6 ft 0118881 penies He Ran Away, But Refuses to Talk of His Liabilities SAYS HE IS INNOCENT Taken on the Stcamthlp Ktrnri He ' to Released In 90,0(K Hall and De clares Hp Wrnt to Enropc to Hell Property for the IV-iictlt of Ills Creditors. New York, Feb. 20. Charles W. Morse, ready and anxious as he de clared, to face his accusers and fight or the recovery of his fortune, and taking the public to suspend Judg ment until he has his say In court, was arrested on the arrival of the Etrurla on two Indictments charging grand larceny. He was released In 120.000 bail Tly Judge Dowllng, to epp-ar In the Supreme Court. While ho refused to answer specific questions concerning any one of the charges and Rsser"ons that have been made concerning his affairs, he de- I' Vti. t3V V 1 v t v. V'" &. ' 1 CHARLES W. MORSE, clared his Innocence of any criminal -ets In a statement dictated at hi Wth Avenue home. He denied he had gone to Europe under a false j tame, and admitted that one of his ftbjects In making the voyage was to j wain money with which to satisfy ais creditors. Concerning the two Indictments al re.iCv handed down against him, which have to do with the Indorse ment of a check made payable to udge Morgan J. O'Brien, Morse inti mated there was no foundation for them, while he characterized as -silly," the stories that he had a large Jimoint of money secreted in Europe. 3y Inference he also denied that his (labilities amount to more than his Assets. Before he left the ship, when he tad been told of the nature of the charges against him, he said: "If that Is the worst they have on nie 1 am not worrying." Two Murines End Lives. Newport, Feb. 18. Two men, one tn the uniform of the Marine Corps nd the other !n citizen's clothes, jumped overboard from the tug An il R. Wood on the .-ay from New port to Fort Preble, and were drown ed. Although no positive identifica tion has been made, the man In uni form Is thought to have been Private rlenjmln G. Steenerson of Minnesota. The other man is believed to have een John M. Mcintosh, a marine who was awaiting discharge. Fleet to Rescue Castaway. Washington, Feb. 20.' Rear Ad--ulral Evans will be asked by the .Vary Department to send a volunteer -expedition from the fleet to the dan eTous " channels of the Galapagos Islands to rescue a shipwrecked American citizen who Is reported cast way on ono of the group. A de pntch from Rober'. B. Jones, Amerl- -aa Yioe Consul at Guayaquil, Ecua- , 4r, says that an American named j Frederick Jeffs ' has " been for some i 'law shipwrecked, unable to get In i lunlcatlo". with the outer world Slocum Sentence Affirmed. Kew York, Feb. 20. The convlc tloaof Capt. William H. Van Schalck, commander of the ill-fated General SIbcnrtj, which' burned with the 'loss af 1,000 lives off North Brother Is land, on June IS, 190b, was confirm ed by the United States Circuit Court of Appeals. His sentence was ten years in State Prison at hard labor. ,1 r Steel Furnace Dursts, Pittsburg, Penn,, Feb. 20". A ddson men were burned,- two of them fatally, in a terrific explosion of molten steel at the Monongahela Olast furnacj of the National Tube company, McKecsporL The huge al-plated furnace.' 1M feet "' In sight, burst at the tap hole, and tons of the liquid metal dropped to ;a floor and splasaed over the heads ot bodies of the workmen near by. I tc .. , . ... May Eicclude 170 Japs. Vtetorlal 'B. C.,' Feb: 15. One hun Ired'jand seventy Japanese' are' be- ag detained "In quarantine ' here, 'ailing to pass' the 'educational" test in the natal act.' They ar6 likety'tf to excluded. ' Should this happen1 th tase will be taken to the courU.' " ' AMERICAN'S IK) NOT 8KU AHEAD. Irof. Tomlm Thinks Women Should Not Have the Ha:nc Ktiidion as Ma. , Milwaukee. Feb. 18. The great tunJcrlylng fault of all American ed ucntlon Is the Inability of Americans to look Into the future" This state-, m -n't was made here by Professor Tombo one of the best authorities on education In the country and who has often been mentioned as the next presldcn. Ht Columbia. j "You can seo that fact In your schools and a,aln In the higher edu-; cation of the universities and col-i leges," he continued1. "Now take, ror instance, tne education that a woman gets in America. Her courses at the vario a colleges are practically the same as are those ortthe men who Intend to enter professional life up on graduation. In other words she Is educated for the present and not for what she Is meant for and will eventually be. God's purpose was that a woman should be the mother of children and be able to ralso j them right, but yet, what school I teaches her that ability? No, she gets trigonometry and a few other j sciences which will not benefit her In the least, and her purpose In life is forgotten. "Your men who are studying for prpfesslons are too easily affected by the glamor of practice. They enter practlce as quickly as they can suc cessfully pass the entrance examina tions, while they ought to continue to prepare themselves further In their chosen line" Tittnrtilel Men Mgwnl. Pottsvllle, Peen., Feb. 19.-r-Twen. tj-elht miners were Imprisoned in the MIdvallcy colliery, near Mount Carniel, by the breaking of a dam which caused a rush of mud Into a gangway where the men were at work. A party of rescuers endeav ored to reach the entombed men, and they were encouraged by sounds of digging from the Inside. Later a f-iiot was also heard, indicating that t.'io men were at work to effect their own rescue and also giving assurance that the air is good. .Trcuses the Americans. Havana. Feb. 19. The Dlarlo Es pnnol, the organ of the ultra Spanish element, in a leading editorial arti cle referring to the special celebra tionby Americans of the tenth anni versary of the blowing up of the. bat tleship Maine, says. "This commem orates the blackest blot on American history, the world, including honest Americans, believing that the ship was blown by direct orders from the War Department for the purpose of Justification In the plan to despoil Spain of Cuba." XlKht Riders Whip Ten. Eddyvllle. Ky., Feb. 18. Night riders 300 strong, golloped Into Ed dyvllle, aroused the inhabitants by firing hundreds of rifle shots, took ten men from their homes to the edge of the town, and whipped them severe ly and then dashed away. Those whipped are Police Judge C. W. Ruckor, Lessel Woods, ex-City Mar shal; Press Frallck. Deputy City Marshal; Grace Robertson, a saloon porter, and six negroes. Tiiys $70,000,000 for Tuberculosis. Albany, N. Y., Feb. 18. In his an nual report Just submitted to Gover nor Hughes. Eugene H. Porter, M. D., State Health Commissioner, points out that tuberculosis, although a pre ventable" disease, causes fifteen thou, sand deaths and an expense of 170, 000.000 in the State of New York every year. Typhoid fever, says the report, is responsible for two thou sand deaths and a cost of $7,000,000 annually. Ixck Cashier In Van It. Charlotte, N. C. FeD. 18. WMlo one masked robber held up the cash ier In Wild West style, his two com panions looted the vault of tae bank at Granite Falls, N. C, took all the cash In the Institution, 12,700; foreed the cashier to enter the vault, locked him In and made their escape. Rejected Vaaderbllt Gem. sBcston, Mass., Feb. 17. Mrs. Ht ty G-een, In revealing secrets of high finance, said the Vanderbllt' jewels were offered'to her as security for a loan, but were refused because she knows nothing about diamonds. She predicted the renomlnatlon of Presi dent Roosevelt. May Ise 975,000,000 Insaraaoe. New York, Feb. 17. Attorney. General Jackson's announcement that he wculd ask' the courts to appoint a receiver for the Mutual Reserve Life Insurance' Company was taken to mean that the 46,00 policyholders would lose all -of , the 175,000,000 Insurance. " ' r . American Tablets In China. Pekln, Feb. i5. Six bronze tab lets from the Rock Island Arsenal, Il linois, were placed on 'the raonaments that hava been erected at Tien Tsln In memory of the American Bailors who lost their lives in the Boxer outbrek in 1900. Dyer to Fight Solary Tax. t Melrose; Mass., Feb. 15. Rear-AI-knlral N.' M. Dyer, retired, whO'TOra1 manded the cruiser Raleigh ' In'' the battle of Manila Bay, will contest the right of the city to tax his salary.' ' ' ' Sifcrll Jury Discharged. " Clinton, III., Feb. 19. The jury In tbo Snelf $2,000,000 will' case' Was Discharged without Agreeing on a Ver dict.' ' The Jury stood eight for break, lng" the will and four ajajnst. ...J.l THE COLUMBIAN, UiH'lll Sayg Clash Now Would be Most Inhuman Event In World's History HAS NO SUSPICION He Relieves the Trip to the Pacific by KvanVs Hw( N Merely the Ma noeuvring of Vessels on '4 rand Scale Itram Mwwme of Perpetual Pence. ' d New York, Feb. 20. Bearing-a message of perpetual aee between his country and America, Baron Ko goro Takahlra, newly named Ambas sador from Japan to Washington, ar. rived In New York on the Cunard liner Etrurla. Discussing at length the relations between the two nations, he satd war, If it should ever be fought, would be the most Inhuman event In the world's history. He asserted his people do not regard such a develop ment possible. "You know It Is well said by your famous general," said he, "that 'War Is hell.' It is now a concurrent opln- 1t i'l 1M.W '1 1,4 I ft I" hi 1' etjirs:.. Is . :.'JL j 1 , I I r "I I I h 1 y v' i'l,t 1 f BARON TAKAHIRA. Ion among the best military experts of all the great Powers that War is now more hellish than It used to be, owing to the great scientific Improve ments being applied constantly to the manslaughterlng machines. It is Im possible In my Idea, for any man of sanity to think of a war between two Powers like ours. "In spite of the sincere friendship that actually exists between them It Is a crime against humanity, against civilization, against the well being of the whole of mankind. Such a war, if ever fought, would be the most inhuman event in the world's history. Our people, as least, do not think' of the possibility of such an unfortunate event." New Haven May Cut Wages. New Haven, Conn., Feb. 16. Tho announcement was made by the Bos ton & Maine and the New Haven Road, the two largest railroad sys tems in New England, that both con template a cut in the salaries of all employees who receive more than $100 a month. Predicts rassge of Aldrlch Rill. Washington, Feb. 18. Charles O. Glover, president of the Rlggs Bank, who bas followed the course of the Aldrlch Emergency Currency bill very closely, said it certainly would be passed by both the 8enat4 and tho House. ProhtbHioa In Mississippi. Jackson'Mies., Feb. 1. The stat utory Prohibition bill, has been pass ed by a vote of 26 to 4. The bill provides that all llcenaos now In ex istence In the State shall cease On Des. St. The Governor has already Signified his intention of signing tho bill. OoM S-ay at Palm Beach, West Palm Beach, Fla., Feb. 17. For the third time within a little more than a month. Palm Beach had cold snap last night and today. It did not reach the freezing point, al though orange and other growers cor. red their fruit. Labor Iieadcr Arrested. Mobile, eb. 17. Lawrence W. Burt, President of the Mobile Branch of the International Typographical Union, Is under arrest here on indict ments found by the Grand Jury, charging him with Intimidation and threatening language. j 1 " "la God We Trust" on Coins. Washington, Feb. 16. It is 'ex pected that tho House Committee on Coinage, Weights and Measures will adopt a favorable report on the de mand for the restoration of the mot to. "In God We Trust' to the coins of the country. A favorable report has een made by the sub-committee. SHf-Defenae, nargis Plea. Lexington, Ky., Feb. 19. In the defense of Beech Hargls, for the mur der of his father, Judge James Har gls, the expenses will be paid out of tho $50,000 which Is the boy's share of his father's large estate. He plead, ed self-defense and will assert that his father choked him and knockej JUltiyeraJ. teeth before he fired. BLOOMSBURO. PA. TflAW AND WIKK TO PART. The Only OltMncIe Now Will Bo fa Term of Settlement. New York, Feb. 20. Harry K. Thaw, and his beautiful young wife, Evelyn Nesblt Thaw, have reached the parting of the ways. Several proceeding by which their legal sep aration can be accomplished are be ing considered by Mrs. William Thaw and her lawyers on the one side and young Mrs. Thaw and her legal ad vlsera on the other. Numerous conferences already hav- reached the point where tho only obstacle that remains Is the amount of money which the Thaw family shall settle on the former cho rus girl and artist's model. Three Men Blown Into 8h4s. Wharton. N. J., Feb. 20. Three men were blown to pieces and almost every window In the town was shat tered by an explosion of more than a ton of nitroglycerine In the work of the General Explosive Company here. An express train from New York on the main line of the Lacka wanna Railroad was caught In tho blast and almost blown from the tracks. Drives Tack Through Ttmgne. Urlchsvllle, Ohio, Feb. 20. Mine Clara Stirling, a teacher In the Chll-i dren's Home, confessed that bacawse I one of the boys In her elans Ma shouted an objectionable word In the class room she had pierced his tongue with a tack. The teacher said she did not think she was doing' wrong because she felt that his con-I duct merited severe punishment. Buyers Hero with $100,000,000. New York, Feb. 19. Ten thousand business men and women from the West and Southwest are in town Bpendlng, It Is estlmnted, $100,000,-! 000. They have driven pessimism ; from the great downtown Jobbing dls- 1 trlct with stories of assured prosper ity and are spreading Joy and cash ' among the hotels, theatres, and oth. er amusement places. Saddle Twice n Week. Washington, Feb. 19. An order excusing army officers on duty In Washington for two hours for horse back riding two afternoons a week, was promulgated by Acting Secretary Oliver. ' It Is explained that the pur. ! pose to enable officers to main-' tain themselves in condition to re port for field duty without delay If needed. J Many Lubor Men Indicted. New Orleans, Feb. 17. Seventy- tvo men, representatives of all the classes of labor employed on the New Orleans River front, and who com-! pose a union known as the. Dock and Cotton Council, were Indicted by the United States Grand Jury on - tho charge of conspiring to restrain trade in violation of the Sherman anti-trust law. Professors Fight a Duel. Washington, Feb. 19. Professor Rene C. DeServlere is In a critical condition and Professor Otto Flln chlnger, Is under arrest, after hav ing had his Injuries attended to at a hospital, as a result of a duel with knlzes In the hallway of the Berllti School of Languages at New York avenue and Fourteenth street, N. W. I Overflow of Brook Carried Fish Homo Wlnsted, Conn., Feb. 19. As the floo'' receded from the cellar of George Fancher's house on Meadow , street, his son William found several ' good sized trout on the cellar bot tom. As the law will not be off for two months yet, the trout were put back Into the brook. - I Carnegie Gives fS.OOO to Bride. Atlanta, Feb. 19. The news leak ed out In Atlanta that Andrew Carne gie had presented to Miss Annie Wal lace, who is to be married, to Max Franklin Howland of Boston, $5,000 In steel bonds. Miss .Wallace has been librarian of theJAtlanta Library ever since the Carnegie Library wag established here. 1 French Commission Report. Parts, Feb. la. The commission sent by the French Government to the United States to Investigate min ing disasters, declares that the pre cautions to prevent gas explosions In mines and otherwise to safeguard the Uvea of miners are less effective In the United States than In Franc. Dea'es Change ml Veane. Kingston, N. Y Feb;' 15. Su preme Court Justice Howard of Troy, 1 denied a change of venue to Ulster County from Kings County In the' case of the Williamsburg Trust Company. Attorney General Jack eon fllei a notice of appeal from the decision. Gillette Loses Appeal. Albany, N. Y., Feb. 20'. The Court of Appeals decrees that Chester Gil lette of Cortland,' must die in the electric chair for the murder at Grace Brown, or "Billy" Brown, of South Otsellc, Chenago county, at Big Moose Lake In the Adirondack! on July 11, 1906. Alfonso's Assassination Rumored. Paris, Feb. 19. Rumors were cur rent here that King Alfonso of Spain had been assassinated, but no con firmation or denial of this could be obtained at the French Foreign Of fice or the Spanish Embassy. Node tails accompanied the rumors. mm 1 in Covering Minor Happen Ings from all Over the Globe. HOME AND FOREIGN CamfUedl and Condensed for titm Bamy RadT A Complete Record f Keropean Despatches and Im portant Rrents from Kverywhere Rolled Down for nasty PemnnL On account of a decrease of twor three millions In the State revenues, officials fear the necessity of dipping Into the surplus to prevent a direct tax.' George M. Palmer, democratic leader In tho Assembly 'n Albany, N. Y., offered a resolution so to amend the constitution that the Governor should not fill vacancies In the Su premo Court. Enforcement of the laws against betting on races In Ohio will close the Cleveland Driving Park, the Grand Circuit trotting meeting there having been abandoned. John F. Randolph, treasurer of the Thomas A. Edison companies, com mitted sulcldo during a sudden attnek of insanity. The great Inventor ar rived Just In time to prevent the widow from leaping out of a win dow. New York Is to have the largest morgue In the world, In' accordance with s. contract which was 'signed by the outhorltles at Bellevue. Walter Wellman summing up the result of his political observations throughout the country for tho Chi cago Record-Herald, declared there !s a strong probability that Secretary Taft will be nominated for the Presi dency on the first ballot at the Na tional Republican Convention. Secretary Root has announced that henceforth asylum In American con sulates will be refused Haytian revo lutionists. Ex-Gov. Black has been engaged by the State Agricultural Association, to oppose the appeal of the Percy-Gray Racing law. - Railroad conductors In a delegate convention have censured Governor Hughes's failure to appoint a railroad man a Public Service Commissioner and resolved to oppose the Governor's Presidential aspirations. Members of Typographical Union No. 6, favored entering polities as n means of bettering the condition of the organization. Special cablo despatches state that the American battleship fleet reached Valparaiso and was greeted by thous ands of Chilians. The Wisconsin delegation to the National Democratic Convention was instructed for W. J. Bryan as the ""greatest living statesman." Deputy Fire Chief Charles W. Kruger, was drowned in a sub-cell ir at No. 215 Canal street. New York, while leading firemen who were fight ing a blaze. Four persons are known to have been killed and scores were injured by .. tornado which swept throu jh Tyler, Texas. In Carnegie Lyceum, a mass meet ing protested against vivisection and called on John D. Rockefeller to re consider the plans for a vivisection plant In New Jersey. Congressman Leake gives as his reasons for antagonism to Mr. Bryan that the Nebraskan "is the cruel fler of Democracy on the cross of social ism." Samuel Oompers appealed to un ions throughout the country for funds to contest the injunction re cently granted against the American Federation of Labor by Justice Gould, of the Supreme Court' of the District of Columbia. According to figures given In En gineering, says a special London de spatch, the cost of a single voyage of the Mauretanla er the Lnsltanla la little short of $150,000. FOREIGN. It Is charged by an opposition lead er In the Japanese House, M. Olshl, that the Toklo government baa al lowed Its specie reserve to become de pleted partly through Its efforts to prop its credit abroad. ' A special despatch from Havana announces that three organlsePyar. ties through their leaders, ar op posed to additional guarantee being given In the launching of the new Republic of Cuba. The Aero Club of Hamburg has been formed, says a special cable de spatch, with more than three hun dred members. In a Madrid speclall cable It Is an nounced that Spain will hold Mar chlca, recently occupied by her troops and that Franco will retain Casa blanca An agreement between Russia, England, France and Italy has, ac cording to a special despatch from St. Petersburg already been reached, England to take the Initiative. v In a Berlin special cable it Is de nted on authority tthat any special mobilization of Turkish or Russian troops has taken place In the Cau casus. ; 1 . Kaiser Wilhelm and the Kalserln, it is announced In a specl&l despatch from Berlin, have planned a long Mediterranean trip. POTTER V PMXTS RKSl'MB. Thousimd of .Men (Jiilns; Itnck to Work In Many Mills. WellfVllle, Ohio, Feb. 19. The United States, Plover, Patterson snd McNIeol Potteries have resumed, giv ing employment to over 750 men and women. The Wellsvllle Plant of the American Sheet and Tin Plata Company also has resumed, glvlug work to over 1,000 men. Johnstown, Penn., Feb. 19. Work has been resumed In tho nesHonirr department of the Cambria Htwl Company giving employment to 2,. 000 men.' BIddeford. Me., Feh. 19. Tho cot ton mills of the Pepperel Manulac turlng Company In this city and of the York Manufacturing Company In Saco. have gone beck on to full tlmn. About 6,000 operatives are affected. WARM RAIN'S START ICE. DynuiiiHe VmmI to Clenr DlxkuV4 HnN N'rr KlngMton. Kingston, N. Y., Feb. 18. Wa-m rains have caused a general break ing up of Ice In the Hudson Hlver and Rondout Creek. Esopus Creek brought down tons of Ice from the Catskllls and scattered lotver the lowlands around tho upper part of Klngstin. Roads entering Klngstoa along both creeks are blocked with Ice, and ynamlte was UKed to break the Jams. Albany, Feb. 18. The Ice In tin Hudson hns formed a Jam In the vi cinity of Castleton, about ten mllon south of Albnny. The water bached up and overflowed Its banks. Tim streets In tho lower section of Albany were converted Into rivers. Pittsburg. Feb. 18. After reach nearly ihlrty-ono feet and remaining a. that stage for nearly three hours, tho waters In the rivers have hepm to recede. The dct'inse and siifT'Tlni caused by the annual flood are wide spread. Wllkebarrc, Ta., Feh. 18. From shore tc shore the Sucquehannn Riv er Is one mar.s of flontlng ice. which Is passing down the stream without any Interruption. Tho stage of wa ter Is twenty feet above low water mark. Port Deposit. Md., Feb. 18. The Susquehanna River bas continued to rise steadily, the water having in creased In depth three feet In two hou". Thiace Is reported from Havre de Grace as passing out freely Into tho bay, however, and there are no present Indications of a gorge at that point. Chlnn s Army to Hnvo 1,000,000 Men San Francisco, Feb. 19. At a meeting In the Young Men's Christian Association headquarters the Rev. Ng Poon Chew, editor of the Chinese World, told his audience that China was raising an army of 1,000,000 men to drive the European natlonB from the Empire. For Lincoln Memorial. Washington, Feb. 19. Represen tative Madden of Illinois, Introduced a bill appropriating $100,000 as the Government's contribution toward the erection of the memorial building to Abraham Lincoln on the Lincoln farm in Kentucky. Prison Penulty for Rebating. Albany, Feb. 19. Railroad rebat ing In New York State is made a mis demeanor, punishable by fine of not less than $1,000 and Imprisonment for not more than one year, In a bill Introduced by Senator Grady. La an dry Trust Dissolves. r Cincinnati, Feb. 15. Eleven laun dries pleaded guilty of combining to rafee prices and each was fined $50 and costs. The trust agreed to dl solve and the Indictments against the proprietors were dismissed. Poisoned Candy Kills Baby Kansas City, Feb. 15. Ruth, the baby daughter or Charles Miller, Is dead from eating bon-bons, mailed to Ella, an older sister. The candy Is believed to have contained strych nine. Ella does not know of any enemies. NEW TORK MARKETS, Wholesale Prices of Farm Products Quofed for the Week. VHEAT No. 2 Rod, $1.00V9 $1.01. No. 1 Northern Duluth$1.16 . CORN No. 2. 62 c. OATS Mixed , white, 57tt059ttC MILK 8 !. per quart BUTTER Western, firsts 3133o. State Dairy 26c. CHEESE State, full cream, 15 c EGGS State and nearby, faucy,' - 26 30c; do., good to choice 26 9 28c; Western, firsts. 23c. BEEVES City dressed. 19M. CALVES City dressed, 814c: per lb.; country dressed, 7 lie. SHEEP Per 100 lb., $4.75 $5.00. HOGS Live per 100 lbs., $6.00. HAY Prime per 100 lbs., $1.00. . STRAW Long rye, 60 70c. ' LIVE POULTRY Chickens per li 1 2c; Fowls per lb., 14 c; Tur keys per lb., 14 He.; EBoka per lb 14c. . DRESSED POULTRY Turkeys Pr lb., 1218c; Fowls per lb., 109 13 Vic; Chickens, Fhtla., per lb-t 26 28c. VEGETABLES Potntoov I" P" bbl., $2.00$2.25. . ONIONS White, per bbl., fl.OOd Ji.qq.' .v.,.m-.: