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Domestic
J. Edward Boeck, who a few dayi
go pleaded guilty to the theft ol
more than $100,000 worth of Jewelry,
waa sentenced to Slog Sine for not
leas than six nor more than seven
year.
John O. Jenklna, Jr., who waa
president of the old Jenkins Trust
Company, Brooklyn, was Indicted by
the grand Jury of Kings County on '
two charges of grand larceny of $50,- ,
000.
Definite action was taken to raise
a fund of $500,000 In cash which
will be plnced In the Allegheny Na
tional Hank a? an assurance of the
unimpaired solidity of the bank.
Smith W. Ketchum. said to be a
prominent Detroit business man, died
at the Sister's Hospital in Buffalo
from a stroke of apoplexy superinduc
ed by being struck by a cab.
The California Republican State
Convention Instructed the delegation
to the National Convention to vote
for the nomination of Secretary Taft
for president.
The property of the Federal Coal
and Coke Company, near Fairmont,
W. Va., has ben purchased by the
New England (las and Coke Com
pany, of Boston.
Thomas W. Harvey, former teller
of the Enterprise National Bank of
Pittsburg, was sentenced to seven
years in the penitentiary.
Harry K. Thaw's own story of the
Impulse that led him to murder -Stanford
White was rend to the court
for the first time today.
A man about 2 4 years old, whose
home Ib believed to have been In
Philadelphia, died suddenly In New
York while being removed to a hos
pital. O. J. Sturgls, an editor and writer,
difd in I'niontown, Fa., from a self
inflicted pistol wound.
Rev. Charles 8. Mills, of Missouri,
was ele-cted president of the Congre
gational Home Missionary Society.
The new buildings of the College
of the City of New York, which coBt
$7,000,000, were dedicated.
A call for the first national good
roads congress was isseud by the na
tional body In Chicago.
Pittsburg hears thai the Vander
bllt. Baltimore and Ohio and Penn
sylvania interests will bid for control
of the Georges Creek and Cumber
land Railroad in order to checkmate
the Wabash in Its route to the sea
board. Rev. Dr. James O. Wilson, of
Brooklyn. N. Y., says $80,000 was
offered to a State Senator to vote
against the Hughes race-track bills.
All tralnB on the Queen and Cres
cent Railroad were halted five min
utes during the funeral of Vice Presi
dent William J. Murphy.
It was testified In a suit against
tfcva American Tobacco Company that
the corporation gave tobacco free of
cost to crush a rival.
James H. Conkling. a business man
of Middletown, N. Y., committed sui
cide by pouring molten lead In one
of his ears.
Solomon P. Clemmons, father of
Mrs Howard Gould and Mrs. San
Yue. bequeathed one dollar to each
of his children.
Four miners were killed by a fall
of rock in a colliery of the Lehigh
Valley Coal Company at Midvale, Pa.
Two persons died of the heat in
New York City.
MURDER NETTED HER
MANY THOUSANDS
Mrs. Guinness Got Fortune From
Her Victims.
Foreign
Montague Smith, of the private
banking firm of L. H. Smith & Co.,
ForeBt, Ont., and the Liberal candi
date for Tampton in the coming pro
vincial elections, committed suicide
by shooting himself through the head
France has accepted the Americnt
proposal for an international con
ference at Shanghai. January 1, 1S09
to plan the suppression of opium cul
tivation as a 'step toward aiding ("hint
to end Its use.
The commander of the Russia!
punitive expendltlon into Persian tor
ritory has been ordered to resume
his advance and to punish the ban
dlts with fire and b word .
Humors In Ivondou that the Ar
mour Company was to enter the re
tail meat business there were denlei
by Arthur Meeker, a dirt-dor of Hit
company, at Chicago.
The spinners of American cottor.
i:i Manchester. England, decided tc
close the mills for the whole of Whit
suntide week and two days a week
for four weeks.
A bomb explosion on a street rail
way in Calcutta, in which four per
sons were injured, was the outcome
of violent anti-British sentiment.
The American steam halibut
schooner Francis Curing has beer,
seized by the Canadian fisheries
cruiser for fishing Inside the three
mile limit.
Turkey has Invited Russia to Bene
army officers to Erzeroum to satisfj
themselves that the Porte has no hos
tile intentions against Russia.
The French force, under Genera)
Vizy, loBt tt mm Killed and fir
wounded In a battle with the fanati
eal Arabs
Miss Jean Reld, daughter of the
American ambassador to Great Brit
nln, Whitelaw Held, and John Hubert
Ward, brother of the Earl of Dud
ley, and equerry-in-waltlng to King
Edward, will be married June 1:3.
A tight between French and Span
ish soldiers at Casablanca, In whlcn
one Spaniard was killed and two
Frenchmen were wounded, will not,
It la said, affect the relations be
tween the two countries.
A report has been submitted to
King Frederick with a parliamentary
bill for uniting Icc-lund and Denmark
as "The I'nlted Danish Empire."
Scarcely 15,000 out of the total
of 400.000 workmen In St. Peters
burg celebrated the Russian May Day
by refusing to work.
China has refused to sign the
agreement proposed by Japan for the
settlement of the Yalu timber con
troversy. The Franco-British Exposition, in
London, was formally opened by i h
Print of Walej.
General D'aBMUv, at the head ol
tin oolutnni, raided the tribesmen
llvine In the Mdakra Mountains, raz
irg their crops und destroying aever
ul camps.
The Japanese government bus re
fusid lo covslder China's proposltior
for paralleling the Tsln-Mlu-Tun
Fakumen Railroad.
Steamer advices lo Seal lie reporl
that 10,000 person lost ihelr llvei
in the tidal wave that swept Han
kuw, China.
The Mexican government has an
nounced positively that if the Yaqu'
.ludiana surrender It will be uncondi
tlonally.
THRONGS SEE THE SKELETONS.
Total Sum Obtained by the Proprietor
of the Indiana Murder Farm la Net
Far Short of $60,000 -Statement of
the Approximate Sums Given Ont
by Coroner Mack.
Lapote, Ind (Special). Coroner
Mack gave out a statement showing
that Mrs. Guinness, who Is supposed
to have murdered a doien persons,
not only killed because she had an
uncontrollable mania for taking hu
man life, but that the luat for money
was another Impelling motive for lur
ing victims to her chamber of denth.
Coroner Mack's Hat follows, starting
with the first husband, who was poi
soned quickly followed by her second
marriage, and the murder of Peter
Gulnneaa after she had been his legal
wife but three months.
Mada Sorcnson. first husband $8,000
Peter Guinness, second hus
band 4.0
Andrew Hclgeleln, Aberdeen,
S. D 2,900
Herman Konltzer, Chicago.. 5,000
Charles Edman, New Carlisle,
Ind 5.000
George Berry. Tuscola, III... 1,500
John O. Moe, Elbow Lake,
Minn 1,500
Die Budsburg. Iola. Wis 2,000
Henry Gurhnlt, Scandinavia,
Wla 1,000
Six unidentified bodies In the
morgue on belief that each
contributed $1,000 Mrs.
Guinness' lowest amount
exacted from wooers 6,000
Persons believed to have been
lured to their deaths in the
Guinness' house whose
bodies have not been found 7,000
Three children sent to Guin
ness' house by unknown
persons to have their life
snuffed out. and for which
hired men says she was
paid to kill, at $1,000 each 3,000
Total f $46,900
Thousands of persons visited the
farm Sunday and saw all that there
was to be seen, even to viewing the
skeletons of the seven unidentified,
for the temporary morgue was open
part of the day, and persons were
permitted to gaze at the bones of
Mrs Guinness' victims. One look WMj
enough for most of the visitors. They
wjre content to go away and say
they had seen the skeletons, even
though they might not be able to
give any details of that particular
part of their visit.
Hundreds brought their luncheons
along, for the day was Ideal. At noon
family groups dotted the orchard
and the large trout lawn. Souve
nirs of all kinds were sold on the
grounds, the people buying readily.
Refreshments also were dispensed on
the ground by enterprising owners of
lemonnde. ice cream and peanut
stands. Excursion trains were run
on railroads, while regular trains car
ried extra coaches for Laporte. ln
terurban cars also were crowded all
dr-.y.
J. G. Ramden. of Manfred, tt. D..
whose half brother, John Moe, of El-
bow Lake. Minnesota, came to La- j
porte in December, 1906, to visit Mrs.
Guinness, and who since then has
never been heard of by relatives, was
in Laporte to identify, If possible,
one of the skeletons as that of his;
brother, but the remains were In Buch j
condition that he found it impossible,
though one skeleton had light hnir.
wuicn ;.ir. ttamclen said resembled
that of his brother.
DRAIN KD mas s BRAIN.
MAN. WIFE AND
SERVANT SLAIN
House is Ransacked From Top to
Bottom.
Matawan, N. J. (Special). Three
lives were Bnuffed out by a murderer
on a farm near the little village of
Wlckatunk. which Is about seven
miles from Matawan. The victims
were William B. 8heppard, his wife,
Josephine, and their servant, Jennie
Bendy. Of the family only a baby
of 11 months, who was asleep In a
crib, escaped.
Detectives questioned Frank Zas
trea, the only farmhand remaining
on the plare, who discovered the trag
edy. He contradicted himself In
many details, and It was decided to
hold him, ostensibly as a witness,
for the Inquest. He was taken to
the county Jail In Freehold, where
another man. Frank Crooks, Is also
held on suspicion.
The authorities are seeking two
men who were employed on the farm
by Mr. Sheppard and who were dla
tharged, one 10 days ago and the
other on Thuraday night.
Whatever the motive. It was not
robbery, although the house was ran
sack. Tbt gome money was taken
Is not doubted, although Mr. Shep
pard usually did not have much In
his home. His pockets were turned
Inside out, a desk was broken open,
carpets and matting were ripped up
and the bureau drawers were rifled.
But In the pocket of Mr. Sheppard
was his gold watch and diamond
ring was on his finger. Mrs. Shep
pard also had a ring which had not
been taken, nor had other pieces of
Jewelry that were on her dressing
case. This leads the authorities to
the belief that the murderer was ac
tuated by a spirit of revenge, and ns
Mr. Sheppard was esteemed by all
who knew him In the village the
county officials and Plnkerton detec
tives are anxious to find the two
farmhands who were discharged.
All the residents of the country
for miles around were aroused by
the murder. The weapon used was
Mr. Sheppard's own repeating rifle,
and the murderer was calm, dellber
fttl and determined to make no mis
take. To this end end he shot both
Mr. Sheppard and his wife twice,
though either of the wounds was suf
ficient to cause death.
PRESIDENT AM MR. CAR
NEGIE AT ODDS.
"I believe in peace and arbitra
tion, and I also believe in keeping
In such trim that it shall be a
temptation to nobody to wrong us.
"If we build up the American
lleet as we ought to build It up,
the other party will not really de
sire war." President Roosevelt.
Jacob Ufa Minus Four Ouuee-s Of
amy Matter.
Now York (Special). Jacob Kitz.
22 years old, of 1380 DeKalb Ave
nue, Brooklyn, will leave St. Mary 'a
Hospital in a few dayB minus tony
ounces of brain matter, but never
theless a healthy, strong man. Rltz
attempted suicide on April 3 and
fired a bullet of 38 caliber Into hU
brain. For a day or imore his lif.
waB despaired of, for the bullet had
entered one side of the skull and
lodged under the bone on the other
side, fracturing both sides and l-iiss-ing
through the frontal lobes.
Shortly after Rltz had been taken
to the institution a tumor formed
between the skull and brain which
pressed dangerously on the frontal
lobes, and lo drain It the surgeons
Inserted a rubber tube through the
bullethole in bis right temple. Fo
sometime It was thought that pos
sibly Hltz'B sight and laste bad been
Impaired, due to the ract that the
bullet had passed through what is
known to physicians as the "seat of
Judgment." Tests were made and
the man was found to have retained
both his taste and cyeBight.
Tillman Sails For Europe.
Boston i Special). Senator Ben
jamin H. Tillman, of South Carolina,
accompanied by his wife, sailed for
Europe Saturday on the White Star
liner Canoplc. He Is making the trip
for bis health. Before sailing Sen
ator Tillman discussed the political
situution, expressing the opinion that
if Secretary Taft receives the Repub
lican nomination the Democrats will
win
"The simple agreement between
Great Britain and the I'nlted
States that upon the inland seas
In the north only two tiny ves
sels, each with one 18-pounder
gun, should patrol those waters,
the one flying the Fnlon Jack and
the other the Stars and Stripes,
the only shots ever being fired be
ing salutes expressive of amity
and friendship, makes these ves
sels the most powerful vessels of
war, the true Dreadnoughts, since
there is nought to dread from
them. A nation has everything
to dread from gigantic armed
Dreadnoughts, nothing to dread
from these true agents of peace.
"When President Roosevelt is
as old as I am ho will take a more
roseate view of coming peace. I
will make a friendly compromise
with him and agree that world
peace may be some distance away.
But among ourselves, the nations
of the Western World, I believe
that permanent peace is near; and
we have a territory In the nations
represented In this union four
times as great as that of Europe.
Andrew Carnegie.
1 I
I JlNANGAL
To Explore I'nknoun Tibet.
Berkeley. Cal. (Special). John R.
Glasscock, Jr., who holds the world'".;
rOeord for the ascent of the Matter
horn in Hie Swiss Alps, haa received
a commission from the British Gov
ernment to explore the "forbidden
lands" of Tibet, and will accept. He
is a son of John R. Glasscock, u
prominent lawyer, and is well known
a a varsity football player and fra
ternity man.
Inquired AlKiut ( levi luiKl.
London ( By Coble). In the course
of King Edward's recent visit to Den
mark the reporl reached Copenhagen
that Grover Cleveland waa critically
HI. on hearing It his Majesty sent
to the American Legation several
limes lo Inquire of Mr. Maurice T.
Egau, the American Minister, as to
ill,- condition of the ex-Fresident.
Mr Cleveland is specially remember
ed by Engllsbinun in connection with
his Venezuelan message, which they
have hurdly yet forgiven, and the
incident is typical of King Edwurd's
tart.
New high records for Fnlon Pacific
and F. S. Steel.
Over $20,000,000 of Government
funds on the? last call have been re
turned by the banks
Corn, at Chicago, reached the high
est price In five years, the May op
tion belling at 7C cents.
Fnlon Pacific and Southern Pacific
directors declared the regular quar
terly dividend, the former having a
10 per cent, annunl rate and the
latter fi per cent.
That Cleveland Trust Company
failure didn't check the upward
movement In the stock market even
for a minute.
Western I'nlon's Jump of nearly
six points was largely the result of
short covering, said a private Wall
Street despatch.
Another strong advance In foreign
Government bonds, Indicating favor
abl conditiona abroad.
Total net earnings of the Assoclat
( (I Bell Telephone Company in March
v.ere $2,971,100 and for three
months $8,650,400. The latter was
a gain of $926,200.
Interests Identified with Mr. Mor
gan say that the Rothschilds have
refused to underwrite Fnlon Pacific's
bonds, hence the delay in marketing
them.
Twenty-seven railroads in the first
week of May suffered a decrease of
21 per rent, in gross earnings, com
pared with that week last year.
This from the "Iron Age:" "There
has been some rail business, the
Lackawanna Steel Company having
accepted 6,000 tons from the Maine
Centra). 8,000 tons from the Boston
& Albany and 6,000 tons from the
Michigan Central. Thus far there
has been put on the books of the rail
mills a total of 1,500,000 tons, In
cluding the orders carried over from
last year."
Cotton Is now up to 100 points
above the recent low price.
James J. Hill points out that
whereas the per capita consumption
of coal In the I'nlted States fifty years
BgO was only half a ton a year, It is
now five tons. He predicts something
of a coal famine by the end of this
century.
The issue of $15,000,000 of new
securities by the Southern Hallway
puts out of the question all danger
of the formerly threatened receiver
ship. Now Mr. Morgan and Mr. Har
rlmau have each "saved" a railroad.
A PEACE DELECATE
NOW HEAD OF FLEET
Admiral Sperry Was at the Hague
Conference.
PACIFIC FLEET GOING SOUTH
New Commander, Who Is to Con
duct the Battleships Aronnd the
World, Succeeds Admiral Taylor
Reorganization Plan Immediately
Carried Ont.
San Francisco (Special). Rear
Admiral Charles Stlllman 8perry re
turned within six months from a mis
sion of peace as one of the American
delegates to the conference at The
Hague, assumed command Friday of
the strongest force of first-class
fighting ships assembled In the hi
tory of the nation. Rear Admiral
Charles M. Thomas, who succeeded
Rear Admiral Evans as commander-in-chief
of the Atlantic fleet, Lauled
down his flag at 10.40 A. M. from
the truck of the Connecticut, and 10
minutes later Admiral Sperry was
received on board the flagship with
the salutes and other naval honors
befitting his position.
When Admiral Sperry took com
mand the reorganization of the fleet
Immediately was carried into effect,
and throughout the noon hour the
waters of the bay echoed the call of
bugles, the ruffle of drums and th
strains of martial music from half a
dozen quarterdecks. Rear Admiral
W. H. Emory transferred his flag
from the Georgia to the Louisiana,
the new flagship of the second squad
ron, third division. Capt. Richard
Wainwrlght gave up command of the
Louisiana and hoisted the triangular
flag of senior division officer on the
Georgia. He commands the second
division. Captain Schroeder, com
manding the Virginia, assumed com
mand of the fourth division and took
up his quarters on the new flagship
lsronsin.
Both Captains Schroeder and
Wnlnwrlght will be promoted to the
grade of rear admiral In July.
Although still an Independent
force to all intents and purposes,
the Atlantic fleet passed technically
and temporarily today under control
of the Pacific fleet.
Rear Admiral Dayton, commander-in-chief
of the Pacific fleet, outranks
Admiral Sperry, and as soon as Ad
miral Thomas' blue flag was run
down on the Connecticut he became
senior officer In command of the com
bined fleets. It had been Intended
that the Pacific fleet should sail Fri
day morning, and thus avoid the en
suing complications of change of
command, but, under orders from
Washington, the cruisers are held
here to await further Instructions.
BANDITS STEAL $85,000.
Overcome Guards And Escape With
Miners' Fay In Texas.
El Paso, Texas (Special). Pur
sued by men and bloodhounds, three
bandits with $35,000 of loot in their
possession are fleeing through the
rugged mountain passes north of
French, a little station eighty miles
from East Las Vegas, N. M., on the
Santa Fe Railroad, In an effort to
escape the clutches of the law.
At French they broke down the
doors of the depot, bound nnd gagged
the station agent and special guard,
blew open the safe, took the money,
and rode away, leaving their victims
helpless.
A tramp wandered Into the station
half an hour later, released the al
most unconscious men, and gave the
alarm.
The stolen money was sent from
Albuquerque on Santa Fe train No.
10 to pay miners at Dawson, N. M.
HIS FIRST TRAIN RIDE.
Feter Lawson, At The Age Of 8,
Visits His Daughter,
Montlcello, N. Y. (Special). Peter
Lawson, of Mongaup Valley, Sulli
van County, took his first ride on a
railroad train, when he went from
Montlcello to Middletown to visit his
daughter. Mr. Lawson Is 86 years
old, and has lived for many years
within five miles of a railroad, but
has never had a desire to trust his
life to the keeping of a steam engine.
He saw the first train pass over the
Erie at Narrowsburgh In 1848.
The old gentleman in many re
spects is a remarkable man. He lost
his second set of teeth several years
ago. and is now rutting a new set.
TWELVE PERSONS KILLED
IT 1 TORNADO
Sarpy County, Nebraska, Visited By
Devastating Wind.
Omaha, Neb. (Special). More
than a dozen persons are known to
have been killed and a score Injured
by a tornado which swept over the
northern part of Spary County. The
storm which gained velocity on Its
way south, started in Omaha about
4.30. At Bellevue the college build
ings were damaged to the extent of
probably $50,000, and several per
sons were injured, but none fatally.
At Fort Crook the troops were
marched across the parade grounds
In perfect formation to safer quarters
under a rain of debris, while the
tornado was at its height. Several
of the soldiers were Injured, but none
seriously.
The storm was the most severe that
ever struck Eastern Nebraaka. The
damage to the college buildings at
Bellevue was heavy. The tower waa
blown from Fark Hall and the build
ing wrecked. Lowry Hall and Ran
kin Hall were unroofed.
The panic-stricken students ran to
the basement and In this way many
fatalities were probably prevented.
The college stables were wrecked and
all the horses killed.
Moving south, the tornado struck
Fort Crook, damaging several of the
barrack buildings, but nobody was
Injured. In the town of Fort Crook,
however, a number of buildings were
entirely wrecked and other damage
done.
The storm lifted and dipped at in
tervals, continuing to move south
ward, doing much damage to farm
property. The first town struck was
Papilllon, eight miles south of South
Omaha. At that point the damage
was not great, the funnel-shaped
cloud apparently lifting sufficiently
to pass the town. It again descend
ed, however, as the storm moved
toward Richfield, four miles south
of Papilllon. In Its path the farmJ
oi uus L,eaaer, wiiose farm buildings
were entirely destroyed, and bis son,
Charles Leader, aged 14, was killed
outright. All his live stock was kill
ed. At LoulBville half the town was
wrecked and at least eight persons
lost their lives. Mrs. Frank Hester
was killed In her home. Seven men,
who took refuge In a sand pit north
of town, were killed outright, their
names were not available.
Two miles north of Papilllon, Mar
tin Teith and his son, James, were
driving along the Little Paplo River,
when their horse became frightened
by the hall and plunged Into the
swollen stream. Both father and
son were drowned.
An officer from Fort Crook arrived
In the city and stated that the dam
age to the building would amount
to $100,000 at the army post alone.
and that the village Is almost a total
wreck.
Canada Names Arbitrator.
Ottawa, Ontario (By Cable). Sir
Charles Fltzpatrick, chief Justice of
the Supreme Court of Canada, will
be the Joint representative of Canada
and Newfoundland at The Hague trib
unal to Bettle the Atlantic fisheries
dispute with the United States. The
United States members of the tribu
nal has not yet been announced.
Models Of All Warships.
Washington, D. C (Special).
A bill was passed by the Senate pro
viding for the deposit of a model of
any vessel of war of the United States
Navy bearing the name of a Stat-;
In the capitol building of such State.
WASHINGTON
ARROW KILLS A CURL,
Shaft Shot By Boys At Flay Pierce
Her Brain.
New York (Special). Peter Gam
boza, nine years old, was playlug
With several other little boys, shoot
ing umbrella ribs as arrows from
bows, In East New York. A i arrow
from hiB bow bit Mary O .'onnell,
nine years old, in the heal as she
came around a street corner.
She dodged several of the arrows,
but one, alleged to be from Peter's
bow, struck her squarely behind tho
ear and stuck there. The little girl
fell to the pavement unconscious
The arrow had pierced the brain and
the girl died soon afterward.
( lilncse Kebels On March.
Peking (By Cable). Three thou
sand rebels In two columns set out
to march on Meng-tBze, a treaty port
of the Songkol River. A body of
provincial troops repulsed one of the
columns at Man-huo. but the other
column la now within thirty miles
of Meng-tsze. Viceroy Hai-ltaug, at
the head of another body of provin
cial troops, has left Yun-nan-fu for
Ami, forty miles northwest of Meng-tszc.
May Make Hiulliiin ( lien,,.
Mexico City (Special). -Prof. Wil
Ham Nlvln. a mineralogist, formerly
of New York, who has been making
mineral explorations in tho Stale of
Guerrero, has discovered a largo de
posit of uranltlte, from which radi
um Is manufactured. Samples of the
mineral have been sent to the Royal
Society of London, England.
Three children were killed and
several persons Injured during a ten
ement fire In Passaic, N. J., which Is
supposed to have been of Incendiary
origin.
The President nominated Edward
T. Sanford, of Tennessee, to be Uni
ted States district Judge for the East
ern and Middle districts of Tennes
see. President Roosevelt has been asked
I to preside at the meeting of the Na
jtional Congress on Tuberculosis to
be held In Washington.
the Senate Committee on Com
merce authorized a favorable report
on the omnibuB navigation bill.
The war on the mosquito haB ma
terially reduced malarial troubles at
all the army posts.
The Senate passed the Sundry
Civil Appropriation Bill without ma
terial amendment.
Senator Tillman, of South Caro
lina, returned to his seat In the Sen
ate. Senator Foraker abandoned his ef
fort to secure consideration at this
session of his bill reinstating the
negro troops who were discharged
from service on account of the
Brownsville riot, and moved to mako
the bill the special order for Decem
ber 16 next.
The Vreeland Currency Bill la to
be passed uuder suspension of tho
rules. The Democrats will be given
opportunity to offer the Williams bill
as an amendment.
The resolution proposing a court
of inquiry for Col. William F. Stew
art was referred by the Senate to the
Military Committee for consideration.
The President has appointed a
commission to revise the laws so as
to obtain better security for passen
gers and crews on vessels.
Senator Rayuer was defeated in
his effort to get action upon his reso
lution asking for a courtmartlal lor
Colonel Stewart.
Wireless messages were sent to
the war balloon at Washington from
the Naval Academy at Annapolis.
Senator Rayner introduced In the
Senate a resolution calling upon the
President to appoint a court of In
quiry In the ease of Col. William F.
Stewart.
The House adopted the Senate
amendments to the bill prohibiting
racetrack gambling in the District
of Columbia and passed the bill.
Representative J. ThomaB Heflin,
of Alabama, was indicted for assault
with a dangerous weapon.
At a conference between the lead
ers of the House and Senate It prac
tically was agreed that Congress shall
udjourn Saturday, May 23.
Congressman Lilly refused to pro
duce the letters asked for by thl
House committee Investigating the
submarine charges.
The conference report on the Na
val Appropriation Bill was adopted
by the Senate. The bill carrlea $122 -662.715.
A Franco-Spanish police force haa
been Installed and la at present op
erating In Tangier.
THE NATION'S GREATEST
PERIL IS WASTE
President and Governors Consider
Grave Problem.
BIG WHITE HOUSE CONFERENCE.
Imposing Scane In the Bin Room
Whan the Conference Was Called to
Order President and Vice President
Warmly Groated Candidates for the
Chief Magistracy Present In Force.
Washington (Special). -President
Roosevelt at 11 o'clock A. M., called
to order an assemblage in the Eaat
Room of the White House composed
of such distinguished men as have
rarely been gathered In that historic
apartment. It was the opening ses
sion of the Conference of the Gov
ernors called together to consider the
questions of the conservation of the
country's natural resources. Facing
the President were governors of 40
states and territories, distinguished
men In political and Industrial life,
cabinet office, member of the Su
preme Court and distinguished men
from all over the country who came
as delegate-s and advisors to the gov
ernors. The East Room had been trans
formed into a great convention hall,
as It were, for the entire space of
the floor was filled with gilt chairs
arranged In a semicircle. Along the
east wall had been erected a long,
raised platform, covered with green
plush and bordered with gilded cord.
Two Immense maps representing the
United States, framed In green plush,
adorned the walls. These maps were
prepared by the Forest Service and
showed In many colors the distribu
tion of the natural resources In the
various states. In the center of the
wall was erected a tall frame for
transparent pictures showing the for
ests or mines of the country. ThlB
great frame was flanked on elthei
side by on American flag and the
President's flags as commander-ln-chlof
of the Army and commander-ln-chlef
of the Navy. Great green plush
chairs were arranged on the plat
form for tho President, as the presid
ing officer, and the Cabinet and mem
bers of the Supreme Court. The on
ly flowers In the room were immense
vases of American Beauty roses on
the mantels.
President Warmly Greeted.
For nearly an hour before the
President called the session to ordei
the governors and the other guests
began to arrive, and for a time the
East Room presented quite an ani
mated scene. Governors John A
Johnson, of Minnesota, and Hughes,
of New York, were among the early
arrivals and were the center of at
traction. William Jennings Bryan,
who was one of the distinguished In
vited guests, came In early and soon
found himself surrounded. Andrew
Carnegie, James J. Hill and JohD
Mitchell, and Judge George Gray, ol
Delaware, also arrived early and took
front seats. It was exactly 1 1 o'clock
when the Marine Band announced the
arrival of the President. With the
fanfare of trumpets the President
entered the East Room, accompanied
by his military and naval aids, and
with Vice President Fairbanks,
marched down the aisle and mount
ed the platform. The governors and
delegates arose as the two distin
guished men entered the hall and be
gan applauding them. The President
and Vice President mounted the plat
form and the President the seat of
tho presiding officer with the Vice
President on his left.
There was no delay in starting
the convention. After the President
had bowed his acknowledgements,
Rev. Dr. Edward Everett Hale, the
chaplain of the Senate, arose, und,
standing 'beBlde the President's chair
delivered the invocation and asked
for Heaven's help in the deliberations
of the conference. The President
then arose und was again greeted
with applnuBe, and immediately be
gan his speech of welcome, taking
as his text "Consevation as a Nation
al Duty." He spoke with groat earn
estness and feeling, nnd was often
Interrupted by applause. For 50
minutes he spoko with all the force
and energy with which bo is known,
and was listened to most closely
throughout. Just 'before he closed
he startled the assemblage somewhat,
after paying a tribute to the Inland
Waterways Commission, by declaring
that If Congress failed to heed his
request for money to perpetuate the
Inland Waterways Commission "I
shall do It myself." This brought
forth loud applause, with cheers and
some laughter from the delegates.
The President Joined in the laughter
hiim 1". seeir.g how the audience was
taking bis words, and then said: "I
was compelled to bring this commis
sion Into existence myself. I asked
Congress to appropriate the sufficient
amount of money for that purpose.
Congress did not gee fit to do so.
Now I have asked Congress for a suf
ficient sum of money to perpetuate
the Inland Waterways Commission,
and If Congress does not appropriate
the money I will perpetuate the com
mission myself."
Seven Veunt For Harvey.
Pittsburg, Pa. (Special). Thomas
W. Harvey, former teller of the En
terprise National Bank, which failed
several years ago for nenrly $2,000,
000, falling in his attempt to inter
est the United States Court of Ap
peals in his case, surrendered him
self to the federal authorities and
was sentenced to serve seven years In
the Western Penitentiary.
Buttle Witli Fanatics.
Algiers (By Cable). The French
force under General Vigy lost 13
men killed and 65 wounded during a
fierce engagement with fanatical
Arabs. The engagement lasted tht
greater part of the day and Boude
nib, ih, stronghold of Mulal Hasseu
was bombarded. Three officers art
among the French killed. The Aral
losses are described as heavy. Thli
engagement was preceded, May 13
by a battlo In the vicinity of Ben
Ouzian, which also lasted all duy.
Plot To Kill A President.
Panama (By Cable) . Dlspatchet
received here from Port Llmon, Costa
Rica, relate the discovery of a plot
against the life of President Reyes.
It seems that the Colombian revolu
tionary refugees who are living In
Sun Jose held a meeting a. few days
ago, at which It was decided to send
a man to Baranqullla tc assaasinate
the Prealdent. A Colombian rebel,
who la at present living In this city,
is said to be Implicated in the plot.
AIRSHIP PLDN6ES
TO DESTRDCTION
Wright Bros.' Machine Had Broken
World's Record.
Manteo, N. C. (Special). After
'.he greatest of airship flights the
machine of Wilbur and Orvllle
Wright was smashed Into an unrecog
alxable mass. The navigator of th
machine, Wilbur Wright, escaped
from the accident practically unhurt,
having received nothing more than
i mere scratch on his face.
The machine had already flown
?lght miles in 7 minutes and 40
eeconds under beautiful control. The
wrecking of it was duo to an error
sn the part of the navigator proceed
ing slightly in a downward course.
It was designed by the navigator to
elevate Its course, but instead of
working the lever to accomplish that
result he worked It so as to direct
the course of the machine si III fur
:her downward. Responding Instantly
to the Influence of the lever, the ma
chine dove downward and to the
tiround with great rapidity. As
strongly as It was put together, tt
was crushed like an eggshell. Wll
jur Wright's luck, which has stood
Vf him ever since he has commenced
nis ascents In the air, was still with
aim. The machine was wreoked be
nlnd a sand hill two miles from th.'
point from which It was 'started.
Speed Of A Blrel.
Rising from a point near th
house In which It was stored, the ma
rhlne flew away with twice the speed
of a bird. Its course was dlrectet
north along the beach for a mile and
i half, when It was turned to th.-)
westward, flying high over a small
jand hill and passing In between two
large ones. It was then made to
circle still another sand hill, the fur
thereat point in their circling movc
ment being two miles from where
the machine started on its magnifi
cent but disastrous flight. The
course of the machine was then di
rected back toward the starting point,
arriving under a speed which caused
the few witnesses of the flight to
marvel, but under perfect control
Wilbur Wright kept, the machine up
and continued the Hi: h:. following
the identical course that he did when
the machine first got under way.
All continued to go well uutll tho
fatal mistake behind the last sand
hill. The total distance flown is com
puted by adding together the two
miles between farthest points travel
ed three times and an allowance of
two miles, a conservative estimate,
for the many long curves and angles
made.
While, doubtless, happy in the
knowledge that they have accom
plished marvelous things In the sci
ence of aerial navigation, the wreck
ing of their machine, which they
prized above all wealth, was a great
disappointment to the Wright broth-
ers. The Wrights state that they
j will immediately pack up tho wreck
age of their machine and ship it back
I to their home, in Dayton, O.
Circled In Midair.
The machine circled in midair with
the buoyancy of a kite, responding
i perfectly to each turn of the levers
that guide the 950-pound aeroplane
j over the heads of the small, scattered
j party of unwelcome spectators, Borne
I of whom leveled cameras and field
I glasses at it, the airship sailed for
j miles above the well nigh desolate
' country In the vicinity of Kill Devil
I Hill Life Saving Station, where a
narrow sand spit separates the wa
' ters of the Atlantic and Albemarle
Sound.
Their experiments proved but a re
i petition of Ihe achievements of the
day before when the dauntless acro
I nauts accomplished four successful
j flights, two of them, made after sun
set, covering three and a half to four
: miles each, scoring n four mllo clip
j down the const In two minutes and
fifty seconds at an altitude of 40
i feet, the two aeronauts alighting each
j time at the place of starting.
The flighty were satisfactory to the
: Inventors, and both morning nnd af
ternoon were utilized In tho work.
I The Inventors were astir early, and
had their airship ready and in oper
I ntlon at an hour when It was impos-
Bible for the visitors to reach the
, Immediate neighborhood of Kill Devil
I Hill from Manteo, the nearest place
where the strangers can be domi
ciled, a good dozen miles across tho
sound. Everything favored the teats.
The weather conditions were good,
the atmosphere conditions seemed to
be In accord with the best hopes of
the aerial navigators and the wind
was but a 1 2-mlle-an-hour blow from
the southwest. The "heavier than
air" machine gilded gracefully up
ward, responded easily to Ihe touch
of the levers and traversed four
miles, finally landing within a mile
of the starting point.
Guarding Their Secrets.
The Inventors have been afraid
someone might fathom their secre1.
and are taking no chances In the
safeguarding of the machine. They
have located it In a sheltered house
behind a sand dune near Ihe life
saving station, nnd Ihe brothers sleep
close to the machine and keep a
loaded rifle within reach.
Miners Must Not Drink.
Pittsburg, Pa. (8pecial). The H.
C. Frlck Coke Company, a subsidiary
of the United States Steel Corpora
tion, has ordered Into effect a new
code of rules governing Its mines
nnd miners, the most remarV.nble pro
vision qf which Is the prohibiting of
the company's miners from drinking,
whether on duty or off.
The Plague In Loguteyru.
SHn Juan. P. R. (By Cable). The
Bteamshlp Caracas, Irom Puerto Ca-
bello, Venezuela, arrived here on
- route to New York. United Stales
Minister W. W. Russell, who is a pass
enger on board, on his way to New
York, stated that there waa no doubt
of the exiatence of the plague at
Laguayra, although there were no
cases elsewhere in the country. The
government had decided to open the
port of Laguayra should no ease of
plague develop within eight days of
the discovery of the lust case.
Button In His Nose Twelve Vcais.
York, Pa. (Special). Twelve
ycara ago Clare Stagemeyer, the son
of John Slageraeyer, of 443 Juniper
Street, pushed a small bone collar
button up Into his nostril. Several
operations- were performed, und the
physician In probing for it not being
successful, concluded thut It must
have pasaed Into hla throat and hud
been swallowed. The Incident was
forgotten until Thuraday night, when
the boy, who la uow 14 years old.
waa seised with a fit of aneezing. and
the button waa blown upon '.he iloor
from hla dilated nostril.