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THE MORNING ASTOU1AN. AfcT01UA,ORKC,ON. THURSDAY, APRIL 6, 1005. 2 Ill AHOGANY COMPANY Three Small Creditors File Pe tition in Bankruptcy. RECEIVER BEEN APPOINTED Company Organized to Exploit Mahog any Timbor Lands in Cuba and Mex ico Art Aliased to Be Bankrupt ana Security Bond Ar Worthies. - New York, April 5. Three small creditors have filed a petition in bank ruptcy against the International Ma hogany Company, organised 18 months ago with a capital stock of $3,500,000 to exploit large tracts of mahogany tim ber In Cuba and Mexico, Judge Holt of the United States district court ap pointed John B. Lord receiver of the assets with a bond of 25.C00. Council for the creditors stated that the company owns a large tract of land near Caibarlen and Moron. Cuba, In which $200,000 has been invested, and that bonds have been issued on the property to the Knickerbocker Trust Company, which now holds & mortgage on all the assets of the company in ' Cuba. The company has a large I amount of mahogany wood at Green j Point, Brooklyn, on which liens have I Kon lvfn for monev advanced to the amount of $50,000, held by four bRnks. j Including Mobile. Ala., and Cincinnati. O., institutions. The free assets consist, they said, of the office furniture valued at $1000. The attorneys said that It was hard to estimate what the possibile equity of j Tthe company might be in the properties arter paying uie uens. me Cuba and Mexico, being In foreign countries, cannot be taken by the re ceiver appointed here. Officials of the company expect to reorganise and pay its debts. made, but the interested parties have already closely figured the present worth of the several properties mak ing up the value of the estate and in their opinion it will not fall below the amount mentioned. Xccordlng to Mrs. Stanford's will. $3,125,000 is to go for legacies and be quests. This wll leave a residue of not less than $3,875,000, all of which by the terms of the will Is to go to swell the funds of the Stanford unt. verslty. HERADITORY. Democratio Candidate for Governor Arretted for Embewlement. . New Haven, Conn.. April 5. Judge S. I Bronson of this city, candidate for governor on the democratic ticket in the state election of 1900, is made defendant in a suit of $1,100,000 dam ages, brought by Miss Susan Bronson of Waterbury, an aunt of the defend ant, who alleges that as her agent and attorney for 10 years defendant fallej to make an accounting of the affairs of her estate. STEAMER OREGON. Steamer Has Been Repaired and Will Leave for Portland Friday. San Francisco, April 5. The steamer Oregon, damaged by Are while on the way from here to Astoria and Portland a few weeks ago has been repaired here at a cost of about $23,000 and will Kill Friday for Astoria. ARE STILL GRINDING Chicago Grand Jury Investigating Alleged Beef Trust. PRICES PAID FOR LIVE STOCK Witnesses Who Can Give Grand Jur Details ae to the Price Paid by the Packer for Livestock Will Be Sub poaned to Appeal Before the Jury. ' Mysterious Death. Holland. Mich., April 5. A master? develops here with the arrival from Las Vegas, N M., of the body of Chaa. Defeyter. Relatives of the young man understood that he had been killed in a railroad wreck. When the body ar rived the words "Died of Gunshot Wounds" were found penciled on th, rough box enclosing the casket. An investigation has been started. RAILROAD PRESIDENT PINCHED. Ht Is Charged With Grand Larceny of Funds of Company. ' New York, April 5. Dewltt Smith, president of ft railroad construction company, has been arrested by an at tache of the district attorney's office on a warrant charging grand larceny. A large sum Is said to be involved. The complaint against Smith was charged the prisoner with misappropri ating funds of the Stokes estate. The specific sum mentioned In the com plaint was $24,000, but rt was said thai an accounting was to be asked for nearly $1,000,000. Issuance of the warrant followed a conference of an hour's duration be tween magistrate Cornell and counsel for the Stokes interests. Definite In formation was refused however by all of the parties in the case and great secrecy surrounded the arrest. GERMANY'S POLICY Moroccan Policy Outlined to the United States. GERMANY FOR OPEN DOOR Germany Makes no Mention of France in the Memorandum, But Prefers to Secure the Indorsement of This Gov ernment Under Instructions. JUMPED THE ROPE. Foolish Girl in New York Tries to Be Champion. New York, April 5. Louise Rivers of New Rochelle, 11 years of age, has sacrificed her life in a successful at tempt to become the skipping rope champion of her neighborhood. To jump the rope 200 times has long been the championship record of the district The child has often tried in vain to exceed it. When she began jumping in her last attempt, Louise looked as well as usual. As she ap proached the 200 mark, she was pale and tired, but she doggedly kept on Jumping. At 21S the girl fell, screaming with pain and died shortly afterwards at the hospital. The doctors found she " had been attacked by acute appendicitis. Washington, April 5. Germany to day clearly outlined to the United States her Moroccan policy. Acting under instructions from Berlin, Buron I Speck von Sternberg, German ambas sador, called at the war department and left with Secretary Taft a memo, randum to this effect: "Germany stands for un open door In Morocco as in the far east, and for the preservation of status quo and for a safeguard for commercial trade and interests, not only of Germany, but of all the trading nations of the world." Secretary Taft, without ommltting this government on the subject, thanked Ambassador von Sternberg, and promptly forwarded the memoran da to President Roosevelt. Germany makes no mention of France In the memorandum, nor does Hhe request an expression of views b the United States. This Information has been conveyed to the United States because of the sensational reports about Germany's attitude. THE JEWS' FRIEND. Israel Zangwell States That Roosevelt Is Friend of the Jews. London, April 5. Spetiking at a recent banquet In London, Isra"l Zang will declared that in the whole history of the world the Jews never had a better friend than President Roosevelt. Referring to Groat Britain's ofTr of territory in East Africa he snid the bulk thereof micht be of use for rais ing goats, but it was doubtful whether a settlement 500 miles from the sea offered sufficient biisis for :i prosper ous Jewish colony. "If England really wished to offer a solution of the Jewish question," said Mr. Zangwill, "she should enable them to expand under the same self-govern ment condltjons over a considerable adjoining area, so they might be in spired to colonization on a great scale. STANFORD ESTATE. Property Inventoried) and Appraised at Seven Millions. San Francisco,' April 5. The Ex aminer says: It is now known that Mrs. Jane Lath rop Stanford left an estate valued at $7,000,000. A formal Inventory has not yet been Trnvetliis Companion. An px'(-!lt'iit k-t of a friend Is the making of a j mnnv in his company. Many who urc mou agreeable amid the little events of every day at home or la an accustomed round are unable to withstand the petty annoyances that come with travel the deferred meals, early rising, loss of sleep, the minor discomforts we all have suffered. But none of these affects the temper of a favorite book. It Is ever ready for your amusement, yet never resents being put asidf?. It has no choice as to your route and asks no more than a little corner of your traveling bag, or, at a pinch, will go Into a pocket as snugly as a pet squirrel. The London Acad emy says: ' Indeed, of all traveling comrades book are the most genial anu the most gentle; not books of travel they are for the home fireside but tales that have for background the scenery you are looking upon or histories which deal with men and women who bare dwelt and worked lu the cities you are rlHlting.MKt. Nicholas. A Daredevil Ride. often ends in a sad accident To heal accidental Injuries, use Bucklen's Ar nica Salve. "A deep wound In my foot from an accident," write Theodons Schuele of Columbus, O., "caused me great pain. Physicians were helpless, but Bucklen's Arnica Salve quickly healed it" Soothes and heals burns like maklc. 25c at Chas. Rogers, drug gist ' . Chicago, April 5. The prices paid for livestock by the packers, the al leged rebates granted the packers by the railroads for handling the same and the private accounts of some of the packers are to be closely Inquired Into within the next few days by the federal grand Jury who are Investi gating the so called beef trust. Another phase of the question of alleged combination of some packers in violation of the Sherman anti-trust law and Judge Grossoup's injunction which Is the question to be Inquired into Is the price paid by wholesale dealers to packers fur meats. Wit nesses who can give the Jurors details and accurate Information along these lines have been subpoenaed and ap peared at the Investigation today. Some of the witnesses test tried and although they refused to make public what they told the Jury. It Is said lh:it a large amount of data valu able to the government was secure from them. More complaints of In terference with witnesses reached the United States attorney. Heathen, and Captain Porter, of the secret service today. The session today was devoted to the examination of men employed In the Chicago stock yards and pack ing houses. THE OTHER MAN'S PLACE. a. Little teesasi the Poller Cbarltf For All. One Irnlny day I boarded a street car for which I bad waited In the Inclem ent weather long enough to ruffle my temper. The conductor stood on the rear platform, and I paid my fare to him there. He then went into the car nd to the forward eud of It ringing' Dp my fare as he went At the next corner another man came aboard and took my place on the plat form, while I went Inside the car. The conductor, well forward In the ear. saw me come In and supposed I was the man who had Just boarded the car. Presently be camp back to me and re quested my fare. "I paid my fare," said I. He looked doubtfully at me a mo ment I didn't like it a bit. I thought I had suffered enough through Wing compelled to wait so long for the car; it seemed like rubbing it in to have the conductor now stand there and by hla manner plainly tell my fellowjmssen- Bern Hint I v:"i m five cciiTTIiliT. "I paid my fare tti you on the plat form when I came aboard," I said. Then lie thought he hud me. , "I ain't bHu on the pin (form stncf you came nlnMrnV he unswrml con fldontly. Now, right here Is where l.luoolu came In and kept me from making a fool of myself. "With niallco toward none, with charity for all," said Ihe grvat, good man, nt a time, too, when he hliasetf wns the target for mure shafts of mnl Joe thHti have ever been hurled by Amerleiuts nt nuy other American. And the echo of the words turned my anger Into charity. I bud only to put myself In the con ductor's place (and that of Itself Is charity) to see that be bad some rea son for doubting me. I had only to recall to mind that Inspector and spot ters nrv watching him and that If he mUses a fare lie may be thought to have stolen it With malice toward none, with chari ty for all, I smiled and took htm In a friendly way by the arm. Lend lug him to the door. I said: "If that iiini lu the brown derby doesn't pay the missing fare I will." The conductor oMMied the door, and the man In Uie browu derby hat past.-' up his nickel. Then the conductor came hack to we and made a manful apology, and with a touch of that greatness which I b:; 1 borrow td from Lincoln for the mom"tt I efised the oor coiidnet.ir'M m;:t:!fest cmlxtrrnssmetit by tdllpg him It: all slticrlty tliiit his mistake wns a per fectly natural one; that had I been In his pliice 1 should probably have made It Just us be did mid llimlly tli.it no body but u very foolish nmu would take offense nt It. Yet, dear render, I don't mind confid Ing to you that I came all fired near to being thnt very foolish man. So by the aid of that momentarily borrowed greatness I made a friend In stead of an enemy-two friends. I may almost say, for I was on much more friendly terms with myself than I should have been If I had let my un charitable passions rise. Little matter, wasn't HT Well, how many little matters make a big matter? Brooklyn Eagle. oateCGTFEE Always the same. Not up then down. Not good today .g bad tomorrow. "P' sjjjn Aroma -r fr V tight JiJ i? Una. sSOffttj J. A. Folder (XX Co. Eete-bMafcexl l 150 San FrameU TO OUR READERS BOOTH TARKINGTOlfS Great American Story THE GENTLEMAN FROM INDIANA Will be published in this paper beginning in a few days. We are not going to say much about if and we will tell you why. If we describe the story as it is you will say before you have read it that we have greatly exaggerated. Af ter you have read it you will say we failed to do it justice. It is the story of a fearless editor who incurred the hatred of white caps and was murderously attacked by , them, and but we must not say what came of it, for that would be telling, and would take away from your pleas ure in reading it. It pictures vividly a l A&&Z chase of life which is vv tff: ? H too common in Ameri ca. It ought to be read by every man who loves his country and by every person who loves a lover for the hero is a passionate lover, whose love mak ing is superb. We know you will read it If you dip into the first chapters and our word for it, you will enjoy it as you have seldom enjoyed a story. At G I M R Boots and Shoes Has always iu stock a fine assortment of o o o w o 0) o ft! o BALL BRAND RUBBER BOOTS. Call and See. Bond Street. o 1 BENTON'S NEW VALVELESS GASOLINE MARINE ENGINE. Simple and Reliable. Latest Cut. mm Un Peril o;CI.Oet UiiWuflnj' ferti. More Power with Um Cwlht. l!m"l ii Oeiollnc. T CO rry,c Underwrite! Con trol Quid ExhsutL . . . 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