LE Sha FIST RE— HUNDREDS MRE HOMELESS Nineteen Blocks Burned in the City of Tampa, Fiorida. EXCITED WOMAN DROPS DEAD Over 30C Buildings Destroyed, Half of Their Tenants Being ldle —Partial Insurance. Tampa, Fla.—The extreme northern portion of Tampa was destroyed by fire which raged for four hours. The area burned covered 55 acres, or al- most 19 city backs. and 308 buildings were destroyed with a ‘total damage of $600,008). One woman died of heart disease during the excitement. The burned quarter included five cigar factories and numerous restaur- ants, salcons, boarding houses and 200 dwellines occupied by cigar mak- ers. The factories burned were those .of M. Stachelberg & Company, dam- age, $100.000; M. Perez & Company, $50,000: Gonzales, Fisher & Company, $40,000; Bsbere, Cunst & Company, ranch of ‘Stachelberg, $40,000, and Fernandez & Brother, $20,000. Started in Boarding House. The area swept by fire embraced all that portion of the city between Twelfth and Michigan avenues and Sixteenth and Twentieth streets. It originated in the boarding house of Antonio Diaz, 1714 Twelfth avenue, and, fanned by a strong wind, spread fan-shaped. defying: the efforts of the fire department, which was crippled by weak water pressure. Occupants of 200 houses, thrown into a panie, rushed out attempting to save but lit- tle of their belongings. A Cuban woman in condition dropped dead. Fully half the people rendered homeless are without work and their shelter becomes an immediate prob- lem. St. Joseph's convent was openu- ed to them by order of the Jesuit Fa- thers and many found lodging there, while others were accommodated in homes throughout the city. Besides these, thousands of men will be out of work on account of the burning of the factories. The insurance will cover not more than half of the damage. a precarious SHAH ESCAPES ASSASSINATION Bombs Demolish Automokile, But He Was Not In It. Teheran, Persia.—The shah of Per- sia escaped death by assassination here bv a clever ruse carried out by him. While driving through a narrow street, two bombs were thrown from the room of a house at his automo- bile. demolishing the vehicle in which he was =zupposed to be and killing three wutriders. By a prearranged plan, his majesty was not in the mo- | tor car, but in a carriage near the rear of the procession. No arrests have heen made although the buildings in the vicinity of the explosion were carefully searched for the assassins. * = | BOMB FAILED TO EXPLODE | | Attempt to Assassinate the President of Argentina. | Buenos Ayres.—Dr. J. Figueron Al- | corta. president of the republic, wag | the object of an attemnt to assassinate at the hands of a native of Argentina. | . He hurled a crude bomb at the presi- | dent as the latter alighted from his carriage in front of his residence. | The missile did not explode. ° The miscreant, who is believed to he insane, was arrested, and three other persons who were acting in a suspicious manner also were ‘taken * into custody by the police. More Coal Mined in Maryland. Cnmberland. Md.—In the Cumber- land coal region in 1907 160,038,392 tons of coal were mined. a net in-! crease over 1906 of 172,299 tons. Of this 1,476,104 tons was converted into coke. RAIL BUSINESS IMPROVES Several Lines Have Placed Good- sized Orders Within Past Few Days. New York.—The Iron Age says: Rail business has come out in an encouraging way in the past week. The Great Northern has placed orders for 45,000 tons with three manufac- turers, a minor nortion of which are to ‘be open hearth rails. The Atlantic Coast Line has ordered 8.000 tons, and tha QOntaric & Western has bought 0 5. Generally speaking finish- ve hetter account cof them- 1 week. The steel “trade | 2d more acutely than the pig iron | trade in the October collapse and | now the conditions as to relative ac- tivity are rev The largest manufacturer, from op- erating only 28 ner cent of its roliing | just following the panic, has | now come up to 51 per cent. Tts of- ficers have reckoned on practically a | 50 per cent average in the first half] of the vear and an advance in the! se~ond half to. sav, 75 per cent. While few of the steel companies have yet reached 50 per cent, there has been an increase in working for- ces at a number of mills in the past week, The lighter finished lines still lead in activity, but in structural material February makes a better showing than January. The current bookings of fabricating plants represent from 25 to 30 per cent of capacity. INDIAN SENATORS DEBATE Upper Chamber of Congress Is Enter- tained by Real Redskin Oratory. Washington.-— A highly dramatic scene, in which two senators, with Indian blood in their veins and mem- bers of former Indian: tribes. carried on an animated and acrimonious de- bate, marked the proceedings of the senate as unusual. Senator Owen of Oklahoma, a mem- ber of the Cherokee nation, sought by means of a wordy battle to have the word “late” nlaced before the des- | ignation of the “Five | Civilized | Tribes,” declaring that he wanted to | record the death of the vld tribal re- lations. Senator Curtiz of Kansas, who is part Kaw Indian, taunted his fellow senator with the statement that he was “under the control of the secre- tary of the interior,” and there ensued a wordy battle that entertained both | senators and visitors in the galleries. When the the senate voted on the proposition it was against the conten- tion of Mr. Owen. IN RECEIVER'S HANDS State Commission Ordered Improve- ments, Cash for Which Was Net To Be Had. Dallas, Tex.—The International and Great Northern Railroad system in Texas was placed in the hands of a German prison inspector suvnplied prisoner with counterfeiter’s tools and | the two flooded the country with spur- | ious coin. i REFORMS SEEM FORESHADOWED | Audience Czar Granted to Leaves Good Impression. St. Petersburg.—The cause of mod- | erate reform in Russia undoubtedly. | in the cpinion of the newspapers and | public men here, has been greatly | strengthened by the audience granted | at Tsarskoe Selo by Emperor Nicholas | to the members of the douma. As expressed by the Seovo, a mod- erate liberal organ, the general partic- ipation of the deputies and the tact displayed by the sovereign robbed the event of any partisan character, and the words of Emperor Nicholas con-| stitute a new guarantee of a perman- | ent svstem of representative govern- ment. Douma | | Kentucky Elects Senator. Former Governor William O’Con- n2ll Bradley, Republican, was elected United States senator from Kentucky to succeed James B. McCreary. Brad- ley’s term of six years will begin on March 4, 1909. He received 64 votes, four of which were cast by Democrats opposed to former Governor Beck- ham. leading Democratic candidate for senator, who was indorsed for the office at the state primaries. Missouri for Taft. St. Louis, Mo.—Resolutions favoring the candidacy of Secretary William H. Taft for President, and commend- ing the administration of President Roosevelt, were adopted by the Re- publican state convention here. Jefferson City, Mo.—The supreme ccurt has decided the law, passed by the last legislature. prohibiting the sale of intoxicaiing liguors within five | miles of any state educational insti tution having 1.50) students enrolled, {s unconstitutional. { Cornell and Columbia universities was | nia. receiver bv the federal court at Fort Worth. T. J. Freeman, general at- terney for the Gould Southwestern system, was made receiver. The pre- diction is made that all Gould lines in Texas will soon follow into receiv- ership. This action on the part of the own- ers of the Great Northern was said to be caused by the Texas railroad com- mission ordering $2,000,000 worth of improvements to be made and that so much money could not be raised for immediate use. TELEGRAPHIC BREVITIES. Frank A. Munsev announces that he has bought the Baltimore “News.” The - Republican Wfsconsin state centrai- committee passed resolutions endorsing Senator IL.a Follette as a candidate for President after a bitter fight by members of the committee who onposed the original La Follette resolution. Frankfort, Kv—The large tobacco warehouse of Head & Switzer, inde- pendent, at Switzer Village. seven miles from here, in this county, was burned to the ground. Tt contained about 130.000 pound= of tobacco, which was not in the Equity society pool. Sioux City, Ia.—Fire did $140.000 damage in the Greenbriar block, 212- 216 Pearl street. occupied by the Sioux City Iron Company. The loss is well covered by insurance. The iate triangular intercolleg- between Pennsvlvania, annual debate won by the University of Pennasylva- The creditors’ committee of West- inghouse Machine Company agreed to issuance of bonds in liquidation of in- | debtedness and removal of receiver- shin will follow at once. Other West- inghouse interests heing relieved from receivership in similar manner. The project for the rebuilding of the Russian fleet has received a set- back as a result of the attitude taken by the minister of finance, which sees no possibility. under the present cir- cumstances, of the country raising the funds needed for the construction cf a powerful navy. The senate confirmed the nomina- tion of William L. Day, to the United Statea attorney for the Northern dis- trict of Ohio. Mr. Day is a son of Associate Justice Day of the United States supreme sourt. Four Burned to Death. Buffalo, N. Y.—Anthony Schultz, aged 55, and three of his children, Nellie. 13: Joseph. 11, and May. 8, were burned to death in a fire in their home in Depew. 10 miles from here, early this morning. Revenue Receipts Decrease. Wacshingten.—The monthly state- ment of the collections of internal revenue shows that for the month of January, 1908. the total receipts were $19, 004, which is a decrease as compared with January, 1907, of $967,- 013. In the collection on spirits there | was a dec f $479,533; on tobac- 5 : and on fer- | decrease of $22,580. | ths ended Januar; receipts show a de with the corres- ar of $5,265,423. For the sev 31 last SLANDAL IN PATENT OFFICE As istant Examiner and Others Are Indicted. HOW SCHEME WAS WORKED Through Connivance, Promoters Were Outrivaled By Those In the Patent Office. Washington.—Ned W. Barton an as- sistant examiner of the patent office: Henry E. Everding, a patent attorney with oflices in the Hale building, 1328 Chestnut street, . Philadelphia, and John A. Heany of, York, Pa., an:in- ventor, were indicted by the grand inry’ and arrested” on a charge of de | stroying public records. Bail was fixed at $10,000. The indictment charges that the three, “with intent to steal and des troy.” carried away from the patent office letters, specifications and amendments and unlawfully and wil fully destroyed them. The indictments were brought un der section 5,403 of the revised stat utes. They set forth that on Sep tember. 2, 1907, there was on file an application by Heany for a patent on an invention for manufacturing fila ments and electrodes for electric, in- candescent and arc lamps. These were filed in the office on January 19. 1905. : With the application were other pa- pers and specifications and..a letter dated March 28, 1905, addressed tc Heany, bearing the stamped signature of Commissioner of Patents Allen, Acting I'xaminer Cowles of “Division 37,” of which Barton was examiner and Assistant Examiner Day. An amendment to the application was filed in July, 1905. Papers in this case were destroyed according to the indictment. It is alleged that through conni vance with Barton, Heany and Ever ding out-rivaled more than twenty of the largest electrical concerns in the country, striving to get the same pat: ent. All these concerns had filed ap- plications for a patent, but from time to time Barton, it is charged, would see the specifications and employ whatever he desired for perfecting Heany's invention. To be successful in this plan it was necessary to des troy certain records and file substi tutes therefor. > FOWLER CURRENCY BILL Measure Proposing Gold-Secured Cur rency to Be Reported Favorably. Warshington.—The Fowler currency bill was adopted by the house com: mittee on currency and banking in practically the form it was introduc- ed, and as a result of weeks of public hearings and consideration in execu tive session. Several of the 39 sections of the bill were amended by committee vote but no changes of a substantial char: acter were made. The bill as revised was ordered printed, and when this has been done it will be subjected to a further and general review in executive session. It is understood that the bill will then be favorably reported to the house, certain members reserving the indi- vidual right to propose its further amendment on the floor. : The Democratic members of the committee will, of course, submit a minority report, which may ‘recom- mend the passage of the bill intro- duced some weeks ago by John Sharp Williams, the minority leader. The Fowler bill provides for the re- tirement of all outstanding bond se cured currency and the issuance in substitute of a currency based on the assets of the National banks—that is, a gold secured currency. One of its chief features is a provisjon for a federal guaranty of National bank de- posits. Postal Appropriations. Washington.—The house committee on postofices and post roads voted today to report favorably the post- office appropriation bill. It carries a total appropriation of $220,765,292, which is $8,674,199 more than was appropriated for the current fiscal vear. PETITIONS TO OUST JEROME Street Railway Officials Tell Gover- nor District Attorney Is Inccmpetent. Albany, N. Y.—Governor Hughes was asked to remove District Attorney Jerome upon the charges of neglect and incompetency presented by Wil- liam F. King, I. Blum and George L. Degnan of the stockholders’ commit- tee of the Metropolitan Street Rail- way Company. They were accompal- ied by Franklin Pierce and Eugene J. Kraemer, attorneys for the commit- tee. After minor charges had been made in the papers Governor Hughes accepted them and a copy will be sent to Mr. Jerome with a request that he file a reply. MADAKRAS FIGHT FIERCELY French Forces Have Hard Battle With “7 Moroccan Tribesmen. Paris.—Advices received from Gen- eral D’Alade, commander of the French forces in Morocco. renort. an- other furious fight with the Madakra tribesmen which lasted from 8 o'clock in the morning until nightfall, the French losing 11 men killed and 36 wounded. Brigands Loot Train. Kielce, Russian Poland. — Ten bri- ands attacked a train, hurling three bombs at it and firing many shots from their rifles. They killed one soidier and wounded three soldiers and three train hands. They made their escane on the engine of the train | with $10,000 in gold. Secretary Taft decided that the ight bridges over the Allegheny are not unreasonable cbstructions to nav- igation and that they should not be raised. JWollLD UTILIZE OUR RIVERS Recommend That the Work Be Done Commensurate With Needs of the People. Washington. — President Roosevelt sent a message to congresy transmit- ting a preliminary report of the in- land waterways commission. In his message the President says: “Our river systems are better adapted to the needs of the people extent, distribution, navigability and case of use they stand first. Yet the rivers of no cther civilized country are so poorly developed, so little used or play so small a part in the indus- trial life of the nation as those of the United States. “In view of the use made of rivers elsewhere, the failure to use our own is astonishing. and no thoughtful men can believe that it will last. The accompanying report indicates clearly the reasons for it, and the way to end it. The commission finds that it was irregulated railroad competition which prevented or destroyed the develop- ment of commerce on our inland wa- terways. The Mississippi, our great- est natural waterway. is a case in point. At one time the traffic upon it was without a rival in any country. The report shows that commerce was driven from the Mississippi by the railroads. Comparatively little inland freight is carried by boat which is not carried a part of its journey by rail also. The report rests through- out on the fundamental conception that every waterway should be made to serve the people as largely and in as many different ways as possible.” Concluding his message, the Presi- dent says: “The improvement of our inland waterways can and should be made to pay for itself so far as practicable from the incidental proceeds from water power and other uses. Naviga- tion should of course be free. But the greatest return will come from the increased commerce, growth and prosperity of: our people. For this we have already : waited too long. Adequate funds should be provided, by bond issue, if necessary, and the work should be delayed no longer.” TOSSED UP FOR VERDICT Court, Indignant at Conduct, Sets Decision Aside and Gives ° Lecture. New York—For arriving at a ver- dict by the flip of a coin, 12 jurymen were fined $50 each and censured by Judge Guy in the supreme court. The jury had brought in a verdict in favor of the New York City Railway Com- pany in a suit for damages for the killing of a little girl. The evidence in the case seemed to Judge Guy to be so much at var- innce from the verdiet that Judge Guv questioned the foreman of the jury. “How did you arrive at this ver- dict?” asked Judge Guy. “By the flin of a enin,” answered the foreman, Timothy Syale. “Then I set aside the verdict,” said Judge Guy, with growing anger. “You have arrived at your verdict by a mest imnroper method, by one con- trary to law! in contempt of this court and in direct violation of your oaths as jurymen. “I cannot adequately express my in- dignation at such conduct on the part of jurors sworn to do their duty in s0 serious an issue. I, therefore, im- pose a fine of $50 on each of you for contemnt of court.” He then ordered the clerk not to draw any of the men any more for jury duty and expressed himself that the men should be held until their fines was paid. The case was brought by Thomas Dixon, whose child, four years old, June 25, 1905. Captain Goes to Prison. New York.—Captain William H. Van Schaick, master of the ill-fated steam- boat General Slocum, in the burning of which 1,000 persons were killed, surrendered himself to United States Marshal Henkel and was taken to Sing tention to duty as master on board the Slocum. NO PARDON FOR UNION President Denies Clemency to Those Who Violated Injunction. Washington.—The President has de- nied pardons in the cases of P. D. Lenihan. M. J. Plunkett, Joseph Shan- aon, William Cutts and A. E. Ed- wards, members of a labor union, con- victed some menths ago of violation >f an injunction issued by a United them and others from interfering with ‘he operation and business of the Rocky Mountain Bell Telephone Com- pany at Butte, Mont. The penalties imposed were from three to four months’ imprisonment and in some cases small fines. The President is denying the appli- ration for pardon, makes no comment. No Mining Agreement. Indianapolis, Ind.—The joint com- mittee oi coal miners and operators of Western Pennsylvania, Ohio, Indi- ana and Illinois, adjourned sine die, without reaching an agreement on the proposal to call a joint conven- tion to re-establish the interstate agreement and fix a new wage scale to go into effect on April 1. Protest Against Navy Increase. About three hundred clergymen of New York had presented to the senate a resclution protesting against the naval program of four new battleships and cruisers to cost about $60,000,000. Bishop Potter is the first signer. Ex-Cabinet Minister Sentenced. of public tenced by the senate to 11 months and 20 days in prison for continued pec- alation from the state treasury. than those of any other country. In] was run down and killed by a car, Sing prison to serve his term of ten | vears’ imprisonment with hard labor | for misconduct, negligence and #inat- MEN | States circuit court judge enjoining | Rome.—Nunseio Nasi, once minister | instruction, was today sen-| NEGRO SOLDIERS GUILTY Shooting Up of Brownsville Dis- posed of by Senate Committee. FORAKER WILL CONTINUE FIGHT Ohio Senator Will Seek to Restore the Discharged Men to the Military Service. Washington.—That the shooting in the affray at Brownsville, Tex., on the night of August 12-14, 1906, was done by some of the negro soldiers of the Twenty-fifth United States infantry, and that the testimony taken before the Senate committee on military af- fairs fails to identify the guilty par- ties is the opinion of a majority of the committee, The resolution declaring the guilt of the negroes was submitted by Sena- tor Lodge and was adopted after five resolutions by Senator Foraker, one by Senator Dupont and one by Sena- tor Scott. all of which were offered as substitutes, had been voted down. On the final vote the Lodge resolu- tion Was supported by Warren, Lodge, Warner, Taliaferro, Foster, Overman, I'razier and McCreary. The last five are Democrats. The resolution was opposed by Scott, Foraker, Hemen- way and Bulkeley. Dupont did not vote. . The fight again will be carried to the floor of the senate. The reports from the committee will not be made for about 10 days, as Senator Warner, who conducted the examination of witnesses on behalf of the adminis- tration, will be absent from Washing- ton for that period. After the reports have been made to the senate it is expected Senator Foraker will press the matter to a vote there. If he should secure the Same proportion of the Republican members of the senate as he had in the committee the vote will be closer than has been anticipated. : The Ohio senator purposes also to introduce a bill to restore to the mil- itary ‘service such of the discharged soldiers as were shown beyond a rea- sonable doubt to have been innocent of any offense connected with the affray. Senator Foraker offered as a sub- stitute the following: “The testimony wholly fails to identify the individuals or any of them, who participated in the shooting affray.” The Foraker substitute was defeat- ed by a vote of eight to five, the affirmative votes being Scott, Foraker, Hemenway, Bulkeley and Dupont. The negative votes were Warren, ‘Lodge, Warner, Taliaferro, Foster, Overman, Frazier and McCreary. The last five are Democrats. The Lodge resolution finally was adopted by the same division, except that Senator Dupont did not vote. TO PREPARE FOR WAR Representative Bates Introduces Bill for Naval Station In ‘Hawaii. Washington.—That the government intends to take time by the forelock and prepare for possible future hos- tilities in the Pacific was made mani- fést in the house when Representative Rates of Pennsylvania, introduced a bill providing for the establishment of a naval station at Pearl Harbor, in Hawaii. Myr. Bates is a member of the house committee on naval affairs. and it is understood that before offering his resolution for the fortification of Pearl Harbor he conferred with officers of the navy department. The Bates bill authorizes the sec- retary of the navy to erect at Pearl Harbor all the necessary machine shops, store houses, coal sheds amd other necessary buildings and to build there one drydock capable of receiving the largest war vessels of the navy and to cause to be dredged an en- trance channel of a depth of 35 feet. The measure authorized an appro- priation of $700,000 for the purpose. The general Electric Company has declared the regular quarterly divi- dend of $2 a share on the common stock. payable April 15 to holders of | record March 4. BRIDGES NOT TO BE RAISED | Secretary Taft Decides That Eight Spans Are Not Obstructions. | Washington. — The eight bridges | over the Allegheny river which the | river interests have been claiming are | unreasonable obstructions to naviga- | tion are to remain at their present | heieht. { This is the substance of a decision | handed down by Secretary of War | William H. Taft this afternoon after | having devoted the better part of two | days to a hearing on the application {of the river men for a reversal of | Secretary Root’s decision on January 26, 1904. in which the then secretary of war held that these same bridges were not unreasonable obstructions to the navigation of the Allegheny. Fowler Bill Recommended. Washington.—By a vote of 11 to 5. three members being present and not voting. the house committee on bank- ing and currency authorized the chair- man, Representative Fowler of New Jersey, to report to the house the Fowler currency bill, with the recom- mendation that it pass. PICK STRIKES DYNAMITE Workman Blown 40 Feet Into the River—Boot Is Found. Waterbury, Conn.—Gangs of men have been dragging the Naugatuck river in vain for the dismembered body of Tony Fernato, blown up by his pickax striking a dynamite cart- ridge a foot under ground. He was blown 40 feet into the river. One of | the searchers found the man’s boot, | which had been blown clean from his | foot. TARS SEE BULL FIGHT Peruvians Show Our Naval Men a Thrilling Spectacle. Lima.—Ten thousand spectators, more than half of whom were officers and men of the American fleet, wit- nessed a thrilling bull fight Monday. President Pardo and his, staff cveceu- pied the royal hox, and the adjoining boxes were filled with the higher offi- cers of the visiting warships. Society, too, was prominently rep- resented and the spectacle from start to finish was one not: soon to be forgotten, especially by those who had never witnessed such a scene. The dangers of bull fighting were graphically illustrated, for the first bull in the ring tossed the chief mata- dor and disabled him from further work. The fifth bull gored the throat of the second matador and he was carried bleeding to his quarters. It is not likely that he can survive. The spectacle of officers in uniform, ladies in gorgeous gowns and piec- turesque hats, as, though attired for some afternoon reception, and thou- sands of sailors gathered around the ring, was a brilliant one, and during the fighting with the bulls the enth- usiasm was unbounded. The bands played ‘Hail, Columbia” and “The Star Spangled Banner,” during which all stood up. They stood again at the arrival of the president of Peru, when the hands played the Peruvian' na- tional anthem. TO KEEP: ASIATIC RACES OUT California Congressmen Say That Absolute Prohibition Is the Only - Solution. Washington.—Representative Hayes and Representative Kahn of Califor- nia, argued before the house commit- tee on foreign affairs in favor of the Hayes bill to regulate the coming into and the residence within the United States. of Chinese, Japanese, Koreans, Hindoos. and others of the Mongolian or Asiatic race. They said the only way to effective- ly stop fhe immigration of these peo- ple is by an absolute prohibition enactment. They insisted that the arts of diplomacy never would cor- rect the evil They agreed with Foreign Minister Hayashi of Japan, that the trouble lay with the immigration companies, who, they said, have behind ther: vast sums of money with which to carry on their work. CONFESSES TRAIN WRECKING Cox Says He Intended to Rob the . Fast Passenger. Sedalia, Mo.—G. W. Cox, a wood chopper, whose home is at Franklin Junction, Mo., confessed to Missouri Pacific Railway officials here, that he removed the rail from the track 15 miles east of here, that resulted in the derailing of a freight train from St. Louis. Cox said he had intended to wreck and rob the Missouri’ Pacific's fast passenger train, which was due at Otterville a few minutes after the freight was wrecked. Cox said he committed the deed alone and had no accomplices. Cox i= 35 years old and has a wife and child. STEEL BUSINESS IMPROVING Increase in Corporatign’s Output of 10 to 15 Per Cent. New York.—At the regular month- ly meeting of directors of the United States Steel Corporation figures were presented which showed there has been an increase in the company’s production of 10 to 15 per cent. Last week it operated about 51 per cent cf its normal furnace capacity, an increase of about 2 per cent as compared with the preceding week. The corporation is operating more plants than at any time since the depression began. New orders are now coming in at the rate of between 13,000 and 15,- 000 tons a day, which is in the neigh- borhood of 50 per cent of normal. CURRENT NEWS EVENTS Steamer arriving at Boston brought the news that there is widespread re- volt in India and Ceylon against Brit- ish rule and that in many sections the natives are arming for revolt. New York.—George Dawkins, a po- liceman, who was charged with being a confederate of crooks, was found guilty of burglary and grand larceny in the supreme court. Baltimore.—The grand jury return ed indictments against the eight al- leged members of the Black Hand, who are charged with conspiracy to murder Joseph Di Giorgio by dyna- miting his"home here on the night of December 10. Chicago.—William Jones, alias Bir- mingham, and his wife, Irene Alzina Jones, were sentenced to the peniten- tiary by Judge Kersten for the kid- naping of Lillian Wulff. an 8-year-old girl, last December. The man was given a 30-year term and the woman 25 years. Guiseppe Alio, the anarchist who slew a Denver priest as the latter was administering the sacrament to him, said he was moved to the deed | by the ringing of the bells, which re- minded him of his the church in Sicily. Chicago. — Maltsters of Chicago frankly admit that the prohibition wave has caused them great losses and they have warned board of trade interests that the latter no longer can expect malsters’ patronage if they aid the malsters’ foes. expulsion from GROOM BUNCOES PRIEST Gives Him Worthless Check for Per- forming Marriage. ‘Orange, N. J —At the services at the Catliclic church the Rev. John PF. Boylan told his congregation that he had been buncoed with ga worthless check, which was given him by a young man in payment of the fee for his marriage. The priest said that he hag not only losl the amount of the fee, but had been obliged to pay $1.26 protest fees on the check. almo what so is know COI Li] TOT € upon vance hensi less them That frequ const hours The secto! tion, Tioc g-d¢ tion,d Why Dor Pink! abou unde; letter free. writ vast “thous If ami with w eyes,
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