OVER 300 OUILOINGS
BURNED IN TAMPA. FLA.
fifty-Five Acres of Southern City
Laid in Ashe;.
BLOW TO THE TOBACCO INDUSTRY.
Msny Cigar Factories Being Among
the Buildings Destroyed One Cuban
Woman Dropa Dead from Fright
- Weak Water Preaanre CrippTee
Fire Department.
Tampa, Kla. (Special). The en
tire extreme northeastern section of
the city proper was destroyed by fire,
which raged from 9 A. M. to 1 P. M.
Sunday. The area burned covered
55 acres and 308 buildings were dc
atroyed. with I loss estimated at
$600,000.
The bum ad section included four
large and one small cigar factories,
and numerous restaurants, saloons,
boarding-houses and over 200 dwell
ings, occupied by cigar mnkcrs. The
factories burned were those of If,
Stnchelbcrg Co., loss 100,000; M.
Porcr Co., lass J50.000; Gonzales,
Fisher & Co., loss 140,000; Esberg.
Gunst & Co.. branch of Stnchelherg,
loss 140,000; Kernnndcr. & Brother,
loss 120,000.
All factories carried large Ftocks
of tobacco and cigars. The area
swept by lire embraced all that por
tion of the city between Twelfth and
Michigan Avenues, and Sixteenth and
Twentieth StreetB. It originated in
the hoarding house of Antonio Piaz.
1714 Twelfth Avenue, and fanned by
a strong wind, spread out, fan-shap-ed,
defying the efforts of the entire
city Hie department, which was crip
pled by very weak water pressure.
Occupants of over 200 dwelling
houses, thrown Into a panic, rushed
out, attempting to save their belongings.
One fatality Is reported, a Cuban
woman, who dropped dead from
shock, her body being rescued from
the burning house with difficulty.
In the Stachelberg factory was de
stroyed a solid sliver case In which
the cigars were displayed at the
world's fairs and expositions, valued
at 125,000.
At the home of Miguel Rodriguez,
a clgarmnkf r. the corpse of a child in
n coffin awaiting funeral service was
cremated.
Among the buildings other than
factories destroyed were the hotels
and cafes of Perez and Castro and
Maxima Carns, six saloons, twelve
restaurants and ten boarding-houses.
The car barns of the Tampa Electric
Company, containing 20 cars, was
endangered, and owing to the de
struction of trolley wires cara could
not be moved. The fire finally burn
ed itself out.
COUNTRY MORALLY
SOUND ANU BETTER
Roosevelt Lauds the Dignity of
Manual Labor.
RISKED LIFE FOB Mis DOG,
A During Rescue Made In Sight Of
.Many Spectators,
Puterson, N. J. (Special). Robert
Walker, a silk worker, living at To
towa, near this city, risked his life
to save the life of an old bulldog
that someone had thrown into the
Passaic Kails basin. Walker, who
is about 19 years of age, descended
the face of the perpendicular cliff on
the west side of the falls basin and
tied a rope around the dog, which
had been marooned on an icefloe 50
feet off shore. It was Impossible
to launch a rowboat In the basin
on account of the broken Ice.
About 300 persons saw the rescue.
A small rope was tied around the
dog and it was brought Bafely to the
surface. It had been a prisoner for
about IS hours.
PILLORIED FOB PUNISHMENT.
PRESIDENT to edccators.
"Fundamentally, this country
is sou ml, mi. roily u le than
i ' I , Fundamentally, La i'i
family life and In the outside ac
tivities nt It Individuals the
country I- better and not worse
than it formerly ww. This does
not mean that we are to bo ex
cused if we fall to war ngnlnst
rottenness anil corruption, if we
fail to contend effectively against
the forces of evil; and they waste
their time wbo a-1, me to with
hold my band from dealing there
with." "I trust that more and more
our people will see to It I lint the
schools train toward and not
from the farm and workshop.
We liuve spoken n great deal
about the dignity of labor In this
tnuntry, but we have not acted
up to our sMiken words, for in
our education we have tended to
proceed iiHn the assumption that
the eduentell man was to be cdu
rated nwny from and not toward
lalHir."
"Teach the boy that he Is to
he excrted to earn his own llve-
llhood, that It is a shame and
s( a ndal for hini not to be solf-de-liendciit,
not to ho able to hold his
own in the rough work of actual
life. Teach the girl that so far
from its lieing her duty to try to
avoid all labor, all effort, that it
should he a matter of pride to
her to he as good n housewife as
her mother was before her."
LOCAL OPTION l Oli OHIO.
Mouse Passes Measure And Believed
Governor win sign it.
Columbus, Ohio (Special). After
more than two hours' debnte, the
lower house of the legislature passed
the county option bill. The vote was
I to 30. Several amendments were
offered, but all were voted down.
The measure will now go to the gov
ernor, and it is thought he will sign
it.
The bill provides that election may
be held within any county to vote
on the question of banishing saloons
upon petition of 35 per rent, of the
qualified voters. A majority of the
votes cast shall determine the policy
of the county.
Stringent regulations for the en
forcement of the law are provided.
The law will not go Into effect until
September 1 next.
$2.-o FOB GRECIAN NOSE.
Alleged Gambler Chained To Tele
phone Pole.
Harrisburg, 111. (Special). The
stocks and pillory of early times were
revived In memory here when D. II.
Dillon, said to be a former Chicago
gambler, was chained to a telephone
pole all day for refusing to pay his
fine on the charge of fleecing several
young men of the town. He was
arrested and fined on the charge of
running a poker game. Shackles
were placed about his feet, and he was
securely fastened to a telephone pole
In the lockup yard. Chief Pridwell
says the character of the punishment
was advised by Judge McKenzle, who
fined the prisoner. The Chief said
Dillon would be chained up dally
'intll he pays his fine or agrees to
work on the city streets.
Woman Full Of Ground Glass.
Marietta, O. (Special).- Physicians
here are much interested in the re
markable case of Mrs. Frank Stage,
from whose body 310 pieces of glass
have worked out through sores all
over her person. It Is believed that
crushed glass was placed In the
woman's food, and that it is coming
from her body. The pieces are mi
nute. The water in the well on the
Stage place was found poisoned re
cently. One Dead At Pitch Fire.
Greensboro. N. C. (Special). A 4-year-old
child dead, a 2-year-old
child probably fatally burned and a
15-year-old boy seriously Injured was
the result of the Ignition of a pot
of pitch tar near this city. The fath
er of one of the boys put a pot of
pitch on a stove to melt, leaving the
15-year-old boy in charge, and it
caught fire.
Will Visit Acapulco.
Mexico City (Special). The tend
ers and wntHtf vessels of the Amer
ican fleet of warships will visit the
port of Acapulco on their way to the
Bay of Madgalena. The Mexican
government will accord this portion
of the fleet an official welcome at
Acapulco, and plans are now being
arranged. It Is expected that a dele
gation of uflU'lals will go to Acapul
co from this city to greet the visitors.
Woman Physician's Marred in Crash,
She tiets That Amount.
Chicago (Special). Beauty at
tendant upon n perefct Grecian nose
was apprised at $2500 by a jury in
the Surperlor Court. Dr. Bessie M.
Andrus, a handsome young physi
cian, suffered injury to her noso on
a street car Bomo time ago and sued
for 120.000 damages.
On the witness stand the young
physician commented upon the form
of her nose.
"It was of the perfect type," said
she, "many persons admired the
beauty of my nose and commented
upon its graceful and perfect lines.
It was what la c(jumonly called a
perfect Grecian nose. Since the ac
cident its beauty has been marred
and spoiled."
Southern Men On Wages.
Washington, D. C. (8pecial).
Committees of the Locomotive Fire
men and of the Railroad Telegraph
ers employed on the Southern Rail
way had conferences with General
Managers Ackert on the general ques
tion of a proposed reduction of wages
on the system. The conferences were
Inconclusive and it was arranged to
further discuss the matter at a later
time.
WASHINGTON
Postmaster General Meyer Is of the
opinion that it is prejudlcal to the
welfare of younger America to em
ploy hoys as Bpecial delivery messen
gers in the postal service, and has
Issued an order to the effect that
when a vacancy occurs the position
shall not be tilled and that substi
tute letter-carriers and clerks shall
be employed.
The President received the defense
of Judge L. It. Wllfiey, of the Con
sular Court at Shanghai, China, and
against whom charges have been
filed. It is understood that Secre
tary Boot has advised the President
to exonerate Wlltley und send him
back to his court.
Passage by Congress of a new em
ployers' liability law was asked be
fore the House Judiciary Committee
by H. R. Fuller, representing the
railroad engineers, firemen, and
brakemen of the country, and M. N.
(Joss, representing the railway con
ductors. Rear Admiral Mason, chief of the
Bureau of Ordnance, was before the
Senate committee Investigating the
criticism of naval construction.
The Senate Committee on the Phil
ippines made a favorable report on
the bill removing the restrictions
placed by the coastwise laws of the
United States upon Philippine ship
ping. The House formally agreed to the
item In the Army Appropriation Bill
for the Increase of the pay of en
listed men and non-commissioned of
ficer! of the Army.
The House adopted by a large ma
jority the Mann resolution to move
the Committee on Ways and Means
to the new office building.
MR. MITCHELL RETIRES APRIL 1.
Conference Between Joint Committees
of Miners and Operators at Indianapo
lis Adjourns Without Reaching an
Agreement Warning to the Opera
tors Is Given by Secretary Wilson.
Indianapolis. Ind. (Special). The
Joint committee of coal miners and
operators of Western Pennsylvania,
Ohio, Indiana and Illinois adjourned
hero sine die, without reaching an
agreement on the proposal to call a
Joint convention to re-establish the
interstate agreement and fix a new
wage scale to go Into effect on April
1.
The final disagreement is the cli
max to months of argument and
strategic sparring for position which
characterized Joint meetings held In
October, December and January, Un
less concessions are made by one or
both sides the union bituminous coal
miners of the country may cease
work on March 31.
There wore four Important motions
made and defeated before the final
disagreement. President Chapman.
of the Ohio operators, moved that
the present wage scale be continued
during April that more time be given
to reach an agreement. Secretary
Wilson, of the miners' organization.
opposed the motion and it was de
feated. He warned the operators that
there would be no continuance of
mining after March 31 unless a wage
agreement was then undecided.
President Trner, of the Illinois op
erators moved that the joint commit
tee adjourn iintN Marcli 10. This
was defeated by the Ohio and West
ern Pennsylvania operators. Vice
President James Clark, of the West
ern Pennsylvania minerB, moved to
adjourn sine die. and this was de
feated by the Ohio and the IlllnoiB
miners. A motion to adjourn until
March It! also met with defeat.
The last motion, made by A. M.
Ogle, of the Indlnnn operators, to
adjourn sine die, was carried after
every effort to 'reach an agreement
had failed.
At the request of President Mit
chell, of the miners' organization,
both operators and miners indorsed
the bill now before Congress to ap
propriate $200,000 to investigate re
cent mine disasters and safety ex
plosives and to make recommenda
tions. Both operators and miners were
moved by opposing Influences. Illi
nois operators, who are now in joint
convention with the miners of that
state, have not reached an agree
ment, and they asked for more time
before going into a joint convention.
President Mitchell retires from of
fice on April I, when he will be suc
ceeded by Vice President Lewis.
TBKASIBVS G BIO AT STRENGTH.
For First Time Gold Coin And Bul
lion Benches $1,000,000,000.
Washington, D. C. (Special). The
strength of the United States Treas
ury at the present time was com
mented upon in the House of Bepre
scntatlves by Mr. Boutell (111.).
He said he had just been informed
by Trensurer Trent that for the first
time the gold coin and bullion In the
United States had reached and passed
the sum of one thousand million
dollars "an event bo extraordinary,"
he said, "that it will be chronicled
and commented upon with surprise
and amazement In every financial
center in the world; an event which
all citizens of our republic, without
regard to party affiliation, may well
contemplate with satisfaction and
pride.
The announcement of Mr. Boutell
was greeted with applause.
TOOK PLACE OF CORPSE.
Clergyman Bides In Hearse To Keep
From Freezing.
Plttsfield. Mass. (Special). Riding
eight miles inside a hearse to keep
from freezing was the unusual ex
perience of Rev. Charles J. Palmer,
an Episcopal minister, who waB call
ed to New Ashford to read the com
mittal service over the body of one of
the oldest residents of that town. The
thermometer registered 15 degrees
below zero, and there was a bitter
wind.
After committing the body to the
earth, the rector took the place of
the casket in the hearse and rode to
Lancsboro, stretched out iUBlde the
carriage.
Teheran, Persia (By Cable). Two
bombs were thrown at the 8hah 61
Persia as he drove through tl I
streets. The ruler escaped unhurt,
but three of his outriders were klllei
and 21 perous were Injured. Tho
would lie nssassins escaped. But for
the fact that the Shah, against whom
many threats have rocently been
made, bad taken the precaution to
send a closed motor car ahead of hla
own carriage there is little doubt
he would have been killed. The con
spirators were awaiting him on the
roof of a house on tho street ad Jolt. -Ing
the one through whlc'i he passe !,
So narrow is the street in which ti I
outrage was committed that it w; ,
necessary to do little more than I
drop the explosives from above wit i
practical certainty that they won. I
not miss the target.
It Is plain that the plotters sup
posed the S! ah was In the motor.
and the two bombs wore thrown i i
rapid succession as It passed the!.-
hiding place.
The first exploded In the air, but
the second fell almost underneath
the car and burst with terrific vio
lence. The motor was blown to bits.
and tho guards and spectators who
lined the streets were hurled in
heaps.
The door of the house was instant
ly broken open by the police, but
while the building was being ran
sacked the would be murderers had
reached another roof and fled.
The driver of the Shah's carriag
had quickly pulled up at the first
report, and the vehicle, susrounded
by guards, was driven at top speed
to the palace.
The ruler has been at sword's
points with a barge element of his
subjects for some time ns a result
of his efforts to set aside the con
stitution granted by his predecessor.
The attempt was recently abandoned,
however, the disorders which had
been raging in many Persian cities
subsided and it was supposed the
trouble was over.
"i'M NOT WORRIED" MR. JEROME.
Accused of Belnjr the Advocate of
the Rich Allegation That Bo Failed
to Prosecute Life Insurance Of
flciah or Pro! e the Street Railway
ScondaK
American Congratulation,
Washington (Special). The Shah
of Persia will receive the congratu
lations of the American government
on his escape from assassination.
This message, signed by Secretary
Root, was cabled to Minister JackBon
at Teheran.
"Convey to His Excellency hearty
congratulations on bis fortunate es
cape." SYMPATHY FOB STOESSEL.
New York (Special). Twenty
two specific charges are made In a
petition asking for (he re-noval of
William T. Jerome as District Attor
ney or the County of Ni York,
which was sent to Governor Hughe:
at Albany by a committee of stock
holders of the Metropolitan Stref.
Railway' through their chairman,
WIIHam F. King.
The petition alleges that Jerome
failed properly to prosecute charges
of alleged "Jury fixing'' and the giv
ing of false testimony In street rail
way cases; that tho prosecution Ol
violations of the criminal lav by the
life Insurance companies t.T New
York, ns disclosed by the Annstror
I committee, had been delayed; tl; I
I an alleged criminal conspiracy to ui
I vert the property of the Metropolitan
Street Railway Company of New
York Into the hands of a few men
i was allowed by Mr. Jerome to go on,
! hundreds of stockholders being
j robbed of their money, arfd that no
attempt was made to punish men al
ileged to have committed other frauds
In connection with New York city
traction deals.
Mr. Jerome's statements ns to
I Judges are alleged to have been not
I only Improper but scandalous in their
I nnture, and to have tended to de
'stroy the confidence of the people In
the integrity of their courts. The
committee also chnrges that tho iMs-
trict Attorney misconducted himself
In fniling to Indict and seek to con
i vict some one of the officials of the
New York Central Railroad Company
In connection with the collision in
that company's tunnel In 1902 when
17 persons were killed. Various
other cases of alleged failure of Mr
Jerome to perform his duty are cited
in the complaint.
The petition further chnrges that
contributions to tho campaign fund
to elect Mr. Jerome were received by
one of his assistants from men con
nected with large corporations seek-
Klioots Three, Then Dies.
Lamar, Mo. (Special). Lee Hart,
a coal hauler, shot and killed Mrs.
Joseph Edwards, his mother-in-law,
Berlously wounded the letter's hus
band, and then committed suicide by
lying across the track and letting tho
St. Louis. San Francisco fast express
run over his body. Hart first fired
two shots at his wife, following a
family quarrel; but she escaped with
a slight flesh wound.
2m Men Entombed.
Coahullu, Mexico (By Cable). At
5 o'clock A. M. there was an explo
sion of gas In Mine No. 3 of the Cla
Carbon de Sabinas Mines, at Roslta.
There are about 200 men working
In the mine and none has yet come
out. It Is feared that many are dead
or badly burned.
General Nogi Sends Cablegram To
Cincinnati Palter.
Cincinnati (Special) General
Nogi, commander of the Japanese
forces that captured Port Arthur, ex
pressed sympathy for his defeated
enemy in a brief cablegram which
arrived here.
On the receipt of the newB that
General StoesBel had been convicted
nnd sentenced to death for his con
duct of the defense of Port Arthur,
the Cincinnati Times-Star sent a ca
blegram to General Nogi stating the
fact and asking for an expression of
his views. The Japanese replied:
"As a soldier I deeply sympathize
with General Stoessel. I cannot bear
to state my views."
A Unique Decision.
Columbus, O. (Special). Tho de
cision of the Supreme Court in the
Franklin County case of Bayer ver
sus Mnchllte shows that the court
regards any ordinary notice to a
saloonkeeper not to sell to a drunk
aid aB sufficient a basis for damages
resulting from such subsequent sale.
In this case the wife simply said to
the management: "Don't sell any
more drink to Gus. If he comes in
here kick him out." That is held to
be sufficient.
To End Alleged Merger.
Guthrie, Okla. (Special). Gov. C.
N. Haskell sent a communication to
Attorney-General West ordering pro
ceedings to dissolve an alleged mer
ger between the Chicago, Rock Island
and Pacific and the St. Louis and San
Francisco Railroads In Oklahoma.
The letter rc.ites that the interests
of the two roads are pooled, thnt tho
lines are under tho same manage
ment, and that they are In every
sense competitive.
Poisoned lly Lend Pencil.
Wllkes-Barre, Pa. (Special) Miss
Mayme Shales, of Plainsvllle, is dy
ing from the effects of poisoning by
an Indelible lead pencil. She wns a
clerk In a laundry, and had to mark
articles with the pencils. To do this
she moistened It continually with her
lips. A couple of days ago she was
taken sick, and the physicians say
she has been poisoned.
FINANCIAL
PennBylvanin directors approved
the annual statement.
"Railway traffic shows hut little
change," said a Philadelphia director
in a leading company.
A drive an made at Missouri Pa
cific which was very weak. At $30
a share tho stock has discounted un
entire suspension of dividends.
The Hank of England retains its
4 per cent, discount rate.
ing favors from the District Attor
ney, and that the sum was consider
ably upward of $50,000. Among
these contributors, it is alleged, was
the attorney for JnmeB H. Hyde, who
gave $5,000. It Is also alleged that
tho assistant who received these
funds, and who has since resigned
and entered law practice, has undue
influence with the District Attorney.
"I'm not worried," wns Mr. Je
rome's comment when told of the
charges and request for his removal.
"This is another one, I suppose. They
file them up there every week or bo
against me by the reports. The Gov.
ernor has never asked me to explain
If he does, then we will take cogni
zance of them."
Hughes Will Take Usual Course.
Albany!" N. Y. (Special). Gover
nor Hughes said that the charges
against District Attorney Jerome
would take the usual course. A copy
will be sent to Mr. Jerome, so that
he may send an answer, after which
the Governor will decide as to his
course.
William F. King, former president
of the Merchants' Association, who
filed the charges, gave out a state
ment In which he severely criticised
District Attorney Jerome.
"I maintain," Bald 2.1 r. King, "that
much of the blame for the present
deplorable conditions of affairs il
due to the failure of Mr. Jerome,
as District Attorney, to prosecute the
rich and influential grafters who
have robbed our people and dis
graced the name of our city, com
mencing wltli the Ice Trust, the in
famous clique which filched the mon
ey of policy holders from the great
insurance companies and, last in the
list but first in open, shameless au
dacity and barefaced stealing, the
men who looted and wrecked the
Metropolitan Traction Company."
OHIO WIFE'S OBDKB "GOES."
"Don't Hell Drink To My Husband'
Sufficient, Court Holds.
Columbus, Ohio (Special).- The
derision of the Supreme Court In the
Franklin County case of Bayei
against Machltte, shows that the
court regards any ordinary notice to
a saloonkeeper not to bell to a drunk
ard as sufficient a basis for damage?
resulting from such subsequent sale.
In this case the wife simply said
to tho manager: "Don't sell any
more drink to Gus; if he comes in
here kick him out." Thnt is held
to be sufficient.
STOESSEL ASKS fob PARDON.
Port Arthur Commander Petitions
Var To Set Aside Sentence.
St. Petersburg t,By Cable). Lieu
tenant General Stoesr.ol, who on Feb
ruary 20 was condemned to death
for the surrender of the Tort Arthur
fortress to the Japanese, has peti
tioned Emperor Nicholas for u full
pardon.
Tho court recommended that the
death sentence be commuted to ten
yoars' imprisonment in a fortress and
that the general be excluded from
the service.
Rtestnews
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Domestic
The Interstate Club will erect a
Olvibhouse on Waldon's Ridge, near
Chattanooga. The house and grounds
frill cost several million dollarB.
former Senator Blackburn will be
president and President Roosevelt
Will be vice president.
The New York Public Service Com
mission has decided that scrip divi
dends cannot be Issued under the
law, and has denied the application
M the Erie Bnilroad for authority to
Issue such dividends.
District Attorney Jerome Is prepar
ing his answer to the charges of
seglect of duty for falling to prose
uto tho men who bankrupted the
Metropolitan Street Railway Com
pany. Commandant Fullam, of the naval
training station at Newport, reports
lhat It is oxpected to graduate this
fear 7,000 apprentice yoemeu. mu
llclans and cooks for the service.
Rev. Dr. Theodore II. Riley, rector
t Christ Church, at Hudson, N. Y..
Kplalned his withdrawal us first vice
president of the recently organized
fcnglo-Roman Union.
Joseph Oallloux. 37 years old, a
plumber's helper, was found nutr
lered in his shop at Lowell, Mass.,
nd a former roommate has been ar
rested on suspicion.
During a riot among Italians em
ployed on construction work north Of
Bteubenvillo, O.. one foreigner was
fatally stabbed and another was
thrown under n street car and ground
to pieces.
A fire which destroyed the plant of
the Rubber Goods Manufacturing
fompany, Chicago, drove about IS
men employed In the plaeo into the
itreet in a panic.
Dr. C. Vollne. president of the
White Hand Society in Chicago, has
received threatening letters stating
that he is under sentence of death by
the Black Hand.
The extreme cold and deep snows
have caused the more ferocious wild
animals In the neighborhood of Hunt
ingdon, Pa., to become exceedingly
dangeinua.
Edward Price, a railroad engineer,
shot and killed his wife, set fire to
the house at Florissant, Col., and
then blew out IiIb own brains.
The flrat state bank of Clear Lake.
12 miles south of Cloud, on the
Northern Pacific, was robbed of
$3,000 in currency.
Edward R. Thomas and Orlando
F. Thomas, engaged in financial en
terprise, were Indicted in New York
tor violating the Insurance Law
while they were in control of the
Provident Life Savings Assurance
Society, which they bought from Tim
othy L. Woodruff.
Information that Henry Sanger
Snow, the defaulting ex-treasurer of
the New York and New Jersey Tele
phone Company, who disappeared
two weeks ago, had been seen in a
hotel in Toronto. Can., on Wednes
day reached the Brooklyn police.
Two persons were probably fatally
burned, a dozen more severely In
jured and scores were rescued during
two early morning fires in New York.
Portuguese in New England held
united services in memory of King
Carlos and Crown Prince Luiz ot
Portugal.
Mrs. Anna M. Wightman Walker, of
Philadelphia, one of the richest
women of America, was married to
Frederick Cutirtland Ponfield in St.
Patrick's Cathedral. New York. Mr.
and Mrs. Penfleld left for a trip
through the South.
A coroner's Jury at Brazil, la.,
have blamed Mr. and Mrs. E. E.
Palmer, healers by prayer, for the
death of their child.
Miners at Juneau. Alaska, caused
a riot when a priest attempted to
officiate at the funeral of a nonunion
miner.
The Great Northern Railway Com
pany will pay the State of Minnesota
a million in taxes this year.
Chllllcothe, Mo., has voted for local
option.
Justice Guy, of the Supreme Court
of New York, set aside a verdict and
fined 12 jurymen who had tossed a
coin to decide a case.
Father Leo Heinrichs, who was as
sassinated in Denver, wore bands of
sharp-pointed steel next bis body to
scourge his flesh.
Foreign
In the ratification by the Prussian
House of Lords of the principle of
the Polish expropriation bill a num
ber of those having close relations
with the Emperor voted against the
government.
The Women's Disfranchisement
Bill passed its first reading In the
British House of Commons by 271
to 92. The suffragettes went wild
when they learned the n,ews.
The French government has taken
more vigorous measures to end the
state of anarchy In the Moroccan Em
pire and reinforcements of 5,000 men
will be sent there.
Noted Russian writers are engaged
in preparations for the international
celebration of the eightieth anniver
sary of Count Tolstoi's birth.
Two bombs were thrown at the
Shah of Persia in Teheran. He es
caped, but three of his outriders
were killed and 21 persons injured.
The principle of the French gov
ernment's income tax bill was indors
ed by the French Chamber of Depu
ties by a vote of 386 to 146.
Seven of tho terrorists charged
with complicity In the plot to assas
sinate Grand Duke Nlcholaievltch
and the Minister of Justice were con
demned to death by a military court
In St Petersburg.
Lord Kitcheuer'B expedition agulust
tho Zakkakhels tribesmen for raids
in the Indian Territory has been suc
cessful. The tribesmen's force has
been scattered and their forts de
stroyed. Official denial was given in Paris
to the story that there was friction
between the United States and France
over the Huytlan revolutionists wbo
wero refugees in the French consu
late. Extraordinary efforts are being
made to secure the release of Nicho
las Tschaikovaky, tho revolutionist,
from the fortress in St. Petersburg.
Autolne Thames, his mother and
brother and an antiquarian, were
placed on trial in Limoges, France,
charged with church robberies.
A monk named Feodotoff, who as
saulted and murdered 20 women In
Russia, has been sentenced to 15
years' penal servitude.
It has come to light that the as
sassluatlou or King Carlos of Portu
gal was part of u political intrigue.
The Terrorists accused or being in
volved in the attempt to assassinate
Grand Duke Nicholas are to be tried
before a military court behind closed
doors.
Fire In A Hospital.
New Haven, Ct. (Special). The
lives of 75 patients, borne of them
In a serious state, were endangered
when a fire broke out on the top
floor of the I 1 1 1 -story patients' ward
at Grace Hospital, in Chapel Street.
While the firemen poured water Into
the building, the nurses, doctors and
orderlies, assisted by citizens, re
moved the patients to places of safety
In ambulances, carriages, automo
biles, trucks and other conveyances
The loss, it is believed, will not ex
ceed $30,000.
The President sent to t Senate
the 13 treaties negotiated by the
United States with other nations to
carry into effect the agreements
reached at the recent Hague confer
ence. Representative Lllley Introduced
resolutions calling upon the Secre
tary of the Navy for all information
in his possession concerning sub
marine boats.
Senators Owen, of Oklahoma, and
Curtis, of Kansas, both of them part
Indians, had a lively colloquy.
Tbe provision in the Army Appro
priation Bill Increasing pay was
stricken out.
ANOTHER COM. STRIKE
MAY BE IMPENDING
The Miners Threaten to Stop Work
on March 31.
Wolf Invades Town.
Chaffee, Mo. (Special). A fam
ished wolf camo out of tbe swamp
near here and ran through the
streets, biting three person, before
it was killed. Allen Stokes, a rail
road employe, was so severely bit
ten on the right leg that he immedi
ately started for St. Louis for treat
ment, fearing hydrophobia. John
Lewis and a small negro boy were
also bitten. Citizens pursued the
wolf to the swamp and shot it.
Gold Medals To Bay State.
Boston (Special). The James
town Exposition managers for Massa
chusetts received word that the Bay
State has been awarded tho gold
medal for the general exhibit of
scboolwork shewn In the Massachu
setts building, and the gold medal for
the exhibit of photographs, statistics,
charts and literature relating to State
boards and Institutions. Tbe jury
previously awarded this State the
gold model for the Colonial loan ex
hibit shown in the History Building.
IKE SHAH OF PERSIA
HAS A CLOSE CALL
Bombs Hurled at Him Kill Sever I
Ou'.rlders.
Lake Superior's annual meeting
has been postponed again to March
18.
St. Paul railroad directors declar
ed the usual semiannual dividend of
3 per cent.
Chicago banks have oversubscrib
ed for the (5,000,000 of 5 per cent.
Chicago Ballway Company's bonds.
Since the beginning of tho year,
according to its own official report,
the Pennsylvania's Eastern coal and
coke traffic has decreased 23 per
cent, as compared with the same per
iod in 1907.
The American Treasury has over
$1,000,000,000 in gold coin and bul
lion, which is tho greatest amount
of that metal ever gathered at one
place at one time.
According to the "Iron Age," Unit
ed States Steel now has 51 per cent,
of its rolling capacity in operation,
compared with 28 por cent, nt the
worst period last Autumn.
The Baltimore & Ohio has purchas
ed practically all of the minority
holdings of the Cleveland, Loraine
A Wheeling Railroad Company, of
which Is already owned about 75 per
cant.
ASK GOV. HUGHES TO
OUST W. T. JQROME
Ugly C(?nr&es Against the District
Attorney.
Steel Blast Injures Four.
Johnstown, Pa. (Special). With
a concussion that shook houses and
business buildings within a radius ol
sevoral blocks, broke windows and
inflicted other damage to tho prop
erty, an explosion in the Iron con
verter building of the Cambria Steel
Company, seriously injured four men
and practically wrecked the large
building. In one of the mixing pans
there was a thin layer of ice, und
when this came in contact with the
metal, the explosion resulted.
Asylum Outrage Charged.
Jacksonville, 111. (Special) a
criminal charge ill be brought
against three attendants employed at
the Illinois Hospital for tho Insane,
In this city, who arc alleged to have
brutally beaten William Meuozos, n
patient, fifty-four years old, who' is
thought to bo dying. Members of
the legislative- asylum committee,
who are making u preliminary inves
tigation, plan drastic action. Men
ezes, who was at tho institution only
two days, is paralyzed, and bsa lost
the faculty of speech.
COMMEHGiAL MM
Weekly Review of Trade and Latest
Market Reports.
R. Q. Dun & Co.'s Weekly Trada
Review says:
While collections continue to bs
generally poor, there are some signs
that the business situation Is Improv
ing and the Jobbing demand Is gradu
ally getting back to normal propor
tions. Monetary conditions seem to
be slowly adjusting themselves, al
though rates of interest are at the
maximum, and banks ere more con
tervatlve in regard to renewals of
paper than for some years past.
Sales of clothing at wholesale
ihov a loss when compared with lest
vear at this season, when the demand
ivas exceptional. Some manufactur
trp look for an Improved late busi
ness, when duplications and fllling
In orders are usually placed, whlls
thers do not expect any Improve
ment until the fall season opens.
There have been some reductions In
!he price of cotton goods, particularly
' - minings. Money Is unusually tlgnt
ind collections slow.
Wholesale Markets.
Baltimore. Flour Quiet and un-
i shanged. Bccelpts, 4,021. Exports,
19,274.
Wheat Firmer; spot, contract,
93 93 ; spot No. 2 red Western,
84 95; February, 93 93;
March, 93 94; April, 95 95;
May, 96 97; steamer No. 2 red,
89 90.
Corn Dull; spot, mixed. 59
69; No. 2 white, 59 69;
February, 59iG9; March, 60
60; April, 61 61; May, 62
62; steamer mixed, 55 55;
receipts, 162,939 bushels; exports,
26,834 bushels; Southern white corn,
56 60; Southern yellow corn,
56 60.
Oats Quiet; No. 2 white, 56
57; No. 2 white, 54r7; No. 2
mixed, 64 54; receipts, 8,510
bushels; exports, 140 bushels.
Bye Firm; No. 2 Western export,
89; No. 2 Western domestic, 90
91; receipts, 1,931.
Butter Firm, unchanged; fancy
Imitation, 2 5 if i 26; fancy creamery,
34 35; fancy ladle, 23 24; Btora
packed, 20 22.
Eggs Steady at 24.
Cheese Quiet, unchanged; large,
14; flats, 14; small 15.
New York. Wheat Receipts, 28,
000 bushels; spot firm; No. 2 red,
97 elevator; No. 2 red, 98 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, 120,400 bushels;
exports, 43,842 bushels; sales, 35,
000 bushels; spot steady; No. 2, 68
elevator, and 61 f. o. b., afloat; No.
2 white, 61, and No. 2 yellow,
61 f. o. b.. afloat.
Oats -Receipts, 13,500 bushels;
exports, 2,110 bushels; spot barely
steady; mixed, 2632 pounds, 57;
natural white, 26 32 pounds, 57
61; clipped white, 32 40
pounds, 60 66.
Philadelphia. Wheat steady; con
tract grade, February, 9494c.
Corn steady; February, 6060c
Oats firm; No. 2 white, natural, 57
57.
Butter firm; extra Western cream
ery'. 33 c; do., nearby prints, 36.
Eggs c. higher; Pennsylvania
and other nearby, firsts, free cases,
26c, at mark; do., current receipts,
in returnable cases, 25, at mark;
Western, choice, free cases, 20, at
mark; do., fair to good, free cases,
24 d 26, at mark.
Cheese firm; Now York full creams,
choice, 15 16c; do., fair to good,
15015.
Live poultry unchanged; fowls, 13
14c; old roosters, 9 10c; chick
ens, 11 14; ducks, 15 16; geese,
1214.
Live i , , i a.
New York. Beeves Receipts, l,
092. No trading; feeling steady.
Cnlves Receipts, 444. Market
dull and unchanged. Ordinary to
good veals sold at 6.50 8.50 per 100
lbs.'; February calves, 3.50.
Sheep and Lambs Receipts, 6,782.
Sheep almost nominal and unchang
ed; choice lambs firm; others steady.
Good sheep sold at 4.75 per 100 lbs.;
good to prime lambs, 7 7.36.
Hogs Receipts, 1,4 50. No sales;
feeling firm.
Chicago. Cattle Receipts esti
mated at about 7,000. Market
steady. Sheers, 4.25 6.16; cows,
3 4.75; heifers, 2.50 5.25; bulls,
3.254.60; calves, 2.757; stock
ers and feeders, 2.75 4.90.
Hogs Receipts estimated at about
11,000. Market steady to 10c high
er. Choice heavy shipping, 4.60
4.70; butchers, 4.55 0,4.70; light
mixed, 4.50 04.55; choice light, 4.60
4.65; packing, 4 4.60; pigs, 3.60
4.40; bulk of sales, 4.5504.60.
Sheep Receipts estimated at
about 7,000. Market active to 10c.
higher. Sheep, 4.25 0 6.60; lambs,
6 7; yearlings, 5.75 0 6.25.
ITEMS OF INTEREST.
As compared with a normal per
son, the brain of the idiot is deficient
in phosphorous.
Recently the Victorian Railway au
thorities received 5,000 applications
for 700 vacancies.
There are 318 cotton mills at work
in North Carolina, with 2,573,130
spindles and 62,747 looms.
There are 17,000,000 children in
Russia between the ages of 6 and
14 receiving absolutely no education.
In Linn County, Mo., a cow at
tempted to get salt out of a gallon
bucket filled with water; the bucket
became wedged on hor nose and she
was drowned.
J. T. Cohoe dug up three pots of
money In Nemaha County, Neb., and
was giving every redheaded girl he
could find a five-dollar gold piece
when he was arrested.
On a wager Meyer Block, In New
York, ate 16 bananaB. 15 rolls, 7
cups of coffee, 8 eggs nd ' he
and topped off the whole with a bot
tie of soda water which htiu a ijuat..
When Rudolph Nets, of Steubeu
ville, O., expostulated with his wife
for paying 92 cents for a piece of
lamb be choked on a piece he was
chewing and in two minutes was
dead.
A now turbine torpedo will shortly
be tested in France of greater speed
than traveling a distance of mors
than 1,250 miles and of carrying s
much larger charge ot explosives
than any torpedo now In use.
The Circassians who live in the
northwestern part of tho Caucasus,
and who think it more honorable to
live by plunder than by industry,
make It a custom to bring their
daughters up to be sold as slaves to
tho Turks and Persians. Circassian
beauties, therefore, shine not in ttelr
native land, but in the harems ol
the Orient.