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their relations with the Oil Trust
were included in the inquiry agreed
upon.
Republican Senators predict a
speedy agreement on judicial re-
view amendment to the Hepburn
railroad rate bill.
Three indictments against officers
of the Mutual Life Insurance Com
pany are expected from the present
New York Grand Jury.
John A. McCalls body was re-
viewed by thousand employees of
the New York Life, the Offices of the
company being closed.
President Roosevelt sent to Con-
gress all reports relative to sea level
and lock canal plans for the Isthmus
OF Panama, with his Endorsement of
the lock canal as the better.
The Supreme Court of the United
States rendered a decision striking
at the evil of coal carrying railroads
dealing in coal
FoH,y-two States were represented
in the congress for uniform divorce
laws, opened at Washington.
An inquiry has been ordered by
the Interstate Commerce Commits
sion into the rates and practices of
the railroads transnorting the pro
ducts of The Standard Oil Company.
To put one thousand men at work
and rush the extension of the city
watershed system was said to be the
intention Of the New York City Wa
ter Commission regarding the Cats
kill watershed
In the hackers trial at Chicago
District Attorney Morrison declared
he would prove that certain erasures
had been made by the accused firms
/ to keep the government away from
/ alleged incriminating evidence
Final vote in the Senate Commit
tee on interstate Commerce on the
rate bill was postponed because Of
/ the absence Of Senator Tillman, but
a tentative vote resulted in favor Of
increasing tthe new commission TO
nine members
Lake Shore Continental Limited
Express train was in collision with a
train of coal cars near Albany, ~ Y.
None Of the passengers was seriously
hurt
CHARGES have been made in Ohio
! courts that directors of Miami and
Erie Transportation Company float
/ ed $5,000,000 securities on $4,000
paid up capital
PENNSYLVANIA State officials begin
suit against PENNSYLVANIA Railroad
to stop eXaction OF deposits on mile
age BOOKS alleging violation OF state
constitution.
A bill to prohibit race track bet
ting, and said to be favored by Gov
| ernor Higgins, Of New York, was in
troduced IN the Legislature.
Harvie Jordan, president of the
Cotton Growers Association, de
| clared before the House Committee
on Agriculture that four correspon-
dents OF the census Bureau rad
given information on cotton to Iheo-
dore Price, cotton broker, OF New
York,
Despite a conference held in New
York, between the anthracite opera
tors and the heads OF the MINERS
there was no decision as TO whether
/ there shall be strike.
Messages OF coincidence ana sym
| PGJhy were received Tor John A. NC
CdIi' WIZ 10 sun IL d clI'Io"l ooilui-
..on III 'iie i-a'i q iloo9e' LANE" oou'
~ D.
Alexander Legler, Jr,, was ar
raigned on charge of murder in Jer-
sey City, Police Chief Murphy saying
he believed the man had caused his
Drother death 10 get S5,VoV lhsur-
aii'e'
The steamship Deyonan' which
grounded in the Boston Harbor en-
trance IN northeast gale, was
noaIeu'
Mr.. Perry Belmont declared that
he has assurances from members Of
the New York state eLgislature that
his publicity Dill Tor the purlhcatlon
VI 0''0'ioii7 IN De00i"0 q Jaw
Inc senate passed senator I'LL
man point ieSolutloh uireclhs
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