CANNON NO LONGER CZAR
JUTJSSTILL SPEAKER
Eliminated From Rules Committee By Democratic-Insurgent
Combine His Vindication Followed.
After A Must Notable l'.nttle In He
cent Congrrtftlonul History, Reso
lution To Fleet The Powerful
Committer To Control LegMulion
I Adopted A Motion To Depose
Him Challenged Ity The Speaker,
Defeated.
Washington, D. C. (Special).
Shorn of his power, deprived of con
trol of the IIoiiho. his Committee
on Rules abolished and his "ma
chine" overturned, Joseph 0. Can
non escaped e!nn expelled from the
Speakership of the House of Repre
sentative. The veteran Congress
man refuxerl roiiipronilae. refused to
Bllow himself to he eliminated from
the ltnli'3 Committee and fought the
Insurgent and Democrats to the
end.
At last, when his defeat had been
confirmed hy an overwhelming ma
jority, he Issued a challenge of de
fiance to his enemies and announc
ed that he was ready to consider a
motion declaring the chair vacant.
Thus he dared his opponents to ex
pel him. They were not prepared
to go to such extremes. Demo
cratic leaders and Insurgents alike
counselled against such an attempt.
Tevan Forced The Issue.
But the allies were flushed with
victory; they had tasted blood and
panted to put the Speaker to the
sword. Mr. Burleson, of Texas,
against the protest of many Demo
crats, at once Introduced a resolu
tion to declare the chair vacant and
Immediately elect a new Speaker.
This was the signal for the Speak
er's friends to rally. They again
formed in line. Insurgents who
were opposed to Mr. Cannon's meth
ods, hut did not wish to see him
further humiliated, relented and
cast their votes with the regular
Republicans.
Friends Hal lied To Him.
Mr. Cannon at once put the Bur
leson resolution. Ho was delighted
when It was defeated and the House
decided that he was to continue In
the Speaker's chair.
When the report was announced
the regulars gave their old leader
a great ovation, applauding and fil
ing by his chair, grasping his hand
In token of their sympathy with him
I in his defeat. Thus, by a bold stroke
i Mr. Cannon managed to snatch a
personal victory out of the very Jaws
of hitter defeat.
101 To 155 Decisive Vote.
The Norrls resolution, providing
for the creation of a new commit
tee on rules and depriving the
Speaker of membership upon It, was
adopted by a vote of 101 to 155
when the final vote upon the propo
sition was taken at 4.20 o'clock.
This gave a majority of SS votes
for the Democrats and Insurgents,
and the defeat of the Cannon forces
was overwhelming. Within 10 days,
under authority and direction of the
resolution, a new committee on
rules, composed of six Republicans
and four Democrats, will be elected
by the House. Then the present
triumvirate, consisting of Speaker
Cannon, John Dalzcll, of Pennsyl
vania, and Walter J. Smith, of Iowa,
composing the majority of the pres
ent Rules Committee, will be dis
solved. Vast Crowd Watched Contest.
When the House came together at
noon the galleries were crowded and
men and women were struggling for
entrance around every portal. The
Senate end of the Capitol wag de
serted. Washington has given lit
tle thought or consideration to any
other public matter since the great
struggle for the restoration of popu
lar government In the House of Rep
resentatives. Thousands sought ad
mission Into the restricted space of
the galleries, which included repre
sentatives of every walk of life from
the ambassador to the newsboy. No
cards of admission were required ex
cept for the diplomatic and exe
cutive gallerlen, and the rule was,
"First come, first served."
Beautifully gowned society wom
en struggled in the gallery crowd,
and many dresses were torn or dis
arranged In the rivalry for admis
sion. Men and women, unable to
get into the galleries, stood in close
formation around the doors In order
to be within ear-shot of the oratory.
Washington News
The National Building Committee
of the Methodist Episcopal Church,
to promote the erection in Washing
ton of a representative church of that
denomination, met in that city to
consider the project.
Under the new tariff agreement be
tween France and the United Staler
96 per cent, of all the American ex
ports to France will either be ad
mitted free or received at the French
minimum rate.
The revenue this year from the
corporation tax will exceed the
amount expected from that source,
some estimates putting it as high as
$40,000,000.
Magdalena Hay will again bo the
field for target practice of the United
States Fleet.
Virginia and West Virginia, now
that the Littctteld report on the dis
pute between the two states Is In
the hands of opposing counsel, may
file exceptions to it in the Supreme
Court.
Moses A. Haas and Frederick A.
Peckham, of New York, were rear
rested In the Criminal Court on oth
er indictments in the conspiracy In
connect on with the cotton leak scan
dal of isos.
Fourteen indictments against
George W. Beavers and Arthur W.
Machen, who have served sentences
in connection with the postofllce
scandal, were quashed by the gov
ernment. The Arizona and New Mexico
Statehood Hill will shortly receive
the attention of Congress, but its
passage Is not yet assured.
The concluding arguments In the
corporation tax cases were made be
fore the Supreme Court of the Uni
ted States.
Representatives of the American
Bankers' Association continued their
attack upon the Postal Savings
Bank Bill before the House commit
tee Representatives of the beef pack
ers testified before the Senate High
Cost of Living Committee that there
was no Heef Trust
Special Master Ltttleflold submit
ted his report to the Supreme Court
In the controversy between Virginia
and West Virginia.
The Senate Committee favorably
reported the bill requiring ocean
going steamers to be equipped with
wireless apparatus.
Agricultural Department experts
testified before the House Commit
tee that government seeds are of
high standard.
The Pacific Fleet was decided to
have won over the Atlantic Fleet In
tarret practice.
A number of examinations will be
held for positions in the Civil Serv
ice George T. Cutts. a national bank
examiner, with headquarters at St.
lyOiiia, has resigned, and Charles W.
Watson, of Kahoka. Mo., has been
appointed to succeed him.
The United States filed a bill in
equity at Helena, Mont., against the
Anaconda Copper Mining Company
seeking a permanent Injunction to
compel the operation of the great
smelting plant at Anaconda In such
manner as to end the widespread
forest destruction.
Speaker Cannon was again over
ruled by the insurgents and Demo
erats on an appeal from a decision
he made regarding precedence of a
joint resolution.
President Taft has awarded life-
saving medals to two men for saving
tne lives or women.
Senator Tillman, with his wife and
two daughters, left for his home in
Trenton, S. C.
The Supremo Court of the Uni
ted States declined to vacate the
writ of error issued by Justice Lur-
ton In the case of Charles R. Helke
of New York, who was denied im
munity by the lower federal courts
from prosecution on an indictment
of conspiracy to defraud the gov
ernment.
The Supreme Court decided that
the separate shipment and not the
train Is the proper unit for assessing
penalties under the twenty-eight
hour law. The decision was against
tho Baltimore and Ohio Southwest
ern Railroad.
CAUSED IIUNTINODOX FIKF.S.
Four Young Men Mnke Written
Confession.
Huntingdon, Pa. (Special). Abe
Reed, John Karle, Harry McCrum
and Carleton Gate3, who were ar
rested on suspicion of being Impli
cated in numerous incendiary fires
that resulted in the destruction of
$181,000 worth of property, made
a full confession before Mayor R. W.
Jacobs and Chief of Police Bathurst.
Tho young men appeared before
the ollUials singly and made writ
ten admissions that they were Joint
ly responsiMie ror destroying in a
single night a church, two planing
mills and five residences, and for
partially burning another church.
Ship Ieave Nicaragua.
Washington, D. C. (Special).
With the withdrawal of a portion
of the army of marines which was
sent to Nicaraguan waters for the
protection of American interests in
the revolution in the Central Amer
ican republic, three of the warships
which have been In that vicinity also
will be brought away.
H(HJ Jap Fishermen Drowned.
Tokio (Special). Many fishing
boats have been lost In the recent
storm along the roast. It Is reported
that not less than 50 of these craft
have been sunk and 800 fishermen
drowned.
ITINERARY OF
THE ROOSEVELTS
They Will Spend a Week in
Paris and in Herlin.
COMPLETE TOUR MIDDLE OF MAY.
Visit To Be Made To The Hague, The
Home Of The Peace Tribunal
The Colonel And Family Travel
ing In Lanury Across The Desert
He Say The Railroad System
Is A Monanieat To British Rater
prise In Colonization Beautiful
Mirages Seen From Traia.
Abu Hamad, Sudan (Special).
Colonel Roosevelt's European itin
erary has been definitely determin
ed upon with as much exactness of
detail bb it Is possible to make In
advance and was announced. The
former president will arrive In Rome
on April 3, In Paris, April 21, in
Berlin, May 8 and in London on the
following 15th or 17th.
In several instances Colonel
Roosevelt will arrive at one city on
the same day that ho leaves anoth
er, but counting each portion of the
day as a whole day It may be said
that he will spend a week In Paris, a
week in Berlin, four days in Rome,
three days each at Genoa, Vienna
and Budapest, two days at Brussels,
The Hague and Christlnnla and a
day at Rotterdam, Hamburg, Copen
hagen and Stockholm.
As already announced, the Roose
velts will sail from Alexandria on
the steamer Prlns Helnrich, March
30, for Naples, where the steamer
is due on April 2. Early on the
following morning the Americans
will proceed to Rome, where they
will remain until the 6th, when they
will go to Spezla for a day's stay.
The 8th and 9th will be occupied
in a leisurely trip over 50 miles
from Spezia to Genoa, which will
take the tourists along the beautiful
Riviere. After three days at Genoa
the party will proceed to Vienna,
arriving there on the 16th.
The Austrian capital will be left
on the 17th, and two days given
over to a visit to Budapest, the Hun
garian capital. On April 20 the
Oriental express will be taken for
Paris. The program provides for a
visit to Brussels on the 28th and
Colonel Roosevelt may remain over
one day before proceeding for The
Hague, in which case he will re
main at the home of the Peace Tri
bunal until May 1. On the latter
day an hour's stop will be made at
Rotterdam, and Hamburg will re
ceive a flying visit on the day follow
ing. Copenhagen should be reached
late in the afternoon of May 2, the
departure for Chrlstlanla being
made that night.
The stay at the Norwegian capital
is In doubt, but will probably le
from the 3d to the 6th, permitting
arrival at Stockholm in the even
ing of the latter- date. Colonel
Roosevelt will return to Chrlstlanla
in time to sail on the 8th for Ger
many, and is due In Berlin on the
9th. The date of his departure from
the German capital is in doubt, but
he expects to leave there on the
15th. arriving In London on the fol
lowing day. though It Is possible that
his visit to Berlin will be extended
one day beyond the schedule.
Most of the trip thus far from
Khartum, which was left at 9 o'clock
last night, was made In the night
and the early hours of today afford
ed a sight of a considerable stretch
of country. Colonel Roosevelt ex
pressed himself as astonished at the
luxury of railway traveling through
a desert and spoke of the railroad
system as a monument to British en
terprise in colonization, which was
able to conquer all difficulties.
KILLS HIS FATHKR-IX-LAW.
Pistol Duel Follows Cock Fight Near
State Line.
Bristol, Tenn. (Special). As a
result of a pistol duel fought at St.
Charles, near tho Tennessee-Virginia
state line, D. W. Sizemore, a promi
nent citizen, is dead, while his son-in-law,
John Stanton, is charged with
having murdered him.
The duel grew out of a cock fight.
Stanton's bird was getting the bet
ter of the fowl of his father-ln-
I law, when the latter got a gun and
j killed It. Sizemore fired at his son
I In-law when the latter resented his
; having killed the cockrel. Several
j shots were exchanged, the son-in-law
, returning the fire.
Sizemore was almost Instantly kill
ed, a ball having struck him In the
j breast. He was a prominent . mem
I ber of the Lee County court. The
1 son-in-law rlalma Kplf-rlpfAnRA
A SHIP TO F, ALL IRISH.
Unique Memorial To Robert Kmmot
Planned Ity Miss Gallagher,
Boston (Special). A unique me
morial to Robert Emniot, to be cre
ated by the subscriptions of Ameri
cans of Irish birth or descendant, is
proposed by Miss Anna Gallagher, of
this city, to take the form of a shin
to bear the name of the Irish pa
triot, and to ply between the porta In
Ireland and America.
Miss Gallagher, and those who are
associated with her, Intend that the
Robert Emmot shall be distinctly
Irlsh-bullt In an Irish shipyard by
Irish workmen, and the materials
used in the vessels construction
shall be of Irish production or man
ufacture. The furnishings of the
vessel are also to be of Irish make.
OLDFIELD ESTABLISHES
TWO NEW RECORDS
Drives His Antomoble a Mile
in 27 1-3 Seconds.
Sensational Speed Developed By The
Powerful Car Tries The Kyes Of
The Spectators As It Flies Over
The Track Oldfleld Also Beats
The nest Iteeord For A Mile From
A Standing Start Oldfleld's Aver
age Y'eMerday Was lftl.72 Miles
An Hour.
4(H) Million Years Old.
Chicago (Special). Old Mother
Earth, who has closely guarded her
axe for her entire life, is 400,000,000
years old. according1 to an article
wh et) appeared In the current number
of a geological nubllcat.on of the
University of Chicago. In more
eclcntlnc phraieologyahe approximate
age of the earth, it has been dis
covered, may bo determined by di-
viaing vne amount oi sail in me
by the amount brought down each
year by the r'vers
Police Are fJrntU-mcu. 1
Cleveland. O. (Special). Police
men of Cleveland must dress like
fent'emen. The edict na gone
forth; also the explanation thereof.
It is signed by Frederick Kobler,
the golden rule chief. It exp'.-loi
that diamond pint, red neckties and
celluloid collars are henceforth ta
booed, because gentlemen do not
wear such things. The officers ar
plven until April 18, to get rid o'
tbelr ungentleman'y adornment and
reform their "loud and Oashy" ap-Irttarance.
A Youth Hangs H'nisnlf,
Hanover, Pa. (Special). The
lifeless body of Ralph Wlldasln. 17
years old, was found suspended from
a rafter In a barn by his father.
He spent the evening at home with
his brothers, but later left the house
and, falling to return, the family
thought he had gone to the home
of a nearby relative for the night,
but Instead, he went to the barn
and hanged himself. The youth was
In good health and apparently con
tented. Japs' Killed Hy Head Hunten.
Victoria, B. C. (Hpeclal). News
Is brought by the Empress of India
from Formosa of a dlsastroua raid
by Formosa n head hunters on a Jap
anese garrison at Olran Ten Jap
a none went killed and their heads
carried away as trophies, and four
natives we.'e slain. The Pormoaans
surprised tha station. A Japanese
punttlve expedition was sent In our
u t. Capt W. Smith, from Western
China, reoorta that severe famlna
Is anticipated at the headwaters of
the Yangtae, Involving nearly a mil
lion people.
Chimpanzee Valued At $.10,000 Dead
Dallas, Tex. (Special). Consul
Junior, the so-called educated chim
panzee, who was dressed and taught
to act like a man, died of bronichal
pneumonia after an illness of four
days. Consul was valued at $50,000
and was Insured with a London In
surance eompany for that amount.
During hla Illness several physicians
attonded him. me body will be
embalmed and sent to Europe for
burial.
Dr. Mary Walker's Bill.
New York (Special). Dr. Mary
Walker got Assemblyman Sweet at
Albany to Introduce a bill providing
that a woman shall not be deemed
disguised by reason of the style of
ber dress or clothing, and that any
peace officer or other person who
shall arrest a woman not guilty of
any crime, by reason of the style of
her dress or clothing, shall be guilty
ef a misdemeanor and be punish
d by a fine of 11.000 or Imprison
nient for six months, or both.
Daytona, Fla. (Special). Barney
Oldfleld, driving against time from
a flying start, in a 200-horsepower
Benz automobile of special design,
covered the fastest mile ever travel
ed by a human being. His time
was 27 33-100 seconds. Nothing
projected Into space by man save a
bullet has traveled 6,280 feet at
equal speed. The previous record
was set here four years ago by Mar-
riot, who drove a special Stanley
steamer one mile In SS 1-5 seconds
at an average speed of 127.6 miles
an hour. Oldfleld's average was
131.72.
Returning to the starting lines be
tween flies of cheering spectators,
Oldfleld again launched his great
car from a standing start for a mile
against time and crossed the finish
line with another record. His time
was 40 63-100 seconds, as against
41 23-100 seconds, made with the
same car by Hemmery on the Brook-
field track in England.
In the flying start effort Oldfleld
came down the rock-like surface of
the track to the starting line as an
Indistinguishable blur of roaring
flame and smoke. Almost before
the overtaxed mechanism of the eye
had adjusted Itself to the changing
perspective of his approach he al
ready was dwindling into the dis
tance, and almost before the brain
had translated the Impressions of
sense Into thought he had crossed
the finish line. The timing for both
races was done by C. H. Warner, of
ficial timer for the American Auto
mobile Association, with the same
mechanical device he used at tht
Atlanta and Indianapolis speedways
and which has been officially adopt
ed by the association. Ralph de
Palma, Oldfleld's rival, who was un
able to start against him because
of a broken piston, acted as repre
sentative for the contest board. A
surveyor's certificate has been filed
for the distance posts, and only the
formal acceptance by the contest
board la necessary before the record
passes officially Into the history of
the annihilation of distance.
In the preliminary trials George
Robertson, guiding Walter Christie's
front-drive car, was sent away first,
but made a false start and was re
called. The car balked for a second
start, and after 20 minutes of tink
ering, Robertson withdrew. David
Bruce Brown left next and did the
mile in 32 18-100 seconds. Oldfleld
followed, with his two records.
The best previous official record
for the mile from a flying start by
a gasoline car Is two miles in 58 2-5
seconds made at Ormond Beach.
Fla., In a 200-horsepower car. by
Demogeot, in 1906, at an average
of 123.3 miles an hour.
The best speed ever made hy a
locomotive Is five miles in two min
utes and 30 seconds over the Plant
System in March. 1901.
Glenn H. Curtlss, the aviator, cov
ered a mile from a flying start In
an eight-cylinder motor cycle In
46 2-5 seconds in 1907.
MEAT BOYCOOTT A FAILURE.
Prices lluve Gone From Six To
Seven And Seven And One Half
Cents.
Cleveland, Ohio (Special). The
official death of the meat strike was
announced here, but there was no
body to bury and no requiem serv
ices. Long since the strike move
ment bad ceased to be a force, al
though Its leaders will not say that
it was barren of results.
Two months ago the movement
was started by Fred W. Sebelln, of
this city, who suggested that sixty-
day abstinence pledges be signed as
a blow at the Increased cost of living.
Meat was the target, although other
articles of food were not overlooked.
The plan spread over the country
and for a week or two flourished.
Then it sputtered and burned out.
W hen the meat strike" began
the prices of beef was six cents
wholesale. Today It is 7 to 7
cents. HogB jumped from 9 to 11
cents. Eggs fell from 38 to 21 cents
and butter Is 33 cents, a fall or
a nickle. Potatoes are 10 cents a
bushel lower.
The net result ha been an ava
lanche of Investigation, but no new
legislation is reported from any
state. Prices still are higher.
Routed Burglar With Lump Of Coal.
Pittsburg (Special), Mrs. George
Blakely, of Sharpsburg, has more
faith in a lump of coal than a six
shooter as a defense against burg
lars. While a man was trying to
break Into her little store, over
which she lived, she took a lump of
coal from ber kitchen and falsing
the window, noiselessly dropped it
on the head of the intruder. When
the police revived him he gave the
name of John O'Donnoll. He had to
have a six-Inch scalp wound sewed
up. .
ODDS AND ENDS.
PRESIDENT TAFT
AVERTS TARIFF WAR
Abont To Sign Agreement With
France.
DISPUTE ON HAND WITH CANADA.
All Differences Settled And France
To Get 25 I'er Cent. Reduction Of
Hates Provided For' In The Payne
Aldrich Bill The President To
Take I'p Tariff Question With
Canadian Officials.
Rochester, N. Y. (Special). Presi
dent Taft announced here that a
complete agreement had been reached
with France on all tariff differences,
and that he would sign a proclama
tion giving to France the 25 per cent,
reduction of rates provided for In
the Payne-Aldrich tariff law.
President Taft received a long
cipher dispatch from Secretary Knox
conveying the content of a cable
gram from France which Indicated
that the proposition made by the
United States had been accepted.
France has agreed with the United
States on 96 per cent, of Imported
articles, and In lieu of an agree
ment on the remaining 4 per cent.
Is willing to grant still further con
cessions In the list already agreed to.
This Is acceptable to the United
States. Because of the high increase
of duties on champagne It had been
predicted that a tariff war with
France was almost certain.
Although the situation seems all
but hopeless. President Taft has not
given up the idea of averting a tariff
war with Canada. He has invited
to meet him in Albany W. S. Field
ing,, the Canadian minister of fi
nance; Henry M. Hoyt, counsellor of
the 8tate Department, and Charles M.
Pepper, tariff expert of the Depar
ment of Commerce and Labor, will
come on from Washington to be
present at the conference.
President Taft at first invited Sir
Wilfred Laurler, the Canadian pre
mier, to the conference, but the
latter was unable to come. Thus
far Canada has shown a disposition
to "stand pat" and has all but put
an end to any further negotiations.
The President Is making a last ef
fort, however, to reach an agreement
with the Dominion government.
The dispute with Canada grows
out of the fact that Canada nego
tiated a treaty with France, whereby
that country was given a reduction
of from 2 to 5 per cent, over other
countries. Through Great Britain's
'favored nation" treaties, however,
this preferential treatment given by
Canada to France was automatically
extended to 13 other countries. This
In effect left the United States as
the principal country affected by the
higher rates.
IJATTLE WITH BURGLARS.
Oscar Saves His Cash, But Is Pushed
Off High Building.
New York (Special). A remarka
ble battle with two robbers, who
chased him from the street to the
top of a six-story apartment build
ing and then, after a struggle, push
ed bini over the edge of the roof,
'was told to the Harlem police by
Oscar Johnson, a well-to-do residont
of that section of the city. John
son fell to the courtyard pavement,
more than 60 feet below, but escap
ed with nothing more serious than a
scalp wound. His fall was broken
by contact with a series of clothes
lines. Johnson had with him a consider
able sum of money of his own and
of the firm with which he is con
nected. "They didn't get a cent of
it," said Johnson proudly as he ex
hibited the roll to the police.
King Victor To Dine Roosevelt.
Rome (Special). King Victor
Emmanuel has decided to give a
dinner in honor of lormer President
Roosevelt upon the occasion of the
letter's visit to this city. The guests
will Include Mrs. Roosevelt, Kermlt
and Miss Ethel, American Ambas
sador Leishman, Mrs. Lelshman.
other members of the American Em
bassy and Count Gulcclardinl, min
ister of foreign affairs.
Rear Admiral Swift Retires.
Washington, D. C. (Special).
Rear Admiral Swift, aid for material
to the Secretary of the Navy, closed
his active career in the Navy, hav
ing reached the retiring age of 62.
He will be relieved by Capt. Frank
F. Fletcher. Rear Admiral Swift
has had nearly 18 years' sea serv
ice and 23 years' shore duty.
Football Player Dies Of Injuries.
Dallas, Tex. (Special). John A.
Alrhart, aged 19, a former student
at Simmons College, of Abilene,
Tex., who was Injured In a foot
ball game in that place October 10
last, died In a sanitarium here. He
had been for the greater part of
this period unconscious from concus
sion of the brain.
A Connecticut fireman has patent
ed blunt-ended tongs to facilitate the
handling of hose.
By heating an oil-tempering bath
with electricity Instead of gaa or
coal the danger of fire Is eliminated.
Blue, pink and acquauiarine dia
monds recently wre exhibited In
London.
Approximately 3.748 miles of main
steam railroad tracks were built In
the United State last year, compared
with 3,214 miles in 1908.
Australian horses are preferred to
all others In India, the price for one
In Calcutta beist as. high at $340
to 1365.
The newly organised army of
EnglanJ has In every batalllon two.
in every calvary brigade six ma
chine guns.
The sale of dairy cheese In the
New York wholesale market last
year amounted to more than $3,000,
000. The United 8ts Army. Including
the military academy, coat $103.
727,000, and the Navy $136,000,-004.
Mayor Dies In Auto. ,
Hutchinson, Kas. (Special). O.
B. Shepherd, mayor of St John, Kas.,
died of heart disease while driving
his motor car. With him at the time
i were two guests and his wife They
stopped the car after It had run wild
for several minutes.
Big Demand For Babies,
New Orleans (Special) The de
mand for babies here has reached
such a proportion that It Is feared
that there will be a terloui short
age tn the supply. A carload of
babies from the New York Foundling
and Orphan Asylum was given away
here last week. Many women clam
ored for babies In vain, and so num
erous are tha applications that the
Institution has decided to send an
other carload of Infants to New Or
leans.
Girl Walks Into A Bonfire.
New York (Special) Esther
Kaplan. 17 yean old, built a bonfire
ot newspapers and refuse on the
lawn of Tompkins Square Park, on
the lower East Bide, and deliberate
ly walked Into the blazing pile. A
moment later she waa dragged away
and the flames, which bad communi
cated to her clothing, were beaten
out by a policeman before fatal
burns bad resulted.
The girl's Incoherent tinging and
ber cries, "I'm purging myself ot
In," led tha officer to tuspect the
was the victim or religious mania.
PRESIDENT TAFT'S
Asks the People to Help in the
Work.
Washington, D. C. (Special). 1
President Taft In a proclamation Just
Issued urged everybody throughout
the United States "to answer
promptly, completely and accurately
all Inquiries addressed to them by tha
enumerators or other employees"
who will be engaged in the taking
of the thirteenth decennial eensua.,
This work will begin April 14.
Duty To Answer.
The proclamation reads:
Whereas, By tho act of Con
gress, approved July 2, 1909, the
thirteenth decennial census of
the United States Is to be taken,
beginning on the fifteenth day
of April, nineteen hundred and
ten; and
Whereas, A correct enumera
tion of the population every ten
years Is required by the Con
stitution or the United States
for the purpose of determining .
the representation of the sever
al States in the House of Rep
resentatives; and, .
Whereas, It Is of utmost Im
portance to the Interests of all
the people of the United States
that this census should be a
complete and accurate report of
the population and resources of
the country:
Now, therefore, 1, William
Howard Taft, President of the
United States of Amerka. do
hereby declare and make known
that, under the act aforesaid, it
is the duty of every person to
answer all questions on the
censuB schedules applying to
him and the family to which he
belongs, and to the farm occu
pied by him or his family, and
that any adult refusing to do
so is subject to penalty.
No Harm From Information.
The sole purpose of the cen
sub is to secure general statis
tical Information regarding the
population and resources of the
country and replies are requir
ed from Individuals only In or
der to permit the compilation of
such general statistics. The
census has nothing to do with
taxation, with army or jury serv
ice, with the compulsion of
school attendance, with the
regulation ot immigration or
with the enforcement of any na
tional, State or local law or
ordinance, nor can any person
be harmed in any way by fur
nishing the information requir
ed. There need be no fear that
any disclosure will be made re
garding any Individual person
or his affairs. For the due pro
tection of the rights and inter
ests of the persons furnishing
information, every employee of
the Census Bureau Is prohibited
under heavy penalty from dis
closing any information which
may thus come to his knowl
edge. I therefore earnestly urge
upon all persons to answer
promptly, completely and ac
curately all inquiries addressed
to them by the enumerators op
other employees of the Census
Bureau, and thereby to contrib
ute their share toward making
this great and necessary public
undertaking a success.
Safeguarding Interests.
The proclamation It for the pur
pose of removing fears from the
minds of some people who are of
the opinion that information which
they give concerning themselves to
tne census taker may be used in
some way to the detriment of thoir
personal or business interests,
Against any such abuse, however.
the Government has thrown tht
strongest safeguards.
Dragged By Ferry Cable.
Pittsburg (Special). Dragged
through the waters of the Mononga
hola River by the cable ot a ferry
boat. 8-year-old Ove Hicks, of Fay
ette City, was rescued unconsciout
in midstream by two men, who row
ed like mad to keep pace with the
cable that was fast being wound
around a drum on the other shore.
The child had been playing on the
river bank when ber dreBs caught
In a frayed section of the steel cable,
and she was drawn Into the river.
She Is not expected to recover.
She Must Live In Seclusion.
Aiken, S. C. (Special). Mist
Mary V. Kirk, who has been quar
antined at her residence in this city
for 16 months as an alleged suf
ferer from leprosy, contracted while
a missionary In Brazil three yeart
ago. will be removed to a cottage
to be erected for her by the city of
Aiken in a secluded section. The
City Council will pay Miss Kirk for
her city property and allow ber a
specified sum monthly ror mainte
nance. Letter 33 Yeaii On Tho Way,
El Paso, Texas (Special). Jerry
Fuust. an employe ot tha Southern
Pacific Railroad, received a letter
mailed tn Pennsylvania 38 years
agoi The letter was addressed to
him "at Pittsburg and was written
end malleJ at Blanchaid. Pa., July
2. 1875, by his ttepmother, Mr.
Mary Still. Faust loft Pittsburg
many years aro. ' Hla stepmother
has been dead 15 years.
, ..
Burnt I'.iisband In Bed.
Hamilton, Ohio (Special). Mrs.
Edna Summerton, 28 yeart old, fear
ing that she would be committed
to the Dayton Insane Asylum, pour
ed a can of gasoline over the bed
In which her husband was sleeping
and, kneeling over the bed, sot It
afire An explosion followed. The
woman leaped head-first from a sec
ond story window. alighting on a
fence She was taken to a hospital
fatally injured. Her husband It
probably fatally burned.
Dr. Cook To Come Home.
New York (Special). -Dr. Fred
erick A. Cook It on bit way baoft
to New York from South America,
according to a friend. It la said
that he has cabled tha Waldorf-Astoria
to reserve a suite for himself
and hla wlf. Ho stayed at the Wal
dorf when he first arrived vita hit
polar clalma. According to tht
plant made known. Dr. Cook will
sail from Rio Janeiro March II and
will land at Colon. There he in.
tends to take a steamer for Mobile,
Ala., and will thon come on baa
overland.
COMMERCIAL
Weekly Review of Trade and
Market Reports.
Bradstreet'a sayt:
Trade reports continue to display
a certain degree of irregularity, !
tendency particularly noticeable In
the east parte of the nearby South
and In scattered sections of the West.
Yet on balance trade at a majority
of points Is probably better than It
was last week, the South as a whole
reporting Improvement, the North
west showing up In good shape, tht
far West good, with the Southwest
satisfactory, though bouse sales
there are lighter, while the West,
except Ohio and parts of Iowa, re
ports progress. More favorable
weather conditions appear to be tht
chief Influence making tor improve
ment; but, on the Other hand, tht
poor , condition of country roads
tendt to deter anything like a free
movement. Staple lines are In chief
request and as a matter of fact buy
ers continue backward to future
commitments except where price
conditions favor them.
High prices of manufactured goods
and uncertainty as to their perman
ence are the principal barriers against
expansion In trade, but as the situa
tion stands manufacturers find it dif
ficult to reduce prices on a large
scale because raw materials are so
high and because present profits are
not normally remunerative. Sum
med up, the turnover is larger than
It was last year, but the point Is
that trade does not measure up to
anticipations, which were keyed up
to a high point.' Retail trade has
Improved at a few points, but on
the whole the week's developments
have not been especially satisfactory,
prospects of a very early Easter
trade not having materialized.
Wholesale Markets.
New Y'ork. -Wheat Spot easy;
No. 2 red, 127c. nominal elexsator
domestic and nominal f. o. b. afloat;
No. 1 Northern Duluth and No. 2
hard winter, 1.27 nominal f. o. b.
afloat.
Corn Spot barely steady; steam-i
er, 65 He and No. 4, 62 elevator
export baBls and No. 2, 65 nominal
f. o. b. afloat.
Oats Spot easy; mixed, 26(9 32j
lbs., nominal; natural white. 26'iii
32 lbs., 4951c; clipped white, 34j
42 lbs., 5053. j
Eggs Nearby hennery, white!
fancy, 29 30c; do., gathered, white.'
27 29; do., hennery brown and
mixed, fancy, 26 27; do., gathered
brown, fair to prime. 26 26: West-.
I ern first. 2525,6: seconds. 24(fo
24.
Philadelphia. Wheat firm; con-'
tract grade, March, 122 124c.
Corn Firm. lc. higher; March
and April, 6464c
Oats Steady; No. 2 white, nat
ural, 52 63.
Butter Steady; extra Western
creamery, 34c; do., nearby prints,
35.
Eggs Firm; lc. higher; Pennsyl
vania and other nearby firsts, f. c,
25c. at mark; do., current receipts
In returnable cases, 24c. at mark;
Western firsts, f. c, 25 at mark; do.,
j current receipts, r. c, 24 at mark,
j Cheese Firm, fair demand; New
York full creams, choice. 17 c;
do., fair to good, 1617.
Live Poultry Steady; fowls, 17 6?
18c; old roosters. 13(3)13; chick
ens, 1920; ducks, 1719; geese,
14frl6.
Dressed poultry Steady: fresh
killed fowls, choice, 19c; do., fair
to good, 17(918; old roosters, 14;
broiling chickens, nearby, 18 24;
do., Western, 2122; roasting
chickens, Western, 1 5 (S) 2 1 ; turkeys,
nearby choice, - 25027; Western,'
choice, 25; do., fair to good. 22 (f
24; ducks, nearby, 2022; Western1
do.. 18 1120; geese, nearby, 13M5;
Western, do., 10 12.
Baltimore Wheat No. 2 red
Western, 121 c; No. 2 red, 1,21;
No. 3 red, 1.16; steamer No. 2 red,
1.14; steamer No. 2 red Western,
1.15.
Corn Spot, 63c; April. 64;
May. 66. -
Oats No. 3 white, heavy, In ele
vator, 48 c, White, No. 2, as to
weight, 50c; No. 3, 49; No. 4, 47;
mixed, No. 2, 49; No. 3, 48.
Rye We quote, per bu.: No. 2
Western, domestic, 85 90c; No. 3,
81ft K3; No. 2, nearby, 80 81.
Hay We quote, per ton: Tlmo
thyNo. 1, $21.50; No. 2, $20
21; No. 3, $17.50 19. Clover
Mixed Choice, $20.50021; No. 1,
$2020.50; No. 2, $18 19.50.
Clover No. 1. $20; No. 2. $17.50
19.
Straw We quote, per ton:
Straight .rye, fair to choice, $15; do.,
No. 2, $14; tangled rye, blocks, $10
& 10.50; wheat blocks, fair to
choice, $7.D08; oat, good to prime,
$9 ft 10.
Butter We quote, per lb.: Cream
ery, fancy, 8232c; creamery
choice. 303l; creamery good, 28
Cfji'J; creamery, Imitation, 21023;
crenmery, prints, 30 33.
Eggs Prices were again advanced
c per dozen. Choice, fresh eggs
met with ready sale. Duck eggs In
fairly active demand. We quote, per
dozen: Maryland, Pennsylvania and
nearby firsts, 22c; Western firsts,
22; West Virginia firsts. 22; South
ern firsts, 21; guinea eggs, 10 11;
duck eggs, 35,
Dressed Poultry We quote, per
lb.; Turkeys, choice, small. 24 f
25c; do., medium to large, 22 4
23; do., fair to good, 21 23; do .
old Toms 20 21; chickens, choice,
young, 1920; do., old and mixed,
17 18; do., old roosters. U1J;
duckt, 1820; capon, large, 2ifp
27; do., medium. 2324; do., small
and slips. 202l.
Live Stock.
Chicago. Cattle Market . steady
to strong. Steers, - $5.808.40;
cowt, $46; heifers. $46.25;
bulla, $4. 60 6. 10; calvea, $3010;
ttockers and feeders. $4.40 6.
Hogs Market opened 20 25c.
higher and told off later about 10c.
Choice heavy, $10.80 & 10.90; butch
ers, $10.80 10.90; light mixed.
$10.50 10.60; choice light, $10.65
10.75; packing, $10.70 10.80;
Pigs. $10 10.50; bulk ot tales,
$10.70 10.80. ; f
Sheep Mtrket steady. Sheep,
$.758.2f; lambs, $8.409.a;
yeaNlngt, $7.30 8.25. '
Kanaaa Cliy. Cattle Market
tteady to ttrong. Choice export and
dressed beef steers, $7.05 8; fair to
good, $5.90 7; Western steers,
$5.60 7.60; ttockers and feeders,
$4.256.25; Southern tteert. i.2k
7.2&; Southern cowt, $3.60 0
6.75; native cowt,' $3 6.60; native
helfera, $4.267; built, $4,400
S.86; calvea, $4.609. .
Hogs -Market 16J0o. hlgha.
Top, $10.56; bulk. $10.10010.40;
heavy, $10.85 10.(0; packer and
buUhers, $10.15 10 65; light, $lt
&10.2C; pta. $8.6009.16.