THE NEWS. Domestic Collector of the Port Loeb, of New Tork, who alleges fraud In connec tion with sugar Imported by the American Heflnlng Company, lias Imposed an increase of over a mil lion dollars In duty alleged to he due the government. Judge Murphy, of Detroit, Mlrh., has ruled that manufacturing drug gists may not dictate prices retail druggists should charge. Frederick Carl Thels, who travel ed from Germany to Cincinnati to we bis children, wdb refused the object of his Journey. Two additional Indictments against W. V. Hooth, president of the A. Uooth Company, were found by the Chicago grand Jury. George Green, of Newark, N. 3., ! who Is suing his wife for divorce, de- : Clares his home was broken up by a Christian worker. Captain Uoyle declares Ensign I-osley Barrett Anderson and Elfin Kay cannot wed aboard the battle ship Missouri. Commandpr Evangeline Booth, of (he Salvation Army, announces plans for a university of graduate army workers. Five students of the University of California have been suspended for throwing eggs at a fellow-student. Mrs. Elizabeth Dummit. aged 93 years, of Astoria, N. Y., was burled In her wedding gown. The bursting of a water main washed corpses from a cemetery in Pittsburg. The City of Boston has accepted plans for a new subway system. An order for general vaccination of engineers and firemen operating on railroad;) running west of Chicago was Issued by I r. Herman Spalding. Carroll V. Gates, a millionaire lumber and cattle owner, of Los An geles, was arrested upon an Okla- j noma Indictment charging land , frauds. George C. Wilson, a boot and Bhoe dealer at Waddlngton, N. Y., for 40 years, drowned himself In the St. Lawrence Hlver. Jacob M. Dickinson, secretary or mar, will be the guest of honor at the Humllton Club's Appomattox Day ( banquet at Chicago. The Princess Engalitcheff, wife of i the Russian vice consul at Chicago ' and daughter of C. V. Pardrldge, ar- : rived in New York. Three men were seriously burned, one fatally, by a flash of hot metal at the National Tube Company plant, McKeesport. Justice Flske, of Texas, In a local court ruled that holdup with a gun Is not a robbery unless the footpad secures money. The strike of the 300 or more students at Manhattan College was broken and the students returned to their recitations. It Is reported that Governor Gen eral Smith, of the Philippines, will resign and will sail for the United States May 15. Federal quarantine against ports In Mexico threatened with yellow j fever Infection is being made efTec- tlve. ; The new power lifeboat Storm i King, Intended for service along tb1) Jersey Coast, arrived In New York. : The first gas manufactured In the , Mexican Republic will be furnished : for the capital by December 1. E. H. Harriman completed his i awing of 10,000 miles around the ' country and arrived at New York. About 3,000 workmen In various building trades In Chicago are ex- j peeled to go on strike immediately. ; George Alexander, the successful candidate at the Los Angeles elec tion, was sworn in as mayor. Foreign The remains of Loon Gambetta were transferred with appropriate ceremonies to the magnificent mauso leum given by the City of Nice. Mr Roosevelt was given a cordial reception at Gibraltar, where the steamer stopped long enough for him to take a ride over the place. The centenary of the birth of Nikolai Vassillevltch Gogol, the grent Rutwlan novelist, was celebrat ed throughout the empire. Prince Albert, heir presumpUve to the Belgian throne, accompanied by his aids, is on an expedition to the Congo. During the month of March 61 new cases of bubonic plague and 2S deaths from the disease were re ported at Guayaquil, Ecuador. Since the outbreak of the cholera rpldereic In St. Petersburg there have been 10.2K3 cases and 4,002 deaths King Victor Emmanuel received Wilbur Wright, the American aero planist, tn private audience. The condition of Marlon Crawford, the novelist, who Is 111 at Sorrento, has Improved. The coal strike In the Western Canada mines became general. The trades unions of Paris are urg ing a general strike May 1. At a big meeting held In London In the Interest of a greater navy resolutions were adopted pledging the government all the financial sup port necessary to provide Immediate ly four extra Dreadnoughts. Count Forgach, Austro-Hungarlan representative at Belgrade, acknowl edged his government's receipt of the Servian note accepting the solu tion of the trouble proposed by the powers. Gen. Sir O'Moore Creagh has been appointed British commander-Ui-rhlef In India to succeed General Lord Kitchener, when the latter retires frn August. The French Senate, by vote of SI 7 to 6, adopted the Franco-Canadian commercial treaty. A recent earthquake Jid consider able damage In Yokohama. Toklo and other ports of Japan. At Yoko hama buildings shook for 1 1 min utes. Lord Northland and Mrs. Johii Alexander Stirling have appealed against the decree of divorce In favor of Mr. Stirling at Edinburgh. The French tank bark, Jules Hen ry, from Philadelphia, blew up at Marseilles and 12 of her crew were killed and many wounded. Dr. Wenceslau de Lima has under taken the organization of a new Portuguese cabinet. Germany denies that she threat ened Russia to compel that country to recognize the annexation of Bos. nia and Herzegovina by Austria-Hungary- President Cabrera, of Guatemala, ' officially denies report of any move ment of Guatemalan troops on the lionduran frontier. Tb Russian Douma adopted the army budget of $268,300, 000, an Increase of 121,806,000 over last year. Fire on board tb Hamburg-American steamer Barn la, at Colon, caused) loss of At Uvea. THOUSAND HOMELESS er FT. WORTH FIRE Many Families Spend The Niht In Churches and Public Halls. LOSS MY EXCEED $3,000,000 til Residences And A Private Sana torium At Oak Cliff Are Entirely Destroyed Louisville And Nash ville Structure At I Inst St. Louis Burned EMiinntcd Loss $120,0110 Blaze In Vehicle Plant ANn Threatened Several Fire Engines. Fort Worth, Texas (Special). Sunrise Sunday morning brought re lief from a n.gUt of horror to over a thousand people here, who were rendered homeless by the great con flagration of Saturday afternoon and evening, but as long as they will live Uiey will remember the terrors of the night of April 3-4. Darkness enveloped the greater part of the city, as the wires had been cut; hundreds slept In churches and halls; looting was attempted in spite of the troops on guard over the ruiti"; score of families w-ere separated and scores were reported as missing; reuniting families was difficult, because telephone wer.j shut off, while several fale alarms that the great blaze had started again revived the terror of the alter noon. Without Itnin lii.l Days. Suffering is already being felt be cause of the lack of water. Fort Worth has been without rain for 125 days and the city reservoir was so low that long before the fire had died down the reservoirs had run practically dry, and a water famine is now on. Systematic search of the ruins was undertaken, and the list of dead and missing, aside from those who have been reported as missing but are believed to have been merely separated from their relatives, now numbers two. Two companies of militia which were called out to guard the ruins are still on duty, but the 200 cit izens who were sworn In by Mayor Harris as special policemen are now working in relief shifts. It is now generally agreed that the cause of the fire was cigarette smoking by boys in a barn owned by Fred. L. Hackett. Fire Loss 8:M0,000. Seventy-two block, Including 300 homes In tho best residential sec tion; two churches, scores of small buildings and the shops and yards of the Texas and Pacific Railroad were burned over, and the Insurance men fear the loss will amount to over 13,000,000. The wind was blowing a gale when the flames got under way shortly before 2 o'clock, and appeals for aid were sent to Dallas, Weatherford and Waco. For three hours the efforts of the firemen were unavailing, but late in the afternoon the fireproof t'nion Station, in the path of the fire, withstood the heat, while the u-e of dynamite completed the estab lishing ot a firestop. FORT LEAVENWORTH PRISON PREY TO FLAMES The Soldiers Safely Remove All the Convicts. Military Discipline Prevents Itrenk For Liberty And Quiets Panic Prisoner Are Marched Out Leavenworth. Kan. (Special). The military prison at Fori Leaven worth was destroyed by fire.' Tho prisoners were removed from the eel 1 liouees tinder a heavy guard of Uni ted States troops and confined in a stockade. None of the prisoners escaped so far as a hasty resume of the eituu t.on showed. Owing to the low water pressure, the fire department of the fort was almost useless. The fire was fought by the Roldlers of the fort, who were ordered out of their quarter. Two soldiers were injured while fighting the flames, but none of the prisoners were hurt. Much excitement attended the re moval of the prisoners, many of whom are desperate characters. It was feared that they would make an organized break lor liberty. The fire broke out in the tailor shop and ?oon is was seen that the main building was doomed. A great outcry ut once broke out in thi? prison, the convicts fearing they would be burned to death. They battered on the doors of their celli as the light of the fire streamed in through the windows. Many streamed in terror as the authorities, for the moment, refused to remove them. Soon, however, several companies tit a r, I ,1 i f, a InnlnI ni, favtilri'ttiun harl got under arms. A strong corrlon of troops was thrown about the prison and every precaution taken to prevent escapes. When the bolts of the cell house doors were shot back the flames had reached the main building. If ev erything had not been done In per fect order lives doubtless would have been lost. As It wa. strict military discipline prevailed. Soldiers with leveled weapons greeted the convicts as they were marched out. They had been pre viously warned that the slightest bel ligerent move would mean death. The rifle barrels of the soldiers and the swords of the officers glint ing in the air and ihe knowledge that I'nlted States Boldlers were deal Ing with them effectually cowed the 7"o prisoners, and they meekly fol lowed their heavily armed gucds to the stockade. The prison building was valued at 2O0.0O0. It was destroyed. The Leavenworth fire department waj rushed out to the fort on a hurried call for help. It combined forces with the fort's firefighters. Lack of water pressure, however, rendered the efforts almost useless. Fire Sweeps Suburb Of Dallas. Dallas, Texas, (Special). Sixty four residences and u private sana torium In Oak Cliff, a suburb of Dal las, were destroyed by fire, causing a loss estimated at a quarter of a million dollars. The fire, fanned by a strong south west wind, swept through -14 resi dence blocks. In the burned area, which cover more than a quarter of a mile square of territory, only five buildings re main Intact. All the patients at the sanatorium were removed in safety. Valuable Autos Saved. Trovidcnce, R. I. (Special). Prompt work of firemen saved 65 automobiles, 6 fire engines and many vehicles stored In tho Manahan Ve hicle Company's establishment on At well Avenue, when a fire broke out in the rear of the place and threat ened to spread to the room where the paints, varnish and gasoline were stored. The automobiles alone were val ued at $100,000. Cigarette (jets In Its Work. Chicago (Special). The baleful ?igarette stump of the genus which is said to have caused the Fori Worth fire, endangered the lives of between 250 and 300 worklngmeu, shen the Waverly Hotel, 301 South liark Street caught fire. Several of 'he lodgers were overcome by smoke nd had to be carried out by firemen. The hotel, which Is a four-story tiuildlng, Is used as a lodging-house 'or workingmen, and was crowded ith sleeping roomers at the time; The fire started In the room where '.he blankets and bedding are kept, It Is believed, from a smouldering cigarette. The upper floors of the building were well filled with smoke before the fire was discovered, but the Fire Department was called In 'inie to save the lives of the inmates. Another fire destroyed the plant it llolqulst & Co., Sangamon and Au gustin StreetB, in the center ot the manufacturing district, and for a time threatened a serious spread. It mas finally confined to the one build ing, however, and a loss of about $75,000. Four Ways Of Suicide. Chicago (Special) Indaletio Alar son, 27 years old, said to be ihe son of a plantation owner of Parral, Mexico, unsuccessfully tried to com mit suicide by stabbing himself 12 times in the left side, cutting his throat, swallowing carbolic add and port wine and throwing himself out of a third-story window. He was found lying In an alley under his bedroom window. At a hospital he recovered consciousness, but physi cians say be may die ot loss of blood. Woman leader Of Burglar. Memphis, Teon. (Special). That she was the leader of a band ot youthful burglars charged with a re rent robbery was the admission of Mrs. 3. A. Wail. 24 years old, when taken Into custody. According to the woman, she and ' a young sister, Leonore Pryor, not only planned the burglary, but. donning male attire, took an active part In It. Bhe wai arrested while with her husband, a talesman for an elevator concern of Memphis and St. Louis. PLEADS NOT (ill LTV. Mrs. Helen Doyle Is Given Pre i mi liary Hearing. Mercer, Pa. (Special). Mrs. Hel en Boyle, wife of James H. Boyle, kidnapper of "Willie" Whltla, was ar raigned before Justice of the Peace Thomas McClain at this place, charg ed with kidnapping. She entered a plea of "not guilty," and was held for the action of the (irand Jury in the sum of $25,000 bail. Her husband waived a hear ing at Sharon on Monday, and is held in the jail here on a similar bond. The woman was taken from the Jail by Sheriff Chess and the two, followed by a couple of deputy sher iffs, went to the office of the Justice, about a square distant. Mrs. Boyle was asked If she would plead guilty or not guilty, and replied: "Why, I am not guilty, and I enter a plea of not guilty." "Do you want to havo a hearing at tills time," said the Justice, "or will you waive a hearing?" "For the present." she replied, "It will be belter for me to waive any hearing." "Well, that is about all," replied the Justice. "Of course, there will be ball in this case. It Is fixed at $25,000. Have you any one that will go on your bond?" "No," replied tbe woman, and thereupon she was committed to Jail to await the action of the Grand Jury. To Honor (eneral Booth. New York (Special). The eighti eth birthday of Gen. Wm. Booth, founder of the Salvation Army, will be celebrated here with exercises on Sunday and Monday. April 11 and 12. Ml-s F.va Booth,, daughter of the General, will speak at the Carnegie Music Hall on April 12 at 8 P. M. Dressed In rags, Miss Booth will de scribe the slum work of the Salva tion Army In the Academy of Music, Brooklyn, at 8 P. M.. Sunday, April 11. Many governors of states and other public men have sent messages which will be read at the various meetings. Toklo Won't A l blt rate. London (Special). A Toklo dis patch to the Dally Telegraph says the rumor that America supports China's proposal that the Manchuriun difficulties between China nnd Japan be referred to The Hague tribunal Is not believed there. Mr. liuln, the Japanese minister at Peking, has notified the board of foreign affairs that Japan Is disinclined to arbitrate the matter, on the ground that It Is unuscessary. Girl Of 1(1 Shoot Herself. Chester, Pa. . (bsclal). Discour aged over her progress rt the local high school Mabel Dalton. aged 16 years, of Upland, near here, shot her self In the side and is In a hospital In a serious condition. She Is a daughter of Andrew J. Dalton, pro thonotary of the Delaware County courts. Her request that she be per mitted to cease attendance at school because she felt she would be humili ated after the examinations wus re fused by her parents. Carriage For Vice President. Washington (Special). To pro vide the Vice President with a car riage or automobile, ''for his social uses.'l is tbe purpose of a resolution offered by Senator Scott. The pre amble of tbe resolution declares that carriages are provided for heads of various departments and the govern ment of the District of Columbia for their "business and social uses,'' and that the office ot the vice president, being ot greater dignity and honor than o tiiers mentioned In the pre amble, should have equal accommodation. BOOY BLOW 10 THE LIFE INSURANCE MEN lew Compels Discharge of 1033 Solicitors BUSINESS IS UP TO THE LIMIT. Xcw Vork iilfe Insurance Company Forced To Lay Off Agents lleeaitie Amount Of New Business For The Year Has Reached Maximum Al lowed By Law Of New York Stnte Agencies Being Shut Down And Activities At Standstill. New York (Special). -As a result of the limitation placed upon new business of life insurance companies by the insurance law, the New York Life Insurance Company, It was an nounced, will, on May 31, discharge 1,000 of its agents In various parts of the country. The dismissal order, which will affect agents who devote only a part of their time to the company, was rendered necessary by the decision rendered by Suprenib Court Justice O'Gorman, upholding the constitutionality of that section of the Insurance iaw which limits new business to be written by any company in any calendar year to $150,000,000. Justice O'Gorman s decision forbade the company from issuing a $25,000 policy on the. ground that its limit for new busi ness for the year had been reached and could not he exceeded. Edward H. Perkins, second vice prisedent of the New York Life In surance Company, said that In the last two years more than 5,000 life insurance agents have lost their po sitions. Another 1,000 would havo to go by May 31, thus bringing a force which once numbered 8,000, down to 2,000. "It is a curious situation," said Mr. Perkins. "I know of no other business which is affected In liko manner. No other business is sub jected to such a law. There is no legal limitation on a banker's busi ness or on a broker's business. But If the officers of a life Insurance com pany write more than $150,000,000 new business within the calendar year they are subject to fine and im prisonment. "Three years ago we had 4 6 of fices in this city; now we have only 10." BIG DEAL IN COAL LANDS. 100,000 Acres Are Sold For 630,000,000. Washington, Pa. (Special). Through a deal closed here the im mense coal fields controlled by J. V. Thompson, the Unlontown (Pa.) mil lionaire speculator, extending over Washington, Green . and Fayette Counties, was transferred to a com bination of independent steel con cerns for approximately $50,000,000. Over 100,000 acres were Involved in the deal, the selling price averaging about $500 an acre. The deal has been pending for months and it was at first reported the pros pective purchaser was the I'nlted State's Steel Corporation. The final papers were signed here and the first payment to Thompson and his asso ciates was made. The deal is a record one, as re gards amount of money involved In the Pennsylvania bituminous field. Tbe Independent combine Is headed by Charles M. Schwab, of the Beth lehem Steel Company, and every Im portant Independent concern In the country Is Interested, with the ex ception of Jones & Laiighlln Com pany, which controls its own fields. The independent combine was made as a protective measure and to thwart the I'nlted States Steel Cor poration In its policy of cornering the local coking coal supply. The coal block has been gradually acquir ed by Thompson for years, some of it being secured as low as $35 an acre. Thompson, It is said, will head a company to control the block. FERTILIZER COMBINE. Humor 7S Independents Will Form $50,000,000 Corporal ions. New York (Special). It was an nounced hero that efforts which havo been under way for several Months to consolidate about 75 of the Inde pendent fertiliser companies In the South into a $50,000,000 corporation have been virtually completed and It Is expected that articles of incorpora tion will he filed at Albany shortly. It is understood that J. P. Morgan & Co. will act as fiscal agents of the company, which will not be a holding concern, but will exchange Its stock for the plants which are taken lu, thus becoming purely an operating company. KILLED POLICEMAN. (irand Jury Vindicates Man Who Shot Defending Home. New York, (Special). The grand Jury refused to indict Edward J. Byrnes, who on February 19, Bhot and killed Police Sergeant John B. (loldhammer, as the latter was forc ing an entrance lto Byrne's apart ments In search of evidence for u-e In certain policy prosecutions then under way. The case attracted wide attention because of Byrnes' plea that Gold hammer had no warrant aud he be lieved the officer was a burglar. Byrnes appears to have convinced the grand Jury of the truth of bU contention. WAS l.OUO YEARS OLD. Death Of Methuselah, A Toad. Found In A itork Pocket In A Mine. New York (Spec'al). Methuselah died here, at his home In the Bronx Zoo. He was 1,000 years old. His death is ascribed to ills incident to old age. Methuselah, also known as Ra me.es II., was a toad which was dis covered in a rock pocket in a mine 500 feet below the surface at Butte, Montana, two years ago. His age was carefully computed by tbe zool ogists and geologists. Arrest Youthful Black Handera. Taunton, Mass. (Special). Two lads James McKenna and Albert L. Wells, of North Eastou who are said to have resorted to "Black Hand" methods to obtain money from John 8. Ames, a wealthy resi dent of North Easton, were sent to Jail here to await action by the grand Jury on a charge of attempting ex tortion. The accused are each about 18 years old. Wells pleaded guilty nd his bonds were fixed st $1,000. McKenna. who pleaded not guilty, was held In $300. Both were ar rested at North Easton. WASHINGTON BY TELEGRAPH Representative Coudrey, of Mis souri, has Introduced a bill making It a misdemeanor for anv one to make any fraudulent representations in an advertisement. President Taft issued orders that will make the speedway In Potomac Park, south of the White House grounds, the great outdoor social center of Washington. President Taft accepted an invi tation to attend the two hundred and fiftieth anniversary of the founding of Norwich, Ct., to be held on July 4. The British government raised the embargo from New York and New Jersey on account of the foot-and-mouth disease In cattle. There Is no foundation In fact for recent published reports that Ma drid, Spain, Is threatened with an epidemic of typhus fever. Charles W. Eliot, the retiring president of Harvard University, de clined the tender of the ambassador ship to Great Britain. Oscar G. T. Sonneck has been ap pointed delegate to the International Music Congress, to be held at Vienna in May. Lloyd W. ' Bowers, recently ap pointed solicitor general in the De partment of Justice, took the oath of office. Lieut. Leigh C. rainier, cf the Navy, was assigned to duty as the naval aid to President Taft. Senator Hale's resolution declaring In favor of a restriction of the bus iness of the preesnt extra session to the passage of a tariff bill and a bill for the taking of the census was adopted. Capt. George M. Taylor, a Civil War veteran, who has been messen ger to the Senate Finance Committee since 1 876, died suddenly of heart trouble. A resolution calling upon the Sec retary of the Treasury for informa tion concerning the sugar trade was adopted by the Senate. President Eliot, of Harvard, has Indicated that he Is Inclined to de cline appointment as ambassador to Great Britain. The President sent to the Senate the nomination of George H. Moses to be minister to Greece and Monte negro. President Taft declared himself In favor of a stamp tax in some form. The United States has not been approached by the government of China with a view to securing Its good offices In bringing about arbi tration in Manchuria. . Admiral IJIchis' practice squadron, with 180 cadets of the Japanese navy aboard, will arrive at San Fran cisco April 25. Official notice was taken by the Chinese government of the arrest In Pittsburg of lip Yen and Low fel Kl. Former Representative Morrel, ot Philadelphia, was offered the post of ambassador to Russia, but de clined. . ('HAZY SNAKE STILL HIDING. Soldiers Are Wenry Of Pursuit And Heady To Give I'p. Pierce. Okla. (Special). Crazy Snake Is still at large. Everything Is quiet here, and there was no new developments. Col. Roy Hoffman. In command of the state militia, sent a communication to Governor Haskell at Guthrie suggesting that a reward be offered fer the capture of this missing chief and urging the useless ness of further efforts to effect his capture with soldiers. The Governor has not yet given his reply to Colonel Hoffman. The latter has announced that he will disband his command Sunday unless otherwise ordered by the Governor. PREACHER'S WIFE SIES. Wants Divorce From Husband And $10,000 From A Woman. Woodbury, Ct. (Special). Alleg- Ing that she alienated her hu'band's affections, Mrs.. Carrie E. Dane, wife of Rev. Chas. W. Dane, until recently pastor of the local Methodist Epis copal Church, has brought suit for $10,000 against Mrs. Jennie Proctor, wife of George N. Proc.or, of this place. Mrs. Dane has also sued her hus band for. divorce, alleging cruelty. Kev. Dane has left the church of which he was pastor and returned to the New York East Conference his credentials a a member of that body and of the Methodist denomination. COUNT ZtPPELIN WINS ROfAL FAVC R Fina Fliht . of Airship Military Command. Under IN THE WORLD OF FINANCE Another unit Is likely to be added1 to the big smelter at Ely, Nev. I'ncle Sam spent In March $3,1 14,- 000 more than his income. Chesapeake & Ohio's net profits In February Increased $168,134 or more than 35 per cent. Rumor has it that a IioFton bro ker wjll succeed Senator Nixon as president of the Goldflejd Consolidated. Sales of copper at better than 12V4 cents a pound are reported. Nevada Consolidated is now produc ing the metal at a fraction less than 7 Vi cents a pound. E. W. Clark & Co., announces that tho Denver City 'Tramway bonds wblch were advertised in "The Press" only yesterday, have all been told. Anaconda gets lis regular divi dend. Among the other big capitalists who goes on record now ss an opti mist Is Isaac Guggenheim, treasurer of American Smelting, who Is just home from Europe. Harriman s two big roads I nlon and Southern Pacific, make excellent reports for February. Union's gross gain wan $344,189 and the net gain was $281,573. Southern ' Pacific's grorfs increased only $86,254. but the net rose $584,105. These uarnman lines have made terrific cuts In oper ating expenses. So far as can be ascertained Ihe large Philadelphia Interests in Gold- field Consolidated remain intact. The "Iron Trade Review" says: "The leading tin Mate Interest Is now operating 84 per cent, of Its capacity, and there Is more activity in the Western mills of the Steel corpora tion than at any time since the panic, all departments at the South Chicago works and Jollet being In operation and also tbe bar mills at Bayvlew. Eastern reports ot largely Increased buslneis have, however,! little foundation." BG CROWDS CnEER THE COUNT. Prince Rrgrnt Of Havnrln Welcomes Him At Munich And Presents Him With (Jold Medal- Emperor Wll Hum Speaks Ot The. Splendid Re sult Achieved By Zeppelin In Spite Of The Storm And Other Dif ficulties Encountered. Dlngolflng, Germany (Special). The Zeppelin airship that spent tho night In an open field near ' town, after having been driven by a 'storm from the neighborhood of Munich, reascended at 11.15 A. M., and start ed on its return Journey to tho Bavarian capital. There was a mod erate wind blowing. On rising the airship maneuvered In a satisfactory manner and headed In the direction of Munich, amid the cheers of the thousands of spectators who had as sembled to witness the departure. Automobiles and several detachments of cavalry followed the route of the airship. The airship was relnflated and the military engineers repaired the In juries to the motors during the flight of Thursday. Troops bivouacked around the balloon during the nigh'. Munich. The airship appeared over Munich about half-past 1 P. M., and made a successful landing on the parade ground outside the city. A vast crowd had assembled to wit ness the descent, which was made lightly and easily. The Count was greeted by the Prince Regent as he stepped from the car and was car ried off by the Prince to luncheon. Many distinguished persons were present at the meal. The Prince proposed the health of the Count and conferred a gold medal upon him. He also decorated the Count's companions. The airship left here for Friedrlchshafen. The weather i fine and clear. Prince Lultpold and Emperor W1I llam exchanged messages of felicita tion over Count Zeppelin's success. The Emperor expressed his sincere pleasure that Count Zeppelin, under military command and with a military crew aboard his airship, had ac complished such a splendid result despite all the difficulties encounter ed. Freldrlchshafen. -The people of of Friedrlchshafen gave Count Zep pelin an enthusiastic welcome upon his return, and In this they were Joined by crowds from adjacent towns who had come to Friedrlchs hafen to witness the arrival of the airship. A burst of applause broke forth from the multitude as the air ship was sighted on the eastern hori zon. The landing took place without In cident, and when Count Zeppelin came ashore from the balloon shed he found the way to Friedrlchshafen lined with crowds of persons who wished to gree him. A throng lin gered In front of the hotel after Count Zeppelin withdrew to his room and frequently he was compelled to appear on the balcony and bow hl3 thanks for the ovation. TAFT WILL APPOINT JUDGES. The Judiciary Not A Part Of Sena torial Patronage. Washington, D. C. (Special). President Taft again stated to callera that be did not consider the appoint ment of judges to be a part of tbe patronage of United States Senators. The President thinks that judicial appointments should be free from political Influences. -He cons'ders himself competent to pass upon tho fitness of them for the bench and will do so. At the same time he sa'd he would be glad to receive sug gestions from Senators and Repre sentatives a) to their knowledge of the qualifications of applicants. The President has several federal judgeships to fill In the near future and has received many calls from senators and representatives from the districts where the vacancies exist. Mrs. Boyle To Have Hearing. Mercer. Pa. (Special ). It , has been decided that Mrs. Boyle, charg ed with being implicated in the kid napping of Willie Whltla, will have a bearing at Sharon. Mrs. Boyle re cently waived a hearing at Mercer, but will be allowed to withdraw hei waiver. It 1 probable the hearing will be held toward the end of tbl week, when the Whltla family Is ex pected to return from Atlantic City. (rain Elevator Destroyed. St. Louis, Mo. (Special). Fire in East St. Louis, 111., entirely destroy ed the Louisville and Nashville ele vator, containing reveral thousand bushels of grain. The loss Is esti mated at $120,000, practically cov ered by Insurance. ', The blaze in the early hours was visible for miles, and threw St. Louis In a near-panic, a it the town were burning up. Scientist Killed. Manila (Special). Word has been received here of the murder of Dr. William Jones, the noted anthro pologist, who was in the field for the Field Museum of Chicago, at tbe town of Dumabato. at the headwaters of the Cagayan River, in Isbela Province. Unearth Tecumseh's Body. New York (Special). While dig ging for the foundation ot the new Russell Sage Memorial Church,' at Crestwood, near Far Rockaway, workmen unearthed a casket contain ing the body ot Tecumseh, the great Indian chief, who was burled there more than one hundred years ago. The casket, which Is of metal, 'was removed to the Far Rockr.wsy Police Station. The body was in excellent condition. . t ,, Murder And Suicide. 1 Toledo, Ohio (Special). Matthias Mannes, a foreman In the Central Avenue barns of the Toledo Railway and Light Company, shot and se verely wounded Miss Hilda Klever. Mannes then killed himself at tbe home of Dr. W. J. Shsrp, on Deor Street. Mannes called Miss Klever, a domestic in tbe home of Dr. Sharp, by telephone, but she refused to con verse with him. Half an hour later Mannes rushed Into the kitchen of the Sharp boras and shot thi girl aad lham him sal. i I QUEEN5BQR0 BRIDGE IS NOW COMPLETED A Creat Structure Over a Mi's in Length Stretches From Xcw York Ovif llliirkwrll's Island To Long Island City New York (Special). The nes Q'.iecnsboiougli bridge connecting New York and Long Island City wai Informally opened to pedestrian! and vehicles Tuesday. Thousand of persons and a long procession ol automobiles gathered at either end of the bridge, all anxious to ho Ihe first over after Mayor George B. McClellan, accompanied by sev eral of the city officials, had crossed the 7,749-foot roadway In an auto mobile. A crowd of newsboys beat everyone out but the mayor by run ning from Manhattan to Queens borough as last as they could sprint. The formal ceremony of opening the bridge will be held on June lj. A $110,000 fund has been raised for the celebrat.on. Here are some figures showing that in many respects the Queen--borough bridge Is the greatest of the four structures spanning the East Kiver: Total length of bridge, Including approaches, 7,740 feet. Length of bridge proper, 3,724 ',a feet. Length of river span west of is land. 1,182 feet. Length of river span east of Is land, 984 feet. Length of Island span, 630 feet. Clear height above mean higfi water, 135 feet. Height of tower3 above bottom chord, 18; feet. Approximate total dead load, steel paving, etc., 120,000.000 pounds. Maximum live load, 16,000 pound? per foot of br.dge. Hourly capacity, cars and prome nade, 60,000 persons. Location, from East Fifty-ninth Street, Manhattan, across East River and Blackwell 8 Island to Long Is land City. Type of bridge, cantilever. The bridge contains four trolley tracks, two elevated railroad tracks, two floors, a roadway 63 feet wide and four footwalks, each 16 feet wide. Cost, $20,000,000. Among the bridge builders, the Queenfboro is ranked second in slzu to the greatest cantilever structute In existence the Firth of Forth bridge in Scotland, with a span of 1,710 feet. With the Brooklyn and Wllllamsburgh Bridges to keep it company, the trio constitute threw of the world's greatest products of the bridge builder's art. Brooklyn bridge has a span of 1,595 feet, while Wllllamsburgh surpasses it by only five feet. The surface lines and elevated each have a capacity of 60,000 per sons per hour in one direction. The br.dge will furnish a direct and con venient route tor vehicular traffic Irom Manhattan to points on Long Island, diverting traffic from the East Thirty-fourth and East Ninety second Street ferries to the new structure. When the Quebec bridge collapsed there was alarm among the engi neers, as tbe plans of tbe two bridges were fundamentally similar. So work was stopped on the Queens bo ro Bridge till It was ascertained that the Quebec bridge fell through a fault in calculations, and that the Queensboro calculations proved to be all right upon revision. Unlike the Brooklyn bridge, the towers of which there are fourtwo on Blackwell's Island, and one on the New York and Long Island sides are of steel. They are "rocking" towers. That Is, they are construc ted on a pivot so as to "give" this way or that with varying strains. This Is necessary because of the expansion of the steel in summer, and contiact'on tn winter. Annual variation, it is said, is about one inch for every hundred feet. The piers on which tbe towers rest are built of stone, as are also the approaches, but otherwise the bridge Is eteei throughout. Consequently the ex pansion and contraction due to change in temperature must be figure. In hundreds of feet. Although formal opening ot the city's property will not occur untd June 12, when a great carnival and pageant will take place, the struc ture, which has been six years In the making. Is now practically complete. A few odds and ends, of course, still remain to be attended to. The light ing plant is not finished and there are car tracks to be laid to ay nothing of a new coat ot paint In which the bridge stands in Imminent need. As It stands or, more properly speaking, hangs the huge cantilever is decked out In a coat of red, the brilliant brick-red color which all steel structures have to wear In their Infancy. Tbe effect is striking, if not beautiful, and Is he'ghtened be cause of the great quantit - of steel used in the span. In bulk it sur passes its downtown neighbors, the Brooklyn and Wllllamsburgh bridges, and for miles along the river front the bridge U the most consplclous thing In sight. From a d stance Its lines give the Impression of pow er and tremendous strength. Insurance Limit Constitutional. New York t Special). That section of the new insurance law ot this atat which limits to $160,000,000 th amount of business wblch an In surance company may write In one year was declared constitutional 11 Justice O'Gorman In the New York State Supreme Court. Fire Causes Panic On Steamer. New York (Spec's!). a scene of excitement on the steamer Cretif while she wss at sea, caused by s slight flare of fire in the steerage, was reported on the steamer's arrival here from Naples via the Azores. A park from a match or pipe Ignited a straw mattreBS, which blazed for a moment, causing some of the steer age passengers to n.ake hastily for the deck and the lifeboats. The ex citement was soon subdued as the blare, however, apd practically no damage resulted, i Persian Mob Attacks Jews. London (Special). A special to, tbe London Times from Teheran Persia, says that an anti-Jewish rlofl occurred at Kermanshah, the only Important provincial town which Is, ' still royalist. The mob accused a. Jew of beating a Mohammedan toj death, attacked the Jewish quarter) and killed oae Jew and wounded tw others. Tbe special goes on to seyj 1 that the rioters sacked 1T0 houses, and that the accused Jew wss sub sequently beheaded by order ot tbe aoveraor.
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