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Mellette Coca ly Pioneer
FRED C. KIRCH, Publisher.
WOOD, - • SOUTH DAKOTA.
1,000 ffi STRIKE
WALKOUT GENERAL ON THE
AN 8-HOUR DAY DEMANDED
Employes Also Ask for Establishment
of a Pension System and Hospital
Reforms—A Complete Tieup of Traf
fic May Result.
Mexico City.—Setting aside the
agreement between the grievance
committee and the management, a gen
eral strike of thr shopmen was begun
on all the lines of the Mexican rail
way system. The number of
is approximately 7,000
The order for the strike was signee
by an official of the United Workmen
of the National Railways* organize,
tion. which includes all grades of m»
chanics. Reports from division point -
indicate good order and the regular
movement of trains.
The men have asked for a revision
of certain service rules, an eight-hour
instead of a ten-hour day. the estab
lishment of a pension system and ho.’
pital reforms.
Some of the demands of the tnet.
were agreed to when they were Orf
formulated and the agreement wn
signed. This was not satisfactory t<
the grievance committee and the rai
way management was allowed twenty
four hours in which to grant the full
demands.
In a statement the manage mer'
avers that the granting of the incrca?
ed pay and the shorter hours wool :
mean an increase In expenses of b«
tween 50 and 75 per cent.
Unless speedily settled the strike* In
all probability will result in practical!,
a complete stoppage of tratfic.
The officers of the Mexican railway
men’s alliance will attempt to effe t
a settlement. They have counseled
the strikers to return and will confer
with the railway management. The
alliance is an organization admit!lnc
any railroader to membership, which
is therefore very large.
LEAVE STRANDED VESSEL.
Fifty-seven Passengers and Eighteen
of Crew Reach New York.
New York -The fifty-seven pass*’.-
frrra and eighteen of the crew of th*
United Fruit company’s steamship
Turriubla. ashore nt Brigantine shoal
nine miles north of Atlantic City, N
J., arrived here on board th? United
States revenue cutter Seneca. Th?
cutter had stood bv th? stranded ves
sel all the night and nt 9:00 o'clock
the next morning. part of th? craw
and the baggag? and mail were safelv
transferred and th? rteamcr started
on its Journey to this port. The sea
was srr.oo'h and th weather fair wlv;
the transfer wa* made and the passen
gers experienced little discomfort.
According to reports brought here,
the Turrialba lbs v.ith her propeller
damaged, stern post cracked and rud
der missing With good weather the
vessel will be saved, ft is thought.
St. Paul. Minn - The Soo road soon
will begin the ext naive operation of
trains on its Chicago division by the
telephone dispatching system, if the
method proves feasible it is probable,
sax Soo operating officials, that the
cartein will be established through
out tlio transcontinental route of tho
S' O and tho Canadian Pacific.
Peking —ln view of the unsatisfac
tory position of the opium question,
the Chinese government has issued a
manifesto reiterating its desire to sup
press the evil and save the people
from a life of degradation. The man
fr< ‘to expresses fear that although the
government is in earnest the people
are evasive.
Amesbury. Mass. —Relics of the
poet, John Greenleaf Whittier, Includ
ing autograph letters from notables
all over the world, and manuscript
wore burned or seriously damaged by
smoke and water in a Are which part
ly consumed the building ccdupled by
the Whittier House association.
Holyoke, Minn.—Edith, the 5-year
old daughter of John Frabelle, wc»
burned to death in a fire originating
from a lighted Chritsrnas tree. The
bouse w r as destroyed and the seven
other members of the family barely
made their »-;cap<».
Christmas Tragedy at Peoria.
Peoria. 111. While celebratlrg
Christmas at the home of Thomas
Hamilton a ouarrel started which end
ed In Hamilton shooting and fatally
wounding James Young. He w*as ar
rested.
Christmas Football Game.
Boise. Idaho—Boise made the only
score in the football game here be
tween the Boise high school and the
Wendell Phillips high of Chicago, who
went to defeat by a score of 6 to 0.
MEXICAN RAILWAY
SYSTEM.
Soo Road Telephones.
Chinese Opium Crusade.
Fire In Whittier Route.
Child Burned to Death.
SAVED FROM WRECK
57 RESCUED AFTER 30 HOURS*
VIGIL ON I.INER ASHORE
OFF NEW JERSEY.
REVENUE CUTTER DOES WORK
Captain, Officers and Crew of Strand
ed Fruit Steamer Turrialba Highly
Prased—Heroism of the Passen
gers Caused Special Comment.
New York. Dec. 27. —Wednesday
evening the 57 passengers and mem
bers of the crew of the United ITuit
company’s steamer Turriall»a, which
grounded on the Jersey coast mar
Atlantic City early Tuesday morning,
arrived safely in this city.
They were brought here by the Uni
ted States revenue cutter Seneca and
were met at pier 15. East river, by a
throng of friends and relatives. Be
sides the passengers and crew the
gutter took off all of the baggage and
a corps of customs inspectors ex
pedited its examination.
All of the passengers told substan
tially the same story of thr wreck and
rescue the feature of which was the
excellent discipline of the crew, the
orderly behavior of the passengers in
general, their relief from a night of
terror and prayer for relief when the
Seneca hove in sight and their final
transfer in lifeboats to the rescue
shin. When they sailed away thr sea
about them was dotted with thou
sands of bunches of bananas, which
were thrown overboard with hundreds
of bags of coffee and coconnnts. jcttl
soned in the hope that the tugs will
be able to pull the vessel off the
shoals at high tide.
('apt. Charles E. Johnson, command
er of the rescue ship Seneca, said that
when he last saw the Turrialba she
was heading about northwest, heavily
grounded forward and floating aft.
Her rudder, stern post and'propellers
ire smashed and she has a 15-degree
list to starboard.
The work of transferring the pas
?engers and crew to the Seneca was
begun at daybreak. The mail and bag
cage were taken off .after the passen
gers. The work was complet'd nt 10
I. m and at 10 30 the Seneca started
back to New York
All the p3FS'’ngo!A were unanimous
In praising the captain, oficers and
?rew of the Turrlnlbn and the Seneca
and all had a special word of praise
for th< Burnt gat B at-h life-savers.
There was only one variation In the
story of heroism and coolness told by
sll. It related to one m:.n who. It was
c tated. became i.-.n’c stricken at the
most critical mon’* rt a” I rushed upon,
the captain's bridge of the Turrialba
leading to be saved.
FATALLY SHOT AT
J ol ice man Shoots J. Belden After the
Latter Hid Attempted to Kill
the Contracting Parties.
Taylorville 111.. Dec 27. —J Held n.
i carpenter of Staunton. If in a local
joEpital in a dying condition after
.laving b?en shot by a policeman, fol
lowing the breaking up of a w tiding
party at neon here Wednesday by
Belden. He entered the home of Miss
<mma Fisher in thia city just a* th?
minister was performing the cere
mony uniting his : tep-daughter. Miss
Elsie Bat n s. to Ora Redfern, and b<*-
can shooting at the principals in the
wedding. His divorced wife and
mother-in-law. members of the wed
iln£ party, the minister and members
if the household mad? hasty exits,
he bride and groom climbing out of
i window. After driving everyone
'rom th° house he barricaded himself
it th? door end when the police ar
•lved In rii automobile, they opened
Ire. Fully 100 p?opl? joined the cfT
*ers to capture Belden, but were not
iucc?ssful until after he had been
’a’ally wounded by a shot fired by
tn officer from behind an automobile
WOOD TO HEAD BIG PARADE
Jnited States Army Chief Is Appoint
ed Marshal of Inauguration Event
at Washington.
Washington. Dec 27. —Gon. Leonard
vVood. chief of staff, was appointed
nar-hnl of the Inauguration parade
Tuesday by Chairman W. C. Eustis of
he inaugural committee, thus setting
it rest rumors that W. H. Edwards.
Mow York's street cleaning commis
sioner. would land the berth. The
our chairmanships remaining vacant
.vere filled as follows: Legislative
‘ommittee, Georg E. Hamilton: bou
’enhs and tickets J. IL Do Sibour;
jailroom decora .ions, Walter G. Pe
ers; and!**’ g. (’apt. James F. Oyster.
Dcitroycr In Sti*f Gale.
Newport, R. L. Dec. 417 —With hnr
op mast gone ond her decks having
jeen awash for ten hours, the destroy,
•r Warrington. In charge of Lieut
vVilllr.m Ancrom, erm . to her slip at
.ho torp»do station Wednesday.
30 000 on a D?rth Triin.
Washington, Dec. 2t —Traveling to
heir death In a special train 30,001)
;urk' ys passed through here Sunday
jn their way from Tennessee! to the
ablcs of Ch: Ist mas celebrants in Bal
imore, Philadelphia and New York.
Four Auto bandit* Take $1,200.
New York, Dec. 24.—Four “auto
jandits" attacked two paymasters of
he Silk Finishing Company of Amer
ca on the lower West side hero Sun
lay, beat them into unconsciousness
ind robbed them- of $1,200.
STUASJ J. FULLER
Stuart J. Fuller, the young Amer
ican consul at Iquitos. Peru, has come
home to tell the state department
about the alleged atrocities in the
rubber country.
STATE FILES PROTEST
DIIECT ELECTIONS AMENDMENT
QUESTIONED BY GEORGIA
Solons See Error in Proposal for
Choice of U. S. Senators—Jeal
ous of State’s Rights.
Washington, Dec. 24.—Strongly as
sorting that the course followed was
unconstitutional, a protest was filed
here Saturday by the legislature of
Georgia against the course taken by
congress in proposing to the states a
constitutional amendment providing
for the direct election of United
States senators.
The Georgia claim brought confu
slon on the constitutional lawyers In
congress. Of more importance is th?
fact that the adoption of a reform d»*
manded by the people will b? further
delayed.
Artlle 5 of the Constitution pro
v.des that, "the congress, whenever
two-thirds of both houses shall deem
it necessary, shall propose amend
ments to the Constitution.”
There are 96 members of the senate
and 137 members of the house. The
senate adopt'd the proposed amend
ment by 64 yeas aid 24 nays, and seven
not voting, one vacancy existing. The
liouF? adopted the proposed amend
ment by a vote of 238 yeas to 39 nays,
five responding present when their
names were call' d, 11<» not voting, and
five vacancies existing. Thus the sca
nt g-iv- th? requisite tv.o-tbirds ma
jority, whik the hous' did not Th?
li. in? declared th? amendment adopt
t I on the ground that two-thirds of
t!.<:*< present ami voting approved ’he
at H’l’dmer.t.
A Joint committee <.f th? legislature
of Georgia in an exhaustive report de
clared that the amendment "did not
rr reive two-thirds of each house, and
therefor?, was not proposed to the
states 1?! th? manner pointed out by
z be Constitution for its own amend
ment”
22 DIE WHEN GALE HITS SHIP
Five Survivors From Lost Steamer
Florence Escape in Small Boat in
a Raging Sea. *
St. Johns. N F.. Dec. 24.—Twenty
two men out. of a crew of 27 of the
freighter Florence of the Furness line
went down to death when th? steamer,
which had lost its bearings in a dense
fog. was driven ashore oft St. Shott’a
Friday night. Five of the crew, Sec
ond Mato Medley and four seamen,
who took the daring risk of finding a
shore landing for the others, escaped
death. These five, three of them cur
rying the other two. dragged them
reives into Trepassy from the desert
ed fishing huts of St. Shott's Sunday
and th?n cam? to this city, where the
di. aster was first reported.
INDIANA TAX LAW WINS
Act Authorizing Collection cf Cash
From Owner: of Foreign Stock
Shares Upheld by U. S. Court.
Washington. Dec 24.—The Indiana
law authorizing the collection of taxes
against residents on shares of stock
In foreign corporations was upheld by
tho Supreme court of the United
States In the case of Henry Y. Darnell
against the state of Indiana Darnell
was asse j sod $12,271 as taxes due for
several years on stock In the I M.
Darnell Manufacturing company, lo
cated at Memphis. Tenn. The right
of the state to collect tax was con
tested on the ground that th- Indlcna
law w vnecnstitut onul, constituting
an Interfere neo In interstate com
merce.
Mar Fatally Shot st W'.ddinrt.
Taylorville, 111, Dec. 27,—J. Belden,
a carpenter of Stauntcn, is in a local
horpital In a dying condition after
having been shot by a policeman, fol
lowing the breaking tip of « wedding
party Wednesday by Belden.
Clara Morri* Get* Presents.
Yonkora. N. Y., Dec. 27.—Clara Mor
ris. the retired actress, was deluged
here Wednesday with message* and
gift* from theatrical folk and other
friends, to make her Christmas happy.
Miss Morris is totally blind.
MVSIEHY
WOMAN FOUND ROAMING ON THE
PRAIRIE TWENTY-EIGTH
YEARS ACO. DIIIS.
HAPPENINGS OVERTHESTATE
What is Going On Here and There
That is of Interest to the Read
ers Throughout Da
kota and Vicinity.
Miller. A mystery of twenty eight
years was not soiled when Marx Find
ley oied a few days ago in the Yank
ton asylum. Pioneers ot the south
west part of this count' remember
of liming rescued from the prairie,
where she was roaming, a young wo
man whose mind seemed to be dazed
ho that she could give no account of
hen-elf or whether she had any rela
tives anywhere. Iler loming among
them wan never cleared or understood.
She w:»s brought to Miller by residents
there who saw that she was properlx
cared for. and later she war sent to
Yankton, and the county here ha” al
ways paid the expense. Now at her
death the authorities at Yankton ask
thos< hen* who have cared for hot so
long where her relatives are. Hut
no ope ran answer, for the unfortu
nate
om..n war picked up a Kt .‘anger
on the wild prairies and no clue was
ever found revealing her past lit* 1 or
where she came front. Evidently tto
Inquiry was ever made about th* l wo
man anywhere by anyone.
Pioneer Resident Dead.
Sii.tiuiMl. At the home of his son
Joseph Plattnrr. occurred th? death
of Carl Planner, one of the most
remarkable old men of th<* stat? and
a pioneer resident of South Dakota
and Bon Homme county. Had he
lived six months mon* he would have
been 92 years of. age. He was born
in th? province of Saxony. Germany,
on Jun? 20. 1822 In 1848 he came
to America, making the voyage on a
sailing vessel and being seventeen
weeks on the water He first located
at Dubuque, la. In 187'» cnine to
what now is South Dakota. living on?
year at Vermillion, and then taking
up his residenc in Bon Homme coun
ty. *.* here hr resided continuously up
to the time of his death II? tn* ( with
a a» ink fortune in ISS6. when his
wife, hi; only daughter and two sons
di<d of txphonl lever and pneumonia
within a hr ef space of lime
Gold Find in Gregor/ County.
Mitchell Old set’ll rs of a quart* ;•
of a century ago on the Ito: <*bt»d re:-
ervt ::<•*' will ret .ill t! • a'ienduri <*\-
cl ement which pr« vnll d w I » n gold
was discovered mar ‘I ri« k. Gr« *<>rx
celt tv and of th»* failure <»• th? meta!
to pan out. Anoih*-- xdd ?> mi t»i
is rep; rted from near th? same sec
tion at th** p’Tseitt tin? . ;nd there
terms io b** no questl?’ but what it
will b? a big paying pr< pt ?:o; Gr* at
<ina’ ’i*ies of gold l .iv* b i found on
Spring creek, ’wo milt .-nith of Her
rick. on the farm of •' ’I ('rissman.
and the visibh evid* i • * indicates
that th? gobi covers a long Jlsta
up »h<* creek. Txvo expert prospectors
from Colorado worked over a small
portion ot the territory, and th? rock
bearing gold war shlpp *d to an as
.ax office a’ D«nv:r. The report sent
back was that it would yield $22 per
ton.
New Steam Power Plant.
Aberdeen. Th? new power plant
of th? Abet d< “ii l ight A- Poxver com
pany was put in*o service last week,
and ’he first afternoon a.id » v**nln"
pulled the load from th< business
district, ami in th? evening handl'd
th? street light clusters Th? f< rx ic?
was excellent, conr.ldrrin.; the fact
that th<* go\< rnor on the big engine
had not been complct ly adjusted,
and the era of perfect electrical ser
vice to th? city appears to b? at hand.
The plant is so a ranged that the load
can h? cut over to th** old plan’ by
th? throwing of a switch, and this ar
rangement will be continu'd il th?
engines have been fully adjust' <l. and
the second unit completely Installed.
McPhercon Circuit Court.
Leola Tin- session of circuit court
for McPherson count' hus been In
Fission at Leola for over tv<» wet k*.
There were few criminal cast . but a
large number of civil ca'-es on the
docket. Several of them won. brought
by Stucke brothers t<» recover tlam
iges Irom Sheriff Young for selling
goods under an execution, as they
clalnu <l. illegally. In ail the <a: e;t
tried, the Stuck's lost. Two vver
continued for tho term. Another case
of into res* war the divorce suit
brought -by Mr?. K< t'« rllng against
Jac t b Kltterlicg oi I. r ' Lake. A
t nsidcrahie sum of moi ey was In
volved In the : uit. which wau hard
fought by Keterllrtg.
Xiiled While Driving Freight Wagon*.
3i Charles. -Jo I '.! Giest was killed
while driving one of a half dozen of
freighting wagons from St. Charles to
Naper, In Gregory county. On top
of his load were three barrels of sail,
which fell off when the wagon top
pled partly over on tho edge of the
grade. Giest fell to the ground, and
thr barrels of salt Injured him sc
vcr.dj, the worst hurt being in I.if
ch Cut, when three ribs were driven
through. He lived about five hour., at
rerward. It? was -5 years old am
kx'vcfi a wife cud nine children.
I** • • • ••'I
Firat Located in Dubuque, la., and
Later Came to Vermillion.
Sioux Falls At tin home of blu (
Fon. Joseph I’iathi'T. occurred the |
iloAth of < arl Planner, one of the most
remarkable old men of the state and
a pknrer resident of South Dakota
and lion Homme cotintv. Had he lived
six months more !.»• would have teen
yi vears of age. Il< was remarkably
strong and robust fur a man of hir.
years and on!) a few hours before his
death was able o walk about the
house, lie was born in the province
of Saxony, Germany. on June 2<\ 1822.
In 1848 he came io Ann lea. making
the voyage on a sailing vessel and be
ing 17 w<eks on th*' ualer. He drst
located at Dubuque. In. later moving
to Casville. Wirt.. where he livid 12
Then he located at Ind t»end ,
once. la. where In remain* d four
years, and in 187«» ci ic to what now
is South Dakota, living one year at
Vermillion, and then taking up his r«'S
idetice in Hon Homme county, where
he resided lontlnuously up to the t.me
of his death.
yea rs
Bey Get* Hl* "Time” and Freedom.
Armour John Schroeder. living
near Dclmond. has la< n assisted by
Sheriff Luymes in ih«* recovery of his
son. who. he claims, is craxy. and left
home and could not be located After
two or three days of search the sheriff
found him with a man by the name of
Dick I'sten. living !’• miles southwest
of Wagner, in Charles Mix county, ami
brought him to Armour. On the fol
lowing day the boy was taken before
the Insanity board but nothing wrong
could be found with his mental facul
ties. lie reported that he had been
abused and had simply left home to
escape abuse and succeeded in sub
stantiating his store The hoy was
then given his time by the proper au
thorities. Sheriff l.uymes was ordered
to take him to a clothing store and
fit him out with a new suit and the
father was Informed that the best
thing he could do was to paj the bill
and say no more, which he was glad
enough to do 'I he boy has returned
to Mr. Usten’s home and has hired out
for the winter.
Three Young Women Fight
Mitchell A regular hair pulling and
thumping eplsod • occurred on Main
street in which three young Indies
xvvr* the participants. Their nattaM
:r« Maud Kinsey. Laura Carlson and
Mi:: Moody The trouble arose over
a statement by on? of th? girls that
Miss Moody fdi d to pay her debts,
and Miss .Moody consider'd that her
reputation had I n injured and she
attempted to bent up the Carlson girl.
The scrap lus’ed a fexx minutes and
then was continued in the postoffice
l.r.iidinz. where Maud? Kin-ex took a
hand at Mi -s Mut"l> <;:.* a h* re* light
r. suited. Rat/, wav- bangs and huts
x*.« r? stnwii oxe • 'ln sidewalk and
th? fight w:*s broif’hi t > a close by the
Towd that was loci, ng on. In police
• ot* th* Moody girl wa.- convicted
by :* jury o. t! • clmt g* plae?d against
l.'-r and rh»* "a: 11 1 .-I" and cotts.
and he Kins'y girl pl* ad'*' guilty to
xxhat she did md xvtis lined tin* same
amount. The t pl. ode caused quit? ti
got d deal of »A rem* nt while it was
on.
Ic Turned Down.
I’ap.d <’ity lb cau*'e County Audi
tor ’’ .ling refuses *’<» approve th? bond
of Putrid. Egan, t trie's attorney-
•I* r t. aad Stater. Mtotaey Denn re
sign'd this countx is nov. without le
gal advice. Ec.iii «• er?d to fill th?
’wo weeks' breech b ixv?rn Denu’s un
•■xpired term and hi. own term which
eommeiK'S with th- mxv year The
auditor declined to approve his bond
without th" advir o'.’ th • state'., attor
ney and Egan cannot advise in such
capacity until hir. bond Is approved
and D* nt; d» clin?s to act sine ehi.« res
ignation x.as accef <d The county
< ommisslcnerr have not yet derided
whether they hav? the authority to
act. so tho* will nrobably be a va
cancy until New Year's.
Better Facilities
Pierre. The farm* rs of the north
east corner of the stat? are beginning
lo believe that th' y really have better
railway facilities coming to them for
which they have been working for
years. Th? proposed line from V«*b
leur-in Marshall county, to Fairmont.
North Dakota, ."•<» miles will give them
connectlcn with thre? systems out of
Fairmount, which Is touched by the
Chicago. Milwaukee and St. Paul rail
way. the Great Northern and the "Soo
T.ine." A local line which cufti reach
any or all of these systems at its junc
tion poi’*t. Is figured to be one which
can liv< without being completely tied
up to on? receiving road to car? for
its bhlpments ef freight.
Gets Hand In Corn Shredder.
Aberdeen. Chrrles Eichler, a farm
er living near Columbia, caught hia
hit hand in a corn shredder while at
work on his farm. He v.ns brought to
tl Is city and late that nfteronon hls
!< fl hand had to be auiputated. and tint
Index huger split. Mr. Eichler is
roout f.;{ ye ars of age. and has one
t (hr finest farms it. the* northern
p.iri of ih< county.
Glanders in Horres.
Mitchell. Gland< rs In horses have
uppenord in one portion of McCook
county, in the vicinity of Salem,
which have* been prevalent for several
weeks. As last as the disease ap
penred the aorjeog wore taken out nnd
‘•hot. Up to tho present time 18
horses have been killed belonging to
Mrs. 11 -nn Fendrick. Sr.. ||, lx>hr.
ind Ihiiy Fendrlch. (he latter losing
»hree head In the laut raid. The loss
of the three farmers Is placed m $3,.
COO, and there! Is little or no chance
I for them to bo reimbursed.
/ •
IIOICTS RAIL Ki
C. S. MELLEN, 8. E. c
L.N ANO A. W.
CHARGED WITH
CHARGE TRAFFIC
Federal Grand Jury at Ne v y .
Plan Constituted a Con
Restraint of Trade— 0 *
Make No Comment.
New York. Dec. 2f, p
grand Jury. umi< r the < rii ,
of the Sherman anti trti *
dieted here Monday cii.
Jen. president of the New’ .
Haven & Hartford ratlwaj ' >n
virtue of that office, Im |, ‘ k
New Englands transport.!
Jties. ' lf 4
Indictment* were a’.
against Edson J Chamb. 1
dent of the Grand Trunk rail; J"?
Alfred M Smithers of |
man of the Grand Trunk !. ,1
rectors. of *
All throe defendants a
with conspiring to mono|
strain Interstate and for. ?
meroe The Indict im:
upon the proposed new n. i,. "
trackage agreement betw. .
Haven and Grand Trunk a t ,-
which was turned over n \*.‘‘’ n
th neral Wick* rsh.im I.
.Mellen with the Intimation that 8
that document uas contain* I t'.u> w ;»
ground upon which the •<,
thought It could proceed .1 ns- .fa.
two roads under the dr.rt|. sh rm*j
law. Instead it is based vj < ;1
documentary evidence obta *)■■
the office files of both corp : b
representatives of the dep;-r 0 »
Justice
These documents show that «0 | CC|
ago us lust August the chief . x r m.
heads of the two roads had b . n to
conspire to bring about a h. rd and
fast working arrangement wherfty
the Canadian corporation w.c.lt con
pletely withdraw from \. *
and leave the .Mellen-Morgan i. cop.
oly in absolute enjoyment <> : ic v
field
Neither President Mellen no
dent Chamberlin, the (ormer b.-lnz n
New Haven and the latter in thh ci’r
would make any comment n; >n *b»
grand jury's action when i < v.« of it
•vas conveyed to them by r- ;
No such high ranking < r ■ -t;i
railroad officials have ♦ ver
be< n called upon tc face t na!
charge for violating the Sh. • •
trust law The penalty, if •
is established before a trial c-
If they should plead guilt’ 11 I -
avoid trial Is n maximum '
$5,000 or one year Impriso*
both fine and imprisonment
I NEWS FROM r |
| NEAR
Mnnl' ii. Bavaria, !»< < -
Ludwig, the new prin«
Bavaria, will become kit/
mad King Otto’, who m vet
that he was a royal perMri.i:- . !
d» throned, in all prob.ibili
year.
Washington. I>»*c. 26 •’ ”*”
Indicatix? of th? spread of
Madero revolution from the
most boidrr of Mexico to
rrn confines of Yucatan r
/tat? depart men’ Monday
Washington. Dee 24. A t
ely of dtirum wheat, which ?
to b? valuable for the rer >1 ■'
erg of the northwest, has i
ported by the department of
tore. It con; h from B< ■ ■*'
Houtlienstern Russia
Marton 111., Dae >4 It
wild xvegt, Eugene Goodall. s ; v >
old. was shot nnd killed, and «
Yates. s?ven years old. w.i:
wounded by a charge from a ;• ’ I,r
by Chester Yates, nine years •< I M r
didn't know the gun was load
MYSTERY IN WOMAN'S DEATH
Mrs. Lillian Lawrence Found
St. Louis—Believed Widcw cf
Chicago Broker.
St. Louis. Dec. 20.- - A woman ''
here as Mrs. Lillian Lnwrem
Who is sal*! to bo Mn l.i•’
don, widow of a xv(*althy <' 1
•dock broker, was found <1 '
her apartments at 1221
utreet.
The police an* at a loss
how ;he» came to In r eloat ;
In doubt as to whether it
to natural causes «»r a sulci**
Speakr to a Woman After
Boston. Dec. 2C».—.base
Charleston |r Ison's famous
man condemned to live fore
from hls fellow beitirr In n-I
flnrmenl. spoke here tn V:
M. Foss, wife* of Governor •
the first woman he has sect
liis mother tor 35 yens
Distribute' 1M5.0C0 to
Laporte, Ind Dec 27.
Rumely company brought ('hr
cheer Into the homes of s,‘Mio «
mon In this city, Richmond. Id.
Battle Creek. Mich., by distril ’>
H5.Q00 Wednesday.
Plead* Guilty In $3.500 000 Fraud
Portland, Oro., Dec. 27,—1L *• \
Whorter, a Seattle real estate "
nleadi d guilty hero Wednt’fda.'
using the mails to defraud I'• ’
;>.500,000 De Larm Columbia ra« •
orchard swindle