SIX PEOPLE KILLED
IT GRADE CROSSING
Train Strikes Wagonload of Merrymakers.
THREE ARE SERIOUSLY HURT.
Frightful Accident on the Tracks of
the Ontario and Western Near Nyark
N. Y.-The Parly Waa Returning
From a Baiketball Gama-All Were
Members of Prominent r'amillea.
Spring Valley, N, Y. (Special). A
foam-specked pair uf horses that ION
through the streets, drngging be
tween them a splintered wagon pole,
brought to the village the flrat news
of a grade-crossing accident in which
nine members of tta most prominent
families were either killed outright
or frightfully injured.
The runaways brought up at the
livery stable of George Young, from
whom they had been hired the night
before to take a party of men nud
girls to a basketball gnme at Nyack.
Returning In the early hours, the
wagonload of merrymakers was run
down at a West Nyuck crossing by
an Ontario and Western express
train.
Four of the party were instantly
killed, two died while being removed
to the Hudson County Hospital, at
Hoboken, N. J., and the other three
lie In a serious condition at that in
stitution tonight.
The dead:
George Reith, aged 30, assistant
superintendent of the telephone office
and manager of the Spring Valley
basketball team.
Nelson -May, aged II, who drove
the team.
Bertha Singer, aged 1 8.
Edith Singer, aged 20.
George Shinn, aged 38, a basket
ball player.
Jennette Palmer, aged 21.
The Injured:
Warren Palmer, 1!2 years, condi
tion serious.
Henry Dieteren, 23 years, basket
ball player; will probably recover.
Mary Edith Bird, aged 18; condi
tion critical.
The responsibility for the accident
1s in dispute.
The survivors cannot bo question
ed as yet, and the only other witness
was the crossing gate-tender. He
claims that the team was driven
through the lowered gates. The
gate on the side of approach was
broken down, but the opposite gate
was Intact, and if previously lowered
must have been hurdled by the
frightened homos after the wagon
had been struck and torn from its
pole. The animals were uninjured.
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BISHOP BATTKRIiEE DEAD.
Died Repeating The Words, "Holy,
Holy, Holy."
Washington (Special). Rt. Rev.
Henry Yates Satterlee, Bishop of
Washington and a prominent tlgure
In the Protestant Episcopal Church,
died at hiB home, 1407 Massachusetts
Avenue Northwest, Saturday morn
ing at. 7.30 o'clock. Pneumonia, con
tracted In New York, is given as the
cause of his death.
For several days the patient's con
dition had been serious, but not un
tlll Friday night was it realized by
those at his bedside that the crisis i
was near. His death, therefore, came
as a great shock to bis friends, his
churchmen and co-workers.
Blshrp Satterlee began to fail at
midnight, and he told those about
Domestic
Governor Hughes. In an address
In Chicago, says fining trust officials
Is putting the burden on the public.
He favors Jail sentences for corpora
tion ofllctals.
The corpse of Capt. Delos Hayden,
who died In a lighthouse off Toledo.
O., was recovered by friends, who
made a perilous trip across Ice floes.
Announcement that Eastern rail
roads will not reduce wages was
made, following a conference of rail
road officials and employes in New
York. Former Minister to Denmark Carr
delivered an address at ITtlca, N. Y.,
In which he compared the adminis
trations of Lincoln and Roosevelt.
A freight train ran Into a trap sot
bv trninwreckcrs for a fast passen
ger train on the Missouri Pacific,
three men being Injured.
Jerry M. Vital, upon whose evi
dence Herman Bllllk, of Chicago, is
under sentence of death for murder,
has confessed to perjury.
Rlshops Potter, Greer and Falkner
are among 250 New York clergymen
who are protesting against increas
ing the Navy.
William Randolph Hearst, in an
address at Chicago, announced the
principles of a proposed now national
political party.
After being saved from drowning
J. W. Draper and F. B. Garrett were
killed by a train near Pittsburg, Pa.
.lames W. Turner, who died on an
Ohio farm, wants a monument of
whisky Jugs to his memory.
Joseph Choate declared there Is no
cause to apprehend war with Japan.
Justice Brewer declares tne nation
Is rushing Into debt for luxuries.
E. H. Harriman gained a complete
vlotory in the Illinois Central litiga
tion, when Judge Ball rendered a
decision dissolving the temporary in-
Junction granted to Stuyvesant Fish. ,
by which 286,231 shares of stock
were enjoined from being voted at
the annual meeting of the Illinois
Central Railroad Company.
Claude Brooks, a negro, who con-
feBBed to killing Sidney Herndon, n ,
well-to-do bachelor, In his npart-
inents In Chicago on January 17. i
as found guilty of murder In the
first degree and his punishment fixed
at death.
Garfield H. Topping, owner of one
of the first theatres in Chicago, and
once owner of the Cotton and Wayne
Minstrel Company, one of the first
organizations of Its kind, died at his
home In Barrington, 111.
Twentv-one policemen and foreign
ers were shot or injured in a riot
on Broad Street, Philadelphia, when
the police charged a parade of 1.000
unemployed foreigners carrying red
Hugs.
Joseph Hobbs. alias Joseph Kelley,
is under arrest In New York as a re
sult of the request made by the police
of Boston. He Is charged with rob
bing three postoffices in Massachu
setts. William Handy, a South Carolina
negro, was hanged in Easton, Pa.,
for the murder of Policeman Shu
man, of South Bethlehem, last sum
mer. By the explosion of a can of gaso
line Mrs. E. L Dodder and her sister,
Mrs. Hamilton, of Glado, Pa, were
fatally burned In Omaha.
Three business blocks, a hotel and
a livery stable In North Woodstock.
N. H., were destroyed by fire.
RobberB smashed a store window
and snatched 112 diamond rings
from a Jewelry store in New Orleans.
The Authors' Club of New York
plans a memorial to Edgar Allan Poe.
The Standard Oil Company of New
PROFESS 10 BE
TRUE FRIENDS
Baron Takahira Presented to the
President
THE EXPRESSIONS OF GOOD WILL.
Japanese Ambassador, in Presenting
His Credentials, Declares That the
Conservation of the Rights and In.
leresls of All People Is His Sov
ereign's Cardinal Object.
Washington, D. C. (Special). The
formal reception of Baron Takahira.
as ambassador of Jspsn to the United
States, took place at the White
House at 2.45 Thursday afternoon.
The Ambassador was brought to the
White House In President Roose
velt's private carriage, accompanied
by Colonel Bromwell, the President's
military aid. The suite of the Am
bassador In diplomatic, military and
naval uniforms, was present nt the
ledeptlon.
Upon being presented Baron Ta
kahira addressed the President in
part as follows:
"The maintenance of lasting peace
with all nations and the conserva
tion of the rights and Interests of
all people are the cardinal objects of
my august sovereign in his Interna
tional dealings, and 1 assure you,
Mr. President, that In the discharge
of my duties my atteutlln will be
constantly directed to the attainment
of that high Ideal, and nothing in
my power will be left undone in that
direction.
The President said:
"In receiving from your hands the
letters of credential I have great
pleasure In expressing the lively sat
isfaction with which I have heard
your cordial assurances of the desire
and purpose of Japan to maintain
and, If possible, still further
strengthen the close bonds of amity
that have so long, so happily and so
beneficially existed between your
great island empire of the Far East
and our own commonwealth of the
West. I feel that I can do even
more than reciprocate those assur
ances. On behalf of this government
and of my countrymen I can most
sincerely pledge to you, and through
you to your nation, the earnest co
operation of the United States in all
that may tend to Increase and more
firmly establish the good will we
mutually bear and to foster the ma
terial advantages of the two nations
to the paths of tranquil prosperity.
"For yourself, Mr. Ambassador,
our government and people have the
kindliest words of welcome, because
we cherish very agreeable remem
brances of your former honored so
journ in this country as your nation's
minister. You bring to your congen
ial task a knowledge of our life and
ways such as few men not of our own
race can bring, and you will be aided
In your course by the consciousness
that you possess the personal sym
pathy, esteem and confidence of those
among whom you come to dwell.
"In accepting the letters of recall
of your worthy predecessor, I have
to assure you of our good wishes In
his behalf.
"I beg, Mr. Ambassador, that you
will convey to your august sovereign
ray personal wishes for his continued
health, happiness and welfare, and
that through the appropriate chan
nel, you will make known to your
government and to your fellow-citt-zens
the earnest wishes of the gov
ernment and people of the United
States for the properity and well be
ing of the Japanese nation."
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To Amend Sherman Daw.
Representative Hughes, of New
Jersey, introduced an amendment to
the Sherman anti-trust act, which is
designed to meet the objection raised
by the Supreme Court of the United
Btatcs in a recent decision. The
amendment Is as follows:
"This act shall not be constructed
to apply to any arrangements, agree
ments or combinations between labor
ers made with the view of lessening
the number of hours of labor, or of
Increasing the wages: nor to any ar
rangements, agreements or combina
tions among persons engaged In hor
ticulture or agriculture made with
the view of enhancing the price of
agriculture or horticulture products."
Mr. Hughes proposes to press bis
amendment beforo the Judiciary
Committee.
Preildcnlial Nominations.
The President sent to the Senate
the nomination of Charles P. Grand-
field, of Missouri, to be first assistant
postmaster general.
W. L. Day, the eon of Associate
Justice Day. of the Supreme Court
of the United States, was nominated
to be United States Attorney for the
northern district of Ohio. Mr. Day
has just begun his second term as
city solicitor of Canton, Ohio.
To Reimburse Southern Pacific.
President Roosevelt considered
with Chairman Miller, of the House
Committee on Claims, the question
of reimbursing the Southern Pacific
Railroad Company to the extent of
$1,600,000, the amount expended in
repairing the break In the Colorado
River. Hearings regarding the claim
are to he begun by the committee.
The money was spent by the railroad
company pursuant to what Is regard
ed as an understanding that the Gov
ernment should bear the expense.
Pure OH And Paint mil.
Mr. Marshall, of North Dakota, in
troduced a bill to prevent the manu
facture, sale or transportation of
adulterated or unlabeled turpentine,
paint or linseed oil.
More Money For Indians.
The Indian Appropriation bill,
which was reported to the. 'Senate,
carries $9,825,820, an Increase of
$1,010,123 over the total appropria
tions made by the bill as It was
passed by the House.
New Embassy In Paris.
Senator Bacon Introduced an
amendment to the diplomatic and j
consular appropriation bill provid-
lug for the purchase and repair or a
building for an Embassy in Paris at
a cost not exceeding $400,000.
SECRETARY TUFT SHYS
WR IS IMPOSSIBLE
What Under Heaven Is There to Fight
About? He Asks.
HE RIDICULES THE YELLOW PERIL
DISASTERS IX MIXES.
him that he believed the end was
near. His Immediate family at once I Jersey declared a dividend of $13 a
gathered at his bedside
Murdered Man's Hoard.
York, Pa. (Special). When detec
tives and county officials searched
for the will of David Heckert, who
was murdered about one week ago,
3,20u was found beneath a pile of
old papers. This was undoubtedly
share for the quarter year ending ;
March 31.
Two brick dwellings In Pittsburg .
undermined by the flood collapsed,
tlM occupants escaping In their night
clothes.
Beech Hargls, who shot and killed i
his father, the Kentucky feudist, in
herited $:i0,000 from his parent.
Ng Poon Chew, editor of the Chin-
Some Interesting Happenings Briefly
Told.
The Indian Appropriation Bill,
which was reported to the Senate,
carries $9,825,820, an Increase of
$1 G 10,1 23 over the bill as passed by
I the House.
At the George Washington I nl
verslty convocation Senator Burkett
read a paper vigorously oppoBlng
government ownership of railroads.
Resolutions of regret over the
death of Crosby S. Noyes were adopt
ed by various organizations of the
District of Columbia.
The Wabash Railroad Company, in
a petition to the Interstate Com
merce Commission, declares It cannot
get enough operatives to enable it
to comply with the nine-hour lW.
Reductions in force are being
made by the Isthmian Canal Com
missJon In the divisions of building
construction and that of mechanics,
the money which the murderer was j (.se world, says China is raising an
neeklng when he entered the aged
man's room. The money was in old
bills and gold and was made up in
several packages. In a cardboard
box was a white duck bag with $579
in gold coins, some of them stained.
Ttrmn mil' of the mirk n ires U'ere tin-
words "Saved by me from my earn- ! arLJ co,,tly- , '
ins ln Memphis " T1,e P"c of Pennsylvania have
ings in Mcmpnis. raptured 270 men ln 32 Black Hand
army of 1,000,000 men.
lolcrtan Grlbayedoff, the first news
pa par Illustrator in the United States,
died in Paris,
Citizens of East Orange, N. J., pro- :
tost that Andrew Carnegie libraries
Fifty Per Cent. Increase In Fatalities
Over Last Year.
New York (Special). Some pretty
startling figures with reference to
the heavy recent Increase in the
deaths and injuries consequent upon i algo in tne cierCal force.
arcldents ln coal mines were present- absolutions for the impeachment
ed to the American Institute of Mln- of Judge Wlltley. of tho United
iug Engineers in a paper read betore j States Court for China, were referred
the Institute at the New York En- j to the House Committee on Judiciary,
glneers' Club by S, A. Holmes, chief j A special Senate committee was
of the technologic branch of the Geo-I appointed to consider bills for the
logical Survey of the United States, i establishment of a postal savings
Complete reports regarding the bank system,
coal mine accidents of 1907 have al- j Senator Asbury C. Latimer, of
ready been received from 10 states South Carolina, died at the Provl
and 2 territories. Reports from : dence Hospital following a serious
Pennsylvania are not yet In. but i operation.
about every other important coal ! Gen. Francis S. Dodge
United
Receivers For Insurance Company. , , , .
, , . , 1" ' The Kansas and Colorado Pacific
New York (Special). Temporary Hallroad naH t)t,en mor,gBged lor
receivers for the Mutual Reserve Life $50,000,000.
Insurance Company were appointed Baron Takahira, the new Japanese
ambassador, arriveu at .New jotk.
and declared that war between the
United States and Japan would be
the most Inhuman event In the his
tory of tho world.
by Justice I'latzek in the New York
Stale Supreme Court, on application
of Attorney General Jackson. The
company new is In the hands of re
ceivers appointed by the United
States Court on an application made
by a committee of policyholders.
The receivers appointed by Judge
Platsek are Joseph J. O'Donohue
and Joseph P. Day.
New Hate l-'nr Gillette's Execution.
Albany, N. Y. (Special . Chester
E. Gillette, of Cortland, convicted of
the murder of his sweetheart, Grace
Browu, Is to die In the electric chair
during the week beginning Marcli 30.
Tho court of appeals, which unani
mously sustained the Judgment of j been done.
Foreign
Japan s reply to the American
memorandum of January 26 concern
ing Japanese coolie immigration Into
the United States was banded to
Ambassador O'Brien.
'lue German government is con
sidering the expediency of buying
out the Mandard Oil Company and
establishing a government monopolv.
Slight earth shocks have been ex
perienced at Horta, Azores, tor ttie
last tii ret- days, but no damage nan
mining stste is represented In the States Army, retired, died at his
figures. These show an Increase of I home in Washington,
about 20 per cent, in the number of j The House Committee on Coinage,
men killed over the number that met ' Weights and Measures agreed to re
tire same fate In the same states and ; port favorably the bill requiring the
territories In 1 906. These figures do restoration to gold and silver coins
nut Include Pennsylvania, where M) of the national motto "ln God We
men were killed at the Darr mine Trust."
last December. I A petition for the impeachment of
"From Intorraatinn at present at Judge L. R. Wilfley, of tho United
hand," Mr. Holmes said. "It seem? States Circuit Court at Shanghai,
probable that an Increase of 25 per 1 China, was introduced in the House
c ent, ln the number of fata! accidents I by Representative Waldo, of New
will be shown for the year 1907 over j York.
tho flgureB for 1906. without taking; president Roosevelt asked the In
Into consideration the four disasters instate Commerce Commission to in
0( last December. In which 694 men I estigate the conditions betwen the
were killed. The figures from the ' railroads and their employes in view
Secretary Declares United States
Would Be the Last Power With
Which Japan Would Seek a Con diet,
and That War Is the Last Thing the
United States Drsire.
Lowell, Mass. (Special). Secre
tary of War William H. Tnft finished
a two-day visit to New Hampshire
and Massachusetts and left Lowell
at 6.45 for Boston, where he boarded
the Federal Express at 8 o'clock for
Washington. The Secretary deliv
ered two addresses. The first in
Nashua w-as devoted to the work of
the government in the Philippines
and the progress being made on the
Panama Canal. The second was to
the members of the Lowell Board of
Trade. He spoke about 25 minutes
here, and, In the course of his re
marks, referred to the relations be
tween Japan and the United States.
He said that, ln hiB opinion, there
was no possibility of war with Japan.
His recent visit to the Orient, h
said, convinced him that the war
talk was ridiculous.
He said, in part:
"Within recent years the United
States has advanced to the position
of one of the world's powers, al
though this advancement has been
the result, In part, of a war which
was practically thrust upon us as a
people.
"The possession of the Philippines
and Porto Rico wl-Mda a far greater
Influence among the world's nations
than we at home suppose. There is
a great deal in the influence of that
which affects the eye. The visit of
16 battleships to the Pacific will have
an excellent effect for pence rather
than for war.
"We are not going about the world
with a chip on our shoulders. We
are not hunting war. That Is the
last thing that thiB country wants.
"As botween Japan and the United
States, my Journey to Japan con
vinced me that there is not the slight
est danger of war. Jingoes in Japnn
and in America aro largely respon
sible for the war rumors that are in
circulation. We are the last govern
ment in the world with which Japan
would Beek war. Our historical re
lations and our trade relations have
made Japan a very friendly nation.
What under heaven do we want to
fight Japan for? Should we go to
war with Japan, 1 look to the future
with alarm, because we would find
it necessary to expend n vast amount
of capital and become a war-like
nation. And Buch a condition is bad
for any country. Reports of war
with Japan should be stamped upon
at every opportunity, and that is
what 1 am trying to do.
"I apprehend no danger from the
civilization of China, as some people
profess. The argument has beeif
that if China comes into competition
with ua, we will be wiped out com
mercially. I hold that the more the
Chinese ore civilized the better mar
ket they will represent for the
United States."
TRAGEDY ON A COLLI ICR.
George Dixon Kills Walter Welch-
ert, The Chief Officer.
San Juan, Porto Rico (By Cable).
George Dixon, a carpenter on the
American collier Abarenda, killed
Walter Welehert, chief officer of the
collier. The crime was committed on
board the vessel. Dixon swung at
Welr.hert with an axe and completely
severed his head. The attack was
made Just as Welehert was walking
away from the carpenter bench,
where he had been talking with
Dixon. Welehert recently had Dixon
placed ln Irons on account of dis
obedience of orders, and this prob
ably was the motive for the crlmo.
Dixon nt once reported the mur
der, and asked the second officer to
put him in the ship's brig. A board
of inquiry' hns been appointed to in
vestigate the occurrence.
The Abarenda accompanied the fleet
of American battreships to Rio Ja
neiro, and arrived here four days ago
from that port.
WERE FOUR OIYS
WITHOUT WATER
Battle For Life By Survivors of the
Ship Emily Reed.
Neah Bay, Wash. (Special). Th
crew of the little six-ton sloop Teck
la, lying at anchor here, was startled
by a feoble hall from a steel life
boat drawing up sowly In the light
breeze. In the boat were the forms
of four men, three living and one
dead, survivors of the American ship
Emily Reed, wrecked off tho mouth
of Nehalem River, on the coast of
Oregon. 200 miles from Neah Bay.
The n.jn in the boat were:
Flrrt Mate Fred Zube.
Sen man Ewald Ablldsted.
Set: nan Arthur Jahunke.
Ship's cook, name unknown.
The dead man was the ship's cook.
The three living survivors were in
a pitiful condition. Their tongues
were swollen from thirst so that at
first they could scarcely articulate.
They had had no food since Sunday
night, nor any water since they left
the wreck of the Reed, Friday morn
ing. Mr. JCtibo said:
"Almost the Instant the Reed
rtruck the beach she began to break
up. In a twinkling one of the life
boats was smashed by a big wave
and the decks were so deep in the
boiling water that there was no
chance to get aft, where Captain Ker
sel and his wife, with some of the
other members of tho crew, were
stationed. Wre Jumped into the re
maining lifeboat and rut the lash
ings. Before we had completed the
Job a big sea broko over the wreck
and carried us clear of the decks.
"A strong current swept us toward
the stern of the wreck, where we
could see Captain Kersel and the rest
of the ship's company clinging to the
roof of the aft house. We yelled to
them to throw us a line as we went
under the stern, and someone threw
one, but It fell short of our boat.
"My arm had been broken when
the wreckage from the galley dropped
onto us, and thero was only one good
oar, as the other had been broken
and the spare oars washed away.
We did our best to get back to the
wreck, but the set of the undertow
carried us away.
"We tried to head for Tillamook
last night, but we had no compass
to steer by. When morning broko
1 found we were standing far out to
sea. I thought it best to keep the
boat well out, hoping to fall Into the
path of steamships. With this hope
I set the course northward along tho
coast.
"The second night out we saw
lights, but it too dark to vent'ure ln.
There was neither food nor water,
and we suffered terribly from thirst
during Saturday. Toward evening
the cook declared he could stand It
no longer and took a drink of sen
water. Ho soon became delirious.
"At about 2 o'clock Sunday morn
ing we saw a big steamer. She
stopped near us and we all believed
we would be saved. But the vessel
got under way again and left us.
The cook gave up the fight then.
He laid down in the water nnd In a
few minutes he was dead.
"About 7 o'clock Sunday morning
we made out for Tattoosh Island.
We were all too tired to manage the
boat very well, but along toward
Sunday afternoon I got her headed
back toward Neah Bay.
"Sunday seemed the worst day wo
were out. We kept seeing all sorts
of vessels passing back and forth but
none of them would answer our halls.
We were generally too far off to be
made out plainly, I guess."
catch ss.tr, it.vis.
SLAIN BY "CAR ROBBERS."
Southern Kullwny Special Agent
Kills Two Of Them First.
FINANCIAL
conviction of murder in the first de
gree, in a decision handed down last
Tuesday, fixed a new date for the ex
ecution of the death sentence.
Three Dead Of Chloroform.
Denver (Special). Mrs. Mary E.
Nixon, aged 60 years; her daughter.
Mrs. E. W. Canter, aged 3ft years,
and the 12-year-old son of the latter
were found dead In their home. Over
the mouth and nose of each was a
aponge, and death evidently resulted
of chloroform or ether.
Mrs. Canter was mentally de
ranged, and the police believe she
Induced her mother to commit sui
cide with her, or chloroforming both
her son and mother, administering
the anaesthetic to herself.
Burglurs Cirau Out House.
St. Louis (Special). While Mrs.
Jennie GrlflU was down town shop
ping four burglars drove an unlet
tered moving van up to her home
2200 Cherokee Street, and looted
the house of everything excepting a
canary bird, which escaped from its
cage. Even two stoves, with fire In
them, were taken. Neighbors who
aw the four men Industriously at
work supposed Mis. Grlffis was mov
ing out. Mrs. Ortfns had left the
door key under the doorstep, where
the burglurs bad found It.
Klnj; Peter of Servla Is suid to
have arranged for lite insurance win,
a Now York concern In the sum of
$200, 000.
Vice Admiral Philibert reports a
rerious battle with the Moors, In
wilch tiiore were casualties on botn
sides.
It is said the British government
will persist In the determination to
submit increased naval estimates to
Prallament, despite the threatening
attitude of the Radicals, who advo
cate reuuetion in armament.
Tbe Caradlan government hat
granted the request of the United
States for tbe passage ot another
American war vessel through the
Canadian canals.
The commission sent by France to
Investigate mining disasters In the
United States has reported to Its gov
ernment that precautionary measures
in this country are less effective than
In France.
Report from Tlflls say that the
Turkish army reserve forces of Asia
Minor have been called to the colors
and are proceeding to the frontier as
a result of the border difficulty with
Persia.
By the bursting of a steainplpe on
the French cruiser Descartes, off
Casablanca, three men were killed
l nd tv.roe Injured.
; slates and territories reporting show
i that 820 men were killed in the year
j 1 906. and 979 in the year 1907, an
increase In those Btates and terri
tories of 159 deaths for the year. IT
the states which have not yet re
j ported keep up the present ratio of
Increase In deaths the total number
j of fatalities for the year 1907, ox-
elusive of the four big disasters, will
i be 2,460, which Is 400 more than ln
i 1906. Counting In the big disasters.
the deaths will be more than ,1,000,
which will be a 50 per cent. Increase
o er the year 1 906."
A Defeat For Prohibition.
Jackson, Miss. (Special). The
greatest surprise of the legislative
session developed when an amend
ment seeking to establish constitu
tional prohibition was defeated ln
the lower house, lacking two votes
of a required majority of two-thirds.
A singular feature waa that all the
members from open-saloon counties
favored the amendment, and that
many who had voted for statutory
prohibition were against the amendment.
The PruhibiUin Fight.
Washington (Special) The House
Committee on the Judiciary heard
itev. E. C. Dinwiddle, formerly leg
islative superintendent of the Amer
tcan Anti-Saloon League of this city,
but now of Oklahoma, In support of
the Llttlefield bill, which provides
that liquor In interstate transit
which Is billed to a point in local
option or prohibition territory shall
becorao sellable by state authorities
at the stale line. A delegation of
-irmbors of the Woman's Christian
Te mperance Union was ln attendance.
of the orders reducing wages.
Unqualified approval of the Fowler
Currency BUI was given by former
Secretary of the Treasury Lyman J.
Gage before tbe House Committee on
Banking and Currency.
The American group of the Inter
national Parliamentary Union select
ed Representative Hartholdt, of St.
Louis, as their candidate for the
Nobel Peace Prize.
The Senate Committee on Foreign
Relations ordered a favorable report
on the new treaty of arbiturtlon Just
negotiated with Franco.
Representatives of the various rail
roads made arguments before the
House committee against the Employ
er's Liability Bill.
Senator Knox Introduced a bill
for the establishment of postal sav
ings banks as planned by PoBtmaster
General Meyer.
Senator Johnson made (in argu
ment ln iuvpr of koeplng bank re
serves ln the vaults Instead of In re
serve banks.
The Senate Committee on Foreign
Relations voted to report favorably
the bill classifying tbe consular serv
ice. A bill to removo the Internal reve
nue tax on unstemined tobacco was
favorably reported to the House.
Senator Stone discussed tbe finan
cial bill In the Senate, declaring
against an increase in the Issue of
banknotes.
The Senate confirmed the nomi
nation of Merrlt O. Chance, of Illi
nois, as auditor for tho Postoffice
Department.
Admirals Converse and Capp will
appear before the Senate committee
which will consider the charges of
defective construction In our war-sbl;.e.
Birmingham, Ala. (Special).
Special Agent J. H. Crawford, of the
Southern Hallway, was shot and his
body was placed on the tracks, where
It was run over by an incoming train.
The murder was committed by
"car robbers," two of whom were
subsequently found dead, presuma
bly shot by Crawford, as two cham
bers in Crawford's revolver wero
empty when It was found.
The dead men are negroes and a
third one is under arrest.
Cleaning San Francisco.
San Francisco (Special ). With
the announcement that several hun
dred men in addition to the present
force would be employed in tho sani
tary campaign in Sun Francisco, the
headquarters of the United States
Marine Hospital Corps was beselged
by applicants for work. Dr. Rucker
stated that 8,235 rats were caught In
(raps last week by the sanitary forces,
besides the large, but unknown, num
ber killed by poison.
I nnd- America'. Integrity.
San Francisco (Special). At a
meeting in the Young Men's Chris
tian Associa'lon headquarters Rev
Ng Poon Chew, editor of the "Chin
ese World," told his audience that
China was raising an army of 1,000,
000 men to drive the European na
tions from the empire.
"But she will never be a menace
to America," said the editor, "bo
cause, among other things we have
learned recently, is that the United
States Is the only nation on earth
with a conscience."
Fears For A Bark.
Savannah, Ga. (Special). Tho
bark Baltimore, Capt. Noah David
son, sailed from Cape Henry for Sa
vannah in January 22. She has no!
since been reported, and It is feared
she has been lost at sea. Besides
the captain there were eight men
aboard. The Baltimore sailed from
Baltimore with a cargo of coal on
December 31 for Savannah. She
met a storm and was forced to seek
shelter in Hampton Roads. She put
to sea again on January 22. Eight
days should have sufficed for tbe
voyage to Savannah.
COMMERCIAL COLUMN
Weekly Review of Trade and Latest
Market Reports.
Sanitary Campaigners In 'Frisco
Make War On Rodents.
San Francisco ( Special ) . With
the announcement that several hun
dred men, in addition to the present
force, would be employed ln the sani
tary campaign in San Francisco, the
headquarters of the United States
Marine Hospital Corps was beselged
by applicants for work.
Dr. Rucker Btated that 823 5 rats
were caught ln traps last week by
the sanitary forces, besides the large
but unknown' number killed by
poison.
One case of plague was reported
Tuesday, tho first in over a month.
!
Regular dividends on National
Lead.
New York banks apparently gain
ed during the week $5,700,000 cash.
A Pittsburg despatch says seven
tinplate and sheet mllla of the Unit
ed States Steel will start up March
I,
Pennsylvania Railroad coal and
coke shipments, according to weekly
official reports, ure steadily increas
ing. Salaries of Seaboard Air Line offi
cials which exceed $5,000 have been
cut 10 per cent, and salaries of from
$3.u00 to $n,000 have been cut S
per cent.
Harriman s triumph over Hsh In
the Illinois Central controversy stim
ulated Union Pacific and had a. gen
erally favorable effect upon share
values.
According to tbe American Rail
road Association figures on February
5, the total number of Idle cars on
railroad Une6 of the United States
and Canada was 34 3,217, against
;;42,580 on January 22.
Kuhn, Loeb & Co. and Speyer &
Co. have purchased $6,000,000 of IS
per cent, one year notes from the
Baltimore Ohio. Tho notes are
secured by $8,000,000 of Lake Erie
& Western refunding 4s.
Net earnings of the Washington.
Alexandria & Mt. Vernon Railway
in 1907 Increased $23,633, which Is
close to 19 per cent, gain over ltOO.
Wllkes-llarre Gas & Electric, which,
like the other company, is controlled
by Graham & Co., hankers, of Phila
delphia, gained $29,415, in net earn
ings In 1907, or a little over 20 por
cent.
That Northern Central if conserva
tively managed is shown by President
McCrea's remarks In his annual state
ment: "After payment of interest,
(axes, tho fixed rentals of leased
roads and advances to lln.es In your
system, there waa a net income of
$2,634,192, out of which was paid
tho regular dividend of 8 por cent,
and after deducting $50,381 ou ac
count of the principal of car trusts,
there remained a balance of $1,027,
..!)." A company that earns 14 per
conl mi It stock and gives the share
holders. 8 and spends tho balance on
ri pert?. Is In a position to with-,
and almost any kind of daoraaatnn
R. Q. Dun & Co.'s weekly review
of trade says:
Industrial plants steadily decreaao
tho percentage of Idle machinery,
especially ln the steel business,
which Increases the size of pay-rolls,
and My raising the purchasing power
of the wage-earner improves retail
trade. Thus far progress is slow In
wholesale and Jobbing departments,
but aa retail stocks are depleted,
there is more disposition to place
orders for spring goods. Report
are still Irregular, some sections of
the country recovering much more
rapidly than others, and a few In
terior cities record business even bet
ter than at this time last year.
Textile fabrics are not materially
changed, either In point of demand
or rate of production. Prices aro
practically unchanged, some produ
ct's claiming that quotations are
now down to the cost of production,
while others hold that concessions
j will not stimulate trade ln the pres
ent attitude of buyers. In woolen
1 goods there Is a little bettor inquiry,
wholesale clothiers exhibiting more
i interest, especially ln staple lines.
, It Is Btlll evident that much uncer
tainty exists as to the class of gooda
that will be most popular, and bus
iness Is largely confined to samplo
pieces.
Hides pursue the usual downward
course, aa receipts show the aeason
ible deterioration in quality. Feb
ruary' and the late January salting
Indlng scarcely any buyers.
Wholesale Markets.
Baltimore, Flour Dull and eas
ier; winter extra, 3.85 4.05; win
ter clear, 4.054.20; winter straight,
l.304.45; winter patent, 4.60
4.76; spring clear, 4.354.66;
spring straight, 4.95 5.25; spring
patent, 5.305.60; receipts, 7,214
parrels; exports, 22,470 barrels.
Wheat Easier; spot, contract.
93 93; spot, No. 2 red West-
! frn, 95 95; February, 93
I 3; March. 9494; May, 97;
j uteamer, No. 2 red, 89 89;
receipts, 15,142 bushels; Southern,
; n grade, 89 93.
i Corn Quiet; spot, mixed, 60
j 00; No. 2 white, 60 60; Feb
1 ruary, 60 60; March, 60
! 60; April, 62 62; May, 63
03; steamer mixed, 56 56; re
;elpta, 195,712 bushels; exports,
112,428 bushels; Southern white
J rorn, 5660; Southern yellow corn,
6660.
Oats Firm; No.
i 57; No. 3 white,
i 2 mixed, 64 54;
1 bushels.
Rye Firm; No.
! port, 88 89; No. 2
; tic, 8990; receipts, 3,753 bushels.
Butter Firm; fancy imitation,
24(&25; fancy creamery, 36; fancy
' tadle, 22 23; store packed, 17
19.
Eggs Steady; 22 23.
Cheese Quiet, unchanged; large,
'14; flats, 14; small, 15.
New York. Wheat Receipts,
' 57,000 bushels; exports, 104,886
bushels. Spot weak; No. 2 red,
98 elevator; No. 2 red, 99 f. o.
b., afloat; No. 1 Northern Duluth,
1.12 f. o. b., afloat; No. 2 hard
winter, 1.07 f. o. b., afloat.
Corn Receipts, 122,550 bushels;
exports, 119,055 bushels. Spot,
easy; No. 2, 68 elevator and 61
f. o. b., afloat; No. 2 white, 62;
No. 2 yellow, 62 f. o. b., afloat.
Oats Receipts, 27,000 bushels;
exports, 5,748 bushels. Spot, steady;
mixed, 26 to 32 pounds, 67; na
tural white, 26 to 32 pounds, 57
60; clipped white, 32 to 40
pounds, 59 66.
Poultry- Alive, firm; Western
chickens, 12; fowls, 14; turkeys,
14. Dressed, firm; Western chick
ens. 1017; turkeys, 1017;
fowls, 10 13.
Butter Steady and unchanged;
receipts, 7,501.
Cheese Firm and unchanged; re
ceipts, 1,029.
Eggs Easy; receipts, 12,565;
Western and Southern flrBts, 22.
Philadelphia. Butter firm; ex
tra Western creamery, 35c; do.,
nearby prints, 37.
Eggs weak and lc. lower; Penn
sylvania and other nearby firsts,
free cases, 24c. at mark; do., cur
rent receipts, ln returnable cases,
23, at mark; Western choice, free
cases, 24, at mark; do., fair to good,
free cases, 21 23, at mark.
Cheese firm; New York,
creams, choice, 16 16c;
fair to good, 14 16.
Live poultry steady; fowls, 13
14c; old roosters, 10; chick
ens, 10 14; ducks, 14 16;
geese. 12 14.
I Sew York. Beeves Reeelnta. 1..
495; no trading; feeling Bteady.
Calves Receipts, 367; feeling
Bteady; common to choice veal, 5.00
to 9.75 per 100 lbs.; barnyard
calves, 3.50.
Sheep and Lambs Receipts, 9,
139; sheep, nominal; lambs, quiet
and steady; ordinary to prime lamb
old at 7.507.75 per 100 lb.
Hogs Receipts, 3,844; feeling
about Bteady, at 5.00 per 100 lbs.
2 white, 56
53 57; No.
receipts, 3,020
2 WeBtern ex-
Western domes-
full
do..
Live Stock.
Chicago, III. Cattle Receipts es
timated about 6,000; market steady;
tteers, 4.25 6.16; cows, 3.00
1.75; heifers, 2.60 6.26; bulla,
. 2604.60; calves, 3.007.00;
Rockers aud feeders, 2.60 4.75.
Hogs Receipts estimated about
3,600; market 5c. lower; choice
aeavy shipping, 4.40 4.45; butch
rs, 4.40 4.46; light mixed, 4.30
4.35; choice light. 4.854.40; pack
ing, 4.004.40; pigs, 3.504.30;
bulk of Bales, 4.36 4.40.
Sheep Receipts estimated about
12,000; market steady; sheep, 4.26
5.40; lambs, 6.00 5.90; year
lings, 6.006,30.
In 1769 a body of volunteers, con
sisting entirely ot Jews, was formed
in Charleston, S. C, and fought un
der Qeneral Moultrie.
By experiment recently made at
the Institute of Technology one ton
of peat taken from a bog within 30
miles of Boston produced 100,000
feet of gas, 16 gallon of tar and
5 gallon of paraffin, and It 1
claimed, from the R per cent, of ash
Innumerable by-product could bo
obtained. Boton Globe.
Vera Cruz ha a resident popula
tion of 30,000, and is the chief port
of entry of the Men I can republic.
It has a good harbor, well protected,
with a minimum depth of 33 feet of
water throughout, and flanked by
by fine stone docks.