THE NEWS,
Domestic
No Indictments were fotir.d against
John Smith nnd Ellsha Johnson, ar
rested In connection with the at
tempted assassination of formi
Sheriff Ed Callahan. It was saiJ
that the evidence was Insufficient
and the special grand Jury, whlit
stood 0 to 6 for Indictment, was dis
charged. Albert Munro and his bride of l
week were found dead In their chain
tier at Wtlllatnsport. Pa. On a
dresser wa9 a partially filled box ol
chocolates. There was nothing tc
Indicate violence, and It Is believed
they were victims of poisoned cand
or a suicidal pact.
Sirs. Emma Kaufmnnn, accused ol
the murder of Agnes Poinds, a do
mestic, was found guilty of battery
at Flandreau, S. D., anil was sen
tenced to pay a fine of $100 or tc
serve GO days In Jail. The fine wnf
rald. Mrs. Kaiifmann was the wife
of a wealthy brewer.
Wilhur and Orville Wright, the i
aviators, received the medals award
ed them by act of Congress, hy the
Legislature of Ohio and by theli ;
home city of Dayton. One hundred '
ancl twenty thousand people, the en
tire popula'icm of Dayton, celebrated '
the event. !
Jani"s 1. McCormlck, son of Than- j
rellor S. !!. McCormlck, of the West- I
rrn I'nlverslty of Pennsylvania, was
arrested In Chicago on a warrant !
charging him Willi h riving passed j
several allegedly worthless checks on ;
Ida ho banks in Chicago. j
Policeman Oscar Abel, of Macon, '
Ca., shot and killed a woman of the
Ited Light district and then killed ,
himself. j
Orville and Wilbur Wright, the
aviators, had hardly any time to
spare from their workshop in Llay- I
ton. O., to take part in the great
celebration In their honor by their ;
townspeople. i
William II. Kilpannon and George j
C. White pleaded guilty In New York i
to indictments charging them with ,
toeing involve,! with Lome II. Walker
in smuggling.
William .1. Stanley, an actor, was .
sentf need in New York to serve three j
days in the Tombs prison and pay I
a fine of $100 for automobile speed- j
ing.
No action toward making Drown ;
I'nlverslty at Providence a non-sectarian
institution was taken at the I
annual meeting of the corporation, j
Former Governor William T.
Cobb, of Rockland, was appointed I
receiver for the Mount Waldo Gran- :
lte Quarries of Connecticut. I
An appeal has been made to Coun- ;
ty Aforney II id in kit, Hutchinson, j
Kan., to break up a religious sect 1
of "snake worshippers."
In a fire in a live-story tenement '.
house at Cincinnati, 100 panic- i
stricken occupants were saved by 1
firemen. i
i
The cornerstone to the Amasa !
Stone Memorial Chapel was laid on
the Adelbert campus, at Cleveland.
The monument erected in Spring
Grove Cemetery to the memory of
Henry Clay Work, was dedicated.
The battleship Kansas Bailed from
the Philadelphia navy yard for i
Hampton Roads. I
Captain Johnson Vivian, a mil
lionaire mining man, died at Hough
ton. Mich.
Mrs. Frances Folsotn Cleveland ap
peared in public for the first time 1
since her husband's death to testify '
for the prosecution in the case of
Broughton Brandenburg, a maga
zine writer, who is charged with sell
ing the New York Tillies a poli'lcal
article purporting to have been writ
ten by former President Grovcr
Cleveland.
Eugene Davenport, dean of the
University of Illinois, declares the
(lay of cheap bread has ended, as the
population i.i overtaking the food
supply. '
The filled States torpedo-boat
destroyer Koswell II. Lanison Jam
med on the ways when an attempt
was made to launch her.
("apt. Samuel W. P.. Diehl, former
Jud'e advocate general of the Navy, '
died in New York.
TEH PEOPLE KILLED
IN A TROLLEY CRASH
Motorman's Neglect Causes Collision
in Indiana.
GOING AT FORTY MILES AN HOUR.
The Other Cnr Had Ileen Ill-ought
To A Standstill, Hut 1 be Impact
Was So Great That The Two furs
Were Welded Together Anil Many
Of The Dead And Injured Had To
He Cut (hit Of The Wreck The
Responsible Motoi'iiian Killed At
His Post.
South Ilend, Ind. (Special). Ten
persons were killed and 40 injured
in a wreck on the Chicago, Lake
Shore and South Bend Railroad, In
Porter County, Ind., two of the big
electric cars colliding head on. Ac
cording to General Manager H. U.
Wallace, the wreck was due to a
disobedience of orders by Motormati
George A. Reed, of the eustbouud
car, who was killed.
Reed received Instructions at
Gary to wall at Wilson, a short dis
tance west of Baifccytown. the point
at which the disaster occurred, for
the westbound car to pass. The im
pact of the cars was so great that
they were reduced to a mass of
wreckage.
The casthound cnr was going HO
miles an hour to make up lost time.
When the crash occurred the east
bound car was telescoped and almost
demolished. lu this train were all
of the killed and most of the in
jured passengers on the westbound
train escaping with bruises.
The two cars were welded to
gether In a mass of debris, in which
lay the dead and dying and two
score injured. The cries for help
caused a scene of confusion for many
minutes. Soon, however, the cool
headed passengers brought order out
of chaos, and while some converted
the home of E. It, Borg into a hos
pital and morgue others rescued the
Injured.
Darkness greatly Interfered with
the process of the rescuers, and to
make matters worse the nearest tel
ephone was nearly a mile away.
All but one of the killed were In
the smoking compartment of the car
in the front end. Tills space was
crowded. Titus E. Kinzle, a real
estate dealer, and Cordius Kline,
both or South Uend, left the
lng-room less than a minute
the crash came and escaped
although the latter suffered
injuries.
David Crawford, a
South Uend. related a
of the accident.
"There were about
car," said Crawford,
got on at Hammond,
at the automobile races at Crown
Point. Tired out by the long day
of excitement, many of the passen
gers were asleep. Suddenly there
was a terrific crash. Motorman
George Reed was pinned between the
vestibules of the two cars so solidly
that it was Impossible for us to re
move the body. He had apparently
done nothing to prevent the collision.
The accident occurred on a straight
track."
G. A. Schimmel, motorman of the
westbound car, said that his was
at a full stop when the eastbound
car struck it. He added:
"My car was nearing Dune Park
when I saw the headlight of the
eastbound train flashing in the dis
tance. The train had been ordered
to wait for my car at Wilson, some
distance west of Dune Park. I rea
lized at once that the motorman of
the car had overlooked his orders.
I put on the brakes and brought my
car to a stop, while the eastbound
car kept rushing toward me. I
tried to back my cnr, but the nl
brakes did not release the
smok
before death,
severe
chauffeur of
graphic story
50 In our
"Most of us
having been
JAPANESE TROUBLE
ON HAWAII ISLAND
9,000 Laborers Present
Upon Planters.
Demand
More- Of The Charged With Con
spiracy To Coniniitt Murder And
Incite Others To Crime Futile
ApMiil Of An Agitator To The Jup.
anese Government To Interfere
The Japanese Consul's lteport Of
The Situation.
CORPORATION TAX URGED
BY PRESIDENT TAFT
Desires Authority For Taxing Incomes
Would Amend the Constitution.
Honolulu (Special). Forty-five
delegate" from the Japanese Union
on the Island of Hawaii, representing
!i,000 laborers, have Just concluded
a session lasting four days and
nights, They resolved not to strike
nor help the Oahu strikers, but to
present a statement of their demands
and trust to the fairness of the
planters. They ask for a 10-hour
day at one dollar, for time and a
half lor overtime, work and on Sun
days and for quarters equal to those
of the Spaniards and Portuguese.
These demands will be presented to
the planters' association.
Following the Indictments of sev
eral of the Japanese strike leaders,
the Territorial Grand Jury returned
additional Indictments against Y.
Soga, F. Makino, M. N.-goro, K.
Kawamura, Y. Tasaka nnd Y. Anas
hira, for conspiracy to commit mur
der and to Incite others to crime.
An indictment for assault was found
against Sugwara, who Is accused of
attempting to collect funds for the
strikers by violence. In addition to
these indictments 1 :! of the stri
king Japanese at the Waipalu plan
tation were Indicted for attacking a
police officer and rioting. As a re
sult, of the vigorous action of the
authorities the strikers are much de
pressed. The replevin suit brought to re
cover the papers seized In the office
of the newspaper Jiji by High Sheriff
Henry was dismissed. Japanese Con
sul Uyeno Is investigating the al
leged destruction of the safe of Edi
tor Soga, of the Jlji, which was bro
ken open by the authorities.
Toklo (Special!. The report that
the Japanese of Hawaii had appealed
to Tokio, charging violation of trealy i
rights as an outcome of (he strike
agitation In the Islands. Is based up
on the fact that one of the agitators
who was arrested at Honolulu sent
a cablegram to a brother living In
Japan requesting him to endeavor to
secure the Intercession of the gov
ernment in his behalf. In spite of
the fact thnt he knew it was use
less, i lie brother conveyed the appeal
to the government.
A dispatch received here from the
TriTtanriuf. nrmuitl at tl.mnl tl 1 II R.nV8 HlP
strike situation Is Improving, and !
that all the men in the two districts
have returned to work. The Btrike,
the consul says,' is a result of agi
tation on the part of Japanese
anarchists, the worst element among
the Japanese, who have been trying
to persuade all their countrymen to
Join a union. They claimed, the dis
patch further asserts that they
would be able to increase wages, but
In reality their purpose was to col
lect money.
OBJECTS TO CIGARETTES.
t oreign
Ida M. Wynne, second daughter
of the retiring I'nlted States consul
general to London, Kobert J. Wynne,
was married to Lieut. Hugh R.
French, of the Iirltlsh army, in Lon
don. A British s'eamer was fired upon
by a Russian torpedo boat for com
ing too !o.e to tin? bay on the Fin
nish f-oa-'. where the Czar and Em
peror William were to nice'.
J isepli Kiimelra, formerly of Chi
cago, ar.'l an alleged leader of the
Black Hand In Western Canada was
sentence! to u years lu prison at
Fernle, It. ('.
The Venezuelan High Court, at
Caracas, has declared unconstitution
al Castro's deere.-M anntiling the salt I
und match monopoly concessions. I
The North German Lloyd steamer 1
Prlnzess Irene, wi'h th- cabin pas
sengers of the wrecked Cunarder
Sluvonla. arrived at Naples.
The epidemic of cholera in St.
Petersburg Is Increasing daily, de
fective filtration and sewage being
the caiiie.
Three hundred and fifty p.rltlsh
warships will take part In the an
nual maneuvers off the cons', of
England.
The cornerstone was laid of a new
Y. M. C. A. building in the City of
Mexico, to coht $400,000.
There aro !3 case of bubonic
plague In the city of Caracas.
The European powers have ac
ceded to the request of Turkey and
derided that none of the internation
al troops on the Island of Creto bhail
bo withdrawn for the present.
Opposition of certain French news
paper" against the lifting on the
Paris Bourse of the liiit'-d Statei
flcd Corporation's slock hai cau.-e I
a hitch In the negotiation.
Henry C. Williams, secretary of
Ceorge 'McMillan, nephew of th late
Senator McMillan, of Michigan, who
it bunting In British Ka-.t Africa,
wis wounded by a lion.
Because of strained relations be
tween Austria-Hungary und Great
Ilritaln there has been a change In
the Austro-Hungarlan ambassador at
London.
Lieutenant ' Shackleton, the Ant
arctic, explorer, announced In Lon
don that be contemplated another
Antarctic trip at an early date.
and I could not move before the
crash came."
Superintendent Welsh, of the Tn
terurbnn line, was in Michigan City
w-hen the accident occurred, but it
was Impossible to run electric cars
to the scene because the trolley wires
had been broken. Three physicians
were pent in a gasoline traction
speeder nnd three more dispatched
in nn automobile. When the phy
sicians reached the scene thev found
scores of farmers and villager!) rush
ing about endeavoring to can; for
the wounded and to extricate the
dead and dying by the light of a few
lanterns. Many of the wounded
were pinioned in the wreckage so
that It was necessary to use axes.
Officers of the Lake Shore and
Michigan .Southern Railroad tohi a
passing westbound train to take nn
doctors and nurses at South Rend
find Laoorte and put theni off at
luine Park. Similar instructions
were given nn eastbound train,
which brought assistance from Whit
ing and Indiana Harbor. The New
York and Boston fast express of
the Lake Shore and Michigan Sou Ili
um Railroad stopped at Dune Park
ind took aboard the wounded, who
were carried to South Uend and La
norte and placed In hospitals.
the heroes of the wreck
Simmons, of Benton Har
He lost consciousness Im-
after the collision. When
his senses he was lying
near a ditch. Ttoth of
Admiral Schroeder Wants Them Har
red From His Ships.
Washington. I). C. (Special).
Cigarette smoking by the enlisted
men of the United States Navy should
be discouraged as much as possible
in the opinion of Rear Admiral Sea
ton Schroeder, commander In chief
of the Atlantic battleship fleet. Ad
miral Schroeder desires to see a ban
placed on the habit and has recom
mended to the Secretary of the Navy
that no cigarettes be sold at the
wheels 1 ship's store on any of the vessels un
der his command. It Is probable that
Secretary Meyer will take action In
accordance with Admiral Schroeder's
recommendation. Admiral Schroeder
began his observations as to the ef
fects of cigarette smoking by the
jackles at different times while he
was executive officer of several of the
ships of the Navy. He believes that
cigarettes impair the health of the
men and do not In any way Increase
their elllciency for duty.
William Lorlmer. of Illlnoli, took
tla oatn of office aa Senator.
One of
was ('. A.
Dor. Mich.
11 edlately
le recovered
:n the sand
lis legs were broken, but I)r. Axe.
if Mlchljrnn City, reached him and
tendered surgical aid. he refused it,
nsfructlng the physician to give his
lime to others more seriously injured
-.han he.
"My legs are broken." ho said,
"but my head Is all right and I
glioma I can stand It for a while."
P.attle With Burglars.
Oxford. Mass. (Special). Albert
fC Milyer. 33 years old, a constable,
nd keeper of a waiting station news
j stand at Oxford Heights, was shot
to death by thugt. who It Is sup
posed were robbing a building ad
lolning the station. A man who was
Identified as Frank Harding, of
South Mllford, was found later In
the waiting room with a bullet hole
through his heart. Miller's band,
:ff were lying at Harding's feet.
Wounded Hy A Lion.
Nalvasha. Africa (Special)
Henry E. Williams, an English mom.
ber of the party of T. C. Selous,
the noted African hunter, and
Georse McMillan, nephew of the late
Senator McMillan, of Michigan, was
brought In here mortally wounded
by a Hon. The man was in the
service of Mr. McMillan aa a sec
retary. The encounter with the Hon
occurred In the Sotlk district, where
the party bad been snooting. The
Roosevelt party left here a few days
ago for the Eotlk district
Git EAT CONVENTION HALL.
Chicago Is Planning One To Sent
15,00(1 IVi'sonx,
Chicago (Special). The largest
convention hall in the country
three times larger than Madison
Square Garden in New York and four
times the size of the Chicago Coli
seum lias been planned for Chi
cago, according to an announcement
made by Harlow N. HIgglnbotham.
The building will be elliptical in
form and, with slight modifications,
will be a reproduction of the his
torical Flavian ampi' heater In Rome.
The building will be known as
The Amphitheater and will have a
seating capacity, exclusive of the
arena space there will be room for
seating more than 4.'i,000 persons.
Washington, D. C. (Special).
President Taft sent to Congress a
message advocating thnt an amend
ment to the Constitution conferring
power to levy an income tax be sub
mitted, and that an amendment to
the tariff bill be passed Imposing
upon all corporations and Joint stock
companies, except national banks, an
excise tax of 2 per cent, on their net
Income.
Text Of The Mr-Mage.
The text of the President's mes
sage Is as follows:
"To the Senate and House of Repre
sentatives: "It Is the Constitutional duty of
the President from time to time to
recommend to the consideration of
Congress such measures as he shall
Judge necessary and expedient. In
my inaugural address, Immediately
preceding this present extraordinary
session of Congress, 1 invited atten
tion to the necessity for a revision of
the tariff at this session, and stated
the principles upon which I thought
the revision should be effected. I
referred to the then rapidly increas
ing deficit and pointed out the ob
ligation on the part of the framers
of the tariff bill to arrange the duty
so as to secure an adequate Income
and Buggonted that if It was not pos
sible to do so by Import duties, new
kinds of taxation must be adopted
and among them I recommended a
graduated inheritance tax as correct
In principle aad as certain and easy
of collection.
Income Tax Proposed.
The riouse of Representatives has
adopted the suggestion and has pro
vided In the bill It passed for the
collection of such a tax. In the Sen
ate the action of Its Finance Commit
tee and the course of the debate In
dicate that It may not agree to this
provision, nnd it is now proposed to
make up the deficit by the Imposition
of a general Income tax In form and
substance of almost exactly the same
character as thnt which In the case
of Pollock vs. Farmers' Loan and
Trust Company (157 V. S. 4129) was
held by the Supreme Court to be a
direct tax, and therefore not within
the power of the Federal Government
to impose, unless apportioned nruong
the several States according to popu
lation. Amendment Proposed.
The decision of the Supreme Court
In the income tax cases deprived the
National Government of a power
which, by reason of previous de
cisions of the Court, It was generally
supposed the Government had. It is
undoubtedly a power the National
Government ought to have. It might
be indispensable to the natural life
In great crises. Although I have not
considered a constitutional amend
ment as necessary to the exercise of
certain phases of this power, a ma
ture consideration has satisfied mo
that an amendment is the only prop
er course for its establishment to Its
full extent. I therefore recommend
to the Congress that both houses, by
a two-third vote, shall propose ail
amendment to the Constitution con
ferring the power of levy an Income
tax upon the National Government
without apportionment among the
States In proportion to population.
Second-The decision In the Pol
lock case left power In the National
Government to levy an excise tax,
which accomplishes the same purpose
as a corporation Income tax, and Is
free from certain objections urged to
the proposed Income tax measure.
Suggests Excise Tax.
I. therefore, recommend an amend
ment to the tariff bill Imposing upon
all corporations and Joint stock com
panies for profit, except national
banks (otherwise taxed), savings
banks and building and loan asso
ciations, an excise tax measured by
2 per cent, on the net income of
such corporations. This is an ex
cise tax upon the privilege of doing
business as an artificial entity and
of freedom from a general partner
ship liability enjoyed by those who
own the Mock.
I am Informed that a 2 per cent,
tax of this chnractpr wnuM hrlnu In
to the treasury of the I'nlted States,
not less than $25,000,000.
The fiecisfon nf the CSnnfnma
Court In the ense of the Spreckela
Sugar Refining Company against
McClaln (192 U. S., 397) seenm
clearly to establish the principle that
such a tax as this is an excise tax
upon privilege and not a direct tax
on property and is within the Fed
eral power without apportionment
according to populations. The tax
on net Income Is preferable to one
proportionate to a percentage of the
gross receipts because It is a tax
upon success, and not failure. It
Imposes a burden at the source Of
the Income at a time when the cor
poration Is well able to pay and
when collection is easy.
Brings I-Vdcral Supervision.
Another merit of this tax Is the
Federal supervision which must be
exercised In order to make the law
effective over the annual accounts
and business transactions of all cor
porations. While the faculty of as
suming a corporate form has been
of the utmost utility in the busi
ness world, It is also true that sub-
Stantiallv nil the nluiKna nn,t alt tha
evils which have aroused the pub-
lin tf tlio nwifluctltw tF 1'ofni.m -i 1
" " . ' " 1 . . i . v. i ii i w i ill n tit:
made possible by the use of this very
faculty. 1 know, by a perfectly legiti
mate and effective system of taxa
tion, we are Incidentally able to
possess the Government and the
stockholders and the public of the
knowledge of the real business
transactions and the gains and pro
fits of every corporation in the
country, we have made a long step
toward that supervisory control of
corporations which may prevent a
further abuse of power.
I recommend, then, first, the
adoption of a Joint resolution by
two-thirds of both houses, proposing
to the States an amendment to the
Constitution granting to the Federal
Government the right to levy nnd
collect an Income tax without ap
portionment among the States ac
cording to population; and, second,
the enactment, as part of the pend
ing revenue measure, either as a
substitute for or In addition to, the
Inheritance tax of an excise tax upon
all corporations, measured by 2 per
cent, of their net Income.
William II . Taft.
The White House, June 16, 1909.
WHT THE RUSSIANS
' FIRED DM BRITISH SHIP
Feared She Would Strike the Czar's
Yacht
VESSEL IN FORBIDDEN WATERS.
Declares The Steamer Was Heading
Directly For The Standart The
Firing Upon The Woodburn Not
Likely To Cause Any International
Complication A Complete Inves
tigation To Bo Made Wounded
Fireman's Story.
St. Petersburg (Special). The
British Embassy here has received
a report concerning the firing upon
the British steamer Woodburn by a
vessel of the Russian squadron which
was patrolling the vicinity of Pit
klpas Bay, where Emperor Nicholas
and Emperor William were to meet
the following day. The report comes
from the British vice consul at VI
borg, from whom the embassy ask
ed for an explanation of the Inci
dent, its contents have not been
made public.
The belief that any grave devel
opments would follow the affair has
been excluded, however, for it was
evidently due to someone's blunder,
for which either or both sides are
willing to express regrets. No offi
cial statement of the facts surround
ing the case has yet been given out.
While private dispatches from VI
borg assert that the Woodburn was
steering In accordance with direc
tions given her by a convoying tor
pedo boat, naval officers of the squad
ron declare the steamer was heading
directly for the Standart, and that
they could not afford to run the
risk of having the imperial yacht
run down.
THE HORRORS OF A
NEW RUSSIAN SECT
Worship a Red Idol and Make Kumai
Sacrifices.
.Members Of Sect Accused Of On
Horrible Practices The fral tls
glon, In Which The Sect FloBr,
Ishes, The Breed lug Ground For
Various Fanntlcnl Cults I)isc0.
cry In A Secret Grove,
St. Petersburg (Special) di
patches received here from Porn
European Russia, say the local
lice have begun an Investigation o(
the "sect" of the "Crimson God"
the members of which are accue
of human sacrifices and varlou ou.
er horrible practices. Repeated JI
appenrances of people In the region
where the members of the sect dwen
drew suspicion to the organization,
which worships a red wooden idol,
colored, according to the statement!
of the country people, with human
blood.
The police have located a sppr(
grave containing the mutilated body
of a man supposed to have been sac.
rlficed, and they expect to find ota.
ers.
The Vral region, of which Form
Is the center, Is a breeding ground
for many fanatical cults. It it i
meeting place of the pagan tribes
of Asia, as well as persons who fle
from Russia on account of religiout
persecution. These refugees havi
lived for centuries In the dense for
ests of the district, and their belled
j have developed along the most fant
ticai lines.
Stockholm. Coyne, the fireman
on board the British steamer Wood
burn, that was fired upon in Plt
kipas Bay by a vessel of the Rus
sian squadron sustained only slight
Injuries, and probably will be able
in a few days to leave the hospital
where he was removed. He declares
that three other members of the crew
sustained slight injuries from the
Russian fire. Further details of the
occurrence show that the Woodburn
strayed during the night within the
prohibited zone of navigation In the
vicinity of Pitkipas Bay. Her cap
tain evidently was unfamiliar with
the published regulations. The Rus
slnn torpedo boat fired first three
blank shots, which were followed up
by four projectiles.
London. The firing on the Brit
ish steamer Woodburn by a Russian
torpedo boat in Pitkipas Bay has
not yet been reported to the Foreign
Office, and the owners of the vessel
are awaiting her return in order to
secure full details, when they will
ask for a complete investigation of
the circumstances. Officials are In
clined to believe that the action of
the Russian vessel was due to some
mistake which can be easily explain
ed, and that the matter will be set
teld by the payment of compensation.
BONE GRAFTING OPERATION'.
WASHINGTON
BY TELEGRAPH
Thieves Return fKI.1,000.
Seattle. Wash. (Special). Mrs.
George Shea, of Duluth, who noti
fied the police on May 20 that 20,
000 which she had concealed under
the mai tress of her bed had been
stolen, has received l,0uo In a
letter signed "Two Thieves." The
writers say they used 15,000 to fur
nish their home, and, having no fur
ther use for the money, returned it
to the owner.
Three Shot In A Feud.
Fairfield, 111. (Special). Charles
F. I.elnlnger, a veterinary surgeon
and secretary of the 'Wayne County
Fair Association, is dead at his home
In this city with a bullet, through
his heart, Frank Bender .McCullough
Is fatally wounded and Richard Slos,j
is shot through the thigh, as the re
Biilt of a feuil between several young
men of the town and members of the
Harrington Theater Company. The
fight was caused because of the at
tentions the showmen have paid to
the girls of Fairfield.
I.ouls Prang Dead.
Boston (Special). A dispatch
from Los Angeles, Cel., announced
that Louis Prang, of Boston, an art
publisher and lithographer of world
wide reputation, died In that city of
pneumonia. He was the husband of
Mary Dana Hicks Prang, formerly of
Pyiacnse, N. Y., the well-known art
educator and author. Louis Prang
was born In Breslau, Germany, In
JK24. He devoted more than 40
years to tha study of bow to create
a standard of colors, a problem that
bad puzzled science for centuries, but
which he finally solved.
An amendment considerably reduc
ing the duty on window glass was
adopted In spite of Senators Scott
and Elklns, of West Virginia; Oliver,
of Pennsylvania, and Dick, of Ohio.
It Is certain that both houses of
Congress will adopt the Taft meas
ures for a tax on corporation earn
ings and for a constitutional amend
ment permitting an income tax.
Quartermaster General Aleshire
awarded contracts for 940,000 yards
of khaki duck for army tents.
President Taft accepted Francis
E. Leupp's resignation as commis
sioner of Indian affairs and promo
ted Robert E. Valentine, assistant
commissioner, to the place.
The court allowed Holmes Conrad
as counsel $0,4 53 out of a Judg
ment awarded to the heirs of Joseph
Parish of 1101,358. The heirs got
$ 1 9.848.
Specifications were issued to pros
pective bidders for the two 26,000
ton battleshipB.
The battleship Michigan, which had
Its speed test off Provincetown on
Saturday will be laid up for repairs
for six weeks as the result of going
aground.
The Isthmian Canal Commission
awarded a contract to the Keystone
Powder Manufacturing Company for
9.000.000 pounds of dynamite.
The government hi at orders to col
lectors at Virginia and North Caro
lina ports to detain the steamer Nan
tlcoke and the tug Despatch.
Senator Clay, of Georgia, express
ed the opinion that Congress will be
in session until August 1, and prob
ably until September 1.
A new counterfeit $3 note has
been reported to the Secret Service
Bureau.
At the home of Francis Scott Key,
author of the "Star-spangled Ban
ner," a facsimile of the Fort Mcllenry
11 a 1; was raised.
Lieutenant Commander L. C. Ber
tolutte has been ordered to command
the monitor Monterey at Olongopo.
Lumber production In the I'nlted
States was less In the calendar year
1908 than In the preceding year, ac
cording to a report issued by the
Census Bureau.
There has been a big decrease In
the production of lumber In the
United States, according to a report
Issued by the Census Bureau.
The Board of Visitors at the Na
val Academy has recommended the
restoration of the old standard of
mathematics.
Passenger elevators for the. use
of officers are to be Installed on the
new battleships.
Printers In the Government Print
ing Ollice are glad the simplified
spelling fad in the executive office la
ended.
German soil feeds nlne-tentba Of
ber people.
Accidentally Confessed Murder.
Columbus, O. (Special). Solomon
Shepherd, alias William Thomas, a
negro, confessed by accident to the
Columbus police that he is wanted
at Durham, N. C, for murder. He
Is held awaiting word from Durham.
Shepherd was pawning a watch when
the police arrested him. He began
to deny that he had "killed the man."
After some questioning as to what
he meant Shepherd said he was im
plicated In the killing of Engineer
Holt, of the Seaboard Air Line, be
tween Winston and Durham, laBt Oc
tober. He Bald the engineer caught
him riding the -blind baggage and
threw him off, whereupon he fired
at the engineer.
Power Travels 17 Miles.
Chattanooga, Tenn. (Special). At
3 o'clock P. M., a current of elec
tricity was turned Into this city and
power from the great lock and dam
constructed at Hales Bar, 17 miles
from the city. Is now available for
the operation of industries here. The
dam has been In course of construc
tion for three years and the plant
will furnish .10,000 horse-power.
The cost of the lock, dam, power and
wire line was over $3,000,000. The
construction of this lock and dam re
sults in the opening of navigation
on the Tennessee River to Chatta
nooga the year round.
Junior Order IMtuuI Changed.
Detroit, Mich. (Special). Tho
National Council Junior Order of
I'nlted American Mechanicg passed
a resolution changing the ritual of
the order so that It will contain three
degrees Instead of one. ,A resolution
was passed accepting the offer of the
Tennessee State Council to donate
grounds and buildings for a home
for old and Indigent members of the
order.. The Institution is to be lo
cated In Tennessee and Its cost is
estimated at 76,00K
Woodmen's Big Fund.
Detroit, Mich. (Special). At the
session hore of the Sovereign Camp,
Woodmen of the World, the report of
the emergency fund committee was
rend, showing a grand total in the
fund at present of 8,092.876. Major
General Yates, of the uniform rank
of the order, reported the member
ship to be 82 regiments and 658 com
panies, an Increase of over 400 per
cent over 1907. The report of the
mileage committee shows the total
expense of the present convention to
have been $33,741.
Queer Reason For Suicide.
Masslllon. O. (Special). Because
his mother provided In her will that
be should be disinherited If he re
fused to return to the Amis!) style
of dress, which calls for books and
eyes Instead of buttons on clothing,
Levi Yoder killed himself In bis
home, near here. Several years ago
Yoder was sent to the State Hospital
for the Insane, and there his Amlsh
clothing was substituted with gar
ments fastening with buttons. Af
ter his return home he refused to re
ume the Amlsh fashion.)
Section Of Leg Of Lamb Joined To
Limb Of A Youth.
Chicago (Special). A rare sur
gical operation, the outcome of
which will be watched with Interest
by the medical profession of the
world, was performed at Frances
Wlllard Hospital, when a section of
bone from the leg of a lamb was
grafted Into the right leg of Dorcearl
Townsend to replace a section of
shattered tibia.
Townsend is an elevator operator
an4 was taken to the hospital several
days ago after an accident In which
he suffered a compound fracture of
his right leg. Amputation was at
first decided on. Later Dr. Cassius
Rogers was called In consultation
and it was decided to try to graft
a bone from the leg of a healthy
lamb.
Surgeons of Chicago asserted that
this was the first time this opera
tion ever was attempted in America.
DIES IX DOVBLE ACCIDENT.
Woman Hit By Taxieub And Thrown
Under Touring Car.
Atlantic City, N. J. (Special).
Mrs. Annlo McCabe, aged 4 0 years,
was struck by a taxicab at Illinois
and Atlantic Avenues while waiting
for a car. The taxicab threw the
woman in the air and she landed
under tho big touring car of Ralph
Taylor, of this city, which was pass
ing at the time.
Mrs. McCabe was run over by the
touring car and so badly crusl.ed
that she died on the way to the hos
pital. Following the accident the
taxicab disappeared and the chaffeur
of the touring car was arrested, pend
ing an investigation. f
IN THE WORLD OF FINANCE
Atchison has ordered S00 cars for
carrying automobiles.
Wabash has cut passenger rates
from Chicago eastward.
The St. Paul's through line to the
Pacific haB been opened.
St. Paul's $25,000,000 of bond
have already been marketed.
London sold stocks on the firing
upon a British ship by a Russian tor
pedo boat.
Morgan bankers say the Paris list
ing of United States Steel Is only
halted and not prevented.
On one day this week United
States Steel got orders for 210,000
tons of steel rails.
A 2 per cent, tax on the dividends
of American corporations would call
for an outlay of approximately $12,
000,000. It Is estimated that the railroads
have contingent orders amounting to
$100,000,000 which will be placed
within the next six weeks If the
crops turn out big.
In Its summary of the Iron and
steel business the "Iron Trade Re
vlirw" says: "Optimism ' continues
to prevail and there is moderate in
crease of activity in finishing mills,
while pig Iron is holding Its own.
Especial weakness In stocks like
St Paul. Copper and Union Puclfio
made some brokers say that the Har-rlman-Rockefeller
party was opposed
to the further advance in the mar
ket for which Morgan has received
most of tbe credit. I
The Un"rvefsltyof Lelpslo"wlll cele
brate Its five hundretb anniversary
and Its thousandth sessloa Boxt
month.
BOTH DUELISTS DEAD.
Railroad Detective And Switchman
Shoot Each Other To Death.
Louisville, Ky. (Special). Frank
Sliggcrs, a railroad detective employ,
ed by the Kentucky and Indlani
Bridge and Railroad Company, and
W. T. Charles, a Bwltchman for tht
Illinois Central Railrond Company,
engaged in a pistol duel which re
sulted In speedy death for both.
Earlier in the day Charles had 1
clash with an employe of the Ken
tucky and Indiana Company over
matter of routine work and when
Charles and Sllggers met they enag.
ed In an altercation which ended
when they drew pistols and shot each
other to death.
Doctor Kills Himself.
St. Louis (Special). Believing
he was suffering unendurable palm
from a disease of an artery, Dr. Jul
tin Steer, a member of the faculty
of Washington University, killed
himself with prusslc acid. He left
a note diagnosing his ailment. Tht
family physician said that he and
several specialists had examined Dr,
Steer many times and that Dr. Steet
had no such Illness as he imagined.
Policeman Shoots A Man Down,
Annlston, Ala. (Special). At
Hobson City, Ala., an exclusively ne
gro town, Policeman Clark Hear!
shot and fatally wounded Buster Al
len while the latter was talking with
his wife. Heard arrested Allen last
week, and feared, it is said, that Al
len would do him harm.
A Quake In The Canaries.
Tenerlffe, Canary Islands (Spe
cial). A sharp earth shock, accom
panied by continued rumblings, oc
curred at Iaod, on the west coast.
The city hall, the barracks and sev
eral houses were demolished. The
residents fled to the fields. No
casualties are reported.
Wolves From Roosevelt.
Naples (Special). The German
steamer Feldmarschall, has arrived
here with two wolves and one wild
boar, alive, which were captured by
ex-PreBldent Roosevelt. They will be
transshipped to New York on board
the Pannonla, sailing next week.
1,000 Feet To Death.
Juneau, Alaska (Special). Noel
Omilvie, head of the Canadian sur
vey party, arrived with the news ol
the tragic death of James Yorke, one
of the members of the surveying
party, at Sumdum. Yorke was on t
precipice attempting to take a pic
ture. He lost his footing and plung
ed 1,000 feet to death.
Gas Explosion Kills Four.
Denver, Col. (Speclul). Fouf
men were killed and four Injured Is
an explosion in the power plant ol
the Denver Gas and Electric Com
pany. The plant was badly damag
ed. Live Lizard In Solid Rock.
Great Falls, Mont. (Special). In
a coal mine near here Moses Martin
dale, a miner, uncovered a lizard
about nine feet from the surface and
embedded In the solid rock. There
is no conceivable method by which
the lizard could have entered tbe
cavity, since nature closed the gaP
thousands of years ago. When first
uncovered the reptile was torpid.
1 When brought to the light, however,
It showed more signs of life. Thers
Is no evidence that It bad been affect
ed injuriously by Its long fast and
Imprisonment In the solid rock.
Marriage Or Grand Opera For
Chicago (S p ec 1 a 1). With the
prophecy that she Is to be either Mi
Claus Bpreckels, Jr., or a grand open
star, Miss Mary Adelo Case, of Port
land, Ore., whose engagement to Mr.
Spreckela hss been rumored, left Chi
cago at 10 o'clock bound for how
"1 11 tell you." said Miss Case. "It
1 don't get married I'm going to go
Into grand opera and become a star.
If I do get married, I won't. Either
marriage or grand opera that's tht
answer, Good-by."
For "Sane" Fourth Of July.
Chicago (Special) Quietly tbf
plana for a sane Fourth of July
progresdns. For one thing, while
about 00 applications for permits
to sell fireworks havo been received
thus far, only one has been granted.
Fire Marebcl lloran said be was In
vestlgntlnG each application to e
that the place proposed for standi
for explosives meet the requirements
of. tho ordinance. The one permit
granud la for an opeualr stand
Washington Heights protected bt
solid brick walL