Conspiracy of THE JAPANESE old Plot To Embroil Japan and the United States. PACIFIC COAST JAPANESE IN IT. Conspirators .Mho Propose to Over throw the Ministry is Japan Annul went of the Clause in the Immigra tion Bill Excluding Japanese Coolie Labor Another Object of Plotters. Washington (Special). That the pauese of tho Pacific Coast, and e l-rogreflsives, n political party Japan, have entered Into an al ee, which has the earmarks of International conspiracy, with tho overthrow of the present ministry Japan and the annulment of the ause In the Immigration Bill ex- eluJi Japanese cooilo labor from pontlncntal 1'nlted States aa the Bill Kate objects, was learned anthorl Uvely here Sunday. The preliminary steps In this scheme, it is said, will be to induce the Toklo governmeot to recall Vis count Aoki, the Japanese ambassa dor to the United States, and to de mand an apology and perhaps an ln temnlty from this government for the alleged acts of violence against Japanese subjects residing In San Francisco. With this end In view representa tives of the faction hostile to the Baton ji ministry have been in Wash pigton to consult with the Japanese Ambassador and the State Depart ment officials regarding tho objec tionable clause In tho Immigration Bill, the Cnllfornln school question and the recent riots In Sau Fran cisco. To Stir Vp Trouble. The report which they have sent to Toklo, It Is alleged, will form the basis of a systematic campaign to bring about anti-American demon strations In Japan and to force For eign Minister Hayashi, It possible, to demand indemnity and an apology On account of the Japanese disturb ances In San Francisco. These facta became known for the first time when It was learned that T. Takuhashi, representative of the Seattle Japanese Society; O. Noda, representative of the Son Francisco Japanese Society, and K. Kawakami, staff representative of the Yorozu (dally newspaper I of To'.tio, came to Washington on April 21 and re mained until May If, during which time they were negotiating with the Japanese Ambassador looking to the annulment of the Japanese Immigra tion Limitation Law. This delegation failed In Its pur pose, and. It is stated, after charging Ambassador Aokl with treachery to Japanese of the Pacific Coast and with misrepresenting conditions to Ills home government, they tele graphed to Ototaka Yamaoka, the personal representative of Count Okuma, who was awaiting their re port in Seattle, Wash., with the re quest that he communicate with the antl-administratlon leaders In Toklo. Forcing the Fight. Messrs. Takahashi, Noda and Ka wakami had an Interview with As sistant Secretary of the State Bacon on May 8. They then telegraphed Yamaoka that they were dissatisfied with the attitude of the State De parment and the Japanese Embassy, and urged the necessity of carrying the fight to Japan. Acting upon this suggestion, Yamaoka sailed for Ja pan on May 14 on the steamship Aki. and It was pointed out the renewal of the anti-American agitation in the Japanese press has begun since his arrival In Toklo on May 28. It Is also believed here that he prompted the deputation of Progres sives to call on Foreign Minister Hayashi for an explanation of the government's "apparent inaction and want of efficiency in the presence of the grave diplomatic questions with the United States." The report which Yamaoka carried to the older statesmen, It Is further believed here, Is responsible for the attitude of the opposition newspapers Jn urging tho concentration of Ja panese national efforts toward the settlement of the San Francisco question by forcinr; an apology from THE NEWS OF THE WEEK. Domestic Lieutenant Colonel Ayres, whose wife and daughter have beon exclud ed from the reservation at West Point, says the officers who criti cise his wife are telling falsehoods and that urhiy court martlals are farces. Witnesses have boen called to tes tify that while Henry Orchard was murdering officials for pay he was also a detective for the Mlnrowners' Association and a citizens' protective committee of Cripple Creek. MIsb Bertha BlcUteln, of Alle gheny, Pa., who was tried for the murder of her mother, and whose brother and unc le committed suicide, died In Los Angeles while plnnning for her wedding. Dorchester. Mass., where the llrst "town meeting" In the United States was held, celebrated Ha two hundred and seventy-seventh anniversary. John Coyne, who carried the news of Dowey's victory at Manlln to Hongkong, sought lodgings In a Chi cago police station. An automobile containing Mrs. Elizabeth Henderson and Mrs. Frank Blackson, of Philadelphia, collided with a railroad train in Camden. N. J. Both women may die of their injuries. Miss Gertrude Beeks. secretary of the welfare department of the Na tional Civic Federation, sailed for Panama to Inquire into living condi tions among the laborers. The wife of Governor Peabody. of Colorado; Judge Gabbert and Mine Manager Bradley confirm the stories of Henry Orchard's attempts on their lives. A gold and gem-studded vanity box. worth $15,000 and belonging to MrB. William K. Vanderbllt, lost last fall, was received from a waiter at Sherry's. The Standard Oil Company's bill of exception to suit by the federal government in Minnesota was over ruled, and the case will proceed. Michael McBent, head stockman on the estate of Howard Gould, was gored to death by a bull. The Iron. Steel and Tin and Bar Iron Associations have fulled to agree on a wage scale. The State Railroad Commission of Georgia has made reductions in rail road fares. The case of Mrs. Howard Gould, who has Instituted suit for a sepa ration from her husband, Howard Gould, was given its first public air ing In court. The occasion was the hearing of arguments on motion of counsel for Mr. Gould to strike out certain allegations In Mrs. Gould'B complaint. Governor Hughes, of New York, signed the public utilities bill, which puts nearly all the corporations in the state under the control of two commissioners. The Republican State Convention of Pennsylvania Indorsed Senator Knox as Pennsylvania's candidate for the Republican nomination for president. Harry Smith, bookkeeper of the Hocking Valley Bank, of Lancaster, Ohio, was sent to the penitentiary for seven years for embezzlement. Helen M. Gougar, the temperance lecturer, dropped dead In Lafayette. Ind. Judge Chamberlain denied the motion of the three trustees recently appointed to take charge of Mrs. Mary Baker G. Eddy's property for leave to be substituted as plaintiffs in place of the "next friends," who began the litigation to secure an ac counting of Mrs. Eddy's property. An earthquake shock lasting about 10 seconds was felt in San Francisco. The oscillations were from north to south. No damage has been re ported. Two indictments were returned against Policeman Hess, who kid napped little Elizabeth Grady from New York. Ryder Henry, formerly of Cam bridge, Md., was married in New York to Miss Frellnghuysen Jackson. THE SWEET GIRL GRADUATE IN TRAINING. tocign. When Emperor Francis Joseph arrived at Budapest for the celebra tion of the jubilee of his coronation as King of Hungary the Socialists greeted him with a noisy demonstra tion for universal suffrage. Foreign Minister Pichon announc ed that the attitude of France at The Hague Peace Conference would be this government for the aliened In- j nn nf morterntlon and conciliation suits growing out or tne scnooi ques tion and the recent attack on the Japanese restaurants. COTTON LEAK DIFFICULT. Chief HtittiKCiun Says It Is Impossi ble If Preparation Is Honest. Washington ( Special) Chief Stat istician Victor H. Olmsted, of the De partment of Agriculture, '('stifled In the trial of Edwin S. Holmes, Jr., former assistant statistician of that department, on the charge of pre maturely divulging Information of the department concerning the cotton crop of the country, that a leak in the crop report would be Impossible If its preparation was honestly con ducted. Stephen D. Ferrcnden, who was at one time an assistant statistician of the department, testified that it would be Impossible for anyone even with all the Information before him to accurately forecast the crop report an hour before Its Issuance, because of the fact that the final figure Is al ways the result of the exercise of the Judgment of the chief statistician. Cartoon by Berrytnan, in the Wnshington Star. BLEW UP RAILROAD Orchard Says Plots Were Hatched By Labor Leaders. HE GOT PAY FOR ASSASSINATION. warning tho managers of the Flor ence and Cripple Creek Hallway that Uh... . . 1. ..... . mm mm V. ..I . TRAINS MINFR DR MEN,n,lm,: confe8sed tnat h cn,pllv IlinillO, millLU Ull IIIUl flrcd thre charee.s of buckshot into the body of Detective Lyte Gregory, of Denver, killing him instantly; confessed that for days he stalked Governor Peabody, of Colorado, about Denver, waiting a chance to kill bim; confessed that he and 8teve Adams set and discharged the mine under the station at Indepen dence that instantly killed 14 men, and confessed that, failing In an at tempt to polBOn Fred Bradley, of San Francisco, he blew him und his house up with a bomb of gelatine powder. Man Accused of Killing Governor Steunenberg, of Idaho, at Instigation of Western Federation of Miners, Tells of Wrecking Two Trains, Blow ing Up Two Mines, Murder of Detec tive, Attempt to Kill Governor Pea body, of Colorado; Slaughter of About 15 Men, Poisoning Milk of Deputy Sheriff. ORCHARD'S CONFESSION.. Used explosives to wreck two railroad trains containing non union miners, killing 14 men. Blew up two mines with pow der, killing two officials. Watched Governor Peabody for three weeks for chance to assas sinate him. Shot ani,' killed a Denver de tective who had made himself ob jectionable at the mines. Placed poison in milk jars and blew out front of house of men disliked by miners' organization. That Moyer, Haywood and Pettlbone, officials of the Western Federation of Miners, took part In all the plots and paid him for his work. PLOTS TO ASSASSINATE. B7 Hurt In Wreck. Nashville. Trim. (Special). Go ing at a apeed of between twenty and thirty miles an hour, Southern pas senger train No. 2, leaving Nashville at 10.30 A. M., plunged off a 15-foot embank iin nt at Black Branch, near Lebanon. Tenn., thlrty-threo miles east of Nashville, shortly after 11 o'clock A. M., injuring flftj -seven persons out of a total of sixty on board. To Execute Twelve Men. Mexico City (By Cable ).-According to a telegram received here, twelve of the nineteen men , con demned to death by court martial, because of an alleged attempt on the life of President Cabrera, of Gaute mala. will be executed. Eleven of these men arc Gauteroalans. Earth Trembles In 'Frisco. Ban Fiu'iclsco, Cut. (Special). An earthquake shock tatting about ten seconds was felt here si 12.27 A. M. The oscillations wore from north to south No damage was done. similar to that which was adopted in 1899. Otto Elterich, of Freeport, L. I., and Mrs. Emily Mary McLean, a wid ow, an American woman, were drowned while boating on the Thames, near Cliveden. The two labor . leaders charged with May Day agitation In Paris were sentenced to imprisonment for two years. Alexander McKeiuie, a well-known Canadian racing man, died of ap pendicitis. Emperor William's Instructions to the German delegates to The Hague conference are not to take any part in the discussion of the disarmament question, but to note developments.. Germany hears that England will drop the question of disarmament. For the last few days there has been another reign of terror In Lodz, Russian Poland. . Bleven per sons have been killed and 37 wound ed, two of the killed being mill owners. While the Jepanese are Irritated at the tardlnesR In effecting solution of the Sun Francisco difficulty there has been no advocacy of hostile dem onstration. King Peter of Servia was Injured by being thrown from his horse In Belgrade. Florenelo Morales and Bernardo Mora were found guilty at the City of Mexico of murdering General Manuel Barillas, former president of Guatemala. King Oscar and his Queen cele brated their golden wedding and re ceived congratulations from all the crowned heads of Kurope. Rumors of the Impending disso lution of the Doumu continue to cir culate In Influential quarters in St. Petersburg The migration of Russians to 81 betla has assumed enormous propor tions. From January 1 to May Hi there were 283,665 persons crossed Into Siberia. It Is reported that President Cas tro, of Venezuela, Ib planning to visit the United Statei and would like a conference with President Roosevelt. Ambassador Creel, of Mexico, says there Is nothing pending and no rea son to fear war between Mexico and Guatemala. The Paris police captured a gang of coiners who has put out $20,000 In counterfeit coin In that city. Boise, Idaho (Special). Harry Orchard, alias Hogan, Green and Dempsey, who admits that he plant ed the bomb that killed ex-Governor Steunenberg, of Idaho, a year ago last November, and who says that Wm. D. Haywood, Charles H. Moyer and George A. Pettlbone, respective ly secretary, president and executive board member of the Western Fed eration of Miners, planned the mur der and hired him to do it, began Wednesday morning what is proba bly the most extraordinary recital of crime ever made in a courtroom. Orchard occupied the stand three hours and a half, and before his story had been In the course of toll ing for an hour It was clear that If It can be corroborated In Its essential features the Btate will be able to establish beyond a doubt the charges of conspiracy to do wholesale mur der upon the chief opponents of the methods of the Western Federation. If any such tale was ever told In a courtroom before It was a long, long time ago, and nobody in these ports remembers it. And it has just begun. It was told this unpar allclled story of cold - blooded and organized assasssinatlon In a level, even voice that never quavered, never rose and never fell. The method of the witness was the acme of commonplace. There was nothing about Orchard of tho air of the fanatic or the zealot. There was was never a single pose nor a boII tary attempt at effect. Set Deathtrap in Mine. Orchard confessed that as a mem ber of the mob that wrecked the Bunker Hill and Sullivan mine, In the Coeur d'Alenes, he lighted one of the fuses that carried lire to the giant Orchard Sought Lives Of Judges And Governors. Boise, Idaho (Special). Harry Orchard crowned his admission of grave crlmeB Thursday when, con tinuing his case against William D. Haywood, he made a detailed con fession of the murder of Frank Steunenberg by on Infernal machine that directly opens the way for his own conviction and execution for the mortal offense. He swore that tho assassinations of Steunenberg was first suggested by Haywood, was plotted by Haywood, Moyer, Pettlbone and himself, was financed by Hay.wood, and was exe cuted by himself after tho failure of an attempt In which Jack Simpkins had participated. Orchard lifted the total of his own murdered victims to 18, detailed the circumstances under which he tried to murder former Governor Peabody, Judge Goddard, Judge Gab bert, General Sherman Bell, Dave Moffatt and Frank Heme. Incident ally he confessed to a plan to kidnap the child of one of his former asso ciates. Raced To Deathtrap. Then under cross-examination by the defense Orchard confessed guilt of the sordid social crimes of de serting his young child and wife In Ontario, fleeing to British Columbia with Hattie Simpson, the wife of an other man, and committing bigamy by marrying a third woman at Crip ple Creek. Through the shocking details of murder plots, Btorles of secret bomb making and tales of man hunts with sawed-off shotguns and Infernal ma chines as weapons, the witness went on In tho same quiet, offhand manner that marked his demeaor Wednesday. His voice dropped to lower keys as the pitiful story of the long hunt for Steunenberg narrowed down to the last day. and he told of the race from the hotel to the home to beat his victim with the death trap, and the meeting In the evening gloom as the victim walked unconsciously to his doom. Through it all he winced but once, and that was when the defense made him name his six BisterB and his one brother and give their resi dences In Ontaro and New York. Piece of Bomb in Court. The defense fought the story with a multiplicity of objections, and succeeded in heading off an attempt to tell the story of the murder of Arthur Collins, at Tellurlde, and temporarily shut out the contents of a telegram received and a tele gram sent by Orchard after his ar rest. Except for this the state man aged to get in Its story Intact. The state began Its corroboration of Orchard's bloody story by pro ducing the lead casing of the Gov- Orchard Iden DEATH BLOW TO LOTTERY Prominent Men Psy Fines Aggregat ing .'' ". Mobile, Aln. (Special). Judge Toulmln Tuesday Imposed flues In the cases of defendants who In the court for the Southern district of Alabama entered pleas of guilty to an Indictment charging conspiracy to cause the Interstate carriage of lottery advertisements. In addition to tho pleas of guilty, the defendants agreed to surrender to the govern ment for destruction nil lottery books, plates and other parapherna lia and also Immediately to dispose of tho printing establishment of the Honduras National Lottery Company. Sixth and Orange Streets. Wilming ton, Del., operated under the name of John M. Rogers Press, where the lottery tickets have been printed for years. The fines aggregate $259,- 200. Following are the defendants; William P. Parkhouse, James Rea, C. W. Bredow. William P. Johnston, Ix)Uls C. Graham, Edward I. Plnach, David Hennen Morris, Alfred Hen nen MorrlB, Frank L. Howard, Albert Haldwln, Sr.. Chapman Hyams, Paul Conrnd, John Demarest, Edward J. Demarest. all of New Orleans. John Morris Rogers, Jesse K. Bay- lls. I. ester K Hay Ms. Wilmington. Del. James S. Moire, Chicago, 111. Harry W. Henderson. W. C. Hen derson, Brooklyn, N. Y. Gen. W. L. Abel, Dallas. Tex. Robert K. Thompson, Mobile. Joseph It, Shaw, Tom William, Henry L. Plum, Washington. D. C. Herman Brunner. St. Louis. Oscar Hanger, Hoboken, N. J. Frank E. Johnson, Hartford. A. B. Kaufman, Detroit. Mich. Harry J. Schott, Baltimore. Wallace Masterton. Savannah, Oa. Plant in Wilmington, Del. The charges against Walter J. De marest, Staslun Meade and Hammer and Walker were nolle pressed. The cases against John Hong and Francis X. Fltzpatrlck were continued, al though fines were named. All others Indicted were fined. With the pleas of guilty and the surrender of all lottery material, the Honduras National Lottery Company, which is the successor of the old LouUlana State Lottery Company, passed out of existence, ending a long struggle of the federal authorities. The government first attempted to break up the 'ottery business on the passage of the act of 1 877 for bidding the transmission of lottery matter by mall. In 1895 this was supplemented by the act forbidding the Interstate carriage of lottery tickets or advertisements of lottery matter. In 1903 the Supreme Court, by a vote of 5 to 4, upheld the con stitutionality of the latter enactment. Since the decision the lottery tick ets were prlntd at the lottery com panies' plant in Wilmington, Del., and taken as personal baggage by messengers from Wilmington to New York where they were stored In warehouses. From time to time the tickets wero taken also as personal baggage by messenger to Washing ton, whore the packages were re checked to various cities. The offi cers and agents of the company oper ated under assumed names and a complete code was also used. The drawings were held monthly at Puer to Cortez, Honduras, and lists of the winning numbers were printed in Mobile, Ala., and from there Bent to Btate agents throughout the country. The printing establishment at Wil mington was raided in the spring of 1906 and plates from which the tickets were printed, together with considerable matter relating to the lottery business seized. The govern ment was not at that time able to establish a conspiracy case, but In January, 1907, the printing estab lishment at Mobile was raided and certain packages which had been shipped from that city were seized at Atlanta, Oa., after they had crossed the state line. With the evidence thus obtained the government secured Indictments against thoBO who entered a plea of guilty, together with a few others. DEATH BT FLOOD AND CYCLONE Storm's Havoc in Kentucky and In iana MORE THAN THIRTY PEOPLE KILLED. Tornado Sweeps Over Southern Illinois and Indiana, Wrecking Small Towns and Farm Buildings, While a Ken tucky Villags Is Almost Wiped Out by Cloudburst. Mlnden. III. (Special) Dispatches from various places In Southern Illi nois, Indiana and Kentucky tell of severe storm? of tornado severity and n cloudburst, which together caused the Iosb or over au lives nnu the destruction of property amount ing probably to many millions. Houses were swept awny, bridges de molished and thoupands of acres of growing crops destroyed. Gradyvllle, Ky., was the worst sufferer. A cloudburst caused Big Creek to detuffi that village of 175 persons r.ud 21 persons were drown ed or crushed by falling houses. At New Mlnden. 111., a tornado killed five persons and Injured six others. At York, 111., three persons were killed and 30 Injured by a tornado which descended on tre town. At Duqnoln, III., many houses were blown down around the out skirts of tho town and four persons were Injured. FRANCE TENDERS GOOD OFFICES To Keep Friendship 1 ctween America and Japan. Paris (By Cable). One of the immediate results of the Franco Japanese, entente which is on the point of being signed ha3 ben the tender by France of her grod offices to the United States in cafce she can be of service In promoting a com plete understanding between the United States and Japan, covering their respective Interests in the Far East. Franco believes that the United States should become a party to the senles of ententes, recently arrived at between the powerB, guaranteeing the status quo In the Far East and the best means of avoiding possible future complications and misunder standings, and has formally com municated to the United States gov ernment her readiness, now or In the future, to further negotiations in that direction. The Washington government, while not availing ItBelf of France's ser vices, expressed In Its reply its deep sensibility and appreciation of the friendly offer. According to the Figaro the text of the Franco-Japanese entente Is very short, consisting of a declara tion followed by a statement. The declaration Is said to be as follows: "France and Japan being mutually desirous of reaching an understand ing and strengthening their friendly relations and having examined their interests in the Far East, namely the sovereignty of France over Indo china and the occupation of Kwang Chauwln, leased from China in 1898 by France, and the occupation of Port Arthur by Japan and the pro tection over Korea by Japan, agree that the recognition of the independ ence and Integrity of China Is the best guarantee of their Interests and proclaim this principle In order to strengthen the interior peace and se curity of China, so necessary to all European Interests. "In consequence France and Japan mutually guarantee the continental status quo." Although the entente does not in clude a commercial treaty for Indo China, pending the conclusion of such a treaty It guarantees the most fa vored nation treatment for Japanese In Indo-Chlna and French subjects of Indo-Chlna In Japan. KILLED IN WABASH WRECK. Fast Passenger ( 'rashes Into A Coal Train. Washington, Pa. (Special). Two were killed and 11 Injured In a wreck on the Wabash Road one rnllo east of Hickory, near here, when the Toledo express, westbound, crashed Into a coal train on a siding, teles coping the smoker and n Pullman car. The flagman of the coal train, who Is said to be responsible for lot ting tho passenger train In on the siding occupied by the coal train, disappeared immediately after the crash. The dead are Frank Blanco mid Anthony Schlume, miners, of Avel- la, who were in the smoker. A re lief train was made up and the in jured taken to hospitals In Pittsburg. The fireman and engineer of the passenger train jumped Just before the craBh. powder explosion; confessed that he Bet the death trap In the Vindicator (n0r Peabodv bomb mine, at Cripple cjreeg, tnat Diew;,fl(u t, 8Wore that he brought It City to Denver, and out the lives of Superintendent Mc- Cormlck and Foreman Beck; con fessed that because he had not been paid for his first attempt at violence In the Vindicator mine he had been treacherous to his associates by irom Canyon City to then on to Wallace, where he gave It to a man named Cunningham. It was thrown Into the river and the state promises later to prove Its recovery. Meat Prices Still Rising. Chicago (Special). Meats of all kinds, with the exception of the poorest cuts of beef, have been ris ing steadily In Chicago for three weeks, and dealers Bay that the ad vance will continue. In some of the poorer sections of the city retail dealers have not handled a piece of meat, except beef, for tho last three weeks. Lamb, pork and other meats are beyond the reach of their custo mers. Lamb has advanced 3 cents a pound In the last three yeeks. PeniiNy Hem Notice. Philadelphia (Special I The Penn sylvania Railroad Compuny issued a statement announcing ha! should the Two-cent Muximum Fare Bill re cently passed by the Pennsylvania legislature become a law It will be necessary for the company to adjust Its passenger rates in order to pre serve Its psssenger revenues. At the ..it. time It Is announced that, be ginning Thursday, several classes of tickets which have been used largely bv suburbanites will be discontinued IN THE FINANCIAL WORLD. Another 11,000,000 of American gold was exported, making $6,800, 000 In a week. May shipments of iron ore from Lake Superior ranges amounted to 5,800,000 tons, making a new record. Some very well posted people" In Philadelphia say that Reading is go ing to be put very much higher. All the big Wall Street houses say the stock market 1b entirely a traders' affair, no heavy-waUted per sons hi 'ng interested Just now. The president of one of the great toel companies of Pennsylvania said to his 1'l.iladelphla friends this week that business is going to Blacken up u good di al by the end of the year. Leading London financial paper.-, assert that money Is cheaper In New York than In London and cheaper in London than In Paris. They regard this condition as very unfavorable. Paris seems to be hoarding a great deal of gold in anticipation of some Important event. The rate of discount Is continued by the Bank of Francj higher than It was at any time for seven years. AT TNE NATION'S CAPITAL Some Interesting Happening Briefly Told. Mutiny At Czar's Palace. St. Petersburg (By Cable). A mutiny broke out among a squadron of Hussars of tho guard stationed at Tsarakoe-Selo, where the Imperial family had Just removed. The mu tineers were promptly Biirrounded and disarmed and order was re stored without any bloodshed. Missionary And Author Dead. Atlanta, Ga. (Special) Bishop W. A. Candler, of the Methodist Episco pal Church, received a cablegram from Shanghai, China, announcing tho death of Dr. Young J. Allen, 40 years missionary to China and a na tive of Georgia. He was 72 years of age. Surviving him are Mrs. Al len, two sonB and four daughters, all of whom, except one married daughter, Mrs. Mary Turner, of New York City, live In China. Liquid Metal Engulfs Car. Birmingham. Ala. (Special). An electric car crashed into a train louded with 15 tonB of molten metal at North Birmingham, overturning the pots upon the car, which was consumed. Motorman B. Caldwell and Deputy Sheriff A. C. Gtii iey were fatally burned. 0. C. Stllea. an other deputy was dangerously in jured by the force of the collision. During 1907-8 the government of India proposes to raise a loan of ISO, 000, 000 to be expended on rail ways and irrigation works. The President had a conference with Public Land Office officials who will represent the administration at the public land convention in Denver. President Roosevelt took part in the ceremonies connected with the laying of the cornerstone of the new Masonic Temple. The Interstate Commerce Commis sion decided rates on fruit from Georgia tq various points to be un reasonable. Gov. George R. Carter, of Hawaii, announced to the President that he would not accept another term. A delegation representing the Na tional Association of Postmasters of Offices of the First Class called upon Postmaster General Meyer. Because of the advance In the price of Jute twine Postofflce em ployes have been cautioned to be economical in Its use. Medical Director Robert A. Mar- mlon was stricken with paralysis. - He will recover. Terrence V. Powderly, former com missioner general of Immigration, will be appointed chief clerk of the newly created bureau of information of that department. There are now 37,314 free ru.-al delivery routes In operation, with 37,566 carriers. Dr. Wiley has begun an Investiga tion Into violations of the pure food law. August Franke, of Dubuque, la., called at the White House to get a million dollars from the President. The government is said to be ready to file u bill In equity against anthracite coal roads for violating the Sherman antltruEt law. The President muy have the Meat Trust Investigated because of recent ralae in prices of dressed meats. Mrs. Isabel M. Case, who has been dogging the President's footsteps for the past year, was formally pro nounced in an.- by a Jury. Furniture Men Hit. Portland, Ore. (Special) - In the United States District Court here In dictments were returned against 180 furniture dealers In Oregon, Wash ington, Idaho and California for al leged violation of the Sherman anti trust law. The list includes nearly every manufacturer and Jobber In' the States named and a large num ber of retail dealers STATE Of PENNSYLVANIA. Latest News Gleaned From Various Parts. rienry Trzclnskl, representing Ste phen N. Nowaczyk's Polish weekly paper of Philadelphia, was struck by an eastbound train at the Pennsylva nia Railroad station at Coatesvllle, and instantly killed. While Mrs. John Dorwart was In the act of calling to her husband, who Is a Pennsylvania Railroad gate tender In Lancaster, she was struck by a passenger train at a street cross ing. Her Injuries are believed to be fatal. York will soon vote upon a loan of 750,000, $400,000 for sewor purposes, $250,000 for street paving and $100,000 for park purposes. William Wendell, of Bethlehem, dropped dead from a paralytic stroke as he entered his home. John A. Touhlll, president of the Tonhill Iron Works, Scranton, was badly crushed In his own establish ment by being caught beneath a sand box weighing seven tons. It was being raised on a crane when a chain broke and Mr. Touhlll was pinioned beneath it. Three thousand geranium plants. In bloom were planted by the school' children of Scranton as a border ibout the courthouse square. This net project of Superintendent George W. Phillips attracted as great a throng as Is In evidence on circus lay. Ab a result the courthouse Mart now presents an appearance like unto a permanent rainbow. All he colors on two sides are pink, on Jie other two Bides red. There was no hit-and-miss plan employed, as the children are to be trained In aesthetics no less than In caring for lowers. , Though the Pennsylvania Railroad 'Flyer" raced to Pottavllle from Forrest City with Minnie, the 5-year-old daughter of William G. Taylor, fiboard, suffering from weakness fol lowing pneumonia, she was dead when the train arrived at the Potts vllle station. A pathetic scene was enacted when the grief-stricken mother placed the dead body of her daughter in the arms of her husband, who met them at the Pottsvlllo sta tion. Angered by the refusal of his wife Mary to agree to n reconcilia tion or divorce proceedings, Domi nic Lenni, an Italian, of Dunmore, Bhot her through the back of the neck. The husband escaped.- The girl, who was 17, married Nenni a year ago. He was twice her age. The deadlock in the vote for treas urer of the Clifton Heights School Board, which threatened to disrupt the organization, was broken at a special meeting of the body. Ten ballots were taken. The name of Joseph Manley was voted upon on every ballot, and when the count was made for the tenth time it was found that He had received four votes, defeating Samuel J. Qulnn, who only received two votes. The big black bears running looso In the western section of the county are creating anxiety among farmers. One of them Is making trouble for the rural mall carrier and the State law which protects the bear may hear from Uncle Sam. John Falley, living not far from Appeniell, has a mall box some distance from his house. Going down to see if tho R. F. D. had left him any mall Frai ley found bruin Bitting there as con tentedly as the backwardness of the season would permit, probably wait ing for the carrier. Mr. Fralley d' 1 not molest the bear, and the latt soon passed on. Near Lock Haven a large bank barn belonging to John Snyder burn ed, entailing a loss of $3500. Six horses, other live stock and all laBt season's crops were consumed. George Barklow, of Unltyvllle, who was Injured In a friendly scuffle at the election polls, died as a result of his Injuries. He was 43 years of age and Is survived by a wife and nine children. Albert Rutherford, a hotel pro prietor of Altoona, was taken sud denly ill while driving and plunged Vieadlong to the street, alighting on his head, and was perhaps fatally in jured. Peter McCall, of Wilmington, Del., was found dead in the rear of Wright's Hotel. Chester. McCall was on a visit to Chester. Tho Darby school board has made the following elections: B. N. New comb, president; A. E. Williams, sec retary; A. H. Yocum, treasurer. Altoona City property Is to be In vestigated by a committee of five ap pointed by Councils. It Is charged that the city assessors discriminated In favor of the Pennsylvania Rall soad Company. The Bedford Republican County Committee has re-elected Simon H. Sell chairman and treasurer, and John Mlnnlch vice chairman. Seven-year-old Freeman Stott, of Reading, died suddenly after bejng seized with an earache. Schoil Superintendent Rapp, of Berks County, reports a large in crease In the number of applicants for appointment as teachers owing to the Increases In salaries made throughout the county. Edward C. Kern, who was in the wreck of the Sh liners' train at Hon da, Cat., returned to Reading. Only one Reading man remains In the hos pital at San Luis Obispo. Crazed by ovorstudy, 20-year-old Florence Buckingham has been com mitted to the Harrlsburg Asylum by the Berks Court. Prof. W. H. Krlll, who was prln prlnclpal of the ' Parryvllle schools for the last eight years, has been elected supervising principal of tho Weattierly School. George H.Wentzel, E.George and H. R. Wannamacker, of Reading, were fined $25 and costs by Alderman Mil ler, on the charge of illegal fishing with a throw net, but appealed to court on the ground that the fish they caught, red fins and suckers, are not protested by the law. Jeremiah Rothermel, a well-known citizen of Walnuttown, Berks Coun ty fell dead in a road. While William H. Haldeman was attempt'ng to cross a train of freight cars In the Northampton yards, of the Central Railroads of New Jersey, he was thrown to the tracks by the starting of the train and fatally hurt. While riding up Mahanoy plane on his way home to Fraekvllle, from work, Allen Beckersley, 16 years old, was Jolted under the wheelscof the cars and crushod to death. Oliver C. Francis was found dead, In his room at the United States Ho-! tel, Reading, shortly sfter presenting? the wife of the landlord with a bouquet.
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