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Domestic
An lllustrntlon of the efficiency of
the school fire drill was furnished
when the 600 kindergarten pupils in
the biggest Industrial school on the
Bast Aide. New York, were emptied
Id less than two minutes after a
flight fire In n chimney. None of the
scholars Is over seven years, while
many are less than four.
As a result of being shot while a
Passenger on a Pullman traveling
rom Columbus, S. C, to Awism.
Or former Judge O. W. Buchanan
tiled in a hospital at Augusta. The
Investigation of the shooting shows
ft was accidental, the shot having
apparently been fired by boys playing
with a rifle.
A report has been sent to the Sec
rotar of the Navy that Judge Rich
ard 8 Tuthlll. of Chicago, released
a boy accused ot theft on condition
that the lad would enlist in the Navy.
Passenger trains in the subway
under the East River were stalled
nearly an hour in darkness and
moke owing to a fire in the Broad
way tunnel.
The North German Lloyd liner
Kronprinz Wllhelm had u narrow es
cape from being sent to the bottom
as the result of a collision in the fog
off quarantine, New York, with the
British tramp Crown of Castle.
Mrs. Mabel Woodhani Neeley of
Kalamazoo, whose infant son died of
pneumonia while being treated by
mental healers, is under arrest,
charged with manslaughter.
Frunk C. Marrln, convicted In
Philadelphia ot using the malls to
defraud, wns sentenced to four years'
imprisonment and To pay a fine of
$5,000.
The Southern Hallway has with
drawn Its funds from all its banks
in Georgia to prevent attachments
from being served on the road's
money.
Postmaster David J. Smith, of West
Nyark, N. J., single-handed, drove
off three burglars who had dynamit
ed the office safe.
The town of Braliam, Minn., on
the Great Northern Railroad, 60
miles from Minneapolis, was wiped
out by fire.
Former President Cleveland quiet
ly celebrated his seventy-first birth
day at Lukewood, N. J. He is In ex
cellent health.
Every cotton mill in Rhode Island
will announce a 10 per cent, wage
reduction on April C.
The home of Henry lilts, a tobacco
farmer near LoulBville, was burned
by night riders.
Mr. Bryan celebrated his forty
eighth birthday by making two
speeches In Chicago.
The t'nlted Mine Workers' conven
tion took action which will avert a
general soft coal strike.
Teachers' salaries are to be re
duced in Mobile to meet the loss of
school funds formerly derived from
saloon licenses.
Daniel LeRoy DreBser, former
president of the Trust Company of
the Republic, New York, was arrest
ed, charged with misappropriating
44,000 of the bank's funds. He was
paroled In custody of his counsel.
Jere Knode Cooke, the unfrocked
rector who eloped with Floretta
Whaley, says he is earning a week's
pay for n week's work as a potato!
and decorator.
Governor Hughes has appointed
Chief Judge Charles Andrews to in
vestigate the Jerome charges.
Raymond Hitchcock, the actor,
waB acquitted of one of the charges
of assaulting young girls.
Tammany Hall has dropped
Bourke Cochran, alleging that he la
not a Democrat.
Mrs. Beulah Hawkins, of Los
Angeles, Cal., has been In a trance
40 days.
Attorney Geueral Jackson has re
sumed his attack on the Ice Trust
Foreign
The German Emperor has dismis
sed his cousin, Prince Joachim Al
brecbt, from the army, temporarily
exiled him from Germany and wurned
blm never to show himself at court
again because he persists In his at
tentions to Marie Sulzer, the actress,
despite the fact that he has not as
yet been divorced.
Colonial Secretary Derailing, ot
Germany, lu a speech on the colon
ial budget, foreshadowed the organi
zation of better governments for the
colonies of Germany by the introduc
tion of a special class of trained offi
cials, who would master the native
language und local conditions of ad- j
ministration.
It appears that the Duke of Ab-
ruzzl, who is reported engaged to
Miss Catherine Elklns. daughter of
United States Senator Elklns, left
Rome In February rather mysterious
ly, and though he promised to send
bis address to the King, he failed to
do so.
It la reported that the Crown
Prince of Japan will make hlB long
contemplated tour of America and !
Europe this summer. Professor Belt
zolong has been recalled from Ger
many to accompany the Crown
Prince.
Prof. Kail Han, serving a life sen
tence in Karlsruhe tor the murder
of his mother-in-law, is reported to
lie hopelessly ill with consumption.
The Douma rejected by an over
whelming vote the bill appropriating
30.000,000 roubles for new warships.
General Smirnoff was probably fu
1:11 wounded by General Fock lu a
duel In St. Petersburg.
In a battle with Hottentots in the
Kalahart Desert the Germans lost 2
officers and 12 m'en.
The Euii of Dudley will succeed
Si: Henry Northcote m Governor of
Australia.
The weakened condition of Premier
Campbell Uannerman, of England,
is causing anxiety and all hope that
he would resume active leadership in
the House ot Commons has been
abandoned.
The freedom of the City of London
was extended Florence Nightingale,
organizer of nursing in the Crimean
War, and who Is now 87 years old.
British and German cruisers have
beou ordered to I lay 1 1 to protect
I heir respective interests The situa
tion between Frauce and the Hatlun
government has become acute.
Tho London Time will not be sold
to 0. Arthur Peanon, but will be
taken over by a syndicate, the mem
bers of the present staff constituting
ti e hoard of directors.
A lunatic attemptod to enter the Im
perial gardens of the palace of Em
peror Francia Joseph in Vienna, but
was arrested and removed to an
a) lum
Winter's Record of Casualties Shows
350 Head.
A MYSTERIOUS DISAPPEARANCE.
Many Newfoundland Fisherman Among
Those Who Perished- Burning of
Steamer Cuthbcrt and Wreck of
British Steamer Tolesby -Remarkable
l ;ir saving Feats.
Hoston, Mass. (Special ) .A te-
vlew c.f the marine casualties of the
coast of New England and British
North Amerlcu dining the tall and
winter seasons Just ended, shows that
about 3 50 lives were lost. Of this
number 251 persons perished In tho
wrecks o( 10 vessels belonging to
the French fishing fleet of St. Pierre,
Mlquelon, last fall. These vessels
foundered in heavy gales which
swept the Grand Banks. About 25
Newfoundland fishermen were also
lost In these storms.
The most thrilling disaster was
that which befell tho British steam
er St. Cuthbert, off the Nova Scotia
Coust February 2. The steamer,
while on a voyage from Antwerp to
New York, caught fire, and in their
endeavors to escape incineration 14
men perished -13 by drowning and
1 by falling Into the burning hold
The particulars of the gallant rescue
of the survivors by the men of the
White Star steamer Cymric are well
known.
Another notable disaster of the
winter was the wreck of the British
steamer Tolesby, Galveston Tex., for
Havre. The Tolesby struck the rocks
at Freshwater Point, near Cups Race,
in a heavy snowstorm on the night
of January 13. The steamer brok?
In two and the crew was In danger
of being swept overboard. They
finally readied the beach, but en
countered a steep cliff 200 feet in
height and extending for miles. Af
ter suffering Intensely from cold anil
flying spray for IS hours, all hands
were rescued.
One nf the greatest feats In marine
annals was the saving of 600 persons
who were on the Canadian Pnciflc
steamer Mount Temple when she
struck on La Havre Iron-bound
Ledges, off Bridgewnter, N. 8., on the
night of Decemlfer 2, while on her
way to St. John from Autwerp. The
steamer went on the rocks during a
heavy snowstorm, nud at the time It
was thought she would go to pieces.
The women nnd children were landed
on Iron-hound Island by means of
breeches lines and baskets, and the
men were taken off in boats from
fishing schooners and tugs.
On December 14 the Thomson
liner Kildona, bound from Dundee
for Portland, struck Brazil Rock, off
Cape Sable, N. 8., nnd was totally
wrecked. The crew was rescued by
the steamer Lunlsburg.
The latest misfortune to befall n
stenmer was that which overtook the
Red Cross steamer Sylvia, New York
for Halifax, and St. John, N. F. She
was wrecked March 14 on Sow and
Pigs Shoal. The passengers and
crew were landed at New Bedford.
During the fall the loss of two
famous New England vessels were
recorded. Neither was loBt in home
waters. On December 13 tho seven-
masted schooner Thomas W. Lawson
went to pieces on the Stilly Islands.
Nearly all of the crew were drowned.
The other great tragedy of the sea,
and one that may always remain n
mystery, was the disappearance of
the Bath (Me.) ship Arthur Sewall,
one of the best known vessels in the
American fleet. She left Philadel
phia on April 3, 1907, for Seattle,
Wash., and has never been reported
since she left Delaware Breakwater.
The Sewall carried a cargo of coal
and probably foundered with nil on
board.
In addition to the vessels named
30 schooners, 10 barges and several
vessels of other rig were wrecked In
New England and Canadian water.
SOME 0D0 TALES
THE JAPS WILL SEE
AS TOLD BY WIRE
Woman of 29 Adopts Man of 46 -Killed
After Thirteen Dinner.
Dances I mil Ills Leg Break.
New York (Special). In an en
durance test two-step at the Hibern
ian ball. In tho Albemarle Hotel
Peter Hnrrlgan, thirty-one, of East
Fifteenth Street and Avenue X,
Slieepshend Bay, danced with his
partner, Kntherlne Kelly, until his
right leg snapped at tho anlilc.
He had been dancing thirty-five
minutes with nil couples vanished
except one, when in muking a short
turn his leg broke. He was still
so Intent on winning the prize that
ho demanded of the doctors of the
Reception Hospital that they give
him a crutch so he could finish.
Wot mm Of HO AdoptM Man Of 40.
Lowell, Mass (Special). Miss
Wllheimina Crawford, twenty-nine
years old, adopted in the Superior
Court as her son James Butler, who
is forty-six. Miss Crawford, who Is
well to do, says Butler's parents died
when he was a boy. He was brought
up in her father's family, and she got
to entertain such a motherly feeling
for bin that she determined to have
him as u son.
Dies In The Witness Chair.
Mount Vernon (Special). The
County Court of Jefferson County
was brought to a dramatic adjourn
ment when George McBrlde died
while seated In the witness chnlr.
McBrlde was the chief witness for
the defense In a case on trial. He
had told of his long acquaintance
with the parties to the suit. The at
torney turned to refer to some memo
randa, and then nsked the vital ques
tion In the suit. There was no an
swer. The trlfTl judge was surprised
ul the man's seeming stubbornness,
and left the bench In order to re
peat the question himself to the wit
ness. One glance showed the judge that
McBrlde was dead.
Killed After Thirteen Dinner.
Jackson, Mich. (Special). Friends
or Charles Hitchcock, a well known
hotel man, are commenting on the
superstition connected with the num
ber 13. While he was visiting here
last week a banquet was given In his
honor.
At the table Borne one remarked
that the date was Friday, the 13th.
Then it was found that there was
thirteen at the table.
Thursday, when Mr. Hitchcock's
body was returned here, the Incidents
of tho banquet were recalled. At
Sturgls, Mich., be fell on his head
while getting off a moving train.
Audi Hurls (.irl Into Man's Lap.
Atlantic City, N. J. (Special) As
she stepped across Atlantic Avenue,
Miss Agnes Grant saw an automobile
bearing swiftly down. She hesitated,
loBt her presence of mind, and next
instant there was a swish of skirts
and n feminine shriek that startled
pedestrians.
Dr. L. H. Bewly, who was driving
the machine, jammed the brakes on
hard, expecting that somebody about
the size of Miss Grant was being kill
ed, but with the swish of skirts there
i iiinuea in nis lap nn indignant, but
j unhurt, young woman. The doctor
I took her to her hotel In hlB machine.
CAST Ol Bit; .SKELETON.
ELEPHANTS AT LKGE.
Escape From drew And Are Shot
At By Furiners.
Valdosta, Ga. (Special). Chief of
Police Dumpier received a telegram
from circus men at White Springs,
Fla., stating that two ot their ele
phants had escaped and were headed
for Valdosta, where the circus win
tered. Later reports which reached here
say that the elephants were sur
rounded nine miles from Genoa, Fla.,
by a crowd of farmers with gunB and
that the big animals were fired upon,
the shots Infuriating them and caus
ing them to break away. Telegrams
from White Springs say that the peo
ple in the county through that sec
tion an- organizing for a big elephant
hunt.
Andrew Carnegie's Gift To The Em
peror Of Germany.
New York (Special). On her next
trip across the Atlantic the steamship
Main, of the North German Lloyd,
will carry a gigantic plaster cast of a
skeleton of a prehistoric reptile that
lived anywhere from three to ten mil
lion yearB ago. The skeleton is now
in the Carnegie Museum, at Pitts
burg, but when the Emperor of Ger
many sometime ago expressed a de
sire to see the huge form of the relic
of the ages Andrew Carnegie at once
set about meeting the German ruler's
wish.
This plaster cast of the reptile dip
lodocus weighs In all 9,400 pounds,
and is packed away in 34 cases, all
of which are being loaded this after
noon In thevhold of the big steamship
at its piers In Hoboken. The cast
will occupy a great deal of space, as
might be imagined when one Is told
that the huge lizard the diplodocus
used to be 700 feet long and mora
than 16 feet in height.
MINISTER SENTENCED.
Gulling Gun For Night Riders.
Maysville, Ky. (Special). Amer
ican Tobacco Compauy representa
tives have placed a Gulling gun on
the roof of their warehouse here to
prevent Night Riders from burning
the building. Men will be constantly
in guard, and, It is asserted, will use
'.he gun If the Night itiders appear
tilmirul Sterry To Command.
Washington, D. C. I Special).
Hear Admiral Charles 8 Sperry will
iring the battleship fleet from San
Francisco to the Atlantic coast by
ivuy of the Sues canal. This detail
. as announced by Secretary Metcalf.
Want JnpnncM- In Unions.
Seattlo (Special). M Saito, for
mer member of the Jupanese Cabinet
ib Minister of Commerce, has arrived
'rom Toklo to start a campaign
imcng union labor leaders for admls
ilou of Japanese workmen to mem
lershlp In organized labor bodies.
OUR 010 FLEET
Fire Covers Acres.
Lyons, France (By Cnblej. A lire
lcro in a big biscuit factory spread
vcr a block of buildings covering 22
icres. More than $400,000 damage
lad been done.
Locomotive Explodes.
Binghampton, N. Y. (Special).
Tim boiler of a Delaware and Hud
ion freight locomotive was blown out
while the engine was taking water
it Sehcnevus about midnight instant
ly killing Engineer A. Heudrlcksou
PUd Brakeruan A. Korfsge, both of
iCOBta, Fireman S. O. Smith, also
OUDdtoi wus so budly Injured that
died. The cause of the explosion
not known.
Bull points are that Union Pacific
will go to 15 0.
Accused Of Sending Obscene Pictures
Through The Malls.
Scranton, Pa. (Special). Judge
Archbald, In the United States Court,
here, sentenced the Rev. H. E. Zlm-
merman, of Omaha, Neb., formerly
' a Lutheran minister In Dickinson,
this State, to six months' Imprlson
j ment and to pay a flue of $100 for
sending obscene pictures through the
i mails. The charges against Zimmer
man created a sensation in and
around Dickinson, where he held a
pastorate after being graduated from
the theological seminary at Gettys-
I burg, Pennsylvania.
When he was arraigned Zlmmer
! man pleaded guilty, and some of the
members of his former congregation
testified to his good character. The
defendant sought to excuse his con
duct on the ground that he needed
the pictures In connection with a
magazine article which was in the
course of preparation.
Will Reduce Opium Dens.
Shanghai (Special). The Muni
cipal Council of the Foreign Settle
ments of Shanghai at its annual meet
ing voted to reduce the number of
opium dens in Shanghai by one
lourth. An amendment for the Im
mediate abolition of all the dens was
rejected. The decision is an outcome
of active support of the project by
the Governments of Great Britain
and the United States, expressed
through their respective Consular officers.
Mikado's Invitation Has Been Ac
cepted By Government.
SHIPS MAY ALSO VISIT CHINA.
Fleet Will Remain a Week In Japan
ese Waters The Invitation Says the
People of Japan Deiire to Express
Their Friendship and Admiration
for American People.
Washington, D. C. (Special).
Tho American battleship fleet la to
visit Japan. The desire of the Km
poror of the Island Kingdom to play
host to the "Big Sixteen" was laid
before Secretary Root by Baron Taka
hlra, the Japauese ambassador. Tho
Invitation, which was couched In
most cordial terms, was made the
subject of extended consideration by
President Roosevelt and his entire
Cabinet. Secretary Root was directed
to accept the Invitation, and the ac
ceptance was laid before tho Japnn
eso Ambassador.
It Is regarded In official circle here
as more than likely thnt China will
be next to bid for a look at the fleet,
and that should this be the case trie
Invitation would be accepted.
Secretary Metcalf and Admiral
Pillsbury, chief of navigation, are ar
ranging the details of the new Itin
erary. With the exception of China,
It Is believed to have been deter
mined that all other Invitations,
should any be received, will be de
clined, for at best the fleet will now
not be able to reach tho Atlantic sea
board before the first of next March.
The itinerary, which seems to be
the most direct, includes stops at the
Hawaiian Islands, Samoa, Melbourne,
Sidney, Manila, Yokohama should
that port be selected as the stopping
place In Japan possibly a Chinese
port, back to the Philippines and
then borne by way or the Suez Canal,
with only such stops as arc necessary
for coaling.
A Week At Japan.
Japan will have the shlpB n week,
according to tentative plans. While
the stops in foreign portB so far
made have been on nn average of
10 dayB' duration, a part of that
time was occupied In taking on conl.
With a visit to Manila first, no coal
ing operations would be necessary,
at least to any considerable extent,
In Yokohama. This would enable
tho entire stay there to be given up
to the festlvltes and show features
of the vlBlt.
The acceptance of the Japanese in
vitation Is regarded In official circles
as ot considerable Importance In the
way of a demonstration of tho cor
diality existing between the Ameri
can and Japanese governments. The
added trip Is nearly equal In dis
tance to a voyage from New York
to Europe.
Japan'- Invitation.
The text of Japan's letter follows:
JAPANESE EMBASSY.
Washington, March 18, 1908.
Sir: Under Instruction from His
Majesty's minister for foreign affairs
I have the honor to communicate to
you that the imperlul government,
having learned of the contemplated
cruise of tho United States battle
ship fleet from San Francisco to the
Philippines Islands, is sincerely anx
ious to be afforded an opportunity
to cordially welcome that magnifi
cent fleet and to give an enthusiastic
expression to the sentiment of friend
ship and admiration Invarably enter
tained by the people of Japan to
wards the people of the United
StateB.
I am further instructed to inform
you that the imperial government is
firmly convinced of the reassuring
effect which the visit of the Ameri
can fleet to the shores of Japan will
produce upon the traditional rela
tions of good understanding and mu
tual sympathy which so happily ex
ists between the two nations and to
express to you the hope of the im
perial government thnt the fleet may
be Instructed to call at the principal
ports of Japan in its extended cruise
in the Pacific.
Accept, sir, the renewed assurance
of my highest consideration.
K. TAKAHIRA.
Hon. Elihu Root, Secretary of State.
Famine Of Farm Workers.
Lancaster, Pa. (Special). So bad
ly do farmers her require help on
their farms that the Farmers' League
of Lancaster County has issued an
appeal to the unemployed of city and
town to go to the country for work.
An appeal has been sent also to the
Bureaus of Labor and Immigration
at Washington, asking thut able-bodied
immigrants be directed to this
county.
ROOSEVELT ANO
THE PLUTOCRACY
Talks to a French Editor
"Crusade."
of His
Paris (By Cable). The Temps
published an article on President
Roosevelt from the pen of Andre
Tnrdleu, Its foreign editor, who has
Just returned to Paris from America,
where he was received by Mr. Roose
velt three times.
After picturing the President's
youthful vigor and ills love for the
struggles against wrongB nnd abuses,
M. Tardieu quotes from the Presi
dent's utterances to him, especially
In connection with his "crusade."
The President declared his strug
gle against plutocracy was because
he was an enemy of socialism and
anarchy. "I am, after my fashion,
a conservative," M. Tardieu quotes
Mr. Roosevelt as Buying, "and It Is for
this I combut the ubuses of plutoc
racy. I know the people in Wnll
Street denounce me as a Judas Isear
lot, but It is because I speak the
language of truth to the American
people that I think I am a good pa
triot. I am not a sentimentalist.
Let them attack me; I will defend
myself by appealing to the spirit of
Justice in the country. I will re
turn the blows."
Continuing, Mr. Roosevelt said he
thought that what the United States
lacked most wns a comprehension of
the fact that she has Interests
throughout the entire world.
"I wish all Americans," the Presi
dent said, "would feel that American
politics are world politics; thai we
are and will be concerned in all the
great questions."
Mr. Roosevelt then spoke with en
thusiasm of the battleship fleet,
which he said would go V Hawaii,
probably to Australia and through
the Suez Canal to Europe. He had
ordered the fleet to make this voy
age, first, because he wished to dem- j
onstrate to the American people that :
the Nary was effective and important
and that they should bo Interested
in and prpud of it; and, second, be
cause he desired to show to the other
powers the naval force of the United
States. The President declared that
without doubt the United States
would eventually have two fleets, but
In the meantime the present one
never would bo divided.
"We say," M. Tardieu quotcB Mr.
Roosevelt as remarking, "speak soft
ly and carry the 'big stick;' this is a
good policy in International troubles
and It is good also In foreign politics."
BOY, DISGRACED, A SUICIDE.
Police Discovered He Had Sent Black
mail letters To His Father.
Wheeling, W. Va. (Special).
Frightened because the authorities
had discovered that he was the auth
or of an anonymous letter sent to
his father two weeks ago, in which
the writer demanded that a ccrtnln
Bum of money bo placed in a certain
spot, Alexander Whlttaker, son of
A. Q. Whlttaker, one of the wealth
iest men In Marshal County, took his
own life.
He left the house at au early hour.
When he did not return home, a
search was made for him. His dead
body was found at tho rear of the
barn, 100 yards from the house. A
pistol with one empty chamber was
found beside him. He had shot him
self In the head.
A King May Lose An Ann.
Madrid (Special). El Mundo says
that it learned on good authority
that the wound Prince Manuel -now
King of Portugal received In the
arm on February 1, when King Car
los and the Crown Prince were as
sassinated, has not honied, und has
recently become very much worse.
The attending physicians, says the
paper, declare that amputation is Imperative.
Salesman A Suicide.
Tampa, Fla. (Special). A. H.
Miller, traveling representative of a
guano house In Norfolk, Va., commit
ted suicide In the HUlsboro Hotel
with a dagger. He left a note to his
wife as follows: "I have been fight
ing this off for some time, but can't
hold back any longer. I know that I
am crazy, but can't help It." Miller
lived at Camden, 8. C.
"Last One" Dead Again.
Lajara, Colo. (Special). William
Nelms, aged ninety years, who
claimed to be the last survivor of the
"noble six hundred" at Balaklava, Is
dead at his home in Mariassa, south
east of here. He was wounded In
! the head at Balaklava and afterward
j fought at Sebastopol and at the but
, tie of Inkerman. He came to Amer
ica In 1872.
Aged Man slim By Police.
Williamson, W. Va. ( Special ).-
To Bottle All The Fleas.
Boston (Special). Orders have
Chief or Police Otis Riley shot and I been received by the immigration ot
ratally wounded Alex Trent, aged flcials at Long Whart to capture and
eighty-six, who resisted arrest. Riley i bottle up every flea they can catch on
Bays the aged man drew a knltc on j immigrants for microscopic examina
tion, tion later. Each ma is to have a
separate bottle, the vial to be labeled
with the name of the flea s host, the
host's home and the name of the
cuptor.
KILLS WIFE WHOM
HE 010 NOT LOVE
Man Then Shoots Himself and May
Not Recover.
CHLOROFORMED WHILE SHE SLEPT.
Willoughby at First Pretended Burg
lars Committed the Deed After
wards Confessed He Led a Double
Life for Four Years Domestic Af
fairs Unhappy.
M II wnukee, Wis. ( Special ) George
Willoughby, manager of the Jewett
& Sherman Company, coffee and spice
mills, shot nnd killed his wife at
their home, on Prospect Avenue.
Willoughby then fired two shots Into
his breast over the heart and Is not
expected to recover. He confessed
to the police that ho had committed
the murder becauc he was Infatu
ated with another woman, whom he
had been supporting for four years.
After the shooting Willoughby
dragged himself downstairs to the
basement, opened the side door so
as to make It appear that burglars
had committed the deed, hid the
revolver In the wall of the basement
and then telephoned for a doctor.
When the police were notified they
were Informed that a burglar had
shot both Mr. and Mrs. Willoughby,
but when the officers arrived they at
once concluded thnt It was murder
and attempted suicide, and latter ob
tained a confession from Willoughby.
Quarreled Before Retiring.
Mr. and Mrs. Willoughby bud at
tended n social at the Park Place
Methodist Episcopal Church, where
both were prominent workers. Mr.
Willoughby also taught a Sunday
school class. When they returned
home u quarrel followed, after which
both retired. While Mrs. Willough
by was asleep her husband chloro
rormed her and then shot her behind
the left car, causing Instant deuth.
He then shot himself.
"I married my wife 20 yours ago,"
suld he. "I did not love her, but
married her mostly out of sympathy,
she being a poor woman. Our life
has never been a happy one. We
frequently quarreled. Mrs. Willough
by was insanely Jeulous of me. Mat
ters went on thlB way for years. Four
years ago, while I was on ray way
to New York, I met a woman on the
train. Then for the first lime I rea
lized 1 had met a woman I really
loved.
"This woman, also, was living uu
unhappy life. Her husband was
cruel to her and soon alter I met her
he deserted, her and her two small
children. I then began to support
her. We became Intimate and have
been so tor several years. Two years
ago she obtained a divorce and since
that time I have been providing for
her and her children. She Is now
living in Chicago.
Pluiuied Clime For Months.
"My domestic affairs did not im
prove, and a long time ago I decided I
I would end It all. How to do It was !
what bothered me, and, for many j
months I have been planning a way. I
I began to collect chloroform. I
bought it in small lots and begun to
keep it until I hnd a bottle of the
drug.
"After my wire had rallen asleep
1 obtained the chloroform nnd then
I shot her. I then fired two shots
into my breast, intending to shoot
myseir in the heart, but I railed. I
did not have any more cartridges,
so I decided to hide the revolver.
That is the whole story."
Willoughby is 50 years old. His
wile was three years his Junior.
THINKS ORCHARD
TOLD THE TRUTW
III
Asks Commutation of Death:
Sentence.
Caldwell, Idaho (Special) -Stating
that he believed that Harry Orchard,
In his testimony in the trials ot Wil
lum D. Haywood and George A. Pet
tlbone, lor the murder ot ex-Governor
Frank Stennenherg, told the
exact truth, attempting to conceal
nothing. Judge Fremont Wood, in
the district court, recommended that
the State Board ot Pardons con
mule Orchard's sentence or death to
Imprisonment in the state penlten
l iary.
Tho sentence ot death was pro
nounced In accordance with the plea
ot guilty entered by Orchard last
week, when arraigned. Judge Wood
presided at both the Haywood and
Pettlbone trlnls. Judge Wood based
his recommendation in a long legal
decision, quoting authorities and
holding that an equitable right cxiata
on tho part ot a confessing accom
plice telling the whole truth to be
spared the death sentence. He de
clared ho Ml laved Orchard told the
full and exuet truth in Ills confes
sion. He said the acquittal or liuywood
und Pettlbone by two Juries was not
Inconsistent with his declaration, as
the JurleB' verdict did not signify that
llnywood and Pettlbone are Innocent,
but that the slate failed to present
sufficient legal evidence, aside from
the confession, to warrunt their con
viction. As Judge Wood spoke dcclui ing
his faith in Orchard's marvelous rou
tine of crime Orchard broke dow'n nnd
wept for tho first time In his court
experience.
Orchard then asked permission lo
make a statement. He said that he
had expected to make u full state
ment, but the court's review ot the
case hud been what he wanted to say,
only he wanted lo add that he had
made his conression, tolling the
whole truth, not sparing himself
without hope ot earthly reward or
without promises o'f Immunity trom
anyone whatever.
Judge Wood declared his lieliel
(hat Orchard had been the victim ol
the "system" he represented, and
that he had committed the oiitnet
because ol tho teaching and advice
ol the leaders or that "system." und
expressed his boiler that proper legal
corroboration would yet bo secured
to punish them. Orchard wus com
mitted to tho penltentlnry.
WASHINGTON
FINANCIAL
Prisoner Leaps To 1 tenth.
York, Pa. (Special). Arrested in
Ilurrlsburg as u horsethtct and turn
ed over to a York County officer who
had a warraut for him, Samuel
Kuaub. aged 27 years, dived from
the window of a rast-movlng train on
the Northern Central llailroad and
met a tragic death. He had locked
htmseir In a toilet-room, and, al
though handcuffed, dashed hlniself
through the glass In a desperate ef
fort of escape. The suction of the
train drew him beneath the wheels
und his head was crushed to a pulp.
One Chicago speculator sold 500,
000 bushels of corn -at 67 cents.
So far this year twenty-two cor
porations have either suspended or
roduced their dividends.
The New York Air Brake Com
pany will offer to sharbolders $3,
000,000 of 6 per cent, convertible
bonds.
The United States Treasury now
bus a caah working balance of $49,
000,000 outside of the $215,000,000
held by the banks.
Compared with other railroads,
th' hard coalers, especially Reading
and Lehigh Valley, will make very
ruvorable reports tor February.
Cambria Steel haB earned an aver
age 8.4 per cent, on its capital stock
during the last six years", the divi
dend deoiared being 3 per cent.
Rumors Btlll continue th it the
Rockefellers and not the Guggen
helms now dominate American Smelt
ing. Nearly all brokers report a better
commission business this week.
In seven years United States Steel
earned net $837,000,000 and paid
$262,000,000 in dividends,
George H. Barle, Philadelphia,
gave out an optimistic statement pre
dicting a return to "McKluley pros
perity." A good deal of comment has been
heard over the delay in New York
Central's dividend meeting.
Reading declared Its regular semi
annual dividend of 2 per cent, on the
second preferred.
May He The Trufn Robbers.
St. Paul, Minn. (Special). A spec
ial to the Pioneer Press from Boze
man. Mont., says thnt two men, an
swering the description of the Great
Northern train robbers, who escaped
from jail at Helenan Saturday, were
arrested at Bozeman by Sheriff Rey
nolds, as they alighted from a I night
train.
One Year For Forgery.
Lexington, Ky. (Special). Walter
R. Day. state treasurer under the
brief Republican administration of
Governor W. 8. ialor In 1900, was
sentenced to serve one year In the
penitentiary tor forging the name or
his uncle, Floyd Day, to a check for
$.5,000. Day is a brother of Carl
Day, who, as a member of the legisla
ture was author of the bill which
became a law prohibiting the co-edu
cation ot the white and black races
In Kentucky.
Duke To Live Here.
New York (Special). The Due de
Chaulnes, who recently married
Theodora Shonts, daughter ot Theo
dore shouts. Is going to set a new
example to European nobles who
marry wealthy American girls. De
chaulnes Intends to become a New
York business man. The Duke's
plan was announced as be was sutl
tng with bis bride on the White Star
liner Teutonic. He said he Is com
ing back In September and will be
come New York and Parisian repre
sentative ol an international financial
syndicate.
A bill was passed by the House
authorizing the donation ot obsolete
Sprlnfleld rifles, bayonets and bayon
et scabbards to independent military
companies composed of veterans of
the Wnr or the Rebellion.
Frank H. Hoslord, a well known
newspaper correspondent at Wash
ington, and who rormerly represen
ted the Detroit Free Press, commit
ted suicide by gashing his wrists and
throat.
Consideration of the fortification
appropriation bill was begun In the
House. The measure carries an ap
propriation ot $8,210,611, which Is
over $30,000,000 less than the es
timates. Senator Hall, chairman or the
Committee on Naval Affairs, declared
on the floor of the Senate that the
cruise of the buttleshlp fleet to the
Pacific was to impress Japan.
Representative Lilley Issued u
statement declaring thnt the Electric
Boat Company had innde an eifcess
profit of over a million dollars In con
tracts with the government.
The House voted down a resolu
tion culling on President RooBevelt
to reveal reports ou trusts, Mr. Hard-
wick having intimated that tho truth
wus being Btippresed.
Senator LuFollette's bill for the
appointment of a tariff commission
gives the President and the commis
sion power to suspend any tariff
schedule.
Governor Magoon ot Cuba, will
protest against the quarantine which
the United States government has
announced will be Instituted against
Cuba ntter April 1.
Official reports received at the
State Department from Minister Fur
niss, at Port au Prince, indicate that
the crisis in Haytl has passed.
Representative Hardy, of Texas, In
a speech in the House opposed both
the Aldrlch and the Fowler bills.
The Republic of Liberia has ap
pealed to the United States to pro
tect her against French encroach
ment. It was stated in the House that
45,768 names had been stricken from
the pension roll last year by death.
Criminal proceedings are to be in
stituted aginst the Chesapeake and
Ohio for mlsbilllng freight and cheat
ing the Seaboard and Atlantic Coast
Line.
The House passed the Pension bill,
carrying an appropriation of $160,-
869,000.
Senator Gore criticised the Pres
ident for congratulating the men
whom Mr. Gore alleged had caused
the panic.
The State Department, in Its last
communication to the Japanese gov
ernment, oxpressed satisfaction with
the regulations made, by Japan to
restrict immigration of coolies to
America.
Representative Prince, of Illinois,
made a speech in the House In sup
port ot the Fowler currency bill
A Drive Ends In Death.
Sharon, Pu. (Special). Mrs. El
Palmer, aged 4 5, and Joseph Boson
blunt, aged 55, wore drowned In th
Shenang River. Rosonbliim was driv
lng and Mrs. Palmer asked him fo:
a ride. The horse frightened at i
pile of ashes and plunged over si
embankment Into the swift current
Both clug to the wagon, but their fin
gors soon were benumbed in the 1c?
wnter and they 'lost their hold unf
perished.
9SO.OOO.OOU Worth Of Work.
New York ( Spcclul ) . Controllo
Met. In the last few duya hns boei
certifying a great many contracts an
tborized last year, but held up he
cause he could not let them on ac
count of tho city's finances. He hat
now certified the last of these, ant
about $20,000,000 worth or Improve
meats will be resumed or Bturted tba
will give employment to thoiiBandf
of workmen.
Body Found Near ( nnip Springs.
Washington, D. C, (Special).
What is believed to bo the body ol
Charles Needham, formerly of Ijo
well, Mass., was found In Roberta
Woods, Camp Springs, Md., a fea
miles from Washington. The sheriff
of Prince Georges County claims that
the man was murdered Needham
disappeared on December 29, auj
soiue of his effects were round on
the same night near where the bod)
was discovered today.
YgifhiM lloisci ucing.
New Orleans, La. (Special). New
Orleans papers announced the begin
ning of a campaign to abolish boise
raclg lu this state. The nanus of
many well-known men of this citj
were printed as signers of a petition
now being circulated for presentation
to the legislature, which meets la
May, to nbollsh betting at the Lou
isiana tracks. The question ot the
betting teatgre Is admitted to carry
with it the existence of racing.
Mourners Fell Into Collar.
Syracuse, N. Y. (Special). At the
funeral of Michael Corbott the floor
of the Corbett home In Willis Ave
nue gsvc way und the 25 mourners
fell Into the cellar. The corpse slid
from the coffin. When the men and
women had all been rescued it was
discovered that nine had need of
tho ambulancea which were waiting.
The corpse was replaced in the cof
fin and the funeral services proceeded.
Two Killed, Three Injured.
Woodsvllle, N H. (Special). la
a head-on collision betweeu two
freight trains on the White Mountain
division of the Boston uiid Maine
Railroad, about a mile and n ban
south of the llatcrhlll Station. Engi
neer E. E. Gross and Fireman Con
verse, both of Concord, were killed,
and Fireman A. T. Davis of Woods
vllle was fatally injured. Engineer
Guy Dow of Woodsviiie and Brake
man Noonan wore seriously hurt and
other members ot the train crew were
badly shaken up.
On the Pennsylvania Rniiroad'r
lines, east of Pittsburg, there are QH
more locomotives than passenger
cars to handle the traffic. There are
In service on -these lines 4,099 loco
motives and 3,14 7 passenger cars.
The Paris motor omnihuBes us
a mixture of equal parts or alcohol
and benzol for fuel. The average con
sumption Is nine centiliters a ton
kilometer.
Ol the 387 recorded ministers of
the Society of Friends in Great Brit
ain 153 are women.
The Peking government has In
structed the authorities in Manchuria,
Jebol, Mongolia, Szechuan, Yunnan,
III and Thlbot to report upon the area
of uncultivated land and send in
plans thereof.
Th. necessity for paper money in
Chlna'ls shown in the fact that tha
issue of the Deutsch Asiatlscho Bank,
In circulation since June, has reaob
ed the sum of $450,000 ($225,000
United Statos gold).
The prices of vessels In England,
are reported to be 15 per cent, lower
than a year ago.