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Domestic
The bodies of R. O. Keith and Mr.
Lizzie Ready were found In the wom
an'! home. In Bangor. Me. The man
Is supposed to have committed mur
der and suicide.
Theodore 8. Whet more, accused of
the murder of his wife. VhOM body
was round In Lampblack Swamp.
New Jersey, went on the stand in
h; own defense.
Gen. Stephen I). I.ee. commander-in-chief
of the I'nlted Confederate
Veterans, died at the residence of
Capt. W. T. Rldly. at Vlrksburg,
Miss.
Moses Lycurgns Brooks, formerly
of Beaumont, died at San Antonio.
Tex. He had served one term In
Congress from the Second Texas Dis
trict. W. Warren Spence. of Springfield.
Mas., said to be a millionaire, died
suddenly on a Chesapeake and Ohio
train at Olive Hill, Carter County.
Ky.
Olfts to educational Institutions
aggregating more than three-quarters
of a million dollars were announced
by the GeSSTal Educational Board.
By the bursting of u dam on Cur
rent River. Manitoba, three lives
were lost and property valued at
$500,000 destroyed.
The President signed commissions
for Captains Walnwright and Schroc
der, of the Atlantic Meet, as rear ad
mirals. "A graver calamity could not visit
the people of New York than the
continuation of the evil example and
disgraceful conduct of William Trav
ers Jerome In the office of public
prosecutor." declared Franklin
Pierre, of counsel for the petitioners
for the District Attorney's removal,
summing up his accusations In the
brief submitted to R. J. Hand, com
missioner In charge of the Bearing.
With a confession on his Hps and
In the presence of 500 Slavs and
Hungarians. Felix Radzlus, a young
Pole, was hanged at Pottsvllle, Pa.,
for the murder of Mrs. Mary Chlr
keskis and her four-year-old son.
The foreigners had been Invited so
that the sight might Impress on
them the enormity of the crime of
murder.
The light of William R. Hears'
to have certain of the ballot boxes
containing the voles cast In his may
oralty fight with George I". McClel
lan opened and the vote recounted
has been Successful.
Senor Bollo and wife sailed out
of New York for Europe with II
children, grandchildren and great
grandchildren. Evelyn Nesblt Thaw has with
drawn her suit for divorce from
Harry K. Thaw.
Seventeen members of the crew of
the Yarmouth llshlng schooner Fame,
were drowned when the vessel was
run down In a fog by the Boston and
Yarmouth liner Boston on the Grand
Bunks.
Commander Quimby and 20 volun
teers remained in the turret of the
monitor Florida while the monitor
Florida while the monitor Arkansas
fired a 12-lnch shell at the turret and
riddled the Florida's military mast.
The Overland Limited sped through
Illinois at a speed of 60 miles an hour
and passed danger signals with a dead
engineer in the locomotive cab.
J. W. Hamby. formerly a promi
nent real estate dealer of Cleveland.
O., has been sentenced to three years
at hard labor In the penitentiary.
The remains of former Vice Presi
dent George Clinton were removed
from Washington, D. ft, to Kingston.
N. Y.
Forty thousand miners in the Pitts
burg field have signed a two-year
wage scale.
Foreign
Mrs. Margaret Hamilton, who was j
one of the principal witnesses to the ;
alleged Identity of the Duke of Port-
land with T. C. Druce, was sentenced
In London to IS months penal ser
vitude for perjury, her appeal having
been disallowed.
Reported in English political cir
cles that President Fallieres will urge
upon King Edward, who Is about to
vlBit the Czar, the desirability of a
triple alliance of England, Russia and
France.
A monument to the memory of tho j
officers and sailors of (he naval
guards battalions who lost their lives
In the battle of the Sea of Japan,
May 27-2S, 1 905, was unveiled at
8t. Petersburg.
Two Americans and one English
man were attacked by bandits ami
killed near Coachlnia, one of the
mining camps of the Greene Cop
per Company, near Dolores, Chihua
hua , Mexico.
The inhabitants of the Island of
Samoa, off the weBt ' coast of Asia
Minor, are In revolt and fighting
has been going on for several days,
the rebels attacking the palace.
An attack upon the Russian finan
cial agent's residence In Tehernn and
tho wounding of that official ha i
caused Russia to d.inund of Persia
satisfaction for the outrage.
As a result of J. Plerpont Morgan's
visit to Vienna, It Is announced that
everal notable works of art will to
iddod to the Morgan art galleries hi
1 1 rtoa
Baron Chlnda. vice minister of the
Japanese Foreign Office, has been ap
pointed ambassador to Berlin, and
Viscount Hayashi ambassador to
Rome.
Marquis Ikeda. firth son of Prince
Togowa. last or the Shoguns, has ar
rived at Victoria, B. C, on a trip
around the world.
The Russian battleship Peter the
Great ran on the rocks in the (lull
of Finland, but was refloated.
Returns from the Peruvian elec
tion show that Augusto B. Legula has
been elected president of the repub
lic, to succeed Senor Jose Pardo,
whose term expires September 24.
Eugcnlce Larrabure 1'nanu and Dr.
Bellsarlo Sosa have been elected vice
presidents.
With a democratic manner that
won the hearta of thousands who
cheered him along tne way, Presi
ded Fullleres, of France, took In tho
Franco-Brit Ish exhibit lou In London.
Accompanying Fallieres were King
Edward and Queen Alexandra and
a large number of the British no
bility. King Edward conferred the Great
Chain of the Victorian Order upon
President halllcres of France and
tho President responded by bestow
ing tin Cr.uul Cross of the Legion
of Honor upon Prluce Arthur or
Coououghl and Admiral Lord
"hurloa Beresford.
CURRENCY RILL
JSJH
The filibuster Broken By a Clever
Coup.
PRESIDENT PROMPTLY SIGNS BILL.
Blindness of Senator Gore Gave the
Opportunity Which. With the As
siitanc of Vice President Filrbanki.
Made It Possible to Stcure the Be
ginning of a Rollcall.
Washington, D. C (Special). It
la now the Aldrlch-Vreelnnd Currency
Law. The formidable Lafolette fili
buster was broken In the Senate Sat
urday afternoon In a twinkling. It
was done by a trick, the like of
which had never before been wlt
PSasCd. The dramatic scenes attend
ing thereon were hardly concluded
before the necessary signatures of
the Speaker and the Vice President
were attached. And berore the Ink
rrom the pens or those distinguished
signers was dry the President arrived
from the White House and wrote at
the bottom of the parchment:
"Approved. Theodora Roosevelt."
The breaking of the filibuster
promises to become historic. The In
firmity of the blind senator irom uk-
lahoma, Mr, core, was utilised to
make the coup effective. Senator
Aldrlch, Of Rhone Island, however,
laid the wires. Vice President Fair
banks, as the Senate's presiding olll
cer, was an Indispensable ally. For
half an hour the Vice President, pro
icrblally amiable and considerate of
senators in his rulings, wielded his
gavel with an iron hand. No czar of
the House ever surpassed him. With
levators shaking their fists as they
clamored In determined tones, the
Vice President ignored all but Sena
tor Aldrlch. lie overruled points of
order and thus forced the bill to It
final passage.
The Trap Sprung.
Senator Core had been making an
Impassioned speech, which held the
(lose attention of the galleries and
alike of numerous senators. Senator
Stone, of Missouri, who had preceded
and expected to follow him. had Just
been at the Okluhoman's elbow. He
could go on the moment Senator Gore
concluded. Senator Lafollette, hav
ing enjoyed a sound sleep after his
record-breaking effort, had returned
to the Capitol, b'ut was in his com
mittee room. He planned to proceed
later, when Senator Stone had ex
hausted his vocabulary. I'nable to
see, tho blind senator, having finish
ed his peroration and supposing thai
Senator Stone was still nearby, sank
into his seat.
"I demand the yeas and nays," said
Mr. Aldrlch like a Hash. Before any
one could get n word In edgeways
the reading clerk, who was In the
secret, had called the first name and
Senate bells were ringing tor a vote.
The rules pohlbit a debate while a
roll call Is In progress. Once the first
name has beon called It happens
that Senator Aldrlch heads the roll,
and he responded with feverish alac
rity the filibuster was broken.
There was a scramble to get the
other filibusters. Senator Stone had
stepped Into the cloakroom It Is
said on the invitation of one of Sena
tor Aldrich's allies where he was
being detained by conversation.
Senator Lafollette rushed up stairs
bristling with anger, but It was of no
avail. The opportunity had passed
to kill currency legislation at this
session. ,
The foundation for these proceed
ings had been shrewdly laid. Prob
ably no one but a veteran parliamen
tarian of long service as a senntor
could have succeeded. Earlier In the
day Senator Aldrlch found a chance
to secure an order that when the vote
on the currency bill conference report
was taken It be by roll call. That
preliminary would have given suf
flclent. time ordinarily ror the op
position to start another speech. It
had been forgotten when Senator
Gore was conclndng by all who were
not In formed about the plot.
The Climax.
The bill carried 4 3 to 22. Every
Democrat voted against It. Contrary
to expectation, four Republicans,
Borah, Bourne, Brown and Heyburn.
Joined with them. It was announced
that Klttridge and Hansborough, ab
sentees from the Dakotas, would have
voted no if present. Senator Lafol
lette will go down in the Record as
having voted for the bill he filibus
tered against. He declared that he
was doing so only that he might
qualify for a motion to reconsider.
A Double Tragedy.
Bangor, Me. (Special). Murder
and suicide ended the infatuation or
R. G. Keith for Mrs. Elizabeth
Ready. Lying together on the par
lor floor in the woman's house, their
bodi(3 wero found by Mrs. Ready's
daughter. Keith, who is married
and has grown children, had long
pursued .Mrs. iteady. It Is believed
that she again repulsed him, and that
bo shot her dead and then put a bul
let through his own brain.
;!.im itiiis Passed By Onaifaaa,
Washington, D. C. (Special). Up
to Tuesday 3, COS bills and resolu
tions passed at the present session
of Congress have been enrolled and
nearly all of thein have been Blgned
by the President. Of this Dumber
2,695 are House bills and 973 are
Innate measures. The President has
been busy during the week singing
tho bills and he la nearly up with
Oonfreia in this regard.
Played Willi A Itaitle.
Louisville, Ky. (Special I. l.'harle.?
Conn, of Lexington, Ky., salesman
for a law book concern, died of a
rattlesnake bite suffered In the cafe
at the Mary Anderson Theater.
Conn, who was formerly a civil engi
neer in Arizona, said he was a snake
charmer, and took the reptile out of
Its exhibition case in a spirit of
bravado. He was bitten twice. He
became unconscious In a few min
utes, and was taken to a hospital.
He raved until death ended his suf
rerlng. Iiiriiiaii Wins Wager.
Ghent, Belgium (By Cable).
Henry Farman, the English aero
planisl, covered 1,24 1 meters, or 4,
033 reet, In his aeroplane with two
men on board. Ills companion was
M. Archdeacon. The reat was per
formed In a dead calm. By this per
formance Mr. Farman wins the pel
made with M. Charron In March of
this year. M. Charron held that an
aeroplane would not be constructed
within a year capable of carrying
two persons, one of them to weigh
not lese than 132 pounds, a distance
of 1.000 meters.
HILARITY IN HOUSE
SOLEMNITY IN SENATE
Congress Ends at Midnight May
30.
Washington, D. C. (Special I Just
10 mlnutee. officially, before the
hands of the big, round clock In
the chambers of the two houses of
Congress pointed to (he hour or
midnight the first session of the Six
tieth Congress came to a close.
In the House the closing hourr,
were characterized by Blnglng of
songs by Republicans In honor of
Speaker Cannon, and by Democrats
In the interest of William J. Bryan.
The excitement, which was great at
times, finally subsided, and the ses
sion closed with general good-fellowship
among the members.
The Senate was extremely qule!
during the closing hours, held to
gether only by the necessity of re
maining In session for the engrossing
nnd signing of bills.
The last days of the Senate will
be memorable on account of the fili
buster of Messrs. Lafollette, Stone
and Gore against the Emergency Cur
rency Bill, by tho remarkable Inter
pretations or the rules which go rar
to establish cloture In a body note
worthy for the freedom of debate,
and by the final passage of the Cur
rency Bill.
HEAD AT THE THROTTLE.
Overland Limited Sped (to Miles An
Hour Pasi Danger Signals.
Chicago (Special). The Overland
Limited, fastest train of the Chi
cago, Milwaukee and St. Paul Rail
road system, ran at full speed of
nearly 60 miles an hour over Inter
locking switches and past signal,
near Byron, III., with Engineer Al
bert Gauvins lying dead on the cab
floor and no controlling hand on tht
throttle, the train with a hundred
passengers abroad narrowly missing
a smnshup.
Officials of the railroad heard the
story, as told by Fireman Michael
Nash. It proved a (rightful tragedy
had been averted as uy a miracle. The
train left Chicago on the Journey to
San Francisco with Gauvins at" the
throttle In apparently good health
Near Davis Junction, at Byron,
where the train slows down to cross
the right of way of another road,
Fireman Nash noticed that the train
was flying across switches and
tracks at top speed, unmindful of
adverse set signals. Just as the
limited cleared the tracks of tho oth
er road a heavy train thundered
across In the rear. Nash leaped back
Into the engine cab and discovered
Cauvlns' body lying on the floor.
The train was stopped and help
called.
An examination showed the en
gineer was dead as the result of a
hemorrhage of the brain. After
some delay another engineer was ob
tained and the train proceeded. Gau
vins had been in the service of the
road about 25 years.
1,000 LIVES LOOT,
The Terrors Of Typhoon And Flood
In China.
Victoria, B. C. (By Cable). The
steamer Shlnono, of tho Japanese
line, which Just arrived here, brought
news of another disaster through a
typhoon at Hankow following on
the disastrous freshet which Involves
the loss of more than 1,000 lives,
with the wrecking of 1,000 Junks and
stranding of many steamers, Includ
ing several of the foreign river craft.
The typhoon came sudddenly and
in a few hours reduced hundreds ol
boats in the Kan River to splinters.
Steamers broke away from their
moorings and only those which could
get up Btenm quickly escaped. The
steamer Wvt Salg was driven ashore.
The Klang Foo, a paddle steamer,
and several other steamers were dam
aged. Tho shores were thick with corpses
of river people. Hundreds were re
covered before the steamer left
Shanghai.
News was also brought of a great
coal mining disaster in Kwang Si.
where 1,000 live were lost when
the mine took fire.
Sues For Dogltiti-.
Newport, R. I. (Special). The
I'nlted States court here Is hearing
the suit or Miss Hilda Rika Oberg
agaiuBt Mrs. Francis O. French,
brought to recover $10,000 for in
juries alleged to have been sustained
by the plaintiff by reason of an at
tack by a large dog, the property
of the defendant. Mrs. French Is
the mother of Elsie French Vander
bllt, who recently secured a divorce
rrom Alfred G. Vunderbilt.
Nearly Killed n .laps.
Vancouver, B. C. (Special).
Eighty Infuriated Japanese nearly
killed Thomas Hughes, conductor on
a Canadian Pacific freight train, aud
put the other members of the crew
to flight when the freight train ac
cidentally derailed a car in which
the Japanese workmen were riding
The Japanese then made their s ap
Warrants have been sworn out for
the ringleaders.
SECRETS OF THE 016
AIRSHIP ARE 00T
Wright Brothers Expect to Sail 100
Miles An Hour.
MACHINE SIMLE IN CONCEPTION.
Machine In Which They Have Flown
28 Miles Is Built on the Principle
of a Skimming Flat Disc Have
Spent Seven Year Learning to Dive
From a Hilltop.
Dayton, O. (Special). The secrets
or the famous Wright Brothers' air
ship are out. The machine's suc
cessful flights, In which, however, a
wreck was recorded at Manteo, N. C,
seem marvelous until It is explained
that the airship Is built for opera
tion on the centuries-old principle of
the flat disk, which thrown Into air,
sails by (he motion of its original Im
pulse for scores of yards, and then In
falling skims along over the ground
for an Indefinite distance, finally
settling to earth without peceptlble
collision. But the Wright brothers, In
their trial (lights, have encountered
collisions with the earth, from which
they were seeking to Beparate them
selves, and It was not until recently
that the machine was brought to such
perfection that landing was made as
simple as that of the disk on which
the machine Is modeled.
For seven years the brothers glid
ed rrom the top of Kill Devil Hill,
at Mantoe, merely to solve the prob
lem of steering their machine. Then
they designed, the gasoline motor and
propeller to obtain a continuous
energy In the place of the first im
pulse which they had gained from
tho start rrom the hill top.
In Dayton last winter the Wright
brothers declared that it would be
possible for them, after slight
changes In the mechanism of their
machines, changes which their ex
periments had developed, to make a
speed of 100 miles an hour.
An aeroplane capable of carrying
750 pounds at 20 miles an hour re
quires an engine making eight horse
power, thev said. At 30 the power
would be 12; at 60, 24. This ratio
would be retained for each additional
mile. They had great hope In the
fact that mechanical engineers were
constantly improving gasoline en
gines. They said they were confident that
the airship they were then about to
construct would be able to run for a
thousand miles without, renewing the
fuel supply. The machine which was
wrecked in Mantoe could run for
500 miles without taking on more
gasoline.
One Btrange feature of the Wrights
talk of the machines was that they
thought the airship never would sup
plant land locomotion; that as a
regular carrier of freight and pas
sengers the railroads had no reason
to fear competition from the aero
plane. The utility of the airship
would lie entirely In Its advantage as
a reconnoiterlng agent In time of
war. They had no desire to sell
their Invention to a private company,
but were anxious to have the War
Department take it up.
The Wright, brothers' airship Is
built of spruce wood, second growth
ash, steel wire, heavy muslin and
small portion of metal. In appear
ance It resembles nothing bo much
as a big box kite, consisting of two
parallel planes, forty feet long und
six and a half feet wide, muslin form
Ing the planes, which Is built and
to edges or spruce. Between them
and Just under the upper plane Is a
motor which drives the propeller,
which Is In the rear, six feet behind
the disks or planes.
There is included an arrangement
by which the driver directs the ma
chine's course by raising or lower
ing the edges of the planes and by
shining the direction of the propell
er. There is also a rudder in the
front of the machine which Is shifted
to aid in steering.
THE EIGHT VACANCIES IN
THE EPISCOPACY FILLEO
Men Chosen Have Won Renown as
Pastors and Educators.
Baltimore (Special). By the elec
tion Tuesday of the last four of the
eight bishops needed to bring the
episcopacy up to the dealred strength
the General Conference of the Meth
odist Episcopal Church, at the Lyric,
brought to an end one of tho greatest
elections It has ever held. Tho last
four elected were:
PRESIDENT EDWIN H. HUGHES.
of De Pauw University;
PRESIDENT WILLIAM 8EEI.EY
LEWIS, of Mornlngslde College,
Sioux City, Iowa;
REV. DR. ROBERT McINTYRE, of
I. os Angeles;
REV. DR. FRANK M. BRISTOL, pas
tor Metropolitan Church, Washing
ton; The four bishops elected previous
y wcroi
REV. DR. WILLIAM F. ANDERSON,
of New York;
REV. DR. JOHN L. NUELSEN, pro
fessor of Nast Theological Semi
nary; REV. DR. WILLIAM A. QUAYLE, of
Chicago;
REV. DR. CHARLES W. SMITH, or
Pittsburg. .
All Picked Men.
The eight men chosen are regard
ed worthy to follow the list headed
by Thomas Coke and Francis ABbury.
They are considered the pick of the
thousands of ministers of the church
nnd among the foremost churchmen
of today. In Intellect and moral
strength they will constitute a big
addition to the present board of gen
eral superintendents, of which there
are only 12 In active service. In
future church annals the "Baltimore
bishops" will be considered the peers
of any In the church.
The new bishops will be conse
crated at a special service at 4 P. M.
Sunday at the Lyric.
MGHTNING STRIKES CHURCH.
Funeral Was In Progress And A
Wild Panic Ensues.
Muncle, Ind. (Special) While the
funeral services of Mrs. John A. Losh
were being held In the Friends'
Church at Cammack, five miles west
of this city, a bolt of lightning struck
the church steeple, tore a hole
through the roof, destroyed part of
the belfry and Injured several per
sons. The church was crowded to the
doorB with mourners and friends of
the Losh family and the choir was
singing "Rock of Ages." For awhile
a panic was Imminent. Many per
sons made an effort to vacate the
building, but the people were finally
quieted and the injured were cared
for.
The most seriously hurt was Miss
Hazel Taylor. She is still suffering
from nervous piostration, but will
recover.
010 GUNS HURL
SHOT IT WARSHIP
Monitor Arkansas Rains Shot
Shell at the Florida.
and
HER MILITARY MAST IS RIDDLED.
Commander Quimby rnd Cr w, n
Order to Teet Explosive Shells of
Big Gam and Armor Plate, Stand
at Their Posts Within the Hull of
the Monitor.
A Fata Peep.
Cincinnati (Special). A real dead
victim of the sheath dress Is Joseph
Zlns, 28 years old. A pretty girl,
name unknown, wore one of modi
fled Parisian forms on the street
here, and Zlns turned his head so
snarply to "rubber'' that he broke
his neck. He's now dead. Zlns suf
rered rrom tuberculosis of the ver
tebra or spinal column. This nll
ment Is not unusual, but it is rare
' hat t-he disease attacks such a high
part of the column, the first and
third vertebrae. These bones were
so weakened that the sudden motion
of the head caused the second to
slip out of place and press again it
the spinal cord.
Three Years At Hard Lnlior.
Cleveland, O. (Special). J. W.
Hamby, formerly a prominent real
estate dealer, Involved In frauds that
are believed to have amounted up
Into the hundreds of thousands, was
sentenced to three years In the
penitentiary at hard labor by Judge
Beacom, in Common Pleas Court
this afternoon.
Ten Killed By Tornado.
Wichita, Kan. (Special). Ten
dead, 12 Injured, hundreds of head
of cattle killed, a vast acreage of
crops destroyed and many buildings
wrecked are the results of a series
of tornadoes that viBited Alfalfa
County, Ok. The storm seemed to
enter Alfalfa County rrom west,
north and northeast simultaneously.
Every obstruction was leveled.
WASHINGTON
Fort Monroe, Va. (Special). On
the broad waters or Hampton Roads,
not tar from the place where 46
years ago the Monitor and the Mer
rlmac riddled each other with shot
and shell, two modern monitors en
gaged In a bloodless contest In the
Interest of naval science. The moni
tor Arkansas, of 3,225 tons, fired six
shots at her sister ship, the Florida,
each of which was accurately aimed
and effective. One of the shots fired
by the Arkansas was a 12-inch pro
jectile loaded with a new high ex
plosive. This shot struck the port
plate of the Florida's turret Just a
little to the side of a dummy gun,
which had been placed In position
to take the place of the regular 12
Inch gun. ThlB shot smashed the
12-lnch armor protecting the front
of the turret, and also badly loosened
the armor seams on the side ot the
turret.
The rorce or the 12-lnch high ex
plosive shell had been entirely spent
by crushing the armor plate, and the
cloth screen placed Inside the turret
portB showed no damage. Indicating
that none or the rragments or the
exploding shell hnd entered the tur
ret ports, and showing, as Chief Con
structor Washington L. Capps de
clared, that if anyone had been In
tho turret at the time the powerful
projectile struck he would not have
been Injured. The only occupant of
the turret was a dummy man, ar
ranged with springs and wires to re
cord the shock. He was standing
at the breech of one of the 12-lnc!i
guns and was unhurt.
The biggest naval gun, the heavi
est projectile and the highest explo
sive known, combined with close
range and deadly aim. wero allowed
to work their full havoc on the tur
ret plate. The result is declared to
be a victory lor turret construction,
and this, notwithstanding the 11-inch
hardened steel plate wn3 blackened,
broken, the seams or the turret
sprung and the rivets and screws
loosened and twisted.
It was not five minutes after the
terrible Impact that the finely bal
anced mechanism or the turret was
being worked with period case, and
the 12-lnch gun on the lert side was
trained at will. Inside the turret
where stand the gunners and gun
crew the havoc was much less ap
parent than rrom the outside. Ex
amination showed that of the many
delicately adjusted instruments for
fire control, sighting and operating
the turret, few, If any, were out of
working order.
"If this had happened In battle
the Florida would be fighting yet,"
said one of the rear admirals with
enthusiasm.
Then followed a futile attempt to
destroy the newly designed fighting
mast erected on the stern of the
Florida. Attcr five shots from the
Arkansas' guns had gone ripping
through it the mast still stood firm.
"Forty shots would not bring It
down, and no enemy would waste
ammunition and time shooting at it,"
was the expert comment. It was pre
dicted that all new ships will bo
equipped with battlcmasts of this
design. '
DRAMATIC COURT SCENE.
Made OBftMXMKX) In Corn.
Chicago ( Special I . - A gift or
$150,000 for a gymnasium bttUdlaft
at Northwestern University was made
by James A. Palten, "king" of the
corn pit in the Chl'.ago Board of
Trade. The announcement wis
made by President A. W. Harris al
the annual convocation of the stu
dents held in Flsk Hall. Mr. Patten,
who la credited with having cleared
$2,000,000 more or less In the
corn market within the last two
weeks, was in the audience.
Sighted Many hales,
New York (Special). A larg?
number of whales, some of ti.eni
more than 60 feet In length, were
sighted between the Banks of New
roundland and Handy Hook lightship
by the crew of the Russian steamer
Petersburg, which arrived from l,I
buu and Rotterdam. Captain balsky,
of tho Petersburg, aald six of the
whales were seen after Nantucket
lightship was passed.
Either a man owes money and has
Is pay It or It is owed to him and
ho can't get It.
Went HntlaaS Forty Vears.
St. Louis, Mo., (Special). After
having served as errand man for a
candy manufacturing firm for 40
years, Jacob Gross, 70 years old,
who during his years of service was
never known to wear a hat, died of
heart disease. Several years ago the
firm told Gross that hiB wages would
be Increased, but be refused the In
crease. Hetty Ore SB Heckle.
New York (Special). Mrs. Hetty
Orasa entertained a party of 30 of
bat friends at dinner at the Hotel
Plaza. The dinner was Berved In
the dining room of tho grand suite
Of the hotel and the Plaza gold serv
ice was used. The dinner Is said
lo have cost $20 a plate.
Not III Prom Cancer.
New York (Special). George F.
Parker, secretary to (ho Equitable
Life Assurance Society trustees, gave
out a statement In which he said he
was authorized by Mrs. Grover
Cleveland to deny absolutely the
reports that Mr. Cleveland Is suffer
ing from cancer. Mr. Parker sa d
Ana. Cleveland Is now In Vrlnceton,
thai Dr. Bryant has not been to Lake
wood since Monday, and that no
other physician Is in attendance upoj
the former president.
hilled In Auto Accident.
Seattle, Wash. (Special), Mrs.
Amanda Ottolenduy, of New York,
was killed when an automobile car
rying seven people fell over the em
bankmont on Magnolia Bluff and
landed on its bock, with every mem
ber of tho party underneath. Vera
Brace, a 12-year-old girl, was th
only witness of the accident, and ra-i
tbree-quartera of a mile to Interbay
ror help. Nearly half an hour elapsed
before men wero able to got the car
propped up so aa to release the Im
prisoned people.
President Roosevelt signed the bill
for the encouragement of the devel-!
opment or coal deposits In Alaska and
to protect the coal oeposus 111 m'
territory rrom monopolists.
Herbert Knox Smith, commissioner
of corporations, made public the sec
ond and third parts of his report on
the operation of cotton exchanges of
the United States.
By unanimous consent the House
passed a bill for the Incorporation of
the Congressional Club, an organiza
tion or congressional women.
The House passed a bill allowing
passengers rrom Hawaii to San Fran
cisco to travel on foreign vessels as
well as American.
First steps have been taken to
carry the new militia law Into effect.
Admiral A. S. Crowninshleld, U. S.
N., retired, died in a Philadelphia
hospital, following an operation for
an affection of the nose.
Secretary Taft had a conrorence
with Frank H. Hitchcock, Eastern
and Southern manager of his cam
paign, and Mr. Vorys.
it la stated that becretary Tart -will
quit the Cabinet immediately after
his nomination by the Republican
Convention.
The jury to Bit In the trial or Gas
ton Philip, accused or the murder or
Frank B. Macaboy, has been com
pleted. The Senate adopted the conference
report an the so-called Omnibus Pub
lic Lands Bill.
The House passed the bill provid
ing for greater air space in the steer
age or steamships.
Orders were issued by the War
Department providing an elaborate
military escort on the occasion ot
the removal or the body of Vice
President George Clinton from the
old Congressional Cemetery to
Kingston, N. Y.
Senator Fulton delivered In the
Senate what he called an "omnibus
speech." He frankly admitted hav
lug been requested to do so to kill
time.
Senator Wetmore Introduced a bill
making October 21 In each year a
legal holiday, to be known as Dis
covery Day In honor of Columbus.
Bubonic plague and smallpox are
causing many deaths in Venezuela.
Tho joint congressional committee
that investigated the scandal In the
Government Printing Office submit
ted lis report.
It has been decided not to with
draw any of the United States troops
rum Cuba at the present time.
The House committee reported fa
orably the bill tor the enlargement
of the Capitol grounds and for the
rectlon of a monumental memorial
to Abraham Lincoln.
The reason women are afraid of r
mnuan is they aren't of a man.
Important Witness Proves An Alibi
For Theo. S. Whitmorc.
New York (Special).-A dramatic
incident of the trial of Theodore S.
Whltmore for the killing of his wife,
whose body was found submerged in
the Lampblack Swamp, near Hani
son, N. J., occurred In the court In
Jersey City, when Frank J. May, n
special policeman of the Pennsyl
vania Railroad, was called to the
witness stand and testified that he
saw the man who made the remark
"You are a cheap Bkate" to another
man who ret use to pay his return
fare to New York nt 1.40 A. M. on
the night Mrs. Whltmore was killed.
A witness had previously testified
that he saw Whltmore In the crowd
and heard him make that remark.
"Is that the man?" asked Alexan
der Simpson, Whltmore'B lawyer,
point to Whltmore, who stood up.
May surveyed Whltmore from
head to foot, and then said:
"I never saw this man before in
my life."
Bank Clerk Dead In Creek.
Sunbury, Pu. (Special). An in
quest over the remains of a man
found in the creek near here re
sulted in the positive identification
of the body as thnt of F. M. Bloom,
a bank clerk, who absconded about
three weeks ago after a shortage In
his accounts of $10,000 had been
discovered. It Is believed that Bloom
committed suicide.
Miners Sign Wiif(c Scale.
Pittsburg, Pa. (Special). A waje
scale operative until March 31, 1909,
affecting about 40,000 miners in the
Pittsburg district was signed. The
agreement is the same as the one in
force two years ago.
Killed Man And Herself,
Roanoke, Va. (Special). -r-Wm. M.
Simpson, a well-known locomotive
engineer, was shot and killed by
Sadie Butler, formerly of Lynchburg,
who immediately drank a bottle of
carbolic acid and died lu a few min
ute. The woman w'as of a very pre
possessing appearance, and was m id
ly In love with Simpson and had
often declared that she intended kill
ing both herself and him. The trag
edy occurred in a house where the
woman lived.
Schoolchildren In Panic.
Chicago (Special). Unfounded
rumors that an Italian secret society
had formed a plot to dynamite tho
Dante school, at Eying and Dea
planes StreotB, caused a panic among
the 1,700 pupils of the school. When
several shots were heard in the alley
back of tho building, 600 chlldrou
In a panic fled to the street. Many
of them were knocked down In the
rush for the doors and slightly
bruised, but none of tnem were seri
ously Injured.
IS I SACRIFICE
j FOR HUMANITY
Man Inocjiated With Germ of
Tubercu'osis.
New York (Special). In the hope
of discovering a preventive and cure
for tuberculoid, Frank Merrltt, who
about two weeks ago volunteered to
surrender his body In the Interest of
humanity and medical science, has
permitted a physician to Inoculate hia
system with the germs of the dread
disease. An examination made show
ed that already the disease has made
c onsiderable progress since the Inocu
lation a week ago.
Merrill, who 19 a middle-aged
man, was al one time a prosperoui
bookbinder In a Western rtate. Ac
cording to his atory his wife and s
promising son died, victims of tuber
culosis. Their loss preyed on hit
mind to such an extent that he final
ly failed In buriness and became .
wanderer. Two weekn ago he ap
plied to the RnlvRtton Armv head
quarters In this state for lodging ar.d
was sent to the Sn I vnt Ion Army Hotel
in Cnthtim Square. It wns there thai
he fir.tt nnnounred hi willingness tc
die If hts death might aid In anj
way In combating the spread ol
tuberculosis.
"I have had difficulty In kceplns
body nnd solil together." he said,
"and death has no terrors for me.'
For several days alter Merritt'f
announcement he waited for a reply
but no one appeared to take advant
age ot his offer. Finally Dr. C. C.
Carroll, of 2102 Broadway, found
Merrltt and last Thursday inoculated
the man with a germ of tuberculosis
A statement from the doctor's olftcf
says thnt the disease has now thor
oughly entered Into Merrltt's Bystoru
and It Is expected the cane will b
under way in the next few days
throptsts and other Interested In hlr
cose to call on him at his room
In the Sherman Building on Broad
way. "My action was voluntary," said
Merrltt, and "1 hope that ai a result
of the experiment a preventive and
cure for tubersulosls may be found.
I was a well man when 1 waB inocu
lated last Thursday, but today the
disease seems to be pretty well
developed. My condition will be
wntched from hour to hour, nnd at
n certain stage of the disease offorts
will be made to cure m? and the doc
tor seems to be pretty sure that he
can do It. Of course, 1 am not anx
ious to die, but I felt like doing what
I have done in the lutorcst of human
ity and science. "
Merrill is not the man's real ;..:me.
He admits that much, but refuses to
discuss his antecedents.
OLD NORTH STATE
13 FOR PROHIBITION
Drys Sweep State By Probably
50,000 Majority.
Raleigh, N. C. (Special). The
majority for prohibition In North
Carolina is upward ot 40,000, and it
is possible It may reach 50,000.
This is on figures and estimates fur
nished the Nevs and Observer and
the state Prohibition headquarters.
ThiB (Wake) county has gone wet
In the country and dry In the city.
The total vote In the city gives Pro
hibition 84 majority. Hut the town
ship precincts, outside the corporate
limits, gave a wet majority of 83,
mv king Raleigh township vote wet
by 14 majority. These figures are
remarkable, because last December
in a local option election the Prohi
bitionists carried Raleigh by COO ma
jority. Salisbury and Winston, botli wet
towns, voted dry, while in wet Wil
mington City, where wets claimed
1,000 majority, the wets won by less
than half that number.
Buncombe County, in which Asho
vllle Is located, gave about 3,000
majority for the dry ticket.
The election w-ns conducted quiet
ly and there was no trouble at the
polls.
Greensboro (Special). Greens
boro goes dry, giving 1,159 votes
for Prohibition and 392 against. Sev.
oral small county precincts voted
aguinst Prohibitionists. In one of
them, made up of cotton mill opera
tives, the vote is 180 for Prohibition
and 28 against.
High Point, tho second largest
town in the county, is dry by 1,000
majority. The Prohibition Torres es
timate tho county as being dry by
1,500 majority.
FINANCIAL
Dick Brothers say the cotton acre
age Is 3 per cent, greater than lar,t
year.
Some of the May corn contracts
art being Bottled for privately at 7 i
cents a bushel.
Subscription books for the $17,
000,000 of Vlrglnln Railroad notes
were closed Immediately after open
ing, aa the amount wns heavily over
Lid. Missouri Pacific, which recently
rose from 45 to 64 In a compara
tively few days, has Buffered a large
reaction.
National bankB still carry $176,
000.000 of I'nlted Stntes Government
deposits.
London ngaln sold u considerable
quantity or merit an stocks.
Lehigh Valley's April Blalomonl
iiows that the company curned net
nearly $60,000 more tban lu the
same month last year.
Bear traders wero selling stock'
on the report from Washington that
a new Government eult woo to bo
brought against Union Pacific.
Ncwburgcr, Henderson & Loib an
nouuee thai nil of the $2,356,000
Chicago & Eastern Illinois f per
cent, equipment bonds which wen;
recently pui chased have been sold.
One of the leading capitalist in
Philadelphia suld that he was buying
all-." on various stockB, as ho ex
pected by September that there would
be a good advance in prices.
One Interesting street rumor U
1 hat. I. IL Rogers Is going to get
control ot the Cher.upeako & Ohio
In order to provent unuecmsury coin
petition with tl.o new Virginia Rail
road, which he Is personally con
structing. Over 85 per cent, of tho Westing
house Company's meichandiso cred
itors have consented Ul the re-!
organltutloo plan.