THE NEWS, i CHRISTIANS SLAUGHTERED BY TURKS. Domestic Colonpl Mofps Gibson, of Louis Mle, Ky., committed suicide In a &ath tub. The Southern Pacific Ilallroad has leclded to give publicity to all rail road accidents. Wool buyers are offering 21 cents I pound in Wyoming, but ranchmen tre not selling. Col. Koy Hoffman, of the Okla soma militia, .'ays 10,000 men could ot find Crazy Snake. Profit-sharing was discussed at the annual convention of the Na tional Metal Trades Association. Sarah Koten, who shot and killed Dr. Martin V. Auspltz, of New York, leaded guilty to manslaughter. Over a million dollars are to be petit on the Hudson-Fulton celebra tion In New York next September. Mrs. Blanche O'Neill, formerly an tpera singer, wan found living in poerty In a hut in Providence, R. I. Charles lcvek and Moses I.autz nero blown t; .ltiiius by the explosion t a torpedo f.utory at Robinson, III. ('apt. Rex Van den Corput, U. S. A., li iiiu'.ercding court martial in New York over his mileage accounts Ohio roa! dealers are protesting before the Interstate Commerce Com mission regarding soft coal freight rates. The Kuclid Avenue Trut and Savings Company, of ciewland. Ohio, which failc-d in January. 1902, will pay dollar for dollar. James A. Pafen stayed a panic to fell wheat in Chicago when he purchased S.iiOO.eiio In the closing moments of the markt t. Joseph Prnel. -ng-d 0 years, a retired business man. leaped or fell from nn eltht-fi ry window of the Hot'.d Helle( laire. New York. A bottle wa-hed ashore at Oak land. Cal.. contained a letter telling a Ftory of a girl being lured on board ship and carried to sea against her will. Mrs. Kva A. Iiigersoll. widow of Col. Robert G. Ingersoll. ha won her lone suit against the estate of Andrew- J. I'avls with, a verdict for $13s,Slo. Attorney for Duncan 13. Cooper and Kobln J Cooper have advanced forty-six reasons for a new trial for the 'men convicted of the murder of former Senator Cnrmack. Miss Mary Myer, who traveled from Honolulu to New York in nn ewer to a proposal of marriage by rable and who was jilted, was award ed a verdict for $7,000 against Carl Kaiser. By a vote of 84 to r, the Mis souri House of Representatives pass ed the bill submitting a constitu tional amendment providing for State-wide prohibition to a vote of the qualified electors of the state. American Missionaries Reported Killed Scores Of Armenians Dead. French Cruiser Ordered To Vicinity lit The Mnssncrc At Adann The Turkish Government (Jives Assur ances Of Ability To ltetore Order Turkish Soldiers Join In The Excesses Of The Mob- House Fired And Homes Pillaged My The Illofxlt.hii'sty Turks Albanlnns In ltevolt And Thousands Of People In Macedonia Starving. MASSACRE AND FAMINE. Reports that two American missionaries have met death In the massacre of Armenians at Ailana, a station in Turkey of the American Hoard, are as yet tin con firmed. Anxiety Is felt for the safety of the Americans, Including the Rev. William Chambers and wife. Some of the Turkish soldiers are said to have joined in the pillage of the city and the slaugh ter continues. The Albanians at Monastir, near Salonika, are showing signs of trouble. They have had sev eral clashes with the authorities. Eight thou -'and families arc Buffering from famine In Mace donia and Servla and 100 persons have died of starvation. Secretary Knox has Instructed Ambassador Leishman to see that American missionaries are protec ted at Adann and other points. Major Daughty-Wylle, British vice consul at Messina, Is report ed wounded. The French government has or dered warships to Turkish wa ters. The Young Turks claim to have enough soldiers on their side to start a revolution, and a sen sational report lias it that 2,000 people have been killed In Constantinople. m ALSO MUTINIES Battleship Commander Lynched By Marines. The Third Army Corps Threaten To March On Constantinople An Ex aggcrntcd Report Of A Massacre At Merslnn Created Vneuslnesa Aiming Church Organizations Ren resented In That Section The New Minister Of Marine In Ils-favor. t oreign Frederick Mac.Monnles, the Ameri can sculptor, was divorced from his wife In Paris. The inhabitants of Astrabad. Per sia, are in dread of being massacred by Turkomen tribesmen. The attitude of the Nicaraguans h-a caused a rew.wul of the alarm on the frontier of Salvador. The Ecuadorian government lias discovered a conspiracy to overthrow the administration of President Al faro. Lord Dalmeny, son of Earl of Rostbery, was married In London to Dorothy, daughter of Lord Gros venor. Ten leaders of a riot in Yalerdena, Mexico, resulting from an order pre venting a religious parade, have been executed. Wilbur Wright made his first flight in Italy at Centocello, and awakened the enthusiasm of 5,000 spectators. A break in one of the principal pas mains of the Montreal Light, Heat and Power Company deprived the entire city of gas. Henri Leincyne, who gained com si.ierable notoriety last year by try ing to prove that he could manufac ture diamonds, was arrested in Paris The funeral of Elect: v Ian Henry Paul, Of the I'liitcd States battle ship Maine, who died from peri tonitis, took place at St. Thomas, Danish West Indies. R"ar Admiral Evgoiiieft and Lieu tenant Smirnoff, of the Russian navy, sent nci-d to prison for surrendering their commands to the Japanese, Lave been pardoned. The Persian government has again been notified l,y the American lega tion at Teheran that It would be held responsible for the safety of the lives and property of Americans in Pen-la. The steamer Admiral with Theo dore Roosevelt and the members of his party on board reached Aden, Arabia, where an official demonstra tion was given In honor of the ex president. The WeBtern Telegraph Company Is negotiating with the Argentine government for the const motion of a new rable line to connect Argentine directly with Europe by way of As cension Island. Merslna, Asiatic Turkey (Special). The ma-sacre of Armenians at Adana continues. The troops art powerless to control the situation, and some of the soldiers are Joining In the pillage of the city. Berlin (Special). A local news paper publishes a dispatch from Us kub, in the vilayet of Monastir, and not far from Salonokl, declaring that the Albanians of the vlcnlty are showing signs of unrest. Already there have been several clashes wltli the authorities. A hand of Albanians I at Fetch defeated the troops sent there to restore order, and at one of the Turkish military Btations in the Albanian country military mutineer seized their barracks and drove their officers away. Famine prevails in Macedonia and Old Servia. Eight thousand families are suffering, the correspondent de clares, and more than 100 persons already have died of starvation. ri:i:iL of Americans. Editor Hemphill To Lecture. New Haven, Ct. (Special). Jamei Calvin Hemphill, editor of the Charleston News and Courier, of Charleston, S. C, has been appointed lecturer at Yale on the Bromlc-y foundation, next year. May Tiunsfer.Kllk I'lants. New York (Special). That combination of ullk Industries Id Southern France representing $10, 000,000 of capital will transfer theli plants to this country was stated by Jeun Duplun, bead of a large silk dye works at Hazleton, Pa. Mr. Dup lan, accompanied by D. A. Gillet, a French silk manufacturer, who hat been Invt-htlgating conditions In this country, sailed for Havre on the steamer La Provence. Wl Mjio Who Shot Her. Providence1. It. I. (Special). Miss Christina Palmlerl, an Italian girl of 20 years, was married to Camlllo lM-iifto, who on March 8 last shot ad wounded her during a fit of Jealousy- Phe recently left the hos pital, la order to marry the young man. who was held at Cranston Jail, lcue of his Inability to furnish ball of $4,000 on a charge of aasaull with Inter,: to kill. Miss Palmlerl ie curtd a reduction of the bond to ll.f.dO, and then furnished the sur. Mies necoimary for Iter lover's re loaM. Two Missionaries Reported Killed Ity TIm; Fanatics. Constantinople (Special). Infor mation received here from, Adana, in Asiatic Turkey, declares that two American missionaries have been killed in the anti-Armenian outbreak at that place. The Moslem fanaticism against the Christians of Adana appears to have broken out afresh. The Mos lem attacks recommenced yesterday afternoon and continued throughout the night. Iarge numbers of Chris- j tians are said to have been killed. One report says that 60 Armenians have lost their lives and that many houses have been looted and burned. There la no confirmation of the death of the two American mission aries. I'nited States Ambassador Irish man has had no direct news of the reported killing of the two Ameri can missionaries. He has instructed tho American vice consul at Mersina, John Debbas, to proceed immediate ly for Adana and report on the situa tion. Railroad communication be tween Mersina and Adana appears to be Interrupted. The Bible House Is also without direct information. TI.e missionaries of the district are at present at Adana for the regular district meeting. They are Mr. and Mrs. William Chambers, the Misses Webb. Miss Wallis and Miss Borel. Mr. Christy is at Tarsus. The government has given nssur nnces that it is doing its best to restore order at Adana and to pro tect foreigners. Additional troops are being sent in. Consular telegrams received here report that half of the town of Adana has been burned and thnt the attacks upon the Armenians are ex tending into tho vilayet. They say that the British vice consul at Mer sina. Major Daughty-Wylle who was ordered to Adana when the first ad vices of the massacre were received, has been wounded. Communication with the disturbed district Is inter rupted, however, and all reports re ceived from there must be taken with caution. The Porte declares tho disturbances are subsiding. Two additional battalions have been dis patched to Adana. Constantinople (Special). The third day of the revolutionary move ment In the capital was marked by some disorders, the most serious of which was a demonstration by ma rines who objected to the new ministers of marine, Ylce Admiral Adjiemln Pasha. The marines gathered in force and seized and conveyed to the palace Arlf Hey, commander of the battleship Asar-l-Tewfik, a member of the .Com mittee of I'nlon and Progress, who onl'Ted the guns of his ship trained on the Ylldiz Kiosk, when the rising was at Its height, with the intention of supporting tho committee. Arriv ed at the Yildlz Kiosk, the men lynched Arlf Hey, notwithstanding the efforts of the palace guard to save him. Although public confidence Is by no means restored by the formation of the new cabinet, an excellent Im pression has been produced by the appointment of Naztm Pasha as com mander of the First Army Corps, and thlj has been strengthened by the nomination of Memduh Pasha, anoth er able AndrLanople officer, to com mand the First Division at Constan tinople. Edhlm Pasha, the new minister of war, and Nazlm Pasha today made the round of the bar racks in the city and exhorted the Boldlers to obey their officers. They were well received and heartily cheered. Porte circles are extremely dis quieted by news from Salonika and Monastir, where the influence of the Committee of I'nion and Progress is strong. Officers of the Porte have received telegramB from these sec tions demanding the re-establishment of the status quo ante, failing which the committee leaders threaten to march on Constantinople with the entire Third Army Corps, whose of ficers are now in communication with the Second Army Corps, with a view to co-operation. The latter corps, however, recently opposed the com mittee. The impression prevails here that the Third Army Corps is ignor ant of the real object of Tuesday's rising, and may desist from Its war like intentions when it realizes that the parliament and the constitution have been maintained. A committee of ulemas In the repl tnl has Issued pamphlets explaining the movement, which, they assert, is In no wise directed against the con stitutional government. On the con trary, the committee emphasizes the fraternity between Moslems and Christians, and encourages all to co-operate for the welfare of the country. Beirut. Syria (Special). A terri ble uprising has occurred in Adana. Street fighting has been going on for three days and at least 1,000 per sons have been killed. Th city has been practically destroyed by fire. American missionaries nnmed Rogers and Maurer, the latter from Hadjln, are dead. All the other Americans are s-afe. The British vice consul, Major Daughty-Wylifl is among the wounded. He was shot, through the arm. At Tarsus there was less loss of life. The Armenian quarter, how ever, were destroyed In the American mission. The need of relief la ur gent, for shortly the fugitives will be on the verge of starvation. Conditions in the vicinity of Alex andrctta also are most serious. WARSHIPS TO THE SCENE. Constantinople (Special). Confir mation has been received here of the killing of the two American mis sionaries at Adana. The murdered missionaries were ' Mr. Rogers and Mr. Maurer. The others connected with the missions are safe, including Mr. Christie, who Is at Tarsus. Three French warshlpB are hurry ing to Meslna, where the situation is desperate. Foreigners, and many Christians have taken refuge in the consulates. The local troops and the governor are doing their best to pro tect the town, but there is great fear that it cannot hold cut much longer against the invasion of the Moslems, who are sweeping down In large numbers. The American vice consul at Mersina, John Debbas. hB3 been unable to proceed to Adana owing to the interruption of communica tions. A British warship Is preced ing" to Alexandretta, which la threat ened by the Moslems. S3veral Ar menian farms in that neighborhood have been destroyed. Alarm Is felt at Kharput because of serious depre dations by the Kurds in the sur rounding villages, although the town Itself has not been the scene of any particular disorder. Editor Asks Protection. Phoenix City, Ala. (Special). Having received threatening letters because of attacks In his weekly newspaper on "blind tigers," Editor W. E. Berry, of the Phoetilx-Girard Journal, appealed to Govenor Comer for protection. Mr. Berry received a message from the private secretary of Governor Comer saying "Stat of Alabama will give you every protection poas.ble." Two Binders Asphyxiated. New York (Special). Isaac and Louis Abrahams, brothers, aged 65 and f0 year, were found asphyxia-, ted by Illuminating gas In their home, Tiie coroner bellevej the me committed suicide. The two wen? found lying face to face In two coi in a cheaply furnished room of an East Side tenement, whlcb they bad occupied jointly for several months The windows bud been hermetically realed and the tingle gas Jet turned on full. , . Mt. Han Jacinto Groans. San Bernardino, Cal. (Special). F. C. Garner, of this city, has re lumed from Mount ban Jacinto and reports rumblings In the mountain so distinct that be was arouted from his sleep. Mount San Jacinto Is an extinct volcano. Some years ago, after heavy rumblings, an earth quake at San Jacinto destroyed building and killed several Indians. The mountain overlooks Imperial Valley, where earthquakes were felt Thunday night. Trolley Car Topples Over. Canton, Ohio (Special). An In terurban car on the Northern Ohio traction line, due here from Akron at 8 o'clock. Jumped the track at curve in this city at Lake and Ox ford Streets and toppled over. Her man Freaae, near Greentown, wtt Instantly killed, and 20 persons were Injured, several teriously, but none are expected to die. The accident was due to the failure of the air brake to. work. Passenger In toe smashed car crawled from the win dow aa It lay on Us side. INDICTMENTS ONST THE COOAHY PfflG CO Accused Cf Violating The Internal Rcverua Laws. MONOPOLIZING OLEOMARGARINE. Accused Of Placing Quarter Of A Cent Ite venue Stamps On Oleo He quiring Ten-Cent Stamp -Charge That Fraud Kimble! Company To Monopolize The Market Mnhlt To 91, 000 For Each Offense. Topeka, Kan. (Special). Indict ments were returned here by the federal grand Jury against the Cu dahy Packing Company, of Kansas City, Kan., on 895 counts for de frauding the government out of $80, 000 for violations of the Internal revenue laws. The charge Is that the company has defrauded the gov ernment of over $80,000 In revenues on oleomargarine. The maximum on each of the 695 counts in $1,000. The revenue law provides that each pound of uncolored oleomargar ine must bear a revenue stamp of a quarter of a cent, but that each pound to which coloring matter has been added to give It the appearance of butter a 10-ccnt revenue stamp must be attached. It is charged in the Indictments that the Cudahy Packing Company has sold the col ored product under the U-cent tax. It is claimed by the government officials that the Cudahy Company has succeeded in monopolizing the eleomargarine market by selling the colored product and paying the tax on the basis of the uncolored. District Attorney Bone will bring a civil action In the federal court against the company to have the plant and machinery used fn the manufacture of oleomargarine con fiscated. The oleomargarine plant is connected with the Cudahy packing establishment In Kansas City, Kan. Washington, D. C. (Special). Internal revenue offlciaU express no surprise at the announcement that the Cudahy Packing Company had been Indicted at Topeka, Kan., for frauds against the internal revenue law. It was admitted that the oleo margarine business of the company had been under observation and In vestigation by treasury agents for three months or longer. It was sta ted that government agents have ex amined a very large number of sam ples of oleomargarine in many parts of the country sold by the Cudahy Company, and while It would not be expedient to estimate the amount of taxes Involved in the alleged frauds, It is known that the officials believe it will be in excess of $125, 000, and possibly a much larger sum. The penalty provided for violation of the law is a fine of from $500 to $5,000 and Imprisonment from six months to three years for each offense. CTDAHY'S EXPLANATION. Kays Trouble Is Simply A Question Of Chemical Analysis. Omaha, Neb. (Special). E. A. Cudahy, vice president and general manager of the Cudahy Packing Company, gave out the following statement: "The dispute between the govern ment and ourselves Is simply a ques tion of chemical analysis. For some time we have been aware that the government officials have been taking sample of our butterlne all over the country', wherever the goods have been on sale. These samples, they say, show the infinitesimal use of artificial coloring matter. We have had similar samples submitted to the leading chemical analysists of the United States and they have assured us that the butterlne was not col ored. Every man In our employment in our Kansas City butterlne factory,' the only place where we make but terlne, having a knowledge of the manufacture of the good-!, han made affidavit that no coloring matter has been used. As the goods were sold by us as uncolored goods and by our customers to the trade as such, there ha3 been no attempt on our part to defraud the government of revenue." BREAD PRICES G3ING (IP One Cent and Probaby Two Cents Will Be Tacked On. BODY COVERED WITH MONEY. Woman Carried. 2,000 Nickels And Pennies In Small Bags. New York (Special). Mary Ward, 99 years old, who for 4 5 years baa made a living along the North River front by sitting and selling fruit, ap plied at Bellevue Hospital for admis sion to the Home for Aged Persons on City Island. Her body was covered from her shoulders down with small ropes, at the end of each being a small bag, made of a piece of stocking, shirt sleeve or other remnant of a garments. There were 60 of these bags, each containing pennies or five cent pieces, making in all 2,000 pieces, worth $46.12. The dress resembled an old fashioned crazy quilt. After an ex amination the captain sent the wom an to the Island. Smaller Loaves Or Bread. Kansas City, Mo. (Special). "A smaller loaf of bread or a dime for the present size." This Is the declar ation of an organization of the bakers of Kansas City. B. Howard Smith, president of the association, said that the wholesale price of standard flour had risen 40 cents a hundred pounds In 80 days. To Wed His Stenographer, New York (Special). John C. Van Cleaf, vice president of the Na tional Park Bank and a well-known figure In the financial district, will be married to his stenographer. Miss Mary Imlay, of Brooklyn. The an nouncement of the approaching wed ding was made by Miss Jmlay's guardian, Dr. J. G. Atkinson. Mr. Van Cleaf Is a bachelor, 4 4 years old, and.' lives In Brooklyn. Miss Imlay Is a' graduate of Oswego Nor mal School and has been bis steno grapher for the last two years. Hero Fatally Hunted. Buffalo, N. Y. (Special). Michael McGarrity Is dying at the Emergency Hospital from burns he received in a heroic effort to save the occupants of tbe house In which he lived, when escaping gas became Ignited, causing Ore to spread through the building. A dosen women were trapped on the second and third floors, and were car ried screaming and scantily clothed, down ladders by firemen. Maryland's senator Is but one of seven Smith's In Congress. , Bakers 8ny They See No Alterna tive To This Action Wheat Oper ators Anxious Are Wondering What The Bull Campaign Will Ho Chicago (Special). On the thresh hold of a -new week ojerators in the wheat market are keenly anxious about the prospective developments in the Patten bull campaign in tho next six days. Old calculators con fess they are at sea and are not making and forecasts. Following the example of the Jew ish bakers, who have already advanc ed the prices of bread and biscuits, Mathias Schmldlnger, president of the Ma;ter Bakers' Association, made the definite statement that 1 cent, and probably 2 cents, will be tacked on to the present price of bread within the next few days. Mr. Schmldlnger declared that bakers throughout the city face the alternative of charging more for their product or going Into bank ruptcy. The Master Bakers' Asso ciation, which represents nearly all tho bread -bakers in Chicago, will meet Saturday. The case, begun some time ago to Invalidate the mu nicipal bread ordinance, will be de cided by the Illinois Supreme Court within a few days, and if the meas ure Is held to be Illegal master bak ers say two cents will be added to the present cost of a loaf of bread. "Fifty bakers in Chicago have been driven out of business within a short time on account of the high price of materials," ;ald Mr. Schnild berger, "and the enforcement of the ordinance pertaining to sanitation in bakeries. In many instances also flour concerns have refused to extend credit to bakers, and that has been a source of severe embarrassment. It Is not a pleasant undertaking to Increase bread prices, but the bak ers will have to do It as a matter of self-defense." James A. Patten remained at his home In Evanston. resting after his efforts during the last week. In terviewers were told that Mr. Patten did not wish to be disturbed, and no comment on the wheat situation was forthcoming from him. The "Wheat 'Wizard" Is planing to un load more of his holdings of the May cereal in the coming week, and, apparently, is unshaken In his belief that wheat prices will continue up ward. Talk of proposed legislation at Springfield to prevent speculation In foodstuffs caused President Bunnell, of the Chicago Board of Trade, to assert that the board has nothing to conceal and does not fear an in vestigation. Traders are now confident and even clamorously buying wheat at current figures, though they were pessimistic regarding values when these were much lower than those now prevailing. WOULD STOP SPECULATION Advance In Wheat Causes Restricting Bill In House. Washington, D. C. (Special). Representative Scott, of Kansas, chairman of the House Committee on Agriculture, Introduced in the House a bill to prohibit the dealing In the futures of wheat, cotton and other agricultural products. During the last session of Con gress hearings were given to bills seeking to prohibit the dealing in "futures" of agricultural products, but no action was taken by the com mittee. At that time the principal demand for legislation came from Southern members. Mr. Scott will confer with Attor ney General Wickersham, with a view to making any changes In the bill be has drafted that might be necessary to meet any constitutional question. A Ttlso Of Two Dollars. Minneapolis, Minn. (Special). The sustained "bull market in wheat has resulted In the boosting of the price of flour In Minneapolis until first patents now soil at from $6 to $6.20 a barrel, or about two dollars a barrel moro than prices long pre vailing here. Bukery Closes Its Doors. Waterloo, la. (Special). On ac count of the high prices of flour ono bakery closed Its doors. Others are considering an Increase In the price of bread or a reduction in the size of the loaf. WASHINGTON BY TELEGRAPH John Barrett, director of the Bu reau of American Republics, gave a dinner at tho New Willard In honor of the Secretary of State and tho La' in-American diplomats. Senator Stone Introduced a bill providing for free trade with the Philippines and for the independence of the islands within la years. Treasury estimates for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 1910, niu-t be ready for submission to Secretary MacVeagh on May 1 next. Rear Admiral Sebree was appoint ed to succeed Rear Admiral Swin burne as commander-in-chief of the Pacific fleet. The Senate agreed to a request of the House of Representatives for a conference on tbe Census BUI. The Senate ratified a new patent treaty between the United State and Germany. Secretary of tbe Navy Meyer has called a meeting of all the. bureau chiefs of bis department to discuss tbe estimates of appropriations to be submitted to the next Congress. A bill providing for a tariff com mission was Introduced by Mr. Be veridge. Ambassador Jusserand announced that the French government bad struck off a gold medal commemor ating tbe restoration of San Francisco after the Are. Official announcement was made at the White House that President Taft had leased the Evans cottage, at Woodberry Point, Mass., for a sum mer come. Assistant Secretary of State Alvey A. Ad left Washington for New York, whence he sails for Havre. THIRTY-TWO MEN ARE KILLED IH A RIOT A Mexican Mob Battles Fiercely With Soldiers. . PARISH PRIEST STARTED TUMULT Attempt Of The Mayor Of Velardena To Stop An Inlaw fill Religious Procession Angers The Village I'ricNt And He Instigates An At tack On The Town Officials The Priest, Arrested, Tries To Kill Himself. Mexico City (Special). Accord ing to a dispatch received here, the rioting which occurred at Velardena, a mining camp In Coahuila, last Saturday, was more serious than at first reported, 32 men being killed and many Injured. The trouble was Instigated by Father Ramon Valenzuela, parish priest, it Is asserted, who lies In a hospital hovering between life and death. Fourteen of the rioters were executed by the government troops and many were Imprisoned. Many Americans reside in Velardena, as the camp Is controlled by American capital. The lenders of the mob, which was well organized, avoided attacking Americans or destroying American property. The fighting occurred when the Jefe Politico of the town, an officer corresponding to an American mayor, attempted to stop a religious proces sion headed by the village priest, the laws of Mexico forbidding sucu parades. A thousand parishioners followed the priest, wishing to wit ness the annual burning of Judas, and when the orders of the mayor became known, the mob stoned and later burned the house of the mayor, who with his wife escaped by climb ing a rear wall and seeking protec tion in the American colony. The rioters then stormed a Chi nese hotel, looting it of all liquora and foods and terrorizing the neigh borhood during the night by their drunken orgy. The police force fired on the mob, many members of which were well armed. The ofllcers were forced to retreat, leaving six of their number dead In the main street. Eater troops arrived in a special train, and a short, fierce fight be tween troopers and rioters ensued, bringing the total deaths to 32, with a number injured. Father Valenzuela was arrested. One of his followers smuggled a knife to his cell and the priest stab bed himself six times in a vain at tempt to commit suicide. He Is now in the prison hospital. Quiet was restored. Delivering Moil By Autos. New York (Special). The first experiment of using automobiles for the delivery of mails was inaugu rated by Postmaster Morgan here. Four high-power and commodious machines supplied by the Motor De livery Company were used. They were of the electric type and equip ped for the expeditious handling of the mail on the route chosen for th experiment. This was between Col lege Station, Station M, and the Washington Bridge Station. The motors made half hourly trips be tween these stations. It is tbe In tention to extend the service ehortly to every remote section of Greater New York. Mrs. Boylo May Bo Missing Maid. St. Louis, Mo. (Special). In ths hope of discovering their miBslng housemaid, "Clara," who disappeared September 30, 1907, on the same morning that $6,100 worth of jew elry was stolen from a small cabinet at their home, 19 Lenox Place, Mr. and Mrs. H. Chouteau Dyer have gone to Sharon, Pa., to look at Mrs. Helen Boyle, the Whltla kidnapping suspect. The girl who disappeared was a new employe. Mrs. Dyer, knowing her only as "Clara," said she was about 25 years old and tad "blue-grey eyes with a cast la one of them." $00,000,000 Estate Easily Settled. South Bend, Ind. (Special). Ths estate of the late Jamea Oliver, plow manufacturer and philanthropist, of South Bend, estimated to be worth $60,000,000, has been settled. Not withstanding the size of the fortune, not a single claim was filed against It, the executor, Joseph D. Oliver, son of the dead man, has been dis charged. Volunteer Fireman Killed. New Bridgton, Pa, (Special). One volunteer fireman was killed and two seriously Injured by a falling girder, two others were overcome by smoke and $10,000 damage was done as the result of a fire in the plant of the Sherwood Brothers' pottery here, The dead man was George W. Hart man, 41 years old, who was crush ed so badly that he died shortly after being removed to the hospital. Still Seek Two Bodies. Lenox, Mass. (Special). Search for the bodies still among the em bers of ' the ruins of the Clifford Block those of Miss Isabel Cook and Miss Mary S. Sparks began again at daybreak and will be con tinued unt.l all hope Is abandnne-i of finding anything to make theli Identity certain. ' The reilei tund ph reported by Treasurer William D. Curtis,' has now grown to aboul $4,000. GUESTS NEARLY TRAPPED IH A HOTEL FIRE TIN Fashionable Kenilworth inn Burned To Ground. LOSS ESTIMATED AT $300,000 State Senator Gnzzam, Owner 01 Ashevllle (N. C.) Hostelry, liOnpi From Window And Has Skull Fractured Guests Flee In Night Clothing Return For Valuably And Have Narrow Ekcocs. Ashevllle, N. C. (Special). Rous, ed from their slumbers' after 2 o'clock A. M., by an alarm of fire, 75 guests of the fashionable Kenil worth Inn, three miles from this city, barely had time to don nece sary clothing and make their escape from the burning building. The hotel was completely destroyed, the total loss being estimated at $300, 000. Senate Senator Gazzam, of Phila delphia, owner of the inn, Jumped from the third story while the fire men were breaking open the door of his room. In the descent he bare, ly escaped striking against the stone arch of the front building. He was removed to BUtmore Hospital. Sena tor Gazzam is Buffering from connis slon of the spine and a broken ankle, and physicians fear there is a frac ture at the base of the skull, In which event little hope would be en tertained of his recovery. Senator Gazzam had been a guest at the hotel for the past two months. He went back co his room after be ing called and was hemmed In bj the flames, and when he jumped h believed escape impossible any othei way. Mr. Gazzam is 65 years old. The fire started in the north end of the building over the boiler-roora A strong wind was blowing front the' southwest, and the flames quick' ly fanned to the other end of thi frame structure, where the majoritj of the guests were asleep. Mrs. A' B. Martin, the lessee, gave first thought to the safety of the guesti when she was awakened, and In I short time the alarm had been glvet in every occupied room in the doom- ed building. There was a wild scramble for th exit, but there was nothing border Ing on a panic among either men. women and children, in spite of th great confusion at the time. Hall an hour later, when it was believed that all were out, the roll was callsd and every person accounted for. Many persons, after conquering tht first thought of self-preservation thai had led to Instant and precipitate flight, ventured back into the smoke filled halls and Into their roomi to rescue their trunks and othei personal effects. Several persons who had re-entered the hotel, not realizing that ths fire had reached the south wing, were almost caught. Shouts of friendi from the outside were answered bj yells for help, and heroic efforts ol several guests and policemen alont saved the venturesome ones from be lng cut oft from every avenue ol escape. - The scantily clad guests were tak en in at the Battery Park Hotel and nearby residences and cared for foi the remainder of the night. The Kenilworth Inn was owned by Senator Gazzam and was built about 14 years ago by the Kenilworth Inn Company at a cost of $140,000. George W. Vanderbilt Is believed to have been the heaviest stockholder fn the company, which was composed largely of Northern capitalists. Hum Gores' Woman To Death. Zanesville, Ohio (Special). Misi Mary Chaney, aged 77 years, was butted and gored to death by a vi cious ram while walking across a field near her home, 20 miles north of this city. Miss Chaney was on her way to visit a neighbor when at tacked by the sheep. Her body wa found by a neighbor's b"v nn'd the spot where she had met death show ed that the aged woman uaa a ter rible struggle with the animal. Her clothes were nearly all torn from her body which was a mass ot bruises. To Welcome Jnp Cruisers. San Francisco (Special). Rear Admiral Swinburne, In command of the Pacific fleet, arrived here on bis flagship, the West Virginia, which was accompanied by the armored cruiser Pennsylvania. The Rear Admiral, with the two warships, will remain to welcome the cruisers AsO and Soya, of the Japanese training squadron, due to arrive on April 25. The Navy Department has instructed Rear-Admiral -Swinburne to do every thing in his power to make pleas ant the visit of the Japanese to this coast. Jio Whistling In Worcester. Worcester, Mass. (Special). The Worcester police, who recently have barred roulette wheels at church fairs, brandy drops and many other things generally deemed harmless and diverting, have issued an edict that no one shall whistle In tbe streets who has not license from the license board. Several applica tions were made to the board for whistlers' licenses, but all were refused. May Wheat At 91.28... Chicago (Special). May beat Jumped to $1.28 at the opening Tuesday, 1V4 cents higher than the previous record price for the crop. July wheat opened at $1.16, and September at $1.0t. These are also new records, i Although the Heraclea coal fields extend along tbe shore ef tbe Black Bea 40 miles and extend 200 miles Inland, the coal contains so many Impurities that mining is unprofit able except at one point. . ' IN THE WORLD Of FINANCE Cobalt mines In the first quarter of the present year shipped a total of 7040 tons of ore. A large part of this is very high grade and tba net O"tout of silver Is estimated t over $3,000,000. '1 bis country has exported so far this month 12,000 tons of copper and Imported 600 tons. Shareholders of the American Mill ing Company, which absorbed Man den, held their annual meeting, re elected directors and voted to can cel the $1,500,000 of preferred stock. The capital now consist of $3,600,000 common stock. No change In Amalgamated Cop per's dividend of 60 cents quarterly. The refunding of Southern Rail way's floating debt removes another financial cloud. An offer was made by bankers to buy at 1 00 14 and In terest the 6 per cent, notes due two years hence. Ths Atchison Railroad has secured the light from the Kansas Railroad Commission to issue $73,000,000 of stock. A Philadelphia firm of brokers wai the largest single buyer In Wall Street of Southern Railway stock. It took 16,000 share. If Morgan joins the Guggenheim! in copper and tbe Rockefellers an tagonize the Guggenheim with their aaw smelting company, the metal situation will become extremely in teresting. The Rockefeller party rule Amalgamated Copper, and it l tbelr men who organized tbe Inter national Smelting Company. Mr Morgan baa never taken a leading in terest in silver, copper, gold or lead mines, but, of course, the - whole world knows that he was the father, of ths United States Steel Corpora tlon. His going into copper oowj "looks good" to the curb broker
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