POISON 15 TAKEN
FROM A VIPER
Operation on Most Poisonous of All
Snakes.
VALUABLE SERUM FURNISHED.
Scientists Obtain a Supply of the Most
Deadly Known Poison From Snake
Captured in Wilds of Brazils With
Great Difficulty—One-third of Tea.
spoonful of Poison Was Obtained.
New York (Special).—For the first
time in 80 vears and the second time
in the history of the science of
medicine an operation for the extrac-
tion of venom from the deadly lance-
head viper, said to be the most poi-
sonous of all known reptiles, was per-
formed at the Bronx Zoological Park.
The operation, which was directed
by E. W. Runyon, of this city,
through whose efforts the snake was
coptured and brought to New York,
was a complete success and as a
been found almost invaluable in the
treatment of extreme cases of in-
sanity and also of many of the malig-
nant diseases,
The extremely powerful nature of
the lancehead's venom can be no bet-
declaration of one of the
who witnessed the operation.
and the precious fluid had been ca
fully weighed and found to be
than a third of an ordinary teaspoon-
ful in quantity, he announced that the
supply was amp to meet the de
mands of the world for at
a century.
He explained
that this would
widespread u serum in all
the malignant di ses such as ty-
phoid and rand diphtheria.
So powerful is the tion that
prescribed only in nost
quantities, tion
monly one
trillionth
point the
to a poi:
useless in
The operatic
of
rae
1I'S¢
le
least
game time
for the most
it is
minute
the com-
ten
that
Lid
used contains
of
down
would be
describe it
Fin rine
fH UES
+
i
it
ation
of years
the co
which appeared
able were finally overcome
is the dread of
the natives around
of the Amazon,
found, and among
¢" its dangerous
was with the utmost difficulty that
specimen was and 1
to New York.
Those who parti
eration were Dr.
mars, curator of rep
Dr. 8t. Clair Smith,
ing homeopaths of
Head keeper
the
Those
the
viper
iy
the reptiles
Lhe neal
where it
anu
waters
to be
know |
i
a
sailors who
chars that
er
captured rought
les at
of
+31
one
the
B 3
and Dr. Runyon.
gathered
to see th
the
rown
harles
reptile house,
had
expect
brought int gecure-~
caged were th almost into
panic when Headkeeper Snyder ap-
peared at t head of the passage-
way bear the
1 writhing monster
at arms’ length on
a slender
wire. They were reassured a
ment later, however, n the snake
had d upon the
head cleverly pi
mars seized
Holding
body, . with }
ward, Dr. Ditmar
Keeper Snyder thru
mouth the rece]
prepared receive the venom.
was. glass of unusual strength
the wide aperture at the
been covered with a piece of medi-
cated “gauze and securely fixed in|
place. When the receptacle was at
2 point less than half an inch from
the vipers nose there was a lungs
forward so quick that the eye scarce-
ly could follow it, the olith
thrown open, the lips which covered
the cruel fangs were curled back,
and with a snap the fangs tore]
through the cloth, the jaws closed
sharply and the peison, enough
kill a thousand men, spurted harm-
lessly into the glass,
The snake will
ty, and if he survives it is likely
other operations will be performed
from time to time, and the future]
gupply of the serum made secure; |
possibly for centuries. i
41 KILLED IN COLLISION.
who
table e deadly
room
ne
piece of
mo-
whe
been place
firm
close
grip.
tO
pointing out
the sig
into the snake's
acle which he had
to
LOD
m
[44] was
tO
he in captivi- |
that |
1 vr
kept
Sixty Are Injured In Crash Of Aus]
tralian Trains,
Melbourn, Australia (By Cable). —|
In a collosion of two trains from |
Ballarat and Bendigo respectively, at|
Braybrook Junction, about eight
miles from Melbourne, forty-one per-
gong were killed and sixty injured.
The Bendigo train, with two heavy
engines, crashed into the rear of the
Ballarat train, i
Five cars of the latter train were
wrecked,
The wreckage took fire and was al-
most completely consumed,” Many of |
the bodies were unrecognizable when
recovered.’
The Bendigo train suffered but lit-
tle damage, Dut the two engines were
pik an. top of the rear coaches of
the er train,
TerMible scones followed thé acel-
dent, many of the injured being
saught in the wreckage, and with
difficulty rescued from the flames,
It was a long time before doctos
and nurses arrived on the scene, and
as a consequence intense suffering
prevailed among the injured,
TWO MORE BODIES FOUND.
Number Of Those Lost In Chelsea
Fire Now Known To He 15.
Chelsea, Mass. (Special), — The
number of lives known to have been
logt in the fire of April 12 was in-
creased to 15 by the discovery of two
more bodies. A
One was found beneath a pile of
bricks in a cellar in Watts Street, Its
sex could not be determined. Miss
Annie Murphy, who has been miss-
ing since the fire, lived at the ad-
EIGHTEEN STUDENTS ARE
SHOT IN GUATEMALA
Ringleaders in the Conspiracy Ag:inst
President Cabrera.
Guatemala City, Guatemala (By
Cable),—President Cabrera himself
is authority for the statement thal
18 of the ringleaders in a conspiracy
against him already have been shot
to death, and that probably more ex-
ecutions will follow.
President Cabrera,
life an attempt was
dents, received the representatives
of the various powers and made a
lengthy statement to them that he
had unearthed an extensive conspir-
acy against him that led up to his
attempted assassination. He de-
clared that 18 of the leaders had
been executed by his orders, and that
the death penalty would be meted
out to others already in the hands
of the military.
mong these are’ the men who
were imprisoned a year ago, having
been implicated in a plot to assassi-
nate the President. They were sen-
to death after their arrest,
but the gentence had not been carrfed
out. President Cabrera said that he
had proofs that a majority’ of these
prisoners were implicated in the new
against whose
made by stu-
dress.
attempt against his life, and that
they would be executed without de-
surface
really
in
ough there is
here,
he
a
conditions
military is
tran-
the ecity
business
lutionary
quarters
The
in
those
resulted.
is 8
there
has
feeling
and
trong
are
not hesitate to go t
in
tho
0 any
their
Preside
14
¥
: BR danger
ny dd:
away with
this
twice or
few months.
was made
Cabrera
for nas
in
reason,
thrice
10
last
number of
be implicate
deveral
G86 to
made.
‘onspirators
of ti
were
Italians
vaniard,
The rej
nresenta
one
ives of tl
ang
it
interfered in the carry-
send-
against such
President
» deat
* protest
h sentence,
the minor
» pardoned released
and although
» Court Guatemala co
s
h penalty all t
prison,
of
Hose sen-
“ th
ave ne
Taft
Panama
weeks on
hmus, and
or:
511 Tris
Wii { -
1
$e pad
a
on
the journey
returning by
cruiser Prairie will
placed at lisposal for
According to
ents, he will sail
harieston, 8. C.
of the
April 30,
his
the pres-
from
American
authorized national
ianagement ARE nego
ire unas ¥ nu
bond
pletion
Ts
Cans
1s ¥ v 5 Se a fh 1%
oan of necesanrsy
com Ot
House Cor
Colum
a bill pr
stores and
less than 14
The National
ted
fey 5 old
Hopkins U
on
of
the
in
to
labor
by
Sciences
invitation
at
Baltimore,
Academ
ira Remse
next
rsity. in
accel] Dr.
i myoet §
iis BIOL
Johns
nis
Judi.
the National
amend the
» Committees on the
gave a hearing on
Federation Bill to
Sherman Anti-trust Laws
Meombx
ivic
sre of the House were urged
thelr efforta to secure the
of the tariff fr print
and wood pulp
to use
removal
per
Om -
ya
fraud order was issued
Paul, Minneapoli
y Company,
Dakota.
fiton D.
~-general,
to
Minneapolis,
A court of inquiry has been ap-
pointed to determine the responsibil-
ity for the accident the
Tacoma.
Rear Admiral Samuel W. Very was
retired and Capt. William 8. Cowles
was promoted to a rear admiral.
The bill to create an inland water
way commission was considered by
the subcommittee of the Senate,
incorporated in
Purdy, a
was
istant
nominated
United
atior-
by the
he
to
partment of the Army.
Plans have been recommended for
bonding the memorial hall of the
the American Revolution to raise
enough money to complete the bulld-
ing.
It was declared in the House that
ft is constitutional for the national
government to acquire land in the
States for forest reserves when such
acquisition is an aid to navigation.
A bill providing for the erection
of a monument at Abingdon, Va, to
the memory of Gen. William Camp-
bell, a King Mountain hero, was
passed by the Benate,
Papers are being prepared at the
Department of Justice for the prose-
cution, under the Anti-trust Law, of
the New York, New Haven and Hart-
ford Railroad.
Formal orders were issued placing
Rear Admiral C. M. Thomas in coms
mand of the Atlantie fleet on May
9 immediately after the review at
San Francisco,
The pension appropriation bill re-
ported to the Senate carries $163.
063,000, an increase of $12,184,000
over the amount appropriated by the
TO
WHOLE TOWN BURIED
BY A LANDSLIDE
Over Thirty Lost in a Canadian
Village,
MOUNTAIN FALLS WITH A ROAR.
The Hamlet of Notre Dame de Salatte
Is Overwhelmed by an Avalanche of
Earth and Snow, Loosened by the
Spring Rains— Catastrophe Occured
at 5 in the Morning.
Buckingham, Ont. (Special)-——Half
little Notre
Dame de Salette, 16 miles from here,
on the Lievre River, lies buried un-
der a sliding mountain and at lepst
30 of its small population are known
to have perished.
The hamlet hase
the Franch hamlet of
no telephone
of news of
messenger from
other rescuers
there when the
came an early
road. Meager bits
disaster come in by
the physicians and
who were hurried
first calls for aid
hour.
The river Lievre winds at the
at
foot
ed Mehind
past have
{ce
have
At &
it. Spring rains for days
been melting the snow
on the mountain side
been coursing
o'clock A. M., just
began to stir for
of the intain started
i
the
the
dow n
as
littl
Mass,
1
CAriy
to
iamlet
I
| part not }
to t
ward the river
death and
those
destruct ic
were not killed
engulfed
€ HIASSs
who
ir homes
fed under
were were
th of Tock
SRONEOTS were
, the nearest Those who
at least
£3
{own were
with
Landslides
common each
and swollen
a
De
¥
rescue parties
AIONK
spring
streams
fh
Salette was a
pants
ban} ]
and n
ide {i
he west
Ping
were carried
PICKED UP BY A TORNADO.
Man And Wife Carried A Mile
Baby Dropped In A Road,
And
Bancroft, Neb. (Special)
FO
throu;
Thurston
known
injured and a num-
destroyed.
nings Coun-
into County
10
wires are down
are slow in arri
tornado struck the b
Mangleson, near Bender Neb,
and then swooped into the air,
taking the of the house,
land Both Mr. and Mrs. Mangleson,
Both were killed, their bodies being
| carried a mile,
ving
€
y house of
Johr
up
wreckage
POSTAL DEFICIT $15,000,000,
Attribute It To
Salaries,
Washington, D. C. (Special) F
uring
Officials Increase In
ig-
furnished the
| returns for the first two quarters, the
deficiency in the Postoffice Depart. |
ment for the currént flscal year will}
exceed £15.000,000 {
The net deficiency for the first six |
! months of the curernt fiscal year is
estimated at 87.616,545, aginst $4.
In the correspond- |
on the basis by
surplus of $1,742,145. :
Postal officials attribute the deficit |
largely to the general {increase in|
salaries allowed during the year in|
the service.
FIRE THREATENS TOWN.
Raymond, Miss, Burning And Come
munications Cut Off,
New Orleans (Special).——A special
to the Picayune from Jackson, Miss.
gays that a serious fire threatens to
destroy Raymond, Miss.,, about 15
miles from Jackson.
Raymond appealed to Jackson for
fire-fighting apparatus, but before
aid could be sent a second message
arrived stating that help would be
useless because the water supply had
been cut off.
—- A UAH ASA
Mrs. Shelley Killed By Gas,
New York (S8pecial).~-Mrs. Mary
Catherine Shelley, a well-known vo-
cal teacher, was found dead from the
effects of illuminating gas in her
apartments, on West One Hundred
and Twenty-fifth Street. In a letter
found by the coroner Mrs. Bhelley
sald she had been contantly unhappy
for the last two years because of
REFUSES 70 BE
TRIFLED WITH
President Aroused By Proposed
Naval Bill.
Washington, D. C,
ident Roosevelt will
Appropriation Bill
as did the House, fall to make
any appropriation for the two bat-
tleships which are authorized in that
measure. The prompt announcement
of this fact to Benate leaders is re-
garded as responsible for the an-
nouncement by Mr. Hale that he
would propose an amendment ap-
propriating $7,000,000 towards the
construction of these ships
The President stated his position
on this point with equal emphasis
and suddenness upon learning that
(Special) ~Pres-
Naval
Sen-
veto the
should the
ate,
family troubles and misunderstand.
{ings Mrs. Shelley was 68 years old.
{the bill, as passed by the House was
provision for naval
Authorization of the ships
but no money carried
provision effective, 1
this, the Presiden
his numerous con-
callers, wag a travesty as
effectiveness, as well as |
the ear marks of legislative
intended ridiculo
8 campaign the greatdr navy
Hale Takes Warning.
That the President's quick and
{to be effective
action
isimpiy a “paper”
fncrease,
was made,
i make the
legislation as
m known
ide to
WAring
lege:
10 make
for
ai
action is
the
Hale, of the Senat
na
by
‘
announcing that
he will |
in
» the
veto, Lilie
that, should
result is
viding for
¥
ue
i
{
stanchest sug
Senator Lodge
quit the
gn PY
rai
ve
advoc
given his
President
the inf
Naval Academy Professors.
galaries
Naval Acad
3
41;
€ otis
PORE
ye
31
rofessor
a0 Ye
Vi
of
.
Fret
%
Spanish
professor of Ich
gor of
tional
English,
five instructors,
instructors, $2,160 each; 140
tors, at $1,800 each.
"
:
G00
instruc.
WEDDING RING KILLS DUCK.
-”
25
Ago.
{Special )
Years
in dis
to learn the cause of
Fred Prageman
ring which his
YOeATS ARO
Pageman believes
while playing with
Meriden, Conn
gecting a duck
its death,
wedding
nearly 256
Mrs
jewel
baby in a
apple tree on their farm in Yalesville
The tree has since been cut down
found
wife lost
ghe lost
her
the
the ground for the first time,
in the loose earth and was probably
bright.
Pays
Rome
8184.000 For Picture,
{By Cable).
we
ed Raphael's famous
St. Antoine
000 lire
ou
de Padova’ for
{about $484,000).
house in the Aldobrandinl Palace.
FINANCIAL |
refrigerator cars.
Bankers believe that the American
gold which is going to Paris is being
gent on to Berlin,
9
Wheat jumped 2 cents or more a
tushel and yet the granger railroad
stocks were strong.
Warwick Iron and Steel directors
declared a regular half-yearly divi-
dend of 3 per cent.
Hereafter the Lake Superior head.
quarters will be in Philadelphia in-
stead of New York.
“Things are a little better and
there is more inquiry for materials’
gaid a prominent Philadelphia steel
man,
for three months and he seems to
have known exactly what he was
doing.
A decline Ir fron prices and in
KILLED IN CYCLONE
Wrecked.
Louisiana, Mississippi and Alabama
— Loss of Life Occurs Chiefly Among
the Colored Population--Their Cabins
Are Destroyed and They Are buried
Under Debris.
Atlanta,
cyclonic
of
ind Alabama, leaving a trail of dead
and injured The of killed
is estimated at 1590 number
of injured about 400
Most of iead are
dozen white
in falling
er fatally injured
abled ag to require 1
The loss fe
quarters of colored
wind destre
burying the occu
in the far
country
Ga. (B8Bpecial).-=
‘A Ww
proporiions "5 wipt
ind
over
of
portions Louisiana, Mississippi
number
a and the
ut
the
Per-
were
NEeEroes
ons
and eith-
a
pers
Bug DUulicings
or so seriously dis-
nedical
of ii
the
Or
wi
telegraph
and gen
encore
up
an
with almost
the coun
New Orleans
off from
the outs
the
down in i dire
The Wrecked
Towns,
ion of
and Lamoy
two persons
killed
Natchez M ine
known to be dead
Louisiana storm
tation cabins are
in this section.
Mobile reported nine dead in Hat
tiegburg, Miss., but this has not been
confirmed.
Churches Demolished.
Tenn. Methodist
wn and
gtruciag
in
Hundre
reported
is of
A
t the
Chur
Mason,
h was bi
parsonage a ing
destiroyeu Pres
Episcopal Churches were
tically destroyed and several
were blown down.
In Memphis the
velocity of 60 mues
rooted shade trees, down
graph and telephone wires and forced
in plate glass windows,
Richland and Lamourie, La., whi
are close together in Rapides paris
were apparently struck by game
tornado. Richland has 500 inhabi-
tants, while Lamourie 18 much small-
er. :
At Baxter, Miss, about a dozen
buildings were damaged, among
them a wooden school house in which
there were about 50 children When
Teachers realized
the peril in time to get the children
{nto places of safety. The wind lifted
off the roof of the school building
and then blew down the walls,
down,
th
ii
he
ng at Te
1
i
houses
reached a
It up-
tele
wind
an hour
blew
h
h
the
Lig
eastern Louisiana, the dead are es-
timated by physicians at from 25 to
5u. Correspondents on the scene,
however, assert that not more than
a dozen were killed, but that so many
|
to affect the quotation for United
States Steel,
Gross revenue of the Cunard Com-
10 $12,498,
over 1906.
will reach 25.
Doctor Killed By Lightning,
Galveston, Texas (Special). —Dr.
Wallace Rouse, aged 36 years, lec
turer and demonstrator at the Medi-
eal College of Texas University, was
instantly killed by lightning while
flahing.
Suspends Two Officers,
Baltimore, Md. (Special). Mayor
temporarily suspended J.
Arthur Wickham and James H. Ma-
rine, two of the commissioners for
opening streets, who, it is alleged,
formed a combination of the Mary-
land Paving Company in awarding
contracts. The charge of “graft” re
lates to the contract.for pa North
Payson and th
to cost approx imately
1
SECRET SERVICE
| MEN IN SCANDAL
Used as Spotters in a Kavy D.vorce
| ? ; Sut
D. C.
Concition of affairs ha
ed by
thalrman
Washington,
Representative
of
propriations,
hii
t
the C
tuat indi
Brown in
10
tha
past
tem
leon
YEArs nationa
¢
a
t Bugge
po Fouche
Ice was
to
apparently
made a
been
for
has
Beret
ever
secret
to Chief
joe,
men from
turned them
that wanted
who
that
ig Aa
jaw, and
Sundry Civil bill,
will co
it
to Congress
gtringent provisions confinis
work of the government's det
to the duties |
prescribed by jaw
NINE BLOCKS BURNED.
Blaze Wipes Out Business Sectio
Richmond, Vt
Vi. (Special)
business blocks in th
Lil
15
Richmond,
¢ own
Barlingt
miles {rom
and
.
before midnight,
until about
Was
a0 A
Help was called from Burlington
The blaze started in Sandusky's
on Main Street, a two
Belleview Hotel
after destroying
at the
Street,
ture,
on
that
Depot
siruc-
Drowns Herself And Baby.
Trenton, N. J. (Special) Mrs
Claudia Smith, wife of a farmer re
the Delaware River with her baby in
her arms and both were drowned
Mrs. Smith had been ill for a long
time, and It is supposed she commit
ted suicide while despondent. She
was forty years old and the mother
of eight children.
300 Held For One Murder.
Lublin, Russian Poland (By Cable)
weThe murder of a policeman was
followed by the arrest of 300 work-
men in loeal factories. The police
found stores of arms, ammunition,
and melonite bombe.
Big War Ships For Russip.
London (By Cable).—The Russian
Suteraments necording to a; trade
our ordered five w ips
from a firm of Clyde shiphhilders.
is be larger nthe