THE NEWS, Domestic At the annual meeting of the Rub ber Goods Manufacturing Company In Jersey City, John J. Watson. Jr., was elected to succeed the laie Charles H. Dale as president. The date for the trial of the Star Company, publishers of the New York American, charged with cr'.mi aal libel against John D. Rockefeller, Jr., wa set for April 29. Direct nominations as recommend ed by Governor Hughes rece.ved their deathblow In the assembly, at least so far as the present session of the legislature is concerned It developed that 250 milch cowe Infected with tuberculosis have been found In one herd of 600 that fur nishes part of the milk supply to Cincinnati. Dr. W. W. Carlton, pastor of the Methodist Kplsco;al Church, has been tendered the position of chief of police of Mason City, Iowa. Attorneys for Stanley McCormlck, on of the "Harvester King," are making preparations to combat charges of mental Incompetence. Wholesale raids by detectives In the employ of the Prohibition party t Mobile resulted In the seizure of large quantities of liquors. Charles McConnaughy, former cashier of the Montlccllo (Ky. CM sens' National Bank, was imitated at Covington, Ky. University of Michigan students re raising $1,000 with which to purchase a loving cup for President James B. Angell. The Now Jersey Senate pa?sed a bill making It unlawful to shoot rab bits, except between November 15 nd December 31. A large portion of the tenement house district Just south of the bus iness center of Manchester was wiped out by fire. A conference concerning a joint terminal In Portland between the Hill and Harriman interests was held at Portland. Six boats, with tows of coal ag gregating 2.1)00,000 bushels, left Pittsburg for Louisville and other South' -n ports. The tug George Flood, with seven men aboard, reported missing Wed nesday, arrived safely at Falrpont barbor. Two men, Injured by flying debris during the terrific windstorm at Pittsburg, filed at the hospitals. Many collieries throughout the an. thracite coal region shut down and will remain idle until next week. Three workmen were killed In a blast on the Northern Pacific con struction work at Nlmrod, Mont. Mrs. Otto Hoobler, of Streator, 111., and Ellas Ettell were run down by automobiles In Chicago. Fire at Midland, Tenn., caused a loss of $500,000 in the business sec tion of the city. The father and mother and two brothers of Mrs. Georgia Sampson, charged with the killing of her hus band, Harry Sampson, of Macedon, N. Y., were called to the witness stand to give evidence on which the state Is depending to convict Mrs. Georgia Sampson of murder. The suit of the Metropolitan Se curities Companv against the estates of William C. Whitney and William Elkins and againBt Thomas F. Ryan, P. A. B. Wldener and Thomas Dolan to recover $965,607 has been settled by a check for $692,292 drawn by the defendants. W. F. Johns, superintendent of the New York and Susquehanna Railway, at Wllkes-Barre, Pa., was the chief witness at the hearings of the gov ernment's suit to dissolve the so ealled coal trust. The committee which has been probing the commercial and financial exchanges of New York will make its report to Governor Hughes on April 24. 1 John O. Milburn, senior counnol for the Standard Oil Company, de clared the trust was the country's , greatest developer of domestic and foreign commerce. ! The condition of Oovenor George , L. LUley, of Connecticut, Is much ! better than for the past 4 8 hours, ac- I cording to his attending physicians ' A hurricane paused over Ohio and J Western New York, killing several persons and injuring many more. The damage to property Is large. Cleveland Carroll, of Pulaflki Coun ty, Mo., has been sentenced to six months In a reformatory for stealing two-cent postage stamp. . William Darragh, the chauffeur who fled from New York after the death of Ingvanrd Trlmblo, has been arrested In Texas. The Hamburg-American line's new 18,000-ton ship Cleveland arrived in New York. Former Vice President Fairbanks 1s to spend a year in the Far East. THE GREATEST OF EASTER PARADES Society's Show At Atlantic City Eeats All Records. FINE WEATHER FOR FASHIONS The Boardwalk Parked With Beauti ful Women And Gnllnnt Men, All Arrayed In The Latest Styles The Floral Display A Feature Of The Pnssliig Show Over 175,000 People At The Popular Resort- How Our Homo Folk Looked In The Great Procession. Atlantic City (Special). The greatest crowd In years, a cloudless sky, the ocean Its deepest bluo, with Ju-it a tinge of cold In the air, and a gorgeous array of spring fashions comb i.e. I to make Sunday the best has t r Day In the history of this jKimla:' reort. About 175,000 strangers are In town and If they had wished for the most perfect weather Imaginable a lovelier day could not have dawned upon them, l.ait Easter the weather by way of snowing Its original. ty alternated patches of sunshine with snowstorms and hail and for several years past there has been rain and clouds to mar the holiday. Perhaps that Is why Sunday was so enjoyable by contrast and why the crowd on the Boardwalk was in such Jolly good splri's and so satisfied with lite and the world. And the Jam on the walk! It Is Impossible to imagine that there could be so many people in such a space or that the hotels could ac commodate such a multitude. From lieinz's Pier to the Million dollar Pier the walk was packed with people. There was scarcely room to put another dozen pairs of feet either of Chicago or Baltimore. Thia big ma-B of humanity paraded slowly along, gazing and gazed upon. The chairs moved regularly up toward the Million-dollar Pier on the right and down the left. In a steady l.ne the pushers walked for one to go faster than the car ahead a pusher Is lined $20 on Raster Sunday. The law Is strict. One pusher confided to the occupants of his chair, "There is one detective down hero that made hla record by arresting pushers. He's an awful contemptible man." Only about 6,000 chairs were on the march, and still more folks wait ed anxiously for a turn at being roll ed along. There Is something dis tinct and Individual In the sensation of being gently pushed ahead of oth er folks walking folks; something that is almost lordly In your sensa tion of luxury. To be without a chair on Easter Sunday why, It Is an abomination. There was not enough chairs in the city to accom modate the people and In the after noon exorbitantly high rates were charged and paid willingly by the sightseers. If it was possible the crowd was larger after dinner than It was before. Invigorated and reinforced by the fine dinners all of the hotels served as an extra attraction for the Easter crowd, the promenaders started out again. It is a funny thing about that Boardwalk anyhow. You can walk miles and miles and not know it until the next day, and after the strolls of this holiday, there will cer tainly be many aching bodies and tired feet. FIVE M LUONS I'J BIG WHEAT DEAL James Attacks .Murder Theory. McRae, Ga. (Special). In a long statement the Mayor of this town declared that Pope S. Hill, the Macon attorney found dead In an office here, was not murdered, but committed suicide. The Mayor re viewed the case In detail and point ed out the alleged weakness of the murder theory. The Governor with drew the reward he had offered after a conference with Hill's law partners. I oreign The Mexican government's annual budget of expense carries more than 93,000,000 for a new national the ater and $11,500,000 for Improving Irrigation facilities and the water system. The German government denies It bad anything to do with China ar ranging the loan of $15,000,000 for the Hankow-Canton Kallroad with the German-Asiatic Bank. An American auarchlnt named MacPherson committed suicide by leaping from a cliff into a deep ra vine near Naples. The board of directors of the Na tional Hallway of Mexico will spend $12,060,000 on the Mexican Central. It is reported that King Meenllk of Abyssinia Is again In a serious con dition from heart disease. Tbe preparation for the election of a Colombia Congress to be held next July are now well under way. Hassan Fehmi Kffendl, editor of tbe Liberal newspaper Serbestl. was shot and killed In Constantinople by an unknown man as be was enter ing; his office. Just before leaving for Mombasa ex-Prealdent Roosevelt left a mes sage highly commending the work of Americana In the earthquake dis trict of Italy. Count Zeppelin's airship made a successful flight of IS horus' dura tion. Former President Castro, of Ven evneli, lsjded at Port of France, Martlulque. the British government having refused to let him land at Trinidad. A tidal wave wrought destruction on the Islands of Itblotong and Mooree. Oeneral Plcquart, French minister of war, baa offered a prise for the est design of an aerial cruiser. The sealing steamer Vlrglala Lake was abandoned off Notre Dame Bay fa a sinking condition. ' General Sebastlno Custodlo d Boss Telle bas succeeded In form lag a mew Portuguese Cabinet. Women For And Against. Washington, D. C. (Special). Speaker Cannon received over 300 cards from women in Philadelphia, evidently employed In factories, ask ing that the proposed duty on hennery be retained in the Payne bill. From Cleveland, Ohio, came letters from clubwomen asking the Speaker to strike the il it y from the bill. Bit; Vote In Hartford. Hartford. Ct. (Special). Interest In the license and other questions brought out a large vote at Tues day's annual election. License was voted 7,921 to 3,252. a net gain or about 700 for no license compared with the vote of last year. The Republicans carried the city by about 2,500 on the general ticket. Auto Puts Atl On Level. Springfield, Mass. (Special I. In discussing the automobile at the Western .Massachusetts Grange rally, George S. Ludd. former state mas ter, said: "The automobile has elitni ated distinction among pedestrians and there are now but two clashes the quick and the-dead." Brother And Sister Killed. PlatUburg. N. Y. (Special). Warren Kid red, aged 19, and his slater, aged 22, were killed here dur ing a tierce windstorm, while driv ing to the r borne at Chazy, N. Y. Without a moment's warning a tree waa blown across the road over which they were driving, killing both brother and sister in an Instant. I lorldn Fafct Mail Derailed. Columb'a. 8. C. (Special) The Florida fa-t mall train of the Sea board Air Line, southbound, was wrecked 46 miles south of Columbia. Five white persons and three negroes were injured, two of them tramps, wbo are likely to die. There Is evi dence that a switch had been opened, the lock being broken and the twitch light taken away. The entire train. Including one Pullman car, was derailed. Nlgltf Itlders Again Active. Paducah, Ky. (Spoclal). Night riders are again active In Western Kentucky and Tennessee, and anoth er uprising Is feared. Tobacco beds on tbe farm of Clarence Penny, near Murray, were destroyed. Penny was active In circulating a petition for loose leaf sales. Gentry Miller. whoe stables were burned, is an In dependent planter. Senator Darts' Wife Dead. Little Rock, Ark. (Special). Mrs. Jefferson Davis, wife of United States Senator Davis, died here after a month's Illness from stomach trouble. A. Patten Cleans Up A Fortune THE PRICE SOARS UPWARD Chicago Dealer Sells Six Million Bushels Of Grain At From 120 To 120, Which Cost Him About 104. Says Country Has To Have The Whent And There Is Xot Knougli To Go Around Pandemonium As Prices Go Higher. Chicago (Special). May wheat touched a new high level Thursday, 126, and pandemonium reigned In the wheat pit. This followed a de ceptive calm on the floor daring the first hour of the market, when it looked as If the excitement which reached a high pitch had ended. July wheat suffering a reaction in the first hour of one-half cent, was rush ed to 112i. The Patten house sold a little wheat at the opening. Then the brokers for the bull lenders switched suddenly to the buying Fide and this started the entire trade clamoring for wheat. James A. Patten visited the ex change about the time excitement was at Its greatest pitch. He seemed pleased at the developments of the market. He has been able to sell about 6,000,000 bushels of May wheat from 120 up to 126, which cos; him on an averace about 104 several months ago. Already Patten has clcwred more than $5,000,000 on his wheat deal since last October, and the market has been forced high er than by any other man. It Is said on the Board of Trade that it Is going higher. Patten believes it ought to go hlpher. "I believe that the present high price of wheat is Justified," said Mr. Patten. "The country has to have the wheat and there is not enough of it. to go around. Argentina Is shipping very little wheat. Europe wants our wheat. In this country many mills are closing down because there Isn't and wheat for them. "A reresssion from the top price is natural. There always are these recessions and setbacks, but I do not look for any permanent decline In prices. Wheat Is not too high. It is not high enough. I believe the prices are Justified, and, to the casual observer, It seems as though wheat Is bound to go higher. That is my opinion." Dispatches from Kansas City re ported the green bug, which did such great damage three years ago, and added 20 cents to wheat prices in this market. Is again appearing in Oklahoma and Texas. FOUND GUILTY OF LIBEL. Former U. S. Senator Butler And His Brother Convicted. Winston-Salem, N. C. (Special). Former Untied States Senator Marion Butler and his brother, Lester Butler, were convicted In Guilford Superior Court of criminally libelling Repub lican State Chairman S. B. Adams by the publication in the Caucnslon, a weekly newspaper owned and operat ed by the Butlers, of Berlous allega tions against Adams' Integrity and honesty. Adams' acts as chief justice of the Indian Court In Oklahoma In 1905 were severely condemned by the pa per In Its fight against Adams' re election as chairman of the Republi can State Executive Committee. The trial lasted six days. Judge Long Imposed a fine of $500 on Marion Butler and of $J50 on Lester Butler. A motion for" a new trial was overruled. Notice of appeal to the Supreme Court was given, the defendants being released on bonds of $1,000 each. 400,000 TOXS OF ICK MELTED. Big Plant On Shore Of River In Maine Destroyed By Fire. East Waterboro, Me. (Special). Nearly 400,000 tons of Ice, stored in six Ice houses on the shores of the Bartlett Hlver, were destroyed by a fire during the night, which practically cleaned out the plant owned by the E. W. Clark Ice Com pany. The damage Is estimated at $50,000. The fire is believed to have been incendiary: Fanned by a high wind, flying embers were scattered over a broad territory and a colony of summer cottages nearby were seriously threatened. IN JAIL FOIl TWO CENTS. Youthful Mail Carrier Who Kmbcat iled Postul Funds Sentenced. Springfield, Mo. (Spoclal). Judge John F. Phillips In the United States District Court here sentenced Cleve land Carroll, a Pulaski County boy, employed as a mail carrier, to six months in the Missouri Reform School for embezzling postal funds amounting to two cents. Carroll is said to have appropria ted two cents given hlra to buy a stamp. He destroyed the letter he was to mall. Eighteen Colorado Towns Dry. Denver, Col. (Special). The Anti Saloon forces were generally victori ous throughout the stale at the muni cipal election. Of the 25 towns from whloh definite returns have been re ceived 18 voted to become "dry," while seven voted to license Baloons. In several cities the re ult Is still In doubt. Tug And Seven Men Ixst. Cleveland. O. (Special). Fear is entertained here that the Ashing tug George A. Floss ma have gone down, with its crew of seven men, during the storm on Lake Erie Wed nesday. The tug. In charge of Capt. William Barry, went ont into the lake Wednesday morning. It was known to have encountered the se vere gale which all day whipped the lake into a furious sea, but trace of tbe little boat soon was lost. Still Typewriter Champion. Providence, IL I. (Special). A typewriting contest, which was an nounced to be for the. world's cham pionship, brought to a close tbe an naut convention of tbe Eastern Com mercial Teachers' Asosclatlon. Tbe championship was retained by Mlsi Rose I. Frits, of New York, whose average was (6 29-30 words a min ute. In the school championship typewriting contest tbe winner was Miss Maud Linker, Springfield, Mass., 'u an average of 64.8 words a minute. LIVE WASHINGTON TOPICS The Tariff Bill Goes Through the House By 56 Majority. PAYNE TARIFF BILL PARSED BY THE HOUSE. Final voting on the Payno Tariff Bill in the House began at 3 o'clock and the measure was passed by a vote of 217 to lfil at 8.15. The 1 per cent, duty on oil was stricken out and oil was placed on the free list. After a bitter fight, lead by Taw- ney, of Minnesota, the tax tin lumber waa retained. Barley Is taxed, but tea and coffee are placed on the free list. Several times during the session the House was in an uproar and Speaker Cannon called for assistance In securing order. The galleries were crowded dur- ln the day and Mrs. Taft was one of the spectators. Until further ordered, the House will meet only on Mondays and Thursdays. make his headquarters at any of the surrounding ports. Great Britain will not allow Cas tro to take refuge In Trinidad, ac cording to advices received by the State Department. The department had not figured on Castro's getting beyond Venezu ela In his trip and consequently has not sounded seriously the govern ments of Colombia, Panama and Costa Rica as to their attitude. The Guadeloupe, on whlchCastro was a passenger, will stop at ports of these countries after leaving Venezuela. It Is suggested that St. Thomas, Danish West Indies, about 400 miles northwest of Martinique, Is a haven and a base of operations for exiled revolutionists. After three weeks of consideration the Payne Tariff Bill was passed by the House of Representatives by a vote of 217 to 161. One Republican, Austin (Tenn.), voted against the measure and four Democrats, all from Louisiana, Messrs. Broussard, Fstoplnal, Pujo and Wlckllff, voted for It. An attempt by Champ Clark, the minority leader, to recommit the bill with instructions signally failed. The day was filled with excitement from the moment the sessions began at noon until the minute of adjourn ment. The members were-keyed up to the highest pitch, and a practi cally full membership remained on duty throughout. The general public was greatly In terested In the proceedings, and the galleries were packed. Both the dip lomatic and executive reservations likewise were fully occupied, Mrs. Taft being among those present. After adopting a resolution that until further ordered sessions shall be held only on Mondays and Thurs days the House at 8.20 P. M. ad journed. While more consideration in point of time has been given by the House to the Payne bill. It was passed In fewer days than the Dlngley bill was acted upon after being reported to the House. The Payne bill was in troduced on March 17, reported to the House by the Ways and Means Committee on the following day and was under general debate for 16 days. Charges Against Xicarauguan President. President Zelaya, of Nicaraugua, Is to lie called upon for an explana tion of the mutilation of dispatches transmitted by the State Department and the legation at Nicaraugua. In many cases these were altered to such an extent that they were ren dered unintelligible. This constitutes a very grave dip lomatic offense, and, athough the United States has not decided upon any course of action In retaliation. It Is certain that Zelaya will be oblig ed to answer for the offense. Curiously enough, the mutilated dispatches refererd to the military activity of Nicaraugua, which was the occasion of the sending of Ameri can warships to that country. According to the latest advices re ceived at the State Department, it is evident that the danger of military distubances has not yet passed. Wlckersham On Xatlonal Banks, Attorney General Wlckersham, m an opinion submitted to the Secre tary of the Treasury, holds that the national banks of the State of Kan sas have no right to participate 111 the assessment and benefits of the bank depositors' guaranty fund un der the provisions of a recently en acted law by that state, upon the same terms and conditions as apply to state banks. The decision says that only an act of Congress can confer such powers upon national banks. May Extend The Patent Law. If the bill recently Introduced by Representative Stephens, of Texa3, is enacted into law, foreigners desiring copyright or letters patent will have to subject themselves to the rules and regulations and pay the same fees Imposed on citizens of the Uni ted States by the country of which the applicant Is a citizen. Failure to abide by tbe provisions of the bill would operate as a forfeiture and cancellation of such copyright or let ters patent. Xew National Bank Plan. Lawrence O. Murray, the comp troller of the currency, has put into effect a plan whereby the national banks whose five per cent, redemp tion fund is good for the redemp tions as they come in, will have their new notes shipped to them the day the old notes are redeemed, in stead of waiting for a week or ten days, or even longer, as under the old plan. Johnson As Military Aid. ' Capt. Graham L. Johnson, Sixth Infantry, who had charge of the army recruiting station at Scranton, Pa., has arrived here to assume duty as a military aid to President Taft. Captain Johnson is from Alabama and had charge of the Philippine Insurrection leader Agulnaldo until he was released from captivity, in 1902. Wlckersham Upholds Congress, Acting on a question referred by Secretary of the Navy Meyer, At torney General Wlckersham has de cided that Congress was fully within its constitutional right in the legis lation directing that marines be re stored to duty aboard naval ships. The Navy Department had already Issued orders for carrying out the legislation. No Haven For Castro. The efforts of the American gov ernment to keep former President Castro out of Venezuela and away from the nearby mainland and Is lands have every indication of be Ing crowned with success. Most of the powers, Including France and England, having posses sions In that part of the world have Indicated to the State Department that Castro's presence is not wanted within their boundaries and that they are willing to acquiesce In the de sire of the United States that he be far removed from the scene of his former prestige. Notwithstanding Castro's deposi tion as president, he has still a great many warm adherents in his native country, and it is realized that his return might be made the occasion of a demonstration resulting In the re-otitabliBhment of unsettled condi tions. This government feels that Castro ought not to be allowed to return to Venezuela or to be permitted to To Restrict Officeholders. For a federal officeholder to be a delegate to any convention called to nominate a candidate for Presi dent or other elective United States officer is made a misdemeanor, pun ishable by fine and imprisonment, ac cording to the terms of a bill recent ly Introduced by Representative Richardson, of Alabama. Taft To Honor Washington. President Taft accepted an Invita tion to attend a celebration of the one hundred and twentieth anniver sary of the first inauguration of George Washington, to be held at Alexandria, Va the afternoon of April 30. Fulton May Go To China. President Taft tendered former Senator Fulton, of Oregon, the post of minister to China, to succeed W. W. Rockhill. Senator Fulton re quested ten days in which to con sider whether or not he could accept. Taffs Offer Is Declined. Judge Meyer Sulzberger, of the Court of Common Pleas of Philadel phia, an eminent oriental scholar, has been offered and declined the ambassadorship to Turkey, prefer ring to remain on tbe bench. M Its. SAMPSON ACQUITTED. Ovation When Jury Says She Did Xot Murder Her Husband. Lyons, N. Y. (Special). The Jury which tried Mrs. Georgia Allyn Sampson on the charge that she mur dered her husband, Harry SampBon, brought in a verdict of not guilty. Mrs. Sampson was trembling per ceptibly when the Jury announced its verdict, but she recovered her composure Immediately and smiling ly received the embrace of her fath er and other relatives and the con gratulations of her friends. She held an impromptu reception In tbe court, thanking and shaking hands with her lawyers and each of the Juror and also greeting and thanking the representatives of tbe press. Mrs. Sampson declined to make any state ment for publication. Judge Rich completed bis charge to the Jury at 6.30 P. M., but he did not immediately send the Jurymen to their room to deliberate on a ver dict. Instead be directed" that tho men be first given their supper, and It was so arranged. District Attorney Gilbert, In speak ing of the verdict, said: "I am satisfied. I have done my full duty by the people and by the prisoner." Mr. Gilbert, though a cousin of Mrs. Sampson by marriage, stood to his duty and prosecuted the case as vigorously as tbe facts would permit. 100.000 ACRES BURNED OVER. Incendiaries Apply The Torch To The Vanderbilt Estate. Ashevllle, N. C. (Special). Fires set by Incendiaries burned over 100, 000 acres of second growth timber In George W. Vanderbllt's Biltmore Forest and also the undergrowth which endangered tbe handsome Vanderbilt residence In the Victoria residence section, leased to tenants. Three Submarines Launched, Qulncy, Mass. (Special). A triple launching of three submarine boats took place at the works of the Fore River Shipbuilding Company. Tbe vessels are tbe Tarpoon, Stingray and Narwhals. Tbo Tarpoon and Stin gray are duplicates of the Octopus, the sucessful submarine boat which bas been In use for some time. They are, however, much faster and of an Improved type. Orders bavo been Issued by the War Department summoning th Brownsville court of Inquiry Had His Wish. Flint, Mich. (Special). Alexan der D. Cudley, 86 years old, a pioneer of this city, whose long cherished wish had been to see Genesee Coun ty become prohibition territory, dropped dead at bis home a few min utes after learning that bis wish would soon be realized, as the result of Monday's local option election. Genesee County voted "dry" by a majority of 1,258. Mother Of Texas Is Dead. Fort Worth, Tex. (Special). Mrs. Fanny Van Zandt, "mother of the Texas Republic," died here at the ago of 84 years. She was the widow of the late Isaao Van Zandt, who ne gotiated the treaty by which tbe Texas Ropubllo entered tbe Union. Tornado Kills Five. Aberdeen, Miss. (Special). Five persons are known to have been kill ed, four others Injured and sUll oth ers are burled under tbe debris of tbo Illinois Central depot, which was sseaoUsbed by a tornado which sweet through the city of Aberdeen. SIX LIVES ARE LOST IN BiG FIRE Four Business Blocks Ara Burred In Lenox, Mass. FLAMES DRIVE BACK RESCUERS Fortunate Change In The Wind Saves Tlie Residence Part Of The Beau ful Massachusetts Town The Flrr Started In A Hardware Store, And An Explosion Of Paints Anil Oils Spread It With Rapidity Los About $2.-)0,000 A Relief Fund Started. I.enox, Mass. (Special). Six per sons" lost their lives, three others badly burned and a property loss of between (200,000 and (300,000 was caused by a fire in the heart of the business section of this town. Four business blocks, two dwellings and two other structures were destroyed In a section bounded by Franklin, Main, Housatonlc and Church Streets. The fire Is believed to have started in the Clifford Building from spon taneous combustion. A fortunate shift of wind saved the Public Library and the fashion able Curtis Hotel. In the hotel there were several Easter parties from New York and Boston. The loss of life occurred In the Clifton Building, where the blaze started, and resulted primarily from a series of explosions among the tur pentine, paints, oils and dynamite stored In the cellar of the James Clif ford & Sons Company, hardware dealers. The fire was discovered by George Root, who lives with his mother and brother in the upper story of the Clifford block, a three-story building, shortly after 1 o'clock A. M. Hastily calling his brother and mother, all ran down the stairs nl their night clothes, shouting to the other occupants of the upper floors as the went. They found the front door In flames, but the men wrenched it open and dashed through, with their mother between them. All sustained bad burns. HER LOVE STORY ENDS IN S0ICI0E Miss Shaw, a Nurse, was Engaged To Physician. Left A Note Asking That Man She Loved Not To Get Any Other Giil, And Then Took Morphine .. Albany, N. Y. (Special) .Disap pointed In love, Etiet C. Sbaw, an attractive woman about 28 years of age was found dead in her room in the Ten Eyck Hotel. Death was due to an overdose of morphine and strychnine taken hypodermically. Miss Shaw was a nurse from New York City. She has a brother liv ing in Montreal. The woman left several letters, In cluding one addressed to Dr. G. Scott Towne, health officer of Sara toga, In which she said: "My Dear Boy: "Unfortunately I got very fond of you, so the breaking of our engage ment means to me complete wreck age. Don't get any other girl to love you. "Yours, "Ethel C. S." The postscript read: "No mother has a right to spoil a son's life. When two people marry they should be given a chance. Ev ery woman knows this." Miss Shaw evidently had made all preparations for her death. When found she was lying on tbe bed with a silk robe wrapped about her, and her arms folded across her breast. A hypodermic syringe and a box con taining morphine vials, one of which was empty, were found at her side. On the dresser were half a dozen let ters. t Among the letters was one to Mn. Mackenzie, Free Delivery Route No. 2, White Plains, in which Miss Shaw wrote: "I am frightened and lonely, but it seems so much worse to go on. Love to all of you, Isabella and oth ers. "Ethel." In a letter to her brother, Allan C. Shaw, Montreal, Canada, to whom she left all her possessions, she di rected the payment of 81,000 to Mrs. Samuel Carey, of West Forty-sixth Street, New York. A bank book on the United States Savings Bank of New York wai found, showing deposits of $489 Several valuable pieces of Jewelry also were found. Miss Shaw was head nurse at the Saratoga Hospital during the years 1905-6, and her home was said to be in Canada. Dr. Towne, beyond saying that he had been engaged to M sg Shaw and had broken off the engagement, would make no statement. (N THE WORLD OF FINANCE Michigan Central has decided to issue 82.000,000 of 4 per cent. 20 year debenture bonds. Westmoreland Coal Company of ficers. Including Pre.-ldent IS. H. Mc Cullough, were reelected. Cripple Creek's yield last month exceeded 1 1.3 SO, 000, which Is bet ter than the average. The Butte Coalition Is another good shipper and Its dally output of ore reaches 1,400 tons. There was a further cut In Pitts burg in wire naUs. Arizona stilt leads the States and Territories as a copper producer. The output Is almost 1,000,000 pounds a day. The Ely copper mines are showing up handsomely. Last month' Neva da Consolidated and Cumberland-Ely shipped 3,800,000 pounds of copper. This was their banner month. Southern Pacific shareholders vot ed to authorize 182,000,000 convert ible bonds and 8100.000,000 stock to provide for conversion of tbe bonds. ft all (h. rrtAt-la wh l-h ml-' Jlllh. ject to fluctuation In price none shows a larger decline In price than aluminum. Two years ago It was worth 11.000 a ton and now It is about 300. vrav hil lumned to the hlffhoat nvlM In man VMM with t h A Ml n win uwniinn of tiha Letter corner. f'hi cago experts say tbe Winter wheat .11, V. , a A A AAA AAA k. CrUp Witt W uwiftfi WUUV,UUU U U - beia. It was said by Inside Interests that tbo 110,000,000 of stock of toe new International Smsltlng Company was largely oversubscribed. COIL OPERATORS JOTE DEMANDS 0,'fer To Renew Old Wage Scale For Three Years MIIERS MAY APPEAL TO TAFT Owners Decline To Consider Recog. nition Of The Union Miner Will Not Ilerlnre A Strike, But May Leave The Operators To Dp. clare A Lockout Meeting Ad journs Until Labor Leaders May Confer Over Plans, Philadelphia (Special). At meeting held here between commit, tees representing the coat' operators and the officials of the United Mln Workers of America, representing the anthracite workers of Pennsy. vanla, to consider demands made by the miners, the operators refused all the demands and submitted Instead a proposition to extend the wage agreement brought about by the an thracite strike commission for an other term of three years. The proposition of the operator Is as follows: "Whereas, pusuant to letters of submission, signed bv the parties interested In 1902, all persons at Issue between the respec tive companies and their own em ployes, whether they belong to the union or not, were submitted to the Anthracite Coal Strike Commission to decide as to the same, and a; to 'the condition between the re specttve companies, and their own employes,' and eaid strike commls. slon under date of MaI"ch 13, 1903, duly made and filed Its award upon the subject matter of the submission and provided that the sa'd award should continue In force for thre years from April 1. 1903, and tne eaid period has expired, "And, whereas, by agreement, dated May 7, 1906, It was stipulated that 'the said award and the provi sions thereof and any action which has since been taken pursuant there to, either by the conciliation board or otherwise, shall be extended and shall be continued in force for three years from April 1, 190G, namely until March 31, 1909, with like force and effect, as If that had been orig inally prescribed as Its duration.' "Now, therefore. It Is stipulated between the undersigned In then own behalf, and so lar as they have power to represent any other parties In Interest, that the award, and the provisions thereof, and any actlosi which bas since been taken pursu ant thereto, either by the concilia tion board or otherwise, shall be ex tended and shall continue In force tor three years from April 1, 1909, namely, unt'l March 31, 1912, with like force and effect as If that had been originally prescribed as Its dui atlon." The agreement does not provide for recognition of the miners' union, and this, it is said, is the bone of contention, as the operators absolute ly refuse to recognize the union. It Is eaid that should the operators refuse to make sny concessions and Insist upon the offer to renew the an thracite strike commission's award, the miners will appeal to President Taft for the appointment of a con--mission to Investigate the conditions controlling the mining and selling of hard coal. Miners' Demands Rejected. Philadelphia (Special). After conferences the anthracite coal oper ators and the officials of the United Mine Workers of America, represent ing the miners, at which the question of a wage agreement was discussed to replace that brought about by the Anthracite Strike Commission, the operators rejected .the imodlfied de mands of the miners and the con ference adjourned deadlocked. There will be no strike inaugura ted by the mine workers, however, and the only danger of a suspension of mining in the near future, accord ing to the mine workers officials, arises from the possibility of the refusal of the operators to ' permit the miners to work without an agreement. THE OIL TRUST GOT SECRET REPORTS Headquarters for Work of Sleuths. Baltimore St. Louis, Mo. (Special). "In th Baltimore office of the Standard Oil Company," said Prosecutor Morrison, during tbe suit to dissolvo the oil trust, "was the secret statistical de partment. It was a place so secret that employes of other department! were not allowod to enter it. II was no secret that no name was sign ed to the reports received there, and If a name appeared ou a report II was at once obliterated., In this de partment tho reports were received of every gallon of oil that an In dependent company sold, the price, the destination and all data. Tbe? were kept in card Index form read lor use at a minute's notice "This information," ho said, "wai obtained by bribing railroad em ployes, by keeping men around sta tions to learn shipping direction!, by following tank wagons and sales men, and by employing detectives to procure Information from employei of Independent companies. It wa used in violent and decisive move ments to crush the Standard rivals Tobacco Warehouse Burned. Lancaster, Pa. (Special). Thl tobacco warehouse of Charles W. Bit ner was destroyed by fire with iti contents, consisting of between L 300 and 1,400 cases of tobacco. Th( loss on the contents is $80,000. ol which there Is an insurance or 70. 000; on the building, $15,000, wittr an insurance of $8,(100. Ethan Allen Hitchcock. Secretnrj of tbe Interior under Pre dents Mo Klnley and Hoosevelt, died at Wash ington. f No More Drinking On Trains. Little Rock. Ark. (Special). Tb State Senate passed a bill placing I heavy penalty on persons drinking In toxicants on trains In the state 01 on station platforms. This wil1 probably affect buffet cars althoitgl Intended only to stop rowdyism. The prospects are for an Jce crof above tbe average this sea-nn (r Canada, with clearer and thicker let than for three years past. Lui yesi the crop was larglv snow Ice. owln to alternate snow and freezing spells, and the supply was exhausted befoH rplember.
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