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The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-12-10
SEiRCHLIGHT on RAILROAD
Interstate Commission to inv estIg ate All
the Great systems


W~AsHINOToN, Dec. 0.-Plans are under
consideration by the Interstate Commerce
Commission that contemplate the most
sweeping, the most comprehensive and far
reaching investigation into the manage
ment OF The railroads Of the United States
yet undertaken.
Very early in the new year practically
all the great systems in the country will be
the subject OF inquiries such as have been
ordered in the case of the Hartman lines
and will soon be ordered in relation TO the
roads controlled and operated by James J.
Hill.
While the members Of the commission
are not inclined to discuss their work. it is
known that practically every railroad
in the United States suspected Of working
in combination with competing roads
will have the sea rchlight of publicity
thrown upon il. In addition to the Harri-
man and Hill systems it is understood that
the commission is quietly looking into the
operations of the New York Central and
the various lines controlled by it..
1T is true" said Chairman Knapp to-day
that we ave in mind an inquiry into the
operations OF the Hill roads. II will be of
the same general character as the one we
are about to institute into the management
Of the so-called Hartman lines Stuy vesant
Fish has talked the matter over with us.
He did not come here by appointment, but
he offered us the benefit of his knowledge
of railroad conditions in the event that we
may need him"
1t is the belief of the commission that
a thorough insight into the methods OF the
roads Of the country will tend to a more
efficient administration of the new rate
law. even if il does not disclose violations
of the la W such as determinations against
individuals and communities.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-12-10
HEARST'S MINERS CLTIuiTu W.
Mass Meeting OF Homestake Wei Say They ~
strike Unless Union IL Recognized

DEADwoop, S. D., Dec, "A mass meeting
this afternoon. attended by 1000 Of W. r.
Hearst's Homestaks miners, unanimously
decided to telegraph an ultimatum TO the
directors Of the Homestake demanding
that the requests made to the manager
of the mine be granted. Unless these are
granted, the strike will follow.
The directors have promised TO con-
slider the demands at a meeting which will
be held in San Francisco next Tuesday,
when the fate Of the labor movement will
be decided.
To-day every saloon and gambling house
in the Black Hills was closed by orders of
the authorities. who are doing everything
possible to keep down excitement and TO
prevent disorder.
Yesterday the miner mad a run on the
First National Bank. where hundreds Of
them have funds on deposit. The bank
paid every check presented, but the run will
probably be resumed to-morrow as soon as
the institution opens. The miners say they
are preparing to leave the Black Hills in
case a strike is ordered and want no hitch
to occur to prevent them from leaving.
Hence they are getting their cash ready for
the exodus.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-12-10
OFFERS 10 SELL BRAIN AND BODY
woman seeks 10 Relieve Present Necessities
nv Mortgage on Remains.

RICHMOND, Va. Dec. s.-Mrs. NJ. l..
Francis has offered to sell her brain and
body, to be delivered after death, to medical
schools in this city, Philadelphia. Chicago
and New York.
Mrs. Francis says she has been driven by
poverty to offer her body for sale. She
saws she does not care what is done with
her after death, but that she needs money
now. She says she will sign papers giving
her head or her read and body to whatever
institution offers her the best price.
Mrs. Francis is iOyears Of age and broken
in health
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-12-10
rs HE JACK THE HTGGER?
Wan rrested says He Is an Employ ee Of
Commodore Bourne.

(OrImOuOre Bourne
SAYvLLB. L. l., Dec. 9-Many women of
Sayville and Bsyport, L. l., have bee n
attacked while on evening walks by Jack
the Hugger." A scheme was planned,
therefore, by Deputy Fred Deitz for the
hugger's capture. He ven walking on
Saturday night with Mrs. Oliver La Cluse
and Miss Maude Baldwin Of Bayport.
They came upon a man standing in the
shadow of a hedge. Mrs. la Cluse recog-
nized him as the man who had Rugged her
and her sister the night before.
Deitz arrested the man and brought
him before Justice White of Sayville, where
Mrs. La Cluse and other women swore the
prisoner had Rugged them. The prisoner
was placed under bonds for trial Tuesday
evening before Justice White in Savyille,
He said he was John F. Fluke. assistant
superintendent on F. G. Bourne's Indian
Neck estate al Oakdale. Fluke is married
and has two children. Commodore Bourne
is surprised at the arrest of his superin-
tendent and the charge made against him.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-12-10
ROiSTS FRENCH ACiDEHi.
Branch OF New York M~IHionsires' t1ub.
says "LIbre Parole Of Paris,

spectral Cable Despatch 10 THE SUS
PARIS, Dec. 9.-The election OF Baron
Edmond de Rothschild to the Academy of
Fine Arts, defeating NJ. Mounet-Sully. is
generally pleasantly commented upon, he
being a we'll known collector and art patron,
but the Libre Parole takes a fling at him and
the Academy.
It says that when the time comes it is
always the richest who are elected. This
institution, il adds, will become a mere
branch Of the New York M~illionaires' Club.
and il this club has not already cabled the
Academy congratulations, confraternity is
a mere vain word.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-12-10
FOOTPAD RETURNED HER PURSE.
Run Along. Little Girl; Give to the
Church: IT'S Not Enough for Ne"

YoNKERs, n. Y, Dec. s.-Miss Edith
venn, 20 years old, of 71s North Broadway,
was held up on hat street tonight at $50
o'clock. She is a daughter of a superin-
tendaat in the Otis Elevator works. She
was returning from a call on a friend when
she was accosted by a man behind her.
She tried to avoid him by walking rapidly.
but he pursued her. When opposite the
Lilienthal estate he confronted her with
one hand in his coat pocket.
He seized her purse with the other hand,
at the same time warning her to make no
outcry.
oh, do not take that; it's my church
n cried Miss Venn.
The man opened the purse and, finding
that il contained only some small change,
he returned it, saying:
Run along. little girl, and give that to
the church. II isn't enough for me-"
When HI darted on Miss Venn set up an
cutlery. The police oon arrived. but the
footpad could not be found.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-12-10
Duchess OF FIFE I'LL.
Princess Royal OF England Recovering
From an Operation.
Special Cable Despatch to THE Sun.

Special Gable Despatch TO TIE Sun.
LONDON, Dec. l0.-Rumors concerning the
health Of the Princess Royal, the Duchess
Of Fife, called forth the following Official
announcement:
The Princess Royal underwent a further
operation at the middle OF last week in
London, but w are glad to learn that her
Royal Highness has since made good prog
ress, and on Sunday evening she was a.
we'll as could he expected. Therefore no
further bulletins will be sssued.'
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-12-10
ZERO ~ KANSAS AND >O COtL.
Governor Urged 10 SEIZE me People
Gather IN SchOOlhOuses 10 Keep warm.

TOPEKA, Kan, Dec. s,-The people of
Meade, Liberal, Cimarron and other towns
in southwest Kansas have appealed TO
Gov. Hooh to aid them in getting coal.
With the the rmometer marking zero in
that region tonight the people in twenty
towns are without fuel. In many Of the
smaller places the inhabitants will congre-
gate at schoolhouses and churches, where
one fire will warm many.
Railroads insist that they get
cars in which to haul coal. The railroads
are charged with confiscating the coal
started for the fuel famine district.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-12-10
KILLED BY DIR. WALSER'S AUTO.
Victim Was Watching the Lanterns About
an Excavation.

Edward Burke. 85 years Of age, Of La
fayette avenue. New Brighton, Richmond,
was killed last evening shortly after dark
on Richmond Terrace in West Brighton by
an automobile owned and driven by DR..
Carl Walser OF Livingston.
Burke was employed by Donovan Brothers
Of West Brighton, who are repaving Rich
mond Terrace, to care for the red lights
along the torn up street. One Of them went
out last night and he started 10 Ak il where
il hung. While he was thus engaged and
before the light wa lit he was hit by the
machine.
DR.. Walser jumped out and found him
dead. His skull had been fractured. Word
was sent to the police and TO Coroner Cshill,
who paroled DR.. Walser until this morning.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-12-10
SAY SENATOR BAILEI rs BEATEN.
se> enty " Members OF Texas LEGISLATURE
Counted Against Him

AUSTIN, Tex, Dec. 9.-The anti Bailey
movement has gained such Roadway the
last few DAYS that many of Senator Bailey's
most ardent supporters admit hat his de-
feat seems certain.
The leaders Of the opposition say that
seventy-two members Of the Legislature
have made il known that they will not vote
for Bailey. That is enough to beat him.
Acknowledgement r. V. Davidson said
to-day that he had no further reply to make
TO Mr.. Bailey.
DALLAS, Dec. Omitted States Senator
Bailey left Dallas tonight for his home in
Gainesville. He said;
Il am entirely satisfied with the situation
Of the 1874 members of the Legislature !
feel sure OF receiving the votes Of at least
I,a
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-12-10
GORKY MIST LEAVE ITALY.
Government Anxious 10 Please Russia
Radical Press Enrsged.

Special Gable Despatch 10 TIE SUN
ROME. Dec, s,--The Socialist and Radical
papers wildly attack the Government be-
cause, according TO their view it has decided
to compel Maxim Gorky, the Russian writer,
by a kind of interdict to leave Italy.
Gorky has been living quietly at Capri.
He was to have gone to Naples for the first
performance of his drama, Children Of
the sun. A" which has been played over a
hundred lines in St Petersburg.
To be just. it must be said that the Gov
nine is embarrassed as the Neapolitan
population is very excitable. A repetition
Of the disorders Of some weeks ago, when
Gorky spoke al a meeting, would certainly
nave displessed Russia. and Russia ia now
negotiating a commercial treaty with Italy.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-12-10
NEW FORM or RADIANCE.
AnOde Rays Stimulated by Positive Pole
Along With Cathode at the Negative.

Special cable Despatch 10 THK SUN.
BERLIN, Dec. 9.-Doctors Reichenheim
and Gehre that they ave dis
covered new rays akin to the Roentgen
rays. II was already Know that cathode
rays we're generated in connection with
Roentgen rays from the negative pole with
platinum. Doctors Reichenheim and Gehre
have discovered that anode ray emanate
from the positive pole at the same time
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-12-10
WOMEN SCRATCH AND SCiLD HIN.
warden Hayes In The Merciless Hands OF
Three Angry ConNIcts.

Warden Patrick Hayes OF the Kings
County Penitentiary has been under the
care Of the doctors for nearly a week in
consequence Of a 4 ght he had with three
refractory convicts.
On their refusing to do some %scrubbing
the women were ordered to be taken to the
cooler but before their removal two Of
them made a fierce attack on the warden,
after one of them had thrown a bucket Of
pretty hot water in his face.
The women severely lacerated his face
with their nails before they were over
powered, and at first there was some fear
that he might lose the sight Of one eye
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-12-10
HURpI ,nL FOR NEW CRII>FF.

MiI~ auE 80 Nlth No Guns and a Month,
Worn 10 Re Done. Ordered InIu commission
SAN Francisco. De-. P-CfIcials at the
Mare Island Navy Yard we're surprised
Yesterday to receive orders to place the
new protected cruiser Milwaukee in conf
mission at once.
Although her battery has not yet been
put aboard and almost a months work
remains to be lone on the cruiser, she will
formally be placed in commission to-
morrow.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-12-10
woman Astronomer FINDS SO New stars

CAMBRIDGE, Mass, Dec. with the aid
Of improved Photographic appliances Miss
Leavitt, a member Of the Harvard College
observatory corps, has discovered thirty
six new variable stars, the majority OF which
are fainter at their maximum than those
Of the 1908 magnitude. The region in which
these stars are has Its centre at right asoen-
sion II hours and declension minus 90 de-
grees. Six OF the new variables are thought
10 belong TO the Algol type.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-12-10
ROBBED OF 5000 JEWELRI.
Thieves AT Mrs. =. q. Wilson's while she
Was AZ the Theatre.

Mrs. J, g, Wilson OF as West Forty ninth
street reported last night to the police Of
the East Fifty-frst street station that she
had been robbed Of about $4,000 worth Of
iewelry,
Mrs. Wilson said thar when she returned
from the theatre Saturday night she found
the entire second floor in disorder. A
drawer in her dresser had been pried open
with a jimmy and the jewelry X from il.
The police after an investigation said h a
they believed that the burglary was COM
mitted by some one who had entered through
a door which had BEE left open or an I'M
locked window. There was no sign Of a
forcible entry.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-12-10
COWMITTEE on POLICE.
Fifty Citizens Named 10 See What Can he
Done About Reform.

Isaac \. Seligman. the chairman OF the
meeting held recently in the Charities Build
ing under the call Of the Citizens Union to
organize a movement to bring about re-
forms in the police system, announced yes
terday this committee he had selected to
bogin tho uoVament,
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-12-10

BREAKFAST In New lpTk; Lunch In Boston ny
using the "MayHOwer Limited" train. leaving az
500 A. M, due 100 r. M.-Adp.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-12-10

After all. Ushsr's the scotch
taAt made the hlRhbali famous. Ado.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-12-10
RIOTS NEAR SHANGHAI.
German Miners and railway Men Escorte ed
10 a Place OF safety.
special Cable Despatch 10 TEE SUN.

SptCLdI CdbIe DeSDdTth N Ihk SUk.
SHANGHAI, Dec. "a riot is in progress
at Ping Slang. The foreigners, who are
mostly German. and who are employed
in the coal mines and on the railway, have
been escorted to Chang Sha, in the prov
ince OF Honan. Troops lave been de-
spstched TO the scene to suppress the riot.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-12-10

Felix Adler.
Nicholas Murray Butler
r. Fulton Cutting.
Isaac ". Seligman,
Robert j. Collier.
Henry Gray,
Francis G. Huntington,
William NJ WINS.
Alfred Ommen,
Horace Porter.
Charles Stewart Smith,
Leslie TompkinS,
Arthur Woods,
Edward NJ Shepard,
Robert GTieT Monroe.
Charles \. SChieren.
v alter {. OakInan,
r. 4 c. Smith,
David Mcclure,
David Blaustein
Austen q. Fox,
Arthur NJ Harris,
James Mckeen.
Jacob II. Schir.
John G.. Mnburn,
The first meeting
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Henry l.. BoRert,
Paul NJ Warburg,
Joseph r. Cotton. JT.,
John T.. EustiS,
Howard =. Cans,
DIR. Ernst ]. Lcderle,
n. Burnham MOf1At,
George Haven Putnam,
Charles n. Strong,
william Church Osborn,
George McAneny,
Henry deForeSt Baldwin
G. &. Birmingham,
Frank GoOdnOW,
PhiliD j. McCOOk.
samuel II. OrdN ay.
Matthew &. Fleming,
Rev. DIR. I. r. SliceT.
v. r. l.. Gould.
r. Ludlow Christie.
Col II. A. Dyer,
Cyrus l.. SulZbergeT,
Eugene l.. Richards, Jr.,
John Henry Hammond.
Alexander Y. r. Piper.
Of the committee will
at 40 p. NJ. at the
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-12-10

Try Gold a Black Label I. ? 4 Q Crown Sher-
ries, only stAndArd she rries bottled abroad.-Adp
Omaha daily bee., 1906-07-01
Railroads All Interested.

Each Of the railroads takes a more or
less personal interest in the man or woman
who is hunting for place to spend a few
weeks or days in rest. This is simply a
business proposition with them, for they
know that once they have gotten the tired
mortal to accept the service and accom-
mediation offered they have made a friend
for life, and so are willing to take great
pains with the person in search of a place
to spend aavacattOn. The Union Pacific
and Burlington are offering to the public
this season the choice of some practically
unexpected fishing grounds, some trout
streams that are almost virgin to the
angler, and in which the fish are numerous
and game. These spots are in Wyoming,
the pictures here giving "A good idea OF
what may be expected. An Omaha man
had letter from his son, who is up in
Wyoming. during the week. telling of an
eight and one-half pound rainbow trout
being exposed in a butcher shop for sale.
That is enough to take the whole colony
of fishermen to Wyoming in itself. Both
these lines take pleasure seekers to Yellow
stone park, and to the great mountain
retreats OF the Rockies.
The Milwaukee and Northwestern OFFER
the lakes of Minnesota and Wisconsin to the
fisherman and promise much in the way
OF boating and bathing to all. The Wabash
Is boosting for it's trip over the great lakes,
! its Niagara Falls scenery, and its st.
Lawrence river and eastern coast con-
nections. Each of the other lines reaches
some point that is ATTRACTIVE, and all are
ready to aid the prospective loafer in every
possible way.
Northwest Canada is beckoning the man
who has seen all the mountains of the
east and is yearning for something new
Omaha daily bee., 1906-07-01

the assay office reports that almost 5000
900 have been sent in from that point,
and 1 should not like to quote their claims
for the future. According to the Alaska
club men they are yanldng the gold out
of the beds of the streams as we'll as from
all along the beach. Anvil creek has pro-
duced more than 100000 worth, and II
is said that no one can predict as to its
future until the benches have been sluiced
down and the failing rewashed. Rich dis
coveries have been made along the base
Of Anvil mountain. and little over a year
ago a man named Brown discovered a
Omaha daily bee., 1906-07-01

sea for a distance of forty miles from Nome
to the sinuk river and has been found to
pay. The first successful beach digging was
done about six years ago, when there was
a great rush from the creeks, and In a short
time 500 miners extracted 100000 worth OF
dust, or an average OF $1,000 per man. Much
Of this gold was found In layers OF ruby
sand. 1t was fine, but not scale gold The
bed rock lay from four to eight feet below
the surface, and good pay dirt was usually
found when It was reached. A little later
CONTINUED on Page Seven.)
Omaha daily bee., 1906-07-01
AIaska's Material Development and How It is Building

placer at its foot. the gravel from which
yielded $3.50 per pan, The wise-acres
prophesied that that mine would turn out
something like 100000 worth OF gold In
one year. All about Cape Nome gold is
being washed from the streams A mining
expert recently said that standing on
Anvil mountain one could look on more
placer gold values than from any other
point in the world. There is a space there
about six miles wide and nine miles long
which is said to be one of the richest
spots in northwestern Alaska.
Gold has been mined on the shores OF the
Omaha daily bee., 1906-07-01

in the line Of natural grandeur It is only
within recent years that Americans have
generally come to know that the beauty
and subimity of the Alps are not only
equalled but surpassed both by the Rockies
of the United States and the Canadian
Rockies. OF the Canadian Rockies, Whym-
per, one Of the most celebrated Of noun
tain climbers, a man who has scaled the
Matterhorn, says that they are fifty or
sixty Switzerlands rolled into one
The Canadian Pacific traverses the Cana
dian Rockies for 500 miles from east to
west, so that it is possible to see them
in their grandeur from a window.
1t is at Banff that the full beauty OF
these giant mountains strikes the visitor
most forcibly. Here the Bow and Spray
rivers unite almost in the shadow OF
those two huge peaks, Mount Rumble and
Mount Sulphur Probably not even the
HimalRyas can surpass the scene here to
be enjoyed.
At Lake Louise is the famous Victoria
glacier a mighty river of ice, scanned and
split in every direction. Swiss guides
have been employed to look after such adj
yer. urous travellers wish to climb the
mountains and they are ready to introduce
the novice to the fascinating mysteries
of crag and glacier and crevasse.
Trails have been cut up to the submits
OF the lower mountains and for the longer
expeditions the big hotels which have been
established in this region will supply every
thing that the traveller needs-ponies,
tents, outfits and provisions
The famous Yoho valley is a region of
immense glaciers, amazing waterfalls and
cascades and huge canyons. The Takak-
kaw falls, for example, leap from the very
forefront of a glacier and dropping sew
eral hundred feet TO ledge. shoot out
Omaha daily bee., 1906-07-01

7HERE TO go is quite as much OF a
INV question as when to go. Why has
been long ago settled. 1t is not good
H6fgAA for man to work all the time,
N9SG9 and summer affords the best of
excuses for getting away from Office or
business cares for short time. For
tunately for the man who starts from
Omaha or anywhere in the region con-
dguous to Omaha, he is offered at the
very outset opportunities or visiting the
most alluring of summer resorts by the
railroads that center here. His only
trouble is In picking out which place he
will go to. From the nearby lakes of Iowa
and Minnesota to the far away noun
tains of the east, or from the wonderful
array of fishing and hunting lodges in the
mountains of Wyoming and Dakota to
the stupendous panorama of Yellowstone,
he has such a variety of places from
which to select that his most perplexlng
task arises at the very outset II he is
wise he will visit the railroad offices some
days in advance of the time he makes up
his mind to go, and take the passenger
! agents into his confidence. These men will
take pleasure giving him information
enough to fill an encyclopedia and all of it
valuable. He may learn the whereabouts
and location of every boarding house in
the Rocky mountains. or anywhere else;
the cost of board, and of saddle horse hire
or any other item he may wish to be In
formed concerning, even to the cost of
bait When possessed of this information
, he may digest It at his leisure, and having
finally concluded to which of the many
desirable spots he will turn his way for
his rest time, he may be sure that the
railroad will do its part with neatness and
dispatch and that he will find things at
the resort very much as represented in the
prospectus.
Omaha daily bee., 1906-07-01

peck, and it was half full or dust, grains,
peas and great nuggets of gold. The
cashier bent over as he carried it in, and
he asked me to lift it. I did so, and it
doubled me up like a jack-knife.
managed, however, to get it upon the
table. We united the leather draw-string
and picked out three nuggets-one worth
$500, another $1,000 and a third $500. Each
had a bit OF dirt here and there clinging
to 1t, but aside from this was nothing but
metal The nuggets were soft and had
worn somewhat in carrying, Indeed, the
cashier told me that 70 cents worth Of
Omaha daily bee., 1906-07-01

the pole than any other on earth, and
there is an automobile filled with Eskimos,
putting along on the edge of Cape Nome.
About the room are specimens of wild hay,
Alaskan-grown vegetables, and on the table
are numerous nuggets Of copper. silver and
gold. locked up in glass cases. Before
coming up l stopped in the Scandinavian
bank. on the Ground floor, TO look at some
gold which had just come In. 1t was
brought out from the vaults by the cashier
in a plain canvas bag of the same size as
those which our Virginia boys use for
ohestnutting. 1t would hold, judge, a