IUDHIH The Ajax Was Caught in Fog and Compelled ! to Anchor SHIPS IN GALA DRESS President of tho Republic, I'unlo, Tays omcial visit to tlio Flagship, Tenders His Respects to Rear Ad antral Thomas and la Received with Donors Callao, Peru, Feb. 27. Evidence ttat the fleet was exceptionally fortu. Bate In Us passage of the Magelan Stra't was afforded by the arrival ol the collier Ajax. This ship steamed from Punta Arenas less than twelve hours after the fleet. The fog which threatened the fleet closed down aftei tfie battle ships had cleared Cap Pil lar and mado navigation almo.it Im possible for the collier. Captain Hutchinson commanding tho Ajax said: "We encountered heavy fogs in the western reaches and were compelled to anchor twlco once In Iiorja Day and once In Tamai Bay. Passing out we isghted Cape Pillar four miles distant. Otherwise we had a good voyage. Hal the fog closed down on the Beet as on the Ajax It would have been serious. Borja Bay Is "large enough, and, I f und, has sufficlentl) good bottom to auord an anchorage for a few small vessels, but with few If any planes where a squadron 01 erven a division could anchor wit) an assurance of safety." President Pardo called on the flag ship and paid his respects to Real Admiral Thomas, who came to tin flagship to receive him. In his hon v all the ships were fully dressed ane lha Connecticut fired twenty-one gum "loth at his arrival and departure, anc the entire fleet flied twenty-one sim ultaneously when he returned ashore Gates Special" Wrecked In Texas. Laredo, Tex., Feb. 26. A'specia train en route to the border, anc sarrylng a party from Toledo, O., anc" Chicago, beaded by Charles O. Gates son of John W. Gates is reported tc ave been wrecked at Enclnal, thirty atght miles north of this city. Everj aur in the train is said to have lot' ihe track. No statement as to casu titles ic obtainable, but messenger! re -eeking to impress all avallablt physicians. F Hnmiltnns In Mississippi. . Blloxi, Miss., Feb. 25. The Rev t. A. Hamilton, his wife and hit laughter Edna, of Snell fame, an living quietly in Blloxi. Mrs. Hamil ton shows the effects of the strali which the publication of letters hai produced upon her. Hamilton sale M could make a defense which wouK' -dear his name. He adopts the attl i: " of a much abused man. Vo Third Term President. Albany, Feb. 26. Minority Leadei Talmer introduced an anti-third tern;, resolution, which carries a request tc the Nev York Congressional delega atlon that It shall exert Itself to so air a constitutional amendment that jh "unite with the law of the land ui unbroken precedent and princi ple of no third term In the Presl Jtaney." Victim of the Black Hand. New York, Feb. 24. Out In the "parsely settled, desolate section oi Tlatbush, Brooklyn, a boy came upon two bundles wrapped up In new sloth. Inside the two bundles wat tho dismembered body of a young Italian man. The police say he wai Black Hand victim. The body was identified later as that of Salvatorro ifarsoMno, who lived In the Italian section of Brooklyn on the watei 'ront near Union street. Jockey Club May Reform Betting. Albany, N. Y., Feb. 21. As a re sult of a hearing on the Agnew-IIari jiUs, embodying the recommend.v lone of Gov. Hughes for the aboil Jon of rape track gambling, the Jockey Club may arrange a compro mise with the Codes Committee oi .he Senate and Assembly that wll.' essen the betting evil at the race rack. Thee proposed reformi would restrict the betting of young men at the track. Thief-Tnker Arrested. Providence, Feb. 21. As a resuli f investigations into thefts from the Mew Haven Iload, which for the past jar are said to foot up to nearl 50,000, Vincent R. Beatty, for sev-jr.-.l years at tho head of the rail-,-oad detective orce in this city w.n Treated ,cn a charge of larceny am' embezzlement. Newbury Dally Register Suspends. Newburg, N. Y., Sob. 26. The 3owburg Daily Register, tho oul rlemocratlc ppper In Newhurg, , hat uipended publication. The RugltUoi jvas established in 1876, and untl' tbout three years ago. was run an a-i jvoitlng paper, when" It was changoil .0 r. morning publication. . Judy. (i'ONctip to be Tl'U'd. Chlct.go, 111., Feb. 25. -United "'Jtateg Circuit Pudge Peter S. Crosa up and flvo other directors, all prom nent Chlcagoann, charged with in pons'bllily In the trolley wreck lr. vhlc'a fourteen persons werei killed vill bo pu on rial bufore Judgo Mor ton it Charlcutown. EDISON PUT fXDKH KNIFE. Operated Upon for Painful Abse-csc In tho Middle Far. New York, Feb. 25. Thomas A Edison the inventor, is a patient al tho Manhattan Eye, Ear and Thrcr.l Hospital, where h underwent an op eration Intended to relieve him ol trouble in the left ear. It was not considered especially serious, and w performed by Dr. Arthur U. Duet who opened an abscess In the middle iti t tilth , " I 1 It 1 JW THOMAS A. EDISON, ear. The operation was seemingly wholly successful. Mr. Edison, how. ever, will be at the hospital for a week, probably. He occupies a room In the private ward where he is con stantly attended by a nurse. Mrs. Edison is at the, h'ospltal and will re. main during her husband's stay there. llnrrcri In Submarine Row. Washington, Feb. 25. At a special meeting of the press committee of the House and Senate galleries, Alfred A. Erly, , representing the United Press, and Frank B. Lord, represent ing the I.afTan News Bureau, were suspended temporarily from the use of galleries pending an investigation of charges against them by Repre sentative Lllley, of Connecticut in his general charge against the Naval Committee of the House In connec tion with the submarine boat scandal. Expects Rush to Chicago. Washington, Feb. 25. Harry S. ew. Chairman of the Republican Na tional Committee, thinks the Chicago Convention will be the greatest ever held In the country, If the demand for tickets is any criterion. The Co liseum in which the Chicago Conven tl will be held will seat 11,000. Mr. New does not expect the hall to holds the crowdj and expects a tre mendous overflow. Six Dead from Stage Wreck. Nyack, N. Y., Feb. 24. Six per sons were killed, four outright, at the West Nyack crossing of the West Shore tracks, when a Ontario and Westerr train wrecked a stage in whlc'i they were returning from Ny ack to Spring Valley. Two died on the way to the hospital at Hoboken. The three other ocupants of the stage were bady injured but wil prob aby live. Police Ran on Meetings. Phlladephla, Feb. 25. The ao tIo:i of the police in preventing the meeting of a number of societies and organizations in the foreign settle ments in the southern section of the city, hae caused much Ill-feeling, among the foreigners. The order on which the police acted was given in consequence of the riot last week. R. & O. Recalls Men. Cumberland, Md., Feb. 25. At the Baltimore & Ohio shops and round houses, this city, nearly all the fur laughed men, besides a number of car repairers, have been called back to work. Some of the men have been required ts work overtime in getting out freight locomotives, work on which was suspended about the first of the year. Baltimore's Unemploye-d Appeal. Baltimore, Feb. 25. Twelve hun dred unemployed men at a meeting pas33d a resolution calling upon the Federal Government to loan to State and municipalities on non-Interest bearing bonds, moneys to be used In t'a- construction of highways and b-Idges, and other public works, with ii v - w to relieving the condition ol tho unemployed. f Jnilty Oudiier raid Rack $37,000. Norfolk, Va.. Feb. 24. Alexandet B. Butt, cashier of the wrecked Peo. plo'u Bank of Portsmouth, Va., plead ed puilty noon three of the twenty two Indictments agalnHt him, and af tor making restitution to the extent of $37,000 on the total shortage oi $252,000 was sentenced by . Jndse Bain to three yeurs In the peniten tiary and to pay a tine of $7,184. Tin Pluto Plant to Start. Scottdale, "a., Feb. 24. Orders have been issued for starting tlie Nirtiber One plant of the American Sheet and Tin Plate Company, and the work of getting the plaut lu run ning order has oegun. The plant employ 500 men. Inspec:.r Electrocute'd. Cleveland, Ohio, Feb. 25. John Ur'-'xr, electrician t the municipal lighting ulant while inspecting u switchboard, touched a live wire aud was electrocuted. i i ' 'Af yyw , . v jrw . 17 W THE COLUMBIAN, Covering Minor Happen ings from all Over the Globe. HOME AND FOREIGN Compiled and Condensed for the Busy Reader A Complete Record of European Despatches and Im portant Events from Everywhere Rolled Down for Hasty Perusal. James B. Duke on the plea of Illness, was examined In the pro ceedings against the Tobacco TntBt, while propped up in bed in his own home. After being III six days with diph theria and receiving only Christian Science treatment, Miss Edna M. Morse of New York, had a physic Ian called, but 11 'a8 too late to aave her life. Baron Takahnshl, professor ol the Imperial University of Toklo, de. clared that only the kindest feel Ings toward America are expressed throughout Japan. A patent for a "silent firearm" has Just been granted to Hiram Per cy Maxim of Hartford, Conn., son ol Sir Hiram Maxim, inventor of the manchlne gun that bears his name. President Roosevelt, replying to the congratulations of the President of Peru on the battle-hlp fleet, cabled: "Accept the assurances of the highest consideration and warm regards from mo and from my peo ple." Miss Annie Morgan, J. Plerpont Morgan's daughter, and other altru istic women, are leading a national movement to Improve the condition of working women and men in the big cities. Samuel Gompers declared the re Ov. . adverse court decisions are pow erless tc check tho growth of labor unions. 1 The Secretary of the Treasury called one-fourth of the Government money on deposit In national banks, the amount called being $35,000, 000. Attorney-Generals of Missouri, Kan sas and Texas are to devise anti-trust legislation. Besides planning suits agali.st corporations, the recom mending of measures against trusts to the Legislatures is being consid ered Government reports show a very large Increase in the prices of ex ports and decrease In import prices during December and January as compared with corresponding months a year ago. Leaders of tho crusade against vivi section have arranged for an impress ive hearing before the Legislature. Threats have been made by Black Hand men to blow up the United States naval magazine on Iona Island unless discharged men are put back to work. Stuyvesant Fish has given up his flgt to prevent E. H. Harriman from controlling the Illinois Central through the Union Pacific. Tramps feasted for two days with, out discovery In the Merryweather Club, near Waterbury, Conn. Evans's fleet has arrived at Callao, Peru, having made 10,000 miles in sixty days, Including stops. President Gompers of the Ameri can Federation of Labor, Bays rail road employees will not consent to a reduction of wages. A committee representing 180,000 unemployed workmen have decided to make a demonstration In City Hall Park, New York, March 7. Southern Democrats think Gover nor Hoke Smith of Georgia, would make a good candidate for the Presi dency. Eugene W. Gulndon, president of Fuller's Express Company, who was a colonel on Gen. Slocum's staff at the close of the Civil War, killed him. self in the offices of the company, 188 Chambers street, New York. FOREIGN. The naval estimates of England show that the popular agitation for economy has had an effect on tho shipbuilding programme, only one tattle ship belug contemplated at present. Mary Robinson, who Is before the Bow Street Police Court on a charge of perjury In tho Druce case, has con lessed that she concocted tho famous diary, a copy of v'Mcr- was otfereJ In evidence. After a campaign of two years Mr Boland, M. P of the Irish party, has got Sir Edward Grey, the Foreign l jcretary, to request foreign coun tries to give separate statlKtlca ol Irish trade. TLo St. Petersburg police have sel detectives at work in New York an., other ccltls d crow slirJiii uud ether cities on two continent1: ferreting out conspirators against tlit Ruslat. Government and ruling fam- ny. The situation in tho matter of the annexation to Belgium of t;ie Cong; Inde.U'Mdeiit S tei tea again is aiauia lna n, disquieting aspect. Young King Mauuel of Portuga. rees.-lvoa a deputation of relatives ol rnut'nous soldiers recently pardoned and asked t'.iem to help him in his (lliucult task, taya a spoclul cablt from Lisbon. BLOOMSBURO. PA. GIRL SHOOTS LAWYER. fcharlea M. San ford Probably Fatal ly Wounded In Ills Office. Brooklyn, Feb. 27. Charles M. Banford, a prominent Brooklyn lawyer, wns shot twice In the head by a weman thought to be crnr.y, In his office In tht Garfield Building, No. 26 Court street, Brooklyn. Tho woman "fas arrested and pave her name first as Nellie Lyon. Later she said she was Jennie V. Blunt, thirty years old, single of No. 856 Schermerhorn street, and that the had shot Sanford to avenge a wrong he had done her. The law yer's injuries are serious. STANDARD OIL SAYS NO. Declines to bo Charitable to Plttsbnrg Sick and Destiute. Pittsburg, Feb. 25. The Standard Oil Co. will not help the needy of Pittsburg during the present hard times. Miss Annie Harris, Presi dent of St. Re Mslgssli achr 5 dent of St. ReglB Mission, and Mrs. Enoch Rauh, President of the Co lumbia Council of Jewish Women, were appointed as a committee to see the three companies furnishing nat ural gas to Pittsburg and appeal to them not to turn off gaa in houses of the sick and destitute. The Philadelphia Company granted the request of the women. The Manufacturers' Heat and Light Com pany took it under advisement, but the People's Gas Company, owned and controlled by the Standard Oil Co., refused the request point blank. Tunnel Open to Jersey New York, Feb. 27. The natural barrier which has separated New York from New Jersey since those States came into existence was fig uratively speaking wiped away when the first of the two twin tubes was formally opened, thus linking Man hattan with Hoboken, and estab lishing a rapid transit service be neath the Hudson River. For National Prohibition. Washington, Feb. 26. Represen tative E. F. Acheson now proposes to give Congress an opportunity to put Itself on record on the question of National prohibition. Many of the members of Congress, including sev eral from Pennsylvania, have declar ed that they are in favor of National prohibition, but are opposed to State and local option, as it cannot be en forced. Rank President Goes to Prison. Benton, 111., Feb. 26. Ransom A. Youngblood, until about six weeks ago, president of the Coal Belt Na tional Bank of Benton, and of the Salem Bank of Salem, Ark, pleaded guilty to embezzling $17,000. He was Immediately sentenced and taken to the Chester Penitentiary to serve an indeterminate sentence from one to fourteen years. Gambler Chained to Pole. Harrlsburg, 111., Feb. 26. The stocki and pillory of early times were revived in memory here when D. H. Dillon, a former Chicago gambler, was chained to a telephone all day for refusing to pay his fine for hav ing tleeced several young men of the town. He was arrested and lined for running a poker game. Rankers Wary of Japaa. Berlin, Feb. 26. The tightening of financial conditions In Japan is re. garded by banks here as likely to re sult in the transfer from London to Toklo of a large portion of Japan's balances and to disturb European money markets, Japan's balances In London are estimated as between $60,000,000 and $75,000,000. Attempt to Scuttle Submarine. Bridgeport, Conn., Feb. 26. Pri vate detectives and members of the local police force are trying to run dowu the persons who attempted sev eral days ago to scuttle the subma rine boat Lake, which has been for several months moored In the har bor here beside her tender, the Ves ta. 28 Die in Powder Mill. Berkeley, Cal., Feb. 24. With a force that shook the entire bay region like an earthquake tan tons of dynamite in the packing house of tha Hercules Powder Works atPinole, fourteen miles from here, blew up. Four white men and twenty-four C-lnamen, all who were In the build ing, wero killed. Makes Government Liable. Washington, D. C, Feb. 26. Rep resentative Bennett of New York, introduced a bill providing for.tlfo payment of all salaries or wages of government employees Injured in tho line of their duties or required to bo absent from their posts as a result of quarantine measures. H2 Hours In a Well. Louisville, Neb., Feb. 20. Byron McNeally, after 52 hours lu an old well, was saved by bis dog. While hunting McNeally dropped through the brush cover of a illuused well ninety feet deep. The dog's antics attracted attention and he was fol lowed to the well. Baldwin to Build Balloon. Washington, D. C Feb. 20. Bri-gadie- General James Allen, Chief of the Slgual Corps, has practically de c'ded tc award the contract for tho construction of tho first dirigible bal. oon to Thomas S. Baldwin, of New York. The balloon will cost $G,-,'b0. sup II, Assassin Flourishes Re volver Before Worship pers and Flees TRIES TO KILL CAPTORS Pet! loo Run Him Down Crowd Anx iou.i to Lynch the Murderer, Got It ers In Front of tho Jail and De tttands that lie bo Brought Out and Handed Over to Tltoiti. Denver, Feb. 27. Standing in his white communion robes at the altar o htfl church, Father Lee Helnrlchs of St. Elizabeth's Roman Catholic Church was shot and killed in front of several hundred worshippers who occupied all the scats In the church. The murderer after firing the shot created a panic In the church by dashing down the alBle, flourishing the vci.pon, and threatening to kill any one who interfered with him. Not a pe on In the place dared stop the sly . and he reached the street. Two policemen, saw him coming out, how ever, and chased him for several blocks and finally captured him. He tild ho was Gulseppe Guarnacoto, an Anerchlst, and e said his only sor row was that he had been unable to kill all the priests of the country All day a large crowd remained in front of the jail shouting t.o the police to bring out the murderer. Chief of Police Michael Delaney, fearing that an attempt might be made to storm the prison and lynch the man, order ed out the reserves and kept the po licemen patrolling the street In front of the Jail. Many efforts were made to disperse the crowd, but they were unsuccessful. Mules Scared by Sunlight. Reno, Nev., Feb. 25. Burled In tho heart of Davidson Mountain on the, Comstock for many years, twelve mules which have been used on the Sutro tunnels ore carrying railroad were brought '.o the surface for the first time. The animals sood blink ing at the unusual scenery, and in their fright trlee. to stampede. Called "Lobster," Shoots Himself. Philadelphia, Feb. 25. When he received a postal card bearing the words "Get wise. Don't be a lob ster," F. J. Brlnnler, son of ex-Mayor William D. Brlnnler, of Kingston, N. Y., former law partner of Alton B. Parker, shot himself in the abdomen at the Irving House. He Is not ex pected to recover. Snow Starts a Seaside Exodus. Atlantic City, N. J., Feb. 24. A flurry of snow which lasted two hours, drove 50.000 promenaders from the Boardwalk, when the parade of the visitors was at Its height. The outrush is heavy, and Is only equal by Sunday nights In the heated spell. Every station Is crowded and all the trains are laden to their capacity. Pittsburg to Celebrate. Pittsburg, Pa., Feb. 25. Plans are underway for a celebration to com memorate the one hundred and fiftieth anniversary of the naming of Pitts burg. The city government, the Pittsburg Chapter, Daughters of the American Revolution, and other pub lic spirited bodies are working to make the event a success. Police Again Seize Square Dealer. Kingston, Feb. 25. Following the order granted by Supreme Court Jus tice Marean, of Brooklyn, dissolving the injunction which restrained the police from Interfering with the publication and sale of the Ulster Square Dealer, the police seized all copies of the paper offered for sale by the newsboys. Approve Roosevelt Order. A.ianta, Feb. 25. Fifteen hun dred railroad men met in mass meet ing here and adopted resolutions In dorsing President Roosevelt's action In ordering an Investigation of the condition of the railroads which pro pose a cut In the wages of the em ployees. Union Picketing Unlawful. Springfield, 111., Feb. 22. Tho Su premo Court has upheld the action of the Superior Court of Cook Coun. ty, granting an Injunction to the A. R. Barnes Printing Company of Chl-cag- against the Chicago Typographi cal Union No. 10. restraining tho un ion from picketing its plant. Would Enlui-go Cabinet. Washington, Feb. 25. A bill pro viding for un addition to the Cabinet in tho person of a .Secretary of Trans portation and Public Works Is being prepared by Representative Joseph K. RunsdeU of Loulsiinu, u member of th-i Rivers und Harbors Committee. ho President to Get Facts. Washington, D. C, Feb. 21. The President has taken steps to ascertain tho reasons for the proposed wage roductlcn by the rallrouds with a view to showing that it cannot be attrlb utuu to his policies. Gunltout for BoNporus. Washington, Felt. 2C.,An Ameri can gunboat Is to bo sent to Turkish v ters. The specific reason for thia Is not mado plain, it being announced generally that it !;) for tho protection of American Interests. MORE PLANTS STARTING IT, Mills Along the Ohio River Aiuonjj Those Resuming Operation. Reading, Penn., Feb. 27. Tb local plant of tho American Iron and Steel Company resumed tod.iy after an Idleness of two months. It empoys nearly 1,000 hands. I Claremont, N. H., Feb. 20. The Claremont Pnpcr Compnny has re turned operations on full time, after ' a two weeks' shutdown. Seventy- ; live hands are employed. Dayton, Ohio, Feb. 26. The Dny toa t otor Company has resumed full operations with a complete force ot operatives. Wheeling, W. Va., Feb.. 26. Tho Belmont and the Benwood plants of the Wheeling Steel arjd Iron Com pany, the Whlttaker mill and four mills of the Aetna Standard Worki of Martins Ferry, Ohio, have resume! work. The resumption affects 2,009 men. Pittsburg, Feb. 26. Four addi tional tin mills at Martin's Fern were started by the American Sheet and Tin Plate Company, giving em ployment to 250 men. At Vandor grift's works, 600 men were put t: work. GENERAL STOESSEL TO DIE. Rut Court-Marinl Rocomn.cnds Tli.v Sentence Re Commuted. St. Petersburg, Feb. 24. Lieut Uen. Stoessel was condemned to death by a military court for the but rencer of Port Arthur to the Jap anere. The court recommended how ever that the death sentence be com muted to ten years' Imprisonment In a fortress and that ho be exclude! from the service. The court ore'ered that Gen. Fork should be reprimanded for discipli nary offense, which was not connect ed with the surrender. Gen. Smirnoff, acting commandant of the fortress, and Major Gen., Relss, Chief of Staff to Gen. Stoessel, were acquitted o: the charges against them for lack of proof. Appeal for Race Track Rill. New York, Feb. 27. Gov. Charles E. Hughes who ts battling to de stroy racetrack gambling in No York, and Gov. Joseph W. Folk win suppressed racetrack gambling la Missouri three years ago, speaking before the City Club, united in a stirring appeal to public sentiment to crush the betting ring In the race courses. Chilli Luhor Sustained. Trenton, N. J., Feb. 27. By de claring constitutional the Child Labor law passed In 1904, which prohibits the employment of minor under fourteen years of age, every factory In New Jersey is affected. The upholding decision was given by Justice Garrison. Men and Guns for Philippines. San Francisco, Feb. 24. The Unit ed Stetes Army transport Crook sail ed for Manila with 271 men of tho Fifth artillery, sixteen marines for the station at Guam and cabin pas sengers. She also carries a cargo of army supplies, Including 10,000 rifles and a large quantity of ammu nition. Riot In Philadelphia. Philadelphia, Feb. 22. The march ing of about one thousand foreign ers upon City Hall, wnere they said they Intended to make demands up on Vayor Reyburn for work, caused a riot in Broad street in the heart of the city, In which twenty persons were Injured. Priest Given Worthless Cheek. Orange, N. J., Feb. 27. The Rev. Father John F. Boylan told bis con gregation that a delicately scented envelope supposed to contain his fes for marrying a couple held a check which when put In a bank was re turned as worthless. John Mitchell, ex-President of the United States Mine Workers of America, Is 'eported to have been chosen by the President as Special Labor Commissioner to Panama. NEW YORK MARKETS. Wbolesalo Prices of Farm Products Quoted for tho Week. W."EAT No. 2, Red, 96V4 97'i No. 1 Northern Duluth $1.11. CORN No. 2. 61 68c. OATS Mixed, -vhite, 6066c. MILK 3 vie per quart. . BUTTER Western firsts 30&3lo. State Dairy 2Cc. CHESSE State, iull cream, 15 e. EGIS Statu and nearby, fancy, 30c; do., good to choice 26&)2&c; Western first. 22 Vic. BEEVES City dressed. 7VJi9,4. CALVES City dressed, 8tfj)14e. ;;w lb.; country dreBsed, 7llc. SliiCEP Per 100 lb., $3.50 $3. 5'). HOGS Live per 100 lbs., $4.75 W $5.00. HAY Prime per 100 lbs., $1.00. STRAW Long rye. CO 70c. LIVE POULTRY Chickens per !b-. ko; s per In., 13c; Ducks per lb., 11 H; Fowls per lb., 13c; Tur 14c. DRESSED POULTRY Turkeys lb., 12018c; Fowls per lb.. IV.v 13 VaCiCUIckons, Phila., per ib.. 2 iCv 2 8c. VEGETABLES Potatoes, L. I., pet iZ D0e$2.65. ONIONS White, per bbl., 3.00j $0. 00. t
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