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Domestic
Major J. H. H. Peshlre, United
States Army, who wa a passenger
on the steamer Adriatic, which ar
rlred In Now York from Europe, was
taken til during the voyage.
Mrs. J. W. A. Uramnier adminis
tered carbolic acid to her Infant
child and swallowed n dose herBelf at
her home. In Rhome, Tex. Both died
almost Instantly.
Orlando O. Smith, president of the
Western Shoe Jobbers' Association
and vlfo president of the National
Shoe Jobbers' Association, died In
Chicago.
The Prohibition executive conimtt
ree of New York State met and se
lected Syracuse as the place for the
1908 state convention on September
I and 2.
The mobilization of the largest
rieet of torpedoboats, torpedoboat de
stroyers and submarines In the hls
lory of the American Navy will take
place In Narragansett Hay next
spring.
Wealthy New Englnnders plan to
have tho Supreme Court of the Unit
ed States rule on President Roose
velt's action In discharging negro
troops nfter the Brownsville raid.
Ernest Gordon Stedman. an author
Uy on International law and a
wealthy man, was killed by a New
York subway train, under which he
dived or fell.
The body of an unknown but re
fined woman, who hi.d been strangled
and stripped of her clothing, was
found In the Hackensack Meadows.
N. J.
Francis J. Heney, prosecutor Of
municipal grarters in san r iuohu
gives suggestions for ridding large
Amer.can cities of municipal graft.
Charles Schroff. Jr.. 24, shot and
Instantly killed his father, Charles
Schroff, Sr., 44, proprietor of the
International Hotel in Buffalo.
Eighty per cent, of the cotton man
ufacturers of New England have
agreed to a 25 per cent, reduction
in output.
Three persons were Injured and
teveral others burned in a fire In a
six-story tenement building in New
York.
While Miss Elizabeth Hatfield, .of
Washington, Pa., knelt at her bed
side In prayer, upon arising her night
dress Ignited at a ga3 stove and she
sustained burns from which she died.
The Supreme Court of the United
Stalei denied Benjamin D. Greene
and John F. Gaynor a review of the
Judgment of tie lower court. This
ends tho noted case.
The November ttatement shows
that 117,476 aliens come to this
country during that month, an In
crease of 24 per cent, over the same
month last year.
Formal announcement of the time
and place for the Democratic National
Convnllon was made by Chairman
Taggart, of the national committee.
The Law and Order Loaguo issued
general orders to the police, com
manding them to enforce the state
law against the Sunday saloon in Chi
cr.g:. Application was made at the State
Department for the extradition from
Mexico of W. F. Walker, cashier of
the New Britain (Ct.) Savings Bank
Kev Dr. H. C. Jennings, In a dis
cussion In Cincinnati, declared the
greatest tyranny on earth Is that of
an unsanctined labor union.
A passenger train on the South
ern Pacific Railroad was wrecked at
Rye Patch, the locomotive and 10
carr leaving the track.
A portion of a trolley roadbed
In Pittsburg slid d.own nn embank
ment, leaving a car and track sus
pended In midair.
Jnmes McCormlck, 4:i years old,
chauffeur for R. L. Ireland, was
kilted In Cleveland, C ., by a Lake
Shore train which struck the auto
mobile be was driving at a crossing.
An Arkansus mob spent Christ
mas hunting Jim Hall, accused of
murdering Mrs. Emma Heartless and
son because water fftl thrown on
Ml dog.
Jackson Stilley, of West Elizabeth.
IT. . while acting as Santa Clans for
his family, tell down htairs and broke
I. If neck.
Goorge Robbing, colored, arrested
in Di-troit, Mich., is wanted In
Knoxvillo, Tcnn., for the murder cf
white man.
Twenty-four firms were made
homeless in Chicago by a Christmas
tiro which broke out In the Burton
Block.
Two persons were burned to death
lu : a third fatally injured In a fire
In North Dover, O.
Foreign
A number e:f prominent Americans
Mayor Ilusse, of Chicago; Mark
Twain and ex-Mayor Dow. of New j
York - have petitioned Premier Btoly- '
pin of Russia for leniency In the
CMM of Nicholas Tchaikovsky and
Mm Catherine Breshkovskaya. ar-
m for alleged complicity In the
levulutiousry movement.
An attempt at revolution in Kuea
ilor has been quellori by the arrest
of General Tnral. former Bucadorlan
minister to Great Britain, and a num
ber of his adherents.
Prof. Paul M MllukofT, leader of
the Contsltutloiial Democrats In the
Russian Douma, left St. Petersburg
for the United States, where he will
locturt.
Governor Jackson, of Trln'dad, en
tertained at dinner the rear admirals
i" d other officers of the battleship
fleet.
The French Minister of the Navy
I ai ordered that all submarines be
ftted out with detachable telephone
buoys.
Fallowing the promises of the
Portugese government to terminate
U.e dictatorship and hold the elec
tion!! for the Chamber of Deputies at
on early date. If the calm in the po
litical atmosphere whs mlntaliied, a
ee ( roe has been Issued fixing the elec
t on for April S.
The Chlnose government la taking
slept to che k tne conflict of Chinese
and llr.tlah interests.
0hrtatH)M Day wai e:iJoyed by the
ifflceri and me a on the battleships
of tie fleet off Trinidad. More than
f.COO Uuejuvketfl were ashore. The
rrga tta participated j by the sail i.
I m a number or tic ships was a
PCtoi' la event.
11. ' nine members of tho Dutch
( iiinctl of Miulst rs present 'd thalr
resignations as a result of the defeat
nf the army estimate's In the second
I n .u bar of Parliament.
I'aitiuaua of the ietul.tr Sultan '
Morocco iiaro defeated the followers
Iff Mulai Hand, "the Southern Bul-
wm"
THREE ME KILLED
AND MANY INJURED
Fatal Collision on Pennsylvania
Elevated.
THE WRECKAGE IS SET ON FIRE.
Prompt Action of the Camden Fire
Department In Extinguishing the
Flames and Splendid Rescue Work of
the Uninjured Paisengsrs Prevents
Farther Casualties.
Camden, N. J. (Special). Three
persons were killed and IS Injured
In a collision on the elevated tracks
of the Pennsylvania Railroad Just
tiutslde the statlcm here, when a
Pemberton accommodation train ran
Into the rear of an Atlantic City ex
press. All those killed or Injured were
passengers In the first car of the
Pamberton accommodation. Both
trains were due in Camden Station
at 8.31, the Atlantic City Express
having precedence. The tog was so
thick that the engineers of the two
trains were running cautiously, and
Just outside the station the Atlantic
City train was signaled to stop.
The engineer of the Pemberton
train failed to see the Atlantic City
train In time to avoid a collision, but
he instantly Jammed his brakes down
hard when It loomed up through the
fog. The sudden Jolt forced the ten
der of the Pemberton train Into the
first car, wrecking it Vadly and either
killing or injuring everybody In the
coach.
The train, however, did not come
to a full stop, but slid Into tho rear
of the Atlantic City Express, causing
the tender to still furthor telescope
the first car. The force of the col- j
llslon wax slight, and no one was in-
Jured on the forward train.
Hot coals from the wrecked loco
motive of the Pemberton train set
the wreckage on Are, and It was at j
first feared that many of the Injured
passenger who were pinioned under I
the heavy twisted Iron and wood
would be burned to death, but the
prompt action of the Camden Are de
partment In extinguishing the (lames
and the efficient rescue work of the
uninjured passengers undoubtedly
tavod many lives. Several of the
Injured may die.
ARE MOWED DOWN
H MACHINE GUNS
200 Nitrate Worts Strikers in Chili
Killed.
THAI HASH KII.I.S FIHK.HAN.
I,kc Shore Passenger Huns Into
Freight Engine.
Ashtabula, Ohio (Special). Pas
senger train No. 22 S, on tho Jeffer
son and Franklin branch of the Lake
Shore Railroad, collided with a light
freight engine two miles north of
Franklin, Pa. The passenger train
ion the track and the engines were
demolished. William J. Daly, of Ash
tabula, fireman on the passenger en
gine, was killed. Conductor Miles,
of Oil City, and Engineers H. C.
Tombes and T. E. Evans, of Ashta
bula, were Injured. Many passengers
were slightly hurt.
Washington, D. C. (Special). Ac
cording to advice received at the
State Department from Consul Banna
at Iqulque, Chill, 200 laborers em
ployed near there in the nitrate
works were killed on Saturday and
Sunday In an encounter with the
government troops.
The nitrate deposits are 1 oca tad
In another district, and for a week or
more there has been tfouble of an
economic character botweeu the man
and their employers, which resulted
In a Btrlke.
On Saturday the men to the num
ber of several thousand came Into
Iqulque and attempted to take pos
session of the town. The troops ware
called Into service and when the riot
ers refused to disperse the soldiers
were ordered to fire on them, whloh
they did with machine guns, causing
much loss of life.
On the following day, whloh was
Sunday, the strikers again assembled
In Plaza Prat and listened to Incen
diary speeches by their loaders, de
nouncing their employers and encour
aging attack upon the government.
Another bloody encounter ensued In
which many of the workmen were
killed or Injured. It Is also report
ed that some of the soldiers were In
jured, but details cannot be obtained
owing to the strict censorship main
tained. The Chilean government, ac
cording to the department's advices
at the time the dispatch was sent, was
preparing two cruisers and a trans
port with soldiers to go to the scene
of the disturbance. Although the
situation Is serious, It Is believed
that the government will be able to
handle It successfully.
The nitrate deposits are leased by
the Chilean government chiefly to
British and German companies, which
employ the native population almost
exclusively, with the exception of
overseers and foremen So far as
known no American Interest arc In
volved, although It Is believed that
some Americans are employed In the
capacity of superintendents and in
executive positions. It s not likely,
therefore, that an Amerlcon warship
will be sent to Iqulque.
The Washington and the Tennes
see, comprising Admiral Sebree's
special service squadron, passed up
the Chilean coast a week ago and
are now In Mexican waters. The
nearest ship is the gunboat Albany,
which is now at Panama, but as she
Is a small boat, would be of llttfe
service if the trouble should continue
to be serious. Although the strike
Is said to be based on economic ques
tions, there Is some fear that It may
take a potytlcal turn, as some of the
leaders have been advocating revolution.
THRILLING RESCUES.
Killed CUM For Burglar.
San Jose, Cal. ( Special i. Bertram
Somers shot and killed his r.-year-old
boy, having mistaken him for n burg
lar. The child. It Is believed, was
walking In hia sleep. The parents
were awakened by a noise in the
room and seeing the outline of a
figure near the window, they con
cluded It was that of a burglar. Mr.
Somers reached for hU pistol and
fired, killing the child Instantly.
Snys Art Forger Flourish.
New York ( Special I . That Ameri
ca Is as good a field for the art for
ger as any country of Europe. Is the
statement made by Charles E. Cook-
man, who advocates the passage of
a law by Congress making the forg
i ing of un artist's name after his
! death a crime. Art forgers. Mr.
Cookman says, are carrying on an
extensive Imlness In New York, Chi
ago and St. Louis.
Despondent Her-i Ends Life.
Akron, Ohio (special) Anton
Gnrsrh. honorably discharged from
j the Fifty-fifth United State nrtillery
! lit Fort Hancock, New Jersey, a
i montli ago, committed suicide here
I by drinking carbolic acid. He was
out of work and despondent. A year
I ago near Fort Hancock, Garsch was
I stabbed while capturing an Italian
murderer of a policeman. For this
act he received a reward.
Hiutg-l Princess I nawares.
St. Petersburg (By Cable). News
papers report that the unknown
woman who was hanged at Moscow,
a few days ago, for throwing a bomb
at Gov. Herschelman on December
14, was Princess Meschtsherskl. She
was wife of an Impoverished scion
of an ancient noble house, whom she
deserted because the marriage was
unhappy.
His Ear Filled With Lead.
Mlddletown, N. Y. (Bpeclal).
James H. Conkllng, n business man,
is in a serious condition as a result
of a peculiar and unexplainod Injury.
Conkllng, who has been in ill health
was found unconscious, with one ear
filled with lead, which apparently
I ad been pourd Into the organ when
in a molten state.
Raleigh 04MI "Dry."
Raleigh, N. C. (Special). By a
majority of 546 Rulelgh voted out
Its liquor dispensary and becomes a
prohibition lty. In the city there
wore 928 votes for prohibition, 381
for dispensary and 2 for saloons. The
dispensary has been In operation here
for four years. The Bales have
amounted to about $250,000 a year,
with about $75,000 profit, this be
ing placed to the credit of the school
and road funds.
Triiln St Leaves Truck.
Tallapoosa, Ga. (Special). Train
No. 23, on the Southern, bound from
Atlanta for Birmingham, ran Into an
open switch at this point about 7
o'clock P. M . killing Engineer Dow
ny, of Atlanta, and Injuring two
Bremen. The train was drawn by
two enetlres, both of which left tho
rails and turned over. The pogtal
ear also was derailed, but the passen
ger cockhes remained on the rails
and beyond a shaking p none of
the passenger were inJuret
Blind Man And Aged Invnlld Saved
From Burning Apartment.
Chicago (Special). The rescue of
a blind man by Captain Peter J. Vls
ser, formerly of the Boer army, and
another thrilling rescue that of a
70-year-old Invalid by Policeman
Michael McGrath Were witnessed In
an apartment building at 3607 Indi
ana Avenue. They had been left be
hind In the rush from the building
when the fire was discovered.
Yisser and McOrath were both
singed In making their way through
the flames. The property loss Is
$20,000.
II REFINED WOMAN
SHIN IN SWAMP
Well Dressed Man Seen Fleeing From
the Scene.
YACHT FIGURES IN THE MYSTERY.
JEWELS CAST INTO FURNACE.
Womun Hid $,000 In Old Corset,
Which Was Thrown Away.
St. Louis (Special). Mrs. Edith
Kendrlrks, living at the Buckingham
Club, asked the police to aid her In
recovering $2,000 worth of diamonds
which she said were thrown into the
furnace of the hotel In a discard
ed corset. Mrs. Kendrlcks said she p.i avr,,,
carried the Jewelry In a chamois
hag and secreted it In her corset.
Saturday Bhe threw the corset away
and forgot to remove the Jewelry.
Nude Corpse of Unknown Comrly Wo
man of SO Years, of Scrupulous
Toilet and Fine Raiment, Found
Froisn In Pond In Hackanaack Mea
dows Naar Newark, N. J.
Newark, N. J. (Special). A mur
der, combining the elements of mys
tery and deliberate cruelty, was com
mitted on the Hackensack meadows
in the town of Harrison, and the
nude body of the victim, a comely
woman of perhaps 30 years, was
found nearly submerged In the Icy
waters of a little pond. Only the
feet projected when a chance passer
by broke the Ice In which the exposed
portions were lncrusted and dragged
the body ashore.
The dead woman was finely fea
tured; her hair and nails gave evi
dence of a recent and scrupulous toi
let, and such of her clothing as was
subsequently found suggested In tex
ture and style an owner of refine
ment, rather than one whose habits
might lead her to frequent the vicini
ty of the crime. Tho pond In which
the body was thrown Is made by the
overflow from the Prasslc River and
is directly across the river from this
city.
The body has not been identified,
and It Is pretty well established that
It Is not that of a realdent of this
city or Harrison. Its description does
not correspond with that of any
woman reported to the police as miss
ing. Two men. who ocoupled a yaoht
moored near where the body was
found, are detained by the police,
but the most Important clue obtained
was furnished by Peter Coogan, a
watchman employed by the Marine
Engine Company, who recognized the
body as that of a woman whom he
had seen crossing the meadows In
company with a man. Later be saw
the man alone. He then carried a
bundle In his arms. The man was
short and stout. Coogan, whose du
ties keep him In the neighborhood of
the murder, told the police:
"While outdoors at 2 o'clock A. M.
I saw this woman in company with
a man cross the meadows, going in
the direction of the pond. They
passed so near me that I was able
to recognize the woman's features.
Sometime later, perhaps an hour, the
man returned and again passed me,
this tlma going in the direction from
which the two had come when 1 first
saw them. This time the man was
alone. In his arms he carried a bun
dle which he did not carry when first
seen. In build he was short and thick
set." Coogan could not give a bet
ter description of the man.
Two girls returning to their home
in Harrison long after midnight heard
a woman's cries floating over the
marsh land. They seemed to come
from the direction of the pond, and
to the startled girls sounded like
"Spare me!" and "Help!" Nearer
home the girls were approached by u
well-dressed stranger, who accosted
and followed them until a policeman
was met with, when he turned and
fled. The girls had a good view of
the man under an electric light, and,
while he was well and neatly drcsBcd,
his hands showed either that he was
B customed to manual labor or had
recently been engaged in work that
soiled his fingers.
Life had been extinct, the coroner
said, about 12 hours when the body
was found. A mark on the neck In
dicated that strangulation was the
manner of death. Scratches on the
leg and trunk and pieces of cinder
forced Into the flesh showed that the
body had been dragged along a cin
der path which skirts the pond.
Along the path the police plckod up
a white silk waist, slashed up the
back, a skirt and a pair of silk
garters. Following the path the pol
ice came upon the yacht Idle Hour,
which was tied up at a point on the
300 feet from where
WASHINGTON
Admiral Brownson, late chief of
the Bureau of Navagatlon, was or
dered detached from his duties on
tie Joint Army and Navy Board.
His position on this board was en
tirely distinct from that of chief of arrested as suspicious characters
me uureau. una me cruer is i.nihin
the body was found. On the yacht
the police say that they found a
sealskin muff Rnd a fur neck piece.
The occupants of the yacht were
Albert Thompson, 41 years old, of
Elizabeth, a boatman, and Frederick
Kirkman, 38 yearn old- Both were
employed on the bat. Thompson
said that he found the fur piece noar
the cinder path. Tho police found
on the boat dishes enough tor three
dinners. There were three plates,
three saucers, and so on. The men,
however, said that they had no visi
tor on tne idle Hour. Both were
cred to be an additional evldenco of
the President's displeasure over his
attitude In the controversy with
Surgeon General Rlxey.
Senator Owen, of Oklahoma, pro
posed as a remedy for the financial
stringency, that the Treaasury issue
ncto.-t against acceptable bonds up to
HO per cent, of their present value.
War Department offlclal-i are In
terested In the reported suit In New
SERIODS WRECK
ON THE PENHSYLVANU
Four Persons Injured a d Property
Loss Heavy.
Pittsburg, Pa. (Special). Four
persons were Injured, heavy property
loss was sustained and three tracks
of the Pennsylvania Railroad were
blockaded for the night by two
wrecks near Bolivar, Pa., 58 miles
cnBt of here, at 7 o'clock P. M. Ex
tra freight train No 3084 left the
rails of Track No. 1 because of a
broken rail, It Is believed, and 20
enrs were smashed nnd piled up over
tracks Nos. 2 and S.
Almost Immediately after the acci
dent to the freight, No. 18, known as
the Chicago mall, running at high
speed to make up lost time, reach
ed the point on track No. 2, and
plowed Into the debris with terrific
force. Every person on the train
was badly Jolted and shaken up, many
of the passengers being thrown from
their seats.
None of the passenger cars left
the tracks, but a number of the win
dows were broken and several per
sons were cut by flying glass. At
the office of the company here It Is
stated that one mall clerk was se
verely bruised and bumped by be
ing thrown agalnBt the side of his
car and that three passengers were
more or less cut and bruised. No
one on the freight train was Injured.
The mall train consisted of five
mall cars, two express cars and three
day coaches, drawn by two locomo
tives. The front locomotive was al
most completely demolished.
After a delay of three and a half
hours the passenger train was run
back to tho first crossover, transfer
red to No. 4 track and continued east.
All of the Injured remained on the
train.
The tracks under the freight
wreckage are thought to be consid
erably damaged. The freight cars
were all loaded and the loss Is heavy.
DOOM OF THE EARTH.
Defended His Mntlicr.
Buffalo, N. Y. (Sptclall. Charles
Schroff, aged 4 4 years, proprietor of
International Hall, lit East Genesee
Street, a saloon and bowling alley,
was shot and Instantly killed by his
son, Charlos, aged 2 4 years. Schroff,
Sr., had been drinking heavily of late
and quarreled with his wife, and It
Is said struck her when she called
upou her son to protect her. He
Geological Clinnges That Will ('(line
About.
Boston, Mass. (Special). "It Is
the doom of the earth," said Prof.
Perclval Lowell In his lecture before
the College Club, "to be covered with
deserts like Mars, and the time will
come when water In this world of
ours will be far more precious than
gold.
"The kinetic theory of matter re
minds us that a small body will lose
its gases rapidly, as compared with a
larger one. and that is why the moon
ha3 already lost Us air. For like
reason i the seas rasa away, and,
though Mara once had seas, there are
none on the planet now and no ac
cumulations of water more than 20
miles across. The only water left in
Mars is that which Is gathered semi
annually at its polar caps.
"Mars thus lacks water supply,
and, leaving out the question of can
als, we are led to recognize from the
general conditions of the planet that
It supports some form of organic
life a form which Is peculiarly and
manifestly beholden to the polar
cap3."
BARS SECRET WEDDINGS.
Couples In New Yolk Must New Get
A License.
New York (Special). Hitherto It
has not been necessary for couples
to secure a marriage license in order
to be mnrrled In this state. Begin
ning with the New Year the new law
suggested and approved by Governor
Hughes will go into effect.
The now bureau for the Issuance of
licenses to persons to be married was
opened at the city clerk's office, In
the city hall. The new law provides
that the Intending bride and bride
groom shall appear at the bureau
and apply for the license, or "affidnvit
to marry," as it Is called. No mat
ter who the partlos may be, rich or
poor, official or layman, they must
answer the questions put to them in
order to obtain the license. Then
they may go where they please to be
married.
The corporation counsel delivered
an opinion that the city clerk ni ght
Issue licences before the year 1908
began, when tho law goes Into effect,
so that those; intending to be wed on
New Year's Day might gel their li
censes ahead ct time.
DIED TO JOIN SWEHTIIEAHT.
DR. RHET TAKES
JJM STAND
Medical Officers For Command of
Hospital Ships.
VERY SERIOUS BREACH EXISTS.
Surgeon General Maintains That It Is
Doubtful If the Geneva and The Ha
gue Agreements Contd Guarantee
Neutrality of Hospital Ships If Com
batant Officers and Crew Were Aboard
Washington, D. C. (Special). The
resignation of Rear Admiral Wlllard
H. Brownson from the office of chief
of the Naval Bureau of Navigation
because President Roosevelt over
ruled his objection to placing a naval
surgeon In command of a hospital
ship, Is not likely to end the contro
versy between thelino and the staff
of the naval service Involved In this
incident. Admiral Brownson's pro
test was the breath applied to a
smouldering flame, and those who
have known of all the trouble that
hns been brewing for a long time
illv,. ti nt tlm matin -Dnnnl n url-
JuBted without much discussion and j
the distribution of some hard knocks.
Coming right on top of the publi
cation of Henry Reuterdshl's attack
on the bureau system of the Navy
Department, the controversy between
Admrial Brownson and 8urgeon Gen
eral Rlxey assumes a very Important
and far-reaching atpect. It has
served to call attention to tho differ
ences that exist between the bureaus
of the Navy Department and to dem
onstrate tho need of n more harmo
nious administration. Nothing more
will be needed to attract the atten
tion of Congress to Mr. Reuterdahl'n
strictures, and when the Senate and
the House reassemble after the boll
days there Is bound to be a thorough
airing of the causes which have
operated to bring about conditions
which navnl officers themselves aro
anxious to remedy.
Surgeon General Presley M. Rlxey
issuod a stntement In which he
touches upon the circumstance-,
loading up to the probable selection
by the President of a medical officer
to command the hospital ship Relief
over the protest nf Reat Admiral
Brownson. While disclaiming exact
knowledge aB to the cause of Admiral
Brownson's resignation, the Surgeon
General's statement leaves little room
for doubt that tho controversy he
reviews was a potent factor.
Surgeon General Rlxey maintains
that hospital ships, as a rule, always
have been commanded by medical
officers, with a sailing master and
civilian crew for purposes of naviga
tion. This particular vessel, he says,
formerly belonged to the Army and
always was commanded by a medical
officer when used as u hospital ship.
In attempting to unify the medical
services of the Army and the Navy
he says that a joint army and navy
board of medical officers, which was
convened by executive order more
than a year ago, recommended that
hospital ships should be commanded
by medical officers, and that that
recommendation was approved by
both the Secretary of War and tho
Secretary of the Navy In general or
ders. Since the Civil War, he says, all
hospital ships and medical transports
of the Army had been placed under
the Surgeon General of the Army.
He Bays further that Japanese navnl
hospital ships were commanded by
medical officers after having tried
line officers. These Bhlps, ho says,
are simply floating hospitals, prop
erly under the control of the medical
department, and should be conducted
In peace exactly as In time of war.
This Is especially so, he adds, because
during war time lino officers cannot
be spared and do not, and should not,
deBlre the command of these ships.
He mnlntains that It always has
been a doubtful question it the Gene
va and The Hague agreements could
guarantee the neutrality of these
ships If combatant (line) officers nnd
crewB were aboard, and it was this
doubt which prevented the Japanese
during the recent war with Russia
from tiElng line officers on hospital
ships.
COMMERCIAL DOLPHIN
Wholesale Markets.
Baltimore. Wheat The rcrciptt
of Southern wheat were very small
and confined to a few hundred bunh
els which sold, by sample, at 96c.
The market for Western opened firm
er; spot and December. 101
102c; No. 2 red Western, 103;
January, 10214; May. 109.
Corn Western opened firm; spit,
62c.; January, 62; February,
62 . Selling prices were: No. 1
white, 08 c; No. 2 white, new,
62; mixed, 68; new, 62; steamer
mixed, 68; steamer white, 68; No.
8, 67.
Oats White No. 2, heavy, 67
67 c; No. 2, light to medium, 66-'-67;
No. 3, heavy, 66S66; N .
8, medium, 65 6 ; No. 3, llgh'.
54 65; No. 4, light to heav .
"2 58. Mixed No. 2 64 CO
64c; No. 3, 6263; No. 4, 600
6 1.
Butter Market firm and demand
generally good. Separator, 29
29; Imitation, 21 23.
Cheese Market steady. Jobbing
prices: Early flat, 17c; pony sire,
17; late, flat, 16; pony, 16.
Eggs Market steady. Ready rrle
for choice fresh stock, and rerelp's
of such are light. Quote, per dncei.
loss off: Maryland. Ponnsylvanlo and
nearby, firsts. 31c; Western, Or Is,
31; West Virginia, firsts. 30- South
ern, firsts, 28 0 29; guinea eggs. 15
Vjf 1 6,
New York Wheat No. 2 red,
104 elevator; No. 2 red. 106
f. o. b., afloat; No. 1 Northern Du
luth, 121 I. o. b, afloat; No. 2
hard winter, 116 f. o. b., afloat.
Corn Spot market easy; No. 2,
71 c elevator and 65 f. o. b.,
afloat; No. 2 white. 66, and No. 2
yellow nominal f. o. b., afloat.
Oats Receipts 45,000 bu.; ex
ports 1,455. Spot steady; mixed. 25
to 32 lbs., 55c; natural white, 26 to
82 lbs., 57 60; clipped white, 32
to 40 lbs., 69fi 65.
Eggs Pennsylvania and nenrby.
fancy selected, white, 4548c; gord
to choice, 38 42; brown and mix
ed fancy, 38; average best, 360 37;
first to extra first, 32 035; Western
first, 32033; seconds, 2831.
Philadelphia. Wheat, c. lower;
contract grade, December, 101
102c. Corn steady; December, 610
61. Oats firm; No. 2 white natur
al, 5757c
Butter firm; extra.Western cream
ery, 31c; do., nearby prints, 33.
Eggs steady, fair demand; Pennsyl
vania and other nearby firsts, free
cases, 33c at mark, do., do., current
recelnta In returnable cases, 32 at
mark; Western choice, free cases. S3
at mark: do., fair to geiod, free case-,
32 at mark. Cheese quiet but steady:
New York, full creams, choice, 154
16c; do., fair to good, 15 015.
Live Stock.
PAHHOT GIVES FIRE ALARM.
York In determining the legality of came Into the room und shot at his
the President's dismissal of colored
troops aftor the Brownsville affair.
The legislative committee of the
American Medical Association has
wired Surgeon General Rlxey that his
stand Is approved by 140,000 physicians.
father, the first shot taking effect.
Plan To Bad Dictatorship.
Lisbon (Special).--Following the
promises of the Government to ter
minate the dictatorship and hold the
elections for the Chamber of Depu-
Jubal A. Early, ton of the Con- tles at an eury date if the calm in
federate cavalry leader of that name,
has passed his examination as a sec
ond lieutenant in the army.
Negotiations between the United
States and France looking to a re
ciprocity agreement arc progressing
satisfactorily.
Representative Calderhead, of Kan
sas, la lying critically 111 in Wash
ington with double pneumonia.
In his annual report Governor
lloggatt asks Congress to be gener
ous In developing Alaska's re
sources. All the Central American repub
lics have granted amnesty to politi
cal offenders, as requested by the
delegates to the Peace Conference.
Senator Newlands urged Secretary
Taft to retain United States troops
at Goldfleld.
Several Important rulings were
made by the Interstate Commerce
Commission.
A number of presidential appoint
ments have been held up by the
various Senate committees.
King Gustave of Sweden hai de
elded to diapause with a costly coro
nation ceremony.
The Freucb force. r, Alegerla have
made a strong demonstration along
the disturbed frontier.
the political atmosphere was main
tained, a decree was issued Thursday
tlxlug the elections for April 6.
Killed By Her ijver.
Chicago, 111. (Special). Miss The
resa Zolinski was shot and instantly
killed and Miss Victoria Stoch was
shot Iv the hand by Frank KozelskV
who was engaged lo marry the Zo
linski woman. He wi s arrested. Ko
zelski had been In Michigan, and re
cently was notified that unless he
tame back another would marry his
sweetheart. He came back and the
shooting followed, after Kozelski and
his sweetheart had apparently been
reconciled.
Mail. . i.. h Kohhed.
Madison, Wis. (Special). A mall
pouch with about 1,000 letters con
taining holiday presents of money,
Jewelry, money orders, checks, otc.
was stolen at Merriluu Junction, Wis.,
Christmas Eve. The empty pouch
was discovered In a box cur at Madi
son by two boys. The pouch was tj
have been transferred at Merrllan
Junction to go to Elroy. It Is believ
ed that the pouch was stolen from a
truck at Merrllan, the thief Jumping
on a freight train end rifling the mall
'in route here.
I i i'I.I. To He At Dying Man's Bed
side Girl Takes Her Life.
Pittsburg (8peclal). Because of
her disappointment in not being able
to join her dying t-veethcart, Miss
Gistella Schwartz, aged 18, commit
ted suicide in McKee'sport. She was
stopplug at the home- of a friend
and for several days was overcome
by grief. She ended It all by drain
ing a vial of phenol.
The man for whom she gave her
lifo la In Berlin and reports from his
bedsldo stated that he had but a
short time to live. Hourly expect
ing a cable announdng his death,
she ould stand the suspense no
longer.
Khali Gives Anmhuik cs.
Tal.cran (By Cable). The Shah
gave au audience to the British and
Russian Ministers. He solemnly as
sured them that he did not Intend
to abolish the constitutional regime,
but would strive to work In coopera
tion with the Parliament.
Want C S. Troops To Remain.
Washington (Special). It was
Btated at the White House that tele
graphic appeals sent by civic bodies,
mlncowuerB and individuals of Gold
fleld, Nev., to President Roosevelt
urging upon him tho necessity for re
taining a portion of the federal troops
at Goldfleld indeflnlttly, had been
received, but that no action had been
decided upou. Adjutant General
Alnsworth stated that the order sign
ed by Secretary of War Taft directed
to General Funston for the withdraw
al of the federal troops at Goldfield.
A Hold Holdup.
Chicago (Special). Five men, one
of whom carried a revolver, robbed
two other men In the waiting-room
of the Lasalle Street Railway Station,
which Is situated In the heart of the
business section of the city. Two of
the robber: were arrested within a
few minutes after the attack and a
thltd two hours later.
Seeing Wonmn's Apron Ablaze It
Bcrci ins A Warning.
York (Special). Warned by crlee
of fire uttered by a big parrot, a pet
for a number of years, Misi Sallie
Fickle, of this city, vns able to sav.
hor property and probably her life.
The bird rcemod to possess almost
human Intelligence and while Miss
Fickle was preparing breakfast It
noticed that her apron had caught
fire and that a tablecloth which Bhc
had brushed against was also Ignited.
By uttering screams of "flro, fire,"
the bird attracted Miss Firkle's at
tention and she was able to extin
guish the flumes before they gained
much headway.
Want No Pensions,
Birmingham, Ala. (Special).
Camp Hardee, Unlicd Confederate
Veterans, of this city, by unanimous
vote, went on record in opposition to
the bill introduced by Congressman
Hobson providing for perslonlng
Confederate soldiers by the federal
government. Tho rosolutlon con
cludes by saying: "Whllo we appre
ciate the good intentions of tho dis
tinguished gentleman, we feel assur
ed no such bill could tvor become a
law."
Premier III Duel.
Budapest (By Cable). Dr. Wek
erle, the Hungarian Premier, and
former Mlnlstor of Justice Polonyl
fought a duel with swords as a re
sult of an nllegutlon of political dlB
honesty made against tho Premier
by the ex-Mlnlster at a sitting of
I'nrllument a few days ago. The
meeting took place at noon and was
a bloodless one. Neither man was
Injured and the two became reconciled.
New York. Beeves Feeling
weak. Dressed beef slow at 7 0
10c for native sides. Exports, 800
cattle, 1,100 sheep and 6,510 quar
tos of beef.
Calves Veals steady; barnyard
calves and Westerns firm; all sold;
common to choice veals at $5 to
19.75 per 100 lbs.; a few barnyard
calves at 13; Westerns at 14 0 4.76;
city deases veals steady at 8 to
14c; country dressed at 8' to 12.
Sheep and Lambs Sheep slow and
16c. lower; lambs 25c lower. A car
of sheep unsold. Common to choice
aheep at 83 4.76 per 100 lbs.; a few
head of extra do. at $5 to $5.25; or
dinary to prime lambs at $6 to $7;
a small lot at $7.10.
Chicago. Cattle) Market firm and
10015c higher; steers, $3.9006.25;
cows, $2.75 0 4.50; heifers, $2.50
6.26; bulls, $2.604.90; calvea,
$3.0007.00; stockers and feeders.
$3.0004.60.
Hogs Market 15 25c. lower;
choice heavy shipping, $4.40 4.50
butchers $4.400 4.1.0; light mixed,
$4.35 0 4.40; choice- lights, $4.40
4 45; packing, $4.004.40; pigs,
44'J64'15' buIk of BaleB' L30
Sheep Market weak and lower;
sheep, $2.000 4.50; lambs, $5.40
6.15; yearlings, $4.004.65.
Pittsburg, Pa. Cattle Choice.
$5.3006.60; prime, $5.1005.25.
Sheep Primo wethers, $4.80$5;
culls and common, $1.602.50
lambs, $4.50 0 6.65; veal calves, $8
8.60.
Hogs Prime heavies, medium and
heavy Yorkers. $4.70; light Yorkers,
$4.550 4.60; pigs, $1.50; rougha.
$404.25.
Seven HuMian Hniullts Executed.
St Petersburg (By Cable). Seven
men convicted of robbery were exe
cuted at Yekaterlnoslav.
Suicide Of A Roy.
Carllcle, Pa (Spocial). Nlneteeu-yoar-old
Cleveland Eckles dlod at tho
home of his sister, Mrs. William Lino,
at Bonny Brook, just south of Chi
lisle, by his own hand, having shot
himself in a fit of despondency ovor
his wooing of a Cuiilslo girl. Eckloa
warned his family somo time ago
that ho contemplated sulcldo. Ho
had been living with his sister, and
waited until the family wont to
church. Upou their return be was
found dying from a e'olf-inftlcted pis
tol shot wound.
THIS AND THAT
Business signs are taxed In Rio do
Janeiro.
Ground chestnuts take the place of
flour In some parts of France.
Six of the largest colleges In Switz
erland have 2,193 female students. '
The average English woman Is two
Inches taller than the American.
M. Metchnlkoff for longevity ad
vises sour milk and an absence of
worry.
'1 here are 270 active volcanoes In
the world, many of them comparative
ly small.
Lake Huron Is dotted with over.
.3,000 Islands. This Is more than any
other lake has in the world.
Olive pickers In Italy get from
about 9 to 16 cents a day; usual iy
however, they pick on shares.
With regard to the age of olive
orchards In Valencia there are many
with authentic histories of 100 to
200 years, and a few which were
probably bearing fruit when Colum
bus discovered America.
A new line of steamers, which baa
been made possible by the Increased
demand for steel work In Manchuria
from the United State Is to make
bimonthly sailings from New York
to Dalny via the Philippines, China
and Japan.
The Thames has been the cause ot
much controversy. Its name has
been variously stated as Tameses,
Tamese, Tamlses (at the Juncture of
the Isls and Tame near Dorchester),
Tamlast Thamista, Thamests, and fin
ally Isls (where It flows between th
Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire
nhores).
At to cryolite, when the only
known deposit In Greenland were
monopolized by Americans, Euro
peans had to pay doarly for It, but
nowadays this mineral la economically
manufactured from spattofluor. Thla
mineral Is to be found In Irun (Out
puzcoa), Spain, and quite abundant
ly among lead and copper ores.
The Mikado has contributed $600,
000 toward the Institution of a na
tional Japanese theater in Toklo.
Heretofore playwrights have occupied,
a very humble position there. Mai-)
aln, for Inatauoe, the successful com
edy writer, gets only $30 for one otl
hla plays.