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eOLTBIBUb, N. C,, THURSDAY, MAY 1 0, 1906.
NO. 2.
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' ' INDEPENDENCE IN ALL THINGS. -
.. . 11 1 . .... .
I0BARD OIL FLAYED
jjPKwiucwi'yjtttaMiiij
bet Kefates and hgi Unlawful
rf$i!s Vigoroasly Attacked by
jjwsivslt and Prosecutions
Premised.
M55IO.NER GARF.EIVS 'FINDINGS
Ijjjffpoiy t'nilt Ud bT I?lIroail Truit
Bd-i'fit Kiiormainly From "Unjust
Iltejl Hates.'? anfl Has Advant
. 0cr Indeppudent Kveu in Open
Kte of Kt Bill and Cor-
jfctiott'of Humphrey Decision Urged.
Washington, IX C Flagrant and
distent -. violation" cf the law by the
jfjadard Oil Company, its enormous
vnfits from nmawiui secre? rates by
. i. !J. IlitOTI a-VYl filial 4" V
blie of still greater profits, and the
it law. are iaiu nare, oyi president
Roosevelt i his message to Congress,
j,ij Commissioner ot corporations, or
'investigation of Standard OU.
ich is transmitted with the message.
Iu tlie message tue Fresjaent renews
J? suggestion for Governmental su
rfTisiou 'and control of railroads. He
leclnres it necessary not only for the
,Mtwion of tne public, but for the
srotection of the railroads themselves.
Tli? investigation disclosed, as, the
President points out. that up to the
when it was begun the Standard
01 Trust profited. to the extent of at
test $730'.00O a year from secret re
lates
rom railroads. In addition it
fvored by open rates in all com-
.,rA fi?kls.
President Roosevelt declares in effect j
hit tae great corporations known as
- . ft V "
tnists cave xne .ain-oaus ai meir
Eercy. ; .
In the 'I President's message and the
Garfield report tne officials of the
Simla rd Oil Company are accused
lying, of erusuing out competition
;r unlawful means. -of obtaining mon
opolies by secret understandings with
siiro:hs and of practically all of the
-tiui? i ha been alleged against
the
trust.
Ike resident's only recommenda
tions in his message are; that the im
u:;i!;ifr l.vv he vorr(;f ted. that the free
sMn! l ill he passed, which would be
a $(?i-!m.:k for the Standard and that
ti further,' exploitation by the trusts
of coal and oil lands owned by- the!
onveriinic-iit b prevented.
The message i. in part, as follows:
kA very striking result of the inves
fcitioa has been that shortly after the
itawrv ot chose secret rates by
be Coirim:?sio;Hr .-,f Corporations the
iiiVior portion nf them were promptly
tiTPi-ttd bv t!:e .aih-oads, so that the
lost of . tliPiu inv- now been done
wsy witli.-- This immediate! correction,
cartel n- rr.ii.pii'io. of the evil of the
ret rates is, of course, on the one
t;i.".il an a cktiowledgement that they
were wrnirj, and yet were persevered
iuuiiil e:: os?d: and on the other hand
apivrf nf the eUicUuiCJ of the work
fcit lias been done hv the Bureau of
inrroraiioiis.
"The llpnartment of Justice will
i:p the question of instituting
pni:-?eutioi;s in at least certain' of the
'"! But it is n-nst desirable to en
i(i into law the bill "introduced by Sen
ifor Knox to eorrpet the interpretation
f die.. immunity provision rendered in
'"i'ur? Iluraphrey's decision. The hands
"fllie Covernm'ent have been greatly
i,"P;;-t:i-.ncd in securing an effective
re:iFuy by the recent decision of the
Court in the case instituted
k' thy Covyrnment" against the Tn-bap-'o
Trust Avluch decision permits
thf Covp-.T.iijprit to examine the books
pi records of any. corporation engaged
in iiiipvxtnh. coiii'mrrpp: and by the
J'cut ctjuvietloii and punishment 'of
ii. . ,.. . .. ...j
1113 tijs'r.gi) i;urlii:gton, ana yuincy
";,i!"ona and certain of its officers,
"i'-i't in addition 1o these secret rates
N'e Standard Oil profits immensely by
rates, -which are so arranged -as
o cive it an overwhelming advantage
ovpr iis independent competitors. The
W'ual of the railroads in certain cases
tn i!-c?-rate produces analogous effects.
Tii'is in-New England the refusal of
Cfi'hiin railway svstcms to pro-rate lias
Jy.icx in keepiic the Standard Oil in
'chite tnononoiistie control of the
f,-l enabling if to charge from three
t() four hundred thousand dollars a
r.-jiiore to the consumers of oil in
x'v England than they would have
;,'''' to pay had the price paid been
Y'- o-btin'iujj in the competitive
i ?;e ieepsage continues:
! t is not possible to put into figures
?s:u-t aniount bv which tne isranu-
favontism
in connec-
. ... .ax
ntipn rates. Tne pruui,
Clf I .. f 1
;. ii; e. comes rot mereiy uy "v-R:'vi'-,r
in the rate" Ifself'as" compared
Us compotiltors. but by the higher
't'93 it is ableJto charge, and even
Viihmu reference: to these higher,
"fl;s- by th"' complete control of the
ikrt which it secures.- thereby get-:
i.lie profit on the wh6!e consump-
v"l msfortunatelv not true." states
, :f; ' President, "that the Standard Oil
K.1 . f'nl-v Krent corporation which is
S ... If 1 1 VJ J AAA I. VJ. - -
Attorney-Generars investigation
ri olits through the gross ti
''"'") it bv tjie niilroads in
vi:'a the- open rates. Tl
.',iais to show that the Sugar Trust
'rly. if evpr payjf th lawful rate."
the subject of curbing monopo-
""R ilia
un.-i.sage says:
iria argument . is sometinies ad
vanced , against conferring upon some
Governmental? body the power of sn
pervlsn and control over interstate
commerce that to do so tends to
weaken individual initiative.- Investi
gations such as this conclusively dis
prove any such allegation. On the con-
?5y,x. t PPer play for individual
initiative can, only be secured by such
Governmental supervision as will curb
those monopolies which crush out all
individual initiative.- The railroad it
self cannot without such Government
aid protect the interests of its own
stockholders as against one of these
great corporations looselv known as
trusts.
"The Government should-have pow
er by its agents," the President main
tains, "to examine into the conduct of
the railways that is, the examiners
undor the direction of the Interstate
Commerce Commission., should be able
to examine as thoroughly into the af
fairs of the railroad as bank examiners
now examine iuto-the affairs of banks."
In conclusion the President writes:
"Though not- hearing upon the ques
tion of railroad-rates, there are two
measures of consideration of which is
imperatively suggested by the submis
sion of this report. The Standard Oil
Company has. largely by unfair, or un
lawful methods, crushed out home com
petition. It is highly desirable that an
element of competition should be in
troduced by the passage of some such
law as that which has already passed
the House, putting alcohol used in the
arts and manufactures upon the free
list. Furthermore, the time has come
when no oiFor coal lands held by the
Government, either upon the public do
main proper or in territory owned by
the Indian tribes, should be alienated.
The fee to such lands should be kept
in the United States Government,
whether or not the profits arising from
it are to be given to any Indian tribe,
and the lands should be leased only on
such terms and for such periods as
will enable the Government keep entire
control thereof. J
"THEODORE ROOSEVELT."
Com in Us! oner Garfield's Report.
Commissioner Garfield, in his report,
classes the more important forms of
discrimination in favor of the Stand
ard by the railroads, under the heads
of, secret and semi-secret rates, dis
criminations in the open arrangement
f. rates, discriminations in classifica
tions a-nd rules, nf-shipment and dis
criminations in treatment of private
tank cars. He says:
Not only has this resulted iu great .
pecuniary advantage in transportation
cost to the Standard, but it has had the,
far more important effect of giving
that cpmpany practically unassailable
monopolistic control of the oil market
throughout large sections of the coun
try. s
The manufacture of refined oil, com
monly known as keros?ne,. is about
20,000,000 barrels annually, of which
the Standard Oil Company directly and
indirectly controls about 23,000,000.
It also controls approximately the
same proportion of the other finished
products of petroleum.
In the full report submitted the com
mission rea Che's these conclusions: '
"The general result of the investiga
tion has been to disclose the existence
of numerous and flagrant discrimina
tions by the railroads in behalf of the
Standard Oil Comnany and its affili
ated corporations. With comparatively
few exceptions, mainly of other large
concerns in California. ' the Standard
has ben the sole beneficiary of such
discriminations. In almost every sec
tion ofthp country that company has
been found to enjoy some unfair ad
vantages over its competitors, and
some of these discriminations affect
enormous areas
Many of the secret, rates discovered
by the Bureau of Corporations -have
applied only on shipments of oil wholly
within single States. Standard Oil
which controls refineries in twelve
States, is obviously in a position to
make extensive use of such intrastate
rates, or as they are ordinarily de
signed. State rates.
For the purpose of more effectively
concealing the secret rates given to
the Standard C.l, railroads in several
important cases. Mr. Garfield finds,
have used peculiar methods of billing
A" most careful review. of -the facts
and the explanations leads to the fol
lowing conclusion:
The Standard Oil Company -has ha
bitually received from the railroads
and is now receiving secret rates and
other unjust and illegal discrimina--
tions. -
. - . . - : i - '
Oil is from two to nve cents uiguer m
non-competitive than in competitive
fields.
Thrw monopolistic ' control extends
from the well of the producer to the
doorstep of the consumer
The New York Central alone of the
railroads refused to give access to its
records of State rates.
These discrimination's, have been so
long continued, so secret, so ingenious
ly applied to new conditions of trade,
and so large in amount, as to make it
certain that they were due to concerted
action by the Standard and the rail
roads. -
The Standard Oil Company, is receiv
ing pnjust discrimination in open
rate?. . ,
The New England territory has been
In control of the Standnrd Oil by rea
son of the refusal of the New Haven
and : Bra ton and. Maine to pro-vatei. e..
to join in through rates on oil shipped
from west of the Hudson, and by
means of: the adjustmenfof published
rates : ' "i . . , .
The Standard Oil has maintained ab
solute control of almost the whole sec
tion of the country soulh of . the Ohio
and east of the Missltsinpi by means of
secret rates and open discriminations.
Case after case is cited in Commis
sioner Garfield's report to prove that
the Standard is still receiving secret
and unlawful rebates and rales a.
thoug'O the officials of the trust de
clared at the beginning of the investi
gation that the Standard was .not re
ceiving such discriminations, i
IIIPROyED? CONDITIONS
AT SAN FRANCISCO
Removing Wreck and! Ruin
Left by Earthquake
and Fire.
RIGID ECONOMY WITil RATIONS
Actual Rebuilding of the City Haa Begun
Tle Mayor Saye There Should Be No
Break in the Belief MoYement Un
derground Chinatown Ainazee the
Police Other California Towns Pre
paring to Keeonsiract The Insane
Asylum Horror. - '
San Francisco. The loss of some 300
lives and the devastation of almost
four square miles of the best, part of
San Francisco have now been written
in history, and every one is confident
for rapid progress in the rebuilding of
a greater and better city.
The actual beginning of the disen
tanglement of the earthquake and fire
stricken town f rom: its -disordered con
dition Is on and the work of recon
struction will proceed rapidly from this
time. On many sides are visible indi
cations of the determination of mer
chants to resume business. - Gangs of
men with teams are excavating for
foundations in numerous vacant lots,
and in other places the removal of de
bris is well under way.
The streets are early thronged with
laborers on their way to the burned dis
trict, where they are cleaning upt The
boats from cities across bay and local
electric cars from suburbs are packed
with workingmM.
In many places advertisements are
posted on walls seeking laborers, and
there inquiries for men are met with
numerous responses from heads of
families who are willing to take any
kind of labor.
Relief work was continued on a
large scale,, under General Greely,
and with a closer check 'than ever
against waste and against the unwor
thy. Distribution of food to the home
Jess is being made on the army ration
plan, as evolved by General Greely,
and the output of supplies was less
ened so that twenty -one days' food is
.now: in sight.-- ::t;-:.-v
With , no immediate prospect that
conditions will be" so normalized that
the community will "be able to feed
and take care of itself for several
weeks, the citizens committee has be
gun to evolve some way to provide
against a failure of supplies. Mayor
Schmitz informed the general commit
tee that 700 carloads of food and sup
plies had been distributed since April
18, and transportation lines had infor
mation of only 108 cars on the way.
"If," said the Mayor, "this informa
tion is correct, we will soon be worse
off, than we were . week ago. If the
information has gone abroad through
the country that we are amply supplied
it is most unfortunate, for it is appar
ent that we are not. It is not even
known how much money we can de
pend upon with which to purchase sup
plies, for you have heard ; from Mr.
Phelan, on several occasions, that part
at least of this money subscribed by
individuals or companies in the East
is' disbursed through private cgents
here.
"While it is Umue that contributions"
of money will be very much more to
the purpose than contributions of sup
plies, it should be made known to the
world if the one is not available the
other will be mqct gratefully received."
Chairman Phelan made a gloomy
speech, in which he said that the
Rockefeller and Standard Oil contribu
tions were being distributed through
Standard Oil agents, and that prob
ably many other heavy contributions
which had been put down to the credit
of the committee might be distributed
in the same way. ''We 1 ave but $518,
000 of real money." said he, "though
funds placed to our credit in all parts
of the country total $3,500,000."
Clothing and bedding sent will prove
of the greatest value. One of the chief
needs now. in the relief camps s for
women's and children's warm clothing.
Thousands are wearing the clothing
they escaped from the fire in. No ma
terial of this kind will be wasted. .
In the future food will not be given
ble-bodied males in S".n Francisco
with a view to forcing them to go to
work. Luxuries will be given only to
those who are-ill.
The exo?.ua of San j?r:.-clscans has
lightened the drafts on the food sup
plies to a large extent. According to a
Southern Pacific official 200,000 of the
population of this city have left and
the Southern Pacific Company has
carried 50,000 persons to points east of
Ogden since April 18. f
In-order to reduce the expenses of
the army at San Franciseo as much
as possible, so as to have more funds
for the relief of the earthquake suffer
ers,. General Greely has decided that
1000 additional troops will be enough
to take care of the situation. , General
Bell sent General Greely full informa
tion as to what has been done with the
$2,500,000 appropriated by Congress. It
Is- estimated that 500,000 of this fund
is still unexpended.
The American, Red Cross forwarded
300.000 bv wireto James D. Phelan.
Chairman of the Red Cross and Relief
Committee. Mr. Phelan was aavisea
that $1,000,000 more is at the disposal
of the committee.
v Reports from the refugee camps and
hospitals show an astonishingly small
percentage of sickness and the fear of
threatened epidemics has been buried,
it is hoped, for all time.
The water-supply is getting better
every day, and in several sections of
the saved districts the force of water
in the faucets is almost as strong as it
was before the big fire. v
Estimates prepared for General
Greely show that 7000 tons of food
were distributed free in San Francisco
during the first ten days.. The daily
cost of relief was about $150,000. ,
The figures show vhat considerably
more than.enough to feed the city has
been given out. The number of per
sons who still require relie is 200,000.
It is expected that before long free
food will be supplied only to women,
children and sick and feeble men.
One of the best signs that order is
rapidly arising out of chaos is the ex
tension of the telegraph, telephone and
street car system. The Southern Pa
cific Railway has obtained its tempor
ary franchise to run tracks into the
city for the disposal of debris-
It is now known that the-wholesale
or heavier valued district inr the lower
part of the city suffered the most se
verely from earthquakes, while the
heaviest damage frsm official dynamit
ing and back firing occurre;3. in the
banking and insurance district along
Van Ness avenue. Both of these ques
tions are important factors in deter
mining the losses. From several
sources of information it would seem
that the earthquake damare involved
is fully forty per cent, and that of dy
hamite twenty per cent, of the entire
destruction.
There are 108 companies interested
In tne San Francisco disaster, and it is
now predicted by conservative insur
ance men here that within thirty days
twenty-eight of them will be out of
business. Five already have ;;one un
der and the remaining twenty-three
are in danger.
Now that underground Chinatown is
exposed, the police, who thought that
they had a good jdea of the ramifica
tions there, are astonished at the reve
lations. No family of rodents ever
tunnelled more persistently nor ingen
iously than did the denizens of this
quarter. So complete was the chain of
subways that every part of Chinatown
had its underground exit. The main
arteries have been traced as far as
Kearney street on the south and Pow
ell street on the north a distance of
three blocks. The tunnels extend un
der the streets. This subterranean
maze explains the mysterious escapes
of Chinese criminals and the failure of
many a raid upon fantan games or
slave dens. M
Probably no other class of profes
sional men suffered so severely as the
physicians, more than 1000 of whom;
had their offices in the burned district.
Few saved even so much as a scalpel.
Not only have their "libraries, instrn
litfts, records . of personal research
and office paraphernalia been de
stroyed, .but the diplomas, without
which they cannot practice in another
State, have drifted to the four winds
The Oakland refugee camps are be
ing deserted " at a rapid . rate. The
only hindrance to more rapid evacua
tion being the difficulty c? getting mon
ey for transportation from friends
and relatives at other points. The
mails are congested, the express com
panies nearly swamped vith brsiness
and the telegraph companies working
every available end of communica
tion to handle the enormous mass of
business. I.
H. J. Kinney, formerly of Hot
Springs, Ark., has been released un
der a pardon from I. Oakland prison,
following his transfer from the Gov
ernment prison at Alcatraz Island. He
was arrested on the first day of the
fire for having drawn a revolver in
order to compel an automobilist to
carry his wife, children nd two in
jured women to a place of safety.
The policeman who made the arrest
misunderstood the situation, and Kin
ney languished in prison for ten days
before he got soms one sufficiently in
terested to seek a pardoii for him.-
The conditions following the earth
quake at the State Hospital for the
Insane at Agnews, in Santa Clara
County, have yet to be fully told.
Desperate ipaniacs were lioerated
by the r-mbling cf the walls, and
with no other means of detention at
hand, many of them had to be tied to
trees like wild beasts.
Several inmates escaped during the
excitement, but were recaptured and
are housed in the San Jose jail. The
100 most dangerous have been sent to
Stockton. One hundred and one bod
ies have been taken from the ruins.
As for the remainder,"-Agnews 'now
resembles a tented city. About 850
are being cared for on the lawns The
grounds are i-oped off into two sec
tions. Ou one side the women live in
their tents, and the men. hr.ve a little
town on the other -.ide of 'the inter
vening ropes. i
20
17
10
17
11
1
. . 15
.. 20
PEAS.
..3 0.)
.. 2 05
3 If)
i m
3 30
3 10
a.
(3
5
iy2
- (3,
19
18
15
10
10
Wholesale Trices Quoted in New York
utlk.
The Milk Exchange price for standard
quality s 2e, per quart. -
noTTEn.
Creamery Western, extra. $
Firsts..-
State dairy, finest.... .. ..
Firsts.. ....
Factory, thirds to firsts..
CHEESE.
State, full cream, fancv.. ..
Small.. ......
Part skiins,good to prime
Full skims .. . . . . .
KCCS.
Jersey Fancy. ... .... ....
State and Penn
Western Firsts. . .......
Southern
Duck eggs.
Goose eggs ...
fiEASS AND
8n. Marrow, choice.
Medium, choice
Pea. choice. . ....'
vjjprl kidney, choice. . .
White kidney-.
Yellow eye. ... ........
tt'acfc turtle soup..
Lima, Cal.
lt4
19V,
18
16
20
25
3 10
(Si
10
70
05
(Si 3 20
V, d
(Si
CO
40
15
KHI'tT AND RfRrMKf KRPH.
Annies. Baldwin, nsr bhl.. 4 50 (a) 5 75
l?u33Ft8.-rer.bbl...'. 4 25 (3), 5 00
Ben Davis, per bbl 4 50- (3 5 50
Northern Spy. per bbl.. 4 50 (a) 6 00
Strawberries, per qt .;. ... 4 16
T.fVK POULTST.
BrnPers, per pair. 50 (o
Fowls, per lb.......
Roosters, per lb.... 8(ai
Turkevs. per lb.... (fll
Muck?, per pair.,
Gpeee, per pair..
Pigeons, per pair. . . .
DRESSEO
60
90
30
POnLTRV.
11
18
25
12
o
14
90
80
60
60
2 20
75
1 50
2 00
50
75
00
00
00
00
25
Turkeys, per lb............ 13
liroilers. Phila.. per lb.... 2a
Fowls, per lb
Ducklings, per lb...
Squabs, per dozen.........
HOPS.
State, 1905, prime to choice
Common to fair....
Pacific Coast, 1905, choice..
Good to prime.... ...... 12
II AT ANP STRAW.
Ilav. prime, per 100 lb.....
No. 1, per 100 lb. ......
-No "2, per 100 lb.........
Clover mixed, per 100 lb.
Straw, long rye..
VEGETABLES.
Potatoes. Eastern, per bajr. 2 30
State, per bag....
Sweets, per basket......
Tomatoes, per carrier
F.gg plant, per box.... ...
Squash, per crate
Peas, per basket. .......
Peppers, per carrier....
Lettuce, per basket.....
Cabbages, per crate
String beans, per basket
Onions, Orange Co.. per bag
Conn..;" red, per bbl
Carrots, per 100 bunches.
Beets, per 100 bunches...
Brussels sprouts, per qt. ...
Turnips, per bbl ..........
Spinach, per bbl
Watercress, per 100 bu'ehes
Kale, per bbl
Okra, per carrier
Parsley, per bbl...........
Shallots, per 100 bunches..
Horseradish, per 100 lb....
Leeks, per bbl
Scallions, per basket.
Radishes, ner basket
Cucumbers, per basket. ....
Celery, per case
Asparagus, per doz. bu'ehes
Rhubarb, per 100 bunches. - 00
GRAIN. ETC.
Flour Winter patents....,
Spring patents. .. . J....
Wheat. No. 1 N. DuU th...
No. 2 red ..J
Corn, No. 2 white
No. 2 yellow.. ..........
Oats, mixed
Clipped white
Lard, city..i .... ..
LIVE STOCK.
Beeves, cit- dressed... ....
Calvescity dressed.
Countrv dressed
Sheep, per 100 ;b
Lambs, per 100 lb.
Hogs, live, per 100 lb
Country dressed, per lb..
di.
1
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&
0.
3
(S
(3
60
14
12
12
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50
35
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1 50
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75
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2 00
1'50
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2 00
2 00
65
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2 00
2 00
1 50
3 90
4 25
91
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3 50
(8i 4 00
2 ,00
(a) 1 50
& 2 00
0. 2 50
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OTOElt 1'OWNs WILL REBUILD
Earthquake Damasr Outside of San
Francisco to lie Repaired at Once.
Bakersfield, Cal. The. 'rest of the
State is following the.' '-lead of San
Francisco and getting ready to re
build and go at it again.
" The cities which have the most to
do are Sau jose and Sant:-. Rosa. The
damage at other points is not exces
sive; perhaps Salinas i: the next heav
iest sufferer.
There the Spreckles sugar factory,
which was twisted out oi shape by the
earthquake, has begun jn addition
which will cost $250,000. Damage
was heavier at Hollister, one of the
oldest towns in nortnern California
and the -county seat of San Benito,
than was reported at first. It is es
timated at half a million. ' : -
6fc
7$
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FIRST EFFECTS OF DISASTER.
To Reward Army Heroes.
; Washington, D. - C. President
Ttoosevelt has called upon" the War
and Navy Department to report the
names of the officers ana enlisted men
of the Marine Corps and army who
displayed special gallantry in check
ing the San Francisco fre by the use
of dynamite; this with a view to their
reward and commendation.
Money Ordered in Londou For Ship
ment to San Francisco.
New York City. ' The bewildered
movement of financial markets, since
hews . of the San Francisco disaster
first arrived: the shipment of $10,000,
000 to $15,000,000 from Eastern banks
to banks of the stricken city, and, si
multaneously, engagement of some
smooonoo cnld in London for imDort
-to New York this is ah interesting
rdcture of the first effect, on tne
world's finances of a catastrophe of
this nature, savs the New York Post.
These large:supplies of money are per
emptorily needed in San Francisco, ror
the, reason that business machinery is
impaired by the destruction of tne city,
and cash rather than credit a necessary
recourse. The solidarity or tue nnan
cial svstem is shown by the prompt
ness with which San Francisco's finan
cial institutions were provided with
these enlarged cash resources from re
serves of the. markets nearest to them;
then those other markets, as wejl as
San Francisco, replenished" by ship
ments from New York, while New
York itself is drawing on London's
cold.: : '.: "
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Reporis Cotton Crop.
The final report of 'the Director of
the Census in Washington City on the
production of cotton for 1905 aggre
gates the quantities included in each
of the ten preliminary statements." Ih
rUiAlnet linters and in accordance with
the custom of commercial community;
Counting round as half bales, the crop
of 1905 Is 10,725,002 bales. When com
pared with the crop of 1905. that of
1004 was 27.7 per cent, greater; that of
1903 6.0 per cent. less, and that of
1902, 0.5 per cent, greater.
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YANKEES WIN AT ATHENS
Secure More Trophies Than Any
Other Nation Does,
Official Score of American Athlete Is It
Firsts, C Seconds and S Thirds
in 29 Erenti. .
Athens, Greece. The Olympic game
Df 1906 were brought to their official
close when the King of Greece crowned
the athletes who won prizes in the Sta
dium. There was a big assemblage,
and all the athletes were received with
applause. The men from the United:
States received an ovation, but the
greatest reception of all was for the
winner of the Marathon race, Herring.
the Canadian. The athletes expressed
themselves as highly delighted with
the games.
The Games Commission propose
that busts of the winners be placed in
the Stadium. The foreign competitors
are discussing the erection of a marble
statue of Victory ou. the hill overlook
ing the Stadium.
The overshadowing importance of
the Marathon race in the estimation of
the Athenians, as compared with the
other events, is shown by the hero
worship of which the winner has be
come the unwilling object. The Greeks
havo recovered from their disappoint
ment that one of their countrymen did
not win, and are now showering gifts
and attentions on the victor. - ,
The Americans took eleven firsts.
six seconds and five thirds out of twen
ty-nine events, in many of , which.
however, tne Americans did not com
pete. -'. ' ;
James E. Sullivan, manager or tne
American, athletes here, announced
the American victory to President
Roosevelt in this cablegram:
"Americans won hurdle, half mile
and standing jump. Final score for
Stadium events: America, eleven firsts,
six seconds, five thirds; " total, seventy-
five points. Great Britain and all her
possessions, four firsts, six seconds
and three thirds : total, thirty-nine
points. Greece and Sweden tied for
third place. Great athletic victory for
America."
The list of ' American firsts, which
does not include the winning by C M.
Daniels, New York A. C. of the 100
metre swimming race, follows:
'100 Metre Running Race Won by
Archie Hahn. Milwaukee A. C.
Hurdles Won by R. G. Leavitt. Wil
liams College," Willlamstown, Mass. - .
400' Metre ' Running Race Won by .
Paul H. Pilgrim, N. Y. A. C.
S00 Metre Running Race Won by
Paul H. Pilgrim, N. Y. A. C.
1500 Metre Running Race Won by
J. D. Lightbody, Chicago University. -
Running Long Jump Won by Myer
Prinstein, Irish-American A. C.r New
York.
Standing Broad Jump Won by, Ray
C. Ewry, N. Y. A. C.
Standing High Jump Won by Ray
C. EwrjrN. Y. A. C.
Free Style Discus Throwing Won
by Martin J. Sheridan, Irish-American
A. C, New ork.
Throwing the Weight Won by Mar
tin J. Sheridan, Irish-American A. C.,
New York.
1500 Metre Walking Match Won by
George r. Bonhag, Irish-American A.,
C. New York. .
GOV. HOCH BY ACCLAMATION.
Kansas Platform Approves Roosevelt's
Rate Regulation Message.
' Topeka, Kan. Governor Hoch was
renominated by acclamation.
When he appeared to accept he re
ferred to the cats of the press and the
growls of society, who used the name
of respectable women in order to injure ,
him.
This reference was to the recent
hugging and kissing episode
The platform declares for railroad
rate regulation as outlined in Presi
dent Roosevelt's message.
, State Officers of New York.
Governor Higgins, of New York, apr
pointed Otto Kelsey, State Controller,
as Superintendent of Insurance; May
nard N. Clement as State Commission
er of Excise,-and John Sanford, Con
gressman J. W. Wads worth and H, K.
Knapp as State Racing Commissioners.-
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- Kansas, Crop Prospects Bright.
There were never better prospects
for a bountiful crop than at present in
Kansas. Sumner jCounty has the best
wheat prospects cit it has ever had
at this time of theyear.
Eight Tin-:s a Murderer.
At Dresden, Saxony Max Dittrich,
a leather worker, who w&s arrested re
cently on the suspicion of murder, con
fessed that he ad killed eight persons
In the course of seven years.
Cotton Crop Reports Denounced.
Government crop reports were, de
nounced by the International Confer
ence of Cotton Growers and Manufac
turers in session at Washington, D. C.
Fatalities at San Francisco.
. The Coroner of San Francisco stated
that it was likely that 1000 more bod
ies would be found in the ruins, bring
ing the total of dead up to1500.
Order Restored in Paris. -
Order has been completely restored
in Paris, three-fourths of the strikers
I have returned to work and the public
4 is calm.
Lottery. Plant Seized.
Secret Service men seized in New
York City a lottery company's printing
plant which had been shipped from
Wllmingtoi, Del. -
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