WATCHING THE UNITED STATES Russia, Japan and China on the Anxious Bench, THE SOVEREIGNTY OF MANCHURIA. The Interference of the American Consul Said to Have Made China Aware of the Strength of Her Diplo- matic Position—Russia May Recog- nize the Sovereignty of China. Peking ( By Cable) —There has come an awakening to the possibilities of the political position of the United States in the matter of Russia and Japan and the soverignty of Man- shuria: This situation has arisen as a result of the organization and the activity for a twelvemonth past of the American special consular serv- jce. The situation has heen precipi- tated by two things; first, the refusal of Fred D. Fisher, the American con- sul at Harbin, to recognize the Rus- gian administration of that territory and his support of the Chinese pro- test against the establishment by Russia of municipalities in the rall- road zone at Harbin and Chailar inde- pendent of the Chinese government; and, second, by the reconsideration of all Manchurian questions which bave been inaugurated recently at Peking. The throne fears that Japan Is about to promulgate ordinances along the line of the Russian decree, mak- ing Harbin an independent munici- pality, for the purpose of converting all Japanese communities in Man- churia into self-governing bodies, and it has consequently summoned Tang- Shai-Yi, the governor of Mukden Province and the chief of the Man- churian administration, to Peking for THREE KILLED IN TENEMENT FIRE ok————— Many Others Injured While Trying to Escape. New York (Special).—Three per- sons killed, 15 were injured, some of them seriously, and the lives of nearly a hundred persons were en- jangered by fire in a five-story tene- ment-house at No, 44 Hester Street. The dead are: Berel Weinstein, his wife, Anna, and their one-year-old son. They were suffocated and burned in their apartments on the fifth floor. That more llves were not lost was largely due to the prompt action of three policemen, who, seeing flames in the ball, rushed through the building. and aroused the members of 16 sleeping families. By that time the stairways were a mass of flames and the only means of exit was by way of the fire es- capes. In their mad attempt to es- cape from the smoke and flames, scores of scantily clad men, women and children crowded the narrow {fron platforms and ladders until they became wedged in solld masses, un- able to extricate themselves and blocking the way of those who had not vet succeeded in getting out of the building. : This was the situation when the firemen arrived and began to take the paunle-stricken fugitives from their perilous position. The work moved forward slowly, as in some instances the combined efforts of half a dozen firemen were required to drag a woman or child from the tightly packed platforms. In the meantime the flames had been con- stantly spreading, and the terror among the tenants had carried them past_the point of self-restraint. While MA. ‘CARNEGIE GIVES MORE OF HIS MILLIONS $5,000,000 Added to Professors’ Pension Fund. THE STATE COLLEGES TO PROFIT. Quick Response by Mr. Carnegie to Ap- peal Made by National Association of State Universities — Letter Asking for $5,000,000 Is Answered Day It Is Received and Gift Made. CARNEGIE'S GIFTS. libraries $40,000,000 Institute School, For Carnegie and Tech, Pittsburg, College professors pensions ....... Scotch universities endowment ..... Carnegie Institution for Scientific Re- search Employes’ und ... Heroes’ Rell Dumferline ment Peace Temple The Hague Allied Engineers’ Societies RR Bureau American Republics Gifts to small col- Jogos ...... 000 Miscellaneous ,.... 24,000,000 15,000,000 15,000,000 rae ua 12,000,000 Pension tig sens 10,000,000 ef Fund 5,000,000 endow- 2.500.000 at 1,600,000 1,500,000 750,000 17.000.000 21,750,000 Total ..«-3166,000,000 New York (Special).—Annouynce ment was made that Andrew the purpose of disposing of all Man-! churian questions in a categorical manner. Russia and Japan, it declared here, are of the opinion that China never would have been aware of the strength of her diplomatic positioh | in Manchuria, and especially at Har-| bin. where Japan supports Russia, had it not been for the interference of the consular representative of the United States. Last November Rus- sia intimated that Mr. Fisher was re- | sponsible for the attitude of China, | and today it is declared in Peking that she regards the United States as responsible for the present com- plication over the Harbin muniei- | pality. Ag for Japan, for six months past she has been trying at Washington and elsewhere to counteract the ac- tivities of American consuls in Man- churia. Just at the present moment this consular activity is held in check | pending a settleiient of China's dip- lomatic contest with the Russo-Jap- anese coalition for sovereignty in Manchuria. It is known to the Chinese government that Washington supports the attitude taken by ils consular representative, and it is no exaggeration to say that for a year past the course of the consul hig ir- ritated and disturbed both Russia and Japan. The Peking government encour- ages, and it is glad of what has heen called here “American intervention” in the Manchurian The ruling influehce at Peking well under- stands the advantages to.be gained from this American policy in the Far East, and it has shown its ability to make use of a situation which is believed here to be a direct outcome of the diplomatic and naval policy of America. RUSSIA COMING AROUND. is n 1 . difficulty May Formally Recognize China's Sovereignty In Manchuria, St. Petersburg (8pecial).—The | Russian government is considering the issuance of a statement formally recognizing China's sovereignty in Manchuria insofar as is consistent .with the purely administrative rights of Russia in the railroad zone. This is thought to be the best wav out of the Harbin difficulty, whieh has been brought to an {ssge by the refusal of Fred D. Fisher, the Ameri- can consul at Harbin, to recognize the Russian administration of this territory. ! Robbed Of $6,000. San Francisco (Spetial), — F. 8. Royster, millionaire planter, of Nor- folk, Va., who has been touring the Orient and who was a passenger on the steamship Mongolia when she came up to the Pacific Mail wharf, | was robbed after landing of $6,000 road ticket number rested on suspicion. Miss Robeson Burhed To Death, Raleigh, N. C. A8pecial) err Miss Henrietta Robeson was burned to death by a fire which destroyed her residence. of two sisters who made the Confed- orate flag whigh was taken from the Tenth North Carolina, Regiment by the Fourth Rhode island, and which was refurned by the latter State to North Carclinaga at a noted celebration here in June, 1006. » To Return Confederate Flags. Trenton, N. J. (Special). “Li The House passed the Senate joint reso- lution providing for the return of _ Bouthern flags taken during the Civil War. The flags are to be given back to the organizations from which they . were captured, the return to be made under the direction of the Ggvernor. anid $150 in gold. Admiral Evans Improving. Paso Robles, Cal, (Special). —Ad- ~ mirgl Evans went for a two-hour drive’ with Lieutenant Evans and Colonel Tornéy, of the Army; He stood she drive well, returning fresh . and gay, He can now walk easily with erutehes and 18 rapidly regain- ing strength. The rheumatism has entirely disappeared. "He 18 much gratified by the kindness of Califor: Bla people, len is Tideuced by e continual pouring in o wers, ruit and so forth, k fircmen on the ladders and others | on the ground were calling out to them that there was no danger, they began to jump from the windows David Miller sprang {rom a fourth- story window and sustained injuries which probably will cause his death. Rosie Gallmann, Fannie Berzon and | Byman Mettlemann, who jumped {rom windows on the second and third | floors have broken limbs and were | taken to hospitals. Several others were internally injured. Scout “Jimmy'' Morrison Dead. El Reno, Ok. (Special) —Jesse Mor- rison. better known as ‘Jimmie Mor- | rison, who at an early age was cm- ployed as a government scout in the Southwest service under Sheridan and Miles. committed suicide at his | home by shooting Although at one time wealthy, little remained of his wealth when he died Morrison was born in Orange County, N. Y,, in 1843. Cleveland Continues To Improve. N. 1. (8g mer President Grover Cleveland, who has been stayig here for sometime past, continues show improvement in health He goes for a short walk and a drive daily, and is often seen about the hotel He was visited by his friend and physician, Dr. W. & Bryant. of New York, whose call was purely social : Lakewood, social fF oe For- Bristol's Postmaster Vindicated. Washington, D. C The against Postmaster E. A Warren. of Bristol, Tenn., of using! the post office Tor political purposes and intoxication, have been dismissed by the Postmaster General following the report received from the inspec-| tors who investigated the charges, { Special}. charges WASHINGTON | Speaker Cannon introduced reso- lutions directing the Attorney Gen-| eral and the Becretary of Commerce and Labor to inform the House what steps have been taken to investigate the Paper Trust. Representative Harrison, of New York, rebelled’ against Minority Leader Williams’ | scheme to devote the national sur- plus to building public roads. { A new postal savings bank bill was | introduced by Senator Carter, chair- man of the subcommittee of the Sen- | ate Committee on Postoffices and | Post Roads. i The House passed the Agricultural, Appropriation Bill. It carries an ap- | propriation of $11,500,000, which is | $77,000 more than originally report- | ed. The Lafollette Employers’ Liabili-{ tv Bill was favorably reported to the Senate from the Committee on Edu- | cation and Labor. 3 The Senate confirmed the nomina- | Francis Burton bassador to Germany. The House Committee on the Judi- ciary temporarily tabled the subcom- | mittee’s report on the Wilfley affair. | The House Committee on Banking {and Currency agreed to give hearings {on the Aldrich Financial Bil e'] { The Senate Committee ont Foreign | Relations decided to favorably report ithe general Hague Treaty. {The new battleship Idaho was | | placed in commission at the League | Island Navy Yard } The Senate committee voted down ipoth the Watner and the Foraker | bills providing for the reinstatement lof the negro soldiers discharged on account of the Brownsville riot. The Senate Committee on Educa- tion and Labor made favorable re- port on the Employers’ Liability Bill introduced by Senator Lafollette, The President sent to the Benate the nomination of David Jayne Hill to be ambassador to Germany, and also nominated as ministers Arthur M. Beaupre, of lilinols, to the Neth. erlands and Luxemburg, and Spencer F. Eddy, of llljnois, to the Argentine Republic. . The War Department has ordered troops to Treadwell, Alaska, where striking miners threaten to dynamite property. i The appropriation for the foresty gie would add $5,000,000 to the as pension beneficiares eli- gible professors of state universities. No provision was made for this MINERS OFFER OLIVE BRANCH Ask Operators to Meet Them in Conference, 0. (Special) mine operators recelved vitation from President Lewis, United Mineworkers of to attend a meeting at Indianapolis, when the question of calling a joint conference of miners and operators of Ohio Indiana, Illinois and West- ern Pennsylvania to revive the inter- gtate agreement will be cousidered Representatives of the miners and the operators of the four states, whish comprise the central compet itive field, will attend the conference Ohio operators accepted the invita- tion. President Lewis said that he had received a number of replies, most of which were favorable to the move, but he had not vet received enough to determine the result. He ls con- fledent, however, that the move will result in a resumption of work, the rehabilitation of the interstate move- ment in this fleld and, in conse- quence, the rehabilitation of the in- Columbus, coal - Ohio an in- of the America, terstate movement in the Southwest fleld and the outlying districts. Ohio operators have wired their! acceptance of the invitation. India-| na operators during the negotiations | this winter have expressed a willing- | ness to go into joint conference any | time. The Indiana mines are run-| ning. The result will lie in the hands | | i | 1 i i for the reason, stated by Mr. Car- negie at the time, that the thought it possible that such institu- tions might prefer that thel’ rela- should continue exclusively with the state from which their chief support was derived. This view was taken by the National Associa of State Universities, which, In yohr following the establishment the foundation, petitioned the to the bene- fits of the retiring allowance system it was then found that the earn- ings of the original fund of $10,000. 600 were exhausted through the ont- let already planned, and that If the faculties of all state universities were be benefited an additional $5.- G00 6040 would hae required The situation was placed formally before zr. Carnegie by Dr. Henry 8. Prit- chett, president of the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching, on March 31, same day Mr the money would be forthcoming for any state institution whose applica- tion received the approval of the leg- islature and governor of its state, In Five Per Cent. Bonds, The additional donation will tion the of to be in vd annual income of a quarter of a mil lion dollars and a total for disbursement of $750,000, The Carnegie Foundation was es- tablished Mr. Carnegie on April 27. 1905, with a gift of a trust fund of $10,000,000 In 5 per cent firet mortgage bonds of the United States Corporation. of vr Yearyy by include the presidents of the better known colleges and universities of the country. To meet the operators conference President Lewis summon the district officers of the miners’ organization. Careful estimates from all the min- | ing centers in the state show that | nearly 4656 mines throughout the state are idle. It is sald here that the operators are not averse to hav- ing the mines idle, as they have thousands of tons of unsold coal at the docks on the lakes Miners’ rep- | resentatives here generally believe some compromise agreement will be reached within week According to accurate reports re- ceived here from all over the Ohio | district 40.000 workmen all kinds in the mines are idle as the result of the decision the mine officials in the central competitive district to stop work because they gay the operators decline to make Any wage agreement The estimate of the counties follows: Columbiana Coun- ty, Vinton County, S00; Hock- ing, 4.000; Jackson and 6.000: Coshocton, 1,001 gum, 400; Perry, 2: Athens, Jefferson, 6 a of of men out by | 2.000; E5600 G00 8.000: a6 BAN ON YOUNG CHICKENS, Violation Of Law To Sell Newly Hatched As Easter Tokens, ial} A. it of to New York (8pec the 1 here Under ruling of the 8 { wil after be a viol newly hatched chickens Easter gifts, Many complainis have been made to the society alleging that the Easter trade in “ chicks” was cruelty, and’ asking the organization to abolish it The society dec the new iy hatched chickens are sold to irre ation jaw sell As res that : i colleges and technical schools in the United States. Canada and Newfound- land. who are retired after 25 years gervice. or, having reached the age 65 years. have taught 15 preceding. From the henefits of the trust were excluded institutions supported by state or colonial government and schools under sectarian control of A NARROW ESCAPE, New York (Special). —Hundreds of persons watched Joseph Bailey, a stedplejack, exticate himself from a dangerous predicament at the of a 200-foot chimuey in Jersey City. gwain’'s chair, when a gust of wind to care for them, and them only as playthings or so the birds die from starvation. who regard in a day abuse or Played Poker For Girl, Columbia, Miss, {Special)-—<Eunice Spencer is under arrest, charged with murdering Charles Wesley in his home here. It is sald that Miss Spen- coer was the stake in a poker game in which Wesley and P. F. Coombs were the players. Each of the play- ers won two games, and in the de- ciding game, with one point to go out, Coombs accused Wesley of cheating in the fight which fol had Coombs on the floor, with a knife at his throat. At moment Miss Spencer is sald ley, who died in a few moments, Washington Committee {8pecial ).—The Sen- on Interstate Com- tor Elkins suspending the operation of that section of the Raliroad Rate Several’ persons of alarm attracted the attention of a enough to crawl over the edge. WILL BE 36 STORIES, Plans Announced For Another New York Skyscraper. New York (Special).- another skyscraping building to be erected on the lower end of Manhat- tan Island, facing on West and Wash- ington Streets, were announced. The new structure is to be 36 stories and 447 feet in height, and will consist of a central tower 950 feet square, flanked to part of that height by wings of each side of the tower. It will be equipped with 30 elevators, will be erected by the Century Invest- ipent Company and is to cost $4,600, 0. Senator Davis Fined, Little Rock, Ark. (Special), ~ United States Senator Jefferson Davis was fined $25 in police court for dis- turbing the peace, The fine was ad- ministered for the Senator's action in getting a pistol and appearing on the street where he had been at- tacked and beaten a few minutes be- fore by Thomas Helm, deputy prose- cuting attorney. It is alleged Davis flourished the ver and made threats of taki whot at his late i vice was finall gravios, sak. finally i : § i i i { i from carrying coal or other! products from collieries or mines’ owned by themselves. As originally | offered by Elkins the resolution sus- | pended this law until May 1, 18160. The committee changed that dates to January 1, 1910, " — RA LAC ALAA FINANCIAL | Last week the Pennsylvania Coal and Coke traffic exceeded 1,000,000 in the two weeks following March 4 there were 27,950 idle freight cars put into use, John 8. Qummey has purchased the Philadelphia Stock Exchange seat belonging to the late W., W, Kurtz. The postponement of Erie's meet. ing caused selling of stocks on the theory that the directors probably had not yet succeeded in their finan- cial plans for the company. The Bank of England made no change in its discount rate. Edward B. Smith & Co. were the chief buyers of Lehigh Valley on its big rise. Some significance at- taches to this for the reason that Mr. Smith is a director of the com- pany. David 8 Ludlum was made as- sistant cashier of the Philadelphia National Bank. i The output of cement in 1907 was of 1,600, 1806 and” 13 48,000,000 barrels, a SHE WEEPS OVER INDIANS’ WHONGS Mrs. Grey's Dramatic Recital Inter- ests Senators. A WOMAN NEWSPAPER WRITER Went Out to Investigate Conditions on the Crow Reservation Tells a Harrowing Story Indians Compelled to Eat Diseased Cattle While Whites Got Their Sheep. C. Grey, Washington, D. Mrs. Helen Plerce paper writer, arrested of her protests of Crow manner in agents managed ticn in Montana, ment before the Indian Affairs keep from starving the Indians were compelled to eat the meat diseased cattle and sheep: that they were frequently thrown into without cause and kept at the mercy of the agents; that the children of the government reservation school were mistreated. She stated positively these things must have been done with ‘the knowledge of some of the officials at Washington Another interesting chapter was a ed also to her of her o experiences as an investigator. That some of the members of committee were impressed character of which Grey said were of proof evident {8pecial) the n«¢ last =u WE 11 because connection th $ ih ihe wi indians against the which the government the Crow resumed her Senate She charged reserva slate Committe that of JR; 4d account wh the by Lhe the charges susceptible the character It is investigation from not that a will ordered Mrs. Grey read statement, it d made this at Senator Owen and that she had Teller general be prepard i eveloped that she the suggestion of Senator Clap from a conferred with B« the case Keeretar ator concerning During her Garfield, who sweeping charges was describing sti wa involved In ‘ ' 8 PD Mr present (Grey her expericnd tellin arrested part nolds to “trump” 1 ganity against ' Garfield, when in told the chief of police a "dangerous blackmalier venturer,” “That statement ndation Garfield Mrs Grey res and in was the of Was and ad- she in f whatever,” fou vaes ms 4 f police 0 wou d 1€ trary Mes. Grey was In Bi the Crow R the indignit committe ignorant said mistreated, and into whole leg charges wor of incarnation of the Indian she declared tht against UE of that thrown the Previous was put in ended matter she sald that Agent threatened incan Indian, ut that such that he had not out his purpose Passing on agement of Indian af said it was current ator Carter was Charles Bear's sheep fied previously that Bear, influences with the agent, had pas tured about 125.000 sheep on the reservation while paying for 35,000 head. “Why do you not investigate this matter before bringing such charges against Senator Carter?” asked Sen- ater Dixon “How far would you have me demanded Mrs. Grey; “IL was arrest ed six times for making investiga tions.” Mrs. Grey said that while Mr. Dal- by, former secretary to Mr. Garfield was investigating the conditions on to ths jail the On io an ut 1 % i ¥ we to the i ed misman- Mrs. Grey that Sen- owner of had testi through She go?" “aither eat that or starve.” the alleged wrongs perpetrated upon bed: the Indians get. their land and live sheep.’ Soothing Syrup Kills Twins, 8¢. Paul, Minn. (Special).—Twin babies, a bay and a girl, children of Mr. and Mrs. C. H. Ackerknecht, 421 West Central Avenue, are dead, victims of soothing syrup poisoning. The parents told a physician who was called that they had given the babies only five drops of the medicine. The edroner is making an investigation, Government Asks For Roy. Paris (Ry Cable).—-The govern- ment has received a request from the United States for the extradition of Paul Roy, who Is charged with the murder of his brother-in-law, George EB. Carkins. In official circles it is pelieve the request will be granted. AAO BOAR Ends Her Life. 8t. Louis (Special). ~The dead body of Mrs, Elizabeth Highfill, 52 years old, a fortune-telling medinm, was found in an artificial lake in Lafayette Park she having commits ted suicide by drowning during the night. Mrs. Highfill informed sev- eral of her friends that she bad re- colved a communication from the irit world the effect Fania de in poverty unless CASTRO WILL YIELD ONLY T0 FORCE Uncle Sam’s Patienc2 With Venezuela's Executive Exhausted. Washington, D. C The President sent to Congress the corres {Bpecial}. pondence that has been in progress for years betwee the Sta n and President Castro regarding the York pany, pany, the nd Bermudez Orinoco Orinoco (Cor “a the Ete Jaurette, all cted upon them Accompanying the famous 3 nade by ) and arcnis wer since iri 8 es the State President nitted the to ( ithout gence ONRress w mendation, but the Stale men i868 some sglrong lan- Oiding guage stronger than that and if the be yrocrastinati refusal of this ¢ fre virne £4 11'¢ { t ial 3 JIN that COE of a met the time Has demand mo oF Lhe LOVer: won le iment and vig A Puzzling gy Proposition. npt and ted the ¢ pro: vigor tate Presid Root be neither i will r Venezuel WATE that the can people s apport him i gto] against President involving. If necessary troops, Mr with great Our the landing o Roosevell caution an A WARELESS TORPEDO. To Be Inspected By U. 8S. Naval Board Of Ordinance, New York trials of a new wakeless dirigible tor pedo have { Special) Successful the invention of Frank | been conducted recently proving station in Noyac Bay, of Harbor, Long Island =r The new type is eflective but its speed at 5.000 will have i® o4 - ft perfected. At present it runs but knots, and this will be Yaised to 45 knots. Ar. Leavitt spent last week at the Late in April Rear Admiral Mason and the old members of the United States Neval Board of Ordnance will come to fag Harbor 10 inspect the trials of this new torpedo Bones Of A Sea Serpent. Chicago (Special).—The Univer. gity of Chicago added to its collec- tions the bones of a sea serpent. It was found in the bed of Smoky Hills River. near the western boundary of Kansas. Scientists say it is the fin. est and most complete specimen of its kind in existence. Prof. Samuel W. Williston, of the paleontology de- partment, discovered the bones of the creature last summer. Jt meas- ured 19 feet long and had 112 ver tebrae and four paddie-shaped feet. Accident On The Missouri, Washington, D. CC. (Special).-~ During target practice Saturday, at Magdalena Bay, 140 inches of the muzzle of one of the six-inch broad. side guns of the Missouri blew oil. The fracture was a clean one and did not indicate any flaw in the metal. Practice was continued and the gun will be replaced by a new one from. the Washington navy yard. No one was injured. The gun was made at the Washington Navy Yard in 1902
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