THE NEWS,
Domestic
State Senator .Tames F. Shaw, the
millionaire traction magnate, ol
Salem, Slais., 1 1 1 1 a suit for absolute
divorce against his wife, Not tie K
Shaw. Mr? names M. Keno Marble,
their former chauffeur, os corespond
ent, and asks for custody of their
boy, Kldredgo. Saaw.
F. Augimt Helnze filed a demurrer
to the indictment found against him
last week by the Federal Grand Jury,
charging Mm with misappropriating
about $2. 2f0, 000.
Mrs. Jennie Carlton, the wife of a
retired scu captain, and supposed to
bo demented, killed her two children
by cuttine, their throats and then
ended her !ife.
The Western I'ncll'r Railroad
Idaced nn order for 4 0 engines of the
consolidated typo wltn the America
Locomotive Com pin. v.
John Sykee, a lawyer, of Trenton,
N. J., a sentenced to 16 years In
prison on rhiir;;" of forgery ant
einhezr.1ci.icni.
William Adler, recently convicted
of misappropriating funds of the now
defunct State National Bank of N"w
Orleans, wns sentenced to nerve rlx
years in the federal prison.
Francis J. Nugent, treasurer of the
John C. Nugent Company, of Roches
ter. Ih under arrest on the charge of
forging tho namo of the It A. Short)
Shoe Company, of York, i'a.
Justice Gerald signed an interlocu
tory decree of divorce run linilng the
findings of Referee Edward O. Whit
akcr In favor of Helen Kelly Could
against Frank Could.
The members of the International
League of Press Cluhs sailed on tho
uteamor Rermudinu to attend th'
eighteenth annual convention at
lierm u da
Albert House, j", years old. Jumped
from the Wlllin:n.-:lnirg bridge, a dis
tance of 13 few, Into tho Fast. Hiver
and escaped practically unscnthed.
Several Mahoning County, Ohio,
officials are chareed with taking il
legal fees, accordinK to the report of
Examiners II. 15. Sane and J. L.
Fecko.
President .lames II. liaker, of tho
Fnivcrslty of Colorado, made a strong
Idea for the study of tho Bible in
state colleges.
J. J. Jusserand, French amassador
to the t'nited States, will visit the
Alaska - Yukon Pacific Exposition
about June 12.
The Philippine fieneral Assem
bly adopted resolutions declaring in
favor of the Independence of the is
lands. The Japanese Chamber of Com
merce, in its tour of the United States
next September, may visit California.
Helen Cortelyou, the nine-year-old
daughter of George II. Cortelyou,
died nt Huntington, L. I.
The lieaviest rain of the year broke
the drouth in West Texas and the
Panhandle.
Live poultry Is selling In Chicago
at the highest price paid in many
years.
Magon. Villareal and Klvcra, the
Mexican revolutionists convicted In
the federal court of violating the neu
trality laws in directing nn armed ex
Tied It Ion Into Mexico, were Bentence.l
to 18 months each In the territorial
prison.
Associate Justice Harlan, of the
United States Supremo Court Is
among the candidates for moderator
of the general assembly of the Pres
byterian Church, to meet at Denver.
Marion Dwight I'ortner, nllas Wil- 1
Uatn Wells, of Oxford. Miss., was ar- ,
rested In Paris at the request of the 1
American authorities. He Is charged
with forgcrv.
Enough opium to cause death was !
found on ("apt. Peter C. Halns vhon ;
be reached Sing Sing.
Jersey City in to have a baseball
team composed of clergymen.
The H. C. Frick Company has re-
lighted l.O'iO coke ovens.
I oreign
The Court at Caracas, Venezuela,
has dismissed the charge against
fornvr President Castro of complicity
In a plot to nssa' t hiate Juan Vicente
Gomez at tho time the latter wai
acting president of Venezuela.
It was reported that Abdul Hamld,
the deposed Sultun of Turkey, hns
transferred bank deposits nggregat
log $5,000,000 to the government.
According to recently compile
Japanese Htutistlcn there are r!),00
Japanese in the United States, 53 per
cent, of whom are in California.
Twenty members of the Japanese
Parliament and six directors of the
Japanese Combination have been ar
rested for Irregularities.
It is propot-.ed to Increase tho num
ber of French Imttloshlps to 38, In
suring France fourth plaeo among
the naval powers.
Geologists have made discoveries
la Mexico showing that man In
habited America In the stone ago.
The body of Oorgo Meredith, th
sovtdist, was cremated at Working.
England.
The Sultan of Turkey, In his ad
dress to tho new Chamber of Depu
ties, declared that there would be no
more disturbances or massacres In
Aslnflc Turkey.
Personal apologies from President
Dovllla, of Honduras, together wlt'i
ample monetary satisfaction, close
the trouble between Mexico and Hon
duras. The conditions at Adnna, Aslatlr
Turkey, are Improving nnd the gov
ernment is completing preparation
to send the Armenians to their
home.
A ball was given at Jlnotepe, Nica
ragua, by President Zelaya In honor
of the officers of the American cruiser
Albany, now on the coast.
Tbe Congress on European Feder
ation, which has been In session la
Homo, decided to organize a porma
aent bureau of federation.
Samuel Iewl has been offered the
portfolio of foreign secretary In th
Panama Cabinet, made vacant by ih
death of J. A. Arango.
In a conflict between a detachment
of police and a body of workmen In
Paris five policemen were wounded.
lieutenant General Stoessel and
Itear Admiral Nebogatoff were re
leased from the Fortress of St. Peter
and St. Paul, In St. Petersburg.
The Canadian Express Company's
office In Truno, N. H , was looted of
$t, S00 lu cash by robbers, who held
u the clerk.
The Allan Line steamer Mongoli
an, with hundreds of passengers
aboard, was caught In an Ice Jam
aS BL Johns, N. F.
Hornier President Iloosevelt killed
a bin rhinoceros and also a hippopota
mus at the McV'Jlaa ranch. In East
Africa
THE BAMO TS VANISH
ftFIER TRAIH ROBBERY
Police Say They Must Have Used
An Auto.
A HOLDUP ON THE UNION PACIFIC.
Empty Mall Pouches Are Found, But
There Is Yet Xo due To The Hob.
bers $.1,(100 Apiece Is Offered Ity
The Hnllroails For Kncli Man Cap
tured The Holdup Occurred Only
Half A Mile Out Of Omaha Pas
sengers .Not Harmed,
Omaha. Neb. (Special). Although
the poliee and the sheriff have had
large tones of men scouring the
country around the scene of the hold
up of a t' n ion Pacific passenger train
mar O'naha, when seven sacks of
mail were secured, little progress has
been made toward tracing the rob
bers. Two empty mall pouches were
found near Forty-third and Jackson
Streets, which lend the police to be
lieve that the robbers came towards
Omaha. All four of the men wore
long raincoats and were masked.
The police believe they had either
an automobile or a fast horse. The
fact that only two of the rilled
pouches have been found Indicates
that they were in, no hurry to divide
their loot.
The train robbed was No. 2, east
bound, known as tho Overland Limi
ted, and the hold-up occurred Just
before midnight. 'The train was de
tained but lilteen in I ii nt cm and left
Omaha for Chicago on time.
The robbery took place within a
mile of the city liml's. Two of the
robbers, who had evidently gotten
on at a town farther west, climbed
on the engine with drawn revolvers
and forced the engineer to stop the
train. The crew was ordered out
of the cab, and two of the robbers
stood guard while the other two es
corted the engineer nnd fireman to
the rear. The quartet were appar
ently wdl acquainted with the
ground, as they forced tho train to
stop in a deep cut. .
There were eight clerks In tho mail
car nnd they were forced to open the
door. The chief clerk was singled
out and asked to point out the reg
istered mail. This he did and the
robbers gathered up seven pouches
and the leader then remarked:
"This Is all wo can get into our
automobile."
They left the scene quickly, walk
ing down the track 300 feet and
clambering out of the cut.
A continuous fusilade was kept up,
evidently to Intimidate passengers
and crew. A llagman who went to
the rear narrowly escaped being shot.
Several passengers who bad not re
tired started to get out of tho vesti
bules, but in no uncertain tones the
robbers ordered them back Into the
cars.
Tho registered pouches were all
destined to Eastern points, the great
er part for Chicago and New York.
Clerk Whitmore says that tho pouch
es were among the less important
of the registered mail. The robber
who entered the car asked for the
"bank mail." but whether there was
any great amount of money in the
pouches Is not known.
The I'nlon Pacilie officials at. once
offered a reward of $.".0II0 each for
the capture of the robbers and a
big force of police nnd deputies from
Omaha and South Omaha started in
search of them.
The automobile theory is strength
ened by the discovery of .a greasy
glove where the two empty mail
pouches were found. The police be
lieve It belonged to a chauffeur.
A signal lire was burning near
Where the robberv occurred, evident
ly as a signal for the robbers on
the train to execute their designs.
Xhe spot where tho hold-up occurred
U only two blocks from where Kddic
Cudahy was kept a prisoner arter
being kidnapped several years ago. i
Conductor Wallace said that he
never thought of a train robbery at
such a point when the train stopped.
(SHOOTS HIS FATHKK IF.AI.
Promptly 1 1 leaded Ity Coroner's
Jury For Acting In Self-Defense.
Mobile. Ala. (Special). D. E.
McLnuehlln shot nnd instantly kill
ed his father, A. W. Mcl.auchlln, at
the home of the father. In Dacka
tunna. this county.
It Is said that the father, being
under the Influence of liquor, had
threatened to kill his wife and other
members of the family, and they sent
for young Mcl.auchlln to come and
protect them.
Mcl.auchlln, senior, nccordlng to
report, became enraged at his son
and ndvanceii on him with a double
barreled shotgun, uttering threats,
whereupon young McLauchllii drew
his pistol and fired.
A coroner's Jury released young
McLauehlln.
Knys Woman Forced Him To Crime.
Indlanola, Miss. (Special). Jesse
Scott, a young farmer, who, according
to officers, confessed to the murder of
W. I,. Kmbrey ut the suggestion of
the latter' wife, was brought here
and placed In Jail. Mrs. Kmbrey
haj been phice.l under arrest. Scott
In his confession stated that ho met
Kmbrey In an open pasture, and aft
er some discussion forced him at
the point of a revolver to go to
a cypress brake and there shot him
four times. Scott claims that Mrs.
Kmbrey threatened to kill him if ho
did not commit the crime.
Sees Her Husband Killed.
Camden, N. J. (Special). In the
presence of his wife and young son,
George Zeil, a resident of Wlli'ams
town, N. J., near here, was Instantly
killed when a revolver exploded In
the pocket of a hunting Jacket which
be was throwing over his shoulder,
the bullet entering hW heart. S5-1I was
an agent for an Insurance' company
and bad been transferred to Itiver
Slde, N. J., and the shooting occur
red while the household furniture
was being placed in moving vans.
Color l.lno Not Legal.
Washington, D.' C. (Special). Un
just discrimination between tbe white
and colored passengers paying the
same fare Is not legally permissible
by a railway, according to a decision
of tho Interstate Commerce Commis
sion, announced In the case of Win
field F. Coart against the Southern
Railway. It was not shown by the
testimony that the complainant bad
been discriminated against or that h
bad less adequate accommodation
than the white passengers. Tbe com
plaint, therefore, was dismissed.
II. H. ROGERS STRICKEN
SUDDENLY WITH APOPLEXY
Passes Away Before Physician Reach
es His Side.
Death a Great Shcck lo Friends si
He Hid Been at His Office the Day
before-Wss Vice President of the
Sttndsrd Oil Company, Builder of
I he $40,000,000 Virginian Railway
and Organ ztr of Amalgamated Cop.
ptr Company-Gave to Native Town.
New York (Special). Henry II,
Rogers, vice president of the Stand
ard Oil Company, moving spirit In
tho organization of the Amalgamated
Copper Company, builder of railroad
and philanthropist, died at his home
hero at 7.20 o'clock A. M from a
stroke of apoplexy. Death came a
little more than an hour after Mr.
Rogers had risen for the day. men
tioning to his wife that he was feel
ing 111. At 7 o'clock he -lapsed Into
unconsciousness, and before the fam
ily physician arrived ho was dead.
Mr. Rogers was 69 years old. Mrs.
Rogers, three married daughters, a
son. II. H. Rogers, Jr., and Dr. W.
J. Pulley, a physician, who was hasti
ly summoned, were at tho bedside
when the end came.
While Mr. Rogers' death was sud
den and unexpected, he had been
in indifferent health since ho suf
fered an apoplectic stroke In 1907
and was almost constantly under a
physician's care.
Ills end at this fine, however,
was a great shock to his family and
business associates.
In the evening he vl.llod the homes
In this city of two of his sons-in-law,
Urban H. Hrotighton and Wil
liam H. Cop, where he played with
his grandchildren, nnd later return
ed to his home for what proved the
last mortal sleep of his great career.
News of the financier's death did
not become generally known till
about two hours after It occurred.
Tho Stock Exchange had not open
ed when the report renched Wall
Street, but with the ripening there
was hardly an appreciable effect on
tho market. Afler a decline, nt
first, in the. stocks in which he was
popularly supposed to be Interested,
conditions rapidly adjusted them
selves, confirming, in a way, that
Mr. Rogers had In the laBt few
months anticipated death and with
drawn from the market.
It Is known, in fact, that he had
taken steps to safeguard his Inter
ests by placing his direct holdings
In various corporations In other
hands. Fpnn whose shoulders bla
burdens will rest hereafter Is prob
lematical, although close friends ol
the family were Inclined to think
that this duty will fall to his son-in-law,
Urban H. Uroughton.
KILLED HF.lt CHILDREN.
A rlHENT TO
OR. WITHERSPOOM
Bronze Statue of the Patriot and
Theologian.
IN FRONT OF CHRUCH OF COVENANT
Impressive Services At Tho levell
ing In Washington Tributes
Paid To The SlRner Of The De
claration Of Independence Anil
The Lender Of His Chur.oh In The
t'nited Stales.
Wife Of Itctlrcd Sea Captain Sup
posed To lie Demented.
Easthnmpton, Ct. , (Special).
Mrs. Jennie Carsten, 3S years old,
wife of Louis Carsten, formerly a
sea captain, killed two of her chil
dren and herself at the Carsten farm,
near here. 3ho cut tho throats of
the children and then her own.
She also flashed the throat of a
third child, a boy, and while ho Is
In an extremely critical condition,
he may recover. It is believed that
Mrs. Carsten was out of her mind.
The dead children are Louis, aged
10 yenrs, and Virginia, aged 10
months. John, tho wounded boy, is
seven years old.
Mrs. Carsten lived long enough to
reply to her husband when he asked
tho reason for her nets:
"I wanted to die, and I wanted to
take the children with me. I didn't
wnnt to leave them."
It was staled by her husband that
she had been subject to mental
trouble, and that she had at one time
had treatment in a Western sanlta
rlum. They had moved to tho
country from Brooklyn, N. Y., last
November for quiet.
Captain Carsten was formerly
commanding officer of the Pacific
Mail Lino steamer.
TOMB HF.NFATII LAWN.
Weiill by .Mining Man Also To Have
A Casket Of Copper.
Los Angeles, Cal. (Special). Per
mission to build a tomb beneath the
lawn of his luxurious home, on St.
Mark Boulevard, Coeur d'Alene
Street, as a future burial place for
himself and wife, was granted by
tho city trustees of O can Park, a
suburb, to Knnls F. Kellner, a
wealthy mining man and broker.
Mr. Kellner, who Is president of the
Globe Hank and Saving Compnny, at
Globe, Ariz., says that he has se
cured the consent of his neighbors
to the plan, and that In his will he
will provide for Inning his body
placed In a casket made from Ari
zona copper.
The only outward sign that graves
are beneath the lawn will be a bead
stono or monument made from Ari
zona porphyry.
To Stop Snlo Of Cigarette.
Springfield. III. (Special). The
House, by n vote of S9 to 2, passed
a bill to prohibit tho manufacture
or sale of cigarettes. Tho penalty
for a first offense Is a fine of 1 10
to ft 00 and a jail sentence of one
to 30 days. Subsequent violations
are punishable by a fine of from
$100 to $.ri00 and Imprisonment of
ten days '"JI months.
Anna Held To Retire.
New York (Special). Before sail
ing for Europe Anna Held aboard
the Kronprlnzemln Cecile gave out
a slat men t saying that she would
probably retire from the stage after
nest season. She had been success
ful In her career and Investments,
the actress said, anil . had amassed
$1,000,000. Miss Held said that she
would settle down to a home life,
and that most of her time would be
spent in New York City.
Groom, 18; Ilrlde, 7.
Addls-Adebs (Special). Prince
Lid J Jeassu, tbe 13-year-old grand
son of King Menellk, was publicly
proclaimed heir to tbe Abyssinian
tbone in the presence of many chiefs
and 20,000 soldiers.
Prince Lid J Jeassu was married
two days ago to Princess Ilomalne,
the seven-year-old granddaughter of
the late Km per or John aud niece of
Km press Talttou. The marriage was
described as of great Importance po
litically, as It united the two dynas
ties of powerful chiefs
Washington, D. C, (Special). In
the presence of a distinguished gath
ering the statue of leev. Dr. John
Wltlierspoon, the famous Scotch
Presbyterian clergyman, one time
president of Princeton University, a
signer of tho Declaration of Inde
pendence nnd a member of the "Con
tinental Congress, was unveiled with
appropriate exercises.
The ceremonies Incident to the
unveiling were conducted In the
Church of the Covenant. In front of
which the Ptntue haB been erected.
John W. Foster, former Secretary
of State, chnlrmnn of the Hoard of
Trustees of the Wltherspoon Me
morial Association, presided, and de
livered an address, extolling the life
and character of the revolutionary
patriot. Rev. Dr. Joro Wltherspoon,
pastor of the Second Presbyterian
Church, of Richmond, Va., a lineal
descendant of Wltherspoon, deliv
ered tho Invocation, while tho bene
diction was pronounced by Rev.
David A. Wood, of Gettysburg, Pa.,
another descendant.
The opening address was made by
James llryco, the British ambassa
dor, on "Tho Contributions of Scot
land to America," and he was
followed by President Woodrow
Wilson, of Princeton University,
whose subject was "The Review of
the Life and Service of Wlther
spoon." Vice President Sherman
also made a short, address.
In paying tribute to a member of
tho nation which forms a part of
the kingdom he represents, Ambas
sador Hryce called Wltherspoon a
"remarkable man In all his three
characters of pastor, politician and
college president." The statuo un
veiled stands almost opposite the
entrance to the British Embassy
here.
TWENTY ARE INJURED
IN ft CWCtGO RUZE
Gas Explosion Wrecks Building and
Starts fire.
Mother, Unable To llcarh Stairway,
llurh Baby Into The Outstretched
Arms Of Horrified CrowdInfant
Unhurt, But Woman, Following In
Wild Iap, Is Injured Firemen
Have Narrow Kscape,
WOMAV IN A DUKIi.
Gen. I.ongstreet's Widow Exchanges
Shots With A Burglar.
Gainesville, Ga. (Special). Mrs.
Helen D. Longstreot, wjdow of the
Confederate general and postmaster
of this place, fought a duel with a
man whom sho discovered In her
tome about 2 o'clock A. M.
Mrs. Longstreet was awakened by
a noise in the house. She secured
a pistol and went to investigate.
When she entered the dining-room
Bhe saw a ninn trying to open a
closet In which table silver was kept.
She called to him and the man
turned nnd ran for a window. Mrs.
Longstreet opened fire and tho man
drew a plHtol and llred once. Mrs.
Longstreet continued firing at the
fleeing mnn until her pistol was
empty. She thinks sho hit tho man,
as after one shot he staggered and
nearly fell.
OVEIt A ItlLI.IOX.
Chicago (Special). Twenty or
more persons were Injured, some of
them seriously, by dropping from
secopd-story windows in a fire start
ing from a gas explosion, which de
stroyed the Toledo Flats. Sixty-fifth
Street and Minerva Avenue,
The first explosion occurred in the
basement and was followed by others
in various parts of the building. Fire
broke out in several quarters and
halls and stairways became choked
with flames and smoke. Those in the
building were thrown into a panic.
Mrs. E, C. Updegraff. who occu
pied a flat on the second floor, rush
ed to a window, hold ng her four-year-old
aby In her arms. Her
screams attracted a crowd and, lean
ing out of the window, Mrs. Upde
1 graft dropped the child, who fell
safely Into a dozen upst retched
arms.
Mrs. Updegraff herself then climb
ed out and, after hanging to the
ledge, dropped. She was seriously In
jured. Mrs. A. Elmore, a third floor ten
ant, also was Injured bv jump'ng
from a second-story window. Mrs.
C. Ballard, ald to be deaf and dumb,
who lived on the fourth floor, wns as
sisted to safety by oilier occupants
or tho building. John Miller, Jani
tor of the building, was in the base
ment. He was severely burned by
the first explosion and was-taken to
a hospital. His condition is said to
lie serious. Harry Ripley, a furni
lure salesman, who moved Into tho
building a few days ago. escaped
from tho second floor. Mrs. Cath
erine Garmody escaped through the
hall and was severely burned. She
nnd an elderly woman, whose name
could not be learned and who Jump
ed from a second-story window,
were taken to hospitals. The explo
sions which followed that in the
basement blew out nearly every win
dow in the building, and within half
an hour of the first explosion the
entire building was a mass of
flames.
Among those who escaped was a
Mrs. Hern. She rushed Into- the
street, carrying her pet parrot. Then
she realized that while saving tho
bird sho had forgotten her mother,
K9 years old. She rushed back Into
the flames, but fainted before she had
gone far. Meanwhile her mother had
reached the lower floor nnd both
women were rescued by a neighbor.
Tho monetary loss Is placed at $75,-000.
Official Tabulation Of The Appropri
ations Of Lust Session.
Washington, D. C. (Special).
The publication required by law giv
ing the total of appropriations made
by Congress each session was Issued
showing that the last regular session
appropriated a grand total of $1,
044,401,857. In addition to the
specific appropriations contracts were
authorized requiring future appro
priations or $26,080,875. These In
clude fortifications In the Philippines,
battleships, colliers, torpedo boat de
stroyers, submarine torpedo boats
and improvement of rivers and har
bors. There wero 10,120 new offi
cers and employments specifically au
thorized and 6.243 abolished, making
a net Increase of 3,877, calling for
annual salaries aggregating $5,672,
009. The publication is the Joint
work of Thomas P. Cleaves and
.lames C. Courts, clerks respectively
of the Senate and House committees
on Appropriations.
ItooKevelts Keep I'p Hunts.
Nairobi, Africa. (Special). Theo
doro Roosevelt and his son Kermlt
continue their hunting excursions
from tho camp on the Heat ley ranch,
on Hi" Nairobi RlvU Two bull
buffaloes have fallen before therr
guns. One, the bigger of the two,
was brought down by Mr. Roosevelt
alone, bMo the other was bagged
by Mr. Roosevelt and Kermlt together.
Washburn As Commissioner.
Washington, D. O. (Special).
President Taft announced the nomi
nation of William 8- Washburn, of
Now York, as civil service commis
sioner, vice James T. Williams, re
signed. Ho was for years a civil ser
vice commission employe here and
served as civil service commissioner
In the Philippines under Mr. Taft.
Today's nomination is based on his
Philippine record.
IN THE WORLD OF FINANCE
The Sues Canal paid England $5,
250,000 In dividends last year.
Copper exports continue to run
close-to 1,000,000 pounds a day.
Crop reports were quite favorable,
but May wheat again sold up to $1.30
a bushel.
Gold exports continue, $750,000
being engaged for one bank for Ar
gentine. Vanderbllt railroads are said to
require $50,000,000 more cash dur
ing the year.
The Mines Company of America
has cut its dividend in half by declar
ing a quarterly 4 per cent. Hereto
fore the annual rate has been 24 per
oent.
The street bears that some of the
stock of tbe Goldflold Consolidated
which a syndicate bought from Unit
ed States Senator Nixon, has recently
been sold In the open market.
The New York Stock Exchange
has taken steps to prevent members
from having any business relations
with Consolidated Exchange mem
bers, and it will go further and try
to prevent any curb transactions by
stock exchange members.
COUNT WON I LOSES AGAIN.
Children To Remain In The Princess
De Kngnn's Custody.
Paris (Special). M: Sellgman, a
representative of tho Department of
Justice, presented his conclusions In
the Castellane-Sagan suit In favor of
the defendant. On December 30 of
last year, the French court handed
down a decision that the three sons
of Count BonI de Castcllane remain
In the custody of their mother, the
present Princess de Sagan. The
Count, however, appealed from this
decision In May of this year and" this
appeal has since been argued.
M. Sellgman said that the evidence
submitted showed that the Princess
de Sagan had been Irreproachable
before marriage and that she bad
slnco remained a good wife and
mother. Consequently, he recom
mended that this court confirm the
decision of the lower court giving
her the custody of the children.
The Princess de Sagan was Miss
Anna Gould, of New York. She mar
ried Count Bonl de Castellane, but
divorced him and later married his
cousin, Prince de Bagan.
WHITE FACE INN BURNS.
Lake Placid, N. Y. (Special).
White Face Inn, on the west shore
of Lake Placid, one of the best known
hotels In the Adirondack region, was
burned to the ground. The loss is
estimated at $150,000. The hotel
had not yet been opened for the
season and was occupied only by a
watchman. It was for many years
known as-"the West Side," but was
rebuilt in modern style about 10
years ago nnd then given its present
name. Prompt assistance from the
village prevented the destruction of
a number of adjacent camps and
cottages. The property Is said to
rave been fully insured.
Jailed For Using Spoiled Eggs,
New York (Special) - Justices
Mclnerny, O'Keefe and Forker, of
the Court of Special Sessions, Brook
lyn, sentenced Herman Katz, owner
of a butter and egg store at 143
Moore Street, that borough, and Phil
ip Friedman, a baker, at 151 Thomp
son Street, to 60 days In jail for
respectively selling and using spoil
ed, eggs. This is the first time In
the history of the city that offenders
have been sentenced to Jail for such
violations.
May Wheat Touches $1.81 U. '
Chicago (Special). May wheat
touched the highest point in 11
years Friday when it sold on the
Chicago Board for $1.31 M. Shorts
were forced to buy at this high fig
ure, and tbe Patten crowd is said to
have let go a goodly bunch of grain
at the high mark in order to allow
the delivery of certain orders. When
May went skylarking the other con
tracts followed, July going from
$1.18Vk. at 11 o'clock, to $1.16Ts,
at 1 o'clock.
Tooth A Foot In Diameter.
Chicago (Special). The tooth ot
prehistoric animal which must have
been, according to scientists, ;60 or
60 feet long, as tall as a small build
ing, and with a mouth big enough
to bite off tbe top of an ordinary
tree, was brought to this city from
Sycamore, III., where It was found
by Alex Stroberg, a (urmer. Tbe
tooth we'ghs more tban 10 pounds
and measures almost a foot in di
ameter. It will be placed in the
Field Museum. I
GiVE IHE NATION
GOOD HIGHWAYS
Don't Frepare For War That Is
Not Coming.
VICE PRESIDEN I SHERMAN SPEAKS.
In An Address Before The Nntlonnl
Good Bonds Congress Mr. Sher
man Urges Development Of In
land Commerce - He Believes The
Best Preparation For Possible Fu
ture Hostilities Is Good Railroads,
Good CnnnM And Good Bonds
Other Addresses.
Baltimore, Md. (Special). "Give
the nation good highways." said Vice
President James S. Sherman, of the
United States, at the National Good
Roads Congress In McCoy Hall,
Johns Hopkins University, "and we
shall be the strongest nation in the
world."
"We have been successful at
arms," continued Mr. Sherman,
"when we have had to report to arms,
and we shall be successful If a re
sort to arms Is necessary. Ap
plause. Thank God, we . have no
war In prospect. Applause. We
are assured of .peace for decades to
come. We are looking to our commercial-
Interests. We aro develop
Ing our Industries. The best way
to develop these industries Is to build
Improved highways. Give us quick,
easy and rapid transit over the high
ways." These nnd other arguments Mr.
Sherman ndvanced for systematic
improvement of the highways of tho
country.
He wns most attentively heard
and enthusiastically applauded by an
Interested audience. In which, among
others, were Governor Crothcrs,
Mnyor Mahool, Col. W. H. Beasley,
of North Carolina; Mr. George Ward
Cook, or Boston; Mr. H. w. McAfee,
of Kansas; Mr. Jacob W. Hook,
Mayor Harper, of Salisbury, Md.,
and Mr. Victor Cushwa, of Washing
ton County, Md. In the audience
were two or three hundred public
school children of Baltimore, who
had been invited t,o be present. Vice
President Sherman shook hands with
the children. He patted the hoys
on the back and told them that when
they got. old enough they m'ght bo
United States senators, congressmen,
govenors, mayors and even vie? pres
idents, he said.
Mr. Sherman's Siieech.
Col. W. F, Beasley was presiding
when Vice President Sherman enter
ed the hall. There wero cheers when
Mr. Sherman wa3 recognized, and
there were more cheers when he wa
Introduced.
Here Is his speech In full:
I did not bring this weather with
me. Applause. I am compelled
to return to Washington at once and
to cntch a rear car. The witty Irish
man said that the best way to avoid
rear-end collisions Is to cut off the
rear car. Applause.
I asked Mr. Jackson what I should
talk about. He said talk about Ave
minutes.
I am here today to advocate good
roads. I was delighted to see your
hard and clean streets ns I came
to your congress. We are not, how
ever, doing all we ought to do for
our highways. England, Germany,
France, Switzerland and other Euro
pean countries are far ahead of us
In Improvement of our public roads.
It Is an Interesting fact that we sur
pass Europe, and. Indeed, tho whole
world In our railroad mileage.
We are producing millions upon
millions of bushels of wheat aud
corn every year. What is the use
of these vast products if we have
no means of transportation to mar
kets? We have our railroad facili
ties. Why should we not have bard
public roads as accessories to our
steam railroads and to our steam
boats?
Wo are producing two-thirds of
the breadstuffs of the world. Wo
have only one-thirtieth of the na
tional debts of the world. We are
educating 17,000,000 children In our
public schools every year. Twenty
five years ago England was produc
ing more steel than we were. Now
we are producing more Bteel than
England -and other European na
tions. So great Is our country that we
havo no means of comparison with
any single country. To demonstrate
our bigness we have to compare our
nation with whole groups of other
nations.
WASHINGTON
BY TELEGRAPH
Aeroplanes In Baces,
Juvlsy, France (Special). Sixty
thousand persons attended the aero
plane race meeting at the aero
drome here. A high wind preva'led
and tho contest was greatly marred
thereby. Leon Delagrange made a
flight of 10 minutes for the $1,000
prize, hut as he did not use his
own machine It has not been definite
ly decided to make the award to
him. There were no other competi
tors in this event.
Convicted Of Hilling Mother.
Erie. Pa. (Special). Guilty of
murder In the second degree was
the verdict returned against Delmar
Young for killing his mother. The
case was concluded and was given
to the jury at midnight. At 6 A. M.
the verdict was reached and at 9.15
o'clock court was convened to receive
It. It is understood the attorneys
will ask for a new trial.
. Mutiny In .lull.
Chicago (Special). Mutiny of
400 prisoners in the county jail is
said to have followed tbe release
of half of that number from solitary
confinement and a fight. In which
men and guards engaged. Although
reports of tbe flgbt were denied by
Chief Assistant Jailer Sweeney, he
said that S00 men are now locked
In cells and will not be allowed the
freedom of the corridors. Shouts of
prisoners were beard outside and
crowds gathered In front of the ja'.l.
Austria To Tax Barhelors.
Vienna (Special). In tbe Reich
rath tho Finance Minister, in a
speech dealing with the budget, an
nounced a plan for new taxes,
Including supplementary Income
tax on bachelors, widows and child
less married couples, and alsd on
matches and Increment land values.
Under the new taxes, be said,
$18.000.000 would be reallied.
President Taft nominated Charles
B. Elliot, of Minnesota, to be associ
ate Justice ot the Supreme Court of
the Philippine Inlands.
A delegation of the National Oyi.
ter Association discussed with Secre
tary Wilson and the Pure Food Com.
mission various phases of the oyster
question
Secretary of the Navy Meyer con
cluded his conference with the com
mandants of the various Eastern
Navy yards,
Brigadier General John B. Kerr
was placed on the retired list on hl
own application.
The Senate refused to raise t he.
duty on quebraco, but raised the
rate on white lead.
Capt. 'Samuel p. Comly, a mcmbm
of the Lighthouse" Board, has beer
selected to command the fourth dlv.
slon of the American fleet, relieving
Rear Admiral William P. Potter.
Active negotiations looking to
Ana) settlement of the Emery claim
which hns been a cause of diplomats
trouble between this country uni
Nicaragua, will be begun at once.
A test case to bo made In Omaha,
as soon as arrangements can h
perfected, of the decision of Secretiirj
of Agriculture Wilson In the bleached
flour case.
The cruiser Des Moines, which hat
been In Central American and Wsi
Indian waters for sometime, has beeo
ordered north for repairs.
Extensive preparations aro being
made at the State Department for the
entertainment of Vice Admiral Uiiii,
ot Japan.
Numerous appointments to federal
offices were mad9 by the President
among tlicm being that of William
Williams for comm'ssloner ot immi
gration at New York.
Hereafter no placards ran be pub
licly displayed lu Washington which
aro lewd. Indecent or vulgar, ut
which present the commission of
crime.
The- special service squadron, com
posed of tho battleships Maine, Ida
ho, Mlsslsnlppl and New Hampshire,
will be disbanded May 31.
President Taft's first Southern
trip was begun when he left the
White House for tho Union Stat'on
cn route for Petersburg, Va.
General readjustment of freight
rates on the Big Four Railroad sys
tem was ordered by the Interstate
Commerce Commission.
The President sent to the Senate
the nomination of Walter Ell Clark,
of Connecticut, to be governor of
Alaska.
The resignation of L'cutemint
Comamnder James E. Walker, U. S
N., has been accepted by the Presi
dent. President Taft has appointed Os
car L. Whhtelaw as assistant treas
urer of the United Statps at St.
Louis.
Kmmu Goldman Silenced.
New York (Special). Although
she proposed to discuss nothing
more revolutionary than "The Mod
ern Drama as a Disseminator of Radi
cal Thought," Emma Goldman was
prevented by tho police Sunday from
addressing a crowd of several hun
dred . persons In a hall In Harlem
The police had difficulty In dispersing
those who had paid for admission
and in one instance, at least, had to
resort to mows.
Shoots Bretber-In-Law Dead.
Easton, Pa. (Special). Victor
Graver shot and killed his brother-
in-law, Wilson Beers, at the former's
home at Moorestown, this county.
T-he men had been on bad terms fc.r
some time. Beers broke Into Crav
er's house and was entering his bed
room when Graver shot him.
Plea Fer Castro's Brother.
Wlllemstad, Curacao (Special).
Colestlno Castro, brother of tbe Ven
ezuelan cx-Presldent, who arrived
here with his wife from Europe, ha
requested the Venezuelan govern
ment to permit him to proceed to
Caracas.
A Gold Key For Taft.
Washington, D. C. (Spoc'al).
President Taft is to open the Yukon
Alaska Exposition at Seattle Juno
1 with a splendid gold telegraphio
key presented to him by Secretary
Balllnger and the congressional del
egation from Washington. The l.cy
Is mountedon Alaska marble and is
ornamented with 22 handsome gold
nuggets from Alaska. The key will
be connected with the White Hou?e
telegraph wires and the President
will touch It on the day of opening.
Big Blaze In Washington.
Washington, D. C. (8pecal).
In a spectacular fire. In which the
flames leaped far above the highest
nearby structures and were plainly
visible from the Capitol and other
places throughout the city, the lum
ber plant of Martin Wlegand, at 4 51
465 Maryland Avenue, Southwest,
was burned, w th a loss ot $100,
000, partially Insured. The confla
gration, which called out most of tbe
engine companies of tbe city, threat
ened the Wlegand residence, adjoin
ing, and other buildings on th
block. Fireman P. J. Holllhan wa
Injured by a fall'ng beam, and was
treated at the Emergency Hospital
for a lacerated wound of tho scalp.
Seaboard Iteorgaulxation Plan.
New York (Special). it became
known here that the reorganization
plan of the Seaboard Air Line Rail
way, which road now is in the bands
of receivers, is about coraploted and
will be Issued within a short time.
It is understood that an assessment
will be made on tbe stock, of which
there .are outstanding $37,019,400
common and $23,894,100 preferred.
The $12,775,000 first mortgage 4
per cent, bonds will be rich need
for new 4 per cent, refunding bonds,
while other existing bonds will bs
exchanged for a new form of bonds.
Kansas' Drastic Whisky Law.
Topeka, Kan. (Special). Hence
forth It Is a crime to drink Intoxi
cating liquor even from your own
bottle In the State of Kansas. The
law, which Is said to be tbe most
drastlo In existence, was passed by
tbe last legislature in su endeavor
to supplement the prohibition 1 la"
violations, which have beim notorl- '
ous. The new Isw Is now in effect.
Until a year or two ago "Joints'
were openly conducted In ToptUs,
Leavenworth, Wichita, Kansas City
and others of the larcer cities of
the state under a system if muni
rlcal Sites.