THE NEWS.
Domestic
Paul Redleske, deputy commission
er ot public works In Chicago, whose
name has been mentioned tn connec
tion with alleged graft unearthed by
the Mcrriam Commission Investiga
tion, resigned.
The dictograph, Invented by K. M.
Turner, sent renditions of opera from
the Metropolitan Opera House by
wireless over New York City, to ships
and through New England.
Ray Lamphere, who recently died
at Uie Indiana Penitentiary, left a
confession relating how he had as
luted Mrs. Bolla Guinness to bury
the men she murdered.
George P.' Day was elected treas
urer ot the Yale Corporation, suc
ceeding Iasc McCluag. who resigned
to become treasurer ot the United
States.
Jacob H. PchtfT, the New York
banker, reelfuiod from the director
ates ot the I'nlon Pacific and South
ern Railroads.
President Richard A. Jackson, of
the RocJc Island Ra LI road, resigned,
and Robert Walker was elected as his
successor.
The Pittsburg Company" Is Bulng
the Pennsylvania Railroad for refus
ing to transport oleo oil without the
stamp.
But one of a crew of 30 survived
when the steamer Czarina struck on
a rocky bar off the Coast of Oregon
James Sargent, inventor and mauu.
facturer. died last night at hJs homt
In Rochester, N. Y., aged 86 years
Mrs. George Wilson, of Portches
ter, Ct., attempted suicide by setting
her clothing afire.
Dr. Andrew Jackson Davis, clalr
voyant and lecturer on spiritualism,
died in Boston.
The Boston Elevated Rallwa)
Company ncreased the wages of ai.
Its employes.
President William C. Brown, o'
the New York Central Railroad, de-
lares that consumption is o' ertakint
production In the United Slates, and
tJiat in a few years there will be noth,
lng to export.
Leaders In the ranks of the Unltef
Mlneworkers of America believe t
general Increase of 20 per cent. It
the wage scale which will probabl)
le aafcej and be granted by employ
era.
Mayor Caynor anounced the ap
pointment of Herman Robinson, gen.
eral organizer for the American Fed
eratlon of Labor, as commissioner ol
licenses.
Wm. Randolph Hearst denies thai
he had anything to do with the pub
lication of the stolen Wtckershair
letter published In the Cosmopolitan
Magazine.
W. H. Felman, the Terre Haute
Jeweler who committed suicide. If
eald to have accused Effle Sellesbury
of his death because he was Jealous
of her.
Judge Crow, of Belleville, 111., sen
tenced James Pullman, a child mur
derer, to Jail for life, saying hanging
would not be sufficient punishment.
Governor Harmon, of Ohio, has
sent a message to the General Assem.
bly asking that the high prices asked
for food be Investigated. ,
JuJge John Calvin Reed, of At
lanta. Ga., a former leader of the
Ku Klux. Is dead.
The price of cotton took another
tumble, the decline amounting to
over $3.50 a bale.
A quarrel over a chicken oanscd
a riot among Greeks and Slavs at
Hammond, Ind.
The National Live-Stock Assocla
tlo has Indorsed Gifford Plncbot.
t oreign
The Chilian government is sending
formal invitations to all countries to
participate In the national festivities
next September, when a centenary ol
Independence will be celebrated.
The marriage of King Manuel of
Portugal und Princess Pati4clu,
youngest daughter of the Duke of
Cunnaught, will be solemnized next
May.
A number of Spanish Army officers
have been Imprisoned in fortresses
for fomenting a conspiracy against
the present Liberal cabinet.
Advices from Brlliaba, Lake Al
bert Uganda, Africa, report Colonel
Roosevelt and all the rest of the
Smithsonian expedition well.
Benor Palaecio has been chosen to
succeed Senor Don Lula Pastor as
secretary of the Spanish Legation at
Wasbintgon.
Forty to fifty per cent, of the na
tives of the Samoan Islands are In
fected with the hookworm disease.
The Belgian royal family, with
exception of Prlnroe Louise daugh
ter of the late King Leopold, have
arranged to do everything possible to
avoid lawsuits and scandal in con
nection with the distribution 'of Leo
pold's fortune.
A dispatch from Toklo expresses
the belief that Japan and Russia
have reached a complete agreement
on the subject of the neutralization
ot the Manchurian railways.
The Kmperor of Japan gave audi
ence to Rev. Francta C. Clark, of Bos
ton, fonnder of the United Society of
Christian Endeavor.
Robert Bamn, United 8tatea am
bassador to France, was elected hon
orary president of die American Club
In Paris.
German exports to the United
States in 1909 aggrogaU-d la value
$166,913,698. an increase of $38,
674.640 over 1908.
A. M. Moore, surgeon, United
Btatea Navy, retired, died in Naples,
Italy, ot pneumonia.
Governor Colton'n mneuage was
presented to the legislature of Porto
Rico.
Mulal Hafid, Sultan of Morrocco,
paid 8300 000 and redeorood at the
government pawnahop In Paris the
crown Jewels that bad been pledged
by the depose. sultan.
The Gorman government lias
agreed to Fecretary Knox's plan for
for the neutralization of the Man
rhorian Railways.
Marquis de Vlllalobar Is slated to
umced Count de San Lula, Spanish
ambassador to Lisbon.
Gave Ilia life To Have Daughu-r.
PKtBburg, Pa. (Special). Alexan
tier Hilger, aged 66, was killed by a
locomotive on the Pittsburg;, fort
Wayne and Cblcago Railroad at
LooUdale, It milea west of owe,
while saving bis daughter from th
ium fate. HUger waa oroaatog- th
tracks with his daughter when a train
came suddenly upon them, Ullgei
violently punned bla daughter for
ward and away from the engine, but
In so doing threw himself backward,
directly the path of the train.
TWO WATCHMEN HAVE
BATTLE WITH REVOLVERS
Survivor Then Writes to His
Wife and the Police.
PLAY A GAME Of HIDE AND SEEK.
Ferris Says He And His Opponent
Dodged Around The Holler Blaz
ing Away At Each Other So Far
As Can He Learned The Men Quar.
rifled Over Their Work.
New York (Special). The tale ot
a battle with revolvers between two
watchmen In a store at Broadway
and Twenty-first Street is told by
the survivor, John Ferris, who was
familiarly called "Old Pop" Ferris.
He Is 62 years old. The man be
killed was William Woods, 70 years
old.
After the fight Ferris wrote a let
ter to the police aud one to his wife;
but he was not arrested until the
Janitor went to the utore next morn
ing. So far as can be learned, the men
quarreled over their work,-and lat
er, when in liquor, fought with their
fists and then with revolvers, until
Woods dropped dead. Ferris was
unscathed. He said he dodged the
bullets fired by the older man.
The shooting was done In the en
glue room In the basement of the
store. Here, according to Ferris,
tne watchmen shut themselves up to
gether and blazed away at close
quarters, dodging and running, try
ing to get the drop on each other
and playing bide and seek around
the boilers.
The dead man leaves a widow and
three children living at 22 Twelfth
Street. Whitestone, Long Island.
Ftrris lives at 590 East One Hun
dred and Sixty-seventn Street, and
has a wife and two hoys, the latter
being emp:oyed at Tiffany's. This
1b what Ferris old the police:
"Woods was la'e in getting to the
store. He should have been there
at 6 o'clock, but riKn't get there un
til 7.20 o'clock. When 1 asked him
o pitch In and help with the work
we had to do he said 'Go to !'
"I tbld him to brace up and get
a move on, and he went on to tell
me In a number of ways that he
didn't Intend to lift a finger. I got
mad at his cussedness -and went out
for a while. When I got back he
went out.
"About 11 o'clock we started the
argument again, hotter than before,
and by and by the old man drew off
a .id gave me a stiff one In the Jaw.
I boxed bis ears, and then he drew
his gun. Before he could fire I was
on the Jump, because I knew he
would shoot.
"He blazed away, and I had to
fight for my life. I drew my gun
and hit hiin with the first shot. That
didn't stop him, and I had to shoot
again, and then again. He dropped,
and I picked up his gun."
Two revolvers were turned over
to the police by Ferris. One of
them, which he said was his own,
was of .32 caliber; the other was
a .38 caliber and bad four emptied
chambers.
After the r.hootlng Ferris very
quietly Bat down and wrote to police
headquarters, setting forth what had
occurred and asking that some ono
be sent to arrest bim and take charge
of the body. He also wrote to hli
wife, and then went out to mail the
letters. When the janitor came In
the morning he summoned a patrol
man and Ferris was arrested.
Ferris had been employed at the
store for 37 years and Woods for 8
years.
Killed Warming Himself.
Chlcaco (Special) While warming
himself at a manhole near the Polk
Street Railroad Station, an unidentifi
ed homeless man was killed by losing
hla balance and plunging down
among the numerous exhaust pipes.
He was suffocated by escaping
steam before assistance arrived. The
man, who was thinly clad, became
dissatisfied with the amount of heat
coming out of nhe manhole, and open
ed the Iron grating to get the full
benefit of tho steam.
PRESIDENT TAFT'S VIEWS
ON CONSERVATION
Asks That Ballinger'a Recommendations Be Framed Into
Law Executive, Requests That Laws Be Passed
Without Waiting For Result of Inquiry.
Speaks Out Boldly In Defense Of
Conserving National Resources
And Clears Away All Charges
That Have Been Made Against
Him Wants Lands He Ordered
Withdrawn Validated Desires
More Laws With Teeth In Them
Ignores Waterways.
THE PRESIDENT'S VIEWS.
All the principal land statutes
were enacted more than a quar
ter of a century ago.
Problem Is how to save, how
to utilize, how to conserve and
still develop.
The Importance of the mainte
nance of our forests cannot be
exaggerated.
Lands should be classified ac
cording to their value or use.
The power of the Secretary of
the Interior to withdraw from the
operation of existing statutes
tracts of land, the dispopJtlon of
which under such statutes would
be detrimental to the public In
terest, Is not clear or satisfac
tory. Productive powers of the soil
shduld have the attention of
scientists, that they may be con
served and enriched.
Washington, D. C. (Special).
The President sent his conservation
message to Congress
Mr. Taft asks tor new land laws
which have been drawn by Secre
tary Bellinger.
The message also asks Congress
to validate withdrawals by the Sec
retary of the Interior, and points
out the difficulty of enacting laws
that wllj both conserve and develop.
Separation of the soil from the
minerals beneath It Is urged as well
as laws to prevent monopoly both
in minerals and water powers.
The President calls attention to
the need of conserving the fertility
ot the soil, which work, he says, is
more important than saving woods,
waters or minerals. He recommend3
a loan of 83,000,000 to complete ir
rigation projects already commenced
and remarks upon the distressing
condition of those settlers who have
taken up land and the Irrigation de
layed. Failure to complete these
projects, he says, is
MAY HAVE BEEN
A SYRIAN PLOT
Police Still Hunting Man Who
Shot Boys.
DEAD BOY AW INNOCENT VICTIM.
Robert Lomas Relieved By Police
To Have Reen Mistaken For Nas
sib Shlbley, Foster-Brother Of The
Other Boy Shot Nasslb's Father,
Who Killed Wife And Himself. In
1008, Had Persistently Fought
Certain Syrian Societies.
Aew YorK (Specflal). A venge
ful Syrian plot, which partially mis
carried, may be the explanation of
the act of the seeming madman who
wantonly shot down two six-year-old
boys coasting on Washington
Heights, killing one of them and
fatally wounding the other. Such
meager clues as the police had were
lonowea up diligently in the effort
to run down the "shaggy dark man"
described by the pantc-strlcken boys
among wnom the murderous Strang
er appeared. But wnile still work
need relief from their distressed con
dltlon.
Discussing Inland waterways, the
president strongly recommends the
improvement of the Ohio River, from
riusDurg to Cairo, and of the up
per Mississippi. The former project
wouia cost 1(13,000,000
An experimental reforestation at
the nead of navigable streams by
the Forest Service Is recommended,
and a new law is urged on small
areas not Included In the national
forests.
THIS AVIATOR SOARS ABOVE THE CLOUDS
Paulhan, the Daring Frenchman, Rises 4,600 Feet-
He Breaks All the Records.
f
Aviator Soars Mountain High In
Meet At Los Angeles Fifty Thou
sand Spectators Watch Tho Speck
In The Sky Circles Over Balloons
Curt iss, The American, Beats
Frenchman In The Speed Trials
Balloon Out To Sea.
Aviation Camp, Los Angeles, Cal.
(Special). Louis Paulhan, French
aviator, broke all official and unoffi
cial records for altitude In a Far
man biplane by flying to a height
of more than 4,000 feet and de
scending safely after 50 minutes
46 1-5 seconds in the air.
As methods of measurement were
not exact, the exact height reached
Is not known, but It Is certain that
he exceeded the record of 3,600 feet.
The Instrument in Paulhan's machine
registered the greatest height at
4,600 feet.
The Judges' record of Paulhan's
altitude, which is still to be sanc
tioned officially, was 1,524 metres,
approximately 6,000 feet. The time
of descent was 7 minutee 30 sec
onds. He made his record shortly
after losing the r.poed record of the
course to Olenn H. Curtlss.
The Frenchman, using an engine
that had pust arrived from Paris, had
been on the course all afternoon.
He had circled tho course again and
again, skidding and dipping and
swinging corners in a daring fashion
that made his wife shiver with
fright.
The snn was low toward the sea
and the shadows had begun to gather
when Paulhan decided to go higher
breach of faith." And the people EiyTni Vttent on to th T?i,n.H
need relief frnm fhelr rtUtrnssod cAn- I ?'Vlng aUen.tlon 1 . tne alternative
meory mat Dotn Robert Lomas, the
dead boy, and Arthur Shibley, who
was shot, were the victims of a plot
oy enemies ot tne Shlbley family.
un tnis theory young Lomas is sup
posed to have been mistaken for
Nasslb Shlbley, an adopted son of
Arthur Shibley, Sr.
Nasslb Shlbley'8 father killed him
self and his wife In 1908 because of
domestic differences. He was an at
torney and had persistently fought
certain Syrian secret societies. His
brother Arthur adopted his son, who
was not In the crowd of boys among
whom the assassin appeared. It Is
assumed, however, that the stranger,
oeneving young Lomas to be the son
of the dead attorney, killed the boy
and then shot his intended victim's
foster brother.
The condition of the six-year-old
Shibley boy, who is in Washington
Heights ' Hospital, grew worse in
stead of better, as the physicians had
hoped, and Dr. C. C. Sichel, the head
physician, said that he thought in
order to save the little fellow's life
It would be necessary to transfuse
Into his veins blood from some
healthy person.
When Mrs. Shlbley, the boy's
mother, heard what Dr. Sichel
though, she said that she would un
dergo the operation. She was told
that transfusion would not be re
sorted to unless it was absolutely
necessary.
Coroner I. L. Fclnberg went to
the hospital to get the ante-mortem
statement of the Shibley boy. The
statement the boy made to the coro
ner differed somewhat from the one
he made shortly after he was shot.
The little fellow said that the man
who did the shooting had called to
Robbie Lomas and himself and told
them that he had something to show
them. They went to him. Arthur
said, and then the man began to
shoot at them with two pistols.
Another thing, the hoy said, was
that the man wore spectacles, and
that he seemed respectable. The
man, he said, followed him a short
distance after the shooting, but turn
ed and went In another direction
when he saw Arthur going toward
Edgecombe Avenue over the rocks
In the air than any man In a heavler-than-air
machine ever had flown.
The wind barely stirred. Cort
landt Field Bishop, president of the
Aero Club of America, stood in front
of the Judges' stand, enthusiastic
over the beautiful scene.
As Paulhan rose in the air he
bent low bis gray-capped head and
smiled as he made a short circle over
tho spectators. Curtlss had previous
ly tried the higher currents and come
down.
Paulhan pointed north, went up
1,000 feet, passed over the center
of the field again as though to take
another last look at a human face,
then turned north and up again.
The crowd grew breathlessly In
tent as the Frenchman and his air
machine rapidly became a speck in
the gathering twilight.
At a height of 1,300 feet Paulhan
described a great circle to feel tbe
currents. By this time he was a mile
and a half from camp. When word
spread that he had beaten Hubert
Latham's record of 1,800 feet the
vast throng became frantic.
Two thousand feet and still climb
ing. No one would have been sur
prised if the man and his little wings
had been swallowed up in the void.
After the aviator was as near out of
sight as he could be without disap
pearing, Paulhan began to descend,
much to the relief of the suspense
felt by the spectators.
He came down easily In front of
the grandstand, after having risen
to the plane of the mountain peaks.
As he leaped from his machine,
cheeks glowing and eyes flashing, he
was grabbed by his friends and car
ried to the grandstand, where he
bared his head amid a thunder ot
cheers.
FARMKRS GET VAST SUM.
Richard Olney In Hospital.
Boston (Special). Mr. Richard
Olney, Secretary of State In Presi
dent Cleveland's second Cabinet, Is
a patient at Carey Hill Hospital,
Brookline. Mr. Olney hae been suf
fering from an abdominal affection,
but his condition Is not serious. He
was operated on, and It is expected
he will be able to leave the hospital
within a week.
Gary, Ind., Dry By Seven Votes.
Laporte, Ind. (Special). Four
months more "the steel city" of
Gary will continue "dry" and by
the rule of a majority of only seven
votes. Judge Tuthill, ot the Superior
Court, handed down a decision In
favor of tho Anti-Saloon League tn
a suit brought by tbe saloonkeepers
of Gary to contest the result of an
election held 20 months ago.
Sinks With All Hands.
Creaeent City, Cal. (Special). A
lumber-laden schooner, supposed to
be tbe San Buenaventura, from
Eureka, went down with all on board
near Rogue River. 65 miles north of
here. AH hands were seen In the rig
ging a short time before the vessel
sank.
Star Witness Takes Pobton.
Dresden, Tenn. .(Special). Frank
Feherlnger, confessed Nlgbt Rider
and star witness for the State In the
trial at Union City of the alleged
murderers ot Capt. Quentln Rankin,
attempted suicide In Jail by taking
poison. He wrote a note saying
that family and friend, had desert
ed hlm. Feherlnger was under ar
rest on a charge of drunkenness and
shoeing up the town, but he prob
ably would have been released soon,
as a grand Jury had failed to Indict
him.
Zclaya Going To Belgium.
City ot Mexico (Special). After
having leased and taken poaaeaalon
ot a house -with tho announced In
tention of task lag his home here for
several months, at least, former Pres
ident Zeltya, of Nicaragua, declared
that be would sail for Belgium as
soon as he could make arrange
ments. This decision was said to
be due to' the receipt of a telegram
'rom Mr. Zelaya, now at Managua.
She baa decided to go direct to Brus
sels, ber old home, instead of Mini
lag to Mexico City to live. i
Corn, Wheat And Cotton Exported
At High Prices.
Washington, D. C. (Special). A
picture which reflects the prosperity
of the country, especially that of
the farmer, Is drawn In the state
ment ot domestlo exports for 1909
prepared by the Bureau ot Statis
tics of the Department of Commerce
and Labor.
Corn at 70 cents a bushel, wheat
at $1.04 a bushels anl about 12
cents for every pound o' cptton ex
ported Is tho record for 1909. More
than $24,000,000 worth of corn and
$48,000,000 of. wheat went from
American ports to feed the world
last year. More than $460,000,000
worth ot cotton went to foreign
looms, and as these figures show
only the exportations from the prin
cipal ports of trade, the detail state
ments will be larger.
While there are some decreases
shown from the year 1908, tbe show
ing is considered satisfactory.
Mae C. Wood Dlcharged.
New Tork (Special). The charges
ot forgery and perjury against Miss
Mae C. Wood, were dismissed in Gen
eral Sessions Court here and Miss
Wood was discharged from custody.
She was indicted in 1907, following
the trial of her suit against ex-United
Slates Sonator T. C. Piatt, who, she
alleged, married her In this oily.
Senator Piatt's Illness hae made im
possible his appearance In conrt to
testify against Miss Wood.
Ten Children Blown Up.
' Cbarlerol, Pa. (Special). Ten
children were killed outright and
the mother and two other children
were seriously Injured whim an ex
plosive, which Joseph Kentlc, a min
er, was thawing In tho kitchen of
his home, was discharged. The
house collapsed, burying the children
tn the ruins. Kentlc was blown out
the door in which he stood, but was
able to recover the bodies of his
children from the ruins. All the In
jured will recover.
A Kuklux Klan Leader Dead.
Montgomery, . Ala. (Special). -Judge
John Calvin Reed, of Atlanta,
Ga., noted as a lawyer, author and
scholar, died here, aged 77 years.
He was graduated from Princeton In
the elasa of 164, and saw service
throughout the Civil War In the
Eighth Oeorgla Volunteers. - He was
an active leader In the KJuklux Klan.
Deny riot To Kill King Manuel.
Lisbon (Special). The Govern
ment denied that a conspiracy
against the life of King Manuel had
bum discovered.
WASHINGTON
BY TELEGRAPH
JOHN F. FITZGERALD
IS BOSTON'S MAYOR
First Partyless Election For
nishes Exciting Contest.
Record Vote Is Cast In Boston
Under Unique Conditions Every
Man's Name And Street Address
Was Printed On The Ballot, But
. No Party Designations Fitzger.
aid Previously Served A Term As
Mayor His Campaign A Plea For
Vindication.
The Interstate Commerce Commis
sion dlsmlnsed the complaint of tbe
Loch Lynn Construction Company,
wnicn cnargea tne Baltimore and
unio Railroad with undue dlscriml
nation.
Separate statehood Iot Arizona and
New Mexico is authorized in a bill
oraerea reported by the House Com
mlttee on Territories.
Speaker Cannon lias promised to
me insurgents a fair deal In the cau
tuo, nuu riemut;ni lan nas taken a
hand to bring the warring Republl-
cou einiems in narmony.
A pardon Is being urged for Fred
erick Baker, the Unite 1 States marine
wno is serving a life sentence for de
serting to the Filipinos In time of
war.
Attorney General Wlckersham has
completed the tentative draft the ad
ministration Incorporation act.
A movement was started to raise
a $2,000,000 endowment fund for the
ueuiHo tvasningion university.
The House passed the fortlttcatlon
bill without amendment. The meas
ure approprlatea $5,617,200
The Signal Corps of the Army is
nrawuning a wireless telephone line
to Washington.
luin nest, t-oini cadets were
found guilty of hazing, and will be
uiumiBsea.
The tendency f native-born chil
dren of Immigrants to take up lucra
tive occupation is shown U a re
port of the Immigration Commission
The unpreparedness of the United
States has cause the proposed inter
national congress on hygiene to be
postponed until 1911 or 1912.
The report of Fourth Assistant
Postmaster General P. V. De Craw
shows an Increase in rural free deliv
ery mall of 96 por cent.
President Taft las accepted an In.
vltatlon to deliver the opening ad
dress at the Actor's Fund fair In
Now York on May 9.
Tbe "House passed the "white
lave" bill aud sent It to tne Senate.
It la said that the Spanish minister
la highly offended because the am
bassadors and ministers were sepa
rated at President Tart's New Year's
reception.
President Taft has accepted an In
vitation to attend the annual dinner
of the American Peace and Arbitra
tion League In New York on Mar oh
as.
The Supreme Court upheld the
power ol the Interstate Commission
to direct the distribution of coal cars
to give the Independents their fair
Quota.
LEFT IX JAIL FOJ1 A LESSON.
Millionaire's Son Finally Released
By Relatives.
St. Louis (Special). To teach
him a lesson, wealthy relatives left
James P. Thomas, son of a million
aire, In the St. Louis Jail for three
and a half months.
The charge of obtaining money un
der false pretenses was dismissed.
with tho statement that relatives had
settled the matter.
Thomas Is a son ot the late H.
M. Thomas, of Battle Creek, Mich.
He came here with the wife of a
wealthy Colorado man. His hotel
bill was paid with a check which
was returned, and he was arrested.
JUDGE FORCED TO TEARS.
Hated To Sentence Young Men To
The Penitentiary.
St. Louis (Special). Judge D. P.
Dyer, of the United States, District
Court, wept as he sentenced two
young men convicted of embezzle
ment. George F. Smith, Jr., 21
years old, and Wm. A. Gray, 20
years old, former bank clerks, must
each serve five years In the peniten
tiary at Leavenworth, Kansas. The
mittimus will be held until March 1,
In the hope that a pardon will be
granted.
"If the law permitted me to Im
pose a lighter sentence, I would do
so," said Judge Dyer. "I hate to
send young men to the penitentiary."
It Pays To Advertise. k
Chicago (Special). That adver
tising will fill a church as It will
a store Is the verdict of St. Law
rence Chandler. He advertised laat
week for lonely Christians to come
to South Park Methodist Episcopal
Church and received 46 replies.
Twenty-five of his correspondents
shook hands with him at the church,
and Mr. Chandler says he will ad
vertise again.
Lawson la Tobacco Deal.
Lexington, Ky. (Special). Thom
as W. Lawson, of Boston, arrived
here and began a conference with
officers of the Burley Tobacco So
ciety with a view to purchasing the
entire pooled crop ot the organisa
tion, amounting to 118,000,000
pounds. Mr. Lawson Is aatd to have
offered 20 cents a pound, and to
stand ready to bind bis contract with
a check 'or $2,000,000. He Is un
derstood to represent a Boston syndi
cate. ' ' i
Ten Drop Through Sidewalk.
Chicago (Special). One laborer
waa crushed to death and ten pedes
trian Injured when a sidewalk In
front of a downtown State Street de-
Cartment store collapsed hero. The
iborer was caught under the side
walk aa It foU and Instantly killed.
$500,000 Damage Doa By Ice,
Bvansvllle, lad. (Special). Dam
age conservatively estimated lo cl
ones of $600,000 Is resulting frm
tbe rapid loe movements out ot the
lower Ohio River.
Boston (Special) Boston Tuesday
in . the first partyless election held
under a new charter,, elected former
Mayor John F. Fitzgerald to again
fill the mayor's chair, this time for
a rour-year term, giving him 46,968
votes and a plurality of 1,223 over
bis nearest opponent, James J. Stor-
row, banker, former president of
tne Chamber of Commerce and for
mer chairman of tbe school board,
who received 45,745.
The most remarkable feature of
the election to many was the small
vote ot 1,783 given the present
mayor, George A. Rlbbard, who re
ceived 38,000 votes two years ago.
being elected on a "reform" ticket
over Fitzgerald. The fourth mayor,
allty aspirant, Nathaniel H. Taylor,
found only 629 supporters.
While the figures above, were
those announced at City Hall Mr.
Storrow's campaign manager had
other returns, and on these based a
statement, arlven out early in tne
evening, that while he acknowledged
the elctlon of Fitzgerald by an ap
parent plurality of 291 votes, ne
would ask for a recount.
The campaign, noteworthy In many
ways, was Boston s greatest. The
record total vote, 95,125, more than
84 per cent, of the total registration,
was cast.
Die Papers Against If Ira.
Mr. Fitzgerald won his victory In
spite of the fact that not one of the
dally newspapers of the city advocat
ed his election. He based his cam
paign on a plea for vindication, his
nrevious term in office having been
conspicuous for the exposure by the
finance commission or graft among
a number of his subordinates in the
city hall. Like Mr. Storrow. be is
a Democrat in national politics and
has -been a Democrat also heretofore
tn local politics.
Under the provisions of the new
charter the ballots bore no party
designations, but only the candidates'
names and street addresses.
Mr. Storrow, who resigned the
presidency of the Chamber of Com
merce to enter the campaign, maae
a determined fight to gain tho chief
executlve8hip of the city, promising
the citizens a progressive business ad
ministration. He was unable to over
come, however, the work of the pow
erful personal following for Mr. Fitzgerald.
Throughout tbe city excitement ran
high all day. The voting In the
early hours was heavy and by noon
It was evident that an unprecedented
vote was being cast. Tremendous ef
forts were made to get out the voters,
two men even being summoned to
leave their beds In a hospital to cast
their ballots.
Automobiles Used.
Hundreds of automobiles flashed
bont tbe city, conveying members
of the electorate to the polls, while
cabs and carriages of all descriptions
also were pressed Into service.
The ballots were cast in an order
ly fashion, only two incldeuta, tbe
arrest of an alleged repeater and an
assault, marred Its progress.
The campaign was probably - the
costliest ever waged In Boston. Page
after page In tbe newspapers was
bought for signed advertisements
lauding the various candidates, and
tbe city Itself was plastered with pos
ters. Scores of balls were hired for
rallies and expensive headquarters
were maintained by the leading can
didates In each of the 25 wards of
the city.
Celebrations by Fltzgeratd adher
ents were held fit night In many sec
tions of the city, and tbe headquar
ters or the ' little general ' on School
Street, next door to city hall, was
a center of rejoicing which extended
to thousands of enthusiastic support
ers in the street until a late hour.'
INAUGURATION BILL UP.
Change To April Is Favorably Re
ported By House Committee.
Washington. D. C. (Special).
The passing of the historic fourth of
March as a presidential Inauguration
date and the fixing ot the tourth
Thursday of April In Its place is pro
vided for in a resolution ordered
favorably reported by the House
Committee on the Judiciary.
The resolution, action on which
was unanimous, directs that hereaft
er the terms of the President, Vice
President, United States Senators
and representative in Congress shall
begin on the final Thursday of April.
This change Is not to apply to the
member of Congress until their
present term expiree.
The action of the committee fol
lows a general outcry against ' the
holding of Inauguration ceremonies
in Washington at a time when In
clement weather has been the rule
and when a billiard shuts off all com
munication with the outside world
for a time as marked the last in
auguration. Steel To Make Record.
New. York (Special). Smart Im
provement to record figures will be
shown In the steel trade In the forth
coming quarterly report of the Uni
ted States Steel Coroporatlon. to he
made public January 26. Tbe re
port, it was learned, will show an
unfilled tonnage at tbe close of It 01
close to 6.000,000 tons, the largest
reported in several years and a gain
ot over 1,000,000 tons, compared
with September 80.
A YALE AN AS
1 THE CHIEF FORESTER
Prof. H. S. Graves Selected to
Succeed Pinchot.
ALBERT F. POTTER WILL BE ASSISTANT.
The New Head Of The Service Is
Now Pinchot Professor At The
Yale Forestry School And Will,
With His Assistant, Carry Out
The Policies Of The Dismissed Of
ficial' -Selections Made After A
Conference, Hurriedly Called, At
Hie White Home.
Washington, D. C. (Special). An
nouncement was made at thi White
House that Henry S. Graves, dlerctbr
of the Yale Forest School and for
two years assistant chief of the old
division ot forestry under Gifford
Pinchot, has been selected by Presi
dent Taft and Secretary of Agricul
ture Wilson to succeed Mr. Pinchot
as chief of the forestry service. Al
bert F. Potter, of Arizona, assistant
forester, will be appointed associate
foreBter. Mr. Graves will take up
his new duties February 1 and Mr.
Potter will continue in charge mean
time.
The appointment of Mr. ' Graves
came with surprlsng quickness. Ever
since the dismissal of Mr. Pinohot
last week both the President and Sec
retary Wilson have been represented
as being deeply concerned over the
selection of a suitable man.
The new forester and his associate
are both known as Pinchot men.
Both have served under Mr. Pinchot
and both are In sympathy with his
policy of administration. It was
largely through Mr. Plnohot's effort
that the Yale forest school was es
tablished, and Mr. Graves went from
the post of assistant ohlof of the '
division of forestry under Mr. Pin
chot to become director of the school
In 1900. He had served in the for
estry division for two years.
A NEW BANK BILL.
Allows National Institutions To Loan
Savings Deposits To Farmers.
Washington, D. C. (Special). Fol.
lowing an Informal canvass ot tbe
House Committee on Banking and
Currency, Representative Hammond,
of Minnesota, has framed a bill to al
low national banks to loan not to ex
ceed 50 per cent, of their savings
deposits on Improved farm lands,
under regulations to be proscribed by
the Comptroller of the Currency.
Mr. Hammond is a members of the
Banking and Currency, Committee, '
and believes the only objection to tho
consideration of the subject at the
present time is the fact that the
Monetary Commission is preparing
to report legislation. He says that In
the West one-half of the deposits are
savings.
LAD SAVES B. & O. TRAIN.
Carl Wascher Flags Engine And
Stops It Near Burning Bridge.
Laporte, Ind. (Special). Carl
Wascher, 16 years old, stopped a
Baltimore and Ohio passenger train
within 10 feet of a burning bridge
west of Weltsboro, Ind., by signal
ing the engineer with a red handkerchief.
When' the boy discovered that the
bridge was burning he hastened
down the tracks, rememebrlng that
train was due In a' few minutes.
As the train came In sight he waved
his handkerchief and the man at
tbe throttle stopped the train. Pas
sengers In the four crowded coacheu
made up a purse of $100 for Wascher.
NO SHORTAGE OF BEEF.
Telephone Nolae Saved Her.
Princeton, Ind. (Special). Mrs.
Zenaa Finney was saved from a hor
rible death in an unusual manner.
She had called her daughter, Miss
Bessie Kinney, over the telephone,
when, without warning, the daughter
heard m clattering of the Instru
ment and waa unable to get her
mother again. She haatlly telephon
ed a neighbor to Investigate, and
when tbe neighbor ran into the Fin
ney home she found Mrs. Floaty un
conscious, with her head almost la
the open fireplace. Mr. Finney bad
been suddenly stricken with ptraly-
"V
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Experts Hay Price Is Regulated By
' Shipments Abroad.
Denver, Col. (Special). President
A. Jantro, of the National Llv
Stock Association, and Murdo Mac
kenzie, vice president. In speechei
dented that there Is any danger of
a shortage of beet In the United
St&t6B.
They declared that so long ai
$200,000,000 worth of beef Is ex
ported from America each year ther
is no danger of a shortage. ,
"The price ot beef In Chicago li
regulated by the price received for
our surplus cattle shipped abroad,"
said Mr. McKenzle. "The bowl that
present prices are putting beef be
yond the reach of the poor man li
unwarranted."
TO JAIL FOR LIFE, t
Judge Says Hanging Is Too Good
For Child Murderer.
Belleville, 111. (Special). A life
time of remorse, rather than death
on the gallows, was tbe penalty im
posed on James Pullman, who con
fessed that he had killed bis month
old baby by crushing Its head with
his heel.
"I will not sentence Pullman ts
the gallows," said JuJge A. Crow,
of the Circuit Court, 'but to the peni
tentiary for life. It will be punish
ment more terrible than death for
htm to be haunted day after day by
the cries of his murdered child."
Pullman killed the child lest July
after he and the infant's mother had
fall -id to find a home for It
Bank Treasurer Stole 9106,000.
New Haven, Conn. (Special).
Robert D. Milr, former treasurer of
the People's Bank and Trust Com
pany ot this city, pleadea guilty to
having converted $106,000 ot the
bank's fund to his own use.
Soldier Sentenced To Be Hanged.
Kansas City ' (Special). Private
Charles O'Nell, Fourteenth United
States Infantry, on trial for killing
Minnie Scuarbora at Fort Leaven
worth, Kas., July 20 last, was found
guilty and sentenced to be hung,
Autolat Kills Town Marshall.
Claxton, Ga. (Special). Ordered
by the Town Council to arrest young
William Bradley, of Hsgan, nearby,
because he had been accustomed. It
was charged, to running his automo
bile through this town at dangerous
speed. Marshal William Bagett was
shot to death by the young man when'
he attempted to arrest him. Bradley
escaped, but, It U understood, he
will surrender. '
Resolutions adopted by the bar of
the Supreme. Court la honor ot the
late Justice Peckbam were presented
to the court.