— on i
— ys TRIG
i ———————
RA
SI AT ET
STEAMER REPUBLIC
GOES T0 BOTTOM
Ttaalian. Ste:mer Florida, Which
D.d the Damage, Took All
Hands on Board.
OTHER SHIPS TO THE RESCUE
Captain of Republic Waits to, See
His Proud Vessel, Disappear
Below the Surface.
Nantucket, Mass.—In groping her
was through the dense fog off Nan-
tucke lightship at dawn, the steamer
Florida of the Lloyd-Italiano line,
bound to New York from Naples,
dealt a death blow to the- outward-
bound steamer Republic, of the White
Star line, laden with pleasure-seek-
ing passengers for southern Europe
and with supplies or the United
States battieship fleet.
The steamer Florida, proving to
less seriously injured than the other
steamer, took aboard the Republic
passengers almost immediately, and
12 hows later all the officers and
crew of the Republic, with the excep-
tion of Captain Sealby, of thal ves-
sel, who in his gig refused to leave
the sight of his beloved vessel until
she had disappeared forever beneath |
the waves.
That there was loss of life attend-
ing the collision was not known un- |
til an early hour Sunday morning.
Then the wireless, which had had its
firs great trial and proved its util-
ity, brought the news that two pas-
sengers on the Republ and fou:
the Florida's crew had
members of
«met death.
The dead—Mrs. Eugene Lynch, of
Boston; W. J. Moone] banker, of
Langdon, South Dakota; Four mem-
bers of Fl
The inju
wife of the
Union Central
1's CTEW.
—Mrs. M.
financial ag
Life
Murp
of
Y,
nt the
Eugene Lynch, cf Boston.
The Republic was cn her
course for the eastward, but the Flor-
ida was 30 miles off the prescribed
track for inward-bound steamers.
While the possengers and the crew
of the Republic were saved by the
Florida, the fact that the Republic
had been seriously injured and was
sinking was spreod broadcast over
the Atlantic for a distance of more
than 100 miles by means of wireless |
telegraphy. The mystic hand of the
Marconi waves touched the s.eamers
Baltic and l.a Lorraine cn their way
to New York and brought them
oround to the aid of the sinking liner.
The Republic had 761 people on
board.
The collision, being amidships, al-
mcst immediately flooded the engine
room of the Republic and, of course,
rendered her absolutely helpless.
Fortunately, her wirel=ss equipment
was well supplied wih storage bat-
teries and there were used for more
than six hours, until they gradually
became exhausted. After that, re-
course in signalling by means of
submarine bells was adcpted. The
Republic finally sank below the
waves.
GREAT LOSS OF LIFE
One Hundred and Six Men Drowned
Like Rats in a Rand
Gold Mine.
Johanneshurg.—One hundred and
seventy-three persons are known
have lost their lives, as a
the floods which are general through-
out the Transvaal colony and North-
ern Natal. Great damage also has
been done to property mining plants
Raving suffered heavily and houses
and railway bridges being swept away
or inundated.
The floods are the result
rains that have fallen
all the rivers have been con
to roaring torrents. The r 3
telegraph 5 are disorganized
iniall directions. 7 ’
By the bursting. of. the Knight's
dam, the Witwaters Rand gold mine,
in the southwestern part of the
Traugyaal, yas flooded, and 10 white
men and 150 natives were drowned.
The water’from:this dam also flooded
the lower. section of the town of Els-
burg, where a number of houses were
recently and
Services
swept away and 13 persons perished.
“A gold “dredger, valued at $69,000
broke, adrift on the Kaap river, and
was wrecked.
Sues for Salary.
Chicago. — Prof. Edward Capps,
formerly an instructor in Greek in the
University of Chicago,” but now a |
member of of Princeton
University,
-the University of Chicago for
alleged to be dve as back salary.
asserts that when he resigned
university - withheld one-third of
salary due him and also some of
salary he earned during the summer.
the faculty
ed
the
Lincoin Memorial Road.
Washington; * D. C.—The senate
adopted a proposition by Senator
Knox for a survey looking to the con-
struction of the Lincoln Way, a mem-
orial road from the White House to
the battlefield of Gettysburg, and au-
thorized an appropriation of $50,000
to pay the expense of this survey-
making plans for construction and es-
timates of the cost.
Anti-Japanese Bills.
Sacramento, Cal.—Governor
has promised that he will veto the
four anti-Japanese bills now before
the California Legislature should they
be passed. This decision is the re-
sult of the message from the
dent, urging him to do all in his 1
er to prevent hostile legisiation
against the Japanese.
Insurance Com- |
pany, of Grand Forks, North Dakda; |
|
regular
to |
result of |
ia
of heavy
ted in-
and |
has brought suit against |
$2,500, |
He |
the |
the |
Gillett |
i- | judicial appropriation
TO CLOSE BREWERIES
Another Drastic Step War on
Liquor in Legislature.
in
Nashville, Tenn.—By a vote of 60 to
36 the lower ‘house: of. the legislature
passed the bill to prohibit the manu-
facture of intoxicants in Tennessee
after January 1, 1910.
The bill has already passed the
senate and now goes to the governor,
who is expected to veto if, as he did
the bill prohibiting the sale of liquor.
Like the latter, the manufacturers’
measure will probably pass over the
governor’s veto.
Consideration of the: bill created
bitter discussion. An amendment
was offered providing for the appoint-
ment of a commission composed of
the governor, the treasurer and comp-
troller, whose duty it would be to ap-
praise the: property and assess the
damages that would accrue to the dis-
tillers and brewers. This amend
ment was voted down by practically
the same vote as that recorded on
the final passage of the bill.
An amendment extending the time
until January 1, 1911, was aiso tabled.
RUBBER PLANTS TO CLOSE
Whole Industry to Be Idle During
Most of February.
B:ston, Mass.—About 5,000. opera-
tives employed in the subsidiary fac-
tories of the United States Rubber
Company, and by one or two smaller
concerns, will be idle during the
greater part of February, according
to notices which have been posted at
various plants. On January 27 the
| Woonsocket Rubber Company's boot
mill at Millville, the Boston Rubber
| Shoe Company's factories in Malden
{and Melrose, the Goodyear Metallic
| Rubber Shoe Company's boot and shoe
shops and the Goodyear India Rubber
Glove Company's factory, the latter
two plants in Naugatuck, Conn., will
he shut down for four weeks. All
controlled by the United States
Rubber Company.
The curtailment
fare
is due to an accum- |
vlaticn of unso.d stock, ja condition |
largely caused by fine weather in
November, December and the early
part of this mcnth.
HILL SEES ROSY OUTLOOK
Railroad Magnate Changes Vicws on
Commercial Situation.
New York.—James J. Hill reveal
cn his return from an extensive tour
cf inspecticn of the Great Northern
system.
Mr. Hill, who not long ago express-
ed fears as to the immediate com-
mercial future, declared that the pres-
ent situation looks healthy.
“Best of all,” he said, “there
pienty cf money in the country. There
has not been so rapid a recovery as
some people looked for, but that
just as well.
all I'nes this spring.
“Perhaps the most
the west.”
FEAR JAP TROUBLE
About Proposed Legislation.
Washingten.—President Rcosevelt
told Californians summeoened to the
pending in congress nor even the dif
ferences between himself and congress
were of half the improtance of
i ia question, now
cld issue of threa
ws aimed at the enormol
| poprlaticn cn the coz
he Japan
in California v
ences between t
| ator Fiint of C
b
lv as possik
might be r
ERUPTION OR CLOUDBURST
onfiicting Stories of a. Peculiar Phil-
ippine ‘Disaster,
f dispatches
give but a
Manila.—Brie
abas province
idea of a di
uary 19, and
fram Tay-
, confused
I Jan-
ined
whether it was nic icn of
{ Mount l.agnas or a coludbu One
telegram said a volcanic eru real
ly occurred, but that it on Mount
Hanajao. . A large fissure mas made
| through an old crater, r part
|of a large lake which
| there. Torrents of
down the mountain side tI
fons and ravines and. floo
streams. Cnly one death, tha
| child, - has been reporte
INLAND WATERWAY
| BOOM
White House that he thought nothing |
| There
| he mcaned, after he was taken to the
ed himself in the role cf an optimist |
is |
|
{
is | ribly burned their faces.
There is always some | tims were taken to the new tubercu-
increzse in certain kinds of business, | losis hospital, which had just been
and I lock for a healthy revival in | ccmpleted.
noteworthy | partly
feature of the situation is the increase | entire
in building operations, particularly in | 420.
|
President Confers With Californians | men’s ward.
{
mod |
- | taken from the Empire of Japan for
{cne of the larger
i be 1,000
| National Board of Trade Goes cn Rec- |
| ord for Big “Appropriation.
{ Washington, D. C.—The National
| Beard of Trade adopted .a resolution
{favoring ¢ department of fhe Federal
{ Government which shall have charge
iof all public improvements... Other
| resolutions opposed Federal inspec-
| tion of grain, favored an annual river
{and harbor bill appropriating $50,000,-
{ 600 for internal waterways, and inter-
| national arbitration.
| The board went in a body to the
| White House ard were received by
|the President. The annual banquet
{was given at the New Willard.
Judges’ Salaries Increased.
Washington.—Consideration of pro-
| house apparatus,
motors
| This is the first vnit of electrification
| ing cities:
| railways
| eliminating steam railway traction in
| : .
i posed increases of salaries of Federal |
judges was resumed by the senate
the legislative, executive and
bill was taken
By a vote of 38 to 31 the sala-
of 29 circuit j $s were ir 3-
0 to $10,000. iter
red this act
{ when
{ up.
ries
{ed from $7.C
|
i
| Japan has recéntly completed a most
| exhaustive report
INMATES OF ALMSHOUSE
SEIERELY BUBNED
Employe Makes Heroic. Rescues
When Paupsrs Try to.
Save Trifl:s.
WAS STARTED BY A MATCH |
Bed on Third Floor of institution
_Scon Ablaze, Threatentag
250 Persons. Pe
Youngstown, O.—Rushing" back to
save their. ‘little . belpagihgs, from
flames that destroyed the men’s ward
of the Mahoning county infirmary,
pear Canfield, 14 inmates were seri-
ously burned, three probably fatally.
All had been removed to safety,
when one dashed baek for a coat, an-
onther for a kitten, a third for a dol-
lar watch and the others for various
trifles. :
The injured—Jchn Davis, aged G6,
Youngstown; expected to die; Steph-
en Kelley, aged 64, Youngsiown, ex-
pected to die; Harry Hird, aged 60.
Young:town, expected to die; John
Davis, Dennis Mahoney, Thomas
Pritchard, Arthur J. Evans, Joseph
Alexander, Phillip Eckert, Charles
Williams, Christ Scrub, Jacob Baum-
oarten, Andrew Linguist, Charles
Bailey. :
Farmer Hero Makes Rescues.
Bailey is employed at the institu-
tion as a farmer and he risked. his
life to rescue the poorhouseé charges:
The blaze was started by an inmate
throwing a match on a bed in the
THREE KILLED
Trains on Pennsylvania Railroad Col-
lide in Dense Fog.
Altoora, Pa.—In an impenertable
fog" on the Pennsylvania railroad at
Summer Hill, 25 miles west of this
city, two sections of the Chicago and
St. ‘Louis express, westward bound,
collided, killing three persons, seri-
susly injured one and injured in a
lésser degree nearly every person on
the first section.
# The killed—S. L. Taylor, Brook-
lyn, N. Y., employed by “Charles .E.
Rung, broker, of New York; M. J.
Kelly, Pullman car conductor, Jer-
sey City; Charles Coleman, colored,
a Pullman porter, Philadelphia.
The injured—W. F. Johnson, Sec-
ond and McKean streets Cincinnati;
Mrs. Adam Rankin, 214« Green street,
Anderson, Ky.; W. D. Kissell, fireman,
Pittsburg; four mail clerks, not seri-
ous.
The second train was composed en-
tirely of Pullman cars and was drawn
by two engines.
The porter of a Pullman closest to
an engine was killed, as was the. con-
ductor of. the Pullman section. One
passenger of the first section was
killed. .
ELOPES WITH PATIENT
Dispensation Asked for Nurse Who
Ran Away to Wed.
Cincinnati.—Pope Pius will be ask-
ed by Archbishop Moeller to grant a
special dispensation for Sister Adelia
of the St. Francis Hospital corps, who,
in the disguise of a cook's garb elop-
ed last August with Jacob Waller, a
patient, who fell in love with the
sweet faced nurse during his illness,
the fact of the elopement just leaking
ut.
Waller left his bed one morning on
the plea of illness and Sister Adelia
third floor of the building and in a few did not go to early mass in che
minutes the flames -had spread | chapel. Instead she went into the
throughout the entire structure. | Kitchen of the hospital and exchanged
fire-fighting
institution
was inadequate
equipment and the entire
seemed dcomed.
The 250 inmates
and as soon as they
Kelley rushed back
kitten.
“I couldn't
were helped out
got ‘to safety
to save a pet
see it burn to death,”
hespital.
Hird had recently bought a dollar
watch and that drew him back.
Robert Tayler, the head of the in-
stitution, was in Youngstown attend-
ing a meetiag of infirmary directors.
Mrs. Taylor, Charles Bailey, Chief
Nurse Ida Ruff and Hospital Nurse.
Adam Nixon got the men out of the”
building and did their best to prevent
the panic, when Kelley started the
rush back.
The men were all caught on. the
second story landing and. the flames
ate the clothes from their bodies, ter-
The vic-
The loss from the fire is $110,000
covered by insurance. The
institution was burned 12 years
The Youngstown = fire department
sent a steamer and hose. wagon to
Canfield, which is eight miles away,
and the blaze was confined to the
The county commis-
sioners will meet tc arrange for the
erection of a new building.
WIDOW SUES FOR $500,000
Penn Mutual Is Party to Action for
Insurance Money.
Okla.—Mrs. Susie M.
who was the victim
5 assassination at Eu-
1906, filed suit in the
circuit court here for
of $500,000 insurance
te’s life. :
Mutual Insurance Com-
hiladzlphia, the American
1 Insurance Company of Gal-
the Provident Savings Life
Assurance Society of New York, the
Mutual Life of New York and the Fi-
delity and Casualty Company of New
York are defendants. >
Burdette’s body was found in a well
zt his farm. Near by on the ground
was a revolver. For a time it was
believed. Burdette had committed sul-
cide, but an investigation resulted in
the assassination theory being official-
lv adoptéd. Judge Campbell set the
case for trial February 8.
JAPAN PLACES CONTRACT
Will Spend $7,000,000 in America for
Electrical Material.
New York.—The largest order ever
electrical apparatus for the conver-
sion eof a steam railroad to electric
power was signed in this market by
construction engi-
neering corporaticns. The units will
kilowatt turbine generator
The whole contract for power
line material, ear
and supplies is = $7,000,000.
sets.
of an imperial line of railways that
serves Tokio and &even manufactur-
One of. the engineers
here from Japan said:
“The -Imperial Engineer Corps of
ipsn the practica-
bi‘'ity and economy of electrifying all
in the Empire. The work
be
the Teckio zone is to at
cice.”
begun
Woman Makes Torch of Self.
Hagerstown, Md.—Insane with grief
over the death of her child, Mrs. Hi-
ram Hulzell of Boonsboro saturated
her uniform
cf one of the cooks.
ried by a
club rooms.
for the street clothing
They were mar-
iustice in the Duckworth
ASIA MINGCR SHAKEN
Seismic Distudbance Particularly Se-
vere in Neighborhood of Smyrna.
Smyrna, Turkey.—So #ar as can be
ascertained eight persons were killed
by a sharp earthquake which occurred
at Phocaea, 25 miles northwest of this
city, and at cther neighboring towns.
Considerable damage was done to
buildings at Phocaea.
The shock was very strong at Chii,
where the population became panic-
stricken, though no serious damage
resulted there.
This city also experienced the earth-
quake, but there was no loss of life
and no damage was done. The
American battleships Louisiana and
Virginia are at anchor in this harbor.
_ONE MAN CAPTURES, WARSHIP
Angered by Being Fired Upon, He
Boards Cruiser With Gun.
Hongkong.—The Chinese harbor
guard boat Samstui fired two shots at
the British steamer Chempo for foul-
ing a wood raft.
This angered Captain Lewington of
the Chenpo, who, arming himself with
a revolver, boarded the Samstui in a
small boat, arrested the commanding
officer and turned him over to the
Captain of the British gunboat Robin.
The occurrence is being investigated
by the Captain of the Robin and .the
British Consul.
SPEAKER SILENCED
House Stops Tirade of Abuse Against
President. :
Washington.—In the course ‘of a
speech severely denunciatory of Pres-
ident Roosevelt as an officer of the
government and as a man, made un-
der; the general license permitted in
debate on the penscns appropriation
-bill, Representative William Willett,
Jr, of New York, was stopped from
further utterance by a point of order
that his language seriously reflected
upon the chief executive, and that ac-
cordingly he was proceeding in viola-
tion of the rules that govern debate
in the lower branch of Congiess.
Emerson’s Daughter Dead.
Concord, Mass.—Miss Ellen Emer-
son, the eldest daughter of the late
Ralph Waldo Emerson, the poet, died
n®ar here at Milton. She was seven-
ty years old and had - been in ‘poor
health for some time. Through her
father she met and entertained many
literary personages.
Harvard President Confirmed.
Boston.—The board of overseers of
Harvard college confirmed the nomin-
atien of Prof. Abbott Lawrence Low-
ell as president of Harvard Univers-
ity to succeed President Charles Will-
iam Eliot.
: Chamberlain Is Elected.
Salem, Ore.—Governor George E.
Chamberlain, Democrat, was elected
United States Senator to succeed C.
W. Fulton, receiving a
each House of the Legislature, which
voted in separate session. >
Bismarck, N. DM. N.
received the vote of the Republicans
in both houses of the Legislature for
United States Senator to
H. C. Hansbrough. The Democrats
voted for John Cashel.
Twenty-four Hurt in Wreck.
Coffeyville, Kas.—A southbound
passenger train on the Missouri Pa-
cific railroad, collided headon with a
freight train near Coffeyville. Twen-
her clothing with oil and the applied
a match. Mrs. Huzell’s body was
burned to a crisp before the
could be extinguished. She was 30 |
years old and is survived by her hus-
band and two children.
Little
imself
flames | |
| ty-four passengers were hurt, but only
Mr. and Mrs. P. S. Howell of Nowa-
ta, Okla., are in a serious condition.
Na
val Increase.
a
majority of.
-| vote.
Johnson
succeed
OVER FIFTY MEET DEATH
IN BURNING GRID
Scores Blown to Piecss, Burned
or Drwned in Lake,
EXPLOSION STARTS A BLAZE
Many Are Missing and the Number
of Fatalities May Bes Increased.
Chicago.—Blown to pieces by ex-
ploding powder, burned to death by
the resultant fire or drowned in the
waters of Lake Michigan was the fate
of some 53 workmen who were work-
ing on a submarine tunnel at a wood-
en crib a mile and a half from shore.
The crib was used in the construc-
tion of a new submarine water tun-
nel connecting with the south side
shore of the city. at Seventy-third
street. It is known that 95 workmen
were employed in the crib and the
connecting tunnel at the time of the
explosion, which started the fire and
blew or drove men into the water.
The work of the destroying ele-
ments was begun so unexpectedly and
reaped its harvest of dead and injured
with such swiftness that the contract-
ing firm of George W. Jackson and
the rescuers have been unable to ar-
rive at anything like an accurate list
of those who perished, or of others
who escaped the fury of the flames or
the icy waters of the lake.
When the fire tug Conway and its
crew had finally quenched the flames,
53 bodies had been carried to the
shore and placed in morgues in South
Chicago, awaiting identification. The
bodies of the victims in the majority
of instances were unregnizable.
Owing to the difficulty experienced
by small craft in reaching the crib
during the winter, most of the work-
men employed on the work, particu-
larly those who had no families, slept
in temporary bunks at the crib. It
was just as these men had been
awakened for the day's work that the
explosion and subsequent fire caused
the pandemonium which resulted in
the great loss of life.
FIRE RAVAGES RUINS
Persons Still Alive in Afflicted Town
Are Prey to the Flames.
Messina.—A serious fire broke out
the earthquake-wrecked city. The
remains of the Pennesi palace fell in
and added to the.conflagration. The
flames spread in spite of the work of
the soldiers to control them, and the
situation was serious for a time, but
the fire finally burned itself out.
An odor of burning flesh mingled
with the smoke, and it is feared that
persons_ still alive were consumed.
The flames had their center in the
Pennesi palace, but they spread over
the ruins of the City hall and the
Bank of Italy. Tongues of fire leaped
upward, while sparks fell in a heavy
shower for a considerable distance.
A terrific hailstorm later in the day
swept over the afflicted town, follow-
ed by torrential-rain. The sheds
where the survivors are sheltered
were flooded.
Earthquakes continue almost hour-
ly.
THREE DIE IN FLAMES
Bodies Are Found in the Ruins of
Their Home in Breoklyn.
New York.—Three persons, a wom-
an and her two children, were burned
to death in a fire in a one-story and
basement house on Bergen street,
Brooklyn.
here January 19 among the ruins of |
PUBLIC LAND FRAUD
Startling Facts Come to the Knowi-
edge of Secretary of Interior
Garfield.
washington. — Information of. a
startling character of alleged whole-
sale and astounding frauds upon the
public lands has colle into the pos-
session of Secretary of the Interior
Garfield through special agents in the
field. The serious allegation is made
that approximately 11,000,000 acres of
land west of the Mississippi river
have been fraudulently acquired with-
in the past two years by corporations
and indiviffuals. "
With a view of recovering these
lands, Seretary Garfield sent letters
to Chairmen Hale and Tawney, of
the Senate and House appropriation
committees, respectively, asking for
an additional appropriation of $500,
000, which, if. granted, with that al-
ready asked for, will give the depart-
ment $1,000,000 for that purpose. The
specific purpose of the appropriation
| requested is for preventing “depreda-
tions upon public timber, protecting
public lands, examining swamp lands,
ete.” =
TONS OF DYNAMITE GO uP
Five Killed, One Dying, Many Injured
in Explosion. ? :
*
Newark, N. J.—Four men were kill-
ed and ten others injured, one fatally,
when several tons of dynamite in a
building of the Forcite powder works,
at Lake Hopatcong, blew up. The
detonation shook the country for
miles around and blew the building
to atoms. Of the 14 men working in
it not one escaped death or injury.
The dead are Louis Barth, aged 50,
Lederwood; Charles Henderson, aged
30, Netcong; Joseph Sestak, aged 23,
Hopatcong Landing, and Stephen
CGladdes, aged 28, Netcong.
The bodies of the men nilled were
mutilated beyond recognition. Several
other workers were blown considera.
ble distances, and it is considered re-
markable that only James Boyle re-
ceived fatal injuries. The Forcite
powder works belong to the Dupont
Powder Company and maufacture
blasting dynamite.
WILL ISSUE LINCOLN STAMPS
One Hundred Million Red Twos
Martyr's Centenary.
Washington, D. C.—To commemor-
ate the one hundredth anniversary .of
the birth of Abraham Lincoln, Post-
master General Meyer announced that
one hundred million new two-cent
postage stamps will be issued on or
before February 12.
The design is a portarit of Lincoln
in an ellipse, the only decoration be-
ing a spray of laurel leaves and the
inscription, “U. S. Postage,” at the
top, with the numerals ‘“1809—Feb-
ruary 12—1909,” at the bottom. The
color will be red. The profil was
taken from a copy of St. Gaudens’
statue of Lincoln on Riverside Drive
in Chicago.
on
PAY IROQUOIS DAMAGES
Man Who Lost Wife and Three Chil.
dren in Fire Accepts Cash.
Chicago.—After five years of hotly
contested- litigation, settlements have
been made outside of court for 30 of
the nearly 600 deaths caused by the
Iroquois theater fire. In each of the
30 cases $750 is to be paid by one of
the firm responsible for the construc-
tion of the theater.
One of the cases thus settled was
for a man who lost his wife and three
children in the fire. Many other
suits against firms and individuals in-
terested in the theater are still pend-
ing. The number of unsettled cases
is estimated at more than 400.
PLATT’S TOGA FOR ROOT
Secretary of State Nominated by Re-
publicans Unanimously.
When ‘the firemen arrived the house
was a mass of fiames. The blaze
was quickly subdued and it was sup-
posed everybody in the building had
escaped.
When the ruins were searched,
however, the bodies of Mrs. Maria
Diazand, her two children, a boy of
four and a girl of two years, were
found.
SENATORS ELECTED
Salt Lake City.— United States Sen-
ator Reed Smoot was re-elected.
Denver, Col.—Charles J. Hughes,
Jr., Democrat, of Denver, was elected
United States Senator by the Colora-
do Legislature to succeed Henry M.
Teller.
Hartford, Conn.—United States Sen-
ator Frank B. Brandegee, of New
London, was elected by the General
Assembly of Connecticut to succeed
himseli.
Raleigh, N. C.—The General As-
sembly of North Carolina veted sep-
arately for United States Senator.
The jecint session will be held Thurs-
day and Senator Overman will be
elected to succeed himself.
Guthrie, Okla.—The House and Sen-
ate voted separately for United States
Senator. . Senator Thomas P. Gore,
Democrat, received the straight party
He will be formally re-elected
in joint session.
Dakota Senate Gives Women Ballot.
Pierre, S. D.—The constitutional
suffrage amendment giving women
the right to vote passed the senate
withcut debate and with but two dis-
senting votes.
Powder Explcsion Injures Twelve,
Philadelphia.—An explosion in the
mixing building of the Dupont Powder
plant at Gibbstown on the New Jersey
side of the Delaware river, 20 miles
south of Philadelphia, injured 12 men
and destroyed seven iron buildings.
The explosion cccurred at 7:20 o’clock
and was felt within a radius of 30
miles. The most seriously injured
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Albany, N. Y.—Secretary of State
Elihu Root was the unanimous choice
of the Republican legislative caucus
to succeed Senator Thomas C. Platt,
whose term will expire March 4.
The Democratic caucus named for-
mer Lieutenant Governor Lewis Stuy-
vesant Chanler, who was the Demo-
cratic candidate for goVernmor at the
November election. Mr. Root’s nom-
ination is equivalent to an election, as
the legislature is overwhelmingly Re-
publican.
ROCKEFELLER’S BiG GIFT
Magnate Gives Another Million to
University of Chicago.
Chicago.—John D. Rockefeller has
given another $1,000,000 to the Uni-
versity of Chicago. In a telegram to
the board of trustees, John D. Rocke-
feller, Jr., announced that his father
had set aside on behalf of the univers:
ity, securities that will yield an an-
nual income of $40,000.
The endowment fund of the uni-
versity is new $15,000,000. Mr.
Rockefeller’s total contributions to
the university aggregate $24,800,000
for endowment and other purposes.
Venezuela Makes Peace.
The Hague.—Jcse J. Paul, the Ven-
ezuelan envoy, had a lengthy confer-
eign minister, and an agreement was
reached on the principal points at is-
sue between Venezuela and the Neth-
erlends. © This will enable the com-
pletion of a protocol dtiring the com-
ing week restoring diplomatic rela-
tions. :
Governor Sends Troops.
Wilmington, N. C.—The local mil-
itary company at Clinton, N. C., was
called out by Governor Kitchin to pro-
tect the jail there from the attack
cf a mob of citizens who threatened
summary vengeance upon William
Ward, a negro, who made an altempt
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