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Illinois Legislature, Railroad
and City Council Are
Involved.
CAUSED BY SUIT IN COURT
Anywhere From $60,000 to Treble
That Amount Mentioned In the
Matter Action of State's
Attorney Details.
Chicago. April 29. Investigation of
a biibewy scandal, Involving the Chi
cago and Western Indiana Railroad,
the Illinois Legislature of years ago,
the city council of Chicago, .and sums
of ii'oney that may run anywhere he
tweeii $to.000 and treble that amount,
was ordered by State's Attorney Way
man today.
The State's attorney ordered the
cmuannelling of a special grand jur
to conduct the investigation.
The trouble has been orewing for
months. The State's attorney's action
today is based on allegations made by
John C. Fetzer. who was sued today
by the Chicago & Western Indiana fo'r
the return of $525,000, which the rarN
road company avers, Fetzer defraud-,
rd the company out of " In real estate
transactions. Fetzer in turn has ask
ed for an injunction to enjoin the pro
secution of this suit, alleging that
parts of the money which the road
seeks to recover went to influence leg
islation at Spririgfleld and Chicago.
In asking for the special grand jury.
State's attorney Wayman's petition
states: "He (Wayman) further shows
the court that on the 28th day of April
A. D. 1910. a certain bill in chancery
was filed in the Superior court of Cook
county by one John C. Fetzer in which
said Fetzer claims that large amounts
of rroney in his possession, but really
. the property of the Chicago & West
' ern Indiana Railroad Company, were
used for unlawfu purposes of bribing
public officials." . .
Fetzer's bill for an injunction in-
ehuM, as an , exhibit, a letter from F.
A. Drano, president of the Wabash
Rairoad. and representative of that
road on the board of directors of the
Chicago & Western Indiana. This let
ter reads: .
"March 1, 1907. Confidential. Mr.
B. Thomas, president and general
manager C. W. & L. R. R.
"Dear Sir: I enclose a letter from
Mr. c. X. Travous. which explains it
self. This is written as a result of a
conference which Mf. Travous had
with Judge Henley at the time we sold
our notes to the Boston parties. I be
, lieve we should in a. quiet way, get
the legislation which Judge Henley
and our counsel concluded 'is desira
ble. It is a bad thing to have some
thing of this kind brought up hy the
bankers every time we have to do
any negotiation for the sale of secur
ities. It might give us very serious
trouble. We had a case of this kind
on the Burling, where a rather unscru
pulous lawyer not hold of a technicali
ty of this kind and gave us a great
deal of trouble." " ,
According to a statement dictated
by Mr. Delano' today the meaning of
nis letter to Mr. Thomas would stand
out in innocuous innocence had Mr.
Fetzer also appended the letter of Mr.
Travous.
"The important thing for the public
to remember in this story of a-'slush'
fund is gotten up by Fetzer or his
counsel to divert public attention from
the real issue." declared Mr. Delano.
"The Chicago & Western Indiana. was
robbed and it demanded restitution of
us money. It is no adeouate defense
to say that this money though stolen.
as usea for the benefit of jjhe rail
road eomnanv in cornintlne the lee-
islature or the city council or any one
else. J feel confident that no such use
was made of the money. Butif It were.
That is the more reason for thoroughly
C limating the case."
Members of the -aldermanic body
are said to have been sounded in con
nection with procuring land for the
jwu or way into Chicago.
VISITS WASHINGTON'S TOMB.
v-hmese Prince Places Wreath Uporv
varave at Mount Vernon..
'ashington, April? 29. Prince Tsai
Jyo. of China, fresh from communion
'ith the President of the United
Mates and th ritenttAriPR nf this cnnn-
tr.v. whom he had met last night at
thf White House, was the guest at
binr beon today of Secretary of State
Knox.
After the luncheon the prince and
suite were taken aboard the Presi
'r.t's yacht, the Mayflower, and went
''"w'n the river to Mount Vernon,
'hr-re the youthful representative of
"i Chinese throne placed a wreath
' i on the tomb of Washington.
BOARD OF EXAMINERS.
Those Who Will Pais on Law License
Applications.
Columbia, S. C. April -29. William
lJ Melton, of-Columbia, Frank B.
,;rier, of Greenwood, and W. R. Miller.
t Charleston, were : today appointed
by the Supreme Court to constitute
-ho state Board of Law -.Examiners
authorized by the Sinkler'act of th
last General Assembly- All have ac-
ffpted. The first examination will be
held May 6th. . , . .
Render's May sale starts' Monday.
M6S8BUTHBRYANT t.eAV)TT.. "
Lincoln, Neb., April 29. The marriage of Ruth Bryan Leavitt. daughter of
"William Jennings Bryan, to Reginald Owen of the British Itoyal engineers
will be held here May 3. After the ceremony the couple will leave for the
ancestral halls of the groom in England. The marriage will be the. culmina
tion of a romance of short duration and that has been conducted very quiet
ly.. In AJarch, 1909, Mrs. Leavitt obtained a divorce from her artist hus
band, William Horner Leavitt. almost twice her age whom she married sev
en years "ago when she was just 18 ye us old. Mrs. Leavitt met Reginald
Owen first in Colorado late last Summer. He was visiting relatives there.
It was a case of "love at first sight." Reginald Owen belongs to a family
of Wesh descent that for several generations has been prominent in the
affairs of the Church of England. His paternal, grandfather and great-grand
father, both of whom were named John
and were- conspicuously identified withritshistoryirr Ceylqtr. ' In that" colortMehs League and" 'ww address the
ny Reginald Owen, now 26 years old,
to England by his father, also named John Owen, to be educated. He won
distinction a few years ago while he had charge of important telegraph
work for; his government in Ireland. He Is a strapping fellow, over six
feet tall, of athletic figure and soldierly bearing. The bulk of his family
estate is in Ceylon. His father, a widower, now resides in London, where
he is on a'dozen or more boards of English companies chartered to do -business
in Great Britain's eastern possessions. After a brief stay in Europe
Mr. and Mrs. Owen will return fto the husbarid's station in the West Indies.
AMBASSADOR BRYGE SPEAKS
Address Yesterday on "Educational
Advancement in United States"
Before Students of University
of Kansas Life's Work.
Lawrence, Kan., April 29. "Three
fourths of the mistakes ' that a man
makes are made because he does not
really know the thing he thinks ne
knows," said James Bryce, ambassa
dor from Great Brittain, in ..an ad
dress delivered here today to the stu
dents of the University of Kansas.
Mr. . Bryce urged upon nis neajera
the necessity of knowing history, an
cient as well as modern, and said tho
habit of sound, careful and independ
ent thinMng was the best intellectual
quality a young man could start with
in his life's journey.
Mr. Bryce's subject. wa& "The Edu
cational Advancement in the United
States." He paid special tribute o
the universities .of thi3 country, say
ing that there was nothing in this
country which he noted with greater
pleasure than - the -continued advance
of Amerfcan colleges and universities.
The last 30 years, Mr. Bryce said,
had seen the establishment and de
velopment by the State Legislatures
of a large .number of State institutions
of higher education, to, which annual
ly. liberal grants of money were made.
This witnessed to the enlightened wis
dom and zeal of .the State authorities,
who riffhtly thought that nothing bet
ter could be done for the , youth of
the State than to place before them
the amplest facilities for prosecuting
every kind of study. The appropria
tion of such facilities was shown, he
said, by the large and constantly in
creasing attendance not only at tne
universities and technical colleges sup
ported by the (States, but also at the
colleges of private foundation. .
Mr. Bryce said he loved the Amer
ican universities; he admired the earn
estness whicfi the teachers threw into
their work, often insufficiently remu
nerated. He expected great results
from the diffusion cf knowledge among
all classes of the people, and believed
that many men of natural gifts who
might otherwise have been - left with
out adequate training would be thus
enabled not -only to succeed in life
but also to render admirable service
to the community as writers and
teachers, and workers for the public
good. There was. he, believed, no
other country in the world in which
so large . a ; proportion of the young
men, and women were now receiving
education of ' the University type as
hare in the United States. The am
(Continued, on Page Eight) ,
Owen, were difcnitaries of the church
was born and lived until he was sent
CARBAWAY CASE CONCLUDED
No Evidence Introduced by Defense
i Charge of Judge Connor Complet
ed After an All-Day of Argu- .
ment Speculation.
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(Special Star Telegram.)
Newbern, N. C, April 29. On the
opening ofFederal court this morning
counsel for the defendant in the Car
raway case announced that they would
offer no evidence and the entire day
was taken up with the argument of
counsel. v
For ' the. defendant Messrs. William
Dunn, Jr., Mr. E. M. Green andMr.
L. I. Moore s.poke, while the govern
ment was represented by Assistant
District Attorney .1. A. Siles and Dis
trict Attorney H. F. Seawell. The ar
gument was concluded about 6 o'clock
by Mr. Moore and his Honor, Judge
Connor, at once Jaegan his charge.
Judge Connor did not allow the jury
to consider but one of the three counts
of embezzlement that of Lassiter's
$1,000 check. He asked the jury to
divide the charges into three heads
and render a verdict under each di
vision. He asked that the counts be
made under. embezzlement, under mis
appropriation of funds and under false
entry and that a verdict be rendered
under each of those charges. His
Honor's charge was very fair to the
defendant and full and able. The en
tire court room was packed all day
and the interest was intense. A goocr
part of -the audience consisted of la
dies, who have taken much interest
in the trial. There is much specula
tion as to the verdict. .
IN GlLDEDCOACH.
Roosevelts' Guests of The Netherlands.
Royal Reception.
The Hague, April 29. Theodore
Roosevelt. -former President of the
United Spates, was the guest of The
Netherlands today. Accompanied by
Mrs-. Roosevelt, Miss Ethel and Ker-
mit, he arrived here this morning from
Brussels They were escorted from
the frontier station at Roosendaal to
Het Loo, where at the royal chateu
they were received by Queen Wilhel-
mina. .-.
The Queen and Prince Henry await
ed their guests in the entrance hall
of the palace, and their greetings were
most cordial. , A few moments later
luncheon was served.
The lavishly gilded coach used by
the royal family upon gala occasions,
has been placed by the Queen at the
disposal of Col. Roosevelt during his
stay here. .
President Left Washington
Last Night For Seven
Day Trip. -
SPENDS TODAY IN BUFFALO
Tyjo
Days in Pittsburg and Some
Time at Cincinnati Guest of
Several Commercial Organ- t
izations En Route.
Washington, "April ; 29. President
Taft left Washington at 7 o'clock to
night for Buffalo, which is to be his
first stop on a seven-day trip into the
Middle West. From Boffalo the Pres.
ideht goes -to " Pittsburg, thence to
Cincinnati, to St. I4ouis and back
home, reaching here Friday. May 6th.
Mr. Taft was accompanied by Sec
retary of State Knox and Representa
tive Alexander, of Buffalo. Mr. Knox
goes on with the President for the
two days' visit to Pittsburg. The
German ambassador, Count von Bern
storff, and Charles P. Taft, will join
th President at Pittsburg and go with
him to Cincinnati.
The President will spend two days
lin Pittsburg, where his principal en
gagement is pn address before the
Aniencus Cluo
At Buffalo the President will lunch
with the Buffalo Ad. Club And will
dine with the Chamber of Commerce.
The Sunday in Pittsburg will be a
quiet one, the President attending ser
vices at the First Unitarian church.
The second day the President will at
tend the Founders' Day. exercises at
Carnegie Institute. In the afternoon
he will attend the baseball game be
tween the Pittsburg and Chicago Na
tional League clubs.
In Cincinnati the President will at
tend the May Music festival and the
unveiling of a memorial to Theodore
Thomas. At St. Louis. the President
will breakfast with the Commercial
Club, will lunch -Wltb-ilhe .Businesa
Farmers' Union 14 the' Coliseum.
EDUCATIONAL COMMISSION
Virginia Body Elects Chas. G. Maphis
as Permanent Secretary.
Richmond, Va., April 29. At a meet
ing of the Virginia Educational Com
mission held here today it was decided
to elect a permanent secretary, and
Charles G. Maphis, of Charlottesville,
a member of the State board of school
examiners and inspectors, was unani
mously chosen to fill the position. The
purpose of the commission, according
to the statute creating the body, is to
devise a staple method for the main
tenance, management and expansion
of the educational institutions of the
State."
It had realized that the present
method of supplying money to those in
stitutions supported in whole or in
part by the State, which is legislative
wholly, is undesirable and the princi
pal part of Mr. Haphis' duties will be
to devise some plan of raising money
for educational purposes, by a separate
fund, such as the mill tax, which is in
vogue in other States, for example,
and In this way to provide a more
stable supply and to avoid the lobbying
and log-rolling before legislative com
mittees which are now necessary.
, Mr. Manhis has been registrar of the
Summer school at the University of
Virginia, since its organization.
Rirhmond. Va.. Anril 29. Captain
Charles H. Consolvo, of Norfolk, was
today commissioned by Adjutant Gen
eral Sale to be paymaster-general or
the Virginia Militia, with the rank of
lieutenant colonel. The appointment
is effective at once. Colonel Consolve
has been serving' as quartermaster of
the Fourth Virginia Regiment on tne
staff of Colonel Nottingham.
Japonika silks. 35 cent quality. 27
inches wide only 22 1 2 cents at Reh
der's annual May sale.
OUTLINES.
The, Cummins substitute on .the tar
iff agreement provision of the railroad
bill was defeated In the Senate yes
terday by a decisive vote. This was
considered an important feature of
the administration measure. Pres
ident Taft left Washington last night
for a seven-day trip vto the Middle
West. He spends today at Buffalo,
N. Y. Secretary Ballinger was on
the stand in the Congressional Inqui
ry yesterday. He denounced his crit
ics and defended his conduct. In the
Cunningham land cases -The habe
as corpus proceedings instituted - by
Mrs. Snead to secure her release from
Essex county (N. J.) jail was dismiss
ed in the Circuit court yesterday
Ambassador Bryce, British Ambassa
dor,' delivered ah address to the stu
dents of the University of Kansas last
night on education New York mar
kets: Money on call strong 2 1-2 to
6 per cent, ruling rate 6, closing bid
3, offered at 3 1-4. Spot cotton clos
ed quiet,, 40 points higher, middling
uplands 5J25, middling gulf 15.50(.
Flour steady. Wheat spot strong, No.
2 red 1.13 nominal, No. 1 northern 1.18
nominal f.o.b.; opening navfgation.
Corn spot steady, steamed 63 1-2 and
November 60, both nominal elevator
export basis. Oats spot steady, mix
ed nominal. Rosin quiet Turpentine
firm, ? . ,
Secretary Bitterly Attacked
Critics at Inquiry Yes
' terday.
ACCUSES GUViS OF LYING
Referred to Roosevelt's High Estimate
of Him With Apparent Pride
Defended His Conduct in
Cunningham Cases.
Washington, April 29. Indignantly
denying that he had been guilty of any
wrong doing, Richard A. Ballinger,
Secretary of the Interior, made a bit
ter attack upon his critics while a
witness before the Ballinger-Pinchot
Investigating committee today and
characterized m many of the sworn
statements of his principal accuser,
L. R. Glavis, as "wilful and deliberate
lies."
Led on by his attorney, Mr. Ver
trees, the cabinet officer answered,
one by one the indictments of those
who would destroy him. He referred
with apparent pride to Theodore
Roosevelt's oft-expressed nigh esti
mate of him, particularly the former
President's statement when he was
commissioner of the land office that
"he had secured . a $25,000 man for
$5,000." He defended his cohduct in
connection with the Cunningham coal
cases and stated emphatically that he
would take the same action today as
he did when at the head of the land
office if he had the same record before
him.
After leaving the land office, Mr.
Ballinger declared his only connec
tion with the Cunningham cases was
in bringing East from Seattle an affi
davit of Clarence Cunningham and
presenting it to Secretary Garfield,
For this service he said he had re
ceived $200 or $250 which he regard
ed as traveling expenses. He said he
refused to pass' upon the claims in any
.way. .
Attorney Vertrees still has to exam,
ine Mr. Ballinger on the subject of
water power sites before turning him
over to Mr. Brandeis, counsel for Gla
vis and Mr. Pepper, attorney for Pin-
chot.for cross-examination.
The Secretary's1 estfmony today
dealt almost exclusively witn tne uia
vis charges; tomorrow it will embrace
his attitude toward conservation and
the beginning of his controversy with
Forester Pinchot . "The defense"
hopes to conclude by noon tomorrow.
If this hope is realized, Mr. Brandeis
will have Mr. Ballinger in hand all
afternoon.
NO RELEASE FOR MRS. SNEAD
Judge Lanning Dismissed Habeas Cor
pus Proceedings.
Trenton, N. J., April 29. United
States Circuit Court Judge Lanning
today dismissed the habeas corpus pro
ceedings .Instituted by Mrs. Mary
Sneau to. secure hit release from the
Essex county jail. . The woman, It Is
charged, had a guilty knowledge of the
alleged murder of Ocey W. Snead, who
was found dead in a bath tub in East
Orange last September..
The judge in rendering his decision
said that when a person charged with
high--crime is within the custody and
jurisdiction of a State, the State may
proceed to try and punish the defend
ant even though unlawful violence and
abuse of legal process was resorted to
in getting the person before the court.
This decision is aimed at the conten
tion of Mrs. Snead's counsel that im
proper methods were used to deceive
Governors ' Fort aii.d Hughes in secur
ng UltJ WUUlau a ciu auiuuu uuui ntn
York to New Jersey.
The court decided in favor of the
State in several other contentions
raised in the proceedings and Mrs.
Sneak was" remanded to th5 custody
of Sheriff Harrigan to await the open
ing of her trial.
VIRGINIA MOTHERS! DAY
Governor Mann Officially Designates
May 8th as Time.
Richmond, Va., April 29. Governor
Mann today designated Sunday, ,May
8th to be Mothers bay in Virginia,
this being the date used by other
States "which have adopted the prac
tice. In his proclamation the Gover
nor says:
"j do most earnestly request the cit
izens of this commonwealth to- wear a
white carnation or some other white
flower on the second Sunday in May
as an emblem of the purity of a moth
or'a invP! to attend church and in
every possible way to show their ven
eration for tne memory oi moiueia
dead and their love and gratitude for
mothers living "
GRAND CHAPLAIN OF MASONS-
Rev. James W..Rodgers Succumbs fo
Sudden Attack of the Heart. ;
Walton Kv.. April 29. Rev. James
W. Rogers, grand chaplain of the Ken
tucky Masonic urana ixjage, aieu ua
denly at his home here yesterday while
seated in a chair.
Though he had been ill for some
time with the grippe, heart disease was
the immediate cause of his death. - He
was fifty-six years old.
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GEN NELSON AJWLgSl
Washington, April 29. General Nel
son A. Miles of the United States Ar
my, retired, who was thrown from his
horse while riding in Potomac Pane,
was injured more seriously than first
announced. When picked up General
Miles was unconscious, but it was not
until late that it was discovered he
had sustained a broken rib and inter
nal injuries. How serious the latter
yriU prove the attending physicians
have not announced.
1W0HUNDREDTH0USUID BALES
Swallowed Up by Bull Clique in New
York Yesterday Without so
Much as a Tremor Gos
sip of the Exchange.
New York, April 29. Two hundred
thousand. -bales of cotton were swal
lowed by the bull clique on the New
York' Cotton Exchange on this, the
first day of May "notices" without so
much a a tremor, $15,000,000 it
is estimated went from bull pockets
in the course of transactions, but so
easy was the cotton absorbed that,
after a preliminary flurry there was
no great excitement. At the end of
the day's operations, the bull leaders
Patten, Scales, Hayne and Brown
were apparently more strongly en-,
trenched than ever. Transactions
were twice as large as any previous
day's business in the history of the
exchange. ,N
Inasmuch as the shorts have until
May 31st to meet their contracts, it
had been predicted by some that to
day's transactions would represent
only a part of the cotton to be deliv
ered, but as the day progressed it was
the opinion in the trade that the bulk
of the staple they must produce was
concerned. Although the Big Four are
known to have cleared a large sum,
no authoritative estimates of the
amount could be obtained. None of
the bull leaders would indicate the
amount of cotton which he had under
contract, or which was to be deliver
ed on Monday. Their ultimate profits
will depend largely on their success
in disposing of their holdings to spin
ners. Nevertheless, the May situation
is regarded as being fairly well clear
ed up and it is expected that the bulls
will turn to the July market in which
they ar already heavily long, with
the hope of repeating short success
ful operations. .
. The first May notice day had been
looked forward to for more, than a
month as likely to prove a severe test
of the bull campaign,'but it is not re
garded as a final test of the ability of
the short interests to deliver cotton
on all contracts held by-the bull lead
ers. The interest short of May have
until the end of that month to make
good their contracts, but It is felt that
any shorts now remaining must either
be portected by cotton available for
delivery here late in the month, or
very strongly financed.
At the opening today May contracts
sold at 14.60 compared with 14.50 at
the colse' yesterday. The quotation
quic. y advanced, to 14.80 an covering
by scattered shorts, who found that
the notices were being promptly stop
ped, and then reacted t 14.71 under
realizing. The excitement wbich had
attended the opening subsided some
what when it was. found that the bull
leaders were prepared to accept deliv
ery, as ,Jhe scattering interests on both
sides had been pretty weil eliminated
during the recent period of violent
fluctuations.
ENBLISH BUDGET LAW
Royal Assent Received Yesterday,
Enging the Period of Turmoil.
'.- London, April .29. The budget which
has kept politics in, a turmoil during
the past two years received the royal
essent this mprning, thus becoming a
law on the anniversary of its introduc
tion. -
The House of Lords and the House
of Commons met in formal session to
day, not more'than a dozen members
being present to hear the royal assent
read.- Both houses " adjourned - until
May 26th.
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Voted on Agreement Provis
ion in Senate Yes
terday. WAS CUMMINS' SUBSTITUTE
Conceded to be Test of Strength of
Contending Sides Most Impor
tant Sub-Division of the
Pending Measure.
Washington, April 29. By the deci
sive vote of 35 to 29 and in the'midst
of intense excitement, the administra
tion Republicans today defeated the
Cummins substitute for the Crawford
Elkins traffic agreement provision of
the railroad bill. This question had
practically monopolized the attention
of the Senate for the past week 'and
was regarded as one of the most im
portant sub-divisions of the pending
bllL
The -vote Is generally accepted as a
test of the strength of the contending
sides respectively, and it is believed
that it presages the passage of the
bill by a safe majority. Of the total
membership of 92, there were 28 Sen
ators who did not vote, and of these
four were absent without being pair
ed, and all of these were Democrats.
Only 18 Democratic votes were cast,
and these together with 11 Republi
cans, who voted for the Cummins sub
stitute, consisted the entire affirma
tive vote.
Immediately after the result was an
nounced, Senator Cummins, whose
provision had been voted down, gave
notice of another amendment intend
ed to accomplish the same purpose.
There is a general understanding
that voting will . be resumed tomor
row. The voting stage was, not reach
ed until late In the day:
Senator " LaFollette in a speech
made a plea against, the annullment
of the Sherman aati-ttU8( law as ap
plicable to the railroads, without sup
plying, adequate protection in its ab
sence. In many respects it was a re
markable speech.
Declaring that the standard in the
Senate had declined since 1890 when
the anti-trust law was enacted, and
asserting that law to be, next to the
constitution, the principal bulwark of
the, liberties of the people, Mr. LaFol
lette warned his colleagues, and es
pecially Western Senators against the.
first effort to impair the law.
Victory for Administration.
The test vote on the railroad bill
was had in the Senate today and re
sulted in a victory for the administra
tion members. The Cummins' amenu
ment, which would require all traffic
agreements made between railroads,
and all rates, fares and charges to be
approved in advance by the Inter
state Commerce Commission, was de
feated by a vote of 29 to 35. Eleven
Republicans, most of them from the
Insurgent ranks and 18 Democrats
voted for the Cummins' provision. Alt
of the votes against It were cast by
Republicans. .
The Cummins provision was offereu
as a substitute for an amendment in
troduced by Senator Crawford, which
was favored by the Senators support
ing the administration bill.' The In;
surgents and Democrats contended
that the purpose of the Crawford pro
vision was to take the railroads out
from under the Sherman anti-trust
law. It would permit traffic agree
ments to be made with the approval
of the commission, but would not re
quire that each rate, fare and charge
be submitted to the commission in
advance of its going Into effect.
Those who opposed the Crawford
provision will seek other ; opportuni
ties to amend it before permitting
a Vote. The administration , Senators
hope to dispose of the entire section
tomorrow.
Railroad Bill in House.
In the House the Railroad bill was
under consideration also. Numerous
amendments were offered, most of
which were voted down. An amend
ment making provision that the phy
sical valuation of railroad property
shall be ascertained was offered hy
Mp. Martin, of Illinois, and adopted
after an extended discussion.
The provision adopted yesterday for
the inclusion of telegraph and tele
phone companies with in the scouo
of the inter-State law, was today fur
ther amended so as to permit of dif
ferent charges' being made for press
dispatches and for night message'
than are made for commercial dis
patches. NO CHANCE FOR THAW
Slayer of Stanford White Must Remain
at Mattewan.
New York, April 29 Harry K. Thaw,
who killed Stanford White must re
main in Mattewan insane asylum. The
appellate division of the 8upreme
Court in Brooklyn, handed down a de
cision today setting aside the appoint
ment by Justice Tompkins of th.j Su-
mony bearing on Thaw's possible trans
fer. The court holds In effect that Mat
tewan is the proper place tor Tham
under the circumstances
Every Half Hour.
Cars to the beach every half hour
this afternoon. V