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.
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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.
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