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President Harlow Announces His
Line Will Be Part of Trans
continental.
Bpeoial to The Journal.
Helena, Mont., May 12.Definite and
i official announcement has been made or
the purchase of the Montana railroad
by the Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul,
or at least a controlling interest in the
stock thereof, E. A. Harlow^ president
of the Montana being sponsor for the
statement.
As part of the contract for the trans
fer, Mr. Harlow is to hav* charge of
the affairs of the Milwaukee in this
state, including general supervision and
i direction of all its interests during the
building period of two years, which it is
expected will be lequired to complete
the line in Montana.
After a conference with President
Earling of the Milwaukee, Mr. Har
low has announced that it is the inten
tion of the road to let contracts for
jconstruction as fast as surveys are defi
nitely settled upon and these contracts
will probably be for distances of from
thirty to forty miles ^n order to secure
arly completion of" the construction
work.
W. P. Penfleld has been appointed
constructing engineer in charge of the
}"work westward frofi Harlowtown, from
'*whieh point eastward aotual construc
tion work has begun.
The Montana railroad connects at
/JiOmbard with the Northern Paoinc,
fifty miles east of Helena, and runs
hto Lewistown in central Montana, tap
a ich agricultural and mining
ion.
President P. A, Hall of the Yellow
fwtone Park railway, now building in
Eastern Montana, refuses to confirm or
frdcny the report that his road has been
staken over by the Milwaukee. The
fjreport is that steps with this end in
Jfview are being taken. This would
the Milwaukee an entrance into
Beetl
i
""R11ive
park near Cooke City, Mont.
'tJALOEKD PRESIDENT LIAR,
OUSTED BY DEMOCRAT
l&Heged Uncomplementary Reference to
Roosevelt and Addiction to Spectacu
lax Dress Fatal to Kansas Maa,^**
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i Special to Xhe Journal.
Topeka, Kan., May 12. WJ^fr.^Kyan
Girard, was today electa I chairman
of the democratic state \"mmitte to
fsucceed Colonel W. F. k?&\), who has
iheld the position for tw* years. The
.change was made at the Request of W*
VA. Harris of Chicago, Candidate for,
governor.
i One of the arguments against Sapp
succeeding himself was the fact that
during his speech before the democratic
state convention, he referred to PreSi
dent Koosevelt as a liar. The candidates
and the state committee considered this
an unwairanted expression of disre
spect.
Sapp is. somewhat spectaoular in
dress also, appearing in public, morning,
noon and night wearing a silk hat, long
frock coat and trousers to match. While
the committee felt that it was any
man's privilege to dress as he pleased,,
yet it was believed that a more modest
raiment would not be so apt cause
unfavorable comment in Kansas.
FOUNDERS TO FIGHT
STRIKERS TO THE END
National Association Pledges Its Fullest
Support to Members in War with
Iron Moulders' Union.
Special to The Journal,
Chicago, May 12.Absolute support
to the fullest extent was guaranteed to
its
membersagainste
by th National
Founders' association the iron mojildeis
strike at a meeting^ today. The follow
ing statement was issued:
"During the past week or ten davs
the Iron Moulders' union has struck
in the foundries of the association
Tarious parts of the country and many
thousand moulders are now on the
i street as the result of the refusal on
the part of the association to siga the
i closed shop union agreement. The pres
I ent convention of the members of the
association was called and tho conven
tion unanimously votes to sfipport its
members to the fullest extent in their
present difficulties.''
I*QDGE EFFECTS TO BE
SOLD FOR 6^CENT DEBT
ourt Orders Execution Against Janes
vine, Wis., Gamp of Royal Neighbors
Result of Internal Dissensions.
'Special to Tho Journal.
Janesville, Wis., May 12.In order to
'"satisfy a Judgment of six cents and
I'-the
eourt,
costs, the property
ofbeCrys- ta Camp Roya Neighbors, is to sold
At auction.
The sale i^ the result of internal dis
eensions which have broken out among
.the ladies.
There was a replevin suit for books
*and moneys of the society held by the
Secretary, Mrs. Victoria Potter, in
jwhich damages of six cents and costs
jiwere assessed against the camp.
As the camp refused to pay, Justice
Reeder ordered an execution against
the property of the lodge.
mTCH IS F0TJND FOR
THE CHGARET "FIEND"
Strange Character at the Soo Devours
Cigar Stubs)Over Three Thousand
I Found Upon Him.
JBpecial to The Journal.
Sault Ste. Marie, Mich., May 12.
Over three thousand cigar stubs were
found on James McKenzie, a strange
3 character brought into police court to-
j(k~ day. He had collected them to eat and
h/id devoured so many that
he"dstaggered
Wb
like a drunken man coul give no
lb 1 reason why he collected them. The po-
t~3ice believe he is insane. Physicians say
^they never heard of a person being af
'flicted with such a mania before.
World Wags Well
AFTER
BREAKFAST
On POSTUM
4 FOOD COFFEE
"There's Reotea."
FJVE-QUNGE GI WS
FLASH FOB CHIB1TK
Steferee
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Ten Thousand People Attend New
York's "Fistic Beneftt forH
Frisco.,
By Publishers' Press.
New York, May 12.-*About lO.OOp
people paid admission tonigth .to Madi
son Square garden, to see a number of
well-known prizering experts contest in
limited roiSnd bouts for the benefit of,
the San Francisco relief fund.
Chief interest centered in the ap
pearance of* Eobert Fitzsimmona* and
Kid" McCoy, who burlesqued for
three rounds with "Jim" Corbett as
referee. The men were announced to
spar three rounds and MoCoy ran over
tc Fitzsimmons' corner and grabbed
him by the arms. Then they fell on the
floor a maie-believe rough-and-tum
ble fight from which Corbett pulled
them to their feet. During the three
rounds noither did more than lightly
tap the other. "With the final bell they
ot into a burlesque wrangle with
Corbett, who threw McCoy to
the floor. Then Fitz grabbed Corbett
about the wajst and put him down, fall
ing on top of him. All three jshook
hands when they regained the^r feet,
tut some of the gallery spectators
shouted for inore acting.
O'Brien Boxes Fast.
Philadelphia Jack O'Brien and his
sparfing partner, Professor Murray, put
plenty of steam into their work for
three rounds. They banged each other,
good and haxd and furnished a Very en
tertaining mill.
Joe Gans of Baltimore, the colored
lightweight and welterweight cham
pion, who came here from California
this week, went on?with "Jobber"
Carr, for some fast work. Gans is to
meet Willie Lewis here next Friday
night.
%Younff Corbett of Denver and Austin
Rice of New London wore thru three
Eeriods
of peppery work. Both,
owever, were "hog fat."
A Tommy Markey of Philadelphia
Stopped Johnny Roach of Buffalo in the
first round of the next bout.
Tommy Lowe of Washington, a clever
two-handed fighter, pummelled "Eng
lish Jack O'Brien" of Philadelphia
and had the Quaker City lad bleeding
and well done up at the end of the third
period.
Terry McGovern Appears.
When Terry McOovern, ex-feather
weight champion and Johnny' Burdickt
were introduced they met with a cheer
ing welcome which showed that "Ter
rible Terry'' is still very popular. Their
work was fast and clean. It was an
nounced that Terry would meet Jimmy
Britt of California in this same ring
Monday, May 28, for ten rounds under
the auspices of the Twentieth Century
club.
Professor Mike Donovan and one of
his pupils, Mr. Thompson, from the
New York Athletic club, then went on
for a three round scientific stunt.
Jimmy Britt, the California feather
weight and (Sam Berger, ex-amateur
heavyweight champion of the Pacific
coast, were given a rousing reception
when they appeared in a very fast ex
hibition. They arrived in New York
yesterday and Britt is going into train-'
ing on Monday f.or his bout with Mc
Gqvern,
The "program was an extremely leng
thy one, the fighting lasting until long
after midnight.
Telegrams were read from Mayor
Sehmitz of San Francisco and Chairman
Phelan of the finance committee of
the relief funds, thanking the promot
ers and subscribers to the benefit.
ALLEGED LEADER OF
TTIAIN ROBBERS CAUGHT
Man Thought to Have Led Holdup of
Canadian Pacific Limited Overpow
ered as he Reached for Revolver.
By Publishers' Press,
Vancouver, B. 0., May 12.'A special
to the World from Vernon, in the Oka
nagon, says:
Three men are in jail here in connec
tion with the Canadian Pacific train
robbery near Ducks on Tuesday night.
The men are James Moir, W. Wilson
and James Christie. The two first are
held as being probable confederates of
the train robbers, while Christie is be
lieved to be the leader of the holdup
men. The accounts they gave of them
selves and theier movements were con
tradictory and conflicting and have
been proved to be untrue.
The man Christie was taken last
night before midnight in the mountain,
at the outlet of the trail leading from
Campbell's meadows. He has been,
away from his regular haunts for over
a week and answers to the description
of the leader of the train robbers, be
ing 50 years of age, with gray mus
tache, was dressed in brown pants and
an old sweater and had on hob-nailed
boots.
When Christie was told to throw up
his hands he endeavored to get his gun,
which was lying on the ground, but the
police overpowered him.
FATHER AND SON ARE
SHOT DOWN fN/STREET
Former Slain, Latter Mortally Wound
ed by Old Enemy In Indiana Townn
Murderer Is Captured.
Special to The Journal.
Bourbon* Ind., May.St '-^12.William
Bates, 65 yeatt-of age, yfim murdered
on the street heie this eveninf ana his
eon, Frank wfcfl^peawE^ilusi as his
father wa&
shot,.Was,
itind is1
koAaKJr "wounded,,
-dyin fct- &i miles dis
tant. Oharles l^fid^bier(T4i4^&a-Bhoibt-
antf'.tbena&t *?$, Otoe*4$ .feud
which" begai^ lasta fall* ov?r $Be^ oay
ment of JT bHl foV threshing -tfheat.
Reddinfey* siarted to run, btft was
captured by citizens end is in jail with
the feeling Very stiong againsi him.'
OARMA0E DEFEATED
By PttUllsfiera* ress. 4
NashViQfe, Tenn., "May It.following
one, of the bitterest political contests in
the historV of Tennessee, ^emoeratiq
primary election was held. in-Hjpvery county
of the stat today to Ihstrgct the legis-?
lature which meets in JanWftVy next as to
the people'-s Choice,"for'JUhited States sen^
ator to succeed Edward W. Carmack, |he
present incumbent Mr. Carmaok -vsfas
opposed for the nomination- &y ex-Cknier
nor Robert L. Taylor and the latter won
out by a majority that is variously esti
mated from 9,000 to 16,000
Taylor served one term in, the lower
house of congress several years ago and
long has been a prominent figure lri
politics in Tennessee. I^a Was for three
terms governor.
By Publishers' Press. $l 4&ifi$
Providence, I., May 13.-Colone Rob
ert H. I, Goddard was aomlnated by the
democratic independent convention today
asT& eartUiSate for election to tbA United
States senate by the next general as
sembly to succeed Senator Wetmore,
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Big "Sight-Seeing" Oar Used for
Funeral in N6W York
Many Unburied.
New York Herald Special Service.
New York, May 12.The strike of
the funeral drivers' union kept the po
lice busy all day today. Not a funeral
went anywhere in the city above Four
teenth street and W Bowery without
being accompanied by a policeman.
In most instances the policeman sat
on the box with the driver of the heaise
Which was the sole conveyance to be
had. The relatives who went to the
cemetery got there by different routes.
Orders were sent from the strikers'
headquarters that no drivers should be
allowed on any of the hearses of the
men who had not assented to*the union
agreement, but the undertakers used
their assistants as drivers and the pres-' "Throw up your h^nds
ence of the police served to prevent any
disturbance.
The number of funerals today was
comparatively few, but there are a
large number scheduled to take place to
morrow, to say nothing of the weddings
which will need the servioes of public
conveyances, If the union should suc
ceed in postponing a large number of
burials there would be good cause for
alarm as to the public health.
Automobile as Hearse.
Because of the strike the body of
Mrs. Minnie Robinson of 470 Tenth ave
nue, Manhattan, was conveyed to the
Lutneran cemetery on Long Island to
day in a large automobile. I was a
large "sight-seeing" machine. There
were thirty mourners aboard on the
seats and the body was in a coffin on
the floor of the car, concealed from
View'of the strikers.
It is estimated that there are on an
average of 150 funerals in Cavalry and
Lutheran cemeteries which go over ev
ery Saturday, either by the Thirty
eighth or the Twenty-third street fer^
ries. Inquiry at these cemeteries today
elicited the information that only four
or five .funeral parties had reached
either of the cemeteries today, altho
there had been preparations for nearly
the usual average.
Frederick Hulberg, who is president
of the employers' association, said to
,day: "None of the drivers who went
out yesterday has appeared today and
we have not yet yielded or even thought
of yielding. None of the hearses will'
be' taken out by ouf assistants who
are able to drive, and the funerals to
day will have to get along without car
riages.
The penal code makes it a misde
meanor, punishable by one year's im
piisonment and $500 fine to interfere
with a funeral.
DEATH AND HAVOC i
IN FIERGE^TORM
i
Continued From First Page.
tingufehed *the flames ibefore serious
damage was done.
A slight blaze was started in an old
building at 709 Third street N. The
roof was struck, starting a fire which
was easily put out with a small chem-,
ical. i
Tall brick chimneys suffered the
worst damage and at Western avenue:
and. Twelfth street several were struck
and demolished. The toppled over on
the roofs and no serious damage was
done. A chimney on a dwelling owned
by J. Woodcock at 629 Twelfth avenue
SE, was struck and the roof was badly
damaged.
Jjightning hit the roof of the Phoenix
^building, Fourth Street and First av
enue S, and did slight damage, putting
phones and electric lights out of com
mission.
Knocks Off Bricks.
The residence occupied by B. L.
Friede, superintendent of rural lines of
the Northwestern Telephone Exchange
company, 451 Cedar avenue, Merriam
Park, was struck by lightning yester
day afternoon. Some bricks knocked
off the chimney was the extent of the
damage. The family was absent during
the storm.
Evening Storm Heavy.
The evening storm was even fiercer
electric features and was accom
panied by a heavy downpour of rain
that drove shoppers, theatergoers and
other pedestrians into stores and hall
ways for refuge. It began shortly be
fore 10 o'clock and within a few min
utes the streets were entirely cleared.
Street cars were allowed to go by
without any attempt being made to
board them. So heavy was the rainfall
that everyone refused to walk even a
few feet, for they were sure of a
soaking.
Shortly after 12 o'clock the storm
abated, but it was nearly an hour be
fore those who were caught without
wraps and umbrellas were able to get
cars. The streetcar service, however,
was not hampered and none of the
cars delayed.
Weather bureau officials say the
storm was general in Minnesota and
South Dakota. It was probabry more
Bevere in Minnesota and the elec
trical disturbance was general over
the entire area.
Many Small Fires.
Several fires were started by light
ning during the night. A frame house
at 1801 First avenu S was struck,
causing a blaze in the roof. This was
cmickly extinguished before any con
siderable damage was dpne.
The blacksmith shop of the Car
penter-Lamb Lumber company in
North Minneapolis was also hit. The
roof was set on fire, but the prompt
arrival of the fire apparatus prevented
a serious blaze.
FORTY CENTS A DAY,
IS STRIKERS' DEMAND
Increase from Ten Cents for Men and
Seven Cents for Women Laborers
Asked in Italy.
By Publishers' Press.
Vienna, May 13.The strike of ag
ricultural laborers is spreading thru
out the province of Galicia. The labor
ers are demanding better pay than they
have been receiving and are attempt
inig to force their demands.
The wages paid on the estate of
Count- Petocki, which may be regarded
s -about the average pay Of laborers
in the province 'is ten cents a day for
men a^d seven cents for women. The
strikers are demanding that their pay1
be increased to four times the present
scale.
some localities disorderWhave oc
curred and there have been several col
lisions between the strikers and the
military*
^HE? MINffEAPp]
mrx
MOBILE AS HEARSE
0 DECEIVE STRIKERS
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WAS WELL COiECIEO
Hickey, a Relat&e of former U.
S. Senator Killed While
Bobbing a Flat.
New York Herald Scedial1
Service,
New York, May 12-William Hickey,
identified by the p6ltce as a nephew of
Former State Senate* George W. Plun
kett, and a relative of Former United
States Senator Edward Murphy, was
shot dead this morning while climbing
from the window of a flat, which he
had robbed, the home of Patrick Mc
Cabe, a saloonkeeper.
Patrick McChiire, who lives opposite
McCabe, was lying asleep. He was
awakened about 3''o'clock by a noise
on the roof, looked out of the window
and saw a man leaving McCabc's
apartment. He found his revolver,
threw open the window and shouted:
His reply was two shots from the
burglar. McGuire fired two shots in
return. The burglar cried out in pain
and then dropped to the areaway*.
A patrolman found the burglar ^s
body in. a doorway nearby. Across his
arm was a pair of McCabe's trousers,
in the pocket of which was $35, the
money which the saloonkeeper had
taken from his till when Be closed up.
Hickey's mother was once made the
yictim of a blackfnail plot, according
to the police. Her son
wase
three years ago on the1
3*
Chicago, May 12.Eighty-five years
old tomorrow, both in*'good health and
enjoying life with a zest, Mrs. Martha
Erickson and Mrs. Bertha Fuglestad
will celebrate the anniversary of their
birth as twins tomorrow afternoon at
the residence of Mrs.''Eric Ross, eldest
daughter of Mrs. Fuglestad. They are
the oldest ^ivm^ twins. The occasion
will be a family reunion^ to which
many friends have been invited in
honor bf the aged sisters.
Four children and one grandchild of
Mrs. Erickson^ and* four children,
eighteen grandchildren and fifteen
greatgrandchildren of Ills. Fuglestad
are living, and the majority of them
are expected to be present.
The sisters were born in Norway in
1821, and came to this country with
their ^fatihef eighty-onp years a#o to
settle in Rochester, N. Y. They Jiave
resided inaChJWfio sojne ttffnt? years
among .their, chil&reri IpBrFugelstad
never has u/orn s\5^taeles ana is abVi
to read
OFIICSEALS IN LEAGTO
i TO SAVE GEO. ROSiERjte
Funds Raised at a Benefit Concert1
NAU
charg of rob
bing a house in Chicago, and Mrs.
Hickey gave $150 to get him out on
bail.
More than $1,000 was demanded Of
her later, and when she said that she
was poor and had no more money she
was told that it would be easy to get
it from her brother, Senator Plunkett.
In connection with this a detective, a
lawyer and another, man were indicted
in Chicago. Si*
OLDEST TWINS WILL
CELEBRATE BIRTHDAY
Sisters, Eighty-five Years Old Today,
Will Preside at Reunion of Four
Generations.
Special to Tie Journal.
for
Defense of Alleged Slayer of John V.|
Eopf.
Special to The Journal.
Chicago, May 12.Officials in the
state's attorney's office were startled
today by the discovery that state,
county, park and drainage officials and
employees, under direct orders from
certain political leaders in the republi
can party, have joined hands to rais'e
a large fund to be used for the defense
of George Gill Roberts.
The prisoner is on trial before Judge
Kersten for the murder of County Com
missioner John V. Kopfj and the ex
tensive plans for the raising of thou
sands or dollars to facilitate his re
lease are especially bold in the light of
the prosecuting attorney's demand for
the death penalty.
Contributions by subscription and by
the sale of tickets for a benefit con
cert, which has been arranged to help
the cause of Roberts, are the means
used in securing tne fund which is now
said to amount to several thousand dol
lars. CAUGHT IN BURNING
BARN, TWO BOYS PERISH
Flames Filled Front of the Building
and Back Door Was BarredTragedy
on a Wisconsin Farm.
Special to The Journal.
Chippewa Falls, Wis., May 12.Word
has been received here of the burning
to death of two boys, Lloyd La Rose
and Lysle Faulkner, aged 2 and 3*
years respectively, in a Are which de
stroyed a barn on Oscar Willett's farm
three miles east of Cadott.
It is supposed the little chaps had
matches which they proceeded to light,
and so set fire to the hay. Mr. Willett
was working in a field some distance
from the barn and did not discover
the fire until it had gamed headway,
and by the time he reached the barn
nothing could be done to save the
children.
The wind was strong and the barn
was quickly destroyed. Only charred
bones remained of the two victims^
From the position in which they were
found it is surmised that
h two boys
tried to escape, but the fire came from
the front of the barn and the back
door was locked, So that they were im*
prisoned and burned to death.'
REWARD tfOCft SLAYER^'
Crow Wing County Seeks to Apprehend
Holly's Murderer.
Special to The Journal,
Brainerd, Minn. May 12.The coun
ty commissioners of Crow~Wing county
have offered a reward of $500 for the
arrest and conviction of the murderer
or murderers Of Patrick the
wealthy bachelor
Tof Motley,Holly, who was
found dead pear there about two months
ago.
Holly had beenr living alone near
Motley and his tetam was found wan
dering about alone, with the harness
still on. Suspicion that the master had
met with foul play resulted in a search,
which led to the discovery of his dead
body concealed beneath a pile of stable
refuse.
I was found thai an effort had been
made to dispose of the dead man'steant
by two men who drove it to Brainerd,
and the descriptions $f/one of-these men
was secured, but so far it has been im
possible to find him.
ROCKEFEURSRJEID
"V "ff "'''m'Ji"
Dr. William Livingston, "Double'1
of Oil King's Father, Dies,
*T
Aged 96,
Tf?
Special to The Journal.
Freeport, Jill., May 12.Dr. William
Livingston believed by many to be
William A. Rockefeller, father of John
D. Rockefeller, died last night, aged 90t
The beliftf of the Rockefeller connec
tion was based on Ida Tarbell's arti
cles on the Rockefeller ancestry. A por
trait of William A. Rockefeller accom-j
panied one article^ This was also a por
trait of Dav LmngBton not a picture
resembling him. but a portrait of the.
man ^himself, the. crayatless c"o]lar a
the.diampnain the shirt fronU It-was Fbeen~,u ndrf
ide^cai in.'"m6^ respects wlthithose of
Liyingtftoa^ Both we*e, traveling doc
tors,, each, had a habit of being absent
at long period**, both were crack shots
and proud of the
accomplishment,*
ank
arrested
Hibbs named five towns in Illinois
where he had convinced customers by
trickery that the oil of the Standard
company was superior, when as a mat
ter of fact it was inferior.
"Do the agents of the Standard Oil
company still practice the tactics you,
Jiave mentioned in meeting competi-
tion?" asked Attorney Monnett.
"Ye s, they are doing it today,-" re
plied the witness. '"They pay rebates,
bribe people cut the price and substi
tute an inferior quality t)f oil, and in
fact do anything necessary to get busi
ness and put the competitor out of the
way."
Says He's "Straight" Now.
The witness tHen detailed a plan he
had used to make trouble and expense
for the Standard Oil Company. He
would induce a business man to give
him a "fake" order for oil -and then
show it later to agents of the Standard
Oil Company, who would give the man
a cash present in order to ge_t him to
buy oil from the Standard Oil company.
On cross-examination, Attorney Miller
asked:
Are you working any of these gamos
you have described, now that you are
working for an independent oil con-
cern?"
"N o, I do not have to stoop to do
the"* dirty things I learned while in the
employ of the Standard Oil Company,"
replied the witness.
St. Paul Man Appears.
A. C. Annett testified that he at
tended the Hand banquet at Peoria and
hesfrd him recite the case of" Robert
Carlisle, an agent at Kokomo, Ind.,
who "used*' $100 and got the con
tract of a big mill for lubricating oil
by bribing an employee toJ put Band in
the oil supplied bf the rival companyv
A numjaer of railroad men were*
called to the stand for the purpose of
proving connection between the rail
roads and the Standard. Joseph Bar
tells of St. Paul, agent for an inde
pendent oil company, said A. B. Stidk-*
ney, president of the Chicago Greal
Western railroad, refused to lower a
freight rate because "the Standard Oil
company is satisfied with it."
ENEMIES OF ALCOHOL
Washington, May 12.The final hear-i
ing of the opponents of the free aleo-1
hoi bill was held by the Subcommittee
of the senate finance coiftmittee today.
Next week Commissioner Yerkes will
appear before the* committee for the
Second time, and Several chemists fwill
be asked'to 'testify as to the facility
with which pure alcoh/)i can be reeovj
eted- from the denatured product. I
is expected that this will close the
hfearinfcs 'on'-the bill, affcerv which"tf^e
subcommittee will consider it for
amendment and report to the full com
jnittea.
Suqday^l^ay 13^
and
the ages were the same.
Livingston told Esrom Mayer, a Cashier
a fcfc601
^J**?J?
$3,000 eashed-, tha
dend of Standart Oil stock that he
had secured from John D. Rockefeller
in a business transaction, years before.
Mrs. Livingston admitted at the time
that the picture appeared to be that of
her husband, and that she did not
know what to think. A letter to the
publishers for information brought the
following reply:
"The portrait of William A. Rocke
feller is of course authentic. We can
not give you the name of the photogra
1her nor can we tell you where- Wil-
iam A. Rockefeller is. The portrait
did not come from Freeport."
AMftZilWlF
OIL TRUST'S ACTS
Continued From First Page.
Details of the "lamp trick," by
which agents of the Standard Oil com
pany make bogus tests, it is alleged,
for the purpose of over-reaching their
competitois, were bought out at to
day's session.
F. S. Hibbs, for thirteen years an
employee of the Standard Oil com
pany, illustrated the manner of mak
ing he "tests" with a lamp wbieh
he brought with aim to the witness
stand.
"In testing the oil of a rival com-
pany'," he said, "we rubbed a moist
ened finger tip across the wick of our
rival's lamp, and, after it had burned
a little time the damp spot was reached
and the light grew dim and there was
a spluttering. In the meantime our
light was burning brightly.
"We often bent down the lower part
of the burner, which lets air in under
the chimney and causes the lamp to
smoke. Sometimes we filled up some
of the ventilacting holes around the
burner with* wet flour or chewing
gumvV
Bribed Road^jEinployees.
The witness followed this statement
with a declaration that in many cases
the competitors' oil thus proved in-*
ferior was in reality superior goods.
He said he had been instructed by R.
E. Lashley, special agent for the com
pany at Peoria, to bribe railroad em
ployees in order to get information
concerning the shipment of rival oil.
Part o? his testimony related to a
banquet held in Peoria Feb. 24, 1904,
af which he said C. H. Hand, general
Manager of the Standard Oil company
of Kentucky, instructed the agents that
if a little money is necessary in or
der to get business, use it."
"They pay rebates, bribe people, cut
prices and substitute inferior oil in or
der to drive out rivals," he said,
W. F. Whallen, purchasing agent of
the Wisconsin Central road, wenf over
the ground largely covered by former
witnesses, mentioning a matter of
$2,000 that had been paid during sev
eral years, forming what was alleged
to be a rebate.
Mr. Monnett asked the witness if
the Wisconsin Central was not a Stand
ard Oil road and Whallen said he did
not know.
Says He Practiced Fraud.
OMAS LAWSON SPY
Mam' Mysteriously Shot Said to
Have Been Suspected
"~~2'l as Traitor.
**&.. jiu
Special to Tie Journal.
New York, May 12.The Spier mur
der-suicide mystery brows deeper ev
ery hour. There was a Buggestive
story current in brokers' offices today,
and at several clubs this evening, to
the effect that the charge made against
the dead man was for the purpose of
diverting -attention from the real en
mity against him
0ae wroker made the amazing declara
tion, tbfet .Charhe Spier as he called the
ftinfldeiitial-man
months, and: that if he had been specu
iatihg-with iunds that did not belong
to him, the &ct must have been known.
I was n$ for ^hat reason he was kept
under Observation, howeverThomas this broke.r
asserted,, but because he was suspected
directly indirectly, to- W
IT i i r. i.a JS -T.U i havineifurnished certain information
2l Av
tbe-moneyswas
drvi" Uawlon.
In one oft the "Frenzied. Finance"
articles a passage reference was made
to a certain contract, the existence of
wltfch never had been learned by Law
son in any personal connection he had
with "The System. The broker fur
ther asserted that this paper had been
in Spier *&, custody with other docu
ments for a brief period, After the
appearance of the magazine article the
paper was hunted up and on close ex
amination bore evidences of having
been photographed. Whether this was
indicated by pinholes in the corners or
disfigurment* by the traces of chemicals
the broker did not know, but the con
sideration that Spier was- said to have
shown convinced everybody, except one"
member of "The System'* of his inno
cence."
That man engaged a detective agency
to keep Spier under observation. The
sleuth went to St. Georges to live and
came up on the same boat whenever
the railroad was summoned to the
city for a, conference. He had a com
plete set df dihguises and had implicit
confidence in his ability to mask his
identity. Only two days before his
death Mr. Spier detected the fact that
he was* followed. This was followed
immediately bv a demand, for the re
turn of -the $180,000 in bonds in his
eare, which necessitated obtaining them
from Keech, Loew & Co., with whom
they had. been deposited as collateral
for an uafortunaate stock venture. Al
tho ihjs -Would supply a motive for sui
cide, the broker who made the state
ment did not believe it to be the true
incentive to such an act, if committed.
From a source which is considered
credible it was learned today that Snier
had 10,000 shares of Amalgamated Cop
per bought at 180, and an equal amount
of Anaconda arOurid 250, and stood at
the prices prevailing jjist before his
death to lose $320,000. if he had been
able to hold those stocks he could now
dispose of them at a profit of $140,000.
SEEING MAN CRUSHED,
MEN AND WOMEN PAINT
Elevator Oar Grinds Frank Parkhurst,
a Prominent Chicagoan^'to Shapeless
Mass Before Crowd. i
tv*-
HfiDQWED' AS 'iDECLARES 0NS1CKBE0
of H. Rogers, had
surveillancH. for several
i
By Publishers' Press.
Chicago, May 12.About a score of
passengers' saw Frank Parkhurst, a
well-known dealer in dental supplies,
crushed to death by an elevator in the
Reliance building today.
The unfortunate man was on the sev
enth floor and signalled the elevator
to stop as it descended from above. The
conductor, after stopping the car,
started it downward again, intending
to leave Parkhurst, as the* car was
crowded. The automatic doors opened
and Parkhurst started to enter the car
Just as it began to descend. He was
qaught between the fop of the car and
the floor of the building and crushed
into
tav shapeless mass.
Men and women in the car fainted at
the dreadful sight and two of the lat
ter had' to be assisted home.
FRIGHTENED TO DEATH
Aged Woman Dies After Fight with
Intruder.
New York Herald Special Service. H-^S"
New York, May 12.Mrs. ^.u^sta
Hopper was awakened from a sound
sleep her room at 225 East Sev
enty-fifth street at 4 o'clock this
morning to feel the hands of a man
upon her shoulders. Her invalid hus
band, 70 years old, who was lying
beside her, was awakened also and
tried his best to protect her from the
attack of the assailant, a large heavy
man, but his strength was not great
enough as he was crippled by rheu
matism.
When the assailant,
ened1
away by the screamfinallythefright- of aged
pair, sneaked away he left Mrs. Hop
per overcome by fright.
The woman was more than 50
years olcL She died a few minutes
afterward literallv frightened to
death.by the shock of her experience.
The neighbors had been aroused by1
the sereams and found James Mc
Partland, the watchman of the block^
crouching at the foot of an outside
basement stairs. He is a giant of a
an, but it took all the efforts of
atrolman Neville, who was on his
beat there, and plain clotheB men who
came to'his assistance to subdue him.
Yes, new lumber is green. We get just as
much of it as the rest. But the question
ishow long does it Stay Green. The
"Salzer Driers" are so constructed as to
.produce bone dry lumber within a week
fter it comes from the miHs. Going to
bujld? Phone to the "Salzer Driers," Main
892, T. C. 41031.
Salzer Lumber Co -*r -*^4*
TO RUN FOR GOVERNOR
-*A
John D. Dermison Becomes Dent
ocratic Candidate in Iowa
Perkins Makes Gains,
Special to The Journal*
Des Moines, Iowa, May 12.-It J
authoritatively announced tonight that
John Dv Dennison, now convalescing
in a Waverly hospital, will be a can
didate for the democratic nomination
for governor. Dennison was an alter
nate delegate at 'the last democratic
national convention and became widely
known as a fighter against the Paula
in the recent Yeoman lodge scrap.
The Perkins people made a big kill
ing today among the various caucuses
and conventions held in different parts
of the state and the result is the pre
diction of at least 130 delegates to the
Sioux City candidate's strength. One
of the big surprises was in Wapello
county. Perkins captured 65 and Ci#n
mins 20 delegates. Ottumwa, the
county seat or Wapello, will hold her
caucuses Tuesday. A large number of
packing houses are located there and
it is claimed that most of the em
ployees are for Cummins. It is not ex
pected, however, that even if Cum
mins should carry Ottumwa he would
be able to overcome the big lead which
Perkins has secured in the balance of
the county.
Keokuk, Davis, Mahaski, Appanoose,
Monoe, Harrison, Benton and Wester
counties all held either caucuses or con
ventions today, and the only one which
Cummins was able to carry was Web
ster, the home of Senator J. P. Dolli
ver.
The standing of the candidates now
is Cummins, 504 Perkins, 387. Eight
hundred and twenty-one are necessary
to nominate.
Several conventions are to be held
the coming week ^n what is conceded
to be Perkins territory, which will
doubtless result in placing Cnmming
and Perkins in a neck and neck race,
the outcome of which cannot be told
until the last counties in the state
make their decisions.
SHOOTS GIRL'S ASSAILANT
Special to The Journal.
Pontiac, 111., May 12.Rufus C. Hun
toon, one of the wealthy citizens oJ
Fairburv, ten miles south of this city,
shot and killed an unknown man, per
haps fatally, today in the timber neat
that place, where the fellow had en
ticed the imbecile daughter of Mr. Hun
toon and criminally assaulted her.
Neighbors saw this strange fellow)
leave with# Clare, the daughter and
their suspicions became aroused and at
once notified Mr. Huntoon, who, after
securing a revolver, set out after the
couple. He searched thru the timber
and came to a tent which was securely
fastened. As he opened the tent he
was dazed at the sight.
The stranger attempted to make his
escape and refusing to halt, Mr. Hun
toon shot him in the arm and in the
back. The latter bullet all but pass
ing thru the body.
The prisoner was at once brought t
Pontiac and placed in a hospital under
a strong^ guard, He is known to be a
paroled inmate from the state reforma
tory. 7,
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