IS GUILTY OF CIIIMEl
Jury Says Vandcrbllt Road Gave
Sugar Men Rebates.
LAWYER BLAMES PUBLIC OPINION
Company nnl lit Traffic Mnnnper
May fcnch Uo Fined in Sum of
&IV0.000 for Cffonse.
New York, t-.. 1 H. A verdict (.1
K'lilty (if 1 ,i 1 1 1 Hi) legates mi sugar
win iiii'iitii wr.s returned liy h jury in
th l'nitii! Mutes court here today
ny.iiiiMt (tin New Voik Central Railroad
company and I' rcderick I,. Pomcroy,
thti rif ii pit ii y 'n g"iiral trallic manager .
Heiitencti wan ill (erred until Friday to
permit tin attorneys for the defense to
file motions wil.li tlm court.
In il iHriiNriiiK tin jnrj's verdict, Ann
tin (i. I'ni, coiiiifvl f r tlm defendant),
pliici'd tint rcppohihility for tlm convic
tion of Ihn clients upon public opinion.
"You can't 1 frml rebate ciihi'h in tln
pii'hwnt Htato of public opinion." hhiiI
Iiii.
According to tlm proviflnns of the
Elkins Hi t, miller which tlm conviction
were s cured, tlm maximum penalty in
line nf !!(), 01.0. An hoth tlm Cen'ral
and tlm j r n in 1 defendant, Frederick
I.. Pomeroy, tti convicted hy the deci
sion of t lm jury on all of lint count
l nrKKl in tha indictment, the total
fine for each can he $1 ill), 000.
Letter from I,oell M. Palmer,
luauaper of tlm trnfHc business of the
ngar re lining coin puny, to Mr. Pome
roy, icknowlpilxiiiK the receipt of drafts
amounting to thousands of dollars,
wero admitted. t ilt charged that
these drafts represented the payment of
rebate of 6 cents per hundredweight
on shipments o( sugar to W, II. Edgai
A Hon.
CHINA ARMING FOR FIGHT.
Increasing Army and Revenue Under
Two Great Statesmen.
Washington, Oct. IK. Conditions in
China, which were generally euppoHed
to have improved wince tlm cesmttion of
tlm hoycolt on American goods and its
'iuiHrijiieiit ngitntion, are really much
worse, Hnd tlm anti-foreign feeling in
greater than it ever wan. Infnrmrttion
if an absolutely trnntworthy character
has raecheil VVaHhiiiKton to thin effect.
The Chinese army, under the guid
ing hand of Yuan Hhin Kai, considered
by thone who know China to he the
greatest man in the country, ia he in?
increane.il at a tremendous rate, and the
government in patting a (treat deal of
money into itn main fighting force.
Yuan In viceroy of the province of Chi
li, in which Pekin in situated, lie han
very great inllueiice and his main poli
cy seems to he to increase the army.
Thin fact, coupled w ith the show of for
eign hatred, which ia becoming more
and mure apparent, makes the situation
eerioun.
Tank nhao YI in rapidly becoming
one of the moot powerful men in China.
Not only han he an enormous salary as
viceroy, bin he is also vice president of
the foreign office and director general
of tha railway between Hankow and
I'ekin, and ocenpien the snme position
in regard to the railroad from I'ekin to
Niu Chwang.
PLOTTING AGAINST ALLY.
Charge la Made by Russian Writer
Against Japan.
Nt. Petersburg. Oct. 18. The Rt.
Petersburg TeUgraph Agency has re
ceived a dispatch from Tokio Haying
that the anti British movement in In
lia in receiving muclt encouragement
from Japan, where every tffort is being
made to footer a feeling of kinship be
tween the two dark races and to preach
the lessons of the Ruhso Japanese war.
The Hindoo students now in Tokio,
tlm correspondent of the agency contin
ues, have just published an address, in
which they appeal to India to heed
the call ol "Asia for the Asiatics," and
to rise and cast off the Hritish yuko.
For United Tariff Revision.
Logaiiflpnrt, Ind., Oct. 18. Senator
lieveridge spoke here tonight, before a
largo audience, making bis first politi
cal speech in the Indiana campaign.
The senator devoted the most, of the ad
dress to a discussion of the tariff. He
made a pW for a limited tariff revis
ion. He said there should be changes
in some tariff schedules because the
conditions under which they were
made have changed and it would he
better not to imperil the whole pro-
eetive system by putting off admitted
ly needed changes.
Drowned Like Rats.
Bizerta, Oct. 18. Preparations for
an attempt to raise the submarine boat
Lutin, sunk near this port yesterday,
were begun at dawn. Although the
bottom is Bandy three miles off the
coat, where the Lutin is supposed to
have sunk, the chances of raising the
T.utint n the surface in time to Have the
liven of the crew are regarded as slim.
The officers engaged in the salvage work
with the certainty that the crew of the
Lutin had perished.
Militia Ordered Out.
Columbia, 8 C, Oct. 18. Governor
Ileyward has ordered out the militia to
prevent a threatened disturbance at the
hanging Friday at Conway of Com
mander Johnson, a white man of
means, acceued of having murdered
Tier. Harmon D. Grainger.
MRS. DAVIS DEAD.
Widow of Proslilont of Confederacy
Passes Away.
New Yolk, Oct. 17. Mrs. Jeffernrn
Davis, widow of the president of the
Confederacy, v ho sn been 111 for a
weea at the Hotel Majestic in thin city,
died at 1 0 :Jfi last night.
Heath wan due to pneumonia Induced
by a severe cold which Mm. Davis con
tracted upon her return from the Ad
irondacks, whurn she had Spent the
hummer months. Although grave fears
weie felt from the first, Mrs. Davis'
wonder'. l vitality, which brought her
safely through a similar attack a year
ago, gave hopu of ultimate reroveiy
tint 1 1 Monday night, when a decided
change for thu woin wan rvdient and
the attending physician announced that
the mid wan near. It wan then believ
ed that Mrs. Davis conhl not survive
the night, but she rallied slightly dur
ing the euily hours of yesterday.
Khortly after 7 o'clock yesterday
morning she had a similar spell and
Rev. Nathan A. H.-agle, rector of Ht.
Stephen's Protestant Episcopal church,
was hurriedly summoned to give religi
ous comfort to the patient in her last
momentn of consciousness. The clergy
man remained some time and an hour
later it was announce. 1 that Mis. Davis
hail lapsed into a state of coma. The
period of unconsciousness lasted to the
ml.
Mrn. Davis has for some years made
her home in thin city, where she had a
wide cir-le of friends. Throughout her
illness solicitous inipiiries regarding
her condition were continually made
at her apaitmcntn.
STAYS UNDER SEA.
Another French Submarine Boat It
Lost Off Bisarta.
Biserta, Tunin, Oct. 17. The French
submarine Lutin left thin port this
morning for plunging experiment.
Hignals received at 10 o'clock tonight
reported her disappearance. Two tor
pedo boats and three tugs went out in
search of the submarine.
It now appears almost certain, ac
cording to the news received at a late
hour tonight, that the crew of the J.n
tin has suffered a fate similar to that
w hich overtook the crew of the subma
rine Frfadet here hist year. The crew
o! the I.utin numbered 14 men.
Admiral Hfllne, commander of the
Tnnis naval division, who went out on
board a tag, returned at a late hour to
night ami said that, owing to the heavy
seas and the obscurity, it was impossi
ble to continue lalvage operations nntil
day. The tugs and torpedo boats, how
ever, will remain through the night
near the place where the I.utin made
her final pluugu.
One ol these boats reports that ita
drag encounter" reslstane as though a
vessel were lying at the bottom. The
government salvage steamers belonging
to this port, w ill return in the morning
and participate in the work.
The t'ritiah consul general here pro
posed to the French resident general to
telegiaph to the British admiralty at
Malta for salvage and assistance. This
offer wan accepted.
The Lutin was a single sreew steel
marine boat built at K(c)iefort in H()1.
She wan 135 feet long and had a dis
placement of 185 tons.
SEAL RAID DELIBERATE.
Japanese Crew Compelled Captain to
Consent to Slaughter.
Victoria, B. C, Oct. 17. Clear evi
dence is forthcoming by advices receiv
ed today by the steamer Empress of Ja
pan that the raid on St. Paul island by
Japanese sealers was premeditated, and
the statement that the Japanese landed
for water and were treacherously fired
upon bv the Americans, as reported by
the Japanese government by directors
of the raiding schooner, is shown to be
untrue. Hunters of the raiding schoon
er, Toye No. 2, which appeared off St.
Paul island two days before the raid,
went to ttie captain with the ultimatum
that unless be permitted them to go
ashore and club seals on the rookery,
they would refine to work and compel
him to return. The master agreed.
Further discussion took place as to the
division of prospective spoils, and
knives were drawn. At midnight a
boat waa lowered with the oarlocks
inn filed and sent in, the vessel being
but a mile from the rookery in the fog,
Four other boats followed.
Make the Oregon New Ship.
Watihington, Oct. 17. The Naval
Construction hoard today approved es
timates lor repairs to the battleship
Oregon, which call for an expenditure
of nearly $1,000,000. When the secre
tary of the navy approves this report
work w ill hi gin at Puget sound navy
yard and will probably require two
years to complete. One hundred thou
sand dollars is to he expended for new
guns, $250 000 for repairs to machin
ery, about $ 100,000 for general repairs
to the hull and superstructure, and
$146,000 for new equipment.
Robbers Get Little.
Leadville, Colo., Oct. 17. Two arm
ed men boarded tha engine of Denver At
Hi Grande passenger train No. 5 at
Malta tonight and at the muzzle of re
volvers compelled the engineer and fire
man to uncouple the express and lag
gage cars. They then forced the engin
eer to pull the car several miles up the
road. When the train stepped, the
bandits went to the express car and at
tempted to blow open the safe. They
only succeeded in securing about $60.
Secede From New Union.
Perth, Australia, Oct. 17. The leg
isatlive assembly today, by a vote of 19
to 8, adopted a motion that the etate of
Western Australia secede from the rest
of the commonwealth.
ONE MORE CHANCE
Annexation Sure to Follow Next
Failure of Cuba.
SELF GOVERNMENT IMPOSSIBLE
Sugar and Tobacco Men Will Object
to Free Competition, But It
Must Come.
Washington, Oct. 10. Kepublican
senators and congressmen who have
been in Washington recently and offi
cials closely identified with the admin
istration ngree with the president that
Cuba shall have another opportunity to
try self government, but the opinion is
almost universal that annexation is
only a matter of time. Little in being
said puhlit'ly about the probability of
annexing Cuba to the United States,
hut the subject in receiving a great deal
of attention in Washington and public
men are seriously discussing the best
method of bringing the island under
the protecting arm of the United States.
President Koosevelt is absolutely sin
cere in his declaration against the
present annexation of Cuba and he has
liopeR that the Cuban people, on thicr
second attempt, will be able to form
and maintain a satisfactory govern
ment. He does not want the island
made a part of the United States if, by
any possibility, the Cubans can con
duct their own affairs and protect the
liven and property of all their citizens.
He does not believe that the United
States at this time would be justified
in taking over the island, merely be
cause vast amounts of American capital
have been invested. But if the words
of other administration officials can be
held to be authoritative, it is to be in
ferred that the president will interpose
no further objection to annexation in
cafe the second Cuban government is a
failure.
While annexation is generally ex
pected, no one looks forward to it with
enthusiasm. Rather, the Cuban prob
lem is regarded in the light of one of
the unpleasant outgrowths of the Span
ish war, an perpleing in some icspects
an the Philippine question. Southern
men would like to see Cuba made
American territory, but they want the
tariff wall kept up against Cuban sugar
and tobacco, and some bar erected
against the immigration of native Cu
bans into the Unite States. The South
has more than ita share of dusky citi
zens. It is probable that the men in con
gress who are fighting a reduction of
the duty on Philippine sugar and to
bacco would join the South in demand
ing the retention of the tariff on sugar
aod tobacco from Cuba in case of an
nexation. If Philippine sugar is a
menace to the beet sugar industry of
the West, it will re argued that the
sugar from Cuba, closer and much more
abundant, would be a still greater
menace.
STORM SPOILS BANANAS.
Hurricane Sweeps Through Central
America, Wasting $1,000,000.
New Orleans, Oct. 10. Damages of
fully $1,000,000, including the partial
demolition of one town, was done by
the hurricane on the coast of Central
America which was reported by a brief
wireless message received here last
night, Wireless and cable advices to
day to the United States Fruit company
say that probably no loss of life oc
curred. The hurricane appeared to be central
near Bluefields, on the east roast of
Nicaragua. It swept in from the sea,
its first fury striking Little and Great
Corn islands, which were swept bare
of vegetation and their topography
even altered by the waves. On the
mainland the storm's damage was con
fined mostly to a path about SO miles
wide, in which banana and rubber
crops were destroyed and plantations
blown down. Great damage is report
ed from Rama, a town on the coast
about 40 miles from Bluefields.
Mrs. Jefferson Davis Dying.
New York, Oct. 16. Mrs. Jefferson
Davis, widow of the president of the
Confederate states, is dying of pneu
monia at the Hotel Majestic here. It
is believed she cannot survive more
than a few hours. Mrs. Davis han
been ill for several davs, but it had
been believed she would recover up to
last night, w hen a su lden change for
the worse was noticed. Mrs. Davis
went to the Majestic a rhnrt time ago
on her return from the Adirondacks,
where she spent most of the summer
for her health.
Trial of New York Central.
New York, Oct. 10. The trial of the
Nw York Central Railroad companv
for the alleged giving of rebates of
' so ne $20,000 to the American Sugar
Rjflning company on sugar shipments
to the West is the first trial for the
infraction of the Elkins law ever un
dertaken in this city. With this action
is inaugurated a sitting of the Federal
Criminal court that may be expected
to last with its successive terms for at
least a year and probably much longer.
Army In Cuba Given Name.
Washington, Oct. 16. Brigadier
General Barry, acting chief of staff, to
day issuol a general order by direction
of the president stating that the mili
tary forces now assembled in Cuba or
to be assembled there are constituted
an army to be known aa the Army of
Cuban Pacification.
URGE ONE BUILDING.
Oregon Men Want United Northwest
at Jamestown Exposition.
Portland, Oct. Hi. A movement for
a joint Northwest building at the
Jamestown Ter-Centennial exposition
was launched at a recent meeting of the
Oregon Jamestown Imposition commit
tee at the Portland Commercial club.
President Jefferson Myers and Secre
tary John II. Steverisonn, of the corn
mission, were directed to write an offi
cial letter to the governors of Washing
ton, Malio and Montana, notifying
thern of the attitude of the Oregon
commission, and asking them to take
action in their official capacities to
bring about participation in the plan
on the part of their respetive stamen.
T'i) plan in conceived by the Oregon
commission in for j int action on the
part of the four Northwestern staten in
the erection of one magnificent exhibits
and headquarters structure, in which
each state shall have a department of
its own, the expanse to be borne equal
ly by the several states. It was point
ed out at the commission' session that
such co-operative action would have
the effect of impressing the East with
the unity of Northwest interests and of
exerting both a political and commer
cial irinignifi'.-ance. It also seemed ap
parent that with the combined capital
of the four states a building of su ' h
imposing size and beauty could be
erected that it could not fail to attract
wide attention, while a building by
any one of the states, singly, could not
have this effect, and, besides, joint ac
tion could reduce the expense ot put
ting up individual buildings.
President Myers wan authorized to go
to the scene of the exposition and ne
gotiate for a site for an Oregon build
ing, in the event it is desired to erect
one, and also keep in mind the possi
bility of a joint state building. He
will defer bis departure for the East
until be has had time to hear from the
governors of the Northwest states on
the plan suggested. In the event the
other states do not show a disposition
to adopt the plan proposed, this will
not be allowed to interfere in any de
gree with Oregon's p'an to make an ex
hibit, should the legislature warrant it.
Upon his return from the East Pres
ident Myers will make a report to the
commission, and Governor Chamber
lain on the result uf his investigations,
and this report, setting forth in detail
the cost of making an exhibit and the
facilities for erecting a building and
installing an exhibit, when delivered,
will be used as the basis for appearing
before the legislature to ask such an
appropriation as shall be necessary to
make a creditable showing.
FARMERS MUST DRAIN.
Department of Agriculture Issues Bul
letin of Instruction.
Washington, Oct. 16. For the guid
ance of the great number of people from
humid regions who settle on the lm
mense areas of Western lands opened to
settlement, the Department of Agricul
ture has issued a report on "Practical
Information for Beginners in Irriga
tion." There are several million acres ooen
for settlement in the United States,
and irrigation works built by private
enterprise and works being constructed
by the national government will pro
vide a water supply for more than 1,
000,000 acres of arid lands. The re
port discusses and soils aod water sup
plies generally and describes how to
locate and build farm ditcher, prepare
land to receive water, irrigate staple
crops and how much water to apply.
"Experience throughout the arid re
gion, tne report eays, " is demon
strating that the greatest danger to irri
gated lands is lack of drainage. Water
applied to crops raises the ground wa
ter, which brings with it the salts dis
solved from the soil; capillarity brings
this water to the surface, where it
evaporates, and the salts accumulate
until all vegetation is destroyed. The
only insurance against this is proper
drainage, but anything like economy in
the use of water and thorough cultiva
tion, which will check the rise of
ground water or lessen evaporation,
will decrease the danger."
Battling With a River.
Imperial Junction, Cal., Oct. 16.
Seldom has a more desperate battle
with nature been waged than that for
the turning of the Colorado river.
Rockwood gate went out last Thursday,
and a great disappointment was occa
sioned, but the outlook is much bright
er. Yesterday the trestle below the
cate was prepared, 100 cars of rock
being dumped as an experiment. This
morning the rock was found in the
same position, indicating that the
soil was firm enough to support it.
Another trestle is being built.
Big Travel to California.
San Francisco, O t. 16. Ihe past
month has seen a steady flow of popu
lation into California from the Eastern
states. The figures of the railroads
and the California Promotion commit
tee state that 14,000 eettlr have come
here in that time. Many of these have
gone to the country, but a fair propor
tion have remained in San Francisco.
It is believed that this is simply the
vanguard of an army of immigiants
who are coming to locate in California.
Silver Advances to 70.13.
Washington, Oct. 16. The director
of the mint yesterday purchased 150,
000 ounces of silver at 70.13 cents per
fine ounce, delivered at the mint in
Denver. For the convenience of bid
ders it bas been decided to open bids
for the sale of silver on Mondays,
Wednesdays and Fridays of each week,
instead of on Wednesdays only, as
heretofore.
DANCE BY THE WAKIKUTTT
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The Wakikuju are known as theKIkuyu and Aklkuyu, and they Inhabit
the Klkuyu hllln, one of the most beautiful, fertile and economically Important
part of the British East Africa Protectorate not far from Nairobi. Sir
Charles Eliot says that they are Intelligent and fairly industrious, and live a
w;ml-gfcttled agricultural life; that is to say, they burn a clearing In the forest,
build a village and cultivate for a few years. As soon as the soil shows any
sign of exhaustion they move on, burn another clearing, and repeat the same
process. Sir Charles says that the Klkuyu are almost a comparative recent
hybrid between the Masai and a Bantu stock, and there Is no reason why such
hvhrlds should not continue to be formed in the future, to the great advantage
of the country. It Is estimated that the natives of the Klkuyu country number
some 300,0iO. Kikuyu is said to be derived from Kuyu, which means a fig,
fig trees of various kinds being abundant in the country.
lit W
Marvelous, j
Quaint and Curious.
Helmet of Cronby.
We here present our readers with a
sketch of the helmet of Sir John Cros
by, aa it originally appeared when sus
pended over his
tomb In St Helen's
Church, Bishops
gate. He was an
eminent merchant
of London ; but Is
represented upon
his tomb in a full
suit of armor. He
died in 1475. The
extreme height of
the crown of the
helmet resembles
that on the tomb
cbosby's helmet. 0f the Earl of
Warwick, in the Beauchamp Chapel at
Warwick ; and was Intended to support
the crest of the wearer, the holes for
affixing It being still visible.
Arch of Trajan.
Triumphal arches were among the
most peculiar forms of art which the
Homnns borrowed from those around
them, and used with that strange mix
ture of splendor and bad taste which
characterizes all their works.
These were in the first Instance no
doubt borrowed from the Etruscans, as
was also the ceremony of the triumph
with which they were ultimately asso
ciated. At first they seem rather to
hare been used ns festal entrances to
the great public roads, whose construc
tion was considered as one of the most
ARCH Of TRAJAN.
Important benefits a ruler could confer
on his country. There was one erected
nt ltimlnl In houor of nu important
restoration of the Flaiulnian Way by
Augustus; another at Susa In Pied
mont, to commemorate a similar act of
the same Emperor. Trajan built one
on the pier at Ancona, when he re
stored that harbor, and another nt
Beneventum, when he repaired tlieNVla
Appln, repi'c-sonted In the woodcut here
given. It Is one of the best preserved
as well as most graceful of Its class In
Italy. The arch of the Sergll at I'olu
In Istrla seems also to have been erect
ed for a like purpose. That of Hadrian
nt Athens, and another built by hlni at
Antlnoe In Egypt, were monuments
merely commemorative of the benefits
which he hud conferred on those titles
by the architectural works he had
ejected within their walls. By far the
most important application of these
gateways, la Rome at least, was to
IN BRITISH EAST AFRICA.
7 .
commemorate a triumph which may
have passed along the road over which
the arch was erected beforehand, for
the triumphal procession to pass
through, of which It would remain a
memorial.
PIETY HAS COST HIM $500,000.
Bat Wilcox Still Refaen to Ron III
Railroad on Sunday.
Denver Is the home of a man tha
courage of whose, convictions has been,
tested to the extent of $500,000. And
he still holds
steadfastly to his
principles, in spite
of the fact that
his friends have
warned him that
the pursuance of
his policy will in-
'tiJL jTC Jure him financial-
scAsiiV iv.
The man is Ed
ward J. Wilcox,
builder and sole
E. J. WILCOX.
owner of the Argentine Central Rail
way, In Colorado, and he has display
ed his courage by not permitting a
train to run over his road on Sunday.
Neither will he permit the insertion of
a line of advertising concerning his
railroad or other business Interests ia
the Sunday Issue iiewspajer, although
a great believer In advertising and
spending a liberal allowance with the
dallies of Denver every other day la
the week.
The Argentine Central Railway cost
Mr. Wilcox more than $450,000, and
he built It entirely with his owa
money. Yet he believes that no maa
should do business on Sunday, and he
Insists that his road will pay expenses
and be a winner In due time If ha
strictly observes the Sabbath.
Strict adherence to religious and
business principles has marked the ca
reer of Mr. Wilcox, who went to Colo
rado penniless and Is now reckoned a
multl-niillounlre, his fortune being es
timated at about $5.(HX,000. He waa
born in Creedmore, Out., Canada, and
when 21 years of age went to Colo
rado, with no advantages to place him
at the top rung of the ladder of finan
cial success beyond the possession of
good health and a strong pair of arms,
lie became a mining engineer and sav
ing as much of his salary us possible.
Invested It wisely.
Different.
"Young Dr. Walker always Im
pressed mo as having nerves of Iron,
judging by the cool way he per
formed the most serious operations,"
remarked his friend, "but yesterday
when I met him In consultation ht
was the most excited mau I have seeu
for a long while."
"It must have been a most unusual
and extraordinary case."
"No, one of the doctor's own chil
dren had a mild attack of measles."
London Tit-Bits.
Deliberate.
"My!" exclaimed Mr. Klumsay, at the
summer hotel hop, "thH floor's awful
ly sllpiery. It's hurd to keep on your
feet."
"Oh!" replied bis fair partner, sar
castically, "then you were really try
ing to keep on my feet? I thought it
waa accidental." Philadelphia Press,
Every father argues that because
the bnby Is bU Is no reason why be
should enjoy caring for It when It
cries.
When a man doesn't feel like talking
be calls a tome woman and listen,
j