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Show VtAMIIMITOI llllll IN. Iliwatlaiilioii f I'"1 lleadliia Cnuiblna luulhiiieil. Wabiii.nuton, Deo. 16 The House coiuniltlue re.iimedltt Investigation of the Heading combine today. Among thoae examlneJ ui L. II. IMxe, ol the well-kuowu coal llrm of Coxo Jlrothert it (in. Ho was asked whether tho coal I reducing business was profitable In rtcent jears, He slated he tbotiaht pee.pluwhnliad put money Inelncothe war had not, on the whole, madu fair Interest en It. It Is thu most tliky busluim he know. Until ho got Into tho Lands of thu hi companies 1 a thought tho fullurra averaged much larger llian In any other calling. In view of Coxo'a lint union of Iho Itanspcrtntlnti und roal producing compaulea was duo to business uoruisl ties nnd rompttltlon nrlalng Itom tho fact thntlratirparlera found tlio organization organ-ization ot big ioiiii utiles watinenaclog them. Fort TUB llttOO.NIINUATION OK I'M-BION. I'M-BION. Itepresentallvu Antony of Texaa Introduce! In-troduce! a bill repealing tho act of Juno 17, lbO), granting tensions tu Midlers und sailors and widows, minor children und deiendent parents ot soldiers and sailors. Thu bill also provides pro-vides lhat all imlons granted uuder tho act ehull bo dhcontlnueJ. AtliZONA WAM1B 61 Atl.MOOD. Governor Murphy, of Arlzana, Is In Washington, strongly urging tho lm-medlalo lm-medlalo admission of the territory to the union. foi'ULista ALAmiiiu. Populists In Congresa havo taken alarm at certain mesiuns aimed at tho Intrntatu commercu act Beuator Poller today said lm wMicd to call at. tentlon to soma significant facta In connection with the pending Culli m bill to uiuetid the act. Tint bill, he aid, waa marked, "Introduced by ropiest," and helmlmaled It was dene nt tho riquust of railway rioplr. It waafratned to achieve thu very thing tho Interstate net Intended lo prevent, pooling, and under lis terms It Is tho people who surrender tho control tbey now had over the roads. Then the uniondmenls lo section ten would re-rnmove re-rnmove tho penalty clause, ao there would Lu pradlcally no punishment for violating the very irseuco of the act. AltogettcrHcuator Pcller rigarda the bill as n most daugeious meusuru and announces lilt purpose to tight It at nil points. Obllunrr. llOTBi'Ri.sas, Ark., Dec. 15. After n lingering but apiureiilly palnliss lllunu, Benator Gibson died nt .1:10 p.m. today. At thotimoof Ills death lie was unrounded by members of bit family and eoveinl closo friends. Beuator Beu-ator Gibson passed nwuy as It he had merely gouo to sleep. In accordance Willi his wishes his remslns will be burled In Lexington, Ky., by the sldu ot his wife. KK CONUIII-iSMAN ltotisu, HoSToN, Dsc, 15. lU-Congresaman Leopold Morau callel at the Hotel Vendotne Ihls evening to see Itepre-sentatlvullltt, Itepre-sentatlvullltt, who was attending the reception of thu MerchatiU'AMoclallou. While there lie had uu eplleptlo fit nnd died within au hour. |