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7 TO STRIKE.

Topeka. Kan. Sept. 13-At d meeting
of the local typographical Union held this
evening the member voted for a strike
OF all job offices In the city at Z o'clock
tomorrow morning. unless a contract for
an eight-hour day is agreed TO by the
before that time. The employ
ers. after the meeting. again refused TO
make the contract, SO the men Will re
fuse 10 go to work in the morning. Seven
offices and 125 men will be affected.
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BAD BLOW TO POOL ROOMS.

New York, Sept. 13-The board of directors of the Western Union
Telegraph company today approved a recommendation made o. July
Y last by the executive committee Of the board that the company en-
trely discontinue the collection and distribution of horse racing news
The action taken today provides that messages containing horse racing
news shall be handled by the Western Union company only when filed
at q regular Office of the company and is aimed 10 put an end to the
several race track wires over which news o use in the promotion of
gambling might be obtained by pool rooms.
1t was announced at the Office of the Western Union that the &C.
ton of the board Of directors terminating the horse racing service
would become effective Immediately.
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Sees General King.
DEATH LIST is SMALL
Cholera Bulletin From Berlin Shows
That the Situation Is Not
Alarming.

Berlin. Sept. l2-The official bulletin
issued today announced that 10 new cases
OF cholera and 4 deaths occurred between
noon Yesterday and noon today.
of the fresh cases one each occurred in
The districts of FlatoW, Stuhm, ODernIk.
CZdruiKau. WiFsitZ ana BrOmberg. three
i'm the Narieuwerder district. four in the
Graudenz district ana two in the Schdbin
district. Four illnesses previously in
cIuded in the reports of cholera turn out
NOT to be cholera. The totals therefore
10 date are IT5 cases and % deaths.
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UNCLE SAM WILL SEE THAT ALBERS
GETS FAIR TRIAL IN NICARAGUA

is not passage by any vehicles. Amalpa,
on the gulf of Fonseca, on the southern
nearest port TO OcOtal. The Parlinon
company, whose agent Albers was, has
sent a lawyer named Brubaker from Phil
adelphia to Ocotal 10 assist in his de-
tense.
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AWARDED.


TC.T-NTIT 10 TI|TWTWsT
Washington. Sept. 13.-The contract for
the construction of Sh0shOne dam in wy
oming will be awarded to Prendergast &
ClarksOn. Chicago. Ills. the lowest bid
ders. D. total amount OF Prendergast
& CIaFkson's bid for the dam and auxil-
iarv work was s513, 80.
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THE DEATH RECORD.
General Lawrence Pike Graham,

Washington, Sept. 1S.-General Law
renee Pike Graham, l.. 5. A, retired, died
last night at Providence hospital. He was
an officer in the celebrated Second dra-
gO0ns and served in the seminole war in
Oons and served in the Seminole war III
Florida. in the Mexican war and in the
civil war. His death was the result Of
an injury to his hip received last July in
a fall At Warm Springs. W. Va.
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SHORTAGE OF CARS.

Pittsburg. Sept. f3.-Manufacturing
companies in the Pittsburg district are,
p~eriencing considerable inconvenience as
a result OF a shortage Of freight cars.
The railroads are forced TO send all of
their spare equipment into the grain
country.
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MADE DEATH SURE.
Woman Drank Poison and Then Shot
Herself.

New York. Sept. lS.-Aliss A. ". WiIdey
of Washington, D.. G, was found dead
i'm her room at the Manhattan hotel here
today. shot through the right temple
and with a cup containing the dregs Of
a poison which had evidently been drunk
some time today. A revolver. with one
empty chamber, which lay beside the
body. caused the coroner 10 begin his
investigation on the theory that the Wo-
man had taken her own life. a note
was found in the room, signed Miss A
W. Wildey," and containing only the
statement that her body would be called
for.
terday She was well dressed and OF good
appearanCe.
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TOXIC RIOT CASUALTIES.

= Toxic. Sept. 10. g p. m.-AccOrding y
= 10 the metropolitan police estimate =
= of casualties during the recent riot =
y ing, 3SS c~onstables. Is firemen and y
= two soldiers were wounded. Among =
y the mob and bystanders nine were =
y killed n fSI were wounded. y
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General George L. Weeks.

Washington. Sept. 13.-Brigadier Gen
eral George H. Weeks, a retired army
officer and at one time quartermaster of
the army, died here tonight after a brief
illness, aged y years. Two of his sons
are in the ~army-George NJ. Weeks. of
the Fourteenth infantry and Captain Ma
riOn NJ. Weeks OF the Fifth infantry.
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SOME RAILROAD A
Of the New York Life on
the Stand.

New York. Sept. lS.-Frederick II.
sbit,man. assistant treasurer for the last
thTee wears of the New York Life In
surance company, was the first witness
before the insurance investigation COM
nniffee today. He was examined on syn
dicate accounts. The Toronto. Hamilton
e buffalo deals We're the first taken up
and the accounts were gone into in de-
ssHow could the New York Life, asked
Mr. Hughes cOunse to the committee,
sretire Toronto. Hamilton < Buffalo
bonds from the syndicate at g, when II
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HAD AN OBJECT IN VIEW.
Mob Carried Kerosene and Short iron
Bars.

Yokohama. Sept. Is. 6 p. m.-Troops Of
infantry are now guarding the foreign
consuIates, churches. converts and no.
tells and cavalry are patroling the streets.
one hundred and nineteen arrests had
been made up TO noon. 1t is understood
that the riot was melted by agitators
from Toxic. Inflammatory placards were
posted in the slums Tuesday and were
torn down by the police.
The mob used many short iron bars
and had kerosene ready, showing that
there was some objective. It had threat
ened to burn all the police boxes tonight
which threat had been forestailed by the
precautions of the troops.
The city is now quiet
No anti-foreign sentiment exists and
there is a growing feeling in business
circles that the rioting is senseless aud
mischievous and must be strongly sup
nrosSed.
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Fever in Mississippi.

pi yellow fever summary for the last
twenty-fOur hours is as follows:
NatcheZ. two new cases, one new foci.
GuifpOrt, one new case. one death.
Hamburg. four eases.
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ms AND OUTS OF
INSURANCE DEALS
Syndicates Prove Profitable to the
Mutual Company.
NEW YORK LIFE AFFAIRS
INSIDE FACTS NOW COMING TO
LIGHT.

EN YORK, sept. ia vigorous ue-
Tense OF s~yndicates and their opera
lions in connection with the insur-
ance business. and a frank statement or
personal profits gained through their op-
erations made BY Frederick Cromwell
treasurer of the Mutual Life Insurance
company, was the feature or today's ses-
sion Of the special executive committee.
appointed 60 probe methods OF lie lnsur-
ance companies i'm this state. The deIehse
Of the syndicate was made by MT from
We'll soon after he was called 20 the sLdnu
IN the meeting. Before ne was ASKED d
question he begged leave 10 say d lew
words and. upon being directed 10 pro-
coed. said:
Law of Combination"
"Ihe law of combination which affects
finance as everything else has made syn
dicates necessary. When / became the
treasurer OF the Mutual Life Insurance
the total assets Of our company were
SlU1OUO.CU0. The TRANSACTIONS m my de-
partment low are over S~lto,uJoUO per an
mum. When our receipts were lesS-tWeh-
~ years agO-it was quite possible Tor US
10 buy from bond dealers ana pay. the
successive profits, but now il Is absolute
~ impossible 10 buy advantageously large
blocks of securities, except as they are
allowed by the combinations or capital,
popularity called syndicates. and 10 nave
10 20 INTO them 10 get our Investments
AUD get them in sufficient size a at
round floor prices. We could not make
Otr investments without s~yndicates and
We are partners in every syndicate into
which we go. / want to say further that
unless We went into these s~yndicates We
would not be able 10 invest our funds
except by buying in small quantities and
paying the successive profits OF middle
men.
Half a Million of Assets.
Il ask YOU, Mr.. Hughes. and the COM
miLtee. 10 consider that We have now
over SiJH,OOJ.OJO OF assets. and while We
have $4,000. 60 invested in bonds and
mortgages We are constantly under the
necessity of finding additional invest
ments for our large accumulation OF
funds. This is the condition. IL Is no
theory. II is a condition which we meet
and the exhibits are here which show
how we have 10 employ il. Our invest
ments are such that when Mr.. Tappan. L
suppose about the most widely known
and honOred bank president in his day in
New York. died. he left il as a condition
that his trustees should have one privi-
lage and that was To invest In the same
securities as those Of the Mutual Life IN
surance company. That is the way we
invested our money. but we could not
make the transactions of 100000 900 q year
In the securities bought by this company
without using syndicateS.
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MOI The MAN WANTED.

New York. Sept. IA man arrested at
a nearby beach last night whom the po-
lice thought 10 be Paul Kelly, the miss
motorman of the New York elevated
train which was wrecked two DAYS ago,
examined by detectives stodaH who
declared thai he was not the man wanted.
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Equal Division of Profits.

The account was created in order to
invest in Chicago < Northwestern rail-
road bonds, with an agreement for equal
division of profits. Mr.. Shipman said it
should not be called a syndicate.
IS. 1899. YOU buy and sell $50 bonds on
the same day according TO your state
ment?" asked Mr.. Hughes.
The only way I can explain it" Mr..
Shipman replied. lis that the New York
Life held these bonds and wished 10 sell
them. Therefore il named a fair price
and transferred them TO a joint ac-
COunt.
Now, don't you see the purchase is
York Life Insurance company ?'
al rantf eaN LII il six Neara ago
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Half a Million of Assets.
Personal Profits.

The Acknowledgements of personal pro-
fits was made in "A tabulated statement
which was presented to the committee
after recess. II showed that Mr.. Crom-
well had made q personal profit of S26,31l
from syndicate operations during the last
five wears. ina which he individually and
the Mutual Life Insurance company had
participated.
Mr.. Hughes, chief counsel for the com
mittee. Immediately took up an estimate
of these syndicate transactions in IN eff
fort to ascertain the manner in which
these profits were obtained.
An Interesting point was brought out
when probing a transaction of the Penn
svlvauia railroad 81 conVerJibles. Mr..
Cromwell made no personal profit. the
witness stated.
"0f course We are greatly interested in
the Pennsylvania railroad. / might say
We are the heaviest stockholders
Answering Mr.. Hughes. Mr.. Cromwell
said the holdings of the Mutual Life in
the Pennsylvania railroad was $5,0e00o0
nm
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Colonel Henry Curtis.

Marbiehead. -dass.. Sept. 13.-Colonel
Henry Curtis Of Rock Island, III. died
here today.
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Etne Gobelet.

Paris. Sept, I3.-Etne GObelet. former
president of the council of ministers, died
t0day of acute asthma.
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Company Raised the Price.

Ar. Shipman, la reply to further ques-
ticns, said the OmpanV raised the price
from 81 TO 80. bat that the profit had
never been realized and that the COM
pany holds the bonds at the present
time.
~ New York Life in this case" said
Mr.. Hughes. did not return bonds, as
is customary, TO the syndicate members,
but took them Itself and credited on the
books a profit, which in fact has not
been mRde?"
Yes"
Next Mr.. Hughes turned to the Joint
account of Goldman, Sachs & Co, and
the New York Life. in 1893, OF the Chi
cage x Alton bonds. This account was
in pxfGfauCe i'm 1900
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LAST EDITION.

WEATHER FOR SALT LAKE
: Partly Cloudy. 5
SSilver. 62c per ounce )
J Copper (casting9, 151sc per pound. Z
I Lead. in ore. $3.50; New York. $4S5. 5
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Trust Company Connections.

Among these transactions the connection
Of trust companies with the Mutual Life
was brought out when il was stated that
the one million pounds sterling subscrip-
tfOn 10 a Japanese loan was shared by
the United States Mortgage a Trust COM
.pauy and the Guarantee Trust company,
IN explaining this relation Mr.. Cromwell
said.
I'VE gave these opportunities 10 the
trust companies i'm which We held large
interests for very good reasons. As /
explained this morning, We, as an in
surance mpa need very large bank
ing facilities for very large interests. II
goes without saying THAI il is better for
us 10 use our " companies rather than
10 give 10 institutions with which we have
no connection the handling of our large
investments. For this reason. we put
men into the directorate of these sub
sidiary companies TO look after the in
t~erests OF the Mutual. They are not there
for the profit of the interest on the paltry
100 shares they nave to hold. but TO pro-
tect the Mutual. It is natural we should
wish 10 put in as directors Of these COM
panies the same men as are on the board
Of the Mutual I have 100 shares ia these
companies as a director. but / have never
made any secret OF II.
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New York. Sept. 13.-Gaston Richard.
correspondent of the Petit Parisien. sailed
for Europe yesterday.
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Fatality in a Convent.

New Orleans. Sept. lS.-Sister Marie
OF st. Celina died today in Mount Carmel
convent of yellow fever.
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Bromberg, Prussia. Sept. E.-FOUr fresh
cases of cholera have been reported from
three places IN this district.
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Posen. Prussia. Sept. 13-Vice Chancel-
Ior Count Won observation-disclosures who
is visiting the cholera infected provinces
has arrived here.
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Marienwerder. West Prussia. Sept. 81
Three deaths from cholera n three new
cases were reported in this administrative
district today.
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drove about to places of interest in the
city and at $50 O'Clock a special organ
recital was given at the tabernacle. Sen
ator Plat did not attend, although the
rest of the party were present.
Senator PlatI preferred the rest and
silence of his car and was seen there for
The Herald. In the course of a ten
minutes conversation he stated briefly
the purpose of the trip, @disclaiming that
he was on "a kind of a "sJHl hunt Of a
political nature, guessed there was moth
in dom of public nature tina would
interest this section of the counJry-aud-
all this in "a way which failed 10 dis
prove the assertion that the senator IS
somewhat cold-blooded in his ordinary
relations with men.
"simply Out for Pleasure"
I'VE are simply out on a pleasure trip"
assured senator Plat after vouchsafing
Il few minutes interview.
rs ii for my health2 Well. no. rather
not. wouldn't be travelling if I were
not in - good health as / could wish.
We left New York City Sept. g. and
ave not very much time at our disposal
1t is necessary that / be back 10 my
duties Oct. i, as the senate committees
on printing. of which ] an chairman.
begins its sessions that date.
The senator ~Daused-tOng u for
ole TO wonder that any one could have
alleged he was not wrapped up IN his
political work. for his works sake, when
here he was cutting short q pleasant
jaunt To attend the sessions Of a mere
printing committee
Senator Platt is also a member Of the
finance committee and OF others which
he did not recall at the moment.
NO. ] ave no business interests mere,
unless as president of the United States
Express company. I haven't business on
my mind. From here we go TO San Fran
cisco. where We Will remain about four
days and then visit Southern California
Past Allotted Years.
Senator PIatt has passed. by two years.
the allotted three score and ten and yet
he appears only old, not aged. His po-
litical career began when he was 40 years
of age. he being elected TO congress. Sub
seduentlV he was elected 10 the United
States seuate-in ii resigned q few
months after taking his seat. For the
past twenty years cd~rtOOniStS have gone
and cartOOuists lave come, but the Sena-
tor has kept on at his duties. always Oc-
cuDying the center of the political stage
of national politics. In 1896 ne was elected
United States senator and was again cbo-
sen as representative Of the people 10
the senate in 1862. The PIatt home, nom
political and nOu-officlaI, IS in OWegO,
y. Y.
Sees General King.
During his visit in Zion Senator Platt
was visited by General John R. King
of the c.. A. r. General King succeeded
the late General Blackmar, commander
in-chief of the veteran forces at the
time of his death in July. He IS a resi-
DENT of Baltimore. and his acquaintance
with Senator Plat has extended over
some wears. General King arrived IN
Salt Lake yesterday morning and is at
aA- Aka- HmmnmHEnmn
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FAKE INTERVIEW
IN FRENCH PAPER
Correspondent Denounced as a Liar
By Roosevelt.
RED HOT LETTER WRITTEN
GUILTY FRENcHMAN SAILS FOR
EUROPE.

n YSTER BAY. Sept. 1S,-President
Roosevelt has announced as "a
fabrication and wholly without
foundation in truth the report OF
an interview with him regard
ing the terms of peace between Russia
n Japan published today in the PETIT
Parisien in Paris and caDled TO America
ana published here this morning. As soon
as the purDOrted interview was called
to his attention. the president directed
Secretary Loeb 10 send to the c%orrespon-
dent of the Petit Parisien. VINO was re-
ceived at Sycamore Hin the following
telegram:
Oyster Bay Sept Is. 1895,
Castor Richard, Hotel Lafayette, New
Yorkshire president directs me 10 say 10
you that the alleged interview with ann
published in his morning papers Is MOI
only an absolute fabrication wholly Win
out basis of truth. but that your conduct
in obtaining permission to see him un-
der false pTetenses Is thoroughly dlsnon-
Orable. When o came 10 see the pfesl-
dent you informed him that you were
the grand son of Marshal Augereau- that
You had been at the battle of MEkdeh
with the Russian army and with the Jap
anese army afterwards; that you under
stood thoroughly that YOU could nave
no interview Of any kin and that you
simply wished To pay a respect 20 nm.
Under these circumstances the president
received you and listened to your account
of your experiences with the ~JaDanese
and Russians ana spoke TO you also OF
the deeds of Marshal Augereau and OF
NapOleOn's other generals. The pres1' M
had no conversation with you about the
terms of peace and YOU account Of your
alleged interview with aim IS d IaDfica-
ton from beginning 20 n without any
foundation in fact, and because of your I'M
truthfulness and on account of your being
able to see him under false pretenses the
president considers you highly dlshOnor-
able. WILLIAM LOEB, JR-
New York. Sent. I3.-Gaston Richard.
correspondent of the Petit Parisien. sailed
for Europe yesterday.
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had bought them while in the syndicate
az 91?'
Because the market price, in the opin-
ion of c.. NJ. Gibbs, the treasurer at the
time. was then %. We credited the profit,
S44. 9S6, to profit and loss"
Milford chronicle., 1905-03-03
PERSONS
CRUSHED TO DEATH
Church Floor Collapsed While Crowd
ed to Hold Funeral Services.
OVER FIFTY OTHERS INJURED

New York, Feb. g. - Eleven per
sons were killed and upwards Of so
injured, some probably fatally. by the
collapse of the flooring of the Fleet
/ Street African Methodist Episcopal
Church, in Brooklyn. OF those killed,
eight were women, two men and one
q child.
The building was an ancient, ram
shackle frame structure, erected 60
years ago, in the heart of the colored
section of Brooklyn in Fleet street
near Myrtle avenue.
Arrangements had been made to
hold funeral services over Sydney
Painter. one of the Oldest members of
the church, and the auditorium, which
is on the second floor of the building,
the ground floor being used by the
Sunday school, was crowded with an
audience of upwards of 800 persons,
of whom the majority were women.
The congregation was waiting in ST.
lence for the arrival of the body, and
Pastor Jacobs was standing at the
altar awaiting the summons to meet
the funeral procession at the door,
when a sharp cracking of timbers was
heard, and in an instant the half of
the auditorium nearest the door col
lapsed, carrying down more than 100
persons, who were crushed in the
wreckage of the flooring and pews. A
great volume of dust for a few mo-
ments hid from view the victims. The
remainder of the audience, finding
themselves cut off from the door, and
expecting every instant that the rest
of the flooring would collapse under
them, fought madly to reach the win
dows, and in some instances leaped
from them and sustained serious in
juries
On the arrival of the police and fire
men the work of rescue began. Those
remaining uninjured on the portion of
the floor remaining intact were taken
from the windows by ladders. Those
lying in the mass of wreckage on the
lower floor could only be got at after
the firemen had hewed their way to
them with axes. Out of the wreck 10
bodies were recovered and taken to a
station house and about 80 were re-
moved to the Brooklyn hospital, where
three women died soon after being ad-
mitted. All the ambulances in Brook.
lyn were called out, and about a score
of those hurt were able to go home
after their injuries had been at
tended to.
Heartrending scenes were witnessed |
in the station house, which was
thronged with relatives and friends
who came to identify the dead.
The. cause of the collapse was the |
decayed condition of the beams and |
supports of the flooring.
Coroner Flaherty said that the |
church was condemned as unsafe sew
eral years ago, and that he intended |
to prosecute a thorough inquiry to fix 1
the responsibility for the disaster.
. According to Pastor Jacobs, money
had been raised for a new church, the
erection of which was soon to have
been begun. O.,