Show contempt proceedings have been filed in kansas city kansas city mo july I 1 contempt proceedings against the atchason Atch lson topeka and santa fe railway company charging shar ging that company with being guilty of the violation of an injunction issued at kansas city by judge F phillips on march 1902 restraining the roa d from giving rebates was filed in the united states district court here today at the instigation of milton D purdy of washington D C assistant attorney general who came here recently at the direction of the attorney general to file the suit upon behalf of the government HILLS CHAUFFEUR railroad magnate has no sympathy for him new york july J frank C foote a chauffeur employed by james H hill the capitalist Is still under arrest in connection with the death of an unidentified woman killed by the ponderous hill automobile yesterday in greenwich avenue foote was on his way to court to answer charges of speeding when the fatal accident occurred i when remanded to the coroner and held in bail the chauffeur appealed to his employer to furnish bonds for him but mr hill refused saying that he should leave the court to deal with him aanie had taken out the automobile without permission the machine was moving very slow ly when it ran down the unknown vie urn in front of a public school and an fn full view of many pupils when I 1 bought the automobile and employed foote ten days ago I 1 made only two conditions th him said mr hill the lr was that he should never take h p machine out of the garage without my permission and the other was that he should never run at fast speed in the city under any he JL violated both rules within a few days I 1 accepted his excuses and his promise not to repeat the offense then lie violated the speed rule for the second time when going out of town to meet me I 1 told him I 1 would wait until I 1 knew how the court regarded hi explanation of this incident before dealt with him I 1 told him that I 1 would not be in town and would not meet him today relying on that he took the machine out again without permission I 1 hope the court will deal as severely as possible with him and will make an example of him for the sake of those who use the streets and for all owners of automobiles whose chauffeurs use their name and their property with equal irresponsibility BOYCOTT TO STOP chinese government to end anti american agitation washington july l t abe chinese government has taken steps to stop the anti american agitation and boycott against american goods minister rockhill at today cabled the state department that after repeated and urgent representations from the american legation orders have been issued from the chinese foreign office to all viceroys vice roys and governors in the empire to cease anti american aalta lion and attempted boycott against american goods ST LOUIS MUSEUM st louis mo july l r the west pavilion of the stone building known during the louisiana purchase exposition as the palace ot arts was today formally opened to the public as tho st louis museum embracing in tho thirty six rooms collections of exhibits from forty different countries valued collectively at it is the expressed purpose of the directors to make the museum a public educational center it is stated that the collection ot exhibits shown could not have been made in less than ten years had it not been for the worlds fair and the lavish gifts of the representatives of foreign countries CANNOT DISPOSE OF TEA new york july 1 who purchased largo quantities of japanese and formosa teas in anticipation ot cither an russian victory or the indefinite prolongation of hostilities in the far east are now having in disposing of their holdings says the new york herald except for two the russian north sea blest was approaching japan the exports from that country have not been interrupted and according to men in the trade the new crop of teas is now coming forward in largo quantities DOES IT MEAN reichstag appropriates millions for present crisis stockholm july 1 motions vero adopted in both chambers of the today placing 25 at the dispo salof the government to enable it to take the measures which it may deem necessary in the present crisis ca |