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MALHEUR EXTEUT
CANAL 18 HALF, DONE
Report ol Commission 01 Panama
Interoceaolc Wate
ORIGINAL ESTIMATE IS DOUBLED
Wages and Material Havi Increased
Enormously 33,699 jn Now
Employed on Wck.
Washington, D. C, No 3. With
the I'anama canal virtuey half fin
ished, the members of 'e Isthmian
: . Canal commission awakehto the fact
' that this waterway will co more than
Vj twice the amount of the "iginal esti
" mate. In other words, its now esti
i mated that the canal, Ven finished
t '.. and opened to traffic, wilrepresent a
total expenditure of $375,2,000. Whon
the canal project was added it was
estimated to cost only $1,233,358.
Chairman Tawney, of ti house com-
ji mittee on appropriations,-! his arrival
at Panama with his coitiittee, talked
i of paring down the ostites of the
,i commission and reducingbe cost of
; construction. It is not serhsly thought,
however, that anything wtby of note
) could be accomplished in is direction.
5 Rather, the impression j evails that
when the last dollar haibeen spent,
7 the cost of the canal wile found to
exceed rather thin run tier the lat
f est estimate of $375,000,0' In its an-
nual report, made publii today, the
' Isthmian Canal cornmlsn discusses
this question of cost, sayl:
"Wages have increasednd the cost
of materials and manufured articles
, ' . has risen. Prosperous coitions in the
; ,' United States, combined ith the un-
savory reputation that tlisthmus had
regarding its healthfups, made it
necessary to secure lata to increaso
the wage scales from 30160 per cent
over those paid in ihepited States
for similar classes of Ik. Certain
gratuities as additionjinducoments
were also offered, whiila the main
have since been continp Moreover,
the provisions of theiut-hour law
were made applicable tpo isthmus.
"The unit prices weriierefore ma
terially increased. Vius changes
have also been made jithe adopted
plan, increasing the qiiuty of work
to bo done. In additionore detailed
surveys and plans thanre originally
available have been !de, and the
!' " work has progressed sufntly to give
reliable data relative tflit costs,
i "Nearly 50 per centore work is
f ' necessary to complete canal than
was contemplated by Original esti
mate and the unit prieJue to labor
conditions, cost of matls, and gra
: tuities given the emph, have been
increased about 20 pert. The esti
mate, as prepared, shoviat the total
cost of engineering ai construction
alone sums up to $297,700, to which,
if the purchase price aiie estimated
cost of sanitation and government,
be added, there resii the sum of
$375,202,000 as the tcost of the
canal." "
STANDARD OIL f HTJBT,
Attorney Says Courtprely Orders
Distribution Jock.
New York, Nov. 2Srortimer F.
Klliott, general counair the Stand
ard Oil company, saMay, in com
menting for the firstjJ on the de
cisions against the tany handed
down by the United S3 circuit court
at St. Paul:
"I have eeen wharports to be
the text of the decujlianded down
by the United States lit court Sat
urday. The company take an ap
peal at once to the.cd States su
preme court and wiferfully abide
by the verdict of th-best court in
the laud, whatever fnay be.
"Arguments in tlie began last
April, and we are giuve reauueu
an opinion. 1 do nota that we are
pleased with tbeeopfetself, but we
are glad to get ititever its na
ture. "The decree doesforder a disso
lution of the Standi company;
that is a misunderstg. What the
decree orders, as I Understand it,
is thut the compajall distribute
among its stockholjf whom there
are aproximately 5a holdings in
stock of subsidiaryipanies. This
distribution, I furbnderstand, is
ordered to be effojon a pro-rata
basis of apportion)
Poison Folltfvance.
Vienna, Nov. 23.4rge number of
officers just promote captains on
the general staff hfeived througo
the mails sample b-f pills. These
were accompanied ! circular relat
ing to nervous del Captain Ma
dos took some of pills and died
almost instantly, topsy revealed
the presence of oj of potassium.
A further investigjhowed that all
the pills containetide of potass
ium in large quaj and also that
many first lieuteqttached to the
staff, but not pr had not re
ceived pills.
Despair Cherry.
Cherry, 111., No -Twenty saved,
92 known dead 3 miseing was
the record at the 1 mine tonight.
Ten dead were I to the surface
today and 27 m d were located
in the second but were not
brought up on a of black damp.
What had promise Cherry ' real
day of thanksgi ded in a night
,.f i.r.a inform sDair. Tonisht
no living man clad been added
to the list or tbicueu yesieruiiy
All dav the tollpurch belli re
, ounde"d. Eighdiei were in
terred.
STANDARD OIL KNOCKED OUT
I
Dissolution Ordered by Federal Court.
Evasion Prohibited.
St. Paul, Minn., Nov. 23 In an
opinion written by Judge Walter II.
Sanborn of St. Paul, and concurred in
by Judges Vandeventer, Hook and
Adams, with a special concurring
opinion by Judge Hook, the United
States circuit court for the eastern die
trict of Missouri today handed down
an opinion declaring the Standard Oil
company of New Jersey an illegal com
bination operating in restraint of trade
and ordered its dissolution.
The opinion was filed simultaneously
in St. Louis and in St. Paul.
In this decision the government of
the United States gains' a sweeping
victory. According to Frank B. Kel
logg, special prosecutor, the govern
ment has won every point for which
it contended.
The decree filed by Judge Sanborn
is comprehensive and enjoins the
Standard company, its directors, offi
cers, agents, servants and employes
from voting any stock in any of the
subsidiary companies, and irora exer
cisingor attempting to exercise any
control over the acts of these subsidiary
companies.
The subsidiary companies are en
joined from declaring or paying any
dividends to the Standard company and
from permitting the latter company to
vote any stock in, or direct the policy
of the subsidiary companies.
But the defendants are not prohib
ited from distributing rateably to the
shareholders of the principal company
the shares to which they are equitably
entitled in the stocks of the defendant
corporations that are parties to the
combination.
The defendants are enjoined from
continuing or carrying into further ef
feet the combination adjudged to be il
legal and from entering into any like
combination, the effect of which is to
restrain commerce in petroleum or to
prolong the unlawful monopoly.
The case will be appealed direct to
the supreme court of the United States,
the judges who signed tne decree are
in effect the judges of the United
States circuit court of appeals, although
they were sitting for the purpose of
trying tins case as the circuit court
ror the eastern district or Missouri,
The decree becomes eeffctive in 30
clays, when no doubt a stay will bo
granted for the purpose of an appeal
When' the decree takes effect, unless
a stay is granted, an injunction will
issue restraining the Standard Oil com
pany from a further continuance of
its business under its present forma
tion.
It appears from the concurring opin
ion written by Judge Hook that the
company cannot do business under any
other form with the object of stifling
competition. He says on this subject
that it is thought that with the end
of the combination the monopoly will
naturally disappear, but should it not
do so and the members of the combina
tion retire from it, except one who
might perpetuate the monopoly by the
aggregation of the physical properties
and instrumentalities, it would consti
tute a violation of the decree of the
court.
In the trial the point was made that
the Standard Oil company was a ben
eficient corporation in that it, by rea
son of . economy in operation, reduced
the price of its product. This, Judge
Hook holds, can have no weight.
FOR DRASTIC ACTION
DIE OF SUFFOCATION.
URGED TO USE BIO STICK.
Lords AM Crisis.
London, Novle United King
dom is more aj la polities now
than for man and the week
will witness $minstioo of the
fierce, warfare ie budget. The
home of lordjtpeeted to vote
Thursday on tioa of the bud
get. Muit It dtbe upper house
will speak. ljsubery'e efforts
for the Cunacfuad those of the
l arl of llatsi
Sa.te4 with
a the Liberals are
interest.
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London Wants Taft to Keep Peace in
Central America.
London, Nov. 23. Nothing could be
more agreeable to Europe, so far as
Central American affairs are concerned,
than such a turn of events on the Nic
araguan coast as would give Washing
ton good grounds for drastic action.
"It is to be hoped," says the London
Hoview, "that Mr. Roosevelt did not
take the 'big stick' with him to Africa,
and that President Taft knows where
to lay his hands on it.
"There may be two opinions as to
the expediency of wielding it in inter
nal concerns, such as corporation ag
gressiveness, like the Standard oil, and
corporation iniquity, like the American
sugar. That is for the Washington
administration to eay.
"But if the United States is to en
force the Monroe docti.ne and main
tain the hegemony of the western
world, the plainest of plain duties to
the rest of the universe requires that
the brawling Latin states near the
isthmus be flogged into some sense of
discipline."
Taft for Fighting Navy.
Norfolk, Va., Nov. 22. "The navy
should not only be worth securing, but
should be able to fight." President
Taft aroused enthuoiasm today by mak
ing this statement in an Bddruss be
fore the Atlantic Deeper-Waterways
association convention. The president
declared Hampton Roads and Chesa
peake Bay should be protected by an
island fort erected midway between
the Vickinia capes. Mr. Taft regarded
the Norfolk navy yard as probably the
most important base in the country
and Hampton Roads as the greatest
point of naval rendezvous.
Steel Men Not Guilty.
Boston, Nov, 22. A verdict of not
guilty was ordered by the court in the'
case of five of the many defendant
companies and individuals after the
state had rested its case in the trial
of the famous steel contract collusion
case today. Those found not guilty by
the court's order are the Berlin Con
struction company, a New York cor
poration; the BrovKetchum Iron
works, the United Construction com
pany, Frederick N. Rosk and James II.
Powers. The charge was collusive bid
ding on public contracts.
Has Rste Bill In View.
Kansas City, Mo., Nov. 22. Modifl
estion of the interstate commerce act
to obtain reasonable basse of rates to
all and fairnem of practices la the op
eration of interstate railways was sug
gested by Attorney General Oeorge W.
wickerihain in an tiJren tonight at
the ansual banquet of the Commercial
club, j(iven in eomwemorttiou of the
signing of the John Day commercial
tieaty. Mr. Wickerslam reipouded to
the tuait, "The Intentate Commerce
CoiuuiUiion."
Taft iii:u$ Trvute Duties.
Hsiiiploa, Va , Nov. S3. I'roildent
TM ludar luuk up hit djt ss a
ii.riuUr of L mti cf iruattm tf
JUuijtoa Normal aul A jriruJl ufl lu
itiui. Ike f i-1 is an .'l
iraiM-i Iba uiS it ) it'J jat r al schovlt
Las lUiKjlvS 4 Twekte.
Americans by Zelaya.
NICARAGUA CAUGHT IN THE ACT
President Upholds Causo of Revolt
tioniets and Sett Precedent
in American History.
Death In Most Agonising Forms Indl
cated at Cherry, 111.
Cherry, I1L, Nov. 22. Andrew
Tall Inquires About Execution cl 22212
recovery of bodies is necessarily . slow
on account of the fire still burning
slightly Ih some parts of the mine.
Bodies of the victims, piled in great
heaps, have been seen, by .firemen in
both the east and west tunnels of. h
second level. It is estimated tHat 75
of the dead are huddled together . in
the west tunnel. The bodies of two
men, believed to be Andrew 'Donovan
and his eon, were found clasped in each
other's arms in the east tunnel. They
have not been brought up yet. The
bodies of the victims are all burned
black, but it is said that in most casee
the features are intact. When ithe 'res
cuers descended this morning into the
main shaft they brought eight badly
charred bodies to the surface, making
a total of nine recovered. One was
recovered yesterday. - .
The fire, after raging furiously since
last Saturday, has practically burned
itself out, and it is believed the work
of recovering the dead will henceforth
be comparatively easy.
When the rescue party, headed by
Mine Inspectors Taylor and Moses,
reached the 200 foot level this morn
ing they found a number of victims
huddled together. Appearances indi
cated that the men whose bodies were
found had climbed from lower levels
to the 200 foot station.
The imprints of finger nails were seen
in the palms of their hands. It was
thus indicated that they had suffered
the agonies of suffocation before the
flames had reached them.
THROWING OFF YOKE'
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ilfeslerii Railroads Tire of Doml
nation ojWall Street.
Washington, Nov. 20. Announce'
ment that this government is tired of
the high-handed action of small Cen
tral American republics practically was
contained in a dispatch sent late today
to tne iiluenelds Steamsuip company,
which sought the protection of the state
department from interference by insur
gents now operating against President
Zelaya.
An hour later a peremptory note,
couched in diplomatic language, but
none the less direct, was delivered to
Scnor Felipe Rodrigues, charge d'af
faires of the Nicaraguan legation, de
manding a full and complete explana
tion of the execution of two Americans,
Leonard Grace and Leroy Cannon,
killed by order of Zelaya when they
were found in tne insurgent army.
Pending a satisfactory explanation of
the occurrence, President Taft has re
fused to recognize Isidore Hazera, new
Nicaraguan minister. Mr. Taft is
thoroughly aroused by actions of the
Zolayan government, and apparently is
determined to make tne lives of Ameri
can citizens much safer and much more
respected in Central America than they
have been hitherto.
The attitude of the government was
clearly shown in the dispatch to the
Hluehelus steamship company, the head
quarters of which is in New Orleans.
The compan's steamer was about to
set sail for Bluefields with a miscel
laneous cargo, in which were a number
of rifles and other munitions of war.
The corporation was warned by agents
of the Nicaraguan insurrectionary
forces that the vessel would be liable
to seizure, and the 'steamship people
promptly called on the state depart
ment to declare the protection of this
government in such case?. The state
department replied promptly. The an
swer was the result of a conference be
tween President Taft and Secretary
rvnox and carried run weight.
It gave the Bteamship concern no en
couragement, and practically recognized
the revolutionary forces operating
against the Zelaya administration, a
proceeding for which there probably is
no parallel in tne records of this gov
ernment.
CLAIM AGAINST CHILE.
United States Makes Demand for Set
tlement of Old Case.
Washington, Nov. 20. The Alsop
claim against Chilo for more than
$1,000,000, pending for 35 years, has
assumed a critical stage. Mr. Dawson,
American minister to Chile, is now on
his way to Washington, having left Mr.
Pierpont in charge of the legation.
It is not improbable that, if the
Chilean ..government does not consent
to a final settlement within the next
few days, the American legation in
Santiago will be closed and its archives
placed in the hands of the American
consul for safekeeping. Intimation to
this affect has been given to Minister
Cruz, representing Chile in Washington.
This action on the part of the state
department is not to be taken as an
ultimatum to Chile, but this govern
ment's purpose in withdrawing its dip
lomatic representatives from that coun
try is a protest against Chile's in
terminable delays concerning this claim.
It is not thought probable .that Chile
will willingly continue to be exhibited
before the world as a country which
resorts to every possible effort to avoid
the pa3rment of admittedly just debts.
Only a week or ten days ago Minister
Dawson entered into an agreement with
the Chilean foreign office as to the form
of a protocol which was to be the basis
for a reference of the Alsop claim to
The Hague tribunal.
Ihe Chilean government, however, re
fused to comply with conditions agreed
upon, and in effect repudiated its own
foreign office.
Stock Unpaid, 73 Sued.
Kansas City, Nov. 20. A suit was
filed here today against the Union Life
nsurance company to collect unpaid
stock subscriptions of $175,000, and
asking the appointment of a receiver.
W. S. King, of Memphis, Tenn., and 11
other stockholders from various por
tions of the country are plaintiffs, and
1 3 persons who bad subscribed for stock
are defendants. The principal reason
for the company's failure, the petition
states, is that the state requires a de
posit of $100,000 befora the company
can begin business.
Denver Tongs Warned.
Denver, Colo., Nov. 20. Denver's
Chinatown is in a reign of terror today,
as the result of warnings received from
San Francisco that a band of 30 hatchet
men are en route to Denver to extermi
nate members of the Yee tong, of whom
there are nearly 100 here. This action
is a result of the feud that is now rag
ing in nan rraucisco net ween tue lee
tongs -and the On lick tongs, lee
Ouong, proprietor of a chop suey res
taurant, received a letter yesterday con
taining tho warning. Watch will be
kept for the strange Chinese.
Kin of Dias Breaks Bock.
Enid, Okla., Nov. 20. Vincente Diaz,
who derlari-t he ia the grandson of
1'rrau'ent Diaz, of Mexico, was arrested
here today on a charge nf disorderly
conduct. Failing to gut bonds, be was
put to work on the atn-t-t. Liter be
telegraphed to Mexico City for finan
cial aid, and produced letters and papers
whirh aatiatied the nil re of bis iden
tity. Ia the bel.ef that the young
man's alory waa true, the pulire au
uouneed be woul I be reloaaed. Dial
aid be was the victim ef eircuiuitaitces.
Floods Create llevoe.
Ca e JIaytiaa, Nov, !. Arar1 nj
In a'lvli'ua froiu Mulile ( full, hantu
I .iiii Ui i. the Ys'I'jI r r h uvt
rUftiJ It l4iik ai"l ibiiiiilatxl
lualiy He ikii'i ta. 'J mr ia
auiiii lu n !. JhLabHabtl
GIVEN NEW TRIAL.
Coal Companies Did Not Violate Sher
man Anti-Trust Law.
St. Paul, Nov. 22. Judge Walter H.
Sanborn in the United States circuit
court of appeals today handed down an
opinion setting aside the verdict and
ordering a new trial in the case of the
United States aaginst the Union .Pa
cific Coal company, the Union Pacific
Railway company, the Oregon' Short
Lino, Jgincs M. Moore, and Everett
Buckingham, in which they are charged
with violating the Sherman anti-trust
law by lorming an unlawful combina
tion. While the suit was brought in the
name of the United States, proceed
ings were started by a Salt Lake City
coal dealer named Sharp, who charged
the coal company and the defendant
railways with refusing to sell and haul
coal for him.
Sharp charged that the Union Pacific
Coal company refused to sell him coal,
and that the railways refused to haul
the commodity because he advertised
and sold coal at a lower figure than
his competitors.
Judge Sanborn, in his opinion, holds
that there was no substantial evidonce
of any combination betweon any two
or tne defendants, eitner to refuse to
sell coal to Sharp or to refuse to trans
port it for him. The lower court found
the defendants guilty of violating the
Sherman anti-trust law and imposed u
fine of $1,000 and costs on Moore, and
$3,000 and costs on the other defend
ants.
CHILE WILL CONFER,
LAUNCH MOVEMENT FOR FREEDOM
Rail Chiers Form Board of Control
to Vrtn Favor cf Public Jonn
A. Spoof May Lead.
fhicago, Nov. . 25. A movement
which has not yet Become well defined
is said to have been started to place the
Western railroads in control of West
ern men, so that their policy no longer
will be dictated from Wall street. O-eat
secrecy is being maintained regarding
the subject.
John A. Spoor, president of the Chi
cago Junction road, is said to bo nn
important member of the new coterie of
railway men who will shape the des
tinies of the Western roads. Mr. Spoor
denies a knowledge of anything about
the movement, but his recent entry into
the board of the Chicago Great West
ern road is said to be part of tho plan.
It is the opinion of nearly all West
ern rail presidents thnt an almost con
stant linking of names of Western roads
with' Wall street operators is responsible
in a largo measure for the wave of ad
verse legislation in recent years. As a
matter of fact, the people own most of
the Western roads. Why not let the
stockholders run them instead of Wall
street, operatorsf is the question being
asked.
It is understood that as soon as a suf
ficient number of strong Western busi
ness men have been elected directors
there will be established a pseudo
board of control, which shall shape the
policies of all Western roads insofar as
thoso policies affect tho traveling and
shipping public. In this mrfnner it is
thought tho Western roads can get away
from the' Wall street stigma and so
shape their policies that the public will
understand that the railroad managers
believe, in truth, that the interest of
the; public and of tho railroads is one
and the same.
ON FIRE BEFORE SAILING.
Santiago Regards Note From Washing
ton as Ultimatum.
Santiago, Chile, Nov. 22. The Chil
ean government today opened negotia
tions with Washington with a view to
submitting the Alsop claim of tho
Tjnitod States against Clyle to a spe
cially constituted court of arbitration
at The Hague.
The notification to Chile which is
looked upon here as an ultimatum, has
been seized upon by the sensational
press as cause for agitation.
Great anxiety was felt here because
of the notification, through Chilean
Minister Cruz, at Washington that the
United States would close its legation
at Santiago within a few days unless
the Chilean government consented to
an adjustment of the Alsop claims or
agreed to refer the dispute to The
Hague.
The members of the American colony
here declarod the manner in which the
United States was proceeding was arbi
trary and detrimental to American in
terests in Chile, they have communi
cated with a prominent attorney at
Washington and asked him to use. his
influence in the matter.
Merchants here fear the agitation
will affect American imports adversely.
Senator at Death's Door.
San Francisco, Nov. 19. Thomas
Flint, Jr., a member of the state senate
for 16 years, president protom of that
body for three sessions and twice can
didate for the Itepublican nomination
for governor of California, is critically
ill at Adler's sanitarium here. Little
hope is held for his recovery. Sena
tor Flint came to San Francisco Sat
urday from his home in San Juan, Sun
Benito county, to attend a meeting of
the directory boards of the Masonic
home at De Co to. That evening he
was seized with pneumonia.,
Heney Will Hurry Caaes.
San Francisco, Nov. 19. Francis J.
Heney, former prosecutor in the local
graft cases, started last night for Port
land, where be will immediately take
ui the Oregon land fraud cases, under
his reappointment as special deputy at
torney general. Heney will endeavor
to bring the rase of former Congress
man Bingor Hermann to trial first and
will have it set for trial at the earli
est possible date. He expects to take
up all the cases at once, and said today
that it would be his purpose to dis
pose of all car.es as quickly as possible.
Color Line Causes Suicide.
New Orleans, La., Nov. 19. Edward
Von Bulow, a first eouain of Prince
Von Bulow of Germany, committed
suicide becauae be was arcuaed of
n.arrying an octoroon. Von Bulow was
arreated a week ago charged with vio
lating Ihe law whirb prohibits the in
termarriage of wbitea aud negroea. He
Mas released on b"iil aud three days
agu disappeared. Hia body was found
late yriW-rJjy Ooat.ng la the '
ippi river.
Enforce Bafatjr Appliance Law.
Paa I raotUi-o, Nnv. 'it 1 be ( hi'stfe
L Norlhweatera tailrosl flusd ly
Jwla") Haven i II anrarste coni.li
)iiil lay i'lt vtiiUimm it Ilia law fa
rj.ng auii'iy ipj.ati)ts J Its lo'al
soi'mbt hi !! Hi" 1 1 1 , 1 iyU. 'Ik
Violations Sobalata l bf fa.luie 'O
!'! i-ksl larlcif,
Serious Charges Made In Ease of Burned
Steamer.
Los Angeles, Cal., Nov. 23. Ugly
rumors in connection with the destruc
tion of the steamer St. Croix on Satur
day, six miles off the coast, opposite
Point Dume, are to be investigated by
John Birmingham, supervising inspector
of the United States steam inspection
service, assisted by O. F. Bolles and
John T. Bulger, inspectors of hulls nnd
boilers.
i A rumor emanating from passengers
on the ill fated vessel has it that tho
St. Croix was on fire before it sailed
from San Pedro at 10 o'clock Saturday
morning. Steamship men say that such
a condition could not have existed with
out the knowledge of some member of
the crew.
The failure of the wireless nppnrntus
is one of the mutters that will probalily
be investigated thoroughly.
According to the chief engineer, the
pumps were working when the ship was
abandoned, and if it were so, the dyna
mos supplying current for the opera
tion of the wireless apparatus must
have been in running order. That this
apparatus was tampered with is
charged. Tho St. Croix carried no
freight in her hold by which sponta
neous combustion m'ight have been
caused. '
A San Francisco dispatch quotes
Charles TI. Hamilton, one of the owners,
as saving that the Ht. Croix carried
$175,000 insurance. When in Alaskan
waters the vessel was insured for ap
proximately $125,000.
The vessel was estimated to be worth
between $125,0"0 mid S 150,0110.
Congressman Dies a Hero.
Kansas City, Nov. 2.'t. Tt was in a
vain efl'ort to save the life of his little
grandson that Congressman David A.
DeArmond, of tho sixth Missouri dis
trict, perished in a fire that destroyed
his liiime in Butler, Mo., early today.
The heroittn of the congressman was
made known Into this afternoon, when
DeArmond 's body was found. He hail
caught up the ti year old lad, David A.
DeArinnud, Jr., and rushed with him
through the flames that filled his room.
He fell with his unconscioiiH burden,
nnd both sank through the floor to quick
di-ath.
Nourmahal Is Safe.
New York, Nov. 2.1. The Astor
yacht puzzle is solved. Mail from Colo
nel John Jacob Astor and his party
readied Now York today on the insular
line Nteainer Harry Liickenbach, which
sailed from Han Juan, I. It., November
17. The letters indicate there was no
unusual incident aboard the yacht. On
that date an officer from the yacht
Nourmahal came aboard the I.niki-n
bach with mail just before the latter
sailed for New York. This officer told
Captain James Dalton, of tin- I.iicken
barli, that the Nouruiahul was fo kail
next for Cuban ports.
East Objects to Rates.
New York, Nov. "5. Delegations
fifiin ten chamber' of commerce and
board of trade of KtiHlern cities met
today to consider the new freight rates
proposed by railroads of the Norhwia-t,
as a result of the famous Spokane raft)
case decision. A committee was ap
pointed to report on a plan for the cre
ation it a central traffic bureau to pro
tect the interests of the East. Com
mercial organizations of this territory
already have intervened in proceeding
before the interstate comuiisaiou.
World Is Olveo Message.
Geneva, Nov. 2-1. Count Lo Tolstoi
ha given another message to the
world. At a meeting In liienne, when
Ion Hwix and foreign delegates were
assembled, Tolstoi's messagu was read
amid great enthusiasm. Tolstoi k
.rul to good to use of the (moplo to
refuse to serve as soldiers, either vol
uniarily or under pressure, even if t but
refusal entails punisbinsii t. Killing by
oldiura, be assarts, is a criitilu) set.
Mars Needs f'laar Air.
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WHO MAKES BUBGLABS' JQTSf
Vew Shops Where the Jimmy Cm
De nought.
Every little while, said a London
oetectlve, recently, the pollco arrest
a man with a set of burglar's tools in
his possession, and one naturally won
ders where they all come from. It is
easy to buy a gun of any description,
and the most reputable pereon would
not be alarmed to be seen purchasing
the most wicked looking knife ever
made, but who would Vnow where to
get a Jimmy or a device for drilling
Into a safe or any of the many tools
used by the professional burglar In the
pursuit of his calling?
There probably are places In the
large cities where these, things are
made and sold to the user, but such
plaees are exceedingly scarce. It may
seem a little strange to learn that
most of the tools used In burglaries
are made by mechanics who are look
ed upon as respectable men In the
community. When a burglar wants
any particular tool made he goes to
a mechanic who can do the Job, and
pays him perhaps five times what It
la actually worth for making the tool
and keeping quiet about it. Many de
tectives can recall rases of this kind
that have come to light in London.
One In particular occurred some
years ago, when an escaped convict
named Williams went to a blacksmith
In the East End and got him to make
a lot of drills to be used In safe crack
ing. He personally superintended the
tempering of the steel, but when the
Job was nearly completed It leaked
out, and Williams was arrested. In
this Instance the blacksmith knew
nothing of the use to which the tools
were to be put. Most of the tools used
by burglars are secured In the same
way. '
The only regular establishment ever
discovered where they were made was
In the East End. This was years ago,
and the place was soon pounced upon.
The New York Building Code, sec
tions 153-155, provides that, on the
refusal of an owner of an unsafe
building to make It safe or remove
it, a report of the building shall be
made to a court, which, if It finds
that the building Is unsafe, shall com
mand the commissioner of buildings to
take It down or make It Bate, and that
the expense thereof shall constitute
a lien on the premises. Section 157
provides that If a building collapses
the city may remove the debris, to be
paid for out of the fund, under sec
tion 158. In the case of In re Jenkins,
115 New York Supplement, 885, such
provisions are construed by the New
York Supreme Court, and It Is held
that the city has no Hen on property
for expenses Incurred In removing de
bris of a collapsed building and the
bodies of people burled beneath the
ruins, and Is directly liable to the
contractor employed to do the work.
The Maine Supreme Court's refer
ence In a previous decision to a search
warrant as "a sliarp and heavy police
weapon to be used most carefully lest
It wound the security or liberty of the
citizen." Is fully Justified by the con
duct of the officers as related In Buck
ley vs. Beaulleu, 71 Atlantic Reporter,
70. Under the authority of a warrant
to search certain premises for Intoxi
cating l.quors, and armed with axes,
pickaxes and cro.vbars, they entered
the house and nide a search from
attic to cellar, and even dug Into the
floor of the cellar. On finding no
liquors, and strongly suspecting they
were somewhere concealed about the
house, they broke Into and tore out
a strip from the Interior walls of the
rooms below stairs entirely round each
room, and dropped the debris upon the
floors and rarpcts. All this was done
In the hope of finding, not the liquors,
but some pipe or other clue leading
to the liquors. The officers then de
parted, leaving the occupants to re
move the debris, and leaving the plain
tiff, the owner, to restore his house
and make It again habitable. Such
conduct was declared by the court to
be unlawf-il, and such a search en
tirely unreasonable and In excess of
the officers' authority. It was no de
fense to an action for damages that
they acted In good faith, In the full
belief that the occupant was keeping
liquors In the house in violation of the
law.
FACTS I3J TABLOID FORM.
I'uaala rr lha Pulleemasi.
An amusing adventure happened on
one occasion to Dr. Clifford when he
was conducting a series of services In
Birmingham. Arriving a few minutes
before the commencement, the doctor
waa refused admission by the police
man at the door.
"I want to go In." said Dr. Clifford.
"Are you a seat holderT asked the
official.
"No, I am notr
"Then you can't go In."
"I think," remarked the famous pas
sive reslster. "that there will be room
for me In the pulpit."
"I am not so sure of It," retorted
the other.
"But I am Dr. Clifford; nnd I am
due to preach In another minute and
a half."
"Oh. are your said the Incredulous
policeman. "I have let In two Dr.
';ilffordH already." Woman's Life.
This VaU of tears.
The news that science had at length
discovered the means of destroying the
germ of the laxt III which flesh was
belr to called forth rapturous re
joicings throughout the world.
"Henceforth perfect health will
reltw universally!" people everywhure
ei'Ialmed and gave themselves up to
congratulations.
But that was not to be In the very
neit day's paper was the account of
somebody laving Invented a mil ro
se ope wi powerful as to reveal a lot
more germs, wblth meant, of course,
(bat It would be no lime at all until
everybody was sl k sgaln I'uik
The Collre, ,f Iftrd Kuixki list
Ulif hluiniil it iiiesfii (ii fit IbtQ
any Institution e ki.oaj cf
VYbaU b loan tbss lu buttl
. Lee hvIKe Lt UI
The first bicycle with pedals wa
made about 1840.
Nearly two million dollars' worth
of tea was exported from Shanghai
to the United States In 1908.
The University of Bonn, Germany,
for the first time, this summer reached
and passed the 4,000 mark In the num
ber of students.
German physician baa found
germ-free horse or cattle serum an '
excellent application for stopping
bleeding of the nose or hemorrhages
In general.
Herbert Samuel, who was recently
named as chancellor of " Lancaster,
with a seat in the cabinet, is the first
Jew to attain to that distinction In
England.
A big fortune awaits the man who
rediscovers the lost art of the' Sara
cens, who made sword blades so keen
that they could cut in two the best
Sheffield blades of the present day.
Full of 7,eal. the country convert in
his first prayer meeting remarks offer
ed himself for service. "I am ready
to do anything the Lord asks of me,"
said he, "so long as it's honorable."
In the United States of Colombia $1
In gold Is worth $102 of the national
paper currency. The Colombian ex
port duty on cowe has been reduced
from $612 currency ($6 gold) to $102
($1 gold).
Rrftatn la at last awakening to the
absolute necessity of progress and the
highest kind of knowledge. British
universities are opening terJjr,'. col
leges rivaling the greit German poly
technics.
Two Cockney "lldies" were dlscuse-lna-
each other publicly. One said
something about the other's "Jaw," or
"Jore." "Gam," answered her oppon
ent, "you've got enough Jaw for two
sets of teeth, you "ave."
By way of expediting the transmlsv
Rlon of letters, the Belgian postal au
thorities hsve recommended that all
letters Intended for Brussels should be
Inclosed In red envelopes, those for
other Belgian points In yellow, and
foreign letters In green envelopes.
At th hnnnuets of the eighteenth!
century the man who carved needed
to know words as well as the use or
Vnlvea. Venison he "broached," the
pheasaht he "allayed," the rabbit and
woodcock he "unlaced" and the cram
hn "tamed." Dismembering a swan
was "lifting" him, and the crane un
der his knife was being "dlsplayea.
The peacock was "disfigured."
"Tea," says the London Chronicle,,
in ih s-nrrinn is one of the best-estab-
llshed of our mid-Victorian Institu
tions. Mr. B. V. Lncas, who Is a con
noisseur of the caddy, recalls In bis-
essay, "The Divine L,eai," a siory
the late Arthur Cecil, who once en
countered the following Inscription in
e-arrtan at Kew: 'Tea. plain, Gd.;
Tea. with shrimps, 9d.; Tea, with chil
dren, Is.'"
"Biscuit" was until the eighteenth
century spelled "blsket." as still pro
nounced, the current spelling being
merely a senseless adoption of the
modern French spelling without its
pronunciation. "Blsket" originally
munt a twice-baked bread of the kind
alluded to by Shakespeare In "As You
Like It," where the melancholy
Jacques Informs the duke that hl
"brain Is as drle as the remainder
blsket after a voyage." (
"Grass widow" is not necessarily sv
slang term. It appears In the mar
riage register of Halstead, Essex, Eng
land, as early as 1654. It Is said to
be a corruption of "grace widow" and
dates from the days when divorce
were granted only by the authority of
the church. The woman who was .o
empowered to separate from her hus
band was commonly called a grace
widow, and from this the expression
gradually gained lta present meaning .
and spelling.
A Phlladelphlan who was formerly a
realdent of a town in the north ot
Pennsylvania recently visited his old
home. "What has become of the Hoov
er family?" he asked an old friend.
"Oh." answered the latter, "Tom Hoov
er did very well. Got to be an actor
out west. Bill, the other brother, le
something of an artlat In New York,
and Mary, the sister. Is doing literary
work. But John never amounted to
much. It took all he could lay his
hands on to support the others "
Four railroads, according to "The
Black Diamond," the official organ of
the coal trade, have closed contract
for approximately five hundred thous
and tons, of coal for use during the
entire year. In and of Itself this Is
probably not Important, because the
coal would have been used whether
purchased on contract or In the open
market. The significance attaching to
the transaction Is that the railroad
had been holding off their purchases
and apparently only rushed to cover
on the eve of what promises to be a
rising market.
Little Robert and "Jim." the grocer's
delivery man, were great friends, and
on the momentous day of Kobeit's
promotion from dresses to knicker
bockers hs waited eagerly In front of
the house for "Jim's" coming. But the
delivery man. when be came, busied
himself about Lis wagon without seem
ing to see anything unusual In bis
small rhuin's appearance. Kobert stood
around hopefully Jn sarlous conscious
positions until he could stand It no
longer. "'Jim,'" be burst out at last.
"Is your horses "frald of pant?"
Everybody's Mainline.
Nobody ever dies In Tombstone un
less -they bring It "within" or fall
Into a sli hundred foot vertical shaft
or buy an automobile or "aaas" their
mother In law or try to thaw out pow
der' or mistake cyanide, of pwlaaaluni
for sugar or atari off a county seat
removal racket, floine die of old age,
some old pailljris of Daniel iloone. but
none has ever been known to die f i una
phyab al Ii reaulai lllos roeitrai led In
Tom Lutein, Ssl.U fioll) the shots ll.tll
(loin . I causes ami o aaloiu'ly an ate
Mutual tilitut'S sl-iol Mia 1 1, Knit,
aoji In t i' t d V s Kill of Miautl M'l'U,
or (loin S -Id taiielil Hi ion gd a hide
li.mW ly a 4. I c-ii.t-.U us (Altai
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