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: V * r The Strange, Weird Things Won2ii Dd in the Na 1,1 ~ i i @ @ j i I l i WHITE-HOT BRICKS DESTit One of the most extraordinary modern sac that of th? pilgrims who go to Mecca, a hornet's tomb shall be^their last earthly sigh Ythis act, "See Mecca .ud die" has its varie see no more." The words are literally obeyec after beholding the Prophet's tomb, destroy bricks, which are supplied near the Kaabal ARMOR FOR FIRE FIGHTERS. p Wit Strange Appliances Used by the pun I.-1 ? f T? rx ? H r> t r ii cin v u v*- . V4 t The strange figures shown in the ae- is t companying illustration are not airknights of old In mediaeval armor, whi Out German fire fighters attired in pro- to a tective suits such as are in use by Ber- T tin firemen. is i tur< | j z i ' ^ i I V\i p Fireman Attired Like a Diver. The first of these suits is made of a double layer of waterproof material, the intervening space of which is filled with a slight layer of water, the whole heing kept throughly moistened by a spray over the helmet. Although ad- | vocated for cellar work, it is really to Mil rrVKlK * I VIuui?j u 11 appiiauvc wi. i/ui^vwvw, !; Protection From the Flames. F : E tut for open work in high temperatures the it is extremely useful. The appliance "\v dates from 1SS4. In many ways it re- I seniuies a mvers sun exct*puiiK iuui u.v <he helmet is of basketwork instead of ?Ii A NEW WASHBOARD. i in To improve the construction <. f wash- wa boar '.s and to provide a rubbing sur- en; face adaptable to washboards and out A falj but C - ~ -1 ^ be*i '"^1 I ru S?y ' | ser if fc T1;( 0SBSSSSBBB8SSSSS .in foe ^ ml i?r Grooves Hold tiie Soud. wa , That vOne Men and me of Religion. jj OY PILGRIMS' SIGHT. irifices for the sake of religion is ad in order that the Prophet Mat. burn their own eyes out. In nt enthusiasm in '"See Mecca and 1 by certain devout Moslems, who. their sight by gazing at white-hot j.?London Illustrate.! News. per; but it is similarly equipped h a window-face. The air is uped into the helmet as in the case he smoke-helmet, so that the worker ied by two lines, one comprising an line, the other a line ot" hose. to cli it is also frequently the custom ida a life-line. lie other covering explains itself. It ntended for work in high tempera?s under a variety of conditions. FOR HANGING PICTURES. I k'heu preparing a picture to be hung n the wall everything depends upon points at which the fastenings are ?ed on the side. Although these i be inserted- l>y an experienced >on, the probabilities are that the chaser will not be entirely satisfied ti the result, especially if the pic; is a valuable jne. By the use of device shown here the picture can tdjusteu at any angle from the wall bout removing the fastenings, but ply by adjusting the catch. Atjed to the back of the frame at ti side is a rod or guide. At the s of the rods are angular pieces, Hung at Auy Angle. ring fr??b space between the rod the frame, the rods being inclined, ociated with each rod is an adjust} catch, having two holes, through of which is inserted the rod and supporting cord through the other, en tension is put upon the supportcord the catches are tilted so as to \ ll.a nriil flint, hrt IiaI.1 i 111 c dim IUUO uc uuiu tilling j )lace. If it is desired to change the ination of the frame this can lie ily and quickly done by sliding the hes up or down along the rods. If y are moved upward the angle be(en the frame and the wall is lessd, while if they are removed downed it is increased. If the top ed~e the frame is not horizontal, for ex[>le, and it is desired to straighten ip. this can be done by moving one he adjustable catches until the proresult is secured. Cliiloren's Wisdom. What is grass?" Whiskers on the face of the earth." ompeii was buried in lather. lobby was admiring the fat boy at j; circus. ".Mamma, lie exclaimed, hat a kind mother he must have." lereules cleansed the Aegian stables turning the Stynx out of its course. 11 J. II. Burns' Children's Answers. shins machines is the aim of an nois inventor. lie claims that this shbcard has a surface which will ibie clothes to be rapidly and tliorclily washed without injuring the irics and without tearing away the tons. In the sides of the frame are trings into which a number of rollare journaled. These rollers each ;e four horizontal grooves, dividing rollers into ribs, and at an angle li the ribs are transverse cor:ations. The horizontal grooves ve to hold and dispense soap, which upplied prior to washing I lie clothes, u transverse corrugations are armed :it a pitch to form threads foi ding the clothes, the corrugations of alternate rollers being arranged resely, the tendency of the adjacent lers heing to move the clothes or er fabrics in opposite directions, e rollers arj spaced apart to permit ter to pass readily between them, fore washing the grooves are filled :h soap, which is to be packed prior the commencement of the lannder; operation, the quantity of soap be; intended to suffice for an entire shing.?Philadelphia Record. STANDARD OIL FLAYED IN PRESIDENT'S MESSAGE Secret Rebates and Huge Unlawfu Profits Vigorously Attacked by Roosevelt and Prosecutions Promised. COMMISSIONER GARFIELD'S FINDINGS Monopoly Built Up by Railroads?Trust Baacflts Enormously From "Unjuat and Illegal Rates," and Ha* Advantace Over Independents Eren in Open Kates?Passare of Rate Bill and Correcttou of Humphrey Decision Urced. "Washington, D. C.?Flagrant and persistent violation of the law by tli< Standard Oil Company, its enormous profits from unlawful secret rates bv which it has been enabled to bteea the public of still greater profits, and the connivance of railroads in violation of the law, are laid bare by President Roosevelt in his message to Congress, based on the report of James R. Garfield, Commissioner of Corporations, of his investigation of Standard Oil, which is transmitted with the message. In the message the President renews his suggestion for Governmental supervision and control of railroads. He declares it necessary not only for the nr/itonfinn nf tll<v nilhlip but for the t , protection of the raiiroads themselves. The investigation disclosed, as the President points out, that up to the time -when it was begun the Standard Oil Trust profited to the extent of at least $750,000 a year from secret rebates from railroads. In addition it was favored by open rates in all competitive fields. President Roosevelt declares in effect that the great corporations known as trusts have the railroads at their mercy. In the President's message and the Garfield report the officials of the Standard Oil Company are accused of lying, of '" ushing out competition by unlawful rreans, of obtaining monopolies by secret understandings with railroads, and of practically all of the crimes that ha-'e been alleged against the great trust. The President's .only recommendations in his message are that the im munity law be corrected, that the free alcohol bill be passed, which would be a set-back for the Standard, and thai the further exploitation by the trusts of coal and- oil lands owned by the Government be prevented. The message is. in parr, as roiiows: 'A very striking result of the inves^ tigation has been that shortly after the discovery of these secret rates bj the Commissioner of Corporations the major portion of them were promptlj corrected by the railroads, so that th( most of them have now been don< away with. This immediate correction partial or aomplete, of the evil of th( secret rates is, of course, on the one hand an acknowledgement that thej were wrong, and yet were persevered iu until exposed; and on the'other banc a proof of the efficiency of the wort that has been done by the Bureau oj Corporations. "The Department of Justice wil take up the question of institutinj prosecutions in at least certain of tb< cases. But it is most desirable to en act into law the bill introduced by Sen ator Knox to correct the interpretatior of the immunity provision rendered ir Judge Humphrey's decision. The hand; of the Government have been greatlj strengthened in securing an effectivi remedy by the recent decision of tlx Supreme Court in the case instituted by the Government against the To bacco Trust, which decision permits the Government to examine the books and records of any corporation engagec in interstate commerce; and by th( recent conviction and punishment ol the Chicago. Burlington and Quincj Railroad and certain of its officers. "But in addition to these secret rates the Standard Oil profits immensely bj nnnn ratps which are so arranged as to give it an overwbelpiing advantage over its independent competitors. Th( refusal of the railroads in certain cases to pro-rate produces analogous effects Thus in New England the refusal oj certain railway systems to pro-rate has resulted in keeping the Standard Oil ir absolute monopolistic control of the field, enabling it to charge from three to four hundred thousand dollars ? year more to the consumers of oil ir New England than they would have had to pay had the price paid beer that obtaining in the competitive fields." The message continues: "It is not possible to put into figure? the exact amount by which the Stand ard profits through the gross favoritism shown it by the railroads in connec tion with the open rates. The profit of course, comes not merely by the saving in the rate itself as compared with its competitors, but by the highei prices it is able to Charge, and (ever without reference to these highei prices) by the complete control of the market which it secures, thereby get ting the profit on the whole consump tion. "Jt is unfortunately not true," state? the President, "that the Standard Oil is tlif> nnlv srreat cornoration which is benefiting in wholly improper fashion The Attorney-General's investigation tends to show that the Sugar Trust rarely, if ever, pays the lawful rate." On the subject of curbing monopo lies, the message says: "The argument is sometimes ad Whole County Shaken. In San Mateo County. Cal., nearly every building suffered damage tc chimneys, plaster, furniture or crock ery. but the loss of life was small.. It Redwood City the new .?2r>0,000 Courl House was almost destroyed. ' Weds Astor in a Hurry. Waldorf Astor and >Irs. NannW Lanshorne Shaw, of Virginia. were married in London, in spite of tb( Supreme Court divorce decision. Labor Notes. Chairman Slionts has made r??or that 22,000 men are digging at the isth mue. A new union formed recently at Bos ton, Mass., was one of church orgat jsvorkers. Twelve steam laundries controlle? by Japanese are in operation in Sai Francisco, Cal. The bnildi-g trades of San Fran clsco carried a referendum vote by s larpe majority to assess all member S20 per capita for the purpose of build ing a labor temple. / ----- i - . " vanced against conferring u^>on some Governmental body the power of supervision and control over interstate ' commerce that to do so tends to ' weaken individual initiative. Investigations such as tills conclusively disprove any such allegation. On the contrary, the proper play for individual . initiative can o'nly be secured by such I Governmental supervision as "will curb those monopolies which crush out all individual initiative. The railroad itself cannot without such Government aid protect the interests of its own stockholders as against one of these great corporations loosely known as trusts. "The Government should have power by its agents," the President maintains, "to examine into the conduct of i the railways?that is, the examiners, under the direction of the Interstate Commerce Commission, should be able to examine as thoroughly into the affairs of the railroad as bank examiners ' now examine Into the affairs cf banks." In conclusion the President writes: "Though not bearing upon the questiou of railroad rates, there are two measures of consideration of which is imperatively suggested by the submission of tbi3 report. The Standard Oil Company has, largely by unfair, or unlawful methods, crushed out home com* petition. It is highly desirable that an i element of competition should be introduced by the passage of some such > law as that which has already passed ( the House, putting alcohol used in the 1 I oi.fo anrl ninnilfoolliroe iinnn tllo frpp : list. Furthermore, the time has come , when no oil or coal lands held by the Government, either upon the public do1 main proper or in territory owned by the Indian tribes, should be alienated. The fee to such lands should be kept in the United States Government, whether or not the profits arising from it are to be given to any Inaian tribe, and the lands should be leased only on such terms and for such periods as will enable the Government keep entire control thereof. "THEODORE ROOSEVELT." Commissioner Garfleld'* Report. Commissioner Garfield, in his report. : classes the more important forms of discrimination in favor of the Standard by the railroads, under the heads : of secret and semi-secret rates, disi criminations in the open arrangement ' of rates, discriminations in classifica L! ?~ J nttfl fl IC UOUS anu nut's Ul suiiiuucui uuu uigi criminations in treatment of private > tank cars. He says: L Not only has this resulted in great i pecuniary advantage in transportation cost to the Standard, but it has had the i far more important effect of giving that company practically unassailable : monopolistic control of the oil market throughout large sections of the eoun try. The manufacture of refined oil, com! monly known as kerosene, is about > 2G,000,000 barrels annually, of which : the Standard Oil Company directly and > indirectly controls about 23,000,000. > It also controls approximately the same proportion of the other finished products of petroleum. In the full report submitted the comi mission reaches those conclusions: r "The general result of the investign1 tion has been to disclose the existence ' of numerous and flagrant discriminai tions by the railroads in behalf of the i Standard Oil Company and its afiili. ated corporations. With comparatively i few exceptions, mainly of other large > concerns in California, the Standard r has been the sole beneficiary of such I discriminations. In almost every secl tion of the country that company has : been found to enjoy some unfair adf vantages over its competitors, and some of these discriminations affect 1 enormous areas." ; Many of the secret rates discovered i by the Bureau of Corporations have - applied only on shipments of oil wholly - within single States. Standard Oil ' K! iiAfinAnUa {r? ftrol fli 1 AVLl^JJJL CUUUV** icuiicuco i*t i States, fs obviously in a position to 5 make extensive use of such intrastate r rates, or as they are ordinarily dei signed, State rates. i For the purpose of more effectively I concealing the secret rates given to the Standard Oil, railroads in several 3 important cases, Mr. Garfield finds, ; have used peculiar methods ot billing I A. most careful review of the fact3 i and the explanations leads to the fol[ lowing conclusion: r The Standard Oil Company has habitually received from the railroads > and is now receiving secret rates and r other unjust and illegal discrimina; tions. > Oil is from two to five cents higher in i non-competitive than in competitive > fields. The monopolistic control extends ! from the well of the producer to tho s doorstep of the consumer. t The New York Central alone of the i railroads refused to give access to its > records of State rates. i These discriminations have been so i long continued, so secret, so ingenious> ly applied to new conditions of trade, i and so large in amount as to make it i certain that the.v were due to concerled action by tlie Standard and the railroads. ; The Standard Oil Company is rerelr ing unjust discrimination in open l rates. The New England territory has boon , In control of tiie Standard Oil by rea; sou of the refusal of the New Haven 1 and Boston and Maine to pro-rate*?i. e., to join in through rates?on oil shipped i from west of the Hudson, and by means of the adjustment of published > rates. The Standard Oil has maintain?"! ab. solute control of almost the whole section of the country south of the Ohio ; and east of the Mississippi by means of. [ secret rates and open discriminations. ; Case after case is cited in Commis, sioner Garfield'*? report to prove that [ the Standard is still receiving secret : and unlawful rebates ami rates, although the officials of tne trust d.> . clared at the beginning of the investigation that the Standard was not re. ceiving such discriminations. Killed by Break in Stocks. Corwin H. Spencer, a St. Louis > banker and ex-Vice-PrcsIdont of the . St. Louis World's Fair. who had lost i heavily on stocks, collapsed while Jookt ing at a ticker, and soon died of heart disease. Priest Murders Triost. At Murcia, Spain. Abbe Morale mnr> dered the Jesuit Father Martinez in > the vestry of the Santo Domingo Church. lie then committed suicide. Senator Clark to Retire. Senator Clark, of Montana. iiRl nouneed that be will not seek re-elec tion to the United States Senate, but will return to the West. i Liability of Oue Insurance Company. The San Francisco agent of the Liv1 erpool and London and Globe estimate! j the net liability of the company at $4,335,000. i Will Accept Foreign Gifts, s The San Fruacisco Iinanee Commit tee has concluded to thankfully accept the gifts from other lands._ i - ? 'MYSTERIOUSLY HERE C. L. Spier, Confidant of Active He ct Standard Oil, Slain by Pistol. HAD JUST INSURED HIS HI Vollclei All Held la a Company T1 Has No Suicide Exemption Clau* Police Declare Poiltlte Belief T1 Death Woaud Wai Self Infllctei Many Fuzzllag Features. New York City.?Charles L. Spi< Jr., personal representative of Hen j H. Rogers in lighting and railroad : i terests in Richmond County and Nor ern New Jersey, and a business prote | of Mr. Rogers, was killed mysterious ! at 3.15 o'clock in the morning in 1 J residence, 7 Tompkins aveuue, N< Brighton, Staten Island. He left 1 bedroom at that hour holding his lot ed revolver in his right hand and hi ing his left hand in the collar of 1 Boston bull terrier, Buster. He pass down the stairs in the dark this wj ills "Wire says iwu piaiui auuis v?* fired in the dining room. One "w from Mr. Spier's own revolver and c bullet went through his heart No dications of burglars were found lai except a collection of plated silverwi on the floor of the dining room besi the revolver and an open door to t piazza in the rear of the hallway?t key on the iuside. Mr. Spier had just insured his life 1 $75,000 and paid the last of the pre iums on two policies involved two da before his death. This was probat the last piece of business he trai acted. A judgment for over $50.( was rendered against him a short til ago. Although the police were led by si eral things to believe that Mr. Sp was shot by a burglar -who was tempting to get away with the fam silverware anjl was much surpris there is much that puzzles them in 1 case. While Mrs. Spier told the police tl her husband went in search of burgla armed with a revolver and accc panipd by a bull terrier, the police j they believe that Spier was s] through the heart with his own pisl and that at no time before or af the shot which killed him was eitl footsteps or a scuffle heard. The b terrier, known in the neighborhood its ferocity, did not even bark, and v wandering unconcernedly about 1 hall when Spier's body was found the foot of the siairs. The police are also puzzled by 1 fact that, although a few pieces of verware were found on the floor as hastily dropped by a surprised thi no marKo were iuuuu uu iuc n piazza, which a thief must lu climbed to enter the house, and no fc marks were found in the groui around the house. The soil was qu soft from recent rain and should hj retained impressions of shoes. 14,000 IN SUDDEN QUARANTI* Philadelphia Police Guard Nine Blo< While Doctors Examine Resident: Philadelphia.?If smallpox is spn in Philadelphia from a single case ( covered there, it will not be because lack of energetic action by the hea authorities. More than a hundred licemen started out at 4 o'clock a. and quickly placed ropes across all streets surrounding nine square bloi of the most densly populated sect of the city. | Then, while the policemen guar< I the streets and allowed no one to p either in or out of the district, a co of physicians started in to exam every one of the 14,000 men, won i and children within the nine blocks. Not one person escaped examinatl and 3000 of them were vaccinat The other 11,000 escaped because ti had been vaccinated recently enougL satisfy the doctors. It was five ho before the rigid quarantine was laxed in any block. <NrrAAm? * r * \* ?Nrrn nATTVn TV TV 0I1UUJ.O ja-a.i.'* oriii< ** ? j-> Indiana Woman. Alone, Cripples ? Captures a Burglar. Indianapolis, Ind?Mrs. Earl Linds wife of a Howard County farmer, home with no one but a child in house with her, was about to rel when she discovered a pair of sh protruding from under the bed spre Leaving the room Mrs. Lindsay lo ed a shotgun. With both hammers full cock she returned and commanc the intruder to come from the bed. The man crawled out and started run. Mrs. Lindsay had backed agai the wall. As he passed through i door she let go both barrels. The truder fell with a score of buckshot his leg. He was identified as Jan Wilson, wanted in two Indiana cit for burglary. BOMB KILLS BEARER. Also Wounds Accomplice of a Russi Student in Paris. Paris, France.?Two Russians, nan Striga and Sokoloff, were each carryi a bomb in the Bois de Vincennes, w the evident intention of hiding the when the bomb carried by Striga i ploded, killing him and dangerou wounding his companion. Striga and Sokoloff both were s dents of the School of Mines and me hers of the Russian Students' Uni They also belonged to the Revolutii ary Society. Neither has figured ' the police registers of suspected f eiguers. Bitter Attack on President. James R. Day, Chancellor of S.v cuse University, to which much Stai ard Oil money has been given, ma a bitter attack on "anarchism in 1 White House" because of the Pre dent's stand against Standard Oil. British Fight Zulus. A force of 1000 Zulus attacked British column near the grave of Cc I wayo. South Africa. Sixty Zulus wi killed: the British had throe 11: wounded. Feminine News Notes. In India natives are beginning lauv auuui IUU IUSI U^LUS UL uiui ;\vomen. A Cbambersburg (Pa.) girl. Miss C rie Mickey wou iirst honors in the cl; of 1000 at Wilson College. Mrs. E. H. Iluntingtou obtained divorce from her husband, in S Francisco, after twenty years wedded life. Women of the faculty and gradua of the New York Medical College : Women have undertaken to raise 000 to pay off a mortgage and save 1 institution. iiiiiriiM n SAY HE BURNED CHURCH The Rev. C, Stewart Bain Accused of ad Arson at Waterloo, N, Y. Iavettlgators Declare the Pastor Quilt} p? After a Lonf Inquiry?Collapse3 In Pulpit Duilng Sunday Service. lat Rochester, N. Y.?Not in many years ial bas the village of Waterloo felt sc a_ much excitement as has been caused by the arrest of the Rev. C. Stewarl Bain, paster of the First Baptisl er- Church, on the charge of setting fire tc that church when it was burned to tb? in" ground on the night of March G. When the church was burned its con ge gregation had just paid the last of it* sly debt, and the parish was in a flourish lis ing condition. It wj*s believed at th( time the fire was the work of an incen diary, but no one was suspected, and 1113 the villagers were at a loss to accoum id- for the deed. The church was insured IV- for $7000, and the insurance compan3 lig adjusted the loss at $6225. Not long after the destruction of th( ed church the pastor began receiving iy. threatening letters, each signed with i ire skull and crossbones. . One of thes< as read: me "Sir?You are hereby warned to leav< in- the town. We have knowledge of wh( ter it was burned the church. What abou ire Miss K. She is all right, you bet, bu de not for you. This town will soon tH he too hot. Look out. The black snak< he is sure and .tells no tales. So get out Next time you know." for These letters to the pastor were fol m- lowed by similar anonymous letters t< ys prominent members of the church )ly Christ Church opened its doors to th< as- Baptist congregation. While Mr. Bail >00 was preaching there on Sunday, Apri ine 15, he suddenly fell unconscious in th< pulpit. His physician said he had ha< ?v- a slight hemorrhage of the brain, an< ier ordered him to cease all labors for i at- time. He was granted a vacation. In ily vestigation of the fire went on in Mr ed, Bain's absence, and certain circum ;he stances were learned that resulted ii the pastor's arrest pnd incarceration ii lat jail. rs, im" FATHER AND SON SLAIN. ;ay 10.t Tramps With Razors Kill Lonely Hote toi, t ter Keepers. Jer Old Bridge. N. J.-*George Wbiteman ull forty years old. and his father, sevent; for years old, whose bodies, horribl; 'as slashed with razors and with throat the cut, were found in the barroom of th at little hotel or road house, which the, kept on the road frbm Old Bridge t the Matawan, N. J.( two miles from 01< sil- Bridge. i if The place was closed. The door wa ief, forced, and leaning against the doo ear were the bodies of father and sor tve Blood "was everywhere, and on the floo >ot- were the blades and handles of severa ids broken razors. lite It was evident that the two men hai ive been attacked in force. They had mad a desperate struggle for life. Th hands of both victims were slashed tei jE ribly, showing they had seized an> broken the razors wielded by their as . sailants. The cleanness with whici their throats were cut indicated tha 3- after they had been overpowered, pei ,a(j haps while they were held by their as jjS. sailants, their throats were cut as i of they had been sheep. ltlx po- LAKE COMMERCE IS TIED UP. m., tlJe Strike Declared by the Longshoremen' Association. Buffalo, N. Y.?The commerce of th led great lakes, save for the lumber cai ass riers and the passenger boats that carr rps package freight, is tied up. The Intel ine national Longshoremen's Associaiio leu declared a strike, and at every port th dock workmen Quit. Off Clevelan on, and Ashtabula and Erie the great or ed! carriers are riding ?t anchor, and i ley the harbor of Buffalo tne grain earner i to are massing all along the breakwater, urs Fifty thousand men are idle, me re- who earn on average $2.50 a daj Twenty-live hundred boats are nc earning their average, which is est EJ3 mated at $300 a day. Elevator owr ers, supply men and industries that d( ^ pend on lake commerce are losing vas sums. The strike :osts at least $1,000 000 a day. It is not to gain mor ay( wages, but to force vessel owners t at recognize a union formed by the mate: the ire SHERMAN ABANDONS HIS TRIF oes Returns From Historic Fields Fathe at Traversed Forty Years Ago. led Atlanta, Ga.?The Rev. Fathe Thomas Sherman abandoned his tri] to over the historic fields which hi nst father, General W. T. Sherman, trav the ersed forty j*ears ago, and with th in- escorting party returned to Fort Ogle In thorpe. Jes a special messenger with order les from General Duvall, commanding th Department of the Gulf, reached Car tersville, from Fort McPherson, order ing the immediate return of the party Father Sherman expressed regre [an that his mission should have been mis understood, and said that he was keen ly hurt by the criticisms of people ant led press. He declared at first that hi -~ +v?n trin nlnnc hn IU? WUU1U. wiiuuuc f itli finally decided to return with the raili 'm, tary escort, which had extended hin ex- the courtesy of the trip, sly tn. Warship Sent to Guadeloupe, m- Riots, growing out of the excitemen on. over the elections, occurred in Guade on- loupe; a number of houses wen in sacked: an American warship has beei or- ordered from Santo DomLngo to th( island. , New Theatrical Trust. ra. Klaw ?fc Erlanger and their allies, o ltj. New York, will incorporate a $30,000, 000 concern to control the theatric* Ihe situation. ;Si Against Federal Judges. Senator Tillman delivered his long promised philippic against unfair Fed a eral Judges. te 2re Maine Beat Missouri. icu The battleship Maine beat the hith erto invincible Missouri in a race. The Field ot Sports, to Very few good two-year-olds hav< I-- iionn iiii/ini'ot-fli] tn rlnto. iUU WCCU WUVWiv.vw There are forty-five entries for th( ar- $9000 Massachusetts purse. iss It has been decided to cut the trot tiug track at Willows, Cal., iuto build a iug lots. an In Copeland, Princeton has a train of er with many of the characteristics o: Moakley. tes Willie Shaw, the well-known Jockey for has signed a contract to ride for Alex 0.- auder Shields and his sons this year a :he a salary of $10,000 for eisht month; on the Eastern tracks. , v .w- ' *. 'jf/ ' BITSl_NEwfl WASHINGTON. S Senator Albion's amendment to Railroad Rate Bill met with so opposition from bis Republican col' leagues tbat be withheld it for modifil All free passes on railroads ;$! > barred by a clause put by the Senatt i into the rate bill. L The Government will co-operate witl t Ohio officials in prosecution of !" Standard Oil Company. H The Isthmian Canal Commission met * and decided to ask for an appropria* i tion of $26,348,281 to continue th| construction of the canal during till fiscal year ending June 30, 1907. I . President Roosevelt in a special me? ' sage to Congress explained the refusal *2? [ of the Government to accept foreign I * contributions for the San Francisco VM [ sufferers. t Tariff revision will be the issue iir ' S I the coming Congressional campaign. , ,/:?M ' Countess di Brazza, representing th Italian Government, urged establish* i ment of an international bureaw to dt ; rect immigration here. . ^ :'j* OUR ADOPTED ISLANDS. - ;'3 ; There is renewed fear among thtf . ) Filipinos that the islands are to b? ' ;j t sold to Japan, and the fear is wi?e< ? t spread. J ? i A. T. Atkinson, ex-Superintendent of ?!j - Public Instruction and father of Act- " * Ing Governor Atkinson, died of heart disease at Honolulu. For many years ; ^ he was the head organizer of the pub- $ 3 lie schools of the Hawaiian Islands. - . J Judge McKenna resigned from the r 1 Porto Rico bench at the demand of j | the Island Bar Association. a Bilbid Prison, in the Philippines, cot* . fwj i tains 4000 native prisoners, a large- :; j percentage of whom are serving senx tences for sedition and insurrection. It is said that the officers of the: army as a rule are enthusiastically^ ? - favor of the retention of the Philip- -a i pines as permanent colonial posses- % q sions. * , * A force of constabulary, acting In ?-1 conjunction with Governor Juan Schaick, of the Province of Cavlte, Philippine Islands, will begin a move- -"''.fjS . j ment to capture Montalon and his band of outlaws, now located south of the Taal volcano. The authorities predict , that it will be impossible for the ban* Vy dits and their leader to esc.pe on this y, y occasion. - * . s Governor-General Ide has appointed , ?< e a committee to see how many prison y ers in the jail at Manila who are held vj| 0 for sedition and insurrection may be ...SJH 1 safely released. " s DOMESTIC. r The offices of Joseph Leiter and the V-.' 3, i. L. Z. Leiter estate, in Chicago, were.,.. r entered by burglars who stole secuxk ! 1 I ties valued at $12,000. James T. Tierney, a fireman, was II electrocuted by a fallen wire, and five e of his comrades sustained serious in- fM f juries while fighting a fire at Mobile, , 5^ A cloudburst has washed away all v'.jj k the bridges on the Dry Fork Railroad; ; t between Hendricks and Horton, W< .. Va., a distance of thirty miles. i- The northeafst wing of the City Hall. a f Chicago, was abandoned by ord?r of :'/j? Building Commissioner Bartzen, who said it was in danger of falling. Investigation into the Mutual Life' '^| Insurance Company's payments toi legislative expenses was opened by 4 special Grand Jury, of New York City? 5 <3 T,4j. L. ^cmple, of Texarkana, Arkj ; - I ? *r..? Uorn Ralrof Vti e uas presemeu iu iui o. iu?ij ^ r- Eddy, of Christian Science fame, 4 y $6000 pair of Kentucky horses. $ '<3j It Las been decided to retain th< 0*3| n Metbodist publishing bouses in Netf : ? York City and Cincinnati, but concen* trate the work. ? The Gaekwar of Baroda, one of tb< />jl three highest native rulers of Indian is on bis way to New York Cit?. n The situation in San Francisco con-' T% tinues to improve, relief was distrib- i it utpd expeditiously and many plans tot i. rebuilding are made. > i Banks in San Francisco resumed ; business and the City Engineer subit mitted a comprehensive plan for the ,- rebijlding of the city. e Independent oil producers expressed 0 great gratification at the President's ' 5 '> message. John D. Rockefeller, Jr.. announced the disbandment of his Young Men's Club, In New York City. r j More than forty Brooklyn and Man- - iq hattan automobilists were fined in one day for scorching on Long Island. * Major-General A. W. Greely, In comg mand of the forces in San Francisco, has reported that in Santa Rosa the * killed in the earthquake of April 18 numbered sixty-nine persons. Fiftythree were injured and ten are still missing. ' . "t? FOREIGN. A dispatch from Cairo says that the ' Turkish Grand Vizier has ordered the t restoration of boundary pillars, and - has denied that they were removed by, * Turkish troops. 1 Turkish troops exterminated a band ? of fourteen Bulgarians at Lloyds, near 1 Kiuprill. The Turks had two men * killed. The French Cabinet has won a complete victory in the elections. Howard Cary, of New York City, a cousin of Lord Fairfax, was found t dead in a London boarding house with - i a revolver in his hand. 2 j The police arrested sixteen anar i ; eliists ana caprurea eigne uomus at 5 Barcelona, Spain. England is sending additional forces to Eastern Mediterranean waters. Partisans of the Chinese bandit Van* maoinao attempted to rescue him from the municipal jail at Shanghai; the 1 ! brigand and another Chinaman were killed and three jailers and four Chinese were wounded. AVliilfw flro mpn rrossincr til* Montmorency River above the falls in a boat, near Quebec, Canada, one of them became frightened and leaped out, upsetting the boat. He managed to swim ashore, but the others -were drawn into the vortex and drowned. German and Russian health officials are discussing at Thothom, Prussian Tola ml, means for preventing the 5 spread of cholera, should it break out. ; The strength of the respective parties in the French Chamber will be only slightly changed by the elections. Special cable dispatches tell of British troops leaving Malta for Egypt andi war ships about to rendezvous at thei j Piraeus, in Greece. In an imperial rescript accepting}' Count Witte's resignation as Premierj ' Emperor Nicholas praises the Couut fori " his services to Russia, especially menj j tioniug his success in a new loan. ' *" # ' ' 4*1 ,v."- ,