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The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-10-11
The Governor. speccl,.

The speech OF Governor Hughes fol-
lowed the delivery OF President Schur-
mans. It was several minutes before
he could speak when introduced. and
the applause kept up at Intervals until
he concluded, when he was cheered as
the next President Governor Hughes
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-10-11

He most surely attains the highest
success and the greatest happiness who
finds the path OF service. and whose
achievements are q benedictIon to man
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-10-11

Mrs. Frances Mcdonald Bragg.
widow OF Mr. William L. Bragg, died
yesterday at her home in Lunenburg
county. in the ninety eighth year of
her age, after lingering illness from
paralysis. Mrs. Bragg was probably
tho Oldest resident OF the county. She
Is survived by the following children:
Messrs: T. c. Bragg, w. L. Bragg. D.
z. Bragg. u. w. Bragg and z. ].
Bragg. of Lunenburg; r. r. Bragg.
Of this city. and id. Bragg, of Suth-
erland. Va. The funeral took place
this afternoon from the residence. and
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-10-11

''s sEtpnnding at an exit, lie shook hand.
with hundreds as they passed out u
the bull dinE. Al 35iss ST.
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COULDN'T KEEP TT
Kept, il Hid From tue Children

we cannot keep Grape-Nuts ood
in the, house. 1t goes 50 fast I havl
to hide it, because the children, low
it so. It is just the food I have beet
looking for ever so long; someshin|
that 7 do not have to- stop to prepar|
ard still is ~nourishing.'
Grape-Nuts is the mosS scientific
ally made food Oh the market. 1t
perfectly and completely cooked q
the factory and "a be served at Al
iastant's notice, either With rich col
cream, or with hot milk If alhot dis
is desired. When milk or water |
used, a little sugar should be addeS
but when cold cream Is used alo1a
the natural grape-sugar. which ca
be seen %glistening on the granuleI
is sufficiently sweet to satisfy the pa
ate. This grape-sugar is rot pourd
over the granules, as some peepl
think, but cXudes from the grannlI
in the process Of manufacture, wig
the starch OF the grains is chansf
from starch to srape-sugar by
c of manufacture. This, IN q
feet, is the first act of digestiot
therefore, Grape-Nuts food is p1
digested and is most perfectly 4
simulated b. the very weakest sto1
ach. There's a Reason"
Made at the pure food factories
the Postum Co., Battle Creek, Mid
Read the little health classic, IT.
Road to Wellvitle,' in pkgs,
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AFTER THE TOBACCO TRUST
Government Asks Court to Crush
Giant Combination.
Accused Of Conspiracies. and Illegal
Trade Deals-Oppoacnts Must
Surrender or Die.

New York City.-The Government
struck the first blow in It's campaign
to smash the Tobacco Trust by filing
a bill in equity in the United States
Circuit Court in this city. BY this &C.
ton it is sought to dissolve the trust
by having it declared a combination
in restraint of trade, under proyis-
ions of the Sherman Anti Trust law,
to obtain an injunction to stop it's
business and, in the discretion of the
court, the appointment of a receiver.
Specifically the complaint asks the
following relief:
That each constituent company of
the trust be restrained from engag-
ing In interstate orforeign commerce.
That each company be restrained
from holding stock in any Of the
other constituent corporations.
That each corporation be restrained
from carrying out any of Its con-
with the others.
That the particular contracts by
which an agreement between the
English and American tobacco corn
binations was effected in the fall Of
1902 be abrogated as illegal. .
That the trust in all it's branches
be enjoined from continuing to exer-
else a monopoly of the leaf tobacco
business of this country
That the court, in its discretion.
appoint receivers for each of the con-
stituent concerns to take control of
all their property and If necessary.
to wind them up.
The bill names the American Tc-
bacco Company and air its subsidia-
ries, together with It's two great for
eign allies, the Imperial Tobacco
Company, Of London, and the British
American Tobacco Company, and also
its affiliated American concerns, the
American Snuff Company, or the
Snuff Trust; the McAndrews & Forbes
Company, or the Licorice Trust; the
Conley Foil Company, or the Tin Foil
Trust; the American Cigar Company,
the American Stogie Company and
the United Cigar Stores Company. in
all sixty-five corporations, as defend
!ants in the action. There are also
twenty-nine individual defendants,
HEADED by James B. Duke ami Thos.
IF. Ryan, and including all the psiHci-
pal officers and directors Of the
American Tobacco Company.
Z. Although this action is purely a
civil suit, James c.. McReynoldsG;. Spe-
'ciai' Assistant United States District
Attorney, talked about the possibility
of criminal proceedings against: OIL
ciaIS of the trust.
1T: Is highly probable that GRILL
inal, action will be TAKEN" he said.
The Sherman law makes it q Grim
inal effense to enter into a conspiracy
to create a monopoly, and it may be
that we shall get evidence enough TO
warrant such proceedings"
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Navy Department Decides ~@
s to Send Only Our Newest ~
+ Warships to the~Pacifie
Fifty Fighting Vessels, Large and Small,
Will Be in Sight of San Francisco
by January First.
WORL NAVAL REVIEW

Washington, DsC.-Two$ important
decisions have been reached by the
Navy Department concerning the an
nounced program for the dispatch Of
the Atlantic fleet to the Pacifc-frst,
only the newest and most modern
ships will be"seut, and, secondly, the
average of captains Of the ships Will
be reduced from three to five years.
Sin addition it is planned to send
along a s%lotilla of torpedo boat de-
stroyers.
It is figured here that, without the
ships now on the Asiatic station,
there will be thirty-two warships in
sight of San Francisco by January l.
This number.will include the torpedo
boat destroyers.E
It also is proposed to bring oyer
the Asiatfc forces. Those which are
considered real fighting; craft are the
four armored cruisers, West Vir-;
gfnia, Maryland, Pennsylvanfatiand
Colorado, and the monitors Monterey
and Monadnock. These. added, will
give a total Of thirty-eight. 1t also is
probable that when the plans for h
greatest of all navy reviews are per-
fected even the, smaller cruisers and
the gunboats viii: come over from
Asia, and&t the total force will amount
to fifty fighting vessels, great and
small. Hai $780,. -:
= Announcement was made at the
Navy Department that the proposed
voyage of the battleship fleet to the
Pacific would in nc way interfere with
the plan already arranged for the
sumner maneuvres. of the Atlantic
fleet. The decision has been. made
that Rear-Admiral Evans, command
ing the fleet, shall assemble his YES
sells for midsummer operations at
some point on the New England coast
on August 25. The place has not yet
been determined, as there Is no great:
haste in the matter.
In the meantime. the ships which
may need repairs will be locked and
put in condition. Repairs are being
rushed on the Connecticut, which is
Admiral Evans flagship, but this Is
being done so that other ships may
be sent to the Brooklyn yard for spe-
cial work upon them as may be neces-
sary and for the further reason that
the ship has not completed her for
NAL trials.
The plan of docking the vessels for
repairs was mapped out months ago
and is now being carried out without
regard to- the intended movement OF
the fleet to- the Pacific. These repairs
would have been made had there
been no decision reached for the
movement to the Pacific.
The New England maneuvres will
he completed some time in October.
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Then, following the usual custom,
| the fleet would move southwark to.
ward Guantanamo for drill operations
and target practice, but instead of
doing so this fall they will go on the
cruise to. the Pacific. Tire proposition
to send tIfe feet to the Pacific at an
early date. that is, This summer, has
not been considered and WIFI not be
considered unless there Is danger Of
an Immediate outbreak Of hostiIities
on the part Of Japan, which officers
do not believe is at all likely.
Much greater difficulty would be
experienced in getting the Big ships
around to the Pacific now than five
or six months later. The South At
lautic is now i'm mid winter the wealth
er is unfavorable and much danger
might be encountered. Besides that,
1t Is argued, there is no pressing need
tor their presence therasat this time.
Whatever good effect may be had by
tsending the snips2there, It is contend
ed will be productivity the announce
ment of the decision that they are to
60 later y
Of course, if there should be- Al
outbreak on the part of Japan the
plan to delay the sending of the Ships
until next winter would be- Exchanged
Immediately. The impression, low
ever, which officers seekito convey is
that the fleet is not to be- sent to- the
Pacific as a nae to Japan or be-
cause there is any danger Xof var
which is secuted, but ratherfto dem
oustrate our ability to make a dash
around the Horn in the event of an
emergency. Whetheror not the ships
will be brought back to the Atlantic
is a matter for determination after
further developments. Next; Decem-
Der will be midsummer in the South
Atlantic and conditions will thens be
favorable for the long cruise.
Tn some naval quarters the opinion
is held still that the b~attleship fleet
wilf never go to the Pacific, and; the
impression is given that the PROPOSE
ton is largely bluff for the purpose
of showing Japan what we would do
in case it became necessary to. have a
large feet In Pacific waters.
These same officers: believe that 1t
would be a dangerous:thing to leave
the Atlantic coast unprotected, as 1t
would be in the event Of the with
drawal Of the entire battleship fleet.
At. the same time they point out:that
the transfer Of the feet to the Pacific
and the abandonment of the Atlantic
coast would be an, argument for a
large increase in the navy and; the
building of a corresponding, battle
ship fleet for the Atlantic, in: order
that the country might be. adequately
protected in both oceans.
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TROLLEYS KILLS 2, HURTS 10.
Car Goes Over an Embankment When
Filled With Passengers.

Clarksburg, W. Va.-Heavily Ia
tden with passengers, who were en-
.joying an outing, an open trolley IA
ON the Fairmont and Clarksburg
Traction Company's system, jumped
the track on the Grasseli division just
outside the city limits and crashed
over an embankment, instantly kill.
Ing two, fatally injuring one and Sc
riously injuring nine. others. ;
How the a left the track is a:
mystery the traction company officials
cannot explain. 1t was running up
hill, around a curve, at moderate
speed. AFTER bounding;along the ties
for "a short distance the car went over
the embsnkment and landed on its
side, \pinning the dead and injured
underneath. Motorman James; and
Fitzpatrick escaped with
slight injuries. Most OF the injured
were taken to the city, hospitals and
some to their homes. Several pass
sengers besides those whose. namest
are given were slightly hurt !
The dead: Miss Grace Markerl-i
C%larksburg, skull crushed; W. TT
Gray, engineer Washington Carnons
Works, Cl%arksburg, head crushed
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Two, Sides to the Question.

The agent Of 'ther buildIng did not
like the looks of the"manr who wantsal
to rent che secondAaoor' fiat.
I'VE require the payment OF tEej
rental monthly in, advance, of|
course me said.
THAT will be asI'rigM.' answered.
the mang 1.-THE rooms suit me, and|
I am willing to paY7aayemrin advance
if necessary"
,"Yous don't object tDt music, per
haps? There's o. piano on the htst
floor and a harpa and zfther on the
third" =.
mo objection ITO tftsf- I am ferdI
Of all Efnds Of mosic:"
eve. don't take renters who lave
children, you know"
I'VE haven't any. My family eon1
sists OF my wifes. myself and a,gncwn|
son."
ALSO we regime the best OF ref
erences."
Here they are" ...,
TIE agent looked at them and
handed them back.
'Sfhey're ALI right I'll have to Ley
you, in. You are Fortunate Mr.
spondoo, in getting the apartment al
this particular time. BY order Of
Mr.. Hunks L have had all the rooms
tlteroughly-"
docs old? Hunks own this build
iag?"
"Certainiy. AS I was saying
'Great Scott. The only object
have in moving is to get QUO OF one 81
old HUNKS apartment-Aouses.
! wouldn't live here rent free. No
thanks, L can find my way out with
out any assistance. Morning, sir
Chicago Tribune.
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THE CRIME OF JINGOlSM.

ern American battleships Japan has
only ten. Against u eight first
class and five second-class, armored
cruisers Japan has nine. Against
our nineteen protected cruisers Japan
has seventeen.
In effective fighting; force the
American superiority is vastly pre-
%ponderant. This fact is known to
every Japanese statesman. and to
every intelligent Japanese citizen.
Yet American jingoes are asking us
to believe that Japan, in some fashion
or another, is secretly menmcing the
peace of the United States.
The plain and obvious truth is that
Japan is exhausted financially, that
her population is struggling under
burdens imposed by the war with
Russia, and that her resources are so
far inferior to those of. the United
States that no responsible Japanese
statesman would think Of war except
as a last resort.
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CONQUER BIG C|TYS PERIL
Three Year Secret Fight to Save
Minneapolis.
For Many Years on Foundation
Threatening to Crumble-Great
Props Built Privately.

Minneapolis, Minn.-For the last
three years, unknown to its citizens,
the city of Minneapolis has been in
peril of destruction. The City En-
gineer's Department made known the
character of a work that has long
been in progress for the purpose Of
preventing a calamity.
The entire business section of Min
neapolis is built over a series Of
subterranean lakes and caverns, said
to be as mysterious and battling as
the Mammoth Cave of Kentucky.
Into these dark recesses waters
rushed, and the constant wearing
away. of the soil caused a weakening
which threatened the stability Of the
ground upon which the city was built.
An investigation made by the city
officials three years ago partially re-
yealed the extent Of the danger, and
showed that the peril Of the city was
becoming greater daily Beneath the
Security National Bank, one Of the
largest financial institutions in the
city, the soil had become so honey-
combed that burglars might have
worked their way undecided directly
into the treasure vaults. Another
great washout had taken place I'M
der the Andrus Building, one Of the
tallest structures in the city, and had
practically undermined Nicollet ave-
nue., the th%oroughfare of which Min
n%eapolians always boast. - - Il
After the discovery a hurried con-
%sultation Of city officials was held, the
gravity of the situation was discussed
and action decided upon. Working
secretly, large sums CT money we're
appropriated and repairs went on.
until now all danger is removed and
the city rests firm on its artificial
foundation. Tons of concrete have
been used, huge waterfalls have been
harnessed, underground streams d.
verified, and the entire system of un-
derground lakes has been filled in
and made a firm foundation for the
city. J
The real extent of the underground
caverns has not yet been determined,
owing to the difficulty of exploration,
and the city will appropriate a large
sum Of money to have it thoroughly
Investigated and mapped. u
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New York City.-The population of
Japan is less than 48,0G0, 900. The
population of the United States is
nearly IS 100000.
The. debt of Japan - taking the
Statesman's Year = Book figures
throughout to insure uniformity of
comparison-is about $935,00O,O00.
The net debt of the United States is
s964,435,657 Japan rs paying from
four to six per cent. interest on its
foreign loans and from five to seven
per cent. on it's internal loans. One
fourth of the debt of the United
States is at four. per cent. and the
rest at two and three per cent.
Japan's revenue is less than $3.50
oO0, 900, while the revenue of the
United States is $762. 100000. ia
pans total imports and exports for
the year 1%905-19O6 were only $420,-
600, 900. while those of the United
States were nearly s9,000,Oe0 900
Against twenty first class mod
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A Kerosene Lamp Fan.

A German firm has recently intro
duced into Bombay a portable fan,
which is destined to have a large
sale throughout India. The fan is
propelled by a hot-air engine, the
heat being generated by a kerosene
lamp. To the lamp Is attached a
small glass chimney connected with
the engine. Upon the top of the en-
CINE is hung, the fan, whose speed
is governed by the size Of the flame.
The whole outfit weighs about thirty
pounds and sits upon a small stand.
From a Consular Report.
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SEX YOUTHS
One Strong Swimmer Among Them
Saves Himself in Pa2obscot Bay.

g. Bangor, Me.-Siy young men Of a
party of seven were drowned in Pen
obscot: Bay by the capsizing of the
sloop Ruth E. Cumnark, of Brooks
Vile.
Laurent D. Hall, Of Bangor, who
Is a strong swimmer succeededi in
clearing himself from the founder
ing craft, and after swimming :fbr
three-quarters of an hour, was res
cued blythe tug Bismarck, which hap
pened to, be in the bay The others
sank within a few minutes. The VIC
tins we're members Of prominent
families and were known in school
and college circles of this State.
The victims are: Harry Dusan-
eighteen. son of p 7. Dugan,. Of
Bangor; sophomore ir Bowdoin Sol
lege. A.. Robinson, seventeen. SOC OF
F. Robinson, of Bangor. Raymond
Smith,. nineteen, son of Sherman W.
Smith, of, Bangor. Roy Palmer, nine
teen, son Of w. A. Palmer, of Bangor:
Frederick Ringwall, nineteen, q OF
KnuteoA. Ringwall, Of Bangor. WIFE
ian Vangs, t~wenty-onf. South Brooks
Vile.
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JOHN D. ROCKEFELLER
ON THE WITNESS STAND
Secretary Pratt Reveals Standard
Oils Huge Profits.
MADE SS1,30o,000 IN ONE YEAR
Witness is Patient-Says He Retired
Years Ago Baiiif Rebuffs
Him-Great, Curious Crowds
Greet Him.

Greet him.
CHARACTERISTIC resistance up to
the last moment by his lawyers, John
D. Rockefeller was compelled to bow
to the law, go on the stand before
United States District Judge Kene-
saw M. Lands, and answer questions
like any other witness. Incidentally
he found he was on a plane no higher
than any other citizen, for he came
into conflict with a bailiff when at
n moment he tried to leave the
courtroom and was compelled to go
back to his seat and await the pleas
ure Of the court.
What Mr.. Rockefeller told did not
amount to much, so far as it related
to the effort Of Judge Lands to de-
termine how large a fine he should
assess in the rebate case against the
Oil Trust. He revealed ignorance of
the Standard Oil Company's affairs.
Really his place as president of the
company was merely honorary. He
had not looked after details for
twelve years. He had not even been
to the Office in eight years. He was
not certain whether its capital was
$100.000,00 or not, and could only
guess that the dividends we're some
where in the neighborhood of forty
per cent. of that amount.
Judge Lands, however, obtained
the information he had sought. He
calmly overruled the multitudious
objections Of the Standard Oil law
yers and pressed questions upon
other witnesses. The most impor-
tant of these was Charles NJ. Pratt,
secretary of the company. He had
to admit that the parent New Jersey
corporation controlled the Standard
Oil Company of Indiana, which had
been convicted Of so many instances
of rebating that it stood liable to a
fine of $2~9,240,000. Under the skill
full questioning of the Judge he had
to admit more.
He bore testimony that Mr.. Rookie !,
Teller did not know about details, for |
the capitalization of the New Jersey |
company was a matter of almost
100000 under the 100000 900
mark set by it's president. But this |
figure did not represent the full value |
of its properties, he admitted, for
they were worth VASTLY more" This
assertion was we'll borne out when
Judge Lands led him to tell of earn
ings. The yearly dividends of the
trust had averaged about forty per
cent. Of its outstanding capital, but
here was what its net earnings were
in the three years covered by the
case at bar: -.
1s03-ss1,30o,Ooo =: -
1904-$61,500,OOO
1905-S57,0 900, 900. :
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HEAD ON COLLISION ON E1IE-
Passenger Train Fits Freight: Nezr
Caidwen-SeyeraF Persons Hurt

Montelair, N. J.-Westbound' local
passenger train 4S1' ran head or into
a string Of freight cars about. ESQ
yards east of the Caldwell station On
the Caldwell branch of the Etie Fail
road: The train was composed OF a
combination smoking and baggage
car and a passenger coach. Taere
were about fifty persons aboard.
Mrs. Ida PetrofEs right leg and
Loretta Jackson's left leg were frac-
tured. The Jackson girl is ten Years
old: Both she and Mrs. Petrof live
in. Brooklyn. Mrs Petroft7 was sent
10, a farm in Pine Brook, where she
and her child of'thTee weeks'intended
to. spend the summer. N Jackson
girl was taken, to the hdaae> OF rela-
tiNeS in RoselanG-
Engineer Duffy stuck to- his seat
and except fora scalp wSund escaped
serious injury.
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Feminine Notes.

Mrs. J. J. Astor is i'll in London as
the result of wearing decollete
gowns.
A Denver court holds that it Is
cruelty on the part of a husband not
to kiss his wife every day.
London society women are taking
lessons for the purpose of learning to
walk as American women do.
One of the most interesting of
present day novel writers is Florence
Morse Kingsley, wife Of the Rev.
Charles R. Kingsley, who presides
over o union church a. " charming
little town on Staten Is. -.
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With the Workers.

All the mail carriers Of Butte.
Mont, are on a strike.
Fourteen organizations have afili'
ated with the Minnesota State Fed
Grafton of Labor since April Is.
Union men of Newark, N. j., sue
ceeded in defeating a n%on-union
clothing manufacturer for a place OF
the city police board.
A meeting Of industrial insurance
agents in Boston resulted in the or
SANITATION of a union. Reduction in
the pay of agents In this line of In
surance is given as the reason for the
formation Of a union.
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About Noted People.

Thomas F. Ryan has started on an
automobile tour of Ireland.
W. w. Aston has just distributed
$4,000 to four London charities.
Father Francis O'Boyle, who has
recently been elected president of the
St. Louis University, IS only thirty
five years old.
Francis Wilson on the Boulevard,
in Paris, fresh from Madrid, eX-
messed himself satiated with bull
fights. 81 don't like Them" he ex-
blamed, "but there is nothing else
to do there and you can't, sleep all
the time, even in Spain.
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Baseball BrevitfeS.

Leifeld has been of late doing the
best work Of the Pittsburg pitching
corps.
Spike Shannon was a confirmed
left field hitter up to a short While
ago.. Now he stahs as many to right
field as to port.
Fred Tenney and Roy Thomas have
thrown their scruples aside, and are
now playing Sunday ball with the
rest of the league.
Western critics have been much
impressed with the gait and work OF
Billy Hallman, the successor of Beau
mont, In Pittsburg's outfeld.