THE NEWS
Domestic
Signs or '.cyanide In the stomach
of Col. Thomas II. Swope might have
resulted from the mingling of for
maldehyde, Injected In embalming
fluid, and the natural amomnla In
the body, testified Dr. Walter M.
Cross In the Hyde trial.
On representations that the Uni
ted States Life Endowment Company
la totally Insolvent, the concern was
placed in the hands of the Central
TruBt Company, of Illinois, as re
ceiver. Seven paspengers were Injured
when a Btreet car of the Wllkes
Barre and Wyoming Valley Traction
Company plunged Into a mine cave
in at Wllkes-lJarre, Pa.
The American Bible Society of the
Methodist Episcopal Church South
bas received a gift of $500,000 from
Mrs. Ruraell Sane.
The New York City Federation of
Women's Clubs demands the appoint
ment of a woman as an assistant
district attorney.
Frank T. .Minor, a wealthy grain
broker of St. Louis was sentenced
to the penitentiary for conducting a
bucket shop.
Three firemen were killed and
three Injured In a wreck of a new
automobile fire engine at Macon, Oa.
A piece of tattooed flesh was ex
hibited In a murder trial at Monte
sano, Wash.
As a test of the constitutionality
of the Ohio primary law, a Biiit was
filed in Cleveland to restrain the
board of election from placing the
name of United States Senator
Charles Dick upon the Republican
ballot.
Opt rations of a clever forger, who
secured almost $5,000 In cash, have
Just been revealed to the Boston
police authorities by the officials of
the National Shawmut Bank, which
lost that Bum through bogus checks.
William Randolph Hearst filed ad
ditional suits for damages owing to
the Hearst-Gaynor controversy,
against Adolph Ochs, Henry Water
son, Melville E. Stone, Herman Rld
der and seven Boston daily news
papers. Blue-print charts showing how
Helnze made good his famous bet
that I'nlted Copper would pass Amal
gamated were Introduced In the trial
In New York by the prosecution as
Its trump card.
11. F. Latlamme told the Men's
National Missionary Congress In
Chicago that a knowledge of dentistry
added to the success of a mission
ary In heathen lands.
Mrs. Margaret Potter Black, bet
ter known us Margaret Horton Pot
ter the authoress, was declared In
sane by a court in Chicago.
Progress Is being made In the ar
rangements for the celebration of
the fiftieth anniversary of the bat
tle of Gettysburg in July, 1913.
Will Johnson and Charlie Walker,
oegroos, were positively identified
by Conductor W. H. BryBon as the
highwaymen who shot him and
murdered Motorman S. T. Brown In
the holdup of an Atlanta street cur
a wesk ago.
Former United States Senator Wil
liam E. Mason, In an Interview giv
en out in Chicago, declared that 50
per cent, of the sea'.s in the I'nlted
States Senate have been practically
purchased.
Owing to the great variety of
BbaJes which have hitherto been
used on tags and sweaters as the
Harvard University color, the cor
poration has decided on a single offi
cial crimson.
Mrs. Mary A. Harrlnian, widow of
the late E. 11. Harrlnian, will neither
deny nor confirm the report that her
iai'liter Mary is engaged to Charles
Cary ltumsey, of New York.
Mary S. Moore, a Boston .dress
maker, pli ailed guilty to defrauding
the government of customs In the
"Bleper'1 trunk caseH, and was fined
$600.
Tue freight steamer Santurce and
the oil tank Ligonler were in collis
ion during a fng off Cape Cod.
George A Trout, of Cumberland,
lid., was awarded a metal by the
Carnegie Hero Fund Commission.
The Wesleyan College, acting un
on Its own initiative, adopted a reso
lution abolishing hazing.
Suffragists plan to tour the State
Hiatus Steel Corporation amounts to
112,000,000.
Suffragists plan to tour the Stast
of llli'iois in automobiles.
Foreign
Several hundred bodies of victims
of the earthquake at Cartago, Costa
Kica, have been taken from the ruins.
The injured number three or four
hundred. The American Red Cross
has cabled 35,000 for the sufferers.
The body of Miss Estella Retd, the
American woman who recently was
fonnd dead on the beach at Naples,
nd the cause of whose death re
mains a mystery, wag shipped to New
York.
King Frederick's University con
fened upon Colonel Roosevelt the
degree of doctor of philosophy.
Mr. L. M. Stevens, president of
tho National W'omen'g Christian
Ten-.jn-rance Union of the United
f.tates, presided at a session of the
World's Women's Christian Temper
ance Union Congress In Glasgow.
King Edward is suffering from a
severe bronchial attack and was un
able to go to the railway station
to meet the Queen on her return
from the continent.
The prevent friendly relations be
tween Russia and Japan Indicate the
probability of an agreement affect
ing the Far East.
Commander Peary presented the
British Royal Geographical Society
with one of the sleds which be took
to th North Pole.
Max Beer boh in, the writer and
rrltto, and Miss Floronco Kahn, an
American actress, were married in
London.
It , was officially announced that
tho second International exhibition
of aerial locomotion will be beld In
Ports.
Earl Grey progued the Canadian
rarltmunt and made his farewell
speech, preparatory to tearing for
Englnnd.
Charles Krlswell offers m prize or
500 for the aviator who remains
stationary In the air over given
nrnt for the space of one minute.
Hlxly seconds does not sound a long
time, and )ct. If Mr. Frlswell takes
the trouble to think It out, It Is Just
Irnr. enough to seed the anuulment
of sM'tatlon for tho 'eat to be ac
complished. Westminster Osteite.
There are about 8,000 wedding
rvcrv'24 bours. taVlr. the entire
' tctu Into consideration.
I.urkno-v beauts of the. Urges:
r"ori In tie world without columns
t Is bd!t or a kind of c.iaerets.
15 KILLED AND 50 INJURED
Y
Explosion Lays Waste Conntry
for Mile and a Half Aronnd.
SAD DISASTER NEAR HULL, QUEBEC.
Terrific Rxplntilon At The Plant Of
The General Explosives Compnny
Of t'nnmla Giant Troon Snapped
Off (1oe Anil Barns And Dwell
ings Converted Into Kindling Wood
Holiday Oowd A Thousand
Yards Off Smitten Bodies Fright
fully Mangled.
Ottawa, On. (Special). An explo
sion which wrecked the plant of the
General Explosives Company of Can
ada, situated a mile from Hull, Que.,
and four miles from this city, killed
fifteen persons and Injured more
than fifty others. Tha force of the
explosion was terrifying. The coun
try for miles around was laid waste
and many small dwellings In the city
of Hull on the side nearest the scene
of the explosion were flattened to the
ground.
A baseball game was In progress
a Bhort distance from the powder
works about 6 o'clock. The teams
were playing the last Innings and
when a fire was seen In one of tho
small buildings of the powder plant
the crowd began to swarm up the
hill to get a better view of the blaze.
Warning the danger came to the
onlookers In two minor explosions
soon after the fire got well under
way. A shower of sparks and frag
ments of the wrecked building fell
among the spectators and there was
a scurrying out of what was consid
ered the danger xone.
Some men in the crowd, aware
of the possibilities of the danger
when tho main magazine was reached,
pleaded .with the crowd to go still
farther back and many of them Reed
ed the warning. Others, apparently
enjoying the element of danger In
the spectacle, stood within 1,000
yards of the burning buildings. They
were kept on the qui vlve by deto
nations which Bent showers of burn
ing brands In all directions.
The baseball game broke up and,
the remainder of the spectators and
the players rushed up to join the
crowd at the fire. It was then that
the main magazine exploded. There
were two stunning detonations. Ev
erything within a radius of a mile
and a half was torn and shattered.
Giant trees were snapped off close
to the earth; barns and dwelling
houses were converted Into kindling
wood and even in Ottawa, four miles
from the scene, hundreds of plate
glass windows wers broken.
The scene where the crowd from
the ball field stood resembled a bat
tlefield. Headless, armless and leg
less bodies were lying abount among
scores of unconscious forms. To the
few who retained a flicker of con
sciousness It appeared as though over
100 had been killed.
TO TAKE TWO-YEARS' WALK.
Rev. Augustin Jones To Travel
Through China, Etc., Afoot.
Chicago (Special). Rev. Augus
tin Jones, pastor of the Fourth Con
gregational Church, of Oak Park, a
suburb, who takes pleasure walks
of from 40 to 60 miles, has resign
ed, and after a year's study In Edln
burg, Scotland, will start on a two
years' walk through Southern Europe,
Asia Minor, India and China. Mrs.
Jones will accompany him, but she
will travel by railroads, camels and
other conveyances. Mr. Jones is
five feet three Inches tall and ac
quired his remarkable pedestrian
ability In the Rocky Mountains,
where he went for the benefit of
his healthy
WILL RAISE THE MAINE.
Congress Pusses BUI To Remove
Wreck Of Battleship. ,
Washington, D. C. (Special).
After twelve years the Ill-fated bat
tleship Maine Is to be removed from
Havana Harbor, and the bodies
which weat down with the vessel
will be interred In the National Ceme
tery at Arlington. A bill providing
for such removal and burial which
passed the 1 to use was passed by the
Senate.
The bill directs the raising of the
vessel by the Socrtary of War and
the Board of Engineers with "all con
venient sneed." The bodies In the
ship are to be burled in Arlington
and the mast lifted above their graves
as a monument.
Sits On Hat Tins In Theatre.
Los Angeles, Cal. (Special). Per
cy Van Dyke, a visitor from New
York, entered a motion picture
theatre, pushed his way along a row
of seats occupied mostly by women,
sat down and Instantly leaped Into
the air yelling. He bad struck a
phalanx of long, sharp hatpins and
landed In the lap of a woman in
front. Thiu woman's escort immedi
ately Jumped on Van Dyke, and
there were signs of panic when the
police were called. Van Dyke was
found to be seriously Injured" and
was taken to a hospital.
ilSO.OOO Seals This Season.
St. John, N. F. (Special). With
the last of the Newfoundland sealing
fleet safe in port the year's total
catch of seals amounts to 320,000,
an unusually large number.
On Trail Of Cook.
Seattle, Wash. (Special). Prof.
Herschel C. Parker, of Columbia
University, arrived to take charge of
the expedition for Seldovla, Alaska,
to climb Mount McKlnley and dis
prove or verify the asfertlcn of Dr.
Frederick A. Cook that be scaled the
peak. Tho Fairbanks climbers made
the ascent without any special ef
fort to end the Cook controversy.
Proietsor Parker, however, goes for
the express purpose of following
Cook's alleged trail.
Hark From Palestine.
Portland Me. (Special). The
barkentlne Kingdom or the Holy
Cbost and Us Society of Shlloh, In
this state, arrived here from the
Mediterranean with Frank W. San
ford, the bead of the sect, on board.
I tm hollavad that tha ihln
brought back the society's colonists
st Palestine, many of whom, It Is
vld. were In danger of falling Into
..t rha ahln dcks swarmed with
fen and women and msnr little chil
dren, but none or inera aise-nonraea
sed no visitors were allowed CO
board.
THE DEAD KINO AND ROYAL
FAMILY.
Horn November 9, 1841, In
Buckingham Palace.
Was christened Albert Edward,
Prince of . Wales. His various
titles were Duke of Cornwell,
Earl of Chester, Duke of Rothe
say, Duke or Saxe-Cobugr-Gotha,
Prince of Saxony, Earl of Car
rick, Earl of Dublin, Baron Ren
frew and Lord of the Isles.
Married Princess Alexandra,
daughter of King Christian of
Denmark, March 10, 1863.
Their children were Prince Al-
bert Victor Christian Edward,
Duke of Clarence and Avondale
(dead); Prince George Frederick
Ernest Albert, Duke of Wales,
formerly Duke of York and now
King; Princess Louisa Victoria
Alexandra Dagmar, Duchess of
Fife; Princess Victoria Alexandra
Olga Mary; Princess Maude Char
lotte Mary Victoria, now Queen
of Denmark; Prince Alexander
John Charles Albert (dea,).
As Prince of Wales, he visited
the United States in 1860, stop
ping in Baltimore and Washing
ton. Traveled extensively and
when abroad went under the title
of Baron Renefew.
Ascended the throne in 1901,
upon the death of Queen Vic
toria. Was crowned with Queen
Alexandra on August 2, 1902.
Edward's last words: "Well, it
Is all over, but 1 think I have done
my duty."
THE NEW KING.
The new King was born June
3, 1865, and married Princess
May of Teck July 6, 1893. They
have four children.
King George V. has been a
sailor most of his life and is very
unlike his father. He Is extreme
ly ctnmpRtlc. dlslikeB foreigners
and r.peaks only the English lan- I
guage.
TRIBUTES TO KING EDWARD.
President Taft to Queen Alex
andra: "The profound sym
pathy of the people and the gov
ernment of the United States and
my own personal sympathy and
my appreciation of those high
qualities which made the life of
the late king so potent an influ
ence toward peace and justice
among nations."
Cardinal Gibbons: "The death
I of King Edward Is one of the
I greatest calamities that could be
1 fall Eneland and all of the Brlt-
Ish possessions."
Baron ucniaa, Japanese biuubb
sador: "The foremost friend of
the world's peace."
RING EDWARD VII., RULER
OF GREAT BRITAIN DEAD
His Son Succeeds Him As King George V. Pneumonia,
Following Bronchitis the Cause of King Ed
ward's Death Woiry Over Political Sit
uation Aggravated His Illness
England In Gloom.
London (Special). King Edward
VII. who returned to England from
a vacation of 10 days ago in the
best of health, died at 11.45 o clock
Friday nlRht In the presence of his
family after an illness of less than
a week, which was seriouB hardly
more than three days.
The Prince of Wales succeeded to
the crown Immediately, according to
the laws of the kingdom, without of
ficial ceremony. His first official act
was to dispatch to the Lord Mayor
the announcement of his father's
death, In pursuance of custom. His
telegram read:
I am deeply grieved to Inform you
that my beloved father, the King,
passed away peacefully at 11.45 to
night. (Signed George.
Tho physicians soon afterward is
sued their official bulletin, which fol
lows: May 6, 11.50 P. M., His Majesty,
the King, breathed his last at 11.45
tonight. In the presence of Her Ma
jesty Queen Alexandra, the Prince
and Princess of Wales, Princess Roy
al, the Duchess of Fife, Princess Vic
toria and Princess Louisa, the Duch
epfl of Argyll.
(Signed) Laklng.
Reid,
Powell,
Dawson.
Cause Of Death.
Pneumonia, following bronchitis,
Is believed to have been the cause
of death, but the doctors thus far
have refused to make a statement.
Some of the King's friends are con
vinced that worry over the critical
political situation which confronted
him, with Bleepless nights, aggravat
ed, if It did not cause, the fatal ill
ness. The Intelligence that the end of
King Edward's reign had come was
not a surprise at the last. The
people had been expecting to hear
of it at any hour since the evening's
bulletin was posted at Buckingham
Palace and flashed throughout the
kingdom. The capital Deceived it
without excitement, but sadly, for
the King with his own people was
unquestionably one of the most popu
lar rulers In the world. They re
garded him as one of the strongest
forces making for the stability of
the peace of the empire.
Notifying Other Rulers.
Within a few minutes after the
death of the King, the Home Office
was telegraphing the Intelligence to
the heads of other governments and
the British diplomats and colonial
officials throughout the world.
All who knew the King antici
pated that his death would be sud
den, ,and it would not have occa
sioned great surprise If it had oc
cured without warning at some social
function as a result of heart trouble.
Almost to the end he refused to
take to bis bed, and was sitting up
In a large chair, so the palace stories
go, corroborating the description of
him as an unruly patient.
One of the last utterances attri
buted to King Edward was:
"Well. It is all over, but I think
I have done my duty." He seemed
then to have reached a full realization
that his end was fast approchlng.
The1 Queen and others of the royal
family and four doctors have. been
constantly In the sick room through
out the day. Several hours before
his death the King was In a coma
tose condition, but be rallied slight
ly between 9 and 10 o'clock, and ap
peared to recognize his family. Then
he relapsed Into unconsciousness,
which ended In his passing.
PUT CHECK ON ARMAMENTS
Roosevelt's Advice to the Euro
pean Powers.
HE URGES' AJLES OF PEACE.
The Colonel's Voice Giving Way
Under Strain Of Making Speeches
Daily Fails HJm Severn! Times
In Ills Address Before The Nobel
Prize Committee At UhriMlnnla
He Advocated Development Of The
Hague Tribunal - Scheme Of In
ternational Police Power.
KING GEORGE V. PROCLAIMED
The Tomb To Be In The Albert Me
morial Chapel At Windsor A
Poem By The Poet Laureate Of
Engaldn The New Queen To Be
Designated Queen Mary She Is
Likely To Exert Much Influence
On The Court Surroundings Mes
sages From Americans.
HONORS TO THE DEAD.
The funeral of King Edward
set for May 20, the remains to
lie beneath the Albert Memorial
chapel at Windsor.
I The remains of tho dead mon
arch will lie In state in West
minster Hall.
Services of memorial character
beld In St. Paul's and Westmins
ter Abbey and other churches In
London.
The Archbishop of Canterbury,
the Dean of Westminster, the
Bishop of London and the Vicar
of Windsor, as well as the Catho
lic Archbishop of Westminster
pay tributes to the dead king.
William O'Brien, the Irish lead
er, refers to King Edward as a
peace maker in Ireland.
-.The Salvation Army, by per
mission of the Dowager Queen
Alexandra, helJ a prayer and
song service on the palace
grounds beneath the windows of
I the death chamber.
The new Queen win be desig
nated as Queen Mary.
London (Special). The future
steps remorselessly on the heels of
the past. While the body of the
dead King Edward lies awaiting re
moval from Buckingham Palace to
Windsor Castle and the hearts of the
royal family and the loyal subjects
are wrung with sincere grief, official
preparations are being made with
dignified baste for the installation of
his successor, Georve V., Into the
great office from which death sud
denly removed Edward VII. Practi
cally everything Is now arranged for
the proclamation of George V., and
during Monday morning, with all
stately forma and ceremonies band
ed down from England's historic and
picturesque past, the new sovereign
will be proclaimed King and Emper
or In the metropolis and the other
great cities of the empire.
The nation Is yet too much domi
nated by its acute sense of the loss
sustained by King Edward's death to
bestow more than formal well wishes
upon bis little-known and diffident
son. It was otherwise when Queen
Victoria died. Edward, while
Prince of Walee, had become known
to the people as Intimately perhaps
even more so than the Queen her
self. He was known to every man
in the street and was a popular idol
everywhere in walks of life.
. Cashier Fonnd Dead In River.
Henderson, Ky. (Special). The
body of 8. K. Sneed, former presi
dent of the National Bankers' Asso
ciation, was found in shallow water
near the river bank here. He has
been missing since Sunday, and is
believed to have committed suicide
by drowning. He was 72 years old
and for HO years was cashier of the
Henderson National. Bank. .
It Rained Peanuts.
Poughkeepsle, N. Y. (Special).
An explosion of a peanut-roasting
machine, on Market Strtefhere, was
followed by freak results. Timothy
Nolan, a young man bad one of his J
snoes oiown on anu aim itwi uuiy
scalded. Edward Clayton, another
pedestrian, bad bis watch blown out
of his pocket, and an unknown wom
an was spattered with gasoline, which
failed to burn. It rained peanuts
for a time.
Boston's Milk War.
Boston (Special ) . The second
week of the milk war between farm
er and contractor began Sunday with
both sides repeating their claims of
the past week. The contractors as
sert that they bave an amply sup
ply of milk, while tbe officials of
the farmers association declare that
tbelr members will stand firm and
that more producers than ever have
agreed to withhold their milk from
tbe Boston market. Up to date the
average Boston consumer bas receiv
ed bis cusomary n.ilk sup-ply at
tbe regular pi'-ce. .. .
Must Carry Wireless.
Washington, D. C. (Special).
Tbe Senate" passed a bill requiring
every ocean-going steamer carrying
50 or more persona oa ho nulnnui
with wireless apparatus capable of
sending and receiving messages over
a aisiance oi ai luasi miles,
night or day. The provisions of tbe
bill dn not annlv tn a. no ti ap
plying between ports less than 200
nines Bimri. a una oi not less man
11.000 nor more than 15,000 Is pro
vided for the violations of tbe law.
Big Strike Settled.
Providence, R. I. (Special).
When tho whistles blow for work
here Monday, the building trades op
eration In this city, which bar
been disrupted by a strike of 1,600
laborers the past week, will be In
nearly uormal condition. Following
tbe signing by one large contracting
firm of a' compromise wage -agreement
nine other firms came to tbe
same settlement with their men. One
eontractlng Arm remains at - odjt
with the union over the matter of
ricognttlon. -.
ROOSEVELT.
No man Is worth calling a man
who will not fight rather than
submit to Infamy.
Something should be done soon
as popslble to check tbe growth
of armament, especially naval ar
maments, by International agree
ment. It would be a master-stroke If
those great powers honestly bent
on peace would form a league of
peace, not only to keep the peace
among themselves, but to pre
vent, by force, If necessary, Its
being broken by others.
JOHN LUND.
But it Is not Norway alone but
the entire civilized world which
has reason to be grateful to the
United States.
Millions upon millions from
Europe, poor and often down
trodden, but capable, have found
In the new world that happiness
and prosperity which the old
world was unable to afford them.
In many ways the United States
has reached the goal for which
Europe is still sighing.
Chrlstlanla, Norway (Special).
Theodore Roosevelt delivered his
address on "International Peace"
before the Nobel prize committee
here. The former president of the
United States entered upon the most
difficult field of European politics,
and in the conclusion of a carefully
worked-out thesis advocated an Inter
national agreement that would serve
to check the growth of armaments,
especially naval armament, and the
formation by those great powers hon
estly bent on peace of a league peace
"not only to keep the peace among
themselves, but to prevent by force,
if necessary, Its being broken by
others." -
What Mr. Roosevelt had to say
before the King and Queen of Nor
way and other representative per
sonages constituted the baBls of the
private conversations which he Is
having with the statesmen ' of Eu
rope aa occasion arises concerning
the . practical possibilities of collec
tive action by the various govern
ments for the enforcement of uni
versal peace.
' "No man is worth calling a man,"
said the speaker, "who will not fight
rather than submit to infamy or see
those that are dear to him suffer
wrong." This principle Mr. Roose
velt applied to nations. As he pro
ceeded, Mr. Roosevelt's voice plain
ly showed the effect of the strain to
which It has been subjected by the
daily speechmaklng since March 1.
It failed him several times, and to
ward the close of his h?dros, which
was delivered with unJi.jj.1 emphasis,
he had difficulty in making himself
heard.
The whole house arose and stood
with bowed heads for a moment when
Mr. Roosevelt referred to BJornson,
whose death, be said, "leaves a gap
In the literature of the whole world."
He alluded to BJornson as a man
who bad always stood for the right
as be conceived the right to be. Ab
Mr. Roosevelt proceeded with his ad
dress the Norwegians commented one
to another upon the resemblance be
tween tbe ex-President and BJornson
to the same style of public speaking,
to the same favorite gesture with the
clinched hand.
The address was broken by abun
dant applause In which .the King
Joined. At Its conclusion 'the Queen
stood and joined the audience In
giving nine short cheers for Roose
velt. The Colonel proposed three
cheers for Norway and led the cheer
ing, but tbe bouse broke away and
gave nine, following the Norwegian
custom. The audience then sang
the Norwegian national anthem and
dispersed.
WASHINGTON
BY TELEGRAPH
Secretary Dickinson has designat
ed Judge John W. Judd, of Nashville,
Tenn., to visit Porto Rico and in
vestigate tbe present system of
granting franchises for public utili
ties on the Island.
The 'Federal Grand Jury concluded
its investigation Into the New York
end of the wire responsibility for the
receipt of stock quotations by buck
etshops. Secretary of the' Navy Meyer ap
peared before the Senate Committee
on Naval Affairs and explained de
tails of the Naval Appropriation BUI.
Ninety-two sail and steam ves
sels were added to the merchant
marine of the United States during
April, according to the Department
of Commerce and Labor.
A Senate bill providing for the
naturalization of allona who serve
four years in the Navy or the Marine
Corps passed the Senate.
Heart specialists attending tbe
Congress of American Physicians and
Surgeons discussed the effect of to
bacco upon the heart.
Rev. John Hunter, of Glasgow,
Seotland, who Is making a tour of
tbe United States, delivered the open
ing prayer In the House.
The Bureau of Labor submitted to
the Senate a report on labor con
ditions at tbe Bethlehem ' Steel
Works, Bethlehem, Pa.
The Spanish Treaty Claims Com
mission ended nine years' labor and
awarded damages of. 11, 889, 845 on
claims.
Postmaster General Hitchcock ex
pects to save f 10.000,000 during this
fiscal year in tbe Postofflce Depart
ment, Tbe Senate tasked the bill author
izing tbe raising of the Ill-fated
Maine In Havana harbor.
Tbe House Judiciary Committee
ordrd a favorable report on tbe
resolution culling upon tbe Attorney
General for Informational to tbe
set inn taken with reference to cot
en gaaibllng.
'S PEOPLE PERISH
Earth q ;ahe Destroys Carl ago, in
Costa Rica.
SEVERAL OTHE.I CITIES ALSO SHAKEN.
Hundreds Of Persons Injured By
Tho Collapse Of Buildings Panic
Reigns As The Shocks Continue
Much Suffering And Destitution
Among People In The Disturbed
Territory Wife And Child Of
Guatemala's Representative To
Peace Count Killed.
San Juan del Bur, Nicaragua
(Special). A large part of Cartago,:
Costa Rica, was destroyed by a pow
erful seismic movement.
It is known that at least 500 per
sons are dad and many hundreds
Injured. Scores of buildings were
torn down, among them the Palace
of Justice, erected by Andrew Car
negie. The wife and child of Dr.
Bocanegra, the Guatemalan magis
trate to the Central American Arbi
tration Court, have been killed.
San Joee has also been shaken,
some of the buildings being dam
aged, but no deaths are reported
in that city. Some persons are slight
ly injured,
Earth shocks also were felt at sev
eral points In Nicaraagua, near the
Costa Rlcan frontier. Reports reach
ing here ntnta that tharo im miiAh
suffering and destitution at Cartago,
consequent upon the disaster.
cartago, the capital of Cartago
province, lies at the foot of Iratui
volcano, about 14 tnlloa from CAn
Jose. It has an estimated population,
n .A nnn . ... . .
ui iu.uuu, ana is me seat ot tne
Central American Peace Court, for,
the home of which Andrew Carnegie'
donated a large sum.
Cartago was the capital of
the country until 1823. It has,
suffered frequently from earth
quakes, finrl wna nnrtlallw In
greater part, destroyed In 1723, 1803,'
iota, mi, 1B01 and 1864. ,
On Anrtl 13 lust n nf airih.i
quakes, varying in Intensity, swept
over Costa Rica, doing considerable
material damage, but practically
without loss of life. San Jose suffer-',
ed most severely, while both Cartago'
and Port Llmon felt the force of the
disturbance.
WIRKLKSS SYSTEM TESTS.
U. S. Cruisers Will Try To Com
municate Over 8,000 Miles
Washington. D. C. (Soeclal)
The cruiser Des Moines has arrived
at Monrovia, Liberia, to relieve the
Birmingham, which will begin a ser
ies of tests of the new naval wireless
SVfltem tn pnnlimpMnn with yn
- ntm L Jl VJ
er Salem, endeavoring to maintain
constant communication with Brant's
noun on me Massacnusetts coast over
3,000 miles of water.
The Den Mnlnna wilt ramutr, in.
definitely In Liberlan waters, and it
Is tbe understanding that her com
manding offcer will devote himself
in An effort in Imnmv. th. nnl I . I ,
w -w ....... w .V V LIU )IVIIlLl
conditions in the little Republic.
Will Not Resign.
Washington, D. C. (Special).
"If I were disposed to consider the
the question of resignation, I would
not do SO as lone as thnsa vinlnxa
and unwarranted attacks continue
against me," said Secretary of the
inienor aaiunger in denying the re
newed rumor that ha rnnlamnl.t.rl
retiring from President Taft's cabl-l
net soon arter tne Ballinger-Plnchot:
Investigation Is concluded. The Sec
retary emphatically denied that he
was considering the nnasti nn at oil
"I have no intention of resigning,")
ue einpuaucaiiy aeciareq..
Victim Of Hookworm.
Newport News, Va. (Special). I
The hookworm has claimed its first!
victim here. In the case ot James i
R. Shlppard, 15 years old, who dledi
Tuesday, local physicians experienc-'
ed their initial defeat in fighting-the,
disease. Shlppard bad been suffer
ing from hookworm for two years,'
and all efforts of the best obtain-',
talnable physicians failed to effect a
cure. ,
Local Optionist Beats Prohibltiouist.'
Montgomery, .Ala. (Special). Re
turns received from 67 counttes show
that Emmet O'Neal, local optionist, I
was nominated for governor In the
Democratic primary beld In this state
by a majority of 12,000 over his op
ponent, H. 8. D. Mallory. Mallory
ran on a statewide Prohibition plat
form. Former Prison Warden Sentencea.
Jackson, Mich. (Special).. Allen
N. Armstrong, former warden of tbe
state prison here, was sentenced by!
Judge Parkinson to pay a fine of'
$5,000 and to serve one year
In tbe Detroit House of Correction,
for accepting bribe to favor a prls-i
on contractor. Armstrong was ar-
rested February 8, 1909, and pleaded!
guilty.
Pension Roll Decreasing.
Washington, D. C. (Special). i
In less than fifteen . minutes' time)
tbe Senate considered and passed the',
pension appropriation bill, carrying
about 1165,000,000. Senator Scott, I
wbo was in charge of the bill, stated'
that henceforth there would be a
rapid fallln- off In the amount re-1
quired for tbe payment of pensions.
He said that 81,000 pensioners bad,
died last year. i
Minister Hnes Farmer.
Nashville, Ind. (Special). Be-'
cause John Henson, a wealthy farm-j
er, called him an "old bald-headed,
molasses thief," Rev. David Graham,
79 years old, brought suit for 15,000 '
damages for slander. - Henson and '
Ave other witnesses testified thati
Graham stole the molasses and'
when the aged minister came on the
stand be said he "took one gallon
and three quarts, but Intended to
return It," when he cut his sugar,
cane. The. Jury found for Henson,
and the grand Jury at once began
to Investigate the case.
Dr. William H. Welch, of Baltl-j
more, was elected president of the
National A'soctatton for the Study
and Prevention ot Tuberculosis. t
Tbe government closed down tbe.
cement plant at tbe Roosevelt dam'
because tbe big engineering project;
Is nearly Cnlshed. !
Tbe Preuident sent to the Senate
the nomination of General Nelson.
H. Kenrv to be surveyor of tho port:
Vow York.
v. . V .
a favorable report wo ordered on I
the banker's bill of lading b II.
COMMERCIAL
Weekly Review of Trade am
Market Reports.
R. O. Dun & Co's Weekly Revln
ot Trade says:
"Conditions of business are iuj
Irregular, but tbe volume ot trait
continues heavy. Certain unfavorabu
developments .have apparently bo
exaggerated, and tbelr effect udm
business sentiment has been out ot
proportion to tbelr real significant
Much as usual depends this 'yev
upon tbe crops."
Bradstreet's tomorrow will say
"Cold weather, with snow Wej
and South, bave checked retail trui.
and dulled reorder business In sprio
goods, while the reports of crop dan.
age resulting from the return of
winter have tended to discourage fii)
business pending clearer vlewa ot
the ultimate crop outcome.
"Taken as a whole, the report!
from jobbing and wholesale trad
lines and Industries point to a slow.
lng down rather than a quickening
of demand, and the downward tun.
dsncy of many commodities docs not
seem io nave Drougnt out much new
business, the feeling beinir nnnnrpmi.
that buying to fill only actual needi
is now the part of conservatism
pending clearer views of crop and
price outturn.
"Business failures for the week
ended with April 28 were 181
against 193 last week, 268 In tht
like week of 1909, 282 in 1908. 161
In 1907 apd 130 In 1906."
Wholesale Markets.
New Vork.--Wheat Spot weak;
No. 2 red, 112c. nominal c. i. f.; No
1 Northern, 1.16ft f. o. b. opening
navigation.
Corn Spot steady; steamer,
63 He. asked, and No. 4, 60 nominal,
both elevator export basis. Export
No. 2, 64 He. f. o. b.
Oats Spot quiet; mixed, 2632
lbs., nominal; natural white, 26
82 lbs., 45Vs48; clipped white, 34
&'42 lbs., 46H 52.
Butter Steady; receipts, 7,280
pkge. Creamery ' specials, 309
30 ftc; extras, 29ft; third to first,
25 29; state dairy, common to
nnest, Z329H; process, 23 26; j
factory, 2223; imitation creamery,
23H24H.
Eggs Firmer; receipts, 32,341
cases." State, Pennsylvania and near
by. gathered white, 23 24c; do.,
fathered brown, 2222H; fresh
gathered storage packed selection!,
22 22 hi; do., regular packed ex
tra first, 22; do., first, 20 ft 21 ft.
Poultry Alive strong; Western
fowls, 20c; turkeys, 12 16.
Dressed irregular; checkens, 15
21; fowls, 15 20; turkeys, 17 23.
Phfliulelphla. Wheat Steady;
contract grade April, 109 111c.
Corn Steady; April and May,
61 ft 62c.
Oats Steady; No. 2, white nat.
ural, 49.
Butter Firm; extra Western
creamery, 32c.; do., nearby prints,
33.
Eggs Steady; Pennsylvania and
other nearby firsts, f. c,, 22c. at
mark; do., current receipts, In re
turnable cases, 21 at mark; Western
firsts, f. c 22 at mark; do., current
receipts, 21 at mark.
Cheese Firm; New York full
creams, choice, old, 17ft 17 c;
d ., fair to good, old, 16 17; do.,
choice, new, 14; do., fair to good,
1314. s
Live Poultry Unchanged.
Dressed Poultry Steady; fresh
killed fowls, choice, 19 e.; do.,
fair to good, 19; old roosters, 1514;
rousting chickens. Western, 16 21.
Baltimore. Wheat No. 2 red
Western, 106c; No. 2 red,
1.06; No. 3 red, 1.02. Ths
closing was quiet; No.. 2 red spot,
106 c. nominal; May, 1.06 ask
ed; July, 1.03 asked.
Corn Spot, 61 e.; May, 61 J
July, 64.
Oats We quote, per bush.!
White, as to weight, No. 2, 48 9
49 c; No. 8, 47 48; No. 4, 44(9
45. Mixed No, 2,, 4747; No.
3. 4646.
Rye Quote, per bush.: No. 1
rye Western, domestic, 83 86c;
No. 3 WeBtern, domestic, 77 73",
bag lots, as to quality and condition,
7074.
Hay We quote, per ton: Timo
thyNo. 1, 0.50; No. 2, $19.50
20; No. 3, $17018.50. Clover Mix
edChoice, $19.60 020; No. 1, $19
19.50; No. 2, $17.60 18.60,
Clover JMo. 1, $18 19; No. 2,
$16.6017.60.
Butter Creamery, fancy, 300
30 c; creamery, choice, 28 29;
creamery, good, 2627; creamery,
Imitation, 21 23; creamery, prints,
30 32.
Cheese Tbe market Is unchang
ed. We quote, Jobbing prices, per
lb.: Old, 17c.; new, 16. .
Eggs The market Is steady, with
fair demand for fresh stock. We
quote, per dozen: Maryland, Penn
sylvania and nearby firsts, 21c;
Western firsts, 21; West Virginia
firsts, 21; - Southern firsts, 20;
guinea eggs, 10 11.
Live Poultry We quote, per lb.:
Chickens Old hens, heavy, 20c;
do., small to medium, 20; old roost
ers, 12; winter, as to size, 28 32;
spring, 1 lb. to 1 lbs., per lb., 89
tv42; ducks, large, 16; do., small,
14; do., muscovy and mongrel, 14;
do., pigeons, young, per pair, 25
0; do., old, 26 30; guinea fowl,
old, each, 25; do., young, 1 lb.
and over, 40; do., smaller, 25 SO.
Live fitoclc.
Chicago. Cattle Market steady.
Fteera, $6.258.65; cows, $4.85
7.25; heifers, $4.26 7.60; bulls.
$5 6.76; calves, $8 8.60; stockert
and feeders, $4.76 7.
. Hogs Market 10 16c higher.
Choice heavy, $9.55 9.66; butchers.
$9.50 9.66; light mixed, $9.26
9.60; choice light, $9.4566;
packing, $9.46 9.66 r pigs. $9
9.36; bulk of sales. $9.60 9.60.
Sheep Market steady. Sheep.
$7.10 8.26; lambs, $8.859.60;
spring lambs, $1015,
Kansas City. Cattle Market
steady. Choice export and dressed
beef steers, $7.60845.;, fair te,
guou, i.dvuj i.m; western steers,
oifl-v.io;. Blockers and. feeders,
T.ftOf Snuthftrn rnwl KA .1,
tlve cowa, $4.60 7 native heifers.
y.oj; ouus, BQQe.ev; calves,
ayjs.ou. '
Hogs Market 6 10c. higher.
Top, $9.80 9. 46; bulk ot sales,
$9.20 9.36; heavy, $.80f?.45r
rockers and butchers, $9.10 9.41
llKht. $8.869.27; 7.S0t
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