The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1897-06-25
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YERKES MEANS TO BE INDEPEND-
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phia Iron works, Of PhIIsdslp hia-Btl
Standard Oil People Get Hold OF thu
Bay btate Gas Company, Of Delaware
Solomon Rosenbaum Testiies In TIT
Trial of the Tobacco Trust On1ciaIs.
Chicago. June 24.-The long-cherish
ed plan Of Charles Yerkes. the stree
railway magnate. to be in a position t
manufacture all machinery needed by
street railroads in Chicago. New York
Philadelphia and Piutsburg, has a.
last been realized. The Siemens'
Halske Electric company. with its big
factory in Chicago. is now being con-
solidated with the Pennsylvania Iron
Works. Of Philadelphia. A majority Of
the stock Of the Chicago company has
already been exchanged for the stock
e the Pennsylvania. The minority
stockholders have been given sixty
days In which to accept the offer OF the
eastern concern. The combined capital
il 900. Heretofore the electric
| companies have practically had mon
opoly.
BIG GAS TRANSFER.
Boston, June 24.-The Traveller today
says: A big gastransaction by which the
Standard Oil people secure absolute con-
tro. o; the Bay State Gas company OF
Delaware was consummated in New
York yesterday. The conference in
which the arrangements were compiet-
! cd was the last Of a series, and was OF
a NEST important character MesSrs.
Rogers, Addicks, Coudert. Carter and
other gentlemen, prominent In gas at
| fairs, were IN attendance. Addicks ac-
cepted the Standards proposition that
| ne should refund 81, o00, 900 in cash or its
equivalent to the company, in consid-
| GRAFTON OF which all litigation Is to be
| ended Mr.. Addicks, by virtue Of the
arrangement, retires from the gas field
and the next move will proba bly, be a
reorganization of the entire business on
| a simple basis. When business at the
stock exchange opened this morning.
Bay State Gas advanced 7-s per cent.
TOBACCO TRUST CASES.
New York. June 24-President Duke
Of the American Tobacco company was
the only one Of the officers Of that or
ganization present IN the court Of gen.
eral sessions when the trial of the COM
rany's officers on the charge OF con-
spiracy was resumed.
Solomon Rcsenbaum. who UP to March
last was salesman in the employ of
the American Tobacco company, was
the first witness called by the prosecu-
ton today. The witness said that in
addition to his work as salesman, he
reported to the officers of the company
as to the manner in which the holders
Of consignment agreements conducted
business. It was his duty 10 deliver
goods to the jobbers, who purchased
supplies under the consignment agree
ment He saw Mr.. Brown and Mr..
Marburg almost daily at the Office of
the company during 1894. He also saw
other directors who are under indict-
ment. frequently.
Witness reported Morris Hirsch Of
Brooklyn for selling cigarettes manu-
featured by the National Tobacco COM
pany.
H;rsch. who had dealt with the Amer
lean Tobacco company. told witness
that he had become an agent Of the
National company.
Counsel asked: "was It not your ex-
psrience that the consignment was for
the benefit Of the consignee?"
District Attorney Olcott objected and
the objection was sustained.
FISH COMMISSION WORK
With Special Reference tn the Salmon
Waters OF the Northwest.
Washington, June 24.-The work Of the
United States fish commission during the
past season has been enormous. Over
100 .O00, 900 cod fry Matched at Gloucester
and Woodsholl have been planted at the
fisheries on the New England coast, and
200, 900 900 shad collected in the Potomac,
Susquehanna and Delaware rives were
distributed along the Atlantic coast to
Florida. About 100. oO0. 900 holsters have
been taken in Maine and Connecticut.
These are being liberated by several
vessels engaged In the work. From the
ha;cheries on the great lakes 125. 000. 900
white fish fry and i7,00O, 900 lake trout
fly have been Matched and planted.
The hatcheries at Quincy. Illinois;
Neosha. Missouri: Manchester, Iowa;
Leadville, Colorado. and an Marcos, Tex
az, have collected and distributed 3,000.-
00u bass. A new station will be estao
lished at Black Hills, 8. D., and auxili-
airy stations are in contemplation in the
Clackamas, Rogue and Solomon rivers
in Oregon. on Puget Sound and the lit
tie White Salmon river in Washington
and on the McCloud. Battle Creek and
Trinity in California. The work OF plant
ing Pacific Salmon. which last year
reached an aggregate OF 100000 Will
be continued next fall The salmon IN
dustry on the Pacific coast is Of vast i'm
pcrtance, but is not as yet extensive on
The Atlantic coast. Over 80 per cent OF
the work of the commission is devoted
10 commercial fish. embracing the cod,
shad, wtiefish, pollock, mackerel. taw-
;og. soup. sea bass. lake trout, salmon,
steel head, trout and lobster.
In the northwest some interesting
work has been mapped gu, for this sum-
mer and fall under the direction OF Dr..
Smith of the scientific bureau The
study Of the conditions in the Columbia
basin with especial attention 10 the bio
logical features. will be continued some
years aso il was found that salmon DID
cot run in the Upper Columbia as for
nerly, nor in its tributaries. like the
Snake river. Investigations were made
to ascertain whether this was due %
distractions in the river. bu; no impe-
d;ments were found tina, had not always
sxelted. The failure OF the salmon n
the upper Columbia. IL vas concluded,
MSS due to the multiplication OK fishing
apparatus on the lower Columbia and