f RANGE IS GIVEN
A FREE
HAND
Eer Loyally to Monro: Dcctrine As
sured. TO FORCE MB. CASTRO TO TERM.
Freocb government's Course Will Not Be In
terpreted Anjr Violation el (he Monroe
Doctrine M. Taigny, Who Wae So Dis
courteously Treated by Venezuela's Presi
dent, Expected la Washington.
Washington, D. C. (Special). Con
vinced of the sincerity of the assurance
received from France regarding her loy
alty to the Monroe Doctrine and all
that it involves, the Washington govern
ment has given the Paris government
free hand in the execution of its pro
gram for the so'r.tiui of the Venezuelan
problem.
The conferences on this phase of the
question occurred sometime ago and Mr.
Jusserand, the Trench ambassador, has
final assurances that the efforts of France
to obtain diplomatic treatment for her
charge d'affaires at Caracas will not be
interpreted at Washington as in any way
violative of the Monroe Doctrine.
The first move hrtl.e execution of the
French program nr.iy be expected at any
time, but on this point the French gov
ernment is observing the strictest secre
cy, the orders to the squadron going di
rect from Paris and not through the
embassy here.
M. Taigny. the retiring Frcach charge,
who, it is believed, is now at Curacao,
will come to this country on his way
home, and on his arrival at New York
he will find an invitation from the French
ambassador at Washington to spend sev
eral days here in conference, in order
that M. Jusserand, on whom the burden
cf an important phase of the Venezuelan
negotiations naturally fails, may have
the benefit of the fjcts about the situ
ation. It is not unlikely that M. Taigny will
also see Secretary Root. When he was
last here on his way to Caracas he was
the guest of honor at a large dinner
given here by his ambassador, at which
the entire Venezuelan legation staff was
present to meet him.
The whereabouts of the French ships
remains a mystery, so far as the onicials
of the State Department and French
Embassy arc concerned, it is stated. It
is assumed, however, that they are in
daily touch with the ministry of marine
at Paris and are waiting an cporumc
moment to take such action as their
instructions may provide for.
At last accounts Mr. Taigny had not
been able to decipher three long cable
grams received on board the Martinque,
which contained important instructions
from the the foreign office, one of
which directed him to await the arrival
of a French man-of-war, then on its way
to Laguayra, to take him away. Mr.
Taigny went on board the French steam
ship to obtain these instructions, intend
ing to return with them to Caracas and
decipher them in the legation, where the
cipher code is kept under close guard.
He was not allowed to land, however,
and it will be impossible for him to be
come acquainted with the nature of the
instructions until his arrival in Washing
ton, where he will have access to the
embassy code.
633 EMPLOYES BENEFITED.
Carnegie Relief Fund Report Shout 126690.15
Disbursed.
Pitttburg (Special). The fourth an
nual report of the Carnegie Relief Fund,
applicable only to the employes of the
Carnegie Steel Company and its consti
tuent companies the Pittsburg Lime
stone Company, Limited ; H. C. Frick
Coke Company, Oliver Iron Mining Com
pany, Bessemer and Lake Erie Railroad
Company, L'nion Railroad, Pittsburg and
Conneaut Dock Company, and the Key
stone Bridge Works was issued Satur
day. The number of beneficiaries were 633,
and the disbursements $306,300.15, as
follows: Accident benefits. $90,187.80;
death benefits, $133,349; pension allow
ances, $46,853.35.
The disbursements for 1005 increased
ever $-'0,ooo.
MAY WANT THIRD TERM.
Jacob A. Rils, President's Friend, Makes Sig
nificant Statement.
Toledo, Ohio (Special). Roosevelt
might be induced to run for a third
term, is the statement made by Jacob
A. Riis, the President's close friend and
who is considered his authorized spokes
man. The statement was made during
an interview on' the war between spec
ial privileged interests cn one side and
the people on the ether which Mr. Riis
predicts.
This war, Mr. Riis says, may last three,
five and even ten years before tiie people
are victorious. It will wipe out par:i-an-i.Lip
parties the first indications of
which, says Mr. R;is, will be seen at the
Congressional elections to be held in
1JC7.
I tit Expands Rail.
St. Louis (Special J .With a tempera
ture of 7J degrees Saturday, marking
the warmest January day ever recorded
in St. Louis, five men were injured while
removing a heat-expanded sitel rail cn
the Terminal Association road. The rail
had expanded on account cl the warm
weather and suddenly tlew up, striking
all five men. Both legs cf the foreman
were broken and one leg each of two
others were fractured.
Roberl N. Stephens Dead.
Philadelphia (Special) Word was re
ceived here of the death of Bournwouth,
Eng., of Robert Neilson Stephens, of this
city. Stephens wrote many short stories
for magazines and became a theatrical
agent and dramatist in New York in
1893. writing plays, notably the Sieve
Brodie melodrama, "On the Bowery."
Later he wrote "An Enemy to the King,"
which was produced by E. H. Sothern,
and "The Ragged Regiment," produced
at the Herald Square Theatre, New
York.
Five Barbara Surprised-
Chicago (Special). One burglar was
killed and another fatally wounded at
Desplaines, a suburb of Chicago, in a
battle between detectives of the Chi
cago and Northwestern Railrrjad and
five men delected in an attempt to steal
from a repair shop of the railway com
pany. The detectives had surrounded
the shop and the fight began when the
thieves attempted to escape with the
plunder. The three men not wounded
et.cr.ped after thev had exhausted their
ammunition.
THE LATEST NEWS BRIEFLY TOLD.
DOMESTIC
At a conference of representatives of
the insurance departments of a dozen
states and the Armstrong investigating
committee in New York a movement was
begun for uniform insurance laws in ail
the states.
F. C. Ilollister and A. W. Gentry,
whose wives have recently been murder
ed m Chicago, appeared together before
the grand jury to give evidence which
led to the indictment of the two alleged
murderers.
Former Gov. James II. Pcabody, wife
and daughter, at Canyon City, Col", were
poisoned by food eaten at breakfast.
I lie Governor recently received several
threatening lctttcrs.
Capitalists of Dulttth, Minn., have se
cured control of l,oo.ooo acres of timber
land in the Bahama Islands and lumber
ing operations will begin at once.
A Philielelplna coroner's jury gave
a verdict that Mrs. Anita McMurrow,
who claimed to be the Countess dc Bct
taneourt, died of heart disease.
Henry Lear, former president of the
Doylestown (Pa.) National Bank, which
failed, wa sentenced to five years in the
penitentiary.
A great library instead of a chapel
may be established in Chicago as a me
morial to Presielcnt Harper.
A score of people were injured, some
seriously, by the fall of a part of a bal
cony during a minstrel performance at
Fields' Opera House, Washington, Ga.
The trial of a number of weighmastcrs
at the Chicago Stockyards, accused of
defrauding shippers, was begun. One
of the men confessed.
The wage scale committee of the Mine
workers' Convention is in receipt of
large numbers of resolutions demanding
an increase in wages.
A crash of freight trains at Newton
Falls, O., caused the death of two men
and the fatal injury of a third.
Heavy snow caused a railroad wreck
near Denver, Col.
Coroner Mix, of New Haven, Conn.,
has rendered a final decision, concurred
in by the state's attorney, that Charles
E. Edwards comniittced suicide with
laudanum and a bullet, owing to in
somnia. At the request of Senator David B.
Hill, the Bar Association of New Y'ork
is investigating the payment of a $5,000
fee to the Senator by the Equitable Life
Assurance Society.
The government wireless telegraph sta
tion at Cape Elizabeth, Me., has received
a message from the Dewey drydock tow
that traveled 3,000 miles, breaking all
records for distance.
An official of the city of Chicago tied
tip two traction lines for two hours,
claiming that open gates on the cars
imperiled the lives of passengers.
L. W. Burlen, secretary-treasurer of
the Provident Securities and Banking
Company, of Boston, has gone to Can
ada. The city of Chicago has sued two trac
tion lines for overcrowding street cars.
Four workmen in a tunnel under East
River, New Y'ork, were drowned or suf
focatedbya bursted air pipe failing to keep
up the required air pressure and permit
ting water to enter and flood a shaft.
President Mitchell, of the United
Mineworkers, in addressing the annual
convention in Indianapolis, urged a de
mand for higher wages. The opera
tors have agreed to meet Mitchell in con
ference. W. M. Wolfe, professor of theology
in Brigham Young College, has renounc
ed Mormonism, having found that the
elders are still marrying plural wives in
Mexico.
The liabilities and forged stock certi
ficates of Denison, Prior & Co., of Cleve
land, now amount to $3,000,000.
Knowledge that the cashier is missing
caused a run on the Washington Nation
al Bank of Pittsburg.
Mrs. Casic L. Chadwick, now in the
Ohio penitentiary, has been put to work
sewing buttonholes.
iOKEIG.N
The question of the taking of an in
ventdry in connection with the separa
tion of church and state in France caus
ed an exciting debate in the Chamber
of Deputies.
The head Moorish member of the
Moroccan conference lias informed the
delegates that the Sultan is prepared to
abolish the harsh laws imposed upon the
Jews.
Reports of the arrest of William Eng
lish Walling, an American, in St. Peters
burg for revolutionary activity are de
nied. It now appears to be the plan of the
Chinese government to greatly restrict
the privilege of foreigners.
Ail the English coa?t defense forts
from the Thames to Plymouth will be
rearmed with larger guns.
lien. Bartolome Mure, former presi
dent of the Argentine Republic, is dead,
at the age of 83.
The Moroccan conference reached an
agreement on the main lines of a plan
for the repression of contraband enter
ing Morocco. The stiff attitude of
Great Britain is considered a danger ill
the conference.
The demonstrations at Hamburg
against the proposed new election law
asiumed a serie-us aspect. In a conflict
between the police and rioters 30 ef the
former were wounded.
W. English Walling, of Chicago, a so
cial settlement worker, was arrested in
St. Petersburg because of his alleged
sympathy with the revolutionists.
China continues to refuse to sign with
Great Britain the Tibetan treaty, and is
anxious to assert Chinese sovereignty
over that country.
A new workmen's council was elected
in St. Petersburg. As fast as the mem
bers cf one council are arrested another
is ft rmed.
Russian troops have had several se
vere conflicts with the revolutionists in
Caucasia and both sides have suffered
heavy lo-ses.
Six Jews, members of the Warsaw
anarchists' committee, were rxecuted.
M. Taigny, French charge d'affaires at
Caracas, having gone on board the
French Line steamer Martinique at La
Guira without legal permission, the Ven
ezuelan authorities have prohibited his
landing again in Venezuela.
All the seven districts of Birmingham,
England, were carried by Joseph Cham
berlain and hij' followers.
The commission appointed by the
Finnish Senate to prepare a project for
the reform of the Diet agreed to elec
tion by universal suffrage.
All the parties are now busily engaged
in electioneering in Russia. The pacifi
cation is going steadily forward, and
revolutionists are again driven to resort
to assassination.
The Moroccan Foreign Minister and
head of the mission to the conference
at Algericas asks pointedly why the
powers do not intervene to establish or
der in Russia.
The Norwegian ship Servia foundered
at sea, and her crew were yesterday
landed at Funchal, Maderia, by the Ger
man ship Kalliope.
Germany's exports to the United Stales
in the year 1905 amounted to $135,724,-
.'31.
LIKE WRIGHT'S
GREAT MISSION
His Work As First Ambassador To
Japan.
JAPAN IS AFTER THE ISLANDS.
Hlgb Authority on Foreign Affairs ol Govern
ment Sayi Roosevelt la Sending Repre
sentative to Mikado's Court to Sound
Japanese on Proposition to Dispose ol
Islands to Oriental Ooveromcnt.
Washington, D. C. (Special) The an
ouncement of the appointment of Judge
Luke E. VV right to be the first ambassa
dor of the I'nitcd States to Japan lias
caused considerable gossip in official cir
cles. It has gone so far as to cause a
member of the Foreign Relations Com
mittee of the Senate to intimate that
behind this appointment is a policy of
President Roosevelt which will cause a
complete change in our colonial or in
sular connections. This authority an
nounces that by sending Judge Wright
to Japan, a man who has long been a
member of the Philippine Commission
and lately governor of the islands, and
therefore perfectly familiar with the
situation in the hast, the President is
willing to look into the ptopusition of
Japan acquiring the Philippine Islands..
The authority does not go so far as
to state that the President has deter
mined to sell, exchange or dispose of
the islands to Japan or to any other na
tion, but it deies assert that our new
Ambassador will be instructed to sound
in a diplomatic may the Mikado's exact
position in the matter. If, through di
plomatic channels, it develops that the
islands can be disposed o in an honor
able manner the matter will be laid be
fore Congress, for the President can do
nothing without congressional consent,
and the problem of what to do with the
Philippines may be solved.
A dispatch from Birmingham, Eng
land, hinting that Japan is again anx
ious to acquire the Philippines by sale
or exchange, is evidently based upon the
rumors and gossip that has been afloat
in Washington ever since President
Roosevelt changed his mind in regard
to promoting John G. A. Leishman, now
minister to Turkey, to be ambassador
to Japan. Judge Wright came back from
the Philippines sometime ago with the
determination to resign as civil gover
nor and not return to the islands. He has
had frequent consultations with the
President and Secretary Taft as to con
ditions in the Philippines, and as noted,
soon after his return the President
changed his mind in regard to sending
Mr. Leishman to the land of the chry
santhemum. The President could not
have made a better choice for an ambas
asdor to Japan if he has in view the dis
position of the Philippines. Judge
Wright konws the conditions there thor
oughly. He also knows the feelings and
desires of Japan in this matter, and is
diplomat enough to negotiate with" the
Mikado's representatives, if any deal is
intended. It is not expected that the
administration at this time will dis
close any secret instructions to be given
to the new ambassador, and denials of
any intention to part with the Philippines
will undoubtedly come thick and fast.
But the authority on which the above
statements are given is sufficient for its
publication now.
In accepting the new appointment Gov
ernor General Wright sacrifices $3,000 a
year in compensation. It is believed that
Congress will accept the recommendation
of Secretary Root that, in connection
with the elevation of the American Lega
tion et Tokio to the rank of an embas
sy, the compensation of the incumbent be
raised from $12,000 to $17,500; but, as
Governor General Wright's present sal
ary is $20,500, he will still be suffering
a considerable financial loss. Commis
sioner and Acting Governor General
Ide's present salary- is $15,500 per annum,
so that if he should be promoted he will
benefit in salary to the extent of $5,000.
Governor General Wright will suc
ceed at Tokio Lloyd C. (Triscom, who
was promoted from American minister
at that place to be American ambassador
at Rio. Mr, Griscom is at present on
leave of absence in this country, and
the office at Tokio is in charge of Mr.
Laughlin, the second secretary of lega
tion. DOWIE HAS BEEN DEPOSED.
Former Head of Zloi City Said to Squandered
Fortune.
Chicago (Special). John Alexander
Dowie has been permanently removed
from financial control of Zion City in
dustries, according to assurances given
to big creditors by financial agents of
the community. The appointment.of the
triumvirate, with great ostentation, it is
now declared, merely cloaked Dowie's
accession to the demands of Zion City
and its creditors that all business affairs
be taken from his hands, leaving him
religious leadership.
"Dowie has squandored money in a
mot profligate manner," said a creditor.
"His trip around the world cost him a
fortune. He drew on the treasury for it,
and the trip to New Y'ork and the recent
trip to Mexico were expensive luxuries."
Lolled Alter Sixty Years.
Chicago (Special). By being mistak
en for his brother, whom he had no!
seen fur 60 years, Dr. James E. Morri
son has been united with the surviving
members of his family, not one of whom
had been heard from since he left his
father's home at Buffalo, N. Y., when
8 years old. Since 1H45 trie brothers had
made constant but vain efforts to find
each other. The end of their long sepa
ration was brought about by their re
markable likeness.
Port Royal la Flame.
Altoona, Pa., (Special). The town of
Port Royal, Juniata County, on the
main line of the Pennsylvania railroad,
was threatened with destruction by fire.
Five houses and one store were de
stroyed. The flames gained such head
way that the local fire department was
unable to control them, and Mifflintown
was asked to send assistance. Port Roy
al has about 800 inhabitants. It has one
bank, three churches and several small
stores.
Aged War Nurse Dead.
Chicago (Special). Mrs. Elizabeth
Aiken, 89 years old, a famous nurse in
the Civil War and familiarly known to
Grand Army veterans throughout the
country as "Aunt Lizzie," died at her
home here after an illness of three days.
At the outbreak of the Civil War Mrs.
Aiken lived with her invalid' husband
near Peoria. He. was unable to enlist,
and she went to Memphis and became a
nurse in the Union Army. Her husband
died soon after the war closed.
LIVE WASHINGTON AFFAIRS.
Prof ress Madt la Transportation.
The L'nited States leads the world,
both in the present mileage and the re
cent growth of its railways. "This is
shown in a report on "The Transporta
tion Routes and Systems of the world,"
issued by the Bureau of Statistics of the
Department of Commerce and Labor.
It points out that of the total railway
mileage of the world, segregating in
1004 543.000, there were 311,074 miles
in the United States. 35.333 miles in
European Russia, 33,1)67 miles in Ger
many. 28,103 in France, 26,050 in India,
34.130 in Austria-Hungary, 32.634 in the
L'nited Kingdom, 19,611 in Canada. 15,
560 in Africa, 14,113, in Australia, 11,
559 in Argentina, 10,356 in Mexico, y.'n
in Italy, 9.368 in Brazil, 7,607 in Sweden,
7.323 in Siberia, Manchuria and the other
former Asiatic possessions of Russia,
4.405 in Japan and 1,176 in China.
The growth of the railways in the
United States has been very rapid. Be
ginning in 1835, with 1,000 miles, the
number steadily grew, and in the decade
1865-1875 it doubled and then rapidly
came up to the present number, which
represents an outlay of II 3-3 billions of
dollars out of an aggregate cost of 37
billions for the entire world.
The total tonnage of vessels flying the
American flag increased from 5.312,001
tons in 1855 to 6,456,543 tons in 1905.
This increase is due to the increase in
the tonnage of vessels engaged in the
coastwise trade. The tonnage of ves
sels engaged in the foreign trade fell
from 3,348,358 in 1855 to 943,750 tons in
rates on both land and sea
have decreased. The rate per bushel
of wheat from New York to Liverpool,
was about 10 cents in 1873 and about
oie cent in 1005.
The amount of passengers and freight
transported has increased considerably.
During the last year the railways trans
ported 719,654.951 passengers and 1,300,
000,000 tons of freight. In 1885 the num
ber of passengers carried was 351437,688
and freight 437,000,000 tons.
Congress of Mother.
At. the annual meeting of the execu
tive council of the National Congress of
Mothers it was decided to recommend
that the next International Congress of
Mothers be held in Washington.
The speakers at the annual conference
to be held in Los Angeles on May 7 to
10 also were decided upon. Among
them are Mrs. W. S. Hefferan of Chi
cago, chairman of the educational com
mittee, and Judge Lindsay of the Denver
(Col.) Juvtfnile Court.
It was decided also to inaugurate in
February the publication of a monthlv
magazine devoted to the purpose of the
organization.
Statehood Hearing Stormy.
There was a stormy meeting of the
House Committee on Territories, Chair
man Hamilton and Representative Lloyd
had an angry exchange of words over
Mr. Hamilton's former position on State
hood. Former Governor Murphy of Arizona
declared it was useless to appear before
the committee, as the verdict was signed
and sealed against them. He denounced
as false the charge of corrtntion made
against the Arizona men o oppose
joint Statehood.
House May Save Frigate.
The House united in a tribute to the
frigat" Constitution on convening. The
chaplain, in his prayer, eulogized the
old ship. It was followed by the pre
sentation of a handsomely prepared pe
tition; tributes by Mr. McCatl (Mass.),
MV. Sultzer (N. Y.), and the adoption
of a resolution from the Committee on
Rules directing the House Committee
oil" Naval Affairs to ascertain the annual
cost of proper care for the old frigate.
Rlxey Surgeon OentraL
The President sent the following nom
inations to the Senate.
Solicitor for the Department of State
James B. Scott, California.
AttOmPv for smittlfrn Ttetrt T,i
dian Territory George, R. Walker.
surgeon Genaral and Lhief of Bureau
of Medicine and Surgery Medical In
spector Pressley M. Rixcy, United
States Navy.
Secretary of War Taft appeared be
fore the House Committee on Insular
Affairs in favor of the Cooper bill, which
places the control of the Philippines in
the hands of the governor general of the
islands.
The Senate Committee on Canals has
decided not to force Poultney Bigelow to
divulge the source of his information re
garding the Panama Canal.
Shortage in the rice and silk crops has
caused a famine affecting 2,700,000 in
habitants of three provinces in Northern
Japan.
Secretary of War Root says the consu
lar service is afflicted with eminent but
old citizens, given berth by the Execu
tive. The method of acquiring supplies for
the Panama Canal was the subject of
criticism before a Senate committee.
European statesmen and educators
have joined in a petition to President
Roosevelt to bring about "the concert of
the European powers to secure peace
and protection for the Armenians and
others in the Ottoman Empire."
Strong representations were made by
the Cuban Minister to Secretary Root
concerning the forcible depor'ation from
Key West of a number of striking Cuban
cigarmakers.
Senator Tillman offered his resolution
in the Senate for the investigation of
the Morris incident, and it was laid on
the table by a vote of 54 to 8.
The House passed a resolution ask
ing the Naval Affairs Committee to as
certain the annual cost of properly car
ing for the frigate Constitution.
The Urgent Deficiency bill as report
ed to the House provides that the eight
hour law shall not apply Jo the canal
force.
The House passed the bill providing
for the final disposition of the affairs of
the Five Civilized Ttibes.
The Keep Commission submitted its
report criticising the value of certain
parts of the Agricultural Department
crop reports.
Secretary Taft, president of the Amer
ican National Red Cross Society, sub
mitted a report to Congress on the uffairs
of that organization for 1905.
The report of Immigrant Inspector
Marcus Braun was received by the
House. It is severe in its restriction up
on the governments of Italy and Hun
gary. Hungarians and Italians are en
couraged to refrain from becoming
American citizens, and urged to adhere
to the principles of their home govern
ments. Senator Daniel called tip in the Senate
and had passed the bill for the construc
tion of the memorial bridge across the
Potomac.
. The River and Harbor Congress adopt
ed resolutions calling for an annual ap
propriation of $50,000,000 until accumu
lated work has been cleared away.
HOLOCAUST IN
A FARMHOUSE
Seven People Murdered and Bodies
Burned.
FAMILY'S FATHER Ts SISPECTED.
Horrible Fate of Two Women and Five Children
Beloning to the Ayera' Family In New
Hampshire Father of the Family la Sus
pected He Shoots Himself When Told of
the Fire.
Pembroke, N. H., ( Special). Seven
persons, all members of the family of
Charles Ayrcs, are supposed to have per
ished in a fire which destroyed Ayrcs'
farmhouse, near here.
The bodies of a child and of Ayrcs'
mother-in-law, have been found in the
ruins. Mrs. Ayrcs and four children
arc missing, and it is feared that they,
too, are victims of the fire.
The authorities suspect that a crime
was committed.
Late in the day Ayres was found in a
dying condition 011 the Northford turn
pike, in the town of Chichester. There
was a bullet wound in his head, appar
ently self-inflicted. He is unconscious.
Thimas E. Clifford, county solicitor of
Merriinac County, said later that there
is little doubt that the seven persons had
been murdered and the farmhouse set on
fire.
The theory of the county authorities
is that Aver was the murderer, but up
to a late hour they had been unable to
rind any evidence to medicate the meth
ods employed to wipe out the family.
Whether the victims were shot or killed
by other means cannot be told at present.
Up to a late hour only charred fragments
of two of the victims had been recover
ed, although persons who visited the
scene of the fire thought they observed
two other trunks in the blazing ruins.
The victims of the tragedy were :
Charles F. Aycr, aged 43, killed him
self by shooting.
Mrs. Addic Aycr, his wife
Mrs. Isaac Lakcnian, Ayer's mother-in-law.
Flossie Aycr, aged 13.
Alfred Aycr, aged 10.
Bernice Ayer, aged 6.
Andrew Ayer, aged 4, and a girl baby,
all children of the Ayers.
The fire occurred about 9 o'clock in
the morning, and Aycr drove up to the
home of his sister, Mrs. George Bailey,
in the town of Chichester, about six
miles from his home, just after 10
o'clock, lie remained at Mrs. Bailey's
place during the afternoon, and when in
formed that his buildings had been
burned manifested some agitation. A
moment later he drew a revolver ahd,
pointing it at his right temple, fired, and
fell unconscious. He died at night.
2,500 FOR HEROINE.
Biggest Award Vet . Made From Carnegie
Hero Fund.
Pittsburg, Pa. (Special). The second
annual meeting of the Carnegie Hero
Fund Commission was held here. All
of the old officers were re-elected, and
John P. Cowan, of the Pittsburg Ga
zette writing force was added to the force
of special agents employed to investigate
cases brought Ito the attention of the
commission.
Only one reward was made today
that of $3,500 to Miss Maude A. Titus,
of Newark, N. J. On October 16, 1005,
Miss Titus, a 6-ycar-old school girl, was
awarded a silver medal for saving Miss
Laura V. Rcifsnyder from drowning in
Casco Bay, near Yarmouth, Me.
On October 2S her father died leaving
her without means to finish her educa
tion. The commission, taking this into
consieleration, reopened the case and
awarded her $2,500 to be paid in instal
ments as needed for her education. This
is the largest award yet granted by the
commission.
During the year 761 cases have been
investigated. Of these 383 were refused,
gtupuad aau oot' pun pauie.tS aja.w 61
He Threatened Legislators.
Des Moines, Iowa (Special). D. S.
Clayman, an ex-conyict was arrested
at the door of the Senate Chamber of
the Iowa Legislature charged with
threatening the lives of Representative
H. E. Teachout and Senator C. C. Dow
ell because Dowell failed to get him
employment during the present session.
Clayman was sent to the penitentiary
from Adair County for wife-murder 13
years ago. He served his time and then
came to Des Monies, soliciting a posi
tion in the State House, because, as he
said, he "had served the State 13
years."
Stock Deal Nets $3,OC0,0O9.
New York (Special). Another for
tune was made in Wall Street, when
Geo, ,A. Kcssler, a well-known mer
chant of this city, sold through his brok
ers 80,000 shares of Union Pacific stock,
which, it is said, netted him a profit of
more than $3,000,000. The selling caused
uneasiness on the Loudon Exchange
and cablegrams were received inquiring
as to the cause of this unloading. He
is known as the former employer of Mr.
Harry S. Lear.
Appeal to Clergymen.
New York (Special). Typographical
Union No. 6 appealed to the clergymen
of the Methodist Episcopal Church in
this city to overrule the management of
the Methodist Book Concern, which, it
was announced yesterday, has decided
to do clcctrotyping and stereotyping for
printing shops employing non-union men.
The Union requested a meeting of the
clergymen and the striking employees of
the Methodist Book Concern.
Torpedo Boats For Russians.
New York (Special). Lewis Nixon,
who has completed the building of 10 tor
pedo boats at a port on the Black Sea
for the Russian government, arrived
from Europe on the Kaiser Wilhelm II.
He said he had finished .all his contracts
with the Russian government, and ex
pected to make no new onccs until condi
tions arc quieter in Russia. Mr. Nixon
said he was in St. Petersburg for four
months, and intends to return there.
The revolution" in that city, he said, did
not afford as much excitement as a gen
eral election in New York.
Amcrlcaa f orestry Association,
Washington, D. C. (Special). The
American Forestry Association adjourn
ed sine die after electing officers for the
ensuing year and adopting resolution urg
ing Congress to pass an act for the es
tablishment of forestry reservations for
the Appalachian and White Mountains.
Secretary of Agriculture James Wilson
was re-elected president. The following
were chosen vice presidents at large:
James VV. Pinchot, F. E. Wejerhauser,
Dr. Edward Everett Hale, John L.
Kauland, Dr. E. E. Firtiow ; Otto Lcub
kert was rc-clected treasurer.
DEATH OF MARSHALL FIEiD.
Chicago Millionaire Passes Away Id New
York.
REMARKABLE CAREER.
Marshall Field, born on farm
near Conway, Mass., August 18,
1835.
Started to work in country
store ai 17.
Arrived in Chicago hi January
1856, and worked for Collcy,
Wadsworth & Co.
.Admitted to partnership in
i860.
Field, Palmer & I.eitcr organ
ized in 1865.
Potter Palmer withdrew from
the f.rm in 1807.
Fire of 1871 wiped out the
Field stores ; loss $3,500,000
insurance $3,500,000. Stores at
once re-established.
Mr. loiter withdrew from the
firm in 1KS1.
Firm's alcs in 1R91, $35,000,-
OOO; ill 1905, $130,000,000.
Gilt of $1,000,000 for Field
Columbia Museum in 1894.
Gift of land to Chicago Uni
versity worth $100,000.
Married his second wife, who
was Mrs. Delia Spencer Caton,
of Chicago, September 5, 1905.
New York (Special), Marshall Field
died at just 4 o'clock Tuesday afternoon.
At 4.05 o'clock Mr. Augustus N. Eddy
stepped out of the elevator at the Hol
land House and told the crowd of re
porters that have kept watch in the
foyer of the hotel for more than a week.
They had known for three or four hours
that the family had given up hoping for
another rally like Monday's. The great
Chicago merchant had been unconscious
since noon.
Marshall Field was taken suddenly ill
on Monday, January 9. while on his way
to this city on board the Chicago Limi
ted of the Pennsylvania Railroad. A
doctor was picked up at Pittsburg. As
soon as the party arrived in this city Dr.
Walter B. James was called and the sick
man was taken to the Holland House.
A day or two later it was announced
that Mr. Field was down with pneu
monia. Dr. Frank Billings, the family
physician, was summoned from Chicago.
Since that time consultations have been
held over the patient every three or four
hours and bulletins issued to the press.
Monday morning the members of the
family were warned that Mr. F"ield might
die at any moment.
During Sunday night Mr. Field ap
peared to be sinking rapidly, and Mon
day morning the physicians announced,
that all hope for his recovery had been
abandoned.
WAR CLOUD LOOMS UP.
France Eipcla President Castro's Venezuelan
Charge.
Paris, (By Cable). M. Matibcurguet,
the Charge d'Aflaires of Venezuela here,
received the official announcement of his
expulsion from French territory. The
notification was conveyed to him by M.
Gouvt, the chief secretary of Premier
Rouvier, and a special commissary of
police, M. Hennion.
The Charge d'Afiaires showed consid
erable emotion, but accepted the Gov
ernment's decision. Vie will leave Paris
from the Northern Railroad station at
10 o'clock P. M. for Leige, Belgium, ac
companied by the special commissary of
police, who is responsible for his securi
ty to the frontier.
Paris (By Cable). Official confirma
tion of Venezuela's unceremonious treat
ment of M. Taigny, the retiring French
Charge d'Affaires at Caracas, has reach
ed the Foreign Office. The Government
immediately decided to adopt the most
energetic measures to obtain satisfaction.
Though the officials will not make any
direct statement on the subject, it is un
derstood that a naval demonstration, is
under, preparation, the division of the
French warships recently assembled in
the vicinity of Venezuelan waters being
utilized for that purpose.
A diplomat confirmed this view of the
situation, saying that President Castro's
action, though not an absolute forcible
expulsion of the French representative,
amounted to an set of hostility, since,
after M. Taigny had left the shore in
perfectly good faith, in order to obtain
dispatches from the French steamer Mar
tinique, the Venezuelan authorities, witll
uot warning, offered armed opposition
to hii rclanding. .
Such an action could not remain
unchastiscd, and France, the diplomat
added, will have the support of the
whole world in demanding and obtaining
proper satisfaction, even should armed
intervention prove necessary. France, it
was further pointed out, has"exhibi:ed
wonderful patience, but is now driven to
extremities.
The action of the French government
with reference to Venezuela has not yet
been finally decided. M. Rouvier is call
ing the Cabinet Council together to con
sider the steps to be taken.
In Ministerial circles it is believed
that the incident of M. Taigny's expul
sion loses some of its character of grav
ity, as official notification was given to
Pre.sielc.it Castro a few days before by
the American Minister. Mr. Russell, that
diplomatic relations between FratKe anil
Venezuela had ceased to exist. There
fore, M. Taigny was not expelled as
the representative of France, but as a
simple French citizen.
Meanwhile, a telegram from L 'Orient,
the French war port in Brittany, an
nounces that the cruisers Jean Bart
and Casselonp-l.aubet arc preparing to
jeiin the French division cruising in the
vicinity of Venezuelan waters.
. FINANCIAL DOINGS. . .
C. C. Minzesheimer, of New York, l-.as
become a member of the Philadelphia
Stock Exchange,
It is said by the Philadelphia News
Bureau that the Electric Company of
America is earning over 11 per cent, on
its e-apital stock.
. The advance of 'almost 4i per cent,
in Reading and 5J4 per cent, in Lehigh
Valley was caused by speculation on the
theory that there will be no strike and
that both stocks wil( be raised to a 6
per cent, dividend basis next Summer.
The United States Steel Corporation is
now turning out about 35,000 .tons of
finished and semi-finished steel a day.
It has unfilled orders now approximating
7,500,000 tons.
The house of E. B. Smithj who is a
director of Lehigh Valley, was a con
spicuous seller of that stock on the
bulge. . .
Since the United States Steel passed
the dividend on its common stock cer
tificates have been floating about in var
iour names and a? a precaution one Phil
adelphia house, carrying a large amount
is having the old certificates transferred
to their name
THE KEYSTONE STATE
The Later! Pennsylvania News Told lo Short
Order.
At the nineteenth' annual convention
of the Lancaster County School Di
rectors Institute, held at Millcrsvillc,
these officers were elected : President,
J. C. Mylin, Paradise Township; vice
president ; VV. P. Briton. East Drumorc.and
Amos Ziebler, East Druegal ; secretary
H. F. McCloud, Manheim; treasurer,
Alfred Wood, Fulton Township.
At the annual election of officers of
the St. Lawrence T. A. B. Society, at
Catasauqua, the following officers were
chosen: President, Edward J. Lynch;
vice-president, Thomas Mcl.ain; record
ing secretary, P. J. Mcl.ain; finan
cial secretary, Thomas A. Milan; treas
urer, John F. Waddick ; trustees, Thomas
Quinn, Patrick McDcrmott, Michael
Cunningham, Charles P. Lynch, John
VVaddicks and F.dward L. Dougherty;
auditors, Michael Cunningham, Thomas
McLaughlin and E. J. Lynch. .
John Moscow, who was serving a nine
years' sentence in Norristnwn for kill
ing a man at Potlstown in 1903. was de
lared insane by a commision in lunacy
and sent to the hospital for the insane.
M. L, Van Baman, president of the
York Volunteer Firemen's Relief Asso
ciation, at the annual meeting of the or
ganiation, was presented with a hand
some gold badge as a testimonial of his
services as president. Mr. Vaij Batumi
organized the association twelve years
ago.
Judge Ronton, of McKcan County,
holds the good roads law of 1905 to be
unconstitutional . Hi? first reason is
that it is special legislation in that it
makes possible a system of taxation that
is not uniform. His second reason is
that since the system of taxation may
be changed by the voters at the polls,
the law making power is thereby dele
gated to them, a clear violation of the
constitution. In conclusion Judge Bou
ton says the right of taxpayers to work
out their road tax is given them by the
acts of 1834 and 1S55, and it cannot be
taken away except by direct legisation.
Many townships throughout the State
have arranged to vote oil this question in
February,
The will of the late Frceland G. Hob
son was probated at Norristown. He
bequeaths $1000 to Ursinus College to
endow a scholarship and $5,00 to Trinity
Reformed Church, of which he is a
member. The estate is valued at $75,
000 and is left to his wife and children.
The , literary societies of Dickinson
College decieled to join the Intercollegi
ate Oratorical Union of Pennsylvania.
This union consists of Muhlenbnrg,
Gettysburg, Lehigh, Lafayette, Swarth
more and Franklin and Marshall, and
holds a contest once a year it one of
the institutions for a prize of $50.
Of the sixty-eight life insurance com
panies doing business in this Stale,
twenty have already notified Insurance
Commissioner Martin of their intention
not to give rebates hereafter and to for
bid their agents from so doing. These
twenty have signed contracts obligating
themselves to adhere to their declara
tions from this time.
Fourth class postmasters have been
nppointed in Pennsylvania as follows:
Bcntleyville; Loretta N. Young; Ken
ncrdell, John E. McCiintock; Rossmere,
Lewis H. Beattie; Trcvorton, . Harry J.
Lewis.
It has been discovered that not only
has the Reading School District suffer
ed a cut in the State appropriation
through the incomplete enumeration of
school children by the assessors where
by 4000 names were omitted from the
lists, but it has also been a loser to the
extent of $9000 through a decrease of
3000 in the number of taxables returned
by the county commissioners to the State
authorities.
Agitation to have the Pinegrove Bor
ough Council ubmit to the voters at
the coming February election the pro
position to increase the borough indebt
crccting an electric light plant has
cdness about $15,000, for the purpose of
fallen through. That body decided not
to touch the matter.
A reform party was organized in Han
over Township, Luzerne County, where
extensive graft is suspected and where
the school directors and tax collector are
under indictment. A number of citi
zens applied Jot the right to use the
name "The Independent Citizens' Party"
and will nominate candidates for all the
township offices.
Mrs. Thomas Williams and Amelio
Soprano, of Duryea, are missing and
Angelo Soprano, a brother of the miss
ing man, was arrested at the instance
of the missing woman's husband, who
charges him with aiding in the abduction
of his wife.
T. N. Burke, of Mt. Carmel, has been
appointed assistant in Northumberland
County to District Attorney Cummings.
The office pays $1500 annually.
The Maryd breaker, at Tuscaloos,
erected a year ago by the Maryd Com
pany was destroyed by fire. The loss is
$80,000. A shipment of 400 tons of coal
was maelc daily.
A charter has been taken out in New
Jersey for the Manufacturers' Window
Glass Company, of New Jersey, cap
ital $1,000,000. The charter was se
cured by. a subcommittee of the indepen
dent manufacturers composed of H. B.
V-:i C levc. G. W. Morenus and H. H.
Cla y-01, and a report was maele at a meet
ing of the general committee in session .at
the Fort Pitt Hotel. Plans for the or
ganization are being prepared and will
be submitted at. a general meeting of
manufacturers.
Members of the State Horticulture
Association spent a day in practical dis
cussions of the San Jose scale, on tests
of insecticides and experiments witlv
1 cmc remedies and on diseases of or
chard trees and fruits. "VVJiy Not
More Rose,".byvS. Morris Jones, West
Grove, Pa., was a winning paper.
Four boys, the youngest 6 the oldest
10, were before the Mayor at Harris
burg charged with the theft of beer.
All were 'found in an almost insensible
condition from the effects of the intox
cant. Mayor Gross was indignant and
said that if he could he would take them
in a room and give each a cowhiding.'
Two were held for court and two were
sent home.
Alfred II. Leedom. aged 50 years, a
contractor and funeral director, of South
ampton, was struclc by a trolley car on
the Trenton, Yadley, New Hope and
Trenton line at Yardley and killed. '
At the Fifteenth Annual Convention
of Adams County School Directors' As
sociation, held at Gettysburg, these of
ficers were elected: President, Rev. C.
P. Bastian; vice presidents. P." C. Smith
end John Diehl; secretary, H. U. Butler;
treasurer, Rev. Dr. I. C. Billheimer; del
egates to State contention, John A.
Krou::c, H. W. Taylor, H. C. Lady, D.
C. Kudisill and E, C. Weisensale. More
than two-thirds of the directors were
present.
Ao account of $483 .73 was filed against
the city of Allentown by the county au
thorities for maintenance of prisoner
committed by the Mayor since April 1st.