A NOTED HINDU
PRINCE IS HERE
Maharajah Gaekvar of Baroda Arrives
in New York.
VERY WEALTHY AND PROGRESSIVE.
A Plcturciqn Chincter, Wboit Mlssloo It
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People How Hi Clin to Bt Rvler H
Twelve Yeort.
New York,(SpeciaI). His Highness,
the Maharajah Catkwar of Baroda
Sir Sayaji Kao Yi, Saen Khas Khcl,
Sam Slier Bahadur, Frazaud-l-Khasi-Dowlat-I-lnglishia
first in rank of the
Hindu primes and second ii) all India,
arrived Sunday on the White Star liner
Celtic. He has come to the United States
after a tour in Eurupe to see the country,
study the peeplc and try to learn the
secret oi their success. With him art
Her Highness the Maliarani of Baroda,
as pretty a little woman as ever walked
down a KUiigpiank, and the Gaekwars
brother, iMiingatiao Caikwad.
For a pnnce with so many r.atncs, the
second wealthiest m India and the own
er of a collection of jewels that is famou
the world over, the Maharajah is a must
unassuming visitor. He sauntered down
the Celtic s gangplank looking like a
very ordinary tourist who had been
bronzed by a tropical sun, and pleasant
ly nodding good-bys to the acquaintances
he had made on the trip over, Perhaps
that is explained by the tact that, besides
being one of India's wealthiest princes,
ht is regarded also as her most enlight
ened. He is a little man, not much more
than five feet tall, but is stockily built. H
than five feet tail, but is stockily built. He
is 43 years of age, and has ruled over
the State of Baroda under British sov
ereignity since he was a mere boy. He
traces his ancestry back to Sivayi, the
founder of the Maharatta power in India,
but he owes his occupation of the throne
to an indiscretion of his predecessor,
Gacwar Mulhar Kao, who cut up such
high jinks in 175 that his Maharani tied
for protection to the home of Colonel
Phayre, the English resident. The Gaek
war made a bluff by discharging some
blank cannon charges at the resident's
house, but it didn't work. Her Highness
refused to return, and a little later Col
onel Phayre got some chemicals in his
food which acted like poison on his
system. The gay old Marharajah was
tried and depoted, although he was not
convited of having poisoned the resident.
It was up to the Maharani then, in
accordance with Hindu custom, to ap
point the succeeding ruler. Guided by
England's helping hand, she chose Gopal
Rao, the present Maharajah, then a boy
Of 12.
He was educated at home by English
tutors, and began early to make a special
Study of the needs of his state. He de
cided that there must be a public school
System. Today he said that there are
schools in more than half of the state
and in some parts of it compulsory ed
ucation. He has established a man's
college and a woman's college and
a technical school in the city of
Baroda, and has changed that place
from a slovenly, antiquated Hindu town
into a modern city with fine public build
ings and spacious parks. He declared
early against child marriages, and an
nounced that none of his children would
ever rnarry before they were 20.
These are only a few of the things
he has done. He has taken much active
interest in the government of his state,
beirrg allowed considerable latitude by
the British government, and has often
sat as a judge in the native courts. The
Maharaja's income has been estimated
at from $;,ooo,ooo to $7,000,000 a year.
The Scindhia of Gwalior. with $i?,oon,ooo
a year, is said to be the richest of the
Indian princes. The Maharaia has 2.000,.
000 subjects under his rule. The state
contains 8.100 square miles.
Besides his" enormous annual income
the Gaedw.tr of Baroda possesses jewels
which have been valued at between $.0,
000,000 and $40,000,000.
SANTO DOMINGO REVOLT.
An Expedition Being Organlred In Porto
Rico.
Washington, D. C. (Special). Reports
have reached the State Department oi
the organization of another revolutionary
movement directed against the Govern
ment of President Caceres, of Santo Do
mingo. It is understood that the Island
of Porto Rico is the bac of operations
and former Presidents Morales and J1111
inez are supposed to be the leaflets of the
movement.
Instructions ha-.e .been sent to the In
sular Governor of Porto Rico to take
step- to carry out the neutrality laws,
which would prevent the organization
and departiie of any hostile expedition.
The American war-hips surrounding, the
Island of Santo Domingo will alsei be
instructed to prevent any landing of hos
tile forces.
The Navy Department cabled Rear
Admiral Dunhip, commandant of the
naval station at San Juan, and Couiman-di-r
Waller, commandant of the naval
Matioii at Culehra. to co-operate with
the island authorities of Porto Riro in
preserving neutrality.
Commander Southerland. in command
of the squadron in Dominican waters,
was advised of the report. His instruc
tions are said to be sufficient for action
in preventing the landing of .1 filibuster
ing parly at Santo Domingo from Porto
Rico.
Editor Shoots Judge.
Lcxirgtoti, Ky., (Sp'.cial). Because
of an editorial in the Kentucky Demo
crat, of Nicholasy-ille, Ky., in which Edi
tor Louis Pilcher bitterly attacked the
private and public life of Judge James
Peet, Pilcher and Peet fought, Pilcher
was severely bcat-n by Peet. Pilcher then
drew a pistol and shot Peet twice, in
flicting probably fatal wounds. Pilcher
was arrested and released 011 bond. Peet
was formerly chief of police.
Held Foil lo Frog.
Cc.tcllsville, Pa..' ( Special). With
his foot caught in a frog, unable to move
from the track, J. J. Neil, a brakeman,
employed in the Baltimore and Ohio
Road yards here, w as crushed bv an ap
proaching train of freight cars that were
being switched about the yard. His body
was cut and mangled when removed from
beneath the train. Nci! wa 21 years
old and lived at Friendsville, Md.
Lieutenant Commander Joseph Strauss
will relieve Commander DiefTcnbach as
uneriritendcnt at Indian Urail
LATESTNEVS 1NSH0RT0RDEH
DOMESTIC
The plan to construct a floating dry
dock to be stationed at Solomon' Is
land, has been temporailry defeated in
the House on the point of order that
the money for the same should not he
included 111 the iN'aval Appropriation Bill.
The Southern Baptist Convention
opened at Chattanooga with nearly
5000 delegates and visitors. President
Siepcns' report showed that the churches
have contributed more than ever before,
the aggregate being $315,248.
The strike of the funeral drivers' union
in New York City greatly interferes with
the burial of the dead. In one instance
the drivers of the hearse and carriages
at a funeral drove off and abandoned
the body and the mourners in a church.
The Electric Properties Company of
Xcw York, with which John F. Wallace,
former chief engineer of the Panama
Canal is to be identified, was incorporated
at Albany, with a capital stock of $13,
000,000. David IV Hill testified as to the reason
ableness of his $5,000 retaining fee from
the Eiiuitable l.ife before the subcom
mittee of the grievance committee of the
New tirk State Bar Association.
The lives of several men were endan
gered by the cavcin of a copper mine in
Cuba.
The "Paper Trust" has surrendered
and the government wins the final de
cision. E. M. Wilhoit, formerly an agent in
the employ of the Standard Oil Com
pany, testified before the Interstate Com
merce Commission in Chicago that by
direction of his superiors he bribed var
ious clerks to get information of the
business of competitors, and also cheat
ed customers.
W. F. Bce-hiel, on trial in Minneapolis
for cnibc?zling insurance funds, testified
on the witness stand that he paid $5,000
which had been demanded, to State ln
suratke Commissioner O'Shaughncssy.
Police Magistrate Wahle, 111 New
York, released two merchants who had
been arrested at the instigation of the
Chicago police authorities and roasted
the Chicago chief.
State Bank Examiner Cameron an
nounced that the depositors of the Co
lumbia Savings and Trust Company will
be paid in full.
W. H. Sylvester, president of the
First National Bank of Montezuma,
Ind., was shot and killed by his brother.
Counsel for Mrs. Duke filed an appeal
in Trenton, N. J., from the decision
ffrantum a divorce to Mr. D'uke.
A petition was filed in Cincinnati for
a receiver for the Springfield and West
ern Railroad.
Troops are gradually being with
drawn from San Francisco and the po
lice resuming authority.
General Greely reported the conditions
in San Francisco to be improving.
Moses Haas, accused of the agricul
tural cotton report "leak," and charged
with misconduct in office under the
Maryland common law, was dismissed
by Judge Holt, of New York, who
holds that the Maryland law cannot ob
tain in New York.
An autopsy shows that Charles L.
Spier, who was killed while on a sup
posed burglar hunt in his home, on Sta
ten Island, died from a 32-cahbre bullet,
which filled the revolver he carried.
Officials of the American Sugar Re
fining Company and the New York Cen
tral and Hudson River Railroad entered
pleas of not guilty to the indictment
charging them with rebating.
The Hamburg-American Line steamer
Sarina, from the West Indies, arrived in
New York, after having been afire at iea
20 hours, with do passengers aboard.
At the first Woman's Chess Congress,
held at the Martha Washington Hotel,
New York, the championship was won
by Mrs. Charles P. Frey.
The Columbia Savings and Trust Com
pany uf Pittsburg has been closed by the
Pennsylvania State Banking Department.
IOHKIGS
Turkish suggestions for a compromise
on the Tabejh boundary question were
rejected by the British ambassador, who
also warned the Turkish foreign minister
that the time was running short.
The Engli"h coal mines bill for grad
ually reducing the hours of labor till
they reach the eight hour limit in jyoo,,
without reducing wages, passed the
House of Commons.
Thousands of Zulus are joining the
rebel chief Bambota and the witch doctors
are saerilicing children in order to ren
der the- rebels immune from British bul
lets. The Castellaues appeared in court in
Paris, but the hearing disclosed there
was no chance for reconciliation, the
Counters insisting upon an absolute di
vorce. The Sultan of Turkey conferred upon
the wife oi Ambassador Tower the
Grand Cross of the Shcfokat, an order
fur women, meaning "devotion to duty.'
1 The Dowager (Juccn l-.mma 01 ttic
j N therlands. mother of (Jueen Wilhel
I nulla, was thru.vn from an automobile
and mi ured.
The Paris Police authorities investiga
tion of the kiiuti students' quarters
tend to connect the revolutionary cen
ters in the French capital with the revo
lutionary activity in Russia.
Robert J. Wynne, United States con
sul general at London, starts Saturday
for Washington to testify in the trial
of the post office conspiracy cases.
Frederick W. Whitndge, special rep-
rc-cntativc of the I nited States at the
wedding of King Alfonso, arrived in
London.
The strikes in Rome and other Italian
citiis are assuming a serious . phase
Troops guard the slumping centers of
Rome.
Members of the crews of several Span
ish fishing boats captured off the Rift
coast by Moors were cruelly treated.
Sixty-one coolies died of cholera on
o steamer bemud from India to the
Fiji Islands.
The trial of Otto Seftenlebcn, a Ger
man government clerk ; Konrad, a me
chanic, and Lucke. a commercial travel
er, all charged with selling drawings of
submarine mines to representatives of
the American legation, was begun ;
Leipsig.
The German ambassador at Constan
tinople went on board a German vessel
that had been seized by the Turks,
hoisted the diplomatic llag and took the
-hip to her docks. Then the Turks apoiei-
gized.
The House of Commons adopted a
motion recommending that the expe
dience of the reduction of armaments
be discussed at The Hague Conference
An imperial Chinese edict has been is
sued appointing Chinese to control the
Customs establishment hitherto under the
charge of Sir Robert Hart.
The Viceroy of Canton, China, has
paid to the American consul at Canton
$60,000 as indemnity for the destruction
of mission buildings at I.irnchow.
The Czar and Czarina and their child
ren were transferred from the imperial
residence at Tiarskoe Seln to the Peter
hof Palace.
A FIRE PANIC
AT A
CIRCUS
Many Women and Children Trampled
in Stampede.
NO ONE KILLED, BIT SEVERAL INJURED
Etploaloa ol Took ol Qoiollo Set lot
bi Canvi Abate, and Two Thouaiod
tpcctitor Hive More Excitement Thin
Ihey Borfelned Fof-Howl ol Wild Aol
mil Add to Oeoeril PidIc
Mount Vernon, N. Y., (Special). A
panic was created among 2,000 people
who were crowded in the big tent of F.
A. Robbins' circus, which was giving
an exhibition ut New Rochclle, when a
gasoline tank used to furnish light for
the tent exploeled and the big canvas
covering caught fire.
Women and children were trampled
upon and many had their clothes torn
off in the stampede of the spectators who
made a dash for the exits. Luckily no
one was seriously hurt.
Just as Mile. Keynal was preparing to
make the "dip of death leap," and while
she was being pulled up a high incline, a
rope caught oil the gasoline tank on the
main tcntpole and it fell to the ground
and exploded, scattering burning gasoline
all over the ring. The tights of some of
the performers caught fire, and they had
to help each other to extinguish the
Haines.
Men, women and children in the au-diene-e
screamed in terror, and then a
wild stampede ensued. Women and chil.
dren were knocked down in the rush.
To add to the confusion, the bears,
lions and elephants set up a howl, and
then the tent caught fire. The people all
made a rush for the main entrance, and
the police had to use their night-sticks
to save women from being crushed to
death in the jam. In order to escape
from the burning tent the side canvas
coverings were pulled down, and this
made an exit for the crowd. The New
Rochelle fire department was called out
and the fire was put out.
During the excitement the circus hands
managed to get all the animal wagons
to a place of safety.
BLAZE IN MIIMNQ TOWN,
Seven Building Deitroyed la Satervllle,
P.
Pittsburg, Pa., (Special). Five busi
ness houses and two residences were de
stroyed by fire at Sutervillc, Pa., a mining
town of 2,500 inhabitants, 20 miles east
of Pittsburg, on the Baltimore and Ohio
Railroad.
The blaze started in Kelly Brothers'
general merchandise store, on Main
street, and spread so rapidly that for a
time it was feared the entire town would
be swept by the llames. Aid was re
quested from this city, Connellsville and
.Mcis.cesport, but betore assistance reach
ed th c scene the fire was checked by a
bucket brigade.
I he loss is estimated at from $50,000
to $75,000. Among the buildings burned
were Kelly Brothers store, the First
National Bank, A. C. FraiKctti's fruit
store, Goldberg's clothing store, Shaner's
drug store and the residences of Dr. W.
r. Pears and John Keegan.
CIRCUS MEN AND STUDENTS FIOHT,
Pletoli, Knives od Club Used la a General
Mlxnp.
Columbia, Mo. (Special) Several state
university students were shot and other
wise injured in a fight with employes of
a circus here. A showman was snot in
the jaw, and several circus employes
were hurt.
The students refused to vacate the
tent when the performance had ended, in
sisting that they would stay for the "con
cert," and not pay. Circus employes
rushed the students with tent stakes and
a fight followed. Thereupon the students
left the circus grounds and greased the
railroad track. A car of the circus tram
was derailed.
Circus employes sprang from the train
and another fight ensued, during which
shots wijre fired and knives and clubs
were used.
Catlcllaoe Case Resumed.
Paris, (By Cable). The conclusion
of the elections permitted the Castellane
case to be taken up for final inquires
as to the possibility of a reconciliation
between- the Countess (formerly Anna
ejoulUJ ami lount Uom. I his was con
sidered a formality, as the parties are
not disposed to become reconciled. Af
ter the present proceedings, the Coun
tess' revised bill will be riled and the
papers served. The lawyers expect that
in future the proceedings will move
briskly.
Valuable Paper Saved.
San Francisco, (Special). Safe de
posid boxes in several big institutions
that provide these fireproof receptacles
for the public were made accessible Mon
day. The valuts opened were those of
the Union Trust, Crocker-Woolworth,
Canadian Bank of Commerce and Mer
cantile Trust institutions. Steel and as
bestos performed their trust well. All
the contents of the .steel boxes were
found intact.
Earthquake In Ncbraaki.
Cody, Neb., ( Special). At 6:25
o'clock P. M., an earthquake shuck last
ing nearly erne minute passed through
the Elkhorn Valley, the earth seeming
to move north and south. No damage
is reported from the various towns
which have telephoned the news. Towns
in all directions for a radius of sixty
miles have reported feeling the shock.
For Mtdlcal keacarcn.
New York (Special). The formal
opening of the laboratories of the Rocke
feller Institute for Medical Research took
place with elaborate ceremonies. Ad
dresses were delivered bv President Eliot
of Harvard University; President Nicho.
,as Murray Kut.er, of Columbia, and b
Dr. W, H. Welch, o Baltimore, presi
dent, and Dr. I.uther Emmett Holt, sec
retary, of the board of directors of the
institute. The handsome building covers
the heights alMive oM Jones Woods and
overlooks the East River.
Two Vouog Olrl Drowied.
Atlantic City, N. J., (Special). Rosit
Davis and Kate Waller, both about 18
vears old, were drowned Sunday at
Clarks Landing, on the Mullica River, by
the upsetting of a sailboat in which they
were passengers. Frank Sharp and Hen
ry Cries, who were with the girl, stale
hat the rudder became unfastened as
t sudden quaJI overturned the boat
They say the girl were caught under
he boat and did not reappear. The men
-ucceeded in iwmiming ashore.
WILL PIT DOWN ANY DISORDER.
L'ocl Sib' Worolog I the Ptsamalaoe
Not Cooflsed It Zoo.
Washington, D. C, (Special). In
quiry as to the meaning and scope of
the letter delivered by Governor Magoon
to the Punamaian government relative
to the use of American troops on the
isthmus in case of trouble develops the
following state of facts:
"Some months ago a representative
of the so-called Liberal party in Pana
ma addressed an inquiry to Governor
Magoon as to the attitude of the Ameri
can government in case a rebellion
should be inaugurated on the isthmus.
The inquiry was referred to Secretary
Root, and answer was made that in
such case the American government
would be bound by its treaty rights and
obligations; that it would permit no
disturbance within the Canal Zone nor
in the city of Panama or Colon,
"The government of Panama was im
pelled to ask what limitations would be
placed upon the activity of our troops
in case of revolution, and it is to this
inquiry that Governor Magoon has just
replied. Secretary Root informed the
Governor that in his judgment the
ground was covered by his first letter
as to the general proposition, and that
the second question submitted was rath
er a military one, wherefore he had
teferred it to Secretary Taft.
"Secretary Taft in his letter in sub
stance told the Panama government that
the American military would take any
step it deemed necessary, even outside
the zone, to prevent operations that
might threaten the peace of the zone
and the cities of Colon and Panama. In
this view the organization of a rebel
army near the zone which might have
for its ultimate purpose an attack upon
the cities named would be promptly dis
sipated by the American troops."
DOWIE AND VOLIVA AOREE.
Zlon City to Be Cooducted By a Committee ol
Three.
Chicago, (Special). John Alexander
Dowie and Wilbur G. Voliva reached an
agreement in court upon the proposition
for mutual representation in the manage
ment of financial affairs at Zion City.
The Dowie forces appointed John A.
Lewis, while Voliva nam- d Alexander
Granger. The third member of the
committee is still to be chosen.
The proceedings in court were brief,
the attorneys merely announcing to Judge
Wright that they had agreed upon
the proposition to allow the city
to be controlled by a committee of
three. Judge Wright suggested that
the court appoint a third man on the
committee, but this was not agreeable
to the Dowie party, and the matter
went over for further conference.
Diplomatic Appropriation Bill.
Washington, D. C. (Special). The
Diplomatic and Consular Appropriation
Bill was practically completed by the
House Committee on Foreign Affairs,
The measure carries a total of $2,500,000.
It makes the first appropriation for an
ambassador to Japan, the amount be
ing $17,500. lhe salary of the minister
to Norway, for which Third Assistant
Secretary of State Peirce has been slat
ed, was fixed at $7,500, instead of $10,
000 as recommended by the State De
partment. Mileage for the diplomatic
service was fixed at five cents a mile, to
be paid officers of the service in going
to and from their posts.
A Temptation to Surgeon.
London, (By Cable). Speaking at a
meeting of the British Union for the
abolition of vivisection, Bernard Shaw
criticised the attitude of the medical
profession toward vivisection. When,
he said, it was a question of earning 60
guineas in an afternoon, it was a very
strong temptation to a man who could
do that by performing an operation, to
believe that an operation was necessary,
where it was not necessary. He did
not think it was good public policy for
any person to have a strong pecuniary
interest in mutilating his lellows.
Fell Slight Earth Tremor.
Easthampton, Conn., (Special). Sev
eral families along North High Street,
in the northwestern section of this town,
felt a slight tremble of the earth, the
shock lasting about a second. This
section of the town is located on a ridge,
and at different times persons living
thereabouts have noticed a quiver of the
ground underneath them. The cause of
the disturbance is not known. A few
dishes are reported to have rattled in
one of the hoiises, but there was no
damage.
Dowie Very II'.
Chicago (Special). John Alexander
Dowie is critically sick in bed, and his
strength is said to be failing rapidly, Dr.
Blanks, who has been in constant attend
ance on Dowie since his return from
Mexico, said that Dowie may live 10
days, but that a fatal termination of the
disease within two or three days would
not be surprising.
Tb Bay ol Tunl Dead.
Tunis (By Cable). Sidi Mahammed,
Bey of Tunis, died at his summer palace
of complicated hemiphlegia, from which
he had been a sufferer since lx4- His
cousin, Mohammed el Nasr, succeeds him.
FINANCIAL AFFAIRS.
The Traders' Fire Insurance Company
of Chicago has failed.
Mr. Phipps is alleged to hav been a
big buyer of Reading last week.
More gold was engaged for import, the
total amount of this movement being
about $45,exx,ooo.
President Roosevelt's Standard Oil
message was not so drastic as the street
had expected, and it acted as a stimulant
to tho market.
Assignees of the defunct Chestnut
Street Savings Fund Company, of Phila
delphia, are paying a 12 per cent, divi
elend, making the distribution up to date
per cent. This concern failed eight
years ago. last December. George H.
E..rle, Jr., and Richard Y. Cook are the
ai signees.
Pennsylvania recovered a large part of
its dividend.
Among the railroads specified by Com
missioner Garfield in his Standard Oil
report are the Pennsylvania and New
York Central.
The House adopted an amendment lo
the Naval Appropriation 'bill permit
ting the government to go into the mar
ket for the purchase of anchors, chains
tnd cordage.
Capt. Garst, of the Rhode Island, re
ported that the grounding of the battle
hip was due to an error of judgment.
HAVE NO FAITH
IN THE
CZAR
His Talk to Parliament, Short and
Falls Flat.
ONLY THE COURTIERS CHEER.
Tb Keynote ol tb Sentiment ol lb Anbl
tnd tb Speech ol th President, Prol. Mow
romtietl-Ooveroment Employe An Ordered
From tb ftouie Tremeodon Cheering lor
Ambiandor Meyer.
"May this day be the day of the moral
revival of Russia and the day for tnc
renewal of its highest forces.
"I shall keep inviolate the institutions
which I have granted.
"The needs of the peasantry are close
to my heart.
"In the expectation of a brilliant fu
ture for Russia I greet in your per
sons the best men iron) the empire."
St. Petersburg (By Cable). Without
a hitch and with only a minor incident
to mar the memorable day, the Russian
parliament was inaugurated. The wegth
er was superb, and the stage manage-'
ment of the impressive ceremony at the
Winter Palace, where Emperor Nicholas
surrounded by courtiers and all the pomp
and panoply of power, delivered the
speech from the throne to the members
of the two houses, was perfect. Such
a spectacle, perhaps, never before has
been witnessed on the earth's stage.
The message in reality was less a
throne speech than a greeting, and re
quired only three minutes for its de
livery. Emperor Nicholas read slowly.
The cordial tone of the sovereign in re
newing his pledges and asking the co
operation of parliament for the regenera
tion of the country was only negatively
satisfactory.
Courtiers and spectators other than
members of the national parliament led
the cheering, but the member were
omniously silent and sullen, expressing
neither approval nor disapproval. , What
rankled most was the failure of the
Emperor to mention amnesty, and later,
when the members assembled in the Tau
ride Palace away from the spell of the
throne room, many of them were with
diffculty restrained from precipitating
matters by offering resolutions on the
subject. The Constitutional Democratic
leaders, however, who nominated every
thing, were anxious not to weaken the
reply which the lower house will pre
pare to the speech from the throne, in
which issues with crown will be joined,
and succeeded in staving off premature
action.
The scene around the Tauridc Palace
was in striking contrast with that at the
Winter Palace. Each, indeed, was typi
cal, and told an eloquent story. At the
Tauridc Palace tens of thousands ot peo
ple were acclaiming their representatives;
at the Winter Palace legions of military
and courtiers by the hundreds cheered
for the Emperor. Nevertheless, the
proceedings of the lower house were not
spectacular; in fact, they were almost
tame in comparison with those at me
Winter Palace.
The only genuine flashes of fire which
showed the real temper of the members
of the house were when Professor Mou-
romtseff, who hod been elected presi
dent of the lower house, invited govern
ment officials and clerks to leave the hall,
and when Ivan Pctrunkevitch, in a few
eloquent words from the rostrum, told
the auditors that the first thought of the
Parliament should be for those who had
suffered in the cause of liberty, who now
filled the prisons, and whose arms were
stretched out in hope and confidence to
the people's representatives. More en
thusiastic cheering than that which greet
ed this appeal never was heard in a po
litieal convention in the United States.
Constitution and amnesty were the
keynotes of President Mouromtscff's
speech.
By the irony of fate, Ivan Petrunkc
vitch, whose first mention of the ward
constitution 12 years ago was dismissed
by Emperor Nicholas II. as a "foolish
dream," stood in the front rank of the
members of the representative chamber
while Emperor Nicholas put his final
seal upon the Russian Parliament and
begged the representatives of the people
to co-operate with him in working for
the welfare of the country.
332 WHITECAPS SENTENCED.
All Oct Three Month In Jill tnd Twenty-Five
- Dollar Fine.
New Orleans, (Special). Thre hun
dred and thirty-two of the whitecappcrs
indicted for intimidation and white cap
ping in the counties of Amite, Pike and
Franklin, Miss., have pleaded guilty be
fore the United States District Court
at Jackson, Miss., and have be en se n
tenced to three mouths' imprisonment
and a fine of $25 each. t
Lists of the whitecappers were ob
tained, ; ml, in some sections, particu
larly in Franklin, it was found that the
greater part of the whit men of the
neighborhood were engage in these law
less acts. The indictments and arrests
broke up the whitecaps and there has
been peace in the disorderly sections
since.
The problem of how to deal with the
indicted men was a difficult one. There
was a large number of lawyers engaged
in the case. At the opening of the trials
a plea of not guilty was entered, but
this was subsequently withdrawn and
the plea of guilty was tendered. This
was accepted, and Judge Niles then ad
ministered the sentence, after giving the
prisoners a long lecture.
Qorky Wanted In Rusala.
Moscow, (By Cable). In addition to
the accusation against Maxim Gorky, of
engaging in a political propaganda, the
Procurator has charged him with par
ticipation in the December uprising here,
and it is rumored that his extradition
from the United Slate.; wiil be asked
for. The Cost has been confiscated and
prohibited from publishing pictures taken
by an American photographer showing
the life led in prison by Mile. Spirido
novo, who killed Police Chief l.uzheii
offsky at Tamboff.
Alter Standard OIL
Washington (Special) Attorney Gen
eral Wade F.llis, of Ohio, has been in
conference with President Roosevelt re
garding the prosecution of the Standard
Oil Company in Ohio, and Attorney Gen.
erals from other Stales probably will
confer with him on the operation of the
Company in their States with the viiw,
if sufficient evidence i available, to pro
ceed against the company. Mr. Ellis is
aid to have been gathering evidence
againat the company in Ohio for some
time with a view lo bringing tiroseni
tion against it.
FLOGGINGS AND ' VERY BAD FOOD.
Bad Conditions at a Government
Institution.
Washington, D. C, (Special). Fifteen
witnecscs were examined by the Olcott
Special Committee, appointed by the
House of Representatives to investigate
the administration of the Governcment
Hospital for the Insane, located near
this city.
Omi rarMidl rnnlnved five veari in
the laundry, had never seen any wrong-
doing on the part ot physicians or at
tendants. This was also the statement
of Katie Butler, also employed for one
year in the laundry,
S. Dawes Shuster, who had been a pa
tient in the institution from June, 1904,
to November, 1005, complained of the
food and attendance. It was the worst he
had ever seen.
Cornelia L. Corbctt, a young woman,
said she had been an inmate of the in
stitution for 23 months. She was taken
there with her mother, who had suffered
a slight shock of paralysis. Miss Cor
bctt had no complaint to make of the
attendant-., but said she, herself, took
1.1 e of her own room and of her mother.
She complained of the manner of her
committment, saying both she and her
moihr-r were taken to the asylum in a
patrol wagon without notice or trial;
that in a later court proceeding she was
not allowed to have her witnesses heard.
She blamed the pastor of a church in
this city for her troubles. The committee
did not go into this matter.
Coroner Ncvitt testified regarding a
death he had made inquiry about which
had occurred by accident, but in which
respect the death certificate inside no
disclosure.
Edgar Ball, who had been an attendant
at the institution for J I years but who
is now a railroad employe, told the
committee that he had Hogged patients,
hut that this was necessary at times.
He criticised the food, and said that
the institution was run better under Dr.
Richardson, a former superintendent,
than under Dr. White, the present super
intendent. T. W. Belt, of Lceshurg, Va who was
an attendant from December It, 1005, to
March 27 last, said he was discharged
because he complained of the way the
chief attendant, Clark M. Teats, treated
patients. In the case of a patient named
Percy F.cklcs, from Pennsylvania, who
had been fed on liquid diet for several
months, Belt said Teats knocked Heckles
down manv times. After one such oc
currence Ecklcs died within a week. In
the case of an old soldier with a broken
leg, Teats, the witness said, delighted
in lifting up this leg and letting it drop
just to hear the old man yell and curse.
This patient also died shortly. He de
clared that Teats carried away govern
ment soap and tobacco. Teats, he said,
is still holding his position. During his
service, he said, he had never seen Dr.
White, the superintendent, visit the ward,
and doctors were there infrequently.
Mrs. Ella L. Washburn, who hs a
husband and brother as inmates in the
asylum, complained of the lack of attend
ants, and also stated that she had seen
cruel treatment administered. This was
also the testimony of Mrs. Alice Carra
her, whose husband is an inmate. Her
husband, who is suffering from paretis,
was a physician, has been in the asylum
three years, and, she said, has been given
black eyes seven times, although he is
bedridden.
LIVE WASHINGTON AFFAIRS.
Senator Rayner accused President
Roosevelt of interfering in railroad rate
legislation. The Senate adopted Alli
son's amendment 10 the Railway Rate
Bill. Bailey's amendment enjoining in
junctions was defeated.
Republican Senators ore urging legis
lation to restrict the purchasing of ma
terials for, the Panama Canal to the
American market.
Representative Hepburn criticises the
number of Navy vessels that go around
and the alleged leniency of court-martial
The American fisherman arrested for
alleged "poaching in Mexican waters,
have been released.
Fifty American engineers are on then
way to the Philippines to construct rail
roads. A resolution was introduced in the
House authorizing the Commitee 011
Expenditures in the Department of Jus
tice to investigate the use of appropria
tions made by that department.
The Senate adopted amendments lo
the Railroad Rate Bill providing penal
ties for persons soliciting rebates ami
restoring the imprisonment penalty to
the act of 1887.
The House Committee authorized a
favorable report on the Senate bill au
thorizing the coining of the reserve Rc!d
bullion m the treasury in excess of ?jo,-
ooo.cxx). '
Edward Thompson, United States con
sul at Progresso, reports the facts con
nected with the seizure of American
fishing vessels by a Mexican gunboat.
The House voted an amendment to
the Naval Appropriation Bill requiring
the Bureau of Ordinance to buy shells
and projectiles in the open markets.
The condition of growing winter
wheat is given at 91 per cent, by the
Agricultural Department's crop repor.
just issued.
Naval officers have called attention to
the absence of any ineni'oria to recall
the services of the navy at Vicksburg.
Further testimony was given befors
the House committee of poor food ami
cruelty at St. Elizabeth's lnssnc Asylum.
The Senate committee laid or, the
table Senator Morgan's bill, providing
for sea-level Panama Canal . except
through Culebra.
The Senate adopted the Ell'.ins amend
ment req, uring the railroad companies
to confine themselves to railroading af
ter May 1, 1908. A number of other
important amendments wcic adopted.
Secretary Root and Mr. Casasus, thi
Mexican Ambassador, are about to com
plete a treaty providing for the dis
position of the waters of the Rio Grande.
The House directed -n investigation
of the expenditures of the Agricultural
Department.
1 he Diplomatic and Consular Appro
priation Bill, as completed by the House,
curries $,500,000.
The Attorney Gene;al announced that
the Government has instituted injuno,
tion proceedings in Indianapolis against'
the so-called drug trust.
The construction bureau of the Navy
is anxious for the job of building the
big battleship provided for in the Naval
Appropriation bill. , ,'
Commissioner Geneial Sergeant gave
out a slatcimnt showing that nianyj
foreign contract Irborer were deporteil
during the first few dnv of Anril.
Col. O. II. Ernst discussed before the
Hourc Committee the Waterway Com
missioner' report 'or the preservation
'if Niagara Fall.
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THE KEYSTONE STATE
Th Lateat Pennsylvania New Told l9 il
Order.
Joseph W. Simpson, a retired bus'r..
man of prominence, was found dead !
hi bed at his home in Port Carbon. U,
was 60 years of age, a trustee of th,
Presbyterian Church for many years aZ
att Odd Fellow. iM
A new corporation was organized m
Tottsville to take possession of the old
stove works in the anthracite region and
to develop a large plant. The name givm
the corporation is the Pottsvillc Foundr,
fit Stove Company. The officers are - k
Forry Laucks, of York, president- F S
McMullen, of York, general manager
C. F. Dcrr, of Pottsvillc, secretary aril
treasurer. 'M
F red Wagner, who fled from a deput
sheriff while being taken to jail last FalL
and who last week, while on his way il
a colliery near Pottsville to act as a
special policeman, drew a revolver ami
billy on a crowded trolU-y car, intendim
to miure Michael Flanncrv, of St. Clair
pleaded guilty in Pottsvillc to charges oi
inciting a riot and carrying a concealed
deadly weapon, and was sentenced to
nine months imprisonment.
Young & Brown, of Corry, contracting
agents in competition with seven mlxi
bidders, were awarded the contract for
the fine new, bridge to be erected across
trench Creek at Cambridge Springs
The contract price is $21,245.
The handsome quarters in Stroudsburg
of the Pohoqualine Fish Association.com.
posed of wealthy Philadclphians, was
badly damaged by fire and water. The
club-rooms are in McMichacI's Hotel and
are luxuriously furnished and dernratj
with costly pictures and mounted game
and fish.
Fred E. Stccs Commandery, of the mili.
I .ry branch of the P. O. S. of A., was or.
uanized in Norristown bv Acting Com
mander William Weand, of Philadelphia.
The new commandery has fifty members.
J. L. Oberholtzer was installed com
mander. Misses Mary A. Phillips and Marguerite
Eisenhuth were graduated at the com
mencement of the Selinsgrove High
School, held in the opera house.
A large number of United Mine Work
ers held a mass meeting in Shamokin and
it was decided to put all union men they
could in the field to run for Assembly,
one of their first duties in becoming mem
bers to be to work for the repeal of the
State constabulary law.
M. J. Smith, of Wayne Township, Erie
County, was appointed County Commis
sioner by Judge Walling to fill the vacan
cy caused by the death of County Com
missioner McLallen. He is a graduate
of Corry High School.
W. A. Edwards, for three years gener
al secretary of the Coatesvillc Young
Men's Christian Association, has rcsign
cd. to take effect July I.
Franconia Mcnnonite Church was not
large enough to accommodate more than
300 of the 2000 mourners who assembled
to attend the funeral of the two sons of
the pastor, Rev. Abraham Clemmer, who
were drowned with their cousin while
swimming.
Charged with the theft of a $300 dia
mond ring from the home of Nathan
Rambo, of Bridgeport, where he was
working, Harry Shrcck is in custody in
Norristown.
In a rear end collision on the Pennsyl
vania Railroad at Christiana two men
were badly scalded, an engine and four
cars were smashed to pieces, and three
cars of oil were burned. A westbound
freight ran into a switch to give a clear
track to the Pittsburg Express. Brake
man E. W. Hiveneer, of Enola, was badly
burned about the face and body by the
oil. He was taken to Harrisburg.
Governor Pennypacker has appointed
Isaac X. Grier, of Danville, a member
oi the Board of Trustees of the Dan
ville State Insane Asylum, vice W. L.
Ganger, of Danville, who declined a re
appointment. Elias Paul, Lock Hill, Northumber
land County, is dead. He was 84 years
old and one of the best known and
wealthiest farmers of that region.
At a meeting of the stockholders of
the Conestoga Fire Insurance Company,
held at Lancaster, it was decided to
merge with the Armenia Fire Insurance
Company, of Pittsburg. They will be
combined under the new name of the
Guardian Fire Insurance Company.
The latter will have a capital of $200,000,
assets of $500,000 and a surplus of $140,
000. Two "black hand" men, Paul Trappi
and Tony Cogliandro, were . held at
Scranton in $26,000 bail on thirteen
charges of extortion and dynamiting.
The Schuylkill County grand jury has
found true bills in the case of Alex.
Good, Anthony Dimick, George Komiski
and Frank Watsacupskii all of Cumbola,
charged with blowing up a block of four
houses at Five Points, in the Schuyl
kill Valley, occupied by mine boarders.
The yearly meeting of Progressive
Friends "will 'be held at tire Old. Meeting
House at I.ongwood, cast of Kenuett
Square, on June 1, 2, and 3. Among the
-peakers will be Mr. and Mrs. J. G.
Phelps Stakes, of New York City, who
will discuss sociological questions. Dr.
Kclsey, of the University of Pennsyl
vania," will speak on "The Cost of Proc-
Mrs. Theodore Miller, 55 years old,
of South Easton, was burned to death
while destroying waste paper in her
yard. The woman leaves a family of
nine children.
The State Highway Department has noti
fied Montgomery County that there will be
no new roads building started the present
year in that county because of lack of
funds. Towamencin Township lied an
application two years ago for the im
provement of the feirty-foot road from
Kulpsville to Drake's Corner.
Sunstroke superinduced nervous pros
tration and caused the death of Millard
Fremont Blake, who claimed to be the
inventor of the dump railroad car now
i:i general use, in the house where he
was born, in Martinsburg, Blair County,
hfty years ago.
Appointments of fourth class post
masters we-rc made in Washington as
follows : Laughlintown, David M. Ful
ton; Ely, Joseph M. Ely; Locust Crovc,
Henry B. Sharri; New Freedom, John
II. Grove; ilnnnersville, Emily A.
Brown; Tingley, Charles C. Smith; Wil
mer, Victor Mulhollen. ,
The Fruit, Flower and Ice Mission of
Darby, following a custom of year, be
gan its Samaritan-like work relieving
the,ick and medv. A big basket for
the reception of flowers, fruits, jellies
and other delitacies for the sick was
placed in the waking room of the Phila
delphia, Baltimore St Washington Sta
tion and was soon filled. The basket
will be placed there every Wednesday
morning at 9 o'clock. The mission i
under the supervision of the Woman'
Christian , Temperance Union.
Charged with fishing with a eine,
Charle Breisch, of Allentown, wai fined
(25 by Alderman Schiffert.