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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-05-24

Six academicians have been added to
the list OF the favored in the ranks OF
the Academy of Design The painters
selected are George DeForest Brush
and +. X. NJ Rehm. The architects
chosen are Cass Gilbert and George B.
Post The engTavers are Timothy CCle
and Henry Wolf.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-05-24

Henry ". Edgerton, who is engaged
temporarily in held work for the Blu
reau Of Corporations I'm Georgia, has re-
turned to Washington 10 spend q week
to secure treatment for his eyes.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-05-24

NJ de ROutkowsky, fnacial agent OF
the imperial Russian government IN
Great Britain. who makes HIS head
quarters in London. called at the de-
partment last week to meet the officials
and get some pointers on agricultural
matters. His chief r1i5siOn to tho
United States is 10 make a study OF
financial questions.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-05-24
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Bureau Of Animal Industry for expert
mental work with hog cholera for sew
eral years.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-05-24

Adrain Homer and Thomas J. Fitz-
patrick. of the division Of appointments,
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-05-24

John +. Carraway, Of the Bureau Of
Immigration, has returned 70 duty after
an illness of several weeks, the latter
part of the time being spent at Hot
Springs, Va, Tecuperating.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-05-24

Warren r Choate. chief clerk Of 5he
Bureau Of Corporations, spent the lat
ter part Of the week AT his home AZ
Rockville. Nd, putting everything III
order for the coming crops.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-05-24

Frank Young and Earl Evans. OF the
division of appointments, who are en-
thusias site athletes and members OF the
Gurlev Athletic Club, attended the hig n
school meet last week.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-05-24

G. Hatred Won Koch, editor Of the
Social Review and director of tina parish
Boards OS Guardians, Stockholm, Swe-
den. who is III America studying immi-
grafton matters, called at the depart
meat last week to meet the officials.
He viii next spend some time in Wis
cOnsin, Minnesota and Chicago.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-05-24

James Sheldon, jr., Of the Bureau Of
CORPORATIONS who spent several days
i'm New York recently to have a sur
gicaI operation performed, has returned
to his desk and is regaining his
strength.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-05-24

John I. Hargrove has been relnstate'
as an expert. at Sl.4O0 per annum, 81
the Bureau of la Dor.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-05-24

Frank Ayres, Of Iowa. has been ap.
pointed aid In the Coast and GeOdetiC
Survey.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-05-24

A lawn fste Tor the benefit OF the
Church IF Oar Saviour Will be given at
the home OF Mr. Quinn. OF Twelfth and
Monroe streets. On June 2
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-05-24

The public school % Falls Church
chartered an electric car and took a
number OF pupils to Mt. Vernon Satur-
day.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-05-24

E c. RitZman. Of the Bureau Of AMI
nal Industry. has been transferred to
the Office Of experiment stations. and
left Washington Yesterday for Porto
Rico. where he will be connected with
the experiment station at Mayaguez.
He Will instruct the natives in the care
ard raising of hogs.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-12-03

the trust was realizing at least from
~ cents to 81 for the Burley tobacco
after it was manufactured for consump-
ton, decided as a last resort. to organ
lZe against trust prices. This they did
with the result that by the recent deal
they received an average of nearly 10
cents Il pound for their tobacco. thus
attesting they have gained their point.
This was done by curtailing the pro-
duction and not raising a crop this
year.
Lawlessness was brought about in
several counties of the hurley district
because farmers refused to 60 i'm the
pool and wanted to take advantage of
the high prices paid by the independent
buyers and raise a crop. To hot-head-
ed members of the Burley society this
brought about much disorder. as these
obstinate farmers were either forced
into the pool by threats or duly pun
ished. either by violence to person or
tn their property. While the officers
and leading members of the Burley So
ciety frowned upon these acts of law
lessness, they, in manner. nodded con-
seat to some of the depredations that
were committed.
According to many who are in posi-
ton to know. the sale of the Dooled
crop will mark the end of night riding
in central and eastern Kentucky, as it
is thought, with these crops out of the
way practically all the growers will
raise tobacco next year.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-12-03
NEARLY 200 ARE LOST
WHEN STEAMER BURNS
Ocean Liner Going to Egypt De-
stroyed and Passengers Die IN
Mad Panic Aboard.
SCORES JUMP TO DEATH IN SEA.
Tugs Hasten to Rescue, but Fail to
Lend Aid Because of Furious
Gale Raging.

Nearly 200 persons. passengers and
crew Of the Ellerman line steamer Sar-
DINA. are reported to have persisted
when the steamer was destroyed by fire
just after she had sailed for AleXan-
dria, Egypt, from Valetta, Island of
Malta. The Sardinia was scarcely a
mile off Grand harbOr when the first
sign of fire appeared, but with a strong
wind to fan the flames the whole ship
was soon ablaZe and the passengers
and crew had scarcely a chance for
their lives.
There was a wild scene of panic Oh
board as the rapidly spreading flames
drove the passengers to the rails and
many OF the excited ones, not even
waiting for the boats to be lowered,
plunged into the sea. Scores are be-
lieved to have been drowned. Others.
trapped by the fire. We're literally roast
ed to death or smothered without a
chance for life.
There were many craft in the harbOr
at the time of the disaster and several
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-12-03

eous, ungodly cause, and divine iudg-
ment was bound eventually to overtake
the powerful nation that waged such
a war.
That the Anglo-Japanese alliance was
an Ubiquitous alliance against all the
white races England proving absolute
ly her faithlessness as a Christian ma
ton; that Japan was honeycombing In
dia with sedition and flooding it with
spies while processing openly to be
Englands friend and ally.
That the only way to counteract this
alliance was for Germany and America
to act together at an early date or
America would. have to fight the Japan
csc in ten months.
That in the event of n great war
England would lose many of her large
colonies, especially those in the Pacific,
and that all, he would take for Ger
many would be Egypt, though he would
liberate the holy land from the yoke
of infidel, presumably meaning the Sui
tam.
That the perfecting of the Zeppelin
dirigible balloon would give Germany
a powerful vantage il war. and she
was ready to make use of it to the full
est extent
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-12-03
KAISER's TALK OF WAR PUBLIC.
German Emperor Sai6 to Have De-
clareG Strife Inevitable.

The New York World publishes what
it says is an accurate and authentic
synopsis OF the now world celebrated
interview granted by Kaiser Wilhelm
to DR., William Bayard Hale, and which
was suppressed at the request of the
German government. Summarized, the
main points of the kaiser's interview,
which took place on the imperial yacht
Hohenzollern off Bergen. Norway, are
as follows:
That King Edward of Great Britain
had been hulniliating him for more
than two years and that he was exas-
perated; that Germany was the para
mount power in all Europe. and that
England was trying to neutralize that
power.
That he held France in the hollow of
his hand, and that Russia was of no
account since the disastrous war she
had waged with Japan
That if the Pan-European war which
has been so much talked about was in
evitable the sooner it came the better
it would be for him. because he was
ready and was tired of the suspense.
That Great Britain had been deca-
dent nation ever since her victory over
the Transvaal and the Orange Free
State, because hers was an upright,
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-12-03

tugs and other swift small vessels rush
ed to the assistance of the imperiled
liner. The high sea and strong gale
which prevailed at the time, however,
made it impossible for them even to
approach the Sardinia, and they could
do little in the way of aid.
The Sardinia left Liverpool Nov. II
with a cargo of general merchandise
for Mediterranean ports. Her crew
numbered forty-four, and about twenty
frst-class and six second-class passen-
gers embarked at Liverpool. Most of
her other passengers undoubtedly were
Levantines, Maltese and Egyptians.
Many of these people cross on the
steamers of this line from Malta to
Alexandria. 1t is their custom to pitch
their tents on decks for shelter during
the four days trip. The decks are clut-
tered and this condition undoubtedly
made the orderly clearing of the ship
difficult.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-12-03
ALL AROUND THE GLOBE.

Two elks in the San Francisco (Cal.)
geological garden engaged in a fight that
RESI- ted in the death of one.
Lombrosos nephew, Guglielmo Ferrero
of Rome, will visit the President when he
comes to this country to lecture.
Official count in Oklahoma shows that
Bryan carried the new State by a plu-
rality of 1887 over president-elect Taft.
That defects in battleships. as pointed
out by Commander Reyes, exist. was con-
firmed by the Newport canal conference.
Mrs. Matthew Orchard, mother of Mrs.
Frank II. Mason. wife of the American
consul in Paris, France, is dead there at
the age of 50.
The cultivation of the camphor tree as
substitute for orange cultivation is be-
ing considered in parts of Florida.
Fire broke out in the rear of a tene-
mem house at 221 Sidney street, st.
Louis. Two children were badly burned
and a man is missing.
William A. Biggs of Greenville, Miss,
was found dead in a deserted house near
his home. The body of a woman was
in the room with that of Biggs.
Wells Brothers Company's big depart
ment store at Litchield. Mimi, was burn
ed the other day. Loss on stock and
buildings. 100000; insurance $4,000.
The National Farmers Union confer
ence adjourned at New Orleans with an
appeal to planters to hold cotton prices
up.
Mrs George Heimrod, wife of the
American consul at Berne, Switzerland
former resident of Omaha, died in the
Swiss capital.
Twenty Nebraska newspaper mer hold
ing Western Union Telegraph Com1.any
franks were certified by the State railway
commission for prosecution.
Thomas L. Hisgen. who made the race
for President on the Independence ticket
announced at Springfield Mass, that he
is out of politics for good.
Count Anton sigray, cousin and best
man for Count Szechenyi when he welded
Miss Vanderbilt. has eloped with 20
year-old Austrian girl, the daughter OF
Count Haroncourt.
The Right Rev f. A. Gosket, now en-
gagged in translating the Vulgate of St
Jerome's translation of the Bible. has nc
funds with which to work, according tc
Rome dispatches.
Frank Melville. one of the best known
circus men in the United States and fol
a number of years equestrian director oil
the Hippodrome in New York City, sue
cumbed to heart failure in the genera
Offices of the Hippodrome.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-12-03
REBATE KILLS OIL RIVALS.

Rockefeller Cheerfully Tells How
Competitors Were Driven Out.
John d. Rockefeller's own story OF
his fortunes and the history of the
birth of the great Standard Oil Com
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-12-03
SPARKS FROM THE WIRES

G. 2. Engelhardt has returned to New
York from Guatemala with specimens Of
the stingless bee.
f. L. De la Barra has been appointed
to succeed Enrique Creel as Mexican am
bassador to Washington.
Thomas McGrath, a ST. Louis election
official, was sentenced to four years in
the penitentiary for making false returns
The Rev. DR.. Myron w. Haynes, for
merly of Chicago, has resigned the pastor
ate of the Delmar Avenue Baptist church
in st. Louis. He says enemies have
bounded him.
Col. William F. Tucker. husband of the
daughter of Gen. ohm a. Logan, will
have to undergo an operation for Bright's
disease, according to a statement issued
by his physician.
J. w. Soloman, a Salt Lake City line
man, narrowly escaped death when he
fell from a pole among broken wires
charged with 1000 volts. He picked his
way through the deadly wires to safety.
1t is understood that a movement has
the leadership of the Canadian conserva-
tive party in favor Of Sir Charles Hib-
bert Upper.
Miss Elsie Dutton, aged 20, daughter
of Fl. e. Dutton, an official of the Green
Bay and Western railroad, was killed in
a collision between an auto and a street
car.
A special medical board at Manila hes
notified the commander Of the American
cruisers in the harbor there that shore
leave is now safe owing to the improved
conditions in the quarter of the city af-
ficted with cholera.
Secretary Cortelyou has notified ia
tional banks having treasury certificates
of indebtedness on deposit to secure cir
culation that the 100000 month limit
does not apply to circulation based on the
treasury certificates issued a year ago and
that the full amount Of S14,000,0O0 may
be retired at, once if the banks desire.
The various japanese associations in
terested in foreign trade gave banquet
at Toxic in honor of the representatives
of the Pacific coast business interests now
visiting in this country. The function
was attended by 200 business men. The
American speakers showed keen appre-
citation of the receptions accorded them
in all sections.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-12-03
FIRE EXPOSES coUNTERFEITERs
Flames i'm Chicago Give Clew to
Secret Service Operatives.

Flames in Chicago Give CIew to
Secret Service Operatives.
With the arrest in Memphis OF two
more alleged connterfaiters the secret ser
vice operatives believed they had captured
all of the gang which has been making
bogus s. bills and circulating them in
Chicago for several months. Three 9TH
ers were arrested in Chicago and Joliet
A fire in a Chicago residence in which
$4,000 of counterfeit money had been
planted" was incidentally responsible for
the arrest of the alleged counterfeiters.
The building was partly burned about
three weeks ago. When the flames were
noticed by neighbors they ran to the
house and attempted TO force an entrance
They were confronted by two men with
reviewers. who prevented them from en-
tering. When questioned the men SAID
they could extinguish the blaze without
aid. This action excited suspicion, but
the authorities were not informed until
they began an investigation which was
caused by the finding of partly burned
s. bill by milkman on the lake front.
The miIkman sent the bill to Washington
to be redeemed There it was discovered
that the money was counterfeit. The fed
eral authorities Immediately began an in
vestigation. which was headed by John
Wilkie, chief of the secret service. 1t was
learned that the partly burned building
housed a gang of counterfeiters who had
on hand the $4,000 in bogus currency.
After the fire this imitation money was
dumped into the lake and the bill that
was found by the milkman was one that
had been washed ashore
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-12-03
ENn Og TOBACCO WAR.
Truss Yields 10 Growers Organize.
tor and Lawlessnes5 Will Cease.

After years OF fighting. Involving the
depredations of night riders. the Amer
lean Tobacco Trust has closed deal
with the Burley Tobacco Society. its I'M
relenting foe for FIVE years. involving
the sum OF S140G0,0C0 and S0.000.00C
pounds of hurley tobacco. Practically
all of the money will be put into circu-
lation at once in Central Kentucky. and
after long period of self-enforced pow
erty. that part of the State producing
hurley tobacco once more will be pros
porous. The transaction also marks an
unusual situation in the United States.
in that great corporation has been
worsted by band of humble, but de-
termined farmers.
The price agreed upon after five
weeks of negotiations. is an average of
2012 cents for the 1906 crop. and II
cents Il pound for the 1907 product
Five years ago the hurley tobacco grow
ers We're paid only an average of about
s cents by the trust.
The Burley Tobacco Society is an
organization that comprises about fifty
five counties in the northern and cen
tral portion Of Kentucky. and has in its
membership all tobacco raiSerS. These
growers pooled all of their crops of
1906 and 1907, and the organization
was controlled exactly like any corpor-
alton or trust would be. that is-by
officers and an executive board.
For years previous to the time the
farmers organized. the American To-
bacco Company had been driving out
competition and setting price upon to-
bacc0 from their offices in New York.
and had not for four or five years al
lowed the farmer practically any profit
for raising the weed. never paying
more than { or s cents pound as an
average.
The tobacco growers. knowing that
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-12-03
DGE lLA@2s1E<E2S
ss,:sasslIIs SsSs5s ulFssSE- GN .
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Chicago-Cattle common to prime,
$500 to $3.50; hogs, prime heavy, $500
to S6.25; sheep, fair to choice, $500
to $3.50; wheat, No. =, $t03 to $104;
corn, No. 2, 62c to 63c; oats, standard,
4Sc to 49c; rye, No. 2, 75c to 76c; hay,
timothy, $500 to $3.50; prairie, $500
to $3.50; butter, choice creamery, 27c
to zoe; eggs, fresh, &c to 80; potatoes,
per bushel &c to Zoe.
Indanapolis-Ca shipping, $500
to 500; hogs, good to choice heavy,
$3.50 to $6.15; sheep, good to choice,
$3.50 to $500; wheat, No. 2, $1.01 10
$1.O3: corn, No. 2 white, G3c to 64c;
oats. No white, SOC to 51c.
St Louis-Cattle, $4.50 to $3.50; hogs,
$500 to $500: sheep, $500 to 800;
wheat, No. 2, $1O6 to $107; corn, No. =,
Gle to 62c; oats, No. 2, 49c to soc; rye,
No. 2, 73c to 74c.
Detroit-Cattle $500 to $500; hogs,
$500 to $40; sheep, $3.50 to $3.50;
wheat, No. 2, S1.O6 to $1.07; corn, No.
yellow, 64c to 65c; oats, No. 3 white,
sic to 52c; rye. No. 2, I5c to TIC.
Milwaukee-Wheat, No. northern,
81. O3 to S1O5 corn. No. 3. 6Oc to Gle;
GA is. standard. soc to ole; rye, No. /,
74c to zoe; barley, No. ], 63c to Gle;
pork, mess, S14.70.
Buffalo-Cattle, choice shipping steers,
$40 to 1913; hogs, fair to choice, $500
to 5000; sheep. common to good mixed,
$500 to $40; lambs, fair to choice,
$500 to $685..
New York-Cattle, $500 to $3.50;
hogs. $3.50 to $500; sheep. $500 to
1926: wheat, No 2 red, Sill to Slip;
corn. No. 2, tic 70 re: oats, natural
white. 54c to SIC; butter, creamery, PC
10 Sic; eggs. western, Bic to SAC.
Toledo-Wheat, No. 2 mixed, S1.O5 to
s1.O7: corn. No. 2 mixed, Gle TO 63c;
oats. No. 2 mixed. SOC to sic; rye, No.
2. TIC to Toe; clover seed, S5.45.
ncinnati-Cattle. $500 to 1915;
hogs. $500 to $3.50; sheep, $500 to
1856: wheat. No 2, s1.O7 to s1.Os; corn,
No. 2 mixed. &c to SIC; oats, No. z
mixed, sic to.52c; rye, No. 2, 18c to soc,
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-12-03
WIFE STANDS BY THE PRINCE.

ANNA Gould Says ChHrGea of Boni
Are FaIse-Ta RetaIiate.
Princess Helie de Sagan denies that
she is planning to divorce the prince and
rewed Count Boni de Castellanc as a re-
suit Of the charges made against her hus-
band in the suit concerning the custody
of her children. She declares the allega-
tions Of BoEi's lawyer are false. The
prince, in commenting on the court pro-
ccedings. said In a French court
long-winded lawyer can get up and say
anything he pleases. He can make all
sorts of charges and point you as the
blacklist villain alive. but what he mere
~ says is never part of a judgment Only
what he proves counts. Just wait: we
will show them some things they don't
susupct exist
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-12-03

pany to the attacks that have been
made for years, the revelations of Miss
Ida Tarbell, the fulminations of cam
paign orators, the charges in newspa-
pers, and the remarkable letters of
John D. Archbold that injured Senator
Foraker and smirched half a dozen
statesmen.
In answer to questions by John G.
Milburn, his counsel, Mr.. Rockefeller
told how his combination reached ont
its tentacles for more ond more re-
fineries of rivals. and fattened on them
for ten years or more, till it became
strong enough to change into what be-
came the Standard Oil Company Of
Ohio. Between 1872 and 1882 the
Rockefeller combine bought and
bought rivals. When it was strong
enough it organized them all into one
concern. The oil king said that the
company was constantly reaching out
for more refineries and more markets
1t bought refneries to get them out
of competition and to get their bust
ness. That is the way H. H. Rogers
AID .iohn D. ArchbOld went into the
company. They were bought up. Both
were strong, brilliant and bold The
Rockefeller combine had to get them
out of the way: it absorbed their rival
concerns and them at the same time.
Mr.. Rockefeller snapped up the Amcri-
can Iubricating Company. and once In
that field he looked around for more
luhricating companies. Before his Ii
walls appreciated what had been done.
his combine controlled most of these
concerns that had done business be-
tween 1870 and 1880.
When the Pennsylvania railroad,
through its Empire Pipe Line began
gathering oil and shipping it to The
seabOard at reduced rates the Stand
ard stepped in. A bitter war followed.
the end of which came only when the
Empire concern was turned over to
Rockefeller and the dangerous compe-
titiOn wiped out The railroad for it's
surrender was permitted to form a car
combination, the certificates of which
were bought by Rockefeller and his as
sociates. ''Whatever they had we
took Mr.. Rockefeller said in eX-
planning the absorption of the Empire
concern.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-12-03
Leonard Wood in Command.

Major Gen. Leonard Wood. upon his
recent arrival at New York from Europe,
relieved Gen. Grant as commander of the
Department of the East. with headGuar-
tiers at Governors Island. Gen. Wood
said he was glad to be home again after
his six years in the Philippines. Speak
ing of the war maneuvers which he wit
messed in France and Germany he said
that dirigble balloons were an unquali-
fed success in Europe, and that it was
a common thing to see them maneuvering
in the sky in Germany, and that the time
was coming when they would be protected
from shot from below. The aeroplane. he
said, was bound to come after the dirigi-
BILE, and would probably prove more eff
cient. The Wright brothers he called the
leaders as aeroplanists. Gen. Wood de-
scribed the conditions in the Philippines
as peaceful and prosperous. but said there
would be even more prosperity if trade
relations with this country were better.
He thought Philippines products should
be admitted into this country free, that
it was hard for farmers to raise crops
under the American flag and then have to
pay duty on them. Philippine scouts, he
said, were among the finest soldiers in
the world.