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COAL MD OIL IIUUI' Invzstiation by the Interstate Com maerc Commission Approved. PRESIDENT CRITICISES CONGRES In a 3 Call' Action Hlasty an iifliocient - A.'ks1 .More Law an N o'.n.y --ear1 l'robin= Will Resui in ;inmnnity to Offenders-Hati Signe Ee.olutlon Reluctantly. Wa*:shingr-ton, D. C.PeietRoost T.. I sent ' message to a'ngress i 1nul(ing that lie had signd(1 the Til: an-Gillespie resolution valliin4 on th Inzerstat.- Commerce Commision t investigate railroad monopolis in o1 and coal. jnd ineidenally gave Con gr.-ss a liece of news -tic1ially tIa %il attract wide attention. In his message Mr. Roosevelt said: "I have signed the joint resolutioi 'inst'-(eting the lutec:tate Conmerc Commuxiission to make examinations int< tit sbjct of railroad diser.imination: aitd mfonotolies in coal and oil, an report on the same from time to time. I hiave sined it wit esita beiton, le emw. in the form in whih it wa: a ~ :it achieves very little, and ma: -e nothing. and it is highly undev lthat a resolution of this kim h: -:bIOme law in such fOrIml as t( :tinx th impression of insinerity-tha s. 7fp1tn'idiug to (o Somal-tiing ievllil ra ' i not done-but after mue iwsia i t I coneluded to sign the reso .ult.n heiause its defects can be reme :ll-dv by islationi wvhch I hereby as! for. It must be under.-tood jhat un h- this subsequent legislation i: ra ::ced ihe present resolution must bi r:t:nly, and may be entirely. inopera ti v... *">fore specifying what this legisla lion . j wish to call airention to ont or v.z) preimnay acs. In The tirs pw, 'xa part of the investigation re quead by the House o[ RLeprese'nta tivos in the resolution ladlpted Febru ary 15. 1105. relating to the oil indus t*V. Zi L further part having to d< ih-, -t1ntthracite Coal indistry. hav n M- ') 1omne timl uder' invigatio byL Departmlent of t'iCoine'e an I.a - These investiga tions. I al in . e approachin!g complhtiol ore Congress adjourns I shal you the preliminary report: :>:ss investigations. Until thes( s are collpleted th' Interstat Co:; erce Coinission could not en daor 'to carry out so imuch of th resolution of Congrzss as refers t the tromid already covered withon the risk of seoing the tw< inivest;-:tions contijet :i( therefor( render each other more or less nuga "In the second place. I eall your at teminu to the fact that if an inves ti -' on of the nature proposed ii this Joint resolution is thorot.gihly anm ely conducted it will result ii giviig immunity from criminal prose Ve. to ali persons who are calloed wo:- and constrained by compulsor3 pro--ss of law to testify as wimnesses tho';;h. of course. such inmmnnuity front pro(-'ution is not given to those fron whlom statements or information mere ly, . ontradistinction to swvorn testi moi-: ar''e obtained. "'Tais is not at all to say that suei investigations should not be under k~.Publicity can by itself oftec -opish extraordinary re.sults foi e;ad the court of pub jlic judgmen yscure such results where thi :t flaw are powerless. There acr' ny*ases where an investigation ungcomplete puliity abou e-s and~ giving Congress the mate i nwhich to proceed in the enact e it ot laws, is more useful than E-i:n!prosecution can piossibly he 1i ithaoui. not be providedl for b2 i'nv withxout a clear understanding tha i vma be an alternat've instead of ax :jisitional remedy: that is. that to carr: an :2e investigation may ser've as a ba' to the successful prosecution of the of fi'iaes disclosed. The official body di re-ed by Congress to make the inves tirazion must. of course, carry out it: diretion, and therefore the directiox shioad not be given without full appre cetion of what it mneans. "fRuc the direction coniained in th( ja: resolution which I have s'.gne( I:.: renutin almost inoperative unles: mloey is provided to c'atrry out the in v.'t~gan ons in qluestion. :and unles: the commission in carrying thenm oui is :-2thorized to administer oaths ant comipel the attendance of witnesses. "accordingly recommend to Con gros the serious consideration of jus wvhat theyx wish the commission to do :nid how far they wish it to go. having in view the possimie incompatibility o: conaduicting an investigation like thi: and. of alko proceeding criminally in: couirt of law: and, furthermore, that ultiien:t sum. say $~>0.000, be at onet mddto the current appropriction foi Scozmnission, so as to enable it t< do te work indicated in a thorougi mnd complete manner. -:;hde at thi auieC time the piov. .r is explicitly con fr'-rrMd upon it to administer oaths ant compilel the attendance of witnesses ix moaking the investigation in question wia e.. covers work quite apart from it! 'The gene:'al tone of the mes:age wil be considered by Congress as a slai from the Executive. and will go fer t< *listurb the relations between the twr brnce of the Government. Hel'd bEtween the lhues the messag< -s taken by many legislators to meax i at urgted on by the alctionl of Cong es: arn' the charges of inactivity in prose :00o of gzreatc xmnpolies. the Admin istraion is conitemlplatinig a ptrosecu cmn of tih' Standard Oil Company ani ie--al coml.i)na ions. A:1 Quiet in Santo Domingo. 'calgrm received at the Stat. I mpr:nnt. Washington. D. C.. from isaent in Santo Domingwo states tha : fwremnaininug insurrectos at Moni Crsihave surrendered to the Gohvern 1-rn that all isnow (quiet and crau: <c:. he republic. rn:aeess Ena Conve'rted. a.::". E~na. King Ailfo's futur' bride' '-as received into the Cathioli * hur: in the royal palace of .\lranma: aL . 'W'atian. Spaiu. r:orting Brcv:ics. :e Tess. a Uiienheim spanie he ctup for the arc- tch' at tix ~ ii on it. C.) dog show. :n :'~ in Ne; . -er hav PRAIRIE FIRE IN TEXAS Billows of Flame Devastaei 800,000 - hAcres of Land. More Than 1MOO Head of Cattle 1.urned and rour Unorganized Texas Coun tie Laid Wavte-. Lulbor-. 'Texas.--The most des'ruct ice prair:e fim' ver known in the Soutiwe wept over four large coun lies northiwest U1 here. It destroyed the grass on more than S00,000 acre s of land in Iokikey, Lamb, Cochran and . Bailey counties. burned more than - 1000 head of cattle to death and de siroyed many ranch buildings. These four counties are unorganized, I and there are no towns within their borders. They are devoted wholly to r-anch intere: ts. The fire started in the northern part of Hockley County five days ago and was swept south and west by the high 'March wind that was iblowing. The grass was dry and of great height and it afforded fuel for the flames that caused the contiagra Zion to become one of the grandest spvetacles ever witnessed in this re i glou. The fire raced with the wind across the breadth of two counties. covering a distan'e of tifty miles in a few hours. -This broad wall of tiame then swept . soui and west, extending its path of destruction for a distance of more than 100 miles and laying everything in that broad scope of country waste. A Wowen and children who occupied rranch houses lying in the path of the .ncoming flames were rescued and car ried to places of safety on fleet-footed -horses. It is estimated that the losses caused by the tire aggregated more than $1, 0001.000. TIEATENSTIIEPOWDER TRUST Bill For Government Plant may Wipe Out i)uPont Contracts. W ington. D. C. - The Powder TrIust known as the DuPont Syndicate. Will lose its valuable contracis vWith the G~overnmenlit for muaking smokeless Powder if a bill introduced in the House by Chairman I Hull. of the Mi1 tziry Affnirs Committee. becomes a law. TI appropria'tes .20.0Y0 for the con -truction of Government factories in which the four or ive million dollars' wor'th of smokeless vowder. used :,! nually by the army and navy. will here after he manufactured. It is thought the bill will pass. as it has the approval of the President, the Secretary of War and of the Navy. It is said the Governient Cn make its own powder for abotione-half what it now pays the trust. If this state ment is correct. the Government will save in a single year on its powder bill three or four times the cost of the pro posed Government powder plant. The introduction of the Hull bill was dua to an expose of the working of the Powder Trust made in the House by Representative Graff. of Illinois, show ing that the four great powder manu facturing concerns of the country-the DuPont. the Latiand & Rtand, the Inter national and the California. which con stitute the DuPont Syndicate-always -put in identical bids in answver to the -(overnment's advertisement for sup plying powder. R IEFUSE TO PRtINT'LYING LABELS Chicago Lithographers Offer Co-opera tion to Illinois Pure Food Commission. Chica go.--Ch ica go lithographers are going to take up the pure food crusatde. Unless certnin manufacturers order la bels for their food products wvhich tell the truth, it was said that the litho grap~hers would not print them. This was promised by a committee from the Federation of Labor, which called at the oficee of the Illinois Pure Food Commission. The committee wacs headed by Charles D. Wheeler, who said: "What we think is that the commis -sion ought to go after the manufactur ers. Half of the time the dealer sells an adulterated article without knowing wha i in it. Then he gets arrested and fined and has to pay the bill. I sympathize with the small dealer. It is the big manufiioturer who is respon sible for this glucose mixture colored w ith ainiline dye that goes under the name of jam that we are after." Assistanut Commissioner Patterson saiud lhe faivored the plan of the itho g.rapher. INDIANAPOLIS CITY THEATRE. Tomlinson Hall to Be Remodelled For Use of Anti-Syndicate Attractions. Indianapolis. Ind.-3Mayor Bookwalt er is arranging to give jndependenut theatrical attractions a place in this city wvhere they may appear. For more than a year the syndicate has controlled al!l the theatres in this city, and many attractions have not been brought here because of the bar tplaced upon themi by the syndicate. It is the plan of Mlayor Bookwalter -to convert Tomlinson Hall, owned by the city, into a theatre, where indepen dent attractions may appear. The in terior of the building is to be renmod eIled and every appointment necessary Ifor a first-cla'ss theatre added. = Cut Old U. S. Clerk's Pay. The Committee on Appropriations of the House. Washington. has incorp~or - ated ini the Judicial Appropriation bill - a proviso that every Government clerk - more than sixty-iive years old. no mat ter wvhat his salary is, must be cut down to $1000 a year. TWO RUN DOWN BY TRAIN. Double Tragedy at Erie Railroad Crossing Near Corning. N. Y. Corning. N. Y.-John Wood. of Troy. P. and MIiss Rose M1addox. of this ity. werte instantly killed by a train at the C entreville crossine of tihe EKri I lr~lmoad here late at nighc. The ho~d les were brought to the local station. where they were identiiled early next The victims were driving across ihr tram when ic their carriage was struck by an east-bound passenger train. CJTICAG;O SALOON TAX $1000. 'Iuerea se Adds S3.30O000 to Treasury and 1000 M[en to Police. e 'iao.-Bty a vote of 40 to 2S the City Council adopted the ordinanet e tixing the saloon license at $1000 pe: I shall si the ordinance just a non: as it is pr'eented to mec." saiO MILLION AlS BEoAINE[ Cattle Kings Forced to Give Ur Vas Tracts Of Stolen Lands. To BE REOPENED TO PUBLI( 6oom Provided For Hundtredi.4 of St.' ti,--. in Nebramka na 1eenit o JDis'posen:: of Realty Robberi The "Work of L. (. Wheeler, o the Secret Seivice. 0m:ahn. Ni-.-One million a eres of Tanid-rood land-added to those sub ject to homesteading in Nebraska i: the first fruits 4-f the investigationm of the land and fencing frauds whieli have been perpE-trated in this State This vast body of land upon which sev eral thocusand families ean find houmec a.nd farms. wili be officially restoredi to the public domains on July 3, an( -will the. i-e subject to homestead enir. For the last few years. while would be settlers and homesteaders have hefr. running ,-hout over Nebraska taking u) the best lands they could find. tbeso LO00.00u acres have been within thV fences of the great cattle barons, and it was altcst as much as man's lif. was worth to enter their great in elosures and homestead any of thu land which they claimed as their "range"-without one shadow of law fui and legal claim thereto. Blut this is now changed: Gover-nment ferrets have gone over the State and have hunted out those lands illegally fenced. and even those upon which ille gal filings had been made. and as a re suit 1,000.000 acres will be again of fered to the public, free. on July 1. This tract will be open to the first comers who make their filings, not on 160 acres apiece. but on four times that much-G40 acres-a full square mile of land-to settle down and live on the land five years and thus securc a clear title without the payuent of one cent other than the regular filin-: fees of $14. This is only the first result of the land investigation, howCvever. and after the Government authorities have con cluded their siftings. there will prob ably be several more millions of acres returned to the G.overnment and again opened to the public. This work is being carried on from thv Government building in Omaha. under the Fupervision of L. C. Wheleer. of the Secret Service. The public has heard of the trails of the' great cattle barons and of the sentences doled out toi then for practically stealing hun dreds of thousands of acres. but noti ing has been said of the efforts of the dcpartment to cancel the claims these barons have on the great bodies of lands that they have inclosed with 1trands of wire. One of the favorite methods was for the great cattle man to have his cow boys and other employes take up home steads. making the declaration in doing so that the land was for their own use entirely. But as soon as the final proof wvas made, these homesteads have been immediately deeded to the cattle ma]]. Another favorite method was to get ohl soldiers and soldiers' widows to make these filings. Wheeler's agents have sh~owni that hundreds of these ex-sol diers have been brought fromn the sol, diers' homes of Iowa. Illinois. Nebras ka and other Central Western States, haive been paid from $50 to St00) to file on a certain piece of land, and when th~e deed is received from the Govornment to transfer this land to the cattle people. Likewise, hundreds of widows of Union soldiers have beer] utilized to help defraud the Govern ment and enrich th~e cattle kings. Two year-s ago three cars filled with these worn n were brought to Nebraska from Iowa in a singele day to Alliance. Neb., and( each one filed on 1G0 acres of land. which land is now in the hands of the (-attle men and will be claimed by the Government as fraudulently held. The "insiders" confidently expect that when the Government finishes with the cattle barons, at least 3.000. 000) acres of gor.4 lands will be re turned to the public domain, and will be subjiect to honmesteading by bonafide settlers. NO TREASURY DEFICIT NOW. The Month of F-ebruary Ends With a Sutrplus5. Wash ngton, D. C.-The month of February ends with a surplus in the U'nited States Treasury for the fir-st time in the current fiscal year which began on July 2, 1905. At the close of business the excess of Government re ceipts over expenditures for tie fiscal year was $1,102,002. There had bee]] a deficit in the Treasury for eight mfonths until now. The improved condition of the Gov ernent finances has exceeded the pre diction]s of Secretary Shaw and sonme of the Republican leaders in Congress, and it is now believed that there wvill be a substantial surplus '.>y the end of the fiscal year cn June 30 next. The improved condition is due entirely to increased receipts fr-om several sources, for the total dfsbursements have been larger than they were last year. The state of the Treasury at this time is in sharp contr-ast to the condi tion which existed a year- ago, when th ere was a deticit of $25,403,33. Revolution in Uruguay. Reports have recached Buenos Ayres tha:it a revolutionary movement has broken out ini Uruguay, anid the Presi dcnt of tha:t Republic bas taken ~ Anti-E-ight-H~our Law in Effect. ha ving; signed tihe ac~t ma]kinig :typro priations for tie needs of the 1sthmiian Canal Comiuussi&n and exempting the canal workers fr-cm the operations of the eight-n our lawv, President Shonts sent a cazbleg-rm to Chief Engineer tevens. whbo is ner: :1t Panama, noti fying him of thtie arpp-oval of the act. Iceland Seeks L-dependence. A movement to declare Iceland inde pendenzt of Denmar': ihas caused con siderable uneasiness in Copenhagen. Sporting Brevities. ICobumbia defeated Aa.:atpolis at fenc ing aiv botst fou L eon Mate c h Ger;.townvi catch e; waho hs ISeen] debarred fromn ath - Ieti'- in the u': ': ersity, la; like y to I A TWO CENT RAILWAY FARE Official; East and WeSt Acmit It 'll Become Gerera'. To Be Forcel on J:oAd.-Leghintlitre anit Comi isiiionr to Ac Lit li the D)ifrerent State -( mi railromi far i:::s . an t r'-pidly over 1"'tates since the pasage of the >hila Railroad odicials of the E.Ii ,In West. according to advices volleCted here. admit that ithe two-ce.nt fle ;- bound to becoile genlerall. and theY are only hoping the day of its adoption w1il he delayed as long as pos The abolition or pas*es and the he !itf that two cents is enough for rmost of the railroads east of the Mississippi I-) charge are the two strongest influ onces in strengthening the movement. 'Many railroad oflicials believo they must offer the lower fare in o:.der to rnwer the competition that is develop in'g fromr the spread of interurball elec trie lines all over the country. The action of the railroads on the mileage book question is another thing that is operatin:: 10 increase the demand for I; two-cent fare. Miehiganr took the initiative in the reduction of passenger fares, but the la.w there s a gr.ded one. depending on iem e-arnings of the railroads. The faros oermitted' to he charged range from four c-ents on soie roads i the upper peninsula to two cents on the r1marn lin!es in the lower State. Thi law has resulted in giving the iolilh- of Michigan a two-cent fare on 700 miles of mrairn line and a two and one-half cent rate on 400 miles of road. The operation of the law has proved eminnently satisfactory to the people of the State. and so far as can be learned has not affected adversely the revehue of the railroads. Governor IHanly. of Indiana. hias de termined that the next Legislature, whetier it be a special or a regular ses sion. shall pass a two-cent law that shall apply uniformly to all lines with in the S tate. A universal sentiment exisis' throughout the State in favor I such a1 measure. The State of Iowa is also moving rapily toward a two-cent fare action. Governor Cunmmins re-ommended col pulsory legislation for a family mileage book 10 he sold at twc cents fiat. The suggestion was ignored and a two-cent fare bill vas introduced in 100-> and :rgiain in 19N. but has not been given cons-oiideration by the IRailroad Commit tee of the House. in W isconsirn the Secretary of State has presented a complaint to the Rail road Conunission that ie is compelled to pa thre cents a imile when ridirrg on Wiseonsin lines and that this is anr excessive fare. The commission is n hat is termed a "strong commission," bgving power over ra tes. and as the temper of the people of the State is toward rate re duction. there is little doubt that the railroads there are facing a two-cent fare. Had the Governor's call permitted it, a two-cent bill would have been rushed through the Pennsylvania Legislature at the last session. There is not the least doubt that such a measure 'xill be introd'ieed at the session next Jan uary. An effort was made to induce tire Governor to amenrd iris special call so as to permit cf two-cent legislation, but without effect. In Virginia a bill has been introduced requiring two-cent fares, and it will probably be passed. In Illinois the State commission re cently rep)orted in favor of a reduction to two cents, but action was postpo.ned pending further investigation. In Nebraska it is a foregone conclu sion, it is said, to leading commercial men of the State, that a bill will be ofered in the next Legislature provid ing for a reduction of fares from three to two cents. It may become an issue in the campaign. LIEUT.-GEN. SCHOFIELD DIES. Noted Army Officer Passes Away at St. Augustine. Fla. St. Augustine. Fla.-Lieutenant-Genl ral John M. Schofield. retired, died at .30 o'clock at night. He was seventy ive years old. Cerebral hemorghage, which caused an apoplectic stroke, was the cause of death. With the death of Lieutenanrt-General Schofield the lan of the great army commanders of the Civil War is stricken from thre rol's. Generals Will iam M. Wherry an~d William P. Ennis were here with him. TX~bey were at tached to his staff at the time he was in command of the Army. .ke Swallows Village. Th vllag of Tavenola, built on per heiua clfsabove Lake Iseo. Bres cia Province, Italy, was almost entirely destroyed by rocks surddenly giving way, apparenrtly because the lake had eaten into the base of the cliffs. For tunately the disaster wras preceded by a louid roaring. whrichr alarmed the 1000 inaitants in time to make their es cape. One fishrermna.1 was killed. About 2010 feet of r-ock and the houses on it were swallowved u.p by the l-ake. Longworthrs at Home. Mr. and Mrs. Nicholas Longworth are established in the Longwvorth house, at Eighteenrth arnd I streets, Warshing ton, D. C.. anrd tire Congressman has re Isued his duties at the House. Earthquake Shock in Maine. A distinct earthrquake was felt in Portland. Me. In several par-ts of the city the shock was 'necompanied More Money Cabled to Japan. Washington, D. C.-The Amrerican National lted Cross, through tire State Departmenrt. eahled to thre .Japanrese Red Cross $5Q000. makirrg a total of $2.000 so f:(r corntributed by thre Amer ian people and tr-ansmuitted to Japan through tire Rled Cross for the relief of the sufferers in the famine-stricken orovinces. Rear-Admuiral Retired. Rear-Admiral French E. Chadwick has been retired. N ewsy Gleanings. Wild dogs are becoming a nuisance and danger in the jungles of India. A special military commission is now sitting in Berlin, Germanry, considering tre best means of making cav-atry as irv sible as- possible in warfare. S-edern is plannn to use for elec tricty every ounce ot w::ter now golag o wtv4 ove hr falis and in her Cil:nb'iair' Unirs uity and the Na tior!'l Academ of ' Desigrn have comne to ' ')'r'taning whereby theuy wtili n.-pe~win heesabi ishmeatnt of a o--Iy 'f tie art-i.r conneactionl withm I' I.A Ni"Y vetr ivc-rsitv. [HIE INSURANCE A~[ FAILS hree Mutua| Reserve Officiais In dicted n New York City. I ARCENY AND FORGERY CHARGED re-ilenit F\. . I in ait1im. V ic-l're-ident Geo..1rg D - 1. E-:41 r id::-ze anil Se-cond Vice-1resieini 4iorze 1Unrunh ata. .1r., Arre.rted and liailed-Graud .ury'3 Ac tion spreals Con,.ernatinn. New Xork 4'Ity.- he lust talgible resiL u appe*'air as the result of )is trict Attorney .1 rome's exninifatioi of the testiimoly that was taken by ile Leis~ilat iv'e l usuirnm !InE ivestiga tinig Coimuittee was.e the indictiment of three oflieers of ihe Mutunal Reserve Life In surane Company oil chirg'es of grand larceny in the first dlegroee and forgery in the third degree. The men indicted are Frederick A. Burnham. president: Geo-ge D. Eldridge. first vice-president, and George Burnhainl. .Tr., second vice president. II all. live indictments were lJroiughlt against each officer. two for :rand hireny aid three for forgery. I'le alleged lireenyi and forgery was brouxilt abolut. aecording to the idiet ments. by layments of $9000 of the mpanIly's money to law tirms. the ap pareit purpose of which is alk-:ed to hanv1e been to s.ttle himlis against tie compatny. while the real object is Al leged to have been to sett!e aetions which imil h?en brought against otfi.ers of ilh" coipalny as individuals. The iidivtImienits oil wInich a hare of lareeny is based alleged that ilh(e ofli cers embezzled two sumiis. (ile of 5750) and th.- otlier of .01. oil October 24, 10a. The thre ofluiers appeared inl the Court of General Sessions. vhiere Judge O'Sullivai. lixed their bail at ? 12.500(l for eacti. II the irst easC of aleged forgery the indicent charges that $7500 was entered ini the cash book as paid to Nichols & Bacon. attorneys of P. 1'. Arnistrong, to settle a clajim of Arm strong against the insurance c4mpiny arising out of a c'ntract between hili nd the (omipaly. Inl f*;Iit. however. lhe indictiei charges. the money was paid to Nichols & taron in settlemlent if an., action which ihiey. as attorleys for J. Dougtss Wells. Lad previously brongtit aga inst Frederick A. Burnham individually. The secoiud indictment for forgery tiirges that theI defend.ils cauIIsed $151N) to be eitered oil the comipaiy's books as itmade in paynient to James Schiel & Elkus for legal services ren (lered O)y themii to the collpaniy. In re alit:. declaires the indictment, the money was paiI with instructions to turn it over to ite attorney ot J. Dong las Wells to reimburse Wells for dis burseiments which he claimed had been made by him in defending actions broug.. against him by Frederick A. Burnham. individually, and by George ). Eldridge. individually. and in order to induce Wells to consent to a discon tiinance of t nose actions. The third indictment for forgery is based on the paymfent of $5000O of the company's mioney on September 24. 1901. That payment. the indictment charges, was entered in thle cash book as niade to James Schell & Elkus for legal services. The real purpose of this payment is. however, alleged to have been for delivery to Baldwin & White, attorneys for J. Thompson Patterson, for the purpose of settling one action whiclh Patterson had previously Ibrought against the company and against Frederick A. Burnhaand eo ions which had beeni brought against Patterson, one by (George D). Eldridge, ildividuall y. one by Frederick A. Burn ham, an nd one by the company. The indicetments pr'oducled consterna tion among otticialhs of insuratnce comn panics whose methods wvere exposed by the Armstrong committee. Their fear of the results of the probing of the Grand Juhry, under the direction of Dis trict Attorney JTerome, was manifest when it was learned that many of them had retained William Rand. Jr., former Assistant District Attorney, to defend thex.. SUGAR REBATES INQUIRY. Charges of Agreement Among Ali Rail roads Entering New York City. New York City.-The Federal Grand JTury in this city b~eganl to take evidenice in regard to charges laid before Attor ney-G;eneral Moody tuat the railroads having terminals in New York and Jersey City were concerned in a deti nite agreement in regard to a division of the sugar freight business and also had been paying rebates to the Sugar Trust. The charges. which are brought by W. R. Hearst. allege that the agree ment has extended over a long term of y-ears, and 1hat large sums have been paid in reba tes. The evidlence colle.. ed in the case wais laid before Attturney-General Moody somei weeks ago. and after ani investi;-ationl the D~epartmen t of JTus tice has deteraiined that .dhe cases shall be ptushed vigorously at once. The Delaware. Lackawanna and Westera Railroad Compa ny, Lowell 31. Palmer. of IHavemneyer &. Elder: a Brooklyn (lock comupany aairt others are the defendants in the principal rebate action. w'hile the otheri railroad ('omf paies centreing in and around New York appear in other cases. Free Lessons For Maine Farmers. Profe-sors in the University of Maine havye perfected plans to travel through (lit t he State in a finely equipped special train andl give free lessons in theoretical aigriculture to the farmers. Fall Over Mile From [Iia!!oon. The env"elope of a mlitta ry hal Iloon which was amking an a scent at Civita La vignlia. eighitien miles sout iheatst oft Rome. Italy. bunrsi at a height of over a mule and a1 enytniin and eighit soldiers, who were in the car, were dashed to the ground. \h[i ple Syrupn Seatsoin. The uapie syrutp season has opened nunisnalIly ct liy ini Someruseu Countty. Pennis; Ivania andmi eonlsiderale quain tities ha ve becen obtinmedl r'eently'. Mutual's Pusiness Fell Off. ?he annual statement of the Mutual Life Insurance Company for the year eiided D)e'eimber 31 was ma~de public in New York City. It shows that the Mu tua l's b usiness ini the year of the insur aniiees scaal s fell off more than $4'i illIm . iiH). 1'i~e a mount of paidi( fot' new business ini 1!H4 was $229.5:2,400, and ini 1945 was $ 181 .,;;.);4:. IL.ine's Steps Down. .Toh P:it. Iha im;s. pi'esiden t of the So vl~ for h;'. I 'revemiiion of Cruelty to the' bor ofi 41 ini!anne':rs at a special mice ':ir in Yow Yowr: 'ity. FRENCH CABINETOUT Resignations Were All Sent in Simu!taneously STARTLINGLY SUDDEN DrFEAT On Comparatively Minor Debate Over Church Inventory Riots Govern ment is Defcated by Opposition, In Cluding Both Clericals and Social ists, and Premier Rouvier and Col legues Tender Resignations to Fig ure-Head President. Paris. By C:bie.-Like a slo .t f'ron a clear sky. tht. Rouier Ministry was defeated in the ('haiber of Deputies ai ininediaiely resigineil. Tlie cabinet crisis 4cmes at a dIra mat.1ie momwent. whenl the Franco-Ger mtani cintest ha1! re'acheil a decisive sta'ze. anid Ialiy exert an iplortatt alverse iiifluence on the AlUeciras coniference and on Eropean affairs. The defeat of the iovernmeni came 61n a eoiparitively minor debate over lie (ntreh dirtirs. The governlent neeeded in holing only 2:4 votes, hile tle varius elemets in opposi tion--ericals. Sia ut lists and Natio n alist.--unitedl and( polled 2t67 votes, th1uts placing thin \lillistry inl a minor ity of 32. Premier ROuvier. wvit i all of his (() leagues. imnediately proceeded to) the Fo4 ireign Oflice, where a joilit letter of resignation was preparel. Later. M. Rouvier presented :his letter to Presi dent Fallieres, who accepted the resignation. The President announe ed his intention of ,onsulting the Presidents of the Sent and Chamber of Deputies relative to the formation of a lnew cabine!. BLOODY 1110T F1M01FD TOPIC. The debate in the ('hamber I-f De puties was upon t!he bloody riot dlir ing the taking I an inventory of a chrch in tile village of Boesehepe. resulting in the death of a manifest at. Tarious orators severely eriticised the government's course, asserting that it threatened to precipitate a re igious warfare. Premier Rouvier responded: "The government has the duty to apply the law. It will apply it with out weakness. but also with the prut dence. taet and wisdom consistent with public traniuility. I ask the adoption of a resolution approving these declarations of the govern ment." The resolution was thereupon put o a vote and defeated. The result as due to a combination of opposi ion infittences. The vote was more xpressive of personal antagonism to the Ministry than of opposition to hurch inventors. Named to Murder President. Newv Orleans, Special.-Declarin~g that her life will he taken unless she assassinates President Roosevelt, a oman who gave her name as Mrs. . B. Lewaller. of Philadelphia, ap plied at central police headqutarters for protection. She spoke rationally nall general sttbjects, hut the police oroner decided to detain her for an examination. Mirs. Lowaller said that she fell in with a party of Socialists n Philadelphia, and that she was tak to a room there and made to take m oath against the President. being told that she woutld be destroyed if t was not executted. She said she fed to Hotuston, Texas. but the men followed her there and that she had then come to New Orleans. Western Roads Lower Rate. Chicago, Special.-esterni rail roads, The Record-Herald says have decided to make voluntary rednctions in transportation charges amounting in the aggregate to many million dol) ars antnually. The' proposeud reduc tions are to be made in all the rates of the six classes into which freight is divided and will be effective in the nti~e territory b~et ween the AtlIantic seaboard and the Missouri river. In eneral, the redtuctions will amount to approximately 13 per cent. Not to Strike on Southern. Washington. Special--I an atu horized interview I. B. Perham. of St. Louis, president oft the Order of Railway Telegraphers, stated that the ifferences with the Southern Rail way Company were beciner amicably adjusted and that there would he no strike on Friday as heretofore an nounced. Tennessee Republican Committee Meets. Nashville. Tenn.. Special-The State Repbcan~ (in~mmittete met here Wed ies1ay and~ idecidedl to) caltl a coniveni ion to mner- here Augutst 2 next. to) in 'ewc nud kles for (Governot and ather St ae "fiieials. Lines between the 5)-al Evans and Brownlow act ins \;ere taut ly drawn. Stranded Schooner Floated Near Cape Henry. No folk. Special.--The Merritt Compan. Wednesday afternoon float ed the 'four-masted schioonfer George M. Gran~t. which was blown ashore e ape Illenry last Tuesday after. Ie Th 'vssel was kept afloat by . roo wooden railroadl ties and I' t0~. 1 i Hampton R1oads. Thewoan vwho thinks only of het PALMETTO AFFAIRS Occurrences of Interest from All Over South Carolina MANY ITEMS OF STATE NEWS A Batch of Live Paragraphs Cover ing a Wide Range-What is Going On in Our State. Charlotte Cotton Market. Low middlin...... .... ...! 7-S Striel low midling..........10 '! Mliddling................10 5-S Stit middlin.... ........10 :-4 G .-d middlinz.... .... .. ..10 7-S New York Futures. h.... .... .... ........ 10.56 April...... ................ 10. 62 .a.................. .. 10.76 June.... .... .... .... ..... Julv..... .... .... .... .... . . 0-7 Autust .... .... .... .... ... 10.41 Seteme................-. 10.40 O vtobeir.... .... .... .... .. 10.30 Nvember..... .... ......... 10.34 Decemiber .... .... .... .'..... 10.34 January.... .... .... .... .. 10. 8 Spot.... ...... .......- 10 3-4 Mr. Evans' Condition. Marion. Speial.-\l.. 'Junius H. Evans. who was serioisly injured last Friday evening by a fall fron ihl e1e, -lillani building on Mlain sireet, is bet ter. tliouglh tle imptovement inl his Codition is very sliglt. At first it was thought that tlt in jiury would prove immediately fatal. but now. al thonglh he is palralyzed in the lower hlout I of his body. somew lope of his re Coverv is entertained. He has been c u)OOS.NoutS almost -oiitiouisly. not wit lstanding the intense phtysica, suf ferinog he has undergone. He is at tended by Drs. Msintyre and Smith of thlis towi. anid his uncle. Dr. -James Evais of Horence. His brotier. Mr. Walker W. Evans of Clio, lois been with himli since the iniury. "Lum" Ward Badly Wounded. Greenville. Special.-C. Lum Ward, a well known horse trder and farmer, living three miles south of the city on the Laurens road. was shot and mor tally wounded by George Douglass, member of the firm of Briscoe & Douglass. Ward was carried to the station house. where Dr. W. C. Black ave medical attention. The shot ent ered the left breast and was not locat ed. As soon as the physician had ad ministered anestheties to the wounded mano lie told Ward that he had better prepare his will. if he wanted one, as hiis wound was mortal. The wvill was prepared and executed. His death is likely to occur at any time. A Blind Tiger Carriage. Greenville. Special .-F'our gallons o~ blockade liquor, two negro women, a negro backman and a horse and car riae were captured by officers in the heart of the city. All means hereto fore devised for transport ating liquor. in the hacks at night have been un earthed by the officers. A negro hack man had been working a new one. When he wvished to transport liquor he would get one or more negro women in his hack and drive through the streests. Officers got on to this game and above arrests resulted. Palmetto Briefs. Gov. Heyward has announced the appointment of Mr. Lee G. Holleman f Anderson to the position of State bank examiner. The recommendation had been made the governor by the executive committee of the State as ociation of bankers. Mr. L. M. Gasque has received his commission and qualified as a mem ber of the fish and oyster commission. Mr. Gasque has been a member of the legislature from Marion county for several years and is one of the most successful'-business men in that county He is well qualified to represent the interests of the people along the Pee e river who for several years have been wanting some kind of legisla Supt. W. H. Hand of Chester has been elected to a chair in the South Carolina university, the board of trus tees thus adding another strong and virile intellect to the teaching force. Supt.. Hand will be connected with the department of padagogy, presided over by Prof. Patterson Wardlaw. It is the ~manifest policy of the board to lect young men to the faeulty. The secretary of State issued a charter to the Southern States Trust Company. a (Columibia concern, capi talized at $4.500. The officers are: C. S. Barnet te, president and general ma:aer. and E. A. Washington, see In accordance with the request from the meet ingz held in Charlotte last Sat urdav fo r the purpose of discussing the Appalachtianf reserve, Gov. Hey ward named a committee of five to o tWa'shington at the proper time in the effor.t to forward the promo tion of this legislation. The gen tlemen named are: A. T. Smayth, (Char eston: W. S. Lee. JIr.. Rock Hill: A. Foster McKissick. Greenwood;Gr ville Real, ('alhoun Falls: H. C. Beaut tie. Greenville. Sheriff John A. Dukes (4 Orange burg county has called to the attntion of Go. Heyward a state of affairs in Orangburg county which has annoy ed some of the citizens, and asked for a reward for the arrest of an incen diary whose torch has destroyed housands of. dollars worthi of prover L .! Ncrry wauis (commrissioned maiz . :n~ eek township. Lan