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*' i?? ROCKEFELLER OWNS 241,892 OIL SHARES Books of the Standard Indicate There Are 2000 Stockholders. DOZEN MEN IN FULL CONTROL Light Thrown on Monopoly's Immense Incomc at Hearing of Government's Suit in New York City ?$900,000,900 in Dividends. New York City.?For the first time In the history of Standard Oil the identity of the largest stockholders in the trust was divulged. This was one of many surprises in the testimony brought out by Frank B. Kellogg, counsel for the Government in its suit to dissolve the Standard Oil Comnanv r?f Mpw .Terspv on the srround that It 5s a trust and is operating in violation to the Sherman anti-trust law. It was known that John D. Rockefeller was by far the largest holder of Standard Oil stock, and that his stock in fact represented about onefourth of the total amount in the company, but as to other stock ownership the public could only guess. Mr. Kellogg says he will show by the list of present stock ownership that the most important stockholders of to-day are the same as in the old 'T~ ' , ,4 LEADING HOLDINGS IN OIL ' > ; THEIR i In the course of the day's P] United States Government's suij Trust, the Federal representatii Frank B. Kellogg, developed th( leading shareholders of record ] respective holdings at current qi John I>. Rockefeller Charles H. Pratt D. M. Harkncss estate . Oliver H. Payne Henry M. Flagler O. B. Jennings estate H. H. Rogers J. A. Bostwick estate .. ^ William Rockefeller *C." M. Brewster estate . Charles Lockhavt. f -i. *C. Ledyai*d ami Payne Wliitn< William C. Whitney estate. . . . Wesley H. Tilford John D. Archbold W. G. Worden University of Chicago i * jiai it*s ji. x Ail \ I Daniel O'Day estate f Standard Oil's Capital.... I L unlawful corporation, and that there have been but few changes either in stock holdings or management since the old Oil Trust was dissolved. More than one-half of the shares of the Standard Oil Company of New Jersey, which earned profits of nearly $300,000,000 in eight years, are held by ten men and estates. Accountants who are working under the direction of Kellogg have found also that since the formation of the original combination in Ohio, in 18S2-, the profits of the oil monopoly have amounted to $900,000,000. -""From the books of the New Jersey Standard Kellogg brought to light the present stock holdings of the oil magnates. There are in round numbers 2000 stockholders, but a round dozen men absolutely control the organization with all its vast capital and earnings. John D. Rockefeller heads the list with 247,692 shares, indicating that the Oil King has reduced his holdings by 9162 shares, his portion of the liquidating certificates, reported in a recent paper, was allotted to him. i The estate of Charles H. Pratt controls 52,582 shares, the D. M. Harkness estate 42,000 shares. Oliver H. Payne 40,000, Henry M. Flagler 30,000. By this list, which is the stockholders' record of August 17, 1907, it is shown that William Rockefeller, brother of le Roi du Petroleum, as the French call John D., owns only 11,700, and H. H. Rogers, to the surprise of the Street, only 16,020. John D. Rockefeller, Jr., possesses only 120 shares, and his wife 32, while H. H. Rogers, Jr., has to his credit 1050 shares. Another great surprise is mat jonn u. ArcnDoia, to many regarded as the logical successor to John D. Rockefeller, owns only 6000 shares of the stock. One surprising development of the Standard Oil inquiry was that H. H. Rogers, who all along has been classed as the third largest holder of the Oil Trust stock and rated as an "Oil King," really owns only 16,020 shares. His son, H. H. Rogers, Jr., holds 1050, and Mrs. Rogers 225, so that the family has only 17,295. It would appear from the above combined figures that Rockefeller has received from the Standard Oil in twenty-four years from 1882 to 1906, "\ something like $143,499,954. The .. published list of his benefactions, so \far as a record is obtainable of them, ^ ^mounts fo $102,055,000, or some^ thing over three-fifths of hi3 entire income from Standard Oil stock. New Christian Science By-Law. The Christian Science Church is sued a new by-law requiring that in I all cases when Scientists die suddenly every assistance shall be given the State and city authorities to deter- j mine the cause of death. CARRIE NATION TO WORKHOUSE, j She Rejected Offer of the Court to Accept Her Bonds Nttf to Repeat. '* Washington, D. C.?Mrs. Carrie Nation, who was arrested for lecturing a crowd from the steps of the Postofflce Department Building, ref Ko n fPor nf Dnlina Tn/ln-A VLIV, V4J.W VI. A. VilV/O o Rundy to accept her personal bond not to repeat the offence, and, declining to pay the fine of $2 5 he Imposed for the charge of disorderly conduct, was sent to the workhouse for seventy-five days. The Field of Sports. The day of big wagers on horse racing in England has passed. Sir Thomas Lipton will challenge for the America's Cup this autumn. Joe Gans is still the old master of the gladiatorial college, the premier thumper of the lightweight division. William A. Larned won the national tennis championship at Newport and was awarded permanent possesetAn a? fKfi nun Diva vi luv wuy. George P. P. Bonnell, a Larchmont Yacht Club member, sailed his thirtytwo-foot knockabout from Nova Sco- I tla to New York in eieht days. I . .<.. . v..... . , ; . c REPUBLICANS NAME PORT. Resigns From Supreme Court to Ron For Governor in New Jersey. Trenton, N. J.?Justice John I Franklin Fort, of Essex, was nominated for Governor by the Republican State Convention in Taylor Opera House. He is ex-Justice now. Alter being brought before the convention, but before he proceeded to accept the nomination, he handed his resignation to Gov. Stokes, who sat on the platform. Former Attorney-General John W. Griggs was temporary and permanent chairman. Justice Fort obtained 733 votes on the informal ballot. That was more than a clear majority, as there were 1157 delegates. A motion to make the nomination by acclamation prevailed. The platform indorses the National and State administrations of President Roosevelt, and Gov. Stokes claims all the credit for all good legislation and good things done in the State. It favors an amendment of the United States Constitution providing for the direct election of United States Senators, promises reform legislation relative to grand juries. favors vesting in the judiciary the power to review primary and general elections, to order a recount and to seat the properly elected candidate. Proper legislation for the control of public utilities is promised, as is similar legislation on excise. The election of Assemblymen by districts is favored. Fiscal reforms and the consolidation of departments and commissions of the State government are declared wise. The New Idea planks as to excise and public utilities measures were more specific and definite, but were voted down. -if' rRUST; VALUE AT PRESENT PRICE. roceedings in the hearing of the i . t to dissolve the Standard Oil ve, Deputy Attorney-General 3 following interesting list of iast month. The value of their aotation is also given: No. of Worth at Shares. $440 a Share. : 247,692 $108,984,480 52,582 23,136,080 42,000 18,480,000 40,000 17,600,000 , 30,500 13,420,000 I 17,000 7,480,000 16,020 7,048,800 15,000 6,600,000 11,700 5,148,000 10,000 4,4oo;ooo 8,500 3,740,000 a nnn ?r.on nnn V^VVV '/fT/MVfVVV 8,000 3,520.000 0,000 2,640,000 6,000 2,640,000 5,838 2,577,520 5,000 2,200,000 5,000 2,200,000 2,655 1,168,200 983,383 $432,688,520 PRESIDENT WILL HUNT. Mr. Roosevelt to Have Seventeen Days of Uninterrupted Recreation. Oyster Bay, N. Y.?The President announced his formal acceptance of the invitation extended to him some time ago to go on a hunting trip in Louisiana during his projected downthe-Mlssissippi journey, and in consequence of that acceptance he will be in the canebrakes from October 4 to 21. The details of the Louisiana sojourn, which is to be called a "camping expedition." have not yet been worked out and the exact spot where the President and his friends will pitch their tents is not announced. It is said that it will be somewhere in the northeastern section of the State, near enough to a telegraph wire for Assistant Secretary Latta, who will be stationed within reach, to put him in touch with official business if the need arises, yet far enough away for the President to enjoy seventeen days of uninterrupted recreation with his friends if public business does not require his attention. YOUNG ROCKEFELLER QUITS. Victim of Nervous Dyspepsia, Which Made Father Retire. New York City.?John D. Rockefeller, Jr., thirty-four years of age and the wealthiest man in the world of his age, has succumbed to overwork and is bordering on a complete breakdown from nervous dyspepsia, such as forced the retirement of the elder Rockefeller a dozen years ago and drove him to a bread and water diet. The fact of young Mr. Rockefeller's condition became known simultane ously with the announcement that he no longer would be the leader of the Young Men's Bible Class of the Fifth Avenue Baptist Church. The young millionaire admits his frail health in the letter of resignation sent to the Bible Class. N. Y. CENTRAL MAIL FINE. Penalty For Delayed Trains?Almost Every Railroad Mulcted. Washington, D. C.?Delayed mail trains cost the New York Central nearly $37,000 during the quafter ended March 31 of this year. Practically every railroad in the country was similarly mulcted, although the amounts vary. The Pennsylvania came in for its share, losing several thousands from its mail-carrying pay on one route alone. One division of the Southern dropped about $7000. All told, the railroads of the country lost over $800,000 last year through unsausiaciury nanuuiig oi me maua. AERONAUT'S FATAL FALL. Five Thonsand See Tragedy at Miami County Fair, Ohio. Troy, Ohio.?Edward Richard, of Dayton, an aeronaut, plunged to his death from the parachute in which he was descending from a balloon during an ascension from the Miami County fair grounds here. Five thousand persons watched in horror the 1000-foot drop which ended in the young man's instant death. Feminine Notes. Wasplike waists are in fashion now among Englishwomen. The prize winners in the Maine schools are almost always girls. Queen Victoria's automobile was halted by a large bull wnne tne Spanish sovereign was on her way to Bilbao, and she was obliged to take another machine. Mrs. Helen W. Rogers, chief probation officer of the Juvenile Court, of Indianapolis, has left that city for a tour of Europe with a view to studying juvenile court and probation work. "ANYBODY WANT T< ! ?Week's clcverest car "BLACK HANI FATE OF j Organized in Italy For Nob: in This Country to Information B Washington, D. C.?"The E York and elsewhere, will soon ru to the bar of justice," said Terei the Knights of Labor and Corar Chief of the Division of Informa "In the meantime," he said, of the Italians as a race. Most < people. There is no more danj than there was in the immigrati few years ago." These statements were mac work of the Division of Inform with a view to diverting to the a the South, a part of the constac into the large cities of the East "Years ago," continued Mr. sylvania were terrorized by a soi born of Irish parents in the regii were active.' The members of tl unjust,to say that they, were typi "The Molly Maguire Society i its native sod it worked for free tion. As known in this country ization of marauding cutthroats, when its leaders were hanged. "The Black Hand Society Maguires. Last summer I spent quire into the origin of the Blac the Black Hand was organized women and young girls. An Ital the wrong is practically driven fi ostracism is raised against him. i case of the Molly Maguire3, bro the sea, was prostituted and c< planted in the United States. B Molly Maguires." If Chief Powderly executes running the biggest intelligence j household servants to skilled art I Powderly did not say so direct j Information will solve the servan THE TIDE 01 1,400,000 Aliens Admitted in the Doesn't Believe Undesirable I Washington, D. ^C.?Commi Sargent does not agrfee with the Burnett, of Alabama, a member that undesirable immigrants cor nett specified Itily, Syria and As Commissioner-General Sargt June 30, 1907, shows that the period was something more than A00 more than came during th? nctt's statement Mr. Sargent sai "I do not believe it true that any one country. We do not v criminals. Neither dcf we want i to let as much blood as they can, less or diseased and who have r these classes do not come from i :have labor that we are compellei I timber. "" "Industrial prosperity in tb An immense amount of labor is have labor, and we mu?t take Ital I the Hunchakists and Black Hand Italian is not a Black Hand any r but we must have laws that w States. Italians, Sicilians and al homes of their own and till the s not, an education, an? who wist every opportunity to come into may be." In reply to a question as to t Sargent said that it was impossil place as New York in a day or a "New York and the large cit localities," he said. "When a fa in North Carolina or Texas and people back home, and eventual! [ with people of the same race am Gardually the tide is turning to tl "In the last twelve months, immigration into New Orleans ai year the greatest number of alie Russia. Those who went to Gal is an indication that the agriculti such people. All through the So ine as it becomes known in Eui j good fields to bona fide settlers. "It is only a question of tim ter in smaller places than in the many years for that fact to becoi "If we have continued prosi tinue to increase, but just the mi dustrial affairs, as is predicted v/ill shrink. This has been the United States pays higher wage: grants here." ACCUSED OF KILLING BIUl Philadelphia.?A Coroner's here decided that Mary E. Eic laub, a bride of only a few moi was killed by her husband and mother. I Qwonnnp- tn kill a druggist gave testimony against him ai Coroner's detective who worke< the case, G. Russell Eichenlaub husband, was led out of court. The testimony led the jury t< lieve that both the mother and procured cyanide of potassium. ." Ww. (, Belmont Defiant. August Belmont declared York would have no transit impi ment until confidence was rest and that the Steinway tunnel w be opened when a "fair arranges was made with the city. $7,500,000 to Fight Local Opti The Pennsylvania State Feder; o'i Liquor Dealers is preparin raise a fund ot $Y,t>uu,uuu which to prevent the passage of cal option law at the next meetii the Pennsylvania Legislature. ' .. I. . ... - v t % <AV- ' 1. ,1?A. >?? * '" ' - ' ) BUY A WHITE ELEPHANT?" iHUt toon by Rogers, in the New York Herald. r WILL MEET MOLLY MAGU1RES le Purposes, It Has Been Prostituted j Ignoble Purposes?Aims of ureau of Immigration. ! Hack Hand Society, now operating in Ne w i n its course and its leaders will be brought | tee V. Powderly, formerly Grand Master of < nissioner-General of Immigration and now tion in the Bureau of Immigration. I "we should not be harsh in our criticisms | Df them are sober, law abiding, industrious jer to the country in Italian immigration j :on of certain others races a comparatively ] I le by Mr. Powderly in a discussion of the < ation, which was established by Congress ] gricultural sections of the country, notably i itly growing stream of aliens now pouring .< and Middle West. Powderly, "a number of counties in Penn- ^1 ciety known as the Mblly Maguires. 'I was I on of that State where the Molly Maguires i lis society were a bad lot, but it would be cal of the average in the Irish race, was imported from the Emerald Isle. On idom and was a decent, patriotic organizait was nothing more or less than an organIt was crushed to earth in Pennsylvania will meet the fate that befell the Molly some time in Italy and took occasion to ink Hand. I found that on its native heath for good?in fact, for the protection of ian who wrongs a woman and fails to right rom among his fellows. The black hand of The Black Hand in this country, as in the ught into being for noble purposes across inverted to ignoble purposes when transut it will soon pass into history as did the as he has planned Uncle Sam will soon be office on earth. All forms of labor, from isans, will be supplied on short notice. Mr. ly, but he intimated that the Division of t girl problem in the United States. F IMMIGRATION Last Fiscal Year?Frank P. Sargent Says He Ones Come From Particular Localities. ssioner-General of Immigration Frank P. 1 statement made by Representative John L. * of the Congress Immigration Commission, ne from particular localities. Judge Bur;ia Minor. ' ;nt's report for the fiscal year which ended 1 total number of aliens admitted for that 1 1,400,000, or in the neighborhood of 200,-. * ! year preceding. Concerning Judge Bur- < id: 1 ; undesirable immigrants come wholly from j rant people from other countries who are j >eople who because of political beliefs want J , and we do not want people who are shift- ' 10 ambition to become good citizens. But 1 my particular society, and it is Decause we | * 1 to put up with a certain per cent, of bad 1 ( lis country is directly reflected in Europe. 1 needed in the United States. We've got to 4 lian labor. We cannot very well exclude all 1 people that come in with the labor. Every nore than every Armenian as a Hunchakist, j ill exclude such persons from the United 1 others who are honest, who want to own oil, give their children that which they had [ i to become good citizens, should be given the country, no matter what their race he diversion of the tide of immigration, Mr. ( )le to divert the growing influx into such a , year. , ies are better known abroad than any other , mily from a certain State in Europe settles becomes satisfied its members write to the ] y that part of the State becomes colonized . d from the same common home in Europe. ] tie South, the Southwest and the Northwest. s according to the reports we have had, the ! id Galveston increased greatly. During the ] ? ~ fynrri Ttoiu Austria Hnn?ra.rv and * ;us> LULUC ItULU * ?? ,; t "-V4K.V. 0 ? veston were mostly Russian Jews, and this ' ural fields are offering more inducements to 1 uth the number of foreign settlers is growrope that those parts of this country offer e when foreigners find out they can do bet- ' big cities, but it is going to require a great i ne general knowledge throughout Europe. j >erity in this country immigration will con- , nute there is a letup in the progession of in- j in some quarters, the tide of immigration history of immigration. The fact that the ' s than any country on earth brings immi- * ? DE. DEFIANCE TO U. S. COURT. St. Paul, Minn.?Attorney-General jury Young appeared before Judge Bunn, :hen- in the Ramsey County District Court. ( nths, and asked for a writ of mandamus : 1 his against the Northern Pacific Railroad 1 Company to compel that road to put 1 who into effect the commodity rate law 1 id a recently declared illegal by Judg? * 1 up Lochren, of the United States District , the Court. Judge Bunn issued the writ, which > be- jg made returnable October 5, and tht , son papers v;ere s?rved on the railror.d officials. | The World of Sport. New ^r- Lasker, world's champion at rove- chess, won three matches in the new j ored, same of lawn chess played at Sumrould N. ] lent" Charles J. Glidden, whose road 1 tours have done more for practical automobiling than any other singlt i class of events, is now to take with \ ?r> nnthnciocm tr? hn 11 nnr) 1 n P". ation W. Newton Bennington, the formei , g to race horse owner, who was credited < with with having accumulated a fortune, a lo- was placed in a Long Island sanitar* ng of ium. It is said he has little monej left. . LWIDIS, REM, GMfs mwumn VSaMm 4m Onnonorf a in rhioSflfA iciUd tu DUiiafiane 110 WIIIVH^V and Alton Rebate Case. RESENTS STANDARD'S TAUNT >Ioffett Subpoenaed ? Judge Prompt to Take Up Oil Man's ChargesDemands Proof of "Persecution" Pamphlet's Allegations. Chicago.?Compelled, much against his judgment, to grant immunity to the Chicago and Alton Railway and its former officials, Judge K. M. Landis startled every one in his courtroom by taking advantage of an opening that may again brihg the Alton before a Federal court as a defendant. Instead of discharging the special Grand Jury called to indict the Alton he framed another attack. He ordered that a subpoena be issued for James A. Moffett, president of the Standard Oil Company of Indiana, and instructed the jury to investigate insinuations made by Moffett. Judge Landis produced a booklet written by Moffett, in which the $29,240,000 fine assessed by Judge Lan lis against the Standard was ridiculed, and read this charge: "Thousands of tons of freight have been shipped from these points dnring the fifteen years past under the same circumstances as the Standard shipments, and if the Standard is guilty in this case so is practically svery other shipper in this great manufacturing territory. Is there a purpose in selecting the Standard a3 the victim?" Then with an arm extended toward the jurors and in an impressive voice, the Judge said: "I hope I do not need to say to you gentlemen that the highest ambition t have as an occupant of this bench is that ho man may truthfully allege ^hat is contained in this pamphlet. [ charge you to listen to the testimony of President Moffett at 10 i'clock next Tuesday morning and jive careful attention to it. And if tie gives you information confirmatory of these alleged statements, you need no instruction from me as to what you are called xipon to do other than tp do your full duty." .. Judge Landis' action is regarded as jne of the most drastic moves that iiave been made against officials of :he oil corporation during the entire litigation. The scene in the court room* at times bordered on the dramatic, the developments, following the granting of immunity to the klton road, coming as a complete surprise to counsel for the Standard Oil Company as well as to spectators. Judge Landis' denunciation of the :actics employed by the directors of the New Jersey corporation after the mposition of the $29,240,000 fine on the Standard of Indiana wis couched n language that could not be mis;akcn. In the pamphlet distributed broadcast throughout the country the Standard Oil Company takes the posi:ion that it was persecuted rather han prosecuted by the Government, ind the fiat statement is made that )ther corporations are just as culpajle of the practice of rebating as is the oil concern. This is what Mr. Moffett Las been given an opportunity .0 prove. If Mr. Moffett accepts the challenge )f Judge Landis and makes good on lis charts, it is predicted chat wholesale prosecutions of shippers in the iVhiting district may follow. In informing the Grand Jury thai t had no duty to perform vith refer?nce to the Alton,' thereby granting he railroad immunity from prosecu;ion for rebates granted the Standard 311 Company of Indiana, Judge -.andis followed the recommendation >f Attorney-General Bonaparte, who n a letter addressed to United States District Attorney Sims and read by lim in court, set forth that the Department of Jir ce could not in good :aith proceed against the Alton in fiew of promises made to the officials >2 the-road in return for their testimony. Tt was on this testimony that he Standard Oil Company was found guilty and fined $29,240,000. S\ Y. C. RAILWAYS BANKRUPT. rivo Receivers Appointed by Judge Lacombe?$25,000,000 New York City.?The New York Uity Railway Company, .lie lessee of learly all the surface lines in Manuttan and the Bronx, went into the lands of receivers on an application nade before Judge Lacombe, in the Jnited States Circuit Court, on belalf of two of its creditors, the Pennsylvania Steel Company ant1, the Deglon Contracting Company. In grantng the application Judge Lacombe ippointed two receivers, Adrian H. Joline and Douglas Robinson. The eceivers. under order of the Court, /ere to file bonds of $250,*>00 each. The report made by the company in VIarch, 1907, showed liabilities of 537,000,000 in round figures and a leficit of $9,000,000. That would iave left ;he assets of Ihe company >28,000,000. Since then the comjany has admitted a deficit of $10,)00.000. A readjustment of the schedile of liabilities and assets shows i deficit of almost 525,000,000, whic would reduce the assets to about 512,000,000. Japan Professes Good Will. The Asahi, an independent Japan>se newspaper, ridicules the idea that in unfriendly feeling toward the Unied Spates exists in Japan, and calls Utention to tne welcome preparcu 'or Secretary Taft as an evidence of jood will. Smith Attacks Trusts. Charles Emory Smith, forme 11 yPostmaster-General, attacked trust!*: it the American Bankers' Conv*.i*tii>u 11 Atlantic City. The National (lame. George Davis is said to be organizing a team for a winter visit to Cuba. Manager Joe Kelley, of Toronto, tias been drafted by the Boston Nationals. James Robinson, first baseman of .he Wilkesbarre team, was drafled by :he Chicago Club. The Boston Americans have won sight extra inning games this season. That is going some. Stovall, Oldring and P,arrett are the only players in (he American League who have made five hits per same this season. I I MOTHER SUYSJ CHILOREK' Buffalo Woman, Suddenly Demented. Stranolps I it+io finpc i ?y wiawwa Killed in Their Sleep?Says She Die .Not Want Them to Grow Up Crazy, Like She Is. Buffalo, N. Y.?Mrs. Bertha Muni) strangled her three children, Christopher, aged eight; Helen, aged two and Freda, aged eight months, al their home, 925 Clinton street. She then went to the Penisylvania Railroad yards, where her husband is employed as a member'.of a wrecking crew, and informed him of hei action. When Mrs. Mund met her husband she said: "Fred, I have made away with thi three children; come home and see." Mund hurried home with her and ," when they reach < . the house the J woman sat down at a table and began to cry. Mund telephoned to the police 4 and Patrolman Larkin found the cou- , pie at the table crying. t Officer Larkin arrested the woman ' and she was taken to police head- r quarters, where she said: t "I killed the children because I did not want them to grow up and be crazy like me." ( The police say she doesn't realize the enormity of her crimo and that j sho killed the children while suffering 1 with a sudden attack of insanity. She has been ill with nervous trouble 1 for about six months, but had not ] given any signs of mental derangement. e Mrs. Mund killed the uoy Christ ] first. He was asleep on a mattress in the parlor. She wrapped a blanket * about his head, covering his face, tied J a clothesline about his neck, turning it around three times, drew it tight 1 and fastened it by several knots, i When foupd his body was half on the t mattress and half on the uoor, face 1 downward. . Helen was next slain. Th;3 child j was asleep in a crib in the parlor. , Mrs. Mund wound a clothesline ? around the little one's neck twice, and after strangling the child she carried the body into the bedroom, t put it on the bed and covered it with | a quilt. i Freda, the baby, was the last vie- 1 tim. She was asleep in a baby car- 1 riage in the. kitchen. Mrs. Mund killed her in the carriage. She tied ( a pie"e of clothesline about the baby'j neck .once and fastened it in two knots. ( The appearance of the body indicated that the little one lived only a moment or two after the fatal cord was tightened about its nect. ( YACHT BLOWS UP. Twenty-two Hurled Into River as * Lantern Ignites Gasoline. j Gallipolis, Ohio.?While out on the Ohio River with a party of twenty- * two men, the gasoline tank on the 1 yacht Blanche M. exploded. All were thrown into the river and four were i drowned. The dead were: John E. Edwards, \ clerk in the Gallipolis postofflce; J. R. t Simmons, druggist, Harrisvllle, W. Va.; E. H. Brake, assistant cashier, Harrisville First National Bank, and J. Willis Fiddler, postmaster at Harrisville and secretary of the West ( Virginia Congressional Committee. ( ' Harvey E. McGjnnis, clerk of the ? Circuit f!ourt, Harrisvi'le, aud W. E. j Meserve were badly burned. 7 he party from Harrisville had come here with a brass band to at- 1 tend a land sale and had gone on tue c river for an evening's ou;ing. rue * explosi^i was caused by a lantern falling on the engine, igniting the gasoline. BATTLESHIP COAL, $2,500,000. May Even Reach $4,000,000, as Hhown by Bids Opened. Washington, D. C.?Bids opened show that the cruise of the battleship fleet to the Pacific and back v/ill cost $2,500,000 for coal alone if the ships return by the Cape Horn route, the one they will tai:ein getting to the Pacific. Ii they return via the Suez Canal, the coal bill will be $3,500,000. The canal fees will amount to $500,000, making a total ol $4,000,AAA Tf fVick china a ro l^ont in t!i0 UV/U. XL J U4J/W MA V - _ , Pacific Ocea:' the coal bill will be $1,184,000, assuming that the bid of the United States Shipping Company, 1 of New York, is accepted. FIRE SWEEPS BIG HOTEL. c 1 Saranac Lake Resort Burns Quickly 1 When Flames Start in Its Interior. Saranac Lake, N. Y.?Tha big four- c story frame Ampersand Hotel, at the c end of Lower Saranac Lake, and two t miles from the village, was totally destroyed. Half a dozen outbuildings also went up in flames. The damage ? is estimated at $100,000, and this is covered by $75,000 insurance. The hotel had been closed to tha public a week before, and it was occupied by abouL a dozen employes, ?'ho had re- h mained behind to clean up and pro- i pare the place for the winter, when ii e would stand untenanted. Preparing Camp For Roosevelt. ? President Roosevelt will hunt bear 0 in East Carroll Parish, opposite A'.sa- j tia Station, on the Iron Mountain Railroad in Louisiana. The camp * will be eighteen miles from Lake 6 Providence. Several noted bear hunt- a ers of the parish have been on ibe ground more than a month preparing b a place. r, DIVIDE PERSIA IMPARTIALLY. ^ Russia and England Create Three Commercial Spheres by Treaty. London.?The official text of rhe J* Anglo-Russian treaty has been issued. ' The principal clauses provide for the division of Persia into three spheres ? of commerical influence. c The northern sphere is allotted to g Russia, the middle sphere w I! be ti , neutral, and the southern is allowed a to Great Britain. The latter's pre- ^ dominance in Afghanistan is n;eog- * I :iized. D i a Prominent People. It is estimated that Secretary 0 Taft's trip around the world will cost the Government $2500. C The cultivation of flowers is one of a the pleasures of E. H. Green, of v I Texas, son of Hetty Green. s John D. Rockefeller, according to r Annie Besant, of the Thesophical So- t ciety, is to be reborn an angel. a Dr. Henry H. Rusby, dean of the r New York City College of Pharmacy, g Columbia University, has been ap- e pointed official expert in drug pro- ^ ducts for the United States Goveru* , meat, ] f V KIDNEY TROUBLE x mffered Ten Tears?Relieved In Three Months. B. FlZ?3^^i^ "I have suffered xeith kidney ind other trouble for ten years past. "Last March I commenced using Peru* nd continued for three months. I have lot used it since, nor have I (elt a pain. "I believe that I am well and I therefore ;ive my highest commendation to the cursive qualities of Peruna." Pe-ru-na For Kidney Trouble. / Mrs. Geo. H. Simser, Grant, Ontario, 2an., writes: "I had not been well for about four 'ears. I had kidney trouble, and, in 'act, felt badly nearly all the time. "This summer 1 got bo very. bad I hongbt I would try Peruna, so I wrote to rou and began at once to take P ?runa and danalin. * "I took only two bottles of Pin-ana and >ne of ManaHn, and now 1 feel bitter than . have for some time. "1 feel that Peruna and Manulin eared ne and made a different woman o?tne aK ogether. i bless the day 1 picked up the ittle book and read cf your Peruha." It is the business of the kidneys to ?emove from the blood all poisonous naterials. They must be active all the irae, else the system suffers. There m imes when they need a little assistance. Peruna is'exactly this sort of a femefr. t has saved many people from disaster by endering the kidneys service at a time vhen they were not able to bear their own. mrdens. Marble deposits in New BvaVk Wales aw v^j he finest in the world. : i,. ' v. - / TTS, St. Vitus' Dance, Nervous Diseases pernanently cured by Dr. Kline's Great Nerve Restorer. $2 trial bottle and treatise freSi 3r.H. R. Kline,Ld.,931 Arch St.,Phfla.,Pa. Japan's first interurban railroad was re? :ently opened. MraWMalowfoSoothlng Syrap forGh^bre* ;eetkin?,softens thegun^redufceBinfiaimna. ;ion, allays pain,cures wind colic, 2Scabottl> Dodging a Hazard. As an Illustration of the ent^usi- t ism with which golf is pursued by ts votaries, the following anecdote s told of a well known Scotch au;hor and a young friend of his: The ;wo had spent the whole day on the inks, and had had some-close and sxciting matches. As. they left for lome the elder man remarked: ] , , "Do you think you could play tonorrow, laddie?" "Well," answered the youth,' ^1 vas to be married to-morrow, but I :an put it off."?Life. Measuring Eye Strings. T>Vivai/tai aHii ?>nrliirancfl and nrow ;ss?these were the things which f :ommanded respect in Simon's day ind place. And tfhat mills of vioence and torture the old melees vere! To maul and batter a victim ill he was jelly, to leave a liffe mark11 >f victory upon the vanquished, and hen to celebrate the Olympian event > >y getting gloriously drunk with rour friends on new whisky?this vas fame and sport. It was a tame ight in which one of the contestants lid not lose a part of his ear, or have 1 lis* nose bitten off, but the acme""of kill and power lay in plueking oat rour opponent's eye. Indeed, "eyejouging," as it was called, was a road o glory, and the threat "I'll measure four eye strings" was the highest aunt.?From "Simon Kenton,. Scalp lunter," by Lynn Tew Sprague; in rhe 0?ting Magazine. . U He Was Fired. The railroad president was hearing :omplaints. ' What is the charge against this ' , )raKemanr" ne mquireu. "Please, sir," responded the spoter, "I have frequently heard him >{ :alling the names o? stations so cleary that people could understand what le said." * "This Is r> direct violation of one of >ur chief rules," observed the presilent warmly. "Fire him."?Prom he Bohemian. PUTS THE "GINGER" IN. "he Kind of Food Used by Athletes. A former college athlete, one of the ong distance runners, began to Ipsa lis power of endurance. His experence with a change In food is interstlng. "While I was in training on the " ' " Woilw Hnjyu' racK atnieuc ieam uuiV ^ ecame a task, until after 1 was put n Grape-Nuts food for two meals a ay. After using the Food for two reeks I felt like a new man. My diestion was perfect, nerves steady nd I was full of energy. "I trained for the mile and the alf-mile runs (those events which equire so much endurance) and then tie long daily 'jogs,' which before ad been such a task, were clipped off ith ease. 1 won both events. "The Grape-Nuts food put me in erfect condition and gave me my jinger.' Not only was my physical moriA nprt'ppt.and my weight icreased, but my mind was made lear and vigorous j:o that I could et out my studies in about half the ime formerly required. Now most 11 of the university men use Grapei'uts, for they have iearned its value, ut I thinS. my testimony will not be miss and may perhaps help some one D learn how the best results can be btained." There's a reason for the effect of frape-Nuts food on the human body nd brain. T.'ie certain elements in fheat and barley are selected with pecial reiererice 10 ineir yuwci m ebuiliiing the brain and nerve cenres. The product is then carefully ,nd scientifically prepared so as to nake it easy of digestion. The phy-? 1 ical and mental results are so appar* >nt after two or three weeks' use aa o produce a profound impression. Xead "The Road to WellvUle," fc} )kga, "There's a reason."