THE NEWS, Domestic Dr. D. L. Burlington, a prom1npn physician of Johnstown, Pa., was a rested at Sheflleld, Pa. Bufflngton la charged with embezzling funds ag gregating $2,000 belonging to Wood men of the World and Patriotic Sons of America at that place. When found he was working as a laborer In a lumber camp. Calling to bis sister to witness his action, Thomas J. McNerny, aged 28 years, of Oil City, Pa., held aloft a glass containing carbolic acid. Aa the girl appeared In a doorway, Mc Nerny exclaimed: "Hers she goes!" and drank the poison. He died la half an hour. The rule prohibiting the visiting of prisoners confined In the Mauea wan Stats Hospital on hoJidavs was suspended to permit Mrs. William Thaw to visit her son. Harry K. Thaw, it being tho occasion of his thirty-seventh birthday anniversary. The United States Circuit Court of Appeals of New York refused thel application of Charles W. Morse, the convicted banker, for bail, ponding an appeal of his case from the lower court. Mrs. Alice Roosevelt Longwortu, who Is to lay the cornerstone for a federal building at Grand Rapid. Mich., has been made a member of the Bricklayers' and Stonemasons' Union and was presented with a un ion card. As soon as the home-coming bat tleship fleet comes within speaking distance the officers of the ships will get an Invitation by wireless to at tend the banquet of the Navy League of the United States. The engagement of Sylvia Green, daughter of Hetty Croon, and Mat thew Astor Wllks, a grandson of William B. Astor, is reported. Mrs. Eva Cochran bequeathed $250,000 to employes of a carpet mill at Yonkers, N. Y., of which he was one of the owners. Oscar Mundhlnk, an artist, of Cin cinnati, went to a church In which had been placed a statue he created and wrecked it. Seven steamers responded to wire less calls to help the American bark entine Matanzas, leaking in a galo off Ha'teras. Mrs. Mary Farmer Is to be exe cuted nt Auburn prison the week of March 29 for the murder of Mrs. Sarah Brennan. United States Senator Isaac Steph enson, of Wisconsin, makes affidavit that his nomination cost him $107, 793.05. ; Eleven ships of the North German.' Lloyd and Hamburg-American lines are to be equipped with wireless. : Patrick J. Kiernan, former pres ident of the failed Fidelity Funding Company, declared before United States Commissioner Alexander that If he were permitted to take charge of the company's affairs the company would In six months pay Its creditors In full. A mob of a thousand men were, ready to burn a negro at the stake' when Sheriff John Logan held them at bay with a revolver, and saved the colored man. ' The barking of a collie dog awoke the proprietor of the Hotel Del Eu rope, In New York, and probably saved the lives of his guests. J Silas B. Butcher, president of the Hamilton Trust Company of Brook lyn, died at his home on New York Avenue, Brooklyn. i Mlsa Violet Brierly leaped from the sixth-story window of a business building In Denver. ' Cornelius Cummins choked him self to death at the State Hospital In Columbus, O. Foreign The Irish Land Owners' Conven tion In session In Dublin, attacked virulently Chief Secretary of Ireland Birrell's proposed land bill, and adopted a resolution demanding Its rejection by Parliament. Mexico will not ask Indemnity from Honduras for the recent as sault on the Mexican consulate at Amapala, ac-cordlng to La Presna,' the semi-official organ of the gov ernment of Honduras. ' i There has been a serious out break of Astatic cholera among the staff of St. George Hospital, an In stitution maintained by the Red Cross at St. Petersburg, Russia. General Sc-haffhausen has been re tired as minister of railroads in Rus sia, Hid M. RukhlofT, former vice minister of commerce, succeeds him. Turkey has notified Russia of lm acceptance, in principle of Russia's! latest financial proposal for a settle ment of the Turco-Bulganan dispute. Recent changes in the Turkish ministry are due to the discovery of ; a plot against the Sultan, having for its object his deposition. The arrest of an American at ' Georgetown, British Guiana, on the supposition that he is Raymon Car rlga Cuevaa, wanted by the Cuban government on serious chargei of embezzlement, has caused a sensa tion at Georgetown. 8 Charles Harding's conference with Chancellor Von Buelow In Ber lin on the policy of Germany and Great Britain has aroused curiosity among the German people. The work of Nelson Gay, of Bos ton, and Earl Dodge, secretary to Ambassador Grlse-om, Is proving suc cessful among the quake victims or Calabria. A decision involving the paying of $.1,000,000 damage wan made by the Privy Council of Great Britain against the Dominion Coal Company. England will start the construction of five battleships of the Dread nought type the coming year. The 125 miners imprisoned for three days In a mine at Yuzovka, Kussla, made their escape through an abandoned gallery. A company of the Cuban Rural Guard at Havana routined because of orders transferring them to the permanent army. For the murder of Oleeka Lulteck, a 17-year-old Galiclan, last Good Friday, Stefan Swyryda vm hanged at Brampton, Ont. t An anonymous writer Informed the Paris police that be saw Catulle Aruliam Mendes killed by a fellow traveler. The Irish National Convention In Dublin adopted a resolution urging that Irlbb be made a compulsory sub ject for matriculation u. the Nation al Fflvenilty. Orders have been given for tho establishment at Amoy of a branca of the American marine hospital. Burgeon A. U. Foster will be in charge. Ashutosr. Biswas, a public prose cutor, wis abet d'ad in the court t AllDur, a suburb of Culcutta, by a youth''il I engull. ' i The coi.'ract to supp.'y the British Arniv with crrnnd .eof has bwn ' TERRORIZED BY BOLD TRftlN ROBBERS Hold Up a Mail Train Just Outside of Denver, Col. SCARE THE CREW AND PASSENGERS. Flyer Held Vp In Outskirts Of Den ver, Colo. Engineer And Fireman Covered With Guns And Ordered To Slow Down The Mall Clerks Marched Out Of The Car A Fusil lade Of Bullets. Denver, Col. (Special). That the hold-up of the Denver and Rio Grande passenger and mail train I No. 4. near Denver, was the work I of three Instead of two robbers and ; th-t the looting of the mail car yield ed tho bandits poelbly $35,000, is Indicated by the Investigation of the police and railroad oftlclals. So far no tangible clue to the Identity or . whereabouts of the robbers has been : found, but it seoms probable that the men came to Denver and are now hiding in this city. Eighteen packages of registered ! mail were secured. These Included ; ilvo from Salt Lake City addressed to Oreely, Col.; Georgetown, Col.; Waco, Texas; White Wright, Texas, and Denver; one was sent from , Pueblo to Denver; one from Colo I rado Springs to Denver; one from I Taylor, Wash., to Steamboat Springs, ' Col.; one from Winftold, Wash., to Sterling, Col.; one from Leadville to Denver, and others from Glenwood Springs and additional Colorado towns. One of these packages Is said to have contained a large sum of money, but until a thorough checking up of tha missing packages Is possible the exact amount lost cannot be ascertained. The hold-up was remarkable for its daring. It was carried out with in eiRht miles of Denver, within less than two miles of Fort Logan, the United States military reservation, and at the spot, where habitations nre plentiful. Yet so thorough was the work of the bandits and so well were their plans laid that they had fully an hour and a half start of the officers. Search of the vicinity of the hold up Indicates that a third man, and possibly a fourth was engaged In the robbery, that a rubber-tired buggy was In waiting for the actual hold up and the torpedoes and red sig nal fires were used unsuccessfully In an attempt to stop the train be fore the revolvers of tho two men on the engine tender succeeded In doing this. Amid a fusillade of revolver shots from one of the robbers, while an other forced the mall clerk to open the door of his car. The second rob ber then cooly searched every piece of registered mall, threw the pack ages be desired into a sack and Jumped off. At the points of revol vers the engineer, fireman, baggage man and mall clerks were marched up the track, and then told to get back to their train. The robbers thereupon disappeared with their booty. Two VENEZUELA GIVES IN American Claims Settled and Three To Be Arbitrated. FOIND IT HARD TO DKOWX. Would-Be Suicide Swam Ashore Twice; Then Grablx-ri Hope. Chicago (Special). Three times Benjamin Martin, a farmer of Hope dale, 111., tried to drown, himself in the Chicago River. Twice he swam ashore. The third time he would have sunk had not a policeman thrown him a rope. When taken out he became uncon scious and was hurried to a hospital, where he rcovered. He said he fiad grown despondent because of the loss of $100,000 In land speculation In Nebraska two years ago, and because there is now a mortgage of $10,000 on his farm at Hopedale. WARNS AGAINST .NEW TRIAL. Judge Tolls Jones To Stick To Life Sentence. Union, S. C. (Special). W. T. Jones, who last Saturday was found guilty of the murder of his wife, with recommedation to mercy, has been refused a new trial by Judge Memmlnger. The Court sentenced Jones to life Imprisonment In the State Peniten tiary, telling him he would suggest his taking the term, for If tried again he believed it would mean his hang ing. Jones received the sentence with composure. He has been remanded to Jail. He will probably appeal to the Supreme Court. TO STOP KEXTl'CKY FEUDS. Croat Mating Will Start Campaign AguiiiHt Luw IcKfcllCBH. Jackson, Ky. (Special). A formal call has been Issued here for a great mass meeting of delegates from the 42 counties In Eastern Kentucky to gather there on Friday, April 30, and take action to ttop lawleasne.-s In the Eastern Kentucky mountains. Strong revolutions were adopted at a meeting In which each county was asked to appoint five delegates. The resolutions state that capital has been kept out of the mountains by reasonB of the feuds, moonshine dis tilling and other lawlessness, and that such offenses must stop. To Bar IliM-UMcd Nursery Stock. Washington, D. C. (Special). The House Committee on Agricul ture will report the bill of Repre sentative Scott, of Kansas, providing for Government Inspection of nursery stock at porta of entry. It author izes the Secretary of Agriculture to establish a quarantine against tbe Importation or transportation In In terstate commerce of diseased nur sery stock or stock Infei ed with in jurious Insects. Sea SwuIIowh Hn Harness. Redondo, Cal. (Special). The steel pier and COO feet of approach of the Starr Wave Motor Company disappeared in the waves in a storm. Tbe pier, according to tbe company, cost $100,000. $750,000 For Italian Orphuns. New York ( Special ). It is an Bounced that $!0,000 has been paid over to Queen Helena of Italy by tbe Christian Herald for relief work William I, Buchanan Succeeds In HI Mission N. Y. Asphalt Co. To Got Back Its Property. Washington, D. C. (Special). Special Commissioner William I. Buchanan telegraphed tbe State De partment that he has signed a pro tocol with the Venezuelan Govern ment for the settlement of the dls putes between that country and the United States. Mr. Buchanan's mission has occu pied a much longer time than was expected. What was thought would be a comparatively easy task proved to be a very perplexing one. The State Department officials, however, were patient, not desiring to have the impression crested In Venezuela that an attempt was being made to force the issue. Questions of pride and national honor have operated to delay the successful outcome of the negotiations. The advices from Mr. Buchanan indicates that these have been overcome and the prospects are for an end of the long-standing dif ferences between the two countries which led to the rupture of diplo matic relations last spring. Mr. Buchanan will probably come north on the cruiser Des Moines. MR. TIFT STANDS BY KNOX Urges Congress to Pass Bill Making Him Eligible. Matter Taken Out Of The Hands Of Tho Doubtful Judiciary Cora mittee To Bo Rushed Through. Washington, D. C. (Special). President-elect William H.- Taft's telegrams to Senator Hale, Speaker Cannon and Representative Payne urging that Congress remove from Senator Knox any constitutional dis ability it might believe to rest againft the service of the Senator as Secretary of State in the Taft Cabinet as a result of a change in emoluments of that office during his service In the Senate served to clear the atmosphere in Congress. Mr. Taft's telegram to Senator Hale was as follows: New Orleans, Feb. 11, 1909. Hon. Eugene Hale, United States Senate, Washington, D. C: I sincerely hope that Congress will pass a bill to remove any doubt of Knox's eligibility. I have no doubt that a bill to repeal the bill Increas ing the salary of the Secretary of State will effect this purpose, and I sincerely hope that It will pass. I should . regard the losg of Senator Knox from the first place In my Cab inet as a public misfortune. William H. Taft. SAYS SERUM CURES PARESIS. I'liyHlciun In Ohio State Hospital Claims Notable Discovery. Masstllon, Ohio (Special). In his address at tbe sixth councilor dis trict of the Union Medical Society at McKlnley Hall, Massillon State Hos pital, Dr. J. D. O'Brien exhibited four patlentj who are suffering from paresis and who have been treated with a recen'ly discovered serum. All are Inmates of the Massillon State Hospital. In the clinic, Dr. O'Brien told of tbe results of experiments made on patients by the use of the serum, which be had found beneficial, he cays. .He told of cases at the Massillon State Hospital, which, he said, bad been sent sway cured, but gave no names of patients. Tbe tojr Inmates exhibited were In different stages of paresis. It Is proposed to test Dr. O'Brien's methods of treatment on these four subjects. WELDING ALUMINUM, THEY SAY". Torch Of Acetylene And Oxygen Gives 0,300 Degrees. Cleveland (Special). A torch, operated by oxygen and acetylene, radiating a heat of 6,300 degrees, said to be tbe most terrific known to science, has been invented here. By means of this torch it is possi ble, it is declared, to weld aluminum, heretofore regarded as an Impossi bility. The torch makes a flame that will cut through two inches of solid steel in less than a minute, and pierce a twelve-Inch piece of the hardest steel in less than 10 minutes. It would take a saw almost 20 hours to do the work. TO CALL CITY UNITED STATES. Italian General Would Commemo rate Aid From America. Rome (Special). The American relief party which left Rome last week, including Nelson Gay Dodge and Captain Mola, has reached Palmi and Is doing good work. General Tardtti, the commander there, praised them for tbe way in which the expedition was fulfilling its charge, and he has had tbe happy Idea of giving the name United States to a new city which In time may rise and be a place of remembrance of tbe generous aid given to tbe pop ulace by America. May Send Warthip To Liberia. Washington, D. C. (Special).--The State Department is considering the question of dispatching an Amer ican war vessel to Liberia, wherj alarm Is felt for the safety of British and French citizens employed in the customs service of the republic. Al ready the British Government tans dispatched a war vessel to Monrovia and a company of soldiers. The pres ent situation, according to official ud vices, may result in a passing or Liberia's 40,000 miles of territory Into alien hands. 10 Years For Tat Collector. Pittsburg, Pa. (Special). Join T. Morgan, former tax collector uf Mr Rett's Rocks, a suburb of this city, who last week pleaded guilty iu charges of forgery and 10 different Indictments for embezzlement. wa sentenced by Judge John D. Sharer to serve 16 years in the Western Pen itentiary and pay a One of $20,000. Before being sentenced Morgan told the Court that be bad been robbed of $20,000 on a street In New York near the Ho market, but that he bad ' VKoj.y to tb THE ELECTORAL VOTE COUNTED BY CONGRESS Official Record of the Election of Mr. Taft A BIG CROWD WAS PRESENT. Impressive Ceremony While The Vote Of Tbe States Is Head In Joint Session Of The Houso And Senate, With Fairbanks Presiding. The Galleries Are Filled With Eager Spectators. Washington, D. C. (Special). With impressive ceremony the closing scene of the presidential election was enacted in the hall of the House of Representatives. In Joint session tbe members of the Senate and of the House of the National Congress met and counted the electoral votes for President and Vice President and declared the elec tion of 'William Howard Taft, of Ohio, and James Schoolcraft Sher man, of New York. After tellers, appointed by bot'a houses, and representing both politi cal parties, had carefully scrutinized the returns from the several states, Vice President Charles W. Fairbanks announced that out of the 483 votes in the electoral college 321 iad been cast for Taft for President, 321 for Sherman for Vice President, 162 for William J. Bryan for President and 162 for John W. Kern for Vice President. Incidentally, the fact was recalled that it was the largest vote ever cast for candidates for President in the history of the United States, the re cent admission of Oklahoma having added seven votes to the electoral college since this ceremony was per formed four years ago. The Joint session began at 1 o'clock In the presence of a notable assem blage. Admission to the galleries was only obtained by card, and these points of observation were crowded with the wives and friends of mem bers. Mrs. Sherman, accompanied by a large party of friends, including Mrs. Roosevelt and Mrs. Fairbanks and members of their families, were interested spectators, and the diplo matic gallery was well filled with the representatives of foreign govern ments eagerly watching the process of declaring the election of a Presi dent in the greatest republic on earth. From Speeches Made At The Lin. coin Day Celebrations. "As the years roll by, and as all of us, wherever we dwell, grow to feel an equal pride In the valor and self-devotion alike of the men who wore the blue and the men who wore tbe gray, so this whole nation will srrow to feel a peculiar sense of pride In the man whose blood was shed for the union of his people and for the free dom of a race; the lover of his country and of all mankind, the mightiest of the mighty men who mastered the mighty days, Abraham Lincoln." Theodore Roosevelt. "The eloquence of Demosthenes and Cicero were no more nec essary to their work, and Lin coln deserves to have bis name written on tbe scroll with theirs." W. J. Bryan. "In revering tbe name of Lin coln there Is now no North or South, nor East or West. There is but one heart In all and that heart the heart of patriotic America." Joseph W. Folk. "To Lincoln more than to any other man we owe, and shall for all time owe, the Joy, tbe power and tbe gift of grace of a mighty people Joined togeth er as they never were before under one flag and one cove nant of the law." Gov. Willson, of Kentucky. "America had a Washington when a Washington was needed and a Lincoln when a Lincoln could save them." M. Jules Jusserand. "It was Lincoln's dauntless cour age and bis clear thinking that fitted him to be the pilot who brought your ship through the wildest tempest that ever broke upon her." Ambassador James Bryce. "Lincoln was like some great In strument of humanity. Wher ever life touched him he spoke back Its meaning, gave forth fire to kindle its life." Woodrow Wilson. "Tbe South can and does without bitterness and in all sincerity - Join with all the people of this nation and all the people of all nations In paying tribute to Abraham Lincoln, the libera tor, the pacificator, the great American." Gen. Luke E. Wright. ROOSEVELT COMMISSION'S REPORT ON COUNTRY LIFE Washington, D. C. (Special). The report of the Country Life Com mission was transmitted by the President to Congress, accompanied by a special message In the course of which the President says: "At the outset I desire to point out that not a dollar of tbe public money has been paid to any commls sioner for bis work on the commis sion. "Judging by 30 public hearings, to which farmers and farmers' wives from 40 states and territories came, and from 120,000 answers to print ed questions sent out by the Depart ment of Agriculture, the commission finds that the general level of coun try life Is high compared with any preceding time, or with any other land. If it has in recent years slip ped down In some places, it has risen in more places. "There are three main directions in which farmers can help them selves; namely, better farming, bet ter business, and better living on the farm. The National Department of Agriculture, which has rendered services equaled by no other simi lar department in any other time or place; the state departments of ag riculture; the state colleges of agri culture and the mechanic arts, es pecially through their extension work; the state agricultural experi ment stations; tbe Farmer's Union; the Grange; the agricultural press, and other similar agencies, have all combined to place within the reach of the American farmer an amount and quality of agricultural informa tion which, if applied; would enable him, over large areas, to double the production of the farm. Not Belter Crops, But Better Life. "The object of the Commission on Country Life, therefore, is not to help (he farmer raise better crops, but to call his attention to the op portunities for better business and better living on the farm. Those IN THE WORLD OF FINANCE E. H. Harrlman made his debut a' a New York Central board meeting. A leading Philadelphia bank lias bought a big block of Kock Island bonds for Its own account. The $13,10,000 of Baltimore und Ohio, Lake Erie and West Virginia refunding 4 per cent, bonds, which have Just been sold, are a part of an authorized Issue of $75,000,000. H. A. Kuhn, of Pittsburg, has Is sued an Illustrated booklet entitled, "Substantial Prosperity," which deals especially with the coal resources ot western Pennsylvania. It contains many diagrams which are Interesting. Great Britain last year bought $1,000,000,000 of new securities, France $400,000,000 and tbe United State $1,400,000,000. So far this year France has led. having bought $a:.0,000,000 of Russian bonds In ano block. English bankers say that .e demand in London for now capi tal Is almost unprecedented. This has Its direct effect upon America, be cause It ha been tbougUt that the Pennsylvania and possibly some other railroads would sell bonds In Europe tnis year. At present, however, the bond market Is as good In the United States as It is in Loadon and Paris. Shareholders of the J. O. Brill "ompany reelected their Board of Directors and received the annual re port for 1908 from Pres'dent James I'awle. Gross business amounted to $3,845,173, compared with $9,211, 25 In 1907. and $.908,346 In 1906. The net nroflt for the year, after set ting aside $98,089 for depreciation, was $90,740, which compares with $1,368,849 earned in 1907. There was paid lu dividends, mostly out of surplus previously earned, amount ing to $420,600,-against $376,674 In 1907. The company still bss a sur- engaged In all other Industrial and commercial callings have found it necessary, under modern economic conditions, to organize themselves for mutual advantage. The farmers of every progressive European coun try have found in the co-operative system exactly the form of business combination they need. "It Is not within the sphere of any government to reorganize farm ers' business or reconstruct the so cial life of farming communities. It Is, however, quite within Its power to use its Influence and the machinery of publicity which it can control for calling public attention to the needs and facts. For example, it is the obvious duty of the government to fcall the attention of the farmers to tbe growing monopolization of water power, tbe farmers, above all, should have that power, on reasonable terms, for cheap transportation, for lighting their homes, and for innum erable, uses In the dally tasks on- the farm. "Tbe government through the De partment of Agriculture does not cultivate any man's farm for him. But it does put at his service use ful knowledge that he would not oth erwise get. In the same way tbe na tional and state governments might put Into the people's hands the new and right knowledge of school work. The task of maintaining and devel oping the schools would remain, as now, with the people themselves. "The only recommendation I sub mit Is that an appropriation of $25, 000 be provided, to enable the com mission io digest the material It has collected, and to collect, and to digest much more that Is within its reach, and thus complete its work. Tho commissioners have served without compensation, and I do not recom mend any appropriation for their services, but only for the expenses that will be required to finish tho task that they have begun." THREE BLOWN UP IN TUNNEL. Two Men Are Dead And The Third May Not Recover. Jersey City, N. J. (Special). Two men were killed and one was so badly injured that he may not re cover by an explosion in the McAdoo tunnel, along the Hudson River, here. The accident Is supposed to have been due to a premature blast. The three men were members of a gang engaged in building a spur to connect the two tunnels on this side of the Hudson River. Choked With Ills False Leg. Columbus. Ohio (Special). Using a strap attached to an artificial leg, Cornelius Cummins, of Collimbus, 48 yiars old, formerly a railroad engi neer, committed suicide in a room at the State Hospital, where be bad been a patient for a few months suf fering from melancholia. He had detached one end of the strap from an artificial leg he wore and leaving the other end attached to the leg, he had braced his foot against tbe wall of his room and choked himself to death. 40 Flee In Night Clothes. Denver, Col. (Special). Fire was discovered In the Narragansett Hotel, In North Denver, and 40 persons wre driven out into the cold in tbelr night clothes. Miss Minnie Schwartz was rescued while unconscious. Kiel. Man Kills Wife And Self. , Denver, Col. (Special). J. F. Mc Carthy, reputed to be wealthy, shot and killed his wife and tben com mitted suicide at his home, In, tbe fahlonabl Hilt section. The bodies were discovered Just before noon. FIVE FIREMEN DEAD IN RUINS AT MILWAUKEE Perhaps a Dozen Hurt When Wall of Flaming Warehouse Fair. TWO OF THEM EXPECTED JO DIF. Were Fighting Flames From Roof Of Structure Adjoining Building Afire When Wall Topples Over And Crashes Down On Men la borer Runs From Burning Build ing Saturated With Oil From Ex plosion, And A Living Torch. Died In Hospital. Milwaukee, Wis. (Special). Five firemen were killed and about a doz en Injured, two fatally, by the top pling over of a brick wall while they fought a blaze In the big plant of the H. W. Johns Manville Manufactur ing Company, 225 Clybourne Street. An employe of the concern- received burns In his attempt to escape from the burning building which resulted in his death at a hospital. The pe cuniary loss is estimated at $250,000, covered by insurance. Two companies of firemen ware stationed on a wall and roof of the W altham Piano Building, south of the H W. Johns Manville plant, when, without warning, tbe rear wall of the Johns-Manvllle concern bulged outward and crashed down. The fire men were caught under tho mass of brick and timber, which smashed through the roof of the piano ware house carrying the firemen to. the floor below. The dead are James O Gunning, assistant chief. N. J. Whaley, lieutenant Joseph Billnskl, pipeman. James Burke. John Kraft. Of the injured Otto Ninmer, a driver, and Jack McGee will probably The employe of the Johns-Manvllle Company who received burns from which he died at a hospital was Thomas Pitchs. The fire followed an explosion of oil on the second floor of the plant of H. T. Johns-Manvllle Company, which Is a maker of pipe and boiler covering. The stock of the Charles F. Netsow Company, manufacturers of pianos and organs, near the Johns Manvllle building, was damaged to the extent of $40,000. FINE MENU FOR PRESIDENT-ELECT TAFT New Orleans Does Herself Proud in the Cu inary Line. New Orleans (Special). President-elect Taft again voiced his en-, thusiasttc faith in the ultimate suc cessful construction of the Panama Canal In an address delivered at the dinner tendered him by citizens of New Orleans. He reiterated his approval, in ac cordance with the finding of the com mission of engineers who accompan ied him to the Isthmus, of the lock type of waterway. He was uproar iously aplauded by hts auditors when he expressed the hope that the canal may be completed within the four years of his administration, but pre dicted that in any event vessels would be passing through the chan nel by January 1, 1915. Mr. Taft has avoided any state ments which might appear as leveled in reply to utterances antagonistic Jo the present type of canal, with its systems of locks, ladders and dams, that have marked recent de bates upon the subject In the Sen ate. The problem of answering those statements 13 to be left, It Is understood, to the chief engineer io charge of canal construction. The banquet, at which 500 per sons were seated, formed the culml natlng event marking Judge Taft's visit in New Orleans. A feeling In vocation was offered by Cardinal Gib' bons, who is a guest of his brother. WASHINGTON BY TELEGRAPH REGGIO SHAKEN AGAIN. Walls Thrown Down And People Id A Panic. Regglo (Special). A violent, un dulatory, vertical earth shock wai reit here at 8.35 P. M. It lasted 10 seconds, threw down many damaged walls and caused a panic among th people, who fled from their huts ter-ror-strlcken. There were no fatali ties. The shock was felt throughout Calabria. Nelson Gay, of Boston, and Larl Dodge, secretary of Am. bassador Grlscom, who are engaged distributing American relief here, did their best to calm the alarmed populace. Two of the American claims against Venezuela have been settled and three are to be submitted to The Hague for arbitration. President Roosevelt returned to the White House from bis trip to Lincoln's birthplace. Chief Engineer Goethals says tho Panama Canal will be finished by January 1, 1915. W. A. Clark, a special agent of the Bureau of Manufactures and an expert in textiles, has been assigned to investigate market conditions in Latin American countries. The charges of corruption and iraud in connection with the Pana ma Canal purchase made by Repre sentative Rainey recently were re vived in the House of Representatives. That express companies cannot be compelled to perform C. O. D. serv ice for the liquor traffic was held by . the Interstate Commerce Com mission. The Committee on Postofflces and Post Roads of the Senate practically completed consideration of the Post- office Appropriation Bill. In a letter from Culebra to Maior J. B. Cummin, of Augusta, the Presl- aent-eiect praises the work on the 1'anama Canal. In his Invocation Chanlaln Cou- oen, or tho House of Representatives, paio. a iriDute to Abraham Lincoln. The Senate adopted a bill to reneal the provision raising tbe salary of me aecreiary or state In order to make, Senator Knox eligible to the premiership in President-elect Taft's camnet. Ferdinand C. Fox filed a comolalnt with the Department of Justice against the Confectioners' Associa tion of Baltimore, which he charges to ne an illegal combine. A Senate bill was passed by tbe House extending the time for the construction of tbe Lake Erie and Ohio River ship canal. Senator McLaurln, in a speech in the Senate, upheld the President In discharging the negro soldiers who "shot up" Brownsville. Labor leaders In conference with Secretary Straus blamed the lack of employment on the immigration laws. A review of the work of the Tte clamatlon Service was given to the House committee by Secretary Gar field. The House leaders have practically abandoned tbe effort to pass the Cen sus Bill over the President's veto. Tbe House passed the Agricultural Appropriation Bill as It was reported by tbe committee. Secretary Newberry discussed with a committee of workmen In tbe Phil adelphia Navy Yard hlB plan for the consolidation ot bureaus in tbe Navy Department. The establishment of a children's bureau in the Department of tbi Interior is provided for In a bill which the Houso committee will re r.oit favorably. The Postal Savings Bank bill was before the Senate during most of the session and Senator Heyburn, of Idaho, spoke in opposition to It. The Senate confirmed tbe nomina tion of John D. Pringle, to be ap praiser of merchandise at Pittsburg. Robert W. Breckons, United 6tatta attorney of the Ninth circuit of Hawaii, Is to send in his resigna tion to Attorney General Bonaparte. That an ad valorem duty on wooli would result in many ubuses was tre, claim made before the Houso Ways and Meuns Committee. Many prominent labor leaders par ticipated In a "council of labor" ix the Department of Commerce , and Labor. . The Senute Committee on For eign Relations did not take up the Canadian boundary water - ways treaty. '.'' The President signed the UrgeM Deficiency Bill aad the resolution ap propriating $1,000 for the expenses ot tbe lnaufufetioa ol President elect Taft. Volcanic Eruption Getting Serious. Tampico, Mex. (Special). The 40 acres or more which are already em braced in the surface of tbe Berllnd oil and water geyser at Dos Bocas, near the San Geronimo have been still further enlarged by a cave-in on its east side, which gives the volcano a connection with the water of Lake Tamlhau. The discharge of boiling water and oil was increased by the enlarged opening. An enor mous amount of pumice stone is be ing emitted from the crater and It Is claimed by scientists that these scenes are the forerunner of an eruption of lava. Beaten And Choked. Washington, D. C. (Special). Mrs. Eolla Buckley was choked with a towel and beaten until she was unconscious by a burglar at her home here. After committing the assault her assailant ransacked the drawers of a buffet and stole a pock etbook containing $11. Mrs. Buck ley received such Bevere treatment tl.at she has since been confined to a couch in her home. 20,0(10 Wild Elk Starving. Cheyenne, Wyo. (Special). Mem bers of the Legislature have received word that 20,000 wild elk are starv ing In Jackcon County. The deop snow, covered with a hard crttBt, pre vents the elk from getting the grass beneath, and in their search for food they are breaking Into the haystack' of farmers. Many farmers are said to be on guard day and night. The Legislature will mako some provis ion for feeding the elk. Cow Died Of Itnbipn. Washington, D. C. (Special). The death of a cow In the District from rabies and the exposure to in fection of two men employed around tbe stable has been reported to the hea'th office. Steps have, been taKec to prevent spread of the Infection In the opinion of health officials, the cow was probably bitten by a rabid dog some time last summer or fall Big Icicle BiMlly Injures Two. Youngstown, Ohio (Special). At Icicle weighing between 200 and 30C pounds, which fell from the roof ol the Haseltou furnace, struck Ray mond Reagan, aged 17 years, and Patrick Mct:an, a furnnco employe Reagan Is thought to bo fatally in jured his skull being fracturbd. Mo Can was hurt about tho back and shoulders. Both were taken to the hospital. e tt al I ae pil tic PI Th l r- bet an hei mo lag ope coa hal Cue van roo: drej hah elod mot the oth awa In I brill grea art I' A ItuHsluu Horror. Yuzovka, Russia (Special). As explosion occurred in the Catherine Mine here and it was followed quickly by fire. One hundred anduUn twenty-five minors are imprisoned iBs-of n the mine. An engineer and three.,,''. workmen who attempted to rescue!. :. 1 the victims, have been killed. iius. , UuOy uemuj. nionienegro (special). State Twelvo Austro-Hungarian warshlpi : Lady have arrived at Splzza Bay, close Iti wife the Montenegrin frontier, and cruist-r In patrolling tho coast. Aus-f tw., trlan infantry with machine gum, rv tween Herzegovina and Montenegro.?'1 1 A British rellsrlous oreanlzntlnn Is Van 1 trying to transplant a race by en-Jr.ensi phi if w lei Bb h V w cc rn The lei tes, h 19 tlu BSC I CO ouraging me emigration or toe; j -.apps from Lapland, where they are! , in danger of extinction, to Labrador j, anu new rvuuuiaou. -- Flake graphite valued at 1171.149 amorpbusj graphlta valued at $125,-' $481.23, were produced in tbe Units ed States in 1907, while an even' greater amount was Imported to meet I the demand. 'J , k Nw Meslco produced nearly 3-V 000,000, tons of coal last year. w)U, a full quota ot miners for the fir'., time In several years. 2 Net more than one-auarter of tJj sugar consumed in tbe United State is proluosa wunm us borders.
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