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THE NEWS,
Domestic
The American Federation of La
ter, In session at Toronto, voted to
appeal the Injunction case In thl
matter ol tho Hack Stove and Rang
Company to the United States Su
preme Court.
Over two hundred employes of thd
New York Custom-house, have been
dismissed, or reduced ,ln rank by
Collector Loch as an outcome of th
Sugar Trust or other frauds.
After an all-night stand against
a posse, the unknown outlaw who
was wanted for the shooting of Of
ficer George Fleming, at Nampa, Ida
ho, was shot and killed.
President Mackay, of the Postal
Telegraph Company, my his com
pany Is not In the telegraph and
telephone merger.
Wm, M. I.affan. proprietor of th
New York Pun, died as tho resul'
of an operation for appendicitis.
Supreme Court Justice David J
Rrewer declares female suffrage wll
come.
Flvo corpses were recovered froB
the coal mine at Cherry, 111.
The name of Mrs. Augusta E
Stetson, formerly first reader of th
Christian Science Church of New
York, was dropped from the rolls ol
the Christian Science Church by or
der of the board of directors.
Government attorneys appealed t
the United States Circuit Court ol
Appeals, at Chicago, to have the bal!
of John R. Walsh Increased from
$50,000 to $250,000.
Two arrests were made In con
nection with the dynamiting of build
ings at Indianapolis, while a threat
ening letter was sent to Mayor Book
waiter. Albert T. Patrick, serving a Ufa
sentence In Sing Sing for the mur
der of William M. Rice, obtained an
other writ of habeas corpus.
Joseph Ellsworth was arrested In
Chicago and confessed to robbing the
safe of Schuyler Kalnler, a wealthy
farmer of Florence, N. J.
Kilns Hav, a wealthy landowner,
of Lafayette, Iud., killed himself
rather than face trial for the mur
der of a farmhand.
Wildcat meat is at a premium In
San Francisco as a result of a de
mand for It by warring Chinese
tongs.
The- five men who held up tho
Overland Limited train were sen
tenced to life Imprisonment at Oma
ha, Neb.
Rlehnrd Watson Gilder, author
and editor of the Century Magazine,
died in New York of heart disease.
The Oklahoma Corporation Com
mission issued an order requiring all
public service corporations doing
business in the state, both foreign
and domestic, including railroads, to
maintain general offices within Okla
homa. Mrs. Anna McC.uIre obtained a di
vorce fom Bird S. McGulre, Congress,
man from the First Oklahoma Dis
trict, on charges of cruelty and gross
neglect. McGulre did not oppose the
de-erne.
rcrry uaipu .miuiuck, tt hluui-iil m
Drexel Institute, Philadelphia, was i
arrested on a charge of using Black j
Hand mehods to raise money to pay i
for his education.
Troops are guarding the private
cars of coal mine officials at Cherry,
III., owing to Ill-feeling shown among
survivors of tho mine disaster.
Mrs. Helen I). Burns, of San Fran.
Cisco, divorced by her husband and
turned away by her family, com
mitted suicide.
President Ira Remsen, of Johns
Hopkins Unlverelty has been elect
ed a trustee of the Carnegie Foun
dation. Gen. and Mrs. Frederick D. Grant
had a narrow escape from fire that
wrecked their home In Chicago.
t oreign
Martin Kauffman, of New York,
arrested in Berlin, charged with
fraud la connection with tho Cot
ton Goods Convention Company, of
New York, involving $107,000,
agreed to return with the United
States Postoflke Inspector who made
tho arrest.
Tho Pilgrims Society of London
gave a farewell dinner to John Ridgt
ly Carter, former secretary of the
American Kmpamiy there, who has ,
been appointed United States mln-
Inter to Roumaniu, Servia and Bui- i
garia. !
Two United StateB revenue cutters J
and a British cruiser are seurching
West Indian waters for the Astor I
yacht Nourmahal and two other ves- !
els missing since the hurricane.
Americans in Chile protest that
the action of the United States gov
ernment in the matter of the Aslop
claim is detrimental to American In
terests In that country.
A Chinese naval commission ar
rived in Knuland to study the ques
tion of naval construction, with a
view to modernizing the navy of
China.
King Alfonso's award as arbitra
tor of the boundary dispute between
Peru and Ecuador hag been accepted
by botn nations.
France, like England and Ger- I
many, Is having her budgetary crisis. 1
Jlore than $ lO.unO.Ouo additional '
taxation Is carried In the pi-ndlni!
budget, the new taxes being prin
cipally levied on automobiles, tobac- .
co, wines and Inheritances.
Portugal, with the support of
Great Britain, has opened negotia
tions for maintenance of the Btatus
quo In reference to the island of
Macao. i
Tho Yaqul River, In Santo Doinln- j
go, overflowed. The residents had
to seek refuge on the roofs of their i
Douses and hundreds of them ore In
distress.
The Finnish Diet was dissolved fot
refusing to sanction the Russian gov
ernment's demand for an appropria
tion of $4,000,000 for defense of the
empire.
Thousands are homeless and mil
lions of dollars' worth of proper!)
have been destroyed by torrential
rains In the Province of Adana
Turkey
Oostave Tery, who stirred up the
reoent naval scandal In France, was
wounded in a duel with Laurent !
Tailbade, the poet, at Paris.
Iienmln lamont, of New York,
sentenced to four years In the Mon
treal penitentiary for robbery and as.
ault, committed suicide In his cell j
Dominic k Falaco, a track-walker I
confessed having put an ohstructlou
on the track In Union Station tun-
nel to wreck a train. ,
As a result of the Stelnbell trial
mv i renin minister or justice sayf
he will propose certain changes Id
procedure In the courts of France.
TWO" HUNDRED MINERS
ME STILL MISSING
Fire nnd Iilackdainn Halt Recne
of Entombed Men.
3? MORE BODIES ARE REMOVED.
Totnl Number Of Bodies Taken
From The St. Paul Mine Is 02,
And The Survivors Number 120
Hope Is In I nt Tlint Any Others
Remain Alive, nut The Rescue
Work In Being Conducted With
Pressing lliiste Bodies Of IN
Victim Burled.
Cherry, III. (Special). Hope arous
ed by the rescue alive of 20 entomb
ed men from tho St. Paul mine Just
one week after tho starting of the
fatal fire was crushed Sunday, or at
least deferred In fulfilment, for not
one more of the 310 men caught by
the Are wns found.
The day was spent In removing
bodies from the mine and In burying
the corpses heretofore recovered.
Sunday night the records showed
that of 310 men left in the mine last
Saturday night, 198 are still missing,
while 92 bodies have been found
and 20 men rescued alive.
The Are that broke out afresh was
smothered to such an extent that ex
plorers were able to work In the
mine, but black damp in one of the
galleries defied the men, as did cave
Ins and other debris.
It was not even discovered wheth
er there are more men alive in the
mine galleries, although the explor
ers, urged by the extreme condition
in which the 20 men saved were
found, worked with almost super
human strength and rapidity.
The finding of 37 bodies and their
removal alter the morbid crowd
about the shaft had thinned, were
the only vlslblo results of tho day's
endeavors.
' Squads relieving each other at
frequent Intervals worked frantical
ly all night to remove obstacles ob
structing the east workings, for here,
If anywhere. It is believed survivors
may await deliverance.
Rain began falling, nnd for the
first time since the lire began there
was no one save newspaper report
ers lingering about the mine.
All day long the tolling of church
bells resounded in Cherry and Spring
Valleys. Eighteen bodies were bur
led In a field south of Cherry. At
the mine a dozen of victims In cof
fins awnited removal, while a scoro
of coffins were piled nearby for oth
ers that might be brought to the sur
face. Services for the dead were held
outside tho churches, into which
Coroner Malm deemed it Inadvisable
that the bodies be taken.
From the yet unfilled graves in
which the Roman Catholic dead were
plnced, the priests hurried to the
mine entrance to administer the last
rites to any dying man that might
be brought up.
Caught In Chimney,
Washington, N. C. (Special).
sliding down tho chimney in an ef
fort to rob the home of J. H. Davis
at an early hour, David Fulford
stuck fast. The burglar's efforts to
liberate himself awoke Davis, who
telephoned for tho police. Though
the chimney was razed to the roof
and officers and neighbors worked
for an hour, efforts to release the
man we.ro In vain, and finally the
services of a brick mason were re
quisitioned, and after tho mantel
and fireplace wore removed, Fulford
was taken out more dead than alive.
Ho was locked up pending trial.
Death From White Mice.
Barnwell, S. C. (Special). Blood
poisoning, caused by the bites of pet
white mice, resulted In the death of
the six-week old child of E. W. Hol
man. The child was left alone on
a bed. The mice, which were pets
of the infant's elder sister, climbed
on tho bed and gnawed the Infant's
hands. Her cries brought assistance,
but tho lacerations caused blood poi
soning, which resulted fatally.
Police Auto Explodes.
Omaha, Neb. (Special). The gas
oline tank of tho police automobile
patrol wapon exploded In the police
station stables, fatally Injuring Fred!
BauBnik, chauffeur, and killing six!
horses. The stable and garage were!
destroyed by tho fire, which followed ,
tho explosion. Bnsnlck was under'
the automobile making repairs when!
tho explosion occurred.
Jumps Feet To Death.
New York (Special). Ralph A.
Coodonough, a graduate of Princeton
University and for several years a
society reporter on ono of the New
York papers, committed suicide by
Jumping from tho parapet of the
Washington biidgo over the Harlem
lllvrr. Tho body fell 125 feet,
struck thp top of a tree and crashed
through the limbs to the ground.
IN-hels Selzo American IJout.
Washington, D. C. (Special)
Mi-arr-gitaii revolutionists have seized
B'ld impressed into their service the
riniiiier Dictator, which belongs to
I he I'.l'.iefieldg Company and has been
In tlif fruit-carrying trado between
New Orleans nnd Buellelds. The Dic
tator flies tho Norwegian flag,' but is
owned by an American company.
Thornton Mains To BuiM Umtx.
SI. Augustine, Fla. (Spjclal). ,1.
Thornton ! loins, writer of ten stories,
v.ho was defendant with hi brother,
Cnpt. Peter llalus, In commotion
with U'o killing or William E Annn,
wns here In romp.my with William
J. Dunn, formerly n chumplon oare
men. They left foV a Mho.', g trip
down the fast coast.
It wns staled that h-y would be
come partner In tome oolot on the
Hot-Ida coast as manufacturers of
mMor boats.
A HOLOCAUST AT SEA.
Steamer St. Croix Knrns Off the
California Coast.
Log Angeles, Cal. (Special). One
hundred petsons were btfTncd to
death, drowned or killed by the ex
plosion of boilers on tho steamship
St. Croix, off Point Duma, 18 miles
off here, according to the belief of
water-front men, based on the re
port brought by the officers of the
steamer City of Topeka.
The identity of the wrecked vessel
has not been absolutely established,
but officials of the Shumnck Ham
ilton Line, which owns tho St. Croix,
are satisfied that it Is their steamer.
Frantic calls by wireless have failed
to get any response from tho St.
Croix.
Bodies were seen dropping from
the burning hull of the vessel by
passengers on the City of Topeka.
The vessel was burned to the wa
ter's edge at 5 o'clock, when the
Topeka passed It. The Topeka re
mained cruising about the vessel un
til It was evident that no one alive
was on the wreck. William Brod
erlck, Charles Relnhelmer and Fred
Barrle, passengers of the City of
Topeka. rushed to this city with
news of the disaster as soon as the
City of Topeka docked.
The St. Croix left San Pedro at 5
o'clock A. M., for San FranclBco.
The St. Croix was built at Bath,
Maine, in 1895. She wns 240 feet
long, 40 feet beam and 59.90 feet
depth of hold. Her gross registered
tonnage was 1,933 and net tonnage
1.064 tons. She carried a crew of
59.
$1000 FOR KILLING BOY.
Chauffeur Who Pleads Guilty Will
Pay Fine Imposed.
Buffalo, N. Y. (Special). William
Krulwlch, the chauffeur who . ran
down and killed little Albert D.
Pries last July, appeared In criminal
term of Supreme Court and changed
his plea of not guilty to one of
guilty to tho Indictment charging
him with manslaughter in the second
degree.
Justice Marcus placed him on pro
bation for ten days urion the under
standing that he will, within that
time, pay the boy's father $1,000.
Krulwlch, who lives in Baltimore,
promised to produce tho money.
TKADIMJ GIKI.S FOR OPIUM.
An Ounce Of The Drug Buys A
Young Woman Near Manila.
Manila (Special). Natives of Sar
anganl, a group of Islands to the
south of Mindanao Island, are offer
ing In barter young girls each for
ono ounce of opium, according to
W. S. Lyon, a horticulturist, who re
turned from a trip through the South
coast of Mindanao.
Mr. Lyon reports that there Is a
considerable traffic in opium In South
Mindanao carried on by the Palm
Island. The Government cutters are
lacking In number and facility to
suppress the traffic.
Herb Doctor Sentenced.
Taunton, Mass. (Special) .
"Prof." Frank L. Hill, the herb doc
tor, of Fall River, who had previous
ly pleaded guilty of manslaughter In
connection with the death of Amelia
St. Jean, of Woonsocket, R. I., was
sentenced to not less than seven nor
more than ten years In State prison.
After the girl's death In his of
fice Hill dismembered her body anj
distributed it in the woods near Tiv
erton, R. I.
Pleads For Boy Bandit.
Lawrence, Kan. (Special). Willie
McKay, the 15-year-old Jacksonville,
Fla., bandit, was arraigned before
Judge Means of the Juvenile Court
here charged with robbing the Eu
dore State Bank last week In com
pany with Earl Bullock. Fred Starr,
the bank cashier, whom Bullock shot
In the Jaw, appealed to the Court
for leniency for McKay. Judge
Means continued the Investigation
and .McKay was returned to Jail.
Aeroplane For German Army.
Berlin (Special). A new aero
plane, adapted to military purposes
and built by Engineer Hoffmann un-
der the direction o'f the army admin-
istration, has been completed. In
making this announcement the Tage-1
blatt says that a French motor will ;
be used provisionally because that!
type Is lighter than any constructed
in Germany. No mention is made
of the official trials of the airship.
Farmers As Kumcratorm.
Washington, D. C. (Special).;
Every farmer his own census enum-,
erator. This Is what Census Director
Durand hopes to bring ntjout before
t'm count of noses for the forthcom
ing census. In a statement Issued
he emphasizes the desirability of fie
agriculturist getting ready for the
census enumerator by having at h:ind
by April 15, next, the information
that he will be asked to furnish.
FIFTY STUDENTS ARE
CAUGHT IH A FIRE
Library of Georgetown Universi
ty Destroyed.
MANY VERY THRILLING INCIDENTS.
Occupants Of Building Manage To
Kscnpe Without Injury $10,000
Worth Of Valuable Hooks Burned.
Horse D.ishes Down An Embank
ment And Hose-Curt Demolished.
Fire Marshall In Had Spill Loss
Covered By Insurance.
Washington, D. C. (Special). A
fire, which at one time threatened to
cause serious damage to Georgetown
University, started In the boiler room
of the Old North building, which is
used as the library and dormitory at
the university. The fire started in the
southwest corner of the building di
rectly over tho pipes leading from
the boiler, the pipes being almost
against the ceiling. The flames soon
spread to Mie library on the first
floor, and the smoke soon filled the
building. As it was shortly after 6
o'clock, some 60 students who slept
In the upper stories of the building
were aroused and with some difficulty
all managed to escape without injury.
The Are was confined to the li
brary, although a number of rooms
in the upper part of the building
buffered water damage. The firemen,
arriving quickly, soon got the flames
under control, but a number of very
valuable old books In the library
were destroyed. Old North building
of the university was erected In 1795
and contained what Is known as the
Graduate library, and was Cllti with
valuable books, paintings and an
tiquities. Rev. Henry J. Shandelle, S. J., the
librarian. Is a collector of many rare
volumes, and the library has been
collected by its various librarians
since 1830.
It Is estimated that the loss of the
library will amount to about $10,000,
although the building was onlv slight
ly damaged. It was fully insured.
During the fire several exciting In
cidents occurred on the university
campus. First, a spirited team of
fire horses hitched to a hoBe cart
drew up at the brink of a high em
bankment near the university. While
the driver, Ernest W. Lowe, hastened
to get the blanket to cover the
steaming horses the team became
restless and bolted over the edge of
the embnnkment and fell down near
ly 100 fwt. Lowe seized the horses
by the bits and was whirled downs
the hill with the horses and cart.
The embankment Is graded Into
two terraceB. When the cart struck
the second terrace the wagon pole
hit the ground and snapped oft.
Lowe and the horses were hurled in
one direction and the hose cart went
In another direction to the bottom
of the hill. Neither tihe horses nor
the driver were Injured, but tho hose
cart was reduced to kindling wood.
Added to these two accidents was
another to Fire Marshal Nichol.'ou.
On his way to the fire the horse
pulling Ms buggy fell and upset the
wagon, dragging the Marshal and the
wagon some distance. The fourth
accident at the fire occurred when
the horse driven by T. M. Robinson,
superintendent of machinery, while'
dashing to the Are stumbled and
had a bad fall, the driver escaping
Injury.
MONOPOLY OF WIRE COMMUNICATION.
The IJell Telephone Absorbs the
Western Union.
TWO VAST SYSTEMS.
Stock and bonds of
the American
Telephone la n d
Telegraph Co. .. $592,473,400
Stock and bonds of
the Western Un
ion Telegraph Co. $165,000,000
Property of Ameri
can Bell $545,045,600
Property of West
ern Union 1124,086,920
Miles of telephone
wires 12,999,369
Miles of telegraph
wires 2,072,831
Telephone employes 118,871
Telegraph employes 23,862
Annual salaries to
telephone wage- a
earners $48,980,704
Annual salaries to
telephone wage
earners ........ $15,013,012
Phone messages an
nually 5,956,800,000
Telegraph messages
by Western Un
ion annually.... 68,053,000
Shot ny A Boarder.
Grand Rapids. Mich. (Special).
Mrs. Samuel Toylor, aged 60 years,
who lived on a farm In Ottawa
County, is dead as the result of a
yuiiidiot wound, Inflicted by George
Scelman, aged 25, who boarded at
her house. Seelman was found In
tht liouso where Mrs. Taylor was kill
ed and arrested. He admits the
(hooting, and wa disco vored weak
from the loss of blood, having shot
hlnuelf. Ills Injuries are not
thought fatal. The prisoner say
the tragedy was the result of a quarrel.
Lion Attacks A dress,
Springfield, Ohio (Special). At
tacked by a Hon which she had Just
finluhed putting through a perform
ance at theatre. Miss Bertha A!l,;ow
er was saved from death bv on- of
the actors, who seized a prodding!
iron and beat back the lion lito.
Its cage.
ItKSClE HF.LPLKSS PATIENTS.
Discharged Janitor Of Hospital
Charged With Causing Fire.
San Francisco (Special). T. T.
Saunders, a discharged Janitor of St.
Luke's Hospital, which was partly
destroyed by fire, was arrested on
suspicion of being responsible for the
blaze. He resisted arrest but was
overpowered. He refused to make
any statement. Twenty patients,
many of them suffering from broken
limbs and uterly helpless, werp car
ried out of tho burning structure by
the police. Nurses and car men
from the nearby barne assisted In
this work, nnd it Is reported that all
patients have been accounted for.
It was reported soon after the fire
started that-one man had been left
In the building, but this was denied
by the hospital authorities.
Bnliy Kills Two Others.
Charlotte, Mich. (Special) '. For
tho second time little Ruth Butler,
four years old, Is responsible for the
death of a little Bister. Sometime
ago she pimhed a baby sister off the
bed and the infant strangled to
death Tuesday morning a 15-day-old
baby died from the effects of
chloroform playfully administered by
Ruth, who bad seen the mother use
the drug to stop aching teeth.
Young Girl Captured Burglar.
Princeton, Ind. Special). Miss
Grace Wltherspoon, 20 years old,
overpowered a burglar who had en
tered her home and wrenched from
his pras;) a pillowslip containing
$200 worth of Jewelry and furs which
the Intruder had stolen from an up
stairs room.
New York (Special). Announced
in Boston, confirmed in New York
and commented on with interest
everywhere, another billion-dollar
merger became a reality In the finan
cial world with the practical absorp
tion of the Western Union Telegraph
Company of the American Telephone
asd Telegraph Company. The West
ern Union, one of the pet properties
of the late Jay Gould, has been In
the Gould family for a generation,
and It was by the sale of Gould stock
that the merger was accomplished. .
George J. Gould, chairman of the
executive committee of the Western,
said:
"It is a fact that we have sold a
large part of our holdings in tho
Western Union Telegraph Company
to the Telephone Company. I be
lieve this will inure to the benefit
of both the public and tho Western
Union stockholders, as the business
of both companies can be handled
so that they form a complement to
each other, thus giving to the fullest
extent prompt and satisfactory serv
ice to their patrons. They should
bo worked In harmony, which will
be to the great advantage of the pub
lic, as well as the mutual Interest of
both companies."
George J. Gould Is also quoted as
saying that the reason which actu
ated him in the sale was the desire
to have more time to devote to his
Western properties. In Wall Street
the amount of the Gould holdings
was set at about 250,000 shares, or
about 25 per cent, of the total stock
of the Western Union outstanding.
The price was conjectured to have
been In the neighborhood of 85.
In some quarters the total pur
chase by the American Telephone
and Telegraph Company was set at
28 per cent, of the Western Union's
outstanding stock. The telephone
company was said to have acquired
voting rights on about 25 per cent,
more, giving it tho voice of a ma
jority stockholder to the direction
of the affairs of the Western Union.
Elsewhere It was pointed out that
with stock as well distributed as that
of the Western Ulonn 28 per cent,
of the shares would have amounted
virtually to a controlling Interest.
While the report has been current
that the Mackay companies, control
ling the Postal Telegraph Company,
will ultimately be included in the
plan" of reorganization, no confirma
tion of this could be obtained in New
York. Officers of the Postal were
emphatic In their statements that the
company would remain on an inde
pendent basis.
Disbar Bryan's Nominator. ,
Lincoln, Neb. (Special). I. J.
Dunn, Assistant City Attorney of
Omaha, who nominated W. J. Bryan
for President at the Democratic Na
tional Convention of 1908, was ad
Judged guilty of contempt by tho
Nebaska Supreme Court and was in
definitely disbarred from practicing
In this court because of language
used by him in a brief in a city
case recently in which he criticised
a decision by Justice Rose.
IN THE WORLD OF FINANCE
WARSHIPS HURRY
. OH TO NICARAGUA
Zelaynr Must Answer For Exeen
lion of Americans.
PRESIDENT TAFT MUCH AROUSED
Upon Learning That Zelaya Had
Allowed The Two ,nierlcnns To
Be Summarily Shot, Despite Our
Consul's Appeal, Tho State 1)0'
pni'tment Orders The Vlckuburg
And Des Moines To Put On Full
Speed Reception Of , Xlcaraguau
Minister Postponed.
Washington, D. C. (Special). An
nouncement that this govcrnmenr Is
tired of the high-handed actions of
the small Central American repub
lics practically was contained in a
dispatch sent to the Blucflelds
Steamship Company, which sought
the protection of the State Depart
ment from Interference by the in
surgents now operating against Pres
ident Zelaya. An hour Inter a per
emptory note, couched In diplomatic
language, but none the less direct,
was delivered to Senor Felipe Rod
riguez, charge d'affaires of the Nlca
raguan legation, demanding a full
and complete explanation of the ex
ecution of the two Americans, Leon
ard Grace and Leroy Cannon, who
were executed by order of Zelaya
when they were found in the In
surgent army.
Pending a satisfactory explanation
of the occurence. President Taft has
refused to recognize Isidore Ilazera,
the new NIcaraguan minister. Mr.
Taft Is thoroughly aroused by the
actions of the Zelayan government,
and apparently is determined to
make the lives of United States cit
izens much safer and considerably
more respected in Central America
than they have been hitherto.
I The attitude of the government
i was clearly shown when the State
j Department sent a dispatch to the
I Blucflelds Steamship Company, the
j headquarters of which is In New
Orleans. The company's regular
' Fteamer was about to set sail for
i Blucflelds. Nicaragua, with a mis
' cellaneous cargo, counted in which
I were a number of rifles and other
' munitions of war. Tho corporation
. was warned by ngents of the Nlca-
raguan Insurrectionary forces that
, the vcbscI would be liable to seizure
! and the steamship people promptly
I called on the State Department to
' declare the protection this govern
j ment would give in ouch a case.
I The State Department promptly re
i plied. The answer was the result
of a conference between the Presi
dent and Secretary of State and car-
rted full weight. It gave the stcam
' Bhip concern no encouragement and
practically recognized the revolu
tionary forces operating against the
Zelayan administration, a proceed
ing for which there probably, Is no
parallel in the records of this gov
ernment. The dispatch directed to
the steamship company of New Or
leans and signed "Knox, Secretary of
State," read:
"If the announced blockade or In
vestment of the NIcaraguan port of
San Juan del Norte (Greytown) is
effectively maintained, and the re
quirements of international law, In
cluding warning to approaching ves
sels, are obeerved, this government
would not be disposed to Interfere
to prevent its enforcement. A naval
vessel will be ordered to Greytown
to observe and report whether the
blockade is effective."
Nicaragua hos been one of tho
Central American republics that has
given this government more trouble
In the last few years than any other,
save, perhaps Venezuela under tho
sway of President Castro.
DEATH RATHER THAN TRIAL.
Thome, The Composer, Dead.
Paris (Special). Francis Thome,
the composer, died hero. He was
born October 18, 1S50.
Her Vengeance Complete,
Perry, Okla. (Special). "Now I
can return home satisfied, since the
murderer of my husbanl Is banged."
Thus spoke Mrs. Isaac Fell, of Cald
wel., Kaua., after witnessing the exe
cution of Henry Armstrong, who kill
ed Fell In Perry several months ago.
Mrs. Fell would not loave even after
the drop had been sprung, but in
sisted on waiting till the Tv'iyslclans
In attendance had pronounced the
murderer dead.
A Famous Fighter Dead,
Capltan. N. M. (Special). Col. D.
J. N. A. Jewett, a veteran of the
Crimean and Civil Wars, a famous
duelist In Europe and an Indian
fighter of Now Mexico, la doad. He
was a native of Boston and was Capl
tan's oldest citizen.
Bank Robber Secure $1,(100.
Dei Mpinci. Iowa (3peclal). Two
masked wen dynamited the safe In
tho Bank of Alleman, at Alleman.
10 mile north of Des Moines, and
escaped with $1,600
Woman Hermit Worth $(t'J,0OO.
Fan Francisco, Cal. (Special).
When the estate of Sirs." Sii.san.ic
Mooro was probated by tho adminis
trator It was discovered that the
woman, who was supposed to have
died in poverty, possessed a for
tune approximated at $62,000, of
which $32,000 was In cash. Mrs.
Moore lived in a hovel, and for years
was a churge of the Catholic benevo
lent associations. Since the fire of
1906 she received aid from the Red
Cross Society. Two cousins in the
East are heirs to the estate.
Professor A Suicide.
- Champaign, 111, (Special). The
body of Prof. Wilfred C. Wheeler, a
member of the staff of the chemistry
department of the University of Il
linois, was found on the campus of
mo institution, a small bottle found
nearly Indicated that be had poison
ed himself. -
Bubonic Plague In Caracas.
. Caracas (Special). Tho bubonic
plague has reappeared in this city.
Five new cases have been reported,
three of which terminated fatally.
London was a good buyer of Penn
sylvania Railroad stock.
Bank of England did not change
Its 5 per cent, discount rate.
The amount of mined copper has
increased 3,600 tons so far this
month.
Cambria Steel and Lukens Iron
& Steel Compnny have advanced the
price of steel plates.
Kuhn, Loeb and Company have un
derwritten the Missouri Pacific's $29,
f06,000 of 6 per cent, convertible
bonis, which are offered to share and
bond owners at 95.
America's cotton seed crop Is
worth this year nearly $100,000,000.
It has not been very Ions since cotton
Feed was thrown away as valueless.
Now It demands, about 50 cents a
bushel.
More gold was engage.! for export.
Popular report is that the proposed
Copper trust will have $700,000,000
stock, all common. The market value
of tie companies mentioned Is $4 50,
000,000. The Big Four authorized an Issue
of $20,000,000 bonds.
Neuburger, Henderson & Loeb say
that "a new and Importunt interest
has been created during t.'ie past
week" and also that "the important
interests" show no disposition to sell
their stocks.
Atlantic "Coast Line shareholders
authorized $23,500,000 debenture 4
per cent, bonds, convertible Into
stock, at $135 a share. They also au
thorized a general mortgage for
$200,000,000 for refunding and other
purposes.
American exports In October were
$198,724,000, which was an Increase
of $26,740,000 over October, 1908.
Imports last mbnth were $126,949,.
000, a gain or $23,908,000 over a
year ago. This excess of exports over
import of almost $72,000,000 la
lartly due to our heavy shipments
of cotton. In the earlier months this
year, this country's exports hardly
kept up with the big Imports.
Wealthy Mn Charged With Murder
Cut His Throat.
Lafayette, Ind. (Sr-cclal). Elias
Ray, one of tho wealthiest landown
ers of Indiana, killed himself with a
penknife tather than go to court to
face trial for the murder of one of
his employes last spring.
Ray was a wealthy landowner.
His estate was worth about $1,000,
000. His attorneys asked u change
in venue from this county on the
plea that tho public was prejudiced
atralnst him. The change was refus
ed by Judge Dehart.
. Ray wns downcast, a he believed
he would not have a fair trial. The
housekeeper on one of Tils farms
south of this city went to his room
to call him and found him dead. He
had cut his throat. .
THE RESCUERS " NEARLY jjjufl
Daring Exploit to Satisfy yjc.
tims' Families.
Thomas Morrla Ami fi v i ,.
of t r. arS
Descend The Shaft Of The I'
P.ul Ml, W,cro Thro,
Lie DeadDeed Of lnini VT
most Without Knii,.l ...
Accor,,;,ll,,c(i, '""
Cherry, 111. (Special). For tho
first 8lnce Sund
took their uve8 m lllelr hauda n
descended the ventilating shait 0
the St. Paul mine, in the blocked Z
300 men and boys lie dead
-iJr6 "P'olt successfully car.
Y Willi ThKma8 M0rrl8 M R
Y. Williams, both of the I'niiUi
States Geological Survey. They w
neany exhausted when hauleUto 5!
h' .h1 ,W.ere qulckly revlve under
J "V? .What lhey discovered It 1,
thought the lire has moved back from
the main shaft and that it
Possible to enter the mine soon.
thJ JV""a mB- "'"eh the lighter man of
the two, descended to the second gal.
lery where the fire started. Th
shaft was comparatively cool Thera
was considerable steam but much
less smoke than on Sunday
The buckets In which the descent
was made were large enough only to
stand In, and the effort of holding
to the rope, carrying their oxygen
apparatus on their back at th
ouiuo ume wore totu men out and
impeded exploration.
fci'T6'1? t'M"'" 8ald Morrl when
his head, hidden in a metallic cap
like that of a diver, appeared above
the pit.
The two men were lowered after
several hours of preparation. The
mouth of the shaft was surrounded
by firemen, reporters, miners and of
ficers. ,
First a test was made for black
damp, which was discovered at a
depth of 100 feet. There were those
who argued against the risk of any
more lives, but the importunities of
surviving miners that a last dosper.
ate chance be taken prevailed. The
buckets were carefully lowered and
rehoisted before tho two experts
started.
J- W. Paul, of Pittsburg, of the
government mine rescue service,
stood at the mouth of tho shaft to
manage the descent.
Morris and Williams said that the
scene in the pit was wolrJ.
"All about us," said Williams, "the
steam seemed to whirl and toss. There
was little smoko nnd much less heat
than during the descent I mado last
Sunday. For tho first 90 feet down
I noticed tho timber supports were
considerably scorched, but lower
down this was less noticeable. As
we slowly descended I gave tho sig
nal frequently to stop, hoping when
I reached certain depths to look Into
the galleries. But tho steam was
too dense, I did not see any bodies.
"When I reached tho lowest level
nt 300 feet my hands and feet began
to bo so numb I seemed to have lost
the sense of feeling. I quickly gave
the signal to ascend. Before I got
to the top I felt rather queer, but
the fresh air soon revived mo."
WASHINGTON
BY TELEGRAPH
Within five years Uruguay will
have 140,600 olive trees,. capable of
producing 2,000,000 pounds of olives
and &0.000 gallons of oil.
Dividends $40 A Share.
Now York (Special). The Stand
ard Oil Company declared a quarter
ly dividend of $10 a chare, which
is unchanged from-the same quarter
a year ago. Today's dividend brings
the total of dividends for the year
to $40 per share, the same amount
that has been paid for several years
past.
Hunter Mistook Man For Doer.
Island FallB. Mo. (Special).
Again the huntsman with defective
eyesight ond a gun, believing that
ar object he saw In a thicket was a
a moose or a deer, Hnrvcy Bowster
sent a bullet through the brneh and
into tho back of Milan Jarvis, kill
ing him Instantly. . ,
To Try Alleged Night Itldeis.
Union City, Tenn. (Special). A
special term of court was convened
ljer'e to try the alleged Night Riders
convicted of the murder of Capt.
Quentln Rankin on October 18
1908. Six of the eight men were
sentenced to bang, but the cases were
reversed by the Supreme Court. The
Attorney General of Ohio County will
make an effort to have the men re
indicted. A special grand jury has
been empaneled.
Diphtheria Among Nurses.
Chicago (Special). Eight nurses
at the Cook County Hospital are
stricken with diphtheria and are con
fined in the contagious wards of the
institution. All the cases developed
within the last week. y
Girl Assaulted Ad Slain.
Milwaukee (Special). The i body
of Hattle Zlnda, the 14-year-old
daughter of Joseph Zlnda, was found
In a deserted lime shed. She bad
been assaulted and murdered. Them
Is no clew to the sluyer.
The Washington Asylum Hospital
physicians are puzzled over the coe
of a well-dresBed man who was wan
dering about barefooted and coudn'l,'
tell his name.
John C. Davis, the promoter, was
arraigned in tho Criminal Court on
the charge of forgery and embezzle
ment, and pleaded not guilty.
Census Director Durand sent out
instructions to the supervisors who
are to take tho next census.
Intimation has been given to the
Chilean minister thnt unless final dis
position Is mado of tho Alr.on case,
our diplomatic representatives will he
withdrawn.
Under orders from Secretary of
Agriculture Wilson, government in
spectors are seizing bleached flour.
Count Do Buisserot. the Uolgln"
minister, presented his credential,
to President Taft at tho Unit
House.
A tarantula which escaped froai
a package caused consternation in
the Dead Letter Office.
Final acceptauco of the new ba
tleshlp South Carolina was acknowl
edged by Secretary Meyer.
State Department officials arc pro
voked by Chill's procrastination l
settling the Aleop claim.
Barou Liang Kucl. of Culr.a, ayo
his party were officially received V
tho Secretary of State.
Forty-two immigrants on tne"
way to tho Unltod States have been
detained at Quebec.
Former Sheriff Shlpp. of ' a
nooga, Tenn.; Jeremiah Clbson MJ
Jailerand Williams. Nolan. PaifcCtt
and Mayso wcro sentenced t o t
in Jail by the Supremo Cou.t w
contempt in not prosecuting i"
lynching of F.d Johnson.
The Employers' liability la
declared constitution! l-10 "
preme Court in a elision on an ap
peal from New Mexico i'i
of Glntenez vs. El Paso ond Net"
eastern Railroad.
Tho State Depart -ncnt hA iwn
a statement doclarlng that tba
anese-Chincse treatien no
the "open door"' principle.
Baron Linus Kuei. fcrothcr-In-lpw
of Prince Regent of Chi.i a. ar'i 1
to investigate government rfo.m-
A farewell dinner V'.loln
London by Amuasiad-.r l.eid o J"
R. Curtor. United States minister to
Rduwanla. " . ' ...
Tho Dominican CoiiHrocs feu
fled the extradition treaty be
that government and the t'nlteo
Stales.. . . ' ,j
Nlcnruguan . revolutionists
th steamer Dictator, ' of the UK"
fields Company. au
The National Association of ';
way Commissioners adopted a urn
form code of demurrkgs ruus.
Dowager Duchess Ccn.ueln . e
Manchester la reported to b very
Wells-Fargo Kxprs l aj',,"
cut a melon that roakti all othor ai
trlhutlons of this tort lock :
lemons. Tho directors hav, rtocWJJ
to.lncrenso the capital . fs
$8,000,000 to $J.000,000 and !
to declare a dividend of $300
eharo out of tno aocnmulnM ur'
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