JAPWESE COOLIES
LAND IT FRISCO
Inspectors Pass Over Two Hundred
of Them.
MEN HAD BEEN IN HAWAII.
Mayor Schmitz Wiree th California
Exclusion League Denying That
Ha Haa Deserted the I.Hhor Unioni
(or the Japanese, aa Published in
Friaco Papers.
aa Francisco (8peclal). The Pa
J&o Coast liner Siberia brought 110
Japanese Contract coolies Sunday
from Honolulu, with 13 women and
fly children. United States Immi
gration inspectors examined than
Many admitted they were under con
tract, but as they were going from
ame part of the United States to an
other thry were allowed to land.
Only one was detained, because h
waa Buffering from trachoma.
Most of these men had been in
Bawali only a few weeks. When
they reached here they were mar
shaled in gangs of 30 or 40 and
taken to lodging houses in the Ja
panese quarters. The passports of
these coolies were all issued by the
Japanese, government.
Woodbnrn, Ore. (Special). Fol
lowing the replacing by the Southern
Pacific of 10 white section men with
Japanese laborers, 50 Americans
ailed nr the section bouse Saturday
Bight and warned tho Japanese to
leave town. There was no violence,
but the Japan' so departed for Port
land. A. Sihwabour, the section
foreman, refuted to work with the
Japanese and resigned. Warranty
Will be sworn out for the arrest of
the ringleaders of the crowd that
above the Japanese away.
LIVES ' tin M WATER.
Toledo Physician Has Been Trying
It at Days.
Toledo, O. (Special). Voluntary
tasting of 3 4 days, In which not a
particle of food and no liquid, except
water, has passed his Hps, is the
record of Dr. J. B. Rulllson, of 117
Summltt Street, who is 60 years old.
Air and water, he says, arc the great
est life-giving agents in nature.
Water has been taken In teaspooufttl
quantities every three or five days.
Dr. Rullison began bis fast on the
evening of January 5. Prior to that,
date he had subsisted for a long
time on fruit juices alone.
"I am only fairly started and un
der way," said Dr. Kulllson on Fri
day, the thirty-fourth day of the fast.
"What's the use of ea'lng? What's
the use of breaking this fast, when
happiness, strength, power, harmony
and satisfaction without any mater
ial inconvenience to the physical body
exist?"
Dr. Rulllson explained that once
each year he takes one long fast,
with several short ones, the latter
lasting for seven days.
"What do you call a long fast?"
ha was asked.
"Well, 60 days is moderate," he
replied
THE HEWS OF THE WEEK.
Domestic
Telegrams of congratulation pour
ed in upon the secretary of the Gen
eral Education Board expressing the
gratification of educators In all parts
of the country at. Mr. Rockefeller's
gift of $32,000,000.
(leorge Williams, a negro, who
shot and killed Patrolman Kdward
Pettycord, of the Indianapolis police
force, was executed In the state
prison.
An Immense dry dock, to cost
240,000. is to be constructed at Hun
ter's Point, Cal., by the San Francis
co Drydork Company.
Negotiations for the sale of I he
Ward Line steamers to Charles W.
Morse are under way.
Lee Randel has been acquitted at
Fort Worth, Tex., of the murder of
J. T. Stacey.
Proficiency of pupils In tire drill
averted panic In a schoolhouse In
Mob 11a, Ala.
During the Atchison grain elevator
Investigation at Kansas City, Mo., E.
E. Clark, Interstate commerce com
missioner, told (leorge H. Crosby,
General freight traffic manager of
the Burlington, that he wished there
was a law to put all railways out
of the elevator business.
The court has decided that the
Equitable Life Assurance Society
must answer the bill of complaint
filed against It by J. Wilcox Brown,
that the society's surplus had not
been equitably distributed among the
policyholders.
Judge Anderson, In the 1'nlted
States Court, Chicago, dismissed the
plea In abatement made In behalf of
John It. Walsh, former president of
the Chicago National Bank.
Thomas Lowry. of Mlnneanapolls,
has given $10,000 to the Lombnrd
Universalis College at Galesburg,
III.
Seven persons were 3er lously In
jured in a fire In a factory building
In NOW York City.
William Howe, assistant secretary
of the Standard Oil Company, de
clares that "no such Imposition upon
the newspapers as the report of the
Interstate Commerce Commission in
fers was practiced by the company."
John B. McDonald, builder of the
New York subway, was elected presi
dent of the Panama Construction
Company, which was organized in
New York to dig the Panama Canal.
In a wreck of freight trains on the
Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad near
Colby Station, Ky., one of the loco
motives exploded, killing Engineer
Edward Harp and two trainmen.
The steamer Parker, belonging to
the Dale Sand Company, was blown
up on the Tennessee River near Chat
tanooga, and James Thompson, the
captain, dnngerously injured.
C. Oscar Dleshelmer, a prominent
member of the Wyoming County
(Pa.) bar, died suddenly in court In
Montrose. Pa.
F y Templeton, the actress, has
Inherited over $20,000 of the eatnte
of the late Howell Osborn, of New
York. Four persons were burned to death
In a fire at Pelham, K. Y.
Foreign.
Sir John Walton, British attorney
general, in a speech evidently Inspir
ed by the government, said the House
of Lords was entirely "out of har
mony with modern democratic Insti
tutions and must go."
Advices from Tokio state that the
Japanese public is almost unanimous
in demanding that the solution of the
San Francisco school question must
not involve the labor question
Tim rtnllmi f .uirattnn nt Tnnirte!'
Dr. Rulllson predicts that the time I hns heen Instructed to ascertain to
Will come when the stomach will lie
retired as a necessity, and we will
live on air and water.
The life-giving properties in nir,
Dr. Rullison maintains, cannot be
appreciated fully as long as the
present method of dresB continues.
He has discarded all underclothing,
Ten in bitter winter weather.
"Let the air next to your body;
there is warmth in air," he says.
In addition to this, the faster takes
now baths, and clad only in trunks
plays in the snow with his children.
KscaM'il Scuntily (lad.
Wilmington, N. C. I Special).
Scantily clad and almost overcome
by a dense stifling smoke, the family
of A. W. Anderson, general superin
tendent of the Atlantic Coast Line
Railroad, escaped from their burn
Ing residence, The firo originated
In a pile of shavings on the rear
porch. The flames Bpread rapidly,
gutting the heme before the firemen
could reach the scene.
Boys Charged With Murder.
Chattanooga, (hi. (Special). Fred
Mills and Gordon Orrell, two. white
boys, 15 years of age, are in the
county Jail charged with the mur
der of Walter Bills at an early hour
Sunday. A number of boys and men
who are said to have heen drinking
had built a bonfire in St. Elmo, a
auburb. Mills, it is said, fired with
out warning, killing Bills. Orrell Is
being held as an accessory.
Rostov Kills Oamhler.
Pendleton, Ore. (Special). John
P. McMantiB, editor of the Pilot Rock
Record, shot and killed Robert Esles,
gambler, In the Pullman saloon, on
Main Street No motive Is known to
exist for the shooting, as the men
were not acquainted. It is presumed
McManus took Estes for another
man, whom the editor believed had
robbed him last week.
Locomotive Blows I p.
Chester, Mass. (Special). Three
trainmen were Injured, one probably
fatally, by the explosion of the boiler
Of a locomotive of a freight train on
tbe Boston and Albany Division of
the Sof York Central Railroad mat
here The explosion is supposed to
have been due either to low water
In the boiler or to defective construc
tion. Engineer J. Murphy, of Al
bany, was crushed under the wreck
ago and scalded by the escaping
team, lie probably will die.
Mrs. Donovan Killed.
Memphis, Tenn. (Special). Mrs.
Mercedes Donovan, wife of an ofll
ewr of the Memphis Fire Department,
waa felled by sn unknown assailant
by a blow, which broke her neck,
while returning from a shopping
tour, accompanied by several chil
dren. The attack in curred near Mrs
Donovan's borne, in a thickly popu
lated section of the city She died
within a short time after being re
jB0ad to bar borne. Several sus
paets were arretted. Robbery It
thought to have been the object.
hat extent slavery continues to ex
ist in Morocco and, if necessary, to
enter an energetic protest.
A bill to prevent United States
labor union officials directing strikes
in Canada Is before the Canadian
Parliament, and provoking much op
position. The Japanese are erecting two
monuments on a hill at Port Arthur
to the memory of the Russian and
Japanese soldiers who fell during the
siege.
Nine men were killed and two In
jured by an explosion on board of a
torpedo boat of the French Navy, at
Lorient, France.
John W. Riddle, the new Ameri
can ambassador to St. Petersburg,
was received In formal audience by
the Czar and Czarina.
8. A. Alexandrovsky. governor of
Penza, Russia, was assassinated as he
waa leaving a theatre.
Mr. Leishman, the American am
basador to Constantinople, has sent
a communication direct to the Sul
tan, urging the necessity of a prompt
settlement of the question of recog
nition of tho American schools.
Land has been brought from the
Chinese at Nluchwang, under mili
tary compulsion by the Japanese ad
ministration, and handed over to the
Southern Manchurlan Railroad, ex
tending Its concession.
While there Is a general feeling of
Indignation and resentment in Japan
over the San Francisco Incident, con
servative Japanese arc little con
cerned about It.
A revolution in Venezuela Is
threatened and the government has
failed to convince the people that
President Castro is really recovering.
George Joachim Goschen, former
chancellor of the exchequer In the
British government, died suddenly
in London
The Intensely cold weather which
has prevailed In Spain recently haB
destroyed the winter crops nl sever
al provinces.
In riots in the Ashfo District,
Japan, fifteen rioters were burned
to death.
Professor De Maartens has com
pleted hlB conferences with French
officials on the subject of the pro
gram for The Hague Peace Conven
tion. Later Russian ole-tlon returns
show further Increases in the num
ber of members elected to the
Douma by the Opposition.
An unsuccessful attempt was
made la Constantinople to assassi
nate George Chrltlch, a son of King
Milan of Servla.
Troops of the Sultan of Morocco
are reported to have massacred an
unruly tilbe of natives near Btkaar,
drain to the value of about $76o,
000 was lost In a fire which destroy
ed a large elevator In I in me, Hun
gary. President Fallleres gave a lunch
eon at the Elysee Palace In Paris In
honor of King Kdward.
A farewell banquet was given In
London by the Pilgrims' Club to Am
bassador Bryce.
Tbe rioting of the Japanese miners
In tbe Ishlo District has become very
serious.
Tbe reballotlog in tbe Reichstag
elections Increased the government's
. InrllV
A at
n Mm h drug Htlb S
PRESIDENT'S ACT
TO PREVENT MR
An Armed Clash Imminent in Cen
tral Am nic a.
TWO WARSHIPS DISPATCHED.
President Dla Acting on the Sugges
tion of President Roosevelt, Asks
Costa Rics, Salvador and Guatemala
to Endeavor to Prevent Hostilities
An Intimation to Nicaragua.
Mexico City I Special ) The State
Department has made public the fol
lowing note:
"President Plus, acting on the
direct suggestion of President Roose
velt, has sent a note to the govern
ments of Costa Rica. Salvador and
Guatemala, asking them to use every
effort to prevent an armed clash be
tween Nicaragua and Honduras, with
the Intimation that past treaties
must be lived up to. and that their
dispute must be referred to an ar
bitration board."
Attitude Of Our Government,
Washington, ( Special) . Carrying
out the wishes Ol the State Depart
ment that a couple of American na
val vessels be kept In Central Ameri
can waters, the Navy Department
has dispatched the gunboat Marietta
from Guautanamn to Greyiown, on
the Gulf Coast, of Nicaragua, in ad
dition to the cruiser Chicago, which
has been sent down the west coast
to Acajtilta, Honduras, so that with
in a day or two there will be nn
American warship on each side of
the scene of the threatened trouble.
The Yorktown, now at Mare Island,
is not to go to Central America,
but as soon as her repairs are com
pleted will rejoin the Pacific fleet
in the neighborhood of Magdnlena
Bay in the maneuvers and target
practice.
It is stated that the purpose of
sending these ships to Central
America Is similar to that which in
spired that order to the Marblehead
last year namely, to have a ship
at the disposal of the American min
isters if they should find It necessary
to travel up and down tho coast In
these countries where communica
tion by regular channels is so limit
ed. Also, they will, of course, pro
tect any American property thnt may
be endangered if disorders break
out.
Hopeful View At Washington.
Consul William E. Alger, at Tegu
cigalpa, Honduras, communicated with
American Minister Combs, in Guata
mala City (he being also accredited to
Honduras) that the opinion at Tegu
cigalpa was that war between Hon
duras and Nicaragua was almost In
evitable. The officials here, how
ever, do not take any such pessi
mistic view and believe that the
combined efforts of Mexico and
America will, without offending the
pride of the Central American re
publics, result In convincing them
that their differences can be settled
without recourse to arms.
Without directly admitting the
accuracy of the statement from the
City of Mexico that at the Instance
of the Washington government the
Mexican diplomatic representatives
In Central America had been in
structed to bring pressure to bear
upon tbe governments to which they
were accredited to prevent hostili
ties, It was said at tne State Depart
ment that correspondence had heen
exchanged between the depatrment
anil the Mexican government to this
end. The Washington government
regards itself as bound under the
Treaty of San Jose and the Marble
head pact to offer good offices to
prevent warfare between the Cen
tral American republics, and as the
Republic of Mexico is under similar
obligation, the two are trying to ar
range a program whereby Mexico
will represent the wishes of the
United States M well as her own
people In the case.
Family I'mcn To Death.
Milwaukee, Wis. (Special). Pas
sengers arrhing in Milwaukee from
the Northwest report that while a
train was stalled in a snowdrift on
the Great Northern Road a few miles
west of Fargo, N. D., last week, a
party, made up of a dozen volun
teers, having left the trr.ln In search
of food for the passengers, came to
a farmhouse where they found every
member of (he family of four frozen
to death. In one part of the house
were the bodies of the farmer and
his wife, and nearby were the corpses
of two children.
Viscount Goschen Head.
London (By Cable). Right Hon.
George Joachim Goschen (Viscount
Goschen) died suddenly at his resi
dence, Seacok Heath, llawkhurst, of
heart failure. His death was quite
unexpected. Viscount Goschen, who
was born In 1831, had a distinguish
ed public career. He was chancellor
of the exchequer of Lord Salisbury's
second administration, and after
wards was first lord of admiralty,
serving in this position for five
years.
AT THE IMS CAPITAL
Some Interesting Happening Briefly
Told.
Pushed a a tin crow Hill.
Jefferson City. Mo. (Special).
By a party vote of 20 to 11 the Jim
crow Bill was passed In the Senate.
The Democrats supported the bill
and the Republicans opposed It.
W. C. T. V. Buys Cigarettes.
Chatham, Mass. (Special). Deter
mined to stop cigarette Bmoklng
among the youths of tho town at any
cost, the W. C. T. U. of Chatham,
has bought up all the cigarettes here
and are planning for a big bonfire.
First, the women went among the to
bacconists and persuaded them to
stop selling cigarettes. Then, In or
der that the dealers might not lose,
the organization took tho entire
stork off their hands.
His Head llloivu Off.
Halcigh, N. C. (Special I. licury
nirkcrson was shot and killed by
James Harris, at Vaugh, N. C. The
men met In front of a store and be
gan Jesting. Angry wordB followed
and Dlckerson cursed Harris, who
said: "11 you cumo mo again. I
will kill yon." Dlckerson repeated
the offensive words and Harris, who
had a shotgun In his hands, fired
point blank at Dtckeisou, the buck
shot blowing off the top of Dicker
son's bead. Dlckerson was 26 years
of age and married.
The House listened to eulogies on
Representatives Hoar, of Massachu
setts, rnd Ruftts E. Lester, of Geor
gia, both of whom dfed last summer.
Funeral services over the remains
of Representative John F. Rlxey, of
Virginia, were held at the residence
of his brother, Admiral Rlxey.
Counsel for Chnrles C. Baasett has
gone to Omaha, Neb., to defend his
Client against a suit instituted there
by Mrs. Hassett.
The exportation of Iron and steel
ninnufnct ures reached their highest
record last year, being an Increase
of 7f per cent.
Changes in the administrative
work of I he Postofflce Department
will become effective about the 15th
Inst.
Attorney General Bonaparte is
rapidly recovering from the injury
to his wrist, caused by a fall on the
ice.
The Senate Committee on Terri
tories authorized a favorable report
on a House bill giving to the Alaska
Railroad Company a government
charter for a road from the head
of Cordova Bay to a point on the
Yukon River near Eakle, Alaska.
The road will enter the Alarkan cop
per field.
Chairman Payne, of the House
Ways and Means Committee, after
a visit to the President, expressed
the opinion that there was no chance
at this session of Congress for the
enactment of legislation Increasing
the compensation of government em
ployes. In his maiden speech In the.Sen
ate, Mr. Frazler, of Tennessee, used
the San Francisco school question
In part, to emphasize his opposition
to the encroachment, of the federal
government upon the lights of the
States.
The average citizen of the United
States consumed one-half his own"
weight in sugar In the past year,
according to figures compiled by the
Bureau of Statistics of the Depart
ment of Commerce and Labor.
The Senate passed the Indian Ap
propriation Bill, after striking out
the provisions giving the Court of
Claims final Jurisdiction In the claim
of the Confederated Band of Ute
Indians of Colorado.
The Naval Appropriation Bill,
carrying $95,426,001'. was taken up
In the House, and, under the order
of general debates, speeches were
made by Mr. Lamar, of Florida, on
the Railroad Rate Bill.
Over 000 private pension bills
were considered In the House, it be
ing pension day. With only a few
exceptions the bills were passed.
The House passed the bill amend
ing the act relating the withdrawal
from bond tax free of domestic al
cohol when rendered unfit for bever
age or liquid medicinal uses by mix
ture wlht suitable denaturing ma
terials. Chief Engineer Stevens, of the
Panama Canal, has announced that
he will resign if the construction of
the canal is awarded to a contractor.
A change in the methods of the
Dead Letter Office has resulted in
the return of a larger percentage of
unclaimed letters.
An extra session of the Senate Is
believed to be necessary to secure
the ratification of the Santo Do
mingo Treaty.
Senator Mallory presented from
tho Senate Committee on Patents a
minority report on the Copyright
Bill.
In the Senate a number of amend
ments reported to the Indian Appro
priation Bill were rejected.
The President has signed the Gen
eral Service Pension Bill, recently
passed by Congress.
There is danger of another clash
among the Central American re
publics. Mr. Clay tried to get considera
tion la the Senate of a resolution
calling upon the Secretary of War
for a complete statement of tho gov
ernment's military expenses In the
Philippines, including the cost of
railway transportation." The reso
lution went over.
Jacob Frazler, of Knoxville, Tenn.,
formerly nr6t sergeant of Company
D, Twenty-fifth Infantry, a witness
before the Senate Military Com
mittee in the Brownsville Inquiry,
said the shooting was done by citi
zens of Brownsville.
President Roosevelt has received
a letter from the Los Angeles Cham
ber of Commerce setting forth the
views of the citizens of the town re
tarding the Japanese school ques
tion. Complaints of discrimination
against transcontinental lines were
made by three of the leading cot
ton manufacturers of the South to
the Interstate Commerce Commis
sion. The Senate passed a House bill
appropriating $650,000 for four
steam revenue cutter vessels after
amending it to appropriate $35,000
for a similar vessel for Galveston.
IN THE FINANCIAL WORLD.
Bean was the chief buyer of Phila
delphia Company shares.
Chicago Great Western will sell
$:i.000,000 of 4 per cent, bonds in
London.
Philadelphia trust companies sent
to Senator Tustln their ideas of what
the new banking act should be.
The Canadian Pacific Railway
Company sold $7,500,000 of its 4
per cent, non-cumulative preferred
stock In London at 101 Vi.
New York Central's gross earn
ings in January Increased $226,726.
Owing to the fact that an op
position ttcket was nominated, Ed-wa-
J 1). Smith has declined to be a
candidate for president of the Phila
delphia Stock Exchange. He had
been named by the regular nominat
ing committee, while E. C. Millar
was put up as an independent. Mr.
Smith In his letter to Secretary Bell
b i lining to run, says It would have
been an honor to be president by
unanimous choice, but coming In
any other way he wouldn't want It.
There was hid $158 for Aldlne
Trust Company shares, the par be
ing $100. This company only re
cently began business and it is an
Indication of the prosperity of the
general banking business.
Cambria and Pennsylvania Steel
combined can this year turn out 650,
dOO tons of steel rails. The capa
city of United States Steel la 3.200.
000 tons. Hence if the so-called
trust got the big Pennsylvania plants
it would secure Its largest competitor.
FUND FOR EDUCATION
Gives Securities To General Educa
tion Board.
THIRTY-TWO MILLION DOLLAR GIFT.
Young Rockefeller, One of the Trustees
of Board, Announces the Gigantic
Contribution In a Brief Letter The
Whole Amount In Income-bearing Securities-Breaks
All Record.
New York (Special). A special
meeting of the trustees of the Gen
eral Education Board, held at the
offices of the board, at 54 William
Street In response to a request for
the meeting from John D. Rockefel
ler, resulted In the reading of a let
ter from Mr. Rockefeller, In which
he announced to the hoard a gift
of $32,000,000 In income-bearing se
curities. Surprise was expressed by the
board members when the letter was
presented by John D. Rockefeller, Jr.
They were amazed nt the size of the
gift. None of the trustees had any
notion of the object of the meeting,
with the exception, perhaps, or Fred
crick T. Gates, who presided.
For general education purposes
throughout the country Is given as
the purpose of tblB donation the
largest single prize even handed
out for such purposes.
Mr. Rockefeller previously had giv
en the board 111,000,000 for the
same work, his contributions now
amounting' to $43,000,000.
The meeting was opened with the
following In attendance: Frederick
T. Gates, chairman; George Foster
Peabody, treasurer; Dr. Wallace But
tiick, secretary, and John D. Rocke
feller, Jr., Robert O. Ogden. Albert
Shaw, Stnrr J. Murphy, Edwin A. Al
derman and Harry Pratt Judson. D.
C. Oilman, of Baltimore, Is a mem
ber of the board, but he was not
present.
Mr. Rockefeller's Letter.
The letter which announced the
gift for so vast a sum to help In the
work of tho board In promoting edu
cation In the several states of the
Union reads as follows:
February 5, 1907.
General Education Hoard,
54 William Street,
New York City.
Gentlemen: My father authorizes
me to say than on or before April 1,
1907, he will give to the General
Education Board Income-bearing se
curities, the present market value of
which Is about thirty-two million
dollars ($32,000,000), one-third to
bo added to tho permanent endow
ment, of the board; two-thirds to be
l applied to sucn specinc oujecis wun-
in the corporate purposes of the
board aB either he or I may from
time to time direct, any remainder
not so designated nt the death of the
survivor to be added to the perma
nent endowment of the board.
Very truly,
(Signed)
JOHN 1). ROCKEFELLER, JR.
The members of the board which
has previously received gifts aggre
gating about $11,000,000 from Mr.
Rockefeller, after general felicita
tions over the donation of its fund,
prepared 1 lie following acknowledg
ment, which will be sent to the donor
tomorrow :
riie Boavd'i Acceptance.
Mr. John D. Rockefeller,
New Yory City.
Dear Sir:
The General Education Board ac
knowledges the receipt of the com
munication of February 5, 1907,
from Mr. John I). Rockefeller, Jr.,
a member of this body, announcing
your decision to give to the board
for tho purpose of its organization
securities of the current value of
$32,000,000. The General Educa
tion Board accepts this gift with a
deep sense of gratitude to you and
of responsibility to society. This
sum, added to the $1 1,000,000 which
you have formerly given to this
board, makes the General Kducatiun
Board the guardian and administra
tor of a total trust fund of $43,000,
000. This Is the largest sum ever given
by a man in the history of the race
for any social or philanthropic pur
pose. The hoard congratulates you
upon the high and wtso impulse
which has moved you to this deed
and desires to thank you, In behalf
of all educational Interests whose
development It will advance, in be
half of our country whose civiliza
tion for all time it should be made
to strengthen and elevate, and in be
half of mankind everywhere In whose
interest it has been given and for
whose DM It is dedicated.
Far-Reaching Responsibility.
The administration of this fund
emails upon the General Education
Board the most far-reaching respon
sibility ever placed upon any edu
cational organization in the world.
As members of the board we accept
this responsibility, conscious alike
of Its difficulties and Hh opportuni
ties. We will use our beat wisdom
to transmute your gift Into intel
lectual and moral power, counting
it a supreme privilege to dedicate
whatever strength we hove to Its
Just tiBe In the service of men."
Very respectfully yours,
(Signed)
FRBDDRYCK t. gates.
Chairman;
GEORGE FOSTER PEABODY.
Treasurer;
DR. WALLACE BUTTSRIOK,
Secretary;
.Coafldeaee iwaUenluim.
Kingston, Jamaica (Pv Cuble).
At a meeting of the City Council at
which tbe attendance was small,
Philip Stern, the representative ol
Kingston In the legislative council,
proposed a motion expressing un
abated confidence In Governor Swet
(enham. After - short debate, the
motion was carried by four votes
to two. The passlim of this motion
has created much Indignation in
Kingston, and notice already has
been given thai II will In rescinded
Uude Sam's Sueutsliop.
Washington (Special). In a let
ter to Speaker Cannon Secretary
Shaw aays of the building In Wash
ington occupied by tho Bureau of
Engraving and Printing: "1 doubt
If a worse sweatshop exists on tbe
earth than the factory in which the
government manufactures lta money,
Its bonds, Its Internal revenue and
postofflce stamps. The condition of
the employes, especially in summer,
Is well nigh unbearable, and overy
consideration pleads tor Improvement."
MUTINY CALL ON CRUISER
Petty Officer Killed and Several Were
Injured.
Philadelphia (Special). Disaffec
tion among the members of the crew
of the armored cruiser Tennessee,
which had Its inception while that
vessel was net Ing as an escort to the
fleet which conveyed President Roose
velt to Panama, culminated In a mu
tinous ottthrenk, in which one potty
officer waa mortally wounded and one
petty officer and a seaman were
wounded. The vessel is now being
guarded by marines, summoned on a
mutiny call.
Regarding the occasion of the out
break, the responsible officers of the
ship preserved the strictest silence.
Seamen on other vessels In the yard
raid there had been much dissatisfac
tion among the men regarding the
action of some of the non-commissioned
officers, who were regarded as
arbitrary.
Master- '' arms James Douglas, 45
year' uld, who was shot three limes,
died Wednesday. Master-at-arms
William McCool received a flesh
wound in the face, and Harry Burke,
2 4 years old and a seaman, was shot
through the left wrist. Douglas was
taken to the Naval Hospital, where
It was found that one of the bullets
entered his head and lodged In the
brain. '
Locked up In the brig aboard the
Tennessee ate Burke and Seamen
Dean and Lunnus. In double Irons.
Bttrk Is chnrged with firing all the
shots while tho other two salloiF
are charged with being accomplices.
Burke and his companions hat)
been placed In the brig for a minor
offense and at noon were sentenced
to the hrlg. While Mnster-at-armn
Douglas Was shackling the men. it
Is said, he struck one of them. The
three prisoners attacked him. Master-at-arms
McCool went to Douglas' as
sistance and struck two of the blue
jackets. During the scuffle Burke,
It Is said, succeeded In wresting
Douglas' revolver and fired at the of
ficers. Dining the disturbance nnd shoot
ing not a sailor aboard the cruiser
offered any assistance to the petty
officers. The bugle cal! for assembly
was sounded, but It was not obeyed
by the men. The crew had gathered
In little groups about the ship and
the mutiny call on the bugle wal
sounded. This brought out a bat
talion of marines who took posses
sion of the ship.
Lieutenant Fields refused to give
out the names of the wounded men
or the sailoi'R who were engaged In
the disturbance. He said: "The
whole affair concerns no one but
the government. It occurred on gov
ernment property, and it is no busi
ness of tho public or the civil au
thorities. The matter will he report
ed to . the Secretary of the Navy,
from whom all Information must be
had."
It is saitf by sailors In the yard
that trouble has been brewing on
the cruiser for a long time.
JAPAN TO UNITED STATES.
An Ofiicinl Statement Issued At
Toklo.
Toklo (Special). The view taken
here of the Amerlcan-JapuneBe situ
ation, arising from the San Francis
co school Incident, Is illustrated by
tho following official statement which
was issued Tuesday:
"Since the talk of war was first
transmitted from America, we have
carefully watched the development of
feeling here. There has not been the
slightest excitement anywhere In the
country." The statement concludes
with these words:
"The talk of war is compT ly Ig
nored here, and Implicit confidence
Is reposed in President Roosevelt and
his government. Tho ebullitions of
the anti-.lapnnese proas of America
are powerless to shake Japnn's cordi
ality toward the United States."
Sacramento. Cal. (Special). An
attempt to bring up the Japanese
question in the legiclaturo failed.
Assemblyman Kohlman, of San Fran
cisco, offered a resolution that It was
the sense of the assembly Hint a com
promise or surrender at this time
would he a sacrifice of the piido and
dignity of California and tend to be
little tbe state In the eyes of the
nation. Spenker Beardslee ruled" the
resolution out of order.
Senator Alger's Sucre nor,
Lansing, Mich. (Special). Con
gressman William Alden Smith wat
elected by the legislature to fill out
the unexpired term of Senator R. A
Alger, who dl' i suddenly at his home
In Washington, 10 days ago. Con
gressniau Smith had already beer
elected as Senator Alger's successot
at the expiration of his term
March 4.
Adtifl Many Buys.
Victoria, B. C. (Special). Thf
steamer Tartar, on the way from
Hongkong, ran Into a Chine: Junk
and cut the vessel in two. Some ol
tbe crew escaped In a sampan, other
being rescued by a boat lowered frou
the liner. Three men wero drowned
On the way home the steamer res
cued three Chinese from a drifting
sunipan many miles from the Chlnesi
coast. One dead man was In th
boat, the living being nearly dead,
their legs and hands having morti
fied so that It was uecessr.ry to am
putate them.
Pension Vlelded A I m luuc.
Wabash, Ind. (Special). Leaving
a fortune of $30,000, every cent ac
cumulated from a ponslou of $50 a
month. Judiciously invested by bis
iM'ardlan, Henry Wensler died Wed
nesday. Injuries received In the
Civil War affected his mind, but he
wbb able to support himself until re
cently. Govern man t men sent here
stated this Is the only fortune in tho
United States developed from a pen
sion alone.
STATE OF PENNSYIMNK.
Latest News Gleaned From Various
Partt
Superintendent Otto Kelsey, of
tho New York State lusurar.ee De
railment, refused to accept the resig
nations of Messrs Klnkead and
Marks, inspectors of election of the
New York Life Insurance Company.
Richard O'Breln, acting deputy su
perintendent of public buildings, New
York state, and James Johnston,
chief engineer of the department,
wore dismissed aa tho result of an
Invetlta'.ion.
The Persian government has plan-'
ned a national bank, with a capital
of I26.000.00U
With two women weeping for him.
one his wife, and the other wanting
to be. Car Nemeth Is in Jail at
Norrlstown, awaiting trial on a'
charge preferred by the latter wom
an. Two years ago Nemeth fell in
lore with Susie Gsellman, in West
Manayunk. He made lore so strenu
ously that mattera In the course of
time revealed Hitch a crisis that mar
rlsge should be the logical result.
At this Juncture Nemeth explained
that he had to go hack to Austria
and serve two years In the army
hut at the expiration of that time
he would return and marry her.
It developed that while In Austria
he met Nellie Bempke, also young
and pretty, whom he wooed strenu
ously, and that to settle affairs there
he married Nellie, and shortly after
ward came to Norrlstown. At the
bearing Nemeth pleaded tho statute
of limitations, but Squire E. M.
Harry held, that since Nemeth hBd
been without the Jurisdiction of the
Commonwealth, the statute did not,
apply, and Nemeth was accordingly
committed.
The Business Men's Mutual Fire
Insurance Company was organized
at Tuwunda with over $200,000 of
insurance applied for. The projec
tor are all Towanda business men
whom the raise In hoard rates has
driven Into the Mutual field. D.
T. Evans was elected president; J.
A. Will and D. M. Turner, vice presi
dents; George E. Ingram, secre
tary, and A. C. Blackwell, treasurer.
Joseph Williams, 45 years old, of
Braddock, Pa., was picked up along
the Philadelphia &. Erie Railroad
tracks at Wagner Station, fatally in
jured. He Is a member of the Key
stone Social Club, of Altoonn, and It
is supposed was struck by a train.
Notices were posted by the Punx
sutawney Iron Company of an ad
vance In wages of 10 to 15 per cent.
The raise was made voluntarily.
George Shaffer's $4,000 Farm
house and contents near Meadvllle,
was burned. Charles Mclntyre,
neighbor and prominent farmer, was
at the time under $1,000 ball on a
charge of having tried to burn tho
house January 25.
Unconscious and almost frozen to
death. Andrew Penshaw was found
by Detect ice Samuel In the snow in
Mahanoy City, where he had fallen
when he slipped and broke his leg.
He was taken to the hospital, where
he Is likely to die.
After several weeks of persistent
work, Detective Simmons arrested
two men at Hnzleton. who it Is be
lieved, nre the men who robbed the
Beaver Meadow store of the A. 8.
Van Wlrkle estate, several weeks
ago, and who at the time so badly
beat Miles Harold that he Is still
confined to his home in Tamaqua.
Announcement has been made that
the Srranton Railway Is about to
spend a million dollars In Improve
ments. David O. (i man aged 23, flag
man, of State College, was killed at
McGarvey's, west of Altoona, while
returning to his train, which he had
heen back protecting, when It stop
ped. City Engineer Harvey Lin Ion, who
has resigned to build a railroad from
Blnghamton, N. Y., to Clearfield, was
presented with a watch foh and
charm by employees of his Altoona
office.
Peter Dlehl, n prosperous farmer,
living near Shrewsbury, York County,
died ut his home, of peritonitis,
which developed a few days ago.
He was one of the oldest residents
of the lower , end of the county.
Aroused by the barking of his
dog, James Ryder, tho proprietor
of a pool room at Avoca. was start
led to find standing over him a man
whom ho had taken In during the
night and given shelter, and the
gleaming barrel of a revolver level
ed at his head. The barking of the
dog apparently annoyed the man
and he fired at the animal, hitting
him In the eye. This gave Mr. Ry
der an opportunity to quickie spring
from his couch, and to grapple with
the fellow, whom he succeeded in
disarming. Then, giving the man
a sound thrashing, he hustled him
out of the house, later causing hlB
arrest.
The mystery Burrou'.iding the
death of 18-year-old Francis Martin
in a room In the Lyric Theater Build
ing, Washington, was cleared up at
the Coroner's Inquest, when evidence
whs adduced to show that the girl
had taken strychnine with suicidal
intent. John Innis. the young man
who has tieen In Jail in connection
with, the death of the girl since Sun
day, was held by the Coroner's Jury
and In default of bail was sent to
Jail. The sensation of the affair
came whn Dan B. Forrest, manager
of the Lyric Theater, was arrested
on a choge of keeping a disorderly
bouse. He funlshed ball for his ap
pearance nt a hearing this week. It
was established at the hearing that
the girl died In Manager Forrest's
room over the box office In tbe Lyrle
Theater.
An attempted shooting occurred
In the office of J. T. Gephart, Jr.,
tbe State Highway Department re
presentative In Lancaster. Mr. Get
hurt discharged one of bis assistants,
William Gotf. who became enraged
and pulling a revolved fired at him.
Tbe bul'.et lodged In a desk. Mr.
Gephart was compelled to flee the
office nnd Groff unconcernedly left
the place. It Is claimed that GroS
er.'o ll r. ii i he shot in a Bplrlt of mis
chief. Dorothy. White, the 3-year-old
la ugbter of Mr. aud Mrs. Theodore
White, imminent residents of Scran
ton, Is dead after easing a number
of chloride of potassium tablets.
While wnii, in Shalleuherger was
lending a bull to a Boyertown butch
er, tbe animal uttacked the four
horse team of William Heltenaur
and gored one of the horses to death.
Falling with an opeu knife in bit
hand, the blade penetrated the eye
of Harry, the 5-year-old Bon of Mar
tin Kosttmbauder, of Malnville, Col
umbia County. Th,e boy will lose
the sight of the eye.
The Pottsvllle borough council
has taken up the fight against the
pa -..-an of the bill now before the
Legislature allowing tax collectors
five Instead of two per rent, commis
sion on all first "collections. With
this bill a law the Halar of Potts
ville'a collector would he Increased
from $3,000 to nearb $7,000, mak
ing tbib office the h at plum In this
county.
With toys clutched In bis hands
!lmwr Davis, the 4-year-old child,
ol Patrolmen Lewis Lsl, plunged!
from tbe top of the staircase in bis
home, while st play and frsctured
.: ' aliull. He died icon afterward.