i bin ran liimi Relatives Bring Suit Have Her Declared Incompetent. to CHURCH UNAFFECTED Bill In Equity Filed at Concord by Only Son of the Founder of Chrbi. Uan Science, His Daughter mid a Nephew Her Follower Expresi Indignation. Concord, N. H., March B. ApUl cation was made In the Superior Court of Merrlmac County, Saturday, for an accounting of the financial affatrg of Mrs. Mary Maker Glover Bddy, the founder of the Christian Science movement and pastor cmerl tu of the First Church of Christ, Scientist, In Boston. The application was In the form of a bill In equity and the petitioners were George W. Glover, a son of Mrs. Eddy by her first husband, whoso residence is given as Duad wood, S. D.; his daughter. Miss Mary Baker Glover, and George W. Glo ver, and George W. Baker of lija gor. Me., Mrs. Kddy's only surviving nephew, a son of the late George Sullivan Baker. The bill in equity Is filed against the trustees of the First Church f Christ, Scientist, in Boston; Cal rtn A. Fry, Mrs. Eddy's secretary; Lewis C. Strang, her assistant 8?e jrtary, who was formerly a Boston newspaper man, and Herman S. Her- Mrs. Mary Baker W. 'y, ring, first reader of the Christian Science Church in this ily. Mr. Baker sues as tu next frtuud af Mrs. Eddy. The petition, besides asking for an accounting of all financial trans actions in which Mrs. Eddy is Inter ested, demands restitution in cp.se iny wrongdoing is discovered; asks lor an Injunction restraining the ro itpondents from transferring any of Vr property during litigation or in terfering in any way, and winds 'ip y applying for the appointment of v receiver. The trustees of the church In Bos ton, familiarly known as the Mother 'hurch, because it wan the first edl Jce of any size built exclusively for 'he use of the Christian Scientists, ire named in the bill as Alfred Bar ow, Irving C. Tomlison, and Jchn on Knapp, Chase and Armstrong, .11 of Boston. The bill Is made returnable at the prll term of the Merrlmac county .Superior Court, which will meet on he first Tuesday of next month. Those of the trustees and directors ?ho could be reached had little to ay, pleading Ignorance of the d! ails. Alfred Barlow, a director of the other Church and also head of the jubllcation committee, could not be (-ached. The Rev. Irving C. Tomlison, for nerly first reader In the church Mere, said that he had no opinion to express on the suit. Ira O. Knapp. mother of the directors, said: "I tnow nothing about It, I am a di meter, not a trustee, by '.he way, of Ae affairs of the Mother Church." Stephen H. Chace, another de .'ndant, resides In Fall River. Ho was Indignant when asked about the tiult and expressed the opinion that !t was part of a "family row." Ha Jid not see how the Chrlsllan Sctenso Church was interested. Gen. Frank S. Streeter, Mrs. Eddy's legal adviser, refused to give any Information as to the course to be taken In regard to the equity pro ceedings, but he said the act:rn would In no way Interfere with the Christian Science Church. Ilariiinaii will bo Good. Washington, March 6. E. H. Rarrlman In a heart-to-heart talk with the members of the Interstate Commerce Commission said he and John D. Rockefeller andtither capi talists controlling a large group of .railroads wanted to "be good." He aid in effect that they had decided to abandon the "publlc-be-damned" policy with which they have been credited for many years and wanted to work In the Interests of the public and obey Government regulations. Piatt Saya He'll Serve Oat His Term. Washington, March 7. Senator Piatt to-day, formally authorized denial of reports that It la his In tentlon to resign hU seat In the Senate. He announced bis purpose to remain In the SeqtyM until the ex piration of his tetttt ori March 4, 10 GOV. SWETTENHAM RKili.i, Man Who Insulted Admiral Davit Refines to Stay In Office. London, March 7. In the Homo of Commons, Winston Churchill, Under Secretary for the Colonial, said that on January 23 Sir. Alex ander Swettenham, Governor ol Jamaica, applied for permission to retire on the ground of ago. An op- Cue "Jv Sir James Alexander Swetlenhuni. portunlty had been given him to con tinue In ofllne, but he decided not to do so. There has been talk of Gov. Swet tenham's retirement, voluntary or otherwise, since a few days after the earthquake and fire at Kingston. He was the subject of severe cen sure in Jamica and In England for hla letter to Admiral Davis of the United States Navy, asking him to withdraw the marines he landed at Kingston to aid In the earthquake relief work. He said later that he merely wrote the letter as a Joke. Nine days after the earthquake he asked permission to retire. He 1j 61 years old. UE.V BOOTH'S RIG PLAN". In Quest of Money to Curry on Sal vation Army Work. New York, Mar. 7. Gen. William Booth, founder and head of the Sal vation Army, arrived here on the Atlantic Transport liner Minne apolis. Although 77 years old, he is on a trip which will take him from this country through Canada, thence to Japan, and back to Europe. In spite of his 77 years Gen. Booth looked strong and active and fit for the long trip he is about to make. When asked If he would take money from John D. Rockefeller for the ad vancement of tho philanthropic schemes of the army, he replied: "I would take money from any elntd odd,(v:ak ETA S HRFMWOI mortal." "no money to me U tainted. I would take anybody's money. I would wash it In tears of widows and orphans and I would lay It on the alter of benevolent effort for the good of the Great Cause." Gen. Booth spoke enthusiastically of the work of the anti-sulclde bureau in London and said that in the first five weeks it was established no less than 000 people who were contemplating self-destruction had applied to it for comfort and advice. Scores of Needles in Ilody. New York, March 7. Efforts will be made to keep Mrs. Dolly Dress ier, twenty-two years old, of No. 1,724 Washington avenue, tho Bronx, a patient In Bellevue Hos pital, and a charge of attempted sui cide may be made against ber. She remained In Fordham hospi tal until last week when her condi tion was so serious that she was transferred to Bellevue. While in the Forddham hospital the needles appeared they were removed by the surgeons. Five operations were per formed on her and In all about fifty needles were taken from her body. Last September she swallowed a package of needles. Want No Pay for Praying. Albany, N. Y., Mar. O.-j-OpposItlon to the paymentof clergymen for open ing the legislative sessions with prayer resulted In formal action by Albany clergymen. The Rev. C. A. Richmond filed in both houses a memorial signed by forty-four clergymen declaring that "We es teem (t an honor and a duty to the State to render such service, but there has been a growing desire on the part of many of us to render It gratuiously." Every Episcopalian minister in Al bany, every Presbyterian, every Bap tist, every Methodist except one, and two Jewish pastors signed the docu ment. Peace Throughout Republic. Panama, Mar. 7. As a set-off to persistent rumors that a revolution ary outbreak is imminent In Colom bia A. Vasques Cobo, the Colombian Minister of Foreign Affairs, says: "The reports of revolution in Colom bia are malicious and may be denied. Tho people unanimously desire .peace, and absolute peace reigns throughout the republic. Proof of this is found in the fact that the National Assembly has been con voked to meet here on April 1." Ex-Secretary Shaw's New Place. Now York, Mar. - 7. Leslie M. Shaw, who retired Monday from '.e Secretaryship of the Treasury, has assumed the duMes of President of the Carnegie Trust Company. Ha '.received many congratulating f i lend. For the present ho and hU family will reside at the FJft'j Avenue Hotel. THE COLUMBIAN. Covering Minor Happen Ings from all Over the Globe. HOME AND FOUEIQM Complied and Condensed for tho Busy Reader A Complete Record of Europe mi Despatches and Inv portant Event from Everywhere Rolled Down foe Hasty PerusoL Mrs. Daniel Rhoades Hunna. daughter-in-law of th late Senator H.inna, of Ohio, brought suit for di vorce, charging cruelty and abandon ment. Counsel for the leaders of the Christian Science Church will refuse to accept service In an equity suit brought by Mrs. Eddy's son to pro tect her Interests. Grover Cleveland submitted a brief to tho Association of Life In surance Presidents condemning cor taln threatened legislation. It was announced In New Yorlc that the Grand Jury will at once tako action In placing responsibility for the New York Central's Brew ster express wreck. Speaker Joseph Cannon and a party of members of Congress sailed for the West Indies and Panama. Governor Hughes is to be asked to close gambltug houses which ar now wide open In Albany. Navy officers declared that British navy target practice scores were far Inferior to those made by Ameri cans. Sailors of the Sylph sent flowera to "Archie" Roosevelt, son of the President, who Is ill with diphtheria at the White House. District Attorney Jorome of New York managed to get Harry Thaw'9 expert alienists to make admissions that were considered weakening to the Insanity defence. John Nelson came all the way from California to be forgiven tn court of lie he told in obtaining naturalization papers twenty-six years ago. Twenty-five hundred children of Public School No. 86, New York, marched from the blazing building, few of them knowing it was on fire. President Roosevelt will outwit the Senators who opposed his forest preservation policy by creating great forest reserves before the act forbidding this course becomes a law. Archio Roosevelt, son of the Presi dent, Is quarantined in the White House, suffering rom diptherla. John C. Spooner, for sixteen years United States Senator from Wiscon sin, resigned. Edward II. Harrlman visited Washington, cltlcised President Roosevelt's course and made a so cial call on the President. Bids for the construction of two 20,00-ton battle ships will probab ly not bo asked for before July. Minority members of .the House Banking and Currency Committee reported the asset currency provi ded by the Fowler bill unnecessary and useless. One man, a watchman, Is missing, and four others were slightly Injured In the dynamite explosion which oc curred at Homestead, N. J., the Jersey end of the Pennsylvania tunnel. Seveal engineers are to sail for the Congo Free State to prepare for mining operations on the Thomas F. Ryan concession. Twelve persona diverted from su icide In seventy-two hours was a re port made by the Salvation Army. Letters written by Harry K. Thaw since the beginning of his trial will be used as the basis for an applica tion for a commission In lunacy to examine him. FOREIGN NEWS. A despatch from Teheran says that trouble is brewing throughout Persia. Russia's second Duma, according to a despatch, was opened In St. I Petersburg and M. Golovin was elected president, the sitting being followed by rioting in the streets. Maximum schedules of duties are proposed in France in order to force tariff concessions from other nations. Two United States gunboats are to bo sent to Central America, where it Is feared the three other republics will Join Honduras la her war against Nicaragua. The Dakota, sunk off the coast of Japan, was reported abandoned with her bow under and still sinking. On the eve of the opening of the new Russlnn Duma, says a special cable from St. Petersburg, the Tsar has approved the opening address by M. Golobcff in behalf of the Minis try. The German cruiser First Bis marck has left Manila, a despatch says, and the American armored cruisers are leaving for China, to proceed up the Yangtse River as far aa Nanking. A new argument for the Channel tunnel, which finds favor with the English public, according to a Ion don special, Is that London would beoome a transcontinental railway terminus. 6L0OMBURa, PA. Laxity of French Judges Is result ing In great Increase If crime In the country, according to a despatch. Horse meat sales, says a des patch from Parts, have doubled la that ctly In eight years. To promote ambidexterity Canon Lyleton, master of Eton, prescribes writing with the left hand for stu dents offences. SPORTING NEWS. United Status Lawn Tennis Associ ation cabled challenge to England for the Dwight F. Davis trophy. Cornell men resent the entry of Michigan Into the Intercollegiate Association of America. Charles K. Courtney, rowing coach of Cornell, must fill three vacancies on the 'varsity eight. There is tinder construction at City Islnnd a deep sea motor boat which will take part in the race to Bermuda. JOHN IS HOT HAM). Ex-Champion Well Spank Two Waterbnry Urchins. Watorbury, Conn., Mar. 7. John L. Sullivan stopped in Main street to watch two nowsboys, "Pickles" and "Patsey" Sweeney, pummel each other. "Pickles" had Just landed n ; hot ono on Sweeney's nose, when Sweeney landed a swift klek on "Pickles' " stomach that doubled him up. "Horet Horo!" cried John L., seizing the combatants by the collar, "what are youse kids fighting about?" They poured out tearful explanations. "Roth lying," said Sullivan. "Fighting ain't good for you. I'm going to spank you " The crowd cheered. The ex-champlon of tho prize ring knelt In the street and laid the yelling Patsey across his knee. "I'll begin on you because you didn't fight fair," he said, administering several whacks. The crowd mean time was holding onto tho terrified "PickleB." "Please don't," he pleaded, "I always bet on you." "Anotrer He," roard Sullivan. "You weren't on earth when I was chaiupeen, and lying's worse than fighting. I'll glvo you an extra one for that." Which he did. Avalunchc of Kgs. New York, Mar. 7. Thirty thou sand crates of eggs, thirty dozen in a crate, 10,800,000 eggs in all, reached New York from the henneries of the boundless West. They were all real eggs, strictly fresh eggs, Just laid by the hens a few minutes be fore the trains started. When the produce men heard the 10,800,000 eggs were on the way, they put down the price from 25 cents to 1 S cents a dozen. Storage eggs, of which there are said to be about 9,000,000 in tho freezers here and in Jersey City, also dropped from 20 cents to 14 cents a dozen. The speculators held them a little too long, thinking the winter would last till the mlddla of March. Now they are being dumped out by the million, all la belled "fresh" to distinguish them from the "strictly fresh," which the hens are now laying for Lent. Joe Letter Found Guilty. Duquoln, 111., March 5. Joseph Loiter, proprietor of the Zeigler Col liery, the scene of many labor con flicts, was ound guilty of employing a mine examiner who did not bold a certificate at the time of the ex plosion In April. 1903, tn which sixty men were killed. There are two other cases against Letter, charging unlawful storage of powder In the mine and constructing mine rooms without crosscuts. Put to Death in Chair. Sing Sing, N. Y., March 7. Frank Furlong, who killed his aunt, Mrs. Margaret Keeler, In New York City In 1904, was put to death in the electric chair in Sing Sing Prison. Furlong was twenty-one years of age, and was the fifty-ninth man to die In the electric chair of the prison. There are six condemned men still in the death-house. Mountain Slips In Valley. Naples, March 7. The mountain In the province of Potenza, near Montemurro, Is slipping into the val ley. The roaring of the valanche was heard for a considerable distance, trees were uprooted and the whole country was devastated. Five thou sand persons are homeless and tha scene is one of desolation. It la feared that the whole village will be covered over. . Heaton to Death by Witch Doctor. Monterey, Mexico, March 7. Ac cording to her own confession, Mrs. Refugia Flores, a "witch doctress" of Santiago, N. L., beat a sick man to death recently In that place. His family held him on the bed under the assurance from Mrs. Flores that she was driving out the witches and that the horrible cries and groans of the dying man were in reality the cries of the witches. Killed in Train Hold-Up. Pittsburg, Kan., March 7. A Mis souri Pacific passenger train was hold up near here by two masked men. The passengers made a show of a fight and In the meleo which followed a negro was killed and a White man wounded. Both were passengers. I nan Closing Scenes in the Sen ate and House. SILVERVou QROSVENOK Tribute to "Old Fingers" Mrs. Longworth Sits Through the Na tional Anthem The House Spends Its Last Hours in Sininj and Waving American Flags, Washington, March 4. llp.vln.i spent $1,800,000 000 and thereby es tablished a record, the Fifty-ninth Congress adjourned. It has not a two-bllllon-dollar Congress, as Chair man Tawney predicted, but It tamo pretty closo to that murk. Ag usual, the Senato adjourned lifelessly and the House died shout ing. At ono end of the Capitol all was decorum. At the other they sang nnd waved flags. In the llouso tho uceiios wero even a little more entertaining than usual, for in Its last hours the Lower Branch devoted lttelf to making happy old Gen. Grosvcnor, whose last day of sorvlco It was, and made him sing his swan ong over a magnificent present of silver presented by both sides, Re publicans and Democrats Joining in the tribute. After thU was to have come the gem of tho collection. Flugs had been privately distributed to tho members, and at the proper signal from Tawney they wero to sing tho "Star-Spangled Banner" and wave the Hags. "Oh, say, can you see, by the dawn's early light," began Tawney, producing a flag. John Sharp Williams grabbed another and started waving It lustily. Bang went the gavel, and the unsentimental Speaker auno;inced that tho com mittee to await upon the President was ready to report. Tawney and Williams sat down with their music bottled within them. As soon as the committee got through reporting, however, Tawney Btarted seeing things by the dawn's early light again, and this time there was no Interruption. Out canio tho flags and waved swlshlngly to the music. Everybody stood up everybody but one. Mrs. Nicho las Longworth, tho President's daughter, who was In the executive pallery, did not. Miss Root, who was sitting beside her, got up and then looked inquiringly at Mrs. Longworth and sat down. On the other side of Mrs. Long worth wero Assistant Secretary of State Wllfon and his wife. Mrs. Wilson looked at Mrs. Longworth and eat down. Wilson looked In quiringly at hlB wife, and she pointed to Mrs.' Longworth. Thereupon Wil son sat down with a plump, and everybody looked at the executive gallery and Mlsa Root and tho Wil son family blushed. After "God Be With You Till We Meet Again," the chorus descended to "Good Night, Ladles," and there it stopped. The good-byes began, the songsters broke up Into hand shaking groups, and the female friends of Congressmen began to pour In on the floor and brighten things up. It was nearly 1 o'clock. The Fifty-ninth Congress was gone for good. Elevator Kills Woman. Philadelphia, Pa., March 7. Mar tha Peterman, an elevator operator at the Young Women's Christian Association building In this ctty, was crushed to death to-day by the car she was operating. She had run the elevator up to the eighth floor, where she left It standing while she went to breakfast. The car had dropped several feet below the floor when she returned. Miss Peterman lay down on the floor to reach the controller, and run the car back to the floor level. In doing so she turned the lever the wrong way and the car descended, crush ing her head. Wants to be Annexed to Texaa. Austin, Tex., March 7. Travis Deshlells, Secretary of State, has re ceived letters from a number of prominent citizens of New Mexico who are leaders of a movement to have a part of that territory annex ed to Texas asking him to have the matter brought to the attention of the Texas Legislature. The territory which it is proposed to annex to this State is about 200 miles wide and runs north for about 175 miles and embraces the counties of Roosevelt, Chavez, Lincoln, Ed die and Otero. Reavers Astonish Natives. South Norwalk, Conn., March6. For the first time tn half a century beavers have made their appearance In this section of the Stato and have constructed one of their dams on the Silver Mine stream above Woods Pond, five miles north of Norwalk. Where the beavers came from after having been apparently exterminated for fifty years is a mystery. Many people maintain that they must have escaped from the winter quarters of the Barnum Circus at Bridgeport. Pure Food Manlu, Refuses to Eat. Louisville, Ky., March 7. Worry over the pure food agitation is given by the relatives o Mrs. Leoua Long a.i tho principal cause of her mental derangement. For four days, they say, she has refused to taste any food, saying she fears she will be poisoned. Relatives say tha pure food campaign became a mania with her. HAILKY HACK IN THE SKNATK. Warmly Greeted by Friends aa He Entered the Chamber. Washington, March 7. Senator Joseph W. Bailey of Texas agaia made his appearance on the floor 4 Senator Joseph W. lliilley, of tho Sennte for the first time since ho left Washington to defend h'.m celf from the charges brought again st him in the Texas Legislature When Mr. Bailey entered the Sen ate chamber he was surrounded by friends who warmly shook handa with him. GRIPS FIRST VICTIM ILL. Henry Kip Wooclm T, Stricken In IKK'.:, Has a Return of the Malady. Rahway, N. J., Mar. 7. Henry Kip Woodruff, a member of the Common Council of Rahway, who is said to have been the first grip victim In tho Uuitcd Status, bo far as the diagnosis is concerned, is dcnnerously 111 at his home In tha. city Iron a return of the disorder. When he was first stricken in 18S2. the grip was ravaging in Rus sia. Tho physician first called to attend him could not determine the nature of his malady, and six othem were called. They finally decided he had the then new disease, the grip. The doctors predicted that Woodruff would not live a week and that If he did he would be a raving maniac. In time he recovered. Of the seven physicians who at tended him only two are living. Five died of grip and the other ij mentally deranged. A Prison Inspector Slain. Ufa, RuEsIa, March 7. Prison In spector Ko'.bo was shot and killed this morning by threo Revolution ists while he was In front of the door of his private residence. Ono of the assassins was captured. He said that tho Inspector had been sentenced to death by the Social Revolutionists on account of hU cruelty to political prisoners. Whipping Post Revived. Baltimore, March 7. The whip ping post is to be revived in Mary land, after having been In disuse for twenty years. Sadler Brooks, colored, was sent enced to-day to receive nine lashes, in addition to a Jatl eentence of two months, for brutallybeatlng his lie. FINANCIAL. There were severe declines In the prices of stocks, the trading being the heaviest for the year. The Japanese conversion loan of) $115,000,000 to redeem the $110.-, 000,000 bond issue of 1904 will be financed in London and Paris. NEW YORK MARKETS. Wholesale Prices of Farm Produce Quoted for the Week. The Milk Exchange price for stan dard quality la 3 He. per qt. Mutter. Creamery, extra 23 34 Firsts 29 3H State dairy, fancy 30 &21 Cheese. Fancy 14011?; Small 14yi4i Part Skims 7 Eggs. SUte and Penn 29 i0 Western Firsts 25(3)27 1 Duck 32 tiZI 1 Live Poultry. Chickens, per lb 8 fll Fowls, per lb 13V Dressed Poultry. Turkeys, per lb 10 St Chickens, Phlla. lb 20 it 21 , Geese, Bprtng, lb 13 Ducklings, Per lb 15 Fruits Fresh. Apples Greenings per bbl ,$1 E0 $3 35 King, bbl 2 75 4 25 Ben davls, per bbl..... 1 60 2 75 Vegetables. Potatoes. L. I., bbl...$l 85 $2 09 Cabbages, per 100..., 1 00 ip 2 09 Onions, white, per bbl .$4 00 dp 7 59 Carrots, per bbl 1 00 t 09 Turnips, per bbl 75 1 00 Hay nnd Straw. Hay, prime, cwt. $1 00 $1 15 No 1. per cwt. I 05 1 10 No. 2, per cwt. 95 & 1 00 , Straw, long rye. 65 76 Grain, Etc. Flour, Win. pats. $3 00 $3 86 spring pats 4 20 6 00 Wheat No. 1. , , , 92 W N. Duluth No. 2, red 82 Vi 83 Oats, mixed 47 Clipped white. 51 54 Live Stock. Peeves, city drs'd. 7 0 9 Calves, city drs'd. 8 14H' County drs'd. 8 13 I3hne;, per cwt.. $2 60 y$3 00. . m r. m " v - 9 "' t 1 1 n
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