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VOL. XI.
COAL STRIKE ENDS
President Appoints a Commission
to Arbitrate the Differences
Between Miners
and Operators.
Genera' Wilson, E. W. Parker, Justice
Gray, Bishop Spaidine, F, E.
Clark and Thomas H.
Watkins Named.
" TVaslru?fon, D. -Tin* irront r:i
iiii ?i \ 111* ruui i?s M'lUl'ii. rO.
mission of six person<. with a seventh.
Cnrroll I). Wright. :is recorder. will
adjust (In- differences heiwc; 11 the operators
and t lie miners. President
Mitchell <d lite Miners' Union promised
1o take the necessary measures to '-a' 1
tiie strike o.T. The President urged "he
imniediate resumption of mining.
Tile following otiteial statement nillinum-nig
ilie close of the strike was is-,
sued at tlie White House at 'J "Jo a. ui.:
"After a conference with Mr. Mitchell
and sonic further conference with representatives
of tlie eoal operators, the
President lias appointed ilie meniSiers
of the eoniinission to inquire into, considei
and pass upon all question* at
issue between the operators and miners
in the anthracite coal fields.
"Ifrigadier-Henernl John M. Wilson.
V. S. A., retired tlato Chief of 1-ingl
necrs. P. S AA. Washington. !?. <"..
us an otlicer of the Kngineer Corps of
eilhei tlie Military or Naval servi of
the t'uiied States.
"Mr. K. W. Parker. Washington. It.
C\. as an export mining engineer. Mr.
Parker is chief statistician of the coal
division of tlie United States (Jcolojri<
nl Survey and editor of the Kngineerintr
and Mining Journal of New York
"Hon. Cent-go Cray. Wilmington. I
I>cl.. as a Judjje of a rniviMl Suites j
Court.
"Mr K. P. Clark, Cedar li tpids.
Tovva. (iraild Chief of the Onler of
ltadway Conductors. as a sociologist,
the Pr? sideni assuming; that for >tie j
purpose of such a commission the term I
sociologist meatis a man who has
Ihoii'iht and studied deeply on social
questions and lias practically applied
hi - knoivh due.
".Mr Thomas 11. Watkins. SYrantoii.
Pa., as a oian practically acquainted
a i: 1? ( t'tijiittu and s lliu.u of eon'.
" P.i h n John 1<. Spahlinu. of Peoria. 1
111. The Pt'salen. has added Hishop i
Sp Mine's name hi the commission
"Tiic lion. ? arroll '>. Wright has
1 < a timed I'ecorder of 11 j collimission."
The op rntors" proposition was for a
ennuuk ion of live, hnt the miners insisted
on the enlargement of the commission
They are report d to have
siurta sicii seven, hut if so. Mr. Miteheil's
ohjeeiiotis have livit so far over- j
come that lie now consents to six.
Most significant in the list of appointments
is that of 1'. 12. Clark, as a
sociologist." It has heen rumored
here that too objection of the miners
to the selection of a commission suggested
by the operators would he ohvjalcd
by the nssnranee of the 1'resilient
that at least one of those appointed
should he a man who would
not be accused of prejudice against
unionism.
This, with the nudii.on of a sixth
member of the commission, would give
the. miners the fair chance which the
critics of the operators' proposal have
denied was intended.
.Mr. Clark, while in no way identified
with the mining troubles, obviously
answers sttelt a definition, while the !
sixth ma if. Hisiinp Spalding, meets requirement.'!
as heiii'_' a man no. unfriendly
to the miners.
A CATTLE WITH BURGLAR-.
Two Kiltetl niul One l'nt;?liv Woitnilcil
None tlochcilfr, Oliic. i i
Wellington. Ohio. A tn.in covered
with liloot! ami hearing many buckshot I
wounds, supp iscd to 1> one of the ! i
burglars who assaulted the three aged 1
Mcaeh brothers near koehester, Ohio. 1
was cap!ureil here. The prisoner was
taken to the Klyria jail, lie refused
to make any statement.
It is now believed that only four men
were implicated in the attempt to rob
the Men eh farm home. Two of the
robbers were killed by Jarvis Meaeli.
and a third is mortally hurt and in
custody. The authorities are positive j
that the man arrested here accounts
for the fourth member of the gang. i
It is feared that I.oreti Meaeli may
die as tiie result of the rough treat- i
ment received at the hands of the
robbers.
The man who was shot when his
two companions were killed drives his
name as Casey He. together with the
man arrested, is in (lie Klyria jail.
The latter person says his name is
Davis. Both men are badly wounded.
The authorities here think Casey was
the leader of the quartet. He had a
"jimmy" and nitro glycerine in his posEtsslon
when captured.
) Grave Ontlonk In Macedonia
r'A dispatch to the London Dally Mail
from Volos. Oreece, says that twenty!two
villages in Macedonia are in complete
revolt, and that half a battalion 1
of Turkish troops has bceu annihilated |
by Insurgents In the Kreznu detlle.
.This news, according to the dispatch,
'emanates from sources which have
faltherto minimised the trouble. The
altuation. consequent'/, appears sud- i
fleoiy to Ujive frowa /rnrse. l
ORT
FC
HID FORTUNE IN A DEoK
Money and Securities Found in a
Few York Tolico Station.
C?p!!?lii llonoliup. tho Owner, l)ln]>"s I
"'*<1 In tlio ItincJiarjp ol' 111* Dnlici
? I.eft :?n lluknoiru Wife.
"New York City.?Over $100,000 Tn
casli, diamond jewelry ami securiiics
wore found in the desk of I'olice Captain
John ,1. llnnnhiio win,
loail in liis station house a few days
ago.
Hero is a list of tlic property: Cash,
So4,000, found in a small iron box. unlocked.
in a drawer: iainond jewelry.
SI l.uoo. including two solitaire men's
lin^s. eaeli rt willi a single diamond
worth SI.'OO, found in a drawer under
the roller top: Steel Trust stock. :?If>.000:
(Sold Milling stock. SltMO: Melroliolital
Street Itailway stock. ?l."?.Otlo:
five life insurance policies, each for
S'JOOO, making Jlo.oon. and made payable
to the "Heirs of John .1 Honolulu."
There were nun; 'runs certificates of
stock and notes of men well known,
which are said to be valuable.
The finding of litis treasure was a
surprise and makes the value of the
estate nearer $20t>.tM?rt than STJi.ooo.
In tlie safe of the sta i< e was found
a deed, shoving that Captain Houoiiue
owned an up town apartment building
valued at $.".->.niui
It is now believed .hat Captain Honolulu
had several safe deposit boxes ami
when these are found the value of :litest
ate may he greatly increased.
A man who knew Captain Houohuc
and his business very well, said:
"I believe that it will eventu lly be
found that Captain Donahue was
worth nearer a half million dollars."
Mrs. Houohuc. who. as the wife of
flip Captain, was not known to exist
until after his death lias retained At- '
torney Henry Steinert. and through J
him she will make a fight for the estate.
The Captain, however, was entered
upon the records of the Police
Department as a married man.
i 111' 1111?111101 in#- valuables in ibo j
desk. especially I lit* jewelry. was a j
surprise. I Tow he came by the jewelry '
is .1 mystery, as. so lar as known, ho j
?1 i?l not wear jewelry himself and was |
not known to lend money on >t.
The appearance of the S:t 1.000 In
cash in the desk was such as to indi- '
eate that 'he most of it had boon I li re j
a Ions time. It was- packed in packnses
ot **:"!.> ami SoOUO. and had not \
been disturbed, evidently, for a eon- 1
siderable time.
Two nenhews of the deceased linve |
made claims upon the property, but ;
it is believed that no contest will lie |
made. The wife and other heirs will 1
make an amicable agreement over tlje i
distribution of tiie estate.
WiNS PIOUS FUND CASE.
AiltiliniiOM r'tiurt S*v* M \iro Mti?l V:\y
I'iiUcmI Intrrral ' Ktiref^r."
Tile ITaitne. Holland. The Arbitration
t'onrt III I he pious fund ease lias |
deeide?l that Mexico shall pay the (Tutted
Stales S1. tliii,15S2.I1T in Mexiean cur- j
reney The decision of the Court, j
which is the first handed down by that j
body, was unanimous.
The tribunal found that the amount
to he paid to the Cnitod Slates would
cover the total payment of annuities
due from and unpnid by the tJovern
mi in in iii?* .u-'xicaii Ki'puiilic. naniclv,
tlic .111 mini payment of SJfl.OoO.'.t!) in
Mexican currency from February
ISOn. to February 'J. i'.'irj.
The tribunal also louml ttint Mexico
shall pnj to the Fniteil Suites, on February
1 !K>:S. ami every following year
mi the same date, forever." $l.'5.(i."0.!t'.?
of money of the legal currency of Mexico.
In ltlOT the Pious Fund was formed
by gifts from benevolent persons made
ill trust 10 ihe Jesuits for establishing
and supporting Unman Catholic missions
in the California*. In I7t'>7 the
Snanish tlovernment expelled the Jesuits
and took all their property, which
was afterward administered by the
Franciscans. When Mexico gained independence
slie took charge of the
fund, and in 1S12 sold the properties
:uid guaranteed to the church nuthoritics
six per i t'll;, interest on i( in pernet
nitj.
When California was .edeil In the
Cnitcd States Mexico slopped paying
lhis interest. In istll) Sir Mdward
Thornton made an award in the case
In favor of the church authorities, and
Mexico paid S!K)4,700 arrears, since
which time slie has paid nothing.
DEATHS IN MINE EXPLOSION.
Two Ivilloil nml Kour I'litutl.v Injured tn
tile Victor "utile ut I'Hiriier, III.
c,-...: in
hi. i wo men woro Killed
and many woro injure*], four mortally.
I>,v nn explosion at Victor Mine. Pawnor,
eighteen miles from here.
The dead are \V. V. Ovoroasli, thirtyoil*'
years old. single: Michael Yorja,
twenty-seven years old. single. Mortally
hurt Frank Isaacs, fourteen
years old. breaker boy: Peter Green,
head and body crushed; John Burke,
frightfully bruised: George Worley,
bruised and burned.
The explosion occurred just lie fore
lh?? day force of 19b men went oft' duty,
and was caused by too much powder in
a blast.
It Is reported that Overonsh was
worth $40,000. and had no relatives.
He had been In town only a few days.
FIt* Killed by a Hurricane.
The mining town of Keota. Mo., was
almost destroyed by a hurricane, and
two men. one woman and two children
were killed.
millashnnn Omi Back to Senate.
The Vermont legislature has reelected
XV. P. LMUlnghaui as Uulted
States Senator. - - 1
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HIT MILL, S. C? VVEDf
COAL STRIKE
COMMISSION
Arbitrators Accept and Will
Begin Work as Speedily
as Possible.
i
MITCHELL UPHOLDS PLAN
He Wins Over His Lieutenants Who
Opposed the Proposition to Settle
the Anthracite Cor.fi.ct,
Wilkcsharro, Pa.-While all the rest
i>f the world awaited the reading of the
last chapter in the history of the great
antliraeite coal strike. John .Mitchell
laced his own people with the proposition
to resume work pending the arbitration
of their grievances.
Mitclnll. committed to the support
of the pla.i submitted to. hint by President
ltoosevelt, met the leaders of the
district hoards, thirty-seven in number,
and urged them to consent to tin;
calling of a convention of miners to
accept the offer, lie gained his po.nt
after three hours of controversy. As a !
result of his efforts a call for a con- |
volition of miners representing the j
hot! local unions was issued. The call
was addressed to the officers and mem- j
bet's of all local unions in Districts 1,
7 and signed by John Mitchell. Presi- j
dent, and \V. It. Wilson. Secretary, anil I
it stated that the purpose of the con- j
vention was to act on the proposition |
submitted by President ltoosevelt.
Mr. Mitchell sent a dispatch to Presi- |
dent ltoosevelt informing him of the
action of the district presidents.
An oiticial of the Delaware and Iltul- !
son estimated that there were on sid- j
lugs in tlu> authracite region more than ,
:tO(H? ears ready to hear coal to New j
York t'ity and other distributing
points. A general order was in effect
giving tile preference to coal over till
other freight.
It was estimated that tlie first j
twenty-four hours' operation would i
yield realty for shipment from -lo.uou |
to 150,000 tons of eoal. Ii was the purpose
of the railway oHirials to send j
the liist train load to New York t'liv
the second to Philadelphia, ami continue
to send to the distributing agents
trains as rapidly as they (tin In* loaded.
<)1" tlio niuety-dght collorics operated
hy thi? 1 unaware, Lackawanna and
Western. the Delaware and Hudson,
the 'IVtuple, the Kive sine the Ontario
and Western Companies, only two. the
Butler, nt I'iltston. and the llallstead.
sit Duryea. which w.re allowed to
tlood. cannot he reopened within si
week from the time the strike is declsired
oft". Ai forty-four of these places
some work lists been going on. At
most of the others a few men have
been underground for several weeks
making repairs, clcaniug ti]? "falls"
and rutting eoal.
It is estimated tiiat tile operators
are 'J0.O<HM>0(? tons behind as a result I
ol' lite strike.
Washington. I?. ('. All of the arid- ;
trators appoiuted hy l'resident Boosevelt.
who will setll<? the differences '
which existed between the anthrstcile '
eoal miners and the operators, hsive
accepted. The comuiisslon is t ? ho
organized and begin its work as speed- '
ily as possible. President Uooseveh's '
desk was piled high with telegrams 1
from all parts of the country commend- 1
lug his course and congratulating hint J
upon the outcome.
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CHARTER FOR BEEF TRU-.T.
The United Stale ? I'.n'ltiiiu Company to- 1
corporatcd in .New levury.
Trenton. N. .1. With an authorized ; 1
caplt: I of SI.OUO.OOO- which it is said
koon is to he raised to $.*?(>: l.tMJO.OdO, the ;
articles of incorporation of the t'niied
States Packing Company hare been j'
tiled here. This is understood to ho t (
the otlicijil title of the hig Beef Trust. !
i lie I urination of which has boon in
progress for some time past. Next to :
the I'nited States Steel Corporatton, ;
to which the new charter shows u j
strong resemblance, it will stand as the J
biggest corporation in the world in I t
point of capitalization, while the powers
which the charter confers tire al- t
most unlimited. 1
It is said that among the companies
Included in the combination are Swift '
& Co.. the Armours, the Cudnhy Com- 1
puny and Schwartbsehlld & Sulzberger, <
of New York. .1. \V. Cudnhy Is ex- <
peeted to he the head uof the concern
and Kuhn. Loelt & Co. is said to be <
financing the deal. 1
The objects of the concern, as set out '
in the charter, are to buy and sell
bread, and generally to deal in eat tie
and all kinds of live stock; to control
und purchase butcher shops, markets 1
and stores dealing in meat, poultry,
fish and game. In addition to this the
packing company is authorized to op- 1
crate steamship lines and other means i
of transportation and to handle stocks j
and bonds. Almost the only right de- 1
nled is the construction of railroads in 1
New Jersey.
1
Claratan* tha Paramount Iasaa <
Former President Grover Cleveland. ?
In an Interview in the New York Even- ]
log Post, declared that the tariff would
ha iha rwionni Wi 1
X '
IESDAY, OCTOBER >
MURDERED FOR REVENGE
Business Dispute Causes a Triple
Tragedy in New York City.
IT OCCURS IN A LAW OFFICE
William C. Turner Shoots Two Partner*
and Hlirnelf ? Miinl?i-.r '??
i'aid n SliortxRr unit Mfl HI* Victims
l''or Thftt rurpouc ? The l>eetl Hone
Willi Drllhoriit Ion ? If nil MmU Tliri'nli
Now York City. William C. Tumor,
of Mount Yornou. N. Y.. formerly
President ol* tlit* Climax llottle ainil
Manufacturing Company, shot a ml
killed Albert Hamilton, of Pittsburg,
I*si.. and William Mallard. Jr.. xvlio
lives in this city. Turner then shot
and killed hitnsell'. The shooting ocetirled
on the ninth floor of the I>roud
Kxehange Building. ill the otliees of
Cantor. Molntyre A Adams, the law
tirm of which Jacob A. Cantor. President
of Manhattan Borough, is senior
memiier.
There were also in the room when
the shooting was done Mr. Adams, of
the law tirm: Maurice Hoodman. eomisel
to the Ciltnax Ilottle and Manufacturing
Company, and l-'dgar I.eventritt.
counsel for Turner. Mr. Hamilton
occupied the position of President
of the Climax Company, and Mr. Mallard
was Secretary and Treasurer. The
men had gathered by appointment to
settle a business difference.
Mr. Adams, who was in the room
when the shooiing occurred, said:
"When Turner drew a revolver and
tired at Mallard, 1 made a rush for
the door. As 1 went past Turner, he
said to me 'I want you, too.* From
that time oil I don't know how 1 got
out of the room."
.\t ;iri,v ;i uexeil S.'IOls \Y('I'(> tired ill
nil. and alter those who had lii'i'ii
missed Ity 1 li*? missiles left the room
several more shots were heard. When
the tiring he^an the elerks and stenographers
rushed front the rooms and
Mr. (ioodmni), who was in the room,
bolted down stairs tor a policeman.
The weapons used hv Turner were two
murderous Colt automatic magn/.tn* [
revolvers.
When the room was entered by Coroner
< auhlcilc the three bodies
were lyiiitr when they tell. The police
found 1 itilh is lying around the tloor, |
ami the odot of smokeless powder
tilled the room and hallway.
Turner had lie.-a pn van sr..li?<? short
in his aeeotiiits ul, the eoinpauy and
had agreed to pay .S'J.Tun in settlement
id'theelaim. W'hen the setth turn! was
demanded of him lie suddenly drew ,
Ids revolver, ami shot first Mr. Mallard,
then Mr. Hamilton, finally turning his
revolver np.m hlmselt*. This aeeouni
of the sli i:t;i!r; is 11 :ir of Mr. Coodman,
who rusln'd down to Hie street I
Iloor summoned ih?> police. W in n 1
he returned with :ui ollirrr tin- three
men Were dead. t poll tin' person of |
Turner was found :i worthless check.
Hurried calls were mailc for Horough !
I'resuh nl Cantor and .lohti F. Mduty
ro, the oilier members of the law
firm. Inn noil Iter of tlicni were alile I
to rcspon.l at once. President Cantor
saitl that lie knew nothing about the j
legal conijili aliens that pr< ceded the |
iiinnler and suicide.
From other sources, however, it was I
learned that Turner had staled that
(trior to the conference he believed an
injustice had been done liiui. tint that
now that lie was in the last ditch,
something would have to iie done.
There is no doubt that Turner would
have killed Mr. Melntyre hail lie been
present at the conference in his ottice.
The law lirtu of Cantor. Adams &
Melntyre is one of ie best known ,'n
I lie city, being composed of men who 1
nave been prominent in polities as well j
is in professional life.
Albert Hamilton was the ['resident i
n i lie .1. - i . o: ,\. I I a UII1Inil I >. < > 1 I'll J sluirjr.
jrl:imaniii'acturcrs. He was
11 xiiii fifty-eight years of ago.
William .Mallard, Jr.. came from Atlanta.
(la., four years asm. and was
about thirty six years old. and lias a
ivife and two eliildren. lie resided in
lliis eily.
\V. ('. Turner, the man who did the
diootinjr. lived at Mount Vernon. X.
V.. and he is said to have la-en wealthy
until recent reverses, lie was a cousin
?f Governor Odell.
crl saves passengers.
Wountd it llorte. Swims .t Crerlt ami I In~?
a Train in Time.
Clarksburg. W. Va." A country girl
it Minnie, a station between here ami
Xew Martinsville, on the Short lane,
saved a passenger train from being
iv reeked.
She discovered a large log on the
track that had rolled down a hank, and
liurriedly procuring a nurse, jumped
>n its hack, swam a creek and flagged
the train just In time to save it.
The irirl's inline is Minnie Mill-tin
laughter of a fanner of that section.
It is said that I lie girl will lie liberally
'own rdetl.
TROLLEY RAN AT DEATH PACE.
finding K?flrrli on the Crew For Secret
Serrlco Agent'* Death.
Plttsflehl, Mass.?Thb finding in the
nquest following the accident in
vhlch President Roosevelt's body:uard,
William Craig, was killed here
ast Soptemlier. which Iihs Just been
Sled, says that the "unlawful acts of
lames T. Kelly, conductor, and Kuclld
Madden, motorman," of the electric
?ar which ran into the President's
" arrlage. "contributed" to the death of
Mr. Craig.
The finding was by 8pecial Justice i
Jhgt'ieg I>. ? I
riME
2, tiH)2.
HID FORTUNE IN A DESK
Amazing- Discovery Found in a New
YorK Folice Station.
Captain Donoliua, tit* tiwnor, Dropped
l)rn>l in the Discharge of 111* Duties
? Lrft an Unknown Wife.
New York City.?Over $100,000 In
cash. diamond jewelry and securities
were found in the desk of Police Captain
.lollu J. Donohue, who dropped |
tlead in his station house a few days
UgO.
Here is a list of the property: Cash,
l.noo, found in a small iron hox, unloeked,
in a drawer; tliamontl Jewelry,
SU.ixxi, including two solitaire men's
rings, each set with a single diamond
worth $1.')00. found in a drawer under
the roller ton Si.?i.l tmct <i-.
I <HX>: Cold Mining stock, Metroj
]tolititl Street Hallway stock, Slo.tMMt;
live life insurance policies, each for
S'JOtMt, making $10jRHi, and made payable
t<? (lie "lleirs of John J Douohue."
There were numerous oertillcates of
stock and notes of men well known,
which are said to be valuable.
The finding of this treasure was a
surprise and makes the value of the
estate nearer $"< it ?.t't >< than $75.(too.
In the safe of the station was found
a deed, showing that Captain Dotiohuc
owned an up town apartment building
valued at $ jo.000.
It i> now believed that Captain Donolitie
had several safe deposit boxes and
when these are found the value of the
estate may be greatly increased.
A man who knew Captain Douohue
and his business very well, said:
"1 believe that it will eventu ".Uy be
found that Captain Douohue was
worth nearer a hhlf million dollars."
Mrs. Douohue. who, as the wife of
the Captain, was not known to exist
until after his death, has retained Attorney
Henry Steinert. and through
him she will make a tight for the estate.
The Captain, however, was entered
upon the records of the L'olice
Department as a married man.
The tindtii!? of tii.. viitiiiit.i...
desk. especially the jewelry, was a
surprise. How lie came l>y tlu? jewelry
is a mystery, as. so far as known, he
did not wear jewelry himself and was
not known to lend money on it.
The appearance of the $114,000 in
cash in the desk was such as to Indicate
that the most of it had been there
a long time. It was packed in packages
of SIimmi and $r.non. and had not
been disturbed, evidently, for a considerable
time.
Two nephews of lite deceased have
made claims upon the property, hut
it is believed that no contest will he
made. The wife and other heirs will
make an atnieahlc agreement over the
distribution of the estate.
WINS PIOUS FUND CASE.
Arbitration Court Say* Mexico Mint 1'ay
I'nitcil St at cm Intercut "Forever."
Tile Hague, Holland. The Arbitration
Court m the pious fund ease litis
derided that Mexieo shall pay the I'nited
States $1. l2it.PiS2.ti7 in .Mexican cur
relict. Th" decision of the Court,
which is the first handed down by that
hotly, was unanimous.
The tribunal fount I that lite amount
to l?c paid to the I'nitcil States would
cover the total payment of annuities
tine from ami unpaid by the (loveritincnt
of the Mexican Republic, namely,
I lie annual imvumnt <>r ?t"n'jim
Mexican currency from February 2,
lSC'.i, t<> February 2. 1002.
Tim tribunal :ilso found Hint Mexico
sluill pay to the Failed Stairs, on February
2. too;;. and every following year
on the same date, "forever." $43.()r?O.00
of motley of the legal currency of Mexico.
In 1*507 the I'ious Fund was formed
by gifts from benevolent persons made
la trust to the Jesuits for establishing
and supporting Roman Catholic missions
in tlu> ('alifornins. In 17t>7 the
Spanish (lovcrniucnt expelled the Jesuits
and took all their property, which
was afterward administered by the
Franciscans. When Mexico gained independence
she took charge of the
fund, and in IS-! 2 sold the properties
and guaranteed to the church authorities
six per cent, interest on it in perpetuity.
When California was ceded to the
T'nited Slates Mexico stopped paying
this interest. In JSC.O Sir Fdv.ard i
Thornton made an award in the ease
in favor of the church authorities, and
Mexico paid $00-1.700 arrears, since
which time she lias paid nothing.
DEATHS IN MINE EXPLOSION.
1'ivi) Killnl and Four I iilillly Injured In
tin* Vtelor Mine ill I'wivnee, III.
Spriiigth-hl. 111. Two men were hilled
and many were injured, four mortally,
hy an explosion at Victor Mine, I'awnee.
eighteen miles from here.
The dead are \V. V. Overensh. thirtyone
years old. single; Michael Yorja~
twenty-seven years old, single. Mortally
hurt ? Frank Isaacs, fourteen
years old, breaker hoy; Peter Green,
head and body crushed; John Hurke,
frightfully bruised; George Worley.
bruised and burned.
The explosion occurred just l>ofore
the day force of 1!?0 men went off duty.
ami wjis can sod by too much powder in
a blast.
It is reported that Overcash was
worth $40,000, and had no relatives.
Ho had been In town only a few days.
PIt* Killed by a Bnrrlrantt.
The raining town of Keota. Mo., was
almost destroyed by a hit* ane. and
two men. one woman nud . . children
were killed.
nilllagkam R*tk to R*n*t*.
The Vermont Legislature has reelected
W. P. Dillingham as United
Btatep Senator. ?? ?
:s.
NO. 31.
KNOX ON TRUST PROBLEM
The A.t'orney-General Suercests a
Constitutional Remedy.
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OVERCAPITALIZATION CHIEF EVIL
lie RfllcTM Tli*l Conirre?? Might AmmJ
Hnil Kit.nil the Inter-Stnte Comtuereo
l.aw S? mm to Control Coinhiantlonii ?
j Tm.t Not lleyoml ttie N:.tion?l
Kent-li?Scope ??f I"c?teri?l l'ow.r.
Fittsbnrj?, Pa. ? Attorney - t.cnrrnl
Kn.iv <t '
? ?| I 1 I V * IIM IIIIU1 > til I (IV
Chamber of Commerce at the 11 ?t??I
Sehenlcy here. There were 700 guest*
present. The subject <o' bis address
was "The Common-.1 Clause of the
Constitiuion and the Trusts." Mr.
Knnx spoke in part as follows:
The conspicuous noxious features of
trusts existent and possible are these;
Overcapitalization, lack of publicity of
operation, discrimination in pricrs t<>
destroy competition, insutlicicnt persotial
responsibility of otiicers and directors
for corporate management, tendency
to monopoly and lack of appreciation
in their management of their
relations to the people, for whose benefit
they are permitted to exist. Overcapitalization
is the chief of these ami
the source from which the minor ones
tlow. Corporations and joint stock or
other associations depending upon any
statutory law for their existence or
privileges, trading beyond their own
States, should he required to do business
in every State and locality upon
precisely the same terms ami conditions.
There should lie no discrimination
in prices; no preferences lu service.
Such corporations serving the
public as carriers and in similar capa
cities should he compelled to keep tin*
avenues of commerce free and open to
nil upon the same terms and to observe
the law as to its injunctions ngaiusL
Milling eoinpetition. Moreover, corporntions
upon which tIn* people depend
for the necessaries of life should he required
to conduct' their business so as
regularly and reasonably to supply the
public needs.
They should bo subject to visitoria!
supervision, and full and accurate information
as i< their operations should
be made regularly at reasonable intervals.
Secrecy in the conduct and results
of operation is unfair to the noninnnagiug
stockholders, and should, as
well for reasons of state, be prohibited
by law.
The Constitution provides (Section S.
Article III.:) The Congress shall have
power "to regulate commerce with foreign
nations and among the several
States and with the Indian tribes."
Congress (July ". lN'.to.) enacted that
every contract, combination in tins
form of a trust or otherwise, or conspiracy
In restraint of trade or commerce
among the several States, is illegal.
providing punishments and conferring
Jurisdiction upon Federal Circuit
Courts to prevent and restrain violations
of the act.
.letl'crson, in his Idler of March 15.
17S!?, 10 Madison, says of the Constitution:
"This instilment forms us into
one Stale as to certain objects ami
elves us a legislative and executive
body for those objects."
One hundred years later the Supreme
Court of tli<> United States declatoil
"that in the matter of interstate commerce
the United States arc but one
country, and are and must be subject
to one system of regulations, ami not
to a multitude of systems."
In the light of such statements, can
It lie possible that tile people of the
United States, feeling the pressure of
undoubted evils, are nevertheless totally
powerless?
Conceding that the present law is
lot effective throughout the situation,
ive come to a Una) alternative: "May
not Collirress under tln> #\.n
stitutional grants, amend si ml ?>x
I In* law, ami thus remedy its defects
mil so effectively regulate National
ind foreign cnmtpcrcc as to prerent
the stilling of competition, the tvgitlati
11 <_r of <>tiI{mit mill prlee. ami the it(training
of National ami internalional
IftiileV If the answer to this question
-honld he in the nlllrniaiive. a seeonit
Uicsiion follows: IIow might t'oiijress
so atuonil t!ie present law? ;
I ilo not scruple to say that in nty
iudmnoiit the more a thoughtful mind
reports on the lirst question, the tnoto
unhesitatingly will an allirinative answer
he returneil.
My whole purpose in what I have
'aid Is to challenge the proposition
[lint We are hopelessly helpless under
>ur system of government to deal with
serious problems which confront us
in reaped i our greatest interests.
Since llie v alien! tjuestions of human
rights and human governments have
heeii settled, the production, preserva
tion and distribution of wealth receive
the chief attention of civilized peoples.
Prlinnrllv it is for ilo. Cnnirfiisu
decide whether it lias the power, and
whether and to what extent it will
pxeeuto it- what character of restraints.
whether all or those only
which are unreasonable and injurious
should fall under the ban, whether
legislation In the first Interest should
xtend to all commerce or only to commerce
in articles of vital importance to
the people. The time never was when
lite English-speaking people permitted
the articles necessary for their existence
to be monopolized or controlled,
and all devices to that end found condemnation
In the body of their lnwa.
The great English Judges pronounced
that such manifestations of human prince
required tno statute to declare
their unlawfulness, that they were
-rimes against common law?that It.
-.gain*: common right. ? ---