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WORLD CONGRESS
ON CONSERVATION
One May" Result From American
Conference Held in Capital.
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ROOSEVELT MAKES AN ADDRESS
‘€anadians and Mexicans Agree That
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Boundary Limit.
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Washington.—Conservation co-oper-
ation of worldwide scope was the key-
mote of an address of President Roose-
welt made at the White House before
ihe delegates in attendance upon the
North American conservation confer-
ence. This sentiment was reflected
also in addresses of those who partic-
fpated in the day's proceedings.
Characterizing the movement as of
the “utmost importance to the world
at large,” President Roosevelt im-
pressed the representatives of this
government, Canada and Mexico with
the momentous possibilities of the
work which has brought about this as-
semblage. After the opening of the
session President Roosevelt express-
ed the hope to Secretary cf State Ba-
eon that a universal conservation con-
‘gress, in which all nations shail be
fnvited to participate, should become
a reality in the no distant future. It
‘is not unlikely that the president may
take stcps to bring about such a meet-
ng.
World Supply Vanishing.
In this connection officials call at- |
tention to the report of the royal com-
mission on forestation of Great Bri- |
tain, before which experts stated that |
in less than 30 years there would be
no timber available unless the differ-
ent countries of the world set about
replanting immediately.
The delegates to the conference
gathered in the East room of the
White House, members of the cabi-
net, supreme court justices, diplo-
mats and members:of both houses of
esongress also being present. The
president .in his address to the gath-
ering said:
“I feel that this conference is one
ef the important steps that have been
faken in recent years looking toward
the harmonious co-operation between
the nations of the earth for the com-
mon advancement of all.
“The international relations I think
that the great feature of the growth
of the last century has been the mu-
tual recognition of the fact that in-
stead of it being normally to the in-
terest of one nation to see another
depressed it is normally to the inter-
est cf each nation to see the other
uplifted.
“I am anxious to do all in my pow-
er to work in harmony for the com-
mon good of all instead of each work-
ing to get something at the expense of
the other. Ultimately each of us
will profit immeasurably if, instead of
striving to advance by trampling
down the other, each strives to ad-
vance together for the common ad-
w¥ancement.”
L No Limit to Movement.
* After the president's address the
conference proceeded to the diplo-
matic room of the state department,
where an address of welcome was
made by Gifford Pinchot, chairman
of the American delegation. The vis-
iting commissioners made responses.
Secretary Wilson, in a brief address,
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that the cotton boil weevil and cot-
ton tick would be entirely eradicated.
Canada, said Commissioner Sidney
Fisher, had watched with the closest
attention and interest the conserva-
tion movement in the United States.
He expressed the conviction that his
country could learn much of benefit
from the United States. Romulo Es-
eobar, cne of the Mexican commis-
sioners, declared the conservation
movement would find no boundary
¥Yine, but eventually would prevail in
all countries. : :
A dark picture of the alleged wan-
ton destruction of American forests
was painted by Senator Smoot of
WYtah, who declared that Mexico would
¥earn the lesson from this waste of
one cf our natural resources to pre-
serve its vanishing forests. Senator
TOBACCO MONOPOLY
American Company Expands Capital
Twelvefold; Controls Four
Fifths of Output.
Washington, D. C.—In a report
Herbert Knox Smith, Commissioner
of Corporations, presents some inter-
the “Tobacco Combination,” which, in
the magnitude of its business opera-
tions, is America.
ports will deal with ‘the control of the
tobacco industry, with - prices and
profits and with competitive methods.
In his letter of transmittal, Commis-
sioner Smith ‘says:
Starting "in 1890 -as the American
Tobacco Company, a manufacturer of
cigarets, with a capital of $25,000,000,
the combination has now a net capi-
talization (excluding inter-company
holdings) of $316,346,821. It has ab-
sorbed about 250 separate concerns,
and now controls substantially four-
fifths of the output of each importont
kind of tobacco manufactured in the
United States, with the exception of
cigars. - r
The report discusses at length the
methods by which the tobacco com-
bination has been developed, includ-
ing the “bogus independent concerns’’
of the combination. It points out
clearly that “the leading purpose of
the men who have controlled it has
been to dominate ‘the tobacco indus-
try.’ The report contains not only
the details of the financial operations
of the combination in its rise, but also
many interesting sidelights on the
schemes employed to make the com-
bination paramount in the tobacco in-
dustry.
GERONIMO DEAD
Indian Chief Who Made
Trouble Passes Away.
Famous
Lawton, Okla.—Geronimo, the noted
Apache Indian chief, died of pneu-
monia at Fort Sill, where he had
been confined as a prisoner-of-war
for several years.
Geronimo was buried in the Indian
cemetery by Christian missionaries,
he having professed religion three
years ago.
Geronimo was captured with his
band at Skeleton canyon, Ariz. 22
years ago, having surrendered to
General Nelson A. Miles, after a
3,000-mile chase.
At the time of his death Geronimo
was 86 years old. One daughter, Lo-
la, who lives in Oklahoma, survives
him.
Washington.—“Geronimo was one
of the brightest, most resolute, most
determined-looking men whom I have
ever encountered,” said General Nel-
son A. Miles, the noted Indian chief-
tain’s captor, commenting upon inci-
dents connected with his surrender.
“He had the clearest, sharpest eye
I think I have ever seen, unless it
was that of General Sherman when
he was at the prime of life and just
at the close of the great war. Every
movement indicated power, energy
and determination. In _ everything
he did he had a purpose.
“Of course.” continued General;
Miles, “after being hunted over those
desolate Arizona ° valleys, mountain
crests and dark ravines until he was
worn out, he was anxious to make
the best terms possible.”
REPORT ARMY MEASURE
Appropriatian Bill Provides Increase
Aggregating $4,783,056.
Washington.—The army appropria-
tion bill, which was reported to the
Senate, carries $102,509,000, an in-
crease of $7,783,056 over the amount
as it passed the house. The princi-
pal items of increase are as follows:
Increase pay of enlisted men,
$1,248,010; pay of officers of the line,
$108,800;longevity pay of enlisted
men, $150,000; pay of officers in med-
ical department, $151,100; pay of re-
tired officers on active service, $150,-
000; pay of retired enlisted men,
$200,000; encampment and maneuv-
ers of crganized militia, $175,000; bar-
racks and quarters, $1,500,000; trans-
poration of the army and its supplies,
$382,846; military and post roads in
Alaska, $350,000; buildings on Corre-
gidor island, Philippines, $250,000.
The only item of importance strick-
en from the bill is $350,000 for bar-
racks and quarters in the Philippine
islands.
New'ands prophesied that the move-
«+. ment would find a constantly increas-
- dng momentum, and that
the idea |
would :live and find its perfection in
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Washington.—The house of repre. |
gy over the legislative appropriation |
®ill, in connection with the salary of
the secretary of state, which involves |
the eligibility of Senator Knox, by |
sending the bill to conference and au-
thorizing the committee to consider |
the salary provision as if in disagree-
ment. This gives the committee pow-
er to reduce the pay from $12,000 to
$8,000.
After tbe resolution
Bill ba k to conference had been pass-
ed Mr. Fitzgerald of New York of- |
fered a resolution. instructing the con- |
ferees to disagree with the senate cn |
the increase of the state department’s
staff. On a rising vote it was beat-
en by 110 yeas to 130 nays. Before
the result could be announced a roll
eall was demanded and the resolution
then carried bya vote of 151 to 144.
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Twining =t Last Goes to Prison.
‘Freehold, N. J—Albert C. Twining,
former president of the wrecked Mon-
mouth Trust & Safe Deposit Compa-
ny of Asbury Park, was taken from
here to the State prison at Trenton to
begin serving a six-year term. Twin-
ing was convicted several years ago
of exhibiting false minutes of a meet-
ing of the trust company’s directors
#0- a bank examiner.
President in message to congress
recommended federal children’s bu-
eau.
TARIFF CONFERENCE ENDS
Members Resolve to Continue Work
for Commission.
Indianapolis—The national tariff
| commission convention adjourned on
the 18th after a session which its of-
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ficials and delegates assert has mark- |
ed a new epoch in tariff making in
this country.
That the action of the convention
in its demand for the creation of a
permanent tariff commission will bear
fruit in congressional action towarl
the same measure is confidently as-
serted by its membership.
It is expected that the stand of the
gathering in demanding that congress
take action toward revision of the |
tariff during its special session will
dissipate rumors that its real pur-
| pose was to delay immediate revision. |
Dying in Great Numbers.
Brussels.—The gravest news has
been received of devastation caused
by floods in the lower Kongo.
factories and villages have heen de- |
stroyed everywhere. The inhabi-
tants have been ruined and are dy-
ing in great numbers.
MILES OF WIRE DOWN
Recent Storms Were the Worst of
Kind in History.
Chicago.—In point of damage done
it was learned the storms of Satur-
day, Sunday and Monday of last week
were the worst ever experienced by
the telegraph companies and the
railroads. Thousand upon thou-
sands of poles are still down and
hundreds of miles of wire are pros
trate.
esting history of the organization of
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TEMPERMICE BIL
PISSED BY HOUSE
Liquor Adopted.
‘CANNON IN REFORM RANKS.
Senate Passes Naval Bill, Keeping
- Marines Feature and Restoring
"Big Ship Clause.
Washington.—Liquor legislation was
the subject of consideration in the
house February 17. When the penal
code bill was taken up, Representa-
tive Humphreys ~ offered an amend-
ment, agreed upon by house leaders,
to regulate the interstate shipment
of intoxicating liquor. eke, a
The amendment, which is:the Knox
bill that+vpassed the senate, forbids
the transportation of liquors in*inter-
state commerce unless it is consign-
ed to bona fide consignees and unless
the package is labeled plainly with
the name of the consignee and the
exact character of the contents is
shown. The amendment prohibits
shipments of liquor C. O. D.
Mr. Bartholdt of Missouri, sought
to amend the amendment so as to in-
clude “cider, so-called temperance
drinks and beverages containing more
than 3 per cent of alcohol.” The
Bartholdt amendment was voted
down 32 to 94. The Humphreys
amendment was then adopted 129 to
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Speaker Cannon took his place on
the floor and voted every time with
the “temperance” forces.
The naval bill, carrying. total ap-
propriations of about $136,000,000 was
passed by the senate after having
been under consideration for three
days. The bill was changed by the
restoration of the house provision for
two battleships of 26,000 tons dis-
placement to cost $6,000,000 each.
An ineffectual effort was made to
defeat the amendment for the restor-
ation of the marine corps to battle-
ships and cruisers of the navy, which
was placed in the measure while the
senate was proceeding in the com-
mittee of the whole. A
Cummins Defends Roosevelt.
Senator LaFollette severely criti
cised the methods of the navy, de-
claring that senatorial influence ‘in
the work of the department caused
an unbusinesslike development of
navy yards and stations.
Discussing the action of the senate
in restoring the marine corps to the
battleships in “connection with the
naval appropriation - bill, Senator
Cummins of Towa, in a vigorous de-
fense of President Roosevelt declar-
ed that the provision would be ac-
cepted as a rebuke to the president.
This statement _ Senator Hale re-
sented, and in doifig so declared that
Feongress” wascacting within its well
Established “authority. Mr. Hale said
congress simply exercised its natural
control, certainly equal to the con-
trol of the president, over the navy
department.
COKE OUTLOOK BETTER
Spot Furnace Rate Higher Than One
Week Ago.
Connellsville, Pa.—Within the last
ten days leading furnace interests
have made engagements for coke ag-
gregating 165,000 tons covering 1909
and some for 1910. Aggregate pro-
duction increased more than 8,000
tons during the week, while the ship-
ments remained practically station-
ary, as compared with the previous
week.
Total shipments are still running
well toward a 10,000 cars per week
rate. Last week’s shipments includ-
ed several hundred cars of standing
coke, resulting in a reduction of loads
of stock below 1,000 cars. Opera-
tors are receiving an increasing num-
ber of inquiries and prices are show-
ing showing a decided tendency to-
warl stiffening. Spot furnace coke
is higher than one week ago. z
Four Children Drowned.
Providence, R. I.—Four children,
three of one family, were drowned
in the village of Norwood, about six
miles from this city.
LINCOLN’S HEAD ON COINS
Will Replace That of Mary Cunning-
ham on One-Cent Pieces.
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Washington.—As soon as the United
States mint, at Philadelphia can turn
| them out, new one-cent pieces will be
issued to take™the place of the famil-
iar copper pieces bearing the Mary
Cunningham head that have been in
circulation for generations.
President Roosevelt approved the
design for the new penny, which is to
be executed according to the design
made by Victor B. Brenner, of New
York. In place of the Mary Cunning-
ham, or “liberty head, will appear the
head of Lincoln, and on the trans-
verse side will appear the words;
“One cent,” as at present.
Throughout the States of Indiana;
| Ohio, New York, West Virginia, Penn-
| sylvania, Maryland, New Jersey, Dela
| ware and all of New England, tele:
| graphic service was curtailed and in
| sections discontinued. F
| The meeting of the Eastern pig iron
| producers in New York developeed
| the fact that the demand among pipe
| makers and founders is improving.
Bank President Convicted.
W. W. Ramsey, president of the
German National bank of Pittsburg,
was convicted of bribery on the
charge that he gave $17,000 to a mem-
ber of council to influence that body
to make the bank a depository of city
funds.
Helena, Mont.—The house reconsid”
ered its vote whereby the miscegena-
tion measure was defeated and it was
sent back to general file. The bill
prohibits the inter-marriage of whites
and Mongolions.
Measure Affecting Shipments of
« THREE HUNDRED PERISH
STARTED BY PICTURE MACHINE
The Building Was Entirely of Wood
and Had Only Three
Small Exits.
Mexico City.—Between 250 and 300
people were burned to death and
many were injured in a fire ‘which
destroyed the ‘Flores theater in the
city of Acapulco on the night of Feb-
ruary 14. The news of the disaster
reached this capital the following
afternoon, telegraphic communication
with Acapulco having been destroyed
owing to the fact that the telegraph
office, adjoining the theater, was
burned and all wires put out of com-
mission.
The Flores theater was a wooden
structure and over 1,000 people had
crowded into it to witness a special
performance given in honor of Gov-
ernor Damian Flores of the State of
Guerro, who was visiting the post at
that time.
- One of the numbers of the pro-
gram consisted of a series of moving
pictures. While the operator was
exhibiting these, a film caught fire
and a blaze was quickly communicat-
ed to some bunting which had been
used for decorative purposes.
In an incredibly short time the
flames spread to all parts of the
structure. There were but three
narrow exits and the panic-stricken
audience rushed to them, many fall-
ing to be crushed to death, their
bodies choking the way of escape to
others.
The screams of those imprisoned
were terrifying. Owing to the rapid”
ity with which the fire spread and
its intense heat, it was impossible to
attempt rescue work and those im-
prisoned were literally roasted alive,
as the fire burned with little smoke
and few were suffocated. The ef-
forts of the fire department were
confined to attempting to save .the
adjoining buildings and they succeed-
ed so that the property loss was
small. The telegraph office, postof-
fice and custom office were damaged,
but all of the government records
and registered mail was saved.
Pitiful scenes of grief are being
enacted on the streets of the little
westcoast port. Men, women and
children are wandering from place to
place, hunting for relatives and
friends. Many of the dead are from
the first families of the state, the af-
fair at the theater being a social
event of considerable importance and
calling out the wealthiest and oldest
families for miles around.
In some instances entire families
were wiped out of existence. The
municipal authorities caused large
trenches to be dug and into these the
remains of the dead were laid. Ac-
cording to telegrams received from
there, recognition of the dead has
been an impossibility owing to the
fact that the bodies were burned, in
most cases, to a crisp.
. Telegrams sent to the American
qonsul at Acapulco by the Associated
Press asking for the names of the
American dead have as yet not been
replied to. . : :
Acapulco, on the west coast of the
State of Guerrero, is cne of the three
important ports of the P.cific coast
of Mexico. Nearly all of the steam-
er lines make it a port of call and
the harbor is accounted the best in
Mexico.
WARRANTS FOR PUBLISHERS
New York and Indianapolis Newspa-
per Men Are indicted.
Washington.—Bench warrants were
issued for the arrest of Joseph Pul-
itzer, Caleb M. Van Hamm and Rob-
ert H. Lyman of New York, proprie-
tor and editor of the New York
World, and for Delevan Smith and
. Charles R. Williams, owners of the
Indianapolis News, for criminal libel
in connection with the publication in
those newspapers of charges of irre-
gularities in the purchase by the
United States government of the
Panama canal property from the
French owners.
The indictments on which the war-
rants were based were returned by
the United States grand jury sitting
in this city. The summons requires
the corporate defendant (the Press
Publishing Company of New York)
to appear in court forthwith to an-
swer the indictment.
Theodcre Roosevelt, William H.
Taft, Elihu Root, J. Pierpont Mor-
gan, Charles P. Taft, Douglas Robin-
son and ‘William Nelson Cromwell
are named in the indictments as the
persons alleged to have been villified
by the stories appearing in the two
newspapers.
Glass Workers Enjoined.
Sandusky, O.—Alleging officers of
the National Window Glass Workers’
Union have been intimidating former
members of the local union who re-
cently signed an agreement to return
to work in the Sandusky factory, the
Enterprise Glass Company of this
city has begun action to enjoin .the
officers of the National Window Glass
Workers from continuing this prac-
tice. Judge Reed has granted a tem-
porary injunction.
Cuba to Start Lottery.
Havana.—A bill to establish a na-
tional lottery for the purpose of in-
creasing the national revenues was
introduced in congress.
provides for the emission of tickets
to the amount of $5,000,000 annually
for three years. It was referred to
committee.
Canal Cost $375,000,000.
Washington.—Chairman Goethals of
the Isthmian canal commission, ap-
peared before the sub-committee of
the house committee on appropria-
tions, which is preparing the sundry
civil bill. Colonel Goethals explain-
ed the estimates for appropriations
for 1910. He spoke emphatically in
favor of the lock system for the
canal. The cost of the canal he fig-
ured at $375,000,000, including the
original purchase price, but not in-
cluding interest on the money.
The bill}
PROPLSE 10 PROTECT
THE PAGFG COST
| Senate Wants Ha'f the Fleet on
Western Coast.
MATTER LEFT TO PRESIDENT
Size and Cost of New Battleships Re-
duced from Original Estimates
in House Provision.
Washington. — One-half of the
United States navy should be kept on
the Pacific coast at all times is the
opinion of the senate. An amend-
ment to the naval appropriation bill
was agreed to in committee of the
whole, providing that in the discre-
tion of the president one-half of the
navy shall be kept in Pacific waters,
so far as practicable.
The president already has the au-
thority to so divide the fleet, but the
amendment amounts to an expression
of congress in favor of such action.
As introduced originally, the division
of the navy was mandatory.
“Would half of the fleet on the Pa-
cific coast keep the Japanese out of
California?” asked Senator Nelson.
“I think so,” replied Mr. Flint.
Urging the adoption of the provi-
sion, Mr. Fulton declared that there
are great interests on the Pacific
coast which need protection and that
there is more danger of attacks being
made on that coast than on the Atlan-
tic seaboard.
At Mr. Hale’s suggestion, the pro-
vision was amended so as to leave
the question of the division to the sec-
retary of the navy, and later this was
amended at Mr. Bacon’s suggestion so
as to give the discretion to the presi-
dent.
Another amendment adopted limits
the size of the two battleships author-
ized to 21,000 tons and their cost, ex-
clusive of armament, to $4,500,000
each. The house provision was for
two first-class battleships to cost, ex-
clusive of armor or armament, not ex-
ceeding $6,000,000 each. It was the
idea to costruct ships of 26,000 tons
displacement.
KING OPENS PARLIAMENT
Unemployed Make Demonstration and
Suffragettes Parade.
London.—A greater crowd than
usual gathered at Westminster on the
16th for the state opening of parlia-
ment by King Edward, who was ac-
companied by Queen Alexandra, the
prince and princess of Wales and
other members of the royal family.
‘While the state pageant was afford-
ing a brilliant spectacle in the vicinity
of Westminster, the other side of the
picture was on view in the neighbor-
hood of Oxford circle, where the half-
starved wives and female dependents
of the unemployed gathered to the
number of 7,000 or 8,000 and paraded
through the streets. They were led
by a band playing the “Marseillaise.”
During the procession the windows of
some jewelry dealers in Oxford street
were smashed, but the police were so
numerous that nothing was stolen.
Propaganda by airships, the latest
.and most ambitious exploit of the mil-
itant woman suffragists, did not work
well, An 80-foot airship manned by
Percival Spencer, the aeronaut, and
Miss Muriel Matters, went up at Hen-
don coincident with the opening of
parliament and headed toward Lon-
don. It was decorated with flags and
Miss Matters was plentifully supplied
with hand bills. Tt was the intention
to pass over Westminster and dis-
tribute suffragist literature, but the
feeble motor was not able to cope
with the adverse winds and the air-
ship never got within sight of the
house of commons. . After an erratic
flight it descended at Croydon.
Rear Admiral Green Dead.
Washington.—Rear Admiral James
G. Greenfi United States navy, retired,
died at Edeaton, N. C. + He was born
at Jamaica Plains, Mass., in 1841, and
entered the naval service in 1861. He
‘was transferred to the retired list in
1901. His last active duty was the
command of the cruiser New Orleans.
Thirty-Two Are Rescued.
New Castle, Eng.—After rescue
work had progressed all night in the
shaft of the colliery at West Stanley,
where a disastrous explosion occurred
the previous afternoon, entombing
nearly 200 men, the mine was clear-
ed as far as the second level, where
32 men were found alive. Most of
them, however, ware severely injur-
ed. The force of the explosion was
so terrific that although the upper
level, where it occurred, is 840 feet
deep, flames leaped 50 feet above the
pit mouth on the surface. °
Boy of 14 Gets 10 Years.
Worcester, Mass.— “Not less ‘than
10 years in state’s prison” was the
sentence imposed by the supreme
court upon Robert W. Krantz, 14 years
old, for killing his playmate, W. B.
Jones, .two months ago in order that
he might gain possession of a revolver
which the Jones boy owned.
- Miss Laura A. Hecox has kept the
light at Santa Cruz, Cal., for 27 years,
during which time it has never once
failed, nor has a single ship been lost
off Santa Cruz.
Local Ontion for Idaho.
Boise, Idaho.—The local option bill
passed by the senate was accepted
by the house by a vote of 33 to 13.
The bill now goes to Governor Brady,
who has announced his intention of
signing it.
Harriman interests are said to have
purchased the Clinchfield, Carolina &
Ohio Railroad, just completed from
the Virginia coal field through John-
son City to a connection with the Sea-
board Air line at Bostic, N. C., 208
miles.
MISSOURI COLLECTS OiL FINE
Waters-Pierce Company
Obeys the Mandate of the State
Supreme Court.
Jefferson City, Mo. — Henry 8.
Priest of St. Louis and H. Clay -
Pierce, chairman of the board of the
Waters-Pierce Oil Company, filed in
the Supreme Court of Missouri an ac-
ceptance of the terms imposed upon
the company by the recent ouster or-
der of the court. The fine of $50,000
was paid. Payment of the fine was
made by the tender of a certified
check for $50,000 to the clerk of the
court. : . a
On the ground that the Waters.
Pierce Oil Company of Missouri has
not complied with the ouster decree
of the supreme court of the State in
an answer filed, Attorney General
Major Will filed with the court &
suggestion that the ouster be made
effective against the concern. « This
course was agreed upon after con-
ferences between the attorney gener-
al, Governor Hadley and former At
torney General John Kennish, who
assisted Hadley in the original pre-
sentation of the case. o
ONE DEAD, SIX HURT
Freeight Train Is Wrecked at Monte.
cene Bridge, Near Baton Rouge.
Baton Rogue, La. — One was
killed and six injured, at least one
of them fatally, when a southbound
freight train on the Louisiana Rail
way & Navigation Company’s line
was wrecked at Montecene bridge,
four miles north of Baton Rouge.
The dead— Bud Robertson, brake-
man.
At a point about 500 feet north of
the trestle spanning Montecene
creek, the tender of the engine, which
was running backwards, struck a
cow. The engine plunged from the
trestle, carrying with it the entire
train to the ground below,. a -dis-
tance of 35 feet.
Ten freight cars and an equal num-
ber of dirt cars were piled upon
each other, a mass of splintered
wreckage.
TRAIN WRECKED ON TRESTLE
Four. Killed and 36 Injured on lllinole
Central.
Murpheysboro, I11.—Four passengers
were killed and 36 injured when an
Illionis Central train, bound from St.
Louis to New Orleans, was wrecked
on a trestle by running into a broken
rail six miles east of Murpheysboro.
The dead are: Mrs. Grace Perry,
Carbondale, Ill.; Sheriff Alden and
Mrs. Alden, Union county, Illionis,
and B. Brinkley, Carbondale. .
The injured include the Rev. H. M.
McClellan of Murpheysboro and 16
members of the Perry Hastins show
troupe, slightly hurt, and Miss Helen
Yellowe of the show troupe, back in-
jured, seriously. None of the injured
will die.
PROPOSES ADVISORY BODY
Rivers and Harbors Bill Provides for
a Waterways Commission.
Washington.—A waterways com-
mission to consist of seven members
of the house and five members of the
senate is provided for by the $10,000,-
000 rivers and harbors bill. +
It will be an advisory body, the
scope of its work being similar to
that of the present monetary commis-
sion. The proposed 35-fcot channel
survey for the Delaware river is
provided for in the bill as it stands,
but final action on the surveys has
not been taken by the full commit-
tee.
HUGE QUAKE LOCATED
It Was in Persia, Destroying 60 Vil-
lages and 5,000 Lives.
Teheran, Persia. — The violent
earthquake recorded January 23 at
almost every scientific observatory in
the world was in the province of Lu-
ristan, in Western Persia. Sixty
villages in that district were wholly
or partially destroyed and the loss of
life is placed between 5,000 and 6,000.
San Juan, Puerto Rico.—Heavy
earthquakes were felt throughout
Puerto Rico and the Danish Islands
at 3 o'clock on the morning of Feb-
ruary 17.
Colliding Ships Sink.
Algiers.—An unknown sailing ves-
sel rammed the Belgian steamer Aus-
tralia during a storm near Alboran
Island in the Mediterranean, 100 miles
from Gibraltar. Both vessels found-
ered. The total loss of life was 30,
14 men from the sailing vessel and
16 from the Australia.
Ogdensburg, N. Y.—Eight China-
men were captured here having walk-
ed across the St. Lawrence river on
the ice from Canada. They arrived
at the border from Montreal on the
midnight train and were piloted here
by an Indian. All the- Chinamen
had their cues cut off and wore Amer-
ican clothes.
Pennsy to Spend $125,000 .
Plans have been prepared by the
Pennsylvania Railroad for the erec-
tion of a large boiler planfisat Reno-.
va, Pa., to cost about $125,000. Work
will be started at once.
It was stated that the business of
the Union Switch and Signal Com-
pany so far this year has been much
better than for the corresponding
period of last year.
House Passes Salary Bill.
Washington. — Congress removed
the disability which prevented Sena-
tor P. C. Knox from accepting the
portfolio of State by passing the
senate bill to reduce the salary of
that office from $12,000 to $8,000. The
way now being free for Mr. Knox to
enter the Cabinet.
* William A. Magee, Republican, was
elected Mayor of Greater Pittsburg by
a plurality of 30,000 over William H.
Stevenson, Civic and G. R. Herst,
Democrat.
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