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WEDNESDAY EVENING.
TOPEKA, KANSAS, SEPTEMBER 18, 1&07.
WEDNESDAY EVENING.
TWO CENTS
HUMPHREY DEAD.
3lember of State Tax Commis
sion Expires Suddenly.
Has Been Slightly 111 for Three
Weeks.
DE3IOCUATIC LEADER.
SerTed the State on First State
Railroad Commission.
Appointed to His Present Posi
tion by Got. Hoch.
Funeral Will Be Held Saturday
at Junction City.
Juage James Humphrey, of Junc
tion City, and chairman of the state
tax commission, died this morning at 1
o'clock at his Topeka home in the
Kemper flats on Topeka avenue, be
tween Seventh and Eighth streets.
Xews of his death did not reach the
slate house until after 10 o'clock this
morning, and his colleagues on the tax
commission as well as the other offi-
4f J , I T
v W&WWW
Judge James Humphrey, Chairman of the State Tax Commission, Who Died
Today.
eers of the state who have been glad
to be classed as his friends, were
literally stunned. Only a few of them
knew that Judge Humphrey had been
iil for ten days or two weeks. They
had no idea that the illness was a
serious one.
Judge Humphrey's death was due
to cancer of the liver and for the past
couple of days it had been known by
the immediate members of his family
that his end was near. It seems that
ever since Judge Humphrey has takjn
up his home in Topeka and this was
on August 6 so that he could best
devote ail of his time and energies to
the work of the state tax commission,
his health has not been vigorous. His
Illness was diagnosed as an affection of
the liver which it was thought would
yield to treatment. Although not feel
ing in good health he kept steadily at
his work until about three weeks ago.
In fact his last appearance at the office
of the tax commission was three weeks
ago Saturday. During the past ten
days he has been confined to his bed
almost continuously. There have been
a few times in that period when he has
been able to be up and about the house
for a short time.
With his usual optimism. Judge
Humphrey did not have a thought but
that he would recover and be at his
work In the Interests of the people of
the state within a short time. But on
Sunday last his illness tpok a serious
turn and then his affection was diag
nosed as that dreaded and fateful dis
ease, cancer of the liver. Even when
Judge Humphrey learned of the seri
ous ailment witn wnicn ne was atmo
ed. his courage kept up and he believed
that he would get well eventually. But
he sank slowly and surely during Mon
dav and Tuesday and yesterday after
noon his son. J. V. Lowry. who was
associated with his father In a law
practice at Junction City, was notified
that the Judge's life was nearing an
end. Mr. Lowry hastened to the city
but was unable to reach here until
after death had claimed his father.
Members of Judge Humphrey's fam
ily who were with him at the time of
his death were his wife and daughter.
Miss Ade!e. who has been making her
home with her parents since they
established a residence in the city a
month ago. It had been Miss Adele's
intention to go to Xew Tork city this
fall and take up a post-graduate course
In Columbia university, but she did
not do so because of her father's Ill
ness. Another daughter of the family.
Miss Eleanor, is in Butte. Mont., where
she is teaching school.
Funeral Will Be Saturday.
Arrangements have been made for
the Interment of Judge Humphrey's
body at Junction City on Saturday.
The funeral party will leave here on
Friday afternoon and any funeral
ceremonies which may be held here
will be brief. although these details
have not been arranged as yet.
Governor Hoch and Samuel T.
Howe, one of the state tax commission
ers, were early visitors at the Hum
phrey home this morning to express
their condolences with the family of
the deceased. They were followed by
all of the state officials of prominence
during the course of the morning
hours.
"It's a great shock to me," said Mr.
Howe when speaking of his col
league's death. "Judge Humphrey
was one of the most companionable.
able and versatile men that it was my I
privilege to har known. We knewj
he was suffering from an illness but
none of us dreamed that it would take
a serious turn. His loss is one to the
whole people of the state."
Judge Humphrey was one of the
real prominent men of the state af
filiated with the Democratic partv.
When it cme time for Governor Hoch
to appoint the new state tax commis
sion created by the last legislature, he
named Judge Humphrey as one of the
commissioners to work with S. C.
Crummer and Mr. Howe, the two Re
publicans appointed. There was noth
ing in the law to compel the governor
to appoint a uemocrat to the commis
sion but he aid so to give this body,
because of its important duties to the
whole people, a sort of a non-partisan
character. And when the members
of the commission met for the pur
pose of organization on July 2, the
two Republicans on the commission
joined hands and surprised Judge
Humphrey by electing him chairman
of the commission. This was a rather
unusual tribute ror KepuDiicans to
pay to a Democrat. It was really but
an evidence of the esteem In which
Judge Humphrey was held by the big
men of the state, irrespective of party
creeds and lines.
Valuable Member of Commission.
During the preliminary work of the
commission Judge Humphrey has
played an important part ana nis aa
riz. a. to the methods of procedure in
framing up rules and regulations for
the enforcement of the new tax law
was cheerfully asked by the other
members on the commission and was
considered generally, almost univer
sally, to be of the soundest.
Judge Humphrey was a member of
the first board of state rauroaa com
missioners, and was nominated by the
Democrats and ran for that place at
the last state election, but was de
feated in the general Republican
landslide for all the state offices.
James Humphrey, who was an Eng
lishman by birth, was over seventy
four years old at the time of his
death. He was born In Mansfield.
Eng., on March 8. 1833. He came to
America in 1934. stopping In Massa
chusetts until the spring of 1857.
when he moved on to Kansas, settling
In Manhattan. There he read law and
was admitted to the bar. He was
married in October. 1S61, to Mary A.
Vance, of Springfield. O., who was in
Manhattan visiting friends at the time.
In 1867 he was appointed judge of the
district court by Governor Samuel J.
Crawford, and was re-elected to the
place In 186S for a term of four years.
Judge Humphrey resigned this
position on May 1, 1870. and settled in
Junction City to practice his profes
sion. He served on the state board of
railroad commissioners from 1883 to
1891 and was again elected Judge of
the district court In 1892 and served
until 1896.
With his family. Judge Humphrey
moved to Sedalia, Mo., in 1897. where
they remained two years and eight
m-inths. returning from there to
Junction City, where they have made
their home until coming to Topeka
after Judge Humphrey's appointment
to the state tax commission. Judge
Humphrey was prominently Identified
with the Universalis! church of Junc
tion City.
Mrs. Humphrey has served two
terms as president of the State Fed
eration of Women's Clubs and enjoys
a wide literary reputation.
who oWreFdrihks?
Origin of the Fairbanks Cocktail Is
StlU In Doubt.
Oyster Bay. Sept. IS. Because of the
wide publicity given to the statement of
Bishop Berry of Detroit that either Pres
ident Roosevelt or Secretary Loeb, and
not Mr. Fairbanks, was responsible for
the cocktails served at the luncheon ten
dered them by the vice president at In
dianapolis. Secretary Loeb has Issued the
following formal statement in denial:
"The statement Is too absurd to be
given any credence. Neither the president
nor his secretary either directly or Indi
rectly ordered anything of any kind at the
luncheon In question or at any other
luncheon where they were guests.
STEAMER BURNS.
Marine Disaster Causes Loss of One
Hundred Lives.
Shanghai. Sept; 18. A Japanese
steamer said to be the Tafu Maru has
been burned three miles off Chlng
Klang. on the right bank of the Tang
Tse Klang. forty-five miles from Nan
king. It Is reported that one hundred
lives were lost.
The Tafu Maru is not mentioned in
the maritime registers available, but
there are three Japanese steamers of
similar names, the Tango Maru. Takao
Maru and Tian Maru.
HASKELLVINS.
Democrats Are Victors In the
Oklahoma Election.
Constitution Is Adopted by a
Large Majority.
PKOHIBITI0X IX DOUBT
Republicans Claim Three Out of
FiTe Congressmen.
Election of a Democrat Legis
lature Seems Probable.
Oklahoma City, Sept. 18- Up to noon
today but few additional returns from
yesterday's election to those received
last night had come in and neither Re
publican nor Democratic party man
agers were in a position to make fresh
estimates on the results. The reports
so far received indicate that the con
stitution was adopted by a large ma
jority, but the result of the vote on
state-wide prohibition is in doubt and
may not be known for some time yet.
it w as claimed here today that Thom
as Bn Ferguson, Republican ex-gover
nor, oeen elected to congress In
the Second district over E. L Fulton.
Democrat, whose election was indicated
last night. Other candidates for con
gress Eppear to have been elected as
follows: Bird S. McGuire (Rep.), for-
er aeiegate to congress. First district:
Frank Hubbard (Rep.). Third district:
C D. Carter (Dem.). Fourth district:
Scott Ferris (Dem.), Fifth district.
Both sides claim the election of gov
ernor with Charles X. Haskell. Demo
crat, apparently leading by a safe ma
jority over Governor Frank Frantz. Re
publican. The election of a Democratic
legislature, which now seems probable,
means the election of T. P. Gore, the
blind orator, and R. L. Owen, nominat
ed at the primaries in June to the Unit
ed States senate.
The Early Outlook.
Oklahoma City, Sept. 18. Oklaho
ma's constitution has been adopted by
a majority all the way from 50,000 to
0.000, state wide prohibition has car
ried, and C. X. Haskell, Democrat,
has been elected governor of the new
state, according to the limited reports
received.
In every voting precinct there were
three ballots for the voter to mark, in
Oklahoma City there were four, and
the counting process has been ex
tremely slow. The telegraphers'
strike and lack of telephone facilities
has prevented the forwarding of re
turns to either of the political state
headquarters here. The ratification
of the constitution is conceded, al
though the majority was not so large
as was expected. The Rev. E. C. Din
widdle, state secretary of the Antt
Saloon league, places the majority in
favor of prohibition at 25.000 to 40.
000. Chairman Cassidy of the Demo
cratic committee, estimates it at 15.-
000 and approximately the same fig
ures are given out at Republican
headquarters. Seven precincts in
Enid. Governor Frantz's home town,
gave Frantz 158 to Haskell's 132, and
it is announced there that the entire
county is going In about the same ra
tio. This is a disappointment to the
Republicans. On the other hand Mus
kogee county, where Mr. Haskell re
sides?, went Republican. Governor
Frantz has given out a statement
claiming his election by more than
10,000 Mr. Haskell said he believed
he had won. but only referred to the
state committee figures when asked
for an estimate.
Oklahoma City's $250,000 bond is
sue carried three to one.
Several days will elapse before com
plete returns are In.
The new state elected five congress
men. In the First and Second districts
the Republicans expected to elect ex
Delegate to Congress B. S. McGuire and
ex-Terrltorlal Governor T. B. Ferguson,
respectively. The Fourth and Fifth dis
tricts have been conceded to the Demo
crats whose candidates in the respec
tive districts were C. D. Carter and
Prescott Farris. The convention that
framed the state constitution was heav
ily Democratic and the constitution as
completed was obnoxious to the Re
publicans. Secretary Taft speaking recently at
Oklahoma City advised Republicans to
vote against the constitution. Because
of the strong desire for statehood,
however, the Republican party did not
attempt to defeat the constitution. The
new state must await the constitution's
indorsement by President Roosevelt,
who will either confirm or reject it
uoon his Judgment as to whether or
not it conforms to the enabling act of
congress and the constitution of the
United States.
In the enabling act congress provid
ed for prohibition in the Indian Ter
ritory for 21 years from January 1.
1906. The prohibition clause voted on
yesterday applies the same provision
to the Oklahoma side of the new state.
If it has carried, as seems probable,
state wide prohibition will be a part of
the constitution for 21 years and at the
end of that period will remain in force
indefinitely unless repealed.
DRINK LESS; EAT MORE.
Head of Sanitary Inspectors Decries
Desire to Be Thin.
London. Sept. 18. Sir James Crlch-ton-Browne.
In delivering the presi
dential address at the annual meeting
of the sanitary inspectors' association
at Anduno. referred to the English
meat supply and urged the abolition
of private slaughter houses and the
providing of abbatoirs and a central
office for meat Inspection. The peo
ple no longer would find "prize Christ
mas fat beef absolutely filled with
generalized tuberculosis." he added:
"If Chicago has its Jungle, London
has its dismal swamp."
In another part of his address the
eminent physician denounced what he
described as the prevalent craze for
getting thin.
On all hands, he said, the cry is that
we eat too much. So fierce in some
quarters is the propaganda of dietetic
asceticism that in dread of being sus
pected of gluttony people only in
dulge their healthy appetite in secret.
This craze. Sir James declared, was
producing a debility which sufferers
th-refrom were seeking to combat by
indulgence In alcohol and narcotics.
WRECKED ENGINES
Rock Island Passenger Trains
in Head-on Collision.
Occurred Xear U.P. Junction in
Xorth Topeka.
SAVED DY JUMPING.
Engine Crews Had a Close
From Death.
Call
Train o. 35 Is Held Respon
sible for the Trouble.
Two Rock Island passenger trains,
the second section of Xo. 35 west
bound, and Xo. 24 east bound, met in
a head-on collision In Xorth Topeka
just at noon today, and although both
engines were badly demolished, no
cars were derailed and none of the
passengers or crew were injured. The
engine crew of both ' trains saved
themselves by Jumping. The condi
tion of the engines show that this
was all that saved the engineer are
fireman on engine 1252. which was
pulling the west bound train. The cab
was totally demolished, particularly
on the right side, where the engineer
sits. His seat and the controlling ma
chinery was torn away completely.
Both engineers set the air brakes be
fore jumping.
In the passenger coaches of botn
trains, passengers were thrown from
their seats, and two men were slightly
Injured. Several women wainted from
fright. The west bound train sustained
the most damage, the glass being
broken from a number of windows. The
east found train was practically im
mune from the damage, and the engine,
number 1501, is serviceable as soon as it
can be extricated from the tangle with
1252, the west bound engine.
The wreck occurred northeast of the
Rock Island bridge, on the sharp curvj
which leads from the north bound tiack
to the east or Union Pacific track,
through Xorth Topeka. The curve is
sharp, the complete right angle being
made within a distance of less than
two blocks. In the curve stands a build
ing which Interferes with the view of
the track beyond the curve.
Train 24, eastbound. was due here at
4:50 this morning, and was therefore
many hours late. The engineer of 35
had orders to wait for 24 on the Union
Pacific double track, but after waiting
a long time, ventured forward.- This
is the explanation made by Rock Is
land officials. Train 24 was turning the
curve at slow seed when it met 35.
The crew of 35 consists of Engineer
DeWitt, and Fireman Golden, while on
24 were Engineer PuJiiiam and Fireman
Kee. Engineer Pulliam tt 24 was prac
tically at a stop when the trains met
having set his brakes. The only one
of the four enginemen injured was
Kee. who sprained his right leg. The
injury did not prevent him from going
on with the trip.
The eastbound train was held about
two hours, during which time the fam
ished passengers nocked to the nearest
eating houses.
charterIsTeateh.
Chicago People Snow It Under by
Majority of 60.0OO.
Chicago. Sept. 18. The new char
ter authorized by the state legislature
at it3 last session far the city of Chi
cago was rejected by the voters at the
special election by a majority of over
62,000.
Little more than half of the regis
tered vote was cast, final figures, un
official, showing 59.466 ballots for the
charter and 122.054 against it. The
total vote polled was 181.500. out of a
registered vote of 361.968. The light
vote was due to some extent to the
fact that the election was a special
one and that the granting of time off
for the purpose of voting was optional
with employers and in the majority of
cases voters were obliged to go to the
polls before going to work or not at
all.
Mayor Busse issued the following
statement:
"It is evident from the result today
that a great majority of the people of
Chicago either do not want a charter,
or are not sufficiently interested in a
new charter to go to the polls and
vote. The very light vote polled and
the majority against adoption clearly
proves that. I think this Indifference
on the part of the public has been a
mistake. While the charter contained
some provisions that were disagree
able to this, that or the other special
Interest or element in the community,
yet on the whole it was a good thing
for Chicago. Its adoption would have
enabled the administration to do
many things in the way of public im
provements which would have been of
lasting benefit to the city and its peo
ple." GASOLINE TANK EXPLODES.
A Kansas City . Kan., Cleaning and
Drying Room in Ruins.
t.. ..,. r-J (-X." -i n Rant 1Q 1T:J1 .
AallMa v. " J . - ' - ao. uuuii.
warning a tank containing thirty gal
lons of gasoline in the cleaning and
drying room of Martin's cleaning and
dve works exploded, totally wrecking
the building and fixtures and breaking
windows and cracking walls of sur
rounding buildings
This building was of brick, about 100
feet long and thirty feet wide. When
the explosion occurred the brick walls
fell out. There was no one in the build
ing at the time of the explosion.
Left $3,000,000 to Orphans.
Philadelphia. Pa- Sept. lS.T-n(jer the
will of the late Thomas R. Patton treas
urer of the grand lodge of Masons of
Pennsylvania, who died recfntly.nis entire
estate, valued at nearly $3.400,o. (a de
vised to the grand lodge of Pennsylvania
for the education and support of male or
phans of master Masons.
Kvery Railroad Indicted.
Jackson. Miss.. Sept. 18. The grand
Jury of this county has reported true
bills against every railroad in the state
for their alleged failure to file state
ments showing the number of passes
issued and to whom, aa the law directs.
PAID $0,516,082
Profits of the Standard Oil
Company of Indiana
In One Tear Over Ten Times
Its Capital Stock.
MADE IX TWO YEARS.
Almost Enough to Pay Fine
Imposed by Landis.
Bond in Rebate Case Is Fixed
ot 6,000,000. v
Xew Tork, Sept. 18. The profits of
the Standard Oil Co. of Indiana in
1906 were $10,516,082 and In 1903 $8,753,410.
j This is the corporation which is capi
I talized at $1,000,000 and which was fined
j $29,240,000 by Judge Landiis in Chicago.
These figures were brought out in a
j hearing In action by the federal gov
i eminent against the Standard Oil com
j pany of Xew Jersey here today. The
j statement as presented shows the pro
i fits of the Standard Oil company of
J Indiana were greater than the profits
j of other companies whose figures were
! given except the Standard Oil company
j of Xew Jersey.
j Further efforts to obtain the records
S of liquidating trustees of the Standard
Oil trust which effected the dissolution
of the trust and formed the present
Standard Oil company of Xew Jersey
were made by Frank B. Kellogg, who
Is conducting the suit.
Clarence G. Fay, assistant comptrol
ler of the Standard, was recalled today
and questioned about the income on the
C. M. Pratt Investment company. He
said that the income from this source
in 1902 was $137,400, and that the money
was paid over to the Standard ' Oil
company by C. M. Pratt, who yesterday
testified that he held stock of Waters
Pierce Oil company of Texas for the
Standard company that the Standard
company held the stock of C. H. Pratt
Investment company in lieu of Waters
Pierce company stock- Mr. Fay testi
fied that between 1899 and 1906 tho
stock of the Waters-Pierce Oil company
did not appear upon the books of the
Standard Oil company of Xew Jersey
as an asset. In 1899 the latter com
pany" balance sheet showed ownership
of 2,747 shares of the Waters-Pierce
stock valued at $3,067,892.
Mr Fay was questioned about cer
tain trust company certificates held
i by the Standard Oil company between
1899 and 1904. A statement from the
company showing that the stock of
the national Storage company was
sold in exchange for Lehigh Valley
railroad bonds and deposited with the
( Central Trust company which issued
t certificates in exchange, was intro-
I duced.
In 1905 these Central Trust certifl
cates were exchanged for $100,000 in
cash and $500,000 worth of four per
cent Donas or the Lehigh Valley Rail
road company.
Facts Regarding Xew Jersey Company
Xew York, Sept. 18. Delving into
the financial workings of the Standard
Oil company of Xew Jersey, the hold
ing company of all the subsidiary or
ganizations of tne so-called oil trust,
Frank B. Kellogg, conducting the fed
eral suit for the dissolution of the
company, has brought to public view
for the first time the enormous profits
made by the company. In eight years,
from 1899 to 190 8. inclusive, the
Standard Oil company, by a statement
spread upon the record, was shown to
have earned profits of $490,315,934, or
at the rate of more than $61,000,000 a
year.
While the company was earning
these vast sums the statements show
that the assets of the company grew
from $200,091,523 to $371,534,531.
The capital stock Is $98,338,382.
Financiers and those seeking knowl
edge of the exact profits of Standard
Oil have striven vainly to obtain the
figures, which Mr. Kellogg has suc
ceeded in placing upon the record of
the court. The Standard Oil company
makes no statement of Its business
and other than declaration of divi
dends, it makes no public announce
ment by which its business may be
gauged. The hearing brought out
much information which Mr. Kellogg
obtained from the Standard Oil com
pany. Mr. Kellogg obtained a state
ment showing that the Standard Oil
company of Xew Jersey controlled by
stock ownership over seventy com
panies engaged in the refining and
transportation by pipe line of oil on
September 14, 1907.
The Standard OH company had al
ways carefully guarded the list of its
subsidiary companies and the amount
of its share holdings. The list showed
that the Standard Oil company of Xew
Jersey owned $999,000 of the total
capital stock of $1,000,000 of the
Standard Oil company of Indiana
which was recently fined $29,240,000
for rebating.
When the hearing was called before
former Judge Franklin Ferris. E. C.
Benedict, one of the former owners of
the Manhattan Oil company testified as
io the sale of the concern which passed
into the hands of the Standard Oil com
pany Char'es M. Pratt, a director and
secretary of the Standard OH company,
stated that his knowledge of the hold
ings of the company in other companies
was only general. He was asked to
rviii statements r-howing the offi
cer-? and directors and the capitalization
of all companies in which the Standard
holds rtock interest. ,
Mr Kellogg questlonea tne wiener
about the C. M. Pratt Investment com
par.v, the stock of which was shown to
he heM hv toe Standard company. He
said the Pratt company represented the
stock of the Waters-Pierce Oil company
of Texas, which he was holding for the
Standard Oil company. Mr. Kellogg dev
eloped the information that the C. M.
Pratt Investment company came into
existence at the time the Waters-Pierce
Oil comptny was having difficulties
with the state of Texas.
Mr. Kellogg asked if it was not a fact
that the Standard company and itr sub
sidiary companies were governed by
committees- Mr. Pratt said he did not
think so. though in the early days of
the trusteeship of the company it was
likely that the company was controlled
bv committees.
Mr. Kellogg asked what records were
kept by the trustees showing the man
ner of liquidation in the period between
1892 and 1902. Mr. Pratt, as one of the
liquidating trustees of the Standard oil
trust, said there were books kept, but
he could not recall In whose possession
they might be found.
"Don't you know whether these books
are to be found in the comptroller's
office or the secretary's office?" asked
Mr. Kellogg.
"I really don't know," answered the
witness.
"Don't you know anything about the
organization of Standard Oil com-
nan riir5iied Mr. Kellogg.
"Xo. sir. I do not." was Mr. Pratt's
Mr. Kellogg asked the witness if it
was not a fact that at the time the
Standard Oil trust was liquidated that
theie were 970.500 outstanding trustees
certificates, which had been issued for
the stock of the subsidiary companies
and that in 1892. when the Standard OH
trust was dissolved, the Standard Oil
company of Xew Jersey exchanged its
stock for the certificates of the trust,
share for share.
"I think so," replied Mr. Pratt.
Mr. Kellogg asked John G. Milburn,
chief counsel for the defendants to
produce all liquidating certificates is
sued by the liquidating trustees, which
had been turned into the Standard Oil
company of Xew Jersey. Mr. Kellogg
also asked for all assignments for legal
titles for those who received the stock
of Standard Oil company of New Jer
sey. Mr. Pratt was excused for the
time being.
Bond Fixed at $6,000,000.
Chicago, Sept. 18. The Standard Oil
company of Indiana in order to obtain
a stay of execution aaginst Its pro
perty to satisfy the fine of $29,240,000
recently Imposed by Judge Landis. must
furnish bonds to the amount of $6,000.
000. This has been determined by
Judge Grosscup in the United States
circuit court much to the chagrin of at
torneys on both sides.
The counsel for defense contended
strenuously for a bond of not more
than $1,000,000, while the attorneys for
the government had demanded that the
bond be as high as the fine Imposed by
Judge Landis.
Judge Grosscup ordered that the
bonds must be filed and approved by the
court before the supersedeas shall Is
sue, one for $4,000,000 covering the pro
perty of company at Whiting. Ind., the
other for $2,000,000 to cover the property
of the company elsewhere.
GIVE THEM 90 DAYS.
Missouri Pacific Ordered to Improve
the Central Branch.
An order has been Issued by the
board of railroad commissioners to A.
W. Sullivan, general manager of the
Missouri Pacific Railway company, for
the Improvements it deems to be nec
essary on the main line of the Missouri
Pacific running from Kansas City to
the Xebraska state line and the Cen
tral Branch running from Atchison,
Kan., to Stockton, Kan., and Lenora,
Kan. The board found the needs of
the road to a large number of new ties,
the ballasting of that portion of the
track over which the heaviest travel is
carried, the raising of the track In vari
ous soft places and the proper drainage
of cuts. Tne notice to air. satuvan
required that the improvements be In
augurated within 90 days from the date
thereof and advised him that at the
expiration of said time a further in
spection would be made and if it is
found that the road is not proceeding
in good faith with the work required in
would Instruct Its attorney to file pro
per complaint in the premises as re
quired by section 4, of chapter 268, ses
sion laws of 1907.
The board found that the comnnay
had from 125 to 150 men at work on
this line: that 180,000 ties for renewals
had been contracted for by the com
pany; that up to date 25 per cent there
of, or 45,000 ties had been received and
were on the ground, the balance to be
delievered by October L
Incidentally, the board found that
bulletin boards were prominently dis
played at all stations along the line
and that its order in regard to bullet
ining of trains was being obeyed.
LOST HEIR FOUND.
Vonng Woman in Kansas City Comes
Into an Estate.
Kansas City. Mo., Sept. 18. Grace
Gidley. the daughter and heir of Wm.
Gldley, an old stage line driver, who
died in Montana in 1896, has been lo
cated here after a search of eleven
years. Gidley operated through the
Wymore hills in the eighties. When he
died he left his estate to his child,whom
he had not seen since the day her
mother deserted him when Grace was a
baby. Grace Gidley now is the wife of
Charles T. Depew, a Kansas City
painter. The estate to which she nis
fallen heir is made up principally of
realty in Billings, Montana.
INJURED IX A ROAWAY.
Xew Cambria Young Lady Seriously
Hurt Besides Losimr $100.
Solomon, Sept. 18. Miss Mary Gar
rioni, living near Xew Cambria, was
very' seriously injured in a runaway
near here. In company with Grover
Callabresi, she was driving from Xew
Cambria to get the body of her brother.
Jacob Garrioni, who died at Colorada
Springs, the body being expected on the
morning fast Union Pacific train.
The horse became frightened and ran
away. Miss Garrioni was thrown ouc.
and had both legs broken besides suffer
ing numerous other injuries. She is in
a serious condition.
Miss Garrioni had with her a purse
containing $100. This was lost during
the runaway.
Big Oil Tank Burns.
Oakland, Cal.. Sept. 18. A fifty
thousand barrel oil tank of the Oak
land Gas. Light & Heat company at
the foot of Jefferson street, near the
Southern Pacific tracks, was destroyed
today by fire which started at 9:30 a.
m. from a live electric wire. Surround
ing property was saved with difficulty.
The damage can not yet be estimated.
The flames were under control at
10:30 a. m.. though the oil in the tank
was still burning fiercely.
Burns Money; Kills Self.
Webster City, la., Sept. 18. After
burning a roll of currency amounting
to $2,500. Ros3 Hendricks. 26 years
old, an actor, shot and killed himself.
He was a companion of Carl Pressley,
who committed suicide In an amuse
ment park here two weeks ago.
Weather Indications.
Chicago, Sept. 18. Forecast for
Kansas: Fair tonight and Thursday;
cooler tonight.
WARRANTS FOR 14
Probing of Pennsylrania Capi
tol Graft to Begin.
Those Accused Include a Num
ber of Prominent Persons.
OXE CONGRESSMAN.
SeTeral Actire and Former Of
ficers of the State.
Alleged Steal Amounts to SeT
eral Million Dollars.
Harrlsburg. Pa., Sept. 18. War.
rants for the arrest of fourteen per
sons involved in the state capltol scan
dal were issued today by two Harrls
burg aldermen on Information fur
nished by Attorney General Dodd.
Each of the defendants is charged oa
several counts with conspiracy ta
cheat and defraud the state bjr mak
ing false invoices and four ot thera
are also charged with obtaining
money under false pretenses.
Following Is a list of men for whom
warrants were issued:
Joseph M. Huston, architect, and,
his active assistant, Standford B
Lewis, both of Philadelphia; John H.
Sanderson, Philadelphia, chief con
tractor for furnishings; Congressman;
H. Burd Cassei, Marietta, Pa., treasur
er and executive officer of Penn Con
struction company, contractor for
steel filing cases; James H. Shumaker,
Johnstown, Pa., former superintend
ent of public grounds and buildings..'
who receipted for the furnishings.
George F. Payne and his partner,
Charles G. Wetter, both of Philadel
phia, builders of the capltol and con
tractors for the $30 3,000 attic Wil
liam P. Snyder, Spring City, Pa., for-,
mer auditor general, who approved
the warrants of the contractors. Wll-
Ham L. Matheus, Media, Pa former
state treasurer, who paid the bills otf
contractors. Charles F. Kinsman.'
Wallis Boilea-u, John G. Xeider
er and G. K. Storm. all ot
Philadelphia, stockholders in tha
Penn Bros, company, organized by
Sanderson for the manufacture of the'
$2,000,000 lighting fixtures. Frank:
Irvine, auditor in the auditor general's
office, who audited the accounts of the
contractors.
The men for whom warrants were
issued include all of the 18 nersons
and firms mentioned by the investiga
tion commission in its report to Gov
ernor Stuart as being involved in the
capitol contracts, with the exception
of Frank G. Harris, former state
treasurer, and Edward B. Hardenberg,
former auditor general, both of whom
were members of the board of grounds
and buildings that awarded the Cassei
contracts; George C. Keim, bookkeep
er in Shumaker's office, and the pres
ent deputy superintendent of grounds
and buildings, and the International
Manufactoring and Supply company,
an alleged "dummy" bidder against
Sanderson.
Philadelphia, Sept. 18. John H. San
derson and Joseph H. Huston of this
city, left for the state capital at 10:30
a. m., to appear before a magistrate.
Both were accompanied by counsel.
Both had spent the summer away from
home during the investigation of the
fraud charge and only returned to this
city yesterday to await the summons.
The men involved in today's action are:
Joseph M. Huston, of Philadelphia,
whose commissions as architect of the
capitol commission for the construction
of the building and for the board of
public grounds and buildings, by which
it was furnished and equipped amount--ed
to $525,000. Huston collected sll of
his commissions, except $104,000 which
State Treasurer Berry refused to pay
on the ground that there were evi
dences of fraud and collusion In his.
transactions with the board. Huston
was one of the most prominent, rchl-
tects of PhUadelphla.
PTtAXKS CAUSE MAX'S DEATH.
Lineman Perishes Seeking Lunch Pat
in Seen re Place.
Xew Tork. Sept. 18. With hundreds
of persons looking on but powerless to
help him, Alexander Dalyborax, 2
years old, was killed by live wires oil
a pole above the tracks of the Xew
York Central railroad, less than twen-'
ty-four hours after the announcement
by Commissioner O'Brien that this and1
other wires which carry a voltage of
11,000 must be placed under ground.
Dalyborax, a lineman, was. climbing
a pole south of the Morris Heights sta
tion, when his right foot was caught
between two live wires which supply
the current for the third-rail system
at this point. The high voltage of
electricity passed through his body,
which hung suspended, head down,
with flames flashing from it. Then th
body fell to the ground, the ankle hav
ing been burned through by the wires.
Fellow workmen of the lineman had
been playing pranks on him lately by
trying to get his lunch box. and for
several days he had been placing ths
box on top of the pole, where there is
a circuit box. knowing his companions
would not attempt to get it from there
because of the live wires. He was go
ing after it himself when he was killed.
COOLER. WEATHEIl TODAY.
Maybe You Don't Believe It, But This
Is OfTicial.
Today Is not as hot as yesterday
though the difference Is hardly notice
able as there Is but two degrees be
tween the temperature at 2 o'clock.
There Is a promise made by ths
weather department that tomorrow
will be cooler and it Is hoped that
there Is no mistake in the guess. A
twenty mile-an-hour wind has been
blowing all day from the south and
the stories of the temperatures run
i ncolumns which read as follows:
7 o'clock 72 11 o'clock St
8 o'clock 74 12 o'clock 8
9 o'clock 79! 1 o'clock- 8
10 o'clock 82! 2 o'clock 8S
He Wrote the Coronation Ode.
nine. a v.il knflSn fli.l n 'Cf fljld C ( t m Ti !'
who composed the coronation ode to King
Haakon of Norway, died today, aged 27
yeaxjs, from an operation for appendicitis.