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The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1905-04-22

Mrs. Joseph Robinson and her nep-
hew, Master Mitchell Robinson, oi
jackson, have been guests of Capt
and Mrs. w. w. Stone for several
days.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1905-12-13
CURRENT NEWS EVENTS.

The census returns just made pub
lie shows that Berlin has a population
of 1893, 800.
Philadelphia & Reading and the
Central Of New Jersey railroads will
have an anti-pass order.
cable from Madrid says that King
Alfonso is to marry the Princess Vic
tor!a EUGENE, of Battenburg.
United States Steel Corporation Sc.
cured contract for rails to be used in
construction of Austrian railroad
Senator Chauncey NJ. Depew has
resigned as director Of the Equitable
Assurance Society.
The Erie Railroad Company award
ed contracts for about 100000 for
the construction of the Columbus &
Erie railroad from Lakewood at the
foot Of Chautauqua Lake west 2C
miles to Columbus, Pa.
During high winds fire destroyed
the entire business section of Manas-
sas, Va, some 20 buildings; loss
Sl50,000. Hereafter Civil War vet
Grams passing Manassas Junction will
hardly recognize the place.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1905-12-13
EMBASSY WILL Be GUlRNEO
Soldiers From the Minneapolis
Arrive in ST. Petersburg.
PLOT TO RAID THE TREASURY
The Strike of Telegraphers Now Ex'
tends to Postal System and Com
pletely ParaIyzes Business.

A guard for the American embassy,
consisting of marines, under a petty
officer from the United States cruiser
Minneapolis arrived at st, Peters
burg.
Although there appears to be no
foundation for the prevailing fears
that an outbreak Is emminent, the
population continues in a state Of
anxious suspense. The garrison has
now been reinforced by AZ battallons
of infantry, Is squadrone ~ cavH'"''
and 12 machine guns batteries. The
city Is divided into four districts un-
der Gems. Osaroff, Dubenski, Sterma
and TIUdski. respectively.
The government, it is reported,
narrowly frustrated a plot whereby
/ 900 armed men had arranged to raid
the state treasury. One of the con
spirators. it Is said betrayed his fel-
lows, whereupon the leaders, know
ing that their attack could be re-
pulsed by the troops with great
slaughter, abandoned 1t.
The extension of the strike of the
telegraphcrs to the postal system Is
complete and the paralysis OF bust
ness Is increasing the danger of a
financial crisis The strike OF the
Moscow telephone operators who cut
the wires and tore up the poles has
severed the last means of communi-
cation with the ancient capital
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1905-12-13
CAPITAL NOTES.

F. A. Molitur, chief engineer of the
Midland Valley Railroad Company
formerly chief engineer of the Choc-
taw, Oklahoma & Gulf railroad, has
been appointed supervisor of the
Philippine railroad system.
The President sent the following
nominations to the Senate: Secretary
Of State, Elihu Root, New York; Sec
retary Of the Navy, Charles Joseph
Bonaparte. Maryland; Interstate
Commerce Commissioner. Franklin
Lane, California. In addition all the
recess appointments were sent to the
Senate.
An appropriation of 100000 for n
national tuberculosis sanitarium is
provided for in a bill introduced by
Representative Wiley of Alabama.
The bill provides that the sanitarium
Is to be open to INDECENT persons of
both races suffering from tuberculo-
sis. Florala, Ala, is designated as
the site for the sanitarium.
The Senate confirmed the appoint
ment of Secretary Bonaparte.
Reduction of the American naval
force in Dominican waters from a
squadron of protected cruisers to a
mosquito fleet has been determined
upon by the President.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1905-12-13
CONGRESSIONAL.

The second days session of Con-
gress was mainly consumed by the
reading of the Presidents message
Three million dollars for the new
Pittsburgh pnstofilce building. the
presentation of the modified Esch-
Townsend railroad rate bill and the
opening of the discussion on the pro-
position to appropriate S16,5OO, 900
for the expenses of the Panama ca
nal commission were the three items
of particular interest which were
taken up on the third day.
Chairman ]. c. Burrows, of the Sen
ate Committee ON Privileges and Elec-
tiuns, says that no action will be taken
in the case of Senator Reed Smoot, of
Utah, until the vacancy on the COM
mittee is filled. which will put the case
over until after the holiday recess.
Senator Scott introduced bills pro-
ylding for service pensions and for
issuance of bonds for the erection of
public buildings in towns of j, 700 pop
ulatiOn and more.
Representative Graham introduced a
bill appropriating 100000 for a pub
lie building at Sewickley.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1905-12-13
5STH CONGRESS CONVEMES|
Both Houses Inaugurate Session
With Usual Ceremonies.
NO FLOWERS IN EITHER BRANCH
Vice President Fairbanks Calls Senate
Both Bodies Adjourn in Mem
ory of Dead.

In the opening of the fiftynihth
Congress interest centered In the pro-
ceedlngs of the House. The new Sen
ate was organized during the special
session Immediately after the 4th OF
March and consequently the public
knew the proceedings there would be
of purely perfunctory sort.
There were no flowers on senators
desks, in obedience to the order adopt
ed at the beginning of the special ses-
sion last spring and no bills were in
troduced.
The organization of Il new House of
Representatives is always productive
of amusement and excitement, and the
preliminary proceedings in that body
were we'll worth witnessing.
As in the Senate, the old-time
flower show was conspicuous, by its
absence by order of Speaker Can
non.
Exactly at noon Major Alexander
MacDowell, clerk uf the House, called
that body to order. A prayer was de-
livered by the chaplain, Rev. DR., Hen
ry n. Couden. The invocation review
ed the peaceful and prosperous con
dltion of the Nation, and was a plea
for patriotic and wise legislation, and
concluded with Il repetition of the
Lords Prayer"
Mr.. Cannon was then nominated for
speaker by the Republicans and Mr..
Williams by the Democrats, Speaker
Cannon received 2i3 votes and Mr..
Williams 12S, Clerk MacDowell de-
clared Mr.. Cannon duly elected
speaker of the Fisty-ninth Congress.
He was brought into the hall. and es-
Corted to his chair by Representative
Williams (Miss.), Keifer (OD, Vree-
land On. ", and Underwood (Ala.)
He was received by the members of
the House, while applause came from
both sides and the galleries. On
reaching the speakers chair, Mr.. Will
iams introduced him to the House.
Mr.. Cannon in his speech of ac-
ceptance, particularly urged the pres
ence of quorum at all sessions.
Representative Bingham Pa) ad-
ministered the oath to the speaker and
then the members We're sworn in.
On motion of Mr.. Hepburn, the
officers of the House Of the last Con-
gress were reelected and sworn in.
The officers were sworn in, including
Alexander MacDowell, clerk; Henry
Casson, sergeant-at-arms; +. b. Ly-
on, doorkeeper; Joseph c. McElroy,
postmaster, and II. N. Couden, chap
lain.
No attempt was made to transact
important business, an agreement
having been reached that both houses
adjourn over till Tuesday before re-
ceiylng the Presidents annual mess
age.
AZ 1920 the Senate adjourned as
mark of respect to the late Senator
Platt, of Connecticut.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1905-12-13
GOT $500 A WEEK
Hotel Man Takes Out Policy and
Gets Good Job.

One of The most interesting develop
ments in the legislative life insurance
investigation was contained in the
testimony of Horace II. Brockway, a
hotel proprietor and director of the
Mutual Reserve Life Insurance Com
pany, who said that he had given
5000 to President Frederick A. Burn
ham of that company at the demand OF
Mr.. Burnham in 1898.
Mr.. Brockway told the committee
that Mr.. Burnham told him if he would
take out policy in the Mutual Re
serve he would make him director.
Mr. Brockway then took out policies
amounting to $4,000. After having
been director for some time he was
put on the payroll of the company at
$500 a week. received that salary for
four months, and then 1t was cut to
5000 n week. Asked what he did to
earn that money he said he looked
over some loans for the company, was
consulted by policy holders as to
whether the company was good one
to insure In and did whatever he was
asked to do. He had been getting
$500 a week eight weeks when Mr..
Burnham demanded the $4,000.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1905-12-13
TREASURY OPERATIONS
Report Of Income and Outlay for
Last Year.

The annual report of Secretary of
the Treasury Shaw was sent to the
House. II says
The ordinary revenues for 1905, as
compared with 1904. show an Ia
crease of $3,642 .935 As, while the eX-
penditures were less by SIS. 1913, ,407 .S6.
The net result for the fiscal year was
an excess of expenditures over reve-
nues of $23.0Oi, ,22S60.
For the past two years expenditures
have heen in excess ot the revenues
more than S6i i,O0O00D. This, how
ever, included the extraordinary eX-
penditures in 1904 of $50 1000 900 for
the Panama canal.
During the fiscal year 1905 there
was an addition of 5000 to the inter-
est-bearing debt, while there were re-
ductions of $GOO675 in the items on
which interest had ceased since ma
turity and s3,3O2. .14G.3O in the debt
bearing no interest. The net reduc-
tion was S3,9Ol, ,921.30.
The available cash balance in the
general fund June 30, 1905, was Sl45,-
477,49l SO, a reduction for the year
Of s26, ,076.13.
The revenues for the first quarter
of 1906 were $l4T0l4,725.l0 and the
expenditures s15G, ,5SS, ,966.66, an eX-
cess of expenditures over receipts of
Sy,574,2i1,JG, In the first quarter of
1905 expenditures were $l7S5G,Gl5 in
excess of receipts.
Imports to the amount of $l,ll7,-
5l2,G29 were landed upon United
States wharyes during the fiscal year
ending June 30 1905, and upon these
imports s262, ,OG0,52S of duty was col
lected. For the same period the ex-
ports of merchandise were Sl,5lS,5Gl,-
720.
The receipts from internal revenue
taxes for the fiscal year 1905, as
shown by collectors receipts, were
$234, 1877, ,O7G.37, a net increase over
1904 Of 81 ,2Si, 1851.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1905-12-13
Jewish Fund of s2,475,o 900.

The committee which was appoint
ed by the recent conference held in
London under the Craftsmanship of
Lord Rothschild to take charge of the
distribution Of the funds collected for
the relief Of Jews in Russia announ-
ced that up to date s2,475,OOO had
been contributed. This sum included
sl,G00,000 from the United States,
$500 900 from Germany and $4,000
from Great Britain. The sum of
$685. has already been remitted to
Russia.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1905-12-13
EIGHTEEN MINERS DEAD
Explosion Causes Great Loss OF Life
and Damage to Property.

Eighteen miners lost their lives in
an explosion Friday night in the Dia-
mundville Coal and Coke company's
mine, at Diamondville, Wyo. Miners
believe that a blown-out shot was the
cause. The shock of the explosion
was felt all over the town, rocking
buildings so violently that their oc-
cupants ran outdoors.
The explosion occurred LOO feet
under ground and 5000 feet from the
mouth. 1t wrecked the brattices and
blocked the entrances TO the lower
levels, compelling the removal of
much debris before the miners could
be reached.
When the rescuers finally went into
the mine nune could remain long
Crowds around the portal eagerly
watched car after car come up only
to see rescuers who had been over
come by afterdamp. 1t was several
hours before the first body was
brought up.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1905-12-13
CAR CAN'T SPARE WlTTE
Refuses to Accept Resignation Of
Prime Minister.

Dissatisfied with his treatment at
the hands Of his imperial master,
and apparently feeling that it was be-
yond his power to restore tranquil
conditions throughout the empire,
Count Witte, who but a short while
ago, assumed the post of premier Of
the Russian empire, handed the Gear
his letter of resignation of the posi-
tioI. and sensational scene ensued
The Gar, after reading the docu-
ment through, tore it in pieces and
flung it at Whites feet, eXclaiming
angrily:
Are you such a poor patriot as to
desert me in this hour of misfortune
Remain in Office until | see fit to re-
lieve you."
The Emperor then turned on his
heel and left Count Witte standing in
the middle of the reception chamber.
A serious mutiny has occurred at
Lomsha. Troops rebelled, fired the
barracks and attacked their officers.
Many cases of the bankruptcy of
Industrial firms are reported from the
provinces and the money situation is
growing graver every hour.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1905-12-13
sAKHAR0FF ASSASS|NATED.
Woman Shoots Former Russian
Minist of War at Saratoff
MuTlNous TROOPS ARE SHOT
Father Gapon Continues to Advise
the Workmen Against Revou-
tion.

The st. Petersburg correspondent
of the London Daily Telegraph In n
dispatch dated December s, sent by
way of Eydtkuhnen. East Prussia,
says: Lieut.. Gen. Sakharoff form
er minister of war, was assassinated
today. The government had deputed
Gen. Saliharoff to visit the province
of Saratoff for the purpose of quell-
ing the asrarian riots there.
"A woman belonging to the So
called flying columns of the revolt
tionary movement, called at the
house of the governor of Saratoff at
noon today and asked to see Gen.
Sakharon. She fired three revolver
shots at the general, killing him on
the spot. The tidings reached st.
Petersburg tonight. Count Wtte
charged Lieut.-Gen. Rudigor, minis
ter of war, with the task of breaking
the news to Madame Sakharoff.
Private accounts from Kief say
that the mutinous troops there were
Shot down In narrow lane by
Cossacks, the mutineers being caught
between two fires 1t is reported
here that symptoms of mutiny have
appeared in the Seventh Finnish regi-
ment at Viborg.
Father Gapon is continuing to
preach to the workmen against a
revolution. saying that the strike
tactics are sure, to eventuate in re-
action and jeopardize the freedom
purchased by blood.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1905-12-13
gERNAARDT legged
Canadians Show Displeasure
French Actress in Quebec.

Canadians Show Dispeasure at
French Actress in Quebec.
Sarah Bernhard, while driving to
the station at Quebec after the close
of her performance. was rotten-egged
by hoodums. When the play was
over the audience dispersed, but
about 200 hoodlums hung around the
door! AS Mr.. Max, her leading man,
appeared he was struck with an egg.
A detachment OF SO policemen had
mustered behind the Market Hall and
they stopped the trouble at the
theater.
Madame Bernhardt when she got
into her sleigh was applauded. How
ever a number of hoodlums had
preceded her to the station, and as
the tragedienne was driving there
eggs were thrown at her, which she
fortunately escaped. Some OF her
company, who were in open sleighs,
were struck
The mob Kept out of the station
and dispersed as soon as the members
of the company got aboard a train.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1905-12-13
Morrili's Auto Bill.

Representative Morrill, of Pennsyl-
vania introduced a bill providing that
all persons desiring to operate auto
mobiles passing from one State to an
other must obtain a Incense granted
after an examination under the direc-
tion of the Interstate Commerce
Commission. He also has introduced
bill placing insurance companies un-
der the control and supervision of the
Department of Commerce and Labor,
and a second insurance bill extending
the sovereign visitorial power of the
United States over life insurance COM
panies and other corporations organ
ized under State laws.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1905-12-13
CHARGED With Land Frauds.

The Federal grand jury at st. Paul.
MINI, returned indictments against
J. F. Darse, William T. Horsnell and
Royal B. Sterns. They were arraign-
ed before Judge Morris and all pleaded
guilty except Horsnell and Stearns.
Horsnell and Stearns are charged with
fraud in connection with government
lands in northern Minnesota and
Washington. Darse is charged with
using the United States mails to FUR
ticr q scheme to defraud.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1905-12-13
BANK INSURANCE
Measure to Protect Depositors In Ma
tional Banks.

tlOndI bdUks.
One of the first bills introduced In
the house was the result of the agita-
ton over the Enterprise National bank
failure at Allegheny. 1t was presented
by Representative A. H. Bates of
Meadville and the purpose of 1t Is to
insure better protection to depositors
In national banks. Mr.. Bates proposes
number of amendments to the ma
tiuua banking law OF 1864, which 1t Is
thought will prevent any losses TO the
depositors or the national bank AS
the result of failure. Each national
bank is TO be assessed 500 per year,
and the funds raised by this are to
be in the custody of the United States
treasurer. When the amount raised
In this manner has reached $4,000 900
the assessments are discontinued until
this fuld is reduced to S., 900, 900, when
they are renewed again. The inter-
est upon this fund and the principal
Is to be used in paying depositors of
national banks where the liabilities o
a failure are so large that the assets
Of a bank to not cover the deposits.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1905-12-13
DUN's WEEKLY SUMMARY
Wholesale Business Promises Well
for the Coming Year-Rail-
ways Prosperinu

Trade broadens In healthy manner
in response to lower temperature and
holiday demand. Staple lines of
heavy weight wearing apparel are
readily distributed and the movement
of Christmas goods promises to add
one more to the many new high rec
ords established by 1905
Many manufacturers in these lines
are unable TO fill orders, notably those
producing iewelry. candy. toys and
novelties. Wholesale business Is on
scale that promises well for next
season, shipping departments are
taxed to the utmost and mercantile
collections are satisfactory, with few
except ions, which are confined
chiefly to Southern districts where
cotton has not been marketed prompt.
ly. Prices have made further ad-
valces, Dun's index number being
Sl05,312 on December /, against
sl03,S53 month previous, and the
past week has brought a still higher
level.
There was nothing In the State
documents to disturb confidence, in-
dustrial activity is showing greater
progress than at any previous time
and railway earnings in November
were G.1 per cent. larger than last
years. Foreign commerce at this
port for the last week showed gain
Of sl,119,305 in imports and a de-
crease Of S2,421,00 in exports, as
compared with the same week OF
1904.
New business In the iron and steel
industry may be coming forward a
little less freely, but the demand for
many products is so far ahead of sup
ply that there Is little interest in cur
rent operations. More high record
prices for recent years have been
established in the markets for minor
metals. Export trade is not en-
couraged by the new quotations, al
though moderate orders are received
for certain heavy goods on which
prices were quoted before the crop re-
port appeared. Leather is firm, but
quiet. Failures numbered 232 in the
United States, against 239 last year
and q in Canada, compared with 2G a
year ago.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1905-12-13
IN RECEIVERS HANDS
c. H. & D. and Pere Marquette Lines
in Difficulties.

The Cincinnati, Hamilton & Day
ton and the Pere Marquette railroads
were placed in the hands of a receiver
by United States Circuit Judge Henry
Burton. Judson Harmon, formerly
United States attorney general, was
appointed receiver, giving bond for
100000 Application for a receiver
was made by Attorney Lawrence Max
well, Jr., on behalf of Walter T..
Horn of New York, creditor of
both roads. and was agreed to by the
defendants in answers admitting the
principal charges of insolvency.
In the main application for receiv-
er for the Cincinnati, Hamilton &
Dayton, which was filed first, it was
declared that Walter B. Horn was a
creditor to the amount OF SCI, 1856. 10
for money loaned, now due, and which
the defendant had admitted its inabil-
ity to pay.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1905-12-13
TEN PERSONS KILLED
Nineteen Are Injured in a Collision
w.. on the Union Pacific.

Nineteen Are Injured in a Collision
~. on the Union Pacific. -
Ten persons were killed and II train
employees and eight passengers injured
In the wreck of Overland limited pas
senger train No. Q on the Union Paci-
fc railroad five miles west of Rock
Springs, Wyo. The limited was run
into head-on by freight train, and
both engines demolished. The dyna-
mocar, mail car and dining car on the
3 limited burned. Several of the dead
were inCinerated
The dead are: First Cook James
Busbee, Omaha; Second Cook, Ed. Ro-
sembaum Oakland, Cal. Fourth Cook
John Lawless, Omaha; j. A. Newson,
J. f. Fhilleppar, Frank Peterson, mail
clerks, of Cheyenne, Wyo.; Electric
ians Stigers Of Ogden and Assistant
Electrician Frank McKenna of Oma-
ha; Engineer Brink of Rawlins, and
Brakeman Smith of Rawlins.
An extra freight train was given an
order before it left Rock Springs to
meet four eastbound passenger trains,
of which the Overland limited was the
last one, at Ahsay, siding five miles
west of Rock Springs. When mile
and a half west of Ahsay the freight
met the Overland limited and the
crash followed. Both engines were
demolished and the three first cars OF
the Overland limited Immediately
caught fire and were destroyed.
W W. l.. Park, general superintendent
of the Union Pacific road, stated that
Conductor Roy Darrell and Engineer
Brink were entirely responsible for
the wreck and that Conductor Darrell
has admitted that he became confused
as to the number of trains that had
passed Ahsay. Superintendent Park
is informed that none of the passen-
gers received fatal injuries.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1905-12-13
WEATHER FAVORABLE
Some Exceptions, but Growing Crops
Are Doing Well.

The Weather Bureaus monthly
bulletin for November summarizes
crop conditions as follows.
While the Atlantic Coast districts
experienced droughty conditions and
heavy rains proved detrimental in the
West Gulf States the weather condi-
tions during November, 1905, general
ly were favorable for farming oper-
atiOns in nearly all districts, being
exceptionally SO In the central vaneys.
The long continued drought In Cali
tornia was relieved by generous rains
near the close of the month, when a
heavy fall of snow occurred through
out the Northern Rocky mountain re-
gion and thence eastward to the up
per lakes.
The reports indicate that in the
principal winter wheat States winter
wheat Is entering the winter in ex-
cellent condition. In the Middle At
lantic States, however, the germina-
tion of late sown wheat was not
wholly satisfactory, but that seeded
early r. in promising condition. The
Hessan fly Is reported from scatter
ed localities in Missouri and Pennsyl-
vania and also in Michigan. being
confined principally to the early sown
in the last mentioned State. On the
North Pacific coast the conditions
have been favorable for seeding, but
termination has not been satisfac-
tory.
Except in a small part of Western
Mississippi and scattered localities in
Alabama practically all of the cot
ton crop in the districts east of the
Mississippi had been gathered by the
close Of the month, the same being
true Of Louisiana, but in Missouri,
Arkansas and Texas and Oklahoma
and Indian Territories small part OF
the crop is still in tie fields.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1905-12-13
DOZEN SAILORS DIE
sngufed by Mountainous Waves
While Leaving Sinking Craft.

Eleven lives were lost as a result of
the striking of the steamer Lunen-
burg on the rocks off Amherst har-
Dor, near the Magdalen Islands.
When the steamer struck there were
II persons on board, including a crew
of 16 and X. j. Leslie of Halifax, one
Of the firm owning the steamer and
member of Parliament.
The accident occurred in violent
storm. Five sailors rowed to land.
Later in the day the steamer began
to go to pieces and it became neces-
sary for the others to leave in one of
the ships boats. When they were
half way to the shore great wave
swamped their craft. and the only
one to escape was Captain Pride of
the Lunenburg.