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MORE LIGHT ON STANDARD Profits of the Indiana Company More Than 1,000 Per Cent. DEFIES TEXAS LAWS. Was Much Juggling With Books to Cover Up Real Extent of Earn ings Indiana Concern Biggest Producer of the Subsidiary Com panies. New York, Sept. 19. More light was shed upon the remarkable earning ca pacity of the various subsidiary com panns ot the Standard UU company yesterday when Frank 0. Kellogg, who is conducting the federal suits, euc ceedod in placing upon the record the profits of 17 of the principal subsidiary companies in theyears 1903 and 1906 The statement of earnings of the Stand arc! un comany ol Indiana, which was recently fined $29,240,000 by Judge Lindis, of Chicago, for rebating, die- closed that in 1906 the company earned 110,516,082 on a capitalization of $1, 000,000, or over 1,000 per cent a year The Indiana company in 1906 earned more than any subsidiary company of the big combine. Mr. Kellogg developed during the day, while Claronce G. Fay, assistant comptroller of the Standard Oil com pany, was on the stand, a curious prob lem of financial bookkeeping or hand ling of accounts, which Mr. Fay failed to explain. From figures submitted it was shown that the Standard Oil com pany ol JNew lork in lU4 made a pro fit of $7,775,760, and paid as dividends to the Standard Oil company of New Jersey the total sum of $32,998,430 This transaction reduced the net assets of the New York company from $40, 425,900 to $15,179,706, while the lia bilities leaped from $47,646,235 in 1903 to $81,895,145 in 1904, an increase of nearly $34,000,000.' The gross assets of the New York company, however, in creased from $88,04,561 in 1903 to $96,574,852 in 1904. Meanwhile the accounts receivable of the Standard Oil company of New Jersey grew from $19, 045,041" in 1903 to $58,272,924. Mr. Fay was closely questioned as to the nature of the increased liabilities of the New York company, and the in crease in the accounts receivable of the Standard Oil company, of New Jersey, but he said he could not tell until be had examined the books of both com panies, which he told Mr. Kellogg he would do. LOOT OF ROBBERS $40,000. -Currency Stolen In Montana Train Hold-Up. Spokane, Wash., Sept. 19. Forty thousand dollars in currency, the greater part of which was in bills of large denomination, ia now declared to be the haul made by the robbers who held up the Great Northern Oriental limited train near Rexford, Mont., on the morning of September 11. This money, according to reports re ceived here, was consigned by the Com mercial National bank, of Chicago, to the Old National lank, of this city. In spite of the fact that the money was consigned to the Spokane bank, the robbery will not cost the bank a cent ,-aa the money was fully insured in one of the big Eastern companies. The money stolen is said to have been in fjur registered packages, each packace containing $10,000. These were in the car which was dynamited by the rub bers. From the investigation of the officials it is believed the $40,000 was practically the full amount secured by the robbers. "The Old National bank knows noth ing of the loss of such a shipment other than that inquiries have leen made as to whether it was received here oi not," said W. J. Kommers, assistant cashier of the institution. "The Commercial National bank, of Chicago, may be tracing such a ship ment, but we know nothing of it. The bank is net our Chicago correspondent." Nebraska Fears Disease. Lincoln, Neb., Sept. 19. Fear of an epidemic of beriberi, a disease with which 20 Japanese laborers of Alva are afllicted, prompted City Physician Flattery today to order an inspection of the Orientals in this city, and he will try to have it extended to the entire county. Dr. W. L. Wilson, state health inspector, visited the camp at Alva and ordered the afllicted laborers segregated. No official action on the part of the state board of health has been taken. Many Japanese are em ployed near Lincoln. Flour Trust Raises Prices. San Francisco, Sept. 19. The flour trust has raised the priie of flour 20 cents a barrel, or 5 cents a sack. The trust has also notified the grocers that they must charge the consumers this advance. All the principal flour mills in this and neighloring cities belong to the trust. While formerly the price of a sack of flour wad $1.55, the new order provides that the consumer shall hereafter pay $1.60 a sack for the same Hour. Standard Oil Does Business in State Under Alias. New York, Sept. 20. That the Standard Oil company is operating un der the name of the Corsicana Refining company in the state of Texas, which has forbidden the oil combine to op erate within the state, was indicated yesterday when Wesley H. Tilfcrd, treasurer of the Standard Oil company, under examination in the government's suit against the company, testified that II, C. Folger and C. M. Payne, whom Mr. Kellogg, the attorney for the gov eminent, states, control the Corsicana company, are prominent in the conduct of the affairs of the Standard Oil com any. Mr. Kellogg sought to draw from the witness the information that the Corsi cana company was really a Standard Oil company and was operating in Texas because the anti-trust laws of that state would not permit the com bine to operate. Mr. Tilford replied that as far as he knew the Standard Oil company had no interest in Texas. He said that Mr. Folger and Mr. Payne were both officers of the Standard Oil company, but he was not aware that they owned the Corsicana company. Mr. Kellogg spent a busy day tracing the various changes in development of Standard Oil from the time of its in- ception in 1882, when the trust was formed, until the trust was dissolved in 1899 and the Standard Oil company of New Jersey was formed. Mr. Kellogg developed many of his questions from the trust agreement of 1882, which was contained in the bill of complaint filed in St. Louis last December, when the present action was commenced. HAPPENINGS GATHERED IN AND AROUND WASHINGTON. D. C. DEMOCRAT FOR GOVERNOR. an GARFIELD LEARNS TRUTH. WIPE OUT STOCK DISEASE. Bona Fide Settlers Crowded Irrigation Tracts. Washington, Sept. 20. Speculators are overrunning government irrigation projects, crowding out bona fide settlers and are undertaking to hold land until after water is turned on, when they propose to sell at a good profit. This fact was discovered by Secretary Gar field and Director Newell on their re cent tour thrjugh the West, and in some localities it was found that a ma jority of the entries had been made by persons who intend to sell out, and who have no Idea of making perma nent homes on the land. Jlow to eliminate speculators is a problem on which the department is now working. The most feasible plan at hand appears to be the requirement that all settlers on land under govern ment projects be compelled to pay one tenth of the cost of their water right at the time they make filing in the local land office. Usually tho first payment is not demanded until one year after water is delivered on the land. At Jiuntley, Montana, advance pay ments were required and in confe quence that is the only prcject in the West that is free from speculators. Mr Garfield is expected soon to take some action looking to checking speculators. Out of I Forest GO FROM PHILIPPINES. to NEGOTIATE WITH ROOSEVELT. Operators Seek Arbitration Rumors of Dissention in Ranks. New Ycrk, Sept. 20. -Conflicting re ports regirding the possibility of an early settlement of the telegraphers' strike were current tonight. From one unofficial source it was given out that direct negotiations had been opened with President RooBevelt, seeking his aid in bringing about arbitration. Ac cording to this authority, Percy Thomas, of the national union, and Daniel L. Russell, ex-president of the New York local, had a two-hours' talk with the president at the latter's home Oyster Bay, on Wednesday last This could not be confirmed tonight, but Mr. Russell did say: Ihe inont important action taken n connection with the strike was made n Wednesday, and we are satisfied that it will bring a speedy and satisfac tory settlement. ' Mr. Russell, who is also chairman of the local strike committee, added that word had reached him late tonight that wo members of the union had gone to Washington to see Labor Commissioner Neil t and to express to the commis sioner dissatisfaction with the conduct of the Btrike. WARRANTS FOR GRAFTERS. Builders and Architects of Pennsyl' vanla Placed Under Bond. Philadelphia, Sept. 20. Warrants reached this city late this afternoon from Harrisburg for the arrest of Geo. F. Payne, builder of the state capitol, Charles G. Wetter, his partner, and Stanford Lewis, an associate of Archi tect Huston, who planned the capitol Counsel for Payne and Wetter waived hearings and bail for Payne was fixed at $10,000 and for Wetter at $9,000, Counsel for Lewis accepted service in hia behalf and furnished $4,000 bail for his client's appearance in court. Payne is 8a id to be ill at Mount Clemens, Mich. Warrants for George K. Storm and John C. Niedeier, of New York, stock holders in a concern which manufac tured the lighting fixtures of the capi tol, also arrived here today, riie men are supposed to be in New York and it is stated that unless they accept service the warrants will be served in that city. Newspapers Will Fight. New Ycrk, Sept. 20. The annual meeting of the rnemlere of the Associ ated Press was held at the Waldorf Astoria hotel here. Those in attend ance numbered 250, while probably 400 others were represented by proxy. The business transacted was of a purely rou tine nature, except a change in the date of the annual meeting from the third Wednesday in September to the third Tuesday in April. A resolution ap proving the course of the officers of the association in dealing w ith the strike of telegraphers was unanimously adopted. Orders Send Infantry and Cavalry Other Ports. Washington, Sept. 18. According to orders issued today by Acting Secretary of War Oliver, the following military disposition will be made within the next four months: The Fourth, Four teenth and Twenty-third infrantry regi ments and the First cavalry will return from the Philippines and their places will be filled by the Second, Eighth and Twenty-fourth infantry and the Third cavalry. Another paragraph Of the order relieves the Twenty-second from duty at Fort McDowell, and Presidio at Monterey, Cal., whence they are order ed to Alaska, taking station at Fort William, Fort Egbert, Fort Gibbon, rort St. Michael, and Fort Davis They will relieve at those places the Tenth infantry, which is ordered to take station at Fort Benjamin Harri son, probably constituting the nucleus of the new brigade post at that point The ineteenth infantry battalion at Fort Reno, Oklahoma, is ordered to Fort McKenzie, Wyo., March 1, to re lieve at that point the battalion of the Fourth infantry, which is ordeed to the Philippines. Defense Is Foolish. Washington, Sept. 21 Captain Wil liam Judson, of the engineer corps of the United States army, has issued an extraordinary government document, which threatens to stir up a hornets' nest In an official repoit he criticises naval officers and members of the di plomatic corps and remarks on the "foolishness" of sending battleships to me racinc coast, which do not agree with the president's sentiments in this regard. Judson is one of the officers sent to Manchurria to report on the operations of the Russian and Japanese armies. He takes a fling at the military at taches, declaring they should not be allowed to accompany armies in the field, and tells of the weakness and embarrassments growing out of the Philippines, the Panama canal and the Monroe doctrine. Service Will Furnish Vaccine Free to Stockmen. Washington, Sept. 17. Further evi dence of the government's concern over the improvement of range conditions in the national forests is shown in the an nouneement just made that stock own ers will be furnished free of charge sup plies of vaccine ior the treatment of stock afllicted with blackleg, tubercu loois and other animal diseases. This arrangement has been made by the Forest service with Dr. A. D. Melvin, chief of the bureau of animal industry. htockmen holding permits for graz ing in the national forests will now be furnished with an effective means of combating without cost all of the mcst dangeious diseases to which stock is subject. The vaccine can be obtained simply by applying to the supervisor of the forest upon which the stock is grazed, who will at once forward the approved request to the bureau of ani mal industry, where it will be filled. Full directions will be furnished for its use. The Forest service and the bureau of animal industry are working hard in an endeavor to eradicate cr diminieh the cemmon forms of stock disease found in Western ranges, and their efforts are meeting with much success It is anticipated that a large number of stockmen will avail themselves of this latest offer of assistance, and, as a re suit, the loss of stock will be greatly reduced and range conditions improved Oklahoma Accepts Constitution Prohibition. Oklahoma City, O. T., Sept. 18. Oklahoma's constitution has been adopted by a majority all the way from 50,000 to 70,000, state-wide prohlbi tion has carried and C. N. Haskell Democrat,, has been elected governor of the new state, over Frank Frants, th present territorial governor, according to the limited reports received up to 1:30 o'clock this morning. In every voting precinct there were three ballots for the voter to mark, in Oklahoma City there were four, and the counting process has been extremely slow lhe telegraphers' strike and lack of telephone facilitie have presented the forwarding of returns to either of the political state headquarters here. The ratification of the constitution ia conceded, although the majority was not as large as was expected. The majority in favor of prohibition is placed at 25,000 to 40,000. Chair man Cassidy, of the Democratic com mittee, estimates it at 15,000, and ap proximately the same figures are given out at Kepnblian headquarters. J Anejnew state elected five congress men. Jn the first and Second dis tricts the Republicans expected to elect ex-Delegate to Congress B. S. McGuire and ex-Territorial Governor T. B. Fer guson respectively. The Third, Fourth and Fifth districts had been conceded to the Democrats, whose candidates in the respective districts were James DaveDport, C. D. Carter and Scott Fer ris. ENORMOUS PROFITS. SCHOOL FOR NEW CONSULS Small Hope of Promotion. Washington, Sept. 19. Colonel Me- dorem Crawford, of the artillery corps, united states army now in command at Fort Wadsworth, will retire from act ive service in January next. Colonel Crawford, an Oreeonian by birth, ap pealed to Senator Bourne some time ago in the hope of securing promotion to the grade cf brigadier general before re tirement. The senator took the case up with President Roosevelt and urged Colonel Crawford's promotion in Octo ber, when a vacancy occurs in the grade of brigadier general, but the president. after due consideration, held that an other officer was more entitled to this recognition. Freeze Out Shysters. Washington. Sept. 19. Land Com- missionr Ballinger today issued an or der requiring registers and reeivers of I ment ot the purpose State Department Drills Them Before Sending Them Abroad. Washington, sept, zi. jso more green consuls are to be sent abroad to represent America, if the plans of the State department which have just been put in practice realize expectations Ever since the establishment of the consular service it has been customary to allow a newly appointed consul 30 days with pay before leaving for his post. A room in the department has been equipped as a complete working American consulate, suitable to tran sact tne business ol an American con sul in any part of the world, civilized or uncivilized. Appointees are no longer permitted to spend that 30 days' period in their own way, but are required to report every day at the State department for duty and to spend a certain number of hours in this model consular office, re ceiving instructions and acquainting themselves with every practical detail of a consul's daily work. The best of instruction is provided. Orders to Army Officers. Washington, Sept. 18. Second Lieu tenant George C. Rockwell, Tenth infantry, will proceed to Vancouver barracks and report to the command ing general, Department of the Colum bia, for temporary duty at Vancouver barracks. Contract Surgeon Robert C. Wooley is relieved from duty at Fort Gibbon, Alaska, and will proceed to Fort Davis, Alaska, for duty, relieving Contract Surgeon Albin McD. Coffey, who, upon being relieved, will proceed to Vancouver barracks and will report by telegraph to the adjutant general of the army for further orders. Standard Oil Has Earned Almost 370,000,000 a Year. New York, Sept. 18. Sensational disclosures regarding the fabulous earn ings of Standard Oil were brought out yesterday at the hearing in the suit of the United States 'government to dis solve the corporation . Adroit question ing drew from the reluctant lips of Clarence G. Fay; resident comptroller of the Standard Oil company of New Jersey, the admission that in seven years Standard Oil's total profits amounted to $490,315,734, or some thing over $70,OOC,000 a year. Mr. Fay was also forced to admit that in 1899 the profits were nearly $80,- 000,000 instead of $34,000,000, as set forth on the books of the company. The Standard Oil managed takeover up its great earnings in that year by delib erately failing to credit the earnings of 19 subsidiary companies that contrib uted vast sums to the parent corporation. This is the first time the sompany's earnings have been made public. Figured on the capital stock now out standing this is an annual profit of something over 70 per cent. Figured on the basis of the Standard Oil trust, which had a capitalisation of $10,000, 000 when it was dissolved and reorgan ized into the present company without any additional investment, the annual profit is something like 700 per cent. DOCTORS TO FIGHT PLAGUE. LOOKS INTO GAR SHORTAGE 0. R. & N. Co. Is Not Equipped for Traffic, Says Lane. Interstate Commerce Commissioner Talks Frankly of Conditions in Northwest Thinks Shippers Have Legitimate Cause for Complaint Against Western Roads. Portland, Sept. 17. That the Ore gon Railroad & Navigation company is not adequately equipped to handle the traffic entrusted to it, and that it la the worst offender in this respect In the en tire territory of the Northwestern lines, is the verdict of Interstate Commerce Commissioner Franklin K. Lane, whose Investigations in Portland yesterday in cluded a look into the car shortage. He found the outlook very gloomy in this state. He talked with lumbermen and other shippers during the day, and ex pressed himself freely on this subject last night. TLe car situation is very serious," said he. "Shippers have a legitimate cause for complaint at their inability to get equipment. The railroad men hemselves admit they are unable to handle the traffic offered. The O. R. fc N. seems to be the worst road in this territory as far as car supply goes. There is some complaint of discrim ination in the matter of cars. It is charged that the eastern end of the sys tem is favored as against this end. There is no way to remedy this, except for the roads to get a larger number of cart. Or course the question is sun unsolved whether the O. R. & N. is using all its equipment to the best ad vantage, but there is no doubt that for n originating road, it has too little equipment. "The Northern Pacific last year put into service four times as many new cars as the O.K. A JS . owns today. The 0. R. & N. had on ite line in June of this year about 5,421 cars, of which ,900 were borrowed and 500 its own. The Oregon Short Line owns 7,000 cars and had in June approximately that number on its tracks. The O. R. & N. has 500 cars ordered, and the Oregon Short Line 600. "The managers have on the Southern Pacific system a car pool, by which cars wned by any of the Harriman lines are treated as at home, no matter on which of the allied lines they are, but there is a strong rivalry between all parts of the system to make a showing, that the O. R. & N., which is the worst off for cars of any road in this territory, has a difficult time of its own, owing to its short equipment, keeping within seeing distance of business." in its Blue Re- local landoffiees to prepare applications to make entries and tilings on public land whenever so requested by pros pective entrymen. Blank forms will be supplied for the purpose and service be rendered without charge to entrymen. This order is made to shut out shveter lawyers, who have been charging from $1 to $5 to make out applications for gen try men. Much of their work has been inaccurate. Martyr to Yellow Fever. Washington, Sept. 19. Major James Carroll, surgeon U. S. A., who was a member of the commission which was sent to Cuba to study yellow fever just after the close of the Spanish war, died at his home heie late yesterday. It was his commission that fixed definite ly on the mosquito as the medium of transmission of infection. Dr. Carroll allowed himself to be bitten by a mos quito that had been infected from the three distinct yellow fever cases. He developed the disease within four days after being bitten. Operators' Appeal to Labor. Wahington, Sept 19. The promised appeal of President Small, of the Tele graphers' union, and President Gom- pers, of the American Federation of La bor, to organized labor throughout the country for financial assistance to strik ing telegraphers, was issued today from the federation headquarters. The di rect appeal is signed by Mr. Small. Mr. Goinpers gives a general indorse- of the appeal to friends of labor. Given Four Assistants and duces Work to System. San Francisco, Sept. 17. Four eur geons ol the marine hospital service have been ordered to the assistance of Dr. Rupert Blue, who has been placed by the Federal authorities, at the re quest of the mayor, in charge of the bubonic plague situation in San Fran cisco, l hey are Drs. Creel and voeel. who landed at Seattle last Saturday from the Philippines; Dr. Rucke, de tached fom duty at the Jamestown ex position, and Dr. Roberts, ordered here from Washington. "I consider the situation in San Francisco well worthy of drastic meas ures. I have now assumed full control and established 12 district headquartes in the city. The physician in charge of each district will report to me daily, and hereafter eradication measures will take the form of recommendations by me to the board'of health, which ..last organization will order carried' out. More surgeons of the marine hoepital service will be ordered to my assistance as I need them." DOORS THROWN OPEN. Canada Will Regain Trade of Alaska. San Francisco, Sept. 19. In order to regain, if possible, the Alaska trade, which is worth $15,000,000 a year, the merchants of this city, at a largely at tended meeting yesterday in the cham ber of commerce, authorized a commit tee, representing all the big shipping firms here, to negotiate for the estab lishment oi a direct line of steamers to Nome and the southeastern pointa in the territory. Island Assembly Called. Manila, Sept. 20. The governor general has issued a formal proclama tion convening the national assemhly on October 18. Plans have leen made to render the inauguial session of the assembly a brilliant function. The memlKTS of the Philippine commission Itelieve that there is a prospect of the eat ly passage f a public utilities law, based on the recent railway rate legis lation of congress. An elaborate recep tion will be tendered Secretary Taft. Czolgosz's Parents Poor. Cleveland, O., Sept. 20. M. Czol goss and his wife,Jparent?Jof the assass in of President McKinley, have applied to the city charity department for as sistance. Czolgosz is 83 and bis wife 75 years old. Yellow Fever in Cuba. Washington, Sept. 18. In a dispatch from Havana, Governor Magoon ays that four new cases of yellow fever were discovered in Cienfugoes yesterday ami three today. All are Spaniards except one American soldier, Private William Foster, of the Fifteenth cavalry. Dis covery of these cases is attributed to the increased efficiency of the medical pa trol. There is also one case at Ala cranes and one at Nuea Paz, both Spaniards. Retired Admirals Will Not Command. Washington, Sept. 19. Secretary iUetealf states that no officer on the re tired list would be assigned to the com mand of the Atlantic battleship fleet on its voyage to the Pacific. He made the declaration when his attention was called to published leDorts indicating the possibility of the assignment of Rear Admiral McCalla or Rear Admiral Brownson to the place of Rear Admiral Evans. Both McCalla and Brownson are on the retired list. Order Restored in Honduras. Washington, Sept. 21. Minister Ur garte, of Honduras, has informed the department of state that on Septemler 15 the constitutional regime was re osablished in the republic of Honduras. Agree to Peace Conference. Washington, Sept. 19. A protocol was signed at the state department to day by the diplomatic representatives of the five Central American republics, accepting the invitation of the United States and Mexico to meet here at an early date to negotiate an agreement, providing for permanent peace between the countries represented. Beals Wants Messenger Boy. Washington, D. C, Sept. 17. An examination will be held at Portland, October 12, to fill the position of mes senger boy of the weather bureau at Portland, salary $360 per annum. Boys from 14 to 20 years are eligible. Isle Is No Man's Land. Victoria, B. C, Sept. 18. According to mail advices from Tokio, Japan claims the right to occupy Pratas is land, which, was recently taken posses sion of on behalt ol Japan, on the ground that, as it lies between the twentieth and twenty-first parallels, it was no man s land. A Japanese paper just received says: "When Japan took possession of Formosa, she extended her dominion to the twenty-first parallel of latitude, and when American took pos session of the Philippines she extended her dominion to the twentieth." Not Restrict Japanese Immigration. Vancouver, B. C, Sept. 17. Thirty eight thousand Japanese have been given permission by the government to come immediately to British Columbia. They will cross the Pacific as rapidly as steamers can be secured to bring them. The news that Vancouver will nee an immigration hitherto unprece dented was received today by the steamer Woolwich, which brought 230 of the brown men. The steamer In diana ia overdue, now from Honolulu with 300. Best informed circles de- Blue said tonight: jclare that the Dominion government will do nothing at all to prevent the further influx of Japanese despite the protest of Vancouver. The demand for labor is so great in the interior of British Columbia and on the prairies of the Northwest that as many Japs as wish to come will be allowed. On the other band, official statements come from Ottawa that Premier Lanrier and Delegate Ishii will confer tomorrow and arrange a nominal limit. Nobody in Vancouver believes that even if this is declared it will be adhered to. There was no demonstration today on the arrival of the Japanese on the steamer Woolwich. Shell Kills Forty Japanese, Tokio, Sept. 18. Forty of the crew were killed and injured on board the Japanese battleship Kashima by the explosion of a 12-inch shell w ithin the shield, after target practice near Koret, September 7. The fatalities included a lieutenant, two c.ulets and one staff officer. The explosion was terrific and the ship is badly damaged. The explo sion followed an attempt to remove sn unexplored shell. A majority of the bystanders were fearfully mutilated. Moors Have Had Enough. Casa Blanca, Sept. 17. With the submission of all the tribes, which now seems practically assured, it would ap pear todav that the misson wheh took ' i t i : . - m i i v.teiierai I'ruue iuiu .ui'rmru iis uern fully accomplished. Persons acquainted with the country declare that the move ment of the tribesmen is over. They are essentially agriculturists and they are in a hurry to return to their fields for their first rains. It is understood that when absolute calm is re-established here the troops will be distrib uted to eight seaports. Reduce Rates One-Third. Topeka, Kan., Sept. 17. The state board of railroad commissioners has prepared a tariff tdieet providing a re duction in freight rates of about 33 lj per cent, which it will present to the legislature if a special session is called. Governor Hoch has practically said he will call a special sessiou if the roads d not grant the two-cent fare rate. Battleships May Bum Oil. 1 This puts the question squarely up to Vallejo, Cal., Sept. 18. Now that the railroads of either granting the the monitor Wyoming has been re- two-cent fare or of facing a tight. leased from the drydock, it is stated on j the yard that the vessel will be ready in about a month's time for her exper imental trial trips, so that the naval authorities may determine the advisa bility of using oil a a fuel on board the larger naval ships in place of coal. Russians Emigrate to Siberia. St. Petersburg, Sept. 17. A tele pram received here from Riazan says that 51,000 emigrants have passed through there since the beginning of the year, bound for Siberia.