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THE riORXIXG OREGOXIAN. SATURDAY, DECEMBER 8," 1906, SEVEN LIVES LOST '.IN CORNELL FIRE Students Suffer Death and Terrible Injury in Ef fort at Rescue. FIREMEN BURIED IN RUINS ChJ Psi Fraternity House Burned and Crumbles Into Ruins Deeds ' of Heroism AVH1 Live in Cornell History.. ITHACA. T. T.r Dec. 7. The burning of the Chi Psi fraternity house early ' this morning caused a loss of seven lives. Of these four were students and others prominent townsmen who had responded to the alarm in the ca pacity of volunteer firemen. Among the students who escaped death in the flames, seven were injured and of these C. J. Pope, of East Orange, N. J., It Is feared, will not long survive. The bodies of the dead, with the ex ception of those of W. If. Nichols of Chicago and K. W. Grelle of East Or ange, N. ' J., were recoveredi Tonight it was decided to dynamite the ruins to facilitate the search for the missing . bodies. The dead: ATTORNEY F. V. ROBINSON, volunteer fireman. J. C. RUMS13T, hardware merchant, vol unteer fireman. K. J. LANDON, salesman, volunteer fire man. F. TV. GRET.LE, East Orange. N. J., '10. O. I.. FrHMl'l'K, of Hanover. Pa., '07. -TV. H. NICHOLS, of Chicago, '07. JAMES M'CUTCHEON, JK., of Tlttsburg, 09. The Injured are: II. S. Decamp, of New York, '09. Henry M. Curry, of Pittsburg-. 'ofl. R. R. Powers, of Atlanta. Ga., '10. TV.. TV, floeti. of Milwaukee, '0!l. H. A. ITialilan, of Milwaukee. '0.7. G. R. Sailor, of FtttsburK. "07. C J. Pope, of East Orange, N. J., '10. Heroic Firemen and Students. The heroism of the volunteer firemen who died fighting the fire was matched by "the heroism of Sehmnrk, who re entered the burning building in a fu tile, effort to save Nichols, Ills room mate, who died later from his Injuries, and by the courage of McCutcheon, who remained in the flames until fa tally burned, to assist his comrades to escape. Pope, the freshman, re ceived his injuries while seeking to rescue other members of the fraternity and the record of the injured corre sponds nearly with that of the men who tried to help their fellows. Among those earliest on the scene and who contributed most of the work of rescue from the flnmes. which had al ready converted the first floor of the doomed dormitory into an inferno, were several Cornell football men. All did ef fective work. It is declared that the work of Sain Halliduy. the old fullback, and of Earle and Gibson, the halfbacks of the season just ended, united with that of the Chi Psi men who risked their lives that their brothers might live, will be remembered long in the annals of Cornell. The cause of the fire will probably never be known. The building, which is a wreck, was built in 1SS1 by Jennie Mc Graw Flske at a cost of $130,000, on the campus overlooking Cayuga Lake, but was never'occupled by her because of her pre mature death, It was a beautiful struc ture of sandstone, handsomely decorated and finished within with marble and ma hogany. The walls, which were of rubble masonry, collapsed under the flames and high wind, leaving only a heap of ruins. Fire Leaps.Up From Basement. The fire started at 8:30 o'clock In the kitchen in the basement of the Chap ter House. The flames had gained considerable headway before the stu dent occupants "were awakened. As soon as the- flames burned into the basement hall and stairway the halls throughout the house became filled with dense smoke. In the rooms on the upper floor were 27 students. It was not possible for them to escape by way of the halls, and all went to the windows. As the fire approached there and the rear of the building the students were forced to jump, and several were seriously injured in this way. No alarm was turned in until half an hour after the fire had been discovered, and it was half an hour later before the volunteer fire department could get to work. It was a long climb from the lower part of tbe city to the college grounds, and by the time the firemen arrived the Interior of the building was almost burned out. They could do nothing but pre vent adjoining buildings from taking .fire. Buried Alive in Kuins. TVhen the fire department arrived the screams of two men appearing in the windows of the southwest tower, over the main entrance were heard. For some reason the -men hesitated to jump, and before they could be reached the tower collapsed and the men were buried Beneath the ruins. The chapter-house burned rapidly, and the walls cracked apart in all directions. The fire was so hot' that the firemen were driven from the southeast side of the building. The firemen killed were manipulating a hose on. the north side of the building when the . wall collapsed on them and pinned them to the grounud, to slowly roast under the burning debris. Those taken out were in a pitiable con dition. They were bleeding from cuts caused by failing bricks and timbers and blackened by smoke-.. Several of them were badly burned. HAD BROTHER IX PORTLAND Grelle Visited City Two Years Ago and Made Friends. A telegram has been received by C. E. Grelle, of . the Willamette Iron & Steel Works, announcing the death of his bro ther. Fred TV. Grelle, who perished in the fire that destroyed the Chi Psi fraternity house at Cornell University early yester day morning. The young man was a fresh man, having entered college last Septem ber. That he was supposed to be among the dead was announced In the Associ ated Press dispatches, and the news was: later confirmed by the telegram to his brother in this city. C E. Grelle left last evening for Ith Ica, where he will take charge of his brother's body. v Fred TV. Grelle was only 19 years of age and was a bright young man with a promising future. With his mother and two sisters he resided at South Orange, N. J. He visited his brother in Portland two years ago last Summer with his mother and sisters, and made many friends here. Two of the Dead Students. - CHICAGO. Dec. 7. W. H. Nichols, who met his death In- the tire at Cornell, is a' son of George R.. Nichols, a commission merchant of this city. PITTSBURG, Dec. 7 James H. Mc Cutcheon, the Pittsburg student who died of injuries received in the Cornell Uni versity fire, was the son of John L. Mc Cutcheon, a deceased hardware merchant. The family is one of the best known in the city. HAD TO BLOCK STREETS Michael Murphy Soys His Crew Did a Great Deal of Slugging. CHICAGO, Dec. 7. The cross-examination of William Kelley, self-confessed slugger and paymaster of Cornelius P. Shea's picket forces during the team sters' strike a year ago, was concluded late this afternoon, after Kelley had testified that he had served as a picket from the inception of the strike and had been paid $9 a week as long as the strike lasted. Michael Murphy, who pleaded guilty with Kelley and W. C. Young, ex presldent of tire International Brother hood of Teamsters, -w&j tho next wit 'ness called. Murphy gave testimony similar to Young and Kelley,- but re cited more instances of slugging. Ac cording to Murphy's evidence he and his companion's principal work was to bring about blockades and to prevent wagons driven by non-union teamsters from reaching strike-bound houses.- Murphy declared the picket crew of which, he was leader did a great deal of slugging during the strike. "Pull them off, and if you can't do that knock them off," said Murphy, "were the orders we had in dealing with the strike-breakers and we . carried out the orders to the best of our ability." In , the course of today's testimony in the Shea teamster trial, the State's Attorney had William Kelley Identify a photographic copy of a permit said to have been issued by President Shea during the strike, per mitting the wagons and the teams of P. J. Ryan to pass through the lines of the pickets unmolested. Kelley testied that he wrote the permit at Shea's dic tation. The witness then told of being sent by Shea, in company with Jerry Mc Carthy, of the truckdrlvers" union, af ter tho driver of a wagon that passed the headquarters of the strikers, with orders to "Elug" the driver. "Did you slug him?" asked Assistant State's Attorney Miller. "We overtook him and tried It," said the witness, "but he was too much for us and beat us off with a stake." MAY HAVE STRIKE ON B. & O. Trainmen Decline Terms Offered by Officials. PITTSBURG. Dec. 7. Vice-Grand Mas ter W. G. Lee, of the Brotherhood of Trainmen, and a committee of that body called on the general manager and other officials of tho Baltimore & Ohio Rail road today and anounccd that they would not accept the proposition offered by tho officials. Mr. Le said no further conferences would be requested and it looks at present very" much liko a strike in the yards of the Baltimore & Ohio. Advance Not Yet Decided On. KANSAS CJTY, Mo., Dec. 7. R. A. Wells, manager of the central division of the TVells-Fargo Express Company, said today that the report from Houston, Tex., that his company had decided to advance salaries was premature. At a meeting of division superintendents held Tuesday last it was decided to recom mend to the president that salaries be advanced. However, the general offices in New York must yet pass upon the question. Mr. Wells will go to New York on Tuesday next for a conference with the president, when, J is expected, a final decision "will be reached. Advance on Xew York Central. NEW YORK, Dec. 7. The committees of the trainmen and the conductors on the New York Central Railroad complet ed their conferences with the officials of the road last night, a settlement having been reached. An advance of wages was granted, but the amount was not stated. Labor Law Finally Knocked Out. NEW YORK, Dec. 7. The contention of a lower court that the recently-enacted law prohibiting tho employment of minors under 18 years of age and women at night is defective was upheld today by the ap pellate division of the Supreme Court. BLOWN TO PIECES BY MINE Russian Steamer Destroyed With Over Uvo Hundred . Lives. VICTORIA, B. C, Dec. 7. Particulars of the loss of the Russian volunteer steamer Varyagin, which struck a float ing mine near Vladivostok and was blown up,, causing the drowning of over 200 per sons, have been received from Vladi vostok. Translation from the Ussurlskaya Sehlzn states the steamer was on her way to Gongouz Bay and after leaving Vladi slok was driven north by a northwest gale. The course lay fHur miles north of the mine field. When about four miles off Cape Man churia, the sfern struck a submerged mine. The forward part of the vessel, drawing 10 feet, passed over the mine without touching it. The mine exploded immediately upon contact and the catastrophe was so sud den' that no boats could be got out or steps taken to save passengers. A panic resulted. From the moment of the ex plosion until the complete destruction of the vessel not more than 80 seconds elapsed. Of the entire complement of 250 pas sengers, 47 were saved, the remainder perished. Of the crew of 23, 14 were saved. Several Chinese junks arrived about 30 minutes after the disaster and began to rescue the half frozen people, who were scattered about on wreckage over an area of 400 yards.- Many families were left entirely destitute at Vladivostok because of the loss of parents in the disaster. A number of prominent Rus sians were among the lost. Weeks Puts Out Kid Sieger. DENVER. - Dec. 7. Eddie Weeks, of Butte, knocked out Kid Sieger, of Den ver, in the final round of a 10-round go before the Eagles' smoker tonight. Weeks had the better of every round, although Sieger put up a game and vicious fight throughout. In the preliminaries Jim Jenkins, of Denver, knocked out Jim Collins, of Brooklyn, and Kid Daly secured the de cision over Jack Downey in a six-round bout. - Moore Re-elected President. MUSKOGEE, I. T., Dec. 7. The Na tional Good Roads Association, in an nual convention here today, re-elected W. H. Moore, Chicago, president. A Quick and Safe Remedy for Bowel Com plaints. Twenty years ago Mr. George W. Brock discovered that Chamberlain's Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy was - a quick and safe cure for bowel complaints "During all of these years," he says, "i have' used it and recommended It many times, and the results have never yet disappointed me." Mr. Brock Is publish er of the Aberdeen, Md., Enterprise. For BaJe by all druggists. SHOW THEIR MIND Democrats Oppose Citizenship for Porto Rico. FILIBUSTER AGAINST BILL Clark Blocks Consideration on Tech nical Plea Bill Against Prison Labor, Passes Both Houses. Olympic Game Preserve. WASHINGTON. Dec. 7. The Demo crats in the House today opposed the consideration of the bill conferring United States citizenship on the inhabi tants of Porto Rico. Chairman Cooper, of Wisconsin, un der .the call of committees, .called the attention of the House to the erroneous position of the bill on the Senate cal endar, insisting that its proper place was on the House calendar. Clark, of Missouri, leading the minor ity, objected to its transfer, Speaker Cannon decided with Mr. Cooper that PROSECUTING ATTORNEY WHO TOOK SIDES WITH WINONA CITIZENS AGAINST RAIL ROAD. Kipp, of Whitman County, Wasbiogton. , COLFAX, Wash., Dec. 7. (Spe cial.) R. H. Kipp is the prosecuting attorney of Whitman County who re fused to prosocuto the people of Wi nona for seizing a carload of railroad coal during tho coat famine. The residents who got the coal offered the railroad company $8 a ton for the coal. Mr. Kipp save as his rea son for refusing- to prosecute the cases: First, .that there was clear ly no intent to Commit a crime, from the fact that the residents of TVinona had tendered payment and had proceeded openly in the daytime to take ' the coal; second, that no jury could be found that would bring in a verdict of conviction when these facts were presented. it properly belongs on the House cal endar, which would give it a more definite status than on the union calendar. The chairman of the committee on insular affairs attempted to have it called up for consideration. Again Clark protested, insisting that the House had a right to have notice of the . possible consideration of the measure. The Speaker sustained the protest and the bill went over. The discussion disclosed a determina tion of Democrats to fight the measure whenever possible. y BARS AGAINST PRISON LABOR House Passes Bill Allowing States to Put Them Up. ' WASHINGTON, Dec. 7. By a practi cally unanimous vote he House today passed the bill limiting the regulation of interstate commerce between the several states in articles manufactured by convict labor or In any prison or reformatory. The bill was introduced by Hunt, of Missouri, a practical stone mason. Under the Wilson bill, which became a law in 1890, convict labor made goods may enter into active com petition with the goods manufactured by "free labor" and under this Federal law a state could not pass a law that would-prevent the shipping into the state of prison-made goods of other states. : - The law which was .passed today abrogates the interstate commerce law as at . present applied to convict-made goods, thereby affording to the different states and territories the right to pro hibit the shipping of convict-made goods within the confines of any state or territory. Hunt asked for its passage not only in the interest of free labor but In the interest of the manufacturers. He said it was an attempt to curb the criminal competition of the penitentiary with the free labor of the country. "It Is cruel," he said, "to ask the free labor of this country to maintain its citizenship, its dignity and its self respect, if it has to wait until the pro duct of the state prison is sold before the employer can get a reasonable price for his honestly manufactured pro duct." MARK TWAIN VISITS HOUSE Holds Levee in Gallery and Members Forget Business. WASHINGTON, Dec. 7. Interest cen tered about the Speaker's gallery today during the session of the House and members temporarily forgot the business of legislation to gaze upon the picturesque figure of Mark Twain, who held-quite a levee in the gallery, -chaperoned by the Speaker's secretary. Wearing a white suit and with his wealth of snow-white hair, the humorist followed the proceed ings with much interest. Mr. Clemens came to the Capitol in the interest of" the copyright bill and spoke to many members in that behalf. MONEY IN ALASKA TELEGRAPH Receipts Double In Few Months Ex tension to Ketchikan. WASHINGTON, Dec. 7. So great has been the success of the Government tele graph lines in Alaska that it will prob ably be necessary to extend the duplex now " working between Sitka and Seattle to the Sitka-Valdez section in order to intake care of the prospective heavy rush t I X Ok, t 1 - , hut ' '44j of business next Summer. Reports reach ing the chief signal officer show that In some Instances the receipts during the past few months have exceeded by 100 per cent and in many Instances 50 per cent those of the corresponding period last year. At present this system comprises a 1700 mile stretch .from Seattle to Valdez via Sitka and 1400 miles of land lines, termin ating In a 110-mile wireless jump from St. Michael to Nome, the extreme point westward. It Is probable that Congress will be asked to authorize the expendi ture of telegraph receipts toward ex tending the system this year from Fair banks to Circle City. v The cable ship Burnside is now ex tending a branch from the Juneau-Sitka cable down to Wrangle and Ketchikan, an important point for reporting shipping. STICKS TO OLD-STYLE SPELLING House" Committee Gives Roosevelt Slap in Appropriation Bill. WASHINGTON, Dec. 7. With an ap propriation of over $31,000,000 and a pro vision barring "simplified spelling" in documents authorized by law or ordered by Congress, the legislative, executive and judicial appropriation bill for 1908 was reported to the House today by the "ap propriations committee and was made a special order for Monday. The amount carried by -the bill is $31,213,525 or $683,842 less than the estimates. The appropria tion for the current fiscal year aggre gated J30.168.4S5. The entiro number of salaries carried In the bill Is 14.727. Lor 202 less than included in the estimates, and 29 more than provided for the current year. An increase from $1200 to $1400 is made In the allowance to members of the House for clerk hire and the requirement that members certify they have spent1 this amount is omitted. The appropriation for miscellaneous expenses for the Senate is cut from $100,000 to $50,000. The salary of the secretary to the Speaker is in creased from $3000 to $4000. On the subject of spelling tbe bill says: "Hereafter in printing documents au thorized by law or ordered by Congress or either branch thereof, the Government Printing Offices shall follow the rules of orthography established by Webster's or other generally accepted dictionaries of the English language." CANAL. CONTRACT POSTPONED Changes in Terms Cause Delay In Opening Bids. WASHINGTON, Dec. 7. The Isthmian Canal Commission today announced that the opening of the bids for the construe-: tion of the Panama Canal has been post poned from December 12 to January 12 next. The commission explains that tho post ponement is on account of certain changes made at the instance of a num ber of Contractors in the invitation and form of contract required to be executed by tlfe successful bidder. The invitation and form of contract, with the changes made, will be held in tho office of the Isthmian Canal Commission here subject to inspection by all contractors or others Interested until December 15, on' which day, in their final form, they will be formally reissued. The changes made In the invitations for bids, etc., fix the working hours for American labor on the construction ork at eight hours and foreign labor at ten hours, and require at least two shifts during the 24 hours. They reduce the .contractors' bond from $3,000,000 to $2,000. 000 and require contractors to have $5,000, 000 capital. ITALY SORRY TO LOSE WHITE Most Popular Ambassador, Says y Baron des Planches. WASHINGTON, Dec. 7.-The Italian Ambassador to the United States, Baron des Planches, today expressed regret that Ambassador White had been transferred to Paris, saying li is absence from Rome would be regarded as a loss not only by the statesmen of - Italy but by the King. Baron spoke of the strong per sonal friendship between the King and Mr. White and the general warm feeling in Italy for the American representative. "The Italian Government." he said, "neither wished nor much less requested the withdrawal of Mr. White, who in less than two years has become perhaps the most popular of the Ambassadors In Rome. Mr. White was the only , Am bassador Invited this year to the shoot ing with his majesty in the Brown Alps reserves, where chamois and other rare game are offered to the hunters. He was for several days the guest of his majesty, and was treated with the greatest in timacy and friendship." GAME PRESERVE IN. OLYMPICS House Passes Bill Regardless of State Sovereignty Cry. WASHINGTON, Dec. 7.-The sover eignty of the' state was the subject of earnest debate in the House today, grow ing out of the consideration of a bill to establish a game preserve of nearly 700.000 acres in the Olmpia forest reserve in the State of Washington. The bill was passed without division. Mondell (Wyoming) in sisted that the Supreme Court had ruled that a state is sovereign over its birds, game and fishes, and hat to create such a game preserve and place it under Na tional supervision was clearly an In vasion of the rights of a sovereign state. Lacey of Iowa, in charge of the meas ure, told of the President's interest in the matter and said the creation of such a game preserve meant the protection of the last herd of elk on the Pacific Coast, some 300 splendid specimens. Exports of Dairy Products. WASHINGTON, Dec. 7. According to a statement issued by the Bureau of Sta tistics of the Department of Commerce and Labor, more than $250,000,000 worth of meat and dairy products will have passed out of the United States into the mar kets of other parts of the world in the year ending with the present month. This total is made up of a little over $200,000,000 worth of meats, $35,000,000 worth of cat tle and about $10,000,000 worth of but ter, cheese and milk. No feature of the export trade in agricultural products has shown a more steady and rapid growth than that of meat and dairy products, of which there was an increase of about 60 per cent during the past decade. Will Tell All About Negro Troops. WASHINGTON, Dec. 7. Tbe resolution of Senator Penrose, passed yesterday, calling en the President for all the facts regarding the discharge of the negro troops belonging to the Twenty-fifth In fantry, was received at the White House today, and at once turned over by the President to Secretary Taft. who- will furnish the information desired. Sergeant Mingo Sanders and Private El mer Brown, who were among those dis charged without honor as the result of the Brownsville Incident, have anneared at the War Department and applied to Secretary Taft for reinstatement, and will be given a hearing. - Raise Salaries In Civil Service. . WASHINGTON, Dec. 7. Representative Southwick, of New York introduced a bill today increasing the salaries of all civil service employes 10 per cent RAIN COATS Marked down in nricV beautiful satin waterproof coats up from $12.50. Le Palais Royal, 375 .Washington st, CHECK -GIVEN' PNN Photograph of It Produced in , Burnham Trial. DOES NOT SHAKE WITNESS Though Shown Evidence That Insur ance Company" Paid Slate Offi cial $10,000, Burnham Denies All Knowledge of Bribe. NEW YORK. Dec. 7. At the trial to day in the Supreme Court of George Burnham. Jr., a vice-president of -and counsel for the Mutual Reserve Life Fund Association, on a charge of larceny, a photograph of a check for $10,000 was produced by the prosecution in the exami nation of the defendant concerning a de mand for $100,000. alleged to have been made upon the Mutual Reserve for the suppression of an unfavorable report when Louis F Payn was New York's Superintendent of Insurance. The check was drawn on the Butchers' & Drovers' National Bank, signed by Timothy Donovan, made payable to James Y. Watkins as trustee, and by him made payable to Charles P. and W. W. Bulkley, attorney, who, in turn, in dorsed over toLouis Payn or order. Sub sequently it was indorsed by Payn to the credit of the United States Express Com pany. Burnham said he recognized the photograph as a reproduction of one of two cancelled checks which the late George D. Patterson, a clerk of the Fire men's Benevolent Fund, had given him for safe keeping, and, which, he said, he had returned to Patterson later. Payn Accepted $40,000. Early in the day's session Justice Greenbaum ruled that it was competent for the prosecution to attempt to in troduce evidence bearing on the charge that Payn, while Superintendent of In surance, demanded $100,000 from the -Mutual Reserve. The prosecution in the present case 'alleges that President Fred erick A. Burnham, of the company, satis fied the demand made by Payn by the payment of $40,000. The defendant's examination was com pleted today, and George D. Eldrldge, vice president, actuary and chairman of the executive commiitee of the Mutual Re serve, who Is also under indictment, took the stand. He had not concluded his tes timony when court adjourned for the day. Denies Payn Asked Bribe. The testimony concerning the Payn af fair was brought out during the cross examination of the. defendant, who was on the witness-stand in his own behalf. "In the Fall of 1898 did you discuss with your brother the payment of any money to Lou Payn, Superintendent of Insurance?" asked Assistant District At torney Nott. "I certainly did not." "Did your brother not tell you that Payn had demanded $100,000 from the com pany for the withholding of an unfavor able report?" "No." "And did not your brother tell you of the payment of $40,000 to Payn?" "There was no such talk between us." "Don't you know that Horace Brock way handed your brother $6000 because he was short of funds after handing Payn the $40,000?" "No." Continuing the examination, Mr. Nott asked: "Did you not procure documents to aid your brother In the negotiations with Tayn?" "No." " Photograph of Check Shown. In reply to further questions, Surnham said he knew a man named George D. Patterson, who was once clerk of the Firemen's Benevolent Fund, and who died -in 1899. In March, 1898, Patterson gave him two canceled checks and a will to be placed in his safe untit they were called for. "Did you return the will and checks to Patterson?" "Yes." "Have you Patterson's receipts?" "I don't think I took a receipt for tnem. "Don't you know thatyon never re turned the checks to Patterson?" "I did return them." "You know what the checks were?" "Yes." ('You knew the indorsements on the checks?" "Yes." "Did you not know that one of the checks was indorsed to the credit of the United States Express Company, of which Senator Piatt was president?" "I don't remember." Mr. Nott showed the witness a photo graph of a check for $10,000 drawn by Timothy Donovan on the Butchers' and Drovers' National Bank and made pay able to James H. Watkins as trustee, who made it payable to Louis F. Payn, or or der, and which was later indorsed by Louis Payn to the credit of the United States Express Company. Mr. Burnham said he recognized the photograph as a reproduction of one of the checks Pat terson placed in his care. , "Would the possession of this check benefit you in any way?" he was asked. - "No." "Not when the Superintendent of In surance was demanding money for the suppression of a report?" "No." f Check to Show Payn. "Did you not ask Patterson In the pres ence of your son for the check- to show to Lou Payn because he was demanding money from your company?" "No." ''Did you not know that there was at that time a scandal over the passage of a bill in the Legislature favoring the ex empt firemen's benevolent fund, and that Senator Raines had brought a libel suit against Lemuel. F. Quigg, of the New York Press?" "I knew that there ws a libel suit spoken of." "Has not Samuel B. Patterson repeat- Fine Care Fine Hair It's fine care that makes fine hair ! 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Senator Piatt of New York, president of the United States) Express Company, was tonight shown the dispatch regarding the $10,000 check which' was Indorsed to the credit of his' company by Louis F. Payn and a photograph of which was produced, today in the trial of George Burnham. Jr.. in the New York Supreme Court. The Senator stated that he had no' recollection of ever having seen such a check. INSURANCE AGENTS ACTIVE. Campaign as Carried on Held in Vio lation f New York State Law. NASHVILLE. Tenn., Dec. 7. State In surance Commissioner Folk, as a result of his Investigation of charges against the agents of the Mutual Life Insurance Com pany of New York and tho New York Life Insurance Company regarding the al legation that they were using the ma chinery and funds of their companies to obtain votes for the Administration tick et, announces that agents of both com panies were waging an active campaign for their tickets, but they sought to show that the time thus spent was not due the company, as they had discharged all of the duties for which they were under con tract. Their action, he holds, is a violation of the spirit of the New York State law. He holds that it is wholly improper for of ficials to form organized campaigns for this purpose or to act m concert on au thority promulgated by the agents or di rectly by tbe officiate. Schwab Owns the San Toy Mine. EL PASO, Tex., Dec. 7. C. M. 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The testimony at today's hearing of the Richards-Com-slock land fraud cases was intended to show -the extent of the"Spade ranch." It wa; shown by several witnesses, however, that most of the fences en closing the ranch have been removed recently. The "Spade" ranch, which originally covered about 4000 acres, owned or controlled by the Nebraska Land & Feeding Company, of which the principal defendants are officers, toif, in several big ranches and also enclosed something like 50,000 acres of deedvi land, which was occupied and cultivated by actual settlers. Budget Provides for Naval Increase. LONDON. Dec. 8. The Times' Tokio correspondent telegraphs that he under stands that the coming Japanese budget will include $37,500,000 to be spread over seven years for the purpose of increasing the navy. The members of the Fiirukawa family, prominent mineowncrs. the correspondent continues, have given $500,000 to establish nuclei of new universities at Fukukoa, Sapporo and Sendai. Legislation for Indians. NEW YORK. Dec. 7. The National In dian Association today adopted resolu tions asking Congress to legislate asainst the use of public funds for the aid of sectarian schools and resolutions urging the passage by Congress of laws for tho protection of Indian women and glrl.-i In Alaska and for the maintenance of prohibitory liquor laws in all Indian tribes. ? Bcsoid Held for Murder. LOS ANGELES, Cal.. Dec. 7. Besold was held to answer to the Superior Cetirt on a charge of murder In the first de gree. Son Francisco, Dec. 7. Arrived Steamer American, from Seattle; Ftpamcr Coronad'j, from Grny'fl Harbor. Snlled Barkentino Gleaner, trr Cons Bay; schooner L'oronado, fnr Clray's Harbir. COMPANY 5 CONSULTATION FREE We'll treat any single uncomplicated ailment for $10.00. Pay Unless Cured Come to 11? in the strictest con fidence. We will treat you lion estlv and skillfully and will cure you in less time th:in other doc tors take to experiment on you. 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