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THE NEWS.
Domestic
Pro.-Idcnt Eliot, In Ms annual re
port to the corporal Ion of Harvard
University, takep n dec (led Hand for
the tstaliLshmen' of the three-year
degree as the nnrniul degree of Har
vard Colli de and against fool ball.
The will of James Mllllkcn, banker
a a. I philanthropist. o Decatur, 111 ,
bequeath prnct ically Ills rutin- t
tate of $1..',(hi,(iou to five trustee
for educat.onal und chart, alie pur
poses in the o.ty of Decatur.
W. W. Finley, president of the
Southern Railway, in an address ot
fore the Pittsburg Traffic Club, op
posed hampering the railroad wltn
legislative straight-Jackets.
Samuel M. Hid IHoti, n New York
broker, was convicted of forgery in
the first decree, and was remanded
to the Tombs fer i lie week lor sen
tence. Relative of Mrs. Russell Culhcit
Hon, who was found bound and pap
ged In Vint "lines, lnd., declared sin
was murdered. They accuse a w (Mil
an who was friendly to Mrs Cui
bertson's husband before his mar
riage to the dead woman
Cecil l.e Grange. s.n-1 to he a
member of a prominent family of
Johns'or.. N. Y., was placed on trial
In Philadelphia on tic li n i of mur
dering l'uul Hiller.
Two highwaymen l.i I I up passen
gers, conductor and the porter of a
sleeping car In ;h" Denver and Rio
Grande yard at li :. t and pot away
with $400 hi ca-h.
George H. Ball, a former member
of the G orgia I f i -1 . 1 1 1 1 1 1 . killed him
self while on a pa-.-cuger train (joins
from .Macon to S.iMinnah.
Three ii'en iere seriously bur
when a scallold at the Pennsylvania
Kailroad terminal station in New
York pave ,v. .
Arthur Hover, a Chicago barncs
dealer. roiuiiiittcd suicide by Jump
ing Into Tli- Wabash River.
F. II. nardson. of Klinlrn, N. Y.,
who was president of the Richardson
Shoe Company, and who was wanted
on charges of embezzling $"'10,000,
shot and killed himself when the
chief of police appeared at the door
of the hotel, in llarrisburp. Pa.
The indictments apainst George V.
Perkins and Charles s. rairchild, ot
the New- York Life Insurance Com
pany, and Robert R. (iraunis, of the
.Mutual Life, were dismissed.
Larpe liquor interests throughout
the United States have derided to
take statewide prohibition and laws
closing distilleries before the 1'nited
States Supreme Court.
William Leggett was drugged on a
train runninp into New York by a
man who handed hi in a cipar, and
then robbed him of $700 in cash and
his jewelry.
Commissioners of Police Binpham,
of New York, says he could have
made $000,000 by questionable meth
ods during the lirst year in office.
Eight men connected with the
structural steel trade in Boston, in
dicted for conspiracy In restraint of
trade, surrendered anil pave bond.
Miss Edna Mae Handy, uTter read
ing 200 epistles from an old lover,
Shot herself to death at Albany, N. Y.
Justice of the Peace Manafred
Naar, of Trenton. N. .1., who fined
250 autoists through the mails, has
resigned.
Miss Anna A. Manpano, a school
teacher, of New York, was shot and
hilled on the street by her father.
John P. Green has declined re
election as lirst vice president ot the
Pennsylvania Kailroad.
Foreign
The Canadian government offers
two Dreadnoughts to the British gov
ernment, but only to be taken out
of Canadian waters when needed in
time of trouble.
The Duke of the Abru..l left Mar
sellle? on the steamer Oceania for
Uomiiay. whence he will proceed tc
the Himalaya Mountains.
Prof. Richard Graeff, of the Her
lin University Hospital, announced
the d scovery of the germ of tracho
ma. Tour children of George Everett,
of poster, Quebec, were burned to
death In a fire which destroyed theli
borne.
George. Crown Prince of Servla,
sent a letter to the premier renounc
ing his right of succession to the
throne. The Cabinet decided that
the Premier had no right to receive
it, and the renunciat.on must In
made to the King.
Maurice Maeterlinck, the llelgian
playwright, lias lost bis case again t
the directors of the National Ope, a
in Paris, from whom lie demanded
$2,000 for each performance of
"Monna Yanna."
King Edward has appointed t he
Earl of (iranard a knight of the Or
der of St. Patrick, in place of the
Earl of llowth, deceased.
Lieutenant Sliackleford's ship Nltn
rod returned to Christ Church, New
Zealand, having the exploring pan.v
on board.
The publ'r pro-ecutor In Paris ha
decided to put Mine. S-enhel on trl1
on the charge of murdering her hus
band. Castro, of Venezuela, left Paris for
Hordeaux, declaring he would return
to h!s country and become Its ruler.
Tbirty-one death sntcuccs passed
upon military prisoners In Russia
were confirmed by the Supreme
Court.
A section of the embankment
along the Panama Kailroad at (latum
has again settled.
The South American Steamship
Company notified farmer President
Castro of Venezuela in Paris that he
would be allowed r take passage on
the Guadeloupe only on (-audition
that he leave the vessel before it
reai hen a Venezuelan port.
Marked pessimism again prevail
In Vienna concerning the Ilalzan aitte
utlon, but 1 lie fe'-llnp nceins 13 b
bused largely on surml.e.
Rov. Dr. Pernio K. Itltihop, prrm'
nont In the religion life of Hawaii
for many years, died in Honolulu at
the ago of H.'i years.
Tho Norwegian steamer Por waf
sunk during a fog In the North in
by the Kaiser's yacht Hohenzollern
Admiral Lord Churles Iteresforo,
hauled ile n his flag, brlnglug to an
end 00 y ar of active" service.
King Victor Emmanuel opened the
Italian Parliament with the usual
ceremony.
In Montezuma, Ga., a cotton gin
Is opcred by the rower obtained
from two artesian we' In.
SHKE CREEK INDIANS
' MEONTBE WABPATH
Crazy Snake and Band of 100
figure in Uprising.
THE MILITIA MARCH AGAINST THEM
Indian UpiMng In Oklahoma Create,
A I'.elgn Of Terror Troops Arc
In Hot Pursuit Of Hostile Reds
To The Number ()( 00, Under
Crazy Snake's leadership They
Hum Their Camp Anil Klce To A
Strongly Intrem-liftl Position
Chief Son Cruelly Tortured By
Deputies Tit Make Him Talk,
Oklahoma City, Ok. (Special).
Five companies of Oklahoma militia
marched against Crazy Snake's band
of Creek Indians, half-breeds and
negroes entrenched in the Hickory
II, I Is, seven nulcs from Hem ye. la.
The heavily armed troops are un
der orders either to capture or ex
terminate Die murderou band which,
since Thursday, has caused the deatu
of six men, the wounding of many
others and brougiit about a condi
tion of terror In Henryetta, Pierce
and all the surrounding country.
The troop- left Henryetta at H
o'clock and rt ached Crazy Snake's
camp at : o'clock P. M. Tliey round
It deserted and every tepee, hut and
ten, in flame. The Indians had fled
to a stronger position to the north,
where a battle likely will be fought.
Crny.y Snake's men number about
200, all armed with modern 11 lies
and plentifully supplied with am
11:11 11 i ion. Tney had prepared two
months for this, their final Hand
apainst lawful authority. They de
fiantly sent out word that they would
light to the death.
The militiamen's officers declared
that they would shoot to kill from
the first.
Crazy Snake's band strongly en
trenched Itself early In the day and
was reinlorced from time to tune
by roving companies which were
scared away Irom Hcnryeita by the
approach of the troops.
Crazy Snake, or Chlto llarjo, the
Creek chief, is in personal command.
This was established by the testi
mony chocked out of his college-bred
son by means of a nice, new. Inch
rope. Young llarjo was strung up
by the determined deputies until
nearly dead. Then he gasped out
that his lather was in command,
named the Indian who killed the
deputies, told the officers how to
trail the band, and did everything
which a sto.cal red man is supposed
not to do when in the hands of his
enemies.
The first real Indian uprising has
held this region on edge for three
days. It had been plotted and pre
pared for two months. It broke out
last Thursday when several deputy
sheriffs went to Henryetta to arre.-t
negro cattle thieves. They were fired
on by negroes and half-breed frlendB
of the criminals and forced to re
treat. A few hours later they returned
with additional force-, and were fir
ed on by the band, then augmented
by a number of Crazy Snake's In
dians. In this fight three negroes
were killed and live wounded, ac
cording to the ollicial reports, al
though it is thought many more In
dians were wounded, as scores of
shots were fired at close quarters.
This clash r suited in -1 1 arre-ts.
Meantime Crazy Snake's followers
determined on an aggressive cam
paign. The chief s plans had to be
prematurely rprung on account of
the unexpected attack by depu'ies on
Henryetta. Deputies fanned the
flame by hunting slrenuously'for the
leaders, and Crazy Snake, forced to
the wall, determined to strike a hard
blow in an effort to escape.
Part of his bund was run to cover
by deputies in a search for leaders
of Thursday's light. Marshal Itaum,
of Checotah, and Deputy Odlm, of
Eufaula, paid their lives as a price.
They were shot down, according to
Crazy Snake's son, by Charles Cok
er, a Seminole Indian. ThU event
aroused the state authorities. Gov
ernor Haskell ordered out the mili
tia, and the word was passed out
that the baud must be captured or
killed.
A SLAYKK OK TIGKKS.
New York Hank President Makes A
Hunting lb-cord.
Tainpieo, Mexico (Special). A.
11. Hepburn, of New York, president
of the Chase National Hank, has
made a record as a slayer of tigers.
He returned to Taniplco from a
hunt after big game in the Paniieo
River territory, about 100 miles
above here, lie was accompanied by
several American friends and a num
ber of Mexican guides. It is Mated
by mem hers of the party thni Mr.
Hepburn killed seven big Mexican
tigers on the trip and that he amply
proves his prowess as a hunter.
More than a dozen tiger skins were
brought hack by the party as trophies
of the hunt.
Discovered Trachoma Germ.
Berlin (Special). Prof. Richard
Greeff, of the Herlln 1'niverslty Eye
Hospital, anonunces the discovery of
the germ of trachoma. The finding
of thU germ resulted from experi
ments with apes conducted with
funds supplied by the German gov
ernment. Prolessor Greeff anonunces
aldo that the so-called Egyptian eye
disease li contagious only In Its first
mages, and that ufter treatment has
begun the Infectious germs disappear
beneath the surface.
A Case Of Sleeping Sickness.
Paris (Special). A sensation has
been caused by the report of a case
of Bleeping sickness In the heart of
Paris. The victim Is a missionary
of the Order of the Holy Ghost, who
dropiM-d unconscious In tho Luxem
bourg Garden and was conveyed to
Die Pasteur Institute. The Institute
physicians state that the condition
vt the man Is very serious. He con
tracted the disease on tho I'pper
Ubanghl, a river of equatorlul Africa.
The Canadian government has lin
por'el six Siberian yaks and will try
to bred thiD tor food.
Lulled I-'ront Kentucky.
Lexington, Ky. (Spoclal). After
signing an agreement to leave Ken
tucky and never return, John W.
Thomas, a prominent farmer of Shel
by County, who two weeks ago tcr
lorUed the whole community by his
thnats and barricaded himself In his
home, refusing to surrender for
four days, was escorted to the State
line by Deputy Sheriff Christopher
IJaskoit, of Hclby County, Whether
Thomas went into Indiana, Ohio, Il
linois or Tennessee Is kept a secret,
Ky leaving the State be escape
'prosecution.
EX-PBESIDENTCISTBO SAILS
Dec'a-es That Hs Will Regain
His Lost Prestige.
II Negotiates Fcr Arms But Denies
He Will ttart a
Reolutioa.
I'RUlllac, France (Special). Clp
rhino Castro, former President of
Venezuela, and the members of his
party left here at 4 o'clock P. M.
on board the steamer Guadeloupe for
Port of Spain, Trinidad, where ho
is due to arrive April 10.
Mr. Koy, the representative of a
Paris Arm engaged In the manufac
ture of firearms, who had a long
conferenae with Senor Castro, declar
ed after the Guadeloupe left that
he sold Castro a quantity of arms
five years ago, and that he was con
vinced Castro would again be dicta
tor of Venezuela In a'.x months. He
Intimated that Castro already haJ
a vessel fitted up In a European port
ready to sail for Venezuela In the
Interests of a revolution at a mo
ment's notice.
On the train down here from Bor
deaux Senor Castro Indicated his In
tention of remaining at Port of
Spain to rest and await develop
ments. Me singled out one of the
French newspaper correspondents,
and remarked with some malice that
he was surprised France would tol
erate the Insult to the French flag
contained In the prohibition of the
steamer Guadeloupe from touching
a Venezuelan port, so long as he was
on board.
Alter boarding the Guadeloupe,
Castro appealed to the agent of the
line to allow his wife and family
o continue on the Venezuela, but.
he was met with a flat refusal. Just
before the. lines were cast off he sum
moned a reporter to his cabin. He
was raging apainst what he termed
an outrageous breach of internation
al law, ami said this action proves
what coward- those in control at
Caracas were.
When lie had grown calmer Cas
tro asked the correspondent to an
nounce that after recuperating at
Trinidad he would go to Venezuela.
He said: "I am sure the people
are ready to receive me. The Gomez
government Beeks to exclude me be
cause it fears the country will pro
claim me President."
To the direct question as to wheth
er he Intended to organize a revo
lution, the former President replied
sharply: "No. my purpose is to re
turn to the fatherland and live as a
peaceful citizen."
MISS WILSON READY FOR DPERfl
Daughter of United States Secretary
of Agriculture.
New York (Special). Grand
opera is to have a recruit from the
family of one of President Taft's
Cabinet.
Miss Flora Wilson, daughter of
the veteran 1'nited States Secretary
of Agriculture, Mr. James Wilson,
who has been studying in France for
four years, haB just arrived In New
York to prepare for making her de
but in this country.
Miss WilBon before going to Eu
rope to study appeared at several
amateur entertainments In the
White House during the administra
tion of President. McKlnley, and her
success as a singer of ballads
prompted her to go further in per
fecting her soprano voice for concert
and grand opera work.
She studied under Jean de Reszke
In Paris and says the famous tenor
predicted for her a brilliant career
on the ojieratic stage.
At the home of a friend, Mrs. El
mer E. Black. 4S East Seventy
eighth Street, Miss Wilson chatted
interestingly of her plana, and It is
likely that before the close of the
present season her voice will be
heard by the management of the
Metropolitan Opera Company.
She said her repertoire already
embraces 12 operas In Italian,
French and German, and she Is con
stantly studying more. In order
to test her reception before a critical
Metropolitan audience Miss Wilson
is to pive a concert In Now York
at the Plaza Hotel on April 14. The
patronesses will include Mrs. Wil
liam H. Taft. wife of the President;
Mrs. Clark HoBart. Mrs. Charles P..
Alexander, Miss McAllister and other
well-known women in society. She
also is planning to make a short
Bprlng concert tour.
Ill HIED I N DF.lt KMl'l ll l.r.lt.
rive Men Dug Out Of Pile Forty
Feet In Depth.
New York (Special). Twelve me'i
were buried under tons of fertilizer
at the plant of the American Agri
cultural Chemical Works, at Laurel
Hill, near Long Island City, und tl
took their rescuers half an hour of
dlgg ng to get the buried men out.
Five of them were taken to S!.
John's Hospital suffering from severe
Injuries, and at least one of them
Is said to be fatally hurt.
The men who were working at the
base of the pile of fertilizer 4 0 feel
high undermined it, and it toppled
over on them, i
American PacKIc Fleet.
Amoy (Special) The third squad
ron of the American Pacific Fleet,
under command of Hear Admiral
Harlier, arrived hero at 8 o'clock A.
M. The squadron Is two days ahead
of the schedule, Swatow having been
omitted from the Itinerary.
Young Widow Wins 920,000.
New York (Special). A 20-ycar-old
widow who remarried was award
ed the estate of her first husband,
amounting to $20,000, by Surrogate
Keteham in Brooklyn In a suit
brought against her by bis relatives.
Five months after the husband's
death a child was born, and although
the plaintiffs contended that It was
dead at birth the young. widow prov
ed that It lived a minute and. there
fore she was entitled to the full
estate.
87-Year-Old Steamer In I'kO.
Providence, It. I. (Special). Only
18 years the junior of the Clermont,
Robert Fulton'a first steamer, the
steamer James Morgan has Just been
under Federal Insiiectlon here. The
Morgan Is the oldest steamer In the
country, having been launched at
Poughkuepsle, N. Y., HI years ago.
She registers 69 tons gross and hails
from New Haven, She la used as
an oyster boat.
The number of failures in electri
cally welded rail Joints la not more
than 8 per cent.
SUICIDE OF RICH
MRS. PIERRE LORILLARD
Tragic Event Following Evening
of Social Gaiety.
WAS NO CAUSE FOR THE DEED.
The Fashionable Trclen Of Wash
ington Are ireatly Shocked Hy
The Tragedy In The Home Of
Pierre Iorlllard, Jr. A Note Is
Left, Hut The Itcrcaved Husband
Ili-fuscs To Make It Public Rel
atives Claim That The Death Was
Accidental llody First Discovered
Ky Ilutler,
Washington, D. C, (Special).
Mrs. Pierre Lorlllnrd, wife of Pierre
Iorlllard, the tobacco magnate of
New York and Washington, wai
found dead In her bathroom at 8.30,
and Coronor Nevitt, who was sum
moned by Dr. M. E.- Cuthbert, the
family physician, after an investiga
tion and an autopsy by the deputy
coroner, Dr. Glazebrook, gave a cer
tificate of death by suicide. In spite
of the coroner's certificate, members
of the family declare that Mrs. Lorll
lard died of heart failure.
The death was made more dram
atic by occurring only a few hours
after Mr. and Mrs. Lorillard had been
the guests of Mrs. Townsend on Mas
sachusetts Avenue, at a dinner given
In honor of Lady Paget. In fact,
It is believed that as soon as Mrs.
Lorillard arrived at her home, at
2(:i0 Hlllyer Place, shortly after
midnight she began - to prepare for
her death.
About 8. SO o'clock A. M. the but
ler In the Lorillard residence detect
ed an odor of pns permeating the
rooms. With little difficulty the ori
gin of the fumes were traced to Mrs.
Lorlllard's apartments. Opening the
door of the bathroom, Just off of
her suite, the butler was horrified
to behold the body of the mistress
of the house lifeless on the floor. Her
face was turned to the mat.
The alarm given by the butler
brought Mr. Lorillard from his
apartments across the hall. Togeth
er they carried the body to Mth.
Lorlllard's room. Panic-stricken,
the servant was dispatched for a
doctor, while Mr. Ixirlllard attempted
to revive his wife by means of arti
ficial respiration. Dr. M. V. Cuth
bert, the family physician, was sum
moned, and arrived about the same
time that Dr. H. B. Deale was ad
mitted to the residence. Both re
sorted to every scientific method
within their power to restore llfe.v
but after an hour's efforts gave up
in despair.
Shortly afterward Dr. J. Ramsey
Nevitt, the coroner, waB notified. He
vlsted the Lorillard home, and aft
er an Investigation ordered Deputy
Coroner Glazebrook to perform an
autopsy, upon the completion of
which Dr. Nevitt issued a certificate
of death of suicide hy gas poisoning.
Pinned to Mrs. Lorlllard's dress
was a small packet, upon the outside
of which was written, "Please bury
this with my body." Inside the
packet were some little trinkets, of
no particular value. After looking at
the note and considering all the cir
cumstances, Mr. Lorillard admitted
that everything Indicated that Mrs.
Lorillard had Intentionally taken lver
own life, hut he said that In spite
of these circumstances he was loath
to believe that her death was due
to Buicide. He explained that Mrs.
Iorlllard had suffered greatly from
Insomnia, and was in the habit of
taking soothing powders, and he be
lieved that these powders overcame
her as she was endeavoring to turn
on the light in the bathroom.
IlRYAN BANK lill.L LAW.
Nebraska Adopts Guaranty Plan Of
Triple Candidate,
Lincoln, Neb. (Special). Govern
or Shallenberger signed the bank de
posit guaranty bill fathered by Mr.
Bryan. It will go Into effect July 1.
It is a limited guarantee as distin
guished from the Oklahoma law,
where all the assets of all the banks
are bark of the guaranty.
In Nebraska only u small portion
Is utilized. Four semi-annual assess
ments of U of one per cent, each
are to be levied by the banking
board upon the deposits of the
banks, and after the accumulation of
this fund It shall he maintained by
an assessment every six months of
one-twentieth of one per cent. If
an emergency arises assessments not
exceeding one rer cent, a year may
be made.
PLANT WIZARD'S CONCERN IADS
"Luther Itiirbmik, Incorporated,"
No Reality Yet.
San Francisco (Special). The ef
forts of a group of local and East
ern capitalists to Incorporate the re
sults of the genius of Luther Bur
bank, the plant wizard, have failed.
The products of the noted naturalist
were to have been handled exclusive
ly by a corporation formed by Oscar
Dinner, of New York, and others.
Mr. Burbank raid:
"The early development did not
Indicate satisfactory results, either to
tho world or to the parties involved
iu the transaction. As no corpora
tion has yet been formed and only
a preliminary contract executed
vheu the proposition was found to
be impracticable, It was mutually
agreed that It be abandoned."
locomotive Buried In Hand.
Ogden, Utah (Special). Engineer
Laying and Brakeman Pearson- are
dead,' Fireman Rassmu?sen Is seri
ously Injured, a locomotive Is burled
to the smokestack in sand and five
freight cars piled up indiscriminate
ly us the result of an accident to an
Oregon Short Line freight train that
occurred between Granger and Green
River, Wyo., on the Union Pacific
road. The train ploughed into a
sand slide.
Wants Troops To Collect Taxes.
Frankfort, Ky. (Special). On re
oe'pt of word from Ta Collector J.
W. Peck that he has been prevented
by mobs and organizations from col
lecting railroad taxes In the counties
of Carter, Boyd and Elliott, Gover
nor Wilson announced he would use
the state militia to assist In the col
lection of these taxes. He has sent
word to the officials of the three
counties to meet b'm here and show
cause why he should not send soldiers
to see that the Tax Collector la not
molested In the performance of his
duty.
BITTER COLD AT
TRE SOOTH POLE
Interesting Facts Learned By
the Explorers.
IS LOCATED ON HIGH PLATEAU.
Members Of The Party Miffcrcd
Great Privation Ami Were Gaunt
Skeletons When Found By Their
Shipmate, Who Had About Giv
en Them t"p For Lost -Seventy
Degrees Of Frost Under Mildest
Conditions Range To Ite Named
For Vuecn Alexandria.
Christ Church, New Zealand (Spec
ial). Lieutenant Shackleton's ship
Nlmrod has returned here with the
exploring party aboard, all of whom
are well. The members of the ex
pedition give some additional details
to those already published. Pro
fessor David and his companions re
count that when they started on the
Journey to the magnetic pole the
weather waB bo hot that they had to
pull their two sledges In singlets.
There was half a ton of provisions
on each sledge. After a compara
tive easy 2,-i(i-inile Journey along the
sea Ice they had a hard and almost
hopeless climb to the Inland plateau.
They carried their lives in their
hands, fighting their way inch by
Inch, and suffered grent privations on
the return Journey. When rescued
by the Nlmrod they were a party of
gaunt skeletons; the Nlmrod' had
almost give them up for lost.
The members of Lieutenant
Shackleton's party state that when
they were compelled to turn back
their bodily strength was diminish
ing bo rapli'ly that their temperature
went down to far below normal, In
some cases reaching 3 depress and
In others considerably lower than
(hat. They nearly died from starva
tion before finding one of the depots
and were always on very short ra
tions. Had this party been two days Inter
In reaching the Nlmrod she would
have been frozen In for another sen
Bon. They declare that any future
explorer attempting to reach the pole
must be provided with much larger
supplies of food, because there Is no
doubt that the South Pole is situated
on a high plateau and that the cold
est and stormiest weather in the
world prevails there, there being 70
degrees of frost under the very mild
est conditions.
Lieutenant Shackleton declined to
say anything regarding the protest
made by the Commonwealth of Aus
tralia because It had received no news
of the Nlmrod's arrival at Stewart
Island, although the commonwealth
had voted $25,000 towardB the ex
penses of the expendltlon.
London (Special). King Edward
joined in the congratulations .which
are being showered on Lieutenant
Ernest II. Shackleton since tho keen
enteprise of the Daily Mail brought
to England an exclusive account of
his achievement In almost reachng
the South Pole. In n telegram of
congratulation the King accedes to
Lieutenant Shackleton's request for
permission to name a new range of
mountains discovered In the Far
South after Queen Alexandria.
Former Assemblyman A Suicide.
Savannah, Ga. (Special). George
H. Bell, a former member of the
State Legislature, who gained notori
ety through his efforts to escape from
the State lunatic asylum, where he
was confined for about four years,
following his service ai legislator,
killed himself by cutting his throat
while on a passenger train from
Macon to Savannah. He was recent
ly released from the asylum.
Medals For Wrights.
Washington, D. C. (Special).
Representative Cox, of Ohio, called
on President Taft to discuss plans
for the de'.very of the gold medals
awarded by the Aero Club of Amer
ica to the Wright brothers, of Day
ton, O. The President wdll personal
ly confer these medals If the event
occurs close enough to Washington,
otherwise he will write a letter to
be read at the time of presentation.
IN THE WORLD OF FINANCE
Dividend and interest disburse
ments In the United States next
month will exceed $155,000,000.
"It Is a two to one bet," said a
member of the firm of J. W. Sparks
& Co., "that Touopah's dividend will
be Increased."
It Is nlleged In Nevada that the
rich mine found In 1864 by John
Breyfople and shortly after that lost
again bus been rediscovered.
Cashier E. Pusey Passmore, of the
Franklin Bank, has gone to Old
Point for a brief vacation.
Tho Haw ley syndicate Is credited
with a profit of over $5,000,000 In
Its purchase and sale of control of
Colorado and Southern.
"I do not expect to see dearer
money until late In tho summer,"
said President Edward Mellor, of
the Germantown Trust Company.
Lehigh Valley Transit will In
crease Its bonded debt by $1,500,
000. There Is a floating debt of
$500,000, which will be refunded.
Calumet & liecle has now paid In
dividends $107,850,000. There are
100,000 shares of this company, the
par being $25, but only $12 wag paid
In by the original subscribers In
1871. Tho total capital Investment
was therefore but $1,200,000, so that
the dividends so far are equal to 900
per cent. i
Electric Storage Battery' divi
dend 'remains at 3 per cent, and
no change wak expected at this time,
but the earnings of the company are
Improving.
Ex-Vice President John P. Green
now draws from the Pennsylvania
Kailroad, tho largest pension of any
Individual In America. Ex-Cblef
Engineer Brown Is another large
pensioner of the company.
Newburger, Henderson & Loeb
have made up a list of ten Industrial
preferred stocks, each of which at
preeot market prices yield from C.94
per ceut. to 7.19 per cent, dividend.
The "Iron Trade Review" makes
the following statement: "Gloomy
feelings predominate In the iron
trade. This condition is due to steel
products and to the expectation that
a number of months will pass before
the tariff la enacted Into a law.
According to the "Mining Iovet
tor" there are other big copper bo
nanzas. The Qu'ncy has been pay
ing dividends since 1862, and on a
capital of $2,500,000 It baa paid to
shareholders $18,600,000., In eight
years tbe Calumet ft Arizona has
pa'd 500 per cent, or $10,100,000 to
Us owners.
ROQSEVELT
GETS GRAND SENOOff
The Former President Begins the
African Trip.
New York (Special). Waving a
parting farewell with his black
slouch hat, hU smiling face beam
ing In the morning sun as he stood
on the captain's bridge of the steam
ship Hamburg, ex-President Theo
dore Roosevelt, now America's most
distinguished private citizen, sailed
away for his long-planned African
"safari." He left his native shores
amid the cheers of thousands of per
sons that swarmed the Hamburg
American Line pier, the whistles of
countless river craft and the thun
derous reverberations of the ex-Pre?.
ident's salute of 13 guns from Forta
Hamilton and Wadsworth.
Beside the happy figure of the for
mer chief magistrate as the big
fteamshlp slipped out of her dock,
stood a young lad seemingly dejected
as he wistfully gazed at the cheering
multitude on the pier below. It was
Kermlt Roosevelt, Bon of Mr. Roose
velt, who accompanied his father as
official photographer on the expedi
tion. Father and son, both clad In
brilliant, buff-hued army coats, which
shone In the sun, remained on the
bridge on the trip down the bay and
acknowledged with sweeps of their
hats the salutes of the vessels.
Jostled By Throng.
The ovation was unofficial In char
acter, but many high In the affairs
of the nation were present. The
crowd in its enthuslnsm bowled over
the lines of policemen on the pier,
surrounder the former President
while he was being presented a
bronze tablet by the Italian-American
Chamber of Commerce and, be
fore he was again safely back on tho
sheltering gangplank, knocked his
hat from his head and caused him
to drop a vacuum bottle which had
been presented by some admiring
Pittsburg friends. Fortunately Mr.
Roosevelt was not hurt In the rush
and he seemed to enjoy his experi
ence with tho crowd.
True to his promise, Mr. Roose
velt made no statements regarding
his coming hunt in the Jungles of
British East Africa, other than to
say that he probably would be gone
about a year and a quarter.
Black Hand leader Shot.
New Y'ork (Special). JoseffoGen
naro, whom the police allege to have
been one of the leaders of the so
called Black Hand organization In
Brooklyn, was shot and instantly kill
ed, In the heart of the Italian quar
ter. The police have detained An
tonio Sirroccetto, a saloon keeper
whose resort was headquarters for
the Italian colony, on suspicion.
WASHINGTON
BY TELEGRAPH
Senator Hale has ;ent a note to
each chairman of a committee call
ing attention to the 'Suggestion of
the President that the business of
the session be confined to the con
sideration of the Tariff Bill.
Director North, ot the Census Bu
reau, has withdrawn his request for
an appropriation of $14,117,000 for
the next census and hns substituted
a request for $10,000,000.
Through tbe State Department the
Nlcaraguan Minister (M. Espinoba)
was given a statement showing the
amount of damages claimed by
George B. Emery.
Colonel Roosevelt is carrying with
him two rifles equipped witn small
electric lights on the gunsight for
the purpose of enabling accurate
shooting at night.
tT-.na has requested Japan to sub
mit to The Hague Tribunal of Ar
bitration certain questions pending
between the two countries in Man
churia. The Bureau of Ordnance of tbe
War Department has purchased three
dozen of the new Maxim silencers
for riflei.
President Taft received Sir An
drew and Lady Frazier and talked
with them regarding foreign miis.on
work in India and the Far EaBt.
in the House of Representatives
Mr. Stevens, of Minnesota, denied
that he was concerned in the prepa
ration of an Income tax bill.
Major Francis P. Fremont, Fifth
United States Infantry, Is to be dis
missed from the Army as a result
of his conviction by court martial in
Cuba on the charge of Insubordina
tion. President Taft will go to Char
lotte, N. C. on May 20 to attend
the one hundred and thirty-fourth
anniversary celebration of the Meck
lenburg Declaration of Independence.
Final decision has been reached
by Assistant Secretary of the Navy
Wlnthrop not to purchase the prop
erty of the Maitland heirs at New
port, R. I.
President Taft is considering the
question of a successor u Judgo
George M. Dallas, who retired from
the Court of Appeals at Philadelphia.
Tbe government has taken steps
to stop the waste of fuel resources
of the country by making tests of
the coals of the Rocky Mountain re
gion. Health conditions on the Panama
Canal Zone in 1908 were more favor
able than at any other time slnco
tbe American occupation.
Mrs. Taft was hostess at a tea
at the White House with the wives
and daughters of Senators and Rep
resentatives as her gueats.
Tbe new tariff bill was discussed
from the Democratic viewpoint by
Mr. Clark, of Missouri, tbe minority
leader.
President Taft accepted member
ship in "BUI Club No. 1 ot the
World."
The report of Chief Howard, of
tho Bureau of Entomology, shows
that Insects such as mosquitos and
ticks retard perfect development in
certain sections.
Chairman Payne, of tbe House
committee, occupied the entire ses
sion of the House in explaining and
defending the provisions of the Tar
iff Bill. i
At a long Cabinet meeting Presi
dent Taft discussed the problum o'
raising revenue with his secretaries
President Taft lias adopted the
rule of consulting Southern senator?
un appointments In their statea.
Benjamin V. Beveridge, the friend
of the Indiana, died at the age o'
75 vesra .
. It s proposed tkat the government
assuni control of the Confederate
Cemetery at Springfield, Mo.
THE M NEflS DECIDE
NOT TO SIP.i;
Abandon tin Fitht for RecogniJ
of the Union.
MAKE APPEAL 10 PRESIDENT Ur
Srranton Convention Decides ImlJ
trial Conditions Do Not Warrn
A Fight Appoint A Commlti,
To Have The Agreement Of inj
Renewed For Near Three YenrvJ
Meanwhile The Miners Will M
main In The Mines, If The Opni
tors Do Not Shut Down.
Hcranton, Pa. (Special). The
will be no strike In tbe anthrapi
field this year. Developments at t!
iriaisirici convention of the mic
workers Indicate that the miners
have peace at any cost. They open
admit that they do not want
strike, are not prepared for a strlb
und will avoid even a suspension
far as they are able.
It is the sentiment of the delec:
Hon that acceptance of the oporJ
tors' offer to renew the old agr
ment would be the wiser course, i
ceptlng any additional demand thi
the generosity of the coal opera'ci
will grant.
The men are preparing even i
relinquish their erstwhile staiinc
support of the clause that brougt
the Issue down to recognition i
ntrll:e. it 1b no strike under at;
circumstances.
At a meeting of the officers
the three districts there was a d
vision In the opinion as to the su
port of the recognition clnuse, at
the committee, unable to come i
an agreement on this point, decide
to appoint a subcommitttee to d
clde the question of policy. Th
committee consists of Presidn
Lewis. District Presidents RyBcava'
Fahey and Mcllhenny.
President Lewis and the distrlc
leaders were not anxious to relit
quish that stand for recognition. Ik
tho delegates were quite willing t
waive even this, realizing that th'
present situation is not favorable fn
a test of strength.
If the onerators stand willing ti
sign the counter proposition mad" a:
the Philadelphia conference, the nvn
ers will reluctantly s'gn it, althotig
the only question that will have t;
be decided at the conference wil
be the length of the agreemen
whether it shall be for one year 01
three.
Reaffirming the demands alread;
presented to the operators, the an
thraclte miners voted to remain a:
work after April 1. allowing the dli
trlct executive boards of the hard
coal fields of Pennsylvania to coo
tinue their efforts to get an agr
ment satisfactory to the men. Th
miners were instructed by the con
vention to continue at work,untl'
such time as they are otherwise noli
fled by the official representatives ol
the three anthracite districts, and
the executive boards were Instructed
to negotiate an agreement upon such
basis as the boards, in their Judg
ment, believe the conditions warrant
President' Lewl:i -hen recognized
Secretary Hartleln, who read a reso
lution which provided that If no
agreement be reached with the opera
tors that In proof of the Justncs!
of fhelf demands the representative!
of the anthracite mine workers au
thorize the miners' committee of
seven to petition President Taft to
"appoint a commlsa'on to look into
and Investigate (he conditions a
they now exist and as they existed
at the time the commission's award
were put Into effect.
Kills Rival Bandit Chief.
Cullacan, Mexico (Special). Vnl
crce Qulntero, leader of a band ol
robbers who have been terrorizing
this section for sometime, met hit1
death In the outskirts of Badira
guato when he engaged Jose Ontl
varas, another bandit leader whom
he was trying to drive out of f lie
country. In a pistol duel. Ontlvara?
shot Qulntero four times before the
"Terror of the Mills" could get his
gun into action. Ontivaras Is now
said to he at the head of both baud?
of robbers.
Sew Up Stabbed Heart.
Atlantic City (Special). Joseph
Proffett and James Murray fought
over a woman at Michigan and Arctic
Avenues nod In the quarrel Proffett
drove a. knffe Into Murray's heart.
Murray Is a powerful man. and be
fore he fell he kicked Proffett hard
enough to break the latter's le.
When the two reached the hospital
Murray still breathed, and the aniai
ed surgeons opened his chest and
took four stitches In his still bleed
ing heart. Half a dozen surgeons
are watching the man.
National Tubercular Sanitarium.
Washington, D. C. (Special).
An appropriation ot one quarter of a
billion dollars is provided for the
establishment of a national tubercu
lar sanitarium In the State ot Colo
rado in a -bill Introduced today by
Representative Sabath, of Illinois
f 14,000,0(o For Census.
Washington, D. C. (Special).
If ' Congress desires the decennial
census taken next year Director
North, of the Census Bureau, wants
about $14,000,000 bo defray ex
penses. He made a request to the
House for an appropriation for that
amount.
Taft's Son On Stage.
Wlnstead, Ct. (Spoclal). CharM
Taft, Preeldont Taft's youngest son.
a student at the Taft School for
Eoys, In Watertown, has a part In
the "Private Secretary," to be pre
sented by Watertown home talent in
the town hall April 30. The full
cast has not been selected, but as
the Pres'dent's ton has a leading
role, the financial success of tbe en
tertainment Is assured Charlei Taft
Is 11 years old, tbe youngest student
In tbe school.
Touble Over Local Option.
Springfield, O. (Special) Trouble
Is brewing here over the coming local
option election on March 29. Su
'oons have been closed by order of
the adjutant-general. The militia l
being mobilized and Is waiting a cull
rom tho Sheriff, and special depu
ties are being 1 sworn in. Uneasy
crowds parade the streets, and an
other race riot is feared.
Governor Of Washington Dead.
Paso Roblcs, Cai. (Special). Gov.
Samuel G. Coagrove, ot Washington,,
died suddenly here ot Bright' disease.