LURING ON THE RUSSIANS Torpedo floats from Vladivostok Cum Vessel. 6CN. OYAMA READY FCR RATTLE. hnporlant Movemeot oa Lend ind Sea Re-vchipinl-Roicilvcnfky't Plcel Sighted Off Viifoof China Whereabout ol Japaoeie Squadron Carefully Concealed Totlo Krrl Informed of Russian Mover Emboldened by Admiral Togo'? seem ing inactivity or trying to divert Jap anese attention from Koictvin-ky's fleet. Russian torpedo-boat de-trovers from Vladivostok have caturcd and burned a little sailing vessel in Japanese waters, near Hokkaido, t he northernmost of the Japanese group of i n-!-. Meanwhile the exact whcri abttts of the Japanese suadron cuntinnes a secret. It is cvidtnt that the vi! 'fugii i.' luring Ki )(! i 11 ky on. ami will try in entrap the win ill- or a portion if t!ie Ki:-sia:i fieri. If t!ie K;i-i.i:i iorpr lo-t' Mt (!. -Ti ycrs ren west oi Hokkaido wire frm Vladi vostok, their operation- Could scarcily ii-i-.e escaped the vigilant eves (if the Janatit -e patrol, a- liny appeared in .l.vpi.n.sc waters in daylight. Togo may he seek i up to draw out the Via hv:k squadron I T a purpose. Tweir.y-tivt Rus sian warships have lieen sighted oil Van fopjr, Shantung I'linn-nla. China. Tlir Russian Admiral'' now cou-iilcrs (lie juncture of Admiral Neb. Kali .lT' di vision with Rnicstvcn-ky'i maul -quad-roti as practically assured, and arc great ly encouraged over the pro-pec:, believ ing that Admiral Togo will not dare risk an open battle at sea against the Russians. Important military, as well as nasal, operations seem imminent. A Japanese movement lias begun against the Russian left in .Manchuria, and the fi rmer ha e omccntratcd heavy columns on the I.iao Kiver. These movement; may be the preliminaries to another great battle. General Kuropaikitt is returning to St. Fttir-burg, failing health being assigned as the cai.se. Naval Divisions I nitre1. St. Petersburg ( I'.y Caii'.i I. Admiral .''(tH.pitolf's junction with Vice Admiral Kojestvensky is now con-idcrcd by the admiralty as practically a--ured. and hope for a successful issue in the ap proaching struggle for mastery of the sea is greatly encouraged thereby. Nc bogatoff is regarded as the l'.iuchcr of the situation, ami, indeed, he is -aid to resem ble him greatly in temperament. He may lack his strategy and tines. e, but, like the Prussian, lie has bulldog cour age and is a born tighter, who goes straight for the enemy. If Admiral Kamimura, I;ke (irouchy at Waterloo, fails to prevent a juncture of the Russian fleets, as the admiralty bere believes he ha-,, the impression is strong that Vice Admiral Togo will not dare risk an open battle against the united div:-i'"ts of R..jcstvnsky an I NebornH tT. b 1 will co'V-u ' in-i'lf with torpedo attacks, and possibly a long range action, being prepared to draw oft in the event tiiat he is unable to make an impression. Naval offici rs are prepared to see Ko jestvensky l.i-e half his convoy, but, in face of the united divisions, it i be lieved that Togo will accomplish little or nothing in the way of opposition to the advance to Vladivostok, and that lie must be content, with the aid of the army, to try and invest bv land and sea, and make Vladivostok another Port Ar thur. If the tleet reaches Vladivostok intact, however, naval officer- here claim that victory is won. Although there is a little nn re than 100,000 tons of coal at Vladivostok, with the reinforcement of the tleet by the Gronioboi, Russia and Bogayr and the torpedo boats ;rpd submarines now in the harb :r there, they claim that Ko jestvensky could drive Togo off the sea and leave Field Marshal Oyama's army stranded i:i Manchuria. There is a strong intimation that Ko jestvensky has something up hts sleeve which may prove a surprise. This pos-i-lly is a diversion in the shape of the dispatih of some fast converted crui-cr-of the convoy into the Pacific Ocean to raid upon Japanese commerce. Simultaneously with the incrca-itig ten sion over the approach of a -ea battle comes news that field Mar-hal Oyania is pressing the Russian right along the I.iao River north of I-'akunan, a- 11 lie is beginninr; a general engag. stii-m. D;nouace Wage System. Boston, M.:-s. (Special). Rev. Vol I liam II. V:ri Allen, in a sirinon at lilt Church f the Advent, den-mtved the W.l;.'e systrr:! as a species of -la. cry, de- 1 daring It : e e -.tent wi'.i "a- it ;C,::ll''s of the On-p 1 an 1 pr .'.'.i. -. i', ;tl -litioii. 1 le s .. : "Think tin tt- sands upon t'.oi.-atid- u'i' A-;.t ;.:id toil in the d.ikness tun! i',,r en:, ! to.'1 the glazing heat of the :i , 11 . . an 1 tUv furnace- ot Pennsylvania f r Mr. C.-r tirgie t o b-:i 1 hbrari s out of :.i - r vt nf ti er ti i: ami eat his Ic ol ,n t'.u .sweat of oi 1 r men's fact-." Ou ii'i Big Bond Issue. Cliicr.f.'! ( Special). A. -cording to ;, plan annouii'.-e'i by John AV.ander Dow ie in a gitieral apij-o,!;..- 1-t.er, all the win iti'li!-! r:es are to be e'lU-' -iidateil into cue organisation, to Ik l:u. -.vn a', ".ion Consolidated Annuities." The -e-curiiiis of the various Z1011 industries will be purchti-ed by the is-ue , 000.003 of 7 per cent, gob', bond-. Th issue will be a lien 0:1 all of 1, caii 's per-tonal proper'y as well as a'l U:c Zion industries. I orinir Pilctier Drowned. Parkersbut, W. Va. ( Special). Al bert Mays, aged 48 years, once pitcbei for the New York National League Pa-c-lw!l Club, was drowned at Ph.nui rlia-set Island, in tin- Ohio River. The boat he was in w is ups"t by the current. Mays was thrown out in three feet of water arid was unable to get lo his fe t be cause of the current. Frank Huff, who was with Inui, was caught by the b .at and htbl fa.t, so that Ve saw Mays drown. Ten B.-nkrrs la One "Pea." Columbus, Ohio (Special). A. I!. Sprar, late ca-.liier of the O'neilin bank, which Casue L. Cliadwiek swin iied, va rrceiied at the penitentiary to enter up i.i lit seven year term. J ft- brought with bint a letter from District Attorney John J. Sullivnn, i-i which the official request ed Warden Gould to give the prisoner clerical work. Spfar took his imprison ment with ram good humor. Pecause there are now 10 bankers in the peniten inrv. nil of whom have been assigned to clerical work. KEWS IN SHORT ORDER. Tfie latest r!arpcnln(s Condensed for Rapid Reading.' Comesttc. The will of Miss KiU n J. McKec, who din! at Asheville, N. C. May I. ha. been filed in St. Louis. She was the daughter of the late William McKec. founder of the St. I.onis Clobc-Democrat, and owned the controlling interest in that newspaper. Her estate is valued at J.'.pcyi.ooo. There was little rioting in Chicago, as the police h.ne broken up the march ing of mobs alter vagoiu. Charges of selling out have been made agaui-t the labor leader and Nfaycr Dunne has ap pointed a commission to investigate. The will of Mrs. Clement P. Newbold. daughter of the late Th-mas Scott, 0 at tains a bccpicst of S.v.ivo to the mission.! of tin- Prote-iant Ppi-copal Church and Jto.oco to the din-nans' Fund of the Diocese of Pennsylvania. l'ir-t I. Untenants Juan A. P.oyle and Charles I.. Woodhof.sc, of the Fourth I'nited States Infantry, were drowned in I.agunu Lake. Philippine 1 -.lands, l.ieti tt'i,.iit ll.r.Ie was a Mai yland'-r. Ati explosion of dynamite in the Cats- I. ill c mi nt Company's linn -tone (p.iarry. . : S n;th'- Lauding. N. Y.. killed one and b.i lly injured tw laborers. The engagement i- announci.d of Cap:. Iii hiuoiul I'. Ili li-in to M--s t'.rii.eida II. Hull, of Tuxe.l 1 Park. X. Y. Scwral people were killed and much property was de-troyed by a fn rce -torm which swept over Indian Ti rritory. The Wel-h Congregational Ch'irch at King ton. Pa., was wrecked by a dyna mite cp!o-iotl. A -tatue was unci iled in New Lon don, Cu in memory of John Win'.lirop the younger. The cotton manufacturing indu-try in New L'.ngland is reported to be prosper ous. About 250 union carpenters tit Harris burg went on strike. William Heffeliugeii. of P.crgeti, O., was lined $joo for double man-laughter. He tired a pistol from his porch, the bullet causing a woman's death. Anoth er woman fell dead when she heard of the tatality. During the trial i"f Johann loch in Chicago on the charge of poisoning his wife a trained nur-e testified that while hi- wife was ill he .spent most of hts tune courting his -i-tir-in-law in the kitchen. The statement is mmle from fticial -oitrce- that George Could will succeed J -ipli Ramsey. Jr., a- president of the Wabash when the latter retires at the next meeting of the board of directors. Governor Pcnnypackcr has signed bills making the beads of two important I'lnl ii Klphia ciiv department elective by the city councils instead of being appointed by tile mayor. One of the mo-t remarkable ovations ever given an American in Llngland was the farewell dinner to retiring Ambassa dor Choate at the Lord .Mayor's house, in London. Congressman Frank P.. P.randcgce was selected by cauctH to be United States senator to succeed the late Orville 11. Piatt, of Connecticut. The New York Senate passed the bill extending the terms of the mayor and f other elective officers of New York ruin two to four years. A federal warrant charging Thomas A. Ncai, clerk of the i-ourt of the First Ju dicial district of Oklahoma, with embez zlement has been .-worn out by C. K. Sherwood, special agent of the Depart ment of Justice, y The New York Produce Exchange has forwarded to the State Department at Washington a protest against the "tip parent intention of the German govern ment to discriminate again-t American trade." The New Jcr-ey Hoard of Pardons re fused to commute the (h-atli sentence of Anna Valentino, who wa sentenced to be hanged at I lackensack on May 1J for the murder 01 Ko-a Suva. The New York As-einbly pas-ed over Mayor McCle'lan's veto the bill transfer ring the right of granting public fran chises from the Hoard of Aldermen to the Hoard of Estimates. I oreiga. 'J .ie seconds of Hcrr Poz-gay, a mem ber of the opposition party in the Hun garian Diet, have declined to give Ti-a satisfaction as a result of the dispute in the Diet on the ground that Premier ha hitherto allowed similar interruptions to ia-s unnoticed. Sensational report- that roreign Min ister Dclcassc of France intended to re sign because of differences with Premier kouvicr over foreign affairs are de nied. The Republican and Liberal leaders :i Spain op;, -e King .V.ton-o'- vi-it to l-'r, lie-, ehoi-iipg i: will, c-'intuit Spain ' 'he -up;.- rt of the French .Moroccan Pr. ie .1 '.'id. uhiitli, oT H.-rhn claim to ha-.,- --!:,':,': ',,-.! the -iiiulari-y of the l.:' i d - f 1 :.''!ur in-' a - e: ap - and liunriu In :i A. .'.' the F d 1 p.-:) 1 r ",i -1 Torelliil. in v:.-. 1 In- :i i.v.uu In-i! ., n much b, nr. i ir p. atid will o 1 1 ,i .rraoii . F.mp: r--r Wii'iani io-li'e-i by in- Mediterr.in :. . e 'o ant' eii' Piluur oi '1 be ci iiteiinial of the death oi .s-. r be on-r.-ved in l i t n cue iuid uuivcr ity town 111 Germany next Tin -day. 1 .ie -tat, a- of Victor Hugo present! d by the ! raneo-Italian League of pans to - r-ity cf K .me. was unveiled. J. Picrpem More 1:1 has been decorated by 1 lie Sultan oi Turkey. German Foreign Office officials ex press the hope that rrpre-entatives 01 the L tilted States and Germany will meet early in the autumn to negotiate a c mi ni' rcial treaty, and thai the exchange of preliminary 'proposal; will take place -o-neiime late in the summer. Premier Halfotir, ad Ire-sing 10.000 per-ons in London, predicted the country would never return the Liberals to pow er while the latter upheld the dise-.iab-l;-hment of church and home rule. The Russian Prince Mestcher-ky eu logizes the granting of f.berty of reli gion, expressing; ngret, however, that the imperial decree doe- not permit a reform of the Orthodox Church. There will be no Hritis'n naval man euvers this year because the g' 01 riinient is anxious to Inue a large tint in home waters during the vi-it of the French iptadroii. As the n-sult of a bitter li-ais,ion in the lower luui-e of ihe Hungarian Diet here Xvill likely be a duel between Pre mier Ti-za and Herr Posgay. President Pahna, of Cuba, has vetoed 1 bill appropriating $l,5,i.o.frei to assi-t in the salutary work of all the munici palities. Prof. Fain! Stengel, husband and teach er of Marceila Sembrich, the singer, died in Herlin as the result of an operation. Cuba ltas eliminated the favored na tions clause from a commercial treaty just signed with Great firitain. A rule has been issued placing immi gration inspectors in the classified list. PLOT AGAINST BRAZIL A Former Official of Spanish Court Arrested. BIG CONSPIRACY IS REVEALED. Documents Found In Residence ol Snrrlos de Iterrerfl, In Madrid, Show that Thousands of Men Had Been Recruited l.i England. Franc and Spain, Including Many Spanish Reserve Olficers. Madrid ( P,y Cable). Sarricn de Her rera, former king-at-arms of the Span-i-h court, has been arrested at the in stance of the I'.razilian minister here on tile charge cf cou-piring with others agaiu-t the government of Ilrazil. A search of the residence of Senor de Herrera resulted in the discovery of a numlur of commissions for officers wdio ware to organize an army in the State of Ktinani. The commissions bore the stamp of that state. The Prazihan mini-ur here confirms the i!i-covery of the plot. A published detail taken from the captured documents show- ihat the plot was financed by a committee having headuarlers in Lon don, and which had long been working for the independence of the Kunani ter ritory. This territory i- between the nortlurn frontier of i'razil anJ French Guiana. It is stated that the committee, with a view to controlling the gold mines oi Kunani, ha 1 been organizing an insur rection and had recruited men in Eng land. France and Spain, who were repre sented as colonists, but, who. in reality, were intended eventually to become sol diers. Documents taken from De llerrtra's residence show that organization wa proceeding on a vast scale and that nearly 4.000 men had already been re cruited in England, 4.000 in France and 4.000 in Spain, among the last named being included many Spanish reserve of ficers, some of whom arc actually serv ing as active officers. An ex-revolutionary Spanish captain, who headed the rising in Padajos in holds a commission of colonel in the future army of Kunani, and it is stated that he is already receiving pay through an English banking-house, at which funds are depo-ited. De Herrera styled himself minister pleninotentiary of Spain for the State of Kunani. The Prazilian government got wind of the affair and communicated with its minister at Madrid. The Span ish authorities were notified and acted promptly, and the arrest of l)e Herrera followed. JAPS VIOLATE NEUTRALITY ? Rojestvcnsky Complains Tbey Are la Dutch Waters. Paris, (By Cable). The Japanese rep resentatives in Paris continue to make almost daily visits to the Foreign Office to inquire what steps are being taken to compel the Russian second Pacific squad ron to maintain the neutrality of French waters and also to present the informa tion reaching Tckio showing that the Ru-sian warships are receiving supplies from French ports. It is evident that the Japanese arc showing growing .solicitude. It seems to be conceded that the Russian wsscls are outside the three-mile limit, so the ques tion no longer hinges upon their being within French territorial waters. Hut the Japanese information indicates that the Russians, while they are outside neu tral limits, keep up communication with the shore, thus retaining the practical advantages of remaining inside neutral waters. Admiral de Jonquieres' depart ure from Saigon with a portion of the French squadron was for the purpose of carrying out the strict orders sent to him from here against permitting any infringement of neutral rights, particu larly along the coast about Cape St. James, where the Japanese information indicat the Ru-sians have secretly been taking supplies on board. A di-patch to the 1 lavas Agency from St. Petersburg says Admiral Roje.-t-vensky has informed the Russian Ad miralty of the presence of Japanese warship- in the territorial waters of the D itch por'ion of the Island of Borneo. 1 the r'-ports be verified, it is added, K::-sia will protest to the Netherlands loveriiment. 00T $20,000 IN OOLO DL'ST. But Robber Was Compelled By Pursuit to Abandon Treasure. ' Seattle. Wa-h., (Special). A dispatch from Fairbanks, Ala-ka, state- that u l uie man. roughly dressed and with fea tures concealed by a cloih ma-k, en tered the cabin of J. P.. Knox and at the point i f a revolver demanded a quiin lity of gold dii-t which he a-serted he kin w to be in the cabin. There were pn -int at the time, in addition to Knox, hi- wife and II. C. Hamilton. In one conn r of the room was ,1 -r. :ig le.x, with fjo.ooo in du-t, the re--ult of the winter's work n Knox and I liuiiiltoii n their claim on Cleary Creek. 'I in- box wa- enve-rd with clothing, which the robKr dragged off, all the time helping the inmates covered with hi- revolver. He demanded a kev to open the box. but this bring refused, he -honld'-red the box and backed out i.1'0 tin- night. Knox ami Hamilton immediately gave the alarm and in a few moments a pos-.e of miners was 011 the trail. About a mile from the cabin they found the box, badly denied, evidently by blows of the bandit's revolver, but with its contents untouched. Charged With Whltecapplng. Jackson, Miss., (Special). The Feder al grand itjry returned 300 indictments ayainst citizens of Franklin county on the charge of whitecapping, the specific charge being the intimidation of Gov ernment homesteaders. Some of the per sons indicted are prominent, including Dr. A. M. Newman, Sheriff of the coun ty, who was arrested by the l'ni:cd States Mar-hal, and fave bond for $i,ioo. The indictments were made on evidence fur nished by Detective Hoyt, who was em ployed by Governor Vardunan. Result ol Forgelfulnesu Pridgeman, Minn., ( Special). James Hunter, a farmer living near here, put some dynamite, with which he intended to blow out some stumps, in the kitchen stove oven to thaw. He then forgot about it ami went to town. Shortly af terward an explosion wrecked the house and killed his wife and two children. One of the children, a boy, was; blown through a window. When Huriter re turned home and found what had re sulted from his forgetfulness he be came violently insane and is now under restraint. BANK IO0TED BY MASKED MEN. Dandlta Terroritt Village la New York State. Oneonta, N. Y., (Special). A bnnd of masked robbers rode into the village of Gilbrrtsvillc, about 18 miles fm:n here, at 3 o'clock A. M., blew open the modern and supposedly burglar proof safe in the private bank of E. C. Brewer, and made good their escape with booty estimated at between $5,000 and $10,- eoo. hen the startled villagers were awakened by the muffled roar of the explosion and had been halted by the pistol fire of the retreating bandits, they found that the robbers had completely isolated Gilbertsville from the outside world by cutting all the telegraph and teli phone wires. Efforts to communicate with neighboring towns were futile and when the village folk finally started in pursuit, the robbers had gained a lead which could not he overcome. Parties are searching the woods in every direction, in the hope that the robbers have sought shelter in the thick ets and will seek to leave the vicinity 1 f their daring exploit under cover of darkness. Several teams which had been stolen from various barns, and used by the robbers 111 their approach to the village and their subsequent flight, were found abandoned by the roadside. Day light found the bandits not far from Gill. 1 rt-vi!e. and it is believed they (hen left the highway and went intu the woods afoot. The bold attack rivals in the details of its thoroughness, its daring and its success the exploits of the most notorious bandits of the Western coun try. It is b.iirvcd there were five men in the band. That all were heavily armed was shown by the frequency of their fire when the villagers arrived near tin: bank. The men first pried open the front door of the bank. Not a light glimmered in the village, and they evi dently set about their work leisurely. Two holes were drilled into the heavy steel door of the newly installed safe, and into these the explosives, believed to have been nitroglycerine, was inserted. The explosion which followed wholly wrecked the safe and shattered every window in the bank bidding. The robbers hastily gathered up all the money exposed by the explosion and started on a run ju-t as the first of the awakened villagers reached the secenc. Other residents quickly came up, but in the mean time the invaders were making good their escape, firing as they went. CHINESE MAY MAKE TEST. Minister Issues Circular Ref ardlnf Exclusion Law. Washington, D. C, (Special). Sir Chentung Liang Cheng, the Chinese Min ister, has issued a confidential circular of proclamation to all Chinese in the United States requesting that he be furnished with reports of all cases oi applicants who have been denied admission to this country and of all deportations on the ground of non-registration which have been decided since the expiration of the Exclusion trtaty of I004. Some lawyers of repute hold that there are phases in the Chinese Exclu sion law which will not stand a test in the courts, and it is understood to be the intention of inlhiential Chinese organ izations in this country to institute legal proceedings by which the rights of in dividual Chinese will be adjudicated. Heavers Pleads Not Oullty. Washington, D. C, (Special). George W. Heavers, formerly chief of the salary jtnd allowance division of the Postoffice Department, appeared in Judge Wright's branch of the Criminal Court to answer to the charge of con spiracy with others to defraud the government, but his formal arraignment was postponed until next Thursday in order to afford him an opportunity to secure local surety. Beavers pleaded not guilty to the six indictments against him. He was released in furnishing bail in the sum of $.o,ooo, which was furnished by a local surety. Alexander Resigns His Trusteeship. New York, (Sepcial). President James W. Alexander, of the Equitable Life Assurance Society resigned as trus tee of the majority stock left by the late Henry Ii. Hyde. It was said that Mr. Alexander was moving to take this course because of Jaities H. Hyde's charge that he had been disloyal to his trust. Ape Broke Indiana Law, Pontbbfud, Ind,, (Special). During the performance of a trained animal -how here a constable served a war rant on the management because a trained ape .smoked a cigarette during the per formance. The trial will be held in a justice'- court. This is the most rigid enforcement of Indiana's new Anti-Cigarette law yet reported. LIVE WASHINGTON AFFAIRS. The Isthmian Canal Commission de vised plans to make life in the canal zone more agreeable for the employes. Col. Harry II. Brogden died at the Providence Hospital. Rear Admiral Stirling was placed on the retired list. Delegates to the International Railway Congress were given a reception, at the White House, where they were greeted by Vice President Fairbanks in the ab sence of President Roo.sevelt. Secretary Taft has ordered Governor Davi-, of the Panama Canal zone, to re turn to Washington because of an at tack of malaria. Secretary Hay will return home early in June. H. R. Meyer, a-sistant professor of econoniniics at tiic University of Chicago, gave his views of the railroad rata prob; lem to the Interstate Commerce Com mittee. James J. Hill, president of the Great Northern Railway, was the star witness before the Senate Committee on Inter state Commerce. Major George S. Wheeler, U. S. A., retired, died at his home, in New York. The trustees of the George Washing ton University have authorized the or ganization of Columbian College and the Washington College ofTeclmology under the charter. of the university. China has informed the United States that she is using every effort to prevent the departure from her waters df the Russian cruiser Askold and the Russian torpedo-boat destroyer now interned at Shanghai. Secretary Taft has selected Paul Charl ton, of Nebraska, to succeed Judge Ala gnoii as law officer of the Insular Bureau. CAN REGULATE RATES The Tower is Amply Vested in the Government. WHAT COMMISSIONS HAVE DONE. Oplnon of Attorney Oeneral Moody In Lelter Addressed to Chairman Elklns, ' ol the Senate Committee 00 Interstate Commerce Authorities Quoted to Prove Hit Position Authority ot States. Washington, D. C, (Special). Attorney-Gen. William II. Moody trans mitted to Senator Stephen P. Elkins, chairman of the Senate Committee on Interstate Commerce, bis opinion on the power of the international Government to regulate railroad rates. After an exhaustive review of the opinions of the Supreme Court in many cases, the Attorney-General thus sums up his conclusions : "j. There is a governmental power to fix the maximum future charges of carriers by railroad, vested in the Leg islatures if the States with regard to transportation exclusively within the States, and vested in Congress with re gard to all other transportation. "2. Although kgislative power, prop erly speaking, cannot be delegated, the law-making body having enacted into law the standard of charges which shall control, may intrust to an administra tive body not excrcii-ing in the true sense judicial power the duty to fix rates in conformity with that standard. "3. The rate-making power is not a judicial function and cannot be con ferred constitutionally upon the courts of the United States, cither by way of original or appellate jurisdiction. "4. The courts, however, have the power to investigate any rate or rates fixed by legislative authority and to de termine whether they arc such as would be confiscatory of the property of the carrier, and if they are judicially found to be confiscatory in their effect, to re strain their enforcement. "5. Any law which attempts to de prive the courts of this power is uncon stitutional. "(1. Any regulation of land transpor tation, however exercised, would seem to be so indirect in its effect upon the ports that it could not constitute a pref erence between the ports of different States within the meaning of Article 1, Section 9, paragraph 6 of the Constitu tion. "7. Reasonable, just and impartial rates determined by legislative authority are not within the prohibition of Article I, Section 9, paragraph 6 of the Constitu tion, even though .they result in a vary ing charge per ton a mile to and from the ports of the different States." VAST CROWD HONORS LEE. Thousand! lo Lonj- Procession at Rich mond. Richmond, Va., (Special). Wrapped in the flag of the "Lost Cause," for which he so gallantly fought, and while blue and gray vied with one another m paying homage to his illustrious memory, the body of Fitz.hngh Lee, soldier and patriot, was laid in its final resting place in Hollywood Cemetery beneath the green sod of a slope overlooking the James River guarded by thousands of his com rades. Not since the ceremonies attending the reinterment of the remains of Jefferson Davis in Hollywood 12 years ago has the South witnessed so imposing a pa geant as that which escorted the body of Lee to the grave. Practically all the residents of Richmond and thousands from near and far saw the funeral pro cession, and it is estimated that 40,000 persons thronged Hollywood Cemetery to witness the last rites. Veterans in blue and gray, officers of the United States Army, the entire National Guard of Virginia, United States Senators, Gov ernors, men, women and children, white and black, turned out to honor the illus trious dead. A NOVEL IDEA. Bank Clerki Ordered lo Have Their Photo graphs Taken. Milwaukee, Wis. (Special) Every em ploye of the First National Bank of Mil waukee has been ordered to have his pho tograph taken and one copy turned over to the officers of the institution. In ad dition 10 the photographs certain meas urements will be taken of each employe. Notice to this effect was posted in the bank. President Fred Vogel, Jr., when asked about the order, confirmed its is sue, but denied that any minute meas urements, such as the P.ertillion method, would be taken. Mr. Vogel said as the head of the First National he was ac quainted with few of the employes, ami by studying their photographs he hoped to be belter able to recognize them if he met them on the strict. Man Tarred and Feathered. Benwood, W. Va., (Special). John Jackman was found in an empty box car with two boys. A number of men stripped him of his clothing and covered him with lar and feathers. When his tormentors left he crawled to a shed. After daylight several persons brought him articles of clothing and a Humane Society officer from Wheeling look him in charge and placed him in jail. Jack man suffered intensely from his ex posure. Former Policeman Atwell Yost has been arrested, charged with being a party to the tar-and-feather incident. Suicide With Shoestring. New York, (Special). Mattie Van Ranst, a daughter of the late C. W. Van Ranst, a publisher of this city, was found dead in her apartments on Si. Nicholas avenue. A shoestring was tied tightly about her neck. Miss Van Ranst, who was 44 years old, left a note in which she said she was tired of life. She had not been seen since last Saturday, and physicians said she had been dead several days. Locked in the room with the body was a pet bull dog, almost dead from starvation. " Halll Rivet to Marry ? Asbury Park, N. J. (Special) Friends of Hallic Arminie Rives, the noted Southern writer, are convinced that she is soon to marry Post Wheeler, the well known journali't. Miss Rives and Mr. Wheeler, after spending the winter in Ocean Grove with Rev. Dr. lleny Wheeler, father of the journalist, sailed no the same steamer 10 days ago for Europe. While Dr. Wheeler denied that the marriage was contemplated, he re fused to deny that the couple were engaged. A MONUMENT TO NURSES. la Memory of Those Who Died la the Spanish Wor. Washington, D. C, (Special). A huge monument of rough-hewn granite, erected by the Spanish-American war nurses as a lasting tribute to the women who gave up their lives in the service of their country during the Spanish American War, was unveiled in the National Cemetery at Arlington. The monument stands 7 feet 6 inches in height and is 6 feet square around the base. H is surmounted by a Maltese cruss in heroic size. Af'er the invocation by father Mc Gngan, Dr. Anita Ncwconih McOce, president of the hfsociatioii, made the opening address. Her daughter, Miss Klotho McGee, unveiled the monument to the music of "The Star-Spangled Banner," played by the Seventh Cavalry Band. The orator of the day was Mrs. Don ald McLean, president of the Daughters of the American Revolution, who paid a tribute to tnc women who had lost their lives in the service of their coun try. Addresse- were made by Chaplain Pierce, of Fort Myer, and Dr. George Dudley, chaplain of the United Spanish American War Veterans. The closing prayer was made by Chaplain Robinson, United Stales Army, retired. The ceremonies concluded with the sounding of "tups" -by the Seventh Cavalry Baiid. The names of the nurses which are engraved upon the monument arc Min erva Turnhull, of New Orleans; Mrs. Isabella R. Bradford, of New Orleans; Miss Margaret Greenfield, of St. Paul; Miss Katlircine Stansbury, of Chicago; Miss Kllcn May Towers, of Detroit; Miss Clara Wood, of Rochester, N. Y., and Miss Irene Toland. of St. Louis. There arc also mention of "five Sisters of Charily from St. Joseph's Hospital, in Eniinilsburg, Md., who lost their lives at Montauk, from typhoid fever." Their names are not given on the monu ment, but the are Sister Mary, who was formerly Miss Annie l.arkin, of Brooklyn; Sister Anastacia, formerly Miss Mary Ellen Burke, of Brooklyn; Sister Mary Agnes, formerly Miss Mary Sweeney, (if Baltimore; Sister Caroline, formerly Miss Caroline, of Frederick, Md., and Sister Mary Elizabeth, for merly Miss Mary Flanagan, of Ireland. All of these women were trained nurses. Of the great army of women who voulenteered their service and who lost their lives arc buried at Arlington arc seven Sisters of Charity from the famous Charity Hospital of New Orleans. They were inutilities and rendered service in the camps of Jacksonville, Chickamanga and Tampa, but no record is in the War Department of 'their names or their services. Letters have been sent to the Charity Hospital for a record of them, which they probably have in that insti tution, but the reply obtained was that "if their martyrdom was no better ap preciated by their country, it might rest that way." The authorities at the insti tution refuse to send the names of these brave women. Some action will be taken by the nurses at their convention this week by which the records of the volunteer nurses will be kept, just as are the records of the nurses who sign contracts with the Government. BANDITS KILLED DV POSSE. The Galea Brother Close Long Career of Crime. Winnipeg, Manitoga, (Special). The last chapter in the Mission Junction hold up has been played, and the bandits who held up the Canadian Pacific train, the Continental Express, are now 'lying cold in death, according to dispatches re ceived here from Sebar, N. M. The Gates boys, two of the most dar ing criminals who ever stuck up a stage, rilled an express car or robbed any de pository of wealth, and who were two of three daring men who held up the westbound Continental Express last Sep tember, will never answer for their many crimes. After robbing tht Southern ex press car last August, they crossed into Canada and there committed the first railway holdup recorded in the annals of Canada. Their end was due to holding up a saloon in Lordsburg, N. M., on March 15, in which the barkeeper was killed. A posse started in pursuit, and after a h.trd chase the bandits were shot down. Bill Minor, the other participant in the crime, is still at large. George Gates was J2, and his brother Vernon 26. They were sons of a well-to-do miner in Alamaya. Arnot, another brother, is lost to the world. Mrs. Bolkln al Son' Bier, San Francisco, (Special). Mrs. Cor-, delia Bolkin, convicted of the murder of Mrs. John P. Dunning, of Dover, Del., by means of poisoned candy sent through the mails, was permitted to leave the county jail, in charge of a deputy sheriff, so that she might view the remains of her only son, who died a few days ago. She placed a few roses in the coffin and gave evidence of deep grief, but did not lo.-e her (iclf-coiitrol. FINANCIAL. ...peaking of wheat conditions in the West, Vice President Kendricks, of the Atchison, says : "The crop is absolutely perfect at this time." Among the many other promised "good things" that didn't come to pass was that Southern iron merger. As a result Tennessee Coal shares have dropped down about 20 points. Wabash directors niel, but President Ramsey didn't resign as was expected he might do. T. H. Price has faced about after a year's successful campaign as the lead ing bear on cotton and is now a bull. John W. Gates Came out with a most bullish statement in regard to United Slates Steel. He said underlying con ditions everywhere are sound. The French government has desig nated M. Oueard as the French member of the Board of Consulting Engineers attached to the Isthmian Canal Com mission. Referring to Gould's latest undertak ing, of building his Western Pacific Rail road from Salt Lake City to San Fran cisco, somebody said : "Gould is not big enough to expand to both the At lantic and the Pacific." Mrs. Lucinda 11. Simmons is dead at Fast Orarge, N. J. Her father, Wheat Beals, of Vermont, built the first railroad track in the United States, and her grandfather was a member of the Boston tea party. Gould brokers wcre openly supporting Missouri Pacific. Gould's retirement from the Union Pacific Board was in terpreted as a rather ominous sign. THE JURY , DISAGREES Third Trial of "Nan" Patterson Ends As Did Second. COURT WAS CALLED AT 2 A. M. Recorder (lolf Had Gone Down Especially lo Receive Ih Verdict His Instructions al the Clot of Ihe Case Seemed Fair ti Ihe Pile, oner Young's Coal and Vest, as Well it Skeleton tied In Jury' Deliberations. New York, (Special). Shortly before a o'clock Thursday morning the jury in the case of "Nan" Patterson, charged with the murder of "Caesar" Y'oung in a cab, after having deliberated since I o'clock Wednesday afternoon, announc ed to the court, which had been spec ially convened by Recorder Goff for the purpose, that it was unable to agree, and was discharged. At i. .10 o'clock A. M. the jury was called into the courtroom by Recorder Goff. When the i men were in their places and the court officials had all arrived the Kecorder asked why the de fendant had not been brought into court. A deputy sheriff replied that she had been feeling ill and had retired, but was then being dressed. After a wait of 12 minutes Miss Pat terson appeared, looking pale and in a highly nervous slate. "Gentlemen, have you been able to reach an agreement?" asked the Record er of the jury. "No, sir," replied the foreman. "Is there any question of law or of evidence in which I can instruct you? Is there any way in which the court can help you?" The foreman looked for an instant at his fellow-members of the jury, then turned to the Recorder and said : "No, sir; I don't believe you can help us." "Then you will retire to reconsider the matter." The jury filed out and the courtroom was cleared. Recorder Goff remained in his chamber a while and later called the jury back and discharged it. It will now rest with the court wheth er "Nan" Patterson will be released on bail and with tV District Attorney whether she shall be tried again, anil if so, when. If the prosecution insist. it is likely that the former chorus girl may be kept in prison to await another trial. It is not unusual in such cases, how ever. , for the defendant to be released on bail and the case dropped. With the jury which was considering her case out. Nan Patterson sat the greater part of the night in her cell at the Tombs bouyed up by the hope that at the end of their deliberation the twelve men would agree to a verdict of not guilty. Miss Patterson's hopes were based partly on rumors which were cur rent about the Criminal Courts Build ing in the afternoon that the first ballots taken in the jury room were decidedly in her favor. The jury had the case since shortly after I P. M. PRODUCED RAIN IN CALIP0RMA. I C. Hatfield Successfully G.nerated and Dis charged Gas la Midair. Los Angeles, Cal., (Special). Charles Hatfield, a "rainmaker," wdio has been working since December 15 last to pro duce 18 inches of rain for southern Cali fornia by May I, on a pledge of a num ber of Los Angeles merchants to pay him Si.ooo if he succeeded, has completed his demonstration, and has been paid a hirge proportion of the sum promised. The remainder of the amount guaranteed him will be paid shortly, it is said. The fall of rain in Los Angeles during the season ending May I has been 18.96 in ches, which far exceeds the fall last sea son, and is above the normal annual pre cipitation for this secson. Hatfield es tablished his "rainmaking" plant in Al tadena, in the foothills of the moun tains, some i'O miles from Los Angeles, on December 15, and the amount of rain fall from that date in the immediate lo cality of his plat has been 26.49 inches. Hatfield's method is in generation of gas and its discharge into the atmosphere from a chimney, which has the result, he claimed, of attracting-forces in nature which compel moisture to form and be precipitated in the shape of rain. 30,982 RURAL ROUTES. Illinois, Ohio and Iowa Have Over 2,000 Each. Washington, D. C, (Special). Fourth Assistant Postmaster-General De Graw made public a report on the rural free delivery service in the United States, showing a total of 30,1,8.2 routs in opera tion May 1, with 4. 70S petitions for the service pending in the PoMofiice Depart ment, April I last there were 29,0) routs in operation and 4,5-M petitions pending. Of the 4,?(xS cases pending 884 have been asssigned for establishment cither May 15 or June I, leaving 3,824 petitions un acted upon. By States, the largest number of routes in operation is 2,478 in Illinois; Ohio, with 2,lK6; Iowa, 2,068; Indiana, 1.934; Pennsylvania, 1,737; Ncw.Y'ork, 1.030. and Missouri, 1,598, are next in order. Pennsylvaol Editor Dead. Tyrone, Pa. (Special). Major Chas. S. W. Jones, of the Sheridan Troop, of. this place, and editor and proprietor of the Tyrone Herald,, died at his home here. He served in the Civil War and commanded the Sheridan Troop in Porto Rico during the Spanish War. Korean "Grafter" Removed. Washington, D. C. (Special). Minis ter Allen, at Seoul, Korea, reports to the State Department that a magistrate at Penyang, who was charged with invading the treaty rights of many Americans and with extorting great sums of money il legally from ihe people, finally has been removed from office. The magistrate's peculations, according p the report, were more than $100,000. Ex-Banker Perry Freed. Chicago, (Special). Isaac N. Perry, formerly president of the National Bank of North America, was acquitted of tha charge of -netting fire to the Chicago, Car and Locomotive Company' plant at Ilegewiscfi, 111., to secure the insur ance money. The jury was out only 10 minutes. The locomotive works were, burned several months ago while idle. The National Bank of North America had lent the car company several hun dred thousand dollars and Mr. Perry was charged with having set tire to the plant to recover ihe insurance to meet, the claim of bia bank- 1
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