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J. Thorburn Rom, former presi
dent of the Title Guaranty nnd Trust
Company, of Portland, Ore., and a
former Presbyterian divine, has been
found guilty of the larceny of funds
of the State of Oregon.
Miss Elizabeth Baldwin, an actress,
has obtained a verdict of $1,100
against Homer Davis, a New York
theatrical manager, for alleged,
breach of contract.
Walter D. Mnnson, of the Mun
son Steamship Line nnd the Inter
national Coal Company, died In New
York.
A Chicago express on the Erie Rail
road Jumped the track at Conestco,
N. Y.. while going 60 BUM an hour.
Thomas Kalends, a bootblack of
Alton, 111., has been appointed a crit
ic of Greek In Shurtllff College.
The Flordla sea cow which had
been In captivity In New York City
for 19 months 1h dead.
Charles D. Pierce, a prominent
consulting engineer, committed sui
cide In New York City.
A million dollars has been given
for the endowment of a law school
at Berkeley, Cal.
An epidemic of typhoid prevails In
Boston.
Louis Sherry und his wife, Mario
Bertha Sherry, to whom the restaura
teur was married nearly 30 years
ago, have signed articles of separa
tion which purport to give each of
them the fullest liberty of action
consonant with the law. Inciden
tally, Mrs. Sherry is to get $6,000
a year.
Four men were killed, three seri
ously injured and 100 others bad
a narrow escape from death In an
explosion In Mine No. 1, of the Ells
worth Collieries, Company, at Ells
worth. Pa.
Four masked men looted the Indl- ;
ana Club, at Hot Springs, Ark., after
forcing the occupants, at the point
of revolvers, to line up alongside the
wall.
The Senate bill making it a felony
to conduct a bucket shop was paBsed
by the New York legislature by a
party vote.
Morris Bengston shot nnd fatally
wounded Mlus Sigrld Appleholm and
then killed himself on a fnrm near
Rockford, HI., where both were em
ployed. Mrs. Margaret Wolfram was killed
and her husband and four-year-old
child seriously injured when they
were thrown from a buggy In Pitts
burg. Two sonB of Jacob Garuer. aged
10 and II years, were found dead
in a field at Hawthorne, Pa., death
having been caused by eating wild
parsnips.
Since the battleship fleet has been
at Lob Angeles a million visitors
have gone aboard the vessels.
Joseph Simpson, who shot nnd
killed James Arnold Inst Sunday, was
lynched at Skldoo, Cal.
Commander York Noel, I'nited
States Nlvy, died at the New York
Navy Yard.
Grover Cleveland is ill at Lake
wood, N. J.
Foreign
Sixty Englishmen were ItlTIefl or
wounded In a fierce skirmish with
the rebellious Mohmand tribesmen
and their Afghan allies along the
northern frontier.
A lookout has been ordered In
every shipbuilding yard in the Unit
ed Kingdom.
Winston Churchhlll was defeated
for re-election to Parliament.
The government awarded the
1700,000 contract for highway build
ing In Plnar del Rio Province to W.
J. Oliver, of Knoxville, Tenn.
M. Griffin, an EngliBh engineer at
the French gold mine at Songcheon,
was attacked, wounded and robbed
by Korean bandits.
King Manuel of Portugal has
promised to refund the value of
crown Jewels that his father, King
Carios, sold.
Paul Roy was cross examined in
Paris and insisted that he killed
Glacla Calla'g brother In self-defense.
Clpheano Ommgo and Afroinano
Fernandez, Pulljane bandits, were
hanged at Bllibid prison. In Manila.
The flag of the American frigate
Chesapeake, recently Bold aj: auction
In London, was presented to the Roy
al I'nited States Museum by William
Waldorf Astor.
Two Americans Henry Wesjar
dins and Mra. CTPSB, as they gave
their names have been arrested
charged with a number of thefts
from millinery shops in Milan, Italy.
Admiral Coerper and the officers
of the German squadron, and the
German Ambassador, were enter
tained at luncheon at the Shiba pal
ace by the Mikado's orders.
Prince Helle de.Sagan cursed the
reporters when he found they were
keeping such a close watch on bis
movements in Naples.
The natives of the Central Armani
Provinces in Cochin China are re
ported to be in a state of rebellion
against the local mandarin.
The North Sea aud Baltic treaties
were signed in Berlin by the repre
sentatives of the various European
powers.
Fritz Prrugla, brother-in-law of
Leopold de Rothschild, committed
suicide in Paris.
Count and Countess Szechenyi
were upset while out boating on the
River Laborege.
The foundation stone of an Amer
ican Episcopal Church was laid in
Florence. Italy.
Replevied His Wife.
Columbia, Tenn. (Special). W. J.
Riggins haa replevlned his wife, for
merly Ada Templeton, from her par
ents. Esquire Farrls required a bond
of twice the value of the property
In question, and Riggins placed a
value of 10 on his wife, giving
bond of $20.
The Senate passed a Joint resolu
tion appropriating $100,000 for a
survey looking to a continuous in
land water route from Boston, MasH.,
to Wilmington, N. C.
(Submarines Off For Philippine.
New York (Special). The United
States collier Caesar sailed from the
New York Navy Yard for the Philip
pines. She has on board the subn
marine boats Shark and Porpoise,
which will be launched at Cavite.
The Caesar will make the voyage
; ' Cape Horn and up across the
Pacific,
EIGHTEEN STOOENTS ARE
SHOT IN GUATEMALA
The House committee appointed to
Investigate the Paper Trust has In
vited the American Newspaper Pub
lishers' Association and the Associ
ated Press to submit, testimony.
Operation on Most Poisonous of All
Snakes.
VALUABLE SERUM FURNISHED.
Scientists Obtain a Supply of the Most
Deadly Known Poison From Snake
Captured In Wilds of Brszils With
Great Difficulty One-third of Tea
spoonful of Poison Was Obtained.
New York (Special). For the flrBt
time in Ml years nnd the second time
In the history of the science of
DWllcltlfl an operation for the extrac
tion of venom from the deadly lance
head viper, said to be the most poi
sonous of all known reptiles, was per
formed nt the Bronx Zoological Park.
The operation, which was directed
by E. W. Runyon, of this city,
through whose efforts the snake was
coptured and brought to New York,
was a complete success and as a
result science once more has a plen
tiful supply of the serum which has
been found almost Invaluable In the
treatment of extreme cases of in
sanity and also of many of the malig
nant diseases.
The extremely powerful nature of
the lancehend'B venom can he no bet
ter described, probably, than by the
declaration of one of the scientists
who witnessed the operation. When
the perilous task had been completed
and the precious fluid had been care
fully weighed nnd found to be less
than a third ofni ordinary teaspoon
ful In quantity, Tre announced that the
supply was ample to meet the de
mands of the world for at least half
a century.
He explained at the same time
that this would provide for the most
widespread use of the serum in all
the malignant diseases such as ty
phoid and scarlet feveranddlphtherla.
So powerful is the action that it is
proscribed only In the most minute
quantities, the largest potion com
monly used containing only one ten
trilllonth of a grain. From that
point the trituration continues down
to a point where figures would be
useless In attempting to describe it.
The operation was the culmination
of years of painstaking trouble in
the course of which many obstacles
which appeared almost insurmount
able were finally overcome. So great
is the dread of the reptiles among
the natives around the head waters
of the Amazon, where It is to be
found, and among sailors who know
i ' its dangerous character that it
was with the utmost difficulty that a
specimen was captured and brought
to New York.
Those who participated In the op
eration were Dr. Raymond L. Dit
mars. curator of reptiles at the park;
Dr. St. Clair Smith, one of the lead
ing homeopaths of the country;
Headkeeper Charles B. Snyder, .of
the reptile house, and Dr. Runyon.
Those who had gathered around
the table expecting to see the deadly
viper brought into the room secure
ly caged were thrown almost into
panic when Headkeeper Snyder ap
peared at the head of the passage
way bearing the writhing monster
at arms' length on a piece of slender
wire. They were reassured a mo
ment later, however, when the snake
had been placed upon the table, his
head cleverly pinioned and Dr. Dit
mars seized him in a firm grip.
Holding the reptile close to hiB
body, with the head pointing out
ward. Dr. Ditmars gave the signal.
Keeper Snyder thrust Into the snake's
mouth the receptacle which he had
prepared to receive the venom. It
was glass of unusual strength and
the wide aperture at the top had
been covered with a piece of medi
cated gauze and sesurely fixed in
place. When the receptacle was at
a point lesB than half an Inch from
the viper's nose there was a lunge
forward so quick that the eye scarce
ly could follow It, the mouth was
thrown open, the Hps which covered
the cruel fangs were curled back,
and with a Bnap the fangs tore
through the cloth, the Jaws closed
sharply and the poison, enough to
kill a thousand men, spurted harm
lessly into the glass.
The snake will be kept In captivi
ty, and If he survives it is likely that
other operations will be performed
from time to time, and the future
supply of the serum made secure;
possibly for centuries.
41 KUjLBD I N COLLISION.
Sixty Are Injured In Crash Of Aus
tralian Trains.
Mel bourn, Australia (By Cable).
In a colloston of two trains from
Ballarat and Bendlgo respectively, at
Braybrook Junction, about eight
miles frem Melbourne, forty-one per
sons were killed and sixty Injured.
The Bendlgo train, with two heavy
engines, crashed into the rear of the
Ballarat train.
Five cars of the latter train were
wrecked.
The wreckage took fire and was al
most completely consumed. Many of
the bodleB were unrecognizable when
recovered.
The Bendlgo train suffered but lit
tle damage, but the two engines were
plied on top of the rear coaches of
the other train.
Terrible scenes followed the acci
dent, many of the injured being
caught in the wreckage, and with
difficulty rescued from the flames.
It was a long time before doctos
and nurses arrived on the scene, and
aB a consequence intepse suffering
prevailed among the injured.
TWO MOKK BODI1CS POUND.
Number Of Those Lost In Clielhea
Fire Now Known To IU- 15.
Chelsea, Mass. (Special). The
number of lives known to have been
lost in the fire of April 12 was in
creased to 15 by the discovery of two
more bodies.
One was found beneath a pile of
bricks in a cellar In Watts Street. Its
sex could not be determined. Miss
Annie Murphy, who has been miss
ing since the fire, lived at the ad
dress. Died On The Sain. Day.
Washington (Special). John Ed
ward Llbbey, president, and Charles
B. Church, vice president, 'respective
ly, of the Oldest Inhabitants' Asso
ciation of the District of Columbia,
il led here. Mr. Llbbey was born In
Ihls city November IS, 18.17, and Mr.
Church at Jefferson, Frederick Coun
ty, Md., September 11, 1826. Both
men had long been identified with
the lumber business.
The total issue of $6,699,000 of 5
per cent, refunding bonds has been
sold by the Portland Railway Com
pany to Kedmond Y Company.
Ringleaders in the Conspiracy Against
President Cabrera.
Guatemala City, Guatemala (By
Cable).- President Cabrera himself
Is authority for the statement that
IK of the ringleaders in a conspiracy
against him already have been shot
to death, and that probably more ex
ecutions will follow.
President Cabrera, against whose
life an attempt was made by stu
dents, received the representatives
of the various powers and made a
lengthy statement to them that he
had unearthed an extensive conspir
acy against him that led up to his
attempted nssassinatlon. He de
clared that 18 of the leaders had
been executed by his orders, and that
the death penalty would be meted
out to others already in the hands
of the military.
Among these are the men who
were imprisoned a year ago, having
been Implicated In a plot to assassi
nate the President. They were sen
tenced to death after their arrest,
but the sentence had not been carried
out. President Cabrera Bald that he
had proofs that a majority of these
prisoners were implicated In the new
attempt against his life, and thnt
they would be executed without de
lay. Although there Is a surface tran
quillity here, conditions really are
serious. The military is In control
of the city and a partial suspension
of business has resulted. The revo
lutionary feeling is strong In many
quarters and there are those who
will not hesitate to go. to an length
or face any danger In their efforts
to make away with the President.
Cabrera, for this reason, has been
seen but twice or thrice In public
In the last few months.
An attempt was made to assassi
nate President Cabrera last April,
and arrests to the number of about
150, or those said to be Implicated
In the plot . were made. Several of
the arch conspirators committed sui
cide and 19 of the others were sen
tenced by court-martial to death.
The latter included two Mexicans,
one Spaniard, two Italians and one
Belgian. The representatives of the
powers later interfered In the carry
ing out of the death sentence, send
ing an energetic protest against such
summary punishment to President
Cabrera.
Later a large number of the minor
offenders were pardoned and released
from prison, and although the Su
preme Court of Guatemala confirmed
the death penalty on all those sen
tenced for the attempt on Cabrera's
life, the sentence was not carried
out.
WASHINGTON
Secretary Taft will leave the Unit
ed States for Panama on April 30,
spending three weeks on the Journey
and at the Isthmus, and returning by
May. 20. The cruiser Prairie will
probably be placed at his disposal for
the Journey. According to the pres
ent arrangements, he will sail from
the port of Charleston, S. C.
The Daughters of the American
Revolution authorized the national
board of management to make nego
tiations to secure funds, by means
of a loan or bond issue, necessary
for the completion of Continental
Hall.
The House Committee on the Dis
trict of Columbia reported to the
House a bill prohibiting labor In
shops, stores and factories by chil
dren less than 14 years old.
The National Academy of Sciences
accepted Dr. Ira Remsen's Invitation
to hold Its next meeting at Johns
Hopkins University, In Baltimore.
The Senate Committee on the Judi
ciary gave a hearing on the National
Civic Federation Bill to amend the
Sherman Anti-trust Laws.
Members of the House were urged
to use their efforts to secure the
removal of the tariff from print pa
per and wood pulp.
A fraud order was Issued against
the St. Paul, Minneapolis and Seattle
Railway Company, incorporated in
South Dakota.
Milton D. Purdy, assistant attorney-general,
was nominated by the
President to be United States judge
at Minneapolis.
A court of Inquiry has been ap
pointed to determine the responsibil
ity for the accident to the cruiser
Tacoma.
Rear Admiral Samuel W. Very was
retired and Capt. William S. Cowles
was promoted to a rear admiral.
The bill to create an Inland water
way commission was considered by
the subcommittee of the Senate.
The President signed the bill for
the reorganization of the medical de
partment of the Army.
Plans have been recommended for
bonding the memorial hall of the
National Society of the Daughters of
the American Revolution to raise
enough money to complete the build
ing. It was declared in the House that
It is constitutional for the national
government to acquire land in the
States for forest reserves when such
acquisition is an aid to navigation.
A bill providing for the erection
of a monument at Abingdon, Va., to
the memory of Gen. William Camp
bell, a King Mountain hero, was
passed by the Senate.
Papers are being prepared at the
Department of Justice for the prose
cution, under the Antt-trust Law, of
the New York, New Haven and Hart
ford Railroad.
Formal orders were Issued placing
Rear Admiral C. If. Thomas In com
mand of the Atlantic fleet on Mas
9 immediately after the review at
San Francisco.
The pension appropriation bill re
ported to the Senate carries $163,
053,000, an Increase of '.184,000
over the amount appro; .: . 1 by the
House.
The President signed the employ
ers' liability bUl. Attorney General
lionaparle navlug declared the meas
ure, In his opinion, constitutional.
A government employers' liability
hill was Introduced by Representa
tive Jones, of Washington.
Genersl arbitration treaties with
Great Britain and Spain were ratified
by the Senate.
The President nominated Brigadier
General Thomas H. Barry to be a
major general.
Col. Charles A. Boynton, of Wash
ington, was decorated by the Emper
or of Japan.
WHOLE TOWN BURIED
JH LANDSLIDE
Over Thirty Lost in a Canadian
fW$y.
MOUNTAIN FALLS WITH A ROAR.
The Hamlet of Notre Dame da Salatte
Is Overwhelmed by sn Avalanche of
Earth and Snow, Loosened by the
Spring Rains -Catastrophe Orcured
at 5 in the Morning.
Buckingham, Ont. (Special) Half
the little Franch hamlet of Notre
Dame do Salette, 16 miles from here,
on the Llevro River, lies burled un
der a sliding mountain nnd at least
30 of Its small population are known
to have perished.
The hamlet has no telephone or
telegraph and neither is it on a rail
road. Meager bits of news of the
disaster come In by messenger from
the physicians and other rescuers
who were hurried there when the
first calls for aid came at an early
hour.
The river Lievre winds at the foot
of the hamlet and a mountain tower
ed behind it. Spring rains for days
past have been melting the snow and
ice on the mountain side and streams
have been coursing down the river.
At 5 o'clock A. M., Just as the. little
hamlet began to stir for early maBS,
part of the mountain started to slide
toward the river. It tore a path of
death and destruction for its way,
and those who were not killed when
their homes were engulfed were left
burled under the maBS of rock and
earth.
Camllle la Polnte's house stood
first In the path of the avanlanche. He
and his family of 11 are known to
have perished. Eight others, whose
names have not been obtained, are
known to be misting, and in the
panic the rescuers are attempting to
find definitely how many more are
missing.
Mrs. Desjardin's cottage also was
swept away, and she, with her two
children, a domestic and a hired
man. are known to be burled in the
landslide.
De Salette, like many hamlets of
its kind, rambles into gardens and lit
tle fields on the mountainside, so
about half of It was not in the path
of the avalanche. The sliding mass
rushed with a roar and spread fan
like over part of the place and dump
ed itself in the swollen stream at
its foot.
Cut off from the outside world,
messengers were dispatched to Pou-
pere, the nearest hamlet. Those who
arrived first estimated that at least
a dozen houses were crushed in the
path of the landslide.
Buckingham waB appealed to, but
the flight of the messengers across
the spring roads was slow. Those
first on the scene found De Salette
In a panic, with the uninjured ones
packing their belongings for flight.
The first messengers to Bucking
ham ordered 25 coffins to be sent to
Do Salette, and all tho physicians of
the town were hurried across coun
try with rescue parties.
Landslides along the river are
common each spring with the rains
and swollen streams. The Lievre at
De Salette was a torrent 50 yards
wide. Occupants of the houses on
the west bank felt the ground slip
ping and made a rush for safety but
were carried into the river.
REFUSES TO DE
TRIFLEO WITH
President
Aroused By
Naval Bill.
Proposed
Man And Wife Carried A Mile And
Baby Dropped In A Road.
Bancroft, Neb. (Special). A cy
clone swept through Cummings Coun
ty and into Thurston County and
three people are known to have been
killed, a number injured and a num
ber of houses destroyed. Telegraph
and telephone wires are down and
reports are slow in arriving.
The tornado struck the house of
John Mangleson, near Bender Neb.,
and then swooped up Into the air,
taking the wreckage of the house,
and both Mr. and Mrs. Mangleson.
Both were killed, their bodies being
carried a mile.
PICKED UP BY A TORNADO.
Washington, D. C. (Special) Pres
ident Roosevelt will veto the Naval
Appropriation Bill should the Sen
ate, as did the House, fall to make
any appropriation for the two bat
tleships which are authorized in that
measure. The prompt announcement
of (his fact to Senale leaders is re
garded as responsible for the an
nouncement by Mr. Hale that he
would propose an amendment ap
propriating $7,000,000 towards '.he
construction of these ships.
The President stated his po. itlon
on this point with equal emp lasls
and suddenness upon learning that
the bill, aB passed by the Hons' was
Simply a "paper" provision for ..aval
Increase. Authorization of the ships
was made, but no monwy carried to
make the provision effective. Such
legislation as this, the President
made known to his numerous con
gressional callers, was a travesty as
to effectiveness, aB well as bearing
all the ear marks of legislative leger
demain Intended to make ridiculous
his campaign for the greater navy.
Hale Takes Warning.
That the President's quick and vig
orous action is to be effective Is evi
denced by the action of Chairman
Hale, of the Senate Naval Committee,
In announcing that at the proper
time he will propose the $7,000,000
amendment. As to his threat of
veto, the President made it plain
that, should the wisdom of Congress
result In the passage of a bill pro
viding for no naval Increase what
ever, he would have no ground on
which to veto the measure. Any at
tempt at what, he regarded as a trav
esty on legislation by authorizing
hut not appropriating for ships he
declares he will defeat by the ex
ercise of his constitutional power of
veto.
There is not the slightest Indica
tion that the President has ceased
his fight for four new battleships, ac
cording to the evidence of senators
who talked with him. Senators who
are with the President In his fight
on this proposition admit that a care
fvl survey of their strength in the
Senate gives but a vote of 26 in that
body in favor of the President's naval
program for four ships.
Significance Is attached to this poll
of the Senate in that It is said to
show a loss to the President of some
of his heretofore stanches! suporters
In that body. Senator Lodge is un
derstood to have quit the fight for
the full naval program advocated by
the President and to have given his
reasons personally to the President
for so doing. The loss of the influ
ence of the Massachusetts Senator
is regarded as responsible for the
weakness, shown by the poll, as it is
believed by those favoring the pro
gram that had the President's sena
torial supporters entered the fight
with the vigor he has evidenced his
desire In this direction might have
been realized.
Naval Academy Professors.
The Senate made generous in
creases in the salaries of the instruc
tors at the Naval Academy at Anna
polis. The revised salary list is as
follows:
Professor of physics, $3,600; pro
fessor of mathematics, $3,000; pro
fessor of mechanical drawing. $3,-
000; professor of English, $3,000;
professor of French, $3,000; profes
sor of Spanish, $3,000; three addi
tional professors, respectively, of
EngliBh, French and Spanish, $2,
600; five instructors, $2,400; four
instructors, $2,160 each; 10 instruc
tors, at $1,800 each.
300 PEOPLE REPORTED
KILLED JN CYCLONE
Over a Score of Southern Towns
Wrecked.
Postal deficit $15,000,000.
Officials Attribute It To Increase In
Salaries.
Washington, D. C. (Special). Fig
uring on the basis furntBhed by the
returns for the first two qunrters, the
deficiency in the Postofflce Depart
ment for the current fiscal year will
exceed $15,000,000.
The net deficiency for the first six
months of the curernt fiscal year Is
estimated at $7,616,545, aglnst $4.
963,202 In 1907. In the correspond
ing quarter of last year there was a
surplus of $1,742,1 45.
Postal officials attribute the deficit
largely to the general increase in
salaries allowed during the year In
the service.
FIHE threatens town.
Ruymond, Miss., Burning Ami Com
munications Cut Off.
New Orleans (Special). A special
to the Picayune from Jackson, Miss.,
sayB that a serious fire threatens to
destroy Raymond, Miss., about 15
miles from Jackson.
Raymond appealed to Jackson fur
fire-fight Ing apparatus, but before
aid could be sent a second message
arrived stating tnat help would be
useless because the water supply had
been cut off.
Mrs. Shelley Killed By Gas.
New York (Special). Mrs. Mary
Catherine Shelley, a well-known vo
cal teacher, was found dead from the
effects of illuminating gas in her
apartments, on West One Hundred
and Twenty-fifth Street. In a letter
found by the coroner Sirs. Shelley
said she had been contantly unhappy
for the last two years because of
family troubles and misunderstand
Ings. Mrs. Shelley was 58 years old
Funeral Of Duke De fhaulncs.
Paris (By Cable). After the eel
ebratlon of a solemn requiem at the
Church of St. Philippe du Roule
Tuesday morning, the body of the
Duke de Chaulnea was conveyed to
Dampierre, where a second service
was held. This was attended by the
members of the family und the most
Intimate friends, after 'which the
body was Interred in the mortuary
chapel of toe historic chateau.
In 1870 the population of Mani
toba was 17,000 today it Is 400,-000.
WEDDING RING KILLS DUCK.
Gold Band Found In Its Craw Lost
25 Years Ago.
Meriden, Conn. (Special). In dis
secting a duck to learn the cause of
its death, Fred Prageman found a
wedding ring which his wife lost
nearly 25 years ago.
Mrs. Pageman believes she lost
the Jewel while playing with her
baby In a swing suspended from an
apple tree on their farm in Yalesvllle.
The tree has Bitce been cut down,
and this spring Mr Prageman plowed
the ground for the first time.
The duck that died fed with others
in the loose earth and was probably
attracted by the ring, which wa3 still
bright.
Pays sisi. 000 For Picture.
Rome (By Cable). It Is reported
that J. Plerpont Morgan has purchas
ed Kaphacl s ramous Le Vierce de
St. Antoine de Padova" for 2,550,
000 lire (about $484,000). It will
remain in Italy and probably will be
house in the Aldobrandinl Palace.
FINANCIAL
Northern Pacific has ordered 500
refrigerator cars.
Bankers believe that the American
gold which is going to Paris Is being
sent on to Berlin.
Wheat Jumped 2 cents or more a
bushel and yet the granger railroad
stocks were strong.
Warwick Iron and Steel directors
declared a regular half-yearly divi
dend 01 i per cent.
Hereafter the Lake Superior head
quarters will he in Philadelphia In
stead of New York.
"Things are a little better and
there is more inquiry for materials"
said a prominent Philadelphia Bteel
man.
One man has been buying Marsden
for three months and he seems to
have known exactly what he was
doing.
A decline in iron prices and In
some steel products does not seem
to affect the quotation for United
States Steel.
Gross revenue of the Cunard Com
pany for1907 amounted to $12,496,
371, a gain of $1,146 291 over 1906
Net profit increased $8,006.
Norfolk t Western directors de
clared a semi-annual dividend of 2
per cent. This is a reduction of
of 1 per cent., and places the com
mon stock on a 4 per cent, basis. The
price of the stock subsequently ad
vanced, which shows that the cut bad
been fulhy dlcounted.
Union Pacific will now place a lot
of Its forthcoming bonds In Europe.
By putting out high-grade bonds In
stesd of short term notes American
railroads will be able to sell millions
abroad. The foreigner much prefers
a smaller Interest, but a sound In
vestment rather than a big Income
md a questionable principal.
FOUR HUNDRED ARE INJURED.
A Terrific Windstorm Sweeps Through
Louisiana, Mississippi and Alabama
Loss of Life Occurs Chiefly Among
the Colored Population Their Cabins
Are Destroyed snd They Are Buried
Under Debris.
Atlanta, Ga. (Special). A wind
of cyclonic proportions swept over
portions of Louisiana, Mississippi
and Alabama, leaving a trail of deud
and Injured. The number of kiled
Is estimated at 150 and the nu. iber
of injured at about 400.
Most of the dead are negroes. Per
haps a dozen white persons we.e
caught In falling buildings and cith
er fatally Injured or so seriously dis
abled as to require medical attentio i.
The loss of life was chiefly in ll'.S
quarters of colored persons, w' I re
the wind destroyed their c.-'.ins.
burying the occupants in the 6 by'B,
or In the farming sections 1 ( the
country, where trees were uprooted,
telegraph and telephone poles torn
up and general destruction became
an encore to a storm which swept
with almost tornado fury through
the country.
New Orleans and Mobile were cut
off from wire communication with
the outside world for several hours
and the telegraph companies report
wires down In all directions.
The WMCked Towns.
In Louisiana it is estimated that
a score of small lownB were destroy
ed or partly wrecked. They Include
Amite City, Arcadia and Independ
ence. Bell Grove. Melton, Lormnn,
Pine Ridge, Quitman Landing, Falr
chllds Creek, Purvis and Lumberton,
Miss., are reported serlouBly dam
aged by the storm.
In Alabama, Dora was the chief
sufferer. This town Is also known
as Bergen. Four or more persons
were killed, among them the wife
and daughter of Section Master
Moore. Fifty persons at the lowest
estimate were injured.
Those most seriously hurt were
hurried to hospitals in Birmingham,
Ala. One woman, a Mrs. Cully, died
on the train. Two other members
of this family were seriously injured.
At Bergen cars were blown from
the railroad tracks, and considerable
other property destroyed.
Reports also say that the storm
struck Albertvllle, Ala., and destroy
ed nearly the entire northern portion
of the town. A cotton mill was
blown down, the storm ranging
northward, doing much destruction
to life and property. An uncon
firmed report from t his section gives
tho death list as from 30 to 35, with
Bcores of persons Injured.
State Militia Sent.
A special train was sent from Bir
mingham carrying physicians and a
squad of State militiamen to the dis
trict. Aid is also pouring In from
all other directions.
From Meridian, Miss., comes a re
port that Mrs. John Mlnnlece and her
child were killed outright and John
Mlnnlece was seriously injured,
while a number ot other persons
were hurt, and there was consider
able destruction of property.
Richland and Lamourie, La., were
Btruck by the storm and nearly a
fifth of their population Injured.
Winchester, Miss., a small town,
Is reported wiped out, though only
two persons are kpown to have been
killed.
Natchez, Miss., reports 60 are
known to be dead in the Northern
Louisiana storm. Hundreds of plan
tation cabins are reported destroyed
In this section.
Mobile reported nine dead in Hat
tiesburg, Miss., but this has not been
confirmed.
Churches Demolished.
At Mason, Tenn., the Methodist
Church was blown down, and the
parsonage adjoining that structure
destroyau. The Presbyterian and
Episcopal Churches were both prac
tically destroyed and several houses
were blown down.
In Memphis the wind reached a
velocity of 60 miles an hour. It up
rooted shade trees, blew down tele
graph and telephone wires and forced
In plate glass windows.
Richland and Lamourie, La., which
are close together In- Rapides parish,
were apparently struck by the same
tornado. Richland has 500 inhabi
tants, while Lamourie is much small
er.
At Baxter, Miss., about a dozen
buildings were damaged, among
them a wooden school house ln'whlch
there were about 60 children when
the storm began. Teachers realized
the peril in time to get the children
Into places of safety. The wind lifted
off the roof of the school building
and then blew down the walls.
At Amite, a small town in South
eastern Louisiana, the dead are es
timated by physicians at from 25 to
5u. Correspondents on the scene,
however, assert that not more than
a dozen were killed, but that so mnny
suffered fatal Injuries that the list
will reach 25.
Doctor Killed By Lightning.
Galveston, Texas (Special). Dr.
Wallace Rouse, aged 36 years, lec
turer and demonstrator at the Medi
cal College of Texas University, was
instantly killed by lightning while
fishing.
SECRET SERVICE
' MEN IN SCANDAL
Used as Spotters in a Navy Divorce
Sut
Washington, D. C. (Special). A
condition of affairs has been unearth
ed by Representative Tawney, the
chairman of the Committee on Ap
propriations, tnat Indicates that there
has grown up in Washington In the
past 10 years a national police sys
tem that suggests the days of Na
poleon and Fouche. The Secret Serv
ice, which was originally provided
for solely to prevent counterfeiting,
has apparently of recent years been
made a secret polfco whose uses have
been as varied as they have been
delicate.
It appears from the records of thr
Secret Service that certain high of
ficials of this government, have not
scrupled to descend to using the Se
cret Service to gather testimony for
a divorce suit. It Is known that nol
long ago the testimony on which
proctedlngs for divorce were insti
tuted. In which a naval officer wan
named as co-r?rpondent, was obtain
ed by members of the Secret Service.
The naval officer hss been dismisseo
frol the service, but the divorce suit
is Bt til pending
Secrets For Cabinet Officers.
It appears from the reccrds of the
Secret Service that this bureau of
detectives, whose sole duty under the
law Is confined to preventing coun
terfeiting, has been drawn upon by
almost every department of the gov
ernment for police work. According
to the records, the State Department
has during the year employed 7 of
these men, the Navy Department has
had 4, the Department of Justice has
had 61, the War Department has had
i, and even the Department of Com-
merce and Labor has had 3 Secret
I Service men In Its employ. No de-
talis have been furnished as to the
nature of the work of these men. but
there are some ugly stories of shad
owing that has been done by the
government's secret police. It Is even
Intimated that some Cabinet officers
have In their possession "dossiers"
thnt Is to say. complete police re
ports of the movements of subordi
nates who have been watched night
and day by Secret Service men, and
whose every movement from the In
stant they have left their desks has
been shadowed and reported to their
chiefs.
Whatever occasion there may be
for the use of detectives in assisting
the government to ferret out ciimeB,
the use of the Secret Service men for
thlB purpose Is wholly unauthorized
by law. Under President Cleveland
the practice grew up of detailing
Secret Service men to guard the Pres
ident, a practice which has grown,
until President Roosevelt has Secret
8ervlce men at his heels all day, a
system of surveillance which Presi
dent Roosevelt knows would prove
absolutely useless in an emergency
and to which he has always objected
most strongly. The fact that Presl
Ident McKlnlcy was assassinated, al
though supposed to be protected by
Secret 8ervlce men, first aroused in
Congress a disposition to have these
men confined to the sphere of their
legal work, and this feeling has
grown In proportion, as It has been
discovered that the men have appar
ently become a system of federal
police spies.
Congressmen Shadow rd.
Chairman Tawney, of the Appro
priations uohwun, as wen as
Speaker Cannon, have always strongly
opposed the growth of this federal
police. Whilst the Sundry Civil bill
waB being prepared the committee
had before it Assistant Chief of the
Secret Service Mornn, and from him
they have learned the conditions that
now exists. It appears that when
ever a department wanted some
secret detective work done it applied
to Chief Wllkle, of the Secret Serv
ice, who then detached some of his
men from his own pay-roll and
turned them over to the department
that wanted them, and the men were
paid from the contingent fund of
that department. TIiIb, it appears,
Is a proceeding wholly outside the
law, and It Is very probable that the
Sundry Civil bill, when It is reported
to Congress, will contain some very
stringent provisions confining the
work of the government's detectives
to the duties prescribed by law.
NINE BLOCKS BURNED.
Suspends Two Officers.
Baltimore, Md. (Special). Mayor
Mahool temporarily suspended J,
Arthur Wlckham and James H. Ma
rino, two of the commissioners for
opening streets, who, It Is alleged,
formed a combination of the Mary
land Paving Company In awarding
contracts. The charge of "graft" re
lates to the contract for paving North
lAyenue, between Payson and Twelfth
Streets, Cork to cost approximately
$140,000.
Site For National Park.
Washington, D. C. (Special). Un
der the terms of a bill introduced in
the House by Mr. Kelfer, of Ohio,
the Secretary of War, Is authorized
to purchase the farm known as
Arabv. in Montgomery Countv. Mary
land, on which farm the Battle of
Monocracy was fought. If purchas
ed the farm is to be used as a nation
al park, on which may be erected
monuments and markers by the dif
ferent organizations of either arrny
which participated In the battle. The
sum of $26,000 is appropriate-! r
Blaze WIH's Out Business Section Of
Richmond, Yt.
Richmond, Vt. (Special). Nine
business blocks in the town of Rich
mond, 15 miles from Burlington,
were wiped out by a fire that started
Just before midnight, and was not
controlled until about 2.30 A. M.,
causing n loss estimated at $100,000.
Help was called from Burlington.
The -blaze started In SandiiBky's
drug store, on Main Street, a two
story wooden block, nnd was checked
at the Bellevlew Hotel, on Depot
Street, after destroying that struc
ture. The cause of the fire is not known.
Drowns Herself And Baby.
Trenton, N. J. (Special). Mr.
Claudia Smith, wife of a farmer re
aiding near Yardley, Pn., walked ttito
the Delaware Hiver with her babi in
her arms and both were drowned.
Mrs. Smith hnd been ill for a long
time, and It is supposed she commit
ted suicide while despondent.
was forty years old and the motbfer
of eight children.
300 Held For One Murder
Lublin,, Russian Poland (By Cablt')
Tho murder of a policemau wfas
followed by the arrest of 300 worlk
men in local lactones. Tne poisv.-
found stores of arms, ammunition
ana meionite nomDs.
Big War Ships For Russia.
London (By Cable). The Russl
government, according to a trAde
journal, has ordered five war sh.
from a firm of Clyde Bhipbuifdaru
Each one is to be larger' than
Dreadnought.
Boy Prefers Death To Jail.
Fall River, Mass. (Special). ill
ward F. Morlarlty, uged seventefen,
In 'a
WW
committed suicide after an atte
to arrest him on suspicion that
was connected with a aeries of manor
robberies. The boy was asleep in a
clubhouse on the shore whenf the
police surrounded it. Morlarlty Alrew
a revolver, and, after threatenlng the
police, snot nimseir in tne nea
The House Judiciary Coujinilttee,
has unanimously decided thrive are
n rronnfls for the Impcachdnnnt of