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New-York tribune., 1906-05-03
ATTACK CROP REPORTS.
Recosmendations Made By Imterna-
tional Cotton Conference.

Washington. May AFTER denouncing the gov
ernment crop reports. and more particularly the
reports Of the Department Of Agriculture. and
passing resolution advocating that the statistical
cotton year should run from August l to August |
Instead Of from September TO September l. the
International Cotton Conference adjourned to-day
10 reassernbIe next year should Il be deemed ad-
visahle by the various organizations TO do It
found that the delegates did not have author
ity 70 effect a permanent organization.
When the subject of government crop reports
came UP President MacCon spoke IN commendation
Of the Census Bureau work. but felt that some
radical changes in the methods OF the Agricultural
Department should be made. President Harvie
Jordan Of the Southern Cotton Association also
commended some features Of the government re-
ports. hut many other delegates strongly con-
denned them D. A Tompkns. of North Carolina,
characterized them as "a complicated system Of
guessing" while another Southern grower de-
rounced them as speculative football" Various
remedies were suggested but as two delegates
seemed able 10 agree on a satisfactory plan the
whole subject was laid on the table
President NacCoH expressed the hope that hence
forward there would be closer bond OF union be-
tween the North and the South and between Amer
lea aHd Europe in all that pertains 70 cotton grow
ing and manufacturing
Al the afternoon session the report Of the com
Inittee on baling ginning and handling Of AmeTi-
can cotton was received and adopted unanimously.
The report made the following recommendations
That al bales be made Of standard dimensions.
That light weight new burlap be used for baggng.
o.. conditions justify that cotton canvas be Csed
TAat ten lies be used on all bales. with the
Egyptian style OF buckles preferred
-hat al cotton should be bought ana sold net
That 3 committee be appointed. whose du:y It
shan be 10 have cotton baled above. and 10 sub
MT the same for practical test TO consumers.
New-York tribune., 1906-05-03
A House Full of Choice Cloths.

chairman OF the executive ooruftt1e. and WI y -
understood continue to give the company the
benefit OF his legal advice "a important matters
Mr. Hines was from isOl 70 1eos hrst vea-presi1szE
OF the Louisville & Nashville. in charge OE tra-o
and OF the legal department. In the latter year ne
ra,irod Fror, railway service ana entered upon tho
General practice Of law as q member OF the frln
OF HumDhrey Hines g Humphrey, IN LOUISVILLE a
connection which has now been dissolved
Mr. Hines viii for the present have his Oftles
with CFavath. Henderson e De GiersdOrG at No 81
William street That hrm on Nay ] succeeded the
firm OF Guthrie CTavath & Henderson. which has
been dissolved by the withdrawal OF the senior
partner William d. Guthrie. who retires from ,1I-
erai practice. and viii hereafter coufine himself
to acting counsel in the trial and argument OF
cases and advising IN particular matters NF
Guthrie viii make his once with the new nFm
which is composed Of his former associates in the
arm OF Guthrie. Cravath & Henderson
New-York tribune., 1906-05-03
I'm HENDRICKS'S PLACE.
OTTO KELSEY APPOINTED.
Governor Also Names Ercise and
Racing Commissioners.
II TeIegraph ID Tha TrIhnne-l

Albany, May 2-Governor Higgins sent to the
Senate to-day the nominations Of Otto Kelsey.
State Controller. to succeed Francis Hendricks
as State Superintendent Of Insurance. and Of
Maynard n. Clement, Deputy State Commis-
sioner Of Excise, to succeed Patrick W. Culli-
mar. whose term has expired. Both nominations
We're confirmed Immediately.
The Governor announced this evening the ap-
pointment OF the new State Racing Commits
sloners to succeed the present ones. who have
served more than year over their terms. The
members are Congressman James w. Wads-
worth, Of Livingston County; John Sanford. OF
New-York tribune., 1906-05-03
LOCK CANAL ESTIMATES.
Isthmian Commission asks ApprO-
priation of S26,S48,281.

Washington. May 2-The Isthmian Canal COM
mission met to-day and decided to ask for an ap-
propriation of S2s34s2S1 to continue the construc
ton Of the canal the fiscal year ending June 0O'
1907 -.
These estimates are for lock canal. and letter
from Chairman shonts 10 the Secretary Of War
written TO accompany the estimates. says that the
existing law authorizes lock canal. and in the
ataence of any other legislation the commission
11renaTe5 estimates for canal OF that type -,
The commissioners considered the report OF Ine
army hoard Of fortihcations for the canal, but oe-
c;ded that no action be taken concerning foru-
fications until the type Of canal shall nave Deeh
determined ,- -. 5,.h,,,s,,,,, q,
,Tce on the isthnus and the postoffces assume the
duties which fell on bankers under the agreement
which recently expired was approved "a
The commission authorized the construction OF
such buildings may he necessary to furnish
aIjenuste places of worship for canal employees. 70
also approved the PRONUNCIATION OF rules and regu-
Iations fixing water rates for the city OF Panama
New-York tribune., 1906-05-03
Has REPORT ON OIL TRUST
President VIII Send Special Message
to Congress To-mOrro5C.
TFrom The Tribune Bureau J

Washington, May 2-President Roosevelt to-
day received from Commissioner Garfield Of the
Bureau of Corporations the report on the Op-
erations Of the Standard OH Company which
the Commissioner has been preparing for sew
eral months The President will transmit mes
sage to Congress with the report, and It was
announced to-day that he would send the docu-
ments to the Capitol on Friday. The message
will contain forceful comments on the result Of
the investigation, and probably sharp arraign-
ment Of the methods Of the trust The nature
Of the recommendations TO be made by the Pres
ident is not disclosed, but 1t is understood that
they will be direct and positive
A conference on the report was held at the
White House to-day, those taking part in It
being the President Attorney General Moody
and Mr. Garfield. The conference concerned par
ticularly the special message the President IS 20
send to Congress with the report
New-York tribune., 1906-05-03
MAJORITY AGAINST SENATOR sMooT
Committee May Report Merely in Favor Of
Unseating Him.

Washington. May 2.-A poll Of the Committee
on Privileges and Elections to-day developed
that a majority win vote 10 sustain the charges
against Senator Reed smOot. but that the fun
strength OF the opposition cannot be held for
report recommending the exclusion OF the Sem
aaor which would require only majority vote
OF the senate In view OF this showing, those
Who believe the charges against the Utah SEN
ntor were proved are seeking an agreement by
which a report can be made IN favor Of unseat-
ing him, without taking into consideration the
constitutional questions involved Ihls wouid
leave IA the Senate the determination OF the
question whether a majority or tW0-thirds
vote Is required 20 unseat hlln
New-York tribune., 1906-05-03
FREE SEEDS RETAINED.
House Passes Agricultural and Mil
tara AcQdemq Bills.

washington. May 2-The House to-day passed
the Agricultural and Military Academy Appropria-
ton bills The Agricultural bill carries @,4Sl'A41
and the Military Academy bill a,66S1B.
There was little debate on the Agricultural oll'
the ayes and noes being taken on only one Pel1
-.,b the nrovision relating to the continued dis
tribution of garden and flower seeds. which was
voted into the bill, 153 to 50.
The Military Academy bill was taken up ana COM
pleted in two hours, the closing paragraph apPTO-
nriating 500 600 for additional improvements at the
academy, creating the only debate inns appFOpiAa
ton was stricken out a point OF order
New-York tribune., 1906-05-03
"BTG TINS" NEW PLANS.
Will Ssoap Places scith RiOrdaH.
Who VIII Go to Congress.

Representative Big Tim" Sullivan Is going %
80 rIaces With Senator Riordan. and Senator
F4tzrerald is TO succeed himself. This is the pro
Eramme arranged by Big Tim in view OF the
reapportionment-
Congressman sullivan used 10 live IN the Sth DIS
trict his home being at the Occidental HoteL me
80, s..rct lines nut him in the Cd Assembly Dis
trirt In order 70 20 10 the Senate he viii as
place Senator Riordan. who is willing TO 50 TO Con-
gress II the big Fellow" says so
Incidentally the reappOrtionment gives the SUM
vans control Of two senate districts IN tne lower
mart of town Riordau was not exactly sullivan
man II is understood that eX-AldeTnnan Eoisy,
present leader OF ehe % District, has cast ms
forV,fnaq with the SullivGns, and VIII lnyetose no
obtections 70 RiOrdan being transferred 70 Con
New-York tribune., 1906-05-03

Amsterdam, re-appointed. and Henry K Knapp.
with offices at No. 30 Broad street, New York
August Belmont was member Of the old board
In his choice OF a man to become head Of the
Insurance Department, now most trying place.
the Governor has made a happy selection ac-
cOrding to the opinion OF many here. Mr.. Kelsey
has been State Controller for the last three
years. and his reputation has been good There
has been some criticism. because Mr.. Kelsey has
been an active politician it being urged that a
politician was not the best possible man to place
the department above suspicion. Friends OF Mr..
Kelsey. however, say that no difficulty need be
apprehended on that score. His appointment
leaves vacancy in the Office OF Controller
which the Governor viii I'LL within two weeks
Mr.. Clement, the new Excise Commissioner,
was for two terms District Attorney Of Ontario
County and has been Deputy Excise Commits
sioner for ten years He helped draft the pres
ent excise laws.
Speaking OF the nominations made to-day
Governor Higgins said:
I know OF no man who has demonstrated more
fidelity in every trust reposed in him than Otto
Kelsey, and no man since have been Governor
and had any knowledge Of Endorsements here has
received more Endorsements than Maynard N.
Clement for Excise Commissioner They were
not confined to party or religious belief but In
cluded the best people Of the state that know
of-bishops. priests and deacons, and some who
do not come in that category.
Otto Kelsey. who has held the Office Of State
Controller since the closing months Of 1903. is a
native of Rochester and is in his hftyfourth year
After a common school education he became a
printer and later studied law. and was admitted to
the bar in 1876. He began the practice OF his pro-
fession in Geneseo. Livingston County. His en-
trance into public life was made in 1898, when he
was elected to represent his county in the Assem-
bly,. BY successive reflections he served nine
years in the lower house OF the Legislature. He
for a number OF years member OF the Ways
and Means Committee and the Rules Committee
and before the close of his service as a lawmaker
chairman Of the Committee on Cities. In 1902 he
defeated for County Judge OF Livingston
County.
In January, 1903, he was made Deputy Controller
by State Controller Miller. whom he succeeded
when the latter was appointed to the Supreme
Court bench by Governor Odell in November. 1903
At the subsequent election he was chosen his
own successor. BY the appointment his sal
ary will be increased $1,000 the State Controller re-
ceving 1000. The Superintendent OF Insurance mas
give bond for 900, and cannot be interested
in the management Of any insurance company, di-
rectly or indirectly.
New-York tribune., 1906-05-03
SANTA FE COUNSEL RESIGNS.
Victor Morawetz To Be Succeeded by Walker
D. Hines.

Victor NoFawets has resigned a. general counsel
OF the Atchison. Topeka & Santa Re hehEay Conn.,
many his resignation 20 take effect May IS. when
walker D. Hines. Of Louisville. who has been aD-
pointed his successor viii take up the duties Of the
once Mr. MOraWetz. whose retirement ls due 20 the
pressure Of other legal business was counsel 60 the
reorganization committee OF thu Atchison. and has
been general counsel OF the Atehisnn system since
fhs reorz1ni2AtlArA As VII retain to ocsoe q
New-York tribune., 1906-05-03
SENATE THANKS GENERAL PORTER

washington May 2.-AIr- Lodge to-day reported
from the Committee on Foreign Relations. and the
Senate passed the House Joint resolution extending
tie thanks Of Congress 20 General Horace Porter
Tor his servces in discovering the burial place OF
John Paul Jones. There no debate
New-York tribune., 1906-05-03
CONSUL GENERAL IN CONGO STATE.

Washington. May 2-The Senate Committee on
Foreign Relations to-day ordered reported bill
establishing consul seneralahip in the 'ongo kree
State with salary OF &S.0aa IN view Ot COM
piaints AGAINST eigiuuls rule thsre Il decided
that the United states should have diplomatic
officer On tie ground
New-York tribune., 1906-05-03

For crowning Kings of the May,
only the best of soft hats should be
used.
StetsOn soft hats have a world wide
reputation for worth and wear; and
we have every good new soft hat the
Stetson factory turns out.
Vimenet soft hats are the most
famous felts which France producess
and especially IN outing shapes we
have the Vimenets IN a wide range
of the delicate shades at which the
French are so adept.
ROGERS, PEET & COMPANY.
Three B-o2evsyz Stores.
ass e4z 1850
oooosis1 aezs o7poslse
City Hall Union6sl1za Gfsa-ey Square,
New-York tribune., 1906-05-03
CHICAGO STRIKEBOUND.
Building Employees WaIk out IN
Mann Cities-Fortmnes InuoLued.

Chicago. May IA strike was called which
promises to tie up the building industry Of Chi
cago just as the wreckers started the demOli-
ton of old structures yesterday for new build
ings, valued at S6.OOOOOO. in the loop district
One thousand structural ironwOrkers will quit
to-day and viii precipitate the first important
labor disturbance in the building trades since
the 1900 lockout. In the loop district the sum-
mer promised an actual investment Of $1,000
600 in new blocks.
The ironworkers demand S5 a day for eight
hours work The contractors offer 81 so for
four months and 81 80 for the rest Of the year.
Aside from affecting directly four-flfths Of the
mechanics in steel and iron construction work.
the strike will throw out OF employment several
thousand other building workmen
The strike of the mouldeFs, begun yesterday.
OF the men being back at work. the employers
having in the majority Of cases signed the scale.
Toledo May 1.-Two hundred and fifty team
sters on trucks and moving vans struck this
morning on a demand for increased wages.
Buffalo, May 2-AH the employees Of the iron
foundries of Buffalo. Depew. Tonawanda, Lock-
port and Niagara Falls. including molders. core
makers and helpers went on strike to-day.
Thtrty-six corporations and ten thousand en-
ployes are involved. The strikers demand an
increase Of wages.
Lynn. Mass, May "A general strike of the
building trades is threatened In this city as the
result of the announced determination Of the
members Of the Lynn Master Builders Associa-
ton to maintain the open shop Two hundred
and fifty carpenters and nearly as many ma
chinists are out to-day. while smaller numbers
are out in the plumbing. painting and lathing
trades.
New-York tribune., 1906-05-03

No clothes calendar needed to show
what we are selling now.
The drag down of your winter suit
tells the story.
Spring mixture suits, that not only
feel but look like Spring.
Single-breasted coats, double
breasted coats, walking coats.
Every pattern exclusively ours.
Rain coats for belated April
showers.
S1s to S35.
ROGERS, PEET & COMPANY.
Three Broadway Ssoze2
259 s42 1851
az az at
wRFTensG 18th sand 81
New-York tribune., 1906-05-03
HOPE TO CRUSH UNIONS.
Great Lake Vessel O5Oners Confident
as to Strikes Result.

Detroit. May 2-At the close of the second
dav Of the marine strike on the Great Lakes
over the recognition Of the union mates both
sides express confidence as to the outcome OF
the battle that has put 10000 men out of work
Daniel ]. Keefe, president Of the Longshore-
men. Marine and Transport Workers Assocla-
ton. said tonight:
The situation is satisfactory beyond our ex-
pectations A certified report from Presloent
Joyce Of the Grain Scoopers Union az bulLal9 oI9
gives list of thirty-nine vessels there, an.a ana
nearly seventy mates on these vessels have quit
work Our representatives at Cleveland state
that everything Is favorable there
William Livingston. president of the Lake
Carriers Association said tonight that the per-
centage Of pilots who were leaving their boats
was exceedingly slight and that the carriers
would be able to move their vessels as usual as
soon as the dock managers at Lake Erie ports
could carry out their loading and unloading con-
tracts.
Cleveland. May 2-The leading vessel owners
here declare that no concessions whatever VIII
be made to the strikers by the members Of the
Lake Carriers Association in connection with
the demand for recognition OF the organization
Of the mates or pilots. 1t is asserted that the
mates for whose benefit the strike was ordered.
have declined almost TO man TO leave their
boats II is said that only four mates have
struck throughout the entire fleet Of the Pitts
burg Steamship Company.
The strikers charge the vessel owners with de-
tanning mates on their boats against their. viii
by anchoring their vessels outside the Cleveland
brealrwater, the statutes providing against mates
and other employees being taken on vessels when
the boats are at sea-
The dock managers will fight for the open
shop policy on the Great Lakes. The vessel own
ing interested hope that the present struggle WI
prscticaIly wipe out the two unions involved
New-York tribune., 1906-05-03

Toledo. May 1.-Two hundred and fifty team
sters on trucks and moving vans struck this
morning on a demand for increased wages.
Ladysmith news. [volume] (Ladysmith, Wis.) 1906-1907, 1906-11-17
BUCKET BRIGADE SAVES TOWN
LA CRESCENT, MIMI, NARROWLY
ESCAPES DEsTRucTloN-PAN-
&c IN SCHOOL.

La Crosse, Wis, Nov. IA. - Almost
the entire male population of La Cres-
cent, just across the river, yesterday
saved the village from destruction by
a fire which totally destroyed the
school building and the residence OF
John Borke.
Fire started in the school building
from a defective chimney during the
session, and panic among the chill
dren followed a cry of fire. Miss Cora
Whitehouse, teacher, with rare pres
ence of mind, brought the pupils out
of the building under perfect disci'
pine and none were injured.
Following the alarm of fire the vii
layers and men working in the fields
flocked to the scene and bucket line
was run to pumps in the vicinity. The
fire fighters could do nothing to save
the burned property, and fought hard
against strong wind to save the re-
mainder of the village, which was
threatened with destruction.
Ladysmith news. [volume] (Ladysmith, Wis.) 1906-1907, 1906-11-17
Personal,

Mrs. Amelia M. Harris, sixty years
old and a native of Hills county, Iowa,
who went to Montana in 1864, died at
Helena.
Mrs. Esther M. Stannard, wife OF
Former Governor E. o. Stannard, died
of neuralgia of the heart at her home
in st. Louis.
Judge Thomas M. Mehan of Mason
City, ILL.,, a prominent Democrat and
since 1897 district judge, died of ty-
phoid fever.
The engagement of Miss Pauline
Morton, daughter Of Former Secretary
of the Navy Paul Morton, to ]. Hop
kinson Smith, Jr., is annnouced.
DR.. Edwin E. Beeman died at Cleve-
land yesterday. twenty-five years ago
DR.. Beeman quit the practice Of medi-
cine to enter upon the manufacture OF
pepsin chewing gum.
Charles Frazier, the Oldest engineer
of the Erie railroad, died at his home
In Paterson, n. J. Mr.. Frazier was
seventy-two years of age, and had been
in the employ of the Erie for afty-six
years.
Nathan D. Bradley, first mayor OF
Bay City Mich, member Of the Forty.
third and Forty-fourth congresses, q
lumberman with interests in several
sections Of the United States, died
from pneumonia.
Ladysmith news. [volume] (Ladysmith, Wis.) 1906-1907, 1906-11-17
Casualty List.

Harry Maxwell was instantly killed
in an automobile accident at New
Britain, Conn.
A fire in the heart of the business
portion Of Hamilton, Ohio, caused a
loss of $350,O00.
Sherman Foss, nine-year-old son OF
L. Foss, farmer near Spokane, was
shot and killed by playmate.
Ole Quambeck, an elderly man and
an old settler in Winnebago county,
Iowa, was killed by an enraged bull on
his farm.
Two men were killed and two badly
injured by the explosion of the boilers
at the American Palace Steam laundry
in Buffalo.
Six-year-old John Kenny of Chicago
died from eating stove polish thrown
into the doorway of his parents home
as a sample.
The Kell & Coggeshall planning and
box factory at Louisville was destroy
ed by fire. Loss $4,000. The 200 en-
DIoyes escaped.
Ladysmith news. [volume] (Ladysmith, Wis.) 1906-1907, 1906-11-17

Fire OF unknown origin destroyed
Ralston's glove factory at Iowa City,
Iowa. The loss is $4,000.
Edward Smell. engineer OF Balti-
more & Ohio passenger train, was kill
ed in a collision between his train and
wrecking train near Youngstown.
Ohio.
Merritt B. Otis, a farmer near New
man Grove, Neb., was choked to death
by a windmill. His coat collar got
caught in the gearing and he was
dead when extricated.
A fire that started in the holding
plant of Angus & Mckay in Chicago,
spread to the several adjoining build
ings before it was controlled, and
caused loss of 100000.
While taking apart his revolver,
Henry Stedner of New York acciden.
tally shot his mother. She is dying
and the boy may lose his reason as
result Of the tragic accident.
Attacked by vicious boar and
thrown into a corner, John Focht, a
prosperous farmer residing near Sid
ney, Iowa, was saved from horrible
death by the timely interference OF
his dog.
Ladysmith news. [volume] (Ladysmith, Wis.) 1906-1907, 1906-11-17
Criminal.

Democratic Congressman-elect H. l..
Favrot shot and killed DR.. FL. II. Aid
rich at Baton Rouge, La.
AS the result of a three-cornered
quarrel in st. Louis, William Barton
was killed by blow on the head with
baseball bat.
/. II. Carr. white man, was found
guilty of rioting by jury in the city
court at Atlanta. Ga. Judge Pendle-
ten reserved sentence.
Almost at his own doorstep Martin
Fuchs, farmer of Collinsville, Ill,
was shot to death in an effort to pre-
vent his hogs from being stolen.
Barricading the doors of her home,
Mrs. John Ray of Falls City, Neb., set
fire to her home. Neighbors broke in
her door but the woman was dead.
Cashier H. C. Duboise Of the Monroe
County bank at Monroeville, Ala, has
been checked short $22,115, according
to a report received by State Bank EX-
aminer Rutledge.
With the head pounded to a pulp,
the body Of Charles Johnson was
found wedged tightly into pile of iron
piping in Chicago. The man was I'M
doubtedly murdered
What are believed to have been in
cendiary fires destroyed $4,000 worth
of property at Burlington, Iowa, when
the barns of Arthur Churchill and w.
TT MOir were DESTROYED
Rev. Isaac G. Cook, formerly pastor
of the Methodist church at Bartonville,
ILL.,, was arrested on the charge of at
lacking the thirteen-year-old daughter
of Charles w. Robinson.
Norman E. Smith, hotel man and
former famous bicycle racer, has been
killed at Tenakee Hot Springs, Alaska,
by Robert Reid Smith is said to
have had bad reputation.
John Hogan was stabbed twice in
the back in saloon row at Billings.
Mont, and had not the blade of the
knife glanced on a rib one kidney
would have been cut in two.
Thomas w. Alexander, formerly a
wealthy cotton factor, pleaded guilty
at Atlanta, Ca, to an indictment charg-
ing enlightenment and was sentenced
to six years imprisonment.
Miss Florinda Illario, who has been
on trial in the Somerville county court
at Somerville, N. J., charged with the
murder of Alexander Dipoalo, was
found guilty Of manslaughter.
While a passenger train was stand
ing on the tracks at Gallup, N. M,
three men armed with revolvers enter
ed the coaches and forced the passen-
gers to hold up their hands. They Sc
cured several hundred dollars.
The body of John Boland, wealthy
farmer near Dubuque, Iowa, was found
by his son in a ditch. The skull was
crushed. Ned West, farm hand, was
arrested on suspicion and later con-
fessed to the murder of Boland.