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.