THE COLUMBIAN, BLOOA1SBURG. PA. ID III HE I'US Arrives at San Pedro, Cal ifornia and is Greeted with Enthusiasm. AN UNUSUAL SIGHT Three Hundred Thousand People Oo Wild When the Mntclilens Fltit lug Machine of Our Nuvy Dmp Anchor In Sim Pedro Harbor Cbait Lined With Spectators. Los Angeles, Cal., April 28. Tbe battleship fleet dropped anchor off San Pedro and received the most en thusiastic welcome of the entire cruise. For nearly thirty miles the coast seemed to bo fringed with people. Steamers, launches, sailing craft, togs, yachts, power boats swarmed over the water. Every craft was loaded to the gunwale and every throat of the yelling thousands was soon as hoarse as a fog whistle. The California fleet frenzy extended far out to sea. When the anchors dropped it seemed as if all southern California bad come out to blacken the hills. The ofllclals of San Pedro came off to greet Admiral Thomas and to say the usual fine things with tholr welcome. Los Angeles is all decorated and fussed up over the fleet. The decor ations are similar to thoso of San Diego. There's a limit to the possi bility of decorating buildings with buntings and flags. Los Angeles baa gone the limit. As the ships became visible to tZte crowds on the bluffs at San Pedro 100,000 thousand pairs of area watched their movement with Intense interest. As they drew nearer, sailing past the beacbeB, the excitement In creased, and when the Connecticut approached the breakwater a fever ot cheering set in. Five thousand automobiles were ranged along the bluffs, and they aught the enthusiasm, adding their "bonk honk' to the demonstration. In the immediate vicinity of Los Angeles fully 300,000 people were lathered along the beach and trans portation facilities from the city have been strained to the utmost limit. Long trains literally packed with passengers were run at five minute Intervals. 100,000,000 Bushels of Wheat. Topeka, Kan., April 23. The con dition of Kansas wheat on April 11 vaa 91.4 per cent., according to the bulletin issued by F. D. Coburn. Sec retary of the Board of Agriculture. year ago at this time the condition "as 84 per cent, and the crop uav.nted to 74,000,000 bushels. Two rears ago the April condition aa 89.5 and the crop that year was 13,000,000 burhels. If the present vlnter wheat condition is maintained aatll harvest the State will make a mw high record, and will raise more Snan 100,000,000 bushels. 13 Hart in Crash at Crossing. New York, April 22. A four-oar Soney Island train of the Ulmer ?ark division and a surfaoe car of Ibm Coney iBland and Thirty-ninth itreet trolley line collided at Elgh--feenth Avenue and Eighty-sixth Itreet, 3ath Beach, and thirteen of tim twenty-five people In the trolley wr were Injured, two of whom may Ue. The surfaoe car was set on Ml The accident occurred where ftere was a similar collision last .Hay, which resulted in the Injury of thirty people. 800,000 Idle Miners to Work. Toledo, Ohio, April 23 The 200,- fliOO Idle misers in the central com :etltive district will go to work at eaoe. An amlcabl agreement be mea miners and operators was coached by members of the scale wmmlttee, and this agreement was vatlfled by the joint meeting of the ' tuners and operators. Both sides wre battened with the results ot the convention, ana the conference ad- . ,'ourned with the bebt of feeling be ".wen the two parties to the eontro nmy, Operates Wireless Electric Track. Omaha, Neb., April 21. Dr. Fred trtck H. Mlllener, an electrical engi neer in the Union Pacific Bhops at -Omaha, having succeeded in supply the principles of wireless electri cal transmission to an electric mo r, showed to several electricians a tireless electric truck which has teen In use in the Union Pacflo yhops for several weeks. The truck 3 started and stopped from a wlre ss central station. Japanese Ships to CUneso Waters. Shanghai, April 22. A Japanese tquadron. Including the most power lul battlo .nhips, Ave armored cruis ers anj several destroyers, In all fif teen ships, will proceed to Southern L'hlnese waters, viBltlng Foo Chow, Amoy and 'Canton, ostensibly for a .riendly visit, but, it is believed, in -eality to impress the Chinese and jheck the anti-Japanese boycott. St Petfi-Nhurg Kxpecta Cholera, St. Petersburg. . April 23., The Tefect of Police haa placarded the Ity with stringent regulations fore warning tho residents of an expoct vd epidemic of cholera. , CAKMCGth OFFKRS $.1,000,000. Kut Trinitron of School Must ttu) Forty-two Acres of Land. Pittsburg, Penn., April 23. An drew Carneglo has offered to donate $3,000,000 more to the Carnegie Technical Schools of this city on con dition that the city purchase forty two acres of ground adjoining the present site of the schools, It Is esti mated that the ground will cost $1, 260,000. Mr. Carnegie's last !arge gift to the technical schools was one of $2. 000,000. Up to this time his gifts to the schools were estimated at more than $1,000,000. Like the present gift his $2,000,030 offer wal ANDREW CARNEGIE. given with the understanding that it would not be used to defray the cost of the construction of buildings. E. M. DIgelow, ex-Director of Pub lic works and one of the trustees of the Carnegie Institute, who has been working out a plan to enlarge the technical schools, talked with Mr. Carnegie about the purchase of the adjoining land, and made known to the trustee Mr. Carnegie's proposi tion. They received the announce ment favorably and appointed a com mittee to consider the matter and teport to Mr. Carnegie. Frank Gould Leaves Wife. New York, April 23. Jealous be cause of the homage paid to his beautiful wife, Frank J. Gould, mas ter of $10,000,000, has left his Firm avenue home and It is said that pa pers have been served looking to a legal separation of the young couple. The actual paiUng took place when leaving his wife and their two children at their mansion, No. 838 Fifth avenue, Mr. Gould went to the Plaza Hotel where he gave orders that his presence was to be denied to all Inquirers. ' Pending the settlement of their marital difficulties, Mrs. Gould, It is declared, has already begun to pa k baggage for a trip to the South. Mr. Gould it Is said, will also leave New York till the courts decide as to his future -tatua as a laraily man. 101 Years Old to Wed 15th Wife. Middletown, N. Y., April 22. James Nicholas Vann, colored cen tenarian, is one hundred and one years old. He Is hale and hearty and said that he Boon expected to take another wife, who would be No. 16 in his matrimonial experience. Mrs. Vann No. 14, passed away on December 19 last. All of his wives have been white, and although he has been the father of many chil dren all are dead. Vann has preach ed and practiced law. Offered to Kill Himself. Carlisle, Penn., April 23. John Harris, teller of the Merchant's Na tional Bank, who confessed some days ago to defalcations aggregating $52,000, was arra'-sncU here and of fered U commit suicide, after doctor ing uIb life insurance policy so that the bank could get the money from It. Merry Widow Hat Life Buoy. Cleveland, Ohio, Aprl 23. Acting as a life preserver, a big "Merry Widow" hat balked the efforts of Miss Zelma Davis, 20 years old, to drown herself in Wade Park Lake. Try as she might, the young woman could not pull her head beneath the surface of the water, the big hat re sisting all efforts to be submerged. Col. W. A. Koebllng Weds. Plttsfleld. Mass, April 23. Col. Washington Augustus Roebllng of Treflton, N. J., builder of tfca Brook lyn Bridge, and Mrs. Cornelia W. Farrow of Charleston, S. C., were married at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Frederick O. Crane in Dalton. The bridegroom is seventy years eld, While his bride is thirty-seven. To Sign Employers' Liability. . Washington, April 23. As a re sult of an opinion rendered to (he President by Attorney General Bona parte, It is believed that the Presi dent will sign the Employers' Liabil ity bill. 80,000 Miners Get Buck to Work. Pittsburg, April 22. About '30, 000 miners employed by the Pitts burg district resumed work to-day In accordance with the agreement reached last week at tbe 'Toledo Joint conference. ilall stolen two years ago was fouud by the chambermaid ot a New ark hotel in a mattress. ' J iHIiillifllf Imkm mm mmm w Mmm HID B HE II Covering Minor Happen , Ings from all Over the Globe. HOME AND FOREIGN Compiled and Condensed for tho Busy Reader .A Complete Record ot European Despatches and lm portant Events from Everywhere Coiled Down for nasty Perusal. Records of Thomas F. Ryan's tes timony before the Grand Jury show ed that he bought a one-half Interest In the Wall and Cortlandt Street New York Ferries road, which ex isted only on paper and was after ward sold to the Metropolitan at an enormous advance. Lester Sloan escaped sentence in a Brooklyn police court and laugh ed. His burst of glee attracted the attention of a spectator, who thought bis face familiar and had him rear rested on a charge of theft The Rev. Dr. R. W. MacCullough, Of Middletown, N. Y., began a cru sade against progressive euchre, on the ground that playing cards for prices is illegal. The McCall Campaign Contribu tions Publicity bill was reported to the Houso, and there are Indications that It will pass. Led by President Roosevelt, and participated in by many republican Senators, a revolt was organized in the Senate against the two battle ship programme of the Naval Com mittee. Senator Borah in his first speech In the Senate declared that no reas onable man could read the testi mony In the Brownsville case and fall to be - convinced that the negro soldiers shot up the town. Justice Mills, in Poughkeepsie, ruled that Christian Science healers cannot plead privilege when asked to testify to communications made to them' by patients. A letter threatening death was re ceived by Charles G. Tousey, a mil lionaire, at Roslyn, L, I., from an unknown source. The eastern trunk line presidents have practically decided on an In crease of freight rates. Mlkkelsen, Danish explorer, re turned to New York from Alaskan trip anc announced plans to equip an expedition to find a polar conti nent. Veterinarians In Montclalr, N. J., declared some dairymen nullified the tuberculosis test by administering an advance injection to cows. Excellent scores made in the Mag dalena Bay target practice threatens to result In a triple tie between the big ships. The "Oklahoma Outfit." consist ing of 113 citizens of that State, ar rived in New York, to boom the at tractions of the young city of Tulsa. Before a House committee Banker A. O. Crozler, of Wilmington, Del., offered to prove that the recent pan ic wan brought ci. deliberately through a Wall Street plot. . Cross-examined by the Investigating Committee, Congressman Lllley de clared Navy Department officials are Inefficient and criticised the Presi dent's policy In frequently changing Secretaries. It was reported In Richmond that the American Tobacco Company will be dissolved on the advice of Its attorneys because of the Govern ment's anti-trust suit, Samuel Confers said labor will not let Itself be outlawed by any JudTfeial decisions and called on its organization to exert their political prwer. President Roosevelt told Artist Lazzlo while the latter was painting bis portrait that he (the President) would be forgotten In six or seven years. A firm ot campaign button manu facturers obtained a Judgment by de fault against W. H. Hearst for but tons made for the Independence League in the late campaign. A young Brooklyn, N. Y., wife, told the magistrate she went home to her mother when her husband hid her pet kltter . FOREIGN. A special despatch from Manila says that the Japanese naval officers Visiting there were amazed at the shooting of the American riflemen at Fort McKlnley. By Imperial orders, the five great boards of Pekln have delegated offic ials to go to several countries for purposes of study, but, says a spec ial cable from Shanghai, they will not go to Japan. The German Emperor, says a spec ial despatch from London, would be pleased to see more Americans at his court, having a warm personal re gard for them. president Roosevelt'r action in at tempting to crush anarchism 13 watched with deepest Interest in Ber lin, according to a special despatch. Liberals have dropped the agita tion for reform in the House of Lord.., says a special despatch from Londou, since the entry of John Morley into the Upper House. A special teupatch from Paris an-' bounces that airships at $5,000 each are offered for sale through the ad yertlslt.g colu uas t f thi newspapers. FRAMES AMERICAN NAVY". Sir William Henry White Rnnks It Next to That of Great Britain. Boston, April 23. Sir William Henry White who was for nearly 20 years up to 1902 the responsblo do signer of all British warships, com mented on recent criticisms of the American Navy. He declared that the criticisms were not foundod on fact. . "You have naval architects as cap able as any In my Judgment, In the world, because they have been prop erly trained, and besides they are picked men," he said. "Your ship building yards are equal to any we have In their equipment and man agement and all that. They have come later and they have the ad vantage of all the accumulated ex perience we have had to go upon. "And there Is an American In genuity at the hack of all that, on the mechanical side. The result Is that you have a fleet that ship for hip Is equal to anything the world contains. Next to the British Navy I think your navy Is the best In the world." Taator Kills His .self. Woodbury, N. J., April 28. Deep ly entangled In a web of courtship, If the statements ot three women are true, the Rev. George W. Tomson, pastor of the First Presbyterian Church, shot himself dead In his room in the Hotel Newton. His body was found by a maid. Shocked as the members of his congregation were by the nev s of bis tragi o death, they understood at once that the preacher had beoome deranged tem porarily by gossip, which, following tBe announcement of his engagement to Mrs. Fannie Ken worthy, a wealthy widow, had linked his name with those of two other women. The Coroner s Jury returned a verdict ot suicide, due to tempo, ary Insanity. Roosevelt to Rna University. Washington, April 23. Theodore Roosevelt's fufre, according to a story told in th Capitol, after he has left tne White House on March 4 next, has been determined. After making an extensive trip abroad Mr. Roosevelt, it is said, will return to Washington to be the head of a new national university to be founded here by none other than the Presi dent's personal friend and coadjutor, Andrew Carnegie. The Laird of Sktbo, the story goes, will endow this new national university with $25,000,000 and will assure further support to guarantee the success of this pro proposed higher institution. Thaw Seeks Habeas Oornaa, White Plains, April 22. Tbe first ' steps which it Is believed will lead to the release of Harry K. Thaw from the Matteawan Asylum were taken when an application was made to Justice Morschauser for an order p -mining Thaw to sign an appllca- j tlon for a writ of habeas corpus. The ; application was made by James O. Graham of Newburg and was sign ed by Justice Morschauser. Die- 1 trict Attorney Jerome, when told that an effort was being made to have Harry Thaw released from Mat teawan said he would fight Thaw's release from the asylum. 4 Battleships in Amendment. Washington, April 23. Notwith standing the fact that the sentiment of the Senate 1b believed to be op posed to any Increase in the House programme for the building of two battleships, an effort will be made to double that number. Senator Plies of Washington has prepared an amendment to the Naval Appropria tion bill providing for tbe construc tion of four ships. In accordance with the recommendations of Presi dent Roosevelt. Students Fire on Cabrera. Guatemala City, Guatemala. April 13. An attempt was made on the Mfe of President Estrada Cabrera While he was on bis way from his private residence to tbe National Palace to give an audience to the re cently appointed American Minister, William Helmkee, when students fired at him but missed. Tbe stu dents were Immediately surrounded by troops and made prisoners. The situation at present Is under tho control of the military element. Asks National Publicity BUI. Washington, April 21. Congress Is urged to action on legislation re quiring the publicity of campaign funds in a petition which will be pre sented to tbe Senate by Senator Cul berson of Texr.s, and to tbe House by Representative McCall of Massa chusetts. The petition 1b signed by a committee of the National Public ity Organization, and is accompanied by letters from members. Thief Sends Back $1,200. Montclalr. N. J., April 23 Part of the loot taken by the thief who Invaded the Glen Ridge Golf Club and robbed the locker of Wardwell G. Thomas while he and other club members were on the llnka baa been returned. Mr. Thomas received by mall an envelope containing the $1,200 worth of negotiable notes that were taken. Uucon for Secretary of War. Boston, April 23. The Intimate personal friends of Assistant Secre tary of State Rc bert Bacon, formerly of Boston, have received Information which leads 'hem to believe that Mr. Bacon will become Secretary of War about July 1 next, succeeding Secre tary Vaft, who Is understood t ha desirous of retiring from the Cabinet v mil time. am ai Dr. Sliaw Says Humana Run No Risk from Bo vine Tuberculosis. HAS TESTED INFANTS Declares That If It Were True that Cows Could Transmit Disease the Entire Human Raco Might Have Been ExtluRulshcd by this time Itnclllus Not Trnnsmlssnblo. Albany. N. Y., April 23. Dr. Hen ry Lamed Keith Shaw, of this city, a recognized authority on bovine tuberculosis, declared that that dis ease cannot be transmitted to human beings. Dr. Shaw has made a special study of bovine tuberculosis lor many years and hns contributed lib erally to its literature. "If," said Dr. Shaw, "the conten tion were true that tuberculosis is transmitted to human beings through the milk of cows and the meat it eattle, nearly the entire human race would long ago have been afflicted with this terrible malady, If, indeed, It had not ere this have become al most extinct from Its ravages." Dr. Shaw Is secretary of the Al bany branch of the New York State Charities Aid Society, one of the ef forts of which is to stamp out tuber culosis. He Is also the attendant physician at a local charity home for Infants. "We have In our institu tion here," he said, "never less than fifty infants. We feed them on raw cows' milk and not a case of bovine tuberculosis has developed among them. "I have watched the matter very closely. I Insist on all Infants brought under my care being fed on raw milk. When milk is scalded or sterilized it loses some of its most valuable qualities, and as I have sat isfied myself after patient research that the tubercular bacillus In cattle is not transmissible to human Beings I am combatting as earnestly as 1 can the theory that it Is. Moreover, I regard as little short ot crime the fear that has been instilled Into so many minds that there is danger of what is popularly called consumption In any of its manifestations being contracted by humans by eating beef or drinking pure milk. Exonerates Miss Marlowe. Boston, April 22 Percy A. Brldg ham, a lawyer oJ this city, who filed a divorce libel in the Esse: County Superior Court at Salem recently in behalf of Clara L. von Herrmann, against Karl S. von Herrmann, In which the actress, Miss Julia Mur lowe and Mrs. Maude Tborburn Backus of Brooklyn were named as co-respondents, has had the libel dis missed on motion to Judge Richard son In the Superior Court. This meanB that the names of Miss Mar lowe and Mrs. Backus are eliminated from the case. Notorious Safe Blower Free. Concord, N. H., Apr'l 21. Adhering to his story he was u victim of mis taken Identity, a prisoner known as Max 8hinborn or Maximilian Schoen bein, a bank burglar of international notoriety, was released from the State prison, his sentence for the robbery of the Waipole Savings Bank having expired through f ood behav ior. He insisted his name was He:i ry E. Woebus. He has made many attempts to have the courts consider bis assertion. Lauds the Constitution. Utlca, N. Y., April 22. Secretary Cortelyou delivered a speech at the annual dinner of the Utlca Chamber of Commerce at Utlca, N. Y., on "Business and Citizenship." He said In part: "The Federal Constitution, 'the. m6st wonderful work,' as Gladstone characterized It, 'ever struck oft at a given time by the brain and pur pose of man,' has been found to meet the broad and general needs of our wonderful National growth. It meets those needs to-day." For Taper Trust Inquiry. Washington, April 22. Speaker Cannon has renewed the interest of the Hpuse In the fight -hat Is being made by the newspaper publishers of the country against the Paper Trust, lntroducltg a resolution for the appointment ot a committee of Six to Investigate "and obtain all possible information" as to the rea sons for the Increased price of white paper "to the end that needed leg islation may be enacted." No Caucus on Rucing lulls. Albany, April 22. State Sonator John Raines, majority loader, said that he would not call a caucus of the Republican majority on the anti gambllng bills. "Nor will the Governor ask mo to do bo," he added. "I think a caucus would not do much good In this case. I don't think a majority c-an bo brought Into lino for theso bills." Short Shrift for Anarchist Chief Syracise, April 21. Ludovico Car m!nlia, editor of La Questlone So elale. which was suppressed at Pater on, N. J., March 21, came to Syra 5use to give a lecture and organ ire an Anarchist sotdoty. The police warned of his plan, dispersed those ho had gathered for the meeting ind escorted Corminlta to the east nty line. cm isi'K to vi::eikla PORT. Government Anxious About Mlwilat, .Mlrilntcr Russell. Washington, April 23. Anxious oier the long-contlnu"! alienee of Minister Russell, the United States may dlspr.tch a cwlft cruiser t Venezuela to demand the person f Its representative at Caracas. Noth ing has been heard from Minister Russell or the Consular ofllclals for about two weeks. The plngue Is t.yi to be raging in Venezuela, hot the cable and the mails, as mediums Of communication, should not suf fer from it. Although no open expression ot opinion is offered, it is generally known that this Government Is in clined to believe that a strict cen sorship may have something to do With Mr. Russell's Inability to com municate with Washington. There Is some basis for this suspicion la the manner in which Castro's Gov ernment tampered with the mall bags intended for the cruiser Ta coma, recently In Venezuelan wa ters. The demand for an explana tion then brought forth the excuse that tho bags were opened by acci dent. It Is known, however, that the Navy Department Is completing preparations so that It may be able to riitth tho rrtilHpr Don Mnlnpa In Venezuelan waters Immediately, If a request that It be sent comes from the Stato Dcpartmnt. Lnlxr Crisis iM-re Gompers Snya. New York, April 21. SamuiJ Gomners. President of tbe Americas I Federation of Labor, declared in aa . Impassioned speech before 3,009 I worklngmen in the Grand Central ' Palace that the working people of the 1 United States am aroused for action. as they have never been before at a quistlon Involving tho rights ofclt- ' Izens, end that the tollers of the Na tion are menaced by an unjust inter ' pretation of the law. Mr. Gompers I Words were reeolved with the great j est enthusiasm. The rights or whlca be spoke rre those assatlol by the Supreme Court In its Interpretation of the Sherman anti-trust law, a de cision which characterized labor un ions as tructs with many Illegal feat ores. Italy Near War With Turkey. Rome, April 21. An IUlUa squadron, will set out to make a dem onstration -In Turkish waters. The squadron comprises eleven large warships, Including the battleship Hrglna, Elena, commanded by th Duke of tho Abruzzl, and :a addition eight destroyers. Altogether U vessels will carry 7,000 men about BOO guns. Their objectlre point will be Asia Minor, some "9 miles away. The difficulty between the two nations arises out of the re fusal of the Turkish government fa pormit Italian post offices in TurkUa. territory, while at the same tln ather foreign nations are conducting Post Offices there without interfer ence. Million Catholics Will Give Thanks. New York, April 21. More tha a million Catholics In this city U1 Join in a parochial thangsglvlng neat Sunday In all the Catholic churches throughout the archdiocese, and th general Te Deum will be the first of ft week's rejoicing In commemoratloa of a hundred years of Cthollc activ ity. The entln A-erlcan hier archy, headed by Cardinal Glbboaa; numerous Canadian prelates, and Cardinal Logue, Archbishop of Ar magh and Primate of all Ireland, will participate In the solemn cere monies that have been arranged. Object to Bonuses for Steel Meaw Pittsburg, April 31. Holders ot the common stock of the United ncates Steel Corporation have de manded the abolition of the bonus lystem, which has distributed at tk end ot each year to 'avoured ones, a Ereat deal of money. Those who ave formerly profited by this system have included a great many execu tives, from President W. Ellis Corey down to the superintendent of mills In the Pittsburg district. On the basis of last year's report there was paid out in this way cvoj $4,000,0M. NEW YORK MARKETS. Wholesale Prices of Farm Products Quoted for the Week. WHEAT No. 2, Red. 99tt99. No. Northern Duluth, $1.07. CORN No. 2. 72c. OATS Mixed, white 65c. MILK 3 He per quart. BUTTER Wettorn flrsta. 26V4 0 27. State Dairy, 24 26c. CHEESE State, full cream, 15 EG'JS State and nearby, faatf, 18(18 He; do., good to cholc. 17 17 Vac; western firsts, 1114 16yc. BEEVES City Dressed 10&11S CALVES City urcased. 8 lie. Country dressed, 7 10c. SHEEP Per 100 lbs.. $5.C0 $6.10. HOGS Live per 100 lbs.7 $5.6S $5.C6. HAY Prime per 100 lbs., 974. -STRAW Long Rye, 6J70c. LIVE POULTRY Chickens per lb, 9 12c; Turkeys per lb., 15c; Da-s per lb., 16c; Fouls per Uu 16c, PRESSED POULTRY Turkeys ner lb. 12 17c; Fowls per lb., 129 16c; Chickens, Phils., per lb, 86 40c. ONIONS White pet crate 76 9 $1.60. VEGETABLES Potaxcs, Me., ye ilMSUldh
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