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w, IS SOCK ISLAND & TO BE HARBIMAN'S? Humored Change in Control, With Moore-Reed-Leeds Party Selling Out. Journal Special Service. Chicago, Nov. 25.Rumors fillet! the air today regarding a probable change in the control of the Bock Island situa tion. It is stated that the Moore Reed-Leeds syndicate and its following have been steadily selling out their holdings of the system's securities, with the idea of retiring from all connection with it. They are, it is stated, going into Delaware & Hudson in prefer ence. The reason assigned for their action is that they have become discouraged with the outlook, especially in regard to the possibility of harmonizing all the interests of such a gigantic system so as to make its operation preferable not only as a whole, but as to each of its individual parts. Therefore they are preparing to retire from all connection with it, just as they did their indus trial inteiests prior to taking hold of the Rock Island. Many are the predictions indulged in regarding the future of the system in case these rumors should prove to be true. There are those who are strongly of the opinion that the ultimate des tiny of the system is to be absorbed by the* Harriman system. These further predict that in the end there will be only two great southwestern systems the Harriman and the Gouldand that all existing roads ultimately will be swallowed up by one or the other of these. Of course, if the Missouri, Kansas & Texas should ha\e fallen into the con trol of the Hill interests, it would have to be given a place among the combines, but the view is entertained that eventu ally there will not be more than three, or at the most four, great interests rep resented in the westthe Hill, Harri man, Gould and possibly the Vander bilts. The relinquishment 01 the Rock Island to the Harriman interests, it is said, marks the beginning of this new consolidation movement. SHOT BY WOMAN KILLS OLD HUNTER Accidental Discharge of Rifle Cuts Short the Life of an Iowa Man. Special to The Journal. Mason Ciy Iowa, Nov. 25.Patrick Reynolds was accidentally killed this evening by a rifle ball fired from a gun in the hands of Mrs. Will Brock. Reyn-1 olds is an old resident, 70 years of age, and lived alone in the rear of the apartments occupied by the Brock fam ily. The men had just returned from a hunt and had laid their guns down. Mrs. Brock took up One of the rifles and in some manner it was discharged, the ball taking effect in the middle of Reyn olds' forehead. He died instan'tly. Mrs. Brock is a young women, married only a few weeks and is crazed with grief. Boy Shot by Companion. Special to The Journal. Norway, Mich., Nov. 25.Davie, the 11-year-old son of J. F. Jackson, general agent of the Wisconsin-Michigan rail way, was accidentally shot today by a companion, Willie Avedson. The shot entered his left side near the shoulder. Doctors have not yet found the ball. The father, who is at Miscanoe island, came here oh' a special engine. The boy's condition is serious. Accidentally Shoots Himself. Special to The Journal. La Crosse, Wis., Nov. 25.Dressing in a hurry this morning, J. B. Callahan', a conductor on the Burlington road, was accidentally shot. A revolver he car ried in his trousers' pocket dropped to the floor and was discharged. The bul let passed thru the calf of his leg. POLICYHOLDERS IN CLASH IN TEXAS Split Over Delivery of Life Insur ance Proxies to Thomas W. Lawson. By Publishers' Press. Houston, Texas, Nov. 25.The Texas Policyholders' association, organized in San Antonio yesterday, is badly split up on the proposition to deliver all proxies in the New York Life and the Mutual Life Insurance company to Thomas W. Lawson of Boston to vote in the forthcoming annual meetings of these companies. The San Antonio meeting indorsed Lawson and voted to tttfn over to him all proxies in these eeaapanies, but the opposition, compris ing about one-third of the delegates, fcave organized a separate body, and tonight called a meeting for Houston, Dec. 10, to select a Texas man to repre flent the Texas policyholders at the an nual meetings. W. F. Beers of Galves ton is slated to be the representative. The rump convention will delegate its representative to vote for reduction in jife insurance rates, prompt return of all money diverted from proper chan nels and the proper development of Junds in Texas securities. INDICTMENT WILL STAND Milwaukee Alderman Must Stand Trial on Grafting Charge. ,v By Publishers' Press. Milwaukee, Nov. 25.Court Commis' sioner Julius E. Roehr decided today that the grand jury indictment against Alder man Cornelius Corcoran, president of the common council, was sufficient and must stand. Corcoran Is acctfsed of grafting by profiting in sales of feed to the city. He was again remanded to the custody of the sheriff. Bail was furnished later and he was given his freedom. The decision means that the president of the city council must stand trial as a boodler. POWERS RAGE AT TURK'S DEFIANCE Fleets Seek to Awe, but Realize Sultan Has Best of the Situation. Special Cable to The Journal. London, Nov. 23.The combined fleet of the powers sailed from Piraeus at noon today, according to an Athens dis patch, with the final intention of forc ing the sublime porte to terms regard ing affairs in Macedonia. An internal mandate to the Balkan states to settle the Macedonian im passe with the sultan may be the only solution of the piesent controversy be tween the powers and Turkey. This declaration is made today by persons who are in close touch with the currents that are directing British policy in the existing crisis. "While the powers are enraged by the insolence of the sultan's note, which implied a threat of a massacre of Christians, they secretly realize that co ercion in the form of naval display is utterly incapable of bringing Turkey to terms. They realize that while the sultan's first line of cleanse, his splen did army, remains unshattered, he can continue to laugh at peaceful block ades, the seizure of custom houses and other bloodless reprisals. But the powers are asking themselvel "Which of us is ready for a land cam paign?" Russia, Austria-Hungary and France have reasons of their own for being indisposed to engage in extensive military operations beyond their own borders. Britain must be cautious about taking the aggressive single hand ed because of the danger of inflaming its own Musselmens. So the idea is now seriously entertained of clothing Bulgaria, Roumania, Servia and Greece, if these care to -join together for the purpose, with authority to coerce Tur kev into yielding to "Europe's demands. Bulgaria, at least, is armed to the teeth for such a struggle and is readv and eager to begin at a moment's notice. The powers are exceedingly anxious to save their faces bv a peaceable so lution of the crisis which their demand for financial aid of Macedonia have provoked. Complete Winter Outfits. The Groat Plvmorth Clothing HOUSIJ. UST AT SAFETY LIMIT Untermeyer, Trust Lawyer, Says Vastness of Corporations Is Their Ruin. New York Herald Special Service. New York, Nov. 25."We have reached the line of safety in corporate combinations," said Samuel Untermeyer today. "In my judgment the world wri never again see an industrial corpora tion attempted on the scale of the United States Steel corporation. It is unwieldy.'' This tiieless lawyer, who earns in legal fees as much as $500,000 a year and gets $1,000 a day for appearances in court, has been one of the most pow erful factors in the great movement to wards centralized industry and finance in America. "The working out of these great in dustrial changes in the United States," he said, "has clearly shown the pro fessional financier what the extreme frontiers of his powers are in that di rection. Corporations have become too vast, too clumsy, too remote from the origin ating hand and controlling brains for the continued success in the competition writh individual effort. "In my judgment the very big in dustrial corporations will gradually grow weaker, will fall into what might be called a state of senility. They con tain the elements of their own destruc tion. That much, at least, is plain. I refer to those in which the ele ment of individuality is disappearing which applies to most of them. There is somewhere the element of individual interest is retained. In those cases their power will increase, but they ar^ few in number.'' MASHER COWHIDED BY PRETTY WIDOW Rich Woman Metes Out Punish ment to Male Flirt on the Street. Special to The Journal. Philadelphia, Nov. 25.A severe cow hiding was the punishment meted out to a flirt by Mrs. Amy Congelton, a wealthy society widow. She feels con fident that he is the same person of whom so many Oak Lane women have complained. His custom was to accost strange women *n street, tip his hat and if possible strike up conversation with them. Mrs. Congelton was troubled by him for more than a week. At last she armed herself with a small revolver and a heavy cowhide. Accompanied only by her two large dogs, Mrs. Congelton started from her home Thursday night. She had not gone a square when the persistent flirt came from a side street and hurried after her. Mrs. Congelton waited until he was beside her. The in sulting good evening'' of the flirt was cut 'short by a stinging blow from the whip. Mrs. Congelton rained blow after blow upon her annoyer. He turned and darted, away as soon as he had recovered from the shock of the blows. CHARGE IS EMBEZZLEMENT By Publishers'' Press. Milwaukee, Nov. 2&Charles W. Mil brath, Edward J. Wagner and William F. Milbrath, charged with alleged crooked transactions in regard to business deals in the C. W. Milbrath company's affairs, waived preliminary examination in the district court today. Judge Neelen held them for trial in the municipal court. The men are charged specifically with embezzling small sums from customers, but there are hundreds of complaints, and the alleged peculations may run as high as $75,000. RATE HEARINGS. I ALL PETER Otlt Continued from First Page. est of a better house organization, and the speaker, in considering if, wants it understood that he is not making a "slap" at McCleary. On the contrary he regards the ways and means as of so much more importance than the appro priations committee as to indicate that this transfer would be a promotion for McCleary, if made. The Journal is in a position to say that the speaker resents the state ment that any member has any vest ed rights under the rule of seniority in any committee assignment held in a preceding congress, and it is apparent that some of McCleary's friends have not helped his cause by insisting that the appropriations chairmanship is Mc Cleary's by right. This is not true, and there are abundant precedents in proof of this statement. Th6 Holman Precedent. In the first congress in which Crisp was speaker of the house, Holman of Indiana was made chairman of appro priations. In the next congress, how ever, Holman was taken from that place by Crisp and made chairman of the Indian affairs committee, Sayers getting the appropriations chairman ship. This seemed like a demotion for Hol man, and so it was on the face of the case, but Crisp held that Holman had no claim upon the chairmanship on ac count of having held it in a preceding congress. In a democratic congress subsequent to this time, Mr. Cannon was ranking member of the appropriations commit tee minority. Then came a republican house and Mr. Cannon naturally thought, as Mr. McCleary is supposed to have thought at this time, that he ought to have the chairmanship of the house, being republican. But instead of this, the republican speaker gave place to Frank Hiscoek of New 'York, who was at the end of the republican minority of the committee. Cannon continued on the committee as rank ing member. Having had such an experience, Mr. Cannon is not likely to attach any im portance to the claim of the McCleary people that McCleary has a vested right in the chairmanship this year. It is understood that the speaker may appoint all of the house commit tees before the holiday recess. The com mittee on rules, accounts and mileage will be named on the first or second day of the session, and after that the speaker may announce several commit tees eoch week, or it may be each, until the holiday recess. Fletcher Has His Troubles. "Uncle Loren" Fletcher is having his own troubles in convincing Speaker Cannon that by dropping out of con gress for two years he has not forfeited all clarhi to his old committee assign ments. \%Sis quite ..apparent i&^t\E^r. Fletcher has been po&sessed oi the idea thafc,he could return to the ^fty|iinth congress, kfter an absence Oftl twro years, and file upon his old committee places. The speaker has promised that he would do what he could for Fletcher, but what this will amount to "he is not ready to say. Meanwhile, Fletcher is not as hilarious over the outlook as he was before he left Minneapolis. The chiet desire of Mr. Fletcher is to get back on the committee oja/inter state and foreign commerce, of which he was ranking member at the time of his enforced retirement. In the fifty eighth congress the gap was filled by the appointment of Fred C. Stevens of the St. Paul district, who has done committee work for two years which has attracted the attention of members of both houses. He is today one, of the vital forces of that committee, and the speaker would be glad to have him con tinue his services there. Obviously, even if there were a re publican vacancy, Minnesota could not possibly hope to have two representa tives on the committee. The only way in which the matter could be adjusted to Mr. Fletcher's liking would be by the voluntary re tirement of Mr. Stevens,, expressed per sonally to the speaker, and whether Stevens will care to make a sacrifice of this kind is one of the questions Mr. Fletcher would like to have an swered. Mr. Stevens' other important assign ment is on military affairs. He has served on this committee for several years, principally in the interest of a greater Fort Snelling. He has now ac complished about all that is of interest to the northwest in this respect, and presumably would be much more wil ling to.get off that committee than the committee on interstate and foreign commerce. Mr. Fletcher has not given up the fight, but insists that he has rights and that the speaker will yet recognize them. AT 100, OLDEST ACTIVE PREACHER Ohio Clergyman Has Been in the Ministry Continuously for Sixty-Seven Years. Journal Special Service. Ravenna, Ohio, Nov. 25.Rev. John Schaeffer of Deerfield has just rounded out the one hundredth yea,r of his life. He is said to be' the oldest minister of the gospel in the world, at the least the oldest in active pulpit work. For sixty seven years of his life he has been con tinuously in the ministry, and has offi ciated at so many marriages and deaths that he has lost track of the great num ber. He was born in Westmoreland county, Pa., Nov. 22, 1805, and as soon as of legal age began as a preacher in the Lutheran church. In 1834 he1 espoused the work of the Church of Christ and has been with that denomi nation ever since. It lies lightly on him, his voice is strong and clear, none of his faculties is impaired, and to all intents and purposes he is good, for many more years in the service he loves so well. Iowa Falls, Iowa, Nov. 26.Word wts received here today of the sudden death at Estherville of Al Page, one of the best known passenger conductors on the north ern division of the Rock Island. He for merly lived here. FRES FRO TH E SPE^M^EASEDi WIREDNEW S SERVICE S RUSSIA DJtlfTlNG ^illElRERMRGHY Witte Abandoned by Zemstvos and Situation Is Growing1 Worse/' New York Herald Special Service. St. Petersburg, Nov. 25.The situa tion has become worse. Count Witte has been abandoned by the zemstvos people. General Trepoff is installed in his new post and an especially strong force of troops and "police is being drafted in St. Petersburg. Likewise machine guns. Students affirm that they managed to smuggle in three of the latter. There is a run on the libraries for books re ferring to the working of such weapons. Peasants are sacking properties in innumerable districts and no troops are available. There is bad news from Mos cow. The strikes have been renewed. More serious still is the announce ment that the 'Zemstvos' representa tives have become in a sense unfavor able to Count Witte-, demanding uni versal suffrage and the abolition of martial law and favoring the autonomy of Poland. But Witte, with stoical calm, accepts the responsibilities fall ing upon him. Count Witte's career has been passed in a struggle in surmounting apparently unconquerable obstacles. Fighting against desperate odds is the breath of his life. The truth is, it is generally remarked, that Count' Witte never looked better than at- the present mo ment. Yesterday I saw him walking in the Nevsky Prospect buoyant and happy. "And he may walk there freely," said one member of 'the socialist party to me, "we have nothing against him. But Trepoff .dare not.'?. The political agitation, being carried on in many parts of the country and the .agrarian, disturbances have com bined, to make the situation worse and grave apprehertsibrf is felt for what may occur in the near future, as the various movements, may bring about complications which it will be even harder for the government to meet than any trial it has yet"had to face. The strike movement is growing in this city, although it is far from gen eral. The refusal of workmen to resume their positions is \p.e "largely to their individual grievances and not to any effort on the part of the unions to tie lip industry. At Moscow the same kind of a situation, has developed, and the number of strikers is constantly in creasing at an alarming rate. News from Sebastqpol is also dis quieting and the situation there, where it is reported many.sailors of the Black sea fleet have mutinied and have been joined by soldiers, fjrpm the garrison, is ..exceedingly grave. According to,.the, latest advices re ceived here from that city, the sailors and soldiers are fraternizing with the wprkmeri of the ^tow.n, and frequent .smal|, entbr^aks,' haxe, RCc^rr^d, The soldiers and ailo*s together with the workmen, organipjed several parades and marched t&rVHhe, stredts carrying red .flags in 1$e,ir! The injuries caused partial paralysis of the lower part of {he body, resulting in death. Meehan, JohnAt Pacific Grove, Cal., Nov. 11. He was 15 years old. Suffered fracture of the spine in school game. Moore, WilliamAt New York, Nov. 25*. He was 19 years of age, a member pf the team from Union college, Schen ectady. He was running'with the ball when an accident happened that re sulted in the fracture of his skull. Norgaard, Herman G.At Council Bluffs, Iowa, Nov. 11. He was 17 years old. As a member of the Council Bluffs high school team two weeks before, he received injuries which resulted in an abscess on the brain. Squires, JamesAt Alton, 111., Nov. 6. He was 16 years old. As a member of the Alton highischool team, he suf fered an injury which resulted in blood poisoning, in a game with East St. Louis high school team. Football was abandoned in the school as a result of his death. Summergill, John S.At Chester, Pa., Oct. 8. As halfback on the -Franklin college team he had been kicked in the stomach and later in the head, and ren dered unconscious. Revived, he had started to walk hbnie, when he fell and died. His bride was with him. Van Bokelon, ClarenceAt San Jose, Cal., Nov. 4. He was 19 years old. As a member of the Santa Clara school team he suffered a fractured, skull in a game with San Jose high school, and died a few hours later. Wise, LeslieAt Milwaukee, Nov. 2. He was 14 years old. As a member of a school team he fell in a scrimmage and a weed entered his nostril, pene trating the brain.' Wise, VernonA-t Oak Park, Chicago, Nov. 2. He was' 37 years old. As a member of the Oak Park high school second team he. was-injured in a, school game and carried from the field with a broken back. He.died at his home two hours later. The game was between Oak Park and Hyde Park seconds, and wag' marked by rough play, four other boys being injured. FAWVffiR KILLED BY TRAIN Nicholas Schmidt Qf brown County Meets Death on Rallroa$ Track. Special to The Journal. Sleepy Eye", Mihnv, Nov. 25.-Nicholas Schmidt, a well-known farmer, was killed by a^ train on the*- Marshall branch of the Northwestern road this evening. He had been in the city and was walking home on the tracks. In the- gathering darkness the-engineer could not see him in time to stop th train. Schmidt was thrown from 'the track and picked up in an unconscious condition. He -was brought here, but .died soon after- the train reached the sta tion. He was,a wealthy pioneer farmer well known thruput the county. He THE MINNEAPOLIS JOURNAL. First News Section. '}pr&ces's'i6i i and singing revolutionary songs. A'sfcate^of panic is said to exist iii the city 18 O N ROLL OF FOOTBALL DEAD Continued from First Page. OFFICERS APPROYE, .^DECLARES MIDDY i Continued from First Page. former results when an upper-classman considers that an insult has been of fered by an under-classman which out rages the upper class as a body. In this case the under-classman is chal lenged and the upper class turns out a, man to fight him." Witness said in answer^ to a question by Lieutenant Commander Robinson that in case the underclassman 'whipped his opponent the challenging class would keep on sending its members against the midshipmen^ until he was knocked out. There existed, he said, no personal malice, but the class as a body, feeling aggrieved, saw to it that an obstreporous under-classman was put down. The Personal Fights. "As to the personal fights," he said, "the class of which the challenger is a member takes no action as a class. The lower class, however, of which the challenged midshipman is a member may take an interest in the fight as a class.'' The defendant's counsel asked the witness to explain in detail this part of the system. He said: "Since a personal insult is the basis of such a challenge, the class nonor is at stake in case the challenge, pro vided it be properly made, is not ac cepted. If a man fails to accept the challenge and fight, he would probably be sent to Coventry and practically ostracized. I never heard of a chal lenge not being accepted. In case the challenge is, in the opinion of the class, not justifiable, the class may so- decide, and then the class man failing to ac cept would be exonerated." Referring to the matter of an entire class being insulted, Midshipman Hum phrey s"aid: "For the various offenses against the academy etiquette, enforced by upper classmen upon their junior, commission of which causes a plebe or youngster to be styled ratty,' a class generally feels insulted. The "offense is not against an individual in the class, but against the body, and hence calls for an inter-class challenge." Denials By Middies. Other midshipmen witnesses had al ready denied to the court any knowl edge of the specific prohibition of fight ing between persons in the navy, con tained in the naval regulations. Midshipman Humphrey likewise knew nothing of this and, by his testimony, indicated that every boy in the acad emy labors under the belief that fight ing is a part of his course at the acad emy ,and"willingness to fight one of the necessities of his equipment. The widest latitude is given the in vestigation by the decision of the court today to admit all the evidence the de fense wishes to submit/-barring only hearsay testimony. Capt?' Wamwright objected to''going t6o deep with collat eral' inquiry, but the etrart, after a con ference, 'reached the conclusion that all the information available shall be ad mitted. With the revelations within the past few da^s, it is considered among naval men here'that a congressional investi gation "can hardly be- avoided. Fight ing tis, in a way, an aftermath of haz ing! w^th -pnly an extra vicious aspect. The' testimony of both Midshipmen Atkins and Delano showed that while the authorities were cognizant of the fighting thev never, interfered to pun ish participants. They agreed that fighting has taken he place of haz ing. The autopsy on Midshipman Branch body will be performed tomorrow at the naval academy. The body was exhumed this evening. Meriwether's Letter. New York, Nov. 25.Mrs. J. R. -Branch, mother of James R. Branch, Jr., the midshipman who died Nov. 7 after a fist fight at the naval academy, received shortly after her son's funeral a letter from Midshipman Minor Meri wether, Jr., now on trial at Annapolis by a naval court-martial on charges growing out of young Branch's death. The letter, which Col. and Mrs. Branch have shown to friends, reads as fol lows: "Mr s. Branch: As deeply grieved as you are at the loss of your son, I am as much as is possible for a person other than a parent to be. This deplor able and unfortunate accident is one which will affect my whole life and ca reer as it has been deeply rooted into my mind in such a manner as I shall never forget that I have been the cause of a mother's and father's loss of their son: the loss of an efficient officer of the naval service, and the bringing to an end of a life of one who had a prom ising and brilliant caree* before him. txcMinor Meriwether, Jr." DEEMS CIGARETS BABS TO SUCCESS Justice Brewer Declares that No Cigaret Smoker Can Reach the Top. New York Herald Special Service. New York, Nov. 25.That no cigaret smoker can reach his highest possibili ties is a proposition laid down in an interview by Justice David J. Brewer of the United States supreme court. He says: "The cigaret is the American abom ination. I have been told that Mr. Jerome smokes cigarets. I am very sorry if it is true. If it is true, I am afraid Mr. Jerome's physique will not be able to carry him to the heights which his present ^popularity would in dicate. "Cigarets are much worse than liquor. Men can be great, can do great things, can accomplish great ends, even tho they drink, but no cigaret victim can climb to the top of the ladder. President Roosevelt did not or does not smoke cigarets. Mr. Jerome seems to start jn with the same firm conviction, the same clear idea of right and wrong, the same honest independence which was and is the present keynote of the president's remarkable history. But DOME'S PLEA FOR HEALTH ANSWERED "First Apostle" Tells of His Ill ness, His Prayer, and His Recovery. Special to The Journal. Chicago, Nov. 25.In a personal tel egram sent from New York to the Tribune, John Alexander Dowie, "first apostle," says: "Concerning my own health, I de sire to thank you and a vast number of the citizens of the United States of America for their kind interest. "You will remember that I was stricken with paralysis on the night of Lord's day, Sept. 24, after conducting services attended by about 15,000 peo ple in Shiloh tabernacle, Zion City. I remained helpless and largely insen sible for the greater part of twenty four hours. "When I found how serious the case was, I then appealed to God that he would either permit me to go to be with him in the better world or that he would give me absolute deliverance from the paralysis. I woke the next morning to find I was free, but weak. I immediately arranged that I should carry out my intended visit to Mexico and early Thursday morning, Sept. 28, two days later than I had intended, I started for Mexico. A severe attack of bronchitis add ed to my weakness but I am now to bo perfectly delivered from that, and my weakness is rapidly disappearing. I hope to be able to address my people and friends at the service on the morning of Thanksgiving day in Shiloh tabernacle, Zion City. "John Alexander, First Apostle of the Lord Jesus the Christ in the Christian Catholic Apostolic Church in Zion." PRINTERS PLEDGED TOSHDIUflUOB Not Till the Strike Is Over Will Slug Nine Look in the Cup. Special to The Journal. Chicago, Nov. 25.Typographical Union No. 16 has been an incorporated thirst for thirteen weeks, and if he keeps his promise, Slug Nine and his companions will not look upon the wine when it is red, the beer when it is brown, or any other manner of drink which cheers and also inebriates, until the present strike is over. When that will be- the typos and the barkeeps would like to know, but they see nothing ahead but a hard winter and the waterwagon. When the job printers struck here thirteen weeks ago, the typographical union, which has always prided itself on being more particular about its conduct than some of its fellow labor organizations, determined that it would show the Federation of Labor how a strike should be conducted in order to avoid violence, and other violations of the law. The officers thereupon caused all members of the union to take a pledge abstaining from the* use of any liquor that heats the blood, brings on discus sions, and tends to the use of lead pipe or loose stones upon persons not bear ing the union label. Some of the boys balked and showed a disposition to turn in their cards, but they thought better of it, and signed as cheerfully as tho they were'not giving away their inalienable rights as citizens. It is said that the pledges have been kept, and that only two arrests of printers have been made since the strike began. CANADA ABOUT TO PROBE INSURANCE Disclosures in the United States Make the Dominion People Suspicious. Journal Special Service. Ottawa, Ont., Nov. 25.As a result of the disclosures brought out in the United States, an investigation into the life insurance business in Canada i to be made as soon as the parliament meets in January. This matter formed the subject of in quiry before a committee of the senate last session, but owing to an informality in the presentation of the report no ac tion was taken. That inquiry, however, had reference only to one company. Senator Domnville now aims to attack oenaxo x,omnvui now aims to atxac all American companies doing business Canada. ican companies, and it is on their ac count I am acting. I think this great ENTIRE TOWN MUST NOT BATHE IN MONTH Special to The Journal. Wilmington, Del., Nov. 25.Resi- dents of Newark, Del., are not to be allowed to take a tub bath for at least a month, and the time may be ex tended. The town council has adopted such an ordinance. The penalty is shutting off the water in any house where the bath is taken. One may take a rubdown with a damp towel, but one takes the risk of going without water if the towel be too wet. A scarcity of water is responsible for this ordinance, the well which is the town's present supply is going dry, and it will take at least a month to dig a new artesian well BIG CORPORATIONS RAISE AGE LIMIT Comfortable Berths Provided foi Men Grown Gray Their Service. in Specif.1 to The Journil. Chicago, Nov. 25.Active steps are being taken by four great Chicago cor porations to provide comfortable berths for their employees who have passed the "age limit." The North western, Metropolitan, South Side & Chicago and Oak Park elevated roads have united in reserving the position of night station agent for grey-haired men. Within a few years all these night agents will be drawn from the ranks of those who have served the companies for a term of years. A scheme is also on foot for arranging a schedule of salaries to correspond with the length of service of the employees. This is not essential at present, because none of the companies is old enough to be confronted with an army of veterans seeking further employment. There are scarcely twenty-five men, say the officials, whose services to the companies date back to the world's fair. But even now, all night agencies are filled by men grown old. And ac cording to inspectors they are the best men for the places. They are steady, reliable and honest beyond possibility of change. "The hiring of old men for these positions is a matter of policy and not of accident," said C. E. Patton, sec retary to the president of the Metro politan road today. "We are working forward to the time when we shall want to place men who have been in our em ploy a long time and who have served us well. These men as a class are splendid men. They have saved their money earned by years of hard work and nearly all of them have homes in the city. Their incomes are in many instances insufficient to keep up the payments on their homes and expenses. These men must work or give up all the work that has brought them thru life. They, in turn, serve us well. They are sober and their sense of responsi bility, acquired by long service, is re inforced by the knowledge of what the loss of their position means to them HITCHCOCK IS TO QUIT, SAYSRUMOR Warner, Pension Commissioner, to Succeed Him, Is the Statement. By Publishers' Press. Washington, Nov. 25. The fact leaked out tonight from a responsible source that at a recent cabinet meet ing Ethan Allen Hitchcock, secretary of the interior, expressed a desire to tender his resignation July 1. The same authority announces that Ves pasian Warner of Illinois, now commis sioner of pensions", is to succeed him. It is said that the proposed change in the cabinet has been brought about by members of congress from western states, who charge that Secretary Hitchcock, in his operations against land grabbers, has permitted his per sonal friends to enter into the prosecu tion. While this objection has been made and often repeated, it is under stood that the retirement of Secretary Hitchcock will lie wholly due to the desire of the president to surround him self with younger men. SPAT ON FLOOR, THEN, ARRESTED, HE DIED Special to The Journal. Indianapolis, Nov. 25.Thomas M. Ochiltree of Eushville, one of the Best known men in the state, was found dead in bed this morning. Thursday he came here, and while waiting for his car spat on the station floor and was arrested and fined. The occurrence bore heavily upon him and he spoke of it frequently to his friends, and seemed greatly mortified over it. Yesterday he Avas greatly de pressed, and there is no doubt but he died of mortification. Mr. Ochiltree wa3 56 years of age and a cousin of Thomas Ochiltree of Texas. WOMAN PREACHER. A Practical Doctrine. "My home was broken up some time ago, writes a venerable ladv from Ohio, and I spend my life going about, visiting my children. But wherever I go I take rav Postum it lu My opinion,'' said Senator Domn- -were it not for Postum Food Coffee I ville, is in view of the revelations that would not be living today, have been made definite steps should be I began to use it four years ago. For taken for the protection of policy-' several years prior to that time I was a holders. As to Canadian companies'I Rreat sufferer from stomach and heart have nothing lo say The letters I^ave ^al'St^buJ 2SS did received are from policyholders Amer- fte foo coffe am a outflow of money from Canada into the firmed invalid. hands of American companies should be "Finallv a doctor suggested that I stopped. I may say that I am a be- stop coffee drinking, and although I iiever in state insurance, and it should was loth to do so, 1 complied I was form a branch of the public service." visiting my son-in-law in Ottawa, at the time. He was a Postum drinKei, and at his urgent recommendation I be gan its use. It did not appeal to me at first, but I found that this was because it was not boiled lone enough. When it was made* right I relished it. "In due time, after the coffee effects had passed out of my system so that Postum could do its work, I began to get better in every symptom. My stom ach ceased to trouble me, and digestion became normal. My heart action was restored to a healthy status, the head aches and nervousness grew less fre quent and severe, and at last ceasec altogether, and now I am well anc strong, as few persons are at my ad vanced age. "Be sure that I preach the gospel of Postum everywhere to those I meet. I have converted many, especially mv own children and grandchildren, who have all been made healthier, livelier Bnd heartier by the use of Postum. Name given by Postum Co., Battle reek, Mich. There'8 a reason. Read the little book, "The Eoad to Wellville," in pkgs. f-W, -?&Lz?- aloiJJ no take thebeliev risk of be- without itn, fort 1 firmlv that ni condition seemed to orsc inst0 ad of improving, till I practically given over as a con-