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Nationolities Barred Could Also Re:
ject Americans, feaving hE | 3 ;
Gause foriWar.
now pugling fh sPacifigecoast states,
and (gd at § for 3 a (letter by
Senator Jb gngist G. 4 gags of Ne-
vada, which he®sent to &o%ernor D.
Dickexsonwof that, state. . 5 &.
T bE pats letter Bape
Nature. Bas classified the abi les |
of the world mainly under three col- |
ors, the white, the black and the |
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brown. Confronting. ws on.the east |
lies Burope, wiih a total population
‘of absut 300,000,000 white peoples. We
are: findipg it difficult to assimilate
even the immigrants of the-white race
from that continent, and .have been
obliged to carefully restrict such im-
migration. We have drifted into. a |
conditign regarding the black race |
which “goustitvtés thes great’ problem |
and peril of theifuture. 5 Bonfronting
our cific ceast lies Asfa, with near-
ly 1,020,000,000 *Feopls of ‘the brows |
ce, hg, if there were No restric: |
% would quickly setile on ind take |
cslssibn of our éntlEh goast amd In-
SPI entire Quast amd 4
#r-mountain: region. ’
“History teaches that it is impossi-
ble to m#ke¥a homogeneods people by
the juxtaposition of races differing in
color uboir thle samessoil: Fa 3
_ “Race _ tolerance, under such, condi-
fons” means race aifialgamation; and
that is undesirable. . Race, .intoler-
ance means, ultimately, race war and |
smutual+destruction; or the reduction
of one of the races to seryitude.
‘«“Thé admissten “of ‘a race of ‘a dif-
geen color; in a:g¢onditron of indus:
rial servitude, is foreign to our In-
stitutions “which ‘demana. equal.rights
to all within our jurisdiction. The
- competition of. Suchid Face would in-
volve indpstrial disfurbance and hos-
tility, requiring the use of a large
armed force to maintain peace and
order with the probability that the
nation representing the race thus pro-
tected would never be. satisfied’ that
the means: employed were adequate.
Treaty Method Unsatisfactory. -
“The presence of the Chinese, who
are patient and submissive, would
not create as many complications as
the presence of the Japanese, whose
strong and virile qualities would con-
stitute an additional factor of difficul-
iy. Our. frindship: with Japan de-
mands that this friendship: should
not be put to the test by bringing two
sluch powerful races of such differing |
views and standards into industrial
dompetition upon the same soil’
:““This cen be prevented either by
international treaty or by national law
regulating, restricting” or preventing
immigration. #
“International negotiations and
treaty is, in my judgment, an unsatis-
factory method. It requires a na-
tion, with which we have treaty rela-
tions, to prevent its own people from
going where they will, a restriction
which we would never in any treaty
apply to our own people. y
. “There is but one -consistent posi-
tion to assume, and that is to rele
gate the whole question to domestic
legislation in each country, permit
ting each to make such laws regard-
ing the regulation, restriction or pre-
vention ‘of immigration: as-it-sees, fit.
“The time has come, in my judg-
ment, when the United States, as a
matter of self-protection and. self:
preservation, must declare by statu:
tory epactment that it will not toler-
ate further race complications.”
SEVEN JUMPED FOR LIVES
Narrow Escape of Inmates of Doom:
ed Buildina Outside the
> Water Limits.
Battle Creek, Mich.—The Haskell
home, a Seventh Day Adventist orph~
anage, located here, valued at $50,000,
was burned to thé ground. :
Thitty:seven children were in the
building, and all escaped but three,
who are missing and. are supposed to
have .heen .burned, .1o death. They
are: I
{ena’ McFernie, aged 14.
Cecil. Quotent, aged 15.
‘ir. (ddree Goadenow, «colored, aged 8.
“Eng. fire” broke 6" *in. the - north
wing ruder the chapel, and this wing,
im. whieh “the. threes: ochildrep slept,
“Ras totally destroyed before the fire-
amen arrived.
+. Soven girl
Sumped -frem the third:
rs; but all escaped .in-
not fatally.
e-'1s “a mile
limits.
outside the
city wate
Trained falcons to carry dispatch-
es in time, oi, war have been tested in
the Russian ‘army. Their speed is
four times as gxeat as that oficarrier
. pigeons. : = i
= Long ‘Sheets for Nebraska.
__ Lincoin, Neb.—After an exciting
“gession the lower house of the. legis-
fature passed Representative Sinks’
bill compeliing hotel proprietor
furnish sheets nine feet in le
“shitter fizht against the measure is ex- |
“Fpected in the senate.
and Char
the Wh
Morgan
ed aboard
J. Pierpont
M. Schwab sa
. Star liner
mouth.
Adriatie
Mr. Mo said he
y for pleasure.
California
‘theni in residence districts at the op-
| latter measure- failed , of passage bei
| the courts.
bound for Ply-| at the
was
VICTORY FOR-JAP HATERS
House “Passes
“"Sehool ~~ Bill—Others Lost.
“Roosevelt Will Contest. *
-
: Bacramento, - Cah~-Grove L. : John-
sons. bill compelling Japanese to at-
tend separate public «schools passed
the assembly by a vote of 48 to 26. 3
Mr... Johnson's: other bill, prohibit-
ing aliens from heing members of
boards of directors, and . restricting | .
tion of supervisors, ~ were defeated,
the: former by a:véte of 54 to 15. The
cause. of a: tie yote, 37 to 37, John-
son changed his vote from aye to Ho
and “moved * to Teconsider. = Walter
Leeds of“ Los Angeles changed his:
vote from no to-aye on the school bill’ 3
and. moved to reconsider that also.
Governor Gillett. received the fol-4
lowing telegram from . President
Roosevelt: ; Gas 3
Your kind letter just received.
What is the rumor that the California’
Legislature has ‘passed a bill exclud-
ing the Japanese children from the
public schools? This is the mest of-
fensive bill of all, .and, in my. judg:
ment, is clearly unconstitutional, and | i
we should ‘at cnce have to tést it in
Can “it be “stopped in
the legislature or by veto? i
Mr. Drew moved that the vote by
which his land bill was’ defeated’ be
recensidered. He offered to amend
the measure by striking. out a section
which, it has been declared, violated
the treaty rights of several nations.
He declared that as the school bilk
had just been passed, and that was
the one against which’ the president
cbjected to most strenuously two
years ago, the assembly should go
a Step further and pass the land bill
also.”
and 38 noes, a gain of ten votes for
the prononents of .the bill.
i
Carson, Ney.—The Giffen anti-Jap-
anese resolution, passed by the House
after having been shorn of its refer- | $10.000.
bond of $5,000 “etach.
ence to President Roosevelt, came up
in the’ Senate’ and’ was referred to the
Judiciary Committee. : It is said this
committee will smother it in accord-
ance with- the wishes of United
States Senators Nixon and Newlands.
SHOOTS UP TOWN
Fires Indiscriminately Among Pedes-
trians,” Groups of School Chil-
dren and Into Houses.
Memphis, Tenn.—Following a dar;
ing hold-up on a. busy thoroughfare,
Henry Morton, a negro, armed with a
revolver and with pockets filled with
ammunition,” ran’ © amuck, firing’ re-
peatedly into street. cars:and houses
and. at .pedestrians,. and. terrorized a
section of North Memphis before he
was shot to death by police and citi-
zens. ? ee : !
Aftér relieving ‘another negro of a
bundle of hides, Morton tried to
force a trade. with a, produce dealer
at. the point of his pistol. Failing,
he sent a confederate ‘to dispose of
the booty, ‘but! heth "escaped before
‘the police arrived. os Te Ee i
. The’ negro; ‘was found aboard , a
street car, but as an officer approach-
ed he jumped from the car, firing sev-
eral times. As he ran he continued:
to’ fire.” fide ; nee)
As pedestrians appeared the negro
shot hurriedly. and continued his race.
Several groups of school children
were fired on, and firing into a house
the bullets” of ‘the negro narrowly
missed a woman. °° LE
. A riot call brought a squad of po-
lice. who were joined by. scores of
citizens, and Morton was finally cor-
ralled on a porch. At bay he con-
tinued to fire upon his pursuers, but
his bullets went wild, while:a volley
from the pursuers put an end to the
battle. bev id :
Four rounds of unspent cartridges
were found in the pockets of the dead
. NAVAL CAPTAIN CONVICTED
Georgia's Commander 1s Found Guilty
of Drunkenness Ashore. 5
_. _Gibraltar.—It. is ujiofficially. unger
stood the court-martidl ~ found the
| specification against Captain “Edward |
{| "F. 'Qualtrough of the’battleship Geor-
gia proved; but whether with extenu- |
| ating circumstances is not known. It
| ds believed Captain Qualtrough will
| not be restored to duty ,but that Liéu-
tenant Commander Kline~will take
| the Georgia home. Fort bz
Captain Qualtrough was charged
with drunken nessiat ar -official recep-
tion - at Tangier; his. accuser n
Rear. Admiral Wainwright.
PROHIBITION BILL VETOED
Then Tennessee - ‘Senate Passes .It
Over Governor Patterson's. Head,
Nashville; Tenn.—Governor. M, R.
Tatterzon sent jo the senate a special
message vetoing the bill. prohibiting
the manufacturing of intoxicants in
Tennessee after January 1, 1910. One
of the clauses in the message says:
“If this legislature shall destroy all
the . distilleries. and y=preweries, why
cannot the next forbid the rasing or
‘selling “of thé grains or cultivation of
the grains out of which spiritous, malt
er vinous liquors are made?”
The hill was passed by ,the senate
over the governor's veto by a vote of
20-to 12. ? 3
Of the 41,000900 persons of Japan
only 441 have fortunes of $250,000 or
over.
To Press 25-Year-Old Claim.
Mrs. W.
Pa, other
granddaughter of
Taylor, who was
| Maysville, Ky., is
daughters
Captain
shot to death at
1874, ‘have ‘deter-
three
| boats and two tugs at New Orleans
outbreak of the Civil
is now being
claim.
Evid
| substantiate the
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Waiter R. Eaton.
R,” Richie of" Lima; QO.
secretary “of ‘the Indianolo Construct: |
Haskell is" president;
Muskogee, I
Haskell, made
Government to’ ‘enter his appearance j
Friday ‘and® give bend
appearance for trial.
sued, are returnable fortawith.
fore Judge Campbell.
Los Angeles, Cal
F. Young of McKeesport, |
and al
James |
mined to press a claim against the |
| United States Government, for 320,000 |
| for the alleged seizure of four steam- |
War. |
gathered to |
= COVERNOR ONE.OF
oc IER NOCTED
Others for Conspiracy.
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i. —4 Seven indict:
hed’ by. the Federal,
. Haskell} F. B:
~C. “We Turner,
“| ing 1908 discloses the effects of the
Federmpaepaitotas Haskell and
| merce and labor.
=| shown -by- the movements. ci «coal, iron
: Ao -.. used by the building trades and the
jues : of zOklahema railroads, although the partial cessa-
=|while the additions to railroad mile-
% indicted are:
> : rE : YI
on = + itis ip aan - - Es
LOCAL OPTION BILL
EFFECTS OF PANIC.
Coal, Iron and Lumber Trades Also
Show Results of 1907 Crisis.
Washington. — Leading commercial
movements in the domestic field dur-
‘October, 1907, crisis, according to a
statement issued by the bureau of
-statistiecs of the department of com-
These effects are more clearly
and lumber, the main raw materiais
tion of building operations and the
temporary suspension of improve-
ments by the leading railroads some-
what preceded the crisis. .
The depression. in the : building
trade continued during the greater
-part of the year, continues the report,
. Hill and:
Walter
R. Eaton, one of the men
ndigted,
ig. a brother-in-law of Walter
He is the |
ng - Colpahy, of * which Governors]
and which, it
« alleged, scheduled - the names of
many’ ‘dummigs? to secure, town lots.
Attorney. Thomas 6 H. Gwen of
representing ~~ Goyernor
‘Arrangements for the
of $5,000 for
The writs is-
Governor Haskill is at uuthrie.
There is only one indictment against
$ hig IE
The motion was lost, ‘36: 'ayes | Walter R. Eaton and - Clarence W.
Turner to defraud the Government.
There are two indictments
Turner and one
others indi
‘charges ‘conspiring with
against
each against the
ed. . J
urnér i fn fkt to give bond of
Hutchings and Eaton gave
"All'swill probably be arraigned be-
English is In
Haskell Blames Hearst for It.
Guthrie; ¢ @kla.—xGevernor Haskell
when informed he Was indicted said:
“I have just;heard of the indictment
for conspiracy coupled with seven "or
eight of 'theoldest and highest chaf-
actered citizens of ‘Muskogee, men
who developed and' built up that coun-
try. by, their jungelfish, effort. From
now on the proceedings will be open
to both sides.r..: Hearst's crooked
manipulations will be at a discount.
I am ‘satisfied ‘the Interior Depart-
ment has been misled by false state-
ments.
been a dishomest: act done by any of
the indicted parties and that good
citizens ‘in general regardless of pol- —
itics foel the. spme: way.”
‘BIG "COKE “COMPANY
Properties Owned by H. C. Frick In-
‘ tepests “Merged. :
Another big coke company yyith a
) have
It will
be known -ag thes Republic-Connells-
ville Coke Company, which has been
of the Re-
public Coke Company and the River
- Coall Company--and the
.Both the coal and coke
companies, owned extensive holdings
in Fayette county, and’ were controll
ed by interests which. dominate the
H. C. Frick Coke Company #¢f Pitts-
capitalization of $2,500,000 is,
headquarters in Pittsburg.
formed by the merging
Cempany.
biirg:: *
The Republic Coke Coripany was
purchased about eight years’ ago -by
the H. C. Frick interests from AW
Mellon™ ‘and “other Pittsburg capital
ists. ThiE .¢
erected near Orient.
property ‘is ‘méar ‘South- Brownsville
and has been
rtiglly developed.
... TREASURY NEEDS MONEY
National “‘Pocketbosk Low,- Secretary
Calls: ‘ori.Depositories. for
«3553 I0E BL “$36,000,000 %
announced that he has made a cal
positories for - about $30,000,000
fore February 24.
aver. 1,600 temporary
banks and". the
thing above that sum.
WASHINGTON NEWS ‘NQTES:
peosegain’ a
the rate .6f, 20 cents a mile, mow: a
Towed to, ‘Senators, Representative
and: delégates «if -Congress, shall b
withdrawn. x = /
rate States was favorably acted Upo
by- the House Committee on Territo-
i To insure its early considera
"ion ‘a’ spécioF raile’ probably will be
ries.”
asked, . February.10 is proposed.
Kirke Porter gave a dinner for their
| house guests Me. and Mrs. Harmar
Among the
from
Mayor ~des
Former. Representative and Mrs: H.
| D. Denny of. Pittshure.
stuests were” the’' Ambassader
| Ttaly and: the ;Baroness
Planches, and the Ambassador from.
Gréat' Britain and Mrs. Bryce.
| On. to Inaugural by Mule Team.
|
known Columbus business men, C. M.
Kinnaird, B. H. Harmon, Simon Laza-
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| Tus and .J. W. Moore.
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| a 40-horse team in a circus.
old West Virginia hunter.
I during the year decreased 32 per cent
i from the preceding
I am confident there has not
River Coal
comprised the big field
on which. the. Filbett plant is being ; il] r !
The River goal resentative Fulliam is made a law.
Corie He Taft Autos. Finally Provided.
Washington 7<= Secretary. Cortelyou
on all temporary National bank .de-
c Gov:
“erfiment deposits to be paid on orgbe-
- There are. NOW
depository
secretafy’s call will
leaye “exactly $10,000 in esl as the
being | instructions will be to Toul every-
Representative Cox (Indiana) pro--
pill that the mileage; at
The Statehood bill which would ad-
mit Arizona and New Mexico as sepa-
Columbus, : O.—A. unique pigrimagel
to. Washington to: attend the Taft in-
augural is being planned by four well- | Get Disease.
They will
make the trip from Columbus in the |
old Governor Tod carriage, pulled by |
four mules, which. will be driven by
| George Crouthers, who formerly drove
They |
will be guided through the West Vir- |
ginia mountains by Sandy Wilkin, an
year; domestic
.iron ore shipments by lake during
the year from Lakes Michigan and
Superior ports decreased 40 per cent;
shipments of packing hsuse products
from Chicago decreased slightly, and
the quantities of coal and coke mov-
ed over the leading Eastern coal-car-
ryving ‘roads in practically all cases
show decided decreases ror the year
when compared with the previous
| year.
| ERR a
TARIFF CONVENTION
Manufacturers Faver Bi-Partisan
Body to Advise in Schedule-
Making.
New York.—Announcement was
made that the convention of the Na-
tional tariff commission, which will
be held in Indianapolis on February
15, in an endeavor to bring about the
esablishment of ‘a permanent bi-parti-
san tariff commission, will be attend-
ed by over 2,000 delegates, including
representatives of manufacturing
concerns, many congressmen and fin-
lancial interests.
The National Association of Manu-
facturers, which is behind the move-
ment for a tariff commission, states
that it has never asked for a com-
mission to be established with power
to make rates, but will urge through
delegates at the convention that only
an advisory or recommendatory com-
mission be asked of congress.
SHIPS START FOR HOME
Big American Fleet Leaves Gibraltar
..o- for Hampton Roads.
Gibraltar —With the bands on board
playing “Home, Sweet Home,” the
fleet of 16 battleships under Rear Ad-
miral Sperry left Gibraltar February
6 for Hampton Roads on the last lap
of its famous around-the-world cruise
of 45,600 miles. One hour later the
vessels were. well clear of the land
and steaming’ westward in double
column formation at a speed -of 10
knots an hour. They will follow the
southern route to Hampton Roads,
and about 1,000 miles off the ‘Amer-
ican coast they will be met and es-
corted home by the third squadron of
the ‘Atlantic fleet under Rear Admiral
Arnold. ; La
BILL FOR BONUS ON BABIES
lowa Lawmaker Asks State to Pay $1
: for Each Birth.
> Des Moines, Ia.—One dollar will be
paid to the mother of every baby born
in Iowa, if a bill introduced by Rep-
The .bill provides. that. every mother
shall be paid $1 by the county treas-
urer upon receipt of a birth certifi-
cate signed by the mother and: the at-
tending physician. Representative
Fulliam is a practicing physician of
Muscatine. . Nol v
Washington.—When Mr. Taft :be-
comes president he will ride in an au-
tomobile furnished by the govern-
ment, That question was" settled
by - the adoption of ‘the report of the
‘conference on the urgent deficiency
bill, which carries $12,000 for the
“purchase, care and maintenance of
automobiles for the use of the presi
dent. : i pt a
© Six Blown to Pieces.
Nancy, France.—Six persons "were
blown to pieces by the explosion of a
large quantity of dynamite and 10,000
blasting cartridges in {ne storehouse
1.| of a mine at Tucquegnieux. The
s | windows of all the houses within a
e radius of three miles were broken by
the concussion. ’
1
. TELEGRAPHIC BRIEFS.
n | ‘/fhé Democrats of the lower house
in the Indiana Legislature;-in caucus,
agreed, it is said, upon a repeal of
the county local option law and the
substituticn cf the township and ward
plan. . ¥:
Must Present Health Certificate.
Salem, Ore.—A bill requiring that
applicants for marriage licenses ‘be
provided with a. certificate of good
health from a licensed physician
unanimously passed the Senate.
CATCH DIPHTHERIA FROM CA
~Children Who Played With Sick Pet
Ashtabula, O.—Recently
Mr. and Mrs. Ed
diphtheria Its chief companion dur-
ing its sick was the family cat,
which was taken sick a few days ago
| with throat trouble. The children
all played with the pet, as usual.
| Now four other youngsters
down with the disease and the attend-
a child of
Counterman had
|
are
Measure Indorsed by Anti-Saloon
Election
SUES INSANE ASYLUM
Man Recently Incarcerated Declares
He Was Victim of Plot. :
Evansville, Ind.—J. D. Carnahan
has sent word from Galesburg, 111,
that he will institute suit for dama-
ges against the State of Indiana ‘and
the authorities at the Southern In-
diana insane asylum in this city for
unlawfully incarcerating him in: the
.| asylum here several weeks ago,:
Carnahan escaped from the hospital
here on Jahuary 17 by sliding down
a water spout from the second. story.
He asserts he never was: 1n-
sane and that the suit for insanity
was instituted against him in order
FOR KEYSTONE STATE
League Presented.
EXISTING LAWS RETAINED
Shall Be Ordered Upon
option - bill = prepared. by” the State
Anti-saloon league was presented in
Westmoreland county.
question of “wet” or “dry’’ in the
units of wards in cities, boroughs and
constructed to save to the Common-
wealth the old prohibitory
1870, and it is also to keep intact the
Brooks law.
and provides that this act shall not
be construed to repeal any special or
local laws
granting of licenses to gell intoxicat-
ing liquors; nor shall it be construed
to prevent the granting or refusal of
a license under
same as if this act had not been pass-
ed in boroughs, townships or wards
of a city where the majority of the
votes cast at an
herein before provided
prohibiting the granting of license to
sell intoxicating liquors.”
court.
|'pose the President is authorized .to
Petition of 25. Per Cent
of Voters.
local
Harrisburg.—The “official”
‘age were only about 3,200 miles, a| the house by Representative Fair, of
total smaller than for any year since
1897. The smaller traffic activity
of the railroads also illustrates the re-
“duction -in ‘industrial activity, which
was the most characteristic feature
. of the past year, especially during the t
earlier months. The mevements of
live stock, grain and cotton show
niore normal totals, partly in re
spense to the heavier export demand.
Lumber shipreents fronr lake ports
The bill provides for settling the
ownships as a whole. 1t is also
law of]
This section is the last in the bill
relating to the sale or
existing laws, the
election held as
are against
To secure an election on the ques-
tion of saloons or no saloons, a peti-
tion must be presented to the court
of quarter sessions, signed by 25 per
cent of the qualified
district wherein an election
ed. The election must be held in
not less than 30 nor more than 40
electors of the
is desir-
days after the order is issued by the
The regular election officers
are to sit and the election js to be
conducted as now provided by law,
the polls to be open from 7a. m 107
p. m. The ballots shall be furnish-
ed, as now at general elections.
If the electors vote “ary,” it. is
made unlawful for the court, or any
other authority, to grant a license in
that particular district. An election
on the question is permitted every
three years.
The bill was referred to the law
and order committee, of which Rep-
resentative Schad, of Allegheny coun-
ty, is chairman. He immediately
announced that an early date would
be set for a hearing of those favoring
the bill, and as soon thereafter as
possible the opponents would be
heard.
Quick action on the pill is antici-
pated. ’ ars
SEVENTEEN KILLED
Cause of = Alabama Disaster Is
Thought to Have Been
Windy Shot. i
Birmingham,” Ala.—Seventeen men
are dead as the result of an explo-
sion in the No. 2 Short Creek mines
of the Birmingham Coal and Iron
Company. Five of the dead are
white and 12° are negroes.
noon and is thought to have been
caused by a windy shot. :
The mines are about 10 miles west
of Ensley, on the Birmingham South-
ern railway, and are difficult of ac-
cess. Seventeen bodies were taken
from the mines and the rooms and
passages are clear. The mine itself
is practically uninjured. Officials of
the company did not know the exact
number of men in the mine at the
time of the accident.
Lincoin Day Made Holiday.
The senate passed without amend-
ment a house bill declaring February
12, 1909, the centenary of the birth of
Abraham Lincoln, to be a legal holi-
day, and decommending a general ob-
servation of that day, for which pur-
issue a special proclamation. .. The
bill also declares that as a part of a
that his
could get $45 per month from the Bur-
lington Railroad relief fund.
many years Carnahan was employed
by the Burlington :
wife now resides here with her moth-
er, and while
some moiiths ago Carnahan says -he
was seized and adjudged insane by
local officeials. : —
ing: in favor of
against Japanese,
dore Roosevelt and designating the
Japanese ‘as parasites of the world,”
was reported favorably by a commit-
tee of the whole in special session of
the Nevada legislature.
The explosion occurred just before |.
wife and mother-in-law
For
company. + His
visiting his family
i en
NEVADA JOINS ANTI-JAPS
Legislature Passes Resolution Urging
California to Shut Out Orientals.
Carson, Nev.—A resolution declar-
drastic legislation
criticising Theo
The resolution is directed to the
California legislature and it declares
in favor of that body's passing meas-
ures that will prevent the influx of
Japanese.
1t further recommends that the Cal-
ifornia legislature pay ne attention to
what is termed “coercion and inter-
ference on the part of President
Roosevelt. in the anti-Japanese move-
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ment.
BLACK SEA LION SLAIN
Has Great Tusks and Hair of Mane
Eight Inches Long.
Los Angeles.—On the south side of
San Clements island, John S. Hen-
drickson killed a remarkable sea lion.
Hendrickson had been on the island
about a week with Robert Howland.
During a storm at sea they saw the
monster sea lion fighting its way to
shore. As it flopped upon the rocks,
Hendrickson shot it. It was jet
black in color, which is rare in south-
ern waters where most of these ant-
mals: are tawny, and weighed nearly
1,800 pounds. : =
Great tusks protruded from its
jaws and the Hair of the mane was
eight inches long. The lion meas-
ured more than 16 feet and the hide
is said to be worth $500.
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10,000-Mile Chase for Prisoner.
New York—When the steamer Nile
from South American ports reached
her pier February 4, Police Sergeant
D. F. Dooley, of Chicago, disembark-
ed with a prisoner for whom he
had had a chase of 10,000 miles or
more. The prisoner was Charles E.
Brander, who Sergeant Dooley said
left Chicago last year under charges
of having taken several thousand dol-
lars which he had obtained as a col-
lector for the American Express Com-
pany.
Vast Sum Is Given.
Washington.—Funds raised by the
relief organization for the earthquake
victims in Italy have reached a total
of $3,641,000, this sum representing
the contributions which poured in
from all quarters through the three
leading organizations, the American
National Red Cross, the Italian Gove
ernment committee and the Italian
Red Cross.
Lincoln Cabin Is Moved.
Louisville—In preparation for the
observation of the Lincoln centenary
at the birthplace of the emancipator,
near Hodgenville, Ky., the cabin in
which Lincoln was born, was removed
to the memorial farm. This cabin,
which was on exhibition in Louisville
during Kentucky's home coming week
in’ 1906, has been stored since In a
warehouse.
" Shooting in Court.
national memorial ‘to: Lincoln there’
may be built a highway - from Wash-
ington city to the battlefield of Get-
tysburg,. Pa., to be. known ~ as “The
Lincoln Way.” An appropriation of
.$50,000 is made for a survey of plans
and estimates for such highway.
Knox ‘Lincoln Way” Goes Through.
Washington. — Without amendment
the senate passed the house of repre
sentatives bill making February 12,
1909, the 100th anniversary of the
birth of Abraham Lincoln, a special
legal holiday. The bill also author-
izes $50,000 for a survey for the Lin-
coln Way, the proposed Gettysburg-
Washington boulevard fathered by
Senator Knox.
. 200 Perish in Floral Flame.
Canton, China.—At least 200 lives
were lost in a fire which occurred in
a fleet of flower boats. The charred
bodies of 170 victims already have
been recovered, but many persons are
still missing.
Senators by Popular Vote.
Indianapolis.—The Senate adopted
a resolution calling for the election
of United States Senators by popular
vote.
Railroad to Move a Town.
Winnipeg Manitoba.— Cowley, in
Canadian Pacific railroad,
miles south of its present location.
necessary. The railroad will
the entire expense.
| ing physician says the cat had an un-
| mistakable case of diphtheria.
months as heretofore.
Southern Alberta, a small town on the
will be
transported bodily to a new site two
Regrading on the Crows Nest pass |
line made the moving of the town
pay
The Nevada State Assembly passed
a bill providing that applicants for
divorce in Nevada must be residents
of the State two years instead of six
Gatesville, Tex.—Using an automa-
tié revolver, Miss Verna Ware; daugh-
ter of a farmer, fired repeatedly into
a crowded court . room, Killing John
Hanes, a merchant, of Jonesboro, for
whom the bullets were intended, and
probably fatally «wounded... James
Smith and David Ross, by-standers.
A R. Wiley, .Jr., another by-stander,
| was seriously wounded. =
Forty-Seven Drown in Shipwreck.
Meibourne.—The British steamer
Clan Ranald is a total wreck near
Edithburg and the captain and 46 of
the crew, most of whom were Asia-
tics, were drowned. Eighteen mem-
bers of the crew, including 12 coolies;
were picked up. The Clan Ranald
was struck by a heavy sea and ren-
dered unmanageable.
driven ashore, she turned turtle.
Carrie Nation Smashing Abroad.
~ London.—Carrie Nation became ac-
quainted- with. the London police
courts when she was fined $7.50 for
thrusting her umbrella . through a
window of a car on the underground
railway upon which a cigarette adver-
tisement was pasted. When the mag-
istrate announced the amount of the
fine Mrs. Nation said: “Thank you;
I exvnected it would cost me more.”
Schwab to Build Warships.
San Francisco—The Union Iron
Drydock Company, capitalized at
$2,000,000, filed articles of incorpora-
tion. The object of the corporation
is to purchase or construct drydocks
and other similar ctructures and t o
bid for government and private ship-
building and repair work. This is
the company recently organized by
Charles M. Schwab.
: St. Joseph, Mo.—A tornado demol-
ished the Tremont hotel and several
buildings at Macon, Mao. :
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