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Domestic
The trial of Nance O'Neil, the ao-
tress and her manager, McKee Ran-
kin, for alleged infringement of
copyright sn the play “The Fires of
Bt. John,” will proceed this week at
San Francisco.
Senator Foraker published letters
from Virgil P. Kline and M. ¥. El-
liott showing the nature of his work
for the Btandard Oil Company, which
ended seven years ago.
The United Daughters of the Con-
federacy, at the final session in At-
lanta, Ga., elected officers and de-
cided to hold their next convention
in Houston, Tex
Senator Stephen B. El
the positive anpouncement that no
engagoment exists between his
daughter, Miss Katherine Elkins, and
the Duke de Abruzzi.
Harvey T. Wells, embezzling cash-
fer of a Kenosha (Wis.) bank, who
was captured in Boston several
months ago, after having fled to Lon-
don, where he had married, and who
was later returned to this country,
was sentenced to five years at na-
tional prison.
The $450,000 turbine steamship
Belfast, whose construction has been
delayed a year by the financial dif-
flculties of the Consolidated Steam-
ship Lines of Maine, has been suc-
cessfully launched by the Bath Iron
Works.
Arguments in the
of both complainant and defendant
kins makes
double appeal
SAR
VICTOR H. NETCILF
LEAVES THE CABINET
Quits Navy [epartment Because of
[1] Il Health,
MR.T. H. NEWBERRY Hi S SUCCESSOR,
President, in Letter to Retiring Official,
Congratulates Him Warmly on His
Work for His Department— Faithful
Service and Advice Lauded—Man
Who Takes Place a Naval Enthusiast.
Washington, D. C. (Special), ~
Secretary of the Navy Victor H. Met-
calf tendered his resignation to the
President, to take effect December
1. on account of ill health. Assistant
Secretary of the Navy Truman H
Newberry will be named as Meteall's
BUCCesSs0T
For
more than a year the
that Mr. Metcalf has suffered sori
us illness has been well known at
the Navy Departme Formerly of
vigorous heal 8 friends expected
that he would able to regain his
strength, but const recurring {il-
ness has convi 1 him that
only course for to pursue
sever his connection with all
work.
fact
antly
1C Ex the
is to
active
him
President's Letter,
he following correspondence rela-
tive to Mr. Metcall's resignation, was
given out from the White House:
Navy Department,
from the final decree of Judge Kohl-
saat in the case of Capt. Oberlin M
Carter were begun in the nited | ¢
States Circuit Court of Appeals |
It was announced that a $1,000, |
000 order for new Pullman coaches |
for use between San Francisco and |
Portland and Los Angeles had been |
placed by the officials of the South- |
ern Pacific Con y. !
Dr. Azel Ar , formerly of
fame a surgeon and Baniary
died at the hospital
: in Danvers, wher:
been a patient nur
is
ns
for
a
ASS, ,
ior a
{ Mary Wheel
Newbu ryport, Mass.
was declared to be
an estate valued at
order fllad in the Chancery
Trenton
The suit of the government against
the Du Pont powder interests, whiel
was called before the special master
at Wilmington, continued until |
yar &.
The Interstate Com
glon is to t
er Somerby,
an age
the
21
166 O
gole
00
Cou rn at
was
merce Comn
aske { by Chicago
ise the freight
*$ #
ago and Chat-
its South
rate
Detween Gol
poi:
» Tay-
» of the
at
celveor
lor de
railway
the recent
One
perso
collision
betwaen
man
were ir i in a
betwee tw trolley cars
and
fog
8 certifi- |
with the
his total
i
NEW
ound Brook
Governor Hug 4
of electic 54
of St; ate « ving
expenditures as $369.65.
Dr. David D. Thompson, editor of |
the Northwestern Christian Advo- |
cate, of Chicago, died in 8t. Louis
as the result of being run down by
aa automobile,
F reign
ish Foreign Office has in-
Swed consul general |
to n sa full invest]
gation ported discovery
the north coast ot Labrador
grave of Professor Andree,
nant,
Kuan Hgsu,
died in the Winter Palace,
Prince Chun, his brother, becomes |
regent, i his son In Wel, heir]
Kuan Hgsu reigned!
y
i
The Bwedd
structed
in New Yo
the
rk
on
the
the aero.
of the
of
emperor of China, |
in Peking. |
Milovanovich, Bervian minister
for foreign affairs, informed the King
of Italy that it was necessary for
Bervia to protect herself against the |
“Austrian invasion.’
An unsuccessful attempt was made |
to rob a railroad train in Russia on
swhich was 212.500.0600 in specie, |
Five of the robbers wore arrested |
and one was killed. i
Russia and England are in agree-
ment on the proposal for Russian!
supremacy in the Persian Province of |
Azerbaijan, i
M. Khomyakoff, the president of |
the Douma, has announced that he
will not be a candidate for re-elec-
tion,
The International Copyright Con-
gress has adopted the new text of
the Berne convention,
Wilbur Wright won the French
Aero Club's prize for aeroplanes.
Dr. Wilfred Grenfell, a mission
ary to the Labrador Coast, does not
believe the grave discovered on the
Northern Labrador Coast by Captain
Chalkes is that of Andrée, the ex-
plorer,
The Foreign Affairs Committee of
the Federal Council of the German
Empire discussed the Casablanca in-
cident, It was reported that the
meeting was called to take steps to
prevent the Emperor pursuing an in.
dependent course In forelgn affairs,
The building of eight new British
battleships and 24 destroyers in the
immediate future was foreshadowed
in Premier Asquith’s announcement
in the House of Commons,
Conditions in Northern Persia are
gaid to be improving and Russia will
not find it neccessary for interven
tion,
Washington, November 13, 1008
Sir: 1 hereby tender my resigna-
ion as Secretary of the Navy,
pame to take effect on the 1st
JNO
}
the
prox-
Very
(Signed)
res]
V.
yectfully,
H. METCALF,
Secretary
The President,
White House,
The
able to
my term I
warmly for your faithful
service in both
at the head
rved under me
Metcalf, you
thank
and
of the
of
throughout
effi
depart
which
cient
ments,
have s¢
Mr. have
sn a cabinet
on whose ald apd advice
all, upon w hose staunch
fast loyalty [I could rely
and all occasions No
could wish more loyal
support than you have
me thank you for
minister up
and, above
and stead- | «
upon any |
President | |
and hearty |
always given
it I shal
he
wi
EXPLOSION HURTS 30.
Mill Wrecked As Train
Known To Be Dead.
Kansas City, ial), — A |
powder mill ¢ oimes P 12}
of th exploded at
sas City SBouth- |
n was passing, i
that a number were |
only one body has
Passos—{ne |
+
Dee
arx,
wos bY id Wy
miies south
8
hoy
just
rn passenger
t is reported
killed, but so far
been found.
Thirty passengers on the train
were Injured by ng debris, and
bave been brought here and placed
in the Kansas City Southern Hospi-
tal
The
houses.
a8 a
tral
and |
anda
fiyi
explosion destroyed three
Declares Dog Committed Suleide.
Evanaville, Ind. (Special). —Mrs
Vernon Shrode gave her favorite bul
1e animal lay around the house and
refused to notice anyone Then it
walked down to the electric railroad
track, and as a oar approached de
stood in front of it and
was ground to pieces. Persons who
witnessed the death of the dog de-
that it was a deliberate case
of Suleide. a
Suicide Burns $2.000.
Helena, Mont. (8Special).—<Albert
i Berger, a former Alaska miner, just
! before committing suicide at Canyon
erry, threw $2,000 in postoflice
the stove, declaring that the money
was in the hands of the government
and no one would quarrel over it
after he was dead.
Minister Should Get $1,200.
New York (Special). — That the
unmarried
clergyman in the Diocese of New
York should be $1,200 and for a
married clergymen §1.200 and a suit-
able place to live was the resolu
tion passed amid applause in the
annual convention of the Protestant
Episcopal Diocese of New York.
©
Chinese Drowned Crossing “Border.
Buffalo, N. Y. (Special). —An at-
tempt to smuggle Chinamen into this
country from Canada ended In dis
aster, when all but four of the China-
men were éither drowned or dashed
to pieces on the rocks of the break-
wall near the Buffalo Lifesaving
Station,
A AAA isis,
To Keep Soldiers Cool,
Washington, D. C. (Bpecial). «It
will be a little cooler for the Ameri
ean soldiers In the Phillippines if an
experiment the War Department has
ordered to be thoroughly tested
proves to be a Success. Orange:
colored underwear acd hat linings
are to he worn hy 5,000 soldiers in
the islands during the next year,
and observations made with a view
of ascertaining If the theories evoly-
ed from esperiments in laboratories
MORRIS HAAS DIES
INSTEAD OF HENEY
Man Who Shot Prosecutor Takes His
Own Life.
Ban Francisco (Special) .— Morris
Haas, who shot Assistant District At-
torney Francis J. Heney, committed
suicide at the county jail by shooting
himself through the head.
One report says that the pistol
with which Haag shot himself was
concealed in his shoes, where he hid
it before shooting Heney. Anothe:
report says the pistol was secretly
passed to Haas by a friend since his
incarceration.
The five surgeons attending Mr.
Heney, after their consultation, sta-
ted that Mr, Heney was resting easily
that his pulse, temperature and
were practically normal
18 located in the
» lower maxillary
FIGHT PERSONS KILLED
IND TEN WOUNDED
A Day of Rioting In An Oklahoma
iration
Wi
Okmulgee, Okla. { Special ) .— Eight
persons killed and 10
wounded in fight between
Deckard, desperado,
yfficers,
were others
were a
James a negro
and «
dead:
r Ropinsch, sheriff of Okmul-
Klaber,
Okm
assistant
ter
ulgee
named Chapme
FRANCIS J. HENEY
SHOT DOWN IN COURI
Ex-Convict's Revenge on Frisco’s
Graft Frober.
ABRAHAM RUEFS. TRIAL HALTED.
Assistant District Attorney, Who Has
Been Exposing Municipal Rotten.
ress in San Francisco, Shot in Head
During the Ruef Trial by Morris
Haas, a Saloonkeeper,
San Francisco Fran-
cls J. Heney, a leading figure in the
prosecution corruption
(Special), —
of municipal
in San Francisco, was shot and seri
ously injured at 4.22 P. M., in Judge
J ler's courtroom by Morris Haas,
4 salcon per, who had
op ced as a juror in a pres
of Araham Ruef and afterward
noved, it having been si
court by Heney that Haas as
ex-convict, a fact not brough
in his examin 0 as a venir
The shooting of Heney
the presence of
courtroom
trial of Abraham
the third time on
ribery
It was during a
of court and while
of the courtroom and
for the prosecution and defen
returned to the room from a
conference with Judge Lawler in hi
chambers that Heney, having resum
ed his customary seat and enter
nto « fon with Chief
MeCabe Alle
office, forward
Ho
kee hye
mri
dur
10-minute
the i 3
Be
Wn sal
Dist:
Cans
of the ict
Haas
among the gs
ed Hen
against
fn Washin are applicable with
corresponding results in the field,
shot
Rallre
ngaged in
Steve Gray
nsibility
Grayson
When Policeman
station Deckard
San Franc
{800
where Deckard e
ian b
it
an Ww,
ito Ins
fends of
0 the
As Het ne
tab le at the “he spit
“1 will live
and Ruef.”’
examination
LO proaeciis
loan
home, ne irhy, apd Dar.
When Klal ap-
y Deckard shot and
cade wy In
proach red tl
in 188s '% | % . ’
sheriff Ru binson ; gathered deputies
few minutes and hurried to the |
This party contained
whom the al
several |
Deckar
antity of ammunit
use, for many
xpioded while the house
baked
large qu
in his
gtored
was
2,000 WITNESSES IN CASE.
Peonage Trial Threatens To Continue
Forever,
-Two thou-
be called in the
peonage cases
in the United
New York (Special)
sand witnesses may
trial of the alleged
before Judge Hough
States Clireuit Court,
Assistant United States
Genoral Charles H. Russell sald that
government may call $00 wit-
nesses, and the lawyers for the four
men accused of having lured thou-
ands of laborers Into slavery In
Florida declare they will produce
1.5600 witnesses if necessary.
MURDERESS sv RRENDERS,
Attorney
the
Tennessee Woman Claims She Shot
Man Defending Herself,
femphis, Tenn. (Special).—Mrs
A. W. Bonds, wife of a railroad man,
walked into a police station and sur-
rendered herself, explaining that she
bad killed 8 P. Craig at Sunset a |
short time before. She handed the |
police a revolver, which she said she |
had emptied at Craig, leaving his |
body lying in an open field.
She sald that Craig, who formerly
hoarded with her and came from
indiana, attacked her and that she
shot in self-defense,
Northern Women Eligible.
Atlanta (Bpecial). After an ex-
citing discussion, a proposition to ex-
clude from future membership in the
United Daughters of the Confederacy
the Northern women who are pow
admitted by virtue of marriage to
descendants of Confederate veterans,
was voted down in the annual con-
vention of the daughters here.
IN THE WORLD OF § FINANCE
P. E. Mathes paid 87.500 for a
Philadelphia Stock Exchange seat.
Chesapeake & Ohio declared its an-
nieal dividend of 1 per cent.
A company to hold all the min-
ing stock owned by the Guggenheim
families is talked of.
An initial dividend of 2 per cent.
has been declared on Colorado
Southern common,
Gross earnings of rallronds which
bave made reports for October show
an average decrease of 4 per cent.
It is reported that B. H. Harriman
is trying to buy control of the Wells
Fargo Express Company and is offer
ing $300 a share for the stock.
In financial circles in Philadelphia,
where ho was an extremely familiar
figure, sincere regret was expressed
for the death of Bilas W, Petit. He
was a director in a number of ingti-
lutions,
—
showed that the
the right
under the left ear
carotid
artoris
arierics
i v4 SFY
ariery.
an im
the corrido !
A large force of police,
“he 3 Blegy. gurrounded the
sich court was held
back AD
wore made by the po
headed
and
imber of
ioe, who
he crowd
arrests
took into custody
ble.
CASUALTIES ON RAILROADS.
jured In A Year.
Washington, D. C. (Special).
There were 3.764 persons killed and
68.9808 Injured In railroad casuaitios
in the United States during the fis-
fnter-
This
announcement of the
Commerce Commission
fa a decrease of 1,236
3,207 injured, as compared with the
previous year.
In the three months ended June
30 there were 681 killed and 13,-
098 injured, a decrease of 1,75
to an
state
MARINES TAKEN
imp rtant Change in Our
Est lishment.
Washington, D
The practice of the
since colonial times
by President Roosevelt,
C. (EBpecial).
American
overt
Navy
urned
was
who has just
signed an order withdrawing marine:
from duty on board ves
Navy. This order is the
of a long fight waged by the
going officers against the presen
Of Im on ird vespels For
many years the 8 }
oblected the
aboard ship for
of these
4 Ff +3
sels 13 if
culinination
HEH
arine
Des
to LY ERE
Bevel reas
al
tom of pia
from the preceding quarter
The
accidents during the quarter
terly records. The
the quarter numbered 820, and de
railments, 1.310
ON STEAMER.
Boiler Bursts, Five Persons Killed
And Many Injured,
North Bay, Ont. (8pecial).—The
steamer Temiskaming was approach-
ing the landing at Temiskaming at
6 o'clock P. M., when the boller ex-
ploded, wrecking the steamer and
causing the death of at jeast five
persons by explosion or drowning.
Several passengers and crew were
hurled into the water by the shock
and many were Injured,
Owing to the remoteness of the
soene of the tragedy detalis are lack-
ing. A man named McBride, a hunt-
or from the United States, is missing,
and there is little doubt of his fate.
J. Menard and T. Bergouhan, fire-
men, and two men whose names are
unknown, are dead. Bix are badly
burned and several may dle.
DIES FROM FOOTBALL, HURTS.
Youth Kicked in Head Has Blood
Vessel Burst,
Wheeling, W. Va. (Special) .~~John
Murphy, aged 18 years, died from
injuries received Sunday while play-
ing football.
During the game Murphy was kilek-
ed in the head and after a couple
of minutes resumed play, thinking
he was not seriously hurt, The burst.
E XPLOSION
ing of a blood vessel due to the
kick he received caused his death.
HOw
it is
work #signed
can, declared
Aboard ship there has alw
r less fri
and the
to subvert
the n
ercon
camen
tended
oving
will be
At
O%
pregent
the 111 ie
ofMeer
o W 0RLD’S GREATEST
WARSHIP AFLOAT =
Launching of the Ail-Big-Gun North
Dakota,
A
Cine of
h several
tee OF
and thre
the launching
as about aoy
get for the North
the water A
an
and there Governor Burke
Mary Benton, sponsor for
together with Francis Bowles
dent of the Fore River Company
took their stand As the noon
whistles blew in the vard the work-
men began to knock away the shores
At 12.27 the last piece was cut, giv-
ing the vessel motion At that mo
ment a bottle of beribboned bottl
champagne was swung by
against the bow, and
and
the
of
Benton
said:
“1 christen thee North Dakota.’
Before the conclusion of the 34 %
months allowed by the government
for delivery, however, the hull just
iaunched will present a different as-
pect By that time ten 12-inch
long-range rifles will
have been placed In position, as well
as fourteen 5S-<inch rapid-fire guns:
four 3-pound and a like number of
1-pound semi-automatic guns: two
3<inch field pieces, two machine guns
of 50 calibre; and two 21-inch subd-
merged torpedo tubes,
DOINGS AT THE MATIONS CAPITAL
President Roosevelt and Presidont-
subject of their respective messages
to Congress. Judge Taft announced
that he would summon an early
special session of Congress
The Secretary of Agriculture tseu-
od a quarantine order forbiddin
interstate movement of cattle, sheep,
swine and goats from the counties |
of Columbia, Montour, Northumber.
land and Union, Pennsylvania,
« The Secretary of the Navy award-
ed the contract for the construction
of the 21,821-ton battleship, the
Utah, to the New York Shipbuilding
Company, of Camden, N. J, at {ts
bid of $3,946,000.
Postmaster General Meyer la now
slated to succeed Secretary Root
when the latter goes to the United
States Benate
The Thatcher Manufacturing Com.
pany, of Kane, Pa, and Emira, N.
Y., today filed a complaint with the
Interstate Comme Commizgsion
against the New York Central and
Hudson River and Pennsylvania
Railroads.
President Roosevelt has invited
most of the leaders of organized
labor to dine with him at the White
House on the of November
”
r
THACE HUNCRED
MIKERS PERISH
Worst Disaster in Germany in Many
Years,
TERRIBLE SCENES AT THE PIT.
Fire Prevents Attempts to Rescue
Entombed Men, but the Mine Is
Flooded The Explosion Destroys
One of the Shafts Thirtyfive In
Jured Men Removed.
T
FLEE
to arrive
148 ¥
utes before
irain from
Northeastern
dw
ough
pplied
the
1 LO-
ugh the
d it a trail
PRCBCOROTS
Northern ex-
ri, but those
ita way tht
train n ahead, leaving behir
of ¢ corpses and infared
No one on the Great
press was seriously hy
aboard the Northea rn local were
thrown right end left or crushed
by the express loco as it tore
through the two rear coaches of the
local As Little Wor hag no tele
graph station, serious delay was ex-
perienced in getting a message to
New Orleans, and it was two hours
| before a rescue train arrived. In
the meantime passengers of the
Great Northern train 4'd all they
could to rescue the Injured.
Among the sights that grected the
rescuers was that of a small boy
tapparent iy unable to oxtrieate hime
salf from the wreckage, which was
| fast settling down upon him. A
| score of more of men made a herole
| affort to get the child, but the wreck.
age and escaping steam from the
damaged locomotive out off their
way and they were forced to stand
idly by while the child called futllely
for help until he died.
Dusters For Horses.
Chicago (Special). — An edict wan
issued by the civil service trial board
thet hereafter failure to clean horses
in the service of the fire department
by the old-fashioned curry-combd
method would be followed hy pune
fshment. Testimony had been given
before the board that it was conse
tomary at some englne-houses to
clean the horses with feather dusts
ere. One offivial asserted that he
had heard that horses had been “pol.
ished oft” by a rag dipped in kero
sene,
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