SH RR de Se fo AGAINST REPEAL OF PAPER TARIFF Republieans Want Further Invest” igation Beforz Legislation. DEMOCRATS ARE FOR ACTION Reports of the Probers to the House of Representatives Say That a Combination Is Indicated ‘Washington, D. <C.—The special six members of the upon complaint of Newspaper Publishers’ Association to investizate the wood pulp and t paper situaticn in re- lation to the ft: and with regard to an .allc spiracy in restraint of trade, ted a majority and a minority t The report, signed by Representatives Illinois; Miller, of Kansas; Stafford, of Wisconsin, and Bannon, of Ohio, is a preliminary report, and recom- mends that no legislation affecting wood pulp and print paper be enacted until the committee has further in- vestigated and reported. The minority report, signed hy Tennessee and Ryan, of New York, recommends the passage of the Stev- committee of House appoi the American 1ted major which is Mann, of 1 which is ens bill, to place wocd pulp and print | paper on the free list. lican members of the committee says that as the present price of paper would not to any considerable ‘degree, be immedittely affected by the repeal of the tariff and as the passage of the Stevens hill in its present form might g¢pell “rnin” to the paper industry and ruinously high prices for paper in the near future, the committee believes it the part of wisdom before recom- | mendations for positive legislation to | await nntil its investigation has been comnleted. The Democratie minority report from the committee savs: “We find | that the revenues derived from im- port duties on nulp ard printing pa- per are £0 small and the benefits to he obt~ired from the abolition of those duties are so eonsiderable that we urge the nlacing of nulp and orint- ing paner on tha free list. We he- lieve from existing conditions relief can he fly and nromptly secnred orlv immediate consideraticn and pessaze of the Stevens bill.” hv tha Congress Adjourns Senate Passes Emergency Currency Bill After Filibuster and Presi. dent Sign Measure. Just ten minutes officially before | the hands of the clock in the cham- bers of the two houses of congress | point~d to the hour of midnight May | 30,. th's session of the Sixtieth con- | gress came to a close. In the house the closing hours were | characterized by singing of songs. | The scnate was extremely quiet dur- ing the closing hours, held together only by the necessity of remaining in session for the engressing and sign- ing of bills. ! The last days of the senate will be memoratle on account of the fili- buster of Messrs. LaFollette, Stone and Gore against the ememgency cur- | rency bill. | Senator La Follette broke the ree-| ord as a long-distance sneaker hv talking almost continuously for 18 hours and 43 minutes without inter. runtion. Mr. Gore snoke for some- thing more than two hours. The senate fiually adopted the re- port of the conferees of the two houses of congress on the Aldrich- Vreeland currency hill bv the deci- sive vote of 43 to 22, and thvrs was taken the last congressional sten necessarv toward the enactment of emergen~y enrrencv le«islation. The President shortly signed the bill and presented the pen he used in affixing his sienature, to Representa- tive Wilson of Chicago. J | STRIKE: ON GOULD ROADS 1,200 Employes on Missouri Pacific and Iron Mountain Lines Walk Out. St. Louis, Mo.—The threatened strike on the Missouri, Pacific and Iron Mountain Railroads (Gould lines) is on. Reports to the headquarters of the | Brotherhood of Railway Carmen here show that 1,200 men walked out at various peints cn the system. The strike was caused, the men say, by the company breaking its contract with them, substituting piecework for hourly basis of pay formerly in effect. BUBONIC PLAGUE SPREADS [ New Cases at La Guinra and People Are Alarmed. Caracas. — Notwithstanding dent Castro’s decree of May 23, in which it was set forth that because of the absence of any new .cases of bubonic plague at La Guaira. the port would be opened to traffic with the in- | terior on May 29. great alarm is f-olt here for fear of the spread of the dis- ease. The plague still continues at La Guaira, several cases being report. ed daily. | Presi. Taft's Successor. Washington.—Luke E. Wright, of! Tennessee, wil] be Secretary Taft's | successor at the head of the war de-| partment when the latter retires from | the cabinet in July, because of his ex- | pected nomination for the presiden- | cy, according tc information received by prominent Tennesseeans now in Washington. General Wright is a gold Democrat and is highly regarded by President Roosevelt. For four; years he was Governor General of the | Philippines and for the year and a half succeeding ambassador to Japan. | | Representatives Sims, of | | our narty | fined to the Lakewood Hotel for | its members | sions by the action of | deal. | transfers have been mads WEST VIRGINIA DEMOCRATS Platform Declares for Immediate Re- vision of Tariff Laws and Death to Trusts. largest Democratic state convention held in West Virginia for many sembled here May 28, four dele years, as- gates- | | | —— Wheeling, W. Va.—In the | at-large were selected for the nation- {al convention at Denver and three candidates were nominated for the | staté supreme court of appeals as fol- lows: sStapram~ Court of term-—William Gorden | Kanawha county. | Supreme Court of ceed Judge Sanders, ter Pendleton of Recane county. Supreme Court of Appeals to sue- ceed Judze Cox, resigned—DMeilville Peck of Barbour ccunty. Delegates-at-l.arge to the National Convention 4 I. Neal of Cabell county, C. 'W. Osenton of Fayette county, I.. A. Reymann of Ohio covn- ty, Clyde B. Johnscn of Pleasant coun- ty. Alternates-at-Large—A. J. Wilkin- fon of Taylor county; D. E. Wilkin- son of Logan county, F. H. McGregor of Ritchie county, Carl Vance of Har- riscn county. Fcr Bryan All the Time. The resclhations instruct the dele- gates to work for and support William J. Bryan fer the presidency so long as | bis name is before the Denver conven- tion. The convention after adonting the following reso'ntions adjourned: Resolved, That we, the Democrats of the State of West Virginia, in con- Appeals, long Mathews of Appeals to “Qeo ie | vention assembled, hereby renew our | The majority report of the Repub- | pledges to Democratic principles and reiterate our allegiance to the funda- mental doctrine of “equal rights to all, special privileges to none, as the basic f8undation of free government, and we believe that a return to these principles in their purity is ‘the enly way to perpetuate a government of all the people for alt the people. We approve the course and policy taken by the Democratic members of | Congress in its session now elosed. We reiterate our oft-declared doc- trine that a high protective tariff is the mother of trusts nd that nrivate menopoly is indefensible and intoler- able. Demand Tariff Revision. We believe in a revisicn of the tar- iff at once, and that ' such revision should be made by the friends of the | people and not by the friends of the protected interests and te» downward | and upward; that the schedules should | be so adjusted as to do the least in- jury to legitimate industries and that the tariff on all articles in competition with by the trusts should be so reduced as to render such control impossible. We + demand the suppression of every combination in restraint of trade, and the speedy dissolution of every illegal trust in this countrr. We favor the strict enforcement of our immigration laws to the end tha‘ { our honest American labor mav be re- leased from competition with the low and vicious foreigners coming to this | conntry. And sn believing in the above nrin- ciples of Democracy and recogmizinz | the honorable William Jennings Brvan as the intrepid chammpicn of the neo- ple’s rights, can achieve suecess at the coming Novemher electicn, we do hereby instruct the deleeates selected by convention to Denver to work for | the nomination of Mr. Bryan for pres- | { ident of the United States and to vote for him =o long as his name is before the convention. Grover CTlsveland Butter. Lakewnod. N. J—¥ormer President Grover Cleveland. who bas been ccn- two months with an attack of rbeumatie eout and acute indigestion, has The trip was made in John Hays Hammond's large touring car. Gets Stiff Sentence. Cleveland, O.—J. W. Hamby, form- | a prominent real estate dealer. | erly involved in frauds that are helieved to have amounted up into the hun- | dreds of thousands, was sentenced to | three vears in the nenitentiary at ‘hard labor by Judge Beacom in com- mon pleas court. YAQUIS QUIT FIGHTING ' Have Kept Mexican in Trouble for 120 Years. After a war which has continued intermittently for more than 120 vears, the Yacui nation, as a nation, is about to suffer the threes of disso- luticn, to sever tribal relations, and 1 aceable and law-abiding Mexican citizens. Originally 000 or mora vreonle, they have never | vet acknowledged the authority of the Mexican government. but the end iz fast coming and the Yaqui nation will scon be a thing of the past. WIN THEIR LONG FIGHT Texas Volunteers Get Recognition After Fifty-Tiaree Yeors, Washington.—After knocking at the door cf conaress for fiftv vesrs for recoeniticn, the surv and enlisted men of the Texas vol- unteers wen their long fight for pen- the house in 12king pro- thren passing the senate bill vision therefor. There men were e™nloyed in the | defense of the frontier of Texas against Mexican marauders and- Tn- dian depredaticns from ‘1855 to 1860. Big Sale of Cil Leases. Cne million and a quarter for oil leases in Illinois has just been paia by the Associated Prcducers’ Company, a deal that is one of the largest of the present day. All of the Treat & Crawford cil-producing properties in Clarke, Crawford and Lawrence counties are included in the These have been partly devel- oped and have an aggregat tion of 4,500 barrels a dollars owners have taken over the prope sue- | resigned—Wal- that come | those con‘rolled | under whose leadership | suf- ficiently recovered from his illness to | leave here for his home in Princeton. | are to settle down into | numbering 20.- | vine officers | TORNADO KILLS TEN IN OKLAHOMA | For cf Wind Sufficient tc Remove Pumps from Wells. WIND CARRIES BABY AWAY Hundreds of Head of Cattle Perish— Much Damage Is Done to Crops | and Buildings. Wichita, Kan.—Ten jured, hundreds of killed, a vast dead, head 12 in- of cattle acreage of crops de- | stroyed and many buildings wrecked are the results of a series of ‘torna- does that visited Alfalfa county, Okla- homa, Tuesday night. The Dead—Mrs. Guy Hutchinson and baby, Peter Rudy, wife and two children; Mrs. Elliott, Mrs. Parker and baby, R. C. Atchison. The storm seemed to enter Alfalf~ county from west, north and north- west simultaneously. Every obstruc- | tion was leveled. The scene of the devastation presents a sickening as- pect today. The McDonald family, living near Ingersoll, sought safety in the cyclone cellar. This was unroofed and the occupants were buried under the debris. The baby of Mrs. Guy Hutch- ison has not been found. It is be- lieved the wind carried it some dis- tance or that it is buried ‘in the ruins of the home. Fremont, Neb.—A tornado a mile from Fremont did damage to the ex- tent of $10,000. Several farm houses were destroyed and a number of orch- ards were ruined. Five persons were reperted injured. SHORE COVERED WITH CORPSES o £ w One Thousand Lives Lost in Coal Mine Disaster in Kwang Si District. Victoria, B. C.—The steamer Shin- ionno, of the Japanese line, which ar- rived May 28, brought news of an- other disaster through a typhoon at Hankow following the disastrous freshet which involved the loss of more than 1,000 lives, with the wreck- ing of 1,000 junks and stranding of | many steamers, including several of the foreign river craft. The typhoon came suddenly and in a few hours reduced hundreds of boats in the Kan river to splinters. | The shcres were thick with corpses cof river people. Hundreds were re- covered hefore the steamer left Shan- 'ghai. News was also brought of a i ereat coal mine disaster in Kwang Si, where 1,000 lives were lost when the mine took fire. SEVENTEEN DROWNED Only Two Aboard Large New England Fishing Craft Sunk by v Steamer Are Saved. i Yarmouth. N. S.—Seventeen Massa- chusetts and Newfoundland fishermen were drowned when the fishing schooner Fame was run down by the | steamer Boston of the Domirion At- lantic line, at Chases bank, 72 miles southeast of Thatchers Island. The disaster was reported by the steamer upen her arrival here. The accident occurred in a dense fog that prevented the helmsman of the steamer froin seeing the schoon- er’s light. The larger vessed crash- ed into the Fame and rode right through her, giving those aboard hardly a chance for their lives. { FIVE HURLED TO DEATH to Port Arthur and Canadian Pacific Railroads Will Reach $500,000. Winnireg, Man.—A Canadian Paci- | fic freight train plunged into a wash- | out caused by overflow from the Cur- | rent river, near Port Arthur. | The De>d—FEng'neer Savard, Fire- man McBride. Eneineer Inmann. Two tramps who were stealing a ride on the train were drowned. | Loss The locomotive ond five. cars plurzed into the Current river, The loss bv the washont to Port Arthur ond the Canadian Pacific Rail- road will be about $500.000. Smuggled Chinamen Suffocated. Twelve Chinamen smuggled arross the berder from Mexicn and shipned { from F1 Paso tc New York in nailed | hoxes. who were dead upon a-rival in New York. is the renort tn P. | P. Sargent, Commissioner of Tmmigra- | tion, bv F. W. Berkshire, supervising inspector ot San Antonio. | | | Made Pittsburg Mining Aareement, After nearly two weeks of confer- ring the coal onerators and renresen- | tatives ef the United Mine Workers (of the Pittsburz district reaffirmed {all the wage scale of the past two | vears and made them cperative for | | the next two years as a part of the Mav Need More Men. The hig pipe order secured by the TTnited States Steel Cornoration from the Columbia Oil end Gas Comnany, | renresenting an outlay of $1.500.000, will be filled by the McKeesport plant. t Work on the big order will start in a few days and it is expected addition- | al men will be put to werk. Senor Don Agusto B. IL.esuia has elected to succeed Dr. Pardo as Pert. Bryan Beaten in New Hampshire, Concord, N. H—The friends of Will- iam J. Bryan were defeated in the | Democratic state ccnvention. The | platform, in which the Bryan men failed to get zet a plank instructing dele- gates for their candidate or even generally indorsing him was adopted. J. J., drop- er and a flag become wrapped about his ( n helpless and cau could reach ped into which h HONEYMOON IN BOX CAR Bride Found Clad in Masculine Attire and With Her Hair Cut O%#. Chicago.—Max J. Bender of New York, and a woman whom he claims is his wife, and who was attired in the garb of a man, were arrested here. They were discovered in a box car | cn the tracks of the Take Shore & Michigan Southern railroad by rail- road employes. The woman had cut off her hair and had the severed braid in one of the pockets of her coat. ticned by the police, they were married in New York May 18 and were on their honevmoon trip to South Dakota. where they expected to establish their home. He said they had no money and had been compelled to resort to the box car for transportation, having left New York the night of their wed- ding. BIG CONTRACT LET Pittsburg & Lake Erie Raiiroad Lets a Contract at Aonproximate Cost of $1,000,000. The Pittsburg & Lake FErie Rail road awarded to the MeClintick-Mar- shall Construction Company of Pitts- burg the contract for 13.500 tons of steel superstructure to be used in the erection of an immense bridee over the Ohio river at Beaver. This contract involves about $1.000.000, and the railroad officials state that the total cost of the bridge will be over $1,501 G00. The contract for the mascnry was awarded to the Dravo Construction Comnany of Pitts- burg, recentlv., for a little less thon £500,000. for service on October 31, 1909. New M. E. Bishops. Baltimore.—The new bishops. order of their election. are as follows: Rev. Dr. W. PF. Anderson of ' New York, secretary of the board of edu- cation, Freedman’s Aid and Sundav Schools: Rev. Dr. J. I.. Neulsen. pro- feszor in Nast Theoloriral seminary, Berea, O.: Rev. Dr. W. nastor of St. in the James church, Chicago: Rev. Dr. Charles W. Smith, editor of | the Pittshnrg Christian Rev. Dr. Wilson S. Lewis. of Mornineside enllege. Sioux City, Ta.; Rev. Dr. Edwin H. Hughes, pres ident of DePauw university, Greencas- tle, Ind.; Rev. Dr. Robert McIntyre, pastor of the First church. Los An- eeles, Cal, and Rev. Dr. Frank M. Bristol, nastor of the Metranolitan church, Washineten, D. C. The last named was the pastor, intimate friend and often, it is aid, adviser of the late President McKinley. Advoeate; SOCIETY WOMAN GOES MAD. Committed to Asylum After Trying to Kill Daughter. Madison, Wis.—Mrs. Hedwie Pres- ber, aged 45 years, wife of a German army officer. said to he military ad- viser to the Emperor of Germany, has been committed from this city to the State Hospital for the Insane at Men- dota. The other day she tried to kill her 12-year-old daughter. Mrs. Presber came here several years ago. It was said she was di- vorced from her husband. She sat up a luxuriant establishment here and entertained the local professcrs who had gone to school in Germany. as well as many nctables from that country who visited the state perind- ically. Her entertainments were the talk of the town because of their lav- ishness. . NATIVE REVOLT COLLAPSES Mohmands Whipped to Standstil! and Britons Return. Simla.—The British punitive evne- dition has ended its eamnaign against the warring Mchmand tribesmen and Major General Willocks will return to Indian territory and demobiiize his forces. The British losses in the 1R dpve of the campaign were ix officers killed and nine wounded, 72 men Filled and 144 wounded. Nearly half eof the deaths, however, were caused by cholera. The Hen. James Gillaania farany, D. D.. Xenia. O.. was elected merdera- tor of the fiftinth ~anern] ~ccemdly of the United Presbyterian Church. BAPTIZE SEVEN CONVERTS Episconal Ministers Fnter Roman Catholic Church at Philadelnhia. Philadelphia, Pa.—Seven Fpisenpal ministers. who left the ~hrreh fallow. ing the adoption of the “Open. Pulpit” canon, were received into the Catho- lic church here bv Archhishop Rven. They were: Rev. Willinm MecGar- vey, former recter, ard Revs, Mon. rice Cowl, William I. Hayward Will- iam H. McClell"nd, former ascistant at St. Elizabeth's Protestant Fnisco- nal Church of this.rity; Rev. Fdear N. Conan of Milwaukee. formerly as- sistant at St. Marks's Enisnoenl Church here. and Revs. Cherles E. Bowles and Otto Gramall of Chicago. Says Husband Was Murdered. Akron, O.—In a suit to collect 8$7.- 000 accident insurance Mrs. Fred a Boron declared her husband, cashier of the Dollar Savings bank, who was shot last December, was’ murdered and discredits the findine of the cor- cner that he was a suicide. General assembly of the Preshvier- in church rebuked centralization of power by placing the church govern- ment in the hands of new men. Tewn Recaptured from Rebels. Peking.—The town of Ho-Kow, in Shansi province, has heen recaptured by Imperial troops. There was a re- vival of insurgent activity in Shanei about two months ago, during which Ho-Kow fell into the rebels hands. «Burns 10,000 Acres of Timber. Bellefourche, S. D.—Government rangers have succeeded in extinguish- ing a forest fire on Long Pine forest reserve, ncrth of here which burned over an area of 20 square miles. Over 10,000 acres of timber were entirely destroyed. ‘When ques- | Bender said | The bridge will he ready | A. Onayle, | president | MRS. EVELYN THAW WITHDRAWS SUIT Action for Divorce from Harry K. Thaw Is Reconsiderzad. HER ALLOWANCE $1,000 A MONTH Attorney Thinks This Is More Than Any Ccurt Or Jury Would Allow Her. New York.—Eveiyn Nesbit Thaw, through her counsel withdrew the suit which she instituted some time ago for the annulment of her marriage to Harry K. Thaw. Immediately following the action, Daniel O'Reilly, personal: counsel for Mrs. Thaw, issued a statement in which he declared that Mrs. had been an unwilling party to the proceeding from the first. It was only because pressure on the part of her husband's relatives that she had any part in such a proceeding. said Mr. O'Reilly and that she withdrew her action, because she he- lieves her husband’s present positicn demands her loyalty. Mr. O'Reilly said that M 1 S. Evelyn finarcial recomnense for the sacrifices she had made in Thaw’s behalf. Franklin Bartlett. counsel for Mrs. William Thaw, made denial to Law- ver O’Reillv’s statement that Mrs. Evelyn Nesbit Thaw had made appli- caticn for an annulment of the mar- by Harrv K. Thaw’s relatives. Colonel Bartlett said: “The nosition nle ond very just. Mrs. William shall be treated not only fairly but ion as a lawver of experience, is far more than anv court would allow her for her merintenance and either in alimonv or o‘herwise, and {it is a more generous allowance than would be appropriated i based en Harry Thaw’s income or measured by ter station in life.” AVERTS INDIAN TROUBLE Colcnel €cott Makes Report of Nego- tiations to President. Washington.—Colonel H. L. Scott, Fourteenth cavalry, superintendent of the United States military academy, made an oral report to the President of his 'recent negotiations with the Navajo and other Indians for the set- tlement of certain troubles which have seriously threatened the peace of the southwest. Colonel Scott was specially selected for this mission becavce of the fact that he bas had considerable exper- ience with Indians and understands their language and habits better prob- ablv than anv other officer of the army. He was engaged on his mis- sion about two months, and during that time traveled over 7.000 miles in the Indisn reservation in Colorado, TTtoh, New Mexico, Arizcna and Okla- homa, The President congratulated Colonel! Seott nnon the completeness of the in- vestizaticn made by him apd said his report would be of great value to the secretary of the intericr in the setlle- ment of pending questions. SOAK THE ST. PAUL Reckefellers Hold Directorates Chorge Hich Prices for Oil. New York.—Testifving in the cov. ernment suit to dissolve the Standard Qil Comnany Edward W. vice nreeident of the Chicago. Milwou- kee & St. Paul Railroad, said under eross-examination feur the Standard Cil Comnany are also diractors of the railroad. Thev ara Willinm Rockefeller. Porev Rackefel- ler H. H. Rogers and W. C. Harkness. When Frank "B. Kellogry special and the witness the Pennsvlvenia Rail read was payvipe a little more thon half what the St. Paul does for oil. Mr, McKenna said he axpeeted to ent his oil cheaper from the Galena com- pany in the future. Hearst Wins a Recount, the ba'lots cast in the Hearst mayoraltv contest years ago, which have been the ob- ject of litieation cinece that election dnv, are to be opened. This was de- MceClellan- nearly three preme Court tion containing 202 obiectlions by counsel for Mayor McClellan. Navy Team at Camp Perry. Washingten, D. C.—Secre‘ary Met- calf has reconsidered a former de- cision and has consented to permit members of last year’s Navy rifle team with the Atlantic battleshin fleet. to narticipate in this year’s contest. The Navv team won high honors at last year’s shoot. Banker Fined $576,094. Ralem, Ore.—Jvdes Burrett in the Circuit Court sentenced J. Thoburn Ross, the Portland banker to five years imnriscnment and to pay a fine of $576.094, Ross was convicted of wrongful conversion of state schoo! fonds in his eapacity as president of the Title Guarantee and Trust Com- pany. No Change in Stee! Prices. New duction in and steel, selling the price of iron according to a statement the United States Steel at the close of the meeting of the gen- eral committee of ircn and steel man- ufacturers. Aprroximately $£5.000,000 is timate the cost of the | by the the es- coal consumed Atlantic battleship fleet when | it bas finished its cruise arond the | world. Thaw | Thaw thought she had a right to some | riage in resnonse to pressnre brought | of the family in re-| gard to this voung woman is verv sim- | Thaw desires that this young woman | gererously, and che is row being paid | 21.000 per month, which in my opin- | support | McKenna, | directors of | T'nited States District Attorrey, told | New York.—The boxes containing | cided bv Justice Lambert in the Su-| when he overruled a mo- | at Gamp Perry. Ohio, who are now | York —There wi'l be no re- | given out by Chairman E. H. Gary of | Corporation | RAILROADS GET RESPITE Granted Immunity While Courts Con- sider Commodity Clause. Washington.—The department of justice agreed with the coal carrying railrcads that the case involving the constitutionality of the law which re- ouires railroads owning coal proper- ties to dispose of their holdings be- fore Mav 1, popularly known as the commedity clause of the Hepburn rate biil, shall be heard before three fed- eral inrdges in Philadelphia cn June 16 next. In accordance with an undestand- ing with the department cof justices the case is to be tried upon an agreed state of facts and no nrosecntions are to be hecun against the railroads di- rectlv interested in the suit until a d-cision cf the court has been reach- | ed. GOES TO OUST RAILROAD Covernment Seeks to Annul Big Grant of Land. Weashington.—B. D. Townsend, a | special attorney in the department of | justice, went to Portland, Ore., where will institute legal pro- s on behalf of the government to dispossess the Southern Pacific of land in Western Oregon valued at $£25.000.000 and to secure a decree nz the grant and restoring to the public domain. lands in question were given to the old Southern Pacific several decades ago to the construc- tion of railroad ? 3s. The roads were built, but it is ~harged that the hold- ors of the 1n—~4 grant have filed to [live up to c "or parts of the obiiga- | tion to the government. | The indnee THAW DETAINCED St | Judze Prone ress Him Dr-cerous and | Says His C:mmitment wrs Legal. Poughkeey N. Y.—Harry K. Thaw, of Stanford White, will not be rele 3 the de- | eision reached Morschaus- er, of the Srarem i ion filed in the matter { nlieation for release cn | beas corpus. | 3cth points broncht un by Thow’s | attorneys are decided oesinst him. The justice declares that Thow is now insane and should not be allowed at large end he further declares that the commitment to the Matteawan lunatic asvlum by Justice Dowling after the »ct trial of the murder case was en- tirely legal. To Refund Stamo Taxes. Washington.—Under the terms of a bil] passed by the house. the secreta- ry of the treasury is authorized to re- fund the stamp taxes paid under the war revenue act of 1898, on certain foreign bills of exchange drawn be- tween Julv 1, 1858 and June 30, 1901, and to rebate the duties on certain imnortz of anthracite coal, collected from October 6, 1902 to January 15, 1903. Night Riders Pay $15,000. Paducah, Ky.—The noted Hollowell night rider damage suits were com- romised, the plaintiffs receiving 15.600, A few weeks ago, in the United States court, Robert Hollowell secured a verdict of $35.000 against 29 alleged nicht riders of the Cald- well county, who were aceused of raid- ing his home and compelling him and Pris family to flee the state to save their lives. Hoa Digs Up Bones. I anorte, Ind,—Several hogs, wal- Inwing in the pond at the edge of a lot cn the Guruness farm, near here, broueht ‘ip a lone of a human arm. The finding of the bone has convirred Sheriff Smutzer that other bodies hava been buried beneath the mud at the bottom of the pond. The entire shore will be gone over with Inng rakes in‘'an effort to bring any bodies | the water may secrete to the surface. | | | | | | | | | | Save Women's Jobs in Postoffices. Washingten.—The fight made by Georzia and Texas senators against sunnlanting women postmasters with male emnvloves resulted in the rejen- tion cf three nominations of men be- | fora the senate. Senaters Clay and Culberson served notice on the post- office department that they were op- nosad to wnmen being ousted and their opposition was so determined thet no attempt to confirm the ap- | pointments was made. Prohibition Carries North Carolina. Raleigh, N. C.-—The majority for prohibition in North Carolina is up- ward of 40,000 and it is possible it {may reach 50,000. This is on figures and estimates furnished the News and Observer and the state prohibition headquarters. TELEGRAPHIC BREVITIES. More than 200.000 tons of pie iron have been included in new orders placed with independent blast fur- naces last week. Two »re dead. one fatally wounded and a fearth seriovsly ininred as the resu't of a pitched battle between feudists near Big Springs, Miss. | _ Washington, Pa.—Miss Gertrude E. { Toehnson, ipstructor in elocution at | Washin~*on Seminary, has resigned to | 20 to the State University of Towa. At the inauguration of the Central American Court of Justice High Commissicner Buchanan said he had received a cablegram instructing him 0 say Andrew Carnegie offered 100,000 to erect at Cartago, Costa | Rica, a temple of peace for the exclu- | sive use of the court. amending the tariff law of the Philip- | pine Islands. Among other things it reduces the duty on silvered cop- | per foil to 50 cents per kilo; increases | the duty on buttons; places on the | free list agricultural machinery, ap- | paratus and implements, machinery and apparatus for making reads, steam and other motive plows, and al- so extends the privilege of free im- portation to all materials for the con- truction and repair in the Philip- pines of vessels of all kinds. me Washington, D. C.—Under susnhen-' sicn of rules the House passed a bill. year tl their ¢ ter jhe from Melros thousa parasit moth ] ous fa of the be inte the re: the at The e3 cause agains it is t pests ( an apr countr, Grea tion, all The dustri: the sj island: greate crude those sixteet and o1 a disp a buo: rieg t the tu water to sin mover contro presse with make about. facilli: tom, : tight gather ket ti are fe used er kn but ce “A habit youn; affect roast grour stitut then was hear until office spells was | tend 8uppe rising and 1 tum. first, stron not g we e “7 from recor fo Na Cree] Well Ev one J are g inter
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