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Wealthy Men In the Inter
national Conciliation
Association.
MR. CARNEGIE HEADS IT
Members of Parliament of All Na
tion Mill lie Included In the
Cause Congress Here in April
Enimlnent Delegates From Kumpe
to Take Tart in Deliberations.
New York, March 14. With the
purpose of waging as aggressive a
campaign la behalf of world wide
peace as unlimited Influence and
anoDey will afford, and under the di
rect control of some of the wealthiest
And most prominent men In the
United States, the Association for Iu
:ernatlonal Conciliation, as it Is
called, has been formed In this city
has opened offices at No. 21 West
j"orty-fourth strett.
Andrew Carnegie and Andrew D.
White are honorary presidents, und
the active offllcers are Nicholas Mur
ray Butler, president of Columbia
University, president; . Representa
tive Richard Bartholdt, vice presi
dent, and Hayne Davis, secretary
'-.vhile there is an Executive Coin
jaitte comprised, in audition to
,'Jiese officers, of Dr. Lyman Abbott,
Zanies Speyer, Richard Wutsou
Wilder, Stephen Henry Olln and Seth
LOW.
Primarily the object of the organi
sation will be to co-operate on tho
nost extensive scale yet projected
arith a parent body of the same kind
.low flourishing In Europe.
Perhaps the most important fea
ture of the organization will be
Dr. Lyman Abbott.
!ta extension of what is known
.-.broad as the Interparliamentary
".'nlon, composed exclusively of mem
bers of national Parliaments, all en-
lsted in the cause of peace and
pledged to use their Influence for
that cause In those legislative
odles. Twenty-three of a total of
torty Parliaments are already re
srese'hted, making a membership
vf more than a thousand.
Although active work in the
formation of committees and
ther details will be begun at
ance, probably the first strong
"npetug for the Association for In
' ;rnatlonal Conciliation will be given
-1 the National Arbitration and
,"eace Congress in Carnegie Hall,
rom April 14 to April 17. Andrew
arnegie will preside and the vice
residents are Governor Hughes,
..nstlce Brewer, of the United States
apreme Court; Andrew D. White,
-ho was a member of the first Hague
(-.onference; Representative Barth-
Idt. of Missouri; Beth Low, Albert
''I. Smiley, founder of the Mohawk
arbitration Conference; Samuel
-ompers, president of the American
federation of Labor; Morris K.
..esup, president of the New York
chamber of Commerce; John Mlt
tell, president of the United States
:Ine Workers, and Judge Gray, of
Vie United States Circuit Court.
MAY DEMURE IN EDDY SUIT..
intimation That the Case Will Go to
the Supreme Court for Argument.
Concord.' N. H., March 14. Gea
rank S. Streeter, personal counsel
:r Mrs. Mary Baker G. Eddy, and
'athanlel E. Martin, of counsel for
-".6 plaintiffs in the suit brought for
a accounting of Mrs. Eddy's prop
i'ty, said that there would be no
nrther proceedings in tho case be
fore April 2, when the Spring term
lf tho Superior Court opens, at
fhlch time the suit is returnable.
Mo depositions will be taken in the
Meantime. This is taken to mean
Viiftt the defendants will file a de
murrer and take the case to the Su
rreme Court for argument, although
On. Streeter declined to discuss
this phase of the matter.
Pardoned Murderer Sluin in Fight.
Raleigh, N. C, March 13. Gov
ernor Glenn has been notified fiat
.lames Brand, of Ashe county, one
if two convicts pardoned by him last
thanksgiving Day, was killed In
Virginia, In a row over a woman.
Urand was serving a long term for
murder, due to a woman, and good
behavior won him the pardon.
Inventor Dies Poor.
Hanover, Conn., March 13. Ro
'Jolphus W. Fuller, the Inventor of
ttfie machine to make horse shoes,
died here aged 85 years.
Fuller's Invention was copied by
men who made millions through It,
fiut the Inventor died a poor man.
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LENT FOR THK ARMY MILK.
Army's Money Is Running Short and
So Are Fkm1 nnd Fire,
Ornln for a horse from 1 2Ibs. to
I lbs.
drain for a mule from 9 lbs. to
I lbs.
Hay for horses nnd mules from 14
lbs. to 10 lbs.
The above is a now reduction of
rations for the four legged members
of Uncle Sam's Fervlce. That the
army is getting poor and expenses
are being reduced came out yester
day In nn order from Major-Gen.
Froderlck D. Grant, commanding the
Department of the East, ordering the
short rations.
At the same time nn order came
out from Gen. Grant that no more
extra Issues of fuel will be granted
to post commanders nnd thnt fuel
consumption for the remainder of
the fiscal year must be reduced to
the lowest possible limit. The rea
son given Is "the existing condition
of the regular supplies appropria
tion." The forage and fuel reduction or
ders go Into effect on March 15.
TAKE MV ROAD. SAYS HILL.
Is Willing for the Government to
Kun the Great Not hern. "'""
Minneapolis, March 14. Presi
dent James J. Hill of the Great
Nortern Railroad told the Sunberg
legislature committee that he would
be only to willing to have the
United States Government take over
his road.
He stated further, however, that
If the Government should go Into
the railroad business the country
would have an" elephant" on its
hands.
"Then," said Mr. Hill, "The Gov
ernment would be obliged to engage
In another lottery to pet rid of the
elephant.
"If the Government had charge of
the railroads Congress would be kept
busy making appropriations, the dis
tricts with poor representations and
sparse population would be left in
the lurch, and the railroads would
become less valuable."
PRINCE REFUSES GIFT.
Queen Wilhelmiiiii's HusUund Saya
He Did Only His Duty.
The Hague, March 14. Prince
Henry of the Netherlands has an
nounced his dlclslon to decline to
accept the proposed national testi
monial for the assistance he rendered
In saving the lives of survivors of
the British steamer Berlin, which
was wrecked at the Hook of Holland
on Feb. 21.
He tells the promoters of the testi
monial thaton that occasion he merely
did his duty as a Dutchman, and that
he cannot permit special recognition
therefor.
Holler Explodes; 3 Killed.
Metuchcn, N. Y., March 14.
Caught in the fiery blast of an ex
ploding engine which wrecked not
only Itself, but also everything in
the Immediate neighborhood, three
men were killed on the Pennsyl
vania Railroad In Metuchen, N. J.
The blast shook the entire town,
wrecked the station In front of which
the locomotive was standing, blew
away and set on fire a newstand,
smashed all the windows in a drug
store seventy-five feet away and set
fire to it and the post office.
Bells For All Lightships.
Washington, D. C, March 13.
Arrangements have been made by
the United States Lighthouse Board
with the Submarine Signal Company
to equip with submarine bells all
important lightships not already sup
plied. This includes the light ves
sels south of Hatteraa, those on the
great lakes and those on the Pacific
coast.
Canada having made similar ar
rangements all North American
waters will soon have the advantage
of protection by submarine bells.
She Smoked; Died at 108.
Harrington, Me., March 13.
Mrs. Lovlcla Cox died here of pneu
monia. She was born In Columbia,
Me., Jan. 12, 1709, and lived In that
town for twenty-five years. She
moved Into the house in Harrington
In which she died several years be
fore the Mexican war.
She was an Inveterate user of to
bacco, having taken up smoking for
a bronchial trouble more than fifty
years ago.
Killed Wife and Five Children.
Dresden, March 13. A crime of
particular horror has occurred here.
Hermann Wlsdorf, a retired forester,
shot, and killed five of his six chil
dren and wounded the sixth child.
He then killed his wife, after which
he committed suicide. The police
found Indications that the entire
family had agreed to end their lives
owing to scarcity of food. Tho
child that was wounded is now lying
unconscious in a hospital.
To Kill Italy's King.
Paris, March 13. The Milan Cor
respondent of the Matin says that
the Glornale d'ltalla publishes a
letter from America stating that a
person has left that country with
the intention of killing King Victor
Emmanuel.
2-Cent Fure for Kansas.
Topeka, Kan., March 14. The
House passed the Senate Two-Cent
Fare Bill.
It provides for 500. 1,000 and
2,000 mile-books, the 2,000-milo
books to be Interchangeable.
THE COLUMBIAN.
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v Ings from all Over
the Globe.
HOME AND FOREIQN
Complied and Condensed for the
Busy Reader A Complete Record
of European Despatches and Im
portant Event from Everywhere
Boilod Down for Hasty Perusal.
Mrs. Russel Sage announced the
gift of 110,000,000 endowment for
the bettering of social and living
conditions In tho United States.
Washington officials displayed
prent Interest In the coming confer
ence of railroad heads with the Presi
dent, In which the latter, it was de
clared, would ask an appraisement
of values and regulation of capital
ization .
A bill was Introduced In the As
sembly at Albany, to take control of
the National Guard armories out of
tho hands of General Roe.
Followers of John Alexander
Dowle refused to allow bis Bon to
toke part in the Zlon "prophets"
funeral.
Stuyvosant Fish, former president
of the Illinois Central Rail ray Com
pany, has been elected director of
the Missouri Pacific Company, and
It Is hinted that the Gould-Rock Is
land Interests are organized against
the Harrlman roads.
It was testified before the State
Railroad Commission that employes
of the New York Central Railroad
occupied seats while commuters had
to stand.
B. F. Yoakum, chairman of the
directors of the Chicago, Rock Island
and Pacific Railroad, told President
Roosevelt he favored close co-operation
between railways and the fed
eral government.
Amendments to the Public Utili
ties bill, said to be drawn In the In
terests of public service corporations,
will be Introduced in the N. Y. Legls- '
lature.
A nephew and an adopted son of
Mrs. Mary Baker G. Eddy Join in tho
suit against leaders of the Christian
Science Church.
Attorney General Jackson clashed
with Senator Armstrong over tho
former's request for a larger appro
priation for his department.
Legislative investigation of tho
cost of Pennsylvania's new Capital
was begun in Harrlsburg.
President may re-open to entry
ns public domain part of the 60,000,-
000 acres of coal land withdrawn to
check the Coal Trust.
One of the hardest battles between
counsel came when Mr. Jerome be
gan his real fight. In rebuttal, for
the conviction of Harry Thaw.
James T. Haviland, a "stock spe
cialist," charged with swindling
Seranton Investors out of $23,000,
was held In $47,500 ball.
Alleged irregularities In the' manu
facture of smokeless powder at the
Lafiln & Rand works caused a gov
ernment Inquiry.
Thirty-four States reported on the
wave of anti-corporation legislation
bodies.
The Public Utilities bill Is assured
of passage by the Assembly, but cor
porations will try to beat It In the
Senate.
Cuban liberals are excited over the
apparent majority In the Election
Law Commission in favor of allowing
foreigners to vote In municipal elec
tions. All the great naval powers will
be represented In the one hundred
war vessels assembled at the opening
of the Jamestown Exposition.
Japan has built a torpedo fired by
wireless telegraphy.
Action by the California Legisla
ture and consequent Irritation in
Japan have hampered the settlement
of the Japanese school question.
Judge Klmbrough, of Danville,
111., dismissed the manslaughter
charge against Will J. Davis, based
on the Iroquois Theatre fire In Chi
cago.
Attorney General's report showed
that Otto Kelsey of N. Y., receiver of
the Manhattan Fire Insurance Com
pany spent $58,000 to collect
$13S,00.
Judge John Woodward told the
Chautauqua Society at Buffalo, N
Y., that corporate abuses were due
to lack of Individual responsibility.
Physicians declare Archie Roose
velt out of danrer from his attack
of diphtheria.
FOREIGN NEWS.
According to a despatch from Te
heran there is much distrust of the
Assembly among the people, a factor
greatly retarding the work of re
form. The Kaiser Wllhelm Der Grosse,
a despatch says, arrived at Ply
mouth, her captain reporting that In
the early part of the' voyage the
worst storm in all his experience was
encountered.
Jean Casimir-Perler, former Presi
dent of France, died suddenly In
Paris.
Complaint of Mr. Merry, MlnUter
to Nicaragua, of President Zelaya'a
rejection of arbitration on American
claims may compel the United Ktates
government to act.
BLOOMSBUM.
When walking In the Doris Gar
(Jen. at Sofia, M. PetkofT, Bulgarian
Premier, was assassinated.
Colonel Dunibsdre, commandant
of the garrison at Ynlta, wea
wounded by a bomb thrown from a
window at his carriage.
Isaphan, Persia, Is in the throes ot
a general strike against the Shah's
uncle, who Is accused of extortion.
London's County Council elec
tions, resulting In a unionist victory,
have caused tho liberal government
to modify their plan of attack on tho
Hoiine of Lords, says a despatch.
SPORTING NEWS.
Mollle Montrose, a two-year old
filly has never been beaten, scored
her Blxth victory at New Orleans.
There are being built at Oster
vllle, Mass., from designs by a naval
architect of New York, three Im
portant additions to tho motor boat
fleet of 1907, one of which may be
entered in tho Bermuda race.
John Haynos, In a Dragon car,
drove from Philadelphia to New
York In a storm in four hours run
ning time.
WARSHIP BLOWN UP; HO KILLED
Human Bodies and Iron Debris Shot
Skyward as From a Volcano.
Toulon, France, March 14. Tho
ammunition magazines on the battle
ship Jena, one of the best warships
In the French Navy, exploded early
this week.
She lay in the Mlsslessy dock, In
the great naval station here, and van
about to rejoin the Mediterranean
squardron, of which she was tho flag
ship.
Capt. Adlgard, tho Jena's com
mander; Capt. Vertior, Chief of Staff
of the Mediterranean squudrou; two
midshipmen, other ' officers and be
tween seventy and eighty sailors
and marines wore killed. Rear-
Admlral Manceron, commanding tho
squadron; Lieut. Tiercelln and other
officers were wounded.
Lieut. Tiercelln declares that
everybody w ho was below at the time
of tho first explosion was asphyxi
ated by deadly fumes from the maga
zines, particularly from the combus
tlie.i of "B" powder.
One dundred and fifty wounded
sailors are in the hospitals. Be
sides, a number of people In the
town were hit by projectiles dis
charged by the explosion. A two-year-old
child was killed instantly
lu tho town by such a missile.
The fire Is now out, and as soon as
the Jena is free of the stifling fumes,
probably some time to-nlgt, the
work of bringing out the bodies will
begin.
MIND CURED HY SURGERY'.
Skull of Doctor Trephined Had Be
come Morose From a Fall.
London, Mar.' 14. An Interesting
Instance of surgery for the cure of
Insanity is quoted in this week's
Lancet. The patient was himself a
doctor.
After a fall, from which no ex
ternal marks appeared, he suffered
severely from lusonnia, headache,
and neuralgia and became Incapaci
tated for work. He grew Irritable
and profane and suffered In this way
for some years, during which he
tried all possible medical treatment.
Dr. Bernard Hollanded, a well
known mental specialist, performed
an operation and found a morbid
condition of the skull together with
an excess of cerebro-splnal flued;
which prevented the arteries of the
brain from pulsatln.
This fluid was let off and the rest
of the brain being found healthy the
wound was closed. Three weeks
later the patient was quite well and
has continued so.
Niagara Icicle Kills Man.
Niagara Falls, March 14. A huge
Icicle dropped from the cliffs of Ni
agara Gorge onto a trolley car of the
Gorge road as it was passing the
whirlpool rapids. Conductor Everet
Ramsdell, who was turning a switch,
was killed. Dr. and Mrs. I. E.
Newlg, of Souls City, la., and Miss
Newlg, of Soulx City, la., and Miss
badly bruised, and S. C. Lindsay and
wife, if Pittsburg, were Injured.
None of the Injured Is seriously hurt
Spain to Lease Arsenal.
Madrid, March 14. The Govern
ment Is reported to be concluding
arrangements for the lease of the
Ferrol Arsenal, the chief naval ar
senal of Spain, to a forlegn -company,
of which some of the members of
the Board of Directors ure Spani
ards. Several vessels on the new navnl
programme of Spain are destined to
be built there.
Pickpockets Sent to Penitentiary.
New York, March 13. Under a
law which makes It a misdemeanor
to Jostle or annoy passengers In a
public vehicle, five pickpockets who
were arrested on street cars wero
sent to the penitentiary for six
months by the Judges of Special
Sessions Court.
44 Marriages 44 Divorces.
Denver, March 13.. Forty-four di
vorce cases filed and disposed of
and forty-four marriage licenses Is
sued, was the record of Denver for
the first nine days of March.'
Twenty-two Lalorei-g Drowned.
Redding Cal., March 13. Twenty-four
Greek laborers working on a
railroad started to cross the Sacra
mento River at Pitt. ' The bout cap
Sized and twenty-two drowned.
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! California Assembly Stops
Legislation Upon Request
from President.
HINDER TREATY PLANS
Action Was Abotit To He Taken on
School Measure When Wti'd?
House Message came Met::ler
Expressed Willingness to Trjsi
the President and Governor.
Cacramento, Cal., Mar. 14. Presi
dent Roosevelt duly stopped aM
Japaneso legislation In the California
Legislature by tne following tele
gram to Governor Gillette, who sent
It to the Assembly;
"Action of Legislature reported
in this morning's papers most unfor
tunate In effect upon my efforts to
obtain exclusion of Japanese Uboreru
by friendly agreement, and If con
tinued will probably render receiit
legislation of Congress for that pur
pose ineffective. Please secure sus
pension of further action until re
ceipt of letter from me."
The Assembly intended to act at
once on two bills and a resolution
adopted by the Senato on Saturday.
Governor Gillette sent with the tele
gram a message urging tho House tn
comply with the President's request.
The Assembly by a viva voce voto
decided to take no action on tho
bills on file.
The Legislative action referred to
by the President wn3 the passage by
the Senate of a bill limiting the ago
of children of all races to ten yearn
when first entering primary schools,
a measure prepared by the Japanese
Corcan Exclusion Leaguo, submit
ting the question of Asiatic exclusion
to a vote of the people against Jap
anese naturalization
The message created momentary
excitement In the lower house. Then
Grove L. Johnson expressed his con
fidence In the Governor and the Presi
dent, said the question should be
loft to them, and moved that the As
sembly take no action on the Jap
anese question ut this session.
The motion was carried without
debate.
Pet Cat Rites Five.
Patchogue, L. I., March 14. Four
women and one man, of Patchogue,
L. I., were attacked by a rabid cat
with such ferocity last week that on
the advice of the fumily physiciun
aud a fellow-practltlouer called in
consultation they were sent to the
research laboratory of the New York
Board of Health, at tho foot of East
Sixteenth street, for treatment. The
wisdom of this course was shown
when a report was received from
the laboratory, where the brain of
the cat had been examined mlcrosp
lcally and given the usual tests em
ployed by Pasteur to determine the
characteristic disintegration of the
brain matter as It appears In hydro
phobia. The report was specific and posi
tive In determining that the animal
was suffering from rabies in its
most violent and dangerous form.
WON'T SALUTE SACRAMENT.
Italiun Soldiers Ordered to End Old
Time Honor In Church.
Rome, Mar. 14. An order Issued
by the Minister of War instructs all
the Italian garrisons to omit the cus
tom which has prevailed In Italy for
centuries past of presenting arms
and calling out the garrison when
ever a priest carrying the sacrament
happens to pass In front of the bar
racks. According to new decree, even the
sentries will not be compelled to pre
sent arms unless the commander
shall receive an offllclal Intimation
that the sacrament Is to be carried
In solemn procession In the streets
adjoining the barracks.
Kept Secret Four Years.
Stamford, Conn., Mar. 14. A wo
man who kept a secret three years
and eight months caused a murmur
of astonishment in the Superior
Court here.
"She has broken the record," was
the comment of the lawyers and
spectators, i
The woman was Mrs. Leila Beach,
who was suing for a divorce from
Edward A. Beach. Five days after
their marriage in February, 1902.
she said, her husband vanished. She
did not tell her father of the mar
riage until October, 1905.
The Judge smiled, Attorney Vos
burg said some old proverbs fulled
once In a whlle.and Mrs. Beach got
her degree. '
185 Seek Service Pensions.
Washington, March 13. Commis
sioner of Pensions Warner said that
180,000 applications for pensions
have been filed under the Service
Pension law enacted last month.
The commissioner estimates that
800,000 applications will be received
under the new law, which permits
the granting of a pension for service
In the Mexican and civil wars.
Whiskey for Toothache Fatul.
Syracuse, N. Y., March 13.
Frank Bearup, nine years old, was
BdvlBed by his father to tuke a
mouthful of whiskey to allay pain
from an aching tooth. The lud did
eo and continued the treatment until
he l ud taken more than half a pint
of ll.iuor. He was seized with con
vu!i;lo;ui and died at midnight.
JOHN ALEXANDER IKWIK DEAD.
Refusing to the End to Hare A
Physician Called.
Chicago, Mar. 12. John Alct
ander Dowle, founder of the Chris
tian Catholic Church In Zlon, died
Saturday at the Shlloh House In
Zlon City.
Dowle died ns he had lived, firm
In tho belief In his divine mission.
An hour before his death It was sun
rested by one of his followers,
whose faith failed him when put
to the test, that a physician be
called.
The white haired lender half toss
John Alexander Dowle.
on his couch and gazing fixedly at
the little group of wntchcrs said:
"I need no phvslclan. God Is all
In all."
Dowle hecamo delirious, nnd bl
talk was tho same as at a rlllgious
meeting In the days of his prima
He denounced persons with tho ott
time visor, ordered the guards to
throw out disturbers, und acted Jusi
as ho had on so many previous occa
sions. Dowle died unforgiving and unfor
glven. In the brief period of con
sciousness he never mentioned the
wife or son, who had deserted him.
Negro Gets Rhodes Scholarship.
Philadelphia, March 14. Alia
Le Roy Locke, a negro of Philadel
phia, who will bo graduated from
Harvard University In June, It wa
announced has received the Rhodei
scholarship at Oxford allotted to
Pennsylvania. Tho selection was
made by a committee headed by
Provost Harrison of the University
of Pennsylvania.
FINANCIAL.
More than $2,000,000 was lost la
the collapse of Nevada-Utah Copper
when Thomas W. Lawson announced
that he could not stand sponsor for
the property.
General advances were made Is
stocks, followed by reaction at the
market's close.
Wabash Interests have sold their
$6,000,000 Youngstown railway en
terprise to the Pittsburg and Lake
Erie.
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NEW YORK MARKETS.
Wholesale Prices of Farm Produce
Quoted for the Week.
The Milk Exchange price for stan
dard quality Is 3 per qt.
Butter.
Creamery, extra 3$ 34
Firsts 19 32H
State dairy, fancy 30 0 31
Cheese.
Fancy 14H14
Small 14 ft 14 i
Part Skims 7 9
Eggs.
State and Penn 21 23
Western Firsts 1 8
Duck 32 037
Live Poultry.
Chickens, per tb S lt
Fowls, per lb 13 H
Dressed Poultry.
Turkeys, per lb 10 IS
Chickens, Phila. lb.... 11 II
Geese, spring, lb 13
Ducklings, per lb 8 Oil 1
Fruits Fresh.
Apples Greenings
per bbl $1 60$3 21
King, bbl 2 75 0 4 2t
Ben davls, per bbl. . . . 1 60 2 It
Vegetables.
Potatoes, L. I., bbl. . .$1 85$2 09
Cabbages, per 100.... 1 000 2 00
Onions, white,
per bbl $4 00 0 7 59
Beets, per bbl 1 00 0 3 00
Hay and Straw.
Hay, prime, cwt. $1 00 $1 15
No. 1, per cwt. 65 ' 78
No. 2, per cwt. 65 7$
Etruw, lang rye. 60 65
Grain, Etc.
Flour, Win. pats. $3 00 $3 85
spring pats;,'.;, 4 200 5 00
Wheat No. 1. . , , 92 Vi
N. Duluth
1 No. 2. red 88 Vs 9 S3 74
Outs, mixed 48
Clipped white 63 85
Live Stock. '
Beeves, city dis'd. ; T 0 t
Calves, city drs'd. 8 0 14ty
County drs'd. 8 0 II
Eheep. per cwt.. $2 60 0$3 00