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The Ladysmith news and Ingram news. [volume] (Ladysmith, Wis.) 1905-1906, 1906-03-24
STANDARD OIL REPRESENTA-.
TIVE SAYS JOHN q. COULD
GIVE NO FACTS.
OPERATORS AND Miners CONFER
WILL TRY TO REACH AN AGREE.
MENT ON THE QUESTION
OF SCALE.

New York, March % - The Wall
Street Journal says:
"A representative of the Standard
Oil company when asked whether the
testimony of John D. Rockefeller
would bring forth any facts that
could not be elected from other di-
rectors and heads of departments,
said:
John d. Rockefeller practically
retired from participation in the af-
fairs Of the Standard Oil company
eight years ago.
" I do not see how Mr.. Rockefeller's
testimony could help an investigation
committee in any way. Fle knows lit
tie of what has been going on in the
affairs of the corporation for the last
eight years. You might say he has
only a superficial knowledge gained
from his subOrdinates now and then.
Confirmation was obtained yester-
day of statements that William Rock
efeller is suffering from cancer but
not Of the virulent type reported. 1t
was learned that Mr.. Rockefeller was
advised by his physician last fall 10
go abroad because of a CancerOus
growth at the base of the tongue,
which for the past two or three years
has been causing more or less trouble.
Pierce Pleads illness.
St. Louis, March 22.-The second
days session of the oil hearing in the
custer case of Missouri against the
Standard, Republic and Waters-Pierce
Oil companies was marked by the
failure Of H. Clay Pierce to appear
owing to the fact that he is threat
ened with pneumonia, and the severe
cross-eXamination of Charles M. Ad-
ans, secretary-treasurer of the Wat
ers-Pierce company. Stock certificates
were produced and read to show that
the Standard held stock in the Wat
ers-Pierce company in 1900, when the
company was reOrganiZed.
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Otherwise.

The house, by a vote of &c to 46,
passed the Akin bill increasing the
Dow tax imposed upon saloons in Ohio
from $3.50 to $1,000.
Gen. Joseph Gage died at San Jose,
Cal, as a result of paralytic stroke,
aged sixty-seven years. He had dis
tinguished war record.
The United States army transport
Mcclellan, bound for Manila, which
arrived at Port Said in company with
the army transport Fitzpatrick, will be
required to remain for week to re-
pair her machinery.
Kirke L. Bachman, son of Rev. DR..
Robert L. Bachman, pastor OF the
Presbyterian church at Knoxville,
Tenn, entered cafe at Utica, n. Y,
and, after giving an order, fell dead.
He was twenty-five years of age.
In will which was filed in Chicago
for probate, George G. Watts, con-
tractor and board of trade operator,
left $4,000 to provide a home for his
fox terrier Bill, and $500 year for
the care of his old riding horse, King.
Heinreich Conried, director of the
Metropolitan opera house, New York,
was acquitted Of charge of violating
the law regarding Sunday theatrical
performances. He was arrested re-
Gently for giving Sunday night con-
certs at the Metropolitan opera house,
his arrest being made as a test case.
Verdi S requiem mass was the produc-
ton upon which the charge was based.
The great gas we'll six miles from
Caney, Kan, which was capped re-
Gently with great iron hood after it
had burned without restraint for sew
enteen days, consuming millions OF
feet of gas, burst forth again. After
having confined the fire for twelve
hours. the hood was perforated by the
tremendous force of sand and flame
beneath it, and soon became a heap of
of scrap iron.
Helen Lamponz, chorus girl in the
isle of Spice" company, has received
a. cablegram from Venice, Italy, in
forming her of the death of her grand
father and stating that she has been
named sole heir to his estate, which is
reputed to be between 100000 and
100000. Miss Lamponz said that
while she was overjoyed with her good
luck, she loved her work so much that
she felt unwilling to give it up for the
present.
David L Rockwell, probate judge of
Portage county, Ohio, plunged twenty
five feet through window on slop-
ing roof, in a dream The judge, who
has been trying the Kenyon college
initiation case, said he dreamed he
was being tied to the rails and fought
for his life.
The long and eventful life Of Susan
B. Anthony closed last week at Roch-
ester, N. Y. The end came peacefully.
Miss Anthony had been unconscious
practically for twenty-four hours, and
her death had been momentarily ex-
Eected. Only her wonderful consti-
tuition kept her alive.
The Ladysmith news and Ingram news. [volume] (Ladysmith, Wis.) 1905-1906, 1906-03-24
STEAMER BURNS
TO WATERS EDGE
ATLANTA AND CARGO COM.
PLETELY DESTROYED NEAR
sHEBoYGAN, WIS.
BIG SNOWSLIDE IN COLORADO
ABSENCE OF HEAVY SEA UN.
DoUBTEDLY SAVED MANY
LIVES.
BIG SNOWSLIDE IN COLORADO

Sheboygan, Wis, March 20 - The
Goodrich steamer Atlanta, which left
this port for Milwaukee at 10 o'clock
yesterday morning, was burned to the
waters edge twelve miles south OF
here and about five miles out. The
Atlanta is valued at about $15O,OOO
and the boat and cargo is total loss
The Atlanta left Sheboygan at 10
o'clock, south-bound, with a crew OF
sixty men and only two passengers.
The fire was discovered a 11:15 by
smoke from the hold and the blaze
was located with great difficulty. The
crew was set to work fighting the
flames at once, and the fight was kept
up until 1 o'clock, when Capt. Nc
Cauley decided to abandon the ship.
The crew and two passengers were
put off in the life boats and
Were Picked Up
by the tug Tessler, without trouble
as there was no sea running. About
this time the steamer Georgia hove in
sight and relieved the Tessler of her
load of passengers. The Georgia pro-
ceeded to this port, leaving the At
lanta total wreck close to the beach,
for which she had been run. The or
fgin of the fire is a mystery to the of
ficers of the boat, but it is thought it
may have been started by a careless
ly thrown cigar. But one life was lost
in the wreck. Mike Hickey, deck
hand was drowned in trying to escape
from the flames.
The fact that there was not heavy
sea, which is usual at this time of
year, undoubtedly saved many lives.
The Ladysmith news and Ingram news. [volume] (Ladysmith, Wis.) 1905-1906, 1906-03-24
MOSCOW BANK is SWEPT CLEAN
Extremely Daring Robbery Is Com
mitted by Twenty Masked Men.

Extremely Oarln9 nOppeTy is NOiH-
mitted by Twenty Masked Men.
Moscow, March %. - The Credit
Mutual, one of the largest banks in
Moscow, was mysteriously robbed by
masked men at dusk last night, the
robbers securing $432,500. 1t was an
extremely daring job.
According to the story of the guards
in the twinkling of an eye they were
confronted with revOlvers in the
hands of twenty masked men who had
entered silently by the main door,
which had been locked when the of
flee force left. After a command to
the guards to hold up their hands, not
a word was spoken. The guards were
quickly bound and gagged and thrown
into dark corner. The robbers then
took up positions at all the en-
frances and the curtains of the win
dows were lowered. The chief of the
robbers, who directed the operations
of his associates by gestures and with
out speaking, showed a thorough ia
miliarity with the location OF the
vaults. When all was ready he went
to the burglar proof safe, and with a
few whirls of the knob, threw the
combination of the lock, the heavy
doors swung open and the
Treasure of the Bank
was revealed. The plumber, consist
ing of gold, silver and notes, was
speedily thrust into sacks. When a
clean haul of the money had been
made, not a kopeck being left, the
robbers departed as silently as they
came, making their exit through the
main entrance and leaving no trace
behind them. They had been in the
bank less than half an hour. Twenty
minutes later one of the guards sue
ceeded in freeing himself and gave
the alarm. The dumbfOunded police
man and house porter, who had been
standing in front of the bank through
out. claimed they had seen no one
enter or leave it.
It is the general impression that
the key to the mystery is within the
bank itself.
The Ladysmith news and Ingram news. [volume] (Ladysmith, Wis.) 1905-1906, 1906-03-24
RESUME OF THE NEWS
Fresh -R Reliable
w ashinuton.

Senator Lodge expects to draft an
amendment to the house railway rate
bill to restore the penal clause OF the
interstate commerce act, which was
repealed by the Elkins anti-rebate
law.
Lettuce the size of a head OF cab
bage is now being grown by the agr1-
cultural department. This species
weighs four or five pounds, and the
heads are as hard as head OF cab
bage.
Senator Nelson has introduced a
bill authorizing the sale to the State
Of Minnesota of tract of land describ-
ed as lot 6, section 2, town 141 north,
range 81 west, to be utilized by the
state as a site for a sanitarium for
consumtives.
The chances appear to be in favor
of the passage by the house OF the Dill
to remove the internal revenue tax
from alcohol used in the arts. MarVe-
lous stories are told here about the
boom to manufacturing industries OF
all kinds that will follow free alcohol.
The Caleb Powers case was decided
by the supreme court of the United
States against Powers. The opinion
was delivered by Justice Harlan and
held that the case was not removable
from the state to the federal courts.
The opinion was based on the ground
that the equal rights statute, section
GAL, revised statutes, does not apply
unless recognized by state laws.
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Casualties.

In a collision at South Omaha be-
tween north and south-bound cars, one
man was killed and seven persons in
jured six of whom were severely hurt.
A slight fire resulting from an over
heated furnace caused a panic among
the $50 guests of the Irondale hotel at
Lenora, Pa. The loss was $4,000. No
one was hurt.
Burlington passenger trains Nos. /
and IA collided head-On two miles west
of Akron, Colo, on a curve in a deep
cut. A fireman on one Of the trains
was fatally scalded.
By rare presence of mind Mrs. An
ME Jones, member of gypsy band,
saved her infant from being crushed
under an automobile at Cincinnati by
throwing it to the side of the road, but
she lost her own life. She was run
down by the machine.
While playing cowboy and Indian,
Alfred Quartz, aged six years, was ac-
cidentally shot in the arm by his
twelve-year-old brother at Independ-
Gnco, iowa. II Is Sdlu LudC IH0 dI III
will have to be amputated, and doc
tors fear that the wound may result
fatally.
William Kuhn, driver of a lumber
wagon, is dying at his home in Home
sted, Pa, from injuries received by be-
ing hurled over a fifty-foot bluff by a
trolley car. Kuhn was driving on the
tracks near McKeesport when the
street car came up behind and struck
and wrecked the wagon and Kuhn was
thrown over the bluff.
One of the main shipping points of
the American and Westcott Express
companies in New York was Destroy
ed by fire and thei loss will probably
be $350,000. The blaze started in a
basement and consumed two five-stOry
buildings at 11-19 East Fourth street.
Eleven concerns suffered loss, the
greater part being in the express COM
panies' quarters, where quantities of
valuable freight were stored.
The Ladysmith news and Ingram news. [volume] (Ladysmith, Wis.) 1905-1906, 1906-03-24
BOY INJURED BY 500 TRAIN.
Is Struck by Box Car and Sustains
Broken Bones.

Amery, Wis, March p. = Grover
WincheIl. the twelve-year-old son Of
Mr.. and Mrs. Barney Winchell of this
village, was seriously injured about
4:3O o'clock yesterday afternoon in
the 500 railway yard at this place. A
way freight was switching, and in
some way the boy was struck by a
box car and his leg badly bruised and
the bones broken.
The Ladysmith news and Ingram news. [volume] (Ladysmith, Wis.) 1905-1906, 1906-03-24
THOUSANDS WE'RE KILLED.
Terrible Loss of Life Attends Earth.
Quake in Formosa.

London, March %. - According to
the Daily Telegraph's correspondent
at Toxic it is now estimated that sew
eral thousand persons were killed by
the recent earthquake in FoFmosa.
The whole island was shaken from
early morning on Saturday until late
at night, the shocks being almost con-
tinuous. kilograms from Formosa
state that the prosperous towns Of
Datiyo, Raishiko and Shinko were
completely destroyed. At Kagi alone
1000 natives and seven Japanese
we're killed At a rough estimate the
damage amounts to $45,000,000.
The Ladysmith news and Ingram news. [volume] (Ladysmith, Wis.) 1905-1906, 1906-03-24
ANARCHISTS BODY BURNED.
Johann Most's Remains Reduced t
Ashes at Cincinnati.

Cincinnati, March 22.-The body Of
Johann Most, the anarchist, was ere
mated in this city shortly after
o'clock yesterday afternoon. There
was no religious ceremony, but some
of Most's comrades delivered briet
addresses before the cremation Mrs
Most will take her husbands ashes tc
New York at once and memorial
meeting is to be held there in a few
days.
The Ladysmith news and Ingram news. [volume] (Ladysmith, Wis.) 1905-1906, 1906-03-24
Crimes,


Horse thieves, suspected of going
across the North Dakota boundary
line, visited the stables of Charles
Rasmussen, adjoining the village of
Goodlands, Man, six miles the other
side of the line, and stole four horses
Walking into the sitting room at
Sidney, Iowa, where his wife and sis
ter were, John Sumpter, twenty-five
years old, drew a revolver and placing
the weapon to his head, pulled the
trigger inf1icting fatal wound. Stump
ter is said to have been heart-broken
over an ultimatumsfrom his wife that
she no longer would live with him.
The couple had been married less than
year.
Gov. Higgins of New York has is
sued a further reprieve until May IS
in the case of Albert T. Patrick, whose
sentence of death for the alleged muir
der of William Marsh Rice the gov
ernor had already delayed from Jan.
% to March 10. The respite is at the
Joint request of District Attorney Je-
rome and the attorneys for Patrick, in
order to allow time to continue the
proceedings on the motion for a new
trial.
William Thomas of Saginaw, Mich,
a member of the chorus of the won
derland" company, performing at the
Columbia theater in Washington, COM
mitted suicide by drinking carbolic
acid while the play was in progress.
Thomas was an admirer of Idra Cor
don, a sixteen-year-old girl, member
of the company. The suicide was
caused by disappointment because she
would not reciprocate his attentions.
r. S. Vanduzee, travelling salesman
for a Milwaukee liquor house, threw
himself from the hurricane deck of the
steamer Naomi as the steamer was
leaving Grand Haven, Mich, for Mil
waukee. Life preservers were thrown
to Vanduzee, but he made no effort to
grasp them.
A man identified as Ingwald Run
ming, escaped from the Wisconsin
state reformatory at Green Bay in
1902, has been captured in Bakersfield,
CAL, by Sheriff Kelly and is now in
jail pending the arrival 81 an officer
from the East.
The Ladysmith news and Ingram news. [volume] (Ladysmith, Wis.) 1905-1906, 1906-03-24
BARONESS ENDS HER OWN LIFE
Commits Suicide at Her Sons Quar-.
tiers at Fort LeavenWorth.

tiers at Fort LeaVenWorth.
Leavenworth, Kan, March 20. -
Caroline Won dem Bussche, said to be
the divorced wife Of Baron Won dem
Bussche Hadenhausen, German
baron of Berlin, committed suicide by
shooting at 1920 o'clock yesterday
morning at the headquarters of her
son, Second Lieutenant Carl Freder'
lex Won dem Bussche, Of the Eigh'
teenth infantry, U. S. A., at Fort
Leavenworth. Lieut.. Won dem
Bussche is a cousin Of Freiherr Won
dem Bussche Hadenhausen, first sec
rotary Of the German embassy at
Washington.
No cause except possibly melan-
cholia is known. The officers at the
fort decline to make known any def
nit facts regarding the affair.
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gAER ACCEPTS CONFERENCE.
Anthracite Coal Men Will Also Try I,
Patch Up Differences.


indianapolis, March %. - The sec
ond joint conference Of the coal Ope
rators and miners of the central com
petitive district, which is the resu
of the efforts of President Rooseve
to effect a permanent peace In tn
coal industry. adjourned yesterday a.
ternoon after referring the dispute IL
the Joint scale committee, which viii
meet to-day.
President Mitchell delivered
brief address in which he outlined his
views as to the purpose of the con
ference, and at the close of which he
moved the adoption of the scale de-
manded by the miners which provides
for an increase of u IL per cent. The
motion was lost, the operators voting
unanimously in the negative.
Baer Accepts Conference.
New York, March %. - There will
be another conference between the
anthracite coal operators and the
miners of the hard coal district. This
was decided upon at meeting here
yesterday of the committee OF opera
tors. Later President George F. Baer
of the Philadelphia & Reading rail
road forwarded a letter to President
Mitchell, notifying him that the ope-
rators are willing to meet the miners
at any date Mr. Mitchell may select
President Baer's letter is in reply to
one from Mr.. Mitchell, in which the
leader of the miners expressed disap-
pointment because the operators com
mittee had rejected the demands OF
the miners without calling the latter
into conference.
The Ladysmith news and Ingram news. [volume] (Ladysmith, Wis.) 1905-1906, 1906-03-24
SHIPS CAPTAIN is BLAMED.
VaIencia's Chief Officer Scored by
Board of Inquiry.

6OafO OF inquiry
Victoria, B. c., March p. - The
finding of the commissioners appoint
ed to inquire into the Valencia dis
aster was delivered yesterday. The
REPORT found Capt. Johnson blameable
in not having located his position by
Umatilla Reef lightship before enter
ing the straits and held him guilty OF
grave errors of judgment in not hav-
ing made due allowance for the north
ward set of the current. Censure
was passed upon the lack of disci-
pline prevailing after the wreck and
on the broken cork cement life pre-
servers and inefficiency of drill. The
finding includes a number of recon-
mendations for the protection of ship
ping on Vancouver island coast.
The Ladysmith news and Ingram news. [volume] (Ladysmith, Wis.) 1905-1906, 1906-03-24
SCANDAL COMES WITH TWINS
Two Wives and Two Sets of Children
In One House.

Canton, Ohio, March 20.-The adj
vent of twin boys in the family OF
Wendell Kyska, foreign laborer, has
revealed a strange condition to the
health board. 1t was discovered that
Kyska is the father of five children by
his legal wife and four by his common
law wife, who is the sister of wife No
/. All are living in the same house
Kyska has disappeared since his do
nestle secrets have become public.
The Ladysmith news and Ingram news. [volume] (Ladysmith, Wis.) 1905-1906, 1906-03-24
NINETEEN PERISH IN STORM.
Terrific NortFer Sweeps the Coast oil
Vera Cruz.

Mexico City, March. %. = Nineteen
persons persisted in a terrific norther
which swept the coast of Vera Cruz
Yesterday. Two of the victims were
from this city, B. Strittmatter, neph
ew of j. C. Strittmatter, president OF
the American club, and Francisco
Pena. a member of a prominent fam
ily here. The other seventeen were
fishermen. 1t is believed that there
has been further loss of life. AS yet
no reports have been made of vessels
lost
The Ladysmith news and Ingram news. [volume] (Ladysmith, Wis.) 1905-1906, 1906-03-24

1t will be a great comfort to Com
mander Hosley when he gets the dry
dock Dewey safely to the Canary isl
ands, so that he can go ashore and
hear the canaries sing.
The Ladysmith news and Ingram news. [volume] (Ladysmith, Wis.) 1905-1906, 1906-03-24

In London a will of three words
stood the test of the courts. If it had
contained 5000 words the lawyers
would have found all sorts of flaws
IN it.
The Ladysmith news and Ingram news. [volume] (Ladysmith, Wis.) 1905-1906, 1906-03-24

That New York surgeon who sewed
up a towel inside of a patient did not
have the patient arrested later for
stealing the towel. Some doctors are
so merciful.
The Ladysmith news and Ingram news. [volume] (Ladysmith, Wis.) 1905-1906, 1906-03-24

A new speed war between three rail
roads is announced, but the long
hoped-for emulation in reducing the
amount of man-killing on the tracks
is not yet in sight
The Ladysmith news and Ingram news. [volume] (Ladysmith, Wis.) 1905-1906, 1906-03-24

Edwin Markham's position is that
good government is simply good
housekeeping, and that women are
needed in it just as much as men.
Now why doesn't he put that in a
poem?
The Ladysmith news and Ingram news. [volume] (Ladysmith, Wis.) 1905-1906, 1906-03-24

Mrs. Craigie told London reporters
she did not see "a single drunken man
during the three months she was in
America" How does she know they
were all married?
The Ladysmith news and Ingram news. [volume] (Ladysmith, Wis.) 1905-1906, 1906-03-24

A Boston pedagogue in the past
five months has administered 524
fioggings to an average attendance of
500 boys. The regular course at
his school must be almost as excit-
ing as football.
The Ladysmith news and Ingram news. [volume] (Ladysmith, Wis.) 1905-1906, 1906-03-24

The son of William Waldorf Astcr
has entered the British army on pro-
baton. The army does not intend
to make the mistake of admitting
him unreservedly until it knows
whether he has the habit of loosen
ing up.
The Ladysmith news and Ingram news. [volume] (Ladysmith, Wis.) 1905-1906, 1906-03-24

AS the increased output of eggs
shows, the American hen is doing her
share to expedite the pure food move
ment.
The Ladysmith news and Ingram news. [volume] (Ladysmith, Wis.) 1905-1906, 1906-03-24

There's one thing about remorse-
it's a healthy come-down for a con-
ceted person, for somewhere in the
answer to why did l do it?" is sure
to be the reflection: Il am a fool"
The Ladysmith news and Ingram news. [volume] (Ladysmith, Wis.) 1905-1906, 1906-03-24

That Moroccan war cloud may i'm,
press them nightly in England, but
to US it looks too much like our old
friend that used to hang over the
Balkans.
The Ladysmith news and Ingram news. [volume] (Ladysmith, Wis.) 1905-1906, 1906-03-24

Three plumbers robbed a man on a
Kansas City street car. 1t is not good
form for plumbers to rob people on a
street car.
The Ladysmith news and Ingram news. [volume] (Ladysmith, Wis.) 1905-1906, 1906-03-24

1t turns out that Johann Hoch died
from a fracture of the transverse proc
ess of the second vertebra. However,
justice was done
The Ladysmith news and Ingram news. [volume] (Ladysmith, Wis.) 1905-1906, 1906-03-24

London Punch is to have a younger
editor. Let us hope the retiring editor
has a copyright on the old jokes and
will retire them with himself.
The Ladysmith news and Ingram news. [volume] (Ladysmith, Wis.) 1905-1906, 1906-03-24

The time is coming when it will be
the fashion to speak of any decayed
politician as that grand old war aut-
omobile of the party"
The Ladysmith news and Ingram news. [volume] (Ladysmith, Wis.) 1905-1906, 1906-03-24

The Japs want to be as big as they
feel, so they are going to abandon
rice and fish and stop squatting on
the floor. When they get to be as big
as they feel a lot of them will be
pushed off into the sea-
The Ladysmith news and Ingram news. [volume] (Ladysmith, Wis.) 1905-1906, 1906-03-24

Count Boni declares that he will
never beg for bread. Is it possible
that the count would choose the dread
full alternative of work?
The Ladysmith news and Ingram news. [volume] (Ladysmith, Wis.) 1905-1906, 1906-03-24

Newfoundland has found the catch,
ing of whales Improbable, in spite OF
the discovery that they could be
tanned and taught to stay aground
over one tide to be MIXED.
The Ladysmith news and Ingram news. [volume] (Ladysmith, Wis.) 1905-1906, 1906-03-24

Walter Beverley Crane urges pa
triotic American parents to name
their boy babies George Washing
ton" and their girl babies Martha
Washington" But if every one should
do this wouldn't it in time get to be
monotonous?
The Ladysmith news and Ingram news. [volume] (Ladysmith, Wis.) 1905-1906, 1906-03-24

According to a female novelist,
THE JOY of living, after all, is not in
having thing, but in wanting it."
But will the world agree with her?
The Ladysmith news and Ingram news. [volume] (Ladysmith, Wis.) 1905-1906, 1906-03-24

1t is not true that New Yorks new
40-story skyscraper will have a cap
tive balloon elevator service to the
upper story.