LONG TOUR OF PRESIDENT leaves White House for a Yacalion of Two Months. EVERYTHING IS IN GOOD SHAPE. Will Make Speeches la Sherman, Dallas ind Other Point In Texas Reunion ol Rough Rider la Si a Antonla Hunt la Colorado tor Monntala Llom, Beara and Lynx Re tura to Washing toa Mar 30. Washington, D. C. (Special). After Monday morning the White House will he quiet for probably two month. Dur ing that period the affair of state re quiring the attention of the President will receive his consideration wherever he may he on his journey through the Southwest. The leneth of his stay will depend upon the public business. At the present time everything; is in (food shape, and it is not believed the President will have to hurry hack to the capital. The following statement concerning the itinerary of the President was given out at the White House Sunday even ing: "The President will leave Washington Monday, April x at o A. M., over the Pennsylvania Railroad. He will he ac companied by Secretary Loch, Dr. Alex ander Lambert, On. S. B. M. Young, Lieut. C. R. Fortescue, Mr. M. C. I.atta and Mr. J. L. McGrcw, stenographers; Mr. Jackson S. Elliott, representing the Associated Press; Mr. J. G. O. Thomp son, representing Publishers' and Scripps-McRae Press Associations ; Mr. John E. Monk, representing New York Sun Press Association, and Mr. H. A. Strohmcyer, photographer. "The first stop will be made at Louis ville, Ky., at 9 o'clock Tuesday morn ing. The President and party will pass in procession through the city, and the President will make an address. The train will leave Louisville at II o'clock, pass through St. Louis at 8 P. M., and at that point take the Missouri, Kansas and Texas road for San Antonio. A few short stops will be made in the Indian Territory on Wednesday. At Sherman, Texas,' where the party' will ar- rive at 4 P. M., the President will leave the train, drive to the public scniare and make a brief address. Dallas will be reached at 6.30 P. M.. and aftei a pub 11c auuress tne resident will attentl a dinner. i ne next stop will be at V aco. on Thursday, April 6, at 0.30 A. M. The President will speak briclly at Waco. He will reach Austin at 2 o clock l hursday afternoon, address the joint session of the Legislature at the Capitol, and later apeak to the public on the lawn of the Capitol. "The train will reach San Antonio at 8.30 P. M. Thursday, but there will be no public program until the following morning. The object of the President in visiting San Antonio is to attend the re union of his regiment. Exercises have been arranged which will fill the entire day, including a review of the regular troops at. Fort Sam Houston, a proces sion to which the Grand Army and Con federate Veterans will take part, lunch eon at the Rough Riders' Camp and a dinner by the Business Men's Club at the Hotel Mengcr. The President will leave at II P. M. for Fort Worth, arriving there the next morning at 9.45 and leaving at 10.45. The program for Fort Worth will consist of a drive and an address. "At Fort Worth the public part of the trip wiil end. The President will spend some days hunting in the Pan Handle of Texas and will then go to Colorado for a hunt of several weeks' duration. "No plans have yet been made for the return trip to Washington. All Ready (or tbt Hunt. Lawton, Okla. (Special). Instructions have been received at Fort Sill to have a detachment of soldiers at Frederick, in the southern part of the county, by April 8. to guard the property of the Presidential hunting party. The car with the camping outfit is now in Fred erick. The plans for the President's hunt in Texas have been changed, atM the Presi dential party will cross Red River and hunt in the Big Indian Pasture. There is a tract of half a million acres here well stock with game. The outfit is in a car of the International and Great Northern Railway, and was shipped from Southern Texas, to which place tlc- out fit had been sent when it was proposed to hunt for bear in the big thicket. The big thicket hunt has been abandoned. Senator's House Robbed. Kalamazoo, Mich., (Special). It was discovered that thieves have ransacked the home in this city of Senator J. C. Burrows, who is still in Washington. The house was topsy-turvy from cellar to garret, with indications that the thieves held a high carnival during their visit. It is impossible to say how much was stolen. Aoothcr Carnegls (Jilt. Berca, O. (Special;. A gift of $.24,000 has been received by Baldwin Univer sity from Andrew Carnegie toward the erection of a scientific building The gift is on condition that a like amount be secured from other sources. Presi dent Rogers has already secured $18,000. Row at a Christening. Latrobe, Pa. (Special). A Slav.chris tening ended in a tragedy at Jamison mine No. 2, four miles from Latrohe. Mike Kalifoski is dead ami several other men are reported to be seriousfy injured. The festivities started at the home of John Boreko. The stock of liquor was t nearly exhausted, and the question of an added supply, it is said, started a fight, which ended in a general riot. Kalifoski was shot through the lungs, dying almost instantly. Hie Body la a Cretk. York. Pa. (Special). The body of Ja cob Heishberger, who wandered from his home at Ebcrton several weeks ago, waj found in a crouched position in Codorous creek, south of this city. He was unsuccessful in business venture. Before committing suicide he addressed a letter to his family directing them to settle up his affairs and staling that he would go to a watery grave. The family did not treat hi threat seriously and was surprised when the body was brought home. KEWS IN SHOUT ORDER. T tattal Happenings Ceadeaie4 for Rapid Readlaf. Domestic Robert J. Wynne, recently appointed American consul peneral in London, sail ed for his post from New York on the steamer Philadelphia. The cashier, assistant cashier and book keeper of the Citizens' Savings Bank of Lorrain, O., were held each in $8.ooo bail for embezzlement. J. Morgan Smith and his wife, arrest ed in Cincinnati, were arraigned and re manded on the charges made against them in New York. The members of the House Rivers and Harbors Committee landed at New Or leans after a trip of inspection to Porto Rico. The report of the New York State Board of Health shows that cerebrospi nal meningitis is on the increase. A local passenger train on the West Shore was derailed near port Plain, N. Y., and two trainmen killed. William Marconi and Mrs. Marconi arrived in New York on the steamer Campania from Liverpool. The enlisted men of the Army at Wil letts Point presented a loving cup to Miss Iklen Gould. Fire caused a loss of $j;o,ooo to the plant of the National Refining Company, in Cleveland, O. Harry E. Miller and Capt. Gus Olcn der lost their lives in an attempt to ex plore Tiburon Island. Both houses of the Nebraska legisla ture passed the Anti-trust Law aimed at the beef packers. Alfred Gwvnee Vandcrbilt was held in $500 bail in New York for too speedy automobillng. Alfred G. Vandcrbilt is the latest vic tim to fall in the hands of the police for violation of the speed laws of New York. In a powerful automobile he led a bi cycle policeman a hot chase for 13 blocks in Madison avenue, and would have es caped arrest then if his automobile had not become stuck in the mud. He was arrested and released on $joo bail. Immigration in this country through the port of New York for the month of March reached unprecedented figures, the total arrivals numbering 07,000. Last year lm the same month, tlie arrivals were only 47H". The result of the investigation into the situation in the Kansas oil fields may he the basis of an action by the federal authorities against the Standard I Oil Company. Mr. Andrew Carnegie has extended financial aid to Norwich College, which is the state military college of Vermont, and to Drake University, at Des Moines, la. At Malonc, N. Y., Sumner Hazcn, a bridegroom of a week, and John Hall, his brother-in-law, engaged in a duel, in which each fatally shot the other. The bulg of the fortune of Mrs. Leland Stanford is bequeathed by her will to the Leland Stanford, Jr., University. Wages of employes at the National Tube Company at McKccsport, Pa., will be increased. Charles E. Metzinger, a Philadelphia publisher, committed suicide by shoot ing. J. Morgan Smith, whose wife is a sister of Nan Patterson, was arrested in Cin cinnati on State's Attorney Jerome's request, who wants him as a witness. Charles Scott, aged 30 vcars, and Ray Scott, aged 19, of St. Charles, Mich., have been drowned in the marshes near that place while duckhuntiiig. 1 ne isarncy science ilail ot Uennison University, at Granville, O., burned to the ground, entailing a loss of nearly $100,000. Fireman Samuel Lillie was killed and several other firemen injured while at work on a fire in the New York Sub way. George H. Colkct, president of the Huntingdon and Broad Top Railroad Company, died at his home, in Philadel phia. A scheme of subways has been out lined for New York that would involve the expenditure of hundreds of millions. Michael Novackovich, an Austrian la borer, was murdered in his sleep by his wife in Pittsburg. A literary jubilee was held in New York in honor of Eleakum, the Yiddish poet. I omgo. A Hamburg court has decided that the $750 pearl found in her mouth by a woman who, accompanied by a man, was eating oysters at a restaurant, belongs not to her or to the restaurant proprie tor, but to the man who paid for the oyster. Henry White, the retiring secretary of the British Embassy, who has been ap pointed ambassador to Italy, and Mrs. White were the guests of the Prince and Princess of Wales -.t a farewell luniheiMi at the Marlborough House. The Prinrp and Princess Arisugawa and suit'- -left Tokio for Germany, and the Tokio press expressed the hope that their visit will increase the growing feeling of confidence and respect between the two rountries. Germany's policy toward Morocco is based upon an old treaty. Fiance is desirous of having the United States take a sympathetic view of her policy. It is reported that the Czar has be come a fatalist, and that he, the Czarina and several court ofhcials are dominated by occultists The Russian government has ordered 2.000 cars and 170 locomotives to in crease the military equipment of the Trans-Siberian Railroad. Dr. Roberts, an eminent French phy sician, says that inherited scrofula ren ders persons more liable to cerebrospi nal meningitis. The bridge over the Zambesi River, in South Africa, the highest in the world. has been completed. The Shah of Persia will shortly ar rive in France to take the water cure. Emperor William, while at Tangier, had a cordial conference with the French Charge d'Affaircs. The German ruler was .given a cordial reception by the Sultan. Tne terrorists are now known to have on their condemned list 30 persons, in cluding Brand Duke Alexis and Govern or General Trepoff. More than 4,000 men, women and children arc now prisoners in the con centration camps in German Southwest frica. The warehouses of the Russian Steam ship Company at Seba.stopol were set on fire and partly destroyed. . telegram from Bachmut, Bessarab'a, reports a peasant outurcaK at Uaseno amst the German settlers there. The peasants threaten to forcefully take pos session of the lands unless the Germans oluularily give up possession. Cos sacks nave neen dispatcneu to tne scene. Herr Ballin, director general of the Hamburg-American Company, says no plans existed for the establishment of a community of interests between the Ham burg-American and North German Lloyd Lines. GEN. OYAMA ADVANCES Japanese Main Army Ajaia Mores 00 Russians. ACTIVITY EAST OF THE RAILROAD. With Wings Far Exteadtd, Mikado's Success till Oeoeral Has Began Heavy Reconnals aaoce Against Llnevllch's Ceatrt Pros pects That the War Will Contlaue to DrtI On Llnevllch's New Chief ol Miff. St. Petersburg, (By Cable). The latest news from the front indicates that Field Marshal Ovama has begun a genu ine advance of his main army, with wings far extended. Heavy rcconnoissancrs are being made against the Russian centre, with the object of developing the Russian po sition. A dispatch from General Lincvitch says : "There is no change in the situation. The enemy is displaying activity east of the railroad." A telegram from Gun Shu Pass says General Lincvitch has forbidden the in habitants of Harbin, with the exception of the women and children to leave that place without special permits, fearing that the town may be denude of work Hopes of Pcaca Abandoned. Paris, (By Cable). Whatever hope fulness the peace situation may have had some days ago, the situation has now completely changed, and there is every prospect that the war will drag on again. Consequently, dispatches appearing in America saying that Foreign Minister Delcassc and Dr. Motono, the Japanese Minister to France, have been conferring at the former's house relative to peace arc inaccurate. The foregoing view of the situation is taken by the parties im mediately concerned, and it is asserted with the authority of the Foreign Office and the Japanese Legation. A correspondent has talked lengthily with Dr. Motono during the last few days, and the situation heretofore set forth in these dispatches reflected the view of Dr. Motono and others directly concerned, although with the usual reservation of not using their names. However, in view of the continued re ports that there were indications that Minister Delcassc and Dr. Motono were taking an active part in the negotiations, the correspondent called at the Japanese Legation and requested Dr. Motono to furnish a decisive statement which would put at rest all misunderstanding. Accordingly, the Minister gave the fol lowing statement, which was takn in writing, and may be accepted as clear ing the situation: "I tell you explicitly that there are no peace negotiations or preliminaries for initiating peace negotiations in progress at this time, so far as I am aware, and I believe my information to be complete. "I am not desirous of discussing the general question of peace, for, owing to the complete absence of negotiations or preliminaries toward negotiations, that question can only be academic and with out practical bearing. "The statements that I have conferred with M. Delcasse at his residence arc false, and are calculated to confuse a situation which is perfectly plain. There is no representative of Japan authorized at this time to discuss peace or fore shadow in the slightest what conditions the Japanese Government might consider if the negotiations assumed a practical stage. On the contrary, Japan is now engaged in conducting a military cam paign, and she will resolutely proceed with that important work." It can be added that the introduction of the foregoing dispatch, as well as the portion quoted, was submitted to Dr. Motono, who approved every word. It was similarly submitted to the Foreign Office, where it was approved through out. Therefore the dispatch can be ac cepted as being in the highest degree authorative. New Cb el of Staff. St. Petersburg, (By Cable). It is of fically announced that General Karke vitch has been appointed General Line V'itch's chief of staff in nlaro nf C.i-n. eral Sakharoff, who has been trans ferred to the Alexander committee for the care of the wounded. General Stakelberg has also been appointed a member of the same committee. TEXAS TO WAR ON TRUSTS. Will Probably Appropriate $15,000 For the Work. Dallas, Texas, (Special). Attorney General Davidson desires to grapple with the Beef Trust in Texas and incidentally to fight all other trusts operating in the Slate. He has laid before the leading members of the Legislature a plan of campaign he is anxious to put into exe cution. He says that he receives crreat piles of letters daily from persons who are at the mercy of the trusts, askinc why no relief is given to the people. " e have laws enough to stop the work of these illegal combinations," said Mr. Davidson. "We don't need any more laws. W hat we need is inonev If th Legislature will appropriate $15,000 for my department 1 will stop their opera tions in this State." It has been nracticallv at'rnert in In corporate the aonronrialion nsUcrl fnr in the general appropriation bill. Millionaire to Oo to Prison. San Francisco, (Special). Griffith J. Griffith, the Los Angeles millionaire who three years ago attempted to kill his wife, must spend two years in prison and pay a fine of $5,000, acording to the decision of the State Supreme Court, which has affirmed the sentence of the lower court. Griffith ijave a park of 3,000 acres to Los Angeles and was named as Park Com missioner. Photographer Blowa to Pieces. Omaha, Neb., (Special). As a result of the explosion of a flashlight appara tus here one man is dead and another badly injured. Preparations were being made by, an unknown person to take a flashlight photograph of a saloon at Eleventh street and Capitol avenue, when vithout warning the apparatus exploded, ml fragments of the photographer's body were blown in all directions. Wil- 1am A. Murray, a bystander, was seri ously cut about the hoi I. The saloon building was wrecked by the explosion. POLISH TOWN SHAKEN BY BOMB. Polka Commissioner's Fact Art Blowa Off. Lodz, Russian Poland (By Cables Police Commissioner Szabaloyicz, of the Second district, was seriously injured by a bomb which was thrown at him in the street. The police commissioner had been summoned by telephone to come to the office of the chief of police, and started on foot, followed by a policeman. The former noticed at a street corner a poorly clad man carrying a basket. As Szabalocicz approached, the man suddenly hurled a bomb, which exploded with terrific force, blowing off the com missioner's feet and severely wounding him in the breast. It is feared his in juries will prove fatal. The force of the explosion tore a hole in the ground two feet deep and 12 feet in circum ference. The accompanying policeman drew his sword and wounded the com missioner's assailant on the head. When the prisoner was searched a loaded revolver and . cartridges were found. He is reported to be dying from the sword cuts received. The explosion was heard about five miles away. All the windows in the neighborhood were shattered. People in adjoining houses were thrown to the floor. Szabalovicz is hated by the socialists. He is charged with killing a socialist during the dis turbances here in December last. The commissioner is one of those marked for execution. SOFT COAL MEN WILL NOT STRIKE. Operators Decide to Grant Their Demands and Renew Last Year's Scale. Philadelphia (Special), By the action of the soft coal operators of Central Pennsylvania, who held a meeting here Saturday, the threatened strike of the bituminous miners has been averted. The operators, in secret session, decided to grant the demands of the men by re newing the wage scale in effect last year, the basis of which is 62 cents a ton for pick mining. A meeting of the joint scale committee of operators and miners will be held at Altoona Tuesday, when the schedule will be adopted. The United Mincworkcrs of America, fixed Wednesday, April 5, as the last day on which they would treat wirti their em ployers, announcing that a suspension of work would take place on that date if the operators failed to meet their de mands. The joint committee could not agree on a wage scale at the recent convention held in Altoona. The miners insisted unor ?i renewal of last year's schedule, while the operators proposed a reduction of 10 per cent, for the first half of tho year, returning to the present scale at the end of that tunc. When the convention adjourned with out adopting a scale the operators were informed by the miners that work would be suspended unless a compromise 3hould be effected in the meantime. The opera tors, however, showed a disposition to bring about an amicable adjustment. All the big coal companies m the Cen tral Pennsylvania district employing union miners were represented at the meeting. TO PAY TABARD INN DEBTS. Directors Vote to Issue Bonds to Meet All Claims. Philadelphia, (Special). The board of directors of the suspended Tabard Inn Corporations decided to issue bonds for the purpose of raising the necessary funds to pay off all outstanding claims. These bonds, which are to be offered to stock holders, are to be secured by the stock of some of the subordinate companies. It was said by E. Clinton Rhoades. at torney for the companies, that the amount of the bonds would depend largely upon the way the shareholders take to the scheme, but that, at any rate, enough would be issued to furnish money to pay the debts of the Tabard Inn and Book- lovers libraries and the Booklovers' Magazine and also furnish working capital for the three enterprises. Mr. Khoades said that if the plan be successful it will extricate the companies in the hands of receivers from their difficulties. The book store which failed is a creditor of the libraries for books furnished, and the magazine is indebted to the Tabard Press for printing. MISS ROOSEVELT TO WED? Society Paper Names Senator Beverldga as Prospective Uroom. New York, (Special). A New York society weekly prints the following: Miss Alice Roosevelt has surrendered her heart and promised her hand and now wears upon her left third finger the jeweled token of her marrriage en gagement. The successful wooer is the eloquent 'Boy Orator of the Wabash,' oenaior niiicrt j. uevcridge, ot Indiana, and the formal announcement of the betrothal will be made at Easter. "President Roosevelt is more than pleased and has given the happy pair his paternal benediction. "Senator lleveridge is a widower of 42. His first wife was Mis Ktlm.-;.,- r .,c dale, of Green Castle, Ind., who died in lyoo. ne tienator was a plowboy at 12, a railroad laborer at 14 and a loeuer and teamster at 15." Pytblaos Olvt to Mckinley Faod. Richmond, Ind. (Special). In an offi cial bulletin just issued Charles E. Shive- ly, of Richmond, supreme chancellor -of the Knights of Pythias, announces that he has ordered the treasurer of the Knights of Pythias auxiliary of J,he Mc Kinley National Memorial Association to pay the fund donated by the mem bers of the order to the memorial asso ciation without any limitation' or re strictions. I he fund is in excess of $4,000. Shot His Wile In Church. Howells, Neb. (Special) After shoot ing his wife as she sat in her pew in church, cowing the other worshipers by brandishing the revolver in their faces tnd threatening anyone who interfer ed, E. D. Novak coolly walked out of the building, marched up the main street of he town and finally shot himself in1 the kitchen of his home, dying instantly. The woman will recover. The tragedy is said to be tne result ot domestic trou- WILL GUARD MONTE CR1ST1 Three Warships Will Overawe Domin ican Revolutionists. MISSION OF DR. J. H. HOLLANDER. Will Specially Investigate Improvement Com pany's Claim Consultations Ar Being Held Dally Belwceo tht President and Secretary of War Regarding tbt Agreement With Saalo Domingo. Washington, D. C, (Special). Three warships will soon be frowning on Monte Cristi, the most revolutionary port in Santo Domingo. The cruisers Detroit and Yankee, the latter with 200 marines, arc already there, and the Newark has sailed from Guantauamo for that port. If the revolutionists reported as landing there two days ago make any dis turbances they are sure to feel the heavy hand of the American naval force. There is no secret of the Administra tion's attitude that a revolution against Morales now is a revolution against the United States. Minister Dawson reports that the rea son for unrest which is favorable to revolutionary propagandas is that the Dominicans have heard that the United States Senate entirely rejecter the fiscal protectorate pralocol. Minister Dawson, President Morales and the American officers are doing their best to make the people all over the little republic aware of the new arrangement. The two men named by the LTnitcd States to administer the customs of San to Domingo are Dr. W. E. Gould, of Baltimore, and Col. G. R. Colton, of Nebraska, who is Collector of Customs at Iloilo, P. I. Dr. Gould was suggested by Prof. J. H. Hollander, of Johns Hop kins University, Baltimore, who is to make a report to President Roosevelt on conditions in Santo Domingo. Consultations arc being held daily be tween the President and Secretary of War Taft regarding the agreement be tween this country and Santo Domingo. The President bclives, and has so ex pressed himself to many callers at the White House, that he has acted well within his executive power in conclud ing such an i.grecment with Santo Do mingo. He believes that his attitude and actions will receive the support of the iscnatc. He also is now firmly con vinced that, when the Senate convenes in extraordinary session next fall, the Santo Domingo treaty will be ratified. Both the President and Secretary Taft are inclined to question the right of the Santo Domingo Improvement Company to receive the full amount of the $40, 000 a month from the customs receipts of the ports set apart for them under the arbitral agreement of last year. Pro fessor Hollander goes to Santo Domingo for the distinct purpose of investigating the claims of this company and also to examine carefully the fiscal affairs and prospects of the republic. His mission, it is explained at the War and State Departments, is radically different from that of Dr. Gould and Colonel Colton, who have been appointed to collect cus toms dues at Santo Domingo ports. Dr, Hollander is the agent of the United States Government and will report in detail the exact situation in the island, The Italian Ambassador, Signor May or des .Planches, was an early caller at the State Department for the purpose of ascertaining definitely the arrangements recently reached by United States Minis ter Dawson, at Santo Domingo, for the administration of customs of the island, After the matter had been explained to him by Acting Secretary of State Adee Ambassador Planches was satisfied and said he would advise his Government to agree to the proposition and await the action of the United States Senate on the treaty next session. This re moves the last possible objection from foreign climates to the agreement. MAY RECALL B0WEN. Venezuelans Object to His Conlloulng There. Washington, D. C, (Special). There is renewed talk here of the recall of Herbert W. Bowen, United States Minis ter to Venezuela. Dr. Jose de J. Paul, President Castro's special diplomatic agent, had an inter view with President Roosevelt, at which the Venezuelan situation was discussed at some length. Dr. Paul assured the President that Venezuela was not look ing for trouble, and intimated strongly that the only obstacle in the way of a happy settlement of the differences be tween that country and the United States was Mr. Bowen's presence in Venezuela as the representative of this country. Dr. Paul had the same sort of heart-to-heart talk with Secretary Taft, Act ing Secretary of State. Mr. Taft, it is understood, informed Dr. Paul that the United States would be pleased to re move any obstacle to a satisfactory set tlement with Venezuela. That is taken to include Minister Bowen. Fell Dead on Wedding Day. Jamestown, N. Y., (Special). Rev. Albert Lundberg of Scandia, Pa., who was here preparing for his marriage to Miss Hulda Fritz of this city, dropped dead. The wedding was to have been celebrated in the Mission Church in this city. Six hundred invitations had been issued. Mr. Lundberg spent the morning with others decorating the church. While eating luncheon he succumbed. Heart disease was the cause. Murdered By His Wife. Pittsburg, Pa., (Special). Michael Novackovich, an Austrian laborer, was murdered at his home while he lay sleep ing in bed in his room by his wife Annie. The crime was a brutal one, the woman using a hatchet. It was discovered an hour later by a boarder, who notified the police. 1 he woman confessed. I he cause assigned for the crime was revenge for ill treatment by the husband, who, it is alleged, insisted on his wife leading an immoral life. Extra Sessloo October 15. Washington, D. C, (Special). It was semi-officially announced at the White House that an extra session of Con gress will be called to meet on October Li. 1905. Senator Burrows of Michigan, who has been invited to join the Taft party on a trip to the Philippines, saw ihe President and indicated that he would like to accept the invitation. If Congress should be called together on October t. however, Senator Burrows said, he could not go. President Roosevelt assured him that the extra session would be called on October 15, and " October I, LITE WASHINGTON AFFAIRS. The joint board of the army and navy officers has recommended the more thorough instruction of the army and navy cadets, in the use of sword and of bayonet, while jiu-jitsu and boxing and wrestling are to be practiced. The President approves the recommendations. Senato Elkins assured the President that the investigation of the railroad rate question by the committee of which he is chairman will continue during the President's absence in the Southewcst. Admiral Barker wa3 placed on the re tired list. The President justifies the method of general appraisers taking evidence in private in the case of importers accused of undervaluing importations. Consul General and Mrs. Robert J. Wynne left Washington for New York, where they will take the steamer fot London. In accordance with an act of Con gress, the President has issued a procla mation inviting all the nations of the earth to be present at the Jamestown Exposition in 1907 by military organiza tions and naval vessels. Vice President Fairbanks called al the White House and bade the Presi dent good-by prior to his return to hii home, in Indianapolis. Mrs. Roosevelt, accompanied by som of her children and relatives, may visit Jacksonville, Fla. The President will leave Washington Monday morning on his Southern anc1 Southwestern trip. PANAMA CANAL COMMISSION OUT. Their Resignations Requested and Furnlshetf Reorganization Now. Washington, D. C, (Special). Th first practical step, having in view thi reorganization of the Panama Can.t Commission, was taken, when in com pliance with instructions from Presi dent Roosevelt, Secretary Taft requester! the members of the commission tc tender their resignations. This request was promptly complice' with by those members of the commis sion now in Washington. The purport of Secretary Taft's letter, requesting the resignations of the commissioners, wa. sent to Major General George W. Davis, retired, of the Army, the governor of the canal zone and also one of the members of the commission, and a prompt answei is expected from him. As indicated in the letter of Secretary Taft the resigna tions are requested in order that the President may have a free hand in reorganizing the commission. That the President contemplated the reorganiza tion of the commission has been known for sometime and he has been in fre quent consultation with Secretary Taft as to his future policy in choosing its personnel and directing its work. Jt was believed originally that better results might be accomplished by the ap pointment of a smaller commission than that now existing, but a recent opinion of Attorney General Moody held that unde the law the President was required to name seven members in all. The ap pointments probably will be announced by the President during the progress of his Southern trip. The members of the present commis sion in addition to General Davis are Rear Admiral John G. Walker, of the Navy, retired, chairman; William Bar clay Parsons, William II. Burr, Ben jamin M. Harrod and C. Ewald Grunsky. , Shot His Brother-ln-Law. Huntington, W. Va., (Special). A shooting affray occurred 'at Little Ugly, Lincoln county, in which Tom Fry fatally shot his brother-in-law, Henon Smith. The trouble grew out of a game of cards, in which Lewis Fry, Fry's father, and Henon Smith, were engaged. A dis pute arose and Smith threatened to kill his father-in-law. Young Fry took the matter up and shrft Smith in the breast with a shotgun. Smith cannot recover. Lewis Fry, one of the participants, is a wealthy merchant and timber deal er and is quite well known throughout West Virginia. Secretary Hay's Trip. Gibraltar, (By Cable). The White Star Line steamer Cretic, from New York, March 18, for Naples, with Sec retary of State Hay and Mrs. Hay on board, arrived here. In an interview Mr. Hay said he felt much better than when he left New York, He thoroughly enjoyed his trip. Although Secretary Hay has improved, he has by no means recovered his health. The Cretic wiil sail from here at noon for Algiers. . Rumor That Ciar Attempted Suicide. Paris, (By Cable). An unconfirmed rumor from St. Petersburg is published here to the effect that Emperor Nicholas made an attempt to citnmit suicide, and wounded himself in the hand. The ru mor further says that the Emperor's design was frustrated by the intervention of his mother, the Empress Dowager. Flvs Drowned From Upset Boat. ' St. Joseph, Mo., (Special). Five men who were engaged in dyke-buildjna operations on the Kansas side of tht Missouri have been drowned. Rathei than spend a stormy night in a shack or the Kansas bank of the river they de termined to cross in a skiff. About rt id stream the overloaded boat was swamp ed by the high waves and all perished. FINANCIAL. Philadelphia bankers will be large subscribers to the Japanese bonds. Reports of excellent wheat crop con ditions come from all parts of the West. For nine years the average price ol steel rails in America has been $2583 a ton. They are now $28 a ton. Now that leading American bankers have $75,000,000 of Japanese bonds to sell there is an excellent incentive fot them to preserve a good security niaikel for a little while, at least. Speaking of the clamor on the part of certain interests for a large dividend, etc., on Lehigh Navigation, E. W, Clark, one of the voting directors, said: "Per sons interested should remember that you cannot take such a company, put it in a bottle, shake it up and turn it out in perfect, shape." The terms of these eitht directors of United States Steel will expire next month. Clement A. Griscoin, John D. Rockefeller, Jr., W. E. Corey, Robert Bacon, Marshall Field, D. (i Rcid, Na-i thaniel Thayer and John P. Drvdir. Friends of M r. Criscom say he mav not 1 accept a re-cloction. ' WAS IT SUICIDE PACT ? Two Shoot Themselves In the Hollendca Hotel. DEATH WAS INSTANT FOR EACH. Ona Was a New York Lawyer Who Is Said to Havs Been Despondent for Sometime and the Other a Traveling Salesman for a Tole do Firm Bullet In the Two Cases Was Fired Into lb Same Spot. Cleveland, O., (Special). Henry L. Woodward, an attorney of New York city, and Charles A. Brouse, a traveling salesman for the National Supply Com pany, of Toledo, O., committed suicide in their rooms nt the Hollenden. The coroner's verdict in each case gives de spondency over domestic and business troubles as the cause of the suicides. Both men has used a pistol and had sent a bullet into their heads in almost the same spot, death in each case being in stantaneous. Coroner Sirgclstcin said that a number of letters had been found in Woodward's possesssion, from his wife, which showed that Woodward evidently had been suf fering from despondency. The letters were written from 1161 Amsterdam ave nue, New York, and were signed "Cora." Their contents were affectionate in tone and pleaded for Woodward's return home and for a reply to the letters. The number of letters showed that there had been two or three a day. Woodward was an attorney and had been in partnership with Robert P. Cum mings, of No. 31 Liberty street, New York, the two men forming the law firm of Cummings & Woodward. The partnership had been dissolved sometime ago and Woodward became a traveling salesman for the Banks Law Publishing Company, No. 21 Murray street, New York. A few weeks ago Woodward fell off a street car in Ashtabula and sprained his ankle. The injury required his spending some days in . Cleveland hospital. The injury, combined with failure to meet with anticipated business success, is be lieved to have been the cause of his de spondency. Woodward, according to a letter found in his possession, had also formerly lived at Marietta, O. The body of Brouse was found an hour after the discovery of the body of Woodward. So far as is known, there was no agreement between the two men to end their lives, although it is said that they had been seen together in the lobby of the hotel. Brouse's home was at Wadsworth, O. He had formerly lived at Akron, O. New York, (Special). Henry V. Woodward, who committed suicide by shooting in the the Hollenden Hotel, in Cleveland, was formerly a lawyer in this' city, and had an office at 51 Liberty street. He was a brother-in-law of Nevada N. Stranahan, collector of tha port. Mr. Stranahan said: "The first news of Mr. Woodward'i( suicide I received through the newspa- fers, and it is a great surprise to me. cannot account for the suicide. "Mr. Woodward was a sufferer from nervousness. He had beeii ill for sev eral years and had been in a sanitarium several times. Recently, he had been working for Banks Brothers, law pub lishers. Mrs. Woodward received a tele gram from Cleveland stating that her husband was seriously ill, and left im mediately for the West, with an old friend, Robert C Cummings, who was formerly Mr. Woodward's law partner." .Mr. Woodward was a brother of Jus tice John Woodward, of the New York Supreme Court. Before coming to this' city he practiced law in Albany. PRESIDENT ACCEPTS. Will Takt Control of Santo Domingo Finances. Washington, D. C, (Special). Presi dent Roosevelt has decided to accept the proposition of the Dominican Govern ment, made through. Minister Dawson, for the control. of the finances of that Republic, with a view to setting aside a portions of the revenues of the Republic for the payment of its debts. The officers who will collect the money and hold it will be appointed by the Do minican Government, but the names of the men selected will be referred to this Government for approval. The meeting of the Cabinet today was devoted principally to the situation in Santo Domingo. For a long time after the President had departed for the Azpi roz funeral Attorney General Moody and Secretary Taft, who is conducting affairs of State in the absence of Mr. Hay, were in conference in the Cabinet-room. Prior to the assembling of the Cabinet ,the President, Secretary Taft, Senator Spooner and for a part of the time Senator Lodge talked over the Domini can question. . I3.S97.78Z Balea Total Washinkton, D. C, (Special). The Census Bureau issued a bulletin show ing the total crop of cotton ginned for the season of 1904 to be 13,597,782 bales. These figures include linters and count round bales as half bales, and the total is equivalent to 13.584.457 bales of 500 pounds. The square bales numbered 13, 103.447. the round bales 206,161, the Sea island bales 104,317, the linters 241,042; total running bales including linters, 3,745.857. Train Knocked Down Wall. .Wilmington, N. C, (Special). One ' corner of the west wing of the smaller of the Atlantic Coast Line general offices in this city was struck by a string of run away freight cars in the yards here and the brick wall of the entire four floors fell to the grond: Fortunately only two of the large number of cierks employed in the building were at their desks at the late hour the accident occurred, and they were uninjured, though they had a nar row escape. Is Ha Mrs. Rosa' Slayer f Eureka, Utah, (Special). A man giving the name of James Griffith, serv ing a 30-day sentence here on the charge -of vagrancy, is believed by the authorities to be Benjamin Pettis, who is wanted at Montclair, N. J., for murder and arson committed last month, Marshal Stillman has communicated with the authorities.; Griffith is 26 years of age, 5 feet 7 inches, in beight and weighs 156 pounds. He is' said closely to resemble the alleged mur- derer. Pettis, as descrilied in circulars, bent out by tha Montclair authorities.
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