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THE NEWS,
Domestic
Joseph Wood, first vlre president
t the Pennsylvania Railroad; J. J.
Turner, second vice president, and
Thomas Kodd, chief engineer, had
a thrilling experience when the spe
cial car In which they were travel
ing caught tire while the Pennsyl
vania special was running at a high
rate of speed.
Attorneys for Mrs. James Boyle,
Charged with kidnapping Willie
Whltla. claiming tmit the Pennsyl
vania court Is without jurisdiction,
declined to present any evidence In
her behalf.
Federal Judge McPhcrson, of ft.
IiOuls, continued the order restrain
ing Circuit Attorney Jones from In
terfering In the Missouri rate liti
gation. Miss Edna Foley, of Boston, is to
be in charge of the fight against the
white plague, which is to be waged
by the Chicago Tuberculosis Insti
tute. After being out about 15 minute
the Jury In the kidnapping case
agaltrt James Boyle, at Mercer, Pa.,
returned a verdict of guilty.
Charles Hall Adams, of Boston,
consul for Liberia and Nicaragua ami
vice consul lor Uruguay, wan arrest
ed, charged with fraud.
Mrs. Kate Knight, widow of Wil
liam It Knight, of Philadelphia, was
bo badly burned that she died at
Bridgetown, N. J.
The alfalfa food mill at South
Omaha, belonging to the M. C. Peters
Mill Company, burned, with a los3
of $125,000.
Robert A. Taft. Yale 1910, son of
President Taft, was chosen president
of the university debating associa
tion. Flro in two barns threatened the
borne, at Mentor. O., of Mrs. Lu
rretia Garfield, widow of the late
President.
The Carnesle Steel Company an
nounced an Increase In the price of
light steel rails of from $3 to $4 a
ton.
Matthew Bynum and Wlllard Wy
lle, brothers-in-law, shot and killed
each other near Dukedom. Ky.
The plant of the Wehrle Stove
Company, at Newark, O., was de
stroyed by Ore with a loss of $300,
000. A strike of bakers at Chicago re
sulted In the murder of Henry Teetll
bohra, a bakery wagon driver.
Charles Stilzner, a machinist, shot
and killed his wife and then shot
himself at New York.
Criminal proceedings as a result
of the government's suit against the
American Sugar Refining Company
were begun by the arrest of Thomas
Kehoe, a checker at the weighing
scales of the corporation.
Anti-nuptial contracts aifectlng
the religious education of children
are held to be void by Judge Mat
thew 8. Reynolds, of St. Louis.
Striking bakers of the East Side,
New York, threw a wagon load of
nonunion bread into the street and
trampled on It.
Capt. William Cook, captain of the
Elks Cherryplckers, ended his life
by a leap out of a window at Toledo,
Ohio.
Six Pittshurgers. Including banlc
officials and city councllmen, were
sentenced on graft charges.
The National Peace Congress ad
journed after declaring that war is
out of date.
Foreign
Charles W. Gammon, an American,
was found guilty in Paris of swind
ling the French public through the
selling of shares in California mining
companies and sentenced to prison
or two years.
All the American property at
Kessarb, Asiatic Turkey, has been
completely destroyed by the Moslem
raiders. One hundred Turkish re
serves are in the town, but they
cannot be trusted.
Doth public sentiment and the
law in Paris are against the posts,
telegraph and telephone employes'
association for threatening a strike
against the government.
Lieutenant Commander Belknap,
American naval attache at Rome, has
turned over to the prefect of Mes
sina 400 American wooden houses
lor sheltering earthquako sufferers.
Princo Ferdinand of Bulgaria, has
responded cordially to the felicita
tions of President Taft In regard to
the admission of that country into
the community of independent
States.
Travelers arriving In Panama say
that Nicaragua, in spit of the vigi
lance of the American warHhips, i3
still endeavoring to invade Salvador
by way of Honduras.
At Calcutta. India, 35 natives,
charged with complicity In the anar
chist conspiracy of May, 190H, were
sentenced two to death and 10 to
transportation for life.
M. Marck. treasurer of the French
General Federation of Labor, was
sentenced In Paris to three months'
Imprisonment tor Insulting a magis
trate. The Iter. Stephen R. Trowbridge,
a missionary of the American Board,
estimates the number of Aremenlans
killed in the Province of Adana at
23.000.
The presence and the exertions of
the captain of the British battleship
Triumph, at Suadia, Asiatic Turkey,
relieved the situation.
Lieutenant Calderara, of the Ital
ian navy, was Injured while flying In
a Wright aeroplane in Rome.
French state employes are hesi
tating before declaring In favor of a
general strike.
Joseph Uauen, the anarchist, of
Cincinnati. O , was arrested by the
police of Paris.
The magnificent residence near
Helms, France, of Jacques Lebaudy,
the eccentric Frenchman who Lai
called himself "Emperor of Sahara,"
was destroyed by fire.
Dr. Jose Ie Jesus Paul. Venezue
la's Europeau envoy, has returned
to Paris to arrange a protocol be
tween France and Venezuela.
A messenger from Harnl, Asiatic
Turkey, reports that every man In
the town was killed by the Moslems.
Governor General Smith, of the
Philippines, will probably be succeed
ed by Vice Governor Cameron.
Governor Sir ftesketb Bell gives
a, sorrowful description of ths camp
la Uganda. Africa, where efforts are
made to ease the tortures of victims
of tha tsetse fly.
SMALL BOAT UPSET
AM) NINE OMND
An Outing on the Susquehanna
Ends Sadly.
THE ONLOOKERS UNABLE TO AID.
Women And Children In The Party,
All Of Whom Were Lost Panic
Among Those On Board When
The I tout Begins To Ship Water
Has Tragic Result A Number
Of Ithaca ns .Narrowly F.scnpe A
Similar lute.
Wllkes-ISarre, Pa. (Special).
Overcrowded in a small boat upon
the Susquehanna River, at Port Grif
fith, near here, a pleasure i-arty of
nine was upset and all were drown
ed. The list of the victims is as fol
lows: William Audrews, Pott GrilTlth.
aged 27; leaves wife and three chll-
i dren.
i Theodore Andrews, Providence,
i aged 36; leaves wife and six chil
dren.
Thomas Andrews, Providence,
aged 20; single.
Frank Marlanosky, Providence,
leaves wife and three children.
Adam Strukus, Providence, aged
24; single.
Frank Ganofskl, Providence, aged
36.
Mrs. Frank Ganofski, Providence,
aged 32.
John Ganoffakl, Providence, aged
12.
William Andrews, of Port GrifT.th.
was entertaining a number of rela
tives from Providence, Lackawanna
County, and after dinner took them
out for a boat ride. There crowd
ed into a small boat seven men, in
cluding Andrews and his sister-in-law
and a little nephew, started out.
Andrews was at the single pair of
oars. He rowed broadside to the
current and had gone only a few
yards from shore when the boat was
caught In the rush of the waters
and swept quickly down stream.
People on shore saw Andrews
struggle with the oars when he rea
lized that the boat was getting be
yond control, and then the accident
happened quickly.
One of the men in the stern mov
ed forward to help Andrews with the
oars. This caused the boat to rock
and ship some water at the Btern.
Those seated there stood up. The
boat rocked more, and then followed
a wild scramble of the frightened
persons. The next moment the boat
upset and all the occupants were
thrown into the water.
None of those on shore who wit
nessed the accident could do any
thing to rescue .them, as no other
boats were available. In less than
three minutes nothing remained In
sight except the boat floating bottom
upward and some distance down the
river.
Andrews lived only a short dis
tance from the river bank and his
wife and three children, upon learn
ing of the accident, rushed to the
shore. Mrs. Andrews tried to Jump
Into the water, but was restrained.
A squad of the state Troop B was
sent across the river from Wyoming
by Captain Robinson and they have
charge of the work of searching for
the bodies. Coroner Dodson has or
dered an Inquiry.
One of the boys who witnessed
the tragedy said that the man who
was rowing seemed to dip his oars
too deep. This, he said, caused the
water to splash over the side of the
boat. The woman. In order to avoid
the water started to move toward
the stern of the craft. This shift
ing of the seat caused the boat to
rapidly fill with water, and in a
few minutes all were floundering In
the rushing river. The two boys
grabbed the clothing of their mother
as the boat toppled over and the
three disappeared almost Instantly.
The river Is high and the swift cur
rent carried three of the men to with
in f,0 feet of the bank, while the
others were drowned within a stone's
throw of the scene of the accident.
IMPIIISONKI) IN- MINK.
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Two Men Caught In A Full Of Top
Rock At Pottsvllle.
Pottsville, Pa. (Special). Impris
oned by a fall of top rock for 36
hours, Thomas Buscavage and John
Master, miners employed at the Mo
rea Colliery, were rescued uninjured
by a big force of workmen who had
been engaged In the dangerous task
of saving them.
The men were Imprisoned for ten
hours before their condition became
known. After the work of digging
them out was commenced tapping
was heard from the Inside indicating
that at least one of the men was
alive. They saved themselves from
being crushed to death by improvised
props made out of the picks and
shovels.
Girl Found Gagged.
New Tork (Special). Freda War
ner, a 18-year-old servant girl em
yloyed In the family of Joseph
Labey, a Jersey City merchant, was
found bound, tagged and unconsci
ous In the cellar of ber employer's
horn: The house was In disorder
and several hundred dollars worth of
Uverwars and Jewelry was mUfclng
MY COST IN EXPLOSION
Explcsiva
Hidden in
Vegetables.
Basket of
An Exciting Incident In Buenos
Ay iv One Of The Police Com
mlsotieis And Three Of Ills As
sistant Injured The Outrage
Inibiibty Committed lty A Strike
Sympathizer.
Ruenos Ayrcs (Special). The ex
plosion of a bomb at the corner of
Corrlentes and Cor. to Streets Injured
20 persons, four of them seriously,
and caused great excitement for a
time. The bomb was hidden In a
basket of vegetables which was plac
ed on the platform of a tram car,
presumably by someone in sympathy
with the strike Inaugurated on May
Day.
A passenger heard a noi.-e like
the ticking of a clock coming from
the basket and Informed the folic?.
The basket was removed by an offi
cer and the explosion followed almost
Immediately. Among the injured Is
Dr. V.ctor Aguilar, an under com
missioner of police, and three police
agents.
A little girl who was passing by
had both legs fractured and other
persons were more or less Injured.
One arrest has been made In con
nection with the affair.
A number of cars and cabs were
operated, though there was much dif
ficulty and some disorder attending
their progress through the streets.
Business is at a standstill and
commerce has suffered enormously
as a result of the strike. In face
the situation had become so bad
that the government took steps to
act with the utmost energy to put
an end to the present state of affairs.
FOl'GHT SQl"AI OF I'OLICK..
Fighting Italian Twice Empties Re
volvrr Anil Wounds Four.
rittsburg. Three persons were in
jured In a battle between Tony Trap
poll, a street cleaner, and a squad of
policemen who were trying to arrest
him on a charge of stabbing W. II.
Vaught. The injured are:
Mrs Mary Trappoli, shot In back,
condition serious.
Tony Trappoli, shot In hand.
Policeman P. IJ. Millerin, shot
above left eye.
W. II. Vaught. stabbed In back.
Shortly after midnight, as Vaught
was passing Trappoll's home, an al
tercation arose In which Trappoli is
said to have rushed into the street
and stabbed Vaught. The police
were notified and a few hours later
several of them went to Trappoll's
home to arrest him. Admission was
refused and the officers started to
break the door down. Trappoli
opened fire. Kmptylng his reolver,
he Is said to have rt loaded and
fired all Its cartridges again. The
police returned the fire and It was
not till a score of shots had been ex
changed that Trappoli was overpow
ered. The police claim that Trap
poll shot his wife when she jumped
in front of him at the beginning of
the fusilade.
GIFT FOR TIFT SF.IZK1.
Gold Milted Suord In Hand Of V. S.
Trensiiry Agents,
New York (Snecial). A finely
wrought sword, with a hilt of solid
gold, alleged to have been brought
to this country as a gift for President
Taft, was one of several hundred
oriental art objects seized by special
Treasury agents here. The articles
were found In the possession of two
R ussinns.
According to the Treasury agents,
the men admitted having brought the
articles atihore, but insisted that they
did not know that they were break
ing any law. Tha sword, they said,
was Intenled us a present to the
President of the Unted Stites from
"many Russian friends," and was to
have been presented to President
Taft bv an ofti.Mal of the Russian
Embassy.
CALLS DOWX Till'. CZAH
Agniiiht Intermarriage.
New York (Special). Dr. Leon
Harrison, of Temple Israel, St.
Louis, stoutly opposed the Inter
marriages of Jews and Christians in
a sermon at the Free Synagogue
here. Fusion, he said, would only
result In confusion, while "intermar
riage would simply mean not that the
vast majority would be drawn to
Israel, but that we of Israel would be
overwhelmingly merged and lost in
Christendom."
Killed In His Own Trap.
Logansport. Ind. (Special).
Schuyler Holley was Instantly killed
by a trap he had prepared to kill a
thief that had been entering his
chicken-house. He had arranged an
old muzzle-loading plKtol so that If
the door of the chicken-house should
be opened the pistol would be dis
charged. This morning he forgot to
disconnect the trap before he opened
the door of the house and the heavy
loud of the pistol was discharged Into
tils breast.
Continuous Karlliquuke.
Rome (Special). Since the great
earthquake of December scarcely a
day has passed without a tfhock,
more or less strong, being felt at
Messina, Regglo and surrounding
districts. The observatory In tho Ca
labrlan earthquake zone has regis
tered, from December 28 last up to
Saturday morning, 213 shocks. Since
the former date, there have been no
shocks strong enough to destroy
buildings. Tottering walls have been
, overthrown, but there has practically
I been no loss of llfo since the day of
the great disaster from this cause.
Premier Sinlypin Accuses Him Of
Scheming Agnlnst Ministry.
St. Petersburg (By Cable). Pre
mier Stclypin returned here from
Tsnrskoe-Selo, whither he went to
demand of the Emperor that His
Majesty disassociate himself from
the hostile camp;iun of the reaction
aries and the courtiers close to hl-n,
or accept the resignation s of the en
tire cabinet
It was declared later in govern
ment ciclo3 that, tli-j F.mperor had
reserved his decision on the Naval
Hill, the question on which the Pre
mier has made his stand.
It is considered almost certain thAt
His .Majesty's decision will take a
form under which the Stolypln cabi
net will remain In olTieo
IN THE WORLD OF FINANCE
HlghcBt price for flour In ten years
In the Northwest;
Price of light steel rails has again
been advanced and It Is now $27 a
ton.
Michigan Central stockholders ap
proved plans for a $6,000,000 termi
nal at Detroit.
Dally pig Iron production in April
was 67.962 tons against 59,232 tons
In March.
The St. Paul Railroad has order
ed 60.000 tons of steel rails at 2
the ton from I'nlted States Steel.
John D. Rockefeller Is alleged to
be willing to aid powerfully In financ
ing the Western Maryland hence the
rise in the stock.
Chesapeake Ohio's Executive
Committee recommended an increase
In dividend from 1 per cent, to 4 per
cent, annually.
The Philadelphia Saving Fund's
deposits of over $92,000,000 are
greater than were ever held by an
other banking Institution In Pennsyl
vania. "The American Smelting Com
pany knows of no world-wide trust
that Is being formed," said Vice
President Brush.
There are now 6,916 national
banks in the I'nlted States having
combined capital of $944,000,000.
The note circulation which these
banks have outstanding Is $687,000,
000, Commercial failures In the United
States during April, according to
statistics complied by Dun, were 990
in number and $16,825,216 In
amount of defaulted liabilities com
pared with 1,309 defaults Involviug
$20,316,468 In April, 1908.
MIIJ PATS TRIBUTE
TP POPULAR POET
U vail Status of longfellcw at
Washington.
PRESIDENT TAFT NOT THERE.
Chief Justice Fuller Presides At The
Ceremonies In Honor Of The New
England Singer Noted Ilcftrc
cntntives Of Other Countries Are
Present Many Relatives Of The
Writer Witness The Impressive
Ceremonies.
KILLED BY HIS
FATHER-IN-LAW
Washington, D C. The nation did
honor to Henry Wadsworth Longfel
low, when In the presence of thou
sands of people, citizens of Washing
ton, representatives of foreign na
tions and American cities a splendid
bronze statue of the American poet
was unveiled. The great bronze fig
ure representing the poet, seated,
and with a book In his hand. Is
placed upon a block of Bonacord
granite, brought from Sweden and
carved In Scotland. The figure of
the poet is the work of William
Conper, of New York City. Tho
statue Is on the little triangle of grass
at Connecticut Avenue. Eighteenth'
and M Streets. I
A grandchild of the poet pulled
the silken cord which hroke loose the
enfolding flags, revealing the monu
ment. As the flags floated upward
and remained supended In the air
and the face of Longfellow, carved in
bronze, was revealed, the great
throng was silent for a moment and
then broke Into a spontaneous cheer.
It was the climax of a great labor,
occupying 12 years for Its comple
tion, and represented the contribu
tions of thosnands and thousands of
persons, from cities and hamlets
throughout the whole broad land.
The nation did honor to the poet
whose works, translated Into nearly
every modern language, have sung
the beauties of American life, have
told in most beautiful word pictures
of the distinctly American features of
the birth and upbringing of the
states of America. And as the na
tion has contributed its mites as well
as Its greater sums toward the com
pletion of the statue, so were there
present men who represent the na
tional government and men and
women who as private citizens stand
for the highest ideals in the com
munities of which they are part.
The list of those who faced the sta
tue at its unveiling contains the
names of ambassadors of great for
eign nations, lawmakers and Judges,
and chief among these was Melville
Weston Fuller, chief Justice of the
Supreme Court. He presided over
the ceremonies.
President Taft was compelled to
abandon the Idea of attending the
unveiling, owing to a badly Inflamed
eye. over which he is wearing a light
bandage. , gnat or some other small
insect flew Into Mr. Taft's eye while
he was horseback riding. The Presi
dent gave little attention to the mat
ter at the time, but his eye was much
irritated. His physician thought that
the glare of the bright sunlight would
be bad for the eye and advised him
not to venture out. Attorney Gen
eral Wickershnm, acting for the
President, accepted the gift on be
half of the nation.
Others present were representa
tives from the courts of Europe and
the governments of American repub
lics, citizens of Washington whose
names are connected with every great
event of the capital
Homes Fop Quake Sufferers.
Messina, Sicily (Special). Lieu
tenant Commander R. R. Belknap,
the American naval attache at Rome,
has turned over to the prefect of
Messina a total of 400 American
wooden houses to be used in shelter
ing sufferers from the earthquake
of last December. The attache ex
pects that 2.300 houses will be com
pleted by June 7. Wood for 700
houses additional already has been
sent out to small villages In the
vicinity of Messina.
Mapeuvers In The Cliesiipcuke.
Washington, D. C. (Special).
The vessels of the Atlantic battleship
fleet will begin their record target
practice off the Chesapeake Bay on
August 16. When the ships have
completed this record practice they
will take up the battle target prac
tice. This will be the first time that
the battleships have done this tar
pet shooting on the high seas, hav
ing heretofore always utilized some
protected bay.
Hitching Rail "Dry" Issue.
Bloomington. Ind (Special). In
this city, the seat of the Indiana
University, ' the old-fashioned hitch
ing rail In the public square has be
come an issue In the local option
campaign, which is to close with an
election May 25. Farmers, indignant
because the broken down hitching
rail around the new Coui house has
not been replaced by the City Coun
cil, threaten to vote "wet." Mer
chants and County Commissioners
are siding with the farmers.
Aged Woman Itivuks Neck.
Chester. While dropping a roll of
carpet from the rear second-story
window of her home Miss Elizabeth
Hathgabe, aged 6;! years, plunged
head foremost to the ground and
broke her neck.
Cut Woman's Throat In Woods.
Boston (Special). While walking
through a 'patch of woods near the
lower MyBtlc Lakes, Arlington,
Thomas Lynch attacked Mrs. Emma
Gleason and cut her throat with a
knife. Lynch then shot and killed
himself. Mrs. Gleason is still alive,
but her condition is critical. She id
the wife of Thomas Gleason, of Ar
lington, and Is 34 years of age.
Lynch was 32' years old and was
married. The police say the tragedy
was undoubtedly due to an unsettled
mind.
Sues Police For fl2H,000.
New York (Special). William
Tracey, a young Brooklyn man, has
brought suit for $125,000 against
Police Commissioner Bingham and
the police officials In charge of tho
Bertlllon Bureau, because he was
measured and photographed follow
ing his arrest for a minor offense
some time ago. He protested his In
nocence, and was promptly acquitted
by a Jury, but be says that the shock
of his unpleasant experience in the
Bertlllon Bureau has permanently af
fected his nervous system.
Man Secreted Chid Bride in
Washington.
Washington, D. C. (Special).
Albeit Wlllard fired three shots Into
his son-in-law, Irving W. Beck, as
the latter stood in his grocery store,
at 200 N Street, southeast. The
wounded man was hurried to the
Casnallty Hospital, where he died.
Wlllard was arrested. The shooting
was the result of a bitter family
quarrel. Reck, who Is 33 years old,
married Willard's duughter Dorothy
about three weeks ngo. She was p.
schoolgirl of 14, wearing short dress
es when Bhe married. Her parents
objected for a long time to the mar
riage. According to a statement
which Wlllard marie while in the
police, station, the parents consented
to the m.irrlag'j onlv when Beck
piomlsed that ht would live at home
with them after the marriage. But,
on the day of the wedding, he took
her away and her parents have not
be.n able to locate her ttinre.
"I have entreated him and her
mother has pleaded with him with
tears in her eyes to tell us where
our little girl Is," said Wlllard while
in bis cell "We think she is sick,
and her mother Is nearly crazed with
grief. I went to his store to settle
with him for good, and I did it. I
asked him for the last time where
our child was. He said he would not
tell me and that she would never
come home. Then I shot him "
Wlllard entered Beck's store and
poon became Involved In a quarrel
with his son-in-law. He left the
stove and returned In about an hour,
and again demanded to know tho
whereabouts of his daughter. Beck'fj
reply. If, Indeed, ho made any. was
unsatisfactory, for Wlllard whipped
out his revolver :tnd began firing.
The first shot struck Reek's chest, the
net entered his throat and the
third lodged In his hip. A clerk Ir.
i he store t-elzed Wlllard, who per
mitted himself to be disarmed with
out resistance and who submitted to
arrest, quietly. Ho Is employed In
tho Navy Yard.
Blame The Postmasters.
Washington, D. C. (Special).
Postmasters hereafter will he hold
strictly to account if they deliver to
persons packages of foreign origin
containing dutiable articles without
first submitting them to the nearest
customs officer, or without collect
ing tho duty assessed upon such
packages, as the result of an order
issued by the Postofflce Department.
Numerous instances of failure on tlio
part of postmasters to do this have
been reported to Postmaster General
Hitchcock by the Secretary of the
Treasury.
Itonl's Case Again In Court.
Paris (Special). The appeal tak
en by Count Bonl de Castellane from
the decision of the French court
handed down December 30 that his
three sons remain In the custody of
their mother, the present Princess
de Sagan, was argued. M. Bonnet,
for the Count, repeated his argu
ments made In the lower court and
laid stress on the fact that the Count
had renounced his claim to any mon
ey. He Insisted that the Influence
of the Prince de Sagan over the
Count's children was pernicious.
Kidnappers Foiled.
Oakland, Cal. (Special). A plot
to kidnap the eight-year-old son of
Governor Gillett was unearthed at
San Quentin Prison, when it was
found that J. B. Clifton, a notorious
criminal, who ts serving time for
attempting the life of Detective Hod
gins, of Oakland, had completed ar
rangements with a confederate on
the outside to steal the boy and hold
him for ranson. The price of the
lad's return to his father was to have
been Clifton's pardon.
Tragedy In Alnbunm City.
Huntsville. Ala. (Special). J.
Robert Jones, a prominent insurance
man, was killed and A. I). McDowell,
a shipping clerk, was fatally Injured
here in a shooting affair by A. L.
Palsey, a Huntsville business man.
WASHINGTON
BY TELEGRAPH
Alfonso Zelayer, son of the Presi
dent of Nicaragua, plays the piano In
a moving-picture theatre, while his
wife sells tickets at the door.
Judgo William L. Penfleld, for
merly solicitor general of the De
partment of State, died from stomach
and heart troubles.
Rear Admiral R. P. Rogers has
been detached from duty as chief
intelligence officer and ordered to
duty as commandant of the naval
station at Narragansett Bay, New
port. R. I.
All the governments except Ger
many which have been sounded
have assented to the wish of China
for a conference to consider the rais
ing of her tariff rates.
Royal E. Cabell, of Richmond,
Va., has been selected to succeed
John G. Capers, of South Carolina,
as commissioner of Internal revenue.
Diplomatic and official Washington
Joined to do honor to the memory
of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow at
the unveiling of a statue of the poeu
Representative J. Hampton Moore
would make each 12 to of October
a legal holiday, to be known as
"Columbus Day."
The battleships Maine and New
Hampshire, now at Guantanamo,
have been ordered to Portsmouth, N.
H.
Resolutions were Introduced In the
House and Senate to forbid railroads
to own stock In subsidiary compan
ies. President Taft approved the sen
tence of dismissal of Boatswain Her
bert F. Marker, who was convicted
by a general court martlul of false
hood and scandalous conduct.
The Senate ratified an agreement
with Russia regulating the position
of corporations or stock companies
and other commercial associations In
the two countries.
Representative Murphy announced
that be would present articles of im
peachment against Judges McPber
son and Phillips, of the Western Dis
trict of Missouri.
LONG LOST CREW OF
WHALER MAT BE ALI'E
They Are Said To Be In a Venezue
lan Dungeon.
HAD BEEN MOURNED AS DEAD.
Remarkable Story Brought By An
American Seaman, Who Says The
Captain And Men Of A Whaler
Supposed To Have Been Lost At
Sea Five Vears Ago, Were Made
Prisoners Insurance Compuny
Has Puid Policies.
Kingstown, St. Vincent. B. W. I.
(Special). It may be that Capt. Col
lin Stephenson and the crew of the
American whaling ship Carrie D.
Knowles, long since thought to have
been lost at sea, are still alive in a
Venezuelan prison. An American
seaman, who gives the name of
Payne, an escaped prisoner from
Venezuela, has made hi3 way to
Kingstown, where he laid before the
authorities an astounding story of
the seizure of the Carrie D. Knowles
at a Venezuelan port, where she ar
rived five years ago in distress, and
the incarceration by the Venezuelans
of the captain and his men.
So convinced are the authorities
here that there is truth in Payne'H
story that they have taken down hU
full statement and have already tak
en steps looking to a speedy and
thorough Investigation of the case.
On January 27, 1904. the Carrie
D. Knowles sailed from Province
town, Mass., on a whaling voyage.
Her captain was Collin Stephenson
and her first mate, B. A. Martin.
In addition, she carried a crew of
about a dozen men. These are the
names as given by Payne to the au
thorities here, and as far as he could
remember the names of them were:
Wallace, Warner, Robertson, Hazell,
Sam, Davis, Pierre, Grant, Lewis,
and John. Payne asserts positively
that all of these men are at tho
present time confined in a Venezue
lan prison.
The vessel was supposed to have
been lost in a West Indian storm
with all hands. Some of the men be
longed in St. Vincent, and after all
liope was given up of their return,
their relatives put on mourning and
the local insurance company eventu
ally paid the claims against it, on
the assumption that the sailors were
dead.
The story Payne told to the police
authorities here caused great excite
ment, not only because of the seri
ousness of the charges agalnBt tho
Venezuelan authorities, but because
It added another to the many taleB
which have reached St. Vincent con
cerning the high-handed methods
adopted by the Venezuelans under
the administration of Castro. Payne
declared that the whaler had been
disabled in a storm off the Venezue
lan coast and had made port in dis
tress. This was five years ago, but
the exact date he could not remem
ber. She was at once seized and the
captain and crew were made prison
ers and thrown Into Jail. He states
that all the men are alive, but are
still closely confined.
The details of Payne's escape from
prison are not known, as the police
have him In charge, and will detain
him until the investigation of the
authorities establishes the truth or
falsity of his assertion. It Is pos
sible, however, that he Is one of the
score or more of prisoners who es
caped from the penitentiary at Mara
caibo about two weeks ago. Some
of these men succeeded in making
their way into Colombia, and from
that country it would not be difficult
to reach St. Vincent.
The Shah's Promises.
Teheran (Special). At'the Shah's
request Said ed Dowleh, who was re
cently dismissed from the office of
foreign minister, has formed a Lib
eral cabinet. He will resume his
former post, while Nasir el Mulk,
now a refugee in Europe, will be
come premier. The Shah has signed
two proclamations, one announcing
the resumption of the constitution
and the otner grnnting political am
nesty Moth of these concessions had
for a long time been demanded by
the diplomatic representatives of
Great Britain and Ruabla.
Shot Down By Black Hand.
Pittsburg (Special). Frank Ross,
a miner, who has assisted the police
in getting suspicious Italians out of
McKeesport. a suburb, was mysteri
ously Bitot while passing a row of
tenements occupied by Italians and
Is expected to die. He told the po
lice a dozen shots were fired. It Is
believed the shooting was done by
Rlack Hand members who feared
him.
25,000 PEOPLE WERE
" KILLEOJN MASSACRE
Thousands of Brutal So'diers Looth
an j Burning.
Soldiers, rrcteudlng To Throw Watt,
On The Flames, Apply Kein,ri,
Instead Xo Respect Paid To lor.
cign Properties Fears For Amrt.
lean .M.ssionary Stations At
Jin And Tarsus 115,000 Homely
Refugees Many Young Glrls c,
rlcd On" To Harems.
Tarsus, Asiatic Turkey (Special),
Authentic details of the atrocitlct
committed by the fanatical Mohaoi
medans In the villages and farmj ij
this district are now coming in;0
Tarsus with sickening abundance.
The worst particulars of thess nar
ratives cannot be mentioned, bui
they Bet forth without doubt that ai
least 10,000 persons lost their nve
In this province, and some estimate
place the total casualty list a; ij.
000.
Villages like Osmanleh, Bazsche,
Hamadlch, Kara, Krlstlan, Keoy and
Kezolook were actually wiped out.
Each of these places had popuia
Hons of from 600 to 600 persons.
In one town of 4,000 people there
ire fewer than 100 left, nearly all
women and children.
It was the same thing with toe
hundreds of chlftliks, or farms, that
lot this wide and fertile plain. The
slaughter was unsparing, evea
Greeks and Syrians being struck
down with the Armenians. Entire
families were burned to death Id
their homes. Hundreds of girls and
women were maltreated and carried
off to the hurems, where the women
were separated from the men.
The correspondent was informed
that at one place a party of lflj
Armenians surrendered to the sol
diers. The prisoners were taken to
an open field, where the women were
ordered to stand apart from the men.
Every one of the men was then shot.
In many cases they were done to
death with their women clinging to
them, trying to save their lives. A
large number of women were wound
ed because of their persistence.
Sixty men who were brought down
Into this district from Hadjin are
now held as slaves.
Young Turks around Tarsus ar
trading Aremnlan girls among eacg
other for horses and modern repeat
ing rifles.
Tho entire 10 days seem to have
been an insensate orgy of lust and
violence In the name of raco and
religion. In the massacres of n
years ago there was no such desire
to kill women and children as hai
been evidenced in the last 10 days.
There have been numerous In
stances of the murdering of women
and children with deliberation, and
there are other Instances were wor
en were brought out one by one
and shot down, the bystanders clap
ping their hands at each fresh exe
;ut on.
The local authorities are giving
four cents a day for each refugee
In Tarsus. There are about 4.000
refugees here, and this sum does no!
suffice. The Government allotment
is being supplemented from funds of
tho American mission. The local of
ficials say they are soon going to
liscontlnue their contributions, and
f this is done there will be a famine,
HISTORIC TOWN SWEPT
BY FIERCE
FIRE
lleariy Half of Benedict, Charles
County, Md., in Ruins.
. Niagara Barrel Man Head,
Detroit (Special). Capt. Carlisle
D Graham, aged fS years, who
achieved fame by sucessfully making
the perilous trip through tho Niagara
rapids five times, died at tho home
of his sister here from a cold. Four
times Captain Graham went through
the rapids In a barrel and once he
swam the distance.
To Protect Voting Morals.
Albany. N. Y. (Special). After
September 1 It will be a misde
meanor to admit to a klnetoscope or
moving-picture performance, or any
place ol entertainment Injurious to
heslth or morals, any child under the
age of 16 years, unless accompaniod
by parent or guardian. A bill em
bodying this prohibition was signed
by Governor Hughes.
Charged With Witchcraft.
Butler, Pa. (Special). Alleged by
her accuser to be a witch, Mrs. Lau-
paule Ober was tried on a charge of
disorderly conduct, was convicted
and sentenced to pay a fine of $5
and serve 10 days In Jail. Tho
charge was preferred by Mrs. Julia
Kroner, who alleged that Mrs. Ober
went into Mrs. Kroner's barn and
by the use of witchcraft cast a spell
over a cow, which bad prevented it
from giving milk. .That something
had been done to the animal was
Indicated by the testimony.
To Close Half The Saloons.
Terre Haute, Ind. (Special). The
Terre Haute Liquor Dealers' Asso
ciation has prepared a petition to
the City Council for an ordinance
which will gradually reduce the num
ber of saloons one-half. The limit
Is to be placed at one for every 600
of population, which would make the
total about 140, as compared with
270 -at the present time. No license
is to be Issued to any persons not
now in the business, the decrease to
be in the retirement of those already
In business. The liquor Interests
thus hope to prevent the county from
going "dry."
La Plata, Md. (Special). Prob
ably tho most disastrous fire that
jver occurred in Charles County was
:hat which broke out in the village
sf Benedict, on the Patuxent River,
and resulted In practically the de
itruction of half of the village.
The fire originated In the store
room occupied by Hyman Washinsky,
and before It was gotten under con
trol, 16 buildings were in ashes. Of
this number 12 were .dwelling
nouses, three stores and the other
Methodist Church, only recently
suilt. Perhaps the greatest loss was
mffered by Augustine M. Bowline:,
trice president and general manage'
Df the Woodlawn Cemetery Company
Df Baltimore City, who owned the
i store building occupied by Wasliln
; sky and five of the dwelling ii onset,
practically all of Mr. Bowling's e-
tensive property holdings In the
itricken village. The duelling, nouses
and stores of B. F. lienderson anil
M. T. Johnson were destroyed,
were the dwelling houses of J. E.
Stewart; R. E. Farrall. Peter Morgan
and William Roach.
In less than two hours all of tha
above-mentioned buildings were de
stroyed. The Ore is said to have
been caused by the upsetting of
I coal-oil stove in the Wasbinsky store.
The total loss If estimated at be-
tween 140,000 and $50,000, partial
: ly covered by Insurance.
I Manv of the bulldlnes that were
destroyed by the fire bad been erect
ed only a few years.
The condition of the village at this
time is most deplorable, as there sre
hardly enough houses remaining to
accommodate the families that were
rendered homeless by the fire.
For 10 years after he is licensed to
practice, a Japanese physician Is re
quired to keep books showing the
names, ages and addresses of pat'.
ents, the'.r diseases and the treatment
given tbem.
To make the gathering of a swarm
of bees less hazardous, an Ohio nis
has patented a funnel which may W
placed about a swarm and closed
without any of the bees escaping.
The United States uses nearly one
third of the world's , production ol
cocoa.
To dry shoes In hotels, clubs and
other places where they accumulate
in numbers, there has been devised
a cylinder with a gas burner at tb'
base, from which radiate a number
of tubes on which the shoes are buu
to receive uniform heat.
The electrical equipment of a mod
ern first-class battleship costs f000,
000.
It Is hoped to create a large cotton
growing area In Africa by reclama
tion. )
Women cannot hire out for nlgbt.
work in Italy.