WIFE SOAKED IN
Oil AND BURNED
AVas Bound and Gagged and
Then Placed on Stove.
HUSBAND OF WOVEN IS UNDER ARREST.
Mrs. Alice Van .andt Choked Into
Unconsciousness, Hound With
Htrlps Of Lnce Curtain And I.ald
Across ia Stove In The Kitchen
Of Home In Cincinnati Her Slay
er Poured Two Jars Of Coal Oil
Over Her Burned To A Crisp As
Children flayed Nearby.
Cincinnati, O. (Special). Bound
and gaged, the body of Mrs. Alice
Van Zandt, burned to a crisp, was
found lying on top of the gas stove
In her kitchen. The woman had met
her death while her three young
children were playing, unconscious
of the tragedy, in the adjoining
room.
Jesse A. Van Zandt, the murder
ed woman's husband, is being held
as a witness by the police. The man
admits that he quarreled with his
wife all Friday night and up to the
time he left the bouse next morn
ing, an hour, he claims, before the
discovery of the murder.
According to the coroner. Mrs. Van
Zandt was first choked Into uncon
sciousness, then bound and gagged
with strips torn from a lace curtain
and placed across the stove, with
her head In the flames of the burn
er. The horror of the crime Is in
creased by the coroner's statement
that the woman must have recovered
consciousness before death. When
found all the clothes bad been burn
ed off the bodv and the flesh char
red to cinders.
The police discovered that Vas
Zandt had been paying marked at
tention to a young girl for sometime.
The fatter of this girl had protest
ed strongly against his daughter's
conduct, and had finally brought her
before a police magistrate, who or
dered her committed to the House of
Kefuge. On her father's recom
mendation, however, sh was sent
Instead to a convent.
ilurncd To A Crisp.
The crime wag discovered when a
neighbor amelled smoke and sum
moned the fire department. The
body was burned almost to a crisp,
only remnants of the clothing stick
ing to it.
The police claim that the clothing
tad been saturated with kerosene. A
proof of this was found In two empty
fruit Jars which had contained coal
oil and in an oil-Btained flat Iron.
Because no outcry was heard, the
police believe that the woman was
taken unawares and choked Into un
consciousness with the curtain.
Mrs. Clara Garneri the neighbor
who gave the alarm, told the police
that when the smoke had subsided
sufficiently for her to enter the kitch
en, Bhe found the rear door locked.
The front door, she said, was open.
When Van Zandt, who had been
summoned home by his eight-year-old
son, arrived, he was asked:
"When did you see your wife
last?"
The queptlon was repeated to him
several times before he answered:
"I saw her at 10 o'clock When
I left she was going to prepare din
ner. What has happened?"
He refused to answer further ques
tions and was locked up.
The Van Zandts came here from
the Kast. One neighbor to whom
Mrs. Van Zandt had confided her
troubles said that Mrs. Van Zandt
was preparing to leave her husband.
CHILDREN KIM, THEMSELVES.
Boy 10 And fJIrl II Tnke Strychnine
Iterative They Couldn't Marry.
Des Moines. Iowa (Special). Bo
' cause of parental opposition to their
marriage on account of their youth.
Vernon Barr. aged 10, and Una
Ammer, aged 14. killed themselves.
They were found near Monroe,
clasped In each otber'9 arms, sitting
upright in young Barr's buggy, in
which they were riding home from
dance. On the girl's lap rested a
cup partly filled with strychnine and
water. The horse proceeded on hl
c way and stopped at the gate of the
girl's home.
AUTO WITH SIX DROPS 40 FEET.
SHOT DOWN BV
One Killed, Two Woonded, in
I?reak for Liberty.
Attempt To Escape From The Naval
Prison Made By Men Serving Short
Terms For Minor Offenses Guards
Fire On Them With Klot Guns
l oaded With Buckshot When They
Disregard Demand For Surrender.
Portsmouth, N. II. (Special). One
man was shot and killed and two
others seriously wounded In a dar
ing break for liberty from the naval
prison at the navy yard here.
The dead nain Is Raymond F.
Sperling, In Indianapolis, Ind., aged
24 years, a marine private who was
serving a two-year sentence.
Tho wounded men are Harry Mc
Oarvey, a coal passer, serving a sen
tence of 2 years and 11 months, shot
through the right elbow and Albert
J. Montgomery, a coal passer, under
a year and six months' sentence,
shot through the left leg and right
arm.
The three men were In a party of
five, under a marine guurd, who had
Just left the naval prison after tho
dinner hour to work about the yard.
Sperling, Montgomery and Mctiarvev
made a break for liberty and man
aged to get to a floating stage, where
there were several boats used by
navyyard workmen.
The sounding of the Jail-break
signal on the fire-alarm whistle
brought every guard to his post.
Nevertheless, the fleeing trio, by
dodging around various buildings,
managed to reach the banks of the
Plscataqua River and Jump Into a
skiff.
Guard9 followed fast and the fugi
tives had gotten only a few hundred
feet out Into the stream when the
pursuers, their demands for surren
der disregarded, opened fire with riot
guns, which are sawed off repeating
shotguns loaded with buckshot.
Sperling almost immediately fell
Into the bottom of the boat with a
bullet lodged over his heart. A mo
ment later McGarvev fell shot in the
breast, and another bullet went
through one of Montgomery's arms.
The boat drifted heplessly with Its
wounded crew for sometime before
guards could put out and tow it
back.
Three Occupant Killed; Three Ex.
Itected To Die.
Kansas City. Kan. (Special).
Three persons were killed and three
badly injured when a motorcar, own
ed and driven by John Mahoney. a
contractor, of Kansas City, Kan., be
came unmanageable at Cliff Drlv
and Agnes Avenue and plunged 4 0
feet over an embankment Into what
Is known as Cliff Drive Canyon. Tho
machine was demolished and the oc
cupants were badly mutilated. It Is
feared a'.l of the injured will die.
Needle III Her Toe 15 Years,
York. Pa (Special). Mrs. Charles
E. Carr. 563 West Princess Street,
bad removed from her great too on
her right foot half of a needle which
had entered the toe 15 years ago.
The needle showed no rust pota
whatever. Mrs. Carr says she swal
lowed the needle, and about eight
years ago took a piece of it out of
the left foot.
Shoots Wife And Her Mother.
Chicago (Special). - Charles
Darnes. an actor, shot his wife In
the mouth and through the wrist and
ber mother Mrs. M. Servons, in the
chest at a hotel here. Neither Is
thought to be fatally Injured. Tho
shooting was Jhe outcome of the
separation of Parties and bis wife,
who has been living with her mother.
It Is said Barnes concealed himself
In the women's room and opened fire
when thev entered. ' He escaped aft
er the shooting.
Whitewashed Hf Court.
Managua. Nicaragus (Special).
The court at Mesaya acquitted Cenor
f Medina. Prosecuting Attorney
Salomon Pclvo and other members
of the court-martial of responsibility
for the Metal conviction and execu
tion of the Americans, flroee and
annon. Tie acquittal followed the
yresentatfen ty General Medina of
the original eleff-ims of Instructions
a"A by President Zelv Tht
court oowever, does not inflict or
accuse Zelaya.
A greatly Increased consumption of
Dean at la Ueruisny Is reported.
BATTLESHIPS POWERLESS.
Their Day Has Passed, Says C. B.
Harmon, Aeronaut.
Pasadena. Cal. (Special). Clif
ford B. Harmon, a New York aero
naut, said in a lecture before the
Pasadena Chamber of Commerce that
the day of the battleship bad passed.
No nation, he said, would dare to
send a fleet of these to our shores
on a hostile mission with so many
masters of the air ready to meet
it.
"It has already been demonstra
ted," said Mr. Harmon, "that one
balloon or aeroplane can carry
enough explosives to annihilate any
fleet in the world, while the warships
would be powerless to protect them
selves. The aeroplane has not yet
reached its full stago of efllciency,
but now It fnsures the safety of our
coast against hostile Invasion."
WOM.VX BEATS BURGLAR.
Knocks Him Out And Then Takes
Him To Police Station.
New York (Special). A bantam
burglar was no match for Mrs. Clare
Llndenauer, a welterweight. In a
rough-and-tumble fight In her apart
ments, where she found him packing
up the silverware.
Mrs. Llndenauer returned from a
shopping tour, and landed a strong
right on the little man's Jaw before
she took off her hat. A few more
well-directed punches, and her query,
"Got enough?" brought the ready
reaponse. "You bet." With a firm
hold on his coat collar she led the
culprit to the nearest police station.
In court tho JuJge said she de
served a Carnegie medal, and held
the man, who said he was Isidore
Rothman. 2) years old. in 13.000
i bail for trial.
"Chauffeur's Arm" Now.
Albany, N. Y. (Special). Dr. Wil
liam S. Thomas, of New York, read
a paper on "The Chauffeur's Frac
ture" at the meeting of the State
Medical Society here. He declared It
an occupational disease caused by
the slipping of the crank handle of
an automobile. t If the handle strikes
the chauffeur's 'arm It causes a frac
ture which Dr. Thomas found to be
of a peculiar character. He told
of several cases where chauffeurs with
dangerous fractures from being
struck by a crank handle have driven
their machines for miles after Uie
accident without knowing that they
were badly hurt.
Women Organize.
Washington, D. C. (Special). A
meat boycott was launched in the
District of Columbia when the Wom
en's Antl-Kood Trust League was or
ganized at the home of Mrs. John
11 Mendtrson. wife of former Sena
! tor Henderson, of Missouri, who wap
ejected Its president. Ail the wom
en clubs in the dUtriet. and
gnerully. will be aked to Join In
thb movement.
PEOPLE OF PARIS IN
DES OVER RUIN
Nine Sqnare .Miles of the City
Under Water.
CHASMS IN THE MANY BOULEVARDS.
Seine Has Stopped Rising and
Tributaries Going Down.
PUBLIC SERVICES BADLY CRIPPLED.
Bursting Sewers Cause Streets To
Sink And Buildings To Collapse
Broken Gas Mains Plunge Parts
Of City Into Darkness Convents
And Public Buildings Converted
Into Asylums And Hospitals For
The Kick And Homeless Weird
Night Scenes In The French Cap
italWomen Crying For Bread
From Windows.
THE STRICKEN CITY.
The Inundation covers about
nine square miles, or one-quarter
of the city.
Great chasms are opening In
some of the most important
boulevards, caused by the burst
ing sewers and rushing waters
underneath the city.
The Palace of the Legion of
Honor' and other Important pub
lic buildings evacuated.
Residents compelled to move
from Btreets along which houses
are in danger of collapsing.
Fifty girls rescued from sec
ond story of a flooded convent.
All railway trafllc in city stop
ped. Owners of cabs and taxi
autos charging fabulous prices.
Thousands, of homeless people
from flooded districts outside
Paris and prices of food rapidly
advancing.
All American students and
tourists In Paris are reported
safe.
THE 20TH CENTURY
FlYER IS WRECKED
Train Was Running a Mile
a .Minnte.
Ilallaiu Explains His Offer.
Washington, D C. (Special) John
A. Balltln, of Seattle, Wash., was In
troduced to the President by Senator
Jones, or Washington, and briefly ex
plained the proposition male by him
a rcw auys ago to the Senate Com
mittee on Territories to pay a royal
ty of SO cents per ton for the coal to
be taken from the government lands
In Alaska. The President only com
mum & J that he hoped that Congress
would some day make provision for
getting fit he Immense store of coal
In that faraway territory.
Kills Woman Instead Of Dog.
South Bend. Ind. (Special).
While attempting to kill o dog Ed
ward Hosteller, a farmer, shot and
killed Mrs Melford Price, 21 years
old. The bullet entered the wom
an's temple, and she fell dead a( ber
husband's feet. Hosteller chased
the dog from tils farm to the high
way, and there fired at tht fleeing
animal. His aim was bad and the
bullet struck tbs woman, who was
walking in tht road with ber bus
band, i ' . ,
Ian It vim nftlrlnllv
stated that the River Seine here was
stationary and that its tributaries
continued to fall.
The situation greatly Improved toe-
IwDbn 1 and 9 n'rinrk A. M. This.
In part. Is attributable to the change
in tho noather which suddenly
cleared. The temperature also drop
ped and the wind veerea to tne eastward.
DESTRUCTION SPREADS.
IluildiiiKN Collapsing And Part Of
City In Darkness.
Paris (Special). A story of the
details of the greatest flood that has
swept Paris In years would simply
be a repetition of wnat nas gone
before. The city presents a wierd
spectacle, the soldiers, sailors, fire
men and police hastily constructing
temporary walls by the light of
campfiri'H and torches In an endeav
or to keep out the Invading floods,
while nlckets Datrol tnese sections
of the city which are plunged In
darkness by the bursting of the gas
mains and tne stoppage or me elec
tric lighting plants.
The situation in tne t'aiace ae
1'Opera is grave. The entire terri
tory has been roped off as being un
safe. It Is stated also that the new
Equitable Life Assurance Society
Building is in danger of collapse.
President Fallleres and Premie)
Briand drove in automobiles to tbe
flooded suburbs where dlstTess l
greatest .speaking words of comforl
to the homeless and encouraging tht
soldiers and others engaged In sal
vage and rescue work. On their re
turn they said that everything hu
manly possibly was being done tc
aid the stricken and prevent furthei
ravages bv tho flood.
Charitable organizations are co
operating with the authorities In
throwing open their buildings and
succoring refugees. Several con
vents and a number of public build
ings have been equipped with mili
tary cots and bedding and transform,
ed Into hospitals. The Red Cross If
performing splendid service In dis
tributing food and clothing.
Nevertheless numerous pitiful In
stances are cited of women end nhll
dren who had refused to leave theli
homes in the submerged district
shrieking from their windows fot
bread.
The number of refugees arriving
here is enormous, Chareaton alone
sending In 38. 000 who have come
there from Calais and other afflicted
points.
Many thrilling rescues are record
ed. Tho family of M. Barthoa. for
mer minister of public works, whose
home in the Avenue d'Antln Is sur
rounded, were taken out on thf
backs of soldiers and reseued In
boats. A large number of schools
are closed because of the lack of heat
and the municipality Is eomlderlnp
the advisability of closing all ol
them.
Practically all of the flooded su
burban towns above and below Parit
are without light and several of them
without water. Their inhabitants art
hastily leaving.
Editor And Dramatist Dead.
Rochester, N. Y (Special) Al
bert It. Haven, e.lltor of the Rochesl.
er Union and Advertiser, died, aged
59 -years He was a dramnttst and
wrote severftl successful plnys. Ir
1K90 he was editor of tho New York
Times. I
I
fit1mn Minister ItAiillfia I
Havana (Special). The State De
partment announced that the resig
nation has been received of Gen.
Carlos Garela Velez, Cuban Minister
to the United States, who will shortly
return to Havana. General Velez
will probably be succeeded by Car
rera Justli, Minister at Madrid.
Velez will likely go to Argentina,
while Jose Garcia Velez, the former
Secretary of State, will assume the
post at Berlin, and Senor Qucsada
the post at Madrid.
Hargls Mut Serve Bentpne).
Frankfort. Ky. (Special). Bead
Hargls must serve bis sentence of llf
Imprisonment for the murder of hli
rather. Judge James Hargls, 4amou
feudlt-l This rullngi was handvd
down by the Kentucky Court of Ap
peals. , f
Three Hundred Farmers Protest.
Nevada, Mo. (Special). Thret
hundred' farmers of Vernon County
at a meeting In a country scboolhouse
near here Adopted a resolution agree
ing not to sell any cattle, tings,
poultry, eggs or batter for 60 days
beginning February 1. ' ,
Former Falls To See Signal To Slow
Down And Dashes Onto A Cross
Over Between (he Tracks At Full
Kneed Locomotive Topples Over
And Slides 800 Feet The Train
"Smeared" Over Four Tracks
No Passengers Hurt,
Utica, N. Y, (Special). The toco
motive of the New York Central
Twentieth Century Limited east
bound, turned completely over about
a quarter of mile west of
St. Johnsville. It slid 300 feet be
fore It stopped. Under the engine
pits Fireman Melvln J. Handvllle. of
Syracuse, was crushed beyond recog
nition. The engineer. John Scanlon,
of Fort Hunter, attempted to leap
when the engino left the rails, but
he was caught between the engine
and tender and cut and crushed in a
terrible manner. None of the
coaches left the track, though the
trucks of several of them are de
railed. Most of tho passengers
were thrown from their berths and
some were slightly Injured.
There is a signal tower about a
quarter of a mile west of the St.
Johnsville station, and from this the
Bwltches and crossovers are con
trolled. For some reason, not yet
explained, It was necessary for .the
operator to shift the train from track
No. 1 to track No. 2, and he had
thrown the switch for the crossover
and set the signals.
The supposition Is that the signal
cautioning Engineer Scanlon to Blow
down was not seen by him In time
to bring his train under full control,
and when the locomotive struck the
orossover the ponderous machine
bounded In to the air turned upon
its side in a twinkling and then, as
It struck one of the rails, rolled upon
its back and plowed ahead through
the rails, ties and ballast at least
300 feet. The s.idden twist wrench
ed loose the coupling between the
engine and baggage and mail car,
and this saved the train from the
ditch. The heavy coaches bounded
from the track in front, but they
tell back right side up and remained
in an upright position. The pas
sengers were mostly all asleep, and
some of them were scarcely disturb
ed. No blame appears to be attached
to the tower man, Joseph Battle, for
the accident, as he had set the
signals In proper time. The engi
neer, who apparently misjudged the
speed of his train, Is dead. '
All the coaches were deralle', and
they stood at an angle, reaching from
track 1 to track 4.
WASHINGTON
BY TELEGRAPH
Capt. Joseph F. Shlpp, former Ten
nessee sheriff and Deputies Luther
Williams and Nick Nolan, who have
been In the District Jail for con
tempt of the Supreme Court were re
leased. Miss Rr.chel Flora Wheeler, daugh
ters, of Representative Wheoler, of
Pennsylvania, was married to Joseph
A. Farley, of Rochester.
The Army Appropriation Bill as
completed by the Senate committee
carries $93,000,000.
The destroyer Lamson has been
delivered to tho government by ber
contractors.
An amended organic act for Porto
Rico was submitted to the President.
The gunboat Paduch reported to
the Navy Department that the schoon
er George A. McFaddan ,of Bath,
Me., was wrecked off Cape Hatteras
Thursday.
President Taft has determined to
press to a conclusion the suit against
the merger of the I'nlon and South
ern Pacific Railroad Companies.
The Brazilian, battleship Minag
ficrnes will escort the cruiser North
Carolina, bearing the body of the
late AmbaBador Nabuco, to Brazil.
If the ratio of Immigration for the
first six months of the fiscal year
1910 is kept up the total for the year
will exceed that for 1909.
Representative Aiken, of South
Carolina, wants the caiptal of the
United States to be dry territory.
Congressman Boutell made a vig
orous tariff speech in the House, in
which he showed that prices have
gone up on commodities on which
the tariff was lowered.
Rear Admiral Capps, chief con
strnctor of the Navy, gave to the
House Committee on Naval Affairs
his views upon the subject of naval
construction.
Dr. Wiley gave the House sub
committee a demonstration to show
fresh eggs can be told from tho cold
storage variety.
The Senate received the Postal
Savings Bill, which Is an administra
tion measure, and referred it to com
mittee. Plans tor the new Washington
City poKtofllce have been approved.
The structure Is to cost about $3,500.
000. -
The year 1909 In gold mining was
marked by increased recovery from
the depressed condition of the two
preceding years, according to data
presented In a report by the United
States Geological Survey.
Former Secretary of the Interior
Garfield continued his statement be
fore the Senate Comuiltte on Public
LanJs in reference to the several
bills introduced at the request of Sec
retary Balllnger.
About 25 leading magazine pub
lishers appeared before the House
Committee on Postofiicet and Post
Roads and protested against ths pro
posed increase in the rates for-second-class
mall matter.
The American University has Juset
received a rash gift of $5,000 from
Miss Sarah M. Hillings, of Wcllsboro,
Pa., for the opening fund.
By a viva voce vote the vMann
"White Siave" Bill was passed by
the House practically as Introduced
by Mr. Mann.
The New York 6panIsh-AmerIcan
volunteers may lose.tbetr claim for
pay unices Congress or tbe courts
Intervene.
The Interstate Commerce Commis
sion warned railroads not to make
a raise entry of a date on bills of
lading.
Represent!? Bennet and Mason
bad a bitter colloquy In ths House
.based on the lalter's charge against
the Immigration Commission.
CHICAGO HAS A
BIG CRAFT SCANDAL
Eleven Officials Indicted Ky the
Grand Jnry,
AMOUNT INVOLVED IS OVER $250,000.
Paul Redieske, Resigned Deputy
Commissioner Of Public Works;
Michael McGovcrn, A Wealthy
Contractor, And Nine City Offi
cials Charged With Conspiracy To
Defraud City In Connection With
Tunnel Construction.
Chicago (Special). Paul Redles
ke, resigned deputy commissioner of
public works; Michael H. McGovern,
a wealthy contractor, who has had
many big city contracts, and nine
city officials and employes of Mc
Govern, were Indicted by the grand
Jury. The men are charged with
conspiracy to defraud the c'.ty of
$254,000, according to the sum men
tioned In the true bill.
The Indictment on this charge
came as a complete surprise, as it
was believed the alleged frauds In
volved only about $45,000 In the so
called "shale rock" scandal.
The men Indicted besides Redies
ke and McGovern are: Otto Nlehoff,
secretary to McGovern; Max Land
guth, former superintendent for Mc
Govern; George Moore, a foreman
for McGovern; Ralph Bonnell. re
signed assistant city engineer; John
C. Parks, assistant city engineer;
Robert Green, a foreman for Mc
Govern; Richard Burke. John Mc
Nlchols and Joseph Maher, city in
spectors In the engineer's department.
Did Xot Fill Contract.
The indicted men are superficially
accused of conspiring to defraud the
city by laying only one-Blxth of the
concrete and brick work called for
In the contract for the -construction
of the Lawrence Avenue tunnel.
The Merrlam Commission, which
has been investigating municipal ex
penditures, brought out the fact that
the city had been charged about $45,-
000 tor the cutting out or suaie tock
In section D, of the tunnel. The
"shale rock" proved to be only hard
clay. Evidence concerning the al
leged $250,000 fraud upon wnicn
the Indictment was based were not
brought out by the commission.
In the indictment tho men are
charged with trying to obtain nine
warrants for payment of $254,000
by the city of Chicago. The last
payment on the quarter-million dol
lar contract for the Lawrence Ave
nue, tunnel or sewer was made by
the city on July 19, 1909.
The witnesses upon wnose testi
mony the men are believed to have
been Indicted were: John J Han-
berg, commissioner of public works;
John Erlcson, city engineer; E. J.
Miller, voucher clerk in the city con
troller's office, and five employes of
McGovern's.
Itedlef-ke Unemotional.
Redieske displayed little emotion
when he was told he had been indict
ed, and shortly after furnished the
$20,000 ball required of him. Mc
Govern was also held In $20,000
bonds, while the others were placed
In $5,000 each. McGovern announc
ed that he would furnish the bonds
tomorrow.
Tire following Btatement was made
by Redieske:
"The only thing that I can say is
that no report of any Irregularities
of shortage of material in the con
struction of the sewer was ever made
to me. I had reports that the work
was progressing very favorably; In
fact, the city engineer reported to
me that the Job was one of the fin
est pieces of sewer-bulldlng he had
ever seen."
Mayor Busse refused to make any
statement when he was told of the
Indlctmen9 having been returned.
NEW YORK WORLD '
WINS LIBEL SUIT
Action Started By Roosevelt Is
Thrown Out of Conrt.
Indictment Against Joseph Pulitzer
For Attacks On Former President
Roosevelt And President Taft
Quashed By Judge House On The
Ground That Federal Statute Ap
plied Is Not Sufficient In Author
ity And That , Tho United States
(Joint Lack .1 mind let Ion.
TRAIN WRECK KILLS FOUR.
Three Others Injured When Freight
Engine Jumps Track.
Titusville. Pa. (Special). Four
men were killed and three others
were seriously Injured when a freight
train on the Chautauqifa Branch of
the Pennsylvania Railroad Jumped
the track about a mile north of this
city.
Three southbound freight trains
had been coupled together, with one
engine ahead, one in the middle of
the train and the other near the
rear. The train was traveling very
fast, when the leading engine left
the rails and plunged serosa the
track. Tbe cars behind piled upon
the engine All the victims were
in the cab of the burled engine. The
road was blocked for many hours.
Zelaya Going To Belgium.
Mexico City (Sjecial). Jose San
tos Zelaya, formerly President of
Nicaragua, announced that he In
tended to leave Mexico City this week
for Vera Cruz, whence he will sail
for Belgium. Zelaya will call on
President Diaz before he takes hla
departure.
Working For Morse's Pardon. .
Washington. D. C. (Special). Act
ing for some unknown person or
persons a number of agents began a
house to house canvas in this city
seeking subscriptions to a monster
petition to be presented to President
Taft for the pardon of Banker Mors",
who has Just begun to serve a 15-
year sentence In the Atlanta peni
tentiary. Children Eud I.Ives For Love.
Des Moines, Iowa ( Speck 1 ) .Be?
cause of parental opposition to their
marriage on account of their youth
Vernon Barr, aged 18 years, and
Llna Ammer, aged 14 years, killed
themselves. They wore found near
Monroe, claaped In each other'!
arms, sitting upright In young Barr'i
buggy. In which they were rldlns
home from a dance. On the glrl't
lap rested a cup partly filled with
strychnine and water. Both bad
drunk of this.
Former Pastor Steals Pens.
Cincinnati (Special). George
Waverly Brlggs, at ont tlmt Meth
odist chaplain to tbe Texas Legisla
ture, waj fined $50 and costs for
stealing a package of pens from
drug store. Brlggs ran ' down the
street with the pens, pursued by a
policeman. When he saw ho 'could
not escape hi endeavored to swal
low laudanum, but was prevented by
his captor. Brlggs ones held pas
torates In Galveston and Houston,
Texas, and at Owqniboro. Ky, , Ho
said drugs had undone ttm. 1
New York. ( Spe-.ial ). The Indict
ment against the Press Publishing
Company, publishers of the New
York World, charging Joseph Pulltt
er and others with criminal libel
against Theodore Roosevelt, -President
Taft and others, was quashed,
in the United States District Court
Judge Hough ruled that the statute
upon which the indictment rested
was not sufficient In authority, or,
it other words, that the court had
no Jurisdiction.
Delancey Nicoll, counsel for the
defendants, interpreted tho decision
as a signal victory for the freedom
of the press. "The curious and in
genious mind," he said, "that
brought to life, for the first time in
85 years, the law under which this
prosecution was begun has retired to
private life, but has left this legacy
behind It.
"The statute under which this suit
was brought wbe drafted to punish
offenses not covered bv the laws of
the section In which they were com- I
nuiiea. in construing me siaiuie
it Is not for us to consider what
a fair-minded attorney general
might do under it; it is for us to
consider what can be done with it.
We had better have the sedition law,
or even the star chamber, again than
such a monstrous practice as the
government advocated in this pro
ceeding." Koosevelt'a Kmthinir U'nrda.
President Roosevelt, In his ines- t.
sage of December 15, 1908, to Con
gress, thus characterized the publi
cations of which he complained:
"It Is Idle to say that the known
character of Mr. Pulitzer and his
newspaper are such that the state
ments in that paper will be believed
by nobody; unfortunately, thousands
of persons are ill-informed in this
respect and believe the statements
they see in print, even though they
appear In a newspaper published by
Mr. Pulitzer.
"These statements are false In ev
ery particular from beginning to end.
The wickedness of the slanders is
only surpassed by their fatuity. So
utterly baseless are the stories that,
apparently, they represent, In part,
merely material collected for cam
paign purposes, and. in part, stories
originally concreted with a view of
possible blackmail.
"I do not believe we should con
cern ourselves with tho particular
Individuals who wrote the lying and
libellous articles. The real offender Is
Mr. Joseiph Pulitzer, editor and pro
prietor of the World. It should not be
left to a private citizen to sue Mr.
Pulitzer for libel. He should be pro
secuted for libel by tho governmental
authorities. There is nothing to
choose between a public servant who
betrays his trust, a pnblil servant,
who is guilty of blackmail, or theft j
or financial dishonesty of any kind,
and a man guilty aa Mr. JoBepli
Pullt i has been guilty in this In
stance. It is, therefore, a high na
tional duty to bring to Justice Ibis
lililier of the American people."
Belongs In State Courts.
Judge Hough in rendering his de
cision said, in part:
"It is charged here that the crime
of sending libelous matter through
the malls is punishable at the place
of destination of the libelous matter.
If it Is so held that the offense or
ilbel on federal territory Is a crime
cognizable in the federal courts, the
question is a broad one. In this
case we have an alleged libel that
was published In New York City and
sent ont Into Orange County. But
we find that in the distribution made
In Orange County it happened to
be disseminated at West Point, a
territory ceded to the government,
and, therefore, the action comes up
in this court.
"It cannot bo denied that by the
same act a crime may bo committed
cognlzublo by the State and the na
tion, but this affords no reason to
confine the punishment of the of
fender to one Jurisdiction. The law
which has been invoked here is, I
tal;e It, simply a territorial conveni
ence, and, therefore, in this case, if
sny crime has been committed, It
Is to be regarded rather as an of
fense against the State of New
York, which happened to be com
mitted on government land, 'Iih-. an
nfleiii-e ngalnst the government un
der i ho statute.
"The jurden of proof rests upon
the prosecution to bhow th-it it -was
the intent pf C6ngrpss to Intrust to
the courts of the United States -the
iMiolshment t,l o:f.-'if-es other than
fi le prlmr'y committed on United
'atcs territory "
Lightning Brings WealllT .
Dalhart, Texas (Special). . Mrs.
Josle Pettis declared that a bolt of
lightning struck the ground on tho
mountainside near her farmhouse re
cently and uncovered a spring of
crude oil, which la now producing.
200 barrels dally. The land, before
the uncovering of the spring, had
barely yielded enough to support ber.
For A National Cotton Association.
Atlanta, Ga. (Special). A meet
ing to organize the National Cotton
Products Association has been called
for Atlanta for February 10. Tbe
tall says the purpose of the new
association will he: "To concentrate
the heretofore scattered efforts of
helping tbs government to Improve
sericulture by means of states, press,
colleges, railroads,, experiment sta
tions, industries arid individuals into
one great cooperative movement
through which alone we can hope to
achieve the highest results and recurs
tndurlng prosperity."
Descendants Of Signers Bill.
Washington, D. C. (Special).
That thero Is 'objection to tbe cre
ation by Congress of hereditary or
ders developed In tho Scnato when
Mr. Bulkeley attempted to bava pass
ii a bill incorporating tho "descend
ants of signers," to which descend
ants of signers of tho Declaratlou of
tho Independence would be eligible,
Mr. Lodge said undoubtedly ths
raising of tho hereditary ptltiriplo
would lead to dobalo and therefore
It could not be taken up tinder tbe
uuantmous content rule. --.
COMMERCIAL
Weekly Review of Trade and
Market Reports.
R. O. Dun & Co.'s Weekly Review
of Trade says:
"The disturbances In Wall Street
Is apparently without effect on tha
Industrial and trade situation,
which, measured by best tests, con
tinues in a healthy and aetlve condi
tion. A further perceptible broad
ening of demand for pig Iron Is no
ted at many leading centers, and la
the matter of prices also the situa
tion generally Is mora satisfactory
to producing interests. In some dis
tricts new business is still light, but
on the whole there Is marked Im
provement, with basic aad Bessemer
grades attracting much attention. Ir
regularity is still apparent in finish
ed lines and there is evidence that
the railroads are holding back con
siderable new business, although car
orders at the West are quite liberal
and several large contracts are pend
ing. Recent sales of rails aggrega
ted 40.000 tons, while about 18.000
tons of structural material were
booked this week."
Wholesale Markets.
New York. Wheat Spot firm;
No. 2 red, 129c. elevator domestic
and 1.29 f. o. b. afloat nominal;
No. 1 Northern Duluth, 1.23 Va and
No. 2 hard winter, 1.23 f. o. b.
afloat nominal.
Corn Spot steady; No. 2, 73 Vie.
elevator domestic, 74 delivered and
72 f. o. b. afloat nominal.
Oats Spot steady; mixed, 26(932
lbs., nominal; natural white, 269
32 lbs., 52Va55c.; clipped white.
34 (ft) 42 lbs., 63Vi67.
Hay Prime, tl.16Ol.20; No. 1.
$1.15; No. 2, I1.05l.e7; No. 3,
$1.
' Butter Steady and unchanged;
receipts, 3,992 pkgs.
Cheese Irregular;' state, new,
full cream, special, lTV418c; do.,
September, fancy, 17; do., Octo
ber, best, 16V6; do., winter made,
best, - 15Vi&15; do., common,
13415; skims, full to special,
136)14 ; receipts, 972 boxes.
Eggs EaBler; state, Pennsylvania
and nearby hennery, white, fancy,
42 (R 48c; do., gathered, wfcfte. 42
(i45; do., hennery, brown and mix
ed, fancy, 43 CMS; do., gathered,
brown, fair to prime, 4042; West
ern, extra first, 41042; first, 39
40; lower grades. 36 38; receipts,
5,581 cases.
Poultry Alive steady; Western
chickens, 16c; fowls, 17; tnrkeys,
12 17. Dressed firm; Western
chickens, 15 23c; fowls, 14 0
17; turkeys, 22 St 24.
Philadelphia. Wheat Steady;
contract grade, January, 123 125c
Corn Firm, c. higher; January
and February, 6970c.
Oats Unchanged.
Butter Steady; extra Western
creamery, 36c; do., nearby prints,
37.
Eggs Weak and '4c lower. Penn
sylvania and other nearby firsts, free
cases, 38c, at mark; do., current
receipts, In returnable cases, 36, at
mark; Western firsts, free cases, 38.
at mark; do., current receipts, free
cases, 32 36, at mark. .
Cheese Firm; New York full
creams, choice, 17 Vi 017 Vic; do.,
fair to good, 16 17.
Live Poultry Steady; fowls, 15 0
16c; old roosters, 11 12; chick
ens, 1516; ducks, 1719; geese,
1416. ja
Baltimore. wheat The market
for Western quiet; No. 2 red spot,
125V4c.; May. 1.16. Prices Im
proved slightly, and at the mid-day
call No. T red spot was quoted at
125c.
Corn Contract, 69 c; No. 2
white, 72; steamer mixed, 67 V4; No.
4. 65.
Oats We quote: White No. ?,
as to weight, 63 54c; No. 3. aa
to weight. 52 53; No. 4, as to
weight, 51 62. Mixed No. 2, 62
52c; No. 3, 50 51.
' Rye The market for rye Is firm
on desirable grades of No. 2 West
ern, for which there is some demand,
but rye must be choice to attract at
tention. Sales, car No. 2 rye. West
ern, track, 86o. We quote per bush.:
No. 2 rye. Western, as to quality,
86 86c; No. 3 rye. Western, do
mestic, 81 83; No. 2 rye. nearby.
8081.
Hay Quote, per ton: No. 1
timothy, large bales. $21. GO; No. X
do., small blocks, $21.50; No. 2.
$20.6021; No. 3, do., $181.
Choice clover mixed, $20.5021;
No. 1 do. do., $20 20.50; No. 2, do.
do. $18 19; No. 1 clover, $20; No.
2 clover, $18012,
Eggs we quote, per dozen, loss
off: Marylasd, Pennsylvania and
nearbv firsts, 87c; Western firsts,
37; West Virginia firsts, 37; South
ern firsts, 36; guinea eggs, 18.
Dressed Paul try We quote. 7er
lb.: Turkeys Caolce, small, 22c;
do., Medium ta large, 20 21; ,tair
to good, 18024; aid tons, 1819.
Chtckeas Choice, young, 17c; old
and mixed,' ISO 16: old roosters, 10
11. Ducks 16J918C. Geese
Nearby, 14c; Western and Southern,
12 13. Capons Large, 23.C-S me
dium, 21 22; small aad slips, 19 O
20.
Live Stock.
Chicago. Cattle Market 100
15e. lower. Steers, $68.40; cows.
$3.605.60; heifers, $3.406;
bulls, $45.16; calves, $39.75;
stockers and feeders, $3.76 5.60.
Sheej) Market steady. Sbecp,
$560 25; lambs. $7 8.75; year
lings. $4.25 8.25.
Kansas City, Mo. Cattle Market
10c. lower. Choice export and (Tress
ed beef steers, $5.907.20; fair to
good, $4.7606.80; Western steers,
$4 60 6; stockers and feeders,
$8.60 5; Southern steers. $4fv
5.75; Southern cows, $2. 6004.25;
native cows, $2.6006.25; native
heifers, $3.60 06; bulls, $3,600
6.10; calves, $3.6008.76.
Hogs Market 6c. , lower. Top,
$8.60; bulk of ssles, $8.2608.60:
heavy, ' $8.86 0 8.60; packers and
butchers, $8.8008.60; light. $7.85
0 8.42;; pigs. $7.2507.75.
3heep Market' 'steady; 10c. taw,
ft. Lambs, $7.76 0 8.60 yearlings,
$6.7607.66; wethers, $6.2506.25;
ewes, $4.7606.76; stockers sud
feeders. $3.6006.60.
Pittsburg, Pa. Cattle Suppty
light. Choice, $6.7(07; prime,
$6.4006.65. t
Sheep- Supply light. Prima
wethers, $6 6.25; culls and com
mon, $2.7506; veal calves, $8,400
$.76.
Hogs Roeeljts light. Prima
heavies, $8.96; 'mediums, '$8.90;
heavy Yorkers, $8.8008.86; pigs,
$8.8008 86; roughs, $7.6008.60,
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