MANY TOWAS ARE
ENTIRELY DESTROYED
Parts of Wrecked Buildings are
Scattered Over Four States.
GREAT LOSS OF PROPERTY
2 oss of Life Was Chiefly in Districts
Occupied by Negroes Whose
C:bins Blew Down.
Atlanta, Ga—A wind - of cyclonic
proportions swept over portions of
Youisiana, Mississippi and Alabama
on the 24th, leaving a trail of dead and
Injured.
The total death, misery and ruin
caused in four states by Friday’s
gornadoes came to hand Sunday in ap-
proximately correct form. Briefly
staed, they are:
Killed—About 400.
Injured—Painfully
3,200.
Homeless—Several thousand.
Towns reporting serious wrekage,
46.
Habitations and
practically complete ruins
towns, about 2500..
The above figures do not include
the wreckage w©n plantations and
farms, scores of which were struck
and damaged. The number of dead
will never be known accurately, for
the reason that about 300 of them
were negroes and they were buried in
many communities without careful
records being made of their numbers.
While some of the first lists, giving
apparently reliable .death lists, have
since proved unreliable, nevertheless,
remote places which were late in re-
porting their dead. have revised the
fotal death list uniformly around 350.
In Three Currents.
By following the wreckage of towns
the general direction of the torna-
Joes can le traced closely. Appar-
ently the storm struck in three separ-
ate currents, each describing the are
of a circle and traveling toward the
northeast.
The first of these struck
Worthern Iouisiana, Missi
or seriously
business houses
in these
through
sippi and
into Tennessee before daylight Friday |
morning. The second appeared
farther south about 7 o'clock. in Cen-
tral Louisiana and Mississippi.
apparently was the portion of
Hama and Georia on Friday night
and Saturday morning. The third
portion of the storm appeared during |
¥riday afternoon. further south than
either of its predecessors. This was
the storm which demolished
La., and Purvis, Miss. the town in
which the wreckage was worst.
Why the fatalities were so un-
usually large is apoarent today, from
a glance at the photographs which |
have arrived here from many por-
tions of the tornado belt. They all |
tell the same story. Whole blocks
of what were formerly little residences
and cabins lie spread over the ground
in separate boards. If a huge lum-
ber pile had been scattered over
these areas, the number of individual
boards, unattached to anything else,
could scarcely have been greater.
Most of the dead are negroes. Per- |
fwaps a dozen white persons were
caught in falling buildings, and either
fatally injured .or so seriously dis-
abled as to require. medical attention.
The loss of life was chiefly in the
quarters of negroes, where the wind
destroyed their “cabins, burying the
oecupants in the debris, or in the
farming sections of the country. where
trees were uprooted, telegraph and
telephone poles torn up and general
destruction following a storm, which
swept with almost tornado force
through the country.
The tornadoes traveled apparently |
in a zone hundreds of miles wide, and
proceded from west to east. Begin-
ning at the western end of this storm
Belt, the towns struck were Lamourie,
Richland and Vidalia, La.; Walls and
Baxter, Miss, and Bergen and Albert-
ville, Ala. In addition, Shreveport,
Y.a., experienced a storm of tornado
Fntensity.
TAFT GOING TO PANAMA
Secretary Will Sail Aoril 30 and Re-
turn on May 20.
Washington.—As the result of de-
Tiberations at the cabinet session it
was determined that Secretary Taft
‘should go to Panama April 20 on the
ruiser Prairie. Questions between
the United States and Panama and
between Panama and Colombia will
Be negotiated during the Secretary’s
stay on the isthmus.
¥ is said to be necessary that the |
concessions the United States obtain-
eid from Panama provided for in a pro-
4ocol should be embodied in a perma-
ment treaty. The secretary will be
gone three weeks, expecting to return
to the United States May 20.
Will Throw Out 30,000.
Spartansburg, S. C.—The closing
down of the cotton mills of South
Carolina July 1, which was decided
upon at a meeting of representatives
of all mills here, will let cut 30,000
©r more people. It was resolved by
the mills to accept no further orders
for cloth at present prices.
Missing and Dead Number 28.
T.ondon—The tota] number of dead
and missing of the Gladiator's crew,
as a result of the collision between
fhe American liner St. Paul and the
Brifish cruiser off the Isle of Wight,
is 28. The admiralty late tonight is-
sued a revised list of the names of
the Gladiator victims, which includes
am additional death in the hospital,
Bringing the total of deaths known
ap €o five.
Twenty-three men are g,
i to the st, and six are sufl-
p—
This |
the |
storm which had swept through Ala- |
Amite, |
The |
Prairie will sail from Charleston, S. C. |
DAMAGE BY CYCLONE |
House and Occupants Carried Off by
Storm in Nebraska—Several
Lives Lost.
Bancroft, Neb.—A cyclone swept
through Cumming county and into
Thurston county at noon on the 23d |
and three people are known to have |
been killed, a number injured and |
several houses destroyed.
The tornado struck the house of
John Mangieson, near Pender, Neb.,
and then swooped up into the air,
taking the wreckage of the house and
both Mr. and Mrs. Mangleson. Both
|
|
|
|
were killed, their bodies being car-
ried a mile.
Three Killed in Tennessee.
Ennis, Tenn.—According to meager
reports received here a storm in the
neighborhood of Rice, ten miles south
of this place, killed three negroes and
injured three white persons named
Reeves tcday. Several houses were
blown away.
Austin, Tex.—The towns of Elkins,
Regency and Ebony ‘are reported to
have been swept away by the flood in
the Colorado river. :
Paris, Tex.—Twenty-five residences
of Deport, a town 20 miles southeast
of Paris, were destroyed, by a hurri-
cane - this. evening. The cotton oil
mill, Baptist and Presbyterian
churches were demolished. W. R. Is-
bell a druggist, was crushed to death
in his residence when ‘it’ collapsed.
. Shawnee, Okla.—An entire family
of five Kickapoo Indians were drowned
by a cloudburst or waterspout near
old Fort Arbuckle. None of the
bodies has been Tecovered. The
family consisted of a man, his wife
and three small children. Great
property damage was done.
CRANK INTERRUPTS SENATE
Addresses “Mr. Fairbanks and Gen-
tiemen,” and Capitol Police
Take Him in Tow.
Washington.—A voice from the
men’s public gallery addressed to
“Mr. Fairbanks and -gentlemen of
this House” startled the senate dur-
ing the consideration of the naval ap-
propriatien bill. A sandy complex-
ioned man of about 30 years, unshaven |
| but not otherwise uncouth, was trying |
| to get the Vice President’s attention. |
| He succeeded, as well as attracting |
| thergaze of everybody on the floor and |
| in the galleries.
{ In a loud voice he shouted, “I pro-
claim myself the head of this house!”
hat was as far as he was permit-
| ted to go. By that time members of
the Capitol police force had reached
his side and he was taken out.
! GENERAL LINEVITCH DEAD
|
|
Hero of Many Wars Passes Away of
Pneumonia.
St. Petersburg.—Lieutenant General
Linevitch, aid de camp to Emperor
Nicholas, and commander of the First
Manchurian army died from pneu-
monia. He had been ill for a little
over a week, and on several occasions
| serious symptoms of heart failure had
manifested themselves. On Tuesday
he had a serious attack of heart fail-
| ure from which, however, he recovered
| satisfactorily, but vesterday it was
| found necessary to perform an opera-
tion, after which the patient gradually
| became weaker. General Linevitch
| was 68 years of age.
| Hotel Bars Emma Goldman.
| San Francisco—Emma Goldman and
{her party are having their troubles
‘on the Pacific coast, The anarchist
| leader, her manager, Dr. B. L. Reit-
| man cf Chicago, and Alexander Horr,
| advance agent of the ‘red’ party,
| were ejected from the St. Francis
| hotel. The objection was the noto-
| riety nused by the presence of the
| anarchist party, together with the
| four policemen cf Chief Bibby’s es-
pionage party.
Bill Affecting Oil Lands.
| Washington.—A bill was passed by
| the house under suspension of the
| rules by which the mining laws were
| amended so as to permit the entry
| of mineral lands as oil lands, where
| it has been demonstrated that oil is
(present. Three years are allowed in
| which to finance an undertaking and
| sink the first well.
| EXPLOSION KILLS FOUR
| Deadly Vapor Lets Go in Workings
at Ellsworth, Washington
Ccunty, Pa.
| Washington, Pa.—Four miners lost
| their lives in mine No. 1 of the Ells-
| worth Coal Company, at Ellsworth, by |
| a terrific explosion of gas. More |
than 100 men were at work at the
time. Nearly all escaped uninjured.
The dead, whose bodies were removed
| from the mine late this evening are:
| Joseph Banks, 53 years old; Wasil
{ Uidpsh, 31 years oid; Alex Yatsko, 37
years old; Albert Serafin, 26 years
| old.
Banks, who was the cnly American,
| was a widower and leaves seven chil-
dren.
To Quell Uprising in India,
| Simla—A mixed force of British
{ and Indian troops is at present being
| rapidly mobilized near Peshawur for
| sion say
SENIOR GORE ATTHERS.
THE STEEL TRUST
Debate on Naval Bill Enlivened by
Move Against Armor Plate
Manufacturers.
IS HELD UP
SAYS UNCLE SAM
Amendments Allowing the Purchase
of Armor Plate Abroad Defeated
by Large Majority.
Washington.—Amendments ‘to the
naval appropriation bill were offered
in the senate by Senator Gore of Ok-
lahoma, to allow the building of the
new battleships submarine boats, etc.,
authorized by the bill, at any ship-
yard in the world, and taking away
the restriction in favor of domestic
steel. Mr. Gore had. no. support in
his first moticn to permit the Dbuild-
ing of the ships abroad, and 62 votes
were registered against him. ..
His second motion was to strike out
the provision that all the parts of
these ships -and the steel material:
used - in them shall be of domestic
manufaeture.. ~ On motion of. Mr.
Hale that amendment was laid on the
table by a vote of 48 to 9, Mr. Gore
securing the support of Senators Ba-
con, Culberson, Davis, Gary, McCrea-
ry, Milton, Money and Simmons, all
Democrats. fa ey
Mr. Gore offered the amendments,
he said, “to rescue this country from
the toils of the Steel Trust,” which
he regarded as ‘the tapeworm of
the treasury.” The Steel Trust, he
said, not only held up the country,
but it held up the American merchant
marine.
Says Government Is Held Up. <
Mr. Bacon also spoke in favor of
eliminating the provision requiring
materials of domestic manufacture,
as he said it would by law force the
government to buy of the trust at ex-
tortionate prices. He remembered,
he said, hearing the senator from
Maine (Mr. Hale) on a former vcca-
the Steel Trust ‘had the op-
portunity to put the knife into us.”
He said the armsr plate could be
made by only two or three concerns
in the United States and when the
time came to bid they would have
a combination and the country by
law would be at the mercy of the
trust.
Saying someone near him had said
he was “unwilling to trust the enemy
with making our weapons. of de-
fense,” Mr. Gore declared that-the ex-
perts of the government could be de-
pencded upon to see to the quality of
material purchased. If his amend-
ment, he said, had been adopted not
a ton of steel would be purchased
abroad.
“What I want,” declared Mr. Gore,
“is to legislate so that we can get
three instead of two battleships for
the same money.”
Mr. Money offered an amendment
providing that material for the new
ships shall be of domestic manufac-
ture, but permitting it to be purchased
abroad, expldining that it was well
known that American goods were sold
cheaper abroad than in this country.
He wanted the government to take
advantage cf that cheapness. ;
Mr. Hale said that as worded, the
bil] would permit just what the
Mississippi senator contended for, and
the amendment was withdrawn .
Many Millions Added.
On motion of Mr. Hale, the appro-
AMERICAN GUNBOAT
>" SENT TO VENEZUELA
Vessel from West Indies to Be Used
in Carrying Dispatches While
Port Is Closed.
Washington —An American war ves-
sel will be sent to Venezuelan waters,
but her mission is to be an entirely
peaceful one. The closing of the
port of LaGuaira because of the exist
ence of what is believed to be bubonic
plague there has made it necessary
for the state department to have at
hand some vessel to be used as a dis-
patch boat by Minister Russel]. in
sending messages to Curacao or Port
of Spain, Trinidad, and for taking ca-
blegrams to him from the state de-
partment. =
One of the smaller gunboats now in
West Indians waters will be utilized
for this purpose.
Minister Russel] says the Venezue-
lan government officially announced
the existence of a suspicious contagi-
‘ous disease at La Guiara, the nature
of which had not been determined.
No sfeamers are touching at port,
which has been quarantined for 15
days and traffic. is'suspended on the
railway. ;. Puerto Cabello, the minis-
ter says it is still open. ’
That no plans have been matured
to govern American intercourse
with Venezuela: in the future was
stated by the state department of-
ficials.. +; Minister, Russell, it is said
here, probably. will not leave Caracas
pending possible action, by the United
States Congress on the five American
claims now pending before the sen-
ate committee on. foreign relations.
ENGLISH PREMIER DEAD
Sir Henry Campbeii-Bannerman Has
" Held Important Political Posi-
‘tion for Years.
London—After an illness of two
months, Sir Henry Campbell-Banner-
man, former British premier, died
April 22 at his official residence in
Downing street.
Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman
was born September 7, 1836. His
record of office goes back to 1871,
when he was financial secretary to the
war office, which post he held a sec
ond time from 1880 to 1882. During
the next two years he was secretary
to the admiralty, and in 1884 he suc-
ceeded Sir George Trevelyan as Irish
secretary, filling that office unti] the
fall of the Gladstone ministry in 1885,
in spite of the fact that the Irishmen
described him as “the Scotch sand
bag.” In the short government of
1886 he was secretary for war and to
that post he returned under the last
Liberal government. He was chosen
leader of the Liberal opposition in suc-
cession to Sir William Harcourt in
February, 1899.
On the resignation of the Balfour
administration in December, 1905, Sir
Henry was summoned by the king
and formed a Liberal cabinet, himself
and prime minister.
. The general election followed and
Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman enter-
ed the new parliament with the great
est majority ever given to a British
premier. He resigned April 5, 1908.
SENATE INCREASES PENSIONS
Bill Carries $12,184.000 More Than
House Measure.
Washington.—The pension appro-
priation bill was reported to the sen-
ate. It carries $165,053,000, an in-
crease of $12,184,000 over the amount
appropriated by the house.
Of this amount $12,000,000 is provid
ed to carry out the provisions of the
recently enactel widows’ pension law,
priation made by the ouse of $1,
000,000 toward the construction of
eight submarine torpedo boats was
increased to $3,000,000, which may be
marine boats heretofore authorized.
000 for a “new trunk-in battleship
hoist,” proposed by Mr. Hale, was
adopted.
When the bill had been nearly com-
pleted, Senator Piles of Washington,
offered an amendment increasing thc
number of battleships from two to
four, asking at the same time that
the final consideration of the meas-
ure be postponed.
propriating $7,000,000 “toward the
construction, the machinery, armor
and armament of vessels” authorized
in this bill.
ed yesterday that such a provision
would permit a prompt beginning of
the constructicn of the new Dbattle-
| ships.
NEW PENSION BILL INVALID
President's Sunday Signature lllegal;
Must Be Passed Again.
Washington, D. C.—Because Presi-
pension bill” last Sunday it is
clared to be invalid. The circulars
for the house and senate to pass the
bill all over again.
North Sea As Neutrai Water.
| another piitive expedition against
| the fanatical tribes of 1,000 tribesmen
i who recently have been raiding and
| looting villages ©n the Peshawur bor-
der. The force will be commanded
Zakkakhel uprising.
WILL DIVIDE BOND ISSUE
P. R. R. to Give Half to Europe and
Half to America.
New York.—The issue of $40.000,600
in bonds by the Pennsylvania Railroad
Company will be equally divided be-
tween America and Europe, according
to an announcement,
»ffered by the New York bankers in
charge of the issue, and the other half
by the ‘En h bankers.
The ripticns in America
ry Kuhn, Loeb & Co.
will
cn
y
one-half being |
ILondon—England, France, Ger-
| many, Holland and Denmark signed
lan agreement guaranteeing the North
| Sea as neutral water. The parties
{to the convention also undertake to |
by Sir James Willcocks, who was so | maintain the integrity and territorial | would spend $1,500,000 in the next 60
successful in stamping out the recent | status quo of all countries bordering | qavs for freizht cars in anticipation
|on the sea.
Senate Increases Appropriation.
Washington.—The agricultural ap-
| propriation bil] was reported to the
senate by Mr. Warren. It carrieg
{ $11,642,146, an increase of $133,340
| over the amount of the bill as it was
| passed by the house.
illionois for Bryan.
ringfield, IlL.—The Illinois Dem-
cy adopted the unit rule and in-
structed its delegates to the national
nventicn at Denver to vote for Wiii-
nora-
1.
applied toward the completion of sub- |
An amendment appropriating $500,
An amendment was agreed to, ap-!
This action was taken |
without comment it having been stat- |
dent Roosevelt signed the “widows’ |
de- |
of instructions to pension agents have |
been recalled and it wil] be neeessary |
while 100st of the remainder is male
| necessary for branch pension azen-
| cies, which were not appropriated for
| by the house.
Purdv Becomes Judge.
Washington.—Milton Dwight Purdy,
familiar in government
corporations, in which he acted as as-
sistant to the attornev general, was
today nominated by the president to
be United States District Judge for
Minnesota. As assistant to the at-
torney general he has had charge of
all cases relating to enforcement of
the Sherman anti-trust act and ihe
| interstate commerce laws.
REPORTS FOWLER BILL
, Author of Currency Measure Submits
| It to House.
Washington.—Chairman Fowler ot
| the house committee on banking and
| currency, submitted to the house the
| report of that committee favoring the
creation of a currency commission.
“The overwhelming consensus of
| opinion so adduced.” continued the
report, “was opposed to any make-
| ehift of emergency legislation what-
| ever, because wholly unnecessary,
{ and in favor of a-broad commission
| to prepare and submit a measure
which would give to the United
States a scientific financial and cur
| rency system.”
The report points out that six
! banking economists are provided for
| in the commission and that represen-
| tation has been =o -apportioned that
| all sections of the country are assured
| of equal particaption.
Rush of Business Expected.
Seattle, Wash.—C. M. Levy, third
vice president of the Northern Pacific
in charge of the operating department
in an interview said that his company
of increased business.
Start $1,000,000 Church Fund.
Chicago.—A fund of $1,000,000 for
| the furtherance of home missions and
| church extension among the Catholics
| of the United States was started to-
| day at the annual meeting here of the
| board of governors of the Catholic
{ Church Extension Society. The first
| subscripticn to the fund was a pledge |
| of $100,000 by Ambrose Petri, of New
York, and he was appointed ch
man of the committee which is to re
the fund by Archbishop Quigley, who
| presided at the meeting
becoming first lord of the treasury
suits against |
FOREST RESERVES MUST
BE MD TO NAVIGATION
House Holds Proposed Bills Are
Not Constitutional.
WILL FRAME NEW MEASURES
Evidence of Conservation of Streams
Will Affect All Future
Action.
Washington.—That it is constitu-
tional for the national government to
icquire land in the states for forest
reserves when it can be shown that
such acquisition is an aid to naviga-
tion was declared by the house com-
mittee on judiciary. :
The adoption of a resolution to this
sffect followed a vote holding uncon-
stitutional the bill providing for the
sreation of the White mountain and
Appalachian reserves in the absence
>f the requisite information concern=
ng the effect of the proposed reserva:
tions on the navigability . of “the
streams which are fed by ‘the waters
within their boundaries. :
: Committee's Resolution. :
Following is thé resolution which
was unanimously adopted by the com-
mittee for tne guidance of the house:
“Resolved, that the committee is of
the opinion that. the federal govern-
ment has no power to acquire lands
within a state, solely for forest re-
for the purchase of lands and forest
reserves in a state, provided it is
made clearly to appear that such
lands and forest reserves have a di-
rect and substantial connection with
the conservation and improvement of
the navigability of a river actually
navigable in whole or in part; and
provided that any appropriation made
‘herefor is limited to that purpose.
Will Frame New Bills.
“Resolved, that the bills referred to
in the resolutions of the house are
not confined to such last mentioned
purposes and are therefore unconstitu-
tional.”
This action by the judiciary com-
mittee opens the way for the friends
of the Appalachian and White moun-
tain projects to frame new bills with-
in the constitutional limitations out-
lined. If such bills were introduced |
they would likely be referred to the
committee on rivers and harbors for
| determination of the physical ques-
tion of whether forest lands and for-
est reserves are or can become con-
servors of stseams supply and flow—
in other words, whether the acquisi-
tion of such lands can be held to be
in aid of navigability.
|
SE |
NEW RECORD IN PENSIONS
Appropriation Asked Exceeds by $6,- |
000,000 All Others. |
Washington.—The new pension act |
which went into effect on April 19, |
gives to 201,051 widows and other |
pensioners an increase of $4 a month, |
All pensioners getting less than $12 |
will receive that amount commencing |
April 19, without the necessity oo!
putting in new claims. The increase
will operate automatically. |
In addition to the increase of $9,
650,448 in the. amount of the pension
roll it is estimated that $2,592,000 in |
additional claims will be filed during
the coming year on account of the |
provisions in the new act granting a
pension of $12 to widows of officers |
and enlisted men who served 90 days |
or more in the army or navy during |
the Civil War. |
The appropriation asked of congress
this year is over $162,600,000, being
$6,000.000 more than the appropriation |
of 1895, which was the largest ever
authorized.
Big Fire in Oklahoma.
Tulsa, Okla.—Lightning caused a |
$60,000 fire in the Glennpool oil field |
that destroyed many thousands of bar-
rels of oil of the Gulf Pipe Line Com-
pany, the Creek Oil Company, the
Glenn Oil Company and the Associa-
ted Producers.
LOST WITH THEIR CREWS |
Vessels Left St. Malo About a Month |
Ago and Have Not Been
Heard of Since.
Ottawa, Ont.—There is every reason
to believe that two vessels of the
French fishing fleet have been lost at |
St. Pierre, Miquelon, including every |
soul on board, numbering about ?
men and boys. :
On March 27 a number of sailing
vessels left St, Malo for St. Pierre
and the St. Pierre banks. All have |
turned up with the exception of two
and as nothing has been heard or seen |
of them since the fishing interests of
St. Pierre look upon the two vessels
and their crews being among the
early victims of 1908.
75!
Snow Storm in England.
London.—A remarkable blizzard |
the worst ever experienced in the |
south of England since 1881, continued |
practically all over the Unit i |
: a > ed King-
iom throughout Friday night and Sat. |
jarday, until Saturday midnight. It
oe accompanied by a violent north- |
arly gale ans a low temperature, and
iin many places the snow drifts i
2ight feet deep. pe
Centenarian to Wed Fifteenth Wife
Middletown, N. Y.—James Nicholas
| Vann celebrated his 101st birthday |
| by ine a : |
|by announcing that he will shortly
i wed again. 1
| be No. 15.
| and lawyer.
The new Mrs. Vann will |
Vann is a negro preacher
Signs Treaty With Spain.
| Washington.—A :
f
general arbitrati
aty between the United St on
pain was signed It
the sybmis £
serves; but under its constitutional
power over navigation the federal
zovernment may appropriate money
{ ments. upon anarchists.
TO COLLECT ACCIDENT DATA
Hobson Propeses Census of Victims
of Industrial Mishaps.
Washington, D. C.—Representative
Hobson introduced a bill for the ap-
pointment by the President of a com-
mission to collect and compile “all
informaticn possible regarding thcse
killed or disabled while engaged in
the industrial trades in the ~-United
States, the numbers dependent upon
them and all other matters ertain-
ing to the rearing of their children,
with the resources they have and what
provision has been made for them:”
also to make recommendation of leg-
islation to prevent such accidents.
The - bill appropriates $50,000 for
the expenses of the investigation.
WILL PROBE PAPER TRUST
Cannon Resolution Goes Through and
Committee Is Named.
Washington.—The house adopted
Speaker Cannon’s resolution author-
izing the appointment of a committee
to investigate the so-called paper
trust and the general subject of wood
pulp and the ‘manufacture of printing
paper. The speaker announced the
following as members«df the scommit-
tee, to make the proposed investiga-
tion; «Illinois; Miller, Kansas;
Stafford, Wisconsin; Bannon, Ohio;
Sims, Tennessee; Ryan,’ New York.
The resolution provides for a seléct °
committee of six and was passed un-
der suspension ‘of the rules, the vote
standing.. 184 to .110,
party lines.
ATTEMPTED ASSASSINATION
President of Guatemala Wounded,
but Not Seriously Injured:
An attempt was made on the life
of President Estrada Cabrera in
Guatemala City, but the at-
tempt was not successful The
attempt was on his way from
his private residence to the Na-
tional’ palace, to give an audience to
the recently appointed American min-
ister, Wiliam Heimke, when students
fired at him. The students were im-
mediately surrounded by royal troops
and made prisoners. The situation
at present is under the control of the
military element.
SIGNS LIABILITY BILL
Measure Becomes Law After Favora-
-ble Legal Opinion.
Washington.—President Roosevelt
signed the employers’ liability bill
upon receiving an opinion from Attor-
| ney General Bonaparte that the meas-
ure was constitutional. The bill makes
railroads or other commen cafriers
strictly along
while engaged in interstate commerce,
liable for injury or death of an em-
piove if the injury or death results, in
whole or in part, from the negligence
of any of the officers, agents or .em-
ploves of such carriers, or by reason
of any defect or . insufficiency in
equipment.
HARRY THAW GETS WRIT
'Will Be Taken to Poughkeepsie, May
9, to Fight for Freedom.
Poughkeepsie, N. Y.—A writ of ha-
beas corpus was granted at White
Plains by Justice Morschauser on ap-
plication of Harry K. Thaw. The
i application for the writ was present-
{ed by James K. Graham and the pa-
| pers bear the signature of Harry K.
Thaw. x
The writ is made returnable at
Poughkeepsie Saturday, May 9, at
which time District Attorney Jerome
of New York will be given opportun-
ity to oppose the proceedings for
Thaw’s release.
ARMY BARS COLOR BLIND
| Only Applies, However, to Enlistment
from Civil Life.
_ Washington.—No applicant from
civil life for appointment as an officer
in the army will be accepted who is
net 5 feet 5 inches in height. Also
if such applicant is color-blind for red,
green or violet, he will be rejected.
The minimum for enlisted men is 5
feet 4 inches, and there is no restric-
tion as to color blindness.
The added inch and the visual re-
| quirement as applied to prospective
| officers from civi] life, were made re-
quisite in army orders issued.
Deprived of Citizenship.
Chicago.—One hundred and fifty-
four men have been deprived of the
rights of citizenship by the circuit
and superjor courts as a result of the
war of the state and federal govern-
At the Te-
quest of the United States district
| attorney, Judge Pinckney of the cir-
cuit court, reveked the naturalization
| papers of 55 men, suspected of having
| anarchistic affiliation, and last week
| Judge Bell revoked the papers of 99
who had failed to take an oath that
they were not connected with any
| society seeking the overthrow of the
government,
CURRENT NEWS EVENTS.
The Rev. Dr. R. H. Cotton, a promi-
nent Episcopal clergyman of the north-
west, accused of heresy and denied
license to preach.
New Hampshire Republicans turn-
ed down by an overwhelming major-
ity a resolution to indorse Secretary
Taft for the presidency
House committee on election of
president and vice president reported
unanimously in favor of bill for pub-
lishing national campaign expenses.
Andrew Carnegie has promised
| Wells College, at Aurora, N. Y.. $40.
(00 for a library to be called the
| Frances Cleveland Library, after Mrs.
Grover Cleveland, an alumus of the
college, on condition that it raise an
equal amount.
Russia Ordering Warships.
>n.—The Russian government,
g to a trade journal has order:
* warships, each to be larger
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