g-. . ..
WIS 1RRESTE0 IN
HIS S ATEflOOW
Charles W. Morse Nabbed as Steam
ship Reaches Quarantine.
WHIRLED TO COURT IN AUTOMOBILE.
Justice Howling Grant a Special
Sunday Hearing at Hla Horn and
Morae la Released in $20,000 Bait
Grand Larceny la the Charge
Againat Him.
New York ( Special ). Charles W.
Morse, financier nnd promoter of
many large combinations, Including
the so-cnlled Ice Trust nnd n merger
of nearly all of the coastwise steam
hlp lines, returned SurKlay from his
brief trip of Europe, was arrested In
his stateroom when the at earner
Struria reached quarantine In the
lower bay. held In custody until the
ship was docked, and then wns whirl
ed away in an automobile to the
homo of Justice Victor Howling, of
the Supreme Court, where he gave
bond in the sum of $20,000 to answer
to two indictments charging grand
larceny and Involving the sum of
$100,000.
Mr. Morse was released and went
Immediately to his Fifth Avenue
home, where tonight he gave out a
tatement asserting his Innocence and
asking the public to suspend judg
ment until he has had the opportun
ity of facing his accusers in court.
Mr. Morse will appear before Jus
tice Howling In open court nnd plead
not guilty to the indictments. He
denied that his trip to Europe was a
flight. He said he had gone abrond
to sell stock in a large Interest and
to secure a fortnight's rest. Both
purposes was spoiled by the publica
tion of reports that he was a fugitive
from justice, he declared.
Mr. Morse had received word by
wireless telegraphy that two indict
ments had been found against him,
but he did not know he was to
uffer physical nrrest. The appear
ance of three detectives from District
Attorney Jerome's office at his state
room door took him completely by
au rprise.
su rprise.
tailed By Barely Company.
The officers, armed with a warrant,
had gone down the bay on a revenue
cutter. They were accompanied by
Albert B. Board mail and Phillip J.
Britt, attorneys, and by Benjamin
W. Morse, a son of the financier.
Mrs. Morse met her husband at the
pier, and it was in her automobile
that the Journey with one of the de
tectives was made to JuEtlce Dowl
ing's house.
Justice Dowllng held an Informal
court session in li is library, Assistant
District Attorney Krcsel representing
the prosecution. The bonds, which
were signed by a surety company,
had been prepared Saturday. Mr.
Morse was required to sign two obli
gations of $10,000 each and. along
with the representatives of the bond
ing company, was put under oath to
appear at any time his presence may
be required.
Mr. Brltt stated that he had re
quested Mr. Jerome to allow the at
torneys to produce Mr. Morse in
court Monday, as he said had been
done in the cases of other well
known men under indictment, but
had been told that the public Interest
demanded that the ex-banker be
placed under arrest as soon as the
ship reached New York waters.
The charge against Mr. Morse
grows out of a note given to him by
former Chief Justice Morgan J.
O'Brien, of the Court of Appeals.
Judge O'Brien Is said to have de
posited three notes for $100,000
each with Mr. Morse in payment for
a block of 1,000 shares of stock In
the National Bank of North America.
The notes were to be held three years
and not disccunted. according to
Judge O'Brien, and at the end of
the three-year period he was to huve
the privilege of consummating or
withdrawing from the bargain for J
the purchase of stock.
LATEST NEWS
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Ten Sailors li, Wreck.
Portland, Ore. (Special). The
American ship Emily Iteed, 113 days
out from Newcastle. N. S., for Port
land, with coal, went ashore at the
mouth of the Nehalem Iliver, on the
Oregon coast, and broke in two. The
crew was swept overboard by the
aeas. Ten seamen were lost, while
aix persons were saved, including the
captain and his wife.
Wills HtHWi0 To Charities.
London (By Cablo). The will of
Mrs. Hylands, widow of John Ry
lands, of the famous Manchester cot
ton firm, bequeaths $2. 36"), 000 to
various charities Including $1,000,
000 to the John Rylands Library, at
Manchester, on which, during her
lifetime she spent $7,r00,000 in
building and equipping and In pur
chasing for if the famous Lord Craw
ford utid other collections.
Calls War Scare BaaeiOM.
New York (Special). Viscount
Kentaro Kaneko, one of the foremott
tatesmeu of Japan, In a letter re
ceived by Henry Clews, the banker,
aays the talk about war between
Japan and the United States Is a
"pernicious fabrication of sensation
al newspapers. So far as I am aware,
there is nothing of a serious nature
diplomatically pending between the
two countries," says the viscount.
Woman's Aged 110 Dead.
Wheeling, W. Va. (Special).--Amanda
Woods, aged 110, the oldest
person in the State, in dead, at her
home in Marshall County. She was
born In West Virginia when Indians
utill reamed through the foreaf, and
abe remembers Elizabeth Zane and
Lewis Wetzel, the pioneers. She re
tained her faculties to the last, and
could vividly recall the visits made
this section by Lafayette.
Kind 220 Kings On Suspect,.
Pittsburg, Pa. (Special). Thofhas
Brayne, aged thirty-five, from Chi
cago, was arrested here up u auapect.
When searched 220 rings were found
In his possession. The authorities?
are holding Brayne In connection
with the robbery of a jewelry atore.
MO.OOO tire Loss At liarlott, nvllle.
Charlottesville, Va. (Special). At
an eurly hour the M Utile Grocery
Company's warehouse, on South
Street, war burned to the ground
with u lost of about $80,000. Thi
sun of the Ore I ' unknown
Domestic
Baron Takahlra, the new Japanese
ambassador, arrived at New York,
and declared that war between the
I'nlted states and Japan would be
the most Inhuman event In the his
tory of the world.
Francle T. F. Lovejoy. of Pitts
burg, Is said to have admitted that
Mrs. Mary E. Cochrane, the "Woman
In Black," obtained from him a
$100,000 mortgage on his $750,000
home for $1.
Miss Josle Gemhlno. In New York,
shot five times at Charles Tinge, who
hnd jilted her a few days before the
date Bet for their marriage.
Murray Carleton, millionaire club
man of St. Louis, has adopted a
Chinese girl, who Is now studying in
China.
An expendltlon of Amerlcnn teach
ers on a tour of Inspection abroad is
being planned by the Civic Federa
tion. The Civic Federation plans send
ing a delegation of American school
teachers on a tour of inspection in
Europe.
Hetty Green Is reported to have
said that during the financial crisis
she loaned a million to Harry Payne
Whitney and to the New York Cen
tral, but refused loans to members of
the Vanderbllt family.
State's Attorney General Jackson
announced that he would ask for the
appointment of n receiver for the
Mutual Reserve Life Insurance Com
pany of New York.
Deputy Chief Charles W. Krugcr,
known as the Grand Old Man of the
New York Fire Department, was
drowned while leading his men at a
fire on Canal Street.
Carl Pohllg, leader of the Phila
delphia Orchestra, and other mem
bers of the orchestra were Injured in
a wreck on the Baltimore and Ohio,
near Chester. Pa.
Secretary Taft presented diplomas
to 108 members of the graduating
class of the I'nlted States Military
Academy.
Nathan Z. Taylor, a city official of
Creston. Ia., wns shot anil killed in
the rear of his confectionery store.
L. C. Brewer, a salesman, sent a
bullet into bis brain in the wholesale I
shoe store of A. J. BateB & Co., in
Duane Street, New York, after
threatening to kill G. A. Burnell, I
manager of the store, and firing a
bullet Into the floor to emphasize his
thrent. According to members of the
Arm, Brewer had been employed by
Bates & Co., as a salesman, but was
discharged a few weekB ago.
The report of the fire insurance
business of 1907 on the Pacific coast!
shows the total amount of the poli
cies written to be $1,233,329,613,
on which premiums to the amount
of $26,969,4 17 were paid.
Foster M. Voorhees, ex-governor
of New Jersey, and president of the
Bankers' Life Insurance Company,
was indicted for perjury by a special
grand Jury sitting In New York.
Mrs. Martha Anderson wns found
dead at her home, In Janesvllle, Wis.,
with her throat cut from ear to ear.
The district attorney is investigating
her death.
Brigadier General Henry Carroll,
U. S. A., retired, a veteran of the
Civil War nnd of the Spanish War, j
died at his home in Colorado Springs. :
Five persons were killed in the !
explosion which wrecked the starch
manufacturing plant of C. S. Tanner j
In Providence.
John Hays Hammond, mining en- j
gineer, has given up his $250,000 po- I
sltion with the Guggenheim Explora- j
tlon Company.
Fire destroyed the Pine Tree
Worsted Company's plant at Putnam,
Ct. The loss Is about $70,000.
Leslie M. Shaw says J. Pierpont
Morgan Is the biggest man In the
OOUntry today and that he would like
to see the financier president of the
United States
Henry Schuelle, a wealthy and re
spected contractor of Alton, 111., con
fesses he Is a burglar who has been
looting stores of the community.
Twelve men were burned by the
explosion of oO tons of molten metal
in the National Tube Company fur
nace at McKeesport, Pa.
Receivers have been named for P.
THE BIB FLEET SAILS
PAST VM.PAHAISO
Chilians Enthuse Over Splendid
Spectacle.
PRESIDENT MONTT REVIEWS FLEET.
The Sixteen Amerkaa Battleships in
Singh File, Headed by the Chilian
Cruiser Chacabueo and Chilian Torpedo-boat
Destroyers, Steam Slowly
Through Valparaiso Bay.
Valparaiso, Chill (By Cable).
The great American fleet of 16 bat
tleships under the command of Rear
Admiral Evans passed Valparaiso
and continued on its voyage north
ward for Callao, Peru, the next stop
ping place. All Valparaiso and
and thousands of persons from every
city In Chill witnessed the passing
of the fleet. President Mcntt and
the other high officials of the repub
lic came out from ahore to greet the
battleships, and almost the entire
Chilian Navy exchanged salutes with
them as they swung around Curau
mllla Point and Into Valparaiso Bay
In single file, headed by the Chilian
cruiser Chacabueo and Ave Chilian
torpedo-boat destroyers.
Turning sharp around Curaumllla
Point at 2.10 o'clock P. M., the
Chacabueo nnd the Ave Chilian de
stroyers led the Connecticut and her
15 sister ships Into the view of the
thousands who had awaited their
appearance since dawn. The day
was perfect and the spectacle of the
fleet stretched in a great semicircle
as seen from the high hills around
the bay was magnificent.
President Montt and other Chilian
officials embarkod on the training
ship General Baquedano nnd took
a position well out In the harbor.
Around the Bequedano the fleet
swung at a speed of four knots, fir
ing the presidential salute as they
passed in review. It was one hour
from the time the head of the fleet
entered the bay until the last ves
sel had passed the President's ship
and turned toward the open sea.
Then the Baquedano lifted anchor
and escorted the fleet well out o.'
the bay on Its way to the North.
It was a great review, such as had
never before been seen In Valpa
raiso Bny, and the sight will long
be remembered by the people of
Chill who came to witness It.
The shipping the harbor and the
principal buildings in the city were
dressed for the occasion, as the day
was observed as a holiday in honor
of the fleet. From the picturesque,
sloping hills, dotted with houses, a
profusion of bunting and the wav
ing of flags was discernible from the
bay. Thousands of persons from
Santiago and other placeB in the re
public had come to Valparaiso for
the occasion, and the roofs of the
Bolsa Commercial, with Its two huge
towers, the cumtom house and the
large warehouses and other build
ings along the circular road skirting
the bay front were black with spec
tators. The enthusiasm of the Chilians
was almost boundless, and they
cheered lustily as each battleship of
the fleet swept around the review
ing ship, their sides lined with
Jackies in Immaculate white, and the
bands playing patriotic airs. The
noise of the cheering was lost, how
ever, In that of the saluting guns
from the fort and the fleet. Alto
gether. 1,200 shots were fired.
After the fleet had passed to the
northwest a banquet was served on
board the General Baquesdano by
President Montt in honor of the
diplomatic corps and his other
guests. Toasts were drunk to Pres
ident Roosevelt and Admiral Evans
and his officers, crewR and ships, and
the universal wlBh was expressed
that the Americans may have fair
weather and a safe passage to their
destination.
PRESIDENT SAYS MORALITY
IS THE CORNERSTONE
Roosevelt Gives Talk on Material
Prosperity.
Washington, D. C. (Special). In
forest In the work of the fifth gener
al convention of the Religious Edu
cation Association centered In a re
ceptlon and an address to the dele
gates by the President of the United
States at the White House. In which
he declared that our material pros
perity will avail but little unless It
Is built upon the superstructure of
the higher moral and spiritual life.
The real business before the second
day's session, which was held In the
First Congregatlnnallst Church, was
the reading of the annual reports or
"survey" oi the work of the associa
tion and of the progress In moral
nnd religious education nnd the elec
tion of officers, as follows:
President, Francis Greenwood Pea
body, Harvard, Mass.; first vice presi
dent, Benjamin Ide Wheeler. Berke
ley, Cal.; vice presidents, Elmer E.
Brown, Washington, D. C. ; James 8.
Cutler, Rochester, N. Y.; James H.
Kirkland, Nashville, Tenn.; Henry W.
Boardsley. Kansas City, Mo.; Carter
Helm Jones, Lynchburg. Va.; George
Hodges, Cambridge, Mass.; William
R. Anderson, Chicago, III.; Arthur
T. Hadloy, New Haven, Ct.; William
N. Hartshorn, Boston, Mass.; Wil
liam D. Murray, New York, N. Y.;
Charles B. Galloway, Jackson, Tenn.;
A. H. McKay, Halifax, N. S.; George
R. Robinson. Chicago, 111.; William
O. Thompson, Columbus, O. ; Frank
Strong, Lawrence, Kan., and Wood-
row Wilson, Princeton, N. J.
The delegates were received in the
East Room of the White House when
the President addressed them as follows:
It Is a very real pleasure to mo
to greet the members of this associa
tion. I doubt If there Is any lesson
more essential to teach in an indus
trial democracy like ours than the
reason that any failure to train the
average citizen to a belief in the
things of the spirit no less than the
things of the body, must In the long
run entail misfortune, shortcoming,
possible disaster upon the nation it
aelf. It is eminently right that
we Americans should be proud of our
material prosperity. It Is eminently
right that wo should pride ourselves
upon a widely diffused and exceed
ingly practical system of education.
I believe in both, but neither will
avail If something else Is not added
to the nation.
The material prosperity is essen
tial as a foundation, but It is only a
foundation nnd upon it must be built
the superstructure of the higher mor
al nnd spiritual life; for otherwise In
Itself the material prosperity will
amount to but little. So without
education; It is necessary that we
should see that tho children Bhould
be trained not merely In rending and
writing, not merely In the elementary
branches of learning strictly so de
fined; but trained industrially, trnln
ed adequately to meet the ever In
creasing demands of the complete
growth of our Industrialism, trained
agriculturally, trained in hnndlcraits,
trained to be more efficient workers
In every field of human activity.
But they must be trained in more
than that or the nation will ulti
mately go down. They must be train
ed in the elementary branches of
righteousness; they must be trained
so that it shall come naturally to
them to abhor thnt which Is evil, or
we never can see our democracy take
the place which It must and shall
take among the nations of the earth.
SUICIDE IN ASTOIt HOUSE.
P. Mast & Co.. agricultural Imple
ment manufacturers of Cincinnati, O.
Burglars blew up the Farmers and
Manufacturers' Bank of Rich Hill,
Mo., securing $25,000 in cash.
Charles J. Hughes, Jr.. a Denver
lawyer, delivered an address which
consumed 45 hours.
Foreign
The Chinese government is framing i
as polite a refusal as possible to the j
Mikado's demand for the surrender !
of the Japnnese steamship Tatsu
Maru and its cargo, seized off Macao
by the Chinese on the ground that
it was smuggling arms and ammu
nition to Chinese revolutionists.
Russia and Great Britain will like
ly enter upon an agreement for Joint
action In regard to Macedonia, the
action of Germany In deciding upon
an independent course having broken
up the European arrangement on the
Macedonian question.
The London Evening News pub
lishes a story of Arthur Hynes, in
which the bigamist Is reported to
have admitted that he married 32
women.
An explosion has entombed 4 2 men
in a coal mine at Glencoe, Natal.
Twelve of the number are Europeans
and the rest natives.
Mrs. I'arkhurst, a leader of the
English woman suffragists, and some
of her companions were sent to Jail
for six weeks.
I'ive Belgian soldiers and 150 Ma
ball rebels huve been killed in a bat
tle In the Eastern Congo. The na
tives are said to have been put to
flight, and the troops are hunting
them through the Jungle.
Germany, It Is said, will agree to
the Turkish proposal that the Mace
donian foreign gendarmerie be placed
under control of Turkey. This inde
pendent action has caused disquie
tude. Serious rioting occurred during
the celebration of the first of the Mo
hammedan year in Bombay, in which
European officers fired upon the riot
ers, killing five aud wounding 40.
Bronze tablets were placed on the
monuments erected at Tientsin, Chi
na, in memory of American soldiers
and sailors who lost their lives in
the Boxer outbreak of 1901.
Great Britain appears to favor a
general arbitration treaty, such as
has just been concluded between
France and the United States.
George Meredith received many
i ; addresses on the oc-
aslon of his eighty-first birthday
"I Am Issuing Myself Transportation
To Better Existence."
New York (Special) Lying across
his bed In a position that showed
conclusively that the deed was done
with deliberation, J. W. Boscbe, of
Buffalo, committed suicide In the
Astor House by slashing the artery
of the left arm with a razor. He had
addressed letters to the manager of
the hotel, the coroner and his wife.
In the former Hosche apologized for
the trouble he was causing the hotel.
To the coroner he said:
"There Is no necessity for an in
quest. The waiter Is In the room
as I am writing this. I am simply is
suing myself transportation to an
other and better existence, no mat
ter what Its conditions or circum
stances." BoBche Is said to have been a mem
ber of the firm of Bosche Bros..
manufacturing Jawelers, of Buffalo, i
THK.VM RK BOX BISSAPBABS.
Owner Uemnt $60,000 In Securities
For Moment And They Vanish.
Minneapolis (Special). A safe de
posit box, containing bonds and se
curities valued at $50,000, the per
sonal property of Daniel C. Hopkiuu,
vice-president of the Hopkins Land
Company, has mysteriously disap
peared from his office. In the Metro
politan Life Insurance Building.
The box was left on Mr. Hopkins'
desk for a moment while he stepped
into a rear room. Since then the
papers have not been seen by their
owner.
8:10,000 IN JEWELS STOLEN.
Thieves Enter Seconu-story Window
While Dinner Is In Progress.
Memphis, Tenn. (Special). While
a dinner party waa In progress at
the home of Frank G. Jones, in Vance
Avenue, one of the moat fashionable
residential sections of the city,
thlevesonteredaaecond-story window
and made away with Jewels valued
at $20,000.
The Jewels were the property of
Garret E. Lamb, his wife and daugh
ter, of Clinton, Iowa.
Miner Saves Fast Train.
Wllkeabarre, Pa. (Special). A
fast-running passenger train on the
Wllkeabai're and Eastern Railroad,
bound from Stroudsburg to this city,
waa saved from destruction at Yatea
vllle by an unidentified foreign miner.
He flagged the train, and then it
waa dlacovered that a long section of
the track had disappeared In a mine
cave-In.
Miasourl PacTflc sold down frrm
38 to 35, the lowest price for a de
cad o.
Merchant Kills Lumberman.
Johnson City. Tenn. (Special).
H. Cllne, a prominent, lumberman of
Bristol, was shot nnd instantly killed
at Elk Park by Luke Banner, a
wealthy merchant of Elk Park, N. C.
The killing Ib thought to have been
the result of difference over busi
ness matters between Cllne and the
Banner family last summer.
Hotels Must Spruce 1'p.
Guthrie, Okla. (Special). The
house of representatives passed a
sweeping measure regulating hotels.
The measure provides that every
hotel shall provide nine-foot sheets,
and shall use "no cup. dish, vessel,
or receptacle for food that has cracks
visible to the naked eye."
Price of Oil Increased.
Pittsburg, Pa. (Special). The
Standard Oil Company announced an
advance of five cents In three grades
of oil, as follows: North Lima, 99;
South Lima, 94. and Indiana, 94.
Pennsylvania remains unchanged.
FINANCIAL
American Sugar declared Its regu
lar dividends.
No change in the Bank of Eng
land's 4 per cent, discount rute.
Baltimore & Ohio officials say
that although 11,000 of their freight
cars are now Idle traffic has Im
proved somewhat.
Western Union, which, like Mis
souri Pacific, Is a Gould stock, was
very weak along with the latter,
railing 2 points to 48.
There was a decrease of $1,429
in the January gross earnings of
the American Railways Company.
The regular dividend on the stock
has been declared.
Union Pacific directors declared
the regulnr quarterly dividend of
2 per cent, on the common stock.
Southern Pnclftc declared Its regu
lar quarterly dividend of 1 per
cent.
The Pennsylvania's coal and coke
tonnage on Its Eastern lines for the
year up to February 8 amounted to
4,547,948 tons, against 6,181,075
tons last year, a decline of about 26
per cent.
The annual statement of the
American Iron & Steel Manufactur
ing Company for 1907 snows total
assets of $8,050,797. The undivid
ed profits ariount to $2,477,299.
The reserve fund to provide for
depreciation has been Increased $68,
500. The sum of $305,325 has been
expended for betterments und addi
tions. Commenting on the fact that the
number of Pennsylvania Railroad
shareholders has Increased 16,370 In
one year, a very well known bank
er said: "This la the best evidence
that the stock is going into the
hands of Investors. On January 1
there were 57,226 owners .of Penn
sylvania stock and the average num
ber cf shares owned by each waa
110, compared with 150 the year
previous. I know of no more hope
ful sign than the substitution of the
Investor for the speculator in the
security markets."
FEDERAL TROOPS SENT
TO ALASKAN MINES
Strike Situation There is Growing
Serious.
MUST TRAVEL BY DOG SLF.DS.
WASHINGTON
BY TELEGRAPH
A Company of Infantry Ordered to
the Scene Allar Conferences In
Which the President, Attorney Gen
eral Bonaparte and Chief of Staff
Bell Take Part.
Washington, D C. (8peclnl). By
direction of the President, Acting
Secretary Oliver ordered a company
of Infantry from Fort Gibbon, In
Alaska, to Fairbanks, In that terri
tory, to preserve order during the
mining strike In that section. This
action was taken upon representation
from the ITnlted Slates Court in
Alaska to the Attorney General that
the presence of Federal troops was
needed. Attorney General Bonaparte
promptly brought the matter to the
attention of the President, and by his
Instruction afterwards consulted
with Acting Secretary Oliver, who.
through General Bell, chief of staff,
forwarded the necessary orders for
the movement of troops to the mili
tary commander at Fort Gibbon.
The Department of Justice is with
out information aa to the cause of
the strike. It Is not known here
whether the trouble is due to a strike
for Increase of wages, resisting a re
duction of wages, or the result of
the shuttng down of the mines. It
is understood that every miner in
the town is out on strike. A lnrge
number of arrests have been made.
Department officials say that al
though Bhots have been exchanged,
there has beon no destruction of
property or serious Injuries Inflicted
aa yet.
The following statement on the sit
uation was given out at the Depart-
ment of Justice:
"The Attorney General is In re
ceipt of telegrams from Fairbanks.
Alaska, Indicating that there Is a I
possibility of trouble growing out of
the strike of miners at that point.
The striking miners had picketed the
trail between Valdez and Fairbanks,
but a party of workmen were brought
In by the pickets. Most of the new
ly-arrived laborers are Russians, and
It Is reported that open air mass
meeting are being held by the strik
ing miners, and that threats of vio-
lence have been made. The marshal
has been directed by the Attorney
Genera! to use all the force at his
command to arrest Jawbreakers and
to prevent intimidation, and it haB
also been arranged that a military
force shall start for Fairbanks at
once to give the marshal moral sup
port, and also to take action should
the disorder prove too great for any
force that the marshal may be able
to secure. The latter haB been given
strict orders as to the energetic UBe
of all the force he can command."
Fort Gibbon being at tho junction
of the Yukon nnd Tannna Rivers,
about 150 miles by rail from Fair-1
banks, It appears to be the more valu
able. Recent reports from military
authorities at the posts Bhow the
temperature to be ranging from 30
to 40 degrees blow zero, and the ice
fields unusually heavy. The only
menns of transportation is by dog
sleds, and it would require prohably
Ave or six days to make the trip.
Fairbanks, Alaska (Special).
I'nlted States MnrBhal Perry hns !
sworn In 250 special deputies for the
protection of life and property
against riotous strikers, who are con
gregated on the strcetB. These mobs i
have been attempting to capture re
cent arrlvnls here with a view to i
deporting them. The marshal's force
has dispersed the rioters, and guar- I
antees protection to all men in camp. !
All saloons are closed.
FLORAL GREETING AT FRISCO,
Dewey To Meet Fleet.
Admral Dewey will go to San
Frnnclsco to meet the American fleet
This announcement of the purpose
of the ranking Admiral of the Navy
hns caused a stir of gossip In army
and navy circles. Rumrrs of a
breakdown in Admirn) Evan's health,
which were current at the time the
fleet sailed from Hampton Roads,
have been received and given color
to conjectures that "Fighting Boh"
may be relieved.
. Admi nl Dewey ridicules the Idea
that th re Is the remotest prospect
of his return to the quarter-derk. He
declares his coming visit to the
coast next May will be entirely In
the nature of a sr.clal affair, and will
not have any hearing on Admiral
Evnn's command.
Admiral Dewey will be accompan
ied on his Journey to greet the fleet
by Secretary of the Navy Metcnlf.
The plan of the frlp to the const.
It Is snld, originated In nn Invitation
from the chairman of the Chamber
of Commerce of San Francisco, Mr.
Bentley. The latter, while nn a visit
to Washington, was Introduced to the
President by Senator Perkins. Ho
Invited the President to be present
nt the festivities planned to welcome
tho fleet's nrrlval at Golden Gate.
I'pon the President expressing his
inability to attend, Mr. Bentley In
vited Admiral Dewey and Secretary
Metcalf to be present.
Admiral Dewey has not yet de
cided whether he will meet the fleet
nt 8an Diego. Los Angeles, or await
its arrival at San Francisco. .
Creates Militia Division.
In recognition of the growing in
timacy between the regular army nnd
the national militia, Acting Secre
tary of War Oliver has Issued an or
der creating a new division in th(
War Department to be known as the
Division of Militia Affairs. Col. E
M. Weaver, of the CoaBt Artillery
has been named as chief of the new
division.
The Jurisdiction of the division in
volves: "The armament, equipment
discipline training, education and or
gnnaton of the militia: the conduct
of camps of instruction nnd par
ticipation in the Held exercises anti
maneuvers of the regular army, and
the mobilization and the. relations ol
the militia to the regular army lr
timo of peace."
New Rifles Arc Kcitdy.
Acting Secretary Oliver statcn that
the War Department nt last is in
a position to completely arm the or
ganized 'mllltla of the country, 100,
000 strong, with the new high-powei
army rifle or musket. Tho weapoi:
is officially known as tho model ol
1903, rechamhered for the ammu
nition of 100R.
The distinguishing feature is the
new sharply pointed light steel-clad
bullet, with its enormous range and
flat trajectory. Governors of States
may have the new rifle for their
militia upon rcqtilslton and turning
In the Krag-Jorgensen guns of the
type uned In the Spanish-American
War.
Barren Spots To Blossom Forth
When The Fleet Arrives.
San Francisco (8peclal). With
tho scattering of seeds over the
burned hillsides this week, San Fran
cisco will begin the first nctual work
for its bet utlflcatlon against the com
ing of the battleship fleet. At a meet
ing of the executive committee for
the fleet'B reception, it was decided
to plant at once, nasturtiums, esch
sholtsla and Shirley poppy seeds so
that when May comes the slopes now
dotted with vacant spaces filled with
brick and ashes will smile In gor
geous colors of many flowers.
No time is to be lost for the plnnts
take almost three months to flower
and whatever the seeds and their
planting cost will be appropriated
when tne amount Is known.
mm: MEN blown TO atoms.
Two Buildings of Explosive Company
Are Destroyed With Workmen.
Montreal, Quebec i Special). At
the lie Parrot, near Vaudreull, two
of the buildings of tho Standard Ex
plosive Company .were destroyed and
nine workmen killed. One man, who
wus working outside, was injured.
The two explosions took place one
after the other. -They came like
thunderbolts, and when the teisifled
people of the village of Vaudreull
looked In the direction of the factory
all was already over. The two build-
IngB had collapsed, and the men
bodies bad been blown to atoms.
Goes Smiling To Gallows.
Birmingham, Ala. (Special).
Henry Thnxton, a negro, convicted of
killing W. E. Hunatucker, white, two
years ago, after being thrice previ
ously respited by tho governor, waa
hanged here. He mounted the scaf
fold smiling, and began hit speech
on the gallows by saying: "Friends,
I am here once again," and wound
up with "thanking you for your at
tention." He said bad company had
gotten him into trouble.
Seven Burned To Death.
New Llikard, Ont. (Special) Seven
persons were burned to death by a
fire which destroyed the home of
Lawrence Haacke, a carpenter, near
here. The victims were his wife and
lx children, ranging in age from so
infant to a girl of eloven years. Tho
family were asleep when the fire
started, and before assistance arrived
the building had been burned to t
ground.
Jack Long fought and wounded l
men of a mob of lynchers before ho
wen l:eat?n to !cath at Vnldoafa. Ca.
Some Interesting Happenings Briefly
Told.
Admiral Converse's report on the
criticisms of the American Navy was
made public. He declares our Navy
In ships and men to be the peer of
any, but inferior In quantity.
The Interstate Commerce Commle
''is be" p'lv'r that the Bal
timore and Ohio Railroad will put
...nr-,.uui iuw in operation nt
once.
The record shows that white con
gressmen want to cut down nil other
expenses, they are holding onto their
mileage and increased salary.
Congressman OUle James, from
Kentucky, is said to have the vice
presidential bee huztng in his bonnet.
Another blow at the Harriman and
other railroads of the west Is In con
templation In Congress, the Senate
Committee on the Judiciary having
decided to report a resolution direct
ing the Attorney General to make nn
Investigation of land holdings of the
land grant railroads for the purpose
of ascertaining whether they are re
fusing to sell their lands lo settlers
at reasonable prices, and !f so, to
take stepn to compel them to do so.
Judge S. H. Cowan, of Texso, in
addressing the Senate Committee on
interstate Commerce, declared th
railroads have ample equipment to
move commerce If they would aban
don tho tonnage system.
Senator Clay, of Georgia, denounc
ed the Aldrlch financial bill as lavor
ing rich and powerful individuals oi
corporations and placing the powct
to issue money In the control oi
bankers' associations.
The House Committee on Mllltarj
Affairs decided not to vote an in
crease In the pay of the officers ol
the Army. The pay of enlisted mer
Is to be increased.
An historical painting of the battl
of the Constltutiou aud Guerrlerc
hns been presented to tho Nava'
Academy.
Senator Tillman presunted a. petl
tlon to the Senate from Alfred O
Crozler, a manufacturer of Wllmlng
ton, Del., protesting against the pas
sage of the Aldrlch Cnrrercy Hill.
A new employers' liability act
framed to meet the objections of th(
Supreme Court to tho act recentlj
declared Invalid, was Introduced lr
House and Senate.
Secretary of the State Root ap
reared before the Senate Com mitt c
on Foreign Relatlona in behalf of tbi
bill for a reorganization of th
American conaular aervlcc.
Representative Richardson, of Ala
hama, made a lengthy speech In th
House on the tariff question.
The President nominated Louis A
Coolldge to he assistant secretary
of the Treasury.
Chairman Tawney, of the Hous
Commlttoo on Appropriations, que
tlonod tho lognlity of the croatlon ol
tho Inland Waterways Commission.
General Elliott, commandant, anc
other officers of the Marine Corps
were before the House Committor
urging tho bill to increase the force
by 3,000 men.
Orders were Issued by Acting Boc
rotary of War Ollvor creating a bu
reau to bo known aa tl, division ol
militia affairs In the War Depart
UWNtt Tho Senate bill to increato the
efficiency of the peroounol of the rev
enue cutter service was reported fa
vorably by the House committee.
The Indian Appropriation BUI car-,
ry'.ug $8,000,000 was pasted by the
Hour..
COMMERCIAL COLUMN
Weekly Review of Trade and Latest
Market Retrain
R. O. Dun A Co.'a Weekly Review
of Trade aays:
Little change appears In the com
mercial situation, but progress ia In
tbe right direction. Insofar as any
difference can be dlacovered. Recent
gains are maintained In almost every
inatance and n few further encourag
ing symptoms appear, notably the
larger forces at work In leading In
dustries. Wholesale and jobbing
houses prepare for the future most
conservatively. Mercantile collec
tions are Irregular, some districts
reporting fairly prompt settlements,
but at other points payments nre
slow.
Aside from a moderate demand
for prompt shipments of novelties or
special constructions, the primary
market for cotton goods la dull,
staple lines being almost wholly neg
lected. Purchasers continue to await
lower quotations. Vnrlatlons in the
raw material have no effect and the
export demand has not Improved.
All lines of woolens have been opened
wlhout arousing much Interest or
giving any definite Impression re
garding the trend of the market.
A fair business in certain Hue. of
wool goods has encouraged more ac
tivity at some mills, and fancy wors
teds have sold sufficiently to Indicate
that the season's results would equal
the success of recent preceding years.
Wholesale Mnrkets.
Baltimore. Flour -Dull and un
changed. Receipts, 6,214.
Wheat Dull. 8pot, contrnct, 95
96; Spot No. 2 red Western,
9G96; February, 95 96;
March, 97 97; May, 1.01 asked;
steamer No. 2 red, 1)1 91. Ro
celpts, 3.S23; exports, 22,000. South
ern, on grade, 91(395.
Corn Dull. Spot, mixed, 60
60; No. 2 white, 60 60;
February, 60 60; March, 61 j
Cl; Aprli, 61 01; May,
C2; Bteamor mlxad, 56 56
Receipt, 234,432; exports, 51,428.
Southern white earn, 5G 60; South
ern yellow torn, 56 60.
Oats Firm. No. 2 white, 54 Va1
56; No. 8 white. 52CT55; No. 2
mixed, 62 53. Receipts, 12.190.
Rye Steady. No. 2 Western ex
port, 87f8S; No. 2 Western domes
tic, 89 90.
Hay Dull and easy. No. 1 timo
thy, 17.00 17.50; Nr.. 1 clover mix
ed, 15.00 16.00.
Butter Firm and unchanged.
Fancy Imitation, 24 25; fancy
creamery, 36; fancy ladle, 22 23;
store packed. 17 19.
Egg3 8tcady and unchanged, at
24c.
C h c e s e Firm and unchanged.
Large, 14; flats, 14; small. 16.
New York. Wheat Receipts, 12,
000; exports. 71,936. Spot steady.
No. 2 red, 1.00 elevator; No. 2
red, 1.02 f. o. b., afloat; No. 1
Northern fhiluth, 1.16 f. o. b.,
afloat; No. 2 hard winter, 1.10
f. o. b., afloat.
Corn Receipts, 6S.800. Spot
firm. No. 2, 69 elevator and 62 ',4
f. o. b., afloat; No. 2 white, 63,
and No. 2 yellow, G3 f. o. b., afloat.
All nominal.
Oats Receipts, 4,500. Spot firm.
Mixed, 2G to 32 pounds. 5G; natural
white. 26 to 32 pounds, 56 59;
clipped white, 32 to 40 pounds, 58 Va
65.
Poultry Alive barely steady.
Western chlckenB, 1 1 Va ; fowls,
13; turkeys, 14. Dressed firm.
Western chickens. 10.O1?! turkeys,
12 17; fowls, 10 13 .
Eggs Easy. Receipts, 9,465.
Western and Southern firsts, 25
25.
Philadelphia. Butter c higher;
extra Western creamery, 35c; do.,
nearby prints, 37.
Eggs firm; Pennsylvania and other
nearby firsts, free cases, 26c, at
mark; do., current receipts, In re
turnable cases. 24, at mark; West
ern, choice, -free cases, 26, at mark;
do., fair to good, free cases, 24, at
mark. Cheese steady; New York,
full creams, choice, 16 16c; do.,
fair to good, 16 15.
Live poultry quiet; fowls, 13
14c; old roosters, 10; chickens, 11
14; ducks, 14 16; geese, 11
13.
Live Stock.
Now York. B e e v c s Receipts,
744. No trading; feeling steady.
Dreesed beef slow, at 7 Va 9c. A
little fancy beef at 9c. Exports,
4,800 quarters of beef.
Calves Receipts. 338. Market
Bteady. Veals, 5.00 to 9.50. City
dressed veals Blow, at 8 to 13 Vio.
per pound; country dressed at 7 to
11.
Sheep and Lambs Receipts, 4,
979. Bbeep steady, lambs dull to
10c. lower. Sheop, 4.26 to 4.50;
culls, 3.00; lambs. 7.b0 to 7.86.
Hogs Receipts, 3,797. Feeling
nominally steady.
Chicago. Cattle Receipts, about
12,600. Market steady and lower.
Steers. 4.26 6.25; cowa, 3.00
4.75: heifers, 2.505.25; bulls, 3.00
4.60; calves, 3.00; atockers and
feeders, 2.60 4.76.
Hogs Receipts, about 37,000.
Market steady. Choice heavy ship
ping, 4.504.60; butchers, 4.46
4 60; light mixed. 4.364.45; choice
light. 4.404.50; packing, 4.00
4.60; pigs. 3.75 4.25; bulk of sales,
4.60 4.60.
Sheep Receipts, about 12,000.
Market steady. Sheep, 4.25 6.40;
lambs, 6.267.00; yearlings, 6.60
6.26.
ODDS AND ENDS.
Europeans expect a slump In auto
mobile prices and a crisis In the in
dustry this year.
In 1907 14,040 tons of silver ore,
value at $10,000,000, were shipped
from Cobalt, Canada.
The Bast Indian banana haa begun
' ' compete with tbe West Indian
fruit In English markets.
There Is no American Are Insur
ance company doing tuaineaa In
Chill.
There are no newsboys In Spain;
women sell newspapers In the streets.
Spain la spending $40,000,000 ont
new battleships and dockyard con
atruction.
In a favorable wind a fox canj
scent a man at a distance of one-quarter-
of a mile.
Frederick the Great made a satis
factory meal on salt beef or porkj
aud cabbage.
The Russian Is not free from pat
rental bondage until he reaches that
age of 26.
The United States haa atill 400,-1
006,000 acres of forest, Australia;
60,000,000, India 46,000,000.