HOKE SMITH A POSSIBILITY) Georgia Man Said to Be Choice, If Mr. Bryan Sees Defeat. STRONG WITH THE NORTH Not An Extremist, Yet Belonging to Progressives—New York Would Support Him. A Washington correspondent of the Pittsburg Post says: = Gov. Hoke Smith. the man William Jennings thinks the Democrats should make their presidential candidate next vear, if they have doubt of the Ne- braskan’s ability. This is the an- nouncement friends of Mr. Bryan made in Washington, by authority;it is believed. It is the opinion that Mr. Bryan has doubts about the wisdom of allowing himself to be put forward as the standard-bearer of his party. He fis represented as thinking that the party would have -a better chance of . winning with a new. candidate. who ought to be taken from the . South. And the most available man in that region. in ‘his ‘opinion, is the newly- elected Governor of Georgia, who has a National record and a reputation. and would be acceptable to all classes of Democrats. There is no doubt that Hoke Smith would get the electoral vote of every Southern State. The fact that he stands well with the more conserva- tive Democrats might be eXpected to bring him the votes of states like New York and New Jersey. Mr. Smith +s a reformer, but not an extremist. He comes from the most progressive State of the South. It is said Mr. Bryan has had assur- ances that leading New York Demo- erats would cordially welcome the nomination of Mr. Smith and give him of Georgia, is Bryan earnest support in the campaign. Other Northern and Eastern Demo- | erats, who have been sounded on the subject, it is said, have also in- dorsed the idea of taking Governor: | Smith as the party's candidate in next year's contest. OHIO FAVORS TAFT Chairman of State Committee Makes the Declaration. Chairman Walter F. Brown, of the | Ohio State Central Committee, de- clared himself as unqualifiedly for | Taft: said the Republicans of Ohio | are solidly in favor of his candidacy | and declared that Senators Foraker | and Dick owe it to themselves and | their friends to settle the report that they 'are secretly supporting the can- | didacy of Vice President Fairbanks. | He declared. moreover, that the sen- | timent for Taft is so strong that, if further oponosed. or in anv way mis- represented by Senators Foraker and Dick, it will burst all bounds and de- mand expression in a popular conven- tion. Chairman Brown's opinion of the Ohio situation as relating to Secre- tary Taft was summed up in this sen- | tence: “There is not, to my knowledge, a. Republican leader whose prominence is acknowledged throughout Ohio candidate for the { Mich.: | Chocally, | | | { | i | | | who favors any presidency pxeent Soretary Taft” MOSLEM NEGRO CANNIBALS | Human Flesh Procured by Infliction of Death Sentences, Sold in ! the Open Market. The Cologne Gazette reports that | fearful cannibalism is still practiced | in the German West African protec- torate of Kamerun. A German mer- chant writes to the newspapers that the natives not only devour their enemies, but also criminals and per- | sons locked up for trivial offenses. The merchant escaped the fate with difficully. Kaka natives, he writes, offer hu- man fiesh for sale in the public mar- Xet. to provision which death sen- | fences are imposed for the most trivial offenses. The worst man-eat- ers belong to the Baia tribe. They are strict Mohammedans and daily perform their religious rites. SCARED BY AIRSHIP Negroes in Maryland Thought Supernatural Visitor. Negroes of Kings Creek, Md., terror-stricken, claiming the paid the a flying visit the night. Jamestown exposition caused the up- roar. It al are When the airship was frst sighted | some distance away, all eyes were turned upward in astonishment. The machine was adorned with two large red lights, and made a spectacular appearance. Negroes took refuge in haystacks, woods, corn houses, under beds and in attics. Many still claim it was a supernatural being. The negroes held long religious meetings ~ ®n Sunday. TELEGRAPHIC BREVITIES. The Presbyterian Assembly at Co- Jumbus adopted strong Sabbath ob- servance resolutions. The Republican State Central Com- mittee of Kansas declared William H. Taft the choice of Kansas to succeed President Roosevelt. ERR Ca Blast Wrecks Train. Three men killed outright, three others fatally amid two others badly injured, the crushing of a Southern Railway freight engine and 11 cars through a bridge into Chattanooga ereek, and the destruction of three Jouses and a piledriver nearby, were the results of a premature explosion this afternoon of a blast at the foot of Lookout Mountain. The bridge was erushed by tons of rock just as a Southern Railway f{reizht train was | Steel Co., gan Iron Co., {coal Co., I til | the | the { a rush one. | and | For steel | ed in this country, | the | churia railroad. devil | other | An airship on its way to the | I nesota about that time, ase trying to { arrange to have Secretary going on the bridge. BOSS PLEADS CUILTY Dictator “of San Francisco Makes Confession. Abraham Ruef, acknowledged ad- viser of Mayor Schmitz, and once the recognized dictator of municipal af- fairs in San Francisco, pleaded guilty to the charge of extortion in Judge Dunne’s department of the Superior Court. Sentence will be pronounced on him two weeks hence. In pleading guilty he made an im- pressive address to the judge, stating that he had commenced his career in politics with high ideals for himself and for the city. but that conditions had broken him down and he now de- sired only an opportunity to repent and restore his character before the world. As he concluded his address he fell back into his chair, almost fainting, and the tears coursed down his cheeks: Political HEROES REWARDED Captain and Crew of Schooner Get Large Sum for Bravery. Recognition of one of thesgreatest acts of heroism at sea in recent years is given ‘by the Carnegie Hero Com- mission in the awarding of $22,000 and a ‘gold medal cach to the members. of the fishing schooner sie, who rescued eight survivors the ill-fated steamer Larchmont, which went down in Block Sound last winter. Other made by the commission, at ing in its offices in the building, Pittsburg, bring to $27,250, exclusive of fits to the widow of one hero. addition to the eight goid medals, seven silver and six were awarded. Kl- awards a meet- the total FORM $7,000,000 COMPANY Iron and Chemical Merged Into One. Eight Plants Eight. iron and chemical plants lo- | 3 gh he pants | coming, cated in Northern Michigan and Wis- consin have been censolidated a priv stock company, tal stock of $7,500,000, of which Jos: H. Berry, of..Detroit, svho was: «elected president, holds a MAJOREN. The companies embréces... in consolidation are: Ashi Ashland, Wis : Manist tant | Manistique, Mich.; Miehi- Ltd., New Berry, Mich.; Superior Chemical Co., New Northern Charcoal Iron Mich.: Elk Rapids Iron Co. Elk Rapids, Mich.; Boyne City Char- Boyne City, Mich. ate iron Co., FRANCHISES COME HIGH 'Frisco’s Boss, Says une Cost Railway $200,000. Abraham Rueff, of San Francisco, carried out his declaration that would following his change of plea] to guilty in the extortion case against | him, assist the bribery prosecution in its campaign against municipal cor- ruption. Obeying a subpena from the grand jury, he took the witness stand and submitted to an examina- tion that lasted from 3:30 o'clock un- after 5. Ruef told the grand jury, Ruef, it is said, { that the United Railw ays paid $200,000 for the privilege of electrifying its hnes; Ruef's “‘fee;” that $50.000 the pocket of Mayor Schmitz, remaining $39,000 s hande 18 otyinie RUSH ORDERS FOR RAILS , went d to | Japan Needs American Supplies for Manchurian Railway. The Carnegie Steel Company has just received a second order for steel rails from Japan, and the order is It calls for 13,000 tons, for deliveries to begin next month. The prompt delivery require- ment brought with it an added price, | for the contract cails for $29 a ton. | The | has been | from Japanese officials, | that America’s announcement of this contract followed by a statement which shows industrial invasion of the Far East is new in full swing. rails, cars and locomotives $12,000,000 already has been exepend- all to be used in Man- construction of the South SEEK BIG CHIEF TAFT Sioux and Chisnewa Indians Want Him at Peace Powwow. The Sioux and Chippewa Indians of the White Earth reservation are pre- paring for a big peace powwow June | 14 and 15, and having heard that the big white chief, Taft, is to be in Min- Taft visit the reservation and make an address. Senators Nelson and Clapp are to deliver addresses at the powwow. This celebration will cost $1,000 that amount. having been allowed the 'In- dians for their tribal funds. It is declared that the ceremony will be unique in Indian history: LOOT AMOUNTS TO $100,000 Directors of an Th Ohio Yrrrmacs Ac- cused of Grafting Poor Funds. Examiners J. A. Bliss and “H.-S: Brown reported to Gov. Harris that the Butler County Infirmary directors had illegally spent betsveen Sept. 1, 1903, and Jan. 1, 1907, 3100,000, and that the public funds were used for speculation. The infirmary board is also charged with holding all-day ses- sions to buy a little soda and soap. WILL COUNT $268,000,000 Funds Must Balance Before Officials Bond Is Accepted. Work of formally counting all the money in the sub-treasury at New York, following: the expiration of term of office of Hamilton Fish, assistant treasurer, and his re-appointment, was begun by experts from Washing- ton. The work will consume 40 work- ing days. Of the money that must be gone over are 75,000,000 silver dollars, $178,000,000 in gold coins, $15,000,000 in currency. and 170,000 minor coins. he | az railway, | tween 8 a # Bb RAILROADS DEFIED LAWS Harriman Lines Had Things as They Wanted Them. RECOMMENDS PROMPT ACTION Profits of Western Railroads Used in Buying Stock in Eastern Lines Instead of Improvements. A -portion of the recommendations of Attorneys Frank B. Kellogg and C. A. Severance to the Interstate Commerce Commission concerning the Harriman railroad investigation has been published. It reviews the testimony and holds that railroad competition has been suppressed in an area equal to one-third of the United States; that the contracts .be- tween the Union Pacific and Rock Island for the control of the “Alton as well as the contracts be- the Union Pacific . and the i Southern Pacific, and the steps taken i for {and the ! violation eight | of | | Island | Carnegie | | railroads of the far death bene- | In | | more bronze medals | into | with a opt | Berry, | Co., | | | | that $51,000 of this amount was | | into | and that | the control of the Illinois Central San Pedro road, are all in of the Sherman anti-trust act. It recommends that the Attorney General institute proceedings to annul these agreements. It also recommends that there should be new and effective laws to prevent inflation of securities and declares that the profits of the great West are being used to buy stocks and control sys- tems in the East instead of building roads' for the development of the West, as .they should be. Union Pacific was the storm “cen- ter of an attack by traders on the stock exchange to-day, on the appear- ance of the report of counsel for the Interstate Commerce Union Pacific stock slumped nearly | four ‘points before support was forth- whole list became |. and the weak and unsettled on the news and declined a point on the average. The recommendation of Messrs. MKellozg and Severance in regard to the Harriman railroads are not S0 as state Commerce Commission, they r ‘stand. al present mer commendations to the comm not the report of the com: self. . re- FINISHED STEEL ADVANCING Range: on $10 to New Discount Cards on Tubes. The Iron Trade Review, rent issue says: “After several weeks, during which pig iron received by far the greatest amount of attention, it is now com- paratively quiet in that market, and finished lines are more frequent sub- jects for discussion in the trade. Ow- ing to the scarcity of crude steel and increasing labor costs, there is a ten- dency toward higher prices. “A striking iilustration of this tendency is shown in tool ste el, in which prices on ordinary tool steel have recently been advanced $10 a ton. In, some cases the advances on high speed steel have amounted to $20 a ton, due to increase in wages and higher cost of crude materials. “The National Tube Co. has issued new discount cards, showing an ad- vance of $4 a ton on merchant pipe, which applies to business taken since March §. It is not expected, though, that there will be a general | advance in prices of finished products, as such action is not favered by some of the leading interests.” Increases $20 a Ton in its cur- CCSSACKS SHOOT DOWN 638 In Revenge for Terrorist Attack They Slaughter Innocent Workmen. Sixty-eight officials and of Kuttner's spinning mills, at Lodz, Russian Poland, were shot down by a patrol of Cossacks, because. a band | Torrorists attacked a mail wagon killed a Cossack Cossack of in the neighborhood, guard and wounded another and two postoffice officials. While the wagon was passing through Lonkowa street, the Terror- ists suddenly opened fire on the Cos- sack escort, seized $1,000 from the wagon and escaped. SPECIAL STAMP NOT NEEDED Ten Cents Worth of Any Kind Will Insure Quick Delivery. No special delivery postage stamps will be needed after July the immediate delivery of a letter. Pursuant to an act of the last Con- | gress Postmaster General Meyer to- day issued an order that if there is | attached to any letter or -package of mail matter 10 cents’ worth of stamps | with the words | written or printed | in addi- | tion to-the postage required for ordin- of any denomination, “Special- delivery" on the envelope or covering, ard delivery, the article will be handled as if it bore.a regulation spe- cial delivery- stamp. Colored Corporal Found Guilty. “Corp. Knowlés (colored), of Co. A, Twenty-fifth Infantry, charged - with murderously assaulting Capt. B. Macklin, at Fort Reno, the night of Dec. 21, 1906, was found: guilty by a court martial at Fort Sill. The de- fendant will be sent either to Leaven- | worth, Kan., or Alcatraz Island, Conspiracy to Kill Czar. A terrorist conspiracy directed against the life of Emperor Nicholas, the existence of which has been sus- pected for some time past, has been revealed by the arrest at Tsarskoe- Selo, of a soldier of the guard regi- ment, who confessed to the accept- ance of a large money bribe to assist in the murder of his majesty. Gen. S. B. M. Young, retired, was appointed superintendent of Yellow- stone Park, to succeed Major John Pitcher. Commission. | | tables in vet | accepted and confirmed by the Inter- | that | | strawberries n and | SAW NEGROES SHOOTING. Erownsville Police So Testify Before Senate Committee, Two witnesses in the Brownsville investigation before the Senate Com- mittee on Military - Affairs testified that they saw negro su.diers shooting up the Texas town on the night of August 13. One of these was Lieutenant Dom- inguez, of the Browasviile police, who received a bullet through the arm and had his horse shot frou under. him while trying to warn citizens of the approach of armed men, whom he de- clared positively to be nzgro soldiers from™the garrison, and another was Policeman Padron, who described a busy quarter of an hour dodging bul- lets. He also was positive that the men doing the shooting were negro soldiers. Dr. Charies H. :Thorne,. a heard a group cf men firing rear of his house and shouting com- mands to each other. gave his judgment that the those of negroes. ¥. A. H. Sanborn, manager ‘Western Union T ‘aph Company; who cceupied a room 1. opposita the gal- ison, ifi dier earryir 1 gun 3 ents ar “the post at abcut the time the firing ceased. dentist, He voices eleg: CONDITION OF FRUITS Southwest Suffered Most Cold and Frost. Reports from the fruit gion show that while the States will be late in putting crops on the market, they caped with lighter loss from country. “Advices from the states svere. ds follows: we: Michigan—FTruits, and one month. behind normal condition. Look for average yield. Indiana=—F'ruits, pA and voge- good shape. Crop will be four weeks late. Kansas==Fruit crop killed by Tender garden plants destroyed, growers have re-planted. Missouri—Practically crop destroyed by cold. Oklahoma and Indian Tree fruit crops. will -be nothing. Bush fruit,. grapes suffered seriously. entire and MARRIED 32 TIMES Over 3,000 Letters from Women ; Matrimonial Bureau. James Matthias Williams, otherwise known as James Marshall, pleaded guilty before Judge Ralston, delphia to the charge of bigamy, and was sentenced to one year and fined $100. Tenie Marshall, the bigamist's first and favorite wife, who helped him run the Edith Ross Matrimonial So- ciety, was let off, having been charg- ed with collecting money under false pretenses. : Detectives traced up 32 marriages Williams is said to have contracted with women, whom he deserted after obtaining their money. At Williams’ at over 3,000 letters from men and wo- men in all parts of the country, written in answer to advertisements for husbands and wives. KANSAS ICE TRUST FINED Penalties Accompanies Order to Dis- soive Business Relations. City, ies, recently found guilty of maintain- ing a trust to regulate the price of ice: $15,000: Central Ice Co., $8,000; sas City Breweries Co., $15,000. Judge Powell also prohibited these compan- ies from doing business in the future with one another. | workmen | 1 to insure | Cal. | Presbyterian’s Choose Moderator. Rev. Dr. William H. Roberts of | Philadelphia, stated clerk of the Presbyterian General Assembly, was chosen first Moderator of the reunited Presbyterian Church by acclamation at Columbus, O. Rev. Dr. Ira D. | Landrith, last Moderator of the Cum- berland PresbZterian Church. made the nominating speech and the sec- onding address was delivered by Rev. Dr. Robert Hunter of Philadelphia. No other name was presented. | | Short Crops in Russia. The report of the Hungarian minis- | = | U. S. Supreme Court Upholds Penn-/ | try of agriculture says that the win- ter has been bad for grain. wheat, rye, barley and corn suffered from the excessive frosts and in- sects, and much of the land was un- unfavorable | sowings show tilled- on account of the | spring. The existing | little development. Several Russian papers say that the {landed proprietors in the Central and Volga districts are sowing little grain because they fear agrarian The same conditions prevail Don tracts. | foreign grain “contracts, believing that | the harvests would be inadequate to | the local demands. Thirty Words Dispose of $100,000. The will of Natham Guilford, Yonkers, formerly vice the New York Central Railroad Co. | Just filed for probate, notehead and contains words. widow, Mary Wallace Guilford. about [ 000. Owns Up to Rebating. The Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway Company, through its gener- al counsel, pleaded guilty before Judge Holt in the United States Circuit Court in New York, on two indict- ments for the granting of rebates. The Court assessed a fine of $10,000 on each count pleaded to, or $20,000 in all, which Attorney Keeler paid. Benjamin Ide Wheeler, president of the University of California, has been offered the presidency of the Massa- chusetts Institute of Technology. at the | 1S | were | of the! -representative | New eing’ a. negro sol- | | ciety, the | 5 | ine growing re- | Northern | their | have es- due to cold | than the Southwestern section of the | various | {no single idea vegetables | { of The Hague cold. | but | fruit | Territory— almost | at Phila- marriage bureau office detectives found | i | mend | with his letter of apology, | action in the matter be taken. Judge Walter S. Powell of Kansas | Mo., fined the following compan- | Peoples Ice, Storage & Fuel Co, | Kan- | RT, | face bly Winter | strikes. | in the | The merchants and fac- | tors of South Russia refuse to sign | of | president of | favorable. is wriften. on a | 30 | Iie leaves everything to his | The | estate is estimated to be worth $100,- | JAPANESE SEEK ALLIANCE Only Anti-Japanese Feeling at 'Frisco Said to Stand in Way. EMPEROR'S DELEGATE HERE Sent to Find How Americans Feel To- ward His Subjects—Thankful for Famine Aid. “Japan has looked earnestly for an alliance with the United States, because in substance we have always regarded this country as a real ally of Japan. We are desirous of hav- ing such an alliance, if it could be ar- ranged. As long, though, as any mis- understanding like the anti-Japanese feeling in San Francisco ‘exists, it might not be possible to bring about an alliance.” Thus spoke the house Baron Ozawa, of peers and of the . Emperor, of special York city. The baron, who is the w¥ice '‘presi- dent of the Japanese Red Cross So- was commissioned by his ma- to ascertain the existence: of anti-Japanese feeling” jesty in erates f {nia, that the in | | ished, this country. | and to express the thanks of the Em- | peror to those Americans who aided Japanese during the severe fam- in Northeast Japan after the war with Russia. Baron Ozawa said that he would re- port ‘to the Emperor-that he found no evidence of anti-Japanese feeling ex- isting anywhere in the country side of San Francisco. Baron Ozawa said or thought would advance at the coming ing of ‘the peace tribunal at the that meet- The Hague, and after. a moment of reflec- tion, added: “Japan does not regard the efforts seriously, as the talks weight ferences are simply ments, and nothing of ment is done.” or 1mo- SORRY HE MARRIED COREY Rev. John L. Clark Begs giveness ,of His Church and Is Pardoned. John “L. Clark, the Bushwick Avenue Congregational Church, Brookiv¥m:*who recently offi- ciated at the marriage of W. E. Corey, President of the United States Steel Corporation, and Miss Mabelle man;..submitted to the committee of the church a letter in which he-begged forgiveness for hav- ing performed the marriage ceremony in question. The For- The Rev. In the letter Dr. Clark said he real-| Cincinnati, in MAGNIFICENT STEAMER BURNS $700,000 of Loss by Fire to City of Cleveland, Under Construc- tion at Detroit. The magnificent new passenger steamer City of Cleveland, under con- struction at the plant of the Detroit Shipbuilding Co., for the Detroit and Cleveland Navigation Co., and desig- nated to run between Detroit and Cleveland, was swept by fire, and is a total loss, except for her hull and ma- chinery. How much they have been damaged cannot be determined until the hull is pumped out and a careful examination made. The loss which falls upon the De- troit Shipbuilding Co., a branch of the -Ameriean Shipbuilding Co., is about $700,000, and is fairly well cov- ered by insurance. EARTH SWALLOWS VILLAGE Sulphur Shower from Flaming Vol- cano Falls Over Rome. reported from Sarayevo, Turkish village of Mus- tajbasie, consisting of 30 houses and situated on a hill, was engulfed Sun- day night,. May 12, presumably as a result of volcanic disturbances.” Sev- eral inhabitants of the village per- the remainder escaping “by + ic It is Bos- fight. At Rome, May rose suddenly to San Remo there phur. to 13. Go) the tempering degrees, and at a rain of sul- attributed boli ..and was The occurrences the eruptions of om i Etna volcanoes. out- that Japan has | it | | CURRENT NEWS ITEMS. | | Meeting of Ohio colored men de- I clared azainst Roosevelt and Taft and for Foraker. Chairman Dick, rescinded the call | for an Ohio Republican conference at con- | and argu- | Columbus on May 15. Cuba's sugar crop, be a record breaker this year, and will reach a total of 1,300,000 tons, as against 1,200,000 tons last year. The Pennsylvania Senate passed finally the Kennedy bill, fixing cents the minimum street car rate within city limits of cities of the sec- it is said, will at o { ond class. pastor or It was declared that Congressman T .E. Burton will give up his fight for Foraker’'s seat in the Senate, Taft can get the Ohio indorsement for | President Gil- | credentials | Hl ( | with Senator ized that he had done a great wrong | both to the congregation of his church | and to the Christian conception of the marriage relation in marrying a di- vorced person, and said he humbly committee might impose. Dr. Clark concluded by promising | would | receive whatever censure the | | to use his ecclesiastical office in the | future strictly in accordance with the] principles of his denomination. The committee in its report :to the congrega-| in vie wof the pastor's in- righteousness, together | tion that, tegrity and WHOLE DAY UNDER WATER Submarines Conclude Test Good Shape. The sub-marine Octopus and Lake completed their habitability test at the naval coaling station at Bradford, near Newport, the Octopus coming to the sur- at 3:40 and the Lake at 4:09, the respective times that the boats were sealed up the day As soon as the boats came to the sur- face they were boarded by the naval trial board for the purpose of exam- ining the air and conditions inside the boats, and in both instances they were found to be of the best. All of the 23 men who had been confined in the boats were found to be in: the best condition, claiming that they had spent a most comforta- day -beneath the surface. Rival In IMPRISONMENT FOR DEBT sylvania Law Passed in 1842. The Supreme Court of the | States has denied to George H. Craw- | ford, of Cameron county, Pa., the privi- lege of filing a writ of habeas corpus. He is imprisoned in Lycoming county on the charge of attempting .to de- fraud a creditor. Crawford, being in- debted to Maria P. Johnson in the sum of $27,000, is alleged to have left the -county to avoid payment, and was arrested under the act of 1842, author- izing imprisonment under ‘such con- ditions. The effect of the decision is to leave in effect the decision of the Pennsylvania courts. : European Wheat Prices. The European wheat situation regarded by competent grain mer- chants at Odessa as being most un- The present prices are the highest the experts on the bourse can remember to have been quoted in Russia for decades past. The. prov- inces of Bessarabia, Paltava, Kherson and Podolia, where wheat is chiefly cultivated, are gravely affected. Rioting in India. The seditious Hindu agitation is spreading in Madras province. Troops are patrolling Madras city and at Delhi a mob of Mohammedans knock- ed the crown off the statue of Queen Victoria. There has been serious rioting at Delhi. Half Million Die of Plague. Deaths from the plague throughout India for the six weeks ending May 11, reached the appalling total of 451,- $92. In the Punjab alone 286,777 deaths occurred. He | hat body | said that he had returned the wedding | az. body, | fee to Corey. decided to recom- | | | no further | 500. | withdrawn | of land | Mendocino counties, | ernor counsel for Wm. I1da., in a debate for the state Darrow, at Boise, Borah, Clarence Haywood, | declared that President-Roosevelthad “butted into” the case. The Little Miami Railroad Co., of filed with the secretary of of increase in its $5,000,00 to $10,- state a certificate capital stock from 000,000. Striking Tongshoremen in New York tried to lynch a private detect: ive, who, being pursued by the strik- ers,” drew his revolver and fired, kill- ing an innocent bystander. A bill before the New York Legis- lature, and which, it is said, will pass gives power to the gov- to investigate all departments cf the State government. The South Penn Oil Co. purchased from Theodore Clark, Jr., and Thos. McKalip their oil holdings near Leb- anon, Monroe county, Ohio, for $265,- The lease produces about $3,000 worth of oil a day. The secretary of the from entry 286,000 Humboldt, Trinity California, has acres and to be interior in {added to the Trinity National forest. 24-hour submerged | | who has just | States Senator for two | before. | { conditional | non, | serving ! Island, Marinette, Isaac Stephenson, of United been elected Wisconsin, to suc- ceed John C. Spooner for the unex. pired term ending March 4, 1909. Former Chief of Police Wm. L. Cate of Bellevernon, Pa., shot and mortal- ly wounded Geo. L. Guess, his suc- cessor, and then terrorized the town before being. cowed and kicked into submission. President Roosevelt has granted a pardon to John J.. Len- a nephew of John L. Sullivan, a sentence at Governor's for alleged desertion from the | marine corps while in Cuba. | | | The secretary of the navy has awarded contracts for the construc-. tion of the 10 principal buildings for the new great lakes naval training | station at North Chicago, to the Noel ! Construetion Co., of Baltimore, for United | | $1,500,000. Mayor Schmitz, of San Francisco, | says Abraham Ruef lied if he told the is | grand jury that he (Schmitz) got $50,000 as his share of a $200,000 bribe offered for am electric franchise by the city street railway company. The jury investigating the death of little Horace Marvin, at Dover, Del, brought in a verdict that he died. from exposure on March 4, 1907, the day he was missed from his home. Three jurymen refused to vote. At the commencement exer:ises at the Union Theological Seminary, President Charles Cuthbert Hall an- nounced that an unnamed donor had made a gift of $200,000 to the insti- {ution. The money will be used to erect the chapel. The New Jersey Episcopal Dioces- an Convention unanimously passed a resolution to the effect that in the fu- ture no Episcopal priest should marry any divorced person. The resolution was inspired by the recent marriage of W. E. Corey to Mabelle Gilman. The delgates of the Amalgamated Association of lron, Steel and Tin Workers have arranged a wage scale, in which every participant is paid on the tonnage basis. The report was made announcing that all branches of the trade will ask for a tonnage basis with a sliding scale schedule. The President appointed Cornelius Billings, of Battleboro, Vt. to be as- sistant commissioner of patents. Mr. Billings was promoted from examiner in chief. John B. McCauley, Wheel- ing, W. Va., and Levin H. Campbell, of Waryensburg, Mo., were appointed examiners in chief.
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