THAW NCI GUILTY
SENT TO ASYLUM
Jury
Decides Defendant Was Insane
at Tire of Shooting.
PROTESTS LIKE A MAD MAN.
Within Four Hoar After the Verdict of
"Not Guilty" Foil From the Lipi of
the Foreman of the Jury, the Slayer
f White Waa Being Rushed on Board
the Train to the State Institution.
END OP FAMOUS CASE.
Tin- Judge's Last Wit-ds.
That Thnw Is suffering from a ,
manic-depressive form of raent.il 1
disorder.
That recti rreneos of these at- i
tacka are reasonably certain.
That there la no evidence Thaw
ever can be permanently cured.
That the prisoner is likely to
commit murder or suicide.
That to allow the defendant to
go at large would be dangerous to j
public safety.
Thaw's Chnnce To Go Krcc.
The law provides that once, a
defendant Is found not guilty
even with thu liiaanity clause at
tached he may not again have
his life placed In jeopardy.
As soon as Thaw can convince
a commission that he Is sano and
no longer to be regarded as a
menace to the public aafety, he
will be given his liberty.
It Is said that District Attorney
Jerome would personally oppose
any move for the liberation of
'i aaw, either at the preseut time
or at any time In the future.
KILLED THREE CHILDREN
A Father Calls Them, Ona After the
Other, to Their Death.
Chicago (Special). Win. H.
Meutsch, a carriagemaker at 419 Ar
mitage Avenue, shot and killed one
of his daughters, Ave years old, and
fatally wounded his two other chil
dren. The caua of the crime Is not
known, but, according to the police,
Meutsch had recently quai rc'.ed with
his wife several times because of the
children. The carriage ehop was
beneath the rooms In which the
Meutsch family lived and the man
called Oertrnde. the eldest daughter,
telling her to cono to the carriage
shop.
As she stepped through the door
Moutr.-h fired a bullet in her abdo
men, killing her Instantly.
I He then called Jennie, three years
! old. and shot her as she entered the
shop.
William, the two-year-old son, was
the last victim to be called and his
father shot him above the heart as
he came In. The two children were
taken to a nearby hospital, where
It was stated that both of them will
die.
Mrs. Meutsch and an older son
were up stairs at the time and heard
the shots, but paid little attention to
them. A short time after Mrs.
Meutsch saw her husband walking
in the back yard carrying the dead
body of Gertrude and the uncon
scious form of Jennie In his arms.
She at once telephoned to the police,
fn the meantime Meutsch placed the
children on the floor of the base
ment and locked himself in a smnll
closet.
Police Captain Harding and Lieu
tenant Lynch broke down the door
and arrested Meutsch after a short
struggle. The murderer Ib believed
by the police to b of unaound mind.
He confessed after bis arrest that he
PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT
HIS VIGOROUS MESSAGE
Declares Rich "Malefactors" Responsible
For Panic.
CONGRESS CHEERS THE MESSAGE.
The Senators Demand 10,000 Extra Copies of Document
FJeleived to Be Strongest Roosevelt Ever Wrote
Vigorous Onslaught on Enemies of
People and Admistration.
: Intended to k ITT another daughter,
I IS years old, who was absent when
the tragedv occured.
New York (Special ). Adjudged Meutsch said to Captain Harding:
not guilty of the murder of Stanford I "The children are better off dead
White, by reason of intanitv at the ! tban Ilvo nnd "nder th cal"e
a , fr . I such a mother. She cursed at them
time the fatal shots were fired. Harry ; amJ hom wag , D My ,g.
Kendall Thaw was held by the court year-old daughter left home three
to be a dangerouj lunatic and was months ago because of domestic
whirled away to the state hospital for 1 trouble."
the criminal insan ; at Matteawan. It
was a quick transition from the dinjy TRIES TO (XT HIS HAND OFF.
little cell In the Tombs, which had
lieen the young nu.n's home for more Man Who Struck nis Father Follows
than 18 mont'is. to the white bedded! Biblical Injunction,
wards of the big as ham, tucked away! . , ,, ,
on the snow-covered sloping banks of i Portehester. X. Y. (Special). Fol
the Hudson River, 00 miles ab.no the1 'owing the old Biblical admonition,
city. The verdict came after 2.r, 'If thy right hand offend thee, cut It
hours of waiting and when everyone off," Ralnsford Ferris, a well-known
connected with the case had abandon- I resident of Portchester, went Into his
ed all hope of an ngrtement ever be
ing reached in this or any other trial.
Four hours after the foreman's lips
had framed the words "Not guilty."
with the acompanylng Insanity clause.
cellar and nearly severed his right
hand at the v,rlst by laying it on
a block and striking it with a hatch
et. He is now In a hospital.
Several years ago Ferrlss had an
Thaw, protesting he was sane, was on 'altercation with bis father and struck
his way to Matteawan. A little a!ter;him with his fist. He was seized
nightfall he had been received in the ; with remorse afterward, and began
Institution under commitment papers j brooding and reading the lllble. Sev
which directed his detention "Until ieral times he has attempted to do
discharged by due course of law." I himself bodily harm, but has been
No more unwilling patient e er . restrained by his family,
made a Journey to a state Institution. Physicians who have examined him
Thaw's train on Its way to Fishkillisay he is suffering from religious
Landing, where a carriage was taken I mania.
to Matteawan. passed beneath the
very walls of the grim Sing Sing, but FATHKH DIES TO SAVE SON.
at no time since his arrest on the
night of June :. 1906, has the your.u Snatched Boy Off Railroad Tracks,
Pittsburg millionaire, ever held the j Hut la Civishcd By Train,
thought that he would see the Inside N York (Sn octal! John
of that famous prison, and he heeded , "W YOrk ' ,P C ' 1 a U' John
It not Gladys, a machinist, lost his life at
The first thrill of the words of
acquittal brought Thnw to his feet
in the court room, and with lack of
grace of action, which always has
characterized Ills movements, he awk
(ireat Kills, S. I., in saving that of
his 11-year-old son. The boy and
his father were walking along the
tracks of the Statcn Islan I Rapid
Transit Company when the little fe!-
Uaahlngton (Special). President
Roosevelt's messages to Congress are
always noteworthy; but the special
mejsage he sent in Friday will stand
foremost of all he has written. When
It had been read in the Senate, Sena
tor Davis, of Mississippi, sprang to
his feet and moved that 10,000 extra
copies be printed for general dlstrl-
button, while In the House, there
was a pandemonium of enthusiasm,
in which both sides of the chamber
joined.
The ostensible subject of the mes
sage Is the President's urgent recom
mendation to rc-enaet forthwith an
employer s liability law to replace the
measure recenUy declared unconsti
tutional by the 8upremo Court.
When that low was rejected by the
Supreme Court, it was foretold In
these dispatches thai Mr. Roosevelt
would write a special message urging
a new law.
It is stated on excellent authority
that tho message read today waa not
sent in as originally written, but that
It has been very considerably "toned
down." In that event, the- fervor of
the original message can be a matter
of only the liveliest conjecture. For,
after discussing the subject of em
ployers' liability and then the need
for government insurance of govern
ment employes, Mr. Roosevelt re
views, at length, the assaults that
have been made upon him and his
policies, and his language has never
been more vigorous.
Chancellor Day. Mr. Choate, for
mer Governor Black and all the other
prominent writers and political lead
ers who have made him the objeet
of their attacks are handled without
gloves, nor does the President for an
lnstnnt make It difficult for his vic
tims to Identify themselves from
among the llBt of those whom he
discusses
.Made The Timid Gasp.
The message covers an enormous
range. It reiterates the President's
views about corporations and pre
datory wealthy. He dwells at length
with judicial decisions bearing upon
labor toplos, renews his request for
some restriction upon the courts in
granting Injunctions, and advocates
that the government assume "trade
risks" and guarantee Its employes
damages in case of Injuries. He
warns Congress of the need for leg
islation to prevent stock gambling, to
authorize the federal government to
"assume a certain measure of control
over the physical operation of rail
ways." He urges the rate legislation,
a modification of the Sherman anti
trust law and legislation of pooling.
SOME INCISrVF, SENTENCES
IN l ill MESSAGE.
I do not for a moment believe
the nctlons of this Administra
tion have brought on business
distress.
It Is due to speculative folly
and flagTant dishonesty of a few
men of great wealth, who seek
to shield themselves from the
effects of thoir own wrongdoing
by ascribing Its results to the
actions of those who hnve sought
to put a stop to the -wrongdoing.
But If It were true, to cnt out
rotteness from the body politic I
should not for a moment hesi
tate to put the knife to the cor
ruption. We act in no vindictive spirit
and we are no respecters of per
sons. The "business" which Is hurt
by tho movement for honesty Is
the kind of business which, in
the long run, It pays the country
to have hurt.
Certain wealthy men whose
conduct should be abhorrent to
every man of ordinarily decent
conscience have during the last
few months made It apparent
that they have banded together
to work for a reaction.
Their endeavor is to over
throw and discredit nil who hon
estly administer the law.
The amount of money tho rep
resentatives of certain great
moneyed Interests are willing to
spend can be guagod by their re
cent publication of huge adver
tisements attacking with enven
omed bitterness the Administra
tion's policy of warring against
successful dishonesty.
The books and pamphlets, tho
controlled newspnpors, the
speeches by public or private
men to which I refer, are usual
ly and especially In the Interest
of the Standard Oil Trust and
of certain notorious railroad
combinations.
Corrupt business and corrupt
politics act and react with ever
increasing debasement, one on
the other; tho corrupt head of a
corporation, the corrupt labor
leader, the rebate taker, the
franchise trafficker, the manip
ulator of securities, the purvey
or and protector of vice, the
blackmailing ward boss, the ballot-box
stuffer, the demogogue,
the mob leader, the hired bully
and man-klller all alike work
at the same web of corruption,
and all alike should be abhorred
by honest men.
The Administration and those
who support Its views are not
engaged In an assault on property.
wardly, almost haughtily, bowed his low stepped directly in front of n
acknowledgments to the 12 jurymen : moving train.
as they were discharge I by the court, j Seeing tl e boy's peril, Gladys rush
A smile played nbout h Is pallid feat-; ed a'ter h.lm and had pushed him
ures, and there was every renson to out of danger, hut In doing so sllp
lelleve thnt he was entirely pleased - n'd on the Icy track and fell direct
with the outcome. j ly In the f ath of the euglne. He was
It was after he had heard the 80 hadly crushed that he lived only
T.ords of Justice Howling committing j fc'v minutes. The boy wns unhurt.
mm to Matt, iiwuu on the ground that
his release. In the opinion ot the!
court, would endanger the public
safety, and nFter the elation of t'..e
verdict had died away Thaw rebelled.
He demanded his attorneys immeli- 1
ately to sue out a writ of habeas cor
pus to have IiIr sanltv tested be'ore
I (M It BUILDINGS IU i:ED.
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BY TELEGRAPH
Two Persons Injured In Escaping
Front Flro At Tlinwusnl. w. Vu.
Charleeton, W. Va. (.Special) Fire
at Thurmond destroyed the store
he was sent away to the up-state In- building occupied by liurvltz & Lop-
stitutlon, where the insane of crlmi- 1 Insky, general merchandise; the gro
nal tendencies nre confined. I eery store of R, B, Duncnn, the
Mrs. Win. Thaw, from her hotel , I Thurmond Opera House, and the I
where she had received over the tele- dwelling of Harrison Ash, town mar-
ju"im me nertH i.m me irtais end, j Dli", twavuici vim me. onBsatna (''
Joined In the demand of her s in. all four buildings, entailing a loss of
Martin W. Littleton, whole conduct $30,000.
of i.ie case ;is chlet counsd for the1 Loplnsky and his clerk, Stern, who
defense has won so much favorable were sleeping over the Hurvltz &
comment, finally prevailed iiiralnst the Loplnsky store, where the Are origl-
wishes of the mother, Indicating to nated, had a narrow escape, both be-
ner tliut he believed It would be bet- nK seriously Injured by Jumping
ter lor the present to obey the man- j from a second story window,
date of the court. .
.lust ice Howling. It was said, had Blown Oil HIr Sister's Head,
been consulted In the mntter after he Rochester, N. Y. (Special). In
had signed l is order of commitment ' the absence of his mother from home,
and informally had advised Thaw's ! William McHrlde, a twelve-year-old
counsel against mai.lng an immedl-! boy. of Egypt, a little place east of
ate contest,. The prisoner's consent here, put on a belt of his father's,
was not won until after a lively scene loaded a shotgun with cartridges of
with bis counsel nnd his wire, tie buckshot, and blew the head off his
latter pleading with him for more four-year-old Slater, Viola. Tho little
than an hour to he content Tor a time Flrl had been left by her mother,
at least with ".hat fate had glv n rtrnpred in a high chair,
him. .
Under promise that some action Killed By His Own Shotgun,
speedily would he taktri looking to! Luray, Va. (Special ). Morgan
the appointment of a commission to j Dod. whs lived in Madison County
Inquire Into his prtstmt sanity or tor ; about four miles from the Page
his transfer to a private institution County line, was shot and killed by
where his wlfo and oti.er members of i the accidental discharge of his shot
bis family might reside with hlm.lgun, while returning to his home
Thaw consented to go without fur- : from a shooting match which was
ther protest. held near Sk'yland, this county.
FINANCIAL
"Watch for gold exports pretty
soon," says an International banker.
"During the remainder of the
year," say E. & C. Handotpb. "politics
will be a big factor in tho stock
market."
During the current month only
$60,000,000 of new securities were
Issued, compared with $107,000,000
last January and $386,000,000 In the
same month 1906.
No change in the Bank of Eng
land's 4 por cent, discount rate.
Reading's December statement was
neutral so far as the stock market
was concerned and It produced no
eftTect either way. The railroad's
gross receipts fell only $14,000, but
expenses were cut $70,000. Expenses
and Improvements lu the coal com
pany were also reduced $186 000
while groas receipts fell $210 000
Net surplus of all the companies waa
881,165, a gain of $20,674. In the
atx montha of the fiscal year, how
ever, the gain was immense, or $6 -899,000
compared with $4,567 000
In 1906
Lightning Burns Her Toes.
Bristol Tenn. (Special). Mra.
Frank Crossmun had a narrow escape
from death by lightning during a
thunderstorm in Bristol. A bolt of
lightning that partially wrecked her
home literally tore the shoo from one
of Mrs. Crossman'a feet without do
ing further injury than to painfully
burn her toes.
Her son, Glen Crossman, was In
jured. Both required the attention
of a physician.
i . m.i n Of Steel Trade.
New York (Special). A confer
ence of the leading oteel manufac
turing interests, Including the United
States Steel Corporation, Republic
Steel Company, Bethlehem SteeJ
Company, Jones ft Lougblln Steel
Company, and the Pennsylvania
Steel Company, was held iu the offi
ces of the United States Steel Cor
poration here. The condition of the
steel and Iron trade was discussed
snd It was reported that a new sched
ule of ore prices might result.
Domestic
Three Italian silk; mill strikers
were sentenced at Belvedere, N. J.,
to three years' imprisonment snd to
pay the costs of prosecution for beat
ing Gustave Delcusta, a nonstriker.
A. W. Shaw, superintendent of
Harper Hospital, in Detroit, and sec
retary of the Hospital Superinten
dents' Association of America, died
at his borne in that city.
Evidence was Introduced in the
Harrisburg Capitol graft case, show
ing that Contractor Sanderson got
$:i,000.000 before hlB bills began to
be approved.
The public school at McDonald,
Pa., near PlttBburg, was closed by the
health authorities on account of an
epidemic of scarlet fever.
The chapter house of the Berzellus
Secret Society of the Sheffield Scien
tific School, at New Haven, was guted
by fire.
The home of A. Alexander, mine
superintendent, at Trinidad, Col., was
partially wrecked by a dynamite ex
plosion. The Biiit brought by Mrs. Leslie
t'nrter-Payne agnlnat Miss Norma
Monroe haa been settled.
Judge Smith McPherson, In the
United States District Court, Kansas
City, handed down a decision de
clining to Interefere with the offi
cials of Missouri in the enforcement
of the Missouri statute making un
necessary labor on Sunday a misde
meanor. A special meeting of the Amer
ican Railway A ssociation has been
called for Chicago February 7 for
the purpose of adopting measures
to stop the tremendous loss occa
sioned by the present movement of
empty cars on the roads of the coun
try. Fred W. Wolf, the oldest active
letter carrier In the United States,
died In Troy, N. Y.
The new Westmoreland County
court house was dedicated at Greens
burg, Pa.
Representatives of coal miners and
operators of four states met to de
cide whether joint conferences shall
be called to mike a wage scale, to
go In effect April 1.
A receiver has been asked for the
Consolidated Steamship Company,
which controls the six big coast
wise companies merged by Charles
W. Morse.
H. Holmes, traveling passenger
agent of the Ixiuisvllle and Nash
ville Railroad, died ut bis home in
Medina, O., of displacement of the
heart.
The Diamond Window Glass Fac
tory at Gas City, Ind., was destroyed
by Are, resulting in a loss estimated
at $100,000.
Two burglars were shot, one of
them fatally, by Christopher Paul
sen, a baker, In the shop of J. j.
Larsen In Chicago.
A bill to tax dowries given by
women who wed foreigners was in
trodced In the New York Assembly.
A dog's barking saved six lives
when fire destroyed the residence of,
John Pell, Great Harrington, Mass.
Pell, his three-year-old son Everett;
Robert Clarke, a New York artist,
who was a guest at the house, and
three servant girls were in tho build
ing. The dog perished.
Rev. L. McClure Smith, pastor of
the Scottish Plains Baptist Church,
Plalnfleld, N. J., has resigned be
cause part of his congregation ob
jected to him spending time on his
kennel of dogs.
Foreign
The Earl of Carrington, prosldcnt
of the BritlBh Board of Agriculture,
referring to the agitation against
American beef for the Army, said
that to feed the Army on home-bred
meat would mean an annual increase
of $750,000 In the budget.
Ab a result of the disappearance
from Dublin Castle of Jewels valued
at $260,000 it Is reported that Sir
Arthur Vlars, oustodlah at Dublin
Castle, will be superseded in office.
The Standard Oil Company has ac
quired the South African trading In
terests of the Shell Transport Com
pany, thus securing a monopoly In
South Africa.
Four women suffragists of London
were sentenced to one month's Im
prisonment for creating a disturbance
at tho residence of Chancellor As
quith. In the ense of Mrs. McBrlde, or
Maud Gonne, the "Irish Joan of
Arc," who sued her husband In the
London court for absolute divorce,
the legal separation decreed by the
lower court has been confirmed by
the superior court, but absolute di
vorce is denied.
A Portuguese official note denies
that the government will proclaim
a state of siege In Portugal, and de
clares that a majority of public oplu
lon supports Premier Franco.
The International Congress of
American Students at Uruguay has
elected President Roosevelt an hon
orary president of the congress.
At a fire in Montreal, Can., many
of the firemen had their handB,
nosses and ears frozen and one man
was frozen to a ladder.
The women suffragists of London
made noisy demonstrations in front
of the residences of members of tho
cabinet.
An International electrical expo
sition Is to be held In Marseilles,
France, beginning April 19.
The budget committee of the Ger
man Reichstag voted $600,000 for
the promotion of experiments in air
ship navigation.
The flotilla of American torpedo
boats sailed from Buenos Ayres for
tho si i a It of Magellan.
A great steel plant Is to be erec
ted at Hankow, China, to cost about
$6,000,000.
Fifty-two per cent, of the caltle
slaughtered throughout Germany are
tuberculous, aocordlng to statistics
fathered by Nathan Straus In the
course of his campaign for milk pas
teurization. The German government's naval
program, embracing an mm ml expen
diture of $100,000,000 a year for 10
years, passed Its second reading In
the Reichstag.
LIVELY BIDDING FOR FLAB
Faded Colors of tho Chesapeake
Bring $4250.
London (By Cable). The flag of
the American man-o'-war Chesapeake
and the "Balaclava bugle," two of the
most valuable war relics of a col
lection of antiquities that belonged
to the late T. G. Mtddlebrook, were
secured at the auction sale of the
collection for American buyers. The
Chesapeake flag was captured in the
light with the British ship Shannon
In 181 3, and there was good bidding
for the faded and torn piece of bunt
ing, the authenticity of which Is
vouched for In a written history of
ownership since Midshipman Grundy,
of the Royal Navy, came Into pos
session of the trophy nearly a cen
tury ago.
The flag was sold for $4,250 to a
London art dealer, who also purchas
eu the bugle for $1,500. It was
upon this instrument that the order
to the famous light brigade to charge
at the battle of Balaclava was sound
ed. The dealer admitted that these
highly Interesting curios had been
purchased by htm for different par
ties In America, but more than this
ho wonid not say. There was a ru
mor rhaft he was acting for Cornelius
VartflerMtt, but this was subsequent
ly denied, and London does not yet
know Into whose hands the flag and
(he bugle have fnllen.
The auction of the Middlebrook
curios has been going on for two days
and nas attracted much attention.
When the time came to put up the
flag the auction room was so crowded
that many persons were unable to
obtain admission. The man who
PORTUGAL'S KING UNO
HIS HEIR ASSASSINATED
Carlos and Crown Pilnce Luiz Philippe
Shot By Band of Men.
ROYAL FAMILY UNDER THE FIRE.
The Qneen Unhort, Although She
Tried to Shatter Her Eldest Son
Three of the KrgfrldV . Armed With
Carbines, Killed By Polite Cun
ningly Arranged Plot.
PORTUGAL'S CRISIS.
The assassinations are the cul
mination of conspiracies against
the m inn i 1 v
Pol. ileal conditions in Portugal
have been In a chaotic state for
sometime.
When the King dissolved Par
liament last May he was warned
that he and the country had been
placed in a perilous position.
Premier Franco's course as dic
tator aroused bitter resentment.
A few days ago a conspiracy
against his life was discovered.
Owing to the rapid growth of
the revolutionary sentiment the
King had fust issued a decree
giving the ministry unlimited
power to repress the agitation.
In signing this decree Carlos
appears to have written his own
death warrant.
Lisbon (By Cable). King Carlos
of Portucal and tho Crown Prlnr.
finally secured the flag started the i, pun-.- , '
bidding with an offer of $100, but ' J" 1 ,p,p' Were ""ted and
he wss soon challenged by other tne " ln tt "tate ' "Pronr. Tin
dealers, among whom was a repro- j King's Becond son, the Infant Man
sentatlve of an American, who said "el, wns slightly wounded, but Queen
he wanted the flag for the American Amelia, who strove to save the
Navy League. CJrown Prince's life by throwing her-
Tho price wns soon run up to $1,- self upon him. was unhurt.
500. Here all the other bidders A band of men. waiting at the
dropped out, and the contest waa corner of the Praco do Commercio
carried on by two dealers, both of and the Rna do Arsenal suddenly
whom were said to represent Amerl- sprnng toward tho open carriage In
cans. There was a long pause when which the royal family were driving
the price had reached $2,400, but to the Palace and. leveling carbines
then, on bids of $250 at n time. It which they had concealed upon them
was rapidly forced up to $4,250, at, fired.
which figure the hammer fell. The King and Crown Prince, upon
As soon as the sale was mad whom the attack was directed, were
there were loud calls in the auction ', each shot three times and they lived
room of "Does It remain In Eng- only long enough to be carried to
land?" This being anBwered In tho the marine arsenal nearbv, whece
nfllmatlve by someone who did not t they expired.
know that the English dealer was Almost at the first shot the King
acting for an American, there was ; fell back on the cushions dvlng. and
at once an outburst of loud cheering. at the same moment the Crown
This enthusiasm was quickly quieted. I Prince was seen to half arise and
however, when the purchaser cor- j then sink back on the seat. Queen
rected the mistake. Amelia Jumped up and threw her-
It has been understood here that self townrd the Crown Prince in an
the American government had in- apparent effort to save his life at
tended to make a bid for the Chesa- the cost of her own, but the Prince
peake flag but it was later decided hnd received his death wound
from Washington to leave the matter The police guard fired upon the
of the purchase of this relic In the assassins and killed three of them
hands of patriotic societies or priv- , The royal family were returning
ate citlzene
Tho bidding for the "Balacava
bugle" was not bo brisk, and the
price obtained is less than half what
Mr. Middlebrook paid for the relic
10 years ago.
According to the Tribune, the
Cheasapeake flag goes to J, Plerpont
Morgan.
NINE DEAD IN COAL MINE.
Explosion in Colliery Near Hawks
Nest, W. Va.
Charleston. W. Va. (Special).
Nine miners met sudden deaths in
the New River Colliery, known to
miners as the Lower Boone Mine,
near Hawks Nest, in an explosion
that partly wrecked the mine. About
25 men were In the mine at the
time of explosion. Those who es
caped suffered only slight injuries.
The dead are:
Grover Bowles, Lawrence Shares
Harry Wilson, Wilbur Wilson. Grad
ison Coles, Charles Workman, Wil
liam Huffman and two unidentified
from Villa Vlcosa, where thev had
been sojourning, and were on their
way from the railroad station to the
palace.
Before any of the guard were
aware of what waa happening the
assassins leaped toward the carriage
and instantly a fusillade of shots
rang out. In a moment all was ter
rible confusion, the King and Crown
Prince being shot down without the
slgbtest chance to save themselves.
I'once guaras sprang upon the regi
cides, the number of whom Is some
what uncertain, and killed throe of
them and captured three others. One
of these committed suicide after be
ing placed In prison. It is charged
that one of the murderers was a
Spaninrd named Cordova.
The bodies of the King and the
Crown Prince were removed from
the Mnren Arsenal In two closed
carriages to the royal palace, the Paco
Das Necessldades, tho late residence
of (he King, escorted by municipal
guards, mounted.
The news of the assassination
I swept through the city like fire
men
One of the bodies was thrown out ! through dry grase. There is tho
of the mine and into a tree several Rrcatest. dread for the future of the
yards from the shaft. Bowles, who ' POntry, willed seems on tho verge
was blown down the incline, was the!0' heing plunged Into the awful
only man not instantly killed. His I tni"ot, of a revolution, with all the
arms and legs were blown off. Three attendant horrors and bloodshed.
physicians worked with him an hour mrongnoni uie cuy consternation
in a vain attempt to save his lifo
The Lower Boone is the property
of the Boon Coal and Coke Com
pany. It Is a email mine.
Chief Mine Inspector Paul dis
patched four deputy Inspectors to
Investigate the disaster.
The cause of the explosion has not
yet been definitely ascertained.
reigns, and all the houses and busi
ness places are barricaded.
WASHINGTON
1 1
HER LOVE REINCARNATED.
Virginian Of Fifty Weds Dntithtcr Of
WotnaSl Who Rejected Htm.
Morrlsvllle, Va. (Special). A ro
mance culminated here, when Joseph
Red, aged fifty, a prosperous plan
ter of BrlBtersburg, and MIbs Sady K.
Byrd, aged twenty, were married at
the Mount Horeb Church by the Rev.
Homer Welch.
Red long ago unsuccessfully court
ed the mother of MIsb Byrd. During
all the intervening years he remained
a confirmed bachelor, until tho
daughter of his old sweetheart rein
carnated the love of his early youth.
Former President John '! Hnmfl-
I ton, of the American Bnnklng Asso
ciation, denounces tt)o Aldrlch finnn-
cioi mil as a step backward toward
wildcat financiering.
Senator Tillman accuses Western
railroads with refusing to dispose ot
lund grants to settlers, declining to
sell at the price fixed by the govern
ment.
Capt. Hanson n. Black, of the
United States signal corps. Is to make
a 1, 030-mile trip across Alaska with
dog teams.
Senator Nixon, of Nevada, told the
Prosldent that the state constabu
lary was now being organized nnd
that within three weeks the federal
troopB could be removed from Gold
Held.
Tho House Committee on Naval
Affairs decides to make a rut of
COMMERCIAL COLIM
Weekly Review ot Trade and Latest
Market Reoorti
R. O. Dun ft Co.'s Weekly Review
of Trade says:
More manufacturing plants have
resumed and money Is abundant at
eaiy terms, but business feels the
weakened puchaslng power of the
thousands still unemployed. Buyers
have arrived In largo numbers ln the
local Jobbing dry goods market, plac
ing fair orders at the lower prices
named on some descriptions, and this
forward business was also liberal at
other large centers. Industrial news
Is slightly more encouraging on the
whole, but there is much Idle ma
chinery, and the coal output has been
curtailed on that account together
with the tardiness of winter.
A little better demand is noted
for products of Iron and steel, and
more plants have resumed, until It
Is probable that one-half the capacity
Is In operation. Results thus fsr
havo been accomplished without ma
terlal concession In prices.
Wholesale Market
Baltimore. Flour- Dull and un
changed; receipts. 2,305 barrels; ex
ports, 3.673 barrels
Wheat Firm; spot, contract,
1.02 1.02: spot. No. 2 red Wen
tern, I : ",. January, 1.02
I.O214; February, 1 .02 M 1.02 ;
March. 1.03 H 1.03 H ; May, 1.07ft
asked; steamer No. 2 red, 984 99;
receipts, 9,526 bushels; exports, 24,
000 bushels; Southern, on grade,
96 1.02.
Corn Firm; new, spot, mixed,
63V463Mj; February, 63 63;
March, 6363H: steamer mixed,
59 69; receipts, 176.802 bush
els; exports, 68,571 bushels; new,
Southern white corn, 59 63;
new, Southern yellow corn, 60 64.
Oats Steady; No. 2 white, 56
57; No. 3 white, 645t;
No. 2 mixed, 54; receipts, 17,066
bushels.
Rye Firm; No. 2 Western ex
port, 91; No. 2 Western domestic,
9192; receipts, 10,178 bushels.
Butter Firm, unchanged; fancy
Imitation, 24 25; fancy creamery,
32 33; fancy ladle, 22 23; store
packed, 16 18.
Eggs Steady, unchanged; 21.
Cheese Firm, unchanged: large,
14; flats, 14; small, 14.
New York. W h e a t Receipts,
17,000; exports, 81.217. Spot
steady. No. 2 red, 1.04 elevator;
No. 2 red, 1.06, f. o. b., afloat;
No. 1 Northern Duluth, 1.20, f. 0.
b., afloat; No. 2 hard winter, 1.14,
f. o. b., afloat.
Corn Receipts, 56,975. Spot
barely steady. No. 2, 75, nominal
elevator, and 66 f. o. b., afloat;
No. 2 white, 67, and No. 2 yellow,
67 f. o. b., afloat.
Oats Receipts, 46,500; exports,
4,000. Spot easy. Mixed, 26 to 32
pounds, 63; natural white, 26 to
32 pounds, 53 56; clipped white,
32 to 40 pounds, 55 62.
Poultr y Alive easy; Western
chickens, 10; fowls, 12; turkeys, 12
12. Dressed easy. Western
chickens, 11 18; turkeys, 12
16; fowls, 1013.
Butter Steady. State dairy, com
mon to finest, 20 30.
Cheese Firm and unchanged.
Receipts, 2,707.
Eggs Firm. Western nnd South
ern firsts, 23; seconds, 2222.
Philadelphia. Butter firm and Jjn
good demand; extra Western cream
ery, 42 c. do., nearby prints, 34.
Eggs steady and ln fair demand;
Pennsylvania and other nearby firsts,
free cases. 23c, at mark; do., cur
rent receipts, ln returnable cases,
22, at mark; Western choice, free
cases, 22, at mark; do., fair to good,
free cases. 20 21.
Cheese firm and in fair demand;
Nev York full creams, choice, 16
16c; do., fair to good, 1"B15.
Live poultry unchanged; folws, 11
13.- J c.:j roosters, 9; spring chick
ens, 1 0 0 1 2 ; ducks. 1 3 1 4 ; geese,
11012; turkeys. 13 14.
Poet Commits Suicide.
St. Louis, Mo. (Spocial). Louis
D. Goodman, thirty-six years old, 1 shout $25,000,000 In tho estimated
lawyor, poet, and Journalist, commit
ted suicide by taking carbolic ucld.
Last July ho attempted suicide by
cutting his throat, because, he ex
plained later, he found the world
had places only for men or action,
and not for dreamers.
Bloodhounds For Panama.
San Antonio, Tex. (Special). The
first of several bloodhounds to be
used ln tracking criminals ln the
Panama Canal Zone were purchased
here by Lieut. Stephens for $300
each. Exhaustive tests have been
made here with the dogs, several sol
diers trailing for miles out from Fort
Sam Houston, crossing streams and
going through herds of cattle In the
endeavor to lose the trail for tho
dogs.
Pig Iron Production.
Philadelphia (8peclal) The Amer
ican Iron and Steel Association has
received from the mnnutacturefc
compete statistics or the production
ot all kinds of pig iron in tho United
States and Canada In 1907. The
total production lu the United Statea
waa 26.781,861 tons, against 25,807
191 tons In 1906. The total num
ber ot rurnaces In blast on Decem
ber 31, 1907, wns 167, compared
with 840 at the aame time 1906.
In Canada the total production In
1907 amounted to 681,146 tons
against 541.967 iu 1906.
cost for the year of maintenance
and construction for the Navy De
partment. William Jennings Bryan gave his
views before the House Committee
on the matter of publishing before
elections campaign contributions.
The House Committee on Labor
ordered a favorable report on the
Bartholdt resolution providing a fed
eral investigation of mine disasters
Strong arguments wero made be
fore the House committee by a large
delegation iu favor or preserving out
forest preservos.
The Aldrlch financial bill, as fin
ally agreed upon by tho Senate Fi
nance Committee, was reported to
the Sennte.
Arthur W. Ferguson, secretary to
the Philippine Commission, died sud
denly in Manila of heart disease.
The House passed the Urgent De
flency Bill, which carries an appro
prlatlon of $23,664,460.
Tho Senate committee favorably
reported bills to provide three new 1
revenue cutters.
Secretary Cortelyou submitted to
the Senate a statement giving in de
tail all the Information asked for
with reference to the policy of tho
Treasury Department during the
panic.
8euator Gore, of Oklahoma, Intro
duced a Joint resolution amending
the Constitution so as to give Con
gress power to levy an lucomo tax,
either graduated or otherwise.
Live Stock.
New York. Beeves Receipts, 1,
297. No trading. Feeling weak.
Exports, 3,400 quarters of beef.
Calves Veal dull and weak.
Western calves not wanted. Com
mon to prime veals Bold at $5 to
$9 per iOO pounds; fed calves at $4;
barnyard calves at $3.37.
Sheep and Lambs Sheep quiet
and steady; lambs slow. Sheep sold
at $3.60 to $5 per 100 pounds; year
lings nc st; iambs, $6.507.50.
Chicago. Cattle Market dull, 10
16c. lower. Steers, 4.25 6.35;
cows, 2.754.50; heifers, 2.50
b.26; bulls, 2.854.25; calves, 3.00
7.00; stockers and feeders, 2.60
4.76.
Hogs Market 6 1 0c. lower
Choice heavy shipping, 4.25 4.30;
butchers. 4.204.80; light mixed,
4.104.16; choice light, 4.204 25;
packers, 3.90 4.20; pigs, ' 3.60
4.15; bulk of sales, 4.20 4.30.
Sheep Market slow, 10 15c
lower. Sheep, 5 25 5.40; Iambs
5.757.00; yesrlings, 6. 506.00.
ITEMS OF INTEREST.
George Stanbrldge, of Cleveland.
O., says he has trained a monkey to
do the family washing, and does not
need a washerwoman.
Vice Consul J. K. Foster writes
from Newcastle that experiments
made in Queensland with the leaves ol
the pineapple plant have shown thai
there Is a fiber In them which maj
be used In the production of a use
ful kind or silky cloth.
A child, Just born to Mr. and Mrs
Charles Kuenhle at Bucyrus, O., li
Its own uncle. Its father Is also lti
grandfather. Figure it out.
At a public sale at Darby, Pa., od
election day of antique goods a
cherry bedstead 200 years old wa
knocked down to a negro for five
cents.
To keep the plague of rabbitf
from destroying the pastoral Indus
tries of Australia 16,162 miles ot
public snd private rabbit-netted
fences have been erected at a cost
of $4,000,000.
After a trial lasting an houi In
a police court in St. Louis a deaf and
dumb eeuple were reunited after the
husband bad agreed to sign the
pledge.
A $10,000 bill was received by
the United States Internsl revenue
collector at St. Louis ln payment for
the revenue stamps for a brewing
company.
Llona are plentiful ln Portugese
East Africa, and that region Is a
paradise for hunters of big game.
In some section the authorities of
fer a reward for each lion's head
-brought iu, and they permit the hunt
er to keep the skin.