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A desperado who killed Pollremanl
Bmlth and seriously wounded Officer'
Deverss., who were attempting to,
arrest hltn (or a holdup near Omaha,)
Neb., and was probably fatally;
wounded, was Identified as Jack'
Curtain, said to be a desperate crtm-;
Inal, against whom charges ranging;
from stage robbery In Wyoming and.
bank cracking in Missouri to murder'
In St. Paul are said to stand. j
T. S. Anderson, former president,
of the defunct Davles County Hank,
and Trust Company, of Owensboro,
Ky., was found guilty of swearing
falsely to a statement of the bank's,
condition and was sentenced to three
years In the penitentiary.
A butcher's bill for $2,000 led to'
the examination In supplementary'
proceedings of Mrs. Llda Rawlcg'
Reader, whoso financial deals In.
Spanish-American countries havo at
tracted attention.
Joseph Wharton, the Philadelphia;
Ironmaster, practically left an estate
of $25.uuu,u00 to his widow, three,
daughters and his grandchildren.
- Swarthmore College gets $100, U00.
Enrique De Lara, the S:ui Do-:
mlngo boy who, cn September 14.
shot and killed Father Artuoro Asen-'
clo. In Central Park, pleaded guilty
to murder in the second degree be
fore Justice Dowllng, In New York.'
M. H. Carmichnel, of Wollsburg,
W. Va., declares that his brother,;
Rev. John H. Carmlchael, was drlveni
Insane over hypnotism when the cler-'
gyman murdered Gideon Browning
and then committed suicide.
The mother of General Manager
Samuel Hlgglns was killed and three
members of the railroad official's
family were hurt when his residence,
at New Haven, Ct., was destroyed by
fire.
Otto Kel.se, New York state sup
erintendent of Insurance, whom Gov-'
ernor Hughes twice attempted to re
move from office, has resigned. ,
Prof. Abbott Lawrence I.Kwell hns
been named to Biiccecd Charles W.
Eliot as president of Harvard Unl-,
verslty. I
Six masked men forced Solomon
Lauehner. of near Pittsburg, to give
up 11,500. '
The General Assembly of Ohio ha
returned Theodore E. Burton to
Congress. !
Massachusetts is to spend $684,
000 resurfacing public highways.
Charles S. Cameron, president of
the Tube City Railroad, of Pittsburg,
was found guilty of giving a bribe
of $70,000 to former Councilman VV
A. Martin to UBe among members of
councils to secure the passage of an'
ordinance for the benefit of the com
pany. Martin, who Is now serving a
three-year sentence for accepting the
bribe, was the principal witness
against Cameron.
Magistrate Moss, In the Tombs
Court, found Bradford Merrill, S. S.
Carvaho and Edward S. Clark, of
the New York American, guilty of
criminally libeling John D. Rockefel
ler, Jr., and technically committed
them to the Tombs.
John V. Duffy, confidential clerk
to Martin J. Condon, president of
the American Snuff Company, was
arrested In New York, charged with,
forging his employer's name to 12
checks, aggregating $3,800.
The will of the Dowager Duchess
of Marlborough, Lily Warren Beres
ford, bequeaths her millions to her
son, William DeLapoor llercsford,
who Is an Infant, under 4 years of
age.
John F. Mclntyre, In summing up
for the defense in the trial of Thorn
ton Jenkins Ilalns, drew an Imagi
nary word picture of the electrocu
tion and dissection of Hr.ln3-
. r oreign
Shad Khan, a Persian prince in
the Russian service, committed sui
cide because he had been relieved
of the command of the Fifteenth!
Dragoons.
The American and British min
isters In Peking, China, formally pro
tested against the dismissal of Yuan
Shi Kal.
A mlsunderstandlrg between Chlla
and Peru resulted in tt;e recall of
the Chilian minister to Peru.
The death is announced in Berlin
of Ernst Von Wllderbrucu, the Ger
man poet and dramatist.
Fifty-six men were killed by Are
damp In the Auka coal mine, near
Veszpiln, Hungary.
Earthquake shocks are reported to
have occurred .in various parts of
South Africa.
New cases of cholera are reported
daily In Russia.
Commercial re'atlons between
France and Venezuela were ordered
renewed us a restiit of the negotia
tions of Josu de Jesus Paul, the
Venezuelan representative to Paris.
A slight earthquake was experienc
ed throughout Lombard)', Venetla
and Tuscany. No damage was done,
but the people were much alarmed.
The Chilian government officials
at Avlia, Chili, entertained the
American delegates to the Pan
American Scientific Congress.
The new Cuban Congress held its
first meeting, which whh devoted to
the passing upon Ihe cnxlent'uls of
the members.
All political prisoners In Peru
were set free In conscience of the
decision of the Supreme Court.
An aeronautical professr.rsh'p has
been established at the Cnlverslty of
Llettlngen.
The French government favor a
bill providing that all executions bo
In private.
The adjustment of the Austrr
Turklsh controversy Is not pleasing
to Russia.
Seventeen nations have accepted
the invitations extended by the Neth
erlands to attend an International
conference on the subject of bills of
exchange.
Mrs. George Guy Chctwynd, daugh
ter of the late Charles Secor, of New
York City, secured decree In lAtn
don for restitution of her conjugal
rights.
Seven Chinese were drowned when
the French liner Polynesian rsn
down and sank the Dutch steamer
DJandi at the wharf in Singapore.
X lieutenant of Infantry and two
firemen rescued from the ruins in
' Kegglo a three-year-old glr' who was
not only alive, but well.
Pierre Bletry, of the French Cham
ber of Deputies, was sent to prison
for breaking the seals on bis news
paper olllce.
Sven Hedln, the Swedish explorer,
who Is returning borne from Tibet
f la Rul, was received by the Ctar.
Tram ears of the Amarloaa-Oaoa-dim
Company were burned In Rio
Janeiro by a mob.
A aurgloaJ operation was perform
4 o Sir Arthur Conaa Doyle la
lxn4on. -
PLAN HOUSES FOR THE
EARTHQUftKE VICTIMS
Will Build Houses With Congress
Appropriation.
MAY SEND THE CARPENTERS.
Five Hundred Thousand Dollars In Cash
Will Be Put Into Lumber, Out of
Which 2,500 to 3,000 Sma 1 Buildings
Will Be Erected in the District De.
astated in Sicily and Calabria.
Washington, D. C. (Special).
An Innovation In international re
lief measures, so far as Europe Is
concerned, Is to be undertaken by
the American Government In expend
ing the $j00.000 in money appro
priated by Congress for tho Italian
earthquake sufferers.
Realizing that a great need
among the sufferers will bo shelter
from the elements, President Roose
velt has decided to send to Italy ma
terial for the construction of 2,500
or 3,000 substantial but necessarily
very modest frame houses, supple
menting this by supplying civilian
carpenters, to supervise construction
!f this can bo arranged.
Ever since the appropriation was
made serious consideration has been
given by the President and the State
Department ns to tho beBt uses that
cculd be made of It in the way of
relief. Correspondence has been go
ing on almost dally with Ambassador
Grlscom at Rome with a view to as
certaining the views of himself, his
follow-members of the American re
lief committee and of the Italian
Government as to the most sensible
course to adopt with a view to the
best results.
A final decision was reached Sat
urday. Vorbal instructions were giv
en by President Roosevelt to Secre
tary Newberry whereby the machin
ery of the Navy Department was en
listed in the prosecution of the plan.
Mr. Newberry at once got into tele
phone communication with the naval
officials at New York, and, by quick
work, has been able to make partial
arrangements for carrying out the
President's orders. The following
statement was made public at the
Secretary's (pfTlce:
"The Navy Department has ar
ranged for the expenditure of ap
proximately $500,000 In the purchase
of building materials, including all
articles necessary for the construc
tion of substantial frame houses for
tho Itullau sufferers, and the ship
ments will begin by the sailing of
two steamers probably on Monday.
This lumber is being delivered In
New York, and the sailing of the
vessels will proceed as fast as they
can be loaded. Each ship will carry
all the materials for the construction
of about 500 houses, and It will
require not less than six steamers for
tho entire amount purchased. If pos
sible, the department intends to send
with each vessel several civilian house
carponters with plans to assist in thQ
erection of these houses."
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TO DRY VP SOUTH CAROLINA.
Three Rills Introduced In The
Legislature.
Columbia, S. C. (Special). The
fight of the Prohibitionists has start
ed ill the General Assembly. There
were introduced three bills in each
house aa follows:
To provide State-wide prohibition.
To provide for the closing up and
the disposition of the stock of the
county dispensaries In force now
under the Local Option law.
To license liquor drummers at
$5,000.
Another bill to provide for the- en
forcement of the law will be intro
duced. That the question is about evenly
divided is the general opinion. On
this issue much Interest centers in
South Carolina.
BLACK HORSES I.N TAFT PARADE.
Troop A, Of Cleveland, Will Turn
Out 70 Mounts,
Cleveland (Special). Troop A, of
this city, which is to act as the per
sonal guard and escort to President
Taft in the Inaugural parade on
March 4. will have 76 men at Wash
ington, each of whom will be mount
ed on a Jet black horse. The troop
acted in the same capacity for Presi
dents Hayts, Garfield nd McKinley.
21 liliuk Horses Matched.
Lexington. Ky. ( Special). Jacob
B. Perkins, a Cleveland millionaire,
completed the purchase of 24 match,
ed black horses, which will be ship
ped to Cleveland to be used by tho
famous Trcop A, or "Black Horse
Troop," in the Taft Inaugural parade
March 4.
Clothing For Xuvul PriHoncrs.
Washington. 1). C. (Special). The
Naval Committee has) reported favor
ably the bill Introduced by Mr. Hale,
which provides for suitable civilian
clothing and a cash gratuity to naval
prisoners on discharge. Enlisted
men have been released frcra naval
prisons without money or suitable
civilian clothing. Not Infrequently
they become public charges.
Shock Iteg Mered At Manila.
Manila (Special). The instru
ments of the Government Observatory
here recorded a severe earthquake
shock at a distance from this city.
It la estimated that tho seismic dis
turbance must have occurred at least
3,000 kilometers from Manila.
Bullets After Handsliuke.
Nashviillo, Tenn. (Special). Eu
gene A. Laurent, of this city, was
killed at Artesia, Miss., by Charles
Smith, a wealthy planter of that sec
tion. Laurent traveled for a St.
Louis hardware house. It Is said
that Smith was one of Laurent's cus
tomers and that Lauront was In the
act of shaking hands with him when
he pulled a plstcl and fired two shots,
each taking effect. Laurent was a
son of Edward Laurent, a prominent
architect of this city.
Quits Cigarette, Dies.
Hatleton, Ind. (Special). Edward
Lane, 20 years old, died here as the
result of keeping a New Year's reso
lution, In wblcb be gave up the use
of cigarettes. He was addicted to ex
cessive smoking and was urged to
stop them with the new year. So
accustomed had the young man be
come to tbelr use the denial of them
affeotej bis nervous system serious
ly. Uuf bo determined to do with
out smoking, thinking the keen de
sire for them would pass away.
OIL SUIT COST MILLIONS
Evidence Already Fills Twenty-Two
Volumes.
Case Yet to Be Heard By the Circuit
Court of St. Louis.
New York (Special). With the
examination of W. W. Pilklngton, In
charge of the records of the Stand
ard Oil Company's pipe line, on
matters relating to the shipping
of Lime, Ind., and Oklahoma oil,
the government's suit for disso
lution ot the Standard Oil Company
came to a close here. There are
still two or three witnesses to be
heard In rebuttal, but these will be
examined in Chicago, an adjournment
till then having been taken for the
purpose at the conclusion of today's
hearing.
The case, which practically ended
here, so far as the submission of evi
dence Is concerned, will undoubtedly
go down In legal history as the great
est civil action ever brought before 'the
tribunals of the country. The rec
ord already comprist 22 printed
volumes and represents n coBt to the
litigants of nearly $10,000,000. The
filing of briefs by counsel will add
another million or so words to the
already monumental mass of testi
mony and court records. Arguments
of both sides next April before the
full bench of the United States Cir
cuit Court sitting In St. Loulflt will
further enlarge the record, and as
the caso is to be taken to the Su
preme Court of the United States,
no matter whnt the doclslon of the
Circuit Court Is, the final bulk of
the record in tho case promises to
be appalling.
The suit to dissolve the Standard
Oil Company cf New Jersey was com
menced on December 6, 1906, with
the filing of a complaint in the fed
eral court of St. Louis. Besides tho
Standard Oil Company of New Jersey,
69 subsidiary companies and seven
Individuals were named as defend
ants. The latter were John D. Rocke
feller, John D. Archbold. William
Rockefeller, H. H. Rogers, H. M.
Flagler, O. H. Payne and Charles M.
Pratt.
In all, 192 witnesses were called
by the government and 140 by the
defense. The record of the testi
mony proper totals up 4,500,000
words. The exhibits, consisting of
over 73.500 groups of words and fig
ures, adds another 10,000,000 words.
The printing office at Washington has
been kept busy night and day for
months completing the record, which,
when bound will make 22 printed
volumes. The maps showing tbe
company's pipe lines and oil fields,
are printed In four colors, a pro
cedure heretofore unknown in legal
record making. From the printers'
view-point it Is the greatest case in
legal hUtory.
TAKE PRINCE AS FORGER.
Russian Xohlemnn Said To Have
Gotten 9250,000.
St. Petersburg (Special). Prince
Bobutof, a well-known figure In so
ciety, has been arrested at a fashion
able gathering on a charge of hav
ing forged checks for a total amount
of $250,000. It Is alleged that the
Prince organized a gang consisting
of certain club members and govern
ment employes who took part in
what is said to have been a most
Ingenious scheme of fraud. Two
well-known ladles are alleged to be
lmpllcatod.
The Governor of the Russian part
of the Island of Sakhalin, M. Jalupoff,
is accused of swindlng and extortion.
House Spanking Takes.
Washington, D. C. (Special).
The demand for copies of the Con
gressional Record containing tha
proceedings of the House, when the
Secret Service portion of the Presi
dent's message was laid on the table,
has been so great that members can
not comply with it. To meet the
further demand, Representative
Langley, of Kentucky, has introduc
ed a resolution calling for an edition
of 2,000,000 copies of the Record.
If the resolution is adopted, as it
probably will bo, this will be the
largest edition of. a single Record
ever Issued.
No Crop In Graveyard.
Norfolk, Va. (Special). Agree
ing to give the ground "two good
coats of fertilizer"' for use of a por
tion of Forest Lawn Cemetery for
the planting of a big radish crop
for spring shipment to the North and
West, John L. Lambert received a
reply from the board of control tell
ing him that the "compensation of
fered the city was inadequate."
Millionaire Philanthropist Dead.
Monterey, Cal. (Special). David
Jackson, millionaire landowner and
philanthropist, of this city, died here.
He was born In Scotland 88 years
ago and came to tbe United States
In 1841. He leaves a widow and
seven children.
TWENTY DEAD IK
JEJD-ON CRUSH
Locomotives Stood on Ends and
Coaches Telescoped.
ENGINEER MISREAD HIS WATCH.
A Passenger Train Flying Down
Grade on the Denver and Rio Grande
Runs Into Freight Train Laboring
Up Incline Engines Jammed Into
One Piece of Machinery.
Glenwood Springs, Col. (Special).
Twenty persons were killed, and
30 m Injured, many of them seriously,
In a heud-on collision between west
bound rasBenger train No. 6 and an
eastbound freight train, on tho Den
ver and Rio Grande Railroad, be
tween Dotsemo and Spruce Creek, 22
miles from Glenwood Springs, at 9.36
o'clock P. M.
All unidentified are women or chil
dren and bodies are badly mangled.
While nothing official has been giv
en out as to the cause of the wreck
it is said to have been due to a
misunderstanding of orders ou the
part of tha engineer, Gustaf Olsen,
of the passenger train. Olsen, how
ever, claims he understood his in
structions perfectly, but that he mis
read his watch, thus encroaching on
the time of tho freight train, which
was being drawn by two locomotives,
the first of which was in charge of
his brother, Slg. Olson.
When news of the catastropho
reached Glenwood Springs every
available physician and nurse in the
city was pressed Into service and a
relief train was soon on the scene.
The work of rescue was Immediately
begun.
A pathetic feature of the accident
was the killing of a father, leaving
two small children, the elder four
years old, the younger two. The eld
er boy told a nurse at the sanitarium
that his father called him Bennle,
and this Is all he will say. From a
fellow-passenger it was learned that
the family was going to Grand Junc
tion to visit relatives. It is supposed
that Mr. and Mrs. Kettle, whose
names appear among the dead, were
the parents of these two little ones
who were badly injured.
Another sad case was that of tho
destruction of an entire family with
the exception of an Infant of three
months. This helpless child was tak
en care of by a family at Shoshone,
who intends to adopt the sole sur
vivor of a once happy family.
One of the remarkable incidents
of the wreck was tho almost mirac
ulous escape from the ill-fated chair
car of a Mr. Stall, a Pueblo (Col.)
salesman. Mr. Stall escaped without
a scratch, but Is on the verge of col
lapse as a result of the nervous
shock.
Another heartbreaking scene was
enacted In the wreck zone when kind
hands gently lifted 4-year-old Alice
Williams from the death clasp of
her mother's arms. Near by lay the
body of the father, decapitated, and
on every side were lifeless bodies,
victims of the disaster.
KAISER SHOWS HIS TEETH.
Wants Share If Persia Is To Be
Taken Over Ry Powers.
London (Special). Emperor Wil
liam has at last voiced his opposition
to the Anglo-Russian program for
monopolizing the control of Persia's
affairs, according to ' information
from official sources.
Germany has covertly hinted to
Russia that the Kaiser will demand
a hand in Persia's government in
case other powers attempt to divest
the Shah ot his authority.
The Emperor admits that he is un
informed as to the plan that the Rus
sian and English foreign offices are
supposed to be working out for the
reform of Persia's Internal affairs,
but ho intimates that any attempt
to act in the dark will meet with
failure.
This move by the Kaiser is be
lieved to be the first sign of the long
expected clash over the contemplat
ed control of Pers'a.
Reports from Teheran say that
Gen. Firman Flrma has not yet en
gaged the revolutionary forces at Is
pahan in battle, and that the rebel
lion Is spreading throughout the en
tire southern half of the empire.
DEADLY FIREDAMP AGAIN.
IN THE WORLD OF FINANCE
Chesapeake & Ohio has arranged
for the sale of a large issue of new
bonds.
Chesapeake & Ohio's new bond is
sue will be $30,000,000 ot 6 per
cents.
Four per cent. Interest will here,
after be paid cn deposits by the First
Penny Savings ot Philadelphia. John
Wanamaker Is the president.
Standard Oil's net profits in 1908
approximated $80,000,000. Divi
dends paid out amounted to $40,000,-
000.
It is figured out that in 1908 the
value of electrical equipment turned
out In the United Slates was $228,
000,000, a decrease of 27 per cent,
compared with 1907.
Wall Street had a rumor that
Secretary of the Treasury Cortelyou
will become president of tbe Consoli
dated Gas Company ot New York on
March 4. Mr. Cortelyoa, when seen
In Washlngon, refused to confirm or
deny the report.
W, C. Brown was elected president
of the Lake Shore ft Michigan South
ern to succeed W. H. Newman. He
was also elected president of the
Luke Erie ft Wei tern. A few days
ago he became president of tbe New
York Central, which is tbe "daddy"
of the Vsnderbllt lines.
Tbe "Iron Trade Review" says;
"The principal developemeut of lb
week was tbe appearance of the New
York Central lines In the market
with an inquiry fur 80,000 tons of
steel rails. The Internatlouul ft
Great Northern Railroad I inquiring
for 88.000 tons, and the Great North
ern for 8,000 tons.
210 Men Eentonibed In A Coal Mine
In Hungary.
Veszprlm, Hungary (Special).
In an explosion of fire damp in the
Auka coal mine here, which was fol
lowed later by a duBt explosion and
fire, 240 men were entombed.
Sixteen living miners and the bod
ies of 4 5 dead persons thus far have
been brought out of the pit.
Tho fire has been held to one lo
cality and It is hoped that the re
mainder of the entombed miners will
be rescued alive.
Tho town of Veszprlm lies 60
miles southwest of Budapest, and has
a population of some 15,000, com
posed mostly of Magyars.
$200,000 To Howdoln College.
Boston (Special). Bowdoin Col
lege is benefited by the will of the
late Joseph E. Merrill,. who died at
Nowton about one week apo, to the
extent of $200,000. liy the condi
tions of the will tho ent re estate Is
lelt In' trust to Bowdoin, subject to
an annuity of $1,000 each to Mr.
Merrill's two Bisters, both of whom
live at Portland. Maine.
V. 8. Consulate .Moved.
.'Washington, D. C. (Special).
Orders have been Issued by the State
Department to Vice Consul Stewart
K. Lupton to re-establish the Mes
tins consulate at Catania. Tbe name
is all that remains of tbe former
consulate la the ruined city, and
even this would disappear If tbe
State Department were authorized by
law to establish the post at Catania.
The present change, therefore, Is
only one of domicile, it being Im
possible to reopen tbe consulate In
tbe ruined city.
After Express Companies,
Washington, D. C. (Special).
Holding that there may be some
question of unjust discrimination in
volved in the matter of express com
panies dealing in exchange, money
orders, etc., tbe Interstate Commerce
Commission refused to dismiss tbe
complaint of tbe American Bankers'
Association against tbe express com
pany. At tbe same tlmo tbe com
mission declined to issue a subpoena
as requested by the complainants, de
claring that tbe Information about
tbe express company's business
sought to be obtained did not seem
to be necessary at tht present time.
THE EARTHQU'KE
ZONE EXTENDS
Quake is Felt in Northern Italy to
Austria.
Vienna (Special). Slight earth
quake shocks were felt in Southern
Austria and the Tyrol. The disturb
ances extended from Sarajeve, in
Southeastern Bosnia, td Meran, in
the Tyrol. -Among other places
where the shocks were felt were
Trieste, Pola and Trlent. No damage
has been reported.
Professor Belar, of the Lalbach
Observatory, describes the earth
quake as very strong. He says the
center was In Upper Italy, but the
shock was felt through a wide radius,
even at Lalhnch.
Rome (Special). All of Tuscany
and many of the principal cities In
tbe northern part of Italy were shak
en by an earthquake. The Inhab
itants were thrown Into a panic.
Hundreds rushed from their homes
fearing a calamity like that suffered
by Southern Italy and Sicily, and It
was several hours before many of
them could be Induced to re-enter
their dwellings.
Present indications are that Italy
was more or less shaken as far north
as the foothills of the Alps. A
strong shock of an undulatory char
acter, lasting for four seconds, was
felt at Genoa at 1.45 o'clock in the
morning. Two shocks, probably the
same seismic wave, were felt at
Venice befvoen 1.45 and 1.47 A. M.
An undulatory shock, moving from
the north to the south, was reported
at Bologna at 1.50 A. M., and a
slight shock was felt at Milan at the
same time. Many other towns were
affected, among them being Florence
and Padua.
According to the records of the
observatories, and especially the es
tablishment maintained at Florence
by the Jesuit Fathers, the center of
the disturbance was near Lcimbach,
Saxony.
The quake was strongest in Italy
at Trevlso, 16 miles north of Venice.
A strong and violent shock was
felt at the town of Imola, In Central
Italy, at 1.43 o'clock A. M. The in
habitants, fearing a repetition of the
catastrophe in the South, rushed
from their houses, terrified and in a
Btate of panic. The streets were
crowded with people rushing to and
fro, praying and weeping.
Kills Them One By One.
Mankato, Minn. (Special). James
York, a quarryman, murdered his
four children at his home and then
hanged himself. The crimes were
committed apparently with delibera
tion. The children descended from
their sleeping quarters at different
times. As each came down the
stairs the father killed him or her.
It Is supposed York was mentally
unbalanced. -
Woman Blown To Atoms.
Leadvllle, Col. (Special). Mrs.
Richard Lauterbach, wife of a pros
pector, was killed, and Miss Esther
SchuBter, a guest of the former, at
her home, near Mitchell, 15 miles
west of here, was badly Injured when
a mysterious fire In the Lauterbach,
cabin set off several sticks of dyna
mite. The explosion blew Mrs.
Lauterbach to atoms, wrecked the
log cabin and severely hurt her wom
an companion.
WASHINGTON
BY TELEGRAPH
Desiring further Information with
regard to the schedule of duties on
files, tho House Ways and Means
Committee subpenaed Samuel M.
Nicholson, of Providence, R, I., to
appear before it.
No change in tbe form of govern
ment of the Isthmian Canal Zone
is to be recommended to Congress
at this session by the House Commit
tee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce.
The Revenue Cutter Service an
nounces a competitive examination,
commencng April 6 next, for the ap
pointment or 15 cadets ot tbe line
and 4 cadet engineers.
Strong opposition la expected to
to the enactment of a bill granting
an American register for the Paclflo
coastwise trade to the barkentlne Andromeda.
Representative Charles S. Landls,
of Indiana, declined to discuss the
published report that he bad been
offered the position ot publlo printer.
The President sent to the Senate
the nomnatlon of William R. Comp
ten to be United States marshal for
the Western district of New York.
The Senate Committee on Agricul
ture authorized a favorable report on
the McCumber bill providing for the
inspection and grading of grains.
Admiral Dewey, who has been con
fined to bis home for the greater
part of two months with an attack
ot sciatica, has considerably improv
ed. ,
To make the rate of postage cn
third and fourth-class matter on
rural free delivery routes equal to
two cents a pound Is the object of
a bill Introduced by Representative
Foster, of Vermont.
No definite line can be drawn be
tween old and new automobiles ct
different value by railroads in their
classification of freight rates ac
cording to the Interstate Commerce
Commission.
Scores ot men whose life work has
been devoted to a minute study of
the problems of forestry, attended
the twenty-eighth annual meeting of
the American Forestry Association.
Despite the frequent calls of com
mittee meetings, grave doubt Is ex
pressed as to whether there will be
gny copyright legislation at this ses
sion of Congress.
An apppropriation ot $161,018,000
for pensions was agreed on by the
Committee on Appropriations In the
drafting ot the annual pension ap
propriation bill.
The House Committee on tbe Ju
diciary agreed to a favorable report
on tbe Parsons Bill for an additional
Judge for tbe Southern district of
New York. '
Arbitration treaties with Bolivia,
Ecuador, Uruguay and Haiti were
reported favorably to the Senate
from the Committee on Foreign Re
lations. Tbe Senate passed a bill
permitting tbe use ot tbe pension of
fice for tbe Inaugural ball In connec
tion with tho Inauguration of Mr.
Taft.
Secretary Root signed arbitration
treaties with Costs, Rica and Chile,
through Honors Cairo and Cms.
T. JENKINS HIS
FREED MID CHEERS
After Twenty-Three Hours of Delibera
tion Verdict Is Reached.
GETS BENEFIT OF THE DOUBT.
Jnry Evidently Based Its Verdict of
Acquittal on Belief That the Charro
That Thornton Hslns Assisted In
Murder of Annls Was Not Proven
Captain Bains Trial.
Flushing, L. I. (Special). Thorn
ton J. Ilalns was acquitted shortly
before 3 o'clock P. M., of complicity
In the murder of William A. Annis,
who was shot by his brother, Capt.
Peter C. Halns, Jr., on the Bayslde
Ya?ht Club float on August 15 last.
The verdict followed an all-n'ght
session of the court, during which
Judje, lawyers and newpaper men,
with a few hardy spectators, kept a
vigil with the arbiters ot the pris
oner's fate.
Judge Crane was In conference
with District Attorney Dnrrln on the
question of keeping the Jury locked
up all night and until a verdict was
reached, when they sent word that
they had agreed.
All night Flushing waited for a
verdict which would toll the story ot
the five weeks' fight of the Btate
against Thornton J. Mains. It was
a night of speculation and false
rumors, of well-nigh Intolerable
strain for some, ot relaxation for
otherB who had gone through more
than a month of nerve-wrecking toll
and now saw the finish of their work.
The stenographers, for instance,
packed up their belongings and went
home smiling. They had taken more
than a million words of testimony,
and now, their task completed, they
were bound for a well-earned rest.
But for others there was no rest
not for Mr. Darrln, the prosecutor,
whose most Important case had
reached its crucial point; not for
Justice Crane, who remained up all
night waiting for a verdict: not for
Mr. Mclntyre, chief counsel for the
defence, who was on the point of
collapse, and went about the court
house looking like a ghost, asking
at frequent Intervals If there were
any news from the Jury, and not for
the man most concerned the pale.
haggard defendant, who tossed and
pitched on his bed all through the
night. Nor was there even a catnap
in the locked chamber, where the 12
men of the Jury one of them so
nattered and bruised that he could
hardly hold up his head wrestled
and argued over thp ev'dence with
out coming to any decision.
COAST PANIC STRICKEN
Earthquake Shock Felt Along Mi'es
of Mountain Range.
ML Baker Belchrs r Ire Cable Com.
ninnicatlons Cut Off.
Seattle (Special). Efforts to re
establish communication with Nomo,
Dawson and Valdez, Alaska, are be
ing made to ascertain the amount
of damage caused by the seven see
onds' seismic disturbance which
shook the Sierra Madra Mountains
from Tacoma, Wash., to far north
ern points. The Alaska cable has
gone down and no reports have been
received.
With the shock in Washington
State came the reports from outlying
districts that 800 miles of moun
tain range felt three distinct auakes
Mount Baker, the tourists' landmark,
uelched Are and smoke. The moun
tain gives forth acrid fumes and the
crater of the century-extinct volcano
is lull of redbot lava.
Bellliiitham Panic-stricken.
At Belllngham, Wash., the citizens
were panic-stricken and rushed into
the streets when the first shock oc
curred. Hundreds rushed into the
3treets. Walls cracked, plaster fell.
chimneys toppled and tall towers
swayed.
At Blaine buildings and stone were
rocked and In some cases badly
cracked.
At Fort Townsend windows were
shattered by the score, roofs fell in
and a panic ensued among tho citi
zens. The siege guns mounted In
the fortifications settled on their
swivels.
In Tacoma two distinct shocks
were felt.
At Everett reports state .the shock
lasted 11 seconds.
Port Angeles. Everett, the Tatoosh
Island Lighthouse, and the weather
station in the Fuca also report dls-
turr- nces.
The earthquake started with a
light tremor and rumbling culmlnat
Ing with a severe upward shock. Oc
cupants of the Ewell Block of Port
Angeles fled into the street. Along
the water fronts at Belllngham and
Everett it was believed that the large
steamers had bumped Into the docks.
Officers at Fort Worden state the
Investigation so far made shows no
damage to the fortifications, al
though both Fort Worsen and Fort
Flagler were badly shaken.
The parting ot the Alaska cables
occurred several hours earlier than
the shock here. Investigation will
be mado to ascertain if there was
any connection between the circumstances.
DIEO IN
English Jail For Carrie Nation.
Newcastle - Upon - Tyne, England
(Special), Carrie Nation, tbe Amer
ican anti-saloon crusader, was arrest
ed here while engaged in a raid on 4
saloon.
Five Perish In Flames.
Ashland. Wis. (Special). Mrs.
Nathan Sherrard, and four children,
aged, one, two, four and six years,
were burned to death at Echlln's
Lumber Camp, 20 miles 'south of
Ashland'. Sherrard, the camp, cook,
arose at 4 o'clock , and "began to
prepare breakfast for the 100 men
In the camp, leaving bis wile and
children asleep. Sherrard rushed
into tbe burning structure In an ef
fort to save his wire and family, and
was dragged out frightfully burned.
Senator Heyburn Ro-Elected.
Boise, Idaho (Special). By a
strict party vote, Waldon D. Hey
burn was re-elected United States
Senator. Tbe Democrats united on
James L. McClear. The vote of the
Joint assembly was: Heyburn, 67:
McClear, 19.
.' r
Convicts Fire Penitentiary.
Little Rock, Ark. ( Special LIn
an attempt to escape from Jail pris
oners, at Hilar, met flro to the struc
ture. Oeorge Laosy and Lassie Col
lins were Incinerated. f-
EACH
OTHER'S ARMS;
Lover Shoots. Married Woman and'
Himsslf.
Washington, D. C. (Special). Be.
cause she bad returned to her hus
bany, from whom she had separated,
Mrs. Llzzlo Harbin, aged 41, and
mnther of seven children, was shot
and killed at her home in this city
Frederick Kreamer, a painter, 22
years old, employed In the Navy
Yard, who then turned the -weapon
on himself and inflicted wounds
which proved fatal. The police say
that the circumstances of the trag
edy indicate that probably there was
an agreement between the man and
woman to dio together.
Recently Mrs. Harbin became es
tranged from her husband, Daniel
Harbin, as the result of Kraemer's
attention, lit is sntd, but for the
sake of the children they agreed to
live together again. A few hours
j alter the reconciliation Kraemer went
I to the Harbin home. There were no
1 witnesses to their meeting and what
transpired there prior to the shoot
ing is unknown.
The couple were discovered locked
In each other's arms after the trage
dy. There were no evidences of a
s'ruggle. The woman was Hhot twice
! thro.igh the heart, while Kreamer
shot himself through the head. Sev.
I eral of the woman's children were
In the house at the time of the shoot.
ing.
Kronmer had been madly Infatu
ated with the woman for several
months and was the cause of her
separation with her husband. Har
bin and Kreamer entered the coal
and wood business about a year ago,
nnd through this business relation
Kreamer first saw Mrs. Harbin. She
was a woman of 43, but unusually
attractive, and Kreamer was 23. His
attentions became so pressing that
he seemed to win her from her hus
band. After a stormy scene Harbin left
his wife, several months ago, vowing
never to return. He stated to friends
that If it were not for the disgrace
It would bring on his two married
daughters and his other children he
would execute summarv vengeance on
the handsome young German.
After Habrln left hie home and
took quarters in another section of
the city Kreamer continued his at
tentions, and the affection he mani
fested for the woman seemed to be
returned. They talked of getting a
divorce for Mrs. Harbin and marry
ing. Recently, friends of the couple in
terceded and a reconciliation was ef
fected, and the couple, after an af
fecting scene decided to let by.
gones be bygones, and take up life
where they left it off several months
ago. The children were rejoicing all
dav at the return of "Papa" and
neighbors say that Mrs. Harbin acted
in a manner which showed that she
was happy and anticipated the re
turn of her husband as a renewal
of the happy relations which existed
between them previous to the entry
of Krenmer.
Strangely, the pistol which did
such deadly work was the property
of the dnad woman's nineteen-year-old
son, Wllmer. Kreamer borrowed
it several weeks ago. Mrs. Harbin,
before marriage, was Miss Elizabeth
Hamill. She had been married 20
years. .
Xo General Rivers And Harbor Bill,
Washington, D. C. (Special). The
House Committee on Rivers and
Harbors voted against a general ap
propr'atlon bill for river and harbor
Improvements. Tho committee will
report a bill providing for carrying
on Important work already begun
fnr surveys of urgent projects pro- .
posed and for any emergencies which
may arise. This h'll nrobably will
not carry to exceed $10,000,000.
Jap Mulct Rill Advanced.
Sacramento, Cal. (Special). One'
of the most dratjtic steps In the anti-
Japanese movement was taken by
the California legislature, when the
Assembly Judiciary committee re
ported favornh'v tha hill nn.nil..
Japanese owning realty In California.
neai estate men claim tnat numerous
titles would ho clouded by the bill
if it became a law.
; Drastic Pistol Law Valid.
Montgomery, Ala. (Special). Tho
Alabama Supreme Court held tho
pistol law to be valid. The law pro
vides that no one shall own or carry
a pistol cr gun less than 24 inches
in length: also that pistol supplies
for guns of less size cannot be sold.
: Jail For Ihikc'B CoiikIii.
Parkersburg. W. Va. (Special).
Sam Ferrozzl, who claims to bo a
cousin of the Duke of tho Abruzzl.
was sentenced to two months in Jail
and fined $100 In the Federal Court
here upon pleading guilty to a chares
of peddling liquor Illegally.
Puts Marines Ruck.
Washington, n P (Gnu,i.i
The House Committee on Naval Af
fairs reported the Naval Appropria
tion bill with a proviso directing the
President tr riutnvA tha ma l ,
- . . . - - . ...... v, v.,v . u 111,: IVS
duty on the vessels of the navy.
Abandon Buildings Bill.
Washington n C I9tiwI.ii
No new federal buildings will be au
thorized by Congress at this session.
This was decided at a meeting of
tbe House Committee on Publlo
Buuaing8 ana urouuas.
00,000 Died At Meosiua.
Messina (Special). An official
estimate ot the dead in Messina due
to tbe catastrophe of December 28,
made by Stuart K. Lupton, the Amer
ican Vice-Consul, on behalf of the
American embassy at Rome. Dlacea
the number at 90,000. Mr. Lupton
estimates also that there are still 10,
000 people in tbe city. The work of
getting information concerning in
dividuals who were in Messina at
tbe time of the earthquake is ex
tremely ainicuit, as there are un
doubtedly still tens of thousands un
der tbe ruins.
Officials of the American Sugar an
nounced at the annual,' meeting yes
terday that while tbe comnanv'a sur
plus was large enough to . pay a
larger aivldend they thought it ad
visable to keep on hand a plentiful
supply of ready funds. The total
number of stockholders of common
and preferred stock Is 18,720. and
their average holdings are 488 shares
each. Directors were re-elected.
''"Not going to leave the New Haven
A Hartford,'1 declared Vice-President
Stevens, In answer to a report that
ho was to become president of tho
Colorado ft Beuthera.