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
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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
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gan Iron Co.,
{coal Co.,
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{ a rush one.
| and
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| 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.
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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 |
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Island |
Carnegie |
| railroads of the far
death bene- |
In |
| more
bronze medals |
into |
with a opt |
Berry, |
Co., |
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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.