A NOTED HINDU PRINCE IS HERE ————— Maharajah Gackwar of Baroda Arrives in New York. VERY WEALTHY AND PROGRESSIVE. A Plcturesque Character, Whose Mission is to Secure Information That May Be of Use ln Improving the Condition of His People—How He Came to Be a Ruler at Twelve Years. Highness, Bar New Maharajah ( ir Sayaji York, ( Special) .—His ¥ of Y Khas 1 dur, Frazand-1-Kha rank of secon ! oh ' }.n ieKwar rad Ra I, Daen <Q Sam oher Ix Baha wlat-1-Inglishia—first in of princes oii Hindu and India, arrived White Star liner rol Celtic, y the United States to se¢ the country, ry to learn the 5, W him are Maharani of Baroda, ever walked Gaekwar's ith avid aan nd OWwWil- of jewels that 1s tamous \ 1 or protect Phayre, the | war mad blank éu re from a into a modern cits ings and spacious early against i$ slovenly, nounced that none ever marry before These are only he has done. He interest in the gover being allowed the British sat as a judge Maharaja's ince at from $5,000,000 to The Scindhia of Gwali a year, is said to be Indian princes. The M \ 000 subjects under his rule contains 8,100 square miles Besidea his the Gaedwar of B: which have been valued 000,000 and $40,000,000 a few ha has taken mm considerable latity and has ofte * native courts. Th has Deen government n estimate ££ 000.000 a Year inc jewels & $30, ween SANTO DOMINGO REVOLT. Rico. Washington, D. C al) .- have reached S the organizatio movement directed against the ment of President Caceres, of Santo Do- mingp. It is understood that the Island of Porto Rico is the base of operations and former Presidents Morales and Jim inez are supposed to be the leaders of th movement, Instructions have been sent to the In- sular Governor of Porto Rico to take steps to out the neutrality which would prevent the and departue of any hostile expedition { Qo cial) Reports wf neg : (Govern- Island of Santo Domingo wil instructed to prevent any la tile forces. The Navy Department Admiral Dunlap, also nding of hos- abled Rear commandant of the i LATESTNEWS INSHORT ORDER DOMESTIC The plan to construct a floating dry- dock to be stationed at Solomon's Is land, has been temporailry defeated in the House on the point of order that he money for the same should not be included in the Naval Appropriation Bill The Southern Baptist Convention pened at Chattanooga with 5.000 delegates visitors, President Stepens’ report showed that the churches contributed more than ever be aggregate being $315,248 The strike of the funeral drivers’ union mn New York City greatly interferes with of the In one instance and carriages and abandoned tiers in a church. , ¢ Properties "Company of New York, with wi John F. Wal former chief [ Panama Canal » be identified, rporated at Albany, 000,000 David B. Hill testified as 10.the reas ableness of his $35,000 retaining fee fr the Equitable Life before the mrttee of the grievance committee © New York State 1 Association. The lives of seve gered by the cavein of Qy he the nearly and lave fore, the w + the Biirial in DUriaj irtvers funera} tha Lik “ lace, engineer of the was inco al stock of $13, with a cap 1: ar rai n appea in appea decisi pa the Arr tres doctors «4 *" | the i Gi id Wiiation, an absolute women, meaning “devotic The Dowager Queen Emma of v mother of Queen Wilhel- from automobile Netherlands, was thrown injured The Paris Police authorities investiga- Russian quarters the y cen- ar the an f the students’ revolutior the French capital with utionary activity in Russia bert J. Wynne, United tend to connect ters revo States con- der Waller, commandant of the station at Culebra, to co-operate with the island authorities of Porto Rico in preserving neutrality of the squadron in Dominican waters, was advised of the report. His instrue tions are said to be sufficient for action in preventing the landing of a filibuster- ing party at Santo Domingo from Porto Rico ———————————— Editor Shoots Judge. Lexington, Ky. ( Special) .—~Because of an editorial in the Kentucky Demo- crat, of Nicholasville, Ky., in which Edi. tor Louis Pilcher bitterly attacked the private and public life of Judge James Peet, Pilcher and Peet fought. Pilcher was severely beaten by Peet, Pilcher then drew a pistol and shot Peet twice, in- flicting probably fatal wounds. Pilcher was arrested and released on bond. Peet wae formerly shisf of andice | Washington to testify in the trial the post office conspiracy cases. Frederick W. Whitridge, special rep- resentative of the United States at the wedding of King Alfonso, arrived in london, The strikes in Rome and other Italian cities are assuming a serious phase. Troops guard the shopping centers of Rome Members of the crews of several Span. ish fishing boats captured off the Riff coast by Moors were cruelly treated, Sixty-one coolies died of cholera on steamer bound from India to the Fiji Islands. The trial of Otto Seftenleben, a Ger- man government clerk: Konrad, a me- chanic, and Lucke, a commercial travel- er, all charged with selling drawings of submarine mines to representatives of the American legation, was begun at Leipsig, he German ambassador at Constan- tinople went on board a German vessel thgt had been seized by the Turks, hoisted the diplomatic flag and took the ship to her docks. Then the Turks apolo. of oO A FIRE PANIC AT A CIRCUS Maay Women and Children Trampled in Stampede. NO ONE KILLED, BUT SEVERAL INJURED Explosion of a Task of Gasolloe Sets the Big Canvas Ablaze, snd Two Thousand Spectators Have More Excitement Than They Bargained For—Howis of Wild Ani mals Add to Genera! Panic, Mount Vernon, was 144i). peopl N. Y., (Spe panic created among 2,000 who were crowded A. Robbins’ ¢i an exhibition at New Rochelle, tank used to furnish tent exploded and the: ight fire in the big tent which was givis when hght for big Hl ane 84 canva overing « Women upon and off 1 iren were trampled 3 seriously hurt n 1 Mlle. Reynal was the "dip of death les » wat Beit was oting Ph on . ‘ } scattering | The CR CIRCUS MEN AND STUDENTS FIGHT Mixup. “9 and Casteliane Case Resumed, - The permitted the Castellane ‘or final inquires o the ibility of a reconciliation between the Countess (formerly Anna Gould) and Count B This was con- a formality, the parties are not sposed to become reconciled. Af- ter the present proceedings, the Coun- tess’ revised bill will filed and he papers served. The lawyers expect that in future proceadings will move briskly. Paris, (By of the elections be Cable) conclusion : io taken up Oss 4% di he the Lhe Valuable Papers Saved, San Francisco, de- posid boxes in several big institutions that provide these fireproof receptacles for the public were made accessible Mon. day. The valuts opened were those of the Union Trust, Crocker-Woolworth, Canadian Bank of Commerce and Mer. cantile Trust institutions, Stee! and as bestos performed their trust well. All the contents of the steel boxes were found intact. { Special) Safe Cody, Neb, (Special). —At 6:23 o'clock P. M., an earthquake shock last. ing nearly one minute passed through the Elkhorn Valley, the earth seeming to move north and south. No damage is reported from the various towns which have telephoned the news. Towns in all directions for a radius of sixty miles have reported feeling the Sa For Medica! Research, New York (Special). — The formal opening of the laboratories of the Rocke. feller Institute for Medical Research took place with elaborate ceremonies. Ad. dresses were delivered by President Eliot, of Harvard University ; President Nicho. ias Murray Butler, of Columbia, and by Dr. W. H. Welch, of Baltimore, presi- dent, and Dr. Lather Emmett Holt, sec- retary, of the board of directors of the institute. The handsome building covers the heights above old Jones Woods and wired overlooks the East River, WILL PUT DOWN ANY DISORDER, Uncle Sam's Warslng " “the Panamslans Not Confloed to Zone. Washington, D. as to the DOWIE AND VOLIVA AGREE. HAVE NO FAITH IN THE CIAR His Talk to ‘Parliament, Short and Falls Flat. OSLY THE COURTIERS CHEER. The Keynotes of the Sentiment of the Assembly end the Speech of the President, Prof. Mow. Ambassador Meyer. Three. A Temptation te Surgesrs. fr. 4 i era] families alon { the northwestern section | fe a slight tremble of | “shock” lasting about a | section of the town is {and at different times | thereabouts have noticed | ground underneath them | the disturbance is not known. A few | dishes reported to have rattled in {one of hoses, but there was no | damage the earth, second. This on a ridge, persons Living a quiver of the The cause of located are the Dowie Very Ii, ial). — John sick A « said to be failing rapidly. Alexander in bed, and his Dr. has been in constant attend- ance Dowie since his return from Mexico, said that Dowie may live 10 days, but that a fatal termination of the disease within two or three days would not be surprising. Chicago (Spec Dowie is strength Blanks, who on The Bey of Tunis Dead. Tunis (By Cable). Sidi Mahammed, Bey of Tunis, died at his summer palace of complicated hemiphlegia, from which he had been a sufferer since 1904. His cousin, Mohammed el Nasr, succeeds him, FINANCIAL AFFAIRS. The Traders’ Fire Insurance Company of Chicago has failed. Mr. Phipps is alleged to have been a big buyer of Reading last week, More gold was engaged for import, the total amount of this movement being about $45,000,000 President Roosevelt's Standard Oil message was not so drastic as the street had expected, and it acted as a.stimulant to the market. Assignees of the defunct Chestnut Street Savings Fund Company, of Phila. delphia, are paying a 12 per cent. divi dend, making the distribution up to date 8744 per cent. This concern failed eight vears ago last December. Genrae 5. Earle, Jr, and Richard Y. Cook are the assignees, con! ¥ egged the he welfare 331 WHITECAPS SENTENCED. All Get Three Months in Jail and Twenty-Five Doliars Fie. ~Thre win Ne w dred and thirty<4w Orleans, (Special) f the ecappers indicted for ntimidation and white cap mnties of Amite, in the Pike Ming lave pleaded guilty District have been Imprisonn States at Jackson, Miss, and tenced to ree months’ and a fine o Lists of tained, i, larly in Fran greater part of neighborhood were acts. The broke up the been peace in since The problem of how to deal with the indicted men was a difficult one. There was a large number of lawyers engaged in the case. At the opening of the trials a plea of not guilty was entered, but this was subsequently withdrawn and the plea of guilty was tendered This was accepted, and Judge Niles then ad- ministered the sentence, after giving the prisoners a long lecture were particu. whitecappers nd, in some sections the white men of the engaged in these law- indictments and wilted the 5 CRS disorderly Gorky Wanted in Russia, Moscow, (By Cable). In addition to the accusation against Maxim Gorky, of engaging in a political propaganda, the Procurator has charged him with par. ticipation in the December uprising here, and it is rumored that his extradition from the United States will be asked for. The Gost has heen confiscated and prohibited from publishing pictures taken by an American photographer showing the life led in prison by Mlle. Spirido- nova, whe killed Police Chief Luzhen- offsky at Tamboff, BAD FOOD, Government FLOGGINGS AND VERY Bad Conditions at a Institution, Naval Ap Bureau of projectiics Wop 2 Ordinance iat in the The condition { given 01 per ural Department's x 5 $ is ai Agricultural issued, Naval officers have the absence of any the services of the Further testimony was given before the House committee of poor food and cruelty at St. Elizabeth’s Insane Asylum, The Senate committee laid on the table Senator Morgan's bill providing for sea-level Panama Canal except through Culebra, The Senate adopted the Elkins amend. mem requiring the railroad companies to confine themselves to railroading af- ter May 1, 1008. A number of other important amendments were adopted. Secretary Root and Mr. Casasus, the Mexican Ambassador, are about 10 com- plete a treaty providing for the dis- position of the waters of the Rio Grande, The House directed an investigation of the expenditures of the Agricultural Department, The Diplomatic and Consular Appro- priation Bill, as completed by the House, carries $2,500,000. attenti to mer Vicksburg navy at
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