THE COLUMBIAN, BLOOMSBUfed. PA. inpffiii U Eighty Per Cent Ready to Open at Time Set This Week. NEGROES TO EXHIBIT President Roosevelt to be Present Magnificent buildings ntlll l'u finished Naval Display Will In dado the Atlantic Fleet, Resides Those of Foreign Countries. Norfolk Va.. April 23. Despite the splendid etforU made, the James town Tercentennial Exposition wlil be opened this week unready. Many ot the magnificent structures aro Inoomplete. Yet In the beauty of the water show, wit hits amazing nd In an opening programme with President Roosevelt In the leading role, the public will have Its reconi tbls programme that Exposition vlsl iiense. So vast and complete Is ;ors will not have time to take no ;.lce of tho unfinished btnte of tho buildings and grounds. Tho grounds and buildings are ibout eighty per cent, finished. No expoeltlon over before has presented njch a permanent appearance, nnd this In a great measure Is responsi ble for tho delay. Soveral of the nost Important buildings aro built iolidly of brick, cement and Iron, mi these are Intended to remain mx the grounds as a nucleus of a treat park. Tbe exterior of most of the build ngs will be ready when the exposl Jon Is formally opened Friday, Vprll 86th. Twenty-five states will trace Their history from their earliest lays to the present. The State buildings have been grouped along the historic shore of Iampton Hoads and they commnnd n excellent view of the navies of he world. There have been gather ngs of fleets before, but not on men & tremendous scale. In fact, .here are few harbors In the world '.hat could accomodate bo large an assemblage of war ships. The naval display will include the Vtlantlc fleet of the United States .'Uvy, under command of Rear-Ad-alral Evans, which In conceded to w the finest organization of flght rhls fleet Is already anchored in ng machines afloat, lampton Roads, but the ships havo aken tho positions furthest from he water front In order to Klve the ammandlng locations to the for eign visitors. Another Government building is ' be the negro 'building, the ex :iblta In which will bo designed to how the progres of the negro race. There will also be a building for xhlblts from Alaska, Panama, Corto Rico, Hawaii and the Phili ppines. To Meet Gen. Kuroki. Waahlngtln, April 23. The war department has ordered Leuit. Gen. ' tacArthur, now at San Francisco, proceed to Seattle to meet Gen. Muroki, the Japanese commander, jad members of his staff, who are MAJ.-GLI4..ARTHUR MACAR.THUR. '-tpected i -arrive there on May 1. anted by Ms staff, who win act as 'en. MacArthur will be .accom fecial escort to the Japanese mili ary party, which Is coming to this .'.Amestown Exposition, ountry primarily to visit the W. J. Travis, of tbe home club, feated J. D. Travers, the metro politan champion, on the thirty' lghth green in the final for the Mef cup of the Garden City golf umrnamcnt. SHOT TO AVENGE DAUGHTER. Kx-Judge Loving, ThoniuM F. Ryan's Superintendent, Explains Killing. Lynchburg, Va., April 25. Ex Judge W. O. Loving, who late yes erday afternoon shot and killed .Theodore Estes at Oak Ridge, the ountry estate of Thomas F. Ryan, va to-day admitted to $5,000 ball. Loving, who is superintendent of the ftyan estate, was told by bis daughter that Estes had assaulted her. He drove eight miles before locating the young man, and then killed him with j. double-barreled shotgun. Volcanoes In Chile Still Active. Santiago, Chile, April 25. Severs volcanic eruptions continue In ths southern part ot Chle. The town oi Valdlvla is covered with ashes and averhung with clouds. mmmm mmmmt a. Fit A NCR DECORATES CARXLUIK Mode Commander of I .ego In of Hon or At Peace Dinner. New York City, April 2$. Andrew Carnegie, Pittsburg's apostle of peace and father of the peace con gress Just adjourned, had pinned about his neck a broad red ribbon from which hung the cross ot a com mander of the legion of Honor. This was gift of the appreaclatlve Republic of France. The ribbon was so broad that It hli Mr. Carnegie's collar entirely, and only his startled beard could be Been above the red band which the Baron d' EstourneUes do Con stant himself a wearer of the French cross of honor, pinned the bow be hind Mr. Carnegie's head. The en amelled order dangled down Just over the top stud In the peace master's shirt front. Mr. Carnegie took one hasty look at tho Jewel oa his chest, then he looked at the quick smile, like a child that has received a new toy and Is afraid that mother Is going to lock It up for a rainy day. It was at tho dinner which was Riven at the Hotel Ator Jointly with nuoi.her one nt the Waldorf-Astoria for the entertainment of tht dele gates and foreign guests nt tho peace conference that the presentation was made. Rev C. F. Aked Arrives. Now York April 23. "I know nothing of Mr. UoekefeIler."SaId the Kev. C. F. Aked, as he arrived from England to take charge of tho so called Rockefeller Church on Fifth avenue. "It Isn't fair, I can't talk REV. C. F AKED about him. I think It Is very hard to keep calling that church "Rocke feller's church.' Why he Is not a member. It is a powerful and in fluential church without Mr. Rocke feller. He Is a seat-holder and be longs to a church In Cleveland." QUAKE LEVELS TWO CITIES. Chllpanclngo and Chilapa Almost Destroyed Other Cities Cut Off. Mexico City, Aprfl 24. A fright ful loss of life and property, 1 U feared, was caused by the earthquake which threw this city Into paulc Mon day night and lasted four and a half minutes. It Is known that the towns of Chll- pancingo and Chilapa, In tho State of Guerrero, 125 miles southwest of thti city, were destroyed, and that eleven persons were killed and twenty-Beven badly Injured In Chllpanclngo, Guer rero's capital. Five hundred lives were lout In tha destruction of Chllpanclngo and Chi-1 lapa, a telegram to the National Bank of Mexico here states, .adding that! both town were completely de stroyed. Government officials do not believe this report. It Is admitted that both cities were severely damaged, but it Is not thought that the deaths will even approximate 500. The bouses there are low and massive, built ot atone, to resist earthquake shocks. BAN ON RACE TIPSTERS. Fraud Order Issued Agulnst "Sure Thing" Men at Graveseud. New York, April 25. The postal authorities In Brooklyn and Manhat tan are investigating advertisers who offer to give "sure-thing" tips on the races for a consideration. A fraud order forbidding him the use of the1 malls was issued against a tipster who lives near the Gravesend track. This man' advertised In several newspapers that he was In a position to sell "inside stable Information." Chief Inspector Mayer sent one of his men to see the tipster. The man was unable to tell from whom he re ceived his alleged Information, and his case was reported to Washington Other supposed fake racing tipsters are being Investigated. .91,000,000 GIFT TO NEGROES. MIhm Anna T. Jeanes, a Quaker, Wne flts Southern Elementary Schools. Phlladelphia,Aprll 25. Miss Anna T. Jeanes of this city, by deej of gift executed last Monday, created an endowment fund of 11,000,000 In perpetuity, the Income from which is to be applied toward the main tenance and assistance of elemen tary schools for negroes in the South, orn States. It Is said to be by far the largest single gift for public elementary school purpose- ever do nated by any philanthropist In this country. t v , i Ai " L Covering: Minor Happen Ings from all Over the Globe. HOME AND FOREIGN Compiled and Condensed for the Uosy IWder A Complete Record Of European Deftpatohrs and Im portant BvenU from Everywhere Boiled Down for Hiwity Perusal. Secretary of War Taft declared Cuban national elections would bo held In May or June, 1908, an that progress at Panama pleased him. Havana despatches stated that the conservatives anj liberals were quar reling in the Electoral Commission over the federalization of Havana. A bill for the Investigation of the lower criminal courts of New York city and Buffalo was Introduced at Albany. The steamer Ancndla and fourteeu persons uboard snnk during a storm on Lake Michigan. Rhode Island's Legislature ad journed sine die without having broken the dendlork In a vote for a United States Senator. Oliver M. Dennett, a broker, was arretoj charged with being an ac complice of W. O. Douglass, who stole $200,000 in bonds from the Trust Company of America, New York City. On in ages amounting to many nitl liins of dollars were caused by the fire in the Toulon arsenal and moro than thirty people were injured by falling walls. The British Territorial Army bill passed Its second reading in the House of Commons. President Roosevelt, answering labor critics, repeats his statement that Moyer and Haywood are unde slrabe citizens. Commlfsioner Bingham, New York City in reorganizing the detective bureau, will personally Inspect and Investigate each man. Mrs. Anlsla Louise de Mastiey'a trial for the murder of Gustave Sim on began in New York City with the the selection of the Jury. President Charles C. King, of the First National Bank, of Scotlanl, 8. 1)., has been arrestel charged with stealing $67,277 from the bank. Colonel C. 13. Parkhurst proposed a naval demonstration against Oy ster Bay as a feature of the summer's coast defence manoeuvrrs of artil lery and militia. All the ships in the American fleet assembled In Hampton Roads are ready to welcome tbe foreign men of war which will attend the James town Exposition opening. The United States Supreme Court dismissed the appeal of "Lord Bar rlngton," convicted of the murder ot James P. McCann, a horseman, In St. Louis. Rhode Island's Republican State Executive Committee declared tor Colonel Colt for United States Sena tor. Minnesota's legislative Committee reported that the railroads of the State were worth $215,000,000, or $185,000,000 less than the amount of capitalization. Rear Admiral Evans, commander-in-chief of the Atlantic fleet, declare! the United States should keep slx ten battle ships each in the Atlantic and Pacific. Secretary of War Taft told Puerto Ricuns In Ponce they enjoyed all the liberty of the American people. Havana bankers declintd Governor Magoon's lnvatation to borrow th surplus in the Cuban treasury, saying they could not lend the money they had. Governor Hughes said Mayor Mc Clellan had ample power under the present laws to Investigate all de partments ot the New York city government. Defendants In the suit for an ac counting of Mrs. Mary Baker G. Eddy's property filed answers de- daring the suit was not brought in sood faith by her "next friends." Three Ohio counties are reported to be In favor of Mr. Taft for the Presidency In preference to Mr. For aktr. William J. Bryan and Senator Beveridge advocated the necessity of a federal license for big corpor ations. Norfolk Va., enforced Its Sunday blue laws so that officers and men of visiting war shops were unable to get drinks Governor Hughes declined to sign the Whitney bill, favored by Senator Raines, making changes in the Exercise law. Senator Alfredo Zayas, a liberal leader In Cuba, declared the second republic would be established and the Americans withdraw completely. Counsel for the plaintiffs in the pult for an accounting of the estate of Mrs. Mary Baker G. Eddy sold no answer was given to their pro posal that six persons be allowed to Interview the Christian Sclencu leader and qualify as witnesses con cerning her mental condition. Eleven membors of tho Thaw Jury, after receiving $100 fees foe their services, met at a dinner and planned to huve annual reunions.. II IB n I Fear of a democratic victory la t008 was given as the reason for the resignation If John F. Stevens as chief engineer ot the Panama Canal. FOREIGN NEWS. According to a St. Petersburg despatch the Tsar, In granting audi ence to M. Oolovln, President of the DuttiA, expressed astonishment at the unproductive character of the pari In men try debates and criticised the president for hie manner lh presid ing. Striking bakers three thousand strong assembled on tne Place de la Concorde, Paris, and marched to war the Madeleine, being dispersed after several collisions with the po lice,. Special news from Russia said tho Tsar had given to M. Stolypln discre," tionary power to dissolve the Duma. Several thousand workmen, dis charged from the Woolwich arsenal for reasons of economy, marched to tho House of Commons to Impress their grievances upon the British gov ernment. News from I'tireto Plata was that tho Foreign Affairs Committee of tho Dominican Congress had reported on tho American treaty, favoring its amendment. Senator Bourne, of Oregon, de clared the public demanded the nom ination of President Roosevelt for a "second elective term." Luther Burbank, a horticulturist, said in a book Just published that the human race could be improved by methods similar to thoso used In improving plants. Thousands of Americans, Bnys a London despatch, aro making the British metropolis their halting place In the course of their automo bile tours through Europe. As the time approaches for the discussion of home rule and tho re form of tbe House of Lords in Par liament the liberals are greatly stirred, says a despatch. M. Clemenceau's docree removing the religious element from the an cient fete In celebration of the de liverance of Orleans by Joan of Aro has caused a great stir In that city, says a despatch. M. Pierre Thierry Is suing the for mer Empress Eugenie to collect the amount of a loan made to Napoleon III. by his uncle, says a Paris des patch. According to a despatch, Dr. Wood McMutry, who has become famous in Europe for automobile touring Is now bringing out a re vised edition of his touring map for Central Europe. A strike of waiters In the cafes ot Paris has begun on the boulevards, Earthquake shocks were felt at Tortosa and Murcla, In Spain; In the vicinity of Constantiuople, Turkey, and at Askabad, in Russia Trans casplan territory. In the British Parliament theAttor eny General introduced a bill con stituting a Court of Criminal Appeal. A menacing naval demonstration is being madi) by Frtnch war ships off Mogodor, and the situation in Morocco Is declared to be very criti cal. SPORTING NEWS. W A. Larned and George Wrenn, Jr., won the round robin doubles In lawn tennis tournament at St. Nicho las Rink. Willam Sandler, a Columbia stud ent, was drowned in the gymnasium pool of the university, his body re maining there twenty-four hours. YALE APPLAVSE TOO WARM. Student Warned Not to Break More Glasses and Furniture' New Haven, Conn., April 25. In the last momth an orchestra has plfyed for Yale men at the evening meal at the Yale dining hall. So enthusiastic have the students been that they they have broken hundreds of dollars' worth of furniture and glassware in showing their approval. The dining hall management finally took the matter up with the college authorities and each student has received a notice to "hereafter confine their applause to handclapp ing and yelling." The Mongolia Refloated. MoJI, Japan, April 24. The Pa cific Mall steamer Mongolia, which went ashore In Mayatomo Strait, near here, was assisted Into deep water at high tide, and proceeded on her way. She apparently sustained no ser ious damage. Village Justice A Kulrli!.'. Paterson, N J., April 24 When confronted by his wife, Frederick W. Gardner, a wealthy resident of Rldgewood and Justice of the Peace, shot and Instantly killed himself to night at the door of the home of Mrs. Benjamin Eglin, the young wife of the village blacksmith. 9SOO For Slapping Woman Chicago, 111., April 25. A Jury fixed the price of one slap In the face, administered by William B. White to Mrs Anna M. Moss, at $500. The cause of the argument which led to the slap was the refusal ot Mrs. Mos to pay the rent of her flat. Fairbanks' Plant Burncs Springfield, April 2 5. The Indian apolis Frog and Switch Workp, owned by Vice President Fairbanks, was destroyed by fire. The loss was TOO MUCH PROSPERITY. Ronton Given by Western Elertrrte President for IM-oppIng B.OOO Men. Chicago, April 24. The Western Electric Company recently has drop ped 6,000 out of 25,000 men from its pay rolls. Not hard times, nor the expected approach of hard times, but "too much prosperity," was assigned by President E. M. Barton to dij as the cause of the company's action. "The high prices for copper, steel, and load metals, which we uso very largely, make construction of plants In which our apparatus Is used very much more expensive than at any time for twenty-five years," he said. "Our customers, then have to face tho probability that the plant put in nt the present rate of cost could bo duplicated within, a few years at greatly reduced outlay. The funda mental difficulty, therefore, Is too much prosperity." PASTOR AFTER LONGWORTIIS. Say Kntvrtalnineiit They Gave on Sunday Violated All Law". Cincinnati. April 24. "The break fast Riven by tho Longworths on Sun day was Just as much a violation of the law oa the open saloons down town," declared tho Rev. Robert Wntson, pastor of the Second Pres byterian Church, to-day. In his sermon yesterday the Rev. Mr. Watson denounced the guests nt tho Longworth brenkfast, inan ot whom were mouthers of his own congregation. "Congressman Longworth and his family not only broke the laws of the State and Church, but tho laws a Congresmitn. sworn to uphold the Sunday," ho said. "Longworth Is laws, and yet he deliberately breaks of God as well, In giving an enter tainment such as this 'breakfust' on ,,-iuou.j CHINESE ENVOY RECALLED. LiaiiK Tun-Yen, a Gruduute of Yalo to be New Minister at Washington. London, Tuesday, April 24. The Peking correspondent of The Times suys that Sir Chentung Liang-Cheng the Chinese Minister at Washington, is to return to Peking. Ho will probably have the posts vacated by Tang Shao-YI, namely President of the Board of Foreign Affairs and Controller-General of Maritime Customs. Sir Chentung Liang-Cheng will be succeeded by Llnng Tun-Yen, at pre sent customs Taotall at Tlen-Tsln, Liang Tun-Yen in a CiaitoncBe and a graduate of Yalo. JAMES EADS HOW EXPELLED. Driven from the Welfare Association, Which He Founded. St. Louis, April 25. James Eads How, Socialist and pbalanthroplBt, and heir of James B. Eads, builder of the Eads Bridge here, has been expelled from tho Welfare Associa tion, which he gave a fortune to uplift the proletariat. Gen. Fry, who led Coxey's Army to Washlngtln, led in the movement to expel him. Bachelor of 101 to Wed Girl of 100. SI. Louis, April 23. The authen tic records of human history contain no parallel to a marriage which, It was announced here to-day, is being planned to take place at Tatesvllle, In the Tennessee mountains, n Aug. I The bridegroom will be John B. Bundren, a well-to-do bacrelor far mer, who attained his one hundred and first year the first of the present month. The prospective bride Is Mlus Rose McGulre, of Preston, Lanca shire, England, who on the day set for he wedding will be exactly one hundred years of age. Bundren will go to England In Juno for his bride. He has never smoked or drunk and is well- pre served. He expects to live fifty years longer, he says. Curfew Law For Plalnfleld. Plalnfleld N. J., April 25. Mayor Charles J. Flsk Issued a sweeping order to the police ordering that all children under 14 years of age be kept off the streets after 8 o'clock at night when unaccompanied by their parents. The order transmitted to Chief of Police Kelly instructed him to an nounce to his men at roll call that whereever a child of tender age was found ln tne Btreet after that hour, tho policeman should tell the child to go home, ah In event of a refusal to take the little one to Its parents. Hats Off to the Flag! Columbus, Ohio, April 24. At the first dress parade of the Spring, held at Columbus Post several civilian spectators were reqtiested to remove their hats ln salute to the National roloii. "I shall Insist upon every on r iiovlng his hat when the National colors are raised ln this parade and en other occasions of the klnj," said t'ol. Glenn, commanding the po:it, "Ewvrybody should show suet re spurt to the flag of the United Stales, an. I I Intend to enforce such respect hero." t Men and 2S0 Horses Killed. New York, April 24. At least four men were killed and 250 horses burned to death In the destruction of the big stables of the Dispatch Ex press Company, fromerly the old Christopher Street car barns, at Nos. 888 374 Christopher Street. For hours panic reigned In the neighborhood from the wild stam pede of 170 horses which hud been unleashed from their stalls la time to escape the James, (THANH PRAYING FOR K!UL Liberal Iender Ohjcctt to 92,000,000 for Chnrchea. Havana, April 23. Prayers offered ln all the churches throvak out tho Island Sunday for rat, which has not fallen for six mralH. The country is parched, many JOSE MIGUEL GOMEZ, are dying and flrcst Ores are 0 vustnting vnrlous sections. .lose Miguel Gomez, tbe Llbrl leader ln a stntemont publUhtsl, protnts against the purchase of church properties by the Oovpra ineut. for $2,000,000. He glvex as liU reason that the church titles are questionable, nnd tho price far In excess of tho value of the propc-rtj. PLAGUE AT CARTHAGI'V.V Three Hundred Persons Kent to llmt pitul There. Madrid, April 25. Wording te nn evening newspaper tho Ministry of .Marino has received a teler,Tivn from the ('apt Ian General at 7axc-j ena saying the plague Is raging tl thai port. three hundred persons have be sent to hospitals.. HASEHALL LEAGUE SUMMAIUE& Stunding of the Clubs. .National. . W. L. P. X CliicuKo 6 1 .KW New York 5 3 .544 I'hiladepliin 4 3 ,fr Cine liuiutl 3 4 Boston g 4 4u Pittsburg 2 8 .4V St. Louis 3 0 .7i Drookljii 1 6 .lii American. W. L. P. ex. Chicago 8 8 .: New York 4 3 JWT Cleveland 4 2 .67 Philadelphia 4 3 .71 Huston 8 4 Detroit 3 4 .431 Washington 2 4 -JJ33 St. Louis 3 6 JV3k FINANCIAL Stocks were Irregular but clossi strong. London markets, though the vol ume of business did not grow mater ially, developed a much more cheer ful tone. Detalles of the Morse steamski merger were announced. NEW YORK MARKETb. Wholesale Prices of Farm prodar Quoted for the Week. The Milk Exchange price tor attar dard quality Is 3 hi per qt. Butter. Creamery, extra SO ll Firsts 28 0 3 State dairy, fancy 28 21 Cheese. Fancy 14 QIC Small 14 HO If Part Skims 7 Q t Eggs. State and Penn 18 Qlt Western Firsts 17 11 ' Live Poultry. Fowla, per lb IT Roosters, per Tb 10 Oil Turkeys, per lb 10 IX Ducks, per Tb 10 If Dressed Poultry. Turkeys, per lb 10 Is Chickens, Phlla. lb.... 11 1$ Geese, spring, lb 8 1 Ducklings, per lb 8 It Vegetable. Potatoes, L. I., bbl...$l 40$1 O Onions, white, per bbl.. 2 15 1 tfr Beets, per bbl 76 1 I Spinach, per bbl 1 609 1 1 Watercress, per 100 bunches I 009 2 it Kale, per bbl 65 II Hay and Straw. Hay, prime, cwt. $1 I0$1 tt No. 1, per cwt. 1 10 1 15 No. 2. per cwt. 1 093 1 OS Straw, lang rye. 60 61 Grain, Etc. Flour, Win. pats. $3 60 I 85 spring pats... 4 10 4 96 Wheat, No. 1.. 89 No. 2, red. ... 82 81 Corn. No. 1 white 55 4 No. 2 yellow. . 52 Oats, mixed 4T Clipped white. 484 63 Live Stock. Beeves, city drs'd. TO 1 CalvM, city drs'd. t UK Country drd. I Sheep, per 100 lb 4 Lambs per 100 lb 6 76 Hogs, live, per 100 tb 6 10 t 16 Country dressed . . per lb 6H 9
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