THE NEWS.
Domestic
Commercial organizations In the
Mississippi Valley have launched a
cheme which calif for an assemblage
of a whole fleet of battleships In tho
Mississippi River next November.
Congressman J. M. Cox forwarded
to tho entire diplomatic corps at
Washington InvltutionR to be. present
at the Wright brothers celebration
on June 17, at Dayton.
Lady Hareourt, widow of the lata
BIr William Hareourt, who was chan
cellor of the exchequer In Great
Britain, reached New York on the
Majestic.
John Kirby, Jr., of Dayton, newly
elected president of the National As
sociation of Manufartiirers, says he la
the friend of law-aMding workmen.
Three wool storehouses connected
rlth tb George A. Talbot & Sons
will at Norton, Mass., were- burned.
causing a loss or 1100,00.0.
Thirty leading business men and
trade expertsjf Japan, their wives
nd families. loll reach Seattle from
Yokohama September 2.
Governor Hughes vetood the Ilimn
Automobile. Hill, the chief provisions
of which were the abolition of spe
cific speed limitations.
George. Kosak, who lost both leprs
In the Tort Jervls yard3 of tho Erio
Railway, recovered a verdict for
25,0(iO.
J. P. Morgan & Co. are financing
the newly organized United Dry
Goods Companies, which has a capi
tal of $51,000.0(J0.
Charles Champ, of Kennett, Mo.,
while kneeling In prayer, was shot
and killed by a broi her-ln-law.
The proposed $.10,000, 000 Inter
national combination of fertilizer
manufacturers has been abandoned.
Mrs Anna Cleveland Hastings, sis
ter of former President Grover Cleve
land, died in Hartford, Ct.
Following a heavy rain for two
days, snow set In In the Northern
Black Hills, South Dakota.
Fllliplnos employed In the navy
yard at Cavlte, Phllllpplnes, have
been caught stealing.
Dr. James H. Frazer, of Balti
more, caused a stir In the General
Assembly of the Presbyterian Church
by declaring family worship to be a
"thing of the past."
Charles S. Cameron, president of
the Tube City Kallroad, of Pittsburg,
was sentenced to two years In the
Penitentiary for offering a bribe to
a city councilman.
Six persons were drowned In the
Yazoo Klver, Miss., by the capsizing
of a launch that was returning to
Vlcksburg from a saloon ou an Is
land in tho river.
Congressman William Lorlmer,
formerly a laborer, was sent to the
I'nlted States Senate from tho Sixth
District of Illinois after 94 fruitless
ballots.
Florenz Zlegfleld, the husband of
Anna Held, has been sued for $20,
000 by tho keeper of a gambling ca
sino in France.
No settlement of the flreman'9
strike on the Georgia Railway haa
been made, and tho situation Is be
coming tense.
Four Rticks of dynamite were
found stuffed In a discharge fJlpe of
the steamer Frank T. lleffelfinger, of
Jluffalo, N. Y.
Two men were blown to atoms by
the explosion of a nitro-glycerine fac
tory at Howard Junction, Pennsyl
vania. William M. Barrett, of New York,
has been elected president of the
Adams Express Company.
The Standard Oil Company has se
cured control of the Citizens' Bank
of Chicago.
Women participated In the rioting
Incident to the hartmakers' strike in
Orange, N. J.
F orelgn
The decision of the Superior
Court of Paris on Count Uonl do
Caateilane's appeal of the case
brought by him for the custody of
bis children is a partial victory for
the Count.
Philiippe H. Roy, former speaker
of the Quebec legislature and pres
dent of the Bank of St. John at
Montreal, was convicted of falsifying
returns of tho bank's condition.
The Furness line steamer Almeri
ana arrived at St. Johns, N. P., with
her bow badly damaged from a col
linlon with an Iceberg.
Tho French ministry approved a
formula of reciprocal regret regard
ing the Casablanca Incident, and the
dispute between France and Ger
many is thus closed.
Three thousand scholars of Inter
national repute are In London to at
tend the seventh International con
gress of applied chemistry.
The Cincinnati, the new steamer
of the Hamburg-American line, sail
ed from Hamburg for New York on
her maiden voyage.
Thirteen men found guilty of com
plicity in the revolutionary outbreak
in Constantinople werj hanged.
Edward llalsey Pandford, who kill
ed himself in Paris, was the son of
a New York lawyer find bis wife,
from whom he was divorced, was a
daughter of the late Governor Hoff
man, of New York.
I Tine death sentenco of Oscar Sla
ter, extradited from New York and
convicted at Edinburgh, Scotland, of
the murder of Miss Marlon Gilchrist,
aged 82 years, wa3 commuted to life
Imprisonment.
Three money lenders were found
anility at Hamburg, Germany, of prac
tising usury against l'ju officers of
tuc army, and fined and Imprisoned.
The Russian Iluuma adopted an
Interpellation, charging Dr. Dubro-
n, president of the league of Rus
sian People, with organizing murders.
The Rusilr.n Douma discussed a
law legalizing the sect of Old Be
lievers, which In various forms em
brace 15,000,000 worship-s.
In an engagement bc'ween Santo
Pomlngo troops and revolutionists
there were considerable losses on
both sides.
The Ico blockade ha again clos
ed the port of St. Johns, N. K., and
Ave steamers are unatle to make the
harbor.
Howard Houte, the birthplace of
John Howard in Strut ford-on-A von,
England, has been filled up as a
Museum.
The Council of the Sarbonne In
Paris conferred upon Andrew Car
lieg e a medal in recognition of his
founding of the Curie scholarship In
not.
Gen. Masso Parra and Col. Gabtle.
Guerrt, who were convicted of con
eplrlng aratnu the provUlonal gov
ernment In Cuba last year and sen
tenced to three years' Imyrlsonment,
but later releas'-d under the decree of
amnesty, were again arraigned before
a special Judge on the charge of con
spiring again to overturn the govern
ment. The federal Parliament of Austra
lia was opened at Melbourne, tt.o
Karl of Dudley, governor general, an
nouncing the Introduction of legis
lation prov'dlng for progressive tax
. tlon of UE'.jiproved land with view
to breaking up large s:atM.
A MIMIC BUTCHER
STUBS NINE MEN
Pigsticker Kills Five and Wounds
Four Fellow-workmen.
HE SLASHES RIGHT AND LEFT.
John Murphy, Shrieking Like A
Crazed Muii, Suddenly Turns Prom
Hog-Killing To Man-Killing In
Tacking Company's Slaughter
Houve At Koincrville, Mass.
Pursues Piecing Crowd And
Strike Down Man After Man
Government Inspector Dihcmbow
eled.
Somervllle. Mass. (Special).
With a maniacal shriek John Mur
phy turned from pig-sticking to mau
kllllng In the North Packing and
Provision Company's slaughterhouse
here.
Driving his fellow workmen be
fore htm he slew five and wounded
four others. Two of the wounded,
one of them a Government Inspector,
were reported later as dying.
The dead:
Hubert Smith, colored, Cambridge.
James Catre, colored, Cambridge.
Thomas Crown, Cambridge.
Michael Janlcus, Somervllle.
Unidentified white man.
The wounded:
Dr. Daniel C. Hayes, Government
inspector, of Walt ham.
John Cheevus, Cambridge.
John Lews, Cambridge.
John Patterson, Somervllle.
Hayes and Janlcus were fearfully
slashed.
According to some of tho work
men Murphy had been acting pecu
liarly for eome days, but he return
ed from his dinner at noon, appar
ently normal.
Shortly after 2 o'clock he sud
denly uttered a scream and sprang
at Dr. Hayes, waving his 15-lnch
razor-edged knife, which he had been
using in slaughtering hogs, in his
hand. Ho cut Dr. Hayes a deep gash
on tho nock, stabbed him over the
heart and practically disemboweled
him. The terrified workmen rushed
for the door, but Murphy ran after
them, slashing right and left. Every
man whom he struck went down
with a groan. The crowd plunged
downstairs, with Murphy after them,
nnd at every landing he cut some
body. On the second floor one of
the workmen, an Italian, seized a
heavy bar of Iron and felled Mur
phy, but he was quickly on his feet
again and wounded another man.
On the street floor he was given
another heavy blow on the head and
his knife was wrenched from his
hand. Two policemen came In to
assist the workmen, and Murphy
was given a fearful beating before he
was finally overpowered and taken
to the police station.
Murphy is 50 years old, weighs
200 pounds and was regarded as
one of the strongest men in the
plant. He had been employed at
pig killing for some years by the
North company. He is married and
lives in Somervllle. He came from
Iowa 9 years ago, and worked for
tho North company 5 years.
The wounded men were hastily
taken to the Cambridge Relief Sta
tion, where it was reported that
there was little hope of Dr. Hayes
or Cheevus surviving their wounds.
PRAYS AFTER IUVIXG.
Maniac Hog Butcher Allows Xo One
To Approach Kim. -
Cambridge, Mass. (Special). The
death of Dr. Daniel C. Hayes, who
was stabbed by John Murphy, the
hog butcher, who slew five men and
seriously wounded three others at
Somervllle Is expected hourly.
John Cheevas and Joseph Chleosk,
who also were stabbed, are In a criti
cal condition and their recovery Is
considered doubtful.
In a padded cell at the Somer
vllle police station Murphy allowed
no one to approach him. and, after
hours of raving, he began to pray.
PREACHER'S SOX KILLS BOY.
Blows Ills Head Off For Talking
About Him.
Nashville, Tenn. (Special). Ed
gar SerLer, 10 years old, was called
from his home In West Nashville
and killed In the street by Jesse
McPherson, 1 5 years old. The slay
er used a repeating shotgun and
fired twice, blowing off the top of
his victim's head.
Mcpherson, who Is the son of Eld
er Joseph McPherson, a preacher of
the Church of Christ, was arrested.
He admitted that he went to Ber
ber's home to kill him, saying Ser
ber had talked about him.
Some weeks ago the boys engaged
In a fight, In which Serber is said
to have used a buggy whip on McPherson.
Dynamites His Own House.
Oregon City, Ore. (Special). In
a fit of Insanity at Marquam, near
here, Bert Garrett placed a charge
of dynamite under the kitchen of
his house. The house was destroy
ed and Garrett, his wife and daugh
ter, aged 5 years, were killed.
Kills Children And Herself.
Corslcanna, Texas (Special).
Mrs. J. M. Green, residing at Rich
land, a village near this place, kill
ed three children, aged 12, 7 and 2
years, and herself with a razor. Do
mestic trouble Is said to have
prompted the tragedy.
Bandit Is Identified.
Spokane, Wahh. (Special). W.
D. Woods, now In Jail lu Omaha,
charged with holding up the Over
land Limited, was Identified by Po
liceman Chester Edwards by means
of portraits as Dan Downer, a man
frequently arrested In Spokane. Ed
wards Buys be assisted in arresting
Df)nfr and Fred Torgenson at
Everett last October. He found In
their grips a safe-blowing outfit.
Torgenson la now with Wood in
the Omaha jutl.
Even DruggUts Co "Dry."
Ithaca, Mich. (Special). Even
the druggists in this local-option
county Gratiot have gone "dry.
The County Druggists' Association
at Alma passed a formal resolution
binding all not to tell liquor even oh
prescription after the expiration of
their present Government licenses
June 30. Barring "blind pigs" or
"bootleggers," this action will abso
lutely prevent the gratification of
desire for liquor In Gratiot County
after this month.
BRAVES SURE DEATH
FOB HIS WIFE
Louis Cohen Leaps Into Niagara's
Torrent.
Desperate Struggle To Save The
Woman Prom Intended Suicide
While Excited Crowd Looks On.
Cohen Grasps A Stump And Is
Kept Prom Being Swept Over, But
Help Is So Long Coming That Ills
Wife Dies.
Niagara Falls. N. Y. (Special).
Louis Cohen, of Buffalo, saw his
young wife leap Into the swirling riv
er between second and third Sisters
Islands at 5 o'clock P. M.. only 150
feet above the brink of the cataract.
Without a moment's hesitation he
followed her, caught her hand and
struggled desperately to save her.
Mrs. Cohen probably died In her
husband's arms. Before It was pos
sible to bring efficient help an hour
had passed, during all of which
Cohen was making frantic attempts
to reach the shore. But the strug
gle against the current at this point
it Is about 20 miles an hour was
beyond merely human muscle. For
tune aided him.
With his wife tightly clasped to
him he felt himself bump Into a
grounded tree stump and on this he
got a grip with his one free hand.
He lustily shouted for help, and word
was carried to the reservation police,
but it was nearly an hour after Mrs.
Cohen jumped Into the river that
Officer James Martin arrived with
ropes, and Representative James S.
Simons and three other men.
Three times they threw the rope
before It fell within Cohen's grasp.
When he did catch It he was too
weak to tie It about his own or his
wife's waist. Tho two were twenty
feet away from shore, and it was ex
tremely difficult, owing to the pre
carious nature of the footing, to
make a good cast. Pinned against that
tree stump by the terriflic rush of
water, all the strength had gone out
of Cohen. And, too, he had been un
able to keep his wife's face above
the water.
Once Cohen had hold of the rope
the men on shore began to pull, and
Officer Martin, who was in the front,
slipped and fell into the stream, but
quickly regained his feet. When
within 15 feet of the shore, Cohen
lost his grip on his wife's body and
It was carried off down stream and
was lost to view.
Cohen was so far gone when the
rescuers got him on shore that he
could not speak for 10 minutes. Ills
first words were:
"She Is out there. Go and get
her. She Is dead. She died in my
arms."
Meanwhile a crowd had gathered.
Superintendent Perry and Chief Shoe
bridge skirted the Goat Island shore
looking for the body, but could see
nothing of it. Cohen joined them,
always insisting that the body must
have stopped short of the cataract
and might be reached by men daring
enough.
William Barnet and Hugh Brown,
who had Joined the searchers, finally
spied the body Just before 7 o'clock.
It was held fast by a rock, about 100
feet above the brink. Without ropes
Brown nnd Barnet waded out Into
the stream and moving carefully over
the slippery rocks reached the body.
Just as Brown touched the body the
current caught It again and It whirl
ed around in an eddy. It was with
the greatest difficulty that the two
men brought tho body to land. Life
was quite extinct.
Airship Destroyer Xow,
Victoria, B. C. (Special). That
secret trials of airship and aero
planes in Northern Japan have
demonstrated that guns and heavy
loads can be carried wns the story
brought here by the steamer Mont
eagle. It was said that the Jap
anese have Invented an airship de
stroyer fitted with shells which ex
plode on contact with another air
ship. Burled I'nder Their Engine.
Saginaw, Mich. (Special ) .Engi
neer John Smith and Fireman Rey
nolds were killed when a Pere Mar
quette Railway engine ran Into a
washout and tipped over, burying
them underneath. The accident
happened two miles west of Free-land.
IN THE WORLD OF FINANCE
Leading Independents deny that
they are to Join the United Stales
Steel Corporation.
Uncle Sam is not making much
silver money. Last mouth only $1,
459,000 was coined
Insiders In North Butte have been
working very hard to get the public
interested In that stock.
From a space about 30 feet
square one Cobalt mine extracted
$1,000,000 worth of silver.
I'nlted States Steel is operating
80 per cent, of Its full capacity. A
year ago only 4 8 per cent, was In
operation.
The Pennsylvania Railroad's gross
Income is now as large as it was in
11106, but not up to the banner fig
ure of 1907.
About 5,000 tons of ore are being
handled at the Steptoe concentrator.
Of this the Nevada Consolidated sup
plies 3,500 tons and the Cumberland
Ely 1,500 tons.
An influential man In Tonopah Is
responsible for the statement that
the company Is. earning ,180 per
cent, on Us stock.
' Commercial failures In the I'nlted
States during the month of May, ac
cording to Dun, were 1,028, with to
tal liabilities of (14.383,750.
The output of lead in this country
by the American Smelting Company
U 18,000 tons a month, and the price
has risen from 4 cents to 4.35 cents
a pound.
New York State collected In May
$391,550 from the tax on stock
transfers.
According to a high railroad offi
cial the lines of this country are able
to handle a fifth more traffic than
they could accommodate In the boom
days of 1906.
President Brown says' the New
York Central In May handled 297.
634 more loaded cars than In that
month, 1908, and very nearly as
many as In 1907.
In a little over three montba the
market value of United States Steal
common stock has risen in value
$132,000,000. or an average of about
$1,(00,000 for every day since the
February slump.
CHAUFFEUR GETS
LONG PRISON TERM
In Sing Sing From Seven to Twenty
Years.
JUDGE CALLS HIM MURDERER.
William Dnrrngh, Who Ran Down
And Killed Young Ingvanrd Trim
ble And Then Pled Prom Xew
York, Gets Severe Arraignment
Prom Judge -Next Man Arrested
On Same Charge May Go To Elec
tric Chair, Court Declares.
New York (Special). William
Darragh, the chauffeur who killed
a boy and ran away, was sentenced
to Sing Sing prison for not less than
seven years, and not more than
twenty. Judge Mulqueen's remarks
were calculated to make an impres
sion wherever they are read; and It
is safe to say that every chauffeur
and automobile-driver will read ev
ery word of them.
Judge Mulqucen said that the
proof of murder had been over
whelming, and that Darragh should
have been glad to escape with a con
viction of manslaughter. He add
ed that. If another chauffeur should
be tried on a similar charge, he
would undoubtedly be sent to tho
chair.
It was Darragh who ran down
13-year-old Ingvaard Trimble, at
Mornlngslde Avenue and One Hun
dred and Sixteenth Street, on March
27. and, after dragging the boy for
some distance, thus Inflicting the In
juries from which he died, speeded
away and was arrested only after
a pursuit to Texas. He was accused
of murder, and the General Sessions
Jury before which he wbb tried found
him guilty of manslaughter la the
first degree.
Winning To The Reckless.
Judge Mulqueen told Darragh
that. If he imagined himself the vic
tim of the popular clamor against
reckless chauffeurs as a class, he was
mistaken, because he had had a fair
trial, and had been convicted on the
strength of his own crime. However,
the Judge then went on to say that
he hoped the punishment he meted
out to Darragh would serve as a
warning to other chauffeurs.
This case has excited such in
COLONEL ROOSEVELT
IS NOW AT KIJABE
A Ride on the Cowcatcher For Over
20 Miles.
Mr. Roosevelt Delighted With The
Beauty Of The Scenery In The
Illft Vailcy American Missiona
ries Welcome The Party And Mr.
Roosevelt Will Lunch With Them
A Night I'nder Canvas.
Kljabe, Africa (Sp.eclal). The
Roosevelt special arrived here. Mr.
Roosevelt was delighted with the
beauty of the scenery, especially the
Rift Valley, on the way up from
Nairobi. He and Major Mearna rode
on the cowcatcher of the locomotive
for 22 miles. On the way a hyena,
which got on the rails, was almost
run down. All the porters of the
expedition, who bad preceded Mr.
Roosevelt to this point. wre lined
up at the station platform and cheer
ed Mr. Roosevelt when the train
pulled In. The American mission
aries also were at the station to
greet Mr. Rooseevlt.
Kljabe Is 4 4 miles from Nairobi
In a northwesterly direction. The
country between Nairobi and Kljabe
Is for the most part thickly wooded
nnd high. The greatest elevation of
I the Kikuyu escarpment Is 7,830 feet.
From thlB point there Is a magnifi
cent view. The traveler looks down
some 2,000 feet into the Great Rift
Valley a rift which can be traced
from the Zamebsl to Palestine,
though It reaches Its finest devel
opment at about this point. Ele
phants are plentiful In these forests,
but they are fairly safe from the
hunter, for the thickness of the
growth renders their pursuit very
difficult.
The mission at Kljabe Is an
American organization called the
Africa Inland Mission. It Is Inde
pendent and self-controlling In tl.e
field, although represented by horc
councils in Philadelphia and London
THE GREAT SEATTLE
FAIR IS OPENED
President Taft Presses Gold Electric
Key in Washington.
FLAGS UNFURL AND GUNS BOOM.
Fireworks, Bands, Fountains, Ma
chinery And Salutes All Begin At
Same Time y President Presses
Key Studded With Gold Prom
KlondikeDual Ceremony At The
National Capital And At Seattle
Addresses By President Taft And
James J. Hill.
Seattle. Wash. (Special). Presi
dent Taft In the White House at 3
o'clock P. M. pressed a telegraph key
of Alaskan gold and Bent a spark
across the Continent that put In mo
tion thi "heels of the Alaskan-Yukon-Pacific
Exposition; loosed the wa
ters of Its fountain, unfurled Its ban
ners, started Its bands playing; re
leased showers of daylight fireworks;
called upon the saluting guns of the
American and Japanese fleets; set
all the steamers In the harbor and all
the locomotives in the railroad yards
bellowing and shrieking nnd brought
forth universal rejoicing from all
Seattle, whleh has tolled for years
to bring about this day.
Just bfore noon (Pacific timet
word wa-i flashed to the White House
that ail was ready and President
Tart's response set loose the flags,
bells, machinery, curious Japanese
fireworks and noise. When tho mes
sage was announced a huge gong
struck five stroTtes and an enormous
American flag was unfurled and thou
sands of small flags were scattered
In the breeze. A mountain balteiy
fired a Balute of 21 guns, the Japa
nese and American fleets In the har
bor, several miles away, crashed out
WASHINGTON
BY TELEGRAPH
A severe blow to the proponed
lakes to gulf deep waterway project
it was intimated, would bo the r
port of the Board of Army End
neers, '
The contract for constructing n,
drydocks at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii"
was awarded to the San Franciico
Bridge Company for $1,560,000.
The Senate adopted Mr. LaFol.
lette's resolution calling on the Pre
Ident for the correspondence rela.
ting to the German report on wage
President Taft appointed William
R. Harr. of the District of Columbia,
an assistant attorney general of thi
United States.
Business transacted by the Pan,
ma Railroad commissary amounted
to over $3, 000, 000 during the lift
fiscal year.
Ambassador Bryce, of Great Brit,
aln, who is leaving for a summer
vacation abroad, called upon Presi.
dent Taft.
The President nominated Luther
Conant, Jr., of New York, to U
deputy commissioner of corporation!,
A conference of representatives of
railroad and shippers all over the
country was begun at Washington.
Vice Admiral Baron Uriu paid a
call of respect upon President Taft
at the White House.
A delegation of the Carders Wool-
en Manufacturers Association mad
a strong protest to President Taft
against the woolen schedula ai
framed by tho Senate committee.
The Japanese government has con
ferred upon John J. Carly, of New
York, chief engineer of the American
Telephone and Telegraph Company,
the Order of the Rising Sun.
A movement was started In Con.
their tribute. Luncheon wna nervprt
to invited guests at the speaking plat- I Eress to bring the coffin containing
form. During the afternoon thers ! ,he remains of William Penn from
were receptions at all the Btate build- t-ngiana to tnis country.
Almost on the eve of IiIb departun
for Europe later in the month, Sam
uel Gonipers, the labor leader, called
on President Taft for conference
of lubor matters.
A dispatch to the State Donart.
The Diirnosn of the mission is the iKs. The day was warm and partly
evangelization, so far as possible, of j cloudy. j
the tribes In the interior of Africa The Exposition gates were opened
who have never heard the gospel, j at 8.30 o'clock. At 9.30 o'clock1
The headquarters are at Kljabe, : troops from the United States Army:
where schools are conducted for mis- and Navy, the Japanese cruisers Aso j
niUilUI ll-O I'llllUlt'Il HUH IU1 lUC 111- J".' dirhj iMll.liU l'" ' ,-,., o I. I .
dustrlal training of natives. ded through the grounds under the : VJ . ,Sntt H.m lne",,Bays1 'bat
The Sotik district is In the south-! command of Col. T. C. Woodbury. ! ; resolution at Mont Christ! hai
terest that It seems nroner to state . ern nart of Kisunn nrovince and con- I V. S. A., and the column was re-; oeen suppressed.
briefly the principles that guide the ' sists, broadly speaking, of a series i viewed from a stand at the head of j Consul Griffith, at Tamplco, Meil.
determination of the sentenco to be of meadows with numerous streams j the court of honor by exposition ofB- : co, has cabled the State Department
Imposed," said the Judge. "Not that I and strips of forests. The district ; dais, visiting governors and Adnil- a denial of reports of storm damagt
i wisn to auu to your sufferings, but Is about 73 miles east of Lake Vic-j
because I think that the public ! torla Nyanza. 'The Klsii people In-1
Hiiouiii nave a clear notion of the , habit this territory, -but they are llt-
mutter
"No new or obscure law has been
invoked In this instance. The sta
tute defining murder in tho first de
gree is very old. It provides as fol
lows: 'The killing of a human be
ing, unless It is excusable or Justi
fiable, is murder In the first degree,
when committed by an act immi
nently dangerous to others, and
evincing a depraved mind, regard
less of human life, although without
a premediated design to effect the
death of any individual.'
That law was enacted at a time
when the automobile was unknown,
and when the present intolerable
conditions could not possibly have
been foreseen. And yet it so clearly
applies to the reckless use of these
machines that I doubt if Its terms
could be improved upon by the most
expert legislative draughtsman.
"It was urged by your learned
counsel that you did not intend to
kill your victim. But it is an ele
mentary legal rule that a roan's In
tent may be inferred from his acts.
When you took your seat In that car
you were free to drive carefully or
recklessly. You choose to go at a
most reckless speed. And you knew
that you bore a message of death
for the unfortunates in your path.
You knew that all the people had
at least an equal right to our streets
nnd roads. You cared more for
your own pleasure than for the life
or any other person. You had the
power to choose, and you elected
to do that which destroyed an inno
cent life and brought the deepest
sorrow to a happy home.
Brands It As Murder.
"Experienced counsel evoked all
their skill and persuasive eloquence
in your behalf. Every talesman who
admitted the slightest prejudice was
excluded from the Jury, and those
finally chosen were repeatedly warn
ed In my charge to confine their at
tention solely to the evidence pro
duced In this case. They were told
that It was not their duty to regu
late public affairs, but to docido on
the truth or falsity o) tho specific
charge against you. If any motive
swayed the Jury other than a sense
of duty It was not a desire for re
venge, but rather a spirit oT mercy.
Indeed, I am convinced that if you
had been a rich man or a dissolute
man the verdict would have been
murder.
"The lesnl proof of murder was
overwhelming. But not even the
most sympathetic could acquit you
of manslaughter. The statutes de
fining that crime were clearly appli
cable, and no question of Intent is
Involved In them. The law does not
seek revenge, and punishment of one
criminal is intended lo serve as a
warning to others."
Cost $100 Por Priend's Drink.
Montrose, Col. (Special). It cost
J. H. Clark $100 to treat a friend
to a drink of whiskey here. Ex
tracting a flask from his pistol pock
et, he presented It to the friend on
a street corner, and was immediately
arrested and fined $100.
tie known to Europeans. They are
said to be brave and warlike, aml-
rals H. IJIchi and Uriel Stbree. at that place
The ceremonial exercises were: a nw ,,t,-c,L - n'
,!,! In o ..oD, no,l 1,1. . " "-.I. U
.1, . -i. : r V ', " '"' " l"V;' : uncate or the Beries of 1S! hai
..-l...s mine i.uNlillbluu. I liu cOIllfi to the flftont nn r,l
stage of this theater seats 1.B00 per.
able, intelligent and good cultivators ! 8ons and s located at the lakeside.
of the soil. me program lnciuoea music, in
come to the. attention of the Secret
bcrvice Bureau.
A falling
off of 41,236,171 oc-
On this expedition the members of
the Roosevelt party will have their
first real experience of the African
jungle, as some section of the So'lk
district are very little known to the
white man.
WAGES RAISED IX PITTSBURG,
Vlvlwi'tlon Defended.
Philadelphia (Special). Vivisec
tion was discussed at the session of
the American Surgical Association,
in annual meeting here. Dr. Wil
liam S. Halstead, of the Johns Hop
kins Medical School, said only one
of the animals experimented upon
at Baltimore died, and be Justified
Its death by saying that as a result
of the experiment facts were learn
ed, including tho transplanting of
glands, which have saved scores of
human lives.
75 Mile. An Hour.
Bt. Paul, Minn. (Special). The
"torpedo motor" built for the North
ern Paclrio Railroad la Omaha has
sustained the predictions made for
It. showing a speed of 60 miles an
hour between St. Paul and White
Bear and return. The tests were
successful in every particular, and
the car will make 76 miles, in the
opinion of the engineering experts, If
It Is forced.
The motor la built like a torpedo,
with a sharp plow, and is operated
by gasoline, developing 2,000-borse-power,
Ten Per Cent. Given By Republic;
Other Companies To Follow.
, Pittsburg (Special). Several
thousand employes of the Republic
Iron and Steel Company received nn
advance of 10 per cent, in their
wages, effective at once. It is said
that practically all the other con
cerns which cut wages the first of
April will restore the former scale
before the first of July.
Orders were Issued by the H. C.
Frlck Coke Company for the firing
of 1,200 additional coke ovens in
this district.
This will make 3,000 ovens fired
In the last three weeks and will put
In operation a total of 15,000 out
of the company's total of 20,000
ovens.
INTERIOR DEPARTMENT MAKES
BIG CUT.'
Appropriation Estimates For 1011
Reduced by 98,500,000.
Washington, D. C. (Special).
The estimates of appropriations for
the Interior Department for the fis
cal year 1911, as approved by Secre
tary Ballinger, show a net decrease
of $8,500,000, as compared with the
1910 appropriations.
The reduction Is made up largely
In the estimates for army and navy
pensions; the Indian service and the
General Land Office. The appropria
tions for the department for 1910
are approximately $184,000,000,
while the estimates for 1911 are ap
proximately $175,000,000. The to
tal Increases recommended amount
to $469,000, and the total decreases
$9,000,000. The reduction In the
estimates Is In pursuance of Presi
dent Taft'8 desire for economy in
governmental expenditures, and it Is
not believed that the efficiency of
the Interior Department will be In
anywise impaired.
LHt Lieutenant General.
Washington, D. C. (Special)
Lieutenant General Arthur MacAr
thur, U. S. A., will be placed oa
the retired list of the Army Wednes
day. With his retirement the gride
of lieutenant general on the active
list will become extinct. Major Gen
eral Leonard Wood will become the
highest ranking officer on the active
lis-, as senior major general. lu
March, 1907, Congress passed a law
providing that the grade of lieuten
ant general should cease to exist nn
the retirement of General MacAr
thur. The principal reason for this
action was that the rank bad ceased
to have any particular status.
Blinded By Flash Of Lightning.
Vlncennes, Ind. (Special). While
sitting with her back to a window
awaiting her turn to enter the gold
medal oratorical contest at Vlncennes
University, Miss Ola Wilson Yates,
a member of the graduating class,
was blinded by a flash of lightning.
Physicians hastily summoned found
she had been blinded, and in this
condition she remained for an hour.
On regaining her sight she Insisted
on going Into the contest. She
spoke for about five minutes and be
came blinded again.
Eight Millions Lopped Off.
Washington. D. C. (Special).
The estimates of appropriations for
the Interior Department for the fiscal
year 1911, as approved by Secretary
Ballinger, show a net decrease of
eight and one-half million dollaru,
as compared with the appropriations
for the fiscal year 1910. The re
duction la made up largely In the
estimates for Army and Navy pen
sions, the Indian service and the
general land office. The Appropria
tions for the department for 1910
are approximately $184,000,000,
while the estimates for 1911 are ap
proximately $176,000,000.
vocation by Catholic Bishop Onward CUTTe In the number of crosstiei
J. O Day, brief addresses by Director ; Prdiased by the railroads of th
General I. A. Nadeau and President , collntry in 1908.
J. P. Chllberg. a long address by I Four submarine boats will particl
James J. Hill, chairman of the Great ! pate in the maneuvers of the Atlan-
Aortnern Doarci, ana a benediction i tic neet this summer.
Dy episcopal mshop Frederick w.
Keator..
James J. Hill said:
"The greatest service to the na
tion, to every state and every city
today would be the substitution for
a term of years of law-enforcement
for law-making. Get the laws fairly-
tried, weed out those improper or
impracticable, curtail the contempt
of law that now flourishes under the
American system of nonenforcement,
Orders relieving five retired naval
officers from active duty were Issued.
Attorney General Wlckersham ap
plied in the Supreme Court for an
injunction to prohibit the Uroni
River Commission of New York from
discharging sewage in New York
Bay.
TTpon their petition for a rehear
ing sentence was deferred in the caw
of the six Tennessee lynchers, who
and make the people understand that ! wel'e brought to the bar of tho Su
government means exact and unspar- j premo Court.
Ing Justice, Instead of a complex A formal meeting of the parties
game. This Is the only safeguard If j Interested in the settlement of the
respect for and confidence in the Emery claim against Nicaragua wal
governing system itself are not to I held at the State Department,
be gradually undermined. Commissioner ' nf Cnrnnr9tinm
In no spirit of hypercrltlclsm or j Smitl. conferred with President Taft
pessimistic gloom are these suecis
tlons made. We are most sensitive
to any Imperfections in what we love
best and prize most highly. We
must guide our course past the shoals
where we can hear the breakers
roaring, as well as by the infinitely
larger expanse of the safe and sun
lit Bea. Just because we believe in
and trust the strength of our de
fences we should examine them for
any defect that might grow into dis
aster. And those who most exult
in the present and most confide In
the future of this country are most
bound to labor that her greatness. If
It may be, shall become without a
flaw."
NORTH GIVES IP BUREAU.
Census Director Makes A Farewell
Speech To His Clerks.
Washington, D. C. (Special). S.
N. D. North ndinauished his nosi-
tion as Director of the Census and
bade farewell to the many clerks
who for seven years have served
under him. Chief Clerk Rossiter
will be In charge of the bureau un
til E. Dana Durand, Mr. North's suc
cessor, Is confirmed by the Senate.
.Mr. .North was the recipient of
masses of flowers from the clerks.
He said that be has as yet fixed no
plans for the future. Mr. North ad
dressed the clerks, bidding them
good-bye, and LeGrnnd Powers,
chief statistician of agriculture, re
plied on behalf of tho employes.
Flour Bleachers' Petition Refused.
Washington, D. C. ( Special K
That the Interest of the Alsop Pro
cess Company, of Bt. Louis, in tho
ruling of Secretary Wilson, of the
Department of Agriculture, placing
the ban upon the use of nitrogen
peroxide In blenching flour, Is too
remote to entitle thera to Institute
mandamus proceedings, Is held by
the affirmative opinion delivered by
Justice Robb, of the District Court
of Appeals.
concerning the Important investiga
tions in progress in his bureau.
A cut of $8,000,000 was made
In the estimates of appropriation!
for tho Interior Department.
The Senate began work on tb
cotton schedule of the Tariff Bill.
A farewell receptlcn was glveu to
Director of the Census North.
The Treasury deficit for the month
of May was $5,453,955.
Senator Cummins introduced Iiii
Income tax b'.li.
North Texas Wheat 91.85.
Fort Worth, Texas (Special).
Reports received here from the
wheat growing belt of North Texas
show that the first of tbh season's
crop in the United States Is being
contracted for at $1.35 and upward.
In some Instances farmer are se
curing contracts that will give them
any advance which may occur in
the market at the time the wheat
Is thrashed. Millers are eagerly
buying the crop at the present quotations.
Earth Noises Scare Indians.
San Bernardino, Cal. (Special).
Manuel Lopes, who just arrived here
from San Jacinto Mountains, brings
Information concerning strange
rumbllugs beard for many weeks. He
declares the Indians are leaving,
with all tbelr superstitious fears
aroused. Lopes made a thorough
Investigation and believes the sounds
come front subterranean waterfall.
His theory substantially corroborates
that of others from this region.
The actual cost of the Suet Canal
was $100,000,000.
Bolt Kills In Pittsburg.
Pittsburg (Special). Following I
damaging electrical and rain storm
a second storm was experienced is
this city and vicinity. Lightning
caused one death, set fire to a num
ber of houses and heavy rain inter
rupted street car traffic here, la
the country districts many farmi
were damaged and crops seriously
Injured. It Is estimated the loss
from both storms will reach about
$100,000.
Mexico's Pulque Trust.
Mexico City (Special). Of tt
1,400 pulque shops in the federal
district, 760 have been closed by tha
Pulque Trust recently formed among
the rich Haclcndados of this section.
With the diminishing of the -jhcpa by
half, the pr'-e of the beverage hl
doubled. It now ranges from four
to six cents a glass, whereas, until
the formation of the trust it u
from two to four cents.
Has Clairvoyant Arrested.
Perth Amboy, N. J. (Special).
A clairvoyant known here a
"Madame Fay," was arrested on
warrant from Wllkesbarre, Pa. Sh
is charged with swindling Chester
Van Scoy. of that city out of $1,009.
It Is alleged that she persuaded aim
to Intrust the money to her keep
ing under the promise that It would
increase tenfold by the use of
magic powder. '
James S. Manning A Judge.
Raleigh. N. C. (Special). Jamel
S. Manning, of Durham, was appelat
ed by Governor Kltchln as an as
sociate Justice of the State Suprem
Court of North Carolina, to succeed
Judge Henry Groves Connor, ap
pointed United States judgo for tb
Eastern district of this State. Mr
Manning is about SO years old and
was the manager for Governor Klt
chln In his campaign.
Atchison's new bond Issue amounts
to $26,000,000. !
Both Dying After Duel.
Beattyvlllo, Ky. ( 8 p e c 1 a 1 ). '
Charles Eveleth, general manager of
the Kentucky Northern Railroad,
was shot by Edward Rllay, who wal
seeking employment. Eveleth, aft
er he was shot, wounded R""'
twice. Both men are reported to b
dying.
The Pasteur Institute of Souther
India established at Coonor two yer
ago, has submitted a report wblci
shows that S40 cases have been treat
ed during the last year, of which only)
two resulted unfavorably.