AMERICA'S HUMORfST AND PHILOSOPHER DEAD Mart Twain's Remark ible Ca reer Ends Peacefully. BUT HE HAD SUFFERED VERY MUCH. The Heart Tronble Which Caused His Ieath Developed Soon After The Tragic Death Of Ml DnuKhter Iit Christmas Eve In His Va ried Cnreer He Had Been Printer. Soldier, Pilot, Miner. Lecturer And Editor A Man Who Made The World Laugh. i HIS VARIED CAREER. Bom November 30, 1835, In Monroe County. Missouri. I At 12 year started to learn I trade of printer. . I In 1857 beoame a Mississippi pilot. 1861 enlisted in Confederate Army, but only served three months. Next tried his fortune at gold mining. From a miner he turned re porter, then editor in Nevada and his humor began to develop. Adopted pen name Mark Twain while working on Virginia city newspaper. I860, after tour of Europe, wrote Innocents Aoroaa ana established fame rs author. 1884, Invested in publishing company and lost his fortune lu its failure. Made world lecture tour and earned enough to more than pay bis debts. i Published his first book in I 1867; his last in 1907. Redding, Ct. (Special). Samuel Lanrhorn Clemens ("Mark Twain") died painlessly at 6.30 P. M. of an gina pectoris, lie lapsed into coma at 3 o'clock and never recovered con sciousness. It was the end of a man outworn by grief and acute agony of body. for long hours the grey, aquiline features lay moulded In the Inertia of death, while the pulse sank lower and lower, but late at night Mark Twain passed from stupor Into the first natural sleep he had known Bince he returned from Bermuda, and In the morning he woke refreshed, even faintly cheerful, and In full possession of all his faculties. He recognized his daughter Clara (Mrs. Osnip Gabrilowltsch), spoke a rational word or two and. feeling himself unequal to conversation, wrote out In pencil: "Give me my Masses." They were his last words. Laying them aside, he sank first Into reverie and later into final unconsciousness. At The Death lied. At the death bed were only Mrs. Cabrllowiuch (Clara Clemens), her husband, Dr. Robert Halsey, Dr. Qulntard, Albert Blgelow Paine, who wrote Mark Twain's biography, and his literary executor and the two trained nurses. Restoratives digi talis, strychnine and camphor were administered, but the patient failed to respond. Mr. Clemens did not die In an guish. Sedatives soothed his pain, but In his moments of consciousness the mental depression persisted. On the way up from Bermuda he eald to Albert Blgelow Paine, who had been his constant companion in his illness: "This is a bad Job; we'll never pull through with It." On shore once more and longing for the serenity of the New England hills, he took heart and said to those who noted his enfeeblement in Borrow: "Give me a breath of Redding air once more and this will pass." But It did not pass, and, tired of body and weary of spirit, the old warrior against shams and snobs said faintly to his nurses: "Why do you fight to keen me alive? Two days of life are as good to me as four." Inveteralo Smoker. It is certain to be recalled that Mark Twain was for more than 50 years an inveterate smoker, and the first conjecture of the layman would be that ho had weakened his heart by over-indulgence in tobacco. Dr. Halsey said that be was unable to predicate that the angina pectoris from which Mark Twain died was In any way a sequel of nicotine poison ing. Some constitutions, ho said, seem immune from the effects of to bacco. This was one of them. Yet it is true that since bis illness began the doctors had cut Mark Twain's dally allowance of twenty cigars and countless pipes to four cigars a Jay. No deprivation was a greater sor row to him. He tried to smoke on the steamer while returning from Bermuda, and only gave it up be cause be waa too feeble to draw on his pipe. Even on hta deathbed when he had passed the point of speech and it was no longer certain that bis ideas -were lucid, he would make the motion of having a cigar and, smiling, expel empty air from under the mustache still stained with smoke. Ilia New England Home, Where Mark Twain chose to spend his declining years waa the first output of Methodism in New England, and it was among the hills of Redding that General Israel Put nam, of Revolutionary fame, muster ed his sparse ranks. Putnam Park now encloses the memory of his camp. Mark Twain first heard of it at the dinner given him on his seven tieth birthday, when a fellow-guest who lived there mentioned Its beau ties and added that there was a va cant house adjoining his own. "I think you may buy that old house for me," said Mark Twain. Sherwood Place was the delectable name of that old house, and where It stood Mark Twain reared the white walls of the Italian villa he first tinmed "Innocence at Home," but a first experience of what a New Eng land winter storm' can be In its whitest fury quickly caused him to christen it anew "Stormflold." Thp house has been thus described by Albert Blgelow Paine: "Set on a fair hill with such a green slope below, such a view outspread across the valley as made one catch his breath a little when he first turned to look at It. A trout stream flows through one of the meadows. There are apple trees and grey stone walls. The entrance to It Is a winding, leafy lane." Ills White Hair. Through these lines the "Innocent at Home" loved to wander In his white flannels for homely gossip with the neighbors. They remember him best as one who above all things loved a good listener, for Mark was a mighty talker, stored with fairy tales for the little maids he adored and racier, ruder speech for more stalwart, masculine ears. It is a le gend that he was vastly proud of his famous mop of white hair and used to spend the pains of a court lady in getting it to Just the proper stage of artistic array. Last summer the walks began to falter; last fall they ceased for good. The death of H. H. Rogers, a close friend, was a severe blow. The death of his daughter Jean, who was seized with an attack of epilepsy last fall while in her batb. was an added blow from which he never recovered. It was then that the pairs In the heart began. Mark Twain died truly as can be said of any man of a broken heart. His Lost Work. The last bit of literary work he did waa a chapter of his unfinished autobiography describing his daugh ter Jean's death. He sought diver sion in Bermuda, where he. was the guest of the American vice-consul, William Allen, whose young daugh ter, Helen, acted as amanuensis for what few letters he cared to dictate. His winter was gay but not happy. When he heard of the successive deaths of his two friends, William Laffan of the Sun, and R. W. Gilder, editor of the Century, he said sadly: "How fortunate they are; no good fortune of that kind ever comes to me." Life bad no further allures for him. Mr. Paine said that the book Mark Twain took up from the cover let beside him when he asked for his glasses was "Carlyle s History of the French Revolution," his insep arable companion and greatest fa vorite. The burial was in the family plot at Emira, N. Y... where lie al ready his wife, his two daughters, Susan and Jean, and his infant son, Langhorne. Mr. Paine said that Mark Twain had put his affairs iu perfect' order and that ho died well off, though by no means a rich man. He leaves a considerable number of unfinished, manuscripts In all stages of comple tion and of all characters, many of them begun years ago and put aside as unsatisfactory. Mrs. Gabrilowltsch will aid Mr. Paine In the final decision .as to what use shall be made of these. 2.1 KILLED IN MINE. Explosion In Birmingham Colliery Catches 40 .Men. Birmingham, Ala. (Special). Word has been received here that 25 of the 40 entombed men in the Mulga mine were killed by the ex plosion. Ambuiances were hurried to Mul ga from Ensley soon after the news of the explosion reached the city. The explosion was of such force that the flames shot to a great height irom tne mouth of the shaft. The cages In the mouth of the shaft wore so badly sprung by the ex plosion that they cannot be used. The rhaft is not on fire, and air Is pumped Into the mine all the time. Hier Tukcs 4 I'p With Him. Charleville. France fSneclal) The French aviator Roger Sommer accomplished a feat which estab lishes a new world's record for aero planes. He made a flight of five min utes ncioss country with four passengers. DlKRlng Into ISutter Prices. Chicago (Special). Relations be tween the butter boards of Chicago and Elgin, Illinois, were the subject of informal inquiry here by O. E. Harrison, a special investigator from the office of Attorney General Wick ersham. Mr. Harrison's visit Is raid to be preliminary to an investigation by Federal authorities into condi tions governlnng the fixing of the price of butter weekly at Elgin. Chicago dealers declare the Elgin board arbitrarily fix the price too high. Rubber Will Cost More. New York (Special). The prices of rubber goods of all descriptions will advance approximately 10 per cent., according to an announcement made by the United Statea Rubber Company. The reason assigned by the corporation Is the increased cost of the raw material. MISS RUTH WHEELER'S DEATH IS AVENGED Albert Wolter Found G.ilty of Murder in First Degree. DENIED THAT HE EVER SAW GIRL Prosecution Had Denounced Th Prisoner As A Degenerate Of The T; pe Who Menace All Women Who Oo Out To Work Tor A Living Only Defense Offered Was To The Effect That Wolter Did Not Even Know The Girl Prisoner Stolid As Stone. New York (Special). Albert Wol. ter, degenerate youth of 19 years, who was "crazy" about women, must die in the electric chair for the mur. der of Ruth Wheeler, a pretty 17-year-old stenographer. After only one hour and 50 minutes of deliber ation, a Jury in the court of Special Sessions found him guilty of murdei in the first degree at 10.30 o'clock, bringing to a close a trial marked by its swift movement and its tes. timony of horror. The boy's counsel said with elo quence that Wolter was too tender hearted to harm a cat, but 12 men decided that he bad strangled Ruth Wheeler and thrust her while ye alive in his fire nlace. whexe. soaked with oil, her crumpled body writhed ana nurnea. With the same waxed-face Indif ference that he had shown through out the trial. Wolter evinced no emo. tlon when the verdict was announced With almost Inhuman complacencj he had been asleep In his cell and sleeping soundly while the Jury wai deliberating on his fate. This wa made known by a court attendant, who said that he had to arouse th prisoner to bring him Into court. Hears Verdict Unmoved. The Jurymen themselves showed emotion, while the bov who mimt ril. showed none. As the Jurors filed in me prisoner was led Into the rootr and took his seat, facing the Judge His face was the color of putty, bul his complexion Is naturally unwhole some and its ashiness was accentuat ed by the brilliant lights of the court room. When asked if they had found s verdict William V. Kulp, foreman ol the Jury, answered In a shaking voice: "We have." He then announc ed he and his assoctute. had found Wolter guilty of murder in the first degree. All eyes immediately shifted toward the prisoner, but he was at stolid as a piece of stone. As be was being handcuffed to officers, pre paratory to being taken back to the Tombs, he gazed about him uncon cernedly, then wobbled away with his custodians. No relatives of the murderer or of his victim were in court to hear the verdict. His aged parents were in court during the afternoon, but as he heard the decision which means death, he was alone among strangers. Efforts were made to get t statement from Wolter while on his way to the Tombs, but he refused to talk. "I don't want to talk. I'm tired and I want to get a little good sleep first." KILLED HIS BENEFACTOR. Salvation Army Officer Shot By Man He Took Into Ills Home. Boston, Mass. (Special). Turning upon the man who befriended him, Edwin Bishop, aged 70 years, shot down Lieut. George Somers. of the Salvation Army, In the bathroom of the latter's home, in Dorchester, and then, walking past the woman who be had Just made a widow, with a smile on his face, sought the attic and ended his own lire with a bul let. The police believe that Lieu tenant Somers was killed while try ing to prevent Bishop from commit ting suicide. Lieutenant Somers met Bishop weeks ago In the course of his work In the city, and finding that the aged man had no home, invited him to the little house in the suburbs. Bish op had shown some sl.Tns of insanity, but was never violent. OF Believes It Will Ultimately Come About. Secretary Of State I Of The Opinion That Ait International Court Of Arbitral Justice Will Be Estab lished At The Hague In The Neat Future And That Such A Perma nent Tribunal Would Bring About The Result. Washington, D. C. (Special). Ultimate disarmament of the nation of the world Is practicable in the opinion of Secretary Knox. He be lieves, the establishment of a court of arbitral Justice to which nation! of the world ' may appeal for the rettlcmcnt of their controversies L will have the effect as its own nat ural consequence of not merely re ducing armament, but ultimately of rendering large armaments unnec essary. His plan for the establishment of an international court of arbitral Justice which was outlined In an Identical note sent in the fall of last year to various nations la said to be meeting with general favor, and Mr. Knox believes that such a court will be constituted at The Hague in the near future. By way of explanation of his plan ; for the establishment of the court the Secretary Bald that the existence of a permanent tribunal of arbitral Justice would make a resort to it very easy, as, being in permanent session, it would not have to be con stituted anew for each case as It arises; that the expenses of 'the court would be borne by the na tions Jointly, not as heretofore by the parties in controversy, and that the Judgments of such a court would bind all parties interested tn the particular controversy. The court would be composed of Judges representing various nations or sys tems of law, and it is expected would develop International law Just as the common law of England and the United States has been developed by Judicial decision. The Secretary also said that while the court would be primarily Intend-, ed for the powers participating la its constitution, It would neverthe less be open to any power that might wish to submit a controversy to it, thus making it in the fullest sense international. It la not proposed In signing a convention for the estab lishment of such a court that the na tions shall obligate themselves to disarm or make any move toward disarmament. The successful oper ation of the court, however, would have for its consequence a reduction of armament, if not complete dis armament. The Secretary gave as a familiar Illustration of the successful oper ation of an international court the conditions on the Pacific Coast fol lowing the discovery of gold. In the absence of courts to protect the citizens, every man carried a pistol and himself redressed his real or fancied wrongs. Ultimately the es tablishment of courts rendered the carrying of arms unnecessary, and they were discarded. The Secretary foresees a like result to the na tions from the establishment and successful operation of a great , in ternational tribunal. Secretary Knox is unwilling to go Into details aa to the progress made toward the establishment of such a court, but it is known that reports so far received Justify the expecta tion that a court of arbitral Justice will be established before the meet ing of the next conference at The Hague in 1915. HUNTING TRAIN ROBBERS. COMMERCIAL DARKNESS AT MIDDAY. Women In Chicago Hysterical Over Ktrunge Phenomenon. Chicago (Special). Sudden dark-, ness, descending .for two hours over Chicago, created consternation among the more Ignorant, who at tributed the phenomenon to Halley's comet. 'The weather department, an swering calls from different parts of the city, explained that the darkness was caused by a combination of rain, wind and smoke. In at least one street car women became hysterical, and in the immi grant quarters patrolmen were ap pealed to to put at rest the fears of the nervoua. American Cross For Taft. Washington, D. C, (Special). One of the two crosses awarded an nually by the American Cross of Hon or waa presented t,o President Taft One cross Is given each year to thi head of this or some foreign Gov ernment, the other to the person among those awarded life saving medals of honor by the United Statei Government wfho U considered te have performed the most heroic res cue as a life saver. .V A Zulu Prince Dead. Chicago (Special). Charles Stef. ens, former prince of a tribe of Zuli warriors living along the Zambesi River, South Africa, died at the coun ty hospital. He was 65 years old. His real name probably never wll be known. He was brought to th United States over 16 years ago b Charles Stevens, of Jollet, an ama teur explorer. While traveling alont the Zambesi River, Mr. 8tevens boal overturned. He was rescued by' I powerful Zulu warrior. Posses Of Government Officers Are After Two Suspects. . Washington, D. C. (Special), Two suspects, believed to be the men wanted in connection with the train robbery late Saturday night near Banlola, Cal., are being hunt ed through Contra-Costa County by posses of officers and Inspectors, who are confident that the men want ed will be taken. This was the tel egraphic report made to the Post office Department by Inspector Hall, In charge at San Francisco. The in vestigation thus far shows that only a small amount of cash was secured, be reports. The contents of the pieces registered at San Francisco, he says. Indicates that the monetary loss will be small, and there were no valuable bank packages. $1,000,000 Musonlc Temple. . Washington, D. C. (Special). The contract for the erection in this city of the $1,000,000 temple of the Scottish Rite Masons was awarded to John Russell Pope, of New York City. Many designs for the new temple were submitted, and a num ber of local architects entered the competition. The new. edifice is to be completed by 1912. Leaped 120 Feet To Death. New York (Special). Mrs. John Laender, wife of a musician, selected the highest point on the elevated railway and leaped 120 feet to her death from the One Hundred and Tenth Street Station. She dlej In an automobile oo tho way to a hos pital. She had been a sufferer with a nerve disorder and was fifty years old. Cook's Mt. McXlnley Failure Proved. Washington, D. C. (Special). Governor Walter E. Clark, of Alaska, who Is In this city, received a tele gram from E. W. Griffin, at Fair banks, Alaska, declaring the proofs of the ascent of Mount McKlnley by Thomas Lloyd and party on April 3 were absolute and that those proofs show the "absolute failure of Cook's party." There were fewer deaths to the thousand of population In Philadel phia last year than ever before in the city's history. HEAVY FROST LEAVES A TRAIL OF RUIN Large Damage to Crops in West and Northwest. WINDS PREVENTED MORE DESTRUCTION. Examination Of lludi Shows That Fruit l.i llmlly Damaged, While (lardcn Vegetables Suffered Scurcc ly lies Farmers Burn Straw And Take Blankets And Table Linen To Cover Vines And (iurdenw More Frost ExiK-cted In Some Localities. Chicago, 111. (Special). Six of the great Central Lake district states must buy nearly all their fruit from other states this reason, and 12 or more states will l.awo but half a crop. This was made certain fol lowing a careful examination of the frozen buds and twigs. All garden vegetables also have suffered severe ly and Chicago must draw its sup ply from distant points as a result of the blizzard and freezing weather of the last three days. Sunday the temperature was slow ly rising and the snow and fleet turned to rain, which fell incessant ly. The same conditions aro re ported from Minnesota, Wisconsin, parts of Michigan, Indiana, Iowa, Nebraska and the Dakotas. Latest estimates of the loss to fruit, vegetable and grain crops, bas ed on today's examinations, put the total above thirty millions, distribut ed as follows: Michigan $6, 000,000 Indiana 6,000,000 Wisconsin 3,000,000 Nebraska 3,500,000 Illinois 3,000,000 Iowa St, 000, 000 Missouri 2,500,000 Kansas 3,000,000 Loss In Kentucky, Tennessee, the Dakotas and other states will not be so heavy, as the storms only de vastated portions of them. In the estimate;, no account Is taken of the permanent crippling of young trees nd the destruction, partial or com plete, of vines and plants. Novel methods were taken In many districts to save the strawber ry and vegetable crops. People strip ped their beds of blankets, employed table linen and everything else they ould find to cover the gardens and vines. Damp Btraw, tar smudges and anything else that would create heavy smoke were burned In the orchards and gardens to check the frost. Owing to the unusually warm March and April, all fruit and vege table crops were at least a month In advance and In most places there is no chance for a second crop. IN ILLINOIS. Springfield, 111. All records for '.ate cold weather in Central Illinois were broken Sunday. It was 10 de grees below freezing here and other Central Illinois, poluts. Only once for the entire month of April for any previous year has the tempera ture been so cold, and that was on April 1, 1899, when the mercury dropped to 19 degrees. IN KANSAS, Topeka, Kan, There were slight frosts In low-lying fruit sections of Kansas, but most parts of the state the high winds prevented frosts. IN OHIO. Cleveland, O. "Killing frosta" have been reported from practically all the principal points in Ohio. In Columbus, Cincinnati and Cleveland the mercury fell below the freezing jjolnt on Saturday night, and, ac cording to United Statea Forecaster James Kenealey, frost, snow and rain Is the Immediate outlook. "It ia impossible to estimate at present the damage to the crops," said Mr. Kenealey, "but I have re ceived reporta of killing frosts from all over Ohio, Indiana and lllinolc." IN NEBRASKA. Omaha, Neb. The high winds prevailing in this vicinity since Fri day subsided Sunday afternoon. With the subsiding of the wlud the temperature moderated considerably, ranging from 31 to 4 8, the latter degree at 7 P. M. IN OKLAHOMA. Oklahoma City, Okla. A light frost prevailed In the lowlands of Oklahoma. J. P. Slaughter, of the United Statea weather station, says the temperature of the last few days Is the coldest ever recorded at this season. IN TENNESSEE. Nashville, Tenn. At times, ap proaching storm proportions, flurries of snow were Intermittent here throughout Sunday. The government thermometer registered 41 degrees at noon. IX KENTUCKY. Louisville. Ky. Unprecedented low temperatures for the season and steady snowfall throughout Western Kentucky and Western Tennessee marked the progress of the cold wave which now has spread as far south as Northern Mississippi. At Louisville and Memphis the thermometer registered 32 degrees, the coldc-st late April weather on rec ord. In Western Kentucky the snow, fall gave prospect that morning would find a blanket posBlbly two Inches In depth on the ground. IN MISSOURI. St. Louis, Mo. Heavy snow storms and high winds with a tem perature several degrees below freez ing are reported throughout Missouri and Southwestern Illinois. A report from Lebanon, Mo., In the heart of the apple district, states that farmers have given up the crop and have ceased smudging. The peach and berry crop, accord ing to the St. Louis weather observ atory officials, probably are also de stroyed, although there Is slight hope that a rising temperature will save a portion of both. IN MINNESOTA. St. Paul, Minn. The temperature has been slowly rising in the North west since midnight, and Indications are for warmer weather. Reports from the entire north west indicate that barley, oats, rye and corn were badly damaged, but the soil still is In fine condition for plowing, and It Is not too late lor reeeedlng. Small gardeners and fruitgrowers suffered heavily. IN WISCONSIN. Milwaukee, Wis. The backbone of tho storm in WIsctnRln has been broken and normal conditions re stored, according to Major H. B. Hersey, of the Weather Bureau. "The shifting of the wind to the northeast was all that saved a dis astrous frost," Mr. Hersey said. "The present temperature, which is, above the freezing point, will un do much of the damage wrought to vegetation by Saturday's storm." IN IOWA. Burlington. Ia. Snow fell lightly all day In this part of Iowa. The cold Is moderating. COURT OF CUSTOMS APPEALS New Tribunal Appoints Its Import ant Ofllcers. Washington, D. C. (Spocial). All the Important ofllcers of the new Court of Customs Appeals were an nounced at a meeting of that tri bunal. Mr. Arthur B. Shelton, of Washington, now clerk to the Sen ate Finance Committee, waa ap pointed clerk, with Charles M. Ayer. of Michigan, as his assistant. For reporter the court appointed Thomas H. Clark, of Alabama, and for mar shal John R. Elder, of Athens, O. Red ford L. Homes, of Missouri, and R. D. Lillie. of Michigan, were named as stenographers. MONEY IN AN OLD STOVE. Package Of Gold Pieces Drop" Out After It Was Sold. New York (Special). After ehe had sold an old stove for 30 cents, Miss Norah Sullivan, aged 70, of Nowark, N. J., learned that It waa really worth $600. A package which dropped from the stove, unnoticed by the purchaser, was picked up by two boys and found to contain 60 ten dollar gold pieces. The money was turned over to the police and will probably be re turned to Miss Sullivan. It is sup posed the etove bad been used as a safety vault by her brother-in-law, who died several years ago. WASHINGTON BY TELEGRAPH The bar of the Supreme Court of the United States will hold a meet ing on Saturday, April 30, In 'the courtroom, at the Capitol, to take appropriate action In memory of the late JuBtlce Brewer. Mrs. Scott, president general of the Daughters, of the American Rev olution, was presented with a gavel made of wood from the 13 original states by Francis Scott Key Chapter of Baltimore. Coropation tax assessments up to date amount to $15,203,130. Only $132,047 has been paid Into the Treasury on account of the tax. Cor porations have until June 30 to pay up. The Bureau of Statistics reporta that the trade In domestic merchan dise between the United States and the Philippine Islands Increased &5 per cent, during the past year. It la reported in administration circles that President Taft may ap point Governor Hughes a member of the Supreme Court bench to suc ceed the late Justice Brewer. All tbe Important officers of the new Conrt of Customs Appeals were announced at a meeting of that tri bunal. The Southern Railway granted the demands of Its 1,200 carmen by giv ing them en Increase of 31 ft cents a day. Senator HugheB prevented a vote being taken on tbe cost of living appropriation In the Senate. Assistant Secretary of the Treas ury Norton told the House Commit tee that subtreasury ofllclals could steal all they want, without fear of punishment. The Senate, discussed Senator Lodge's resolution to appropriate $65,000 additional to extend the Senate inquiry into the cost of liv ing. Representative Fowler offered a resolution to take from the Speaker the power to appoint committees. It went Into the basket. Mrs. Jane I. Fagg, widow of Lieu tenant Colonel John A. Fagg, of Mexican War fame, was accidentally asphyxiated. Wife Chews Tobacco. Muncle, Ind.' (Special ). Whether the fact that a wife is addicted to the habit of chewing tobacco is cruel treatment of the husband within the meaning of the statute is a question that will be Interpreted by Judge Joseph G. Leder when the divorce case of John W. Hefferllne against Mrs. Georgia Hefferllne Is called In the Circuit Court. Tbe Hefferllnes have been married 28 years, and the husband says he can no longer stand his wife's habit of chewing. 1 Brake Worked All Right, Philadelphia (Special). Tbe bat tleship Indiana roturned to the Phil adelphia Navy Yard after a five days' test at sea of a brake, which Is claimed will help In the quick stop page of warships. Capt. Chauncey Thomas, who came from Washington to observe the test, said that the brake worked satisfactorily. With Its use, he said, the Indiana could be stopped in half its own length when going at good speed. The brake is attached te each side of a ship and I operated from the en- Personal Guests Of King Frederick. Copenhagen (Special). The plans of Mr. Roosevelt have been so chang. ed as to permit him to spend thirty hours at the Danish capital. Tbe Roosevelts will be ' the personal guests of King Frederick at Chris tian VII Palace. Publicity Bill Pasess House. Washington, D. C. (Special). Tbe House passed the McCall bill requiring tbe publicity of campaign contributions, both before and aft er political campaigns. Socialist Mayor In Office. Milwaukee, Wis. (Special). The government of Milwaukee which, for more than a decade, with the excep tion of two years under Republican role, baa been controlled by Demo crats, passed into the bands of the Social Democrats, with Mayor Emll Seldel aa their leader. Mayor Seldel will have back of him in the council $1 members of bis party. The mi nority consists of 10 Democrats and tour Republicans. The council chamber was crowd ed when Mayor Seldel delivered his aoausxiral address, - I Vermont Town Devastated. Hyde Park, Vt. (Special) Driven by a strong wind, a Are started la the county Jail here spread until th Jail, courthouse, town hall, Congre gational Church, one store and IS residences of tenements bad been laid in ashes. Twenty families an homeless. ' Aviator Falls AO Feet. Doual, France (Special). Louli Breguet, tbe French aviator, who has appeared In numerous aviation contests suffered a fractured skull Irom a f sail when making a flight. , , Many Immigrants Insane. New York (Special). "One out of wvery four Immigrants is found to be Insane," was tbe startling state ment made by Dr. Sidney Wllgus before the atate lunacy commission. "We cannot hope," Dr. Wllgus con tinued, "for a desirable race from these Immigrants now coming; Some are so low in the scale of humanity, like the Macedonians and the Slavs from the Carpathian range, that they don't know their own names'. They, 'forfet the names of the towns they came from; tbey do not know the! days of the weok. Weekly Review of Trade and Market Reports. R. O. Dun ft Co. 'a Weekly Review of Trade sayst' Crop conditions are becoming more and more a vital factor In th business situation, and it is note worthy that the nearer one gets to the actual producing centers and th further from the speculative mar kets the more cheerful are the re ports. Even the poor winter wheat outlook is 'improved by rains, whll as regards to spring wheat there li a larger acreage and excellent ini tial conditions. If the main crops are good tbe year should be a pros perous one in spite of political and monetary complications. ' The unsettlement In pig Iron, where curtailment of production to talked of in the trade as a meant of bringing a readjustment of condi tions, still disturbs the iron and steel market. With the output during th last six months exceeding all previ ous records some accumulation of stocks has resulted and prices for' sometime past have been Jn con sumers' favor. New low quotations are named by the leading oast lronj pipe Interest on its Inquiries for 50,-; 000 tons' of Southern iron, while the! general weakness In the market has now extended abroad. The dry goods markets are gen erally quiet, but price readjustments In cotton goods stimulate business on special qualities. Erport trade Is slow. Curtailment In cotton and worsted mills continue. There is now a satisfactory trad in footwear and although some buy ers are still out of the market, the question of prices is becoming a less disturbing element. Material actlvl ty has developed in the Boston sole leather market. All varieties of do mestic hides and calf-skins continue very strong. Wholesale Markets. New York. Wheat 6pot easy; No. 2 red, 117c, nominal, c. 1. f., and No. 1 Northern, 1.1914, f. o. b. opening navigation. Com Spot firmer; steamer, 62 He and No. 4, 69, both bid, elevator, export baBls. Export No. 2, 63 He bid, f. o. b. Oats Spot firm; mixed, 26 32 lbs., nominal; natural white, 26 32 lbs., 46 49c; clipped white, 84042 lbs., 47 63. Butter Firm; creameries, 25 82c; dairies, 22 28. Eggs Steady; receipts, 33,114 cases; at mark, cases Included, 18 20e; first, 20; prime firsts, 21. Cheese Steady; daisies, 14 14 Vie; twins, 13 13; young Americas, 14 14; long horns, 1313. Poultry Steady; turkeys, 16e; chickens, 18; springs, 18. Veal steady; 60 to 60 lb weights, 8 8He; 60 to 85 lb. weights, 911; 85 to 110 lb. weights, 11 12. Philadelphia, Pa. Wheat weak and lc. lower; contract grade, April, 113 115c. Corn Firm, He. higher; April and May, 62 62 He Oats Firm; No. 2 white, natural, 4949c. Butter Firm; good demand. Ex tra Western creamery, 35 He; do., nearby prints, 87. Eggs Steady; fair demand. Pennsylvania and other nearby firsts, free cases, 23c, at mark; do., current receipts, in returnable cases, 22, at mark; Western firsts, free cases, 23, at mark; do., current re ceipts, free cases, 22, at mark. Cheese unchanged. Live Poultry Firm; fowls, 20 20c; old roosters, 1414H. broiling chickens, 35 38; ducks, 17 19; geese, 12 13. Baltimore, Wheat No. 2 red Western, 113c; No. 2 red. 1.12; No. 8 red, 1.08; steamer No 2 red, 1.06; steamer No. 2 red Wester , 1.07. The closing was easier; No. 2 red spot, 112 He sales. Corn Spot, 61 e; May, 62; July, 65. Oats We quote, per bush.: White, as to weight No. 2, 49 49c; No. 3, 4748; No. 4, 44 46. Mixed No. 2, 4747He; No. 8, 4646. Hay We quote, per ton: Timo thyNo. 1, $21 21.50; No. 2. $2020.50; No. 3, $17.6019. Clover Mixed Choice, $20.50; No. 1, $19.50020; No. 2, $18 019. Clover No. 1, $19.50020; No. 2, $18019. Straw We quote, per ton: Straight rye, fair to choice, $12; do., No. 2. $11. Butter Creamery separator, ex tras, 83 84c, firBts, 31 32; creamery imitation, extras, 2324, firsts, 22 23; creamery prints, lb., extras. 3384, firsts, 31032; creamery prints 1 lb., extras, 83 34, firsts, 31 82; creamery blocks, 2 lbs., extras, 82 33, firsts, 30 21. CheeseJobbing lota, per lb., 18 18Hc. Eggs We quote, per dor: Mary land, Pennsylvania and nearby firsts, 21 He: Western firsts, 21 Hi West Virginia firsts, 21; Southern firsts, 20 ; duck eggs, 26. Live Poultry Chickens Old hens, heavy, 20c; small to medium. 20; old, roosters, 12; young to choice, 20022; winter, 2 lbs. and under, 25 30; spring, 1 lb. and over, 35 40. Ducks Large, 18c; small, 17; Muscovy and mongrel, If 17. Live i-ock. tlilcago. -Cattle Market strong. Steers, $8.2608.65; cows. $4.85 7.26; heifers, $4.2507.60; bulls. $4.60 6.60; calves, $3 8; stockers and feeders, $4.75 6.85. Hogs Market weak to 10a lower. Choice heavy, $9.9 6 10; butchers, $9.95010.05; light mixed, $9 $9.95; choice light, $10010.10; packing. $9.90 10; pigs. $9.60 10; bulk of sales, $9.90 010. Sheep Market 16 25c higher. Sheep, $8.50 8.25'; lambs, $7.76 9.76; yearlings, $7.6508.65. Kansas City. Cattle Market 1 CP16o. hlghen. Choice export and dressed beef steers, $7.60 8.25; fair to good, $6.7 6 7.40; Western steers, $6 7.70; stockers and feed ers, $4.90 0 6.75: Southern steers. $5.2507.80; Southern cows, $3.(0 6.75; native cows, $4.2506.90; na tive heifers, $4.7507.25; bulla. $1.30 06.85; calves, $4 7.75. Hogs Market 6010c, lower. Top, $9.95; bulk of sales, $9.60 9.85; heavy, $9.809.95; packer nd butchers, $9.66 0 9.90; light. $9. Rft 8.80; pigs, $8.6009. I Sheep Market steady to. strong--Lambs, $8.(009.75; yearling, $ A Mother Seeks Death. Chicago, 111. (Special). Despond ent because sho and one daughter -were Invalids, Mrs. Margaret Collins 26 years old, killed herself and her two little daughters, apparently wait lug until her oldest child, Mary rlx years old, was asleep. Mrs. Colllni turned on all tbe asjel in her room and then lay down in a bed room. The dead, woman was found with ber 14-niontb-old daughter, An astasia, clasped In her arms. His Aeroplane Wrecked. Lichfield, England (Special). Tb gale capsized and wrecked Graham White's aeroplane near this place. White started from London foi Manchester In an attempt to win a $50,000 prize, but he was compelled o abandon his flight ou account o. unfavorable weather after he had -completed 115 miles of the distance. It will require a weeks to repair tho machine, and Mr. White has an 'pounced bis intention to make an. other attempt to in the prize at oon as the weather Is favorable. Senator Smith, of South Carolina, stated in the Senate, referring to the Indictment of cotton speculators In New York, that Attorney Gen eral Wtckersbam has been made the victim of a plot. Senator Furcell, of North Dakota, made his maiden speech in the Sen ate, speaking on tbe railroad bill, la-which he sharply criticised the President and Attorney General. Col. William H. Blxby will be made chief of engineers of the Army in June, succeeding Brigadier Gen eral William L. Marshall. Representatives Lever and Le gare, of South Carolina, will be al lowed to retain their seats, accord ing to an announcement of Elec tions Committee No. 3 of the House. The Pickett Conservation BUI, au thorizing the President to make withdrawals of public lands for pur poses of conservation, was passed by the House. Thirteen and a half million acres of coal lands were withdrawn from entry In Southeastern Montana, Eulogies were delivered In the House In memory of tbe late. Repre sentative James Griggs, of Georgia.
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