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'" ?w.y.v j mm w iM if OHIO WEATlifen. Partly cloudy t onhjhtj not so cold til western mid southern portions Friday pnrtly cloudy nnd warmer) niodernto Botithcrly Hinds. THE MARION DAILY MIRROR. i Mw'M&6tm wants 'A SUliBCUhE FOIl AXAj COStPlAINTS mrrii i i i If GET THE HABIT OF HEADING AND US ING THE WANT ADDS THEY'LL SAVE XOtJ MONEY ANY TIME. 't. VOlitJMB JCVIII NUMBER 116. MARION, OHIO, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 30, 1909 PRICE TWO CENTS it 1 .) r" r y A b i lfc r-" h 13 1 LAUNCHES GO TO BOTTOM Three Boats Sink While Battling Against the Ice. THE CREWS ARE ALL SAVED Holes Pounded in Bottoms By Ice. -'Steel Tug Finally Forces its Way Through. Tho Cold Wave Is Ilnglng over the Wliolo of tho United States In - Somo localities tho Mercury Is Ixwcr than It Has been In Years ; A Number of Fatalities Reported. By United Press Wire. New York, Dec. 30. Three launches belonging to battleships In tho north Atlantic (battleship fleet, anchored In tho North river, were sunk today in endeavoring to plow tholr way through tho Ico at tho river bank, where thoy sought to tako on board 200 shivering sailors who had been unablo alt night to get to tholr ships. It was only by bring ing Tip a powerful steel tug from tho navy yards that a hole was broken through tho ico pack sufficiently largo for tho launches to pass. Tho west wind began Jamming Ico against tho Manhattan sldo of the river early Inst night and by 10 O'clock, there was 100 foot of lec plied in tho river. Through this the launches tried nil night and part of I toaay to plow a way. ,Tho first of tho great steel launches built ' for hard work, to sink, was launch No. 1 of tho battleship Wis consin, which tried to break through tho ico at Ninety-Sixth street. A half submerged young Iceberg pounded a nolo In her bow and tho water, rushing in, caused her boiler to cxplodo. Her flvo sailors were thrown into tho Icy water, but a tug managed to smash her way through tho Ico and pull them out with boat hoka, all suffering terribly from ex posure. .. Steamer Ncy. 2t of tho Minnesota, got mixed, "up "In tho Ico floes off Ninety-Seventh streot, lost her pro peller and wandered aimlessly about In tho Ico unUl her bottom was torn out and sho rank. Boats from tho Wisconsin and Connecticut picked up her crew out of tho water and sont them to tho ship's hospital. Stoamcr No, 3 of tho Kansas had a holo punchod In her stern and niled rapidly. Sho did not go down, boing supported by tho Ice, but her water soaked crow had to IcapJpom iceberg to icoborg to reach tho Wioro and they, too, hod to go tou hospit al for tho thawing out treatment. Officers and men later, woro forced to go to ono of tho docks awny down town and got a boat to tako them up tho channel to tho fleot. It has been impossible to got frish food nnd meats to tho fleot, but a tiig has been chartered to start from downtown and fight her way up to tho floot. . FOUK FEUIKU IN CHICAGO. Chicago, Dec. 30. When tho shiv ering Chicago looked at Its thormom otcr today tho mercury showod six below zero and tho police reported that four persona had frozen to death during tho night. Tho government weathor forecast er o(tcred scant oonsolatlon when ho roportcd that tho wouthor today would bo "not qulto so cold." Desplto tho fact that no snow has accompalncd tho chilly blasts from Modlclno Hat, tho railroads all ro port great difficulty In keeping tholr schedules and trains nro today ro portcd from half an hour to olght hours lato, especially thoso from tho Wost. Tho dead roportod aro: Henry Jol ly, twelve, fell exhausted whllo look ing for work and froze to death; un t' identified, woll dressed man, found frozen to death on sidewalk, Jacob Kotz, slipped and foil on icy pavo mont fracturing his Bkull, found al most frozen and dying; Charles A r'Johnson foil In front of his houso and was frozen when found. Iteorts received today from all ovor tho Mlddlo West indicates still colder weather. KunBas City roportcd zero weather, whllo Norfolk, Nobras la, had clghtoen bojow and Huron South Dakota, twolvo below. Throug out Iowa tho temporaturo ranged from six to fourtoon below, whllo Missouri points drew about six bolow all around. Oklahoma nnd most of Kansas got milder weather, westorn Kansas roportlng tempcraturo of on ly eight to ten above ZEUO WHATHElt IN MICHIGAN. Detroit Mich., Dec. 30 Records for cold weather were set In many places in Michigan for tho lust twonty-fivn or thirty years today, when tho thor momoter dropped bolow zero for sev eral hours. Locally, It was coldest at Sjast night when It was two bolow zero. At 10 this morning It was ton above. InyBaglnuw the thermomotor registered nine below early today, nnd thSt' section 1 experiencing tho cold est weather of 1 generation. Traffic 1n Impeded, nnd many wires havo snapped. MOTOIWAN IS OVEHCOME. Chicago, Deo. 30. Alexander Clo Pliane, motorman on a crowded street car, screamed In his vestibule an his cur started down a grado and then foil unconscious from tho cold, early today. Tho conductor stopped tho car nnd a panic was provontod. Tho ofllclal tempcraturo at 7 a. m. was three degrees below zero, tho coldest of tho winter. An extra forco of physicians worked at tho Cincin nati hospital, and thirty cases of frost bites wero handled In a few hours. many die or EXFOSUHE. Pittsburg, Pa., Dec. 30. Follow ing tho heavy snows of tho past few day, zero weather provalls today throughout Pennsylvania. Tho cold est reported Is from Cresson, whoro tho mercury registered eleven below zero. Other points report from four to nlno below. Many deaths from exposure aro being reported. Tho railroads havo not yet boon ablo to get back to their regular schedules nnd trains wero from thirty minutes to two hours lato. THE OHIO IS FItOZEN. Louisville, Ky., Dec. 30. Tho tonv pcraturo this morning wont to one nbovo zero. Tho Ohio river, which Is wldor Just nbovo tho falls than nt any other part of Its course, Is froz en across, and if tho cold continues, tho Ico will becomo heavy enough to permit teams to bo driven from shore to shoro as was tho caso in 1893. The prico of coal is $4. B0 n load with further udvanco is threatened. CHILLY IN" HOOSIEIIDOM Indianapolis, Ind., Dec. 30. Indi ana Is now In tho grasp of tho cold wavo which has broken all records slnco 1905. At soven o'clock today, tho mercury In tho government thor nlomoter registered eight degrees bo iow zero, which Is tho lowest it has been slnco February, 1905, when tho thermometer showed sixteen below. Thoro are fow reports of suffering among tho poor, however. CONNECTICUT IS CHILLY. Now Haven, Conn., Dec' 30. Itcports coming In from various parts of Connecticut indicates that last night nnd curly this morning tho thermometer regstcred tho low est tempcraturo of tho winter. Norfolk was perhaps tho coldest town in tho state, tho temporaturo at 0 o'clock this morning being twolvo below. At WInsted tho temporaturo was ten below at tho sumo- hour. 12 ABOVE IN ALABAMA. Birmingham, Ala., Dec. 30. Tho coldest weather ever experienced in Alabama in DecemDor, according ro tho ofllclal government weather fore caster, reached a climax today when tho thermomotor renched twolvo de grees nbovo zero at 7 n. m. Intense suffering Is roportcd from all por tions of tho South. SAME IIEKE IN OHIO. Columbus, Dec. 30. Reports from Ohio show that Inland portions of tho stato nro suffering most sovorely from tho cold nnd snow. Inland county scats report tompornturcs from two to Hvo degrees below zero. No fatal ities havo been roportcd thus far. BOSTON POOH SUFFEK. Boston, Dec. 30. Boston todny suf fered practically zero weather, tho coldest of this winter. At 8 A. M. tho thermometer stood only two bo low zero. In tho poorer quartors of tho otty tho suffering Is Intonso. ItlVKIl IS GOHGEI). Gnlllpolls, O., Doc. 30. Tho Great Kanawha river Is gorgod and closuil by Ico at its mouth this morning. JUDGE GRANTS TRIAL DIVORCE Provisions of the Decree are Unusual, if not Illegal. By United Press Wlro. Chicago, Doc. 30. Can a court grant n "trial" dlvorco oftoctlvo for only a limited number of years? This Is tho question countless) Chlcngo Jurists and lawyers aro asking each othor todny, following tho greeting of such a decreo to Mrs. William Wo holo, of Hammond, Indlann, by Judgo Vergil S. Itlotor, of tho Lako county superior court. Tho Woholcs aro dl- vorcod for a porlod of flvo years, aft or which tlmo thoy can llvo together If thoy so deslro. If, during that tlmo thoy should mako up and wish to bo ronmrrlcd, thoy would havo to wait until tho flvo years havo ex pired. Again, If within that spaco of tlmo, tho couplo should go out of tho stato and ro-wed, and then decide to got a dlvorco after tho expiration of flvo yoars, thoy would havo to got two dlvorcos to bo legally separated. In commenting on tho unusual dl vorco, Judgo Jesso lloldoni said; "I think Rioter's decision Is very Inconsistent. It Is a gal list tho pol icy of n stato to kcop married peo ple apart, except, of course, in caso of crime, Mnrrlago Is a contract, and tho court cannot doprlvo a couplo of their rights to keep that contract. Tho Idea of a. llmltod dlvorco is foolish." . MOROCCAN WAR IS RESUMED By United Press Wlro, Madrid, Deo. 30. It was officially announced today that tho Moroccan const natives had resumed hostilities against tho Spanish forco undor Gen oral Marina, and had attacked tho town of Alhucotnas, whoro thoro Is a military fortress. Tho engagement Is Bald to havo boen slight with but fow, casualties. Tho deepest depres sion prevails hero over tho ronownl of tho Moroccan war. THE WORLD'S LARGEST VESSEL, THE TITANIC, built , Lv f ? '" "IC";0 f 1, whie , , Z I S,n!" "n0 nt R"lfflSt: i i which tho ship Is being constructed. mo lower puotosmpli. Tho Wl.lto :.,.,. "'" "'" UL' "' eoinmission early In 101 1. Tholr launching II I Bliriin iio n most itnporta.it era In nmrlno ncl.ven.ent. for they Vvlll to by nl odds the largest vessels In tho world. Tl.? Titanic nnd Olympic will rl'"" toMh. 02 feet bcam.l.-.OOO tons Ulster and GO.OOO ton" IntM.llllltlll. r. . .1 ll... mi . ... j.iii."l' enormous lumens nn nm !,., .,.-....i ... ., iHo JtoV?? 5??? -rr 'S 5r,r' f00t "lB" nl,d t'o MetTopolltan towcV n , ?Z ,rlclt rlscs '00 '.fc Tho combined tonnage of the Olympic and Tlinntlc far exceeds the tonnage of nil the vessels engaged on both sides n tho historic conflict of tho Spanish ar.nndn. nnd It Is even more In tercstlng to know that tl.o Santa Maria was only 00 feet long and 233 tow burden, yet on this vessel Columbus journeyed to tho new world PROPOSES TUX ' ON FORTUNES ays Stake Deserves Per centage of Winnings of Noblemen. HEIRESSES BECOME ALIENS Judge Proposes a Ten Per cent Tax. The Larger the Fortune the Higher the Tax. Hill I't-CMiiiiiK u Tax on Fortunes .Marled by Foreign Noblemen Will Probably bo Presented nt Tho Coming .Session of tho Now York General Assembly Transfer Tax Also Proposed. By United Press Wlro. Now York, Dec. 30 Justice James W. Qorard, of tho Now York supremo court, bolloves that tho stato of Now York should lmpiso n tax on forolgn marriages and on nil furtunes that arc Inherited by nllons within tho stato. In nn nrtlclo in Collier's for January, ho explains that only In this way can tho stato collect a "pcrsont- ngo of tiio nobleman's winnings" nnd ho declares ho will try to havo a bill to carry out his plan Introduced nt tho coming scssloa of tho stato legis lature. In his nrtlclo ho says: "Tho llttlo Amorjcun heiresses, strolling arm In arm up tho Ruo Do La Palx, roeplng In to tho shop win dows and laughingly picking out the kind of crown tlfey would llko to huvo on tholr belongings, nro becom ing fjulto nn ccouomlcnl problem. In rocont yoars but a few females In heritors of swollen American for tunes havo scon lit to marry In their own lan.l, I claim that monoy should bo sont whoro lt was mado and that If theso girls chonso to becomo nbsen too landlords nnd drow what now amounts to a grcnt annual trlhuto from tho Unite! States to spond abroad on nmlablo Italians nnd high priced Highlanders that thoy should pay a tax. . "A woman who marries an alien becomes by law an alien, An nllon has no constitutional right to tako or hold proporty hero. Tho stato may annox nny condition It pleases to tho Inheriting of proporty by nn alien. Formerly In this stato an alien could only inherit land by coming hero to rcsldo and filing a declaration of In- tontlou to becomo a citizen. Bo thoro : is nothing now, nothing unconstltu NOW BEING BUILT, th0 st("'Il Titanic, which Is being a,S0 n v,cw of tl,c fia,lt 1 "cradle" The keel of tho steams!.!., i. ,.,. m Star company . t ,nVn ... r ti.. ttonaT"ln"tno law I propose. I propose whoro nn alien. Inherits property by will or ddent fron a rcsidont of nny stato thoro shall bo a stato transfer tax as follows: "Wher tho amount Inherited Is over $100,000 nnd less than $500,000, ten per cent; over $300,000 nnd less than $1,')00,000, fifteen per cent; ovor $1,000,000 nnd loss than $2,000,000, twenty icr cent; whero tho amount Is over $?,000,000, twenty-fivo per cent. Tho samo tax will also apply to transfers of projerty mado to aliens by living residents of tho state, under pain of tlno and Imprisonment to tho rcsidont If th i tax bo not paid. TWENTY-NINE TROTTERS BURNED By United Tiess Wire. Loxlngton, Ky., Dec. 30 Flro de stroyed tho largo brood moro barn at Pntchcn Wilkes farm last night nnd twonty-nlno trotting bred brood marcs owned by W. 15. D. Stokes of Now York and other horsomon, wero destroyol. Flro was caused by tho heating plant. Tho stallions, Including Peter tho Qrent, wero saved. Tho loss will reach about $50,000, marcs boing valued at $1,000 und tho born which Is almost costing moro than $30,000. tho each now, L TEST ALL Missouri Thelephone Merg er Probe Soon Strikes Pay Dirt. By United Pren3 Wlro. Jefferson City, Mo., Dec. 30 Thu telephone merger probo began by Attornoy Goneral Mujur promises to dovulopo a test of ovory technical point In tho Missouri nntl-trust laws. MnJor, in asking an examiner from tho supromo court declnrod tho Am erican Telephone nnd Tolograph com- pnny, tho Boll nnd tho Missouri, Kuusas nnd Kastorn and Kasturn companies nro In a combination to control tho business of tho stato. To provo Jt, ho dcolurod tho tele phono companies bought up tndo pendant concerns, Increased tho cost of sorvlco and dlvldod tho business of tho state between them. Tho officers of tho companies ad mitted a mutual nwcnershlp of thu thrco principal companies and that (liey bought up indopandont 'com panies, divided torrltory nnd Increns. ed rates. It Is believed, thoroforo, that tho tolophono pooplo enn mako only ono defense, and' that It that thoy havo committed no prfouso against tho anil trust law To do this It will bo noo essary to read Into tho luw a number of things that tho Standard Oil anil Wntors-Plorco attorneys failed to read, and which, according to nt tornoys, tho Missouri supremo court did not find, w TECHNICAL POINTS ESTRADA SENDS AN ULTIMATUM Submits Two Propositions to The Nicaraguan President. NEITHER WILL BE ACCEPTED Revolutionists to Choose The President Other Proposition is for an Election. Marirlz Makes n Clear Diplomatic Stroko by Appointing tho Pnnls loi.nl President's Brother on the Penco Commission Mmlrlz Is Pre paring for a Battlo ilth Kstrnda'H Forces at Acnynpn. By United Pi ess Wire. Managua, Dec. 30 It Is rumored hero to lay that provisional president Estrada has sont an ultimatum to President Madrlz that tho only con ditlons under which ho will agree to a suspension of hostilities nnd nn abandonment of tho proposed attack on Managua aro tho selection of a man of tho revolutionists' choosing fot presidency or tho cnlllng of n gencrnl presidential election, tho revolution ists to rrtnln their nrms during tha election. Neither alternative, It Is believed, will bo agrccablo to Mmlrlz. To ac- copt cither would mean his loss of tho presidency. Tho revolutionists hnvo already announced their dissatisfac tion with him and wero they to retain their arms during tho proposed elec tion, lt 's conorded they would con trol tho election and bring about tho success of their own candidates. Tho pcaco commissioners chosen by Mndri. to confer with Estrada's representatives, consisting of Colonel Joso Estrada, a brother of tho pro Visional president; Benjamin Vldaurro and GllUcrto Soballos, will put fouth every effort to havo Estrada recede from what Is termed his dictatorial policy, but there Is scant hopo that ho will yield. Tho appointment of Estrada's brother to a plnco on tho commission Is considered a clever diplomatic stroko 'ind mny bo tho means of a successful conclusion to tho peace negotiations In tho meantime Mudrlz Is pro- paring for n battlo nt Acoynpa and Is still hurrying troops to thu point Should Estrada attempt to roach Mannua by another route, tho Acoya pa forco will bo diverted to whatever point necessary to Intercept him Thoro Is no confirmation "f tho story that- former President Zclaya dls trlbutcd 10,000 guns nmong tho gov ernment hupporters Just prior to his retirement from olllce, but from the fact that tho now Mndrla recruits nro woll nrmed, lt Is lnfcired that tho ro- port Is true Tho Nicaragua congress und Presi dent Malrlz continue to glvo convin cing proof of tholr hostility to Zclayn. Tho best evldenco of this yet exhibit ed Is tho granting of authority to War Minister Bncnyii to levy wnr taxes nnd to tnx tho fi lends of Zola- ya, who c&capcd former lovles, for ar rearages. Tho recognition of Mndrlz as presi dent by Mexico, Ilundurns, Snlvador and Costa Hlcn, 't Is hoped, will In fluence tho United States to tako similar action. Deserts Murirl. San Juan Del Snr, Dec. 30. It Is reported hero that tho commander of tho government troops nt Acoyapa has decided to Join tlio revolutionise en uso and that Instead of opposing tho Estrada forces ns planned by Madrlz, ho will nld them. If this ro nort Is true, and It Is nccepted hero as correct, Estrada will havo no dif ficulty In ndvnnclng on Managua, n is believed that it will mean that At Ing President Madrlz will ylold to tho terms Estrada has demanded mid that a general election will be called at ouec. Anlbnl Chovez, who refused to car ry out Zolaya's orders for tho execu tion of tho, Americans, Cannon and Groco nnd who was degraded and Im prisoned for this act, left Corlnto f r Panama, from which place ho will mil for Now York. Washington, Dec. 30. Thnro semvu to bo no abatement of military activ ity at Managua, according to deb patchos received nt th stato depart ment today. General Toledo, who conducted tho Kohiyuu campaign , Groytown and who Is supposed to be In possession of tho arms distrib uted by Xolnyii boforo his departure. Is at Manugua superintending mili tary preparations practically in tho capacity of minister of wur for tho Madrlz govormnont. Tho stnto dopnrtomnt has not yet boon Informed or the, action of Mex ico or any of the Control Amorlcar countries In recognizing tho MadrU government. Even In caso of recog nition, it Is dofinltely Ktnted that tin. lnltod States will pursue Its poll y without change TRACTION LINE " OFFICIAL INDICTED By United Press Wlro. Cincinnati, Dec. 30. W. Kcslcy Schoepf, president or tho Cincinnati Traction company, nnd of the Ohio Traction company, wns Indicted b tho grand Jury on four counts today, charging falluro to keep cars on four city lines up to the tempcraturo o' sixty degrees required by law. Thj technlcnl chargo Is that this tom peraturo was not maintained in the motormon's vestibules. In his fight for bolter traction service in Clndn- natl, Prosecutor Hunt, a few woons ngo scouted tho Indictment nnd con viction of President Ernest of tho C N. & C, the over tne river traction lines, on tho snmo charge The chargo was based on tho tlmo tho cars wero in Cincinnati. Ernst plead ed guilty and was fined. Ah Hoon a Noted Chinese Actor Murdered in New York City. ON LEONG MEN BLAMED Murder Said to Have Been In Retaliation. Police Admit They Fear Grave Results. Dcnlli Notice was hont to The mark cl Man ami His Enemies Ijst no Tlmo In Cnrrjlng It Into Effect Victim uh u Prominent .Member of the IViir Ilrotlicrs Tong, a KImiI of the On Leung Tong. By United Press Wire. Now York, Dec. .10. Tho war of tho Chlucso tongs has been renewed with Increased vigor and today the pollco admit that they fear grnvo re- suits from the murder, cnrlier In the day, ofJAh-Hoonr h nnted Chinche actor, who was formerly a mombet of tho Four Brothers, which, how- ever, ho deserted for tho On Lcong tongs. Ab Iloon wns killed, a is said. In retaliation for the murder, last .Mon day night, of Low Fung, treasurer of tho Four Brothers, und Low Jung nnother Four Brothers, who were assassinated by members of tho On Leong tong nt 30 1-2 Pell street. Commissioner Bnkor has thrown scores of policemen and plain clothes men Into China town todny and ad mits that nnother tong war Is feared Tho On Leong tongs and the Foui Brothers have been nt deadly enmity since tho murder of Elsie Slgel b Leon Ling, a member of tho On Lu ong tongs and the Four llrothen did their bent to nld the police in capturing him whllo the On Leong togs successfully aided him to cscnpe Ah Hoon wns thlrty-flvo years old nnd wns assistant stago manager and nn nctor In tho Chlucso thentot ut fi Doyer street. Ho was very pop ular with tho other members of tht Chinese colony and was well known In San Francisco. In tho Pncllii coast city, Ah Hoon was an nrdenl member of tho Four Brothers and was associated In tho theatrical )us lii".s with Jo Quau. When six years ago Ah Hoon came to Now York ho deserted tho Four Brothers and Joined tho On Leong tongs. Tho Four Brothers hated him for this act and selected him as thcP victim. Yestorday ho received tho death notlco and wns greatly unnerved He mado preparations to leave Now Yorl until tho feud hnd died out, but took his part as usual In tho cast at the Chinese theater last night, going to his homo next door, nftor tho per formance, through a secret passago wny that had been prepared for him. As ho reached his room shots wore heard. Whon othor Chinese actors In tho hoiico rushed to Ah Hoon's room they found him shot to death. There was no other Chinaman In sight. How tho murdorers escaped tho po llco cannot guess. The police have arrested as mater ial wltnesbes Mrs. Clara Qunn, widow of Jo Quan. tho Chinese nctor of San Frunclsco, with whom Ah Hoon lived and Loo Jung, a friend of Ah Hoon'f llvng In tho samo house, but admit thoy do not suspect them of tho mur der. SAYS THE BRAKES FAILED TO WORK By United ProE3 Wlro. Traverse Cty, Mich., Dec. 30 Of ficials of tho Poro Marnuotto railroad today declnrod tho falluro of the brakes of a heavy logging train was responslblo for tho wreck of that train yesterday, when It broke loose on n hill near hero nuil crashed in to a snow plow that was following It up tho grade. Genitfo W. Phelps of this place, conductor on tho snow plow, and Arthur Kennlcott, n feoc tlou hand, wero killed, and Train mnster Drew of Petoskey seriously Injured. Lomburg, Austria, 30 Tho pollco aro today rounding up all tho crim inals In tho city In tho hopo of Hurt ing tho pickpockets who aro charged with exploding llroworks during u moving plcturo show at a local theater last night, cuuslng n panic that resulted In flvo deaths and tho serious Injuring of twenty-ono others. TONG WAR IS RENEWED THREATEN TO SECEDE Some Railroads are Anxious To Settle the Switch man's Strike. PROGRESS IS VERY SLOW JNotniner Accomplished, mr . . .... ,' j j -r-i 'if Either Side. Many Things are Promised For Tomorrow. Itallroatl Managers Deny Tlicro Is Dls M'lislon In tholr Hunks hut It Is Ap parent Somo nro not .Satisfied With Hi cuts Freight Handlers .May Join the Strikers If a Settle ment Is not Beached. By United Press Wire. Minneapolis, Minn., Dec 30. No devclopemcnts todny mark tho pro gress of tho switchmen's strike, ns- Ido from tho wlhdrawal by tho rail roads of their offer to abldo by tho , decision of tho Chicago confcrcnco men as soon as they havo places for them nnd the removal of tho em- i bargo of wheat shipments' In somo of tho rmall towns of tho stato by tho Great Northern road. Important events In tho strlko sit uation nre promised for tomorrow, howcer. At Washington Preald(ent Tnft will meet Chairman Knapp of tho International stato Commerco commission. United States Labor com mlssloncr Noll, and II. B. Perham, president of the railroad department of the American Federation of Labor. Tho freight handlers of St. Paul met In largo numbers last night and took tho samo action ns their Min neapolis brothers did two wccko ago, Tho strike voto being taken rapidly throughout tho northwest among tho various organizations nfllllatcd with tho American Federation of Labor. General Superintendent Hunting ton of tho fSoo road said, today, thoro was no truth" In tho rumor that tho railroad managers woro disagreeing .imong thcmselvoi. " All Is peccful and tho managers scorn to bo a unit on this proposition. ' Thrco Northwestern roads, the Min neapolis & St. Lois, tho Soo, and tho Mllwuakeo wero said to bo prepar ing to secedo from tho railroad assoc iation und scttlo tho strlko insofar as thoy aro concerned by making con cessions to tho strikers. Chicago, Dec. 30. Tho switchmen or Chicago aro growing Impatient oer tho long drawn out negotia tions between their representatives and tho railroad general managers' committee, nnd threaten to strlko quickly, according to a statcmont to day by a man close to tho otllclals of tho Switchmen's Union of North America. At today's conferonco tho railroad managers had oxpectcd to conclude their nrgumont ngalnst Increasing tho wages of switchmen employed on tho Chicago roads. Informed union men stated today that thoy soo llttlo chanco of getting a settlement from tho rail roads. Tho recent statement of Pres ident W. C. Brown of tho New York Central system that, In his oplnoln, tho wliolo dispute hinged on tho ques tion whether thero actually had boon nn increase In mo cost of liv ing, had encouraged tho union men. If living does cost more,, Brown said, ho felt suro tho railroads would In creaso tho wages of tho men. Union men complain, it is said, that the railroad managers In tho Chicago conforenco aro disposed to deny that tho cost of living has In creased, something which tho union men bollcvo to bo obvious. Ono ofllclal at labor headquarters stated today that ho would not bo surprised should tho swltchmon call 'mass meetings for Saturday night or Suuduy nnd declare an Immediate strike They havo been aroused by the attltudo of the railroads, ho de clared, and will not wait any longer. GOOD NEWS FOR IDLE WORKMEN By United Press Wlro. Chicago, Dec 30. Worklngmon, Jdlo and destitute, rccolvcd a bit of encouragement today In tho ann ouncement that un enormous (now steel plant of two modorn blast fur naces Is to be added to tho present establishment of tho Iropuolso Iron company of South Chicago, as soon us tho cold weuthcr unhides sufficiently to permit tho beginning of constru ction work. Tho now plant will cost $2,000,000 and will moro than duuhlo tho ca pacity of tho pre&ont equipment, ris ing Its output from COO tons of pig Iron dally from two furnaces to 1,300 tons dally with four. This announcement camo with an increiiHo of tho companys capital to $3,000,000 und tho financing of a bond lesuo for nn equal sum. Tho combined plant will glvo omploymont to 1,000 men. SATOLLl UNCONSCIOUS. Homo, Deo ,30. Cardinal Bishop Sntolll Is ntlll unconscious today, hav ing lain In that state for nearly two days. Extreme unction was admin- t lsterod to him last evening, A jM ;mBtaJj' m