"THE NEWS Domestic Bx-Governor Frank West Rollins, of New Hampshire, and his son, Douglas Rollins, were arrested on the prrival of the steamship Lusitania om England on warrants issued by nited States Commissioner Shields ¢harging the former Governor, his gon and his wife Catherine Rollins, with conspiracy to defraud the gov- ernment by smuggling in dutiable goods. The second trial gf the civil suit brought by the United States govern. ment against Charles FF. W. Neely, in charge of the Bureau of Finance fn the Department of Posts during Cuba, resulted in a verdict for $112,- $01.21 in favor of the government. Today will be judgment day for victims of the recent Pittsburg brib- ery dragnet, when ten men, includ- ing leaders in financial, business and professional life, will be sentenced by Judge R. 8. Frazer, It 1s stated on good authority that the papers transferring the Senator Clark eopper properties to the Amal. gamated Copper Comany will be gigned within a day or two. The famous Cleofonte Campanini will conduet French opera to be giv- en in Baltimore by the Metropolitan interests next season ! At the foreclosure sale of Metropolitan Street Railway, Now York. no bids were received for the property. The foreclosure proceed. ings wlll now go back to the courts and Judge Lacombe will set another date of sale. Pennsylvania passenger train No 307 jumped the track at Kensington, 15 miles of Alliance, O., and some of coaches rolled down a 20-foot nkment Several per- sons were injured and three may die. The body of Annie Kincaid, died in Chicago a month ago, exhumed in Teeumsel Mich the authorities are investigating cause of her death Speaker Cannon, a discus Yale News on the value of education a is not nece or the in in south the en who was and 3 the ion a collewe fatal to in the college course success, Florence girl, died n in New. York, dose of poison Miss Dorothy R timore, chri<ten destroyer Stier launched at Qui: Twelve persons up their blood | the life of of New York Rochester the next national Police FAVS ssarily Hevner: tha tela 418% Agsociati commercial New York, ps that the Interst A genama logt when & Caronia The Manha fotel, resort on Long Island, was Je by five. Foreign Student Wardani, who on Febrau- ary 20 shot and fatally wounded Boutros Pacha Ghali, the Egyptian premier and minister of foreign af- fairs, was condemned to death at Calro. The United States cruiser New York arrived at Toulon, France, en route to the Orient, where she will become the flagship of Rear Admiral Hubbard. ven five German sailors were killed and two others injured. i Mr. Roosevelt denied reports that he had expressed an indorsement of a certain candidate for governor of | New York. Earthquakes continue in country recorded the shocks. Colonel of public dependents. thorities today. The Russian government is pre- paring a favorable reply to Secretary Knox's proposal for a permanent international prize court. Colonel Rocgevelt address "The World Movement” at the Berlin University before a large snd distinguished audience, including Emperor William, j Dr. James L. Holden, of Colum- hus, ©., sars hae examinad Wine EA. ward's throat last from cancer. Ore hundred and thirtr.ecoven miners perished in an explosion in tha Wallington coal mines, at White. Haven, England. A conflict between the armies of Parn and Ecuador over the boundary disnute now reams inevitable, Troanh Chambarlsin tha Nritiay states an, appears to be much im- proved in health, Fir Wiliam Hlirping, the astirono- mer, died in London. The strike of the 1,200 miners at the rollieries of the Canadian Con- solldatsd Company at Frank Alber. ton. endel ‘n an advance of wazes. The Allantle Transport Liner Minreo*rha. which went ashore off the Rie Talands, was floated. In both Houses of Parliament »ad- , Cresson wore made In eulogy of the late King of England OLD EARTH HAS A SPRING SHAKE Seismographs All Over Country Record It. TREMORS CONTINUE FORTY-EIGHT HOURS. Vibrations The Most Universal Ever Recorded At Georgetown Univer. sity Observatory—First Felt At 8.26 Friday Morning — Disturb- ance Estimated At Over 2,000 Miles From ' Baltimore-—Hopkins University Instrument Shows A Severe Shock. An by the Univer- was recorded Georgetown reau and at the Coast and Geodetic Magnetic Observator at Cheltenham, Md. The tremors of the were accompanied by it was said, at the Observatory. Father Francis Torndorf, who recorded the instrument, said that the tremors were the most un- usual ever noted at the observatory on account of their alternating di- As the motion was prin- cipally east and west, it is believed that the disturbance occurred some- where in the West, probably along the Pacific Coast. The tremors of the instrument be- gan at 3.26 o'clock A. M. The elec tromagnetic instrument recorded the first shock just two minutes after the preliminary movement began. At 2.28 the second shock came, last- ing four minutes. The third shock was at 2.45 and lasted two minutes. The first shock was by far the heavi est. It is not believed, however, that or vere, The Weather Bureau issued the following bulletin about the quake ‘An earthquake of moderate in tensity was recorded on the se mograph of the Weather Bureau in the early morning The most com- plete record is shown on the instru- ent recording east and west on The prelimi tremors nat 3.15 A. M., seventy time, and the principal portion » disturbance began at Ot ina 40 seconds “The ampitude of the motion was ily moderate during the whole dis- but was prolonged the greater length of time than usual with earthquakes of this degree of The characteristic phases s» records are not clearly he present case, but it rhance was to 2.500 is at hand disturb 5 its probable vy 0 nary be- ock tes, srhanen over LUroance, a is 1 that at a distance of from 1 information the dire the distur S O00 miles. No as to fro Washington or in ince or Boston (Speeial) Th of the Harvard selamog : ne odle agitated record be M. and o'clock. until after estimated at about ith or southwest, contir ” I'he the 801 FOUR HUNDRED SHOCKS. (Costa Rica's Series Of Shakes Since fpril 13, Rica con San The earth trem month since nse {Cosla { Special) tinue here, In h April 13, 400 dis tinet shocks have been recorded The volcanoes of the vicinity exhibit no special activities It is estimated that a force of 2.000 men would be required for six months to clear the ruins of Carta- go. Half that number of men engaged under good Samuel T. Lee, the American consul at San Jose, la very active in the work of rescue and the succor of the survivors Port Limon, Costa Rica (Special). The telegraph line between this port and San Jose suddenly failed It ia feared another very heavy earth. rs the The last reports coming over the wire were that heavy were Poas and Irazu, and that the erup- verity. Great anxiety Is felt here. BANDITS HOLD UP CAR sengers In Seattle, COL. ROOSEVELT AND THE EMPEROR MEET They Have a Long Talk at the New Palace. The Colonel Sits Beside The Empress At Luncheon — Emperor Shows The Roosevelts Through The Sans souci Palace And Arranges For A Sham Battle Today — Roosevelt's Throat Still Giving Him Much Annoyance, Berlin (Special). — Theodore Roosevelt and Emperor Willlam had their first long conversation alter luncheon at Potsdam, Standing apart from the other guests they talked earnestly together for more than an hour. The Emperor's former president was exceedingly cordial Wearing the white and gold uniform of the Garde duCorps, with a brazen helmet surmounted by a silver eagle with outspread wings, the Emperor appeared at the entrance of the new palace on the arrival of the carriages which brought Colonel and Roosavelt, Miss Ethel and Kermit to the palace gates, He advanced quickly and shook hands warmly with each one of them welcome to the Mrs Master of laron with entered Eulenberg and Household Emperor, right, zu Imperial the at vO! Mr Roosevelt his palace and, large apartment the shellroom to the sms Roosevelt entered on the a eral von Lowe , and in bassador and owed 1} ller salon beyond Mrs Miss Received By The Empress, Within tt the pa Auguste floosevell Kermit rly ) Vie wil Prin- % {pen rederick Co Prince Lrown i lie, veges Victoria Lou ind Prince Oscar gy The luncheon that followed was Bo, JO tended by a $s ese Mrs. Ro crown i chancellor, Gen mit Roosevel Hill, Gene nan Mr Lieut At another table 1} seated between the Crown Prince Victoria was nel's left Others a Roosevelt, cee un we € toyal Carriages Late. ¢ in ent careful exami press treated their American with great cordialitly. in prolonged small drawing-room, conversation in with lunch The Emperor, after the oth- er guests had gone, showed Colonel Roosevelt and his family through the Eanssouci Palace himself, regarding the condition in found Colonel Roosevell's that ment the physician explained { f i | i i $ i i dence in the tropics, and that in his opinion the hoarseness in this case is not due to the strain of speaking Colonel Roosevelt, he thinks, should be entirely recovered within a week. MINISTER IS HORSEWHIPPED, Mother Of Girl Applies Lash Until She Faints, Savannah, Ga. (Special) —Follow. ing charges against Rev, J. H Wil son by Misa Meta Monsecs, of the Lutheran Church of the Ascension here, Misa Monsses, accompanied by her mother, Mrs. Kate Monsees, went Park Street car. Twenty men were ! i 3 whipped him until the elder woman was too faint to ply the lash, Seeing that her mother's blows were becoming ineffectual, the daugh- dits. The highwaymen reached Spokane Avenue. robber relieved each one in line of his valuables and ordered him to march down the algle. When the ro their work one them entered the molorman’s compartment ang ran the car to Edmonds, a small station north of Georgetown, where the men got off and entered the Northern Pa. cific freight yards, It is thought they boarded a southbound train which left shortly after. The Friar Lands Purchase, Washington, D.C. (Special). The House passed a series of reso lutions calling on the War Departs ment for Information as to the ac. tual purchasers of the Philippine friar lands under the guise of the Mindoro Development Company. which Representative Martin, of Colorado, claims was backed by the American Sugar Refining Company. § i At this stage the stop to the whipping. Recovered Eyesight On Birthday. San Francisco (8pecial). —- Coin- cident with the celebration of his eighty-fifth birthday, Prof. George Davidson, a well-known scientist and For al- most a year Professor Davideon has been totally blind because of a catar. act. Two operations performed in the last six months proved thelr sue cess yesterday when the elouds that obscured the aged scientist's vision ware partially iifted. Burean OF Mines, Washington, D, C. (8pecial).— The House adopted the conference report on the bill for the creation of a bureau of mines and it will become jaw when signed by the President. It makes provision for a study of mining exnlosions and other accel dents with a view to the enactment of selentific mothods of avoiding such catastrophes. STRUGGLE FOR LIF INA POD Six Girls and Two Boys Drown While Out For a Frolic. SURVIVORS TELL OF TERRIFIC BATILE Victims Were Members Of The Grad- uating And Junior Classes Of The Huntington Mills High School, Near Wilkes - Barre, Pa. — Boys Rocked Boats, Then All Went Overboard-——Struggling Students Pull Over Other Boats That Go To ¥ Their Assistance, Wilkes-Barre, {Special}. Six girls and two boys, members of the graduating and the junior class- es at the Mills High School, 156 here, in a mill pond near the school Four other boys managed to reach shore and save themselves The drowned were all between 16 and 18 years old, and had been busy during the morning preparing for the graduating exercises. The pupils came to from some distance lunch. After this had been at noon, party of the older six girls and six boys, proposed going for a row on old mill pond embarked two boats minutes Pa. or © Huntington miles W from ere drowned the and school carried eaten “a Ones, the in Fifteen of them were on saw ing o itnesged 1¢ distance eight dead No smbark ne one ghiore n fr » old paper mill ther a fri of trees off the sight of the wat pond, though are several shuts road The de boats The four s ivors, Weitzel, Koons Harold Bell, tell a eoanfused They and the victims 1} mill pond to the water y of the dam they and crowded fre George Dod ana slory Uriah Jay ad often the hefore They in couple got two three bovs wnt dow % berm $4 o 1 OO4Ls alia t Pa ris nto licking was m as the by side each uch : boats The gi other and the boys abe There was water with the the party used water on drifted to were pu ris u ympanions plashing of some boats pond and were several ries gan rr edd direction or shri Those y pot the water s and $4 posit the boat iv tried to scra: hg ‘ ¥ pulled the boat beneath the or they upset it while trying to elf n Whatever happened quickly, for second the host woe inmates were also overboard. 137 MINERS PERISH. Explosion In A Mine. Manchester, Eng. (Bpecial)—One hundred and thirty-seven miners lost lives in an explosion in the coal mine, at White Haven. Rescue parties succeeded in saving four men, but fire has broken out in the workings, leaving practi- cally no hope for those who are still entombed. Throughout the day parties made considerable progress ped by the collapse of the roof. A curious fact is that a colliery warning was published in many of the newspapers in the mining dis tricts of the kingdom to the affect that unusgally high barometric con- ditions rendered firedamp explosions extremely probable and that all underground workers ought there- fore to be on the alert. Drinking Cups For Dogs. Chicago (Special) One thousand drinking cups for dogs will be placed in different parts of the city to les- sen the danger of rables during the hot months, This unusual method of combating mad dogs Is the scheme of Dr. John Miller. He obtained the congent of the judiciary committee of the city council to place the drink. ing cups. "I believe it will tend to lespen the danger of rables at least 50 per cent.” sald Dr. Miller. “The cups will be kept filled with clean, rool wafer and will be in easy reach of any thirsty dogs. HA HS URNS En ——— $26,000 In Alleged Graft, Columbus, Ohio (Special) For. mer State Printer Mark Slater was sentenced to four years in the Ohio Penitentiary by Judge Dillon, Slater was convicted on the charge of ger titying to vouchers amounting to $5,601, knowing them to be false. It was asserted that he received about $26,000 graft while State printer. He will appeal to the Cirouit Court. Fifteen other indictments ars & against s FLORIDA GLIDES DOWN THE WAYS The New. st Dreadnought of the Navy Is Launched. Daughter Of Late Governor Of Flor- ida Breaks Bottle Of Champagne Upon Bow Of The Big Battieship— Vice President Sherman And Seco retary Meyer Among Launching Party — Fuiiy 100,000 Persons A Notable Gathering. New York, (Special) American Navy and in the battleship was launched at the Yard. The Florida vessel bullt at Connectic Brooklyn years ago Tho of witnessed the launching Vice-President ent in the world, monster ida, Navy the first government it Was Yard some speclalors is naval yard since oo" tructed a the con at the sands Sherman al repres Was wentative pres- of as the offic Pregident Taft, The launching party the largest and most that ever witnessed a s wag one o disting ilar f Florida off f uished s The State by a ls Mey were 0 Are cial r and on hand to rep- ht A numerous Const ¥ delegation of and Representatives in Congress called at ! to build all of the four submarine tor- pedo boats, for which bids were re- cently submitted, upon the Pacific coast The has been in past six weeks cruiser Birmingham, which ing been relleved by the Des Moines ingon paid Kosciuzko, unveiling memory Llewellyn A. Shaver, who was so- licitor for the Interstate Commerce Commission for the past 14 years, died of acute Indigestion, aged 76 tribute to Pulaski Polish patriots, of of monuments in their Dr. Harvey W. Wiley, the govern- ment chemist, was elected president of the United States Pharmacopeiae Convention for a term of 10 years Senator Piles explained to the Ballinger was appointed Commission. er of the Land Office. In a letter to Chairman Parker, of the House Judiciary Committee, by Secretary Ballinger to the Ballinger-Pinchot Investigation Com- mittee, Attorney General Wicker sham admits that his summary to the President of the Glavis charges was antedated. The Interstate Commerce Come mission refused to modify an order issued with reference to elevator charges despite a decision of a Mis The House passed the resolution calling on the attorney general for information with reference to prose. cutions of cotton and wheat pools. British Ambassador Bryce present. sd to the President Sir Walter Ely Hutchinson, former governor of Natal. ; Delegates to the Polish National Alliance feel offended because Presi- dent Taft did not attend their ban- uet. 1 Dairymen declare that the white plague crusade is responsible for a great deal of consumption. The Interstate Commerce Commis. sion consented to act as arbitrator of the import traffic rate controversy between the Eastern railroads, gre. cipitated more than a year f ago by the Boston and Maine Rail road, and suggested that pending investigation the present rales re- main, BATILE FOR LIFE CO WLES NAR Balloonists Frozen Stiff in Bliz- zard 20,600 Feet Up. WERE HALF DEAD AND POWERLESS A. Holland Forbes And J. CO. Yates, Trying For Long-Distance Record, Tossed From Storm Teo Storin—— And Half StupeBed-—— Lost Control Of Balloon—Finally Pall Rip Cord And Drop like A Stone—foth Are Unconsciogs And Injured, Benumbedd Center, Ky. (Special) wtesyey Numbed ad BOnOw encountered at an feet and dropped rapidly to earth from a considerable height becuuse the ility to esnutrol balloon | Bridgeport £1 t Aero Club o Ke Yates, of Ww iniuries injuries from Quine econ d after a y, 1} ¢ ch precipi Baus were the balloon The Pion unter, Ky., aud nal 100 "y Le balloon el from se bul ;/ Sail Lasy a ugk GON. ey expegted t iwo t at 6.55 sald Mr. wo glrike the vest ire at the We were ear- wever, passing Missouri, lodi we enconmier- 0 feel at an aliit n into seother altlerward we nd half-stupe- {i power to cannot tell asi belere but eleorts t ALR bs od & net bring rod Pinally, fear we n KE In #« overed, well from to] OG oR Ocio- 1¢ longest fig! i Max C Flels he started from and land aller cov miles in 19 cinnati. on October esterfield County ‘ering a Jistance of hours and 15 minutes J. C, Yates is a resident of this city, and is treasurer of the Amerd {can Mahogany Co. He is a bachelor ‘and a member of the Players Club. { The balloon trip which ended se dis- i j astrously was his first flight 12 { in Ci Va. fol ELEPHANT ON RAMPAGE Thows Keeper To Ground And Tramples On Him. | Cal. (Special) | Rajah, one of the biggest captive ele- | phants in this country. broke away from the circus grounds and ran iamuek through the streots of Berke {ley. His keeper, Tony Lustano, vain- jly tried to control the elephant, { which seized him with its trunk, Sung {him to the ground and then trampled {on him The trainer had twe riba { fractured and was injured intersally. | Doctors fear he will not recover 1 - A——————". { 8an Francisco i Echo Of De Janon Case. { Philadelphia. (Special) The fast | ’ (echo of a sensational escapade was heard here when the grand juny ig- inored a bill of indictment ebarging | Ferdinand Cohen, the hotel waiter, | with kidpapping and running away {with Roberta B. De Janon, the 18- ivear-old heiress The couple, afte | being missing a week, were found ° ' Chicago. 84, Accused Of Killing Aust. Chicago. (Special) Charged with beating his aunt. Mrs. Ellmbeth Shoenwoll, 84 years old, Henry Bau- mann was arrested after a knife fight with detectives. Untill Baumasn's arrest it was thought by frieads of the family that Mrs. Shoenwelf dled of heart disease. According to the police, Daumann’s arrest resulted from a statement made dy Ms wife. Sa i ANON HAST W. Gould Brokaw Appeals. Mineola, I. 1. (Special) Wiliam Gould Brokaw, through his eswnsel, filed an appeal from the decision and degree of Justice Putnam, wherein he was ordered to pay his wife, Mary Blair Nrokaw, al : Re EY eakimany al sepiae several weeks ago. The apoeal raises objection to the : oh a a
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