"REFERS THEM TO
THE LABOR BUREAU
Roosevelt Acts On Appeals To Pre
vent Strike.
CHICAGO VOTES $5 OOO STRIKE FUND
The President Holds That No Emergen
cy Exists at Present Which Would
Justify Executive Interference, and
He Han Referred All the Appeals to
Ccmmlisioner of Labor.
Oyster Bay. N. Y. (Special).
President Roosevelt lias referred to
Charles P. Nelll. commissioner of
labor, without comment, the various
appeals which have been made to
him by wire and mall to Intervene
to prevent the threatened telegraph
er's strike.
The position Is taken thnt no
emergency exists such as obtained at
the time the President Intervened
In the anthracite coal strike, but on
the contrary, the situation presented
U one where action by the govern
ment, If taken at all. mny properly
be Initiated nnd directed by the
Bureau of Labor, of which Mr. Nelll
la the head.
Attention Is also called to the fact
that Mr. Nelll has on his own mo
tion acted with more or less success
In several recent strikes simply by
Staking an Investigation and bring
ing to llaht the salient facts in the
controversies, his reports being the
basis on which a settlement was later
reached. Whether he will feel justi
fied In pursuing the same course in
the present instance Is not comment
ed on here, as the President has giv
en Mr. Nelll no Intimation of any
kind.
New York (Special). The officers
of the Commercial Telegraphers'
Union of America received dispatches
from the locals throughout the coun
try to the effect that the adjustment
Of the grievances against the West
ern Union Telegraph Company and
the Postal Telegraph Company has
been postponed. A hurried meeting
of the national executive committee
was held and It was decided to deny
the reports without delay.
President Small then sent the fol
lowing dispatches to the various
locals throughout the country:
"Situation Is unchanged. The ap
parently inspired story that adjust
ment of grievances Is postponed 1b
untrue. Hold yourself In readiness
for Important information soon.
Take no action until authorized."
Secretary-treasurer Wesley Rus
sell, after giving Instruction to the
members of the national committee,
left for Chicago, where he will con
fer with the Chicago local regarding
the grievances.
GIVES ' AHOMPA8 BELL,
Gov. IwmUOa Received It From So
ciety Fr University.
Norfolk (Special). The Pocahon
tas bell, cast from historic pieces of
metal, donated for the purpose by
prominent persons In various parts
of the country, was formally present
ed to the Pocahontas B-ll Associa
tion on the Kentucky reservation on
the Exposition grounds Saturday af
ternoon. The bell stood on the
right of the main entrance to the
representation of old Fort Boone,
which Is Kentucky's Exposition
building.
A large crowd witnessed the cere
monies. Governor Swanson, of Vir
ginia, whose fame as an orator has
been increased by his numerous
speeches called forth by the Exposi
tion, was the orator of this occasion,
end the speech was one of the best
that he has made. It was deep in
Its historic slgnijlnnco, and it made
a pleasing and doubtless lasting im
pression on his audience. The Gov
ernor received the bell on behalf of
the faculty of the University of Vir
ginia, to which institution the bell
will bo intrusted at the close of the
Exposition. Other speakers at the
ceremonies were T. J. Wool, of gen
eral counsel of the Exposition, and
Major Hunter.
liiiiiding Crash Fatal,
New York (Special) A tempor
ary platform, on which wero piled
tons of cement, on the second floor
level of the frame of a skyscraper
under construction at Church and
Cortlaudt Streets, collapsed. The
heavy bags of cemont crashed down
to the tlrst floor upon the timekeep
er's shanty, killing James Prlngle,
a time clerk, and badly injuring
three other employes.
Secret ar All lCiiiht.
81oux Falls, S. D. (Special). Sec
retary of War TaTt arrived here from
St. Paul at S.30 A. M. He said he
liad entirely recovered from his in
disposition. No formal reception
was planned, but several hundred
people called to pay their respects
to the Secretary. He attended
church and at 1 o'clock left for Fort
Meade with Senators Gamble and
Klttredge and Governor Crawford.
Explosion I t it 'JO Miles.
Glbbstown, N. J. (Special).
While experimenting with a new ex
plosive at the powder works of the
Dupont Powder Company, two maga
sines, each containing between fif
teen and twenty tons of powder,
were Bet off. The two buildings were
blown to atoms, but no one was in
jured. The torce of the explosion
was distinctly felt for a distance of
twenty miles.
THE NEWS OF THE WEEK.
Domestic
President Roosevelt Issued sn ex
ecutive order which will permit the
Interchange of employment in tne
federal forest service, the biologi
cal service and certain employments
under state and territorial govern
ments. George F. Baer. president of the
Reading, was served to appear be
fore the Interstate Commerce Com
mission In ;'ie hearing which has
been Instituted acalnst the anthra
cite railroad companies In Philadel
phia. Harry Orchnrd told a remarkable
story, to the erfeU that the famouB
Plnkerton detective, McParland. had
use the Bible to convert Orchard to
Christianity and then confess his
crimes.
President Roosevelt has confirmed
the sentence of hanging imposed by
courtmartlal on Private William
Taylor for murdering his superior
officer In the Philippines.
The General Electric and the Edi
son Companies have filed with the
Interstate Commerce Commission
oomplaints against the New York
Central.
Lemert S. Cook was convicted In
Pittsburg on the charge of being
involved in the rehypotheratlon of
the securities of the Enterprise
Hank.
The Supreme Conclave, Improved
Order of Hentasophs, re-elected offi
cers and decided upon Boston as the
meeting place two years hence.
The torpedo-boat destroyer Blak
ley was rammed by the destroyer
Whipple at the Norfolk Navy Yard
and put out of commission.
The bodv of R. H. DodBon, cox
swain of the ill-fated launch of the
battleship Minnesota, was found In
Hampton Roads.
George Thompson died from heart
disease upon Beeing the piano fac
tory In which he worked In New
York on 'Are.
Five thousand invitations were is
sued for the wedding of Miss Fish,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Stuyvesant
Fish, and Albert Z. Gray, son of
Judge Clinton Gray.
John Scory and Joseph Totarello,
Italians, fought a duel In the dark
In a Boston hallway until one fell
unconscious over the dead body of
the other.
The United States government en
tered suit against 14 railroad and
coal companies in Pennsylvania al
leging to represent the Hard Coal
Trust.
Ambassador Bryce, of Great Bri
tain, In an address before the Uni
versity of Illinois, declared a demo
cracy the best form of government.
Harry Orchard detailed his plot
to kidnap a banker's son and kill
Governor Steunenberg, and added
burglary to his crimes.
The body of John Thomas, who
said he taught telegraphy to Thomas
A. Edison, lies unclaimed In the Chi
cago Morgue.
Louis Vollet, who was adrift off
Newfoundland 14 days In a fisher
man's yawl, was picked up by the
Cunarder Carmanla.
Dr. Cyrenus A. David, a prominent
Chicago physician, died of blood pol
sonlnK contracted while operating on
a patient.
Dan Cupid's Busy Season.
a noor mnrrlnge mart. In the J(i HMjiji, 1. w.
11
HUB POOR MARRIAGE MART
College President Says, However,
Women Have Iess Chinee Here.
Boston, Mass. (Special). Prcsl 1
dent Prltchett, of Technology and
the Carnegie Fundatlon, sayo Boston,
Is
course of his remarks to the Sim
mons College girls at their com
mencement he said:
"In Boston the chances of a wom
an marrying are smaller than else Cartoon by Jomieson, in the Pittsburg
1 ll uno I
UNIFORMITY OF STATE MILITIA
Must Conform To The
Reiculatlons.
Federal
Washington (Special). Acting
Secretary of War Robert Shaw Oliver
has addressed an Identical letter to
the governors of the Slates and ter
ritories having militia organizations
calling their attention to the fact that
on January 21 next year, under" the
terms of the Dick militia act. the
militia organization must conform to
that of the regular and volunteer
armies of the United States. There
fore, General Oliver suggests that
It Is the duty of the governors to
take the necessary Bteps to secure
such conformity In organization by
the date named. Says General
Oliver:
"Failure to meet this statutory re
quirement will result in debarring a
State from the use of the allotment
of the annual appropriation of $2,
000,000 for the support of the mili
tia." Attention Is called to the fact that
the third section of the act Imposes
the condition that the number of Its
regularly enlisted organized and uni
formed active militia Bhall he at
least 100 men for each Senator and
Representative of the State.
With a view to placing upon the
statue book of the State an organic
military law providing the necessary
FRISCO'S MAYOR
IS FOUND GUILTY
Extorted Money From Keepers of
Restaurants.
WAS UNMOVED BY THE VERDICT.
Kugrne K. Schmltz Has Rcn Indicted
for Malfeasance in Office as Re
sult of Antlgraft Campaign Form
er Political Ally, Abe Ruef, Had
Testified Against Him.
I SCHMITZ'S SHARE OF BOODLE. I
I Trolley franchise $182,000
j Home Telephone fran
chlse 75,000
Fight Trust 5.000
Building graft 75,000
Saloon graft 50,000
Gambling nnd disorderly
houses 100.000
Theater graft 75,000
Tips on stocks from mil
lionaires 100,000
Total $662,000
San Francisco (Special). Mayor
Eugene E. Schmltz was found guilty
measure of conformity to the organ- (of extorting money from keepers of
where In this country, with the ex
ceptlon of the District of Columbia."
It seemed to him that there Is an
ever increasing numher of women
who prefer a good Job to an Indiffer
ent husband.
'The argument thnt college worn
Dispatch.
But the best Job is the conduct of
a good home.
"As 55 per cent, of the great mid
dle clasB, from which the college
women are drawn, are not married,
it requires therefore, all the reck-
en do not marry has some truih In, lessness in the rich and the poor In
It," he said, "but then the same respect to matrimony to bring the
applies to women out of college, who American woman's per cent, of mar
prepare to earn their own living, riage up to the standard."
CHARGE PLOT TO OVERTHROW CZAR
Fifty-Five Members of Parliament Ac
cusedA Scheme For a Republic.
St. Petersburg (By Cable). The
dissolution of the lower house of the
Russian Parliament appears to be a
question of only a few hours, or at
most of a day or two.
With only 130 opposing votes the
lower house rejected Premier Stoly
pln's ultimatum for the immediate
suspension of 55 deputies for mem
bership In the Social Democratic
party and referred the subject to
committee. Although the commit
tee has been Instructed to report at
once. It Is known In advance that
the decision on tlfe main question
will c nnverne. and that the Douina
Reeso G. Brooks, banker and coal j wm accopt the recommendation,
operator of Scranton. Pa., is dead. j or(jer to keep strictly within
The Convention of the Western j the legal llmite the committee may
Federation of Miners sent n telegram
to Haywood, on trial in Boise, Ida
ho, which reads: "Fifteenth an
nual convention sends greetings.
Confident of your Innocence, nnd we
are with you until your honor is
vindicated and your freedom as
sured."
Judge Chamberlain, of Concord, N.
H., announced that he would ap
point a master to inquire Into the
competency of Mrs. Mary Baker G.
Eddy. The appointment will not be
made for several days.
A Surrey has been ordered for a
5 0-foot canal between Cape May, N.
J., and Bay Head, N. J.
The United States Steel Corpora
tion has let contracts for 6,000 steel
cars.
A receiver is to take charge of the
Waters-Pierce Oil ' Company, In
Texas.
Crops in New England are back
ward owing to weather conditions.
Fell From Dig Tri e.
Oaxaca, Mexico (By Cable). .1
W. Johnson, of New York, the mana
ger of large agricultural Interests
belong1 ng to an American syndicate,
died a very remarkable death near
here, falling from among the
branches of a great tree, said to be
the largest In North American, lo
cated near this city. The authorities
are of the opinion that Johnson's
death was suicidal. Johnson came
to this city from New York City.
; Women lle in Klre.
Savunnuh, Ga. (Special). Mrs.
Thomas Cook and her daughter,
MIkk Estelle Fountain, were burned
to death In a fire that destroyed' the
bonus of N. A. Fountain, a son of
Mrs. Cook. Mr. Fountain, after grop
ing bis way through the smoke, was
Injured by a fall from an upper story
window, but will probably recover.
The flames had gained great headway
when the family were aroused. Miss
.Fountain, after making hsr way from
ithe bouse, ran back to don more
olnlbtnc SI:.. nvi . .. . . ...1
Foreign.
The Norwegian Parliament reject
ed by 73 to 47 votes a bill for uni
versal suffrage for women, hut
adopted a bill giving 300.000 wom
en who.-e husbands or themselves pay
taxes the right to vote.
President Zelay, of Nlcarauga, by
sending troops to Salvador to aid
Genernl Alfara, who is the unionist
candidate for president, has uctually
declared war.
The Transvaal government has de
cided to send home all Chinese min
ers as their contracts expire. Six
tern thousand will go this year.
Eight political pilsoners were ex
ecuted at Riga, Russia, for participat
ing in the recent disorders In the
central prison.
Emperor William personally de
graded Prince Frederick Henry of
Prussia and ordered him to leave
Germany.
Charles Takahashl, of Seattle, one
of the Japanese who conferred with
Ambassador Aokl In Washington on
the exclusion treaty, says there Is no
conspiracy or alliance between the
Progressive party of Japan and the
Japanese of the Pacific Coast.
The French government Is appre
hensive of the formidable movement
of the wlnegrowerB to refuse to pay
taxes until the government stops the
manufacturers from adulterating
wines. A revolution in the South or
France is threatened.
The French Court of Appeals
granted Count de ChHtellane'B appeal
and his wife will have to make her
fight for separation all over again.
Twenty-eight passengers, Including
It women and children, were drown
ed by the sinking of the French
schooner La Jolouse, off Rarhados.
The Society of American Women
of London entertained at a lunch- on
the delegates to the International
Red Cross Conference.
The amnesty bill was shelved by
the Russian Douma.
Tho International Socialist Con
gress at Bruitsels passed a resolution
condemning the persecution of So
cialists In Japan and the prosecution
of members of the Western Federa
tion of Miners In Idaho
Mm. Hau, the wife of Professor
Hau, wrote a letter before she com
mitted suicide stating that It was ut
terly Impossible for Her to bear long
er tli a (trUf ba felt for har bmthitnd
recommend the susupenslon of lt
leaders on condition that the gov
ernment disclose the evidence against
them, but there Is not the slight
est expectation on either side that
this will save the situation.
An extraordinary session of the
council of ministers was held to dis
cuss the decision of the lower house.
Up to a late hour no report has been
received of the doings of the coun
cil, and no decree of dissolution has
been Issued. The general Impres
sion Is that no edict would be pro
mulgated pending final action by
the lower house.
Excuse To Dissolve Douma.
There Is a belief in some quarters
that the action of the government
is only an excuse for the dissolution
of the lower house.
Five minutes before the sitting of
the lower house opened President
Colovine received a letter from
Premier Stolypln demanding, In ac
cordance with the resolutions, that
the houBe go Into executive session
to discuss weighty matters of state.
As soon as the house was called
to order the Premier submitted an
ultimatum saying that unless the
demands of the government wero
granted, and granted Immediately,
the government would find Itself
unable to co-operate with Parlia
ment. He then yielded the tribune to
M. Kameshausky, the prosecutor of
the St. Petersburg courts, who read
a long Indictment of the Social
Democrats, based principally on the
documents found in the search of
the lodgings of Deputy Ozel.
Conspiracy Charged.
The protocol described at length
the incriminating evidence and then
charged that 55 Social Democrats
as members of the lower house of
Parliament had organized themselves
Into a criminal, secret organization,
known as the Central Committee of
the Social Democratic party, which
was acting In concert with other
criminal organizations, particularly
the military revolutionary societies
throughout Russia, to produce arm
ed uprisings among the peasantry,
soldiers and workmen and over
throw the monarchy and the govern
ment. He, therefore, demanded the
immediate suspension of the mem
bers In order to try them for high
treason under paragraph 102 of the
criminal code.
ization now In force In the regular
Army, or which may hereafter be
come effective therein. General Oliver
suggests to the governors provisions
for an enuctment by the legislatures,
in brief, as follows:
The definition of the duties of the
adjutant general nnd his assistants
nnd the quartermaster general and
his assistants as laid down in arti
cle t, War Department circular, Oc
tober 8, 1003. Provision for the
necessary general officers and for a
staff made up of adjutant generals,
Inspector generals, judge advocate
generals, quartermasters, subsistence,
medical, hospital corps, engineers,
ordnance and signal corps. The
guard must he divided into divisions,
brigades, regiments, etc., to conform
to the regular Army organization,
reserving to the governor the power
Ol reorganization to Increase the ef
ficiency and to make the companies
and numbers of officers assigned to
organizations correspond to the regu
lar Army.
The new law will have n far
reaching effect upon the national
guard of the country, for in very
few states do the organizations at
present correspond with those of the
regular service The most Important
change required will probably ho In
the great Increase In the number of
men In companies and regiments, for
It is a fact that In many stntes so
called regiments of mtlitla Instead
of being 1,200 strong, as they should
be to meet modern service demands,
they number scarcely more than a
battalion, or 300 men, and skeleton
companies are everywhere In evidence.
LOST IN NAVAL LAUNCH.
Douma Is Dissolved.
St. Petersburg (By Cable). Em
peror Nicholas affixed his signature
early Sunday morning to an Imperial
ukase abolishing the present Douma
and ordering that the elections of
members to its successor, which Is to
meet November 14, be held under
the new election law, which provides
against the "submergence of the ed
ucated classes by the uneducated
masses." The Imperial ukase Is ad
dressed to the Ruling Senate and
rands ns follows:
"According to paragraph 105 of
the Fundamental Laws of 1906, we
ordain: Firstly, that the Imperial
Douma be dissolved; secondly, that
new elections of members to another
Douma be held, beginning September
14, and thirdly, thnt the new Imper
ial Douma ho convoked November 14
of the present year.
"The ruling Senate will not fail
to take proper measures to place
this in effect.
"Nicholas.
"Peterhoff, June 16."
Six Middles And Five Seamen Are
Drowned.
Norfolk, Va. (Special). A heart
rending catastrophe, in which the
lives of six midshipmen of the United
States Navy and five enlisted men
were lost, was the horrible climax to
the festivities of Georgia Day at the
Jamestown Exposition.
A launch In which the party men
tioned was returning to their ships
at anchor in Hampton Roads, after
attending the ball which closed the
day's festivities at the Exposition
grounds, was swamped during a ter
rific blow and the entire party
aboard, it Is feared, went down to
a watery grave beneath the waves of
Hampton Roads.
French restaurants In this city. This
is the first formal conviction in the
antlgraft campaign inaugurated sev
eral months Hgo. Abe Ruef, who
was Indicted for similar offenses,
pleads guilty to the charges and ap
peared as a witness against Mayor
Schmltz.
When the verdict was announced
Schmltz sat unmoved, with his left
hand to his chin. He apparently
did not understand, and asked Bar
rett: "What Is it?"
"Guilty," said Barrett.
Schniitz's hand dropped to the
table, but he showed no other signs
of emotion.
The jury was out an hour and
thirty-five minutes. They elected
Charles E. Capp, foreman, and at
once proceeded to an informal, ver
bal ballot. This Btood 11 for convic
tion, Juror Burns, a shoemaker,
casting the dissenting vote. Then
the 12 men began a discussion,
which lasted for nearly an hour. At
the end of that time the first formal
ballot was cast. It was written and
was unanimous for conviction.
Even before Judge Dunne reach
ed the synagogue, hurried thither
by an automobile when the jury was
ready to report, nearly a tnousana
men had gathered in Bush Street
and were clamoring at the doors.
As Judge Dunne entered by a rear
way the crowd surged into the
building from the front.
When Foreman Capp said "Guil
ty" the silence was broken in a hun
dred places at once. A long-drawn
"Ah!" ran through the crowd. Then
"Good," cried a voice in a far cor
ner. And "Good, good," echoed an
other spectator father in front. Ru
dulph Spreckels, whose wealth made
possible the whole bribe graft prose
cution, was walking swiftly down
the rght aisle as the sentence fell
from the foreman's Hps. He sank
Into a nearby seat as though arrest
ed by some sharp command.
All over tho house poople were
jumping up now. and some of them
turned to the strangers at their el
bows and thrust out their hands In
tho enthusiasm of a long-looked-for
moment, and said: "Shake.'
"Shake."
The morning of the laSt day of
tho Mayor's trial was taken up with
Attorney Campbell's closing address
for the defense. The afternoon was
consumed by Assistant District At
torney Heney In a fierce closing
speech for the state. The reading
It Is stated that the government j by Judge Dunne of his charge to
Defaulting Teller's Confession.
Charlotte N. C. (Special). In
the federal court here Franc H.
Jones, the defaulting teller of the
Charlotte National Bank to the ex
tent of about $80,000, submitted to
three counts In the bill of Indict
ment namely, embezzlement, mis
appropriation of funds and false en
try. Judgment was suspended un
til next week.
FATAL DUEL OVER GIRL.
Rivals In Nebraska Use fix-shooters
and One is Dead.
Harrison, Nebr. (Special). John
Miller, a cowboy who came west
from Fall River, Mass., several
years ago, fought a duel on a ranch
north of here with Roland Bell, who
died from his wounds.
Miller was engaged to marry Lo
retta Robb, and bell was in love
Dynamite Kills Seven.
nnmimn iRv Cable) A premature
explosion of dynamite took place at ) with the girl and tried to "cut him
Pedro Miguel, on the line of the out." The two met and quarreled
canal and resulted in the instant i last week, and Miller sent a chali
riuth ol seven men and the wound- lenge to his rival, which was ac-
cepieu prumpu.v.
7.1 PersoiiH Leap Into Keu.
Nome, Alaska (By Cable). The
steamship Ohio, ownod by the White
Ing of several others.
UK Go Down With Vessel.
Barbados (By Cable). Twenty
elirht nassenirers. Including twelvi
women and children, were drowned -Star Steamship Company, struck ice
... . ,. . at Port Safety. A huge hole was
by the sinking of the French schoon- M()Ve ,n Ue DQW Rnd
er La Jalouse, from Cayenne, for St. j oeBau to fill rapidly. A anl
rhe schooner sank off Bar- ensued among the paBBeugers. More
Her captain 1 ,uan seventy-five persons jumped
into ine waiur. iwu wiiue men aim
knows the name of a steamer that
rammed the launch, and that the
arrest of her skipper will speedily
follow. He Is understood, it is said
at the navy ynrd, to' have admitted
striking a small boat of some descrip
tion.
RAILROAD MUST PAX S101.7H9.
Jury Gives Verdict In Favor Of Wife
Of Man Killed.
New York (8peclal). One of the
largest verdicts for damages ever
given in tho Supreme Court In this
Judicial district was awarded by a
jury when Sarah L. E. Read waB
awarded $101,7 89 for the loss of her
husband, who was killed by a New
York Central and Hudson River Rail
road train at the Van Cortlandt Park
crossing three years ago.
Mr. Read, who was a paper bag
manufacturer, was riding in an auto
mobile with George Noakes, Mrs.
Nuakns and Noakes' son and daugh
ter. The automobile was struck by
a train. Read was killed and Miss
Noakes and the chauffeur each lost
a leg. The chauffeur recovered a
verdict of $10,000 and Miss Noakes
of $35,000.
The testimony in all the suits
Bhowed that the approaching train
was hidden from view by a station
ary one, and that the warning bell
at the crossing was out of order.
the Jurv occupied nearly an hour.
Throughout all the. afternoon the
unprecedented crowd that filled
every seat and nook In the audience
room and galleries of the synagogue
sat or stood tightly wedged, tense
and unweary.
Affirm Blrdsong Verdict.
Jackson, Miss. (Special). The
State Supreme Court affirmed the
verdict of the trial court in the case
of Mrs. Angle Blrdsong, who war
tried several months ago for the
murder of Dr. Thomas Butler, tho
family physician and former friend.
Mrs. Blrdsong must serve five year;
In the penitentiary.
earthquake I11 Eurador.
Guayaquil, Ecuador (By Cable).
A violent earth shock of considerable
duration was felt In this city at 6.31'
p. ., and caused a panic among the
pcoplo. The quake Is attributed to
tho activity of Mount Cotopaxl, which
is throwing out great quantities of
stones. Flames also are shooting up
from the volcano, and can be Been
from afar.
AT THE NATION'S CAPITAL
Some Interesting Happenings Brie.ly
Told.
Lucia
badon Friday night
and twenty-one men reached Barba
dos Sunday. The point where the
schooner went down Is thirty miles
to tho east of here.
Two Women in Auto Killed.
Indianapolis (Special) Two wom
en are dead and three other were
seriously hurt in an automobile ac
cident in the northern part of the
city when a trolley car struck and
wrecked the automobile of J. F.
Hlmea. The accident happened on
the Indiana Union Traction Line at
Eighth Street and College Avenue.
According to Klines, he slackened
speed to allow a north bound car to
pass, then dro'e outo the double
track and crashed into a south bound
car.
a Chinese were drowned. When or
der had been restored, the Otii
bucked off the Ice and returned I
Nome.
Killed By Fitched Ball.
Blrmington. N. Y. (Special).
Albert Sheets, of Caambersburg, Pa.,
was killed by being struck with a
pitched ball In a hall game here.
He was at the bat and the ball
struck him. on the frontal hone,
crushing tho skull at the base of
brain.
Largest Elk Dead.
Defiance, O. 1 Special ) .August
Gottwald, tbe biggest Elk In Ameri
ca, died at his home hero after a
brief Illness with pneumonia. Gott
wald was 4 0 earg old, and, al
though not above the ordinary stat
ure, he weighed 4 50 pounds. At
the annual convention of the B. IV
O. E. he was a familiar figure. At
the convention at Denver he was
awarded a prize as the largest mem
ber of the order present.
lie Tender With Japan.
Honolulu (By Cable). Commis
sioner of Immigration Sargent has
instructed tbe local Immigration
officers to continue the careful In
spection of Japanese Immigrants, but
to discontinue photographing and
to handle diplomatically all ques
tions that may uiise. Tbe local
Federal officers are said to buve dis
covered that member of tbe Japan
ese naval station here have boen
communicated with directly by their
home government and not through
tbe Japanese consul. I
NEW YORK BAY BY DAY.
Some of the Things Done Daily in tht
Metropolis.
Avon Saxon, an a,ctor whose name
was familiar to theatregoers of a
generation ago, was committed to
the workhouse at his own request.
Policeman Gorevan found Saxon act
ing strangely and arrested him on
a charge of disorderly conduct.
"You don't look like a man who is
disorderly on the street," said Magis
trate Breen to the prlBoner, yho was
well dressed and carried himself
with dignity.
"I am not," said flaxon, "but I
wish you'd treat me as though t
were, Your Honor, I am not myself
lately and would appreciate it If
you'd send me away to the work
houBo for a month, with an option
of staying another month If I like
It."
As Saxon was being led to the
prison he started to sing In a clear,
strong voice the opening words of
"The Heart Bowed Down by Weight
of Woe." He seemed rery willing
to talk about himself. "I was for
merly baritone with the Boston
Ideals, who later became the Bos
tonlans," said he. "I played the
part of Escaintllo opposite Zelle de
Lusaan the first time she ever sang
In the title roll of 'Carmen,' and took
part In all tho best operas put on
by the Boston Ideals In their early
days. Recently I have been with
the Royal English Opera Company
of London, and the last year have
tried vaudeville. I am divorced
from my wife, Virginia Cheron, for
merly of the Opera Comlque. Our
20-year-old ron lives in my old
borne, Nova Scotia."
Kissing In Public Not A Crime.
Magistrate Whitman was called
upon to pass on the question wheth
er kissing In public amounts to dis
orderly conduct. The Court decid
ed that It didn't if the girl was
willing.
James F. Hlgglns, a clerk, wns the
unwilling victim of this test case.
He was standing In a Second Avenue
doorway on Monday night with three
girls, one of whom he was embrac
ing and kissing, when Policeman
Stapleton came along and told Hlg
glns to "beat" it. Hlgglns didn't
like the Idea and refused, whereupon
he was locked up on a charge of dis
orderly conduct.
WTien Higgins was arraigned the
Court asked:
"What did he do?"
"He was kissing a girl on the
street."
"Is that all?"
"Yes."
"Is that a crime?" broke in the
anxious Hlgglns.
"Well, that depends," said the
Court, smiling. "I don't think it 1
unless tho girl objects."
"Oh! but she didn't object," said
Hlgglns.
"I guess this young man was mere
ly saying good night to his ladj
friend," said the Court, "and I don't
see anything wrong In that. I will
discharge the defendant."
Mispclled Word Costs 430.
On motion of Lawyer Ralph W,
Bklnner, Vice-Chancellor Stevens, sit
ting in Chancery Chambers, Newark,
dismissed all the proceedings taken
in tho divorce suit of Mary Falletto
Vs. Pletro Falletto because a steno
grapher wrote the word "delusion"
Instead of "collusion" In an affidavit
made by the plaintiff and annexed
to her petition. Mrs. Falletto start
ed the suit In 1903, and In 1904 the
Court awarded her alimony and
counsel fees. Falletto was about
$450 In arrears. Under the laws of
New Jersey, an affidavit must be
filed by the plaintiff In a divorce
lult that the suit wan1 brought with
out collusion with the defendant.
Lawyer Skinner pointed out to the
Vice-Chancellor "that the word col
liiBlon had not been used, and the
Court decided that the plaintiff would
have to start all over again. This
will relieve F'alletto from the re
iponslbiltty of paying his alimony
trrearages.
101) Lives Endangered.
Brldg.poit, Ohio (Speclul). An
attempt wan made by train wreckors
to wreck passenger train No. 16 on
the Cleveland, Loralne and Wheeling
division of tbe ftltlmore a"nd Ohio
Railroad, at Creacant The tran w3
coming from Clevelund and had over
100 passenger aboard. When It
reached Crescent the engine left the
track, the train having slowed dowu,
a fact wblcb prevented a disastrous
wreck. A spike n driven in
the switch.
The Senate Committee on Mili
tary Affairs adjourned Its investiga
tion of the Brownsville affray, unui
November 18, when the committee
will meet to consider whether a sub
committee will be sent to Texas.
Col. Harry H. Iiandholtz, U. S. A.,
will be appointed director of the
Philippine constabulary.
Brigadier General Andrew S. Burt,
retired, renownod Indian fighter, in
his testimony before the Senate com
cittee investigating the Brownsville
Incident, spoke well of the colored
soldiers under him.
William E. Woolard. principal ex
aminer in the Patent Office, was ap
pointed chief clerk in that office U
succeed Charles M. Irelan resigned
Senator Rayner Is Ukoly 10 b
chosen to fill tho vacancy on tht
Committee on Foreign Relation:
caused by the death of Senator Mor
gan.
An unsuccessful effort was made by
the defense In the Holmes "cotton
leak" case to induce Becietary of
Agriculture Wilson to admit that be
himself had at times given out ad
vance Information gn crop c .udltlona
that would affect the market.
As a mark of sorrow over the death
of Senator Morgan. 01 Alabama, tbe
Senate Committee on MHltaiy Af
fairs, investigating the shooting up
of Brownsville, adjourned Immedi
ately upon meeting until today.
Some very well posted people In
i'hiladelpbla say that Readlug is go
ing to be nut very much higher.
Rig Won Attncks Zoo Keeper.
James Coyle, a keeper In the Cen
tral Park Zoo, was badly Injured by
Dewey, the big Hon. Coyle was
cleaning out tho cage of Rose, a
lioness, when he placed his right
hand on the bars of the adjoining
cage. Like a flash Dewey leaped
against the bars, grabbed Coyle's
hand and dragged his arm through
the bars. The lion then ripped th
keeper's arm with his claws. Coyle
braced hiniBelf and succeeded in get
ting free of the lion's grasp by tho
time help arrived. Dowey had bitten
off his little finger at the second
Joint.
Lost His Life For A Hat.
Casper Stelner, 8 years old, uf 33a
East Thirty-third Street, was playlnc,
with several little friends on the
pier at Thirty-second Street, and the
East River when one of the boys
threw the hat of Alfred Flynn, 9
years old, of 329 East Thirty-second
Street, Into the river. The child,
crying, begged Stelner to get his hat.
Casper jumped In, and coming to
the surface, shouted: "Don't cry,
'Alfy.' I've got your hat." Then
Stelner went down again and never
came to the surface. Men grappled
for tho body, but failed to get It.
Sing Sing Life Prisoner Vanishes.
BUlwell FIubs, a life-term prisoner
at Sing Sing, disappeared In a mys
terious manner Wednesday after
noon. The keepers are convinced
that he lias not succeeded In getting
out of the prison yards, although
they have searched every conceiva
ble hiding place without finding him.
There are in PnrlB seven free eating-houses
for poor mothers. In
struction is also given in them as to
the proper feeding of Infants.
ITEMS OF INTEREST.
Copper ore worth 41. 785, 016 was
abtpped from Alaska In 1906, near
)y three times an much as in 1005,
and seven times as much as In 1904.
At a fire 'In a house at Hesuham,
England, tbe other day, a man, bear
ing that a roast of beef was in the
kitchen oven, gallantly rushed Into
tbe burning building, and amid the
cheer of tbe crowd, soon emerged
bef-'dlf U rescued family dinner.