSIONARY CONVENTION That of Woman's Home Society of Methodist Church Opens at Lincoln. Lincoln , Oct. 11. The twenty-fifth ' annual convention of the Woman's 1 Home Missionary society of the Meth odist Episcopal church opened In this city with more than 200 delegates from every state In the" union. The opening address wns delivered by the president , Mr . Clinton B. Flsko of New York , and this was followed by reports from the different officers. The annual report of the treasurer , Mrs. George H. Thompson of Cincin nati , showed that nearly $400,000 hnd been received and disbursed during the year. Mrs C. H. Jennings of Mndlsonvllle , O. , read the report of the bureau of mission supplies , showing that a vast amount of work had been done by the bureau during the year. The session Included symposiums "Telling the Story of Work for Chil dren" and "Educational Agencies for White Work in the South. " Last night's session was given over to addresses of welcome by Governor MIokoy and Mayor Brown , with a re- uponsc by Mrs. M. B. Hyde of Colum bus , Ind. Fatal Explosion at Chicago. Chicago. Oct. It. Two men are dead and five others are Injured as the t : result of an explosion of a blast fur nace In the plant of the Illinois Steel , company in South Chicago. Snow Falls In Kentucky. Lexington , Ky. , Oct. 11. Snow fell throughout Kentucky and reports re ceived hero show that great damage t * tobacco crops in burns and ll lda aat late corn is reiulUug. Witness Slain on Court House Qtcps. Groveton , Tex. , Oct 11 F H Neyer. a private detective , was shot and killed ns he stood on Hie strp- of the court house after lostifMiig annlnst certain Tilnlty county C1V\ i people lie hnd been brought hen1 by the sherllf as an attached Business Houses at Stockhnm Burn. Storklinm , Neb. Oct IIFlic wa < - dlstovcred In the building oeeuiilnd bv C O Xivhc'in , geneial merchandim1 finl spread inpldly , burning font oiln-i store buildings Two. owned li > Mis Coon , woio valued nt $17.000 ; no In surnnco. CHIEM OF GENERAL STAFF TO COMMAND FORCES IN CUBA. TAFT EXPLAINS CHANGE OF PLAN United States Marines Will Not Re turn to Cruces Owing to Invasion of Yellow JnckColonel Glynn Dis posed to Make Trouble. Havana , Oct. 11. General Frederick Funston will not continue In command of the American forces in Cuba. Gov ernor Taft announced thnt ho nnd General Funston will leave Havana for the United States on Saturday on the battleship Louisiana , .With , them will go Assistant Secretary Bacon , and the affairs of Cuba will be left in the hands of Governor A.ngoon and Gen eral J. Franklin Bell. In explaining this change of plans , .Governor Taft -id : . ? / eneral Funston was summoned on fiirry call fiom the Pacific coast be- i.use he was well acquainted with many of the insurgent chiefs here nnd It was thought ho iould aid ns , ns he did greatly , in bringing the men In arms to nn agreement. General Funston wns put temporarily In com mand of the troops In Cuba merely as a convenience until General Bell should arrive. General Funston , Mr. Bacon and myself , with Mrs. Taft nnd Mrs. Bacon and our secretaries , arc returning to our permanent duties. " Governor Taft's special confidence in the chief of the general staff's abil ity to carry out the program the gov ernor has Initiated resulted in the de cision to continue him in the island. Many Cubans of the- faction to which Mender. Capote and others who or ganized the moderate party belong , were outspoken against General Fun ston , alleging that he had deserted them In the war to throw off the yoke ofSpain. . Governor Taft did not take cognizance of this bitterness , as he was familiar with the circumstances under which General Funston , at that time , returned to the United States. Funston was then ill and he had the consent to return of General Garcia and other leaders , who appreciated the long service he had given their cause. Twenty-five marines have been or dered to proceed to Sanctf Splrltus and Trinidad. At the latter place they will cettle the friction .between ex- rebels and ex-militiamen , who have recently.been disarmed. The trouble appears to have b'een caused by Colonel nel Glynn of the vmilltla , who is 'also collector. " oC cusloms. The surrendered arms were .stored In the custom house and Glynn re-anne.d the mllltla after | the departure of the disarmament com mlssloners. General Rodriguez , commander of the rural guards , telegraphed Colonel Glynn to disarm these men. This was done , but Glynn Is reported still to iave the guns In his possession and : o be disposed to make trouble. If : hcso reports arc confirmed. Governor Taft will remove Colonel Glynn. Two cases of yellow fever at Cruces in addition to the recent death from yellow fever there , has decided Gov ernor Taft not to send the marines back to the Cruces camp. RUSSIAN RADICALS WIN Adopt Resolution Proclaiming Impos sibiilty of Passive Resistance. Helslngfors , Finland , Oct. 11. At the session of the constitutional demo cratlc conference the central commit tee's resolution proclaiming the 1m possibility of passive resistance was adopted 84 yeas to 44 nays. The ml noity amendment , recommending or ganlzatlon for passive resistance , was rejected by 88 nays to 53 nays. The congress has shown a structural weakness in the party which Is highly dangerous in view of the approaching electoral campaign , and this in apltf of the Influence toward cohesion re suiting from governmental persecu tions. The four days of the debate have done little to reconcile the dif ferences of opinion recording the Vlborg manifesto , which the conserva tives , on the one hand , believe should be publicly disowned as a blunder , while the extreme radicals , on the other hand , demand the reafflrmatlon of the manll > sto In the form of nn Im mediate proclamation urging the flnan- clal and military boycott of the gov ernment. Fatal Shooting in Territory. Hoffman , I. T. , Oct. 11. Charles Ar thur was fatally shot here by Dr. 0. J. Wright , n physician. The latter Is under arrest The shooting resulted from alleged attentions of Arthur to Wright's wlfo. SHELDON AND BURKETT CHIEF ATTRACTIONS THERE , SPOKE ON PRESENT ISSUES Mr , Sheldon Devoted Much of His Speech to the Rnllroad Question and Senator Burkctt Urged the Election of n Republican Ticket Throughout. Neb. . Out. 11. Special to The NOWH : Tlio republlcaiiH held a rousing meeting here Inst night , the court house hall being totally Inade quate to hold the crowd. W. T. Wat tles presided. The first speaker WIIH Judge J. A WIlllnniH , cnndldnto for railway com- mlsHionor. Among other things Judge Williams said that ho stands Hqiiniv- ly on the republican platform , and thnt his highest ambition IH to help got laws called for by the platform and to got men to carry them out with out fear or favor ; that wo must de mand a "Bqtmro deal" for nil : tliut the republican party dooH things nml will carry out Its program. George L. Sheldon , who followed , WIIH greeted with grout applause IIH he came forward. Mr. Sheldon spoke at length upon the two-cent passen ger faro , the maximum freight rnto Inw and discriminations In freight rates In Nebraskn. Ho pointed out strongly the dlfforonqp between the democratic policy which offers no def inite method of correcting the evils of unjust rates nnd discriminations , nnd the republican policy which Htni'dn for the enactment of In w.v which can be enforced to correct the abuses , nnd does not stnnti for thu enforcement of obsolete laws which everyone knows cannot he enforced. Mr. Sheldon mild In part : "It Is generally conceded that freight and passenger rules In cbrnska are unreasonably high. I ellovo they are. The rate on wheat rom Noligh to Omaha Is lfi.fi cents icr 100 pounds. The distance Is Ifi8 ulles. Tlio rate on wheat in Miimo- ota for IfiO miles is 10 cents per 100 , nd in Iowa 9.03 cents. It costs 5.87 ents more to move 100 pounds of boat from Nellgh to Omaha than it oes to move a like amount the same Istanco in Ipwn. I want the mllrcndB ) explain why it Is necessary to hnrgc CO per cent more to move a arlond of wheat in Nebraska than in owa. " Taking up the freight rates corn he showed that nt present t. takes eighteen acres out of every 00 to pay the freight on corn from S'eligh to Omaha. In closing Mr , Sheldon said : "Nebraska cannot reg- late rates outside of the state , but t can fix reasonable lates within the tate , and It certainly should do It it present there Is no law In force ind none that can be enforced that ; lvos the citizen of this state any re Icf from outrageous and unreason iblo rallrond rates , fares and charges t Is the duty of the state to provide i remedy so that when its citizens re Imposed upon they can get relief , Vhat wo want In Nebraska Is railroad ates at par. The republican party Is pledged all along the line 'to carry ou he principles of the state exercising ho right which it has to guarantee to ts citizens reasonable railroad rates , 'ares and charges. " Edward W.Magi. . made a brie peech , saying that two years ego he iiipported Geo. W. Berge , but tha his year he was supporting George Sheldon because ho wns still a belleV r in the same principles ho advocat d two years ago , nnd that ho owed nero to principle than he did to any ; > arty organized for the specific pur ; ioso of a political party victory. Senator Burkett , who closed the pro 'ram wns received with great enthu slasm. Ho spoke on national ques ions ! n the main but urged the clcc .Ion of the entire state and national Icket In order that the principles o Roosevelt and the republican part night be carried out. Ho referred tc Jcorgo L. Sheldon In a very coinpl ! inontary manner , citing his past cor tluct In public life and saying that hi election meant the carrying out of lefinlte policy in the correction of ox sting abuses. CORN CROP IU POINT OFF September Condition Is Not as Good as That Shown in August. ' Washington , Oct. 11. The crop esti mating board of the department of ag- rlculturo Issued a bulletin showing the condition of corn on Oct. 1 , 11)06 ) , to be 1)0.1 ) , as compared with 90.2 last month. The total yield .B estimated at about 2,7II,400,000 bushels , against an estimated yield last month of 2- 731,000,000 bushels. Preliminary estimates of the average - ago yield per acre of spring wheat la 137 bushels These figures , It la claimed. Indicate u total yield of 24G- 44U.300 bushels , a decrease of about 0,000,000 bushels , compared with tha ufllclal estimate of bust month. Tlio preliminary estimate of yield pnr acre ot barley Is 28.3 bushels , against 2G.S bushela as finally esti mated In 1905. The preliminary estimate of ylold per acre of rye Is 17.0 bushels , against 1G.5 bushels as finally estimated in 1905. The average condition of potatoes on Oct. 1 wan S2.2 , as compared with 8D.3 ono month ago. tARMEHS M.LI a , , uu.A , l.ffort Will De Made to Co-Oparato With Lnbor Unions in Tmclo. TopeUii. Oct. 11.UclaUM so thi Paimeix HusliH'M roniHOfc to IJP held In this i-lty " "cl : ! 2. .lanii's H.tlci , thy promoter u ( tlio pioporitunn , say * ' The Indications mo thai the Putin ITS' Co-OperatlVe ItuMlHHS ( OtlKIISH vil ! bo ! nigoliiltiuilcd I have 10- eelxed letter.11otii twonty-llvi Mates niut i'vi'ione of ilium intends to hiivu loprcbciitation In the main growing Mau > $ , judging from thu rnpeis and Jetton locoivod. theie Is a stiong fcont'.ment ( lint the fanner ! ) ' elevator I'oolo | ) should meet and II\ a reason able priro on wheat and other grain. They con&ldnr the price of wheat en- tlio.y too low commled | to tlio pileo of otliet commodities. FnrmoiH boom more and more deteimlnud to luivo Fomelhlng to nay In fixing thu prlc onvliat they have to sell. "Yes. I am oonlldi'iU that If the 800 fnnncis1 olovntots In tlio whi'iit belt will tnke definite notion demanding > rents per bushel Inn ease over present prices that they would si1'It ' Of com so , 800 elevators could not con- tiol the mnikot , but thu fact that that many elevators hnd taken notion would Induce farmers nil over the wheat bolt to demand the fixed price. Farmers nro able to hold , and this would simply menu that they would gel ( he price or not noil. The largest delegations will rome from Kansnfl , Iowa , Oklahoma. NebniKka. Texns , ArkansnH , Minnesota , Georgia nml Alahnma , In about the order named. Another fonFiirc that ban lately devel oped In the growth of the organization Is the establishment nf union exchanges - changes In i he largo labor centers , which will enable the farmers' union to unlto with the labor unions in es tablishing exchanges that will place the products of the farm directly In the hands of union labor cotiMimers at tl.o cost of handling. " CHINESE SMUGGLER SEIZED Schooner Yacht Frolic Is Confiscated by United States Government. 1'iovldeneo , H. I. , Oct. 11. After evading the United States customs ; and immigration olllccia for more than two weeks the schooner yacht Frolic , which lelt Placentla. N K. , with n cargo of contraband Chinese Immi grants , was boarded In the Providence rl\0r and confiscated In the name of the United States government Two members of crew were placed under arrest , they being the only persons found on board the bent ; .two men wore arrested on suspicion of being concerned In the smuggling of Chinese into this country , while seventeen Chinese , believed to have been pas sengers on the Frolic , were also ar rested. Despite the vigilance of the const guards and the icvennc cutters from Enstport. Mo. , to Cape Hntteras. the schooner cnmo up the harbor without attracting any attention , those who saw It taking It for n fishing schooner. LINER MONGOLIA IN PORT. Ship Baache'd at Midway Island Come * Into Port After Dangerous Trip. San Francisco , Oct. 11. With its forward hold filled with water the big Pacific Mal } liner Mongolia , which went on the reef at Midway island Sept. 15 , arrived In the harbor after being obliged to remain outside a day and a night because of the heavy fog. fog.When When the Mongolia left Honolulu It had two gaping holes through Its double bottom and once the ship was under way , the holes began to illl rap Idly The day following Its dopnrture from Honolulu , Assistant Engineer Bunkers was ordered to rig n pump In the hold They were obliged to work In water , which was at times over their heads and with ropes nround their waists At one time the stenmer listed heavily to the port side and the officers were uneasy as to Its safety. Workmen Attack Police. Uffn JUis'la. Oct 11 While the police of this town were arresting an agitator In the Svemskl factory they were surrounded and attacked bv a large number of workmen After a short fight the workmen \\ere l patcn off Severn ! guards' were killed or wounded and the factory Is now oc copied by troops. New Battleship Near Completion. Washington Oct 11 The navy department partment has been advised that it Is probable that the battleship South Dakota will bo ready for trial on the Pacific coast about Nov. 1. The Ver mont , which Is being built at Qulncy Mass. , will be ready for trial In December comber Find Body of Woman In Wreck. Kingfisher , Okla. , Oct. "VI. The body of a woman was found under the smoking car of the Rock Island passenger train which went Into the Clmarron river near Dover , Sept. 18 It Is impossible to learn anything definitely of the Identity of th * vie Urn The body Is said to be ID a badly decomposed condition. Two Barges WTecTTed. Bay City. Mich. , Oct 11. The barges A brain Smith nnd Comstocl were wrecked on Bass Island , In th Georgian bay region , during the recen storm. The boats were In tow of th steamer l.ungell Uoya and ware driven on the ror s , the steamer rescuing th crew * . DEAT AMERICAN LEAGUERS IN SECOND CONTEST OF SERIES. WEATHER IS BITTERLY COLD Ruelbnch nnd Stclnfcldt the Stars. Former Pitches Cicnt Cnmc , Whllu InliLkUi btaits batting K..lly That UllMcjj VtlllUIMU ( . 'li , ( lU'.u , Uci II - the bee oud ni iiifuiuih rimiupitiiihi.ip hi i n's , Hie ) ( | ' , iMiUouul l.i'a/.uc' / U'lim look ili'uMvo HM'iiKu lot 'I'n. -i diO s iloieu' , u hull the ) vaiiquitihul thu \\lille yioihlMH | ; on the lutiei u * ti ; omuls. 7 to 1. YVhltu and Owen , who loplnc'ed White. In the fouiili in nlng , were batted 1'ruely and thu Amer ican League team's urioru also helped to increase tlio National's score. Pitcher Itculhach , on thu .contrary , WUB lit line twin and allowed ( he op ponlng ImtHiueii only two hits. The weather wan bitterly cold , the mercnrj Imvcilng at or below the freezing point , and u few HaKuh ol anou tell. I ! < I wren nine and ten thousand enlliiiHl.i.- , bundled from head to loot , biased the ilguiH of the weather. Wllli lioHl nlpiilng IliiKers And toes , perl eel baseball wan an lin- possibility. The practice uf both teaniH WIH exceedingly ragged , thu cold hands of the Influldcrs refusing 'to cling to the ball , while the oiitlleldcni mlbhed many Illes In actual pfny the fonn wa.s iniieh better. Steinleldt's hnltliiK nnd Iteulbach'b pitching were eimlly the leatiireu ol thegame. . TRAGEDY IN CLEVELAND SCHOOL Rejected 9ultor Kills Schoolma'am and Then Ends His Own Life. Cleveland , Oct. 11. in the pruHuncu of sixty pupils In the South ICuulhl school , Hauy Smith , twenty-live yeaia of age , uhol to death Miss Mary .Shop ard , a teacher twenty-two ycurn old Cornered behind the bain in Iho rear of his homo In Wiiiienavllle , two houra itor , .Smith shot himself thiough the end , dying Instantly. Four Cleveland policemen , with iriiwn revolvers and under cover of Ight armed liinnoiH , vveie about to imh on young Smith , when he ended ils Hie. Disappointment in love hi aid to have been Iho motive lor the old-blooded murder. Smith who was a fourth cousin to MlRH Shcnurd , bin' oi'ij her lor Home ? timu ami recently vns i ejected. NURSE SUSPECTED DOCTOR. Witness at Trial in New Jersey Tells Symptoms of Defendant's Wife. TOIIIH Hiver , N. J. , Oct. 11. Miss Jnn Dudley , a nurse who attondHd Mrs Carrie Urouwer just before her deuth , continued her U-htlmony In the rial of Frank Hrouwur , who li charged with having poisoned his wife. wife.Half Half an hour after an enema pre pared by Dr. Brouwor , the witness said , Mrs. Rrouwor had a convulsion. The pat lout aUo had several other convulsions. "Had you a suspicion that Mrs. 3rouwor was being poisoned by her nisbnnd ? " nsked the cross-examiner , "I suspected something , " was the reply. Salton Sea Nearing End. Los Angeles , OcL 11. In ten days , according to olllcial estimates by W. J. Moran of the California Development company , the work of diverting the Colorado river back to Its old course will be an assured fact. The rnllrond will be flnLshed and the beginning of the end of the Sallon sea will be an assurred fad The railroad trestle bo ng built across the river will be fin shed today nnd the dumping of rock nto the stream will be begun nt once TELEGRAMS TERSELY TOLD A bent line on the Missouri river with three boats will be in operation between Kansas City < nd St Louts this fall Fire broke out in the Palace saloon at Goldfleld , Nov. destroying that place and three buildings adjoining The loss Is estimated at $100,000 Secretary Hoot has definitely ac cepted an invitation to address the Trans-Mississippi Commercial con gress. Nov. 19 , in Kansas City. Mo Cancer of the stomach caused the death at St. Louis of Dr Max Hempel. aged forty-three years , nationally known as a German e3ucator and writ- r on scientific matters Initiation features , such as are gen erally known under the phrase "Rid ing the goat. " were abolished by the supreme council of the Catholic Mu tual Benefit association. COURSING MEET AT FRIEND Futurity Race Opens With Eighty. two Entries , Friend , Neb. , Oct. 10. The Na tional Coursing meet began here and will continue through the week. Hounds are entered from nearly a third of the states of the union. The meet nt Friend Is distinguished from that nt Hot Springs In that entrants hero are limited to amateurs The futurity races were opened with olghty-two entries , The attendance was good , nnd while the weather wns a little chilly , the interest was keen , lilt UUnUinurt or mt Temperature for Twenty-four Hour * . Forecast for Nebraska. ( 'ninlllloiiH of Die weather HH record * ed for the twenty-four IIOIIIH ending at 8 n m. today : Maximum . G5 Minimum . 21 Iliiininelei' . I ! ) 82 Chicago. Oct. I --Tlio hullntlii l . Hiicd by Iho Chlcngo Hlallun of thu United ' HlnlcH ueuiher liuieau , given the fmi'ciiHt for NebniHlia us f'llirnva ; ( Jeiierally lair loiilghi and P'rlday. Wnrmci tonight ami IMIHI portion FrI- ilny J. W. CEDALLOS & . CO. ASSIGN FOR UCNEFIT OF CREDITORS. LIABILITIES NEARLY 54,000.000 Defalcation and Absconding of Their Agent at Havana Given as the Cause Sailed for Parts Unknown on His Own Steamer. New York , Oct. 11. The assignment of J M. Ci'lmllob & Co. , bankers anil murihnnlK , with liabilities botvroou $3,000.000 and $4,000,000 , was an nounced In a Hlatemont which declared that the lallure WIIH duo to the do- fnkatlon and absconding of Manuel Slhelni of Hllvelia & Co. , Havana , agents of the New York romnuny. Sllvfliu'b delnlentlon IB alleged to Rinounl to about $1.000,000. lie sailed from Havana , Oct 2 , ostensibly for New York , to conmilt with the mem- bora ol the llrm of J. M. Cebullos & Co. but has not reached this city. Counsel for the nsslgnoe snld thut ailvelra has left on his own Htoamor , the Carmollna. for parts unknown , no- compelled by his wife and children , nnd that every effort was being made to locate him. CROKER BRINGS LIBEL SUIT Former Boss Demands Damaged From London Magazine. Dublin. Od. 11. Iticlintil Croker formally Inaugurated the llbc-1 suit which will bring to a dfllnlto Iss .i > the quest Ion whether ho imod his po sition no chief of Tammany Hall for purposes ol financial piollt. Tlio suit is against a Ixuidon magazine , which publishes In Its curiVnt number u scathing article on the giowth of so called "TammnnylHin" In England , In cidentally detailing In alleged ihnptors from New York the operations of Tweed nnd Croker. The lutter's affi davit makes a sweeping denial of any wrongdoing while had of Tammany Hall nnd especially denies using tlifj organization for purposes of extortion or personal profit The case will b tried before nn Irish Jury and It Is expected will attract much attention over the honesty of Tammany's ad ministration. SPARRINQ'IN STANDARD OIL CASE Attorneys for Defense Object to Char acter of Evidence Brought Forward. Flndiay , O. , Oct. Jl.Much legal ar gument and little actual progress marked the second day of the trial of the Slandaid Oil company or Ohio for conspnucy agulnst trade. Thu argu ment was caused by the objection of the attorneys lor the Standard as to the character ot evidence bought to be j/Iaced / belore the Jury by the prosecu tion In every Instance , however , tha ruling of Judge Banker favored the prosecution The result was that the testimony of John D. HocKefcller , giv en in 1808 In the lltigntlon against the Standard Oil trust belore the supreme court of the state , wns admitted and carefully read to the jury by Attorney Phelps for the prosecution. Mis. Ida M. Butts , the first witness of the trial , was then called to the stand. Mi-fa. Butts bald she was the stepdaughter of th > late George M Illce , an Independent oil refiner of Marietta , O. She produced at the re quest of Attorney Phelps the tertitl- cates of original trust stock owned by Mr. Illce , the certificates of U-sn i.tle , Into which thcie were Iain tians- tcrrcd and scrip showing the tin * 'o fractional shares ol slot ks in all the twenty subsidiary companies of tlio original trust. The final wrangle of the dnj then began and lasted until adjoinnmcnt. It resulted when Mr Phelps offered as evidence a certified copy ot tiie rec ord in the office of the secretar > ot state of New Jersey , allowing that In 1898 the Standard Oil fompany of that state rhanged Its corporate existence once by incieaslng the number of Its directors fiom throe to nine It wns argued b > the ilMonsp thnt this certifi cate wns upauMicnitcntt'd nnd Incoin potent JirlR1 Banker reserved his ruling on this point. Negro Lynched by His Own Race. TexarKnna ArK. Oct. 10. Anthony Davis , a n''uro driver was found dead under tlu round house , half a mlle from the b'i = : ne.b center of town IA Is bellevr.i he was bnched by mem bfr * of his own race A wiek ago Da\ls was arrested on n char > ; e of attempting to violate a fifteen-year oM girl He vvn.ij fined but tooU an p- peal The negroes expressed gieat indignation.