SIXTEEN MEN FALL . THREE E HUNDRED FEET Gas Bag of Airship Bursts and the | Machine Falls with Crash. ALL HURT, BUT NONE KILLED Some Lost Their Presence of Mind and Jumped, Suffering Broken vor and the sudden and sensational Limbs and Bruises. end of the suit came after a day a | which the defense occupied largely Oakland, Cal—A mammoth airship, | With the intrcduction of expert .and its trial trip in Berkeley, rose 300 other testimony attacking the au- on its trial. t7ip ih Berkeley, Tose © thenticity of the documents by which feet from the earth, in view of 10,000 spectators, tilted, burst and dropped to the ground with its crew of 16 men, every one of whom was injured. With the possible excepticn of one, all will recover. Seven were severe- ly hurt, while nine were bruised and cut. The Injured: L. V. Rogers, neer; J. A. Morrell, inventor airship; Z. T. Taylor, aeronaut; Qlsen, air gaijor; C. ‘A. Nelson, neer;- S. Whipple, engineer; Justin | Barber, photographer; E. C. Walin, newspaper photographer; P. H. Good- friend, engineer; H. Miller, air sailor; Charles P. Hall, photographer; John Peterson, protographer; V. J. Fluno, engineer; John Ahern, engineer; W. Mowrey, engineer. | The accident was spectacular. After much waiting that made the cnlook- ers anxious, the stay ropes were cut and the airship rose slowly from earth. The five gasoline engines, suspend- ed beneath the long gas receptable at intervals of about 50 feet, each at- tended by an engineer, were not put in operation until the airship was well up in the air Then two of the engine: slowly sot in motion the long propellors reaching from them on each side of the ship. Before the ship could be propelled further than a few feet the forward end tilted downward until the craft stood at an anele of 45 degrees, nose downward. engi- of the Otto * engi- The members of the crew were apparently unable to run along the canvas pathway in order to equalize the weight and to right the airship, and they clung desperately to the net ting and superstructure. The rush of the gas to the stern of the leng gas bag caused the envelope to burst with a loud, ripping noise. The release of a great quantity of gas caused the airship to settle to- ward the earth. For a few moments it looked as though it would come down slowly enough to avoid any in- jury to the 16 men. Some of them, however, lost their | heads before the shin. could alight and jumped, suffering broken limbs or | severe hruises. Nearing the earth, | the ship lost gas more rapidly end | the overweighted remnant of gas | borne to earth rapidly ' with great | force. Morrell, the inventor of the craft, and several of the engineers were caught in the understructure and injured by the engines. BLIZZARD IN NORTHWEST Snow Three Feet Deep—Heavy Loss of Live Stock. Sheridan, Wyo.—Snow. which in many places reached a depth of three feet, fell on the 20th. It is a heavy, damp snow and has done great dam- age in many places. Fruit will be ruined and the loss of live stock is great. It is the worst spring snow for 25 years and extends over North- ern Wyoming and parts of Montana. Alliance, Neb.—Northwestern Ne- braska experienced a heavy snow- storm. 25. crops will result. Butte, Mont.—Heavy losses of sheep and lambs are reported from Rawson county by a blizzard. The snow lies two feet on the level and five feet and six feet in drifts. The temperature dropped to $30 Cigar Given to Cannon. Washington.—“Ucle Joe” Cannon has a cigar twenty-two inches long and two inches thick which cost $30. It is said to be the most expensive “smoke” ever rolled up. The Na- tional Association of Piano Manufac- turers presented it to the Speaker. PLATT DENIES CHARGES Aged Senator Says He Never Married Mae Wocd. New York.—Physically so feeble that practically he had {o be carried in and out of the court room, United States Senator Thomas C. Platt was at times a spirited witness today when he appeared to testify in his own behalf in Mae C. Wood's suit for divorce from him. His denial of all the charges brought by Miss Wood was emphatic. Senator Platt in his testimony cate- gorically denied that he ever married or promised to marry the plaintiff, repudiating the signature purporting to be his on the marriage certificate and the genuineness of several letters Miss Wood testified came to her from him. Priest Stabbed. Salisbury, Mo.—In the presence of 400 worshipers, Father Joseph F. Lu- belev, aged 33, pastor of St. Joseph’s Catholic church, was stabbed twice with a pocketknife and perhaps fatal- ly injured in church Sunday, by Jo- seph Schuette, a farmer, who is be- lieved to have become suddenly mented. A panic was narrowly averted among the communicants. many of them women. The injured man’s condition is critical. Say Flour Is Misbranded. Washington.—Suit has been insti- tuted in the supreme court of the Dis- | trict of Columbia, by the department of agriculture, under the pure food jaw, for the seizure of a consignment of 1,440 sacks of flour to local dealers here, the allegation flour was jnference it was ground wheat grown in Minnesota, when it was milled in | Ohio. Justice Barnard has empower- ed the government agents to seize the products, pending the outcome cf the suit. { ator | which | riage | not | the | court, {ed Miss Wood committed to the Tombs on the charge of perjury, fix- ing bail in her case at $5,000. She | i convention, and the Michigan delega- | tion to the national convention was | oeratic state convention | convention to vote as a unit for his Considerable damage to early being that the | so labelled as to give the | ER JAILED PLATT S ACCUS Wood's Action for Divorse From Senator Is Abruptly Dismissed. New York.—Mae C. Wood, whose suit for divorce from United States Senator Thomas C. Platt of New York, has been on trial in the supreme court here for several days, was com- mitted to the Tombs prison after Jus- | tice O'Gorman had dismissed the complaint in her action and ordered her held in $5,000 bail tn a charge of perjury. The decision in Senator Platt’s fa- Mae the plaintiff was seeking to establish her alleged marriage to Platt. The handwriting expert testified that in his oninion the body of the let- | ter, in which Senator Platt was al- leged to have admiited his relation as husband to the plaintiff, was add- ed after the senator's signature had been affixed. More telling still for the defense was the a positions by engravers and stationers called by counsel for Sen- Platt that the blank form upon the alleged Platt-Wood mar- certificate was prepared was lithographed until three months after the date uvon which the mar- riage of Miss Wood to the senator was alleged to have taken place. She Reiterates It. Miss Wood was regalled to the stand in rebuttal. She was asked if, after hearing the testimony about the marriage certificate she still reiterat. ed that the defendant gave her the certificate as she previously testified, “TI still reiterate it,” she replied. Justice O'Gorman turned to Miss | Wood and pointedly questioned her. She repeated her assertion that the marriage occurred as she had stated. She admitted that Senator Platt nev- er supported her, and when asked by the court if she did not consider it | the duty of a husband to support his | wife she replied: “I do, but enough of er long as he was not | a gentleman to do so I nev- asked him to.” Senator Platt’s moved for a as counsel then again dismissal of the com- plaint. It was forthwith granted by | Justice O'Gorman, who in rendering | his decision, said: “TI cannot credit the plaintiff's’ evi- dence as to the alleged marriage, and testimony, as it impresses the is that this is a most wicked design to support a false and fictitious claim by forgery and perjury.” Forthwith, Justice O'Gorman order- was vbviously staggered by sthe sud- den turn of affairs, but quickly re- gained her composure. BRYAN GETS DELEGATES One Northern and Two Southern States Solid for Him. Lansing, Mich.—William J. Bryan was endorsed by the State Democratic instructed to vote for him under the unit rule until he is nominated for the Presidency. The instruction was by unanimous vote of the convention. Jefferson City, Mo.—Vociferously applauding every mention of William J. Bryan's name delegates to the Dem- instructed Missouri's 36 delegates to the national nomination. Montgomery, Ala.—The latest re- turns from the primary indicate the selection of the four Bryan delegates | track | local train escaped alive. Those that | ing terribly | and WRECK OF FAST Bin GOST SGORES OF LIVES Express Running at High Speed Crashes into Pilgrims’ Train. in Belgium. TRAIN CRUSHED INTO SPLINTERS Fast Express Leaves Main Line and Demolishes the Lighter Coaches. Scene Is Sickening. Belgium.—One of the worst railroad accidents in Europe in recent times occurred at Contich, a- station six miles southeast of this city. The exact number of victims had not been determined owing to the difficulty of removing the bodies from the debris, but the latest es- timate places the number at 60 killed and 100 wounded. The catastrophe seems to have been due to a defective switch where the main line crosses a branch. At this point a. train carrying a large number of pilgrims on their way to a local shrine was standing. into this the Antwerp-Brussels express dashed at a speed of 50 miles an hour, literally leaping on top of it. The heavy coaches of the express crushed the lighter train into splint- ers. Passengers Fled Frenzied. The sides of the express cars were torn from their fastenings, the floors practically collapsing, thus precipitat- ing the passengers to the side of the uninjured, whence they fled, frenzied, across the fields. But for this fact the death roll would be much greater. Few of the occupants of the Antwerp, were not killed were badly injured, many of them mortally. The rescuers, even the doctors, hardened to such scenes, were sicken- ed at the sights that met their gaze. One body was found lying across the boiler of a locomotive, crushed into a shapeless mass. The majority of the dead could not be recognized, either being decapitated or their heads be- crushed. Many Harrowing Scenes. The work of extracting the dead and wounded from the debris appalled even the stoutest of the rescuers. Many of the bodies had completely lost all human shape and were re- duced to pulp, heads, arms and legs having been ground off by the wheels scattered through the wreckage. Three decapitated bodies were found 20 feet from the tack. The cars were literally ground to pieces, and practically all the pas- sengers were either killed or badly in- jured. Shrieking and helpless wound- ed persong remained under the debris for hours and the scene was one of horror that beggars description. and fireman of the The engineer express were both killed at their posts. JOINT ACTION FOR FORESTS Congress Lay Plans to Have States and Nation Work Ttogether. Washingten.—Under suspension of the rules the house passed a bill ap- propriating $100,000 to enable Secre- tary of Agriculture Wilson to co-oper- ate with states and private owners of wood lands for conservation of for- ests. A commission of five members each of the senate and house of rep- resentatives is provided to study the to the national convention is assured. Mobile elected a Johnson district dele- gate. Columbia, 8. C.—By a vote’ unanimous the Democratic convention delegates, to the for Bryan. almost instructed its national convention No Change in Steel Prices. New York.—There will duction in the selling price of iron and steel, according to a given out by Chairman E. H. Gary of the United ‘States Steel Corporation at the close of the meeting of the gen- eral committee of iron and steel man- ; ufacturers. WILLS $10,000 TO ROOSEVELT Recluse Who Never Went to Church or Theater Leaves $500,000. Boston.—Cn the authenticity of a new will] and two codicils, just dis- covered, which provide for a bequest | of $10,000 to President Roosevelt, de- pends the distribution of the $500,000 estate left by Benjamin Hadley, an eccentric recluse, who .was found dead December. If are genuine all of the estate, except the $10,000 bequest to the President, will ho distributed among English rel- atives. Mr. Hadley never rode on a train and never attended a church or a theater. To Succeed Late Premier. London.—The bye-election in the Stirling disYrict of Scotland to re- | slase the late premier, Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman, resulted in the return of Artur Ponsonby. Liberal, who was secretary to Sir Henry, by the greatly increased majority of | 1,561. de- | The house rejected the conference renort on the postoffice appropriaticn bill, 147 to 155. feat of the ship subsidy. | on aad Powder Explodes on Car. { ing to work at the Eriton mine, board- ed a Dubois Traction Company | near Sykesville, deposited a five- | pound keg of powder on the controller at the rear, smoking compartment to study the | scenery With a deafening report, the powder exploded, wrecking the | rear end cf ‘th shat tering most of the winds g three of the car's. causing a panic am ng the South Carolina State | be no re- | 1 statement | in his home in Somerville last | the new documents : This means the 8 Rernoldsville, Pa.—An Italian start- car | and then sat down in the | necessity, desirability and legality of the purchase of forest lands by the United States and to report to the | next congress. | The bill contains the unique provi- | sion that the consent of the United | States shall be given to any state to | enter into an agreement with Rny other state for the conservation of forests and water supply. | Merry Party 6f Seven Drown. Clarendon, Ark.—Seven young so- ciety people were drowned when the {tank of a gasoline launch in which | they were going for a moonlight ex- | cursion exploded, wrecking the boat. | Two were men and five women. CLEVELAND GETS $500,000 Lake City Fares Well in Public Build- “gfe ings Bill Washington.——The senate committee on. public buildings and grounds com- pleted consideration of the omnibus public buildings bill which passed the house last week. The committee added about $8,000,000 bringing the total carried by the measure as re- ported to the senate to over $30,000; 000 The addition includes $3,000,000 for the purchase of land for buildings in Washington; Chicago from $750,000 to $1,500,000; for sub-treasury at San Francisco an addition of $250,000; Salt Lake City an increase of $250,- 000; Evereit and Walla Walla, Wash- ington, $140,000; Denver, Col. $50,- 000 immediate appropriation and $1.- 800,000 authorized. Senator Lcdge’s amendment for an embassy building at Paris to cost $400,000 was incorpor- ated, as was also a provision for the erection of a building in Washington for the departments of state and jus- tice at a cost of $2,500,000. The house appropriation of $850,000 for Cleveland, O., was reduced to $500,000. MINES BUREAU BILL House Passes Huff Measure by a Large Majority. Washington.-——Only one discordant note was sounded against passage by the house of representatives of the bill establishing a bureau of mines and mining under the interior depart- ment and which was introduced by Representative George F. Huff of Greensburg. By provision of the bill a commis- sioner of mines is authorized and it ‘is provided that it shall be the pro- vince and duty of the bureau and its commissioner to foster, promote and develop the mining industries of the United States; to investigate the mehods of mining, the safety of. min- ers, the possible improvement of con- ditions under which mining operations are carried on, the treatment of ores, the use of explosives and electricity, the preventicn of accidents, the val ues of mineral products and markets for the same, and of other matters pertinent to the industries. TEETH ‘ARE IDENTIFIED Considered Positive Proof Guinness’ Death. Laporte, Ind.—ILouis Schultz, the! miner, found in the ashes of the Guin- ness house the upper and lower bridges, containing what the officials here pronounce the false teeth of Mrs. Belle Guinness, who is thought to have murdered a dozen persons. The lower set of teeth tally exact: ly with the description and diagram furnished by Dr. I. P. Norton, the den. tist, who built the bridge, and. who today identified the teeth positively as those of Mrs. Guinness. In view of the unmistakable evi dence, Coroner Mack stated this even- ing that he would probably render an | official finding that the burned adult female body was that of Mrs. Guin- ness. - 2 of Mrs. WAGE SETTLEMENT APPROVED The Amalgamated Association Takes Important Action—Officers Are Elected. Youngstown. — The Amalgamated association convention approved the proposition for local settlements of wage scales, which wil] allow non- union mills to participate. It is ex- pected the action will result in bring: ing some of the nen-union mills in. The convention ended on the 19th. selecting Detroit as the next meet: ing place. Following are the officers elected: President, P. J. McArdle; secretary- treasurer, John Williams; assistant secretary, M. F. McTighe; manager of the Amalgamated “Journal,” Ben L Davis; insurance manager, J. A. Bow: ers: vice presidents, Bolling. Richard Fitzgerald; finishing. Ben F. Jones; sheet, Llewellyn Lewis; tin-plate Walter Larkin: Eastern clvisicn, J. B. Micher; trustees, Elias Jenkins, O. J Monahan, Joseph Granddidier. Burns 10.000 Acres of Timber. Bellefourche, 3S. DN —Government rangers have succecded in extinguish: ing a forest fire on Long Pine forest rezerve, north of here which burned over an area of 20 sguare miles. Over 10.000 acres of timber were entirely destroyed. CHINA FIGHTS OPIUM | | RUSSIA HANGS PEASANTS | | Forty Pay Death Penalty for Agrarian i Outrages. Kherson, orders were hanged here May cree of a court martial. longed to an association, They estates. ment have -been the ments even ders of 1906. Mohmands Lose 200. | Simla.—The Mohmand | Sir James Willcocks. There was | male employes resulted in the rejec | heavy fighting at Umri-Killi on the |tion of three nominations of men be. | 20th. The tribesmen repeatedly | fore the senate. Senators Clay and | charged up to the British bayonets. | Two British officers were killed and a score of The were over | one was wounded, and | Sikh troopers were injured. | losses of the Mohmands 200 Expresses Lightning and Is Instantly Killed. | Cumberland, Md.—George | living near Hancock was | WISH PROMPTLY FULFILLED | | tree. | companions remarked about | ger | was and “wished the i strike him with lightning.” In a few minutes a bolt shattered the tree, killing Martin instantly. Russia.—Twenty peasants who teok part-in recent agrarain dis- in the Kekaterinoslob district 22 under de- be- the avowed | object of which was to drive out land- | ed provrietors by the burning of their The resort to the dea‘h penalty for {agrarian outrages is a new departure. Flogging and short terms of imprison- usual punish- during the great disor- mountain- | eers are offering a stout resistance | to the British punitive expedition un- | der the command of Major General Desire to Be Struck by Martin, killed by { lichtning while sitting under an apple | When the storm came up, two the dan- and went into the house nearby. | Martin said he would stay where he Lord would Commission Headed by Prince Kung. Washington.—In i's effort to sup- press the use of opium the Chinese government has appointed a commis. | sion of high officials amceng whom is | Prince Kung, whose duty it will be | to select native and foreign physiec- ians of ability and to establish sani- | tariums, to which persons addicted to the habit will be required to go for treatment. The government's edict points out that it is reported that even among officials themselves. there are not lacking enslaved victims of the opium habit and threats are made of punishment of those who are found guilty of the practice. Appoints Save Women's Jobs in Postoffices. Washington —The fight made by Georgia and Texas senators agains supplanting women postmasters with Culberson served-notice on the post- office department that they were op- posed to women being ousted and their oppositicn was sn determined that no attempt to confirm Dointmenty, was made. Practice Marches Ordered. Washington. — Preparaticns have been completed by the war depart ment for point maneuvers during the coming summer of all branches of the regular service and many state mi tia organizations, for which Congre has appropriated $1,000,000. Practice narches have been ordered in which infantry will cover 200 miles and cav- alry 250 miles. the ap- Prohibitionists of din: nominated PENNSYLVANIA STATE DEMOCRATIC CONVENTION Nebraska Man's Followers Turned Down and Delegates Not Instructed. BRYAN'S NAME IS LEFT OUT Colonel Guffey in Control of Conven- tion from Start to Fnish—Tariff Revision Demanded. Harrisburg, Pa.—The Bryan forces in Pennsylvania went down in defeat before the banner of James M. Guffey of Pittsburg. Beaten in the resolu- tions committee where an attempt was made to incorporate in the plat- form an jndorsement of the Nebras- kan, the Bryan men also suffered a setback in the selection of a perma- nent chairman. By a vote of 187 to 123 in the state convention, the delegates refused to instruct Bryan, and by an overwhelm- ing majority a distinctly anti-Bryan delegation to the national gathering was chosen. These delegates are: National delegate-at-large—Colonel James M. Guffey, Pittsburg Senator J. RK. P. Hall, Elk’ Senator Arthur G. Dewait, Lehigh; the Hon. John G. Harman, Columbia. Alternate national delegate-atiarge —Senator Edward F. Blewitt, Scran- ton; Mayor S. M. Hoyer, Altoona; B. Gordon Brownley, Philadelphia; John T. Brew, Erie. Presidential electors-at-large—Al- pert J. Barr, Pittsburg; Joseph P. Mc- Cullen, Philadelphia. Judge of superior Webster Grim, Bucks. District Electors. The following were elected district electors. 1—Danie] F. Carlin, Philadelphia. 2—Rdward B. Seibertich, Philadel- phia. 3—Aaron G. Krause. Philadelphia. 4—Clarence Loeb, Philadelphia. 5—James T. Nulty, Philadelphia. 6—Michael G. Howard, Philadelphia. 7-—John C. Ferron, West Chester. 8—J. Howard Danenhower, Beth- ayres. 9—I.ouis M. Spencer, Lancaster. 10—A. W. Dixon, Scranton. 11—Major John T. Flannery, Pittston. 12—Oliver P. Bechtel, Pottsville. 13—Harry D. Shaffer, Reading: 14—Charles A. McCarthy, Honesdale. 15—John F. Stone, Coudersport. 16—J. I. Welsh, Shamokin. 17—Cyrus C. Gilchrist, Huntingdon. 18—George B. Krause, Lebanon. 19—S. M. Hoyer, Altooma. 20—Harry W. Washburn, York. 21-—J. N. Baird, Sinnemahoning. 22—John K. Holland, Hilliard. 23—John N. Pauley, Waynesburg. 24—Not selected. 25—Robert H. Browne, Meadvjlle. 26—Howard Mutchler, Easton. 27—W. 1.. Neal, Indiana. 28—Fred A. Shaw, Tidioute. 29—Henry Meyer, Pittsburg. 30—Wesley S. Guffey, Pittsburg. 31—Dennis J. Boyle, Pittsburg. 32—Casper Mayer, Bridgeville. court—Senator The platform. protests against gov- ernment by declamation and proclam- ation, demands an immediate and just revision of the existing tariff laws, and insists that the same shall be so altered that infant industries, which have now become giant monopolies, shal] be curbed, so that the consum- er may receive, at a fair price, the commodities for which he now pays an exorbitant sum by reason of undue RIOTING AT CLEVELAND Striking Street Car Men Shoot and Set Car on Fire. Cleveland, O.—In Lakewood a car was stopped and the crew was fired upon. Four persons were shot and seriously injured, and the car was burned to the trucks. The first disturbance in the down- town section also took place after dark, when a Woodland car was held man and conductor attacked. The police dispersed the rioters. The burning of a Clifton boulevard car in Lakewood was the most serious riot of the strike so far. The car was going toward the western termin- al when it was stopped by a log placed across the track. As soon as the car stopped it was surrounded by a crowd of rioters hid- den behind a railway bridge. Im- mediately the crowd began shooting at the members of the crew and guards. The latter, W. J. James and John Swanto, returned the fire. More ‘than thirty shots were ex- changed. While the shooting was in progress the crowd grew to nearly one thou- sand. Another car arrived and its crew and guards joined in the fee for all fight. Gasoline was poured upon the second car and it burned to the trucks. : { The Cleveland police were notified and 60 officers were sent to the res- cue. The first car, riddled with bul- lets and windows broken, proceeded to the car barn. Motorman P. " Elsholz was shot in the leg. John Gray and George Alex- ander, guards cn the second car, were shot in the chest. Mace Burlin- game, who vs in the crowd which made the attack was shot in the hand. CHURCH UNION PROPOSED Overtures Presented by M. E. Church to M. P. Church to Return to the Fold. A committee consisting of Bishop Henry W. Warren, Rev. John 8S. Goucher, President of the Women's’ college of Baltimore, and Senator I. P. Dolliver of Iowa, from the M. E. General Conference, appeared before the General Conference of the M. P. church at Pittsburg with an invita- tion to the Methodist Protestant Church to reunite with the Mother Church from which they separated in 1828. Rev. Dr. Douglass MacKenzie, Pres- ident Congregational Theological sem- inary, Hartford, Conn., representing the national council of the Congre- gational church, presented the over- tures of his denomination on the pro- posed union of churches. Predicts Good Crops. “From the present outlook the fruit and grain crop of the Southwest this year will be the largest in history,” said S. A. Hughes, general immigra- tion agent of the Rock Island-Frisco Lines of St. Louis, while in Pitts burg. “The frost has done little or no damage to that section of the coun: try, and there are many reasons for forming the opinion of a bumper crop for 1908. The prospects for the corn crop is extremely flattering, particu larly in Missouri, Arkansas, Oklaho- ma and Texas, and the same may be said of wheat and oats. It is the ex: pectation of farmers that five crops of alfalfa will be realized this year. *Gunner Killed. Eureka, Cal.—As a result of the ex: plosion of an old four-inech cannon which was being used to fire a salute to the passing Atlantic fleet, Isaac Davis, the gunner, was killed; Miss Church of Grizzly Bluff was struck * protection. But at the same time we declare that such revision should be based upon the equitable protec- tion of American labor when compet- ing with foreign manufacturers. The enactment and administration ance. the management of the fiscal depart- ment of the government, whereby the to the needs of business, and at the same time such currency be amply secured. -rease our fighting strength upon the | nlea of guaranteeing peace, and when | lhe result is an enormous increase of | unnecessary taxation. TELEGRAPHIC BREVITIES. The Senate passed the public build- Ings bill, carrying total appropriation | of $35,000,000. Kansas City. Mo.—Rev. Baxter P. Fullerton of St. Louis, was elected | moderator of the Presbyterian church William Roberts of Philadelphia. ing certain employes of the govern- ment compensation for *eported to the senate favorably from the committee on judiciary. Pittsburg Companies Quit Illinois. Springfield, I11.—The Pittsburg Life and Trust Company and the Reliance Life Insurance Company, both of Pittsburg, have withdrawn from bus- ‘ness in Illinois, and their licenses to transact business in the state have oeen revoked by the insurance super- intendent. Increase Naturalization Fee. Washington.—The senate commit- reported the house bill amending the laws in relation to“the naturalization of aliens. The committee amended the bil] increasing the fees for natu- ralization from $5 to $10 General Septimus Marius, Haiti’s minister of war and the navy, and also general of police, has issued a manifesto denouncing General Alex- Summer W. Haynes of Portland, for governor. is Nord, the President of Haiti, and calling on Haitians to rebel. of laws giving labor and capital im- | partially their just rights, and calls | for the enforcement of the anti-trust | laws, not by threat, but by perform- | The enactment of remedial legisla- | tion in regard to the currency and | amount of currency may be regulated | It condemns the policy of the party | in power when it seeks to unduly in- | in the United States to succeed Rev. | The bill passed by the house grant- | injuries sus- | tained in the line of duty today was | tee on immigration ordered favorably | formerly | by a fragment of the gun and had an arm and one leg broken; Miss McDon- ough was severely injured, Eugene Stohe, a boy, had a leg broken, and Mrs. Frank Slingaby was painfully injured. High Officials Accused. New York.—High government of- | ficials at Washington are alleged to have conspired to retain possession of love letters said to have been writ ten by United States Senator Thomas C. Platt to Miss Mae C. Wood, ac cording to a signed statement intro- duced as evidence during the hearing in Miss Wood's suit for divorce against the senator. WORK TO RESUME FOR 35,000 Many Coal Miners i in West tc Return to Duties Next Week. | Kansas City, Mo.—Thirty-five thou | sand coal miners of Missouri, Kansas, | Oklahoma and Arkensas, members of who have been on strike since March last, will return to work. The Loonwvention ratified and signed the agreement reached by the joint sub- | committee cf the miners and opera- | tors. Warren, R. I.—Announcement was made at the cotton mills of the | Warren Manufacturing Company, that, beginning May 23. the entire plant | wil] go on a full-time schedule, after | having run five days a week for near two months. The agent states | that it will be necessary the mills over time for several weeks. The company employs about 1,000 hands. | lv Nevada Governor Dies. Reno, Nev.—Governor John Sparks {of Nevada, who had been ill for some | time. died at his ranch near Reno. Governor Spark’s term would have expired-December 31, 1910. Hea died of Bricht’s disease. Don S. Disker son will now become governor. Senate Confirmations. Washington.—The senate confirmed the nominaticns of Edward T. San- ford, of Tennessee, to be United States district judge for the Eastern and Middle district of Tennessee, and Fletcher Maddox, of Montana, to be solicitor of internal ‘revenue. President Roosevelt signed the bill directing the restoration to gold and silver coins of the motto, “In God We Trust,” ordered by him stricken from | the gold coins some months ago. up on Ontario street and the motor- the United Mine Workers of America, to operate © | o Se othe soci: thei ther day’ men ban} to a cent FC mine has mak cost, for stat abou en | gear min in di whic are and shee toge bein teen one- the the the earn
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