EE A ot PLAGE OFFERED TO HOBSON| Says Boat Company Claimed In fluence With Speaker. HOBSON'S STORY CREATES STIR Bringing of Speaker Cannon's Name Into Naval Scandal Causes a Sensation. Washington. — That the Electric Boat Company of New Jersey claim- ed influence with Speaker Cannon sufficient to enable it to dictate the make-up of the house committee on naval affairs was the most sensational development of the first day's session of the special commission appointed to investigate the methods of the Electric Boat Company, under the resolution introduced by Representa- tive Lilley of Connecticut. Captain Richard P. Hobson, hero of the Merrimac, was the witness who gave this sensational testimony. He stated that last fall he reecived a message from Lawrence Speer, a for- mer classmate of his at the Annap- olis naval academy and now an em- ploye of the Electric Boat Company, asking to see him on a matter of “mu- tual interest.” _Later Mr. Speer called on Captain Hobson, but the latter was ill with the grip and could not see him. Still later, Speer telephoned the captain, informing him that the Electric Boat Company would undertake to have him appointed a member cf the naval affairs committee if the captain would “do the right thing” in the matter of submarines. Captain Hob- son declined the offer of Mr. Speer, but he was placed. on the naval af- fairs committee just the same. He was one of the members who voted against the submarine provision as agreed on by the committee. There was a sensation among the members of the investigating commit- tee when Cdptain® Hobson, told the story of his experience with Mr. Speer. Then Representative Olmsted, who had been designated to examine wit- nesses, asked Captain Hobson to name the person with whom Mr. Speer had enough influence to secure the captain's appointment as a mem- ber of the naval affairs committee. Captain Hobson gaid he preterred not to mention the name of the person. Mr. Oldsted insisted he should do so. “Speaker Cannon was the man with whom Speer said the Electric Boat Company would use its influence to have me made a member of the naval committee,” Captain Hobson reluctantly replied. At the suggestion of Chairman Boutell the names of the attorneys representing interested parties were entered on the record. Mr. Lilley in- troduced Frank T. Brown of Norwich, and State Senator Stiles Judsbn of Bridgeport, Conn., as his counsel Martin W. Littieton of New York, an- nounced that John D. Lindsay, also of New York, and himself represent- ed the Electric Boat Company. LIGHTNING STRIKES POWDER Two Magazines Are Blown Up, but No One Injured. Boston, Mass.—Two powder maga- zines in South Action, belonging to the American Powder Company, were exploded by lightning during a se- vere thunderstorm. The buildings were in an isolated spot and no one was near them. A house in Wakefield and one in Maiden were also struck and set afire during the storm. To Dismantle Pantheon. Madrid-—The Pantheon of the Spanish colonies, a pavilion in the Retiro of Madrid which holds the memories of Spain’s vanished great- ness, is to be dismantled and the col- lection of books and paintings is to be scattered and buried among the libraries and museums of the capi- tal. This action is in reality a de- cision to disperse from the sight of the people the evidence of the em- pire dissipated by Spanish misrule. The most interesting part of the ex- hibit related to the Philippines. MONTANA TOWN BURNS Three Hundred Families Homeless and Loss Is $400,000. Butte, Mont.—Fire destroyed three- fourths of Big Timber, Mont., making 300 families homeless and causing $400,000 damage. The fire raged for seven hours during a gale, and not infrequently the flames would leap a block at a time, licking up dwelling after dwelling. Eight Killed by Explosion. Natchez, Miss.—Eight' persons are dead, another. is badly injured and property valued .at $200,000 is a mass of wreckage as the result of an ex- plosion of gas in the basement of the five-story building occupied by the Natchez Drug Company and located at the corner of Main and North Union streets, near the business por- tion. - University for Hongkong. Hongkong—Rennie Miller has been given $150,000 with which to build a university at Hongkong and incorpor- ate with it the existing College of Medicine. The Government has made a grant of land. MORE OFFICERS FOR ARMY Bill to Appoint 612 Additional Men to Fill Out Commands. Washington, D. C.—The senate com- mittee on military affairs today fa- vorably reported a bill “authorizing extra ofiicers for the army.” There has been a great deficiency CHINA CONCEDES TO DEMANDS COMPROMISE NOT POPULAR. Viceroy of Canton Resigns Rather Than Obey Humiliating Orders to Release Vessel. Tokyo.—A satisfactory settlement of the Tatsu affair was announced March 16. China has conceded all the Japanese demands. She will purchase the arms and ammunition on board the Tatsu and will hoist the Japanese flag over the vessel While the flag is rehoisting, Chinese warship will fire a salute. There is a general feeling of relief in consequence of the settlement of the incident. The Tatsu Maru, a Japanese mer- chant vessel, was seized near Matao, China, by a Chinese man-of-war about a week ago. The seizure was made because of the fact that the Chinese authorities had information that the Tatsu Maru carried a cargo of arms and other munitions: of war intended, it was said, for Chinese rebels in the interior. The Tatsu Maru’s flag was run down and the dragon of the Mongolian government hoisted in its place. This last Japan considered the crowning insult of the seizure. Investigation by Peking govern- ment officials disclosed that their sur- mise that the Japanese vessel carried arms was correct. Japan, however, protested that the weapons. were in- tended for a firm which dealt in such supplies at Canton. There has been much diplomatic wrangling over. the matter, but well- informed circles have never doubted that eventually the spineless celes- tials vould yield to every demand Japan might make. During the excitement the Vicéroy of Canton resigned rather than re- lease the vessel The resignation was accepted. = a ims eee CAPITOL TRIMMERS GUILTY Jury At Harrisburg Convicts Three Former State Officials and Con- tractor Sanderson of Grafting. Harrisburg.—The jury in the capi- tol conspiracy case against John H. Sanderson, contractor; former Audi tor General William P. Synder, form- er State Treasurer William Li. Mathues and former Superintendent James M. Shumaker returned a ver- dict of guilty as indicted against all four defendants. Motions for new trials were made at once and- the bail of the four defendants extended. The reasons for a new trial must be filed within 30 days. This is the result of the first ac- tion in court growing out of the scan- dal in the furnishing of the new state capitol of Pennsylvania. The case was founded on an alleged fraud of $19,000 in a bill for $53,000 for fur- nishing sofas, tables and clothes trees and has been on trial since January 27, there being 29 days of actual court sessions extending over a period of seven weeks. The maximum. penalty ror each of the defendants in this case is two years’ imprisonment in the peniten- tiary and $1,000 fine. Huston will have to stand trial with Cassel, Snyder, Mathues and Shuma- ker and Irvine in the metallic furni- ture case set for trial on March 13. Burton Aims Blow at Standard. Washington.—A blow was aimed at the head of the Standard Oil combin- ation by Representative Burton of Ohio. Ife introduced a bill making it a misdemeanor for any person con- nected with a railroad to divulge any fact concerning a shipment to any place, except to the shipper, the con- signee and to a court after being prop- erly summoned to do so. The penal- ty is a fine of not more than $1,000 nor less than 3200. Fire Causes $150,000 Loss. Trinidad, Col.—Fire, supposed to have been caused by crossed electric wires, destroyed the coke washer, the tipple, the engine house and the lab- oratory of the Colorado Fuel and Iron Company's mine at Sopris, cavsing $150,000 damage and throw- ing 300 men out of employment. Alleged Jap Spy Caught. Fly, Nev.—A Japanese was arrest- ed after a hard struggle in which he almost chewed off two fingers of a man pamed Clinton. The latter al- leges he was approached by the Jap- anese. who asked him if he would drawings of the fortifications there. Clinton indignanily refused, he says, and held on to the Japanese until of- ficers arrived. =e Route of Fleet. Washington gives the order for Ad- miral Evans’ fleet of battleships to proceed, in July, from San Francisco to Hawaii, Samoa, Australia, and the Philippines, returning by way of the Suez canal. Admiral Evans reports the vessels in fine conditions and the crews in better shape for any duty than when they left Hampton roads. Methodists Acquit Editor of Heresy. Topeka, Kap.—The Kansas confer- ence of the Methodist Episcopal church exonerated Dr. J. T. McFar- land of New York, editor of the Meth- odist Sunday School publications, of charges of heresy preferred by Dr. George A. Cock of Vermont. Four Negroes Lynched. Mobile, Ala.—David Poe, Tom Ran- ston and two Jenkins brothers, all negroes, were lynched at Vancleave, Miss. 20 miles north of Biloxi, Miss, by a mob of 30 men. Jackson, Miss.—The house of the Mississippi legislature has passed a ROBE STOCK EXCHANGES WOULD STOP ALL GAMBLING If Result Shows It Necessary Spe- cial Message May Be Sent To Congress. Washington.—An investigation of the principal stock exchanges of the country has beeh ordered by President Roosevelt. The purpose is to estab- lish the methods by which so-called stock gamblers carry on their busi ness. Herbert Knox Smith, commis- sioner of corporations, is charged with the duty of carrying on this in- vestigation. The President himself in talking with some of his visitors today au- thorized them tc say that the inquiry may determine what legislation, if any, can besenacted to prevent trad- ing in futures, buying and selling stocks on margin or other forms of gambling in securities. If after the Knox Smith report is made it shall appear to the President that stock gambling, so called is in- cluded in the long list of things prop- erly belonging to the federal govern- ment to regulate or prohibit, he will lend his influence to the passage of appropriate legislation by congress. It may be that stock gambling will form an important feature of the next message. At any rate the subject will he the occasion of another presiden- tial message to the two houses, in case the bureau of corporations ad- vises the President that legislation of the kind he desires is feasible. ~ Representative Scott of ‘Kansas, chairman of the house committee on agricuiture, today jntroduced a reso- lution providing for an investigation by the government as to the causes of the fluctuations in the price of wheat, corn and other grain. Ee ieee ORCHARD PLEADS GUILTY With Gallows in Sight, Sticks to His Story of Crime. Caldwell, Ida.—FHarry Orchard, be: fore Judge Fremont Wood, in ihe dis- trict court, was allowed to withdraw his former plea of not guilty entered at his first arraignment by order of the court when he stood mute, and enter another plea of guil- ty to the charge of murder in the first degree, as charged in the indict- ment. Judge Wood will sentence Or- chard on March 18. : Orchard pleaded guilty to having killed. former Governor Steunenberg by the explosion of a dynamite bomb at the side gate of his residence here early in the evening of Dcember 30, 1905. He confessed that he was hired to kill Steunenberg by William D. Hay- wood, secretary; Charles H. Moyer, president, and George A. Pettibone, go with him to San Francisco to get honerary member of the Western Fed- eration of Miners. Haywood and Fet- tibone were tried at Boise and set free. The case against Moyer was dismissed. SENATOR KILLED IN DUEL Lie Is Passed, A Face Slapped and Fight Follows. Amite, La.—Democratic Senator- elect D. S. Kemp was shot and killed by C. F. Hyde, a politicial and bus- iness leader in the community. The men quarreled over the recent Demo- cratic state primary election, Hyde charging Kemp with untruthfulness. Later Kemp, revolver in hand, met Hyde and slapped his face. The men then agreed to a duel, which took place almost immediately. Hyde was not injured. - Ohio Industries Prosperous. Marion, O.—That industrial condi- tions are improving was evidenced when the Fairbanks Steam Shovel Company inaugurated a working schedule of 13 hours a day to keep nn with orders. ‘The Marion Steam Shovel Company, employing 1,500 men, which had been running on an eight hour schedule cof four days a week, is now operating five days. REBATES COST ROAD $13,000 St. Louis and San Francisco Pleads Guilty to 13 Offenses. St. Louis—The St. Louis & San Francisco Railway Company was fined $13,000 by Judge Dyer in the United States district court, {he company, through Attorney W. D. Evans, offer- ing a written plea of guilty to the 13 indictments charging that the road granted rebates tc the Chapman & Dewey Lumber Compary of Kansas City. A fine of $1,000 was imposed on each count, this being the minimum pen- alty under the law. Automobile Stirs Jerusalem. Jerusalem.—Charles J. Glidden of Boston, and Mrs. = Glidden arrived It was the first motor car ever seen in Jerusalem, and created a sensa- tion among the populace. Ivan EB. Coffin, aged 22, of Ashury Park, N. J.,, a student at Lehigh Uni- versity, was drowned in the Delaware river near Easton, while shooting the Weygat rapids. He was a scn of John 1. Coffin of Asbury Park, N. J. - 2006 Native Houses Burn. Manila.—Fire destroyed 200 native shacks in the Samplouic district of Manila on the evening of March 11. The damage is estimated at $100,000 in gold. 1t is believed the fire started from a spark from a railrcad locomo- tive, which caught on a thatched roof. here in a motor car from Hafla, Syria.. PLEADS “NOT GUILTY” Charles W. Morse Compelled to Give 330,000 Bond Says He Is the Goat. New York.—Charles W. Morse, the former banker, and Alfred Curtis, formerly president of the National Bank of North America, pleaded not guilty in the United States circuit court today to a joint indictment of 29 counts. Eleven of the counts charged them with conspiracy, and 18 charged them with making false en- tries. Bail was fixed at $30,000 for Morse, and $10,000 for Curtis. Mr. Morse at first demurred to the $30,000 he was required to furnish, nnd sald: “Well, I suppose I am the goat, as usual.” According to former Judge Olcott, counsel for Mr. Curtis, one of the in- dictments alleges that false entries were made in the books of the bank for the purpose of speculating in American Ice Company stock for the benefit of the bank. Loans of funds of the bank are al leged to have been made to a dummy, the money invested in American Ice stock, which was deposited in the bank vaults to be sold as judgment dictated, and that the dummy named in the books of the banks never re ceived any benefit from the deals. ALIA DOOMED TO HANG “ls There No Appeal?” the Only Com. ment of Priest-Slayer. Denver, Col.— ‘Is there no appeal?” These were the only words spoken by Guiseppe Alia when informed the jury . found him guilty of murder in the first degree and fixed sentence at death. Just 18 days after shooting dead Father Francis Leo Heinrichs at the altar in St. Elizabeth's Catholic church this wanderer from Italy, an alleged but not proven anarchist, heard his doom. Stolid to the last Alia simply nod- ded his head and whispered to the in- terpreter, “Is there no appeal?’ Then his chin sank on his breast and he was silent. Attorney Widdecomb of the defense moved for a new trial and was grant ed five days in which to file papers. Under the laws of the state Alia can- not be hanged within 60 days of the rendering of the verdict. ‘ANNOUNCES FLEET ROUTE Navy Department Says Frisco Will Be Reached May 5 and Naval Review Will Follow. Washington.—A partial itinerary for the battleship fleet after finishing tar- get practice at Magdalena bay ‘was announced by the navy department. It includes visits to San Diego, Santa Barbara, San Pedro, Santa Cruz and San Francisco, arriving at the latter place May 5. The announcement says that the plans for the future movements of all vessels of both the Atlantic and Pa- cific fleets after naval review at San Francisco have not as yet been made. The grand review of the ships of the Atlantic and Pacific fleets in the pay of San Francisco will take place May 8. On the day of the review all vessels will be full dressed and at night the ships will be illuminated. HEALTH ON THE ISTHMUS No Contagion During the Last Year, But Many Deaths From Violence. Washington.—An extremely favor- able statement concerning health con- ditions in the Panama Canal zone is contained in the annual report of Col- onel William C. Gorgas, chief sani- tary officer, for the calendar year 1907. Colonel Gorgas says: “Health conditions on the isthmus show a marked improvement as com- pared with all previous vears since we have been here. We have had no case of yellow fever anywhere on the isthmus, except that taken off the shipping at the quarantine stations; no case of bubonic plague, and only one death from smallpox, which was not in the person of an employe.” There were 107 violent deaths among the employes, attributed to in- creased blasting and railroad “work. PENSION BILLS KILLED Volunteer Retired List and $30 Monthly Bills Veted Down. Washington, D. C.—By a tie. vote of 9 to 9 a motion was lost in the house committee on military affairs to re- port favorably the Dawes bill creat- ing a roll to be known as the Vol unteer Retired List and placing there- on, with retired pay, the surviving volunteer officers of the army, navy and marines of the Civil war. The committee similarly failed to act favorably on the Bradley bill, which in addition to the provisions of the Dawes bill proposed the payment of $30 monthly to every surviving enlisted man, in lieu of pensions now drawn. The war department estimat ed that the operation of such laws would cost $100,000,000 the first year. More Pay for Navy. Washington, D. C.—The house com: mittee on naval affairs reported fa vorably the bill which provides that the pay and allowances (except mile age and forage) of all officers of the navy and marine corps shall be the same as that of officers of correspond: ing rank in the army. Mormons Expelled from Munich. Municl.—The Bavarian government has ordered the immediate expulsion of a number of American Mormon missionaries whose presence here is regarded as being dangerous to public order. Three Children Prey of Flames. rr E Brings Action to Annul Marriage With Hzrry K. Thaw. — HIS INSANITY IS ALLEGED Unable By Reason of Mental Un- soundness to Become Legal Husband. New York.—Evelyn Nesbitt Thaw will institute proceedings for the an- nulment of her marriage to Harry K. Thaw. The action will be based on the allegations that the defend- ant was insane when the union was contracted. Thaw purposes to defend the suit. An early trial is expected. In the meantime, the two, oy mutual agreement, will remain apart. “ For weeks it had been gossiped that a divorce was imminent and even during Thaw’s last trial, throughout which his wife stood by him, it was pretty generally believed that what- ever the outcome of the prisoner. the two would never again live together. These reports were frequently based on rumored -opposition to the young woman on the part of the Thaw fani- ily. In their statements tonight, how- ever, counsel denied that Mrs. William Thaw. Harry's mother, had taken any | part in the proposed separation. It is reported unofficially in connec- tion with the marriage annulment suit Mrs. Evelyn Nesbitt Thaw is to commence that a financial settlement has been agreed upon under which voung Mrs. Thaw will receive a lump sim of $50,000 as soon as the suit is decided and $15,000 a year there- after for life. AUSTRIA SURPRISED Montenegro Refuses to Go Along Against Russian Infiuence. Vienna.—A cloud has come between Austria and Montenegro, which is supposed to account for the sudden termination of the visit of Prince Nicholas and the Princess of Monten- agro at the Austrian court. It is now learned that Prince Nicholas, presumably under Russian influence, opposed Austria's projected Novipa- zar railway in any way traversing Montenegro. Paron von Aehrenthal, the Austrian foreign minister, fully sxpected that Montenegro would not offer any objections. AGENTS TO BE LIABLE Senators Would Punish Those Who Are Guilty of Extortion. . Washington. — The senate commit- tee on the judiciary ordered reported favorably a bill extending to all agents and employes of the govern- ment Or persons pretending to be such, the penalties already prescribed by law for “officers” guilty of extor- tion. Se ¢ The necessity for such a provision arises by reason of a court decision that a special agent is not such an officer” as could be punished under the law relating to extortion hy gov- srnment officials. AIRSHIP JUST MISSES OCEAN Stevens Balloon Ends 130-Mile Trip Within Sight. Hampton Falls, N. H.—After main- :aining an average speed of more than 43 miles an hour for a little more than three hours, the balloon Stevens No. 21, which ascended from Pittsfield, Mass., at 11:09 a. m,, land- >d here, a distance of 130 miles, at 2:15°p. Mm. The lancing was less than a mile from the Atlantic ocean. The occu- pants of the car were Leo Stevens 7f New York, pilot, and William F. Whitehouse of New York. Woman’s Wholesale Tragedy. Valley City, N. D.—Mrs. Sigrud Thompson, living in the southern part >f Barnes county, during a fit of tem- porary insanity, cut the throats of her two children, aged 6 months and 3 years, and then slashed her own throat with a razor. The youngest ~hild died almost immediately, but the older one may live. Mrs. Thompson is iu a critical condition and may die. CLARA NEVADA WRECK FOUND Many Bodies of the 65 Victims Un- covered by Arctic Winds. Juneau, Alaska. — James Currie, keeper of the lighthouse at Aldridge Rock, brings news of the finding of the wreck of the Clara Nevada, which was lost in 1897 with 65 passengers. The purser’s body was the only one ever found. ; Tle terrific winds of the last few days exposed the remains of the craft to. view. Many bodies have been picked up. The Nevada is believed to have had a large amount of gold dust on board. aSK FOR M'CLELLAN’S REMOVAL Dr. Parkhurst Files Charges Against the Mayor. Albany, N. Y.— Charges against Mavor Ceorge B. McClelian and Po- lice Commissioner Theodore A. Bing- ham of New York, with a demand for their removal from office, were filed with Governor Hughes by Dr. Charles H. Parkhurst on behalf of the Society for the Prevention of Crime in Now York city. The charges allege neglect of duty in non-enforcement of the liquor tax law. Seeks Interest on Deposits. Washington. — Senator Nelson of Minnesota gave notice of an amend- ment he will propose to the Aldrich currency hill requiring National banks to pay two per cent interest on week- ly balances of government deposits of money. General D’Amade, commander of FLYN SUES FOR DIVORCE me ema WANTED TO KILL KING Crazy Man Fires Shots at Royal Cas- tle But No One Is Injured. Christiania, Norway.—A man named Johannes Grau, apparently insane, fusiladed the royal castle here with a rifle. He fired altogether a dozen bullets, several of which crashed through the windows and embedded themselves in the interior walls of the casjle. The man was seized by the police and disarmed. At the police. station he declared that it was his intention to kill King Haakon. He still had 40 or 50 cartridges in his pocket. King Haakon and Queen Maud were not in the castle at the time of the shooting, having moved to the royal residence at Voxenkollern. None of the palace officials or ser- vants was injured. J Under rigorous cress examination at police headquarters, the would-be assassin of King Haakon admitted that he was a blacksmith and a resi- dent of Christiania for several years. As his motive, he declared that a Dan= ish king has no business in Norway and that no monarch is entitled to such liberal pay for his services as Haakon receives. Physicians who have examined hime say there is little doubt the prisoner is insane. : SCHOOL FIRE VERDICT Coroner Blames No Person, But the Existing Conditions. Cleveland. —Coroner Burke render- ed his decision inthe Collinwood school fire. Conditions existing are blamed, but no fault is charged to anvone. Fred Hirter, the janitor, is exonerated, having been found at Lis post when the fire broke ouf, and that he duly gave the alarm, and that he opened the front and rear doors of the building. The coroner found that the fire started in a closet under the front stairway and was caused by overheat- ed pipes, which igrited the stairway. The death of the children, he says, was due to faulty construction where- by a partition projected in front of the stairway at the bottom, making the children turn out of the way in their rush for the door. Ua eR EE WHEAT CROPS COMPARED Quantity in Farmers Hands 23.5 Per Cent of 1907 Holdings. Washington. — The quantity of wheat in farmers’ hands on March 1 was 23.5 per cent, equivalent to 148,721,000 bushels of of last year’s crop, as compared with 28.1 per cent, or 206,644,000 bushels, of the 1906. crop. on hand March 1, 1907. The quantities of corn and oats in farmers’ hands on the same date follows: Corn estimated at 37.1 per cent, equivalent to 962,429,000 bushels of last year’s growth. Oats, estimated 476,000 bushels of last year’s growth. RIDERS RESORT ‘TO. POISON Arsenic Mailed to Farmers; Attempt to Poison Cattle Herd. ; Lexington, Ky —Following close on the letters recently mailed in Mount Sterling to farmers of Bath and Mont- gomery counties enclosing arsenic, with a threat, comes the first report of violence against an independent tobacco grower in Fayeite county. An attempt to destroy R. . Squires’ herd of cattle, near Chiles- burg, was partially successful. Three cattle are dead from poisoning and six more are in a precarious condi- tion. Paris green had been put into their troughs. Mr. Squires has offer- ed a reward of $500 for the capture and conviction of the guilty persons. 461 KILLED IN BATTLE Italian Troops Wreak Bloody Revenge for Native Onslaught. Rome.—News has been received here from Italian Somaliland that a tribe helped by soldiers of the Mullah attacked another tribe under the pro- tection of Italy and killed 30 oppo- nents. They then drove off a quanti- ty of cattle. : Italian troops sent to punish the raiders in one engagement killed 400 tribesmen and 60 of the Mullah’s sol diers. The Italians had one man killed and two wounded, all natives. TELEGRAPHIC BREVITIES. The government prosecution of cer- tain citizens of Colorado charged with having attempted illegally to obtain possession of coal and timber lands in that state, will be heard by the supreme court of the United States after the disposal of other cases already set for the first Tues-~ day of next term. s The navy department has directed Captain E. D. Taussig, the command- ant of the Norfolk navy yard, to ap- point a board of investigation to look into the grounding of the yacht May- flower in Chesapeake Bay on Thurs- day night. The vessel was in com- mand of Lieutenant Commander Vogelgesang. The damage sustained by the Mayflower is slignt. The special committee appointed to determine whether there is sufficient ground for the impeachment of Leb- beus R. Wilfley, judge of the United States court for China at Shanghal, who stands accused of misconduct in office by Lorin S. Andrews and other American lawyers residing in Shang- hai, heard argument and teok the case under advisement. The probable date of a report was not announced. Senator W. Murray Crane is fight- ing Secretary Taft m massachusetts by getting unpledged delegations to the Chicago convention. Nebraska Republicans in state con- vention indorsed Secretary Taft for the presidency and delegates instruct- The case of the paar . pe at 35.5 per cent, equivalent to 267,- x ait F - - Rhett EM OF oul baal I ay ah Pr. 14 An | ed for him were chosen. | 1 No Local Option In Maryland. Annapolis.—An unfavorable com- mittee report was made in the house factory procf that this rate is not just branch of the legislature on the local , for services to the pub-| option bill fathered by the Maryland | Anti-Saloon League. bill fixing 21% cent a mile as the max- imum passenger fare on all railroads | except those which can make the French forces in Morocco, has re- | CN ceived letters from Mulai Hafid, the | so-called sultan of the south, asking | that hostilities be suspended, pend- | ing arrangements for peace. of officers. The bill would add 612, comprising 36 colonels, 54 lieutenant colonels, 90 majors, 162 captains, 144 @arst lieutenants and 126 second lieu- tenants. Medford. Wis.—The farm home of Jobn Donthitt was destroyed by fire while Mrs. Donthitt was outside. The stove exploded and her three small children were burned to death. j i against the Chicago & Alton Railroad Company, involving a fine of $50,000 for granting rebates, was set for hearing in the supreme court of the next term. satis- | compensatior lic. FE PN semen Th h nf
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