BIG FLEET PUSSES
STRAIT SAFELY
The Battleships Enter Pacific in a
Storm.
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CHILIAN CRUISER WAS THE PILOT.
Newi of the Safe Pannage of Magel
lan Brought to Punta Arenas by
the Steamship Orita-Heavy Weather
Compelled lhem to Proceed In Open
Formation.
Punta Arenas. Strait If Magellan
(Py Table). The Pacific Navigation
t ...any steamship Orita. which
Jusi arrived here, reports having
passed the American fleet In the
Btralt nt C o'clock P. M., 12 miles
east of Cape Pilar. The Chilian
cruiser Chacabuco was leading. The
wtather was very stormy.
Th'' raptain of the Orita sail that
he sighted 19 vessels In the fleet,
these being the 16 American battle
ships, the Chilian cruisers and two
others, probably colliers. He did not
aight the American torpedo boat flo
tilla which accompanied the battle
ships from this port, but which turn
ed north at Smyth Channel, 30 miles
from the western end of Magellan
Strait, to proceed through this pas
sage to Telcahuano.
Owing to the heavy weather the
warships were spread out over a con
siderable stretch, but all seemed to
be making splendid progress in the
face of the strong winds.
Hear Admiral Evnns' fleet of bat
tleships left Punta Arenas about mid
night Friday, accompanied by the
torpedo boat flotilla. The Chilian
crulBer Chacabuco, with Admiral
Simpson and a delegation of repre
sentative Chilians aboard, led the
battleships out of port and through
the strait, Lieutenant Commander
Hoas. of the Chilian Navy acted as
the pilot for the torpedo boat flotilla,
but it was Intended that his services
would be chiefly requisitioned In the
passage of Smyth Channel, the en
trance to which lies 30 miles to the
east of Cape Pilar, through the In
ner passage to the Pacific Ocean and
along the jaggi-d coast to Telcahua
no. 2,1 Ho knots from Punta Arenas.
The sighting of the American fleet
by the st a rush I p Orita indicates that
It made a favorable voyage through
the straight, for it was then only 12
miles east of Cape Pilar, the most
westerly point of land on the Magel
lan Strait.
evidently the Intention of the
American commander to make the
passage of the strait from Punta Are
nas to the west coast without a stop
has been successful. Cape Forward,
the southern extremity of South
America, lies nearly in the mil!" of
Magellan Strait, and the fleet passed
this point early In the morning, thus
having almost the full daylight In
which to make the most dangerous
reaches through the western entrance
from the Pacific.
The battleships once having clear
ed Cupe Pilar and the Evangelists,
they will steam directly north to Cal
lao, which is the next stopping place.
They are expected to arrive at Calloa
about the 20th. On the way up the
coast, however, they will run in close
to Valparaiso.
Wild HotMa Ordered Killed.
Reno, Nev. (Special). Orders
were received from the Forestry De
partment Instructing the rnngers on
the Toelyabe, the Toquima and the
Kouitor reservations, in Lander
County, to kill all wild horses found
on the government domain. There
are about 16.000 wild horses on the
reserves. They are doing much dam
age to the vegetation and attracting
domestic animals to their herds.
Veteran Newspaper Man Dead.
New York (Special). John W.
Oliver, editor and principal owner of
the Yonkers Statesman, died at his
home, In Yonkers. at the age of 92
years. He continued in active charge
of the newspaper until last Friday,
when he was taken III. Mr. Oliver
was an early leader In tho temper
ance movement, and with his broth
er, Isaac Oliver, founded the Sons of
Temperance.
Morse In Seclusion.
Queenstown (By Cable). When
the steamship Etmrla stopped here
Sunday, C W. Morse, of New York,
who Is a passenger, was in his state
room and refused to be disturbed.
He sent word that he had nothing to
ay regarding his affairs. Baron
Takahira, the newly appointed lap
anese ambassador to the United
States, also is a passenger on the
Etruria.
Big t'nlon Station For Frisco.
Sau Francisco (Special). Rail
road engineers have completed plans
for a $20,000,000 union transporta
tion terminal to be built at Van Ness
Avenue &nd Market Street it was an
nounced. Into this station will con
verge all railroads, interurbnn lines
and subways.
Domestic
Capt. John C Fremont, until re
cently naval attache to the United
States Embassy in Paris, returned on
board tho steamship St. Paul to as
sume command of the battleship
Mississippi.
Stale Zoologist Surface, of Pennsyl
vania, believes that the payment of
bounties on scalps of hawks a mis
take. He believes the birds aid the
farmers by destrolng Held mice.
Governor Hughes may call an ex
tra session Of the New York legisla
ture if that body does not promptly
pass his bill to repeal the law al
lowing gambling at the racetracks.
The New Jersey legislature has
under consideration an appropriation
to begin a system of Inland water
ways along the coast of that state.
An attempt was made to blow up
with dynamite the grocery store and
tenement occupied by Antonio Flo at
Plttsfleld. Mass.
In a pistol duel In Meridian. Mins.,
Oscar Hatcher, a farmer, was killed
and Robert Taylor, a contractor, seri
ously wounded.
Night riders fired a barn belonging
to Neil Lawrence, near Sudlersvllle,
Ky. Lawrence was wounded and his
tobacco dynamited. Wash Fletcher's
farm was also visited. One barn
filled with tobacco and owned by a
tenant wus destroyed. Monroe Lowe,
another tenant, was taken out and
beaten severely.
Charged with sending threatening
letters to Pittsburg millionaires de
manding large sums of money, six
alleged members of the Black Hand
Society were arrested when the po
lice raided a lono shanty near Sewick
ley, a fashionable suburb.
Stanford B. Lewis, assistant to
Architect Huston, of the Pennsyl
vania State Capitol, declares that
former Governor Pennypncker sug
gested the writing of a letter Intend
ed to w hitewash reports of the capltol
scandal.
Kay Hall, aged 19 years, of Jones
boro. Tenn., accused of murder, was
sentenced to 20 years In the peniten
tiary. Twenty-four persons were hurt in
a wreck on the Pennsylvania Rail
road, near Frankllntllle. Pa.
Jacob Knretztcy, of Denver, Col.,
practiced at a target before killing
his wife and himself.
The Pennsylvania Railroad has
placed an order for 55,000 tons of
steel rails.
An all pipe line from Oklahoma to
Texas, 582 miles, has been opened.
The Indiana Democratic Editorial
Association has Indorsed Bryan.
Thirty-four per cent, of labor in
New York is unemployed.
The police of New York are look
ing for an insane merchant who used
redhot irons to brand the word ice
and the numerals 4 and T on the
back of four-year-old Irene Kegel.
After an enforced Idleness of more
than a month. 1,000 men formerly
employed by the Pennsylvania Steel
Company at Steelton, Pa., have been
called back to work.
Mrs. Claudine Abry, of Nyack, N.
Y.. died from shock when three boys
broke through the Ice and were
drowned.
The Louisville and Nashville Rail
road has reduced salaries of all em
ployes making more than $250 a
month.
The Baldwin Locomotive Works
has been forcod to reduce Its output
from 60 to 20 locomotives a week.
A bed for injured automoblllsts
has been established in a Phlladel
hospltal. It Is planned to have 15,000 troops
engaged In army maneuvers in Texas.
Max Sackroan, a painter, out of
work, his wife Cella and their 14-month-old
daughter Kosle were found
dead In their rooms. New York.
They had been killed by Illuminating
gas, supposed to have been turned on
by the father.
William Jennings Bryan, in an ad
dress in New York, said the com
mandment should be amended to
read: "Thou shall not steal on a
small scale.
A Chicago family of 12 Is taking
treatment to prevent hydrophobia,
all having drunk milk from a cow
having rabies.
Harry K. Thaw says that If he has
to stay at Matteawan much longer
he will be driven crazy by his asso
ciates. The officials of Ice companies of
Toledo, O., were sent to jail for six
months for conspiracy In restraint of
trade.
Mrs. Rosa Volltzer, aged 65, has
legally adopted Mrs. Julia A. Hor
man, aged 4 5, as her daughter.
A bridge being constructed in
Cleveland. O.. by nonunion men was
wrecked by dynamite.
ua puidicc uj unocc
inn. uiinnLLU n. itiuiiul
COMING BACK TO FIGHT
Arrives in England Under An Assumed
Name.
NO TRACE OE HIS VAST WEALTH.
Millonalrs Denounces the Reports
That He Has Fled From Creditors
as New York Sensstions - To Return
After Slay Abroad of Ten Dsys
Sheriffs Call at Numerous Banks.
Killed While toasting.
Mount Pleasant, Pa. (Special).
While coasting Cornelius Burtord. a
negro, 18 years old, was killed and
six companions were seriously in
jured. Burford was guiding, lost
control of the sled, and it went over
an embankment.
Diugnn Sent To llellevue.
New York (Speclul). Hugh F.
Drugan. the son of a Baltimore com
mission merchant and former Jesuit
teacher, who Is said to be insane,
was arraigned Jn the Tombs' Police
'Cburt charged with sendlug annoying
letters to Mrs. Emllle F. Dunphy, his
cousin, of Hill Crest Avenue, Yonk
ers. Magistrate Corrlgan committed
him to Bellevue Hospital until Tues
day, when he will be examined in
court as to his sanity.
Desperate Street Duel.
Merldan, Miss. (Special). In
pistol duel here between Oscar L.
Hatcher, a farmer, and Robert Tay
lor, a contractor, the former was
killed in the lobby of a crowded office
building, the latter thrice wounded,
and James Hamm, a bunk clerk, was
slightly Injured by a stray bullet.
Taylor's wounds are considered dau
gerous The trouble was the out
growth of family differences. Hatch
sr was formerly a resident of Oriffln,
Va.. and is a son of B. E. Hatcher!
now living nt that place.
Foreign
The Emporer and the Dowager
Empress of China held their annual
reception to the members of the dip
lomatic corps in Peking.
It is believed that a war between
Russia and Turkey is likely to break
out soon on account of the Persian
boundary dispute.
Deputy Syrtlanoff argued before
the court-martial an 8t. Petersburg
in deiense of General Stoessel.
In the court-martial of Generals
Stoessel. Fnck and Relss. at 8t. Pet
ersburg, for th surrender of the
Port Aitbur fortress to the Japanese,
General Gursky, the judge advocate,
demanded that the death sentence be
impost 1 upon all three.
A report of the battle between the
French and the Moors, near Stettut,
Morocco, says 10,000 Moors were
killed.
In the Sagan-Castellaue case in the
Paris court Count Jeiii de Castellane,
accused with his brother of assault
ing Prince Utile de Sagan, was dis
charged, but Count Bonl's case was
uot settled.
Vice Admiral C. T. Touchard has
been appointed French ambassador
to St. Petersburg, In succession to
M. Bompard, who has been rcalled.
The American battleship fleet on
their way up the west coast of South
America will call at Valparaiso.
Five thousand Russian troops have
been ordered from Northern Cau
casus to the Turko-Perslan frontier.
King Alfonso and Queen Victoria
of Spain are at Seville and wllj re
turn to Madrid only in case the situa
tion In Portgual becomes worse.
After a heated debate the Japan
ese Diet passed bills for Increased
taxation on sugar, beer, alcohol and
kerosene.
The Earl of Yarmouth will not re
sist the suit for divorce brought by
his wife, formerly Alice Thaw.
District Attorney Jerome and his
representatives, at the request of Wil
liam N. Armory, who Is probing the
New York railway scandal, were bar
"od from the proceedings.
METORIC CAREER.
1880 Established shipping and
shipbrokerage firm of Charles W.
Morse ft Co. in New York.
1895 Began buying stock In
New York banks, of which later
he controlled sixteen.
1899 -Merged Consolidated and
Knickerbocker Ice Companies In
to American Ice Company. In
creased capitalization from $20,
000,000 to $35,000,000.
1901 Married Mrs. Charles
F. Dodge, over whose divorce
from first husband famous legal
battle was waged.
1905 Became known as steam-
ship king through purchases and j
mergers of Hudson River and j
Coastwise steamers, later joining
all in Consolidated Steamship
Company, with capital of $60,
000,000 and bonds of $60,000,-
000.
1907 Loses In Ship Trust,
caught In copper corner, driven
out of chain of banks.
1908 Sails for Europe when
last remaining pieces of property
are attached and final remnant of
fortuno Is swept away, but prom
ises to return.
Queenstown (By Cable). A cor
respondent boarded the Cunard Line
steamer Campania and found Char
les W. Morse, of New York, In the
smoking room enjoying a game of
cards.
Without a moment's hesitation
Mr. Morse granted an interview to
the correspondent.
He was shown extracts from Lon
don papers referring to him as hav
ing flown from his creditors, etc. Mr.
Morse said there was absolutely
nothing in these reports, saying they
were "New York sensatlonals." He
added that he had sent cable dis
patches to New York concerning his
position and that he would rectify
matters when he returned there. He
was traveling partly on business and
partly for pleasure for a week or 10
days.
Asked where he purposed going
after he landed at Liverpool, Mr.
Morse courteously begged to be ex
cused from replying.
"You can," he said, "say with cer
tainty that my stay will not exceed
10 days on this Bide and that then
I will return to New York.
Mr. Morse proceeded from Queens
town to Liverpool on board the Cam
pania. He is travelling under an
assumed name probably C. M.
Moore.
VAIN SEARCH FUR CASH.
Sheriff's Inquiries at 11 Hanks
Without Results.
New Yqrk (Special). Those in
close touch with the situation ex
pressed no surprise when they re
ceived the cable dispatches, the
first direct word from Chas. W.
Morse since he sailed on the Cam
pania. His friends were glad to
know that he was' In evident good
health and spirits, and that he
planned to make an early return to
this country. They said that Mr.
Morse had hoped to be able to spend
about a week on the other side, and
that this announced purpose of ad
hering to hia original plan Indica
ted that he waB far less distressed
over his financial affairs than has
been supposed.
His attorney, Albert B. Boardman,
already knew positively that his
client was aboard the Campania, but
was naturally interested in learning
that Mr. Morse was well and con
templated only a brief stay abroad.
I'nlted States District Attorney
Stimson, whilo consistently declining
to discuss the ase so far as the in
quiry into national banks by the Fed
eral Grand Jury was concerned, said
that he ras pleased to receive con
firmation of his conviction that the
banker had sailed, as reported. He
had been assured, he said, that Morse
was a passenger on the Canard liner,
and wus not surprise that his infor
mation had proved accurate.
Mother And Son Starve.
Chicago, 111. (Special). Mrs. El
len Schwartz, 30 years of age, and
her son, Francis, 11 months old, were
found dead In their home, 4 9 Car
penter Street. Their deaths are
thought to have been caused by star
vation and exposure. Mrs. Schwartz
was deserted by her husband several
months ago, and since then has been
dependent upon charity.
Kills Daughter And Himself.
Chicago (Special). Gustav Wal
stedt, a carpenter, shot and killed
his daughter, Helen, nine years old,
and then killed himself In their
home, at 144 Fifty-fifth Street.
Walstedt is believed to have been
Insane. ,
litmus For Pullnien Men.
Chicago, Ml (Special). The Pull
man Palace Car Company distributed
$174,850 among 3,770 employes of
Its car service department. The
bonus amounts to one month's sal
ary for every conductor and porter
who continued on the pay roll of the
company throughout 1907 and escap
ed demerit. It Is the intention of
the company to grant the bonus of
one month's pay each year hereafter
to such conductors and porters as
make u clean record.
Doth Duelists Killed.
Dubois, Pa (Special). Frank Far
ro Is dead and Joseph Bruccesco Is
mortally wounded as a result of a
duel fought In their room In the
Italian colony. When other board
ers broke Into the room Farro was
dead on the floor with a stiletto
burled up to the hilt In his body,
While Bruccesco, unconscious, had
oeen literally hacked to pieces with
a razor The men quarreled and
locked themselves in the room to
settle their differences.
NOW AGAIN IN
AMERICAN
GIRL
Alice Thaw Gives Up Her British
Title.
London (By Cable). Sir Blrrell
Barnes, president of the Divorce
Court, granted the Countess of Yar
mouth, who was Miss Alice Thaw,
of Pittsburg, a decree nullifying her
marriage to the Earl of Yarmouth.
The caso was heard In private. At
the time fixed for the commencement
of the proceedings everyone not ac
tually engaged on the case was ex
cluded from the courtroom. Tho
case wns practically undefended, and
the hearing lasted for only half an
hour. The Countess, attired In a
fashionable black gown, was present,
but the Earl of Yarmouth was not
In court.
Only four witnesses were examin
ed. They were the Countess of Yar
mouth herself, her inald, a doctor ap
pointed by the court, and an Ameri
can lawyer, who proved the marriage.
The Countess gave evidence in sup
port of her allegation that the mar
riage had never been consummated,
and the maid testified that the Earl
and the Countess had not been living
as man and wife. According to the
evidence of the doctor, the Earl of
Ynrmouth was capable of consum
mating the marriage, but counsel for
the plaintiff contended that this did
not affect the allegation that the mar
riage had not been consummated, and
he pointed out to the judge that it
was within the discretion of the
court to annual the marriage If It
was proved that it had not been con
summated. No Money Settlement.
The Earl of Yarmouth did not de
fend the case, blB lawyer satisfying
himself with pointing out that the
evidence of the doctor removed any
stigma placed upon the Earl by the
evidence of the plaintiff, and that
there were no grounds upon which
the Countess could have sued for di
vorce. The judge pronounced his decree
annulling the marriage without com
ment. In the ordinary course of
events It will be made absolute In
six months.
No mention was made of a mar
riage settlement, and It was learned
from an authoritative source that,
contrary to certain published state
ments, the question of revising the
settlement has not been discussed
by the principals or their solicitors,
and that it is not likely to be dis
cussed. The brevity of the proceedings
came as a surprise to everybody ex
cept those engaged on the case. That
the hearing should be short was ar
ranged when the application was
made last week and the trial set for
Wednesday, counsel then undertak
ing not to occupy more than one
hour of the Judge's time. The fact
that at n council of the family of the
Earl of Yarmouth it was decided not
to defend the action of tho Countess
made this possible. This change
from the previous determination to
contest the case is said to have been
Influenced by the evidence given re
cently in New York at the trial of
Harry Kendall Thaw, brother of the
Countess, for the murder of Stan
ford White, with regard to insanity
In the Thaw family, an well as the
verdict of the jury that Harry Thaw
was insnne when he committed this
crime.
The papers In the case are being
kept secret, and all Information re
garding the nature of the charges
has been carefully withheld. The
statement waB made, however, that
the character of the medical evidence
made a public hearing inadvisable.
NO FOOD; FAMILY DEAD.
Father Had Tramped The Streets
Three Mouths Seeking Work.
New York (Special). For three
months Max Sackman, 26 years old
and by trade a paperhanger, had
tramped the streets In a futile effort
to find work. His daily goings and
comings were noted by the neighbors,
who, when the man failed to appear
as usual, forced an entrance to his
home and found the family of three
dead.
The bodies of Sackman and his
wife, Goetlln, were stretched upon
their bed, and in the arms of the
father waB nestled the lifeless form
of their l t-month-old baby, Rose.
A gas tube extending from a chande
lier to the bed told the manner of
death, and an empty cupboard ex
plained the motive.
PRESIDENT AND ISAIAH.
Chicago Preacher Also Oompnrcs
Him To John The Baptist.
Chicago (Special). Rev. Amzt C.
Dixon, pastor of Moody Church, one
of the largest congregations in Chi
cago, compares In an interview, Presi
dent Roosevelt to the prophet Isaiah,
crying the nation's sins.
At a prayer meeting Rev. Dr. Dixon
told an audience of 1,000 that the
President's latest message to Con
gress was one of the greatest ser
monB ever written. Dr. Dixon liken
ed the President to John the Baptist,
as the precursor of a new and purer
life for the Individual, the nation,
and the world.
War Stores For Manila.
San Francisco (Special). The
United States transport Buford sail
ed from here for Manila via Hono
lulu and Guam. She carries the.
Twenty-third Infantry and a big sup
ply of ammunition and stores for the
military post In the Philippines.
FINANCIAL
A news agency says that Baldwin's
now employ 9,000 men, compared
with 24,000 in November. 1966.
Railroad officials say that January
statements will reveal a big cutting
down in expenses and therefore a
relative Improvement In net earnings
over December.
No change waa made In the Bank
of England's 4 per cent, discount
rate.
Union Paclflc'i gross earnings In
December decreased $156,015, but
net earnings decreased $259,212.
Southern Pacific's gross Increased
$77,829 and net earnings decreased
$724,897.
American Tobacco, which former
ly paid 10 per cent, regular and 10
per cent, extra on ita common
shares, declared a quarterly dividend
of - per cent., with no extra.
January Are losses In the United
Slates and Canada were $29,681,000,
against $24,004,000 In January,
1907, and $17,723,000 In January,
1906.
JUDGE HARG1S IS
KILLED 8T HIS SON
Shot Down in a Quarrel With In
toxicated Youth.
WAS A LEADER OF FEUDISTS.
Political Leader of Ills County and
Head of the Clan of Margin in the
Feud With Cockrills Shot r ive Times
While Reproving His Offspring for
Drinking, and Dies Instantly.
Jackson, Ky. (Special). 8hot
down In his own store by his only
son, on whom he had lavished every
affection, Judgo James Hargls noted
feudist leader and the lending figure"
in tne eastern part of Kentucky, es
pecially in the mountains, died a few
minutes later In his home.
Beech Hargls, the son, is 23 years
OH and had been drinking heavily
WASHINGTON
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Rig Nnvy liiitlg.r.
Concluding, the appearance of navy
officials before the House Committee
on Naval Affairs, Secretary Metcalf
asked for an appropriation of $73,
770,000 for construction and con
version' of war vessels. While no
vote has been taken nor has senti
ment in the committee crystallized,
the impression prevails that the Sec
retary's estlmnte will be reduced ma
terially, possibly to the limit of $40,
000. OOo, In accord with the policy of
economy and retrenchment felt to
he necr isary and In the face of nn
Impend ng deficit and the prospect of
reduced revenues throughout the
coming fiscal year.
The Secretary urged upon the
committee the necessity of authoriz
ing the construction of four battle
Knterlne tho oiro hn rtrn, ,...' snips, to cost 1,18. 000. 000 for a .
after a brief quarrel with his parent. Lfol,rJ,C0Ut at $10,000,000;
ana nrea live shots Into the latter s V ""v'""' Bl eo.ouu.uuw; ioui
oiiuiiwinnBs, ni $i,nzo,uuo; one am
munition ship. $1,750,000; one re
pair ship, $2,000,000; two mino-lay-Ing
ships (cruisers to be converted
and equipped), at $5,000,000. and
four fleet colliers, at $7,000,000.
COMMERCIAL COLUMN
Weekly Review of Trade and Latest
Market Resorts.
breast and abdomen.
The dying man's last words were
an unavailing plea for mercy.
Mercy, mercy, you ve killed me!"
nppealed the elder man as he lay on
tne floor. loting Hargls answer
was to fire two more bullets Into
his parent's prostrate bedy.
Bettor Pay For The Army.
The tragedy occumd in Hargls 1 11" wSTr . rnportod.hto tho
Bros', store and was witnessed by n.! .th bl" i-.'nf refl he p,
two rilStomor. ,! u .l..nn.r.nh.r ' " U"U llieu Wlin II n VO-
aii thmo ri "luminous statement showlngtbe pros-
Report Of Suicide.
Young Hargls was later removed
cnt Army pay and the amount of
appropriation that will be needed
under tho Increase. He also filed
to Jail by the town marshal and a I various tables showing: rates of oav
deputy, but he struggled like a mad In tho Navy and pay of foreign nr
man until thrown Into his cell. Soon ; mles. The hill contemplates a totul
that he had taken morphine In his Increase In Army nav of $8,927,392.
cell, but no confirmation of thjs or j The total active list of officers at
any word of his condition could bo 1 present numbers 4,208, nnd their
secured from the Jail officials, who 1 pay is $9,649,050. Increnses ranp
are guarding him closely. The news t ing from 5 per cent, for Ileutenont
of Hargls' end came as a profound generals to 25 per cent, for Junior
shock to tho residents of Jackson officers as provided by the bill, vill
and Breathitt County, on whosj raUe this amount to $12,011,902
bloody feud records his name ap- , an Increase of $2,362,852.
pears on almost every page. The 991 officers of the retired list
There did not appear to be any j are drawing $2,94 1,924 annual pay.
prospects of further violence, how- Tho Increase proposed will amount
ever. to $594,373.
Tho young Hargls had been on a The 40 per cent. Increase proposed
protracted spree, and some days ago ; for enlisted men will mean a total
his father r-dminlstered a thrashing, j of $20,S96,683 for both tho nctive
The chastisement was the cause of i and retired list If the President sees
B. O. Dnn ft Co.'s weekly review
of trade says:
Seasonable weather and a further
Increase In the percentage of active
machinery combined to improve the
trade situation, althounh there It
still a large number of unemployed,
and dealers proceed cautlouiy la
preparing for future business. Prices
of commodities have declined on
the whole, yet products of the lead
ing Industries are fairly well main
tained. Mercantile collections are
irregular, despite the ease In the
money market.
More lion and steel plants have
resumed, and the outlook Is brighter
even railway equipment attracting
more attention. The situation is bet
ter because of the extent to which con
sumers seek prompt delivery. Indi
cating that the recent season of con
servatism has nearly exhausted
stocks, and suggesting that when
confidence is fully restored a vast
tonnage of deferred business will be
placed.
Textile markets are still somewhat
unsettled, cotton goods having to con
tend with erratic variations In the
raw material, In addition to other
disturbing Influences. In notne direc
tions there Is more activity, but In
other cases there are frequent In
quiries without actual transactions.
Consummation of much business
seems to be postponed by the ques
tion of price. Manufacturers have
more confidence in values, and are
sustained by the pressure for quick
shipment
the murder, the son having contin
ued his dissipation, nursing his re
sentment until his father again up
braided him for his condition.
Hargls was 4 8 years of age.
fit to take advantage of the provis
ions of the bill, which nuts the rcg-
' ulatlon of the enlisted men's pay In
! his hands with a 40 per ccut. In-
crease limit. The Incieaso will
From Navy To Army.
When the first clas3 of the cadets
of the Naval Academy at Annapolis
graduates, three of the cadets will
be transferred from the Navy to
the Army. If the men pnsB the ex
aminations they will not have to
stand nnother mental examination to
become Army officers, although they
will have to stand a physical one.
They will he commissioned second
lieutenants probably in the Coast Ar
tillery Corps. This is tho first time in
the history that naval cadotshave gone
into the Army Instead of tho Navy
after graduation. It Is said that the
lack of officers in the Army has made
this plan feasible at this time. The
The three cadets selected to bo trans
ferred to the Army aro Messrs. Alva
Lee, W. W. Hicks and R. rt. Wels
hlmer, all first-class men.
The son was arrested by Deputy : amount to $5,970,160 for enlisted
Marshal Govan Smith and Grover I meu.
Blanton, and fought like a maniac
before being plnced In Jail.
Had Ordered Casket,
A peculiar incident connected with
the death of Judge Hargls was
learned when the National Casket
Company, of this city, received a
telegram from Mrs. Hargls, saying:
"Send coffin picked by Judge Hargls
two weeks ago."
A fortnight ago Judge Hargls
went to Louisville to make some
purchases for his store and Inciden
tally to buy some coffins. While
being shown through the warehouse
by a salesman his attention was di
rected to a solid mahogany casket,
on which the price was quoted as
$1,500. He was much struck with
this and said: "If I die I want to be
burled In this coffin." He evidently
told his wife of this, for the wife
shows a knowledge of the matter.
Judge Hargls was not a well-educated
man, but he had a practical
learning, to which he added shrewd
natural Insight in business affairs.
A Man Of Violence.
Judge Hargls has been for years
a prominent figure In Kentucky in
political circles and in criminal an
nals. He has figured In the courts
In the mountains for years on account
of the murders of Dr. Cox, Attorney
Marcum and "Jim" Cockrlll. Judge
Hargls was the political leader of
the Democrats of the Tenth district
and the "boss" of Breathitt County.
For a long time his sway was not
opposed, but some years ago Mr.
Marcum had the temerity to antag
onize In a law case. From that date
Marcum was a marked man.
He had been on trial at various
times for complicity in the murder
of James B. Marcum, "Jim" Cockrlll
and Dr. Cox, but had secured an ac
qulttal on all the charges. Recently
he was forced to pay a Judgment
of $8,000 to Mrs. Marcum In connec
nectlon with the death of her hus
band, a verdict having been found
against him in the Criminal Court of
Winchester
Judge Hargls had Just disposed of
this, the last of the cases In which he
had become Involved by reason of
his connection with the Hargis-Cock-rll!
feud, when he paid a check of
more than $11,000 to Mrs. Marcum.
Mrs. Marcum had sued Judge Hargls
and others for $100,000 damages,
alleging that they caused the death
of her husband. Though Hargls was
acquitted of the charge of having
murdered Marcum, the Winchester
Jury awarded Mrs. Marcum. damages.
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Mine. KoniinlsnrzliofTskuyu.
St. Petersburg (By Cable). Mme.
Kommlsarzhoffskaya (Countess Mu
ravloff), the most prominent Rus
sian actress, has left St. Petersburg
with her company of 20 for the
United States, where she will ap
pear In a repertoire of plays by Rus
slon and modern Kuopean writers.
She will said February 18 from. Cher
bourg on the Kaiser WUhelm II, the
company following on the steamer
Koln from Bremen.
Threatened To Kill Governor.
Worcester, Mass. (Special).- Mary
McLean, the demented woman who
was arrested after having made
threats against the life of Governor
Guild, was committed to the Insane
Hospital nere. It was learned that
the woman has been committed on
previous occasions at Taunton and
Danvers. On each occasion, after
having evidently recovered her roa
son, she was deported to her home In
Now Brunswick.
Lot Of Money In Circulation.
Washington (Special). There Is
more money in circulation In the
United States now than at any time
in their history, according to a state
ment issued by the Treasury Depart
ment. It amounts to $3,094,362,
699, or an Increase of $1 5,373,401
since Janusry 1. The population, ac
cording to the estimates of troasury
experts, Increased 119,000 In the
same time, being now 86, 903, 000,
but the Increase in cash was propor
tionately greater, for the per capita
circulation is now $86.61, as against
$86.48 on January 1.
Some Interesting Happenings Briefly
Told.
In a letter to Wiilian: Dudley
Foulko, of Indiana, President Roose
velt refutes the charge that his re
cent ferlera.1 appointments have been
made with u view to help Taft's can
didacy and gives a detailed account
of all Ins appointments.
Chairman Knnpp, of the Interstate
Commerce Commission, told tho
House committee that railroad com
panies could get all needed telegraph
operators If they would pay the
wnges.
The Senate committee listened to
protest against the confirmation of
the nomination of Oscar R. Hundley
as federal Judge in Alabama.
Leaders of the Woman's Christian
Temperance Union were before the
House committee In behalf of prohi
bition bills.
Chief of Staff Bell discussed Sublg
Bay iortlficutions before the House
Committee on Naval Affairs.
The President suspended Charles
A. Stllllngs from duty as public print
er, pending investigation of tin
charges of extravagance In his bu
reau. Wllllnm R. Rosatter, chler
clerk of the Census Bureau, la ap
pointed temporarily In his place.
The bill for participation In an in
ternational exposition to he held lu
Toklo, Japan, was reported favor
ably from the Senate Committee on
Foreign Relations.
The report of Admiral Converse,
In defense of tho construction of the
Navy, has been completed, and Is
ready for submission to tho Presi
dent. Senator Boveridge. of Indiana, ad
dressed the Senate in advocacy of
his bill to create a permanent tariff
com mission.
Senator Stone Introduced a bill for
the evacuation of the Philippines by
the I'nlted Btates troops In 1912.
The- House of Representatives
adopted a resolution of syniputhy
with the people of Portugal over the
assassination of their King and
Crown Prince.
Inquiry into the charges of mis
management in tho Government
Printing Office was begun by a sub
committee of the Joint congressional
committee.
The Pension bill as reported to the
House carries $160,869,000 aud
abolishes a number of pension agen
cies. Herbert Knox Smith, commission
er of the Bureau of Corporations, in
his annual report on the operations
of the bureau, urged an extension o!
federal supervision to all interstate
corporations
Senator Gallingor favorably report
ed a bill increasing the mall subsidies
on steamship lines botween the
United States hnd ports In South
America, the Philippines and Austra
lasla.
The House pnssed the Omnibus
War Claim Bill, which carries an ap
propriation of about $316,000.
The hospital ship Relief was plac
ed in service nt tho Mare Island Now
Yard.
Tho Supreme Court of the United
Stute decided that labor organiza
tions aro liable to damages for boy
cotts brought against manufacturers
engaged In Interstate commerce.
A bill creating a buroau of postul
savlugs was introduced by 8iiHlor
Burkett. All postoffires of the first,
second and third class sre emoower
ed to receivo deposits.
Wholesale Markets.
Baltimore. Flour Dull and easy;
receipts, 5,103; exports, 2,994.
Wheat Weak; spot contract,
797; spot No. 2, red West
ern, 99 99; January, 97
7; February, 9797;
March, 99100; May, 108 ask
ed; steamer No. 2, red, 93 93;
receipts, 16,563; exports. 24.000;
Southern on grade, 9397.
Corn Weak; spot, new, 61
Sljf; white, new, 6161;
lanuary, 6161; February,
ll361; March, 6161;
iteamer mixed, 57 57W; receipts,
216,891; exports, 306,885; new
Southern white corn, 57 61; do.,
yellow, 67 61.
Oats Dull; No. 2 white, 6667;
Mo. 3 white, 5356; No. 2 mixed,
5354; receipts, 9,258; exports,
148.
Rye Quiet; No. 2 Western ex
ports, 89 90; No. 2 Western domes
tic, 9091; receipts, 11,104.
Hay Easier; No. 1 timothy,
17.60; No. 1 clover mixed,
16.50.
Butter Firm, unchanged; fancy
Imitation, 24 25; fancy creamery,
12 33; fancy ladle, 22 23; store
packed, 16 18.
Eggs Steady, unchanged, 23 24.
Cheese Firm, unchanged; large,
14; flats, 14, small, 14.
Now York W heat Receipts,
81.000 bushels; exports, 8,735 bush
els. Spot weak; No. 2 red, 1.01
elevator; No. 2 red, 1.02 f. o. b.,
float; No. 1 Northern Dulutb,
1.16 f. o. b., afloat; No. 2 hard
winter, 1.11 f. o. b., afloat.
Corn Receipts, 97,825 bushels;
exports, 93,828 bushels. Spot easy;
No. 2, 73 elevator and 65 f. o. b.,
afloat; No. 2 white, 66, and No. 2
yellow, 65 f. o. b., afloat.
Oats Receipts, 34,500 bushels;
exports, 1,900 bushels. Spot steady;
mixed, 26 82 pounds, 63; natural
white, 26 82 pounds, 5456;
clipped white, 32 40 pounds, 66
62.
Rye--Easier. No. 2 Western, 92
f. o. b., New York.
Poultry Alive, firm; Western
chickens, 11; fowls, 18; turkeys,
14;' dressed, quiet; Western chick
ens, 122i; turkeys, 1216;
fowls. 10 13.
Butter Firmer; receipts, 5,548;
Western factory, common to firsts,
1821; do., held. 1820; imita
tion creamery, firsts, 23 26.
Eggs Firm; receipts, 12,144;
State, Pennsylvania and nearby,
firsts, 24 25; Western and
Southern firsts, 24; seconds, 23
24.
PhUadelpltla. Butter firm, good
demand; extra Western creamery,
34c; nearby prints, 36.
Eggs firm, lc. higher; Pennsylva
nia and other nearby firsts, free
cases, 26c. at mark; do., current
reclpts, In returnable cases, 24c. at
mark; Western choice, free cases,
25c. at mark; do., fair to good,
free cases, 22 24 at mark.
Cheese quiet but steady; New
York, full creams, choice, 16
16c; do., fair to good, 1516.
Live poultry firm but quiet; fowls,
1213i; old roosters, 99;
chickerlB, 10 13; ducks, 14 16;
geese, 11 13; turkeys, 14 16.
Live Stock.
New York. Beeves Receipts,
907. No trading; feeling weak.
Calves Reoelpts, 418. Market
dull and unchanged. Common to
choice veals, 4.609.26; no sales
of Western calves.
i Sheep and Lambs Receipts, E,-
939. Seep unchanged; lambs slow
and barely steady. 8heep, 8.60
5.00; culls, 2.76; yearlings, 6.60
6.00; lambs, 7.00 7.60; one car,
7.75.
Hogs Receipts, 3,076. Market
lower; State and Pennsylvania hogs
at 4.70; a few choice pigs at 6.00.
Chicago. Cattle Receipts esti
mated about 8,000; market steady.
Steers, 4.25 6.36; cows, 2.76
4.60; stockers and feeders, 2.60
4.76; heifers, 2.60 6.26; bulls,
2.86 4( 4.25; calves, 8.007.00.
Hogs Receipts estimated about
40,000; market 10c. higher. Choice
heavy shipping, 4.54.42; butch
ers', 4.36 4.40; Bght mixed, 4.15
4.28; choice light, 4.30 4.36; pack
ers, 3.90&4.8B; pigs, 3.604.10;
bulk of sales, 4.25 4.85.
Sheep Receipts estimated about
10,000; market slow and weak.
Sheep, 4.26 6.60; lambs, 6.26
OH fuel Is coming into general use
among the railroads In Mexico, ac
cording to the United Btates consul
at Monterey. The Mexican Central
Railway is now taking 4,000 barrels
of fuel oil -dally from the Mexican
Petroleum Company. All new en
gines purchased by the Mexican Cen
tral are equipped for burning oil.
It is officially reported that the
Madras government has authorised
an expenditure of $140,606 for the
construction and equipment pf a shed
for the use of the customs officers of
that port.