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Domestic
A report of the committee of the
National Society for the Promotion
of Industrial Ikluoatlon recommends
the establishment of Industrial Im
provement BChools and trade schools
und a national department, with a
secretary of education In the cabinet.
William Jefferson Powell, claim
ing to be a Baltlmorean and heir to
$500,000, was sentenced to 180 days
In the workhouse at Los Angeles,
Cal.. on a vagrancy charge.
The Arlington Hotel and seven
other buildings in the business sec
tion of Oneonta, N. Y., wore destroy
ed by fire. Loss, $100,000.
Plans are being perfected to In
vite England to celebrate Commodore
Perrv's victory over the British on
Lake Erie in 1812.
Ernest and Howard Simon, two
boys, broke through the Ice at Spring
field, Mais., and were drowued.
Many thounnds were fed in New
York and Christmas generosity was
general throughout the country.
President-elect Taft got many
greetings and a big saddie horse.
Nine murders clouded Christmas
Day In Louisiana and Southern Mis
sissippi, while tragedies were report
ed from many other places.
The inquiry Into the meat-packing
Industry by the Federal Govern
ment Is to include every feature of
It.
Four members of one family were
asphyxiated by gas In Chicago.
The Hamburg liner Pretoria was
21 days crossing the Atlantic and put
Into St. Johns for coal.
The chauffeur was killed and three
persons were injured in an auto
mobile accident at Oakland, Cal.
George C. Hurlbut, librarian of the
American Geographical Society, and
his daughter were probably fatally
hurt in a collision between their au
.tomobile and a car lu New York.
The Supreme Court of Missouri
ousted the Standard Oil Company of
Indiana and the Republic Oil Com
pany rrom the State of Missouri and
dissolved the Waters-Pierce Oil Com
pany, of St. Louis. In addition, each
of the companies was tlned $30,000.
Horace G. Burt will assume charge
of the Chicago Gn at Western Ruil
road as receiver on the first of the
year, and will eventually become
president of the road. A reorganiza
tion of the road through the forma
tion of a new company will be ef
fected. Albert J. Waller and Ralph Wald
man. former Jewelry salesman of
Birmingham, Eng.. were sentenced
to one year in prison by the United
States court in Pittsburg, for receiv
ing smuggled Jewelry.
Edward L. Cregler, city photogra
pher, and son of DeWltt C. Creiger,
former mayor of Chicago, died from
injuries sustained by falling from
the steps of his home.
After 40 years of railroad service,
eight of which were spent as head
of the great New York Central sys
tem, William H. Newman tendered
his resignation as president of the
New York Central and Hudson Rail
road Company.
Seventeen members of the Eigh
teenth Infantry, at Camp Keithley,
Mindanao, P. I., are 111 from drink
ing poisoned alcohol that killed 10
of their comrades.
Miss Harriet Brown denies that
"The Order of the Fifteen" of the
University of Pennsylvania is a free
love society.
Mrs. Emma JackBon, after testl
fvlne in the night-"ider cases, said
Bhe would not leave court without
armed protection.
Four of the largest department
stores in Chicago will close from
Christmas Eve until Monday.
The coinse of a headless man.
wrapped In burlap, was found in the
Delaware River.
Mrs. Catharine Moore, of Phlladel
phia, dropped dead at the funeral
of her husband.
Fire caused $T,,000 dnmage to the
old Gilsey House, New York.
1R00PS TO LEAVE
CUBA NEW YEAR'S DAY
American Soldiers Will Begin To Sail
Then For Home.
A FEW REMAIN UNTIL APRIL.
These Will Keep the Barracks and
Quarters in Order Until the Camp I
Formally Turned Over for the New
Permanent Cubsn Army Establish
ment of Independence.
Havana (Special). New Years
Day will witness the beginning of
the evacuation of Cuba by the Army
of Pacification, whlc'.i has been in
possession of tho Island since the
beginning of the provisional govern
ment, October, 1906. The first pro
visional regiment of marines, num
bering about 900, which will be.
among the first troops to leave, are
now concentrating from various posts
at Camp Columbia. About halt this
regiment will sail from Havana on
January 1 on the cruiser Prairie,
which arrived here Christmas eve,
bound for Newport News. The Prai
rie will return about the middle of
the month and embark the remain
der.
Headquarters Companies A. B, C
and 1). Twenty-eighth Infantry, will
embark on the transport Sumner at
Matanzas, on December 81, From
there tho transport will proceed to
Havana and embark Companies F,
G, H, stationed at Guanajay, and
Company E, stationed at G nines. The
Sumner will also sail from Havana
on January tor Newport New, the
ultimate station of these companies
being Fort Snelllng.
From that time on the transports
Sumner and McClellan will be em
ployed in the embarkation at Inter
vals of the remainder of the army,
Battery F, Third Field Artillery, for
the Washington Barracks, and the
Fifteenth Cavalry, now stationed at
Clenfuegos. Placetas and Santa Clara,
destined for Forts Myer and Sheridan.
To March At Inaugural.
The headquarters army, Eleventh
Cavalry, now at Columbia and Pinar
el Rio, the Mountain Artillery and
Fifth Infantry, now at Cardenas,
Sagua and Calbarlen, for Plattsburg;
he Eleventh Infantry, now at Santi
ago nnd Holkuin, for Fort D. A.
Russell, and the Seventeenth Infan-
rv, now at Camaguey for Fort Mc
pherson, will leave Havana about
February 2 7 for Newport Newa. It
Is the intention that all of these
ill appear in the inaugural parade
at Washington.
This leaves only two companies
of engineers and two battalions of
the Seventeenth Infantry, under
olonel Pitcher, which will remain
at Camp Columbia. Those troops
111 not embark until April 1, which
ill complete the evacuation.
The embarkation of the troops will
be effected with as little ceremony
as possible, and it is probable that
their departure will be attended with
as little notice as marked their land-
ng. Tho purpose In deferring the
leparture of a portion of the Seven
teenth Infantry until April 1 has
been tho subject of considerable
speculation, but it is believed that
this was agreed upon at a conference
between Governor Magoon and President-elect
Gomez.
t oreign
At the great banquet In Santiago
Chill, in honor of the delegates to
the Pan-American Scientific Congress,
emphasis was laid on the solidarity
of the American continent.
Vvrlitlit. Farman, Ivlasranze, Bl
riot and Esnault-Polterle, the noted
aeronauts, have promised to take part
In the International aviation races at
Brescia In August, IBOv.
Numerous Venezuelan exiles are re
turning to that country. Some of
the political prisoners Just liberated
have been In fetters eight years.
Orders Issued to natives at Tun
ynn to cease planting opium popples
led to a riot, in which one officer anJ
ten civilians were killed.
A cafe waiter, supposed to be a
crank, iilod to pull President Fai
lures' beard.
In an address to the Douma. M
Iswolskl, Russian Foreign Minister
commended the new Ainerican-Japa
nese treaty.
M Le Marques, of Paris, recelv
of the old Panama Canal Company
says the Btory of the existence of an
American syndicate, to which the
purchase monoy Is supposed eventual
ly to have gone. Is not true.
The public prosecutor In the Pari
court, In the suit brought by Conn
l" Castellanc agalnBt his former wife
recommended that the children be
left. In the custody of their mother
The crew of the wrecked Nor
weglan steamer Solyllmt has bee
rescued from the Ciozet Islands. 1
the South Indian Ocean, and take
to Durban. South Africa.
The steamer Stork, of the HuddO
Bay Company, with a cargo of $1
500,000 worth of furs, was wrecke
on Lisbon Shoals, in Hudson Bay
tut the crew was rescued.
The first Wright aeroplano to be
built In France by the exploitatlo
company that acquired the Krone
rights for the machine has been com
pie ted.
Reports from Grenada. Nlcar
state that the recent reslgna
tlon of United States Minister Cool
,dge grew out of bis Interceding wit
President Zelaya to release business
men who were sent to prison because
they organized a demonstration ove
the election of Taft as president of
the United States, which Zelaya con
alder ml hostile to the government.
Russian diplomatic change due to
the death of M. Muravleff, umbausH
dor to Italy, and the approaching re
tiremeul of the Russian ambassado
at Constantinople and Vienna ma
Involve Baron Rosen, Russian am
b&rz&dor at Washington
LABOR MOST OBET LAW
SAYS JUSTICE WRIGHT
President Gompers, Guilty, Is Given
One Year.
Washltgton. D. C. (Special).
The Iron hand of the law fell heavily
on the foremost champions of organ
ized labor, aud Samuel GomperB, the
President of the American Federation
of Labor; John Mitchell, one of Its
vice presidents, and for years the
president of the United Mine Work
ers of America, and Frank Morrison,
the secretary of the Federation, are
under sentence of Imprisonment,
(lorapers for twelve months, Mitchell
for nine months and Morrison for
six. months.
This sentence of imprisonment has
been inflcted upon them by Justice
Wright, of tho District Supreme
Court, for contempt of the court.
In this, that although Justice Gould
had njoined Gompers, Mitchell and
Morrison from printing in Ue Amer
ican Federatlonlet, which Is the of
ficial organ of the Federation, the
: a i i of the Buck's Stove ana Raugn
Company on their "we don't patron
iz"'" list, Mr. Gompers, who Is tb
editor of the Federntlonlet, la edt-
torial In the Federatlonlst, last Janu
ary, boldly announced his Intention
not to obey the court's order, con
tending that tho Injunction of Justice
Gould was a derogation of the rights
of labor and an abuse of the lnjuao
tlve power of the courts. According
ly Messrs. Oompers, Mitchell and
Morrison wore brought Into court
for contemDt. nnd Justice Wright, in
an opinion full of scathing denun
ciation of their attitude, found them
guilty and sentenced them as stated.
The keynote or Justice wrigni s
decision Was that the law must be
obeved and that an order of court,
right or wrong, is to evory man
a law, and It is for no man to as
sume to judge. "I place the decision
of the matter at bar dlstlnotly on
the proposition that wore tho order
confessedly erroneous, yet it must
have been obeyed," he said. Here
Justice Wright cited an authority,
and then, after a pauBe, looking
Btralght at Hie three who sat before
him, he continued impressively:
"It is between the supremacy of
the law over the rabble, or its pros
tration under the feet of a disorder
ed throng."
KILLED BEFORE OPERATION.
Hospital Patient Woe On Transport
ing: Table In Elevutor.
Racine, Wis. (Special). Miss
Mary Hardin, aged 45, was killed
in an elevator accident In St. Mary's
Hospital, when about to be operated
on.
An anaesthetic had been adminis
tered, and she had been placed on a
transporting table and taken to the
elevator. The elevator suddenly
dropped, causing Mis Hardin to fall
from the table to the elevator noor.
The nurse in charge stopped the ele
vator and then pulled a wire cable
to raise It. The patient a head was
caught between the elevator platform
and the second floor, her neck was
broken and her head crushed. Tne
elevator was ic charge of a nurso,
who was not familiar with its method
of operation.
KILLED AFTER XMAS DINNER.
ROBBERS BURN VICTIMS FEET.
They Torture Him Into Giving Up
His KU80.
Toledo, Ohio (Special). By burn
ing his feet with lighted matches at
A. M., two masked robbers compel
led H. A. Schabow, of Curtice, Ohio,
near here, to open a safe in his farm
ouse and turn over $180.
After tying their victim to Ills bed
with strips of a sheet and placing a
gag In his mouth, the bandits went
to the barn, stole a horse and buggy
and escaped.
Battering in the front door, the
robbers placed some substance upon
heated stove, which overcame the
family of seven, and the bandits
hen operated undisturbed. Scha
bow will recover.
While one of the robbers was tor
turing Bchabow with the matches the
other kept him covered with a re
olver, threatening to kill him If he
uttered a sound. Schabow was coun-
ry agent for the Lucas County In
surance Company, of Toledo.
WOMAN BURNED TO DEATH.
CHRISTMAS DAY
AT THE WHITE HOUSE
The President Entertains At A
Family lunch.
POOR AND NEEDY NOT FORGOTTEN.
An Ideal Day in the National Capf.
tal and the Jingle af th- Sleigh,
bills Heard an Every Side How
the Day Was Observed In Official
Circles.
Washington, D. C. 8peclat).
Christmas at the national capital was
marked by an almost complete ces
sation of business, both official and
private, and In Its stead there was
substituted the time-honored observ
ances of 'the gladsome day. Nature
combined to give an added effect to
the Joyous occasion by covering the
city with a mantle of snow, and the
Jingle of sleigh bells was everywhere
heard. As has been the case In
years past, interest centered In what
the fficlal families were doing.
President and Mrs. RooBevelt gave a
large family luncheon, with a few
In'lmate friends, and at night they
dined with Rear Admiral and Mrs.
Cowles. Most of the cabinet folks
were here, the only absentees being
Secretary of War Wright and Mrs.
Wright, who oelebratcd the day at
their home In Memphis; Attorney
General and Mrs. Bonaparte, who
were at their home In Baltimore;
Secretary Newberry, who was the
Kiiost of the Detroit Club, in his na
tive city, and Postmaster General
WASHINGTON
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President Roosevelt has written
letters to tho chief executives of
Canada and Mexico urging them to
send representatives to take part In
the discussions of the Conservative
Commission.
The expediency f passing a river
and harbor bill, In view of the re
duced revenue, Is causing perplexity
to the House nnd Senate leaders.
The Oeologlcal Survey has planned
a system of rescue stations In the
vicinity of coal districts to reduce
fatalities In the mines.
The monthly statement of the Bu
reau of Statlstlrs shows a falling off
In both Imports and exports.
Twelve members of the House
committee will start for Colon to in
vestigate conditions on the Isthmus.
The portion of Justice Wright's
opinion In regard to the right to
speak nnd publish Is being widely
discussed and Judge Parker's argu- i
in n-s for the defense are recalled.
Consuls report that the wide Hue- I
tuntlons In the price of silver have
caused etxenslve business troubles in i
China.
Hear Admiral Melville. U. S. N., I
retired, commander of the Pennsyl
vania commandery of the lyoyal
glon, and Col. John P. Nicholson, re
corder In chier of the Philadelphia
Commandery, visited the President.
Mercantile interests of Grent Brit
ain, France, Germany nnd the United
States are displaying great Interest
CIPRIMO CASTRO'S
IRON RULE IS ENDED
Tiie Dictator Has Been Ousted
From Authority.
cancels his Utters of credit.
Citizrn at Caracas Declare Castro Will
Never Dare Return to Venexusla--Serious
( harge Lodged Against Him
by Prominent Attorney Would-be
Asnassins Are Thrown Into Prison.
A-'
Meyer, who has gone on
Mrs. U. G. IliKkctt Perished In Fire
That IH-stroycd Her Home.
Washington. D. C. (Special).
When fire broke out In her Great
Falls home Mrs. Maggie Blssett, wire
of U. G. Bistett. watchman in the
Montgomery mine, was burned to
death. The woman was alone when
she met her death.
The house, a small one located on
the road from Great Falls to the
Anglers' Club, must have caught tire
about midnight. Neighbors passing
early this morning found the house
in ruins, und IB poking about among
tho charred debris discovered the
blackened remains of the woman.
Louver Congress For Bench.
Washington, D. C. (Special).
The acceptance of the resignation of
Representative C. N. flrumm, of
Pennsylvania, rrom the hixtieth t on-
greas by the Governor of Pennsyl
vania whs read in the House of Kep
resentatlves. Mr. Brumm recently
was elec;ed Judge of the Court of
Common Pleas of Schuylkill County,
that State.
Husband Shoots Wife Following Sep.
aratlon.
New Brunswick, N. J. (Special).
The police are searching for George
R. Hoi man, accused of shooting and
killing his wife, Margaret, Just after
they had eaten a Christmas dinner
together at the home of his father
here, following a separation of sev
eral weeks.
Anger at the woman's refusal to
return and live with him is believed
bv the police to have been tho cause
of the tragedy. Acoordlng to the
elder Holman, his son, after tho
shooting, turued the revolver on him
self, but stayed his haad when hia
father suddenly appeared and then,
after begging the elder man to shoot
him, dashed from the house and dis
appeared. Another Broadside Soon.
Washington, D. C. (Special).
President Roosevelt has begun pre
paring for submission to Congross a
mass of evidence upon which he bas
ed the statements in his annual mes
sage regarding the Secret Service and
for which the Perkins resolution pass
ed In the House called upon the Pres
ident to produce. The amount of
work necessary to put this evidence
n Hhnno for nreseiitatlon to Congress
h so great that It will not be roady
o Bend to the House until alter me
Christmas recess.
IN THE WORLD OF FINANCE
Hockey Player Stricken.
Woburn, Mass. (Special I. John 0
Proctor, of Reading, manager of tin
Wine Cocoa Company, of Boston, unil
prominent in Boclety and club llf
in Reading and Boston, died sudden.
ly. following unusual exertion in a
rame of ice hockey. Mr. Proctor
came to Mlsbawum Pond in thir
city with members of the Headier
Golf Club to play hockey with a
local team. After the game was
over he fell unconscious and died
within a few minutes as a result of
cerebral hemorrhage.
In Rattle With Burglar.
New York (Special). Van Dwlghl
Sheldon, of Lockport, N. Y., aged
ID, a student In the School of En
glneerlng at New York University
lost hi life In a battle with a burg
lar In the cellar of the home of
Dean Snow, of the School of Engl
neerlng. The murderer escaped af
ter a lung chase across the snow
covered campus. In which several
students of the university took part
Young Sheldon was shot In the ab
domen and died shortly after being
I taken to a hospital.
hunting trip. The Vice President,
his daughter, Mrs. John Timmons,
and the sons of the household re
mained here to participate In the
day's festivities, while Mrs. Fair
banks is visiting friends in Atlantic
City.
An event of some moment to six
hundred children of the officials and
employes of the postofflce department
occurred at Masonic Temple, where
Mrs. Meyer woe the hostess at an
entertainment of music, pantomimes,
moving pictures, etc. There was a
large Christmas tree to add to the
delight of the youthful onea, and
presents for all were distributed.
All tho churches conducted relig
ious services, and In some of them
special music was provided.
The poor and needy were not over
looked. From known and unknown
sources many a home, chilled by the
wintry blasts and made desolate by
poverty's sting was brightened by
generous supplies of fuel, food and
raiment. The associated charities In
most lnstancea had charge of tho
work of distribution, although the
Elks. Mystic Shrlners and other fra
ternal orders, business firms and
private individuals extended inde
pendent help.
Tang Shao Yi, the ambassador from
China on a special mission, is enter
taining a merry gathering of Chtneso
students during Christmas week.
They Include a number of those Bent
here by the Chinese government for
education In American Institutions as
well as others sent, here by their par
ents, to the number of more than
eighty in all. The boys come from
as far West as Chicago and as far
South as Atlanta. Every opportunity
will be afforded them to see the
sights of the city and to enjoy their
visit to the national capital.
Tnke Bone From Bruin.
Philadelphia (Special). After ly
ing paralyzed and speechless for
more than 18 montns, Aleck uoou
ner, of Camden. Is well on the way
to recovery at a local hospital, as
the rosult of a delicate operation
performed by Dr. Bacon, one of the
resident physicians. Goodner was in
jured In a trolley car accident. Re
cently, after perBistent treatment had
resulted In no Improvement, a second
diagnosis disclosed an unusual frac
ture of the inslfle base of the skull.
After a small piece of bone had been
removed Goodner sat up in bed and
spoke, for the first time in many
months.
Mississippi Doctor Ambushed.
Sturgiss, Miss! (Special). Dr. T.
S. Richardson, a prominent physician,
was fired on from ambush and killed
in front of his store here. PoBses
were instantly formed to search for
the assailant. Several days ago the
store of Dr. Richardson was dynamit
ed, and W. M. Dabs, was arreBted
and later released on bond.
Doctor Is Murdered.
Sturgiss, Miss. (Special). Dr. T.
S. Richardson, a prominent physi
cian, was fired on from ambush and
killed In front of his store here.
Posses were instantly formed and are
searching for the assailant. Several
days ago the store of Dr. Rlohardson
was dynamited and W. M. Dabs was
arrested and later released on bonds.
He could not be located tonight.
brief at this time In legislation affectlnu
REVOLT IN VENEZUELA.
The downfall of President Cas
tro was completed last Saturday.
Castro Is charged with com
plicity In plot to assassinate
Gomez.
Gomez, single-handed thwart
ed an attempt at murdering him.
Castro's brother was placed un
der arrest and thrown Into pris
on. Gomez issued a statement tell
ing of the conspiracy and Its re
sults. A new cabinet was formed,
the composition of which pleases
the people.
All political prisoners In Ven
ezuela will be set at liberty. .
Former Minister Paul will set
tle all disputes with foreign pow
ers. Castro, nt Berlin, refuses to
believe a new cabinet has been
appointed.
COMMERCIAL GDLDMi
Weekly Review ol Trade and Latest
Market Renorti
the importation of crude rubber i
from Brazil.
The appeal of the American To
bacco Company from the decision ol
the United States Circuit Court for
the Southern- district of New York
was docketed In the Supreme Court.
According to the latest advices to
the Isthmian Canal Commission,
there have been 21 deaths so far a
the result of the premature explosion
of dvnamlte at San Obispo Decem
ber 12.
The President commuted Firs'
Lieutenant William J. OLaughlin'p
eentenco to six months' confinement
to post limits and to a fine of $30
a month for the same period.
President Roosevelt promised Rep
resentative Dwight. of New York,
that he would attend the dinner
to be given Representative Sherman
on January 23 In Washington.
Complaint was filed before the In
terstate Commerce Commission by
Northwestern millers who dab" thnl
the railroads are charging excessive
rates to the Atlantic seaboard.
PreBldent-elect Taft decided to vis
it Texas some time after his inau
guration. He has written to Frank
H. Hitchcock, inviting him to come
to Augusta.
President Roosevelt will appoint
H. A. Sudger, of North Carolina,
Chief Justice of the Supreme Court
of the Panama Canal Zone.
Ocean Rate War.
Liverpool (Special). The break
ing up of the Atlantic steamship pool
and the Inauguration of a fierce
ocean rate war are foreshadowed In
the report that the White Star Line
intends to enter the Canadian trade
under ItB own flag. If this Is done,
the Allan Line will retire from the
Atlantic comblnaton and start a rate
war. The reported Intentions of the
White Star are credited In shipping
elrcles.
Lost With $1,500,000 Worth Of Furs.
v Winnipeg. Man. (Special). Word
was received here by the Hudson
Bay Company that its steamer
Stork, which plies between London
and Hudson Bay. was wrecked three
weeks ago on Lisbon Shoals, In Hud
son Bav. The crew was rescued and
are now at Moose factory. They will
go overland from there to Montreal.
The cargo consisted of $1,500,000
worth of furs.
The price of lead was again re-
iuced 10 points to 4.30.
David S Ludlum, asnlatant cashier
of t.he Philadelphia National Bunk,
has resigned and will identify hlm-
,elf with mercantile interests.
President 8. M. Felton, of tho
Mexican Central, denies that he Is
o resign.
Directors of the Peansylania Com
auv declared the semi-annual divi
dend of 4 per cent. All the stock
I owned by the Pennsylvania itau-
road.
NlnlsaltiK will pay out $300,000
next month In dividends and the
La Rose will distribute $240,000.
This Ib not bad for two Cobalt Com
panics.
American Woolen declared a regu
lar Quarterly dividend of 1 per
ent. on the preferred stock, payable
lanuary 15, 1908. This is the thir
ty-ninth contecuflvo dividend and is
.univalent to 08.25 a share, making
t he aggregate payment I 1 (,: I a, nun
The boom In Rawhide Coalition
stock that carried It from 50 cents
to $1.50 a share baa vanished and
the stock is back to where It started
Mining men are asking the question
Mow much of their stock did the
Insiders sell during the campaign
that coat them a great many thou
sand dollars?
The association of J. P. Morgan A
Co. and Kuhn, Loeb ft Co. In the
purchase of $11,000,000 of Chesn
peake ft Ohio 5 per cent. 20-year
bonds created a good Impression in
financial ciroles for obvious reasonB
The bonds were sold at 98, less one-
half of 1 per eent. to broker.
It is asserted that C. M. Schwab
lias retired from all his mining en
terprises, Including San Toy, Mont
'ornery. E'iosbon. Tonopah Exten
ston and Oreen water-Death V.lUry
With him In the latter were aaso
lated John W. Bro-k and Charles
Miller, formerly president and vlce-
I nraaident of Toaooab.
$2,000,000 More For Forests.
Washington, D. C. (Special).
Glfford Plnrhot, Chief Forester, told
to the House Committee on Agri
culture his reasons for requesting
nearly $2,000,000 Increase In the ap
propriation for the care of the na
tional forests. He wants 1,400 more
forestrrs for the policing and sale
of timber on the forest reserves.
six Wounded in Fight.
Hopklnsvllle, Ky. (Special). A
wholesale shooting occurred In this
county among negroes. In this city,
Kirk McCoy was shot In the eye
and instantlv kllle by Eugene Fer
guson. At Fidelia" on the Tennes
see Central Railroad 10 miles from
here, a general shooting took place
at the depot when the train pulled
In and six were wounded, three prob
ably fatally.
Caracas, Venezuela (Special).
The end of the rule In Venezuela of
CIprlano Castro has come. The dic
tator who haB governed the republic
with a rod of Iron ever since he
took forcible possession of the Yel
low House in Caracas In 1899 Is now
openly charged with conspiracy to
compass the assassination of a man
he left at tho head of the republic
when he sailed away on November
23 from Laguayra, nominally to se
cure skilled medical aid In Berlin
for a malady of long standing, and
is today thoroughly discredited.
The Bank of Venezuola has cabled
its correspondent at Berlin and Paris
canceling the unlimited letter of
credit given to President Cnstro when
he left Venezuela for Europe, and
no one In Caracas believes ho will
ever dare return to the capital. The
Castro cabinet lias been forced to
resign and a new and progressive
ministry has been appointed by Juan
VIncente Gomez, the acting presi
dent. The attempt upon the life ol
Gomez was frustrated by the cool
nrve and courageous daring of the
acting president himself. Alone and
unsupported he arrested the ring
leaders of the conspiracy with hit
own hands In the presence of theli
armed adherents, and after this ac
tion he Issued a proclamation saying
that not only had he Baved his own
life, but he had maintained tho high
est Ideals of the chief magistracy of
the republic.
Settle Foreign Dispute.
Already the new administration
shows signs of a desire and Inten
tion to settle the disputes between
Venezuela and certain foreign pow
ers that have kept the republic In a
light of unevlable notoriety for sev
eral years past.
light of unenviable notoriety for sev
yesterday between Acting President
Gomez and Baron Von Sockendorf,
the German minister In charge of
the Interests of Holland since tho
departure of the Dutch Minister, M.
Lie Reus, last summer, It was agreed
to suspend the operation of the de
cree Issued by President Castro pro
hibiting the transhipment nt Wll
lemstad of goods destined for Vene
zuela. Pend'ng the signing of treaty be
tween Holland and a duly empower
ed Venezuelan commissioner the
Put-h wrnshlps that have been pa
trolling the Venezuelan roaBt for
nearly rhree weeks, will be wlth
drpwp. The men In the C.nmez death plot
wre President Castro's closest
friends and best known adherents
Secret ctDhe- rab'egramB have pass
ed between President Castro, In Ber
lin, nnd fill ngentB here since the
popular nntl-Cnstro demonstrations
of De"emliev 13 and 14. A promi
nent lawyer has filed an accusation
In th" h'gb federal court, charging
President Cas'ro with complicity In
the nlnt to assassinate and proposing
his Impeachment.
Murk Twain Co. Incorporated.
Albany (Special). The Mark
Twain Company, of New York, cap
italized at $5,000, organized to se
cure to the author and his family
all rights in the name or nom do
plume "Mark Twain." filed articles
of Incorporation wftli the Secretary
of State. The directors are Samuel
L. Clemens, Clara L. Clepiens, Jean
L. Clemens. Isabel V. Lyons, of Red
ding, Ct., and Ralph W. Ashcroft, of
New York.
Street Car Blown Up.
Rome. Ga. (Special). A street car
was blown up by a dynamite bomb
In the outskirts of this city and the
conductor. H. L. Bryan, Injured. The
motorman and two passengers escap
ed without Injury. The car was prac
tically wrecked.
Samcun '.licfs Aroused.
Auckland. New Zealand (Special).
It Is reported here that a section
of the native chiefs In the German
Samoa Islands are creating trouble.
They consider that they are losing
power and dignity on the dispersal of
the old Samoan Parliament, and
maintain Uiat when, Germany took
the Islands she only became the pro
tector. The chiefs are reported as desirous
to hoist the old Samoan flag when
Parliament reassembles.
Will Fire Torpedoes.
Pensacola, Fla. (Special). The
waters of Pensacola harbor will be
ripped, tarred and torn to spray dnr
Ing the next few weeks by the ex
plosions of tons of gun cotton. The
torpedo-boat flotilla, comprising the
Wilkes, Thornton. Tingey, Delong and
McDonough- commanded by Lieut
W O. Mitchell, has arrived for tar
nt practice The boats will remain
bare Indefinitely. Lieutenant Mitchell
is confident of hanging up now
world's records tor torpedo oractice
The Tafts To Servian Women.
Belgrade, Servta (Special). The
Servian Woman's League has receiv
ed a reply to a message sent to President-elect
William H. Taft, as fol
lows: "Mr. Taft and his wife feel
the deepest sympathy and Interest in
this Justifiable movement of the wom
en of Servla to support tho National
Ideals. The love and sympathy ot
all American women are on y6ur
side."
,T. T. Fax A Suicide.
Oakland, Cal. (Special). John T.
Fay, husband of Anna Eva Fay, the
mental telepathy specialist, commit
ted suicide by shooting himself
through the head In his room at the
Hotel St. Mark. Fay had Jong been
Buffering from nervouB trouble, and
considered his case Incurable. Des
pondency often seized him, and It
was in one of these fits that he de
cided to kill himself. Fay was a
native of Ohio and was 31 years old.
Xmas Dinners For 1,500,000.
New York (Special). A million
nnd a half men, women and children
throughout the country, Including
125,000 In Greater New York City
alone, were supplied with dinners,
and upward of 4.000 destitute New
York children given toys suited to ( 6 14.
Bradstreet's says:
"Holiday trade shows further ei
panslon and most cities report buying
ot this character equal to or slightly
In excess of last year. In some boo
tlons holiday trade is not so good
as In 1907. The larger centers are
doing well and armtes of shoppers
are In evidence, but many small cltie
report a relatively light business and
demand shifting to cheaper lines. In
regular retail lines unseasonable
warm weather has been a drawback,
particularly Southwest and South, aa
for some time past. Wholesale trade
is quieter and except for some hurry
orders to Bort up depleted stocks,
Jobbers also report less doing. In
ventories and Btock taking naturally
predispose to less activity from now
till after January 1. Reports from
leading Industries are of gradual
gains and slow progress back to nor
mal. "There are some orders for steel
rails from railroads and the tlnplate
mills are buster; there Is a better
supply of water In New England nnd
paper mills are running more freely;
Eastern shoe manufacturers report
three months' orders ahead and there
is more demand for lumber, some of
this on account of railroad buying,
with firmer prices for yellow pine.
In the last week there have been
evidences of some lines of cotton
goods, such as bleached fabrics and
gray goods, being offered at conces
sions a possible result of the easing
In raw material, but well-knowu
makes of cotton dress goods are firm
ly held and closely sold up."
Who lr .
New York. Wheat Receipts. 64,-
000 bush.; exports, 83,960 bush.
Spot, easy; No. 2 red, 1.06
1.07 elevator; No. 2 red, 1.08 f.
o. b. afloat ; No. 4 Northern Duluth.
1.17 f. o. b. nfloat; No. 2 hard
winter, 1.14 f. o. b afloat.
Corn Receipts, 4 5,150 bush.; ex
ports, 2,04 0 bush. Spot market easy;
No. 2, 6.") elevator and 66 f. o. b.
afloat; No. 2 white, 66; and No. 2
yellow, 86 f. o. b. afloat.
Oats Receipts, 63,000. Spot mar
ket, easy. Mixed, 26 to 32 pounds,
64 65; natural white, 26 to 32
pounds, 55 57; clipped white, 34
to 42 pounds, 57 0 62.
Poultry Alive, dull; chickens,
12; fowls, 12; turkeys, 13. Dress
ed, steady; Western spring chickens,
12(?I20; fowls, 11014; spring tur
keys, 16 22.
Eggs- Steady at the decline, re
ceipts, 6,556. 8tate, Pennsylvania,
and nearby, fancy, selected white,
4 3(7? 4. 5; do., lair to choice, 38 42;
brown and mixed, fancy, 35 36;
do., fair to choice, 30 33; Western,
firsts, 30; Western, seconds, 28 29.
Philadelphia. Wheat Quiet, but
steady; contract grade December,
1.03 1.03c.
Corn Qulot and a shade easier;
December, 64 64.
Oats Firm ; good demand ; No. 2
white, natural, 56 57c.
Butter Steady; fair demnnd; ex
tra Western creamery, 33c. ; do.,
nearby prints, 35.
Eggs Weak and lc. lower;
Pennsylvania and other nearby firsts,
f. o.i 31c. at mark; do., current re
ceipts, in returnable cases, 31 at
mark; Western flrstB, f. c. at mark;
do., current receipts, 29 30 at
mark.
Cheese Firm; good demnnd;
New York full creams, choice, 14
14c; do., fair to good. 1313.
Poultry Alive, dull and easier:
fowls, 10llc. ; old roosters,
8 8: spring chickens, 10
11; turkeys, 14 15; ducks, 11
12; geese, 10 11.
Baltimore. Flour Dull and un
changed; receipts, 13,078 bbls. ; ex
ports, 7,730 bblB.
Wheat Steady; spot, contract.
1.02 1.02; spot, No. 2 red West
ern. 1.03 1.04; Decembor, 1.02
1.02; January. 1.02102;
May, 1.07; steamer No. 2 red, 98
99; receipts, 2,169 bush.; exports,
32,000 bush.; Southern, on grade,
98"" 1.02.
Corn Steady at decline; new,
spot, contract 64 04; year,
64 64; January, 64 64;
February, 464; March. 64
65; steamer mixed, 62 62;
receipts, 80,828 bush.; exports, 85,
714 bush.; new Southern white corn.
60 64; new Southern yellow
corn. 60 64.
Oats Dull; No. 2 white. 56
56; No. 3 white, 5656; No. 2
mixed, 64 65; receipts. 7,362
bush.
Rye Dull; No. 2 Western export
82 nominal.
Butter Firm and unchanged, fan
cy Imtatlon, 24 25; fancy creamery,
32 33; fancy ladle, 20 21; Btore
packed, 18 19.
Eggs Firm and unchanged; 30.
Cheese Firm; new. large, 14;
new, flats, 14; new, small, 15..
Live Stock.
New York. -Beeves Receipts, i,
443. No trading; feeling steady.
Dressed beef quiet, at 8 10 per
pound for ordinary to prime native
sides.
Calves Receipts. 284. Fooling
weak. Veals sold at 5.00 9.75 per
100 pounds; barnyard calves, 4.00;
city dressed veals steady, at 8 15
per pound; country dressed, do., n
their ages on Christmas Day from
th,e proceeds of this year's Salvation
Army "kettle" contributions. In
Manhattan on Christmas 4,000 per
rons received baskets, each contain
ing dinner enough for five.
Unique Tribute To The Deud. Hill's Control To The Gulf.
nw York (Special). For Dreciae- I New York (S p e c l a l) . rank
ly two minutes, from 1.30 to 1.32 1 Trumbull, president of the Colorado
and Southern riaiiway company, an
nounced that the control of the
property had passed to the Chicago,
Burlington and Qulncy Railroad,
which, being controlled by the J. J.
Hill Interests, gives Mr. Hill's roads,
the Great Northern and the Northern
Pacific, a free sweep to the Gulf of
Mexico, and In this way enables blm
to compete for business up and down
the Mississippi Valley
Deputy sheriffs In Battle.
Wheeling, W. Va. (Special).
Dolbert Moore, or Mountain Joe, a
Barbour County rauu, was shot and
fatally wounded by Deputy Sheriff
Curtis Rico and Detectives Robert
Sljikleman and Thomas Kelly, of this
city. The Wheeling officer left bare
and went to the homo of Moore,
back in the hills. Moore, aa he left
(be bouse, was ordered to throw up
Ma hands by the Wheeling omcers,
o'clock, the business of the Broad
Street Curb Market was entirely sus
pended. It was t.he time set for the
beginning of the tuners) of Harry
B. Suydam, the broker who was shot
In his office by John C. Lumsden.
Promptly at 1.30 the curb market
bell rang and the broker left the
roped enclosure and lined up on the
sidewalk, standing with their heads
uncovered.
Former Bank Clerk To Prison.
Pittsburg, Pa. (Special). Herbert
W. Tiers, a real estate broker, form
erly a discount clerk In the First
National Bank, was sentenced to
serve five years In tbe penitentiary
by United States Judge Yeung. Early
In 1906 Tiers embeczled $61,000 for
the purpose of starting In business
himself. He was d'scharged and af
ter promising t pay back the money
was not prosecnieu oy tne tank
Last June Bank Examiner Folds ale- Who bad the drop on him. Moore
covered tbe matter while going over pulled hi gun and the officers fired,
the book of the bank and immediate- Moore wa hit In three place and
lv ordered the arrest of Tiers. Wni dio.
Sheep and Lumbs Receipts, 9,
712. Sheep in poor demand and
weak; lambs slow and barely steady.
Sheep, 3,004.25; a few at 4 70;
culls, 2.25; lambs. 6.0007.37.
Chicago. Cattle Receipts, esti
mated at 8,000; market steady.
Steer. 4.60 5.80; cow. 3.00
6.26; heifer, 2. 604.60; bull,
3.75 4.50; calve. 2. 60 8.25;
itoekere and feeder, 2.50 0 4.85.
Hogs Receipts, estimated at 36,
000; market strong 40 5c. higher;
choice heavy shipping, 6.75 5.85;
butcher. 6.70 5.80; light mixed,
5.2006.46: choice light, 4.54
6.6; packing, 6.o05.75; pigs, 6.00
5.15; bulk of sales, 6.60 5.75.
Sheep Receipt, estimated at 23.
000; sheep, 4.0004.75; lamb, 5.2rf
7.50; yearling. 4.2606.40.
A way to keep hoe lace tied rt
to make a bow In the ordinary way,
then lnert a buttonhook under
neath the center of tho bow and
draw one loot) and one end through
(underneath), thu turning tho bow
practically uplde down. Or dra
one loop through the other and pu
the "answering" end, so that the
loop are knotted,
Tbe recent discovery of human
remain in a Swlsa cave ha led a
German savant to declare that man
ived there before the last Glacial
ooh. at leant 100,00$ year aao. .