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' against the company had been disposed

‘kell, whom; Attorney General Monnett
accused of being‘ia party to offering him

Standard Oil cases, said that he abso-

. company of native

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THE OILPTRUS‘T FIGHT

1113111111 DENIES 11011111113 CHARGES

Attorney Kline Asks That the Main
Question Be Not Heard Until the
Bribery Charges Be Investi-
gated and Disposed 0f.

COLUMBUS, 0., May 10.—The Stand-
ard Oil company won a point in the su-
preme court yesterday, when a decision
was handed down dismissing the con-
tempt p'roceedings against Malcolm
Jennings, a newspaper man. Jennings
was subpoenaed as a witness in the
Standard Oil suits by the attorney gen-
eral. who endeavored to show that the
witness was conducting a news bureau
in the interests of the Standard Oil
company. When asked to give a list of
papers to which he furnished such ~mat-
te1,Jennings 1efused and 11 as cited for

contempt. The supreme coui t held that
the information asked of the witness
was not important and that it would
not tend to throw any light on the ques-
tion at issue. The court held, therefore,
thatvthe witness was not in contempt in
.efusing to answer the question.

Attorney General Monnett called the
attention of the court to the other con-
tempt case growing out of the Standard
Oil prosecution and asked that it be set
£011 hearing at as early a date as possi-

le. '

Hon. Virgil P. Kline, attorney for the
Standard Oil company, said that the
company had stood charged in the pub-
lic prints with having attempted to 59-.
cure results by bribery, and he did not
think the main question should be heard
and disposed of until after these other
cases had been passed 011 as to their
t1 uth or falsity and tho1oughly in1esti—
gated.

The company had voluntarily appear—
ed after the attorney general had fur-
nished his information in the alleged at—
tempted b1 ibery case in order not to i11-
terfere 01 retard in. the slightest de-
gree the ascertaining of the exact truth
of the allegations, andunder these on-
cumstances ‘he did not believe that the
main case should be considered or pass—
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5‘7' t" ' Haskell’sDenial.
TOLEDO, May 10.—Charles N. Kas-

a bribe to drop the prosecution of the

lutely had nothing to do with offering a
bribe to any one-

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, ' No Filipino Exhibit.

1' ‘WASHINGTON, May 10.-——It was stat-
ed at the immigration bureau that the
action of Commissioner North at San
Francisco in ref-usi g a landing to a
ilipinos under con-
tract to ex11ibit_at,avdime museum in
New York city was entirely proper. The
contention of the Filipinos that they are
actors and not laborers probably will
not be sustained except it can be con-
clusively shown that they come within
the rulings of the department as to
character and standing in the theatrical‘
profession, which now appears extremeh
ly doubtful.

 

New York-Havana Record Broken.

NEW YORK, May 10.——The new Ward
line steam-er Havana, Captain Stevens,
arrived yesterday at quarantine from
Havana after a record passage of 2 days
and 20 hours, the fastest time ever
made between Havana and New York.
The Havana brought 53 cabin passen-
gers and 1,535 soldiers from the Second
United States cavalry, Second artillery
and First, Eighth and Tenth infantry.
Among this number are 77 prisoners un-
der guard, who will be imprisoned on
Governors Island after the steamer
reaches her dock.

 

 

BUFFALO LABO'R TROUBLES.

Strikers Want, No Contractors—Carl
riers’ Association Will Not Yield.
BUFFALO, May 10.——While the-strikeI

situation still remainsunchanged, after

a day of great quietness, there is still a

hope for a speedy settlement of the

 

trouble. The grain shovelers are obdu-.:

rate in that they still persist that noth-
ing will satisfy them except they suc-

ceed in abolishing the existence of con- ‘

tractors and middlemen. They asSert
that they can furnish sufficient bonds
to guarantee that they themselves can
accomplish the work of handling all of
the grain which is transported by the
Lake Carriers’ association.

At a big meeting of the grain shov-
elers held‘at St. ‘Bridget’s hall Presi-
dent McMahon made a report of the do-
ings of the conference committees. He
stated that the proposition submitted
by the grain shovelers had been laid
on the table by the representatives of
the Lake Carriers’ association and that
the latter had made a counter proposi-
tion. The Lake Carriers’ association,
Mr. McMahon said, had agreed to ac<
cept all the terms contained in the

proposition of the grain shovelers with -

the exception of the abrogation of the
contract which Mr. Conners held. They
had agreed to take the entire super-
vision of thenvork out of Mr. Conners’
hands, to let' Bishop Quigley appoint a
superintendent, to give the power to the
grain shovelers of appointing their own
boss scoopers, and they agreed to the
appointment of a local board of arbi-
tration. In other words, the Lake Car-

,‘riers’ association had agreed that here—

after Mr. Cb’nners would be contractor
in name only and would have noth—
ing to do with the men 01‘ the work with
the exception of drawing his 5 cents
per 1,000 bushels.

President McMahon announced that
the committee of the strikers had 1"e-
fused to accept these terms and had de-
cla‘red that they would have nothing to
do with the work unless Mr. Conners
was relieved of the contract altogether.

The grain shovelers unanimously ap—
proved of the committee’s action.

No Settlement In Sight.

CLEVELAND, May 10.—Harvey D.
Goulder, Thomas Wilson and James
Corrigan, the committee of the Lake
Carriers‘ association who went to Buf-
falo to help settle the grain shovelers'
strike, have returned home. Mr. Corri-
gan said that little progress toward a
settlement had been made. He said that
every concession had been granted with
the exception of giving up the contract
with W. J. Connors. “We will not yield
on that,” said Mr. Corrigan. “We will

let the strike go on until it wears itself

out before We will abrogate the con-
tract we have made."

Dewey Will Attend.

PHILADELPHIA, May 10.—-Admiral
Dewey has expressed his intention of
attending the thirty-third annual en-
campment of the Grand Army of the
Republic in this city next September it
he can possibly get away. He will be
the guest of Naval Post No. 400 and will
be asked to preside over the naval vet-
erans’ convention, which will be held in
Independence hall at that time.’ The
following cable has been received from
Admiral Dewey on the subject: “If the
exigencies of the service permit, you
may confidently count on my being
with you in the fall to attend youi con-
vention. In anticipation of Admiral
Dewey being here ar1angements aie al<
ready under consideration toward malt-
ing his presence at najionalevent.

Theological Conuncncemca'it.

PRINCETON, N. J., May 10.~Thc
eighty- seventh annual commencement
of the P1inceton Theological seminary
ended 1este1day Sixty eight new min-
isters were licensed to p1 each P1 e51de11t
Ethelbert VVarfield of Lafayette college

’ delivered the address on behalf of the

directors. Dr. Joseph Smith of Balti-
more conferred the diplomas, and seven
of the graduates received the deg1ee of
bachelor of divinity. Dr. William Hem

 

llncolne Tax For Michigan.

LANSING. Mich., May 10.—The senate
has passed an income tax bill which ap-
plies to both corporations and individu—
als. the former being included in order
to reach nonresident stockholders. The 1
bill provides for the deduction from the
total income of stockholders of their in-
come from stock on which the corpora-
tion pays the tax. The rates provided
are one-fourth of l. per cent on incomes
bstween 31.000 and $2 500, one—half of 1
per cent between $2,500 and $5,009 and ,1
per cent on all in excess of $5,001).

Antericans \Vantcd Everything.

LONDON. May 10.-—The Chronicle
says it is not surprised by the 5131-,
nouncement'that the negotiations be—
tween the United States and Canada
will not be resumed. It declares that the
statement that the Americans are ut-
terly discouraged is absurd, and says
the fact is the Americans are discour-
aged because they could not get all they
wanted from Canada without giving
anything .in return that was worth hav-
ing. It holds that Canada made a per-
fectly fair offer on every point.

Bishops Oppose Briggs.

MILWAUKEE May 10.—Bishop Nich-
olson of the Episcopal diocese of Mil-
waukee says that if the Rev. Dr. Charles
A. Briggs of New York is ordained to
the priesthood of the Episcopal church
Bishop Potter will have to' answer for
he action to the board of bishops. Bish-
op Nicholson says that many western
bishops are protesting against the pro-
posed ordination, and that the board of
bishops will not let the matter go by
without a trial if Bishop Potter carries
out his intention.

 

A Sensational Suicide.

DANBURY, Conn, May 10.—Andrew
Briggs, a. wealthy farmer living .in New
Fairfield, drowned himself in a pond
near his home yesterday in a tragic
'manner. He first put a dog collar
around his neck, to which he attached a
heavy rock, and 'then plunged head
foremost into the water. Six other
members 6f the family had previously
committed suicide, all under sensational
circumstances.

Fatal Fall From Scaflold.
HUDSON, N. Y., May 10.‘—-Whlle en-

gaged in painting a building on a swing- .

lug scaffold 30 feet fromthe ground yes-
terday one of the ropes attached to the

. apparatus broke, causing Harmon Coon,
65 years old, to fall to the street below,
sustaining injuries from which he died.
later‘at the city hospital.

‘ give his name.

1 Mrs. Ben Runner,

ry Green addressed the class fo: the
faculty.
Burned Her House Down.
BOW’LING GREEN, Ky., May 1.0.~

Mrs. Jack Haley’s home was burned to

1 the ground by a gang of men unmask-

ed. They told Mrs. Haley that if any 151

‘ them was unknown to her they would

In all there were about
25 in the crowd. The house belonged to
and the men had her
permission to burn the house.

The Texas Antitrust Law.
DALLAS, May 10.—The Texas senate
has passed the Davidson antitrust bill.
It is as drastic as the new Arkansas
law. The measure is sure to pass the
house, and the governor will sign it.

A Breach of Promise Verdict.
LOWELL, Mass., May 10.-—In the
breach of promise suit of Miss Rose
Cre ne against P. J. Riley, a junk dealer,
the jury gave the plaintiff a verdict of

38,000. The plaintiff sued for $25,000.

Bridge Bill Signed.
ALBANY, May 10.——The governor has
signed the bill of Senator Armstrong
which provides for the construction of a
bridge over the Erie canal at Rochester
and appropriating $75,000 therefor.

Netv York Markets.

FLOUR —— State and ‘ western ruled
steady and unchanged: winter patents,
31375111410 winter straights, [email protected];
Minnesota patents, [email protected]; winter
extras, $2. 60@3.

WHEAT—No. 2 red opened firm on
the Michigan state report and “as sub-
sequently sustained ,by covering; May.
78 3-16@78 9460.; July, 76%@76 15-160.

RYE—Steady; state;~63c.; No. 2 west-
ern; 63c., f. o. b., afloat. '

CORN—No. 2 quiet and steady on big
export business and the advance in
wheat; May, 38%@3S%c.; July, 37%@
381/3c. .

OATS—Neglected; track. white,.state,

341/2@3sy2c‘.; track, white, western, 34%
@0817430.

PORK—Quiet; mess, $8. 50639; family,
$10. 50@11. '

LARD—Prime western steam nomi-
nal.
BUTTER—Firm; state dairy, 13.1mm
, state creamery, 14@17c.
CHEESE—Steady; large, white, 1213
small, white, 12@12%c. ’
EGGS—Firm; state and Pennsylvania,
140.: western, 13@13%c.
TURPENTm’E—Easy at 43‘72@4Ac.

RICE—Firm; domestic, 4%@7c.; Ja~
pan. 4%@5%c.
TALLOW—Steady; city, 4 1- 1611‘ “Ac;

country. 4%@4%c.
l’—' Y—Steady; shipping, 50®60c.; good
to ....Olce, “@775“.

' Fortunately.

lNO CITY OWWERSHIP

Scheme to Acquire the Detroit
Street Railways Fails.

 

The Supreme Court Has Yet to De-
cide Upon the Constitutionality of
the Scheme. and an Injunc- I
tion Suit Is Also Pending.

l DETROIT, May 10.—Negotiations for
municipal ownership of Detroit’s street
railways have come to a halt. The sit—
uation last night gave little apparent
hope for reaching an agreement as to
price and terms of purchase between
the city’s street railway commissioners
and the owners of the street railways.

‘ The commissioners are reticent, and
Tom L. Johnson, who has conducted ne-

'gotiations for the street railways, de—
clined last evening to be interviewed.

‘According to the attitude of the com—
missioners, there must be some conces-
sions by the companies, or municipal
ownership and operations as at present
contemplated cannot be accomplished.
A report upon the situation had been
looked for at last night’s regular meet-
ing of the city council, but none was
filed.

The aim of Governor Pingree and the
other members of~the commission has
been to buy out the companies at a.
price which would fairly cover the
value of the properties and present
franchises and at the same time enable
them to operate the roads under 3 cent
fares. The law authorizing the pur-
chase provides that the entire purchase
price be paid out of the earnings of the
roads.

The price named by Mr. Johnson, as
representative of R. T. Wilson of New
York and other owners of the roads, is
stated to have been $15,325,000 cash or
its equivalent. The equivalent proposed
was $17,100,000 in 4 per cent bonds to
cover the commission’s assets, the same
to be secured by a 30 year security
franchise, which Would provide six for
a quarter fares on all the roads, in-
cluding those now operated at eight for
a quarter fares. The latter feature was
a point of disagreement, the commission
refusing to agree to a raisifi’g of fares
011 the new, or 3 cent fare, lines in the
event of default and reversion of the
roads to the companies.

The commission's final proposal seems
to have been to buy the roads at $15,-
500,000 if the companies would extend
the option, which expires May 14, for 90
days to allow the commission oppor—
tunity to sell the'bonds at par and pay
over the cash. In case of failure to sell
the bands they are to be turned over to

-the companies and the price increased

to about $16,000,000, secured by a 30 year
franchise following expiration of the
present franchises. Mr. Wilson after
consideration declined to accept other
than his original price of $15, 325 ,000
cash or its equivalent of $17,100,000 in 4
per cent bonds.

In addition to the failure of the ne-
gotiations at the present stage the legal
situation is uncertain. The state su—L
preme court is now preparing its de-
cision in a proceeding against the com-
mission to test the constitutionality of
the McLeod act. An injunction suit to
restrain the commission from acting is
also pending in a local court.

 

A Mail Bag; Cut Open.

WASHINGTON, May 10.—The official
mail bag from the Paris foreign office.
which reached the French embassy yes-
terday, was in a damaged condition, a
hole being rent in one end large enough
to permit a hand and arm to be inserted
and the contents of the bag examined.
however. an examination
of the contents and a comparison with
the official list of inclosures showed that
nothing had been removed, and the
seals on the various official communica-
tions were unbroken, probably because
an inspection indicated that no funds
were inclosed. The reports of late of the
payment to Spain of $20,000,000 through
the French embassy may have led to
this-mutilation of the French bag. The
hole was too carefully made to be the
result of‘ accident.

 

Railroad Trust Laughed At.

PHILADELPHIA, May 10.—-President
Frank Thomson ,of the Pennsylvania
railroad and the officers of the Pitts-
burg, Cincinnati, Chicago and St. Louis
Railroad company held a general con-
ference yesterday on the subject of the
company’s western lines. The alleged
railroad trust reported from Cleveland,
in which the Pennsylvania railroad fig-
ures, was laughed at by the officials of
the company, who stated that the first
they had heard of the combine was
through thepapers.

 

The Yosemite’s Mishap.

WASHINGTON, May 10.—The navy
department received a telegram from
Tompkinsville stating that the Yosem-
ite, which sailed two days since from
that place for Guam. had been obliged
to return by a trifling mishap. The
blow out valve of one of the boilers had
corroded away until it could no longer
act. The repairs can be made over-
night, it is thought, and the ship will
start again on her long voyage today.

Dreyfus Decision Near. _
PARIS, May 10.-—M. Ballot (1e Beau-
pre, president of the civil division of the
court of cassation. announced last even—
ing that he expects to make his report
about May 21. The public hearing of
,the demand for revision is expected
therefore, about May 29. The Speeches
will probably occupy four days, and the

 

decision will be given June 2 or 3

 

Annual Seed Contract Let. ,
WASHINGTON, May 10.—The con.‘
tract for distributing government seeds
this year has been let by the agricux-
tural department to Charles Parker of
l Santa Clara, Cal., for $64,900. All the
i seeds must be.delivered here by Dec. 1,
and the distribution begins next Jan-
1 uary. ,

 

The Sudan to Be Free.

LONDON, May 10. —The Cairo corre-

g spondent of The Times says ”General

Lord Kitchener intends to open the Sn.

'dan to all traders on the completion of

;the railroad to Khartum, and foreign
goods will be admitted free of duty "

 

 

 

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Emlag’runts” For the Northwest.

HALIFAX, May Ill—The Hamburg-
American steamer Brasilia arrived here
from Hamburg at noon yesterday with

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East Womalk Fire Deparlmenls. .'

The year ’98 was a great year 101' bicycles. I sold more
wheels during that year than ever before, but I desire to make
the year ’99 a record breaker, and in order to do it I want
your assistance 111 booming the Rambler Whoa-1; to spread
its name and fame into every nook and corner of our town.

To obtain your help I propose to give away Absolutely
Free to the most popular member if either the Norwalk,
South Norwalk or East N o11valk Fire Departments a celebra—
ted High Grade ’99 Rambler Wheel, the fieetest, the
handsomest,-the most graceful, the most durable and most
reliable wheel built, up to date.

The popularity will be decided "by ballot, and in order to
votefor candidates the name of the member to be voted for
together with the name of the fire company of which he isa
member must be written on the coupon below and deposited
in the ballot box at my store No. 45 Main street, Nonvalk.

Ballots for members of the South N orwalk department can
be deposited in the ballot box at the store 0f_Whelpley &
Clark in the Lauder buildincr.

Ballots for members of the East Norwalk department can
be deposited in the ballot ,box in Haffaer’s Cigar and News
store at the east end of the Washington street bridge.

The contest is open to every memberof the several fire 11
partmenls, including members of the Fire Police.

All ballots must be deposited by 7 o‘clock sharp 011 the
evening of May 29th, and the name of the winner will be an
nounced 011 May 3lst.

J, T. Prowitt,
Agent RAMBLER WHEELS,

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