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Show " aubacHbere ,r. rWwr H.. u -- r- ra-- t- IukIM' for tho iTw- - UtahWeatherForecast Dot i-- p- 7 ra the dM " e'unt,y m " P"Pr (RECEIVES FULL ASSOCIATED PRESS DISPATCHES) fioeiMt DL VOL. NO OGDEN 5 QTYt UTAH. TUESDAY MORNIN5. PACKERS SPRING SURPRISE. Special Agtnt Durand Called to the Stand, SIEUIfUG Of GOV. and Pettibonc Placed in Idaho n Pen Authorities Qaim Orchard's Will Clear Up Many Murders Enshrouded in Mystery. Moyer, Haywood s Con-fessio- Chicago, Feb. II. Attorneys for the packers sprung something of a surprise today when they summoued Du-to the wfcneea stand Special Agent rand. who conducted the Investigation of the packing Industry In Chicago and other cities. He was on the stand when court adjourned for the day. The questions put to him by the attorney for the packers covered the manner In which the packer had surrendered their books for hie inspection and me nature of the information teemed. An attempt waa made to khow that information other than that published in the report of Commissioner (tarfleld had been given by the commtaeloner or hla subordinates to the department of Justice. Mr. Durand admitted that some pa- pers and tables that were not comprehended In the report of the comniis-lone- r mors end that had been Inspected by Assistis arrested itronc, very Feb. Col. DMftf. are to be made. He would not ant Attorney General Fagin. He was tun today of tho complaint arreststhe nature of his evidence nor not able to tell, however, whether the late Mck Governor Good Information which the assistant athow it was obtained. Charles ld5 kied waulaitiona tor "The operations of the Mollis Ma- torney general had seen ti taken president, and of th guires in Pennsylvania, whom I ran from the park era. Mr. Durand will rer Huiraod. sume the stand in tho morning. d G to earth and disrupted." aald Mr. of Miner Mem Federation .be "were child's play oempared JWtibonei a former member of Morer-Ha-y wood with the work of the tlre committee of that tabor crowd. They have existed for eight-ee- n yean, but their days are num- With Murder, ecretary-tressure- T Charged who pma thss it appean the men mm fecretly aireeted here Saturday lliht and hurriedly removed to Idaho, mir ere charged directly with the Btennen-tatr- f dr at former Governor Frank with be-tnot merely Idaho, and teeeenrlea to the crime. The com In the three reoulaltlona and MM am Identical, and charge the men with having discharged the hmfe by mean, of which Btennenberg ww killed at Caldwell, Ida., December m ul The ipecihc rhirge of mur-d- rr In vu made, lt la explained.proceed-.to toreatall habeai corpus accused men, but M behalf of the so attempt will be made to prove that ikv were ta Idaho at the time of the all(oataliaion of the crime. It ie eged, however, that they conspired with others to murder Bteunenberg, ui furnished fundi to carry out the d or-d- p - plot. Confession. The atrocious murders committed firing labor troubles In the Cripple in thlu and Telluridp district Cm tats, which have been enshrouded In d'Alene yslfty, tbu earlier Couer Burden and the more recent Bteunen-ber- g aosial nation form a chain of rrlDta with which efforts are being wind to connect the o direr of the Westers Federation of Miner on a csafauloa said to have been made by Hirry Orchard, who is charged with the Rtsunenberg murder. d This confMBlonit ta asserted. e phd to kill former Rovernor Jims H. fVafaody of Colorado, William H. Gabbert, chief Justice of the Onkmte supreme court, end John Cmpbsll, former chief Justice. Ordh-ir- d Is said to have confessed that violas a.iaasina linns were planned st tbs headquarters of the Federation of Users In Denver chiefly by refu-gefrom the camps at Cripple Creek ad Telluride. It la also aald that Orrhird'a confession glvea a history of the explosion at tha Independence depot near Cripple Creek on June 6, 1904, which killed fourteen men and injured nay others. Found Bombs. It develops that Orchard's ' confes-km- , according to tha heat authority. Mated that bomb had been placed In tie gateway of the residences of two embers of tha Colorado aupreme nurt and that mors then n doaen had been made to aesaaslnste Avmcr Governor James H. Peabody. Ai Investigation since the alleged confession was mada disclosed the pres-me- e of bombs in exactly tha spots Inflated. The man who unearthed the tanks, n prominent number of the Colorado National guard, ta in Idaho, hiving accompanied the party that with Moyer, Haywood and He will appear as a witness the Orchard trial. It ie aald, to prove the truth of the alleged confession. Information reached here tonight m Creek that Edward Cripple wvca, a federation man, had been on a warrant orwarded by the fsho authorities, charging him with o section in tha Bteunenberg Two other warrants are In Jhe hands of Cripple Creek officers W service. Detactivs Makts Statement Governor McDonald, who lamed the tanri for the extradition of the officials to Idaho, said today the had read a copy of Orchard's wnwsvlon, but was not at liberty to fonge Its contents. James McFarland, head of n deteo-fagency which was employed by e Idaho authorities in tha Btennen-"t- a cue, declared that the evidence tam the men who have been so far Orchard's Damaging d Pet-jlbon- d assas-MutUo- fed-rritk-m Vincent BL John, who was arrested la Burke, Ida., last night, waa president of the miners' union at Telluride, Colo., at the time of the assassination of Arthur Collins, superintendent of mine la that camp. tha Bmuggler-UnloHe waa arrested and charged with complicity In that murder bnt was never n to trial. Gives Details ef Plot. Boise, Ida., Feb. II. Orchards alleged confession purports to give detail of the plot to assassinate format Governor Bteunenberg from Its Inception. It gives the names of other men alleged to be Implicated, telle where Orchard met them end the circumstances of tha meetings. Bince the confeealon was secured, more than two week ago, the detectives have verified many of the details. One of the statements In this confession ta that Orchard was selected to assassinate on of the Justices of the aupreme court of Colorado a year aga He says he buried a bomb at the Judge's gate, but when he pulled the tring the contrivance failed to explode. He took the string away and gave op the attempt, la the meantime James JfcParlaad of Denver has, ft ta claimed, dug up this bomb. In hie alleged confession Orchard nays he was alone In the actual execution of the Caldwsll plot; that he at first planned to shoot Bteunenberg with buckshot, and went to the house on Christmas eve for that purpone. Intending to shoot through the window, but abandoned the plan and hid a nuro-- killedTeif Denver, Colo., Feb. II. Leaving her sent In one of tho bokee In- the Crystal theatre a few minutes after the opening ef this afternoon's performance, Mn. C. A. Wallder, raid to be a resident of this city, made her way to the stage and after flourishing n revolver, for n moment la full view of the audience discharged the weapon at her owe person. Inflicting a probable fatal wound. The woman fell gasping to the floor, but those ta the audience who bad not observed her movements prior to her approach to the stage thought the shooting was part of n burlesque act and mad no outcry. A moment Inter, however, the ecreama of the performers In thu wings brought n realisation upon the audience that a real tragedy had been enacted. 'When the woman was picked up by the stage attendants she was unconscious and one hand still held the weapon, while In the other a picture, said to be that of her seven-ye- a rold on, was tightly clutched. An ambulance wee summoned to the door of the theatre end the dying woman was removed to the emergency hospital. Quiet was restored In the theatre In n short while and the performance was resumed. lim UHUTE IMfflE ClBE Oil Feb. Governor you have embnrked. The dissolution of Pennayl-ni- a of the marriage tie has become so common a to be regarded aa an ordinary wi chosen prealdent of the eon-ta- event, awakening no comment and to reform divorce tawe which little or no disapproval. meeting rned here today. Governor Penny-Je- r There erawithmore divorces granted anoutlined the object of the con-nually In the United States of America than In any other country upon earth Th initiative had bedn taken In except Japan. Jdhe the gov- "A writer who has investigated the raw Vw1' been authorised by the subject declares tbat at the time of with the the census of 1900 there were 198,184 of the several Mate requesting divorced persons living In the United "to cooperate in assembling of a States; that there were nearly 70,000 Jtaro to diienw the subject of dirorcea granted ta 1903, and that the d the Dle-- " proportion of divorcee to marriages la F?T!t',T,0 ,ue b M,d bad ,eBt increasing with alarming rapidity. We JPsrtington. Slffluel 19. W. Pennypacker gor-fnm- dl-:- nt xjjmttniiing. Governor f7 JL nfH Pennypacker f them. Booth Caro- - divorcement th fdrV,04'; tiltafre, only two of e have foiled to n f the aignlfl-- ' r.f Vtav-iatjomovement open which iny may well regard such degeneracy in morals and such loss of that fiber which gives character to a nation with the gravest apprehension. If yon can do something to limit and check n stream which promises ere long to be a flood, yon may well be content What i recommended In the way of legislation ought te be the outcome at careful deliberation sad wise consideration New York. Feb. Tbs lit.-- - of trial Berthe Cliche, a I;1 jrar-olFreacb girl, on the charge ul shooting and killing Emil Gerdruu on the night of July 9 last, was schtiii:'.t-- d to begin today in the court of gsnrral sessions. The Case te an unuii::r pathetic one and an element of myxry 1. attached to it. Berthe Cliche claim that Gerdron, who was a young gum sranding over six feet tall and weighing nearly 2'U his slave for pounds, hud made six years, during which time she said he boat her and forced her upon the streets to earn a living for him. Bo impress! re was her story that the been largely money fur her defense supplied by oonlribautxii from women of New York city. Although tha girl admitted that she killed Gerdron, the circumstances eurronuding the shoot jng were so unusual thu they havs given rise to charges that members of the police bed secretly urged the girl on. Gerdron waa slug while under arreat and walking along the at reel ta the custody at three officers. It li h-- hs FRIEND; LOBY LIFE. Carried. Washington, Feb. 11 Justice White today delivered the opinion of the su p rente eourti of the ntted Btatee In the case of the Now York, New Haven A Hartford railway company vs. the Interstate commerce commission and the interstate commerce commission vs. the haea peeks A Ohio railway company, affirming the decision of the nited States oourt for the western district of Virginia. The case involves the question of freight rates on coal by the Chess peaks A Ohio in favor ef the New York, New Haven A Hartford road no against other shippers. The decision waa against the railroad company. The derision dealt with the question of discrimination by railroad companies .aard ft was apparent that ft was intended to have a general application to question receiving attention t the hinds of the public. Justice White sold that to permit a carrier to become e dealer la the commodities carried by it woold be to aupply a means for the perpetuation of evils which the Interstate commerce Com mission is Intended to remedy, .Charge ef Discrimination, These cases Involved n charge of discrimination In favor of the New Haven road by the Chesapeake A Ob la The cases grew out of complications existing fn connection with n contract made between two rondo In 1896, In accordance with which the hesapeake A Ohio road agreed to deliver two million tone of bituminous coal to the New Haven road between the first of July 1897 end the first of July, 1901. The delivery In the last year covered by the contract fell short to the extent of 60,000 tons on account of n strike In the coal fields which rendered ft impossible to supply the coal. The New Haven road purchased coal elsewhere and presented n bill to tha Chesapeake A Ohio for 9103,000, representing the difference In cost. Instead of paying the money the Chess' peeks A Ohio delivered the 80,000 toes of coal, notwithstanding the price at coal and oil had advanced so that lt ta claimed the Chesapeake A Ohio lost more than 91 per ton on Its shipment The case was brought to the attention of the interstate commerce commission and the charge made that the transae-tioconstituted n preference in the matter of freight rates against the New Haven road. The company contended that It was uctlng in the capacity of a vender and not as a carrier, and that lt was merely supplying the coal to pay a debt This plea waa also madejjie basis of a charge against the oompny, as the tawe of West Vlr-( Coninued on Page Seven.) Movement, sub-tanu- al TEXAN WITNEBBEB IN COURT. Will Be Used te Clear Lawyer Albert T. Patrick. New York, Feb. 19. Seven witness so from Tessa were present today at the beginning of the hearing of a mot Inn for a new trial for Albert T. Patrick, convicted of the murder at William March Rica It was mainly a poo the testimony of Jones, Mr. Riot's tMt, that ths conviction wsa encored. Patrick's lawyer state that the witnesses whom they have secured la Texas will discredit Jones' evidence. Death List at Walsenburg, Colo, May be Greater Believed Explosion Was Caused By Open Lamp Shock Was Felt For Miles. h'-:bl- f aym-patb- y Pueblo. Colo., Feb. 19. A special from Walsenburg, lo the Chieftain In the history of coal mining in this part uf the country occurred at the Maitland mine this morning and as e result at least thirteen miner lout their lives. It la possible that the Uat will much sixteen, when all the bortlrs bave been recovered. Th Dead: Archie Miller, fire boaa. Billy Moran, of Maltlkud. Janies W. Tuttle. Kai.iau Itattlala Eubrea. Corona Costa. Hnpria Cnaia. Nick Yukllieti. Hhnnly after 8 o'rlork there waa an explosion In that part of the known aa tlie Buusblne, which caused the, earth Tb tremble for miles atferwnrd n man ran around. out und rported that the mine wa on fire. :Yhe expluviun csiia.-- n fall of rockr from the roof and until tbla la clean-away it will not be known positively juat how many more are yet In the min. It ly certain, however, that any found there will be past hope. Tbe death ware eauu"d by gas and the explosion waa reused liy after damp. It ta believed that tbe explosion waa caused by ojicn lamps In naa as moat of the wen in tbat part ' Washington, Feh. 19. Tn presenting of the min. uaed open !nm. General petitions against Benntor Herd Bmoot, Superintendent Murray arrived this signed by thousands of women of Cali- evening and lias taken charge. Tbe fornia and Colorado, Meaar. Perkin Maitland mine i the property of the and Patterson took ores Ion today to Vietur Furl compuuv. define their positions on the protest tor. The former area the Utah against MINISTERS ARE RESIGNING. said that religious views should not b considered in )iaaing upon the qualifications of a Venator, and that hla! Duntove Blamed for Discontent in Russian Council. honesty and the at tribute that com-- ! mand confidence end respect hould be above ell else. Mr. PatteeMWt "dM. PeteralAirg, Feb. I. Tile disrupthought there were great conatitiitkm-- tion of tbe Uuealan cabinet which was questioos to he eonaldered, and said predicted laul Friday by Ilia Aaanclabthat three would govern his vote. The ed Press la coming to pans more pelllloaora had required the senators speedily than waa esperfed, although to make some remark In presenting the prayers. Diarnaslon of tbe pare food bill occupied practically ell of the day. The speakers were Mr. Heyburn, who haa! charge of Jit bill: Senator Fora Iter, who presented a number of amendments drelred by liquor Interests; Mr. Money, In favor of hla eubarltute, and Mr. MeCumber. An order waa made to devote time tomorrow and consider the amendment under the rule and begin voting Wednesday, In the House. i Washington, Feb. 19. Three bills were passed under suspension of the rules requiring a voir lu tha house today. The first makes gambling unlawful In tha territorial of tbe United States. Including Arisons. New Mexico, Oklahoma. Indian Territory and Alaska. The bill wee directed particularly at Arisons and New Mexico, where it was stated gambling waa licensed, Tha second provides additional work of hla company and also of conduct for the census bureau by requiring eta- - unbecoming an officer In bin rotations tlaitcs to be taken on insurance, flah- - with bl Filipino wife, would be electrical Industries, savings fined In Ilia federal prison at Leaven-bank- a and Crimea will arrive from worth, Burbank The third appropriates 930,000 for Manila six week from date. The the purchase of 300.00 acres of coal Leavenworth society young woman, lands on the Island of Bilan, one of who was engaged at the time the the Philippines group. On the latter Filipino woman cued Liruteiumt Bur-bil- l a debale of two hours waa had. bank, slated today thu ''she would Th others were debated forly min- - marry him upon bis vobeae from tbe ules each. An effort by Mr. Italic II of Penney! prison. vania to get oonulderation at the hill MUST SERVE SENTENCE. Incorporating tbe Lake Erie and Ohio Ship Canal company immediately after Prominent Montana Man Leaee Cass the ariry appropriation bill failed. Ths Before Supreme Court. army bill will be taken up tomorrow. WILL BUELOW CONFIDENT. VON : Colo., .by far tbe worst arcldrni s Von Berlin, Feb. Bueluw la confident that tile government will have an nay majority over the opposition to giving the United Btatee reciprocal tariff treaty rights foe sixteen months In order to see it the United Btatee will not agree lo a new commercial treaty. Tha chancellor, Count Vun Powadowsky-Wahner- , the imperial secretary of state for the Interior and Herr Von Delbrurk, the minister of commerce, have talked over the subject with the conservative center, moderate liberal and national liberal leaders and, although the views of such men as Count Yon Kanlts, Count Von Bcbwerin-Loewll- s and Herr Von Oldenburg, at the two conservative parties by no means are Identical with those of the chancellor, ft 1s understood that hie pollry will find nmple support even antbhg the mild Agrarian. The deciding reasons are those of pollry, as this Is not regarded as a time to engage la commercial hostilities, wblrh would be likely to lead to a political estrangement of trade relations with the United Slates. The quiet dominant subject of the day Is the government's bill, which is printed in the paper today. It favorably affected prices on the bourse here and caused animation In the large provincial cities, especially Hamburg and Bremen. In saving her friend from balng by a freight engine. Miss Mae Diggs yesterday lost her life on lha west approach of the Chicago A Alton Mtaa Diggs, Misa Louise bridge. Arthur end two other young women had walked across the bridge and were nearing the end of the west approach when they heard a train behind them. All four ran, and three gut aafely off the embankment, but Misa Arthur stumbled and fell on the tracks. Miss IHggi ran to her and threw her from the tracks. At the same Instant the pilot of the locomotive struck the rescuer, killing her Instantly. STAND BY UTAH Mail-lan- d Jon Senators Patterson and Perkins Go On Record. 1 - THE OIL pro-form- MINING COMPANY WINS SUIT. Highland Boy Gold Mining Construct Tramway. Washington. FebJ 19. John and Ellen Btrickley Co, Can , The case of v. the High land Boy Gold Mining company of Utah waa today decided by the suin order that it may commend Itself to preme court of the Unltad States in favor of the company. In this casa the public." Albert R. Dabney, California, was the mining company sought to secure y for an aerial tramway n elected a vice president. The revolutions committee Include across a placer claim, near Bingham, L N. Gillette of California A resolu- Utah, which waa owned by the 8irlck-ley- a The way was con damned upon tion was adopted appointing a committee to draw np n uniform marriage the ground that It was for n public use and the Utah court su stained the conhrente. Tbe delegate called on President demnation aa did also the federal suRoosevelt this afternoon, being Intro- preme court today. duced by Governor Pennypacker. The president wtehed tbem Go J speed In FOUND WITH HEAD CUT OPEN. their work, but made no formal remarks. Relieved Columbus Man Was Killsd by His Wife. SHE HAD THOUSANDS. Columbus, O., Feb. 19. John was found dead on the floor New York, Feb. 19. Bonds and of his homo in Walhondng. Coshocton more than mortgages representing county, today with his bend split open, 1100,000 end more than 940,000 In cash while an axo covered with blood lay been found hidden In a bonne at 184th near by. His wife, who ta Insane, was struct and Morris avenue, lately occu- Bleeping by hie slda It Is suppied by Miss Maria Cbrea, who died posed that she committed the deed. or (miration and exposure on Monday Tbe body was found by John Singer, felO years old, of last week. right-of-wa- A Long-enbanc- ud side-tracke-d WILL TERMINATE TODAY. Canadian Inquiry of the Valencia Wreck Near End. Victoria, B. C Feb. 19. It la expected that the Canadian Inquiry into the Valencia wreck will terminate lomor-r-. Today Captain Cousins of tbe steamer Queen, Captain Patterson end Captain Wallace of the Pacific Cost Steamship company, and Engineer Crrick of the Valencia were examined. Captain Coualna waa asked with regard of the causa of the disaster and attributed it to overrunning the course beau of the heavy northerly wind. He raid he knew there was life on the wreck because he heard three guns fired, bnt could not render any assistance. This wan impossible, be aald. Captain Patterson, who was on the City of Topeka, Mid be first learned of tbe disaster from the Associated Press and proceeded to the wreck by the Topeka, which, however, did not sight the wreck. He described tbe Topeka's voyage. u Nlneteea-yoar-- Q3yJMuat DECLINED NOMINATION. Mitchell Wont Accept Political Qffioe While Head ef Miners. 7 ( New York, Feb. 19. John JlftchelL president of th nited MlnwWorkers at America today received dMqm from Peoria, 111., in, which he fered the nominate that diatrl congress MiumSIi convent! lesekm declining lnitlon. He said U U be would ffide w, cept any political the mine workers. I at Spring Valley, . Helena, Mont., Feb. 19. James 8. Knerl, e well known civil engineer, highly connected aocialL throughout Wasinglon. Feb. 19. Te President Montana, must serve ten years' sen sent the following nominations to the Knee Imposed by the district court of senate: Cascade county for killing Thomas B. three Major YFllllam Duval to be brigadier crlstal. n Helena bartender, i general. years ago. The supreme court today ' Postmaster UleS: N. C. Poulson, affirmed the decision of the lower Richflold. court. NOMINATIONS TO SENATE. , in TROOPS STOP ' Part ef Town Destroys Jews Killed at VI Kleff. Ruanta.Feb.lS, st Vietka near Gomel Jewish riot broke off suiting In a targe pa , tag burned, haver tf larhment of dretwg march from Gori arte disturbance anf tag without tafthao burned bulldingvl-j.- V bouse owned Wu E ed THE common carriers on petroleum and Its product from producing section state of Kan as and the Indian Territory to destinations In Missouri,! Iowa Nebraska Illinois. Arkansas, olorada Oklahoma Indian Territory and other interstate destinations are unreasonable, unjust and unduly pre- judicial" After the Railreada Washington, Feb. 19. Campbell of Kansas Introduced a Joint resolution today instructing the Interstate commerce commission to Ban Francisco, Union Pacific, Kansas make an examination into the subject discrimination and monopMUTINEERS SENTENCED. City Southern and BL Louis South- of railroad olies, and report to congress. It prowestern company. railway e PotemForty-twvide especially that It shall he deterSailors on the Knlax Oil Producer FI In Charge. kin to Be Imprisoned. mined whether the railway own or All persons interested are also grant- control oil or other product whlrh Bepaatopot, Feb. 19. A court mar- ed leave to appear and be heard. they haul, and whether there Is any The chargee filed by the Kansas Oil contract or conspiracy ta constraint tial hero bit sentenced forty4wo ef th mutineers of the Russian battle- Producers' association, upon which the of trade to monopolize the trade ini to imprison- investigation will be bailed. In part Is crude petroleum, refinrd nil or by--; ship Kolas Potemkin ment, one of them to fifteen years, ns follow: products. If the combinations are dis-- j Twcnto-flv"That the rates charged by railroad covered the interstate commerce com-- i men were acquitted. Hrprr-enta-tl- ve Serve Out On-tub- . Washington, Feb. 19. The taler-- ' tat commerce commission hi ord-r-TRAIN HITB TROLLEY CAR. an lnventlgstlon of the rate and of tbo railroad carrier enNumber of Person Injured In Acci- practices oil from Kansas in gaged tnumportlng dent In St Louis. end Indian Territory to interstate destinations. the hearing to be held at Bt Louie, Feb. 19. A well filled Kansas City, Mo., March 13, 19i6. The an waa struck car by Fjpadwsy trailer petition investigation I based upon MounIron the afreet engine at Poplar of the K annas Oil Producers associatain road grade crowing thin morning tion embracing a number of chargea. and moat of the pa Men gem were badTho following named carrier ere rely bruised, hut none waa fatally In- quired to appear for investigation: jured. The car was thrown from the Santa Fe railway, Missouri Pacific, Mia track end careened on Its aide. Kourl, Kansas A Tex, BL Loui A a BTAYd SERVICE. e.OCL 'j Ban FreneJ lV Fob. 19. Charles E, fioolt, aged IV yeara enlisted on 27, 1909, ,ln tha United Btatee marine oorpa at Bay City, Utah, and ta at preernt stationed at Goat Island, ta thin harbor. He entered foe the service without ths consent of hie parents and on February 7 hie father, Edward E. Scott, petitioned foe United Btatee district court for n writ of. habeas corpus, which was denied. The case Waa then carried to foe circuit enert of appeals and Judge Gilbert today headed down an opinion affirming tha Judgment of the district court. , TO DISCUSS ! expratant" 'MUET con-erie- mills J 'k li,, , two-thir- Rena Nev., Feb. 19. Two car loads of passengers on the Southern Pacific are in Reno tonight under irict quarantine, because of a case of smallpox discovered when the train waa near Wlnnemucca, Nevada, ebortly before noon today. The pa engera are tourist s from the east bound for California. Tbe train waa met at Bparka, Nevada, by doctors Gibson end Lewis of the aisle board of health and all the paaeengers placed under quarantine. At this place two two cars were set out and will be held until the authorities are satisfied thoroughly there la no chance of the disease spreading further. Premier Witt and Mtalstsr of the Ta. terior Durnovo remaia. Minister of OoL lectio Nemochaeff is Controller at the Empire FHosaofot, u ta slated, will follw M. Kutlsr and Timlrlaief into retirement in a few gays. Finises Minister BhtpoE 1s said alia te be stated for retirement, though It ta rat certain. M. Kemaotaeff has Juat relumed from "swinging around tha circle," inspecting railroads. He Is said te have declared that it waa Impossible to maintain rffidrat service while the pollcs are Imprisoning the beet and moat Intrlllgrot at ths railroad operators ud that he quite hla post In disgust. The vacancies In the cabinet probably win he ailed temporarily until the meeting of th national assembly and In all probability by tbe promotion of vie ministers. On leaving the department of commerce M. Tlmiaiefoff has severed his connection with the bureaucracy and will come out as a foil fledged parlta- men tarlan. He has been offered the leadership of ths party of eoaunerce Industry, one of the most Important monfactions of tha fionstltutkonal archist federation and will be Its candidate for tha national assembly. Is the event of hla election hla resumption of a portfolio In th respanaitria ministry la altogether prohibit. FTaed from th bond of secrecy, the retiring ministers purpose to train their artillery on Minister of Interior Durnova whode nubile career ta aura to offer many eaflrat polite of attack. It will be the endeavor Ie lay the responsibility for rehetloa at hie door. laieiweting revelation are promised this week. While disorder prevails here, foe note of alarm ta aoundrd at Moscow, can lt ta doabtfoi If the there, hut precipitate anofoqffrte their brethren plainly TBSAhia : , St Louis, Feb. 19. Taking of testimony In the ouster proceedings of the state of Missouri against the Standard and InOIL Republic, Wsters-Plerc- e ternational oil companies, was resumed today before Special Commissioner Anthony. Attorney General Hadley and Assistant Attorney General Lake appeared for the state, while Henry B. Priest John D. Johnson, B. B. Eddy of Chicago and Frank Hagerman of this city appeared for the oil concern. A. G. Btiegerwsld. traveling representative of the G. O. Clark company at Cleveland, an independent oil concern, who was formerly purchasing agent and traffic manager of the Re pubHo Oil company, testified that the tatter company wmi a Standard Oil concern. "It 1 generally understood among oan jo 'JK JPt jwn 'PirawtoiiB the Republic, Standard Oil and Water Fierce companies have divided Mi aourl Into tiiree districts and that one concern never invades the territory a signed to the other. Hold Usual Beaison, New Yorit. Feb. 19. The usual seas km In tbe proceedings In the case of the State of Missouri against the Standard Oil company was called this evening and adjournment waa taken until tomorrow. FIVE CENTS Papers Ar Trying te Start Victoria. B. C Feb. 19. Some Japanese uewapaper are advocating the puretaue at the Philippines from the Untied States, according to advice now claimed that which Gerdron received today by the (I earner Athensaid ta to have list) on lit prison at ian.. The Yorodeu Hocho says the (he time, was missing when the con- Philippine has coat the United States tents of hi, pockets were uii.cd over much advanmoney and no to police have and tbat bera secured, Berthe I'Uirhe said that I'.crdron tages Japan could meet wlih more success, brought h.-- here from Kranci when ns America ha failed because of racial he was Id year of age and made her a woman of the sired,. On? fcfcd..suva between ruler and ruled the long distance which separate the night of July g she ran from her loom and complained lo three odieen the government end the Islands. Conwhom the met that Gerdron had beat- cluding the Yorodsu Hochu illustrate en hrr and that she wauled him ar- Japaucee auoceBMia la Formosa. Tha terrible distress prevailing fn rested. While she was nuking the recame up and the three famine stricken districts of quest Gerdron hinua-lnorth Japan 1a exciting profound was placed In custody. elsewhere In the empire, the lt Is alleged thst he then turned to refuse foreign eld TU kill former upon the girl, exclaiming: you. You will have me arretted, will having vanished In view of tUr exyou? Well, you are a good as dead treme need. Government aid has been now." organised and relief work begun. Later A moment afterward, when his back advlt-efrom the famine tone show was turned, Berthe Cliche shot him tbat hundn-dof persons. Including tliioe t'mci and as she gave heraclf women and children, are perishing "I aiu from starvation aggravated by bitter tip to the officers she cried: glad I killed him, end I would do It cold. twenty times over. He made me ills sluT, but he w 111 never raise his band (gainst another woman." Chicago, Feb. 19. A dispatch Jo the from Glasgow, Mo, r rushed Carrier Can Not Act as Dealer in Goods Japanese Believes Concession Will be Made te United States. d PRICE WOULD BUY PHILIPPINES. Girl Struck by Yreln aa She Pushed Friend From Track. says; . 1906. 20, HER HIS SLAVE, HAS BEGUN Reoord-Heral- brought ( Continued on Page Berra.) TRIAL OF BERTHA CLACHE, WHO SHOT MAN WHO MADE BAYED CASE IS FEBRUARY Fair Tuesday and Wednesday. mission Is to an' Mr. Campbell resolution: "It Is the pnrpos er the Standard Ol rallni.ys and fixed posed tbe lnveetlgatj field at th departm and tabor related company connection but on finding that 1 case I frit this was) tl for Inquiry. Many I Kansas oil are so nnr. supposed to be diotatil ard Oil company, whirl In the directorate of sil against which charged tlon are made. TERRORIST ,. Chenfigoff, Russia, rotki, the man who niaiA upon the life of Governor was hanged here today. I - |