The News Domestic The Minnesota Democratic State Convention declared for Governor Johnson after a hot fight by Bryan supporters. Chancellor Day, of the Syracuse University, is charged by Rev. George A. Cooke of violating the laws of the Methodist Church by his attacks on Roosevelt. The brother of Walter F. Baker, of Boston, who died under strange circumstances in New York, has pre- vailed upon the New Jersey authori- ties to make a searching investiga- tion. Ellwood T. House, first vice-presi- Detroit, and a native of Wilmington, Del., shot himself dead because of financial worry and ill health, Bishop Worthington's will, filed for probate at Pittsfield, Mass, con- tains public bequests to the amount of $50,000. Thomas J. Callan, who carried Cus- ter's last message and led a relief party, died at Yonkers, N. Y. A Philadelphia boy confessed start- ing 11 fires to see the engines run. Rev. Joseph E. Roy, who for 18 years was secretary of the American Home Mission Society, and later was field secretary of the American Mis- sionary Association, died at his home, fn Oak Park, Il. Luigi Ferrucchi, Italian, an | JAPAN 15 FORCING - CHINA TO TERMS Hurrying Supplies on Ships of First Squadron, CHINA MAKES AN APOLOGY. Condition in Manchuria Complicating Matters. The Chinese Want Japan to Pledge the Suppression of the Traffic in Arms and Ammunition—Japan Inti- mates 8 Willingness to Consider the Question — The Chinese Board of Foreign Affairs Insists Case of Seiz. ure of the Japanese Ship Cannot Be Settled Without Further Inquiry. JAPAN'S SEA FORCES, The increase of Japan's navy since the war with Russia {8 caus- ing surprise and distrust in other countries, She has now twice as many battleships, a third as many arm- ored cruisers and three times as many destroyers as before the War. Appropriation for army and navy 86 per cent. of the total na- tional expenditure for next year. countryman, whom he shot months ago. Governor Hughes anounced his de- cision not to entertain the charges preferred against Mayor Mann, diction. Stony Creek, Ct., aged 79 years. Emery Pulver, ciety man of Dillon, Mont., was fatal- ly shot, it is believed, by holdup men. Lieutenant Governor Lawrence Y. Sherman, of Illinois, was married to Miss Mary Estelle Spitler. John Grant, a former prize-fighter of New York, who had failed in six attempts to kill himself, in one of which he jumped from irooklyn Bridge; zfter gashing both wrists and swallowing carbolic acid, committed suicide by gas asphyxiation. Nathan Vidaner, a special deputy attorney general of New York, was arrested and accused of $500 in marked bills from William the Hamilton Bank. 3M. Louis Madelin, the French scholar and author, compares Roose- velt to Napoleon as a type of energy. mittee removed all the Foraker men from the State Central replacing them with Taft men, thus placing the Republican machinery of the state absolutely under Taft's control. Governor Hughes declares that he will not announce the name of the man who informed him money would be used to oppose antiracetrack leg- fslation. The Pennpsyvivania Railroads will employ additional telegraphers with the nine-hour law. Miss Cornelia Harriman, daughter of E. 1. Harriman, and Robert Livingstone Gerry were mar- ried in New York. An explosion of powder scattered a freight train on the Big Four Rail- road over 20 acres of ground. The railroads of the South an West have laid off 500,000 men. Foreign The British public is deeply anger- | ed over the alleged attempt of Em-| peror William to meddle in British naval affairs. i Shanghai distrusts the protesta- | tions of the Japanese that their in-| tentions are peaceable. i It is rumored in Lisbon that the] young King of Portugal will wed the | only daughter of Emperor William. | While France will not recede trom | her atutnde regarding the Haytian | revolutionists, who recently took ref- | uge in her consulates at St Mare! and Gonaives, she is willing to agree | in the future not to recognize this right of asylum. The Douma has asked the Russian Finance Minister to explain why he] induced the Czar to issue a nkase | authorizing an international loan of | $82,000,000 without receiving the | sanction of the Douma. i Reading 1.000 and about to ! i ! d}] i SHIPS AND TONNAGE. Tons. 191,381 130,683 165,262 20,508 7.258 Battleships . Armored cruisers... Other cruisers... Destroyers cans hn Torpedo boats..... i 20 Crs rrr ena Total i t i ii i i i i i LOKI Monday (By Cable), — | There were no developments through- 00D STORIES BY WIRE Plays Cards to Preserve Life---Gypsy Bands Are to Form a Trust, Crossed Wires Caused Quick Arrest 8t. Louis, Mo. (Special). Crossed wires on the police telephone system enabled an officer to make one of the quickest arrests on record here, Patrolman Churchill was attempt- ing to make his hourly telephone re- port to the district station, bet the wires were crossed and he hear! Pa- trolman Henderson reporting that Au- gust C. Schelle had just been robbed of an overcoat containing a certifi cate of deposit for $2,075 and other valuable papers A description of the thief was given. Just then Patrolman Churchhill, looking across the street, saw a poor- ly dressed man, carying a heavy over- coat, enter a pawnshop. In another minute the man was under arrest the Patrolman Churchill took him back to the telephone box, and this time got a clear connection. Send the wagon,” he telephoned: “I've got that fellow who stole elle's overcoat.” Se : Capt. Kidd's Treasure? New York (Special). Reports that Capt. Kidd's buried treasure had at last been discovered drew in in-| crowd Long Beach that one of the cr dredge which is engaged in ening the channel between Long and Hempstead, Long Island, found an ancient gold-crested such | i 1s it w of deep- to i The | relics were picked up by the dredge | pipe. It is also reported that a gold | brooch and a ring set with diamonds were found on the beach near by. Scores of people went to the beach the dredge could with men on the Tatsu seizure Chinese, with the steamer The entire decision in the case rests with Premier Saionji and Foreign Minister Hayashi. There has no indication of the period of time {that Japan will await China's | The Associated Office that it sumed that Yuan Press i formed at Japanese Foreign Kal will require three, or perhaps four, {f consultation with the viceroy Canton in the consideration of entire affair. What action Japan will take that she decides “independent action” is a | matter of speculation in diplomatic {eireles in Tokio. It is believed that it is entirely improbable that Japan | { will make any effort to retake the Tatsu or send warships to Canton | waters. While war is regarded as | improbable, the naval base at Sasebo is extremely active. It is announced that a part of the {first squadron will leave port on {March 14. Coaling is proceeding | rapidly and a number of topedo-boat | destroyers have already coaled. | Enormous supplies in storage at Sase- i bo are huuying aboard the vessels. At the office of the admiralty is pre- in- Shi 8 the idays o Of the in the event ito take it i ron expected to start on training ed two months ago; therefore the ac- ily be considered In connection with the Tatsu incident. CHINA EXPRESSES REGRET. Down Of Japanese Flag On Steamer. London (By Cable). dispatch received here China has apologized to The Hauling . A special states The dispatch further China later will reply nese government regarding the seiz- ure of the steamer and its cargo The statement was made at the #tates ing down the Japanese Tatsu Maru and has promised to this act. It was further stated that concerning the seizure of arms. and Japanese government have not as yet come to an understanding in the matter of the seizure of the Tatsu Maru, and the Chinese Board of For- from the bottom of the channel was | being piled up on barges Plays Cards To Preserve Life. Alton, Il ker has played uously for two (Special) Joseph Huf- | cards almost contin- | weeks in order to keep alive until his son Louls can | reach his bedside Loujls was sum- moned from Austria by news of his father's illness, and is thought to be his way from New York. The old man's physician fears that should he cease the pastime that di- | verts his mind and keeps him awake he would sink into stupor, from which it would be impossible to him. For hours time he | jes propped up bed, shuf- | the cards and with fends, who engage in ays, on a a feebly ng man arouse at in nl pl the 1d Gypsy Bands Are To Form A Trust. St A gypsy trust | in the United incorporated here, Adams president National Gypsy Association is its name, its object is to encourage harmony among gypsies, better com- pilance with governmental obliga- | tions. and educating their children In | the public schools Louis (Special) control the bands States has been with "King" to Joe Gen. Stoessel Sentenced. { By Cable) of St — The | Lieutenant | Petersburg in the Stoessel], verdict Case General who was recently martial Arthur | formal. | It is regarded as al- that Emperor for the surrender of the Port y pronounced commuted, Czar Against Autocracy. Petersburg (By Emperor's reaffirmation of tions to persist in the constitutional | delivered in answer 10] the ultra-reactionary address of the} Moscow nobility. is regarded as a gerious reverse to the campaign for the restoration of absolutism. The) Moscow nobility recently adopted a) address to the Emperor, concluding with an appeal for the res- | ~The his inten St. Cable), Submarines For Far East, Norfolk, Va. (Speciald.— The naval | lliers Brutus and Aberenda passed | into the Capes and dropped anchors in Hampton Roads. after following | the fleet as far as Rio Janeiro, with | co THE BIG SHIPS WILL BETURN VIA SUEZ President and Cabinet Decides On Program For the Fleet. WILL REACH FRISCO ABOUT MAY 15, The Plan of the Administration is to Send the Fleet on the Return Journey From the Pacific Coast to the Philip- pines, and Thence via Suez Canal to the Atlantic. Washington, D. C. (Special).—The itinerary of the return of the battle- ship fleet to the Atlantic Coast, which has been under discussion by the General Board at recent sessions at the conference between Beretary Met- calf, Rear-Admiral Cowles and Pills bury and Captain Winslow at the White House and at the Cabinet meeting, has finally been dccided upon, and unless for some unexj « ted reason the plan is changed it will be officially announced by Becretar) Metcalf. The plan of the Administration i to send the fleet on the return jour-| ney from ‘the Pacific Coast to is the | canal to the Atlantic foreign political change this plan. i The fleet, which left Callao "ebru- | ary 29, is expected to reach Magda-| lay March About five | weeks will be required for the 16 | | ple | Only pos contingencie vill | 15. practice, when they will move to the Southern California coast San | Diego, the first stop, will be reached | Other stops up | Ob and 8, The exact date of arrival will be set with- | in the next few days, 80 as to ac-| the people of the Pacific Coast who are arranging an elaborate | program of reception. They have] been informed that it will be impos- | Fran- on the May anniversary of Manila 1, as had been desired. Follow- the review of the two fleets in Francisco Bay by Scretary Met- the ships will be docked at Hunters’ Point and the Puget Sound | Navy Yard require two the Work necessary. | will be required to ation of fi con- i Day, San This will extent Te Considerable time complete the install trol, which was begun weeks prior to the fleet's departure from Hampton Roads. The of pair re at ae assemble or d joint wf Wiii entire fleet will soon as the ships are out of dock, and an extensive program maneuvers, and battle practice carried out in Puget Sound of Following this work, which last till well into July, the fourth di- of the fleet, commanded 3 3 ed and taken by him to Manila. the addition of the Nebraska and the Mississippi, New Hampshire and idaho, which will arrive in the mean- from the At A stay of some time will be made at Honolulu and Manila, and the fleet will return antic ian PRESIDENTIAL NOMINATIONS, Consular Service, Withdrawn. Appointments In Porter's Name Washington, D. C. (Special). i't President sent to the Senate the 1 foul $01 jowing nominations: To be Consul General at M. Gottscalk, of New York To be Consuls General-—-Frank D. Hill. of Minnesota, at Barcelona, Spain; James W. fornia, at 8t. Petersburg, Russia; Ridgely, of Kentucky. at Mexico, Mexico; Edward T. liams. of Ohio, at Tienstsin, China. To be Consul-—Plerre Paul De- Large - Brazil. To be Member gion-——Col. Wm. Engineers H. Bixby, Corps of THREAT TO BLOW UP TOWN. 8750 From Wawaka, Ind. County, has received a letter post- marked New York City, in which eign Afliairs maintains that the case! coal supplies. WILL AID THE LAND OF ALL ANARCHISTS A Sweeping Order {ssued By Secre- tary Straus, Washington, D. C. (Bpecial).—The Secretary of Commerce and Labor issued a sweeping order to all com- missioners of immigrattion and lm- migrant inspectors in charge, direct. ing them to confer with the police in their respective jurisdictions with a view to securing the ‘co-operation of the police and detective forces in an effort to rid the country of alien anarchists and eriminals falling with- in the law relating to deportation.” The order of Secretary Btraus fol- lows: “To all commissioners of immi- gration and immigrant inspectors charge: “It+is hereby directed that, with a view to promptly obtain definite formation with regard to alien i i an- Becret Bervice, of which vou are jocated, such official with detalled tion with regard to the meaning of the term ‘anarchist’ as used in the immigration act of February 20 furnishing THE WESTERN MARYLAND IN REGENVER'S HANDS Railroad Unable to Meet its Fixed Charge Due April 1 PRESIDENT B. F. BUSH APPOINTED. Business Had Been Steadily Increas- ing, but Maturing Obligations and Problem to Be Met in Commodity Clause of Fedral Rate Law Precipi- tated Court Action, MM i obligations 1 Baltimore (Bpecial) Unabie to will ture meet which the man Western April Maryland 19808, Railroad passed into the t | hands of a receiver, Judge Morris, in ithe Circuit Court the United States, district Maryland, signing {the order upon the appication of ithe Bowling Green Trust Company. | Mr. Benjamin Frankl Bush, presi- {dent of the road, was appointed re ceiver. He gave bond for $100,000. | The receivership does not come with tany surprise to financial circles, in which the rumor of probable receiver ship has been current for sometin The papers were signed in the offic of Gans & Haman, who, with Thomp- V p & Freedman, New BOHCILOTS of Gf 5] V 1 - ’ nderpool © are the criminal classes, explaining the posers and limitations imposed by said statute upon the immigration officials with respect to such persons “You should to the attention of the chief of police, or chief of ths Secret Service, the definition of ‘an archist’ contained in sections 2 and of the act of February 20, 1507, and the provisions of section call 2, plac- pons who have been convicted of admit having committed a felony oI crime or misdemeanor is ing moral turpitude, pointing ut that {f any such person is found with- the United within thr vears after landing or entry th OF invols 0 States % provisions of section 21 The cooperation of sald offi should be requests that in order that archist or crimina ay be depor evidence must be furnished show 1. That the person in question an alien subject to the acts of act walking it INAKIDE particul q implgration a That he is t as defined 3. The date ‘nited States, three years of the 4. The £3 fhe anarchis the statute hin arn which must date 4 inal iVAal 1 i of name of the ves: CARINE t i The name of the country whence came; the details with the last three tems being kept a various ports of entry in such ag to be avalla if information furnished with gpect to the name, ti date } nd the port of entry is desired that the above io eated steps shall be taken at and that proper effort shall spared to secure and the operation of the local police and de- in an effort to rid the country of alien anarchists and c inals falling within the statute relating ’ n Lala he respect to a A mar ner o ie archist’s al, a It es © of his arri- % indi- onee ir n be retain cO- tective forces ri the provisions of to deporia- WANT UNCLE SAM TO BUY. Proposition Of The Jamestown Es- position Receivers. Washington ceivers of the Jamestown Exposition their Committee BON { Special) Ihe with House advocated Company. attorneys { fore the Affairs chase of the 3590 acres co | Exposition site to be | United States as a naval istation. The price asked G00 and a bill for the pur {been introduced by Representative | Maynard, of Virginia. The committee was informed that, in addition to the $870,000 loan owned to the government, the com- | pany’s debts aggregate 31, i exclusive of liabilities to | ers, 80 that the whole of the §2.500,- | 000 purchase price is needed to !straighten out the company's affairs | The committee reached no de- cision. ernment 34 tied a4a9 aon stock hold- Maryland maturing of $3 $5,057 in 10ans the amount y pledge of irst mortgage bond neet these | A [3 g : has outstand wi ness Te represented nefr ncipal t notes reon, will mature ravabklie an § payable on the Bids City, Japan For ie ake Treadwell, sr. formerly a member of the 7 infant; ulti flered 4% United the hyn dd » Daag States 10Ch3 ty-drst ) Tel ng af. $150 ec Jay in mines iif, ida nouns a aCe y 3 monia iT been o r agent of A a + at a ¥ ” ¥ government to act ering the location scriptions of the I “rancisco and San *uget Sound. as oe my 893 ions in San 1 3% Diego Yor v Ha To Check Tobacco Raids Frankfort, Ky. (Spex MeChord Tobacco al a bill, placing tobac- | | WASHINGTON | An unconfirmed rumor | g750 is demanded from the town! a is to the effect that they will load | within two weeks. ‘At a de jwo submaring bom at Abnspolis, | The letter says that if the money | cided to order the return of the batl- | C es, i re : i re 8 , 12 0 be car ppin {is not delivered at a point in New | tieship fleet via the Suez Canal ” —————————— | York the town will be blown to] Fifteen more officers, including | © C—O A 3 A ——— Sh ————— £ 21 co buyers under police control of thy State, sed by the House by Vote -l The bil! will now It is designed to relieve the tense conditions growing st of the ralds of "night riders” in ithe tobacco growing districts Emperor William will meet King | Victor Emmanuel of Italy at Venice during the course of his Mediter- ranean cruise. Later Emperor Wil- liam will visit Emperor Francis Jo- seph at Vienna. Officials of the Japanese govern- cannot be settled without a thorough inquiry into the facts. China has successfully temporized for two days, and Sunday a member of the Board of Foreign Affairs and the Japanese minister, Baron Hayashi, had a lengthy conference with regard to Cabinet meoeting it was Senate, eo * “3 0 Lt {atoms. It is signed “Anarchists.” {three admirals, are to be put on the |it has been forwarded to the Post|gtand in the naval investigation. {OfMce Department at Washington, in ment state that while maintaining a firm attitude concerning the seizure of the steamer Tatsu by the Chinese, no idea of resorting to force is en- tertained. The French Foreign Office has not yet received any request for extra- dition of Paul Roy, charged by his wife, Glacia Calla, with the murder of her brother. Williams Nelthorpe Beauclere, the British minister to Peru, died at Lima. He was born in 1849 and was a descendant of the eighth duke of 8t. Albans. Japan has been compelled to va- cate or buy all the Russian banks throughout Manchuria seized during the war. The interior of the Court Theater, at Meiningen, Germany, was com- letely burned, but no lives were oat. The Union Bank of Commerce, of Rio Janeiro, clopod its doors and oth- er banking institutions are affected. The Liberal government of New prunswick, which has been continued in office under one form or avother for 25 years, was overthrown in the general clections Dbeld throughout the province. Detectives are scouring the coun- try about Chihuahua, Mexico, especi- ally toward the United States bore der, for the robbers who stole $200, 000 in Mexican banknotes by tun peling under and into the vault of the disposition of the cargo of the steamer if it were restored. China has proposed that the ship- ment of armg and ammunition on the Tatsu Maru be recalled and that the permit for such shipment be can- celled, and she further asks for pledges from Japan looking to the suppression of the traffic in arms and ammunition to the mainland through Japanese sources. The Japanesa gov- ernment has intimated its willinghess to consider the matter of such assur antes, “Wets” Win In Elkins, Elkins. W. Va. (Special). —Fol- lowing a hotly contested campaign Dr. A. M. Fredlock was re-elected mayor on the liguor license ticket. Three councilmen on the same ticket, and two on the dry ticket were also elected, Congressman Meyer Dead. New Orleans, La. (8pecial).,—Con- gressman Adolph Meyer, formerly an assistant adjutant general in the Confederate Army, died at his resi- dence here. Mr. Meyer had been too ill to attend Congress for several months, Heart failure was the im- mediate cause of death. Congress. man Meyer was born in 1842, and graduated from the University of Vir- inia In 1862. From 1562 to 18565 the neo de Minero. e served in the te Army on tha staff of Gen. John 8. Willlama Reading's coal tonnage in Febru- | ary decreased 93,320 tons. Regular dividend on Rubber Goods | Manufacturing stock. ] \iissouri Pacific's December gross earnings decreased $545,212 and the net profits fell $563,075. In 1861 the Pennsvivania round earned gross an average of $16,600 on each mile of track. In 1907 it earned on each mile $41,500, A Wall Street despateh said: “rraders think there ig Morgan sup- port in Reading and United States Steel, but not in other active issues.” Keystone Telephone's gross earn- ings in January increased $4,103, but owing to larger operating ex- penses the net result was a gain of only $287. On March 1 there was $201,045. 000 more money in circulation in the United States than on March 1, 1907. National bank notes had in- creased about $82,000,000, Norfolk & Western's January re- port shows a decrease of $647,316, or 256 per cent. in gross earnings. The decline In net profits was $324, 174, or 34 per cent. B. W. Clark & Co. announce the declaration of the regular quarterly dividend of 1% per cent. on the pre- ferred stock of the Portland Rail. Rail- way, Light & Power Company. the town. A vigilance committee is being or ganized and officers will meet every train pulling into Wawaka for the next two weeks, RULER'S WIFE IN DANER. Infernal Machine Sent Senora Alcorta, Argentine President's Spouse, Buenos Ayres (By Cable).-~It has become known here that an attempt was made two weeks ago to murder Senora Figueroa Alcorta, wife of the President of the republic. Bhe re- ceived a bag of peaches, in which was found an infernal machine, Prosident Figueroa Alcorta has re- ecelved numerous congratulations on the fortunate escape of his wife, Schwab Bays Famous Mine, Mexico City (Special). Advices from Chihuahua, Mexico, says the ne- gotiations of Charles M. Schwab, of New York, and associates for the urchase of the famous Potosi mine n the Santa Eulalia district, that state, are practically concluded. The consideration is given at $8,000,000 gold. It is one of the largest min- ing transactions ever made in Mexico. 1t is stated that Mr. Schwab's recent visit to England and France was in connection with the pending transac | Wireless telegraph companies are! {them under government control. i The House committee agreed | hibit at the Tokio Exposition, i Nearly 5,000 diamond cutters have { been thrown out of work in Antwerp ion account of failure of orders from the United States. Representative Currier, of New Hampshire, criticised the work of the Patent Office and urged increase pay for employes, The House subcommittee decided to favorably report the bill to equal- ize pay in the Navy. The State Department asked the French government for the extra- dition of Paul E. Roy, accused of the murder of his brother-in-law, George A. Carkins, at Newington, N. H. Representative Sims urged the bill which prohibits the use of the mails, telegraph and telephone for dealing in “cotton futures.” Six treaties negotiated at The Hague Conference wers ordered re- ported favorably by the Senate Com- mittee on Foreign Relations, The arbitration treaty with Swits erland was reported favorably from the Senate Committee on Foreign Re- lations. Mr. Hitcheook, of Nebraska, plead- ed for the placing on the of wood pulp and vrint paper. * to priation of $500,000 toward an ex- Of Monk Sane. Denver, Colo. (Special). Guiseppe Alia. the slayer of Father Leo Hein- richs, is declared absolutely sane in a report submitted to District Attor- ney A. Stidger LY four experts in mental diseases, who examined the | prisoner for several hours. The phy- i gicians agreed that Alia had no men | tal delusions whatever, For Yoy's Extradition, Washington, D. C. (Special). —<Ap- plication was made to the State De. partment for the nesessary authority to extradite frora France Paul E. Roy, charged with responsibility for the death of George A. Carking in New Hampshire, The action on the application was not announced. Murderer { i i i ! i i i i EL A SASS Redfield Proctor Dead, Washington, D. C. (Special). United States Senator Redfield Proc tor, of Vermont, Socretary of War under President Harriton and at one time governor of his state, died in Lis apartments at the Champlain, 1424 K Street northwest. Senator Proctor, who was seveaty-seven jears old, caught cold about a week ago, which developed Into grip and pleurigy. Owing to his advanced age, his heart failed him in the end, after a final rally on Tuesday Ris Fe
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