THE NEWS. Domestic Lawyers for Col. Duncan B. Cooper let up the defenpo that Cooper was Justified In believing Senator Car mack would assault him, as Cooper had heard Carmack was In an "ugly mood." The mysterious woman who Went to see the body of Lieutenant Moller, U the New York Morgue, attended his funeral, but efforts to discover her Identity were fruitless. Mrs. Minnie Beekman and her four children were burned to death In her house, near Ilakersfleld, Cal. It la believed that they were murdered. W. Dayton Phillips, an nristocrat 1c young clubman of Philadelphia, uid Miss Eliznlth Frances Breenan, an artist's model, were married In New York. Lady Cook says probably the suf fragettes If granted the ballot, may not vote through Inability to And a man candidate worthy their confi dence. The application of George If. Bchuler, a minority stockholder of the Southern Steel Company for a preliminary Injunction to restrain James T. Woodward, president of the Hanover National Bank, and oth ers of the reorganization committee from carrying out a plan of reor ganization on the ground of irregu larity, was denied by Judge Noyes, of the I'nited States Circuit Court of New York. A unique banquet, at which David Belnsco. the New York playwright and dramatist, was the guest of hon or, was given at San Francisco at '. the Lincoln Grammar School. Chief of Police Hrlggs, of South Omaha, announces that he has given the names of 1!0 members of Sun day's anti-Greek rioters to the coun ty attorney. The Mount Lowe Solar Observa tory Glass WorkR, In Goblan, France, will make another cast of the 100 Inch disk for the Hooker telescope. Embezzlement and obtaining mon- 1 ey by means of false pretenses are the new charges placed against Con gressman J. F. Lauing at Norwalk, O. Frederick Lewisohn was elected ; president of the Tennessee Copper Company at a meeting of the com- : pany's directors held in Jersey City. , The directors of the Laclede Gas j Company, New York, declared a quarterly dividend of 1 per cent, j on the company's common stock. The Jury In the case of R. K. Broadnax. who shot and killed Sheriff W. E. Hayncs at Hainesvllle. i Ala., gave a verdict of not guilty. The mining engineers who have been holding their ninety-sixth meet- I ing at Sheffield Scientific School at Yale concluded their seKBlon. It Is announced here that soon j after his Inauguration President i Taft -TV-111 visit the ranch of Charles P. Taft, near San Antonio. The bill for '.he choice of United States Senators by the Oregon plan i of direct elections passed the Nehras- t ka Senate. South Chicago baa launched it- j self on a cruade for the protection i of Its children. Fire burned several residences and business houses at Westfield, N. Y. i The government rested Its case In the suit against the American Sugar Refining Company for alleged false weighing of sugar, and has I also reduced the total penalties ask- ed for from $2.10,000 to 1.)0.000. Attorneys for the state questioned ' Col. Duncan B. Cooper, one of the 1 trio accused of the murder of former I Senator Carmack, about his disposi tion of state nnd court funds. 1 Cerl Flsclicr-IIansen, the New York lawyer and society man, ac cused of bribing a witness, entered a pica of guilty and was sentenced ' to 12 months in 'he penitentiary. j A Joint resolu'lon was Introduced ! In the General Assembly of penn- I sylvanla to permit the state to bor- , row 150,000,000 for good roads. ! Former Governor George C. Par- j dee, of California, floored B. B. Jones i with his fist when Jones called the j ex-Governor a liar. ! Foreign The Austro - Hungarian - Turkish protocol for settlement of the. differ ences arising out of the annexation of the provlnres of Bosnia ami Her zegovinia, was signed, providing for payment by Austria-Hungary of $10, 800,000 indemnity to Turkey. The French parliamentary arbitra tion group is seeking to arouse pub lic opinion to compel the powers to offer mediation should a conflict in the Balkans seem unevltable. A man. supposed to have been the ono who has attacked 30 women on the streets of Berlin and cut or stab bed most of them in the abdomen, bas been captured. A number of Americans were pre sented at the flr.st court of the sea Bun held by King Edward and Queen Alexandra, at Buckingham Palace, London. Henry Vlgnaud, flrt secretary of the American Embury In London, who ret In at the age of 79, In a letter of thanks to Levi P. Morton, Andrew Carnegto ;4nd J. P. Morgan, who, with others, subscribed $-0.-000 for his support, refers to the fact that the American government Is the only ono that do&j uot provide for those In Its svrvlce who are un able by advanced age to continue work. The United States authorities are closely watching the situation at Harbin. Manchuria, where the dif ferences between the Russia and Chlnejso municipal administrations are becoming more scute. Prince Chun, Regent of China, ha nt a lotter to President-elect Taft In which he declares China contem plates no change In her reform move ment or In lifer treatnieut of foreign ers. President Reyes, of Columbia, has approved the tripartite agreement of tho United States. Colombia and Pan ama to settle difference. silting out of the Independence of Panama. Crown Prince Frederick William on tho advice of bis father, the Em- 'peror, bas abandoned hln proposed visit to New York to tsko part In the yacht races. Woman suffragists arrested In Lon don while attempting to reach Pre- ' niter Asq ilth with a petition were sentenced to short terms of imprison ment. The French government's project to pension employea of the state ratl ' road has been completed and was pre. cnted to parliamentary oonrmls elon. Tbeie Is a talk of reviving the wopcs.il f it a conference of the European powers to tal e step to provent 'h. Balkan erlMs resulting In war. M'sa 1'srle E. Fli swam for mmam i -n at !nnc Beach, Cal. THE ROMANCE OF A COUNTERFEITER Goes Back to Prison to Win An Heiress. HE HAS SERVED TWO TERMS. Confessed To Her That He Hail Ks. raped From Prison Twenty-live Years Ago, Ami Upon Her From le To Wall For Him, Surrenders To Authorities To Serve Out The Balance Of Ills Term Girl Will Inherit $ 1 ,0()(l,O00 Kstute. Leavenworth, Kan. (Special). In prison at Hiintsville, Texas, under the name of Charles L. Tompkins, is a man who has surrendered him self for love of a woman, who is heiress to a rich estate. He appeared before the warden and stated that he had escaped 23 years before, having still a year to serve. The prison records showed that Charles L. Tompkins has been sent to prison from Bastrop County at the time mentioned, and that the man had escaped before he had com pleted his sentence. The warden ordered his visitor to be shaved and put in stripes and he was assigned to a cell. An easy berth was made for him. He was assigned to clerical work, for which ho was well qualified. It Is doubtful If the maid Is fully aware of ber lover's entire history, for during the 2.'. years he had been outside of the Texas prison he had served two terms in the federal pris on at Fort Leavenworth, each time having been sent up for counterfeit ing, but under a different name. It is said that his decision to sur render to the Texas authorities was brought about by his love for Miss Catherine Cartwright, the beautiful heiress to a million dollar estate in Pecos County, Texas. Fearing that he might be recognized and torn from her arms, should he marry her, he decided to confess to her that he was an escaped convict, having been sent to prison for forgery of a check which, he said, had been done while he was under the influence of drink. It is said that Miss Cartwright, after hearing bis confession, told him to give himself up, serve the remainder of his term and promised him that she would be waiting for him on his release. The entire story of the 25 years between his escape and return to the Texas prison Is, probably, known only to himself, bin the records at Uncle Sam's penal institution at Fort Leavenworth show that he was re ceived there May 26, 1896, to serve two years for the crime of counter feiting having been sentenced under the name of J. C. McKibben, alias Will Scott, in the United States Court, at Waco, Tex., sentence hav ing been passed on May 14. 1896. He was released on January 13, 1898. On October 4, 1899, he was sen tenced in the United States Court at El Paso, Tex., to five years in the federal prison at Fort Leaven worth, for counterfeiting, and was received at the penitentiary on Octo ber 26, of the same year, and he served until December 3, 1903, when he was released. During his term at Fort Leaven worth he made an effort to escape, but did not succeed. However, he started a counterfeiting plant in the prison, and had suceeedel in making a fair imitation of greenbacks be fore his rascality was discovered. While In the prison he was employed in the photographer's gallery anj, having succeeded In getting hold of a good bill, made a photograph of It, and started to print the bills. The necessary supplies for doing the work were procured through the assistance of the driver of the wagon which delivered groceries to the prl--on from the city. The driver of the wagon, a man named Welsh, when called upon, ad mitted having procured various sup plies and paper for McKibben, but stated that he was not aware that he was aiding a counterfeiter and thought that he was doing no harm. As the driver could not be Implicated in having assisted in the making of the spurious money, or In passing any of it. he was allowed to go free, and his whereabouts at this time is unknown. Ml'HDKRKD FOK THKIR PAY. Two Men Supposed To Be Miners, Found Bead. Pittsburg (Special). The bodies of two men were found at Gratztown, Westmoreland County, near here, apparently both mudered and rob bed. Two empty pay envelopes were found beside the bodies. The men were believed to have been employ ed at one of the mines In the vi cinity and it Is thought were attack ed while going home. At noon a deputy coroner complet ed his Investlation and stated that It was a case of double murder. He also said that a young man of Gratz town had been arrested In connec tion with the casa and will be held pending an inquest. CYratea New Office. Washington, D. C. (Special). A new oftlce, that of general Inspector of navy yeards. has been created by Secretary Newberry, and Rear Ad miral Caspar F. Goodrich, command ant of the New York Navy Yard, has been assigned to perform the duties. To Investigate Secret Service. Washington, D. C. (Special). Claiming that other measures for protecting the person of the Presi dent should be provided, if the state ments regarding the Secret Service of the Treasury Department made on the floor of the House are true, Rep resentative Itennet, New York, in a resolution Introduced seeks to have a special committee of five appoint ed to Investigate the personnel of the Secret Service. Prison For Former Sfute Treasurer. Jackson, Ky. 8pecial). Walter R. Day, formerly State Teasurer un der (iovernor Taylor, was sentenced to one year In the penitentiary here on charge of forging the name of bis uncle, Floyd Day, to a note for 14,000. Day will appeal. 'i 11 1 Another County Vote "Dry." Rusbville, Ind. (Special). Rush County voted "dry" hy a majority of 2,009. Sixteen saloons are affect ed. Twenty-sis counties of the State have held option elections so -, r' -, - t- - TAFT CABINET COMPLETE. The Taft Cabinet, as now com pleted: Secretary of State Philander C. Knox, of Pennsylvania. Secretary of the Treasury Franklin MacVelgh, of Illi nois. Secretary of War Jacob M. Dickinson, of Tennessee. Attorney General George W Wlckersham, of New York. Postmaster General Frank H. Hitchcock, of Massachusetts. Secretary of the Navy George Von L. Meyer, of Massachu setts. Secretary of the Interior Rlch- ard A. Balllnger, of Washing ton. Secretary of Agriculture James Wilson, of Iowa. Secretary of Commerce and La- 1 bor Charles Nagel, of Mis- Bouri. 1 I ALL IX HOUSE KILLED. Mother And Four Children Die In Fire Murder Is Likely. Bakersfield, Cal. (Special). Mrs. Minnie Beekman, widow of W. M. Beekmnn, who was a prominent resi dent of Kern County, and her four children were burned to death In their home, four miles south of Bak ersfield. The police say they were murdered and that the house was fired. The children were Verna, Ray mond, Annie and Arthur, and were from 6 to 14 years of age. Their charred bodies were found in bed. The half-consumed mattress on which Mrs. Beekman had slept was covered with what appears to be bloodstains. It was sent to a chem ist for analysis. Mrs. Beekman's husband died a year ago. He had two children by a former wife. To these he left $100 each and bequeathed the re mainder of Ills $75,000 estate to his widow and her four children. DRUNKARDS MAY NOT WED. And Proposed Law Rules That Twice A Year Proves Habit. Springfield, 111. (Special). Young men who frequent saloons will not be permitted to enter into matrimon ial relations In Illinois If a bill In troduced in the House be enacted into law, and it probably will pass. The bill was introduced by Rep resentative Groves and amends the marriage laws of the State by declar ing an habitual drunkard incapable of contracting marriage and defining an "habitual drunkard" to be a per son who becomes intoxicated twice in a year. The bill provides also that applicants for marriage licenses shall make affidavit that they have not been intoxicated twice in the pre ceding year. BRYAN TO BUILD IN TEXAS. He Plans To Retire For A Year And Write A Novel And A Play. Mission, Texas (Special) William Jennings Bryan, who recently pur chased a tract of land near here. Is arranging to build a magnificent home thereon. He has written to John J. Conway, of Mission, from whom he bought the land, that be will retire from the lecture platform for a year and spend that period upon his farm here writing a novel. He will also dramatize the novel and put It on the stage. Mr. Bryan, he says, will probably be in the cast of the proposed play. QUITE A BIG TOWS NOW. The Lsti mated Population Of New York Is Now 4,42'2,Hff. New York (Special). The esti mated population of the city of New York is ' 4,422,685, according to Health Commissioner Thomas Dar lington's annual report. The in crease in 1908 aggregated 137,250 persons. The total number of deaths In 1908 was 73,072. There were 4,140 more births reported In 1908 than the year before, but there was a de crease of 13,596 in the number of marriages. MOVIXG PICTURES GIVE CLUE. Mrs. Hannah Mendelsohn Discovers Her Longlost Son. Lafayette, Ind. (Special). While attending a moving-picture show, where scenes from a Florida OBtrlch farm were being presented, Mrs. Han nah Mendelsohn recognized her son in the pictures. She had not heard 'from him in seven years. She telegraphed him and received a reply saying that he was at the ostrich farm and was employed as its manager. Kx-uovernor Uses His Fists. . Oakland, Cal. (Special). Stung by the epithet "liur" applied to him by B. B. Jones, of this city, during a meeting of the Merchants' Ex change ex-Gov. George C. Pardee floored the former with a blow which landed flush en bis chin. Before hostilities could be resumed Jones was taken away by a patrolman. The meeting was .called to discuss the proposed amendments to the city charter, and the memorandum agr';--ment with the Southern Pacific Com pany. After Pardee had finished a speech, he and Jones Indulged In a discussion which terminated in blows. Burglars Shot By Watchman. Cincinnati, Ohio I Special). Two burglars discovered rifling the safe of the John Mueller ' Llrorlcs Com pany were shot by Night Watchman John Dusser. One of the robbers died on the way to the hospital and the other la not expected to sur vive. The dead man was later Iden tified as Louis Rodamer. Ills moth er lives In this city. At one time he served as a soldier In the Philip pines. The other man gave his name as John Feyn, of this cKy. Faces Universal Thirst. Guthrie, Okla. (Special). The Senate passed bill doing away with the State dispensary system. This Is regardi d as foreshadowing simi lar action In the House. The Demo crat are for the bill and the Re publicans are against It. Big Fire In Jacksonville. Jacksonville. Fla. (Special). The three-dtoiy lirli k building on the south side of Fwsytbe Street, In the heart of tho business district, was destroyed hy lire, entailing a loss wt'msted at $30n,00 EX-BALLPLAYER BILLY SUNDAY HORSEWHIPPED The Evangelist Attacked By a Religious Fanatic. MAN WAS ONCE DECLARED INSANE. The Attack Takes Place At Spring field, III.. In The Presence of 8,000 Persons And A Panic Ensues Sunday Grapples With The Mad dened Man And A I.ough-And Tumble Fight Follows. Springfield, 111. (Special). Rev William A. Sunday, better known as Billy Sunday, a former baseball player, who is now an evangelist, was horsewhipped by a religious fa natic at the Sunday Tabernacle, where In the presence of 8,000 per sons he was conducting the opening meeting of a religious revival meet ing. The evangelist, after making his opening remarks, was leaning against the pulpit on an elevated platform while a hymn was sung by Fisher and Butler, his choir leaders, and Miss Edith Anderson, a soprano, of Springfield when a powerful man, who later said his name was Sher man Potts, sprang forward with a buggy whip and struck Mr. Sunday several terrific blows. Sunday leaped from the platform and dashed his assailant to the floor In the centre aisle. The audience was on the verge of a panic, with women weeping and children scream ing, while Potts and Sunday rolled and tumbled In the aisle. Mr. Fischer directed the choir and the audience to sing, and In a few moments the entire audience was calmned, few leaving their seats. Several men soon seized Potts and they held him until policemen came and took him to jail. Mr. Sunday said he suffered sev eral painful bruises from the buggy whip. The prisoner said that his home was near Lovlngton, 111. According to the horsewhipper s statement at the Jail, be waa once declared Insane and committed to the Jacksonville asylum, whence af ter a brief confinement he was re leased as cured He said he came to Springfield from Decatur to horse whip Sunday; that he purchased a whip in Springfield and went to the tabernacle early. He made the attack, he said, in defense of the virtue of women, which be declared had been criticised by the evangelist. The police say that Potts is a religious fanatic. MANY KILLED BY TORNADO. Property Damage Of Thousands Of Dollars In Arkansas. Little Rock, Ark. (Special). Thirteen persons were killed, sev eral seriously injured and property valued at many thousands of dol lars was destroyed by a tornado which, originating in Lonoke Coun ty, in Eastern Arkansas, moved northeast through Lonoke, Prairie, Woodruff and Polnsette Counties. At Fisher, a town of 400 inhabi tants, only two buildings remain standing. A Battle With Gipsies. Culiacan, Mexico (Special). Two women and three men were killed and another woman wounded in a fight between mountaineers and a band of gipsies on the road to Mazatlan. News of the fight has Just reached here. The mountaineers de manded that the gipsy women attend a dance and when they refused open fire. Two of the women fell dead and another badly wounded. The mountaineers fled, but were pur sued by the gipsy men, who suc ceeding in killing three of them. Rebate Act Wins. Washington, D. C. (Special). In the famous sugar rebate case the Supreme Court of the United States decided against the New York Cen tral and Hudson River Railroad Com pany and held the rebate provisions of the Elkins Act constitutional. The New York Central was fined $18,- 000 and its tramc manager, Fred L. Pomeroy, $6,000 under the Elkins Act for granting rebates to the Sugar Trust on shipments of sugar In 1902 from New York City to Cleveland and In 1904 to Detroit. Red Buttons For Topers. Milwaukee, Wis. (Spec'al). A bill introduced In the Legislature, re quires every toper to wear a red button, and none can sell him liquor. IN THE WORLD OF FINANCE Belmont's shaft is ti be put down 1,500 feet, making It ti e deepest 0;ie In the Tonopah district. A tunnel three miles long will be driven at Georgetown, Col., to drain a number of mining properties there. Samuel Bell has been elected a director of Tonopah. February output of the various Goldfle'd mills will approximate $850,000. The tonnsga treated now range from 5,000 to 6,01-j tons a week . The price of lead was marked down 10 points and It is now an even 4 cents a pound. George Westlnghouse bas gone to Europe. J. Ogden Armour and H. H. Darl ington retired as directors of the Central Leather Company. The Ophlr mine, of the Countock group. Is now producing oie that averages $31 a ton. It's weekly out put is about $10,000, which Is not so bad for an old tinier with half a century of history. Deposits of all national bunks, trust . companies snl savings bankf in Philadelphia are now about $1U0, 000,000 greater than they were one year ago, the total at prettnt being $644,000,000. According to the Mining World, the beginning of 1909 . witnessed a marked Improvement in the earnings of American mines and worki, for 23 of these declared dividends In Jan uary of $7,696,667 as against 22 In the same period of 190J, paying out a total of $4,797,403. These 32 companies paying dividends during the past month have a totsl Issued capitalization of $287,549,043, and have to their dividend credit since organisation, $215,268,5(4, making a return so far this year equivalent to approximately I per cent., and since organisation. 7$ per cent. PRESIDENT MAY RECEIVE $75,000 SALARY House Slashes Bill Passed By the Senate. Washington, D. ' C. (Special). In a lively debate In the House on the conference report on the Legis lative, Exeoutive and Judicial Ap- proplatlon Bill Messrs. Underwood, of Alabama, and Clark, of Missouri, criticized the Senate Increases in ap propriations, especially in reference to salaries. Messrs. Bingham, of rennsyivania; Ulllett, of Massachu setts, and Livingston, of Georgia, the House conferees, strenuously lo. fended their report, which In so far as mere was no disagreement, was adopted. When the discussion turned on the Increase In the salaries of the president, vice president, speaker of me House and Judges, about which the conferees could not aaree. Mr. Clark renewed his criticisms, declar ing that, instead of $50,000, the president actually receives $291,000 per annum. The vote on each Increase was tak en separately. By 677 to 102 the House refused to accent the Senate amendment increasing the speaker's salary. t A vote on the president's salary increase resulted: Yeas, 141; nays, 168, which had the effect of react ing the Senate amendment. t Before the announcement was made' Sneak er cannon directed that bis name be recorded In the affirmative. An unusual scene followed. Mem bers were on their feet in a general scramble for recognition for motions of one sort or another. The Speaker, unruffled by his beseigers, held that a motion by Mr. Watson, of Indiana, to recede from the amendment and amend it so as to make the salary $75,000 was preferential. Mr. Wat son sought to shut off debate by moving the previous question, and on that proposition the roll again was called. The previous Question was order ed, and on the vote being taken on the adoption of the amendment it was carried, 165 to 149, amid Re publican applause. The amendment will make the president's salary equivalent to the present salary, nlus the $25,000 appropriation heretofore allowed him for traveling expenses, the latter appropriation being strick en out. A long debate was perclpitated by Mr . Bingham offering an amend ment to the amendment of the Sen ate designating the proposed new official of the State Department as "vice secretary Instead of "under secretary, and reducing the salary from $10,000 to $7,500. Strenuous objection and ridicule even came from all sides to both the titles. Mr. Fitzgerald, of New York, In defining the word "under," said It meant, among other things, the under dog or goat, and in inter national usage the nation that had been defeated In an International settlement. The charge having been made In several quarters that the United States was trying to "ape" foreign powers, Mr. Denby, of Michigan, dis claimed such a suggestion. The idea, he Bald, waa to make the State Department conform to the diplomat ic usage of all the world. ONE CENT TO CARRY MAILS. Xew Yorker Gives Government An Advantageous Itatc. Middletown, N. Y. (Special). Undo Sam will pay William Deck er, of Delhi, Delaware County, 1 cent for carrying the mails between that place and Bloomvllle, eight miles, twice a day for the next four years. Li previous years the Government has paid big sums for the work, but Decker now conducts a large passen ger and express business between the two points and would sooner carry the mall for 1 cent than have another person take the route In competition for the passenger and express trade. GOES CRAZY OYER STEAK. Craving For Beef Send Michigander To Insane Retreat. Marshall, Mich. (Special). Un able to satisfy an insane craving for beefsteak, which he Imagined would be beneficial in athletic training, J. D. Wight Gorbam, one of Marshall's wealthiest men, has been committed to the State Insane Asylum on an emergency call. Two weeks ago Gorham developed the craving, claiming be was In train ing for a race, and devoured from eight to ten pounds a day and de manded more. He seeniB perfectly sane on other subjects. Ten years ago Gorham was stroko oar of Harvard University crew, and has been prominent In athletics for years. Pass An Antlnlicn Bill. Carson, Nev. (Special). The Ne vada Senate passed an'antiallen bill, which had already been adopted by the Assembly. It Is in the form of a Joint concurrent resolution pro viding that all aliens nnd foreigners Fhall bo excluded from federal and state grazing lands. Wages To Be Advanced. C'aremont, N. H. (Special). The f,00 employees of the Monadnocl; Cctton Mills here have been notified that their wages will be advanced 10 per cent, on April 5. Putent Treaty Is Signed. Washington, D. C. (Special). The patent treaty between the Uni ted States and Germany was signed by Secretary of State Bacon and the German ambassador, Count von Bernsdorff. The treaty provides for mutual concessions in the granting of patents, and, it is understood, eliminates. tho clause Ip the German regulatloat necessitating the manu facture ot the article upon which the natent Is1 granted In the German kingdom within a specified time. Loaded With Death. Bluefieldt, W. Va. (Special). The mall car on Norfolk and Western train No. 16, eastbound, Columbus and Norfolk, while running at 40 miles an hour by Roderfleld, W. Va., snatcbed a mall pouch from 4 station crane, and on opening It In tbe car the five clerks were astound ed to And that an unaddressed pack age In tbe pouch contained 1,000 nitroglycerin capi. The train car ried more tban one hundred 'passengers. CANCER NOW YIELOS TO HABIO-IHOR CURE Chicago Physicians Make a Remark able Discovery. APPEARS LIKE FUSED METAL The New Substance Found In Largo Quantities And Is Comparatively Cheap Produces Violet Rays And Affects Only Diseased Tissue Basis Of It Is Pitch Blende Cures Nervous Disease. Chicago (Special). At tb. session of the Southern Homeopathic Medi cal Association, at New Orleans, Dr. E. Sllllman Bailey, of this city, went Into details In explaining his dis covery of a substance which he calls "radio thor." ' ' Bailey said he was recently re quested by tbe Chlci.go Board of Trade to make an analysis of a pitch blend obtained in Colorado. He said he found that this blend contained an element possessing many of the qualities of radium and that when this element was applied to the backs of patients suffering; from locomotor ataxia and similar diseases it effected quick cures. He said he was not alone in his experiments, for a chem ist attached to the Smithsonian In stitution at Washington bad analyzed the pitch blend and found that it contained 10 or IS more or less rare CZAR NICHOLAS DEFIES THE ASSASSIN! He Rides Without An Escirt In St. Petersburg. St. Petersburg (Special). Em-' peror Nicholas came into St. Peters-! burg from Tsarskoe-Selo and called1 upon King Ferdinand of Bulgaria at the Winter Palace. It Is declared that the meeting between tbe two monarchg was cordial. The Czar drove again through St. Petersburg without an escort. Fair sized (crowds assembled and saluted him respectfully as he went by. but there was no cheering. The absence of precaution-for the safety of the Czar was in striking contrast to the measures taken to protect a ship ment of currency from the State Bank which made Its way through the same streets a few minutes later. The money was heavily guarded by a detachment of cavalrymen, who rode with their carbines and sabres ready for Instant use. Emperor Ferdinand will prolong his stay in St. Petersburg until the end of the week. Before leaving he will place a wreath on Grand Duke Vladimir's tomb. Although the non polltlcal character of the visit has been Insisted upon, excellent political results have bean accomplished, and there Is not the slightest doubt of the de facto recognition of Ferdinand as King and Bulgarian independence by Russia. It is believed that Turkey will follow Russia's example witblp I a few days. Emperor Nicholas and Ftnperoi elements. Ho than Hioir tt.j ., I cuiicmi .Mcuuias ana r mperui .dJ!tr-,b-Uied monB th Ferdinand spent four hours together he "radio , thm Tho on nt Tsarskoe Selo, and the Russian "Nreturn to St. Petersburg. The meet ing of the two sovereigns at the Win ter Palace occupied about an hour gave out a phosphorous-like glow Dr. F. H. Blackmar, of Hahneman Medical College, told further details of the discovery of "radio thor." Dr. Blackmar was associated with Dr. Bailey In making experiments. One of our most curious experi ments with tbe new substance," said Dr. Blackmar, "was the taking of a photograph through a stove lid on which some radio thor had been spread. Thw powerful rays of this element enabled the light to pass through the Iron plate, thus permit ting a photograph of a -number of pennies and other articles on the other side. "Its baslto Is pitch blend, but with this element are mingled others whose names I do not care to dis close at this time. Some of them are so rave that we keep them in a safety deposit vault. The new ele ment, while far from being Inex- spensive, will be within the reach of everybody who needs It for treat ment. - Its action is quite as efficaci ous as that of radium. There is not enough radium in the whole world to treat all the people who need its curative properties. "The therapeutic value of our radio-tbor or tho-radio-x, bas been established beyond question in the 14 months that we have been using it for the treatment of disease. It has never failed to give relief and in many cases it has cured. Some of the diseases on which it acts suc cessfully are cancer, tuberculosis of the skin, ulcers, birthmarks and nervous affections. Its rays are as effective as those of radium, although It does not act so quickly. Its mod erate action keeps It from being harmfully caustic, as radium is like ly to be when in the hands of un skilled persons.' It has the same selective power as radium that is, it seems to act only on tissues which are diseased, having no effect on healthy tissue. This power, which has been well described by Sir Fred erick Treves in a recent article, no body Is able to explain. Pitch Blend In Abundance. Denver, Col. (Special). Pitch blend, from which radio-thor is made, is found in several sections of Colorado In considerable quanti ties. It is an ore that is mined the same as other minerals. Boulder County, in the northeastern portion of the State, and Montezuma County, In the southwestern part, have mines producing pitch blend that have been working for several years. The min eral Is n yellowish substance that greatly resembles sulphur In appear ance when ground up. WASHINGTON BY TELEGRAPH The House Committee on Rivers and Harbors decided to report fav orably the resolution extending the time for the operation of the Bur ton act regulating the waters of the Niagara River. Tbe Columbus Memorial Commis sion has awarded the. contract for making a statue of Columbus, to be erected in the plaza of the Union Station, Washington, to Lot ado Taft. Differences have arisen between members of the House Committee on Postofflces and Post Roads over the reorganization bill and the measure Is probably doomed. President Roosevelt, Secretary of Agriculture Wilson nnd Clifford Pin- (hot have lust been admitted "on sight'' to membership in the Nation i.l Farmers' I'nion. The House Committee on Post offices and Post Roads agreed to re port favorably to the House the Sen ate bill for an ocean mall eubsidy. The second conference report cn the Naval Appropriation Bill, made to both houses, definitely puts tbe marines buck -on the warships. - - Senor Francisco de La Barra, New Mexican ambassador to tbe United States, was presented to Secretary of State Bacon. Don Gonzalo De Quesada. Cuban minister left Washington for Hava na tor a conference with President Corner, of Cuba. The President submitted to Con gress tbe report of tbe commission he appointed to consider the needs of the Navy. Commissioner Herbert Knox Smith submitted the second Instalment ol his report on the tobacco ludustiy. The House agreed to the confer ence report on the Postofflce Appro priation bill, which carries $234, C92.000. The secret service limitation In the Sundry Civil BID was discussed with some beat In tbe House. The Senate agreed to the cpnfer ence report on the Indian Appropria tion BUI. ' The International Naval Confer ence concluded Its work In London, and today tbe delegates will sign the new code of naval warfare. and a half. Ferdinand's conference with M. Iswolsky, the Russian for eign minister, was very satisfactory. It's general nature Indicated the pos sibility of a reappointment between Bulgaria and Servla, for which the Russian government has been striv ing. The details of this, however, have not been entered Into, as Em peror Ferdinand Is not accompanied by a responsible minister. The Bul garian sovereign solemnly stated that he was not. bound in any way to Austria-Hungary. His greatest wish was to aid in the preservation of peace. LIFE TKRM FOR 4B-CPXT THEFT. Three Men Sentenced In Chicago Court Vnder New Law. Chicago (Special). Three hold up men, accused of the theft of 46 cents, were sentenced to life impris onment in the penitentiary by a jury in Judge Kersten's court here. This sentence was made possible by the passage of a law two years ago providing such a penalty for highway robbery committed with the aid of deadly weapons. Big Loss In Internal Revenue. Washington, D. C. (Special). The monthly statement of the col lections of internal revenue show the total receipts for January were $18, 399,561, which is a loss, as compar ed with January, 1908, of $1,342, 353. For the seven months of the present fiscal year the receipts were $147,378,894. a decrease from 1908 of $7,516,474. By far the heaviest decrease is in spirits. Possum Pi-ices Boom. Atlanta, Ga,. (Special). From 50 cents each to $10 is the remarkable rise in the possum market within the past month, as a result, of the featuring of this marsupial in the recent Taft banquet here. Atlanta dealers are literally swamped with orders from the North and East, one dealer anounclng that he had orders for 300 at $10 each. I SausHKc Made Of Cats. Monterey, Mex. (Special). An ex amination of several samples . of sausage which were taken from ven dors caused a report to be made that, while some pork was discern ible in the makeup, part of the saus age composition appears to be cat, dog or some other unclean meats. Au thorities are now said to be making a Btrlugent Investigation in Mexico City. (Hits Buys Nashville American. Nashville, Tenn. (Special). Mil ton B. Ochs and Thomas R. Preston, a banker, have purchased the Nash ville American. Mr, Ochs will be the publisher and manager. He Is tbe managing editor of the Chatta nooga Times. His two elder broth ers. Adolph S. Ochs and George W. Ochs, are publishers of the New York -Times and Philadelphia Ledger. Rich But Likes Army Life. Portsmouth, N. H. (Special). Ncpoleon Cyres, not yet 21, a private in tbe One Hundredth and Fifty sixth Company, Coast Artillery, at Fort Constitution, has inherited $45,000 from an uncle in Canton, Me. The young man could buy his release for $120, but he says he pre fers to continue as a coast guard at $15 a month, to see tbe Army as it Is, and that he will re-enlist. liilluokalani Sued. Washington, D. C. (Special). Ex Queen Lllluokalanl ot Hawaii, other wise Mrs. Lydla Domlnls, was sued In tho District Supreme Court by Dr. Charles II. English to recover $11, COO alleged to be due on account of a medical bill. Tbe plaintiff alleges that he accompanied the ex-Queen to tbe Hawaiian Islands aa private physician under a contract to recelvo $300 a: month and expenses and a bonus and that tbe defendant broke the contract. Kind Corpse la Fodder Shock. Lima, Ohio (Special). After a week's search by a large posae, tha body of Eli Battles, aged 75, a wealthy farmer of Allen County, was found In a fodder shock. There Is a deep cut on the head. The authori ties are working on a theory that Battles was murdered. More Earthquake, Fatal i tie. Rome (Special). - There wera numerous earthquake shocks In C-, Ufcria and Sicily Saturday. At Bag-, liar a several house collapsed and five persons were killed.
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