V THE COLUMBIAN, BLOOMSBURO. PA. 1 I tic no To Operate Linotype Ma chines in fan's by Waves from London. 3,000 WORDS AN HOUR Ran Knmlson, The Danish Inventor, Roys 11 lo Sow Machine Will Rev olulloni. the Art of Printing Has Already Proved That Wire less Photography Is Possible, London, April 30. That he has already perfected an invention by which he enn set type In an ordinary linotype machine In Parte by wire less waves thrown from London was the surprising statement made at the Hotel Cecil by Hans Knudson, the Danish inventor, famous for his achievements with liquid air, after fivlng the first public demonstration with long distance wireless photo graphy. "I shall publicly demonstrate my ew wireless typesetting invention within a few weeks," said Mr. Knud sen. I have already had the first machine constructed nnd It has proved successful, setting 3,000 words an hour, at a distance, Just as if the operator was working the ma chine. "The time Is not far distant when with my invention the London cor respondent of the New York newspa pers will be able to send tholr news straight to the printing prcrs through the Marconi operator." In the course of his demonstration of wireless photography Mr. Knud sen sent photographs of the King. Queen and Kaiser from one room in the hotel through the wall, into an other, without wires, the pictures proving recognizable. He had constructed In the first room a transmitter with a needlo point passing over a picture pre pared on a glass plate from a photo graph . The needle continually vibrated sver the plate, according to the roughness or smoothness of the sur face. A succession of electric waves was accurately recorded by a plate on the wall. These waves were In return caught by another receiving plate in the adjoining room after passing through the wall, the picture 'Ming again accurately recorded by the receiving instrument on a smok ed glass plate. From this plate recognlzab'e pho tographs were printed on scasltized paper, "I claim I can send pictures wher ver Marconi can send messages," aid Mr. Knudsen. 'Within a short time I shall be sending pictures of criminals and finger prints from .England to New York.' Croker for a Quiet President. Dublin, April 27. "What America ds," said Richard Croker in an rctervle, "is a quiet President. The ;ountry wants a rest for a long timo inder some statesman like William . cKlaley." As to the prospects of the several -andldates for the Presidency Mr. broker would say nothing, except to express the opinion that Mr. Jughes hasn't much strength. Mr. roker Is not grently enamored of the Governor, considering his attl "unie toward racing quite reprehensi ble. ' "Mr. Hughes's rction In reference to the gambling bill should Injure Ma prospects as a politician,' em . hatlcally remarked Mr. Croker. Why cannot such men keep out of jat rut? Is rot all life a gamble? Are not Mr. Hughes's politics a gam da? But they seiect the part of the .gamble that's pleasant and gives Measure and propose to penalize It." Due De Chaalnes Dlea Suddenly. Paris, April 29. The young Duo -t Chaalnes, whose brilliant and hap- ,rr marriage with Miss Theodora Oionts was celebrated In New York o months ago, died suddenly of wart failure In the Hotel Langham, - here he and his bride were spend g their honeymoon. He passed 'way after a twenty-minute period t unconsciousness, while the girlish wenes hovered over him, constant r begging him to speak to her. The Xtack, described by the doctors as embolism came without warn sg. The Due suddenly paled, groan d, and then became Insensible. He- are medical aid summoned by the duchess's cries, arrived, lie was ttad. "lfc'd" Bomb Thrower Demi. New York, April 30. Solig Sllver- 'tein, the.' Anarchist who attempted c throw a bomb in Union Square on larch 28, died in Bellevue, ...after ifvering between life and death for month. Only once after being aken to the prison ward of the hos pital did Hllversteln talk. Then he ,;ld an attendant why he had at .umpted to throw the bomb, declar ag that his only regret was that he r-.nd not succeeded In killing ' the ollcemeu he aimed at. Bunk Manager Sentenced, San Francisco, April 29. J. Dal tell Brown, formerly manager of be California Safe Deposit and Trust ;ompany, pleaded guilty of enibez tlng sixty-five mortgage bonds of je Sacramento Gas and Kloctrla ompany, and was sentenced , to ghteen- months' imprisonment at wan Qaentln. IE president against kovcott. AbJ; 'i'l.at Injunction bp Modified tc IVriii't Labor lo Strike. Washington, April 30. Th? Pro ldcnt has sent Rnother niess.-.re t; Congress making an appeal for cur rency legislation, for a child labm h.w In the District of Columbia, fji an appropriate committee to obtni:i necessary Information on the pro posed revision of the tariff, for legis lation that will recompense Rll em ployes for injuries received while en gaged In the public service, for tin appropriation to continue the work of the Waterways Commlsrlon. foi an act which will do away with the ""hi i h 'I n t t i "t ht it,!1 " ' S'l i " i THEODORE ROOSEVELT, abuse cf the power of Injunction, and for the amendment of the Anti-Trust law which will permit more latitude to corporations and to labor. While willing to let labor use all the coer cive power of a strike, the President would not give trades unions the recognition by law of a boycott. The final passage of the message, where the President speaks of the rich man whose son is a fool and vhose daughter a foreign Princess, has aroused the liveliest speculation here in the effort to Identify the person to whom Mr. Roosevelt re fers. It is explained, however, that he had no particular man In mind In writing as he did, but referred only to a type. Shower Kisses or All Hands. Atlantic City, N. J., April 30. Fif ty young women employed in the ho tels accompanied the defendant in court at the trial ot Miss Dora Stark, a waitress in the Marlborough Blenheim, who was accused by Mrs. Julia Colin, of New York, a visitor, of purloining Z and a tma'j gold watch. Justice J. S. Jagmetty dis charged Miss Stark who was in tears, as there was no evidence to warrant her detention. When the decision was announced there was a shout from the young women present, and the Magistrate was astounded to tlnd himself in the arms of one of the girls and being kissed, while others held him a prisoner in his chair. Court attendants were also hugged and there was a general kissing bee. Some of the married men in court leaped on tables to escape the oscu latory rain, but there were captured and showered with caresses. Big Auto Race Won IJjr Strang. New York, April 28. Twenty two automobiles, started In the Brlarcllff trophy race over the most hazardous course ever select ed as racing ground. Only five had finished when the race was officially called off. Lewis Strang, an Ameri can, driving J. H. Tyson's 60 -horsepower Isotta, an Italian car, won tho race by a fair margin. Emanuel Cedrlno, an Italian, l. E. R. Holland er's 60-horsepower Fiat, an Italian car, finished second, and Guy Vaugh an, an American, driving A. W. Church's 30-horsepower Stearns, an American car, was third at the fin lrb. International honors were therefore divided between Italy and the United States. The winning car averaged a speed of 49.49 miles per hour for the course,, a remarkable performance in view of all condi tions. Flying Dog on the Job. Galveston, Texas, April 30. When the tornado which swept over Par ker county picked up the home of Captain James T. Wilburn, thirty two miles from Weatherford, It car ried Tiger, a two-year-old bull tei rler, three miles and dropped hira without injury In a field with other wreckage. When found the Cog was guarding a leather wallet containing tho watch and Jewelry belonging to the brute's master. 32,-00 for Los3 of Her Le.t. White Plains, N. Y., April 28. A Jury in tho Supreme Court at this place has returned a verdict in favor of Miss Margaret Mahoaey against the New York Central Railroad. The verdict is for J32.5C0. Miss Ma honey lost a leg last spring when an olectrlc train of tht road was wrecked at Brewsters, N. Y., In which wreclc more than thirty passengers were In jured. ; ; IIU Hewn Heart Fails. New York, April 28! After liv ing for nineteen days and seven hours with three stitches In his heart,' Robert Inglls, the younjj Mer cury Athletic Club member who wae otabbod by I'owel Formansky, two weuka ago, d'.c In St. Joseph's Hos pital. Inglls had lost about forty pounds in weight since the stabbing. fill Jj; WwMi r-l . r. .wit r.n Covering Minor Happen ings from all Over the Globe. HOME AND FOREIGN Compiled and Condensed for the Buy Reader A. Complete Record of European Despatches and Im portant Events from Everywhere Roiled Down for Huty perusal. Louis E. Julian, a former New York Metropolitan Railroad investi gator, testified at the Jerome Inquiry that the railroad always paid police men $5 a day when they attended court, no matter on which side they testified. It was a standing order, he said. New Jersey's Democratic State Convention refused to Instruct the delegates to Denver to support Bry an and then passed a resolution adopting the unit rule. United States Steel Corporation earnings for the last quarter were sufficient to pay the quarterly divi dends on the common and preferred stock. Children's day at the celebration of the Roman Catholic diocese's cen tenary saw 4,000 of them at mass in St. Patrick's Cathedral, New York, and hundreds In every other Catholic church in the city. The body of Mrs. Patrick Bren nan was found in a trunk and James Farmer and his wife were put in Jail at Watertown, N, Y., accused of her murder. Andrew Carnegie, guest of "The Vagabonds," said he would gladly exchange places with an ambitious young artist. The review of the democratic po litical situation shows William J. Bryan will probably have many more than the two-thirds necessary votes to nominate him for the Presidency In the National Convention. Two mail bags from Europe said to have contained securities and other property worth $500,000, dis appeared after their arrival at New York. A majority of Socialists favor the nomination of Eugene V. Debs for President, and W. D. Haywood for Vice-President. Mrs. Lena Strom of Wiliamsburg. N. Y., knocked a knife from a bur glar's hand and chsed the man until a policeman caught him. A negro farm hand attacked Mrs. August Becker near Orange, N. J., and neighbors sought to lynch her as sailant, who was spirited away by a detective. Rear Admiral Evans will return to the American battle ship fleet at Monterey. Congressman J. Sloat Fassett said the word "not" had been in serted In the transmission of his telegram to Senator Cassidy In structing Cassldy to vote for the race-track bills. Cassldy's subse quent vote against them defeated them. Lieut. H. Fairfax Ayres. who was one of the West Point cadets disci plined because of the overcoat inci dent there, has resigned from the army. Clergymen have 'formed a secret organization to spread the propagan da of Christian Socialism over the entire country. Secretary Taft will start on April 30 on a three weeks' trip to Panama. In a man hunt at Lincoln Park, N. J., dogs overtook fleeing burglars and made them drop their plunder. Pope Plus X. and President Roosevelt Bent messages of con gratulation to Archbishop Ryan on the one hundredth anniversary cele bration of the Philadelphia diocese. The Guatemalan cadets who tried to kill President Cabrera as he was about to receive the new Ameri can Minister, were Immediately put to death. Sir Henry Campbell-Bannermann.' formerly prime minister of the Brit ish government, died from heart failure, In London. FOREIGN. The British government through diplomatic channels Is making an Investigation into the cause of the Chinese antagonism, dally Increas ing toward the Japanese. The American liner St. Paul's bo .vs show that she barely escaped tho fate of the British cruiser Gladiator, vhlch she ran down and sank in the Solent. Count Tolstoy has isked that the general celebration of his eightieth birthday be abandoned, as has jecn uone. Mme. Gould and Prince Sagan vis ited Vesuvius togothor Lieutenant General L'.ncvltch, aid da camp to Emperor Nicholas and commander of the Frst Manchurian army, died from pneumonia at St. Petersburg. The Russian Government, vaccord lng to a trade journal, has ordered five all big gun battleships each one to be larger thj n the Dreadnaught, from a firm of Clyde shipbuilders. Wllllnm Waldorf Astor presented tc the Royal United Service Museum, Lcndon, tht) flag of the United States frlghte Chesapeake and tho trumpet) on which the charge at Balaclava' wks sounded. AGREE ON CURRENCY TLAN. AMrlcli nml Cannon Formulnto a Sthenic for a Law. Washington, April 30. When Senator Aldrleh emerged from the 8prakerg private room the matter of adjournment, the legislative pro gramme, and possibly a few other things were settled. Tho conference was the flail one of three held be tween tho leaders of tho Senate and the Speaker t the House. The Judgment of the conference was that the programme lately de cided on can be put through. This programme calls for a caucuo of the Republican members of the House, probably next week or the week fol lowing, to determine the passage of a bill creating a commission to in vestigate thoroughly the currency subject and the flnanral situation of the country In general and to report on remedial legislation at the next session of Congress. It is further the desire of the House Republican leaders to put through the Vreeland bill, which embodies what are thought to be the best features of the Aldrleh bill and eliminate the provisions to which most objection has been made. May Re a Tobacco War. Richmond, Va., April 28. Accom panying rumors current In the to bacco world here, that there Is a plan on foot to reorganize and re capitalize the American Tobacco Company, comes the plain statement from an Independent manufacturer that this Is simply a move to crush Independent competition and con trol completely both the retail and wholesale markets. It Is freely stated that the efforts of the Trust are aimed chiefly at the Surbrug Tobacco Company, the C. P. Larus Company, the R. G. Dill Company, all of which have declined to listen to bids offered for their plants. Exactly when the plans of the trust will be made public offic ially cannot be ascertained, but those In opposition expect the avalanche at any time. Should the trust again go after the Southern Independents, It Is stated here that there will be no quarter on either side. Want Roosevelt In Jersey. Jersey City, N. J., April 28. For mer Mayor Fagan of Jersey City, has confirmed the statement of Frank J. Higgins, secretary of the Central Re publican Committee, that the "New Idea" delegates to the New Jersey Republican State Convention would b. for President Roosevelt. Fagan and his associates do not consider that Taft Is a vote getter. Secre tary Higgins said: "We shall Introduce a resolution calling for an Instructed delegation for Roosevelt. Notwithstanding the President's declaration he should be forced to run again. Evidently a great many Republicans In this sec tion, at least, and I believe through out the the country, want him as their candidate. It will take our strongest candidate to defeat Bryan." Two Hundred Killed Jn Tornado. New Orleans, La., April 29. Two hundred Is a conservative estimate of the number of dead In the wake of the tornado that swept across Lou isiana, Mlsslssslppl and Alabama, af ter doing great damage In South Da kota and Nebraska. Concordia Parish, In Louisiana, alone reports sixty-four dead, while the number of Injured cannot be estimated any more than the proprety loss. The storm crossed the Mississippi River just above Natchez, Miss., and swept through a section of that State, leav ing death and destruction behind. Amite, La., miles south of Natchez, was practically destroyed. Although but a small town the deaths are esti mated at from twenty-five to fifty, and the fatal Injuries will bring the number above the half hundred mark. Senate for Two Battleships. Washington, April 29. By a vote of BO to 23 the Senate declared for two battleships Instead of four. The end of the sensational fight came af ter more than Beven hours of debate, in which for the first time In some years there was real fire and energy, Senators on both sides of the ques tion displaying more genuine Inter est and feeling than has been shown on the floor at least since since the close ot the debate on the Rate bill. The result was accompanied by the format announcement by Sena tor Allison of tLe adoption of a defi nite programme of naval expansion for the future, by which two battle ships will be provided 'or each year. Dlack I land Lender Goes to Jail. Baltimore, Maryland, April 30. Salvatoro Lupo, who turned State's evidence in the so-called Black Hand cases, was sentenced to fifteen months- imprisonment In jail. Liipo confessed that he was concerned In the attempt to blow up the residence of Jose:h dl Giorgio, at Walbrook, last December, and testified against Antonio Lanasa, who was recently convicted of conspiracy to destroy dl Glorglo's property. Gerin Experiment Fatal, Pittsburg, Penn., April 29. Dr. James Curtis RalBtoh died a martyr to science. He was pathologist at tho Pittsburg Hospital ot the Sisters of Charity, at which place ho suc cumbed to blood poisoning cauaed by a streptococuB infection, the re eult of experimenting with disease forms. Last October, while Buffer ing with a felon on bis finger, he per formed' an operation and the linger probably became infected. mm Til DII3 W(i L 1 1 Jill U I UJL OliLilO U I Comments on T!:?ir De manding: Abolition of Duty on Paper. FOR HIGHER IDEALS Newspaper Men Listen Earnestly the Ciindidiile lively ftateiiu nt Made Cheered by the Hundreds of Publishers, Editors and Managers Refers to Selling of Fpncc. New York, April 30. Radicalism as voiced by William J. Bryan and Rabbi Stephen S. Wise, formed the leavening Influence most In evidence In tho addresses delivered at the Joint banquet of the members of the Associated Press and the Amer ican Newspaper Publishers' Associa tion at the Waldorf Astoria. Pointing to the demand of tho members of these organizations that the duty be removed on news print paper and wood pulp, Mr. Bryan contended that, having thus caught their attention because this partic ular duty affected their pockets, he had hopes that this particular study might make them all "free traders." Mr. Bryan In following Rabbi Wise, who bad assailed the "money power" and declared thai the "yel- pit y - v"V I r WM. J. BRYAN. low Journal Is governed by gold, and gold alone," stated that the churchmans words had embarrassed him so that his statements might place him In the conservative class in comparison. The democratic candidate argued for "higher Jour nalistic Ideals," which would ostra cize the "practice of selling, editor ial space" to"lnterests opposing the public good." He mapped out the great newspaper of the future, which would divide its edltorlalpageamong leaders of party opinion and present signed editorials from these author ities upon which the people might decide their choice. Every statement made, though tinged with radicalism In the ex treme,, was cheered by the hun dreds of newspaper publishers, edi tors and managers and the guests.. Capers Assaults a Negro. Columbia, S. C, April 30 Just before the Republican State Conven tion was called to order F. E. Thomp son, a negro, formerly a mail carrier In Columbia, took charge of the chair and was presiding over a recess meeting at which various delegates spoke. Capt. John G. Capers, Unit ed States Collector of Internal Reve nue and National Republican Com mitteeman from South Carolina, stepped on the platform and was In troduced by Thompson as a "good Democrat." After this the two men faced each other and Thompson brandished a hickory stick which he was using as a gavel In the face of Capt. Capers. Capt. Capers hurled the negro from the platform, the ne gro falling upon his head. Mostcrson at White House. Washington, April 28. "Bat" Masterson, the gun-fighter and Unit ed States Deputy Marshal of New York, visited the While House. The President welcomed him, and the two indulged in Western yarns and delved Into politics. Masterson could not see where acy one had a chance for election next Fall except his host. Ht blunt ly said bo and Insisted that he was right. The talk with "Bat" has not seemed to perturb Mr. Roosevelt to any great extent. Gov. Hughes Opens FlyH. Albany, April 28. Gov. Hughes has inaugurated a campulgn of speech making directed agalrst the Senators who voted against tha Agnew-IIart anti-race track gambling bills. Ho was the principal speaker at two rousing meetings, the first in Albany and the second In Troy. At both meetings resolutions were unan imously adopted urging the Senators who voted against the bills to sup port the legislation at the special sesalon. Ralley Not a Millionaire. Austin, Texas, April 30. Senator J. W. Bailey in a public speech here denied the report that he ls in the multi-millionaire class. He offered to sell all of his holdings in Texas ith the exception of a 600-acre farm for $1,000, and to donate the amount to cb&rlly if the bale should be made. , i m4 If' f ' ill in AT,CK'rln " ,f Vnyfn "". i .tir, Devil, Slays His Kiece. Naznreth, Pa., April 30. A wild religious meeting which lasted Jr two days nnd two nights tcrminaii-d when Robert Ilnrhnmn, a rc1lKius fanatic who Imngines ho Is Gni. ,t alleged to have offered up May irnc Smith, five-year-old daughter of Henry Smith, a member of the lior ongh Council of Alliance, ns a r li j lous sacrifice. Bachman's wife sayj he stamped the child to death, spy ing her body housed a devil. Ilach ' man has been arrested, ns well as lh j parents of the dead child, who calm ly accept her murder as a divine do. cree. Bachman Is the .eader of a strange sect known as "The House of God." ' and not only his wife, but Smith, ,ho Is hlB brother-in-law, and tho remain der of his followers, regard him si the "King of All S.anklnd. They consider htm all powerful and incap able of doing wrong. The only story that can be gleaned of the child's death Is told by Mrs. Bachman. She said that the little Smith girl, after retiring that even ing, slid out of bed two or thrrs times. That annoyed Bachman. she says, who declared that the child haj a devil, and that a devil could not live In a house where "God" reigned. The child was thrown on the floor by Bachman, who, Mrs. Bachman de clares, jumped on her and stamped out her life. Centenary of Catholicism. New York, April 28. Evry Catholic church fnd home la the ArchJIocese of New Ycrk was in festal array Sunday, while perhaps a million men, women and children gave thanks for the progress Catho licism has made In this city since it was formally establish ed a hundred yearj ago. It was the beginning i the week ot rejoicing In honor of the completion of a century of activity. According to reports from the va rious parishes some 70,000 persons in Manhattan the Bronx and Rich mond received communion at tha early masses. The centre of Inter est was St. Patricks Cathedral In Fifth Avenue where at 11 o'clock Monsignor Lavelle, the rector, was celebrant of i. solemn masa of thanks g'ving, and the Archbishop of N York preached a sermon. The edi fice was decorated In the interior with the papal colors and outside and between Its tapering towers the American flag was fluns' to t?i breeze. Cardinal Logue occupied the Archbishop's throne and gave thi blessing at the close. Three-Cent Fare for Cleveland. Cleveland, April 29. Three cents street car fare on all lines operating within the city of Cleveland became a possibility at the regular meeting of the city council when a "security grant" was passed to the Cleveland Railway Company, a new corpora tion which took over the consoli dated properties of the old compa nies; the final papers were signed and passed, leasing the property of the Cleveland Railway Company to the Municipal Traction Company, the holding or operating company, for fifty years. Girl Wins Oratorical Contest. Ithaca, N. Y., April 28. Battling against five ot the best men orators In the Cornell senior class. Miss Elizabeth E. Cook, the Cornell co-ed who spoke In the intercollegiate de bate against Columbia and against whose presence on the stage the New Yorker entered a futile proteet, wo the $100 Woodford prize In oratory b; the unanimous decision of the Judges. BASE BALL. Standing of the Clubs. National League. W. L. P.C.I w. l. pr. ' ''hlcftfo 7 2 .77 rinclnnntl 6 -4 Voi 8 4 Ml Brooklyn R 1 Al Piutmrs 4 .6001 Boston 1 . Iulailelvlil..6 .5(JUiStLouli .8 t 2 American League. W. L. P.C.I W. L. P-' ... 7 ...6 T .d .Nuw York 4 mm Cli'vi'land 7 4 Chicago itiMUm , ht. Utuia H 6 .611) rhilulclphl,7 S ,63 Detroit., i t XJ Wanhllistoii...4 H J NEW YORK MARKETS. Wholesale Prices of Farm Products Quoted for the Week. WHEAT No. 2, Red. $1.03 X $1.03. No. l Northern Duluth. $1.11. CORN No. 2. 72c. OATS Mixed, white 64 c. MILK Per quart. 3c. BUTTER Western firsts, 27 23c State Dairy, 24 (U) 26c. CHEESE State, full cream, ISO 16Vc. EG'JS State and nearby, faurv. 19 He; do., good to choice, 1SW 18 c; western firsts, 11 M U 17 c. BEEVES City Dressed. 9l yc. CALVES City Dressud, 71,iU- MiC.; County DresBed, 79Vc. SHEEP Per 100 lbs., $!.C0 $-69-HOGS Live per 100 lbs., $5.40 ti $6. B0. HAY Prime per 100 lbs., 97 V4. STRAW Long Rye, 60 70c. LIVE POULTRY Chickens per !b- 8V612c; Turkeys per lb., 14c; Ducks per lb., 14c; Fowls per la- 14c. DRESSED POULTRY Turkeys wr lb. 12 017c; Fowls per lb., 1J He; Chickens, Phlla., per M. 40(f4rc. ONIONS Whlto per crate $2.25 $2. CO. VEGETABLES Potatoes. State P sack, $2.60 $2.60. !
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