After A Most Notable Battle In Re-
cent Congressional History, Reso-
lution To Elect The Powerful
Committee To Control Legislation
Is Adopted—A Motion To Depose
Him Challenged By The Speaker,
Defeated,
Washington, D C { Special).
h Committee
his
GQ. (
trol of the is
on Rules
chine"
non escaped being expelled from
Speakership of the House of Repre-
The
compr
}
House,
abolished and “"ma-
‘Ane
the
overturned, Joseph
sentatives, veteran Congress-
man refused
allow h
the Rul
Insurgents
end
At last,
confirmed
jority, he
fiance to
ed that
motion
Thus he dared
pel him They
to go to ht
cratic leaders and
counselled ¥
Texan Forced The Issue.
But
victory;
panted
sword
against
crats,
tf
is
ily
18elf to be
es Con
and Democrats
his defeat had
erwhelming
hailenge
and
t
3
Os
a
enemies
by an ma-
issued of
his
Was
declaring
h
he ready sider a
vacant.
ex-
} On
141r
opponents to
were not
extremes
Ins
S11
against sm attempt
were flushed with
tasted bl and
the
Texas
the allies
they had
to
wv
J
put
Mr
the protest
at once
0 deciare
immediately
This wag the
er's friends
formed }
were opposed to
ods, but di
further
cast their
Republicans
Friends Ralli
rs #
ood
to
ion
el
Hi:
ed To n.
Mr NC l
leson resolution H
when it feats
decided
the Speaker's chair
When report
Cann
¥ +
alnon i
was ie
that he w=
the
the regulars gave their’ old leader
4 great ovation, applauding and fil-
ing by his chair, grasping his hand
in token of their sympathy with him
in his defeat. Thus, by a bold stroke
Mr. Cannon managed to snatch a
personal victory out of the very jaws
bitter defeat
191 To 155
{ The Norris
{ for the creation
{tee on rules
Spéuker
{ adopted
of
Decisive Vote.
resolution
of 4a new
and depriving
of membership upon it,
by a 191 to 15
commit
vote of
0
clock
votes
rent
sition
This
was
taken at §.30 0
gave a majority of 38
| for the Demo rats ant Ins
ind the defeat the Cannon
was overwhelming Within 10
inder authority and direction
a new committee
ules, composed of six Republican
and four Democ:
| by the House.
triumvirate, cons
Cannon, John Da
vania, and Walter 1
C z the majority
5
Committee
’
of
resolution,
omposin
ent Rules
Vast
Wher
Watched
1¢ House came togethe
were crowd
Crowd Contest,
+)
the
n and
entrance
ena
"oe
EB ill Files
women were
around every
the
ng
en struggling for
portai
Capit \
¥
as
The
3: (
3
fi £ Of ow de
i
tle thought
other
gtrug
lar governmen
ntatives
on into
galleries
Sprte ineton
See MEL
consideratiox
th
ne
whi
18sador
a A vy
The National
the Method
the
presen
of
to
ton of a
denomin
promote
re
amount
Some ¢ i
£140 000.000
field
States
Virgini;
that the
pute
the
file exceptions
Court.
Moses
Peckham,
rested in
er indictments
commection with
dal of 1905
Fourteen indictmen
George W avers and Arthur W.
Machen, ' 1 sentences
in
scandal,
ernment
: The Arizona
Statehood Bill
the attention of Congress,
passage not yet assured
The concluding arguments in
corporation tax cases were made
fore the Supreme Court of the Ual-
ted States,
Representatives of
Bankers’ Association continued their
attack upon the Postal Savings
Bank Bill before the House commit-
A.
Haag
of 5
N
the Ci
ef : ag
who erve
connect
on
were by the gov-
New
shortly
and
will receive
but its
is
the
be-
the American
Representatives of the beef pack-
ers testified before the Senate High
Cost of Living Committee that there
was no Beef Trust
Special Master Littlefield submit-
ted his repcrt to the Supreme Court
nited
State
Helens
an
regarding
appeal
im-
courts
tmen
BOV-
ral
indic
fraud the
Court decided
ment
unit for as
twen
on was
Ohio
! the
e decis
and
CAUSED HUNTINGDON FIRES,
Young Men Make
Confession,
Four Written
Pa
Earle,
Gates,
Huntingdon,
Reed
and Carleton
rested
cated numerous
that resulted in the desiruction of
$161,000 worth of property, made
a full confession before Mavor RW
Jacobs and Chief of Police Bathurst
The young men appeared before
the officials singly and made writ.
ten admissions that they were joint.
ly responsible for destroying in a
single night a church, two planing
and five residences, and for
{ Bpecial)
John Harry Mq
who ar-
of being imgpli-
incendiary fires
were
on suspicion
fs
ii
i mills
partially burning another church
and West Virginia
The Senate Committee fav
reported the bill requiring ocean-
going steamers to be equipped with
wireless apparatus.
Agricultural Department
testified Yel the House
tee that government seeds
high standard.
The Pacific
hav
target practice
experts
Commit-
are of
ie
Fleet was decided to
ice.
examiner, with headquarlers at St.
Louis, has resigned fand Charles W.
Watson, of Kahoka, Mo., has been
appointed to succeed him.
400 Million Years Gd,
Chicago (8pecial).—0ld Mother
Earth, who has closely guarded her
age for her entire life, is 400,000,000
years old, according to an article
wh'ch appeared in the current number
of a geological sublication of
University of Chicago. In more
scientific phraseology the approximate
age of the earth, it has been dis.
covered, may be Jdetormined by di-
viding the amount of salt In the sea
by the amount brought down each
vear by the rivers
Ships Leave Nicaragua.
Washington, D. © (Special )
| With the withdrawal of a
of the army of marines which was
ent to Nicaraguan waters for the
protection of American interests
the revolution in the Central Amer.
ican republic, three of the warships
will be brought away.
800 Jap Fishermen Drowned.
Tokio (8pecial). Many fishing
boats have been lost In
storm along the coast,
have been sunk and 800 fishermen
drowned.
wa sm sm AA
: A Youth Hangs H mself,
Hanover, Pa. (8pecial).
The
years old, wag found suspended from
a rafter in a barn by his father.
He spent the evening at home with
his brothers, but later left the house
and, failing to return, the family
thought he had gone to the home
of a nearby relative for the night,
but Instead, he went to the barn
and hanged himself, The youth was
fin S004 health and apparently con-
tented.
i
i
i
ITINERARY OF
THE ROOSEVELTS
Spend a Week in
and in Berlin.
COMPLETE TOUR MIDDLE OF MAY
Visit To Be Made To The Hague, The
Home Of The Pence Tribunale
The Colonel And Family Travel.
Ing In Luxury Across The Desert
Says The Railroad System
They Will
Paris
we H
Is A Monument To British Enter.
prise In Colonization — Beautiful
Mirages Seen From Train,
Abu
Colone
Sudan
Roosevelt's
Hamed { Special)
European
eras has
Vv
ith
Ww
1pon ax uch exactness
a8 it is possible
and was announce
resid will ary
Paris
1d
tO make
vance i
rmer p r
ent ve It
April
London
17th
tar
M ay »
in
ices
Par 8 i
viait I
Colonel R
one day be
Hague, in
main at the
bunal unt
ay an hour's
3
ton
Ose
¢
iw
INXuUry
a desert
Eyuatem
terprise
10
KILLS HIS FATHER-IN-LAW.
Pistol Duel Follows Cock Fight Near
State Line.
3
4,
of
Bristo Tenn
a
’ .
st
{ duel |
pi
near
gtate line, D W_ & Zemore,
nent citizen, is dead. while }
in-law, John Stanton. is charge
havi nurdered him
The duel grew out of a cock fight
Stanton’s bird was getting the
of the fowl his father in.
law, when the got a gun and |
killed it Sizemore fired at his son-
in-law when the latter resented his
having illed the cockre!
shots were exchanged. the son-in-law
retury the fire
Sizemore was almost instantls
xd, a ball having struck him in
roast He was a prominent
the Lee County
son-in-law claims self-defense
result gtol
the
tks
ought
Tennesse:
a at
Charles, {
Si
BE 1
hot.
ter of
latter
k Several
1
€
t
!
ber
Fr of
conrt
A SHIP TO BE ALL IRISH.
Planned By Miss Gallagher,
Boston (8pecial).—A unique me-
morial to Robert Emmet, to be cre.
ated by the subscriptions of Ameri-
proposed by Miss Anna Gallagher. of |
this city, to take the form of a ship |
to bear the name of the Irish pa-|
triot, and to ply between the ports in
Mise Gallagher, and those who are
associated with her, intend that the
Robert Emmet shall be distinctly
Irigh-built in an Irish shipyard by
Irish workmen, and the materials
used in the vyessel's construction
shall be of Irish production or mane
ufacture, The furnishings of the
vessel are also to be of Irish make.
Chimpanzee Valued At $50,000 Dead
Dallas, Tex. (S8pecial).—Congul
Junior, the so-called educated chim-
panzee, who was dressed and taught
to act like a man, died of bronichal
pneumonia after an fliness of four
days. Consul was valued at $50,000
and was insured with a London in-
surance company for that amount.
During his liiness several physicians
attended him. Tha body will be
embalmed and sent to Burope for
burial.
OLOFIELD ESTABLISHES
THO NEW RECORDS
Drives His Automoble a Mile
in 27 1-3 Seconds.
Sensational Speed Developed By The
Powerful Car Tries The Eyes Of
The Spectators As It Flies Over
The Track—Oldfield Also Beats
The Best Record For A Mile From
A Standing Start—Oldficid's Aver.
tage Yesterday Was 151.72 Miles
An Hour,
Davtona
Oldfield, di
start,
Fla
ving
Barney
from
in OWwWer
auntomobile
vered the
ny a
sign,
| CO fa
ed
was
human
- i 3a=100 go
| projected into gpace
i buliet h
ial
a8 traveled
speed. Th
here
MEAT BOYOCOOTT A FAILURE.
To
Hall
From
Seven And
Have Gone
And
Prices six
Reven Une
rike
there wag no-
no requiem
”
the strike m
to be a
will not
since
nt had aged
leadera
barren of
months
started hy Sebelin, of
ty, who that sixty
day abstinence pledges be signed as
force,
though say tha
ils
was results
Two ¢
Ago
Fred
Buggested
movement
.
t
¥
Meat
articles
The
and
Then
When
the
wis the target, although other
of food were not ove riooked
ian spread over the country
or a week or two flourighed
sputtered and burned out
the “meat strike began
prices of beef was cents
wholesale Today ie to 71
n Hogs jumped from 8 to 1
cents Eggs fell from 38 to 21 cents
and butter cents, a fal)
nickle are 10 cents a
t
I
f
iy
six
it
Ao
2
ce 1
in
is 33 of
Potatoes
lower
The net result has been
lanche of investigation. but no new
legislation is reported from
state Prices still are higher,
bushel
an ava-
Routed Burglar With Lump Of Coal,
Pittsburg (Special), — Mra George
Blakely, of Sharpsburg, has more
faith in a lump of coal than a six-
shooter as a defense against burg-
lars While a man wag trying to
break into her little store, over
which she lived, she took a lump of
coal from her kitchen and raising
the window, noiselessly dropped it
on the head of the intruder. When
the police revived nim he gave the
name of John O'Donnell. He had to
have a six-inch scalp wound sewed
up.
EE —
ODDS AND ENDS.
A
A Connecticut fireman has patent.
ed blunt-ended tongs to facilitate the
handling of hose,
By heating an oll-tempering bath
with electricity instead of gas or
conl the danger of fire Is eliminated.
Blue, pink and acquamarine dia-
monds recently were exhibited in
London.
Approximately 3,748 miles of main
steam rallroad tracks were built in
the United Stateg last year, compared
with 3.214 miles in 1908.
PRESIDENT TAFT
AVERTS TARIFF WAR
About To ign Agreement With
France.
DISPUTE ON WAND WITH CANADA
All Differences Settled And France
To Get 25 Per Cent. Reduction Of
Rates Provided For In The Payne-
Aldrich Bill—The To |
Take Tarif With |
Canadian Officials, |
Pred dent
Up Question
Rochester, ?
Taf
y
announ
dent
| comple
|
i
long i
Knox |
calbils
icated
BATTLE WITH nt HGLARS,
Oscar Saves His « ash,
on High
But Is Pushed
Building,
broken
clothes
consider
and
con.
cent
he
own
he is &
in't get a
of
i
gaid Jot
i the
ondly as
police
: a
1ibited roll to the
King Victor To Dine Roosevelt,
Rome Ki Vv
: d
En ve
& ring
{ Spey
ng
¢
clor
nanuel has a g a
President
the
The guest:
elt, Kermit
American Ambas-
Mrs Leishman,
American EB
iardini, min-
occasion
iy
of
(FEO »
i e
and
sador
3
other m= |
basses
ik
and
of fi
a
$ fu
Swift
a
Rear Admiral Retires,
Washingt D
Admiral Swift
{ Special)
aid for material
of the Navy, closed
th Navy
ing a
by Cant
Rear Admiral
1 “en
duty
Rea:
to the Secretary
reer In
reti
active ©
reached
his
ing
He will be reli
| “letcher
has had
ice and
Ca hay .
of 62
Frank
Swift
BeTV-
the we
eved
a
nearly vears'
«3 Years’ shore
a
Football Player Dies Of Injuries, a
Dallas, Tex pecial) John A
| Airhart, aged a former student
at Simmons of Abilene,
Tex., who was in a foot.
1
College,
injured
(Ss
8,
{ last, died in a sanitarium here. He
{had been for the greater part of
this period unconscious from econcus-
sion of the brain.
Mayor Dies In Auto.
Hutchinson, Kas. (Special)..0O
B. Shepherd, mayor of St John, Kas,
died of heart disease while driving
i his motor car. With him at the time
They
wild
a
{ stopped the car after it had run
for several minutes,
Big Demand For Babies,
" New Orleans (Special) ~The de-
mand for bables here has reached
such a proportion that it is feared
that there will be a serious short.
age in the supply. A carload of
| bables from the New York Foundling
and Orphan Asylum was given away
here last week. Many women clam-
ored for bables In vain, and so num-
erous are the applications that the
institution has decided to send an.
other ecarload of Infants to New Or
leans,
PRESIDENT TAFT'S
CENSUS PROCLAMATION
Asks the People to Help in the
Work.
Washington, D. C. (Special).
President Taft in a proclamation justi
woody throesghout
“ “to answer
ely and accurately
ssed to them by the
employees’
the taking
cenguf,
i4,
wo
issued
the
promptly
irged everyt
United
inguiries add
enumer; other
yhoo wil gaged In
the
TT} $4
(1 eng
3 £
snnial
wil egin April
Duty To Answer.
af Con
1809, the
cengus of
he taken
fifteenth
4
Bre
thirt i
the Un
beginr
Apr
io
day
and
of hundr
ten;
Wher SUMmera
8 4 4 Ti
Cop
Biates
termining
the never
Hep-
tion of
Year
stitutior
for
the
‘
of
"
all
i
and
to do
£ ‘ Yogev: #
Harm From Information.
Lid
the
the
pe
re
Gur
ly in or
lation of
The
wilh
+BY na
Aw ow
PeTHOX
y far.
‘ 7 r-
Liat
made re
VETROB
pro
inter
eh
i
1%
i
DE
Qividual
the due
ana
furn
i DE
OV oe
of
ited
a
whet
How}
Safeguarding Interests
r Lue pure
the
of
which
to
in
of thelr
interests
however,
rows the
"
are
von
i ured
Dine way
ersonal
gainst
Eines
ADU se
t}
Dragged
{tte hs
1i8Dbu
By Ferry Cable.
! { lirageed
we
in
FONONEA
rR { Special)
of the
cable
Ove Hicks,
rescued
two
keep
fast
on
been
n
the waters
¥
the 0
by ferry
Fay-
unconscious
men, who row.
Pace with the
being wound
the other aghore
playing on the
her canght
tee] cable,
the river,
recover
a
E-year-oid of
tte City,
nidstream
like mad
able that was
round a drum
child had
bank wh
Was
by
i to
i
Yer gre “
the
she was drawn ints
i= not expected tu
gd
She Must
Alken, Ss
v
ntined
16
Live In Seclusion.
C (Special)
who has
residence i
as an
Mien
quar
in city
anf.
Kirk, beer,
at her th
months allege
missionary in
go. will
Brazil
removed
thre
a
years
cottage
city of
The
® Kirk for
and allow her a
thly for mainte
be
in a secluded section
ity Council will pay Mie
Letter 85 Years On The Way.
El Paso, Texas {8pecial) Jorry
an employe of the Southern
Railread, received a etter
in Pennsylvania 356 youre
The letter was addressed to
at Pittsburg and was writtes
nd mailed at Blanchard Pa., July
1875, by his slepmother, Mra
Still. Faust jeft Pittabury
His stepmothes
5 yoars,
Burns Husband in Hed .
Hamilton, Ohio (Special) Mra
siceping
bed, sot
An ‘explosion follow The
alightin ig
t n hospital
hustand &
4
Her