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CANNON STILL LEADER
Although Not a Member, Speaker
Controls Nsw Rules Committeo.
GET NOTHING
Four Democrats and Six Republicans Make Up
Committee on Rales and the Republicans
Axe AH Political Followers of Cannon.
Washington, D. C The houseelect
fj the nev.- rules committee, com
bed of six regular republicans and
four democrats, and elected Repre
sentative John Dalzell of Pennsylva
nia as chairman. That Speaker Can
non v,;u continue to dominate this
committee without half trying is very
videlv admitted.
If anvthing further were needed to
chow the power exerted by the speak
er in the naming of the republican
members of the committee, it was
jr'ade abundantly plain by a story
which cropped out.
Representative ck Longworth of
Ohio was originally put forward for
a place. His name was on the list
submitted to the speaker for approval
b"- him Mr. Longworth's name was
stricken by Speaker Cannon with the
remark:
'The young man has been too free
in criticising my speech of last Sat
urday night."
Reference was had to the speaker's
address before the Illinois Republi
can Association, in which he ripped
the insurgents up one side and down
the other! calling them cowards and
spineless creatures.
The insurgents are not represented
nn the committee. They decided to
abide by the caucus, and in tne cau
cus were overwhelmingly outnumber
ed. The following close friends oi
Speaker Cannon and members of the
regular wing of the party are the re-,
publican members of the new rules
committee.
Walter I. Smith of Iowa, 168 votes;
John Dalzell of Pennsylvania, 14fc
votes; George P. Lawrence of Mas
sachusetts, 123 votes; J. Sioat Fas
sett of New York, 113 votes ; Syl
vester C. Smith of California,, 13(
votes; Henry S. Bouteell of Illinois,
10S votes.
Harmony prevails in the democratic
camp. The dove of pea.ee hover;
over the caucus held to select the
four minority members of the rules
committee. The autmost good feeling
characterized the session, and if any
thing else were needed to proe tha
the democratic organization in the
house again presents a united front,
it was the personnel of the committee
ccosen.
Following are the democratic mem
bers chosen for the rules committee
and the vote in caucus for each:
Champ Clark of Missouri, 125; Os
car Underwood of Alabama, 102; John
Fitzgerald of Now York, 98; Lincon
Dixon of Indiana, SI3.
VOLCANO IS ACTIVE.
NEW KIND OF MEAT.
Jungit Animalr May Appear On Me
nus of United States.
Washington, D. C. The introduc
tion of the hippopotamus, the rhinoc
eros, the camel, the eland, the spring
bok, the trekbok, the dikdik, the coo
doo, the giraffe and other African an
imals into America as a solution ot
the problem of food supply was sug
gested by speakers before the house
committee on agriculture.
Captain Fritz Duquesne, a Boer;
Dr. V. x. Erwin of the bureau of
plant industry of the department of
agriculture, and Major Buruham, who
has spent years in Africa, and accom
panied former President Koosevelt on
part of his travels, argued in. favor
of the Broussard bill to import wild
and domestic animals into the United
States. Such animals, according to
the bill, must prove useful, either as
rood or as beasts of burden. All oi
the witnesses declared that many oi
the animals in Africa easily could be
raised in this country.
RUSSIA EXPELLING" JEWS.
"umber of Expulsions Greater .Than
Ever Before Recorded.
New York Citv. The American
Jewish committee announced here
that it had reopivpri aAvinpa frnm
trustworthy sources in Berlin stating
iuu me expulsion of Jews from va
nous cities in Russia ha3 reached a
magnitude never heretofore attained,
lormerly those thrpatpnorl with t.
Pulsion at the caprice of" local govern
ors were ahlp tn srtxt nmt&rtinrt
through the ministry of the interior,
wuereas now, it is stated, the minis
try itself is issuing the ordeis for
"puibion. Hundreds of families, ac-
rumg to advices, that have lived foj
years in Kief, Riga, Kasan and Wore
Eesch, are being driven out.
Mount Aetna, In Sidly, Is Belching Flood of
Red-Hot Lava.
Catania, Sicily; a red-hot river of
lava, one thousand two hundred feet
wide and twenty-four feet high, swept
down the slopes of Mount Aetna, de
stroying all life in its path, and turn
ing the fertile country into a scene
of desolation. Fully five thousand
are homeless, their homes destroyed
or menaced by the sweep of the lava.
In twenty-four hours it advanced
six miles, and half a dozen villages
and settlements have been wiped out
of existence or abandoned and thous
ands of acres of cultivated land turn
ed into a smoking waste covered with
the molten mass that pours from a
dozen craters.
The constant rumblings which have
marked the eruption since it started
have increased in volume and the
earthquakes become more frequent.
The ground is in almost a constant
tremble. More than seventy distinct
shocks have been recorded.
Troops are rushing to the threaten
ed towns to quell the panic and aid
in saving the helpless.
Reports received here stated that
eight soldiers had been killed at San
Remo and RemazzI and that scores ot
inhabitants were injured in those
towns whea the lava reached them
after they had been bombarded by
rocks from the volcano. The village
of Nidolo is burned under a mass oi
lava. Borello, threatened with a
similar fate a matter of a few hours,
was evacuated. Casa del Bosco has
been wiped off the map. Nicolisi, pro
tected by hills, is felt to be safe and
thousands "of refugees have - concen
trated there, but Del Passo is doom
ed. Grassi Is in the path of the lava
river and it was seen that Aderno,
another of the towns on the southern
slope of the mountain, could be sav
ed only by a quick stop in the flow.
The devasting stream is headed
straight for Catania, and this citv of
one hundred and fifty thousand In
habitants, now the second town of
Sicily and one ' of the foremost of
southern Italy, is threatened with the
rate or Pompeii.
A pall of smoke covers the eastern
art of Sicily and extends far out to
sea. In the darkness the shootine
flames of the volcano, geysers of fire,
were visible plainly for many miles.
In SDite of the crave danerer. tour
ists, many of them Americans, are
nocking to the slopes of the mountain
in attemrjts tn scale thp heights. 'Fho
authorities, however, have established
a aead line and no one is allowed to
pass Del Passo.
Although the observatory on the
mountain has been destroyed. Prnfps.
sor Ricco, its chief, is continuing his
observations. He reiterated his dec
laration that, m his opinion, the erup
tion nao but begun.
KNOW POPULATION IN JUNE-
Dr. Durand Thinks He Can Make a
Report by That Time.
Boston, Mass. In looking over the
census field Dr E. Dana Durand, the
national superintendent, said that by
June 1 he hoped to be able to report
the number of inhabitants in the
United States, probably between 88,
000,000 and 91,000,000.
The great army of enumerators,
consisting of seventy-live thousand
men and women, will move on Aprii
15, and will cover the cities in" fifteen
days and the rural sections in thirty
days. It will take four months to
cover the manufacturing interests
and three years to tabulate and study
the vast undertaking.
THE PRICEOF 1GH0RAHCE
Cotton Mills to Curtail.
Boston, Mass. Probably seven mil
lion spindles in the United States will
be stopped within the - next four
months, according to estimates maae
by cotton authorities in this city,
they say that a curtailment of pro
duction amounting to 25 per cent can
not be avoided unless there is a sharp
drop In the price of cotton.
Ten Cents Added to Every Dish.
New York City. The higher cost
of living has hit the pocketbook of
the rich . Several of the best restau
rants announced that hereafter, be
cause of the higher cost of meat, 10
cents would be added to every dish
on the menu so far as meats are con
cerned. River Improvement Meeting Postponed
Apilachicola, Fla. Owing to the
fact that senators and congressmen
working for the development of the
Chipola, Flint, Chattahoochee and Ap
alachicola rivers cannot attend the
proposed meeting of the waterway as
sociation, which was to have been
held in Albany, Ga., during April, it
has been decided to postpone the
meeting until a later date.
Admiral Entwlstle Dead.
New York City. Rear Admiral
John Entwistle, United States navy,
retired, died at his home in Ptearson,
N. J., 73 years old. He was in the
bpjler room of the Montior during tne
famous engagement wit hthe Merri
mac in the civil war.
Neglect oi the Health Laws Cost
600,000 Lives Annually.
HOOK WORHJJHE SOUTH
Bill Advocating Creation of a National Depart
ment of Health Causes Warm Debate
r In Upper House of Congress.
Washington, D. C That six hun
dred thousand lives are sacrificed an
nually on the altar of this country's
ignorance and neglect of sanitary ane
health laws, was asserted , by Senator
Owen in the course of a speech In
the senate in support of his bill cre
ating a department of health with a
cabinet officer at its head.
Mr. Owen's address was based on
the theory that the various healtn
agencies of the government should
be consolidated. He said that while
President Taft had not committee
himself absolutely on the subject,
he was confident he was in sympathy
with the movement.
He declared that with proper at
tention to the prevention of contag
ion and to the protection of the peo
ple against the use of polluted water
and impure and adulterated food, hu
man lite could be greatly extended,
and with all the safeguards applleo
the average might be increased to the
extent of twenty-seven years within
the century.
In addition to the six hundred
thousand cases of fatal illness an
nually, Mr. Owen asserted that an
average of three million of people
were constantly sick In this country
with preventable diseases.
A. statement by Mr. Owen concern
ing the prevalence of the hook worm
in the south aroused much interest
He said he had been informed by a'
expert that 90 per cent of the chil
dren oi one of the southern states
were afflicted with the disease.
"I don't care who the expert is,'
remarked Mr. Mooney of Mississippi,
I don t believe a word he says."
Senator Johnson of Alabama also
took- exception to the statement.
Mr. Owen having asserted that hook
worm could be cured by two doses
of thymol at a cost of 25 cents, Sen
ator Helburn suggested that there
was 11,000,000 "now on tap" for the
eradication of the hook worm.
Mr. Gallinger thought since it had
Become known that there was sc
much money available for chasing the
mysterious hook worm there woulc
be a corresponding increase in the
disease.
In conclusion Mr. Owen spoke o
the prevalence of malaria In Oklaho
ma. He declared that every school
teacner should be armed with a pam
phlet Instructing against the ravages
of poisonous flies and mosquitoes.
Replying to the Oklahoma senator,
Mr. Gallinger expressed the opinioL
that the government should go slow
in establishing a department ol
heatlh. He thought the public health
and marine hospital service and the
health departments of the various
states were doing reasonably well. As
for the contention that the period oi
life could be materially lengthened,
he regarded it "a dream, pure ana
simple."
GOVERNMENT COOK BOOK.
High Cost Facts Induce Government
to Issue Book..
Washington, D. C. Discussion of
the increasing cost of living has
brought to light quite generally that
the cheaper cuts of meats are more
difficult to prepare for the table than
the more expensive portions of the
carcass, due to a lack of knowledge
of how they may be made appetizing
and palatable.
With' a view to providing the house
keepers of the country with practical
suggestions along this line, the United
States Department of Agriculture has
prepared a manual of economy in
meat cooking that contains much
valuable information which will be
issued free. It is known as "Econom
ic Use of Meats in the Home," and
may be had by addressing a request
to the secretary of agriculture, Wasn
ington, D. C. i
The contents cover a variety of
subjects, including fifty recipes of sa
vory dishes, and much general infor
mation, such as:
General methods of preparing
meats.
Utilizing cheaper cuts of meats in
palatable dishes.
A simple but practical method ol
clarifying fats.
Methods of extending the flavor of
meats.
The recipes have 'been selected
from a wide range collected from ap
proved sources, and are all simple
formulas calling for such items ol
food as are ' generally found in every
household and requiring no technical
knowledge to compound.
NO EX-PRESIDENT PENSION.
Senate Committee on Pensions De
CIi,nes to Give Roosevelt a Pension.
Washington, D. C. The senate com
ciittee on pensions agreed to report
wvorably bills to grant pensions of
3,000 a year to Frances Folsom
Cleveland, widow of ex-President Gro
wer Cleveland, and Mary Lord Hai
h, widow of ex-President Benjamin
"arnson. The committee declined
io Place- ex-President Roosevelt on
nftietired list as commander-in-chiel
JinVn army and navy and give hlii
10.000 a year for the remainder of
his hfe.
This bill does not mention Mr.
8velt by name, but applies to "ex
esidents of the United States."
Gen. Bell Injured; Woman Killed.
Washington, D. C. Major General
J. Franklin Bell, chief of staff of the
-n-oo v.aHiv hut nnssiblv not dan-
erously injured, and Mrs. Herbert J.
Slocum, wite oi major dwuuui, ui
seventh cavalry, was almost instantly
killed in an automobile accident on
the Tenauytown roaa.
She Had Sixteen Sons in War.
Moundsville, W. Va Mrs. Sarah
Brandon, aged 109, of this city, hold?
the United States record as the moth
er of the largest number of civil wai
soldiers. No less than 16 of her boys
served in the battles of that war, 14
on the Union side and two with the
Confederates, while her total family
was 25-
KING MENELIK DYING. ,
Regsrt is Guardian of Heir to Abys
. sinian Throne.
Addis Abeba, Abyssinia King Men
is said to be dying. Ras Tesama,
regent, with the approval of the
principal cliiefs, took over the reins
01 government.
pThe regent i3 the guardian ol
"Ho Lidj Jeassu, grandson of th
jng and heir to the throne of. Abys
Baf'6 cap5tal is tranquil and
ieiy of foreigners is assured.
the
Gay Life Revived in Frisco.
San Francisco, Cal- The lid was
lifted in the upper tenderloin and
the long silent orchestras in the cafe
dance halls from Turk to Ofarrell
streets are now playing the rythmic
waltz and the merry two step each
evening, bringing joy to the hearts
to resort keepers. The revival of tb
gay night line in the cafes was made
possible by an order adopted during
the week by the Jioard of police com
missioners on petition of . over three
hundred business men of that section
of the city.
12 DEAD IN FIRE.
Six Story Building in Chicago Proved
Death Trap.
Chicago, III. Twelve persons were
burned to death in a fire which at
tacked the Li. Fish Furniture Compa
pany building here. Forty employes es
caped. A girl who jumped irom
third story window died at a hospi
tal. .
The dead were trapped, on the
fourth, fifth and sixth floors when an
explosion of benzine on the fourth
floor wrapped the building m names
Ladders .were raised to the sixth
floor, the topmost one, In a desper
ate effort to rescue any person who
mieht be alive there. The fire strat
ed from an explosion of benzine.
$500,000 Fund Raised.
New York City. The $500,000 funo
which the American Bible Society has
for more than a year past been seek
ing to raise to get an equal amount
the gift of Mrs. Russell Sage, has
been completed.
There are many thousands of per
sons in all parts of the world contrib
uted amounts-ranging from 10 cents
un to $25,000. There were two sub-
! scriDtions of the latter amount and
; upward of ten thousand of II to $2
I each.
ENGLAND SHIPPING COTTON.
Speculators Are Making an Effort to . Break
the American Market
Speculators Are Making Effort to
Break the Market.
New York City. English specula
tors in cotton who showed their dis-
ike for James A. Patten, the Chicago
speculator, by the recent demonstra
tion on the Manchester Exchange, are
shipping the product back to the
country in an endeavor to break the
market to the. detriment of Patten
and his associates.
Although E. G. Scales, who is work
ing in harmony with Patten, denies
the truth of the report that 10,000
bales have been put aboard ship
ready to sail from Liverpool. In the
meantime. Patten and his supporters
are shipping cotton to the other side
for the spinners' supply, at the same
time keeping quotations here suffi
ciently below those in Liverpool to
prevent English- speculators from
buying the product there and re-sell
ing it here, except at a heavy loss.
ROCKEFELLER'S STATEMENT.
Answer to Criticisms of the Proposed
Foundation.
New York City. On behalf of John
D. Rockefeller, a statement was giv
en out replying to criticisms in con
gress of the Rockefeller foundation.
The statement is by Starr J. Murphy,
Under this bill," says Mr. Murphy,
advisor of the philanthropist.
"the government has all' control.
There is even a special clause in the
bill which provides 'that it shall be
subject to alteration or amendment
or repeal at the pleasure of the con
gress of the United States.V-The foun
dation can never grow beyond govern-
metn control.
"Of course, Mr. Rockefeller has a
right to leave his money as he pleas
es. He could leave all this money to
his children, but he pleases to leave
it to the public. He asks to be allow
ed to leave it for the promotion oi
the well-being and advancement oi
civilization."
WOMEN FIGHT DUEL.
Tennesese Women Carve Each Other.
One Dead; Another Dying.
Kingston, Tenn. Two women, Rosa
Cowan and Nellie Taylor fought a
duel with knives, just after a church
service. Both . women had their
throats cut in the duel, the Cowan
woman dying instantly and the other
being expected to die at any time.
It seems that Felix Kimbrough de
serted the Cowan woman for the oth
er. They met after church and start
ed the fearful duel. A brother of the
Cowan woman wanted to interfere,
but Kimbrough refused to allow him,
and, it is said, pulled a pistol and
ordered that the woman be allowed
to fight it out, which they did with
fearful results.
WETS WIN CHICAGO.
There Will Be No Election on Saloon
Question in Illinois City.
Chicago, III. Chicago has lost its
chance to vote on the saloon question
at the election of April 5, according
to a decision reached by the election
commissioners.
The commissioners decided that the
petition offered by the "drys" to have
the question "shall this city become
anti-saloon territory" put on the bal
lots, lacked sufficient signatures. The
wets" had filed a complaint assert
ing that out of the 74,000 names, 26,-
128 were those of persons not regis
tered. The commissioners sustained
this charge after an investigation.
The prohibitionists admit defeat.
Bubonic Plague in Hawaii.
Honolulu. Hawaii. Bubonic Dlaeue
has reappeared in Hawaii, and 'wo
white girls, daughters of A. B. Lin
say, postmaster at Honokua , and
nieces of Territorial Attorney Gener
al Alexander Linsay, have died of
the disease. Measures have been tak
en by the authorities to stop its
ADVICE TOFARMERS
Spring Agricultural Work for
Southern Planters Outlined.
IMS TO DO THIS HOP
Imong Other Important Things Farmers Are
Urged to Join Corn Clubs and to Encourage
Their Children to Raise Chickens,
Raleigh, N. C. The Progressive
Farmer and Gazette published here
advises southern farmers' to do the
following things this month.
1. See that the seed bed for all
crops is not merely well broken but
thoroughly pulverized by harrowing
and disking An ounce of preparation
may be worth a pound of cultivation.
2. Get ready with weeders and har
rows to kill the grass before it comes
up. Don't be afraid of hurting the
stand. This will not happen.
3. Place orders for all improved
plows, harrows, weeders, cultivators,
and other labor-saving tools and ma
chinery. Get ready to make your
crop with cheap . horse labor instead
af expensive hand labor. ,
4. Don't waste time and sweat on
scrub seed or scrub stock this year.
Improved varieties will pay as well
with field crops as with garden crops.
5. Get; ready to share with the
nrestern farmer his golden flood or
profits in raising hogs and cattle. Firt
of all get an improved breed, and
then arrange to feed economically.
With proper pasture crops both pork
and beef can be made, more cheaply
in the south than in the west.
6. Of the over $50,000,000 spent In
the south for fertilizers each year at
least $10,000,000 Is wasted througn
ignorance of crop needs and soil
needs. Try to stop your part of this
colossal loss.
7. Join in the great corn-raising
revival now sweeping over the south.
The biggest corn, crops the world has
known have been made in the south,
and we are just waking up to the fact
that Dixie can teat the corn belt it
self raising this king of cereals.
8. Don't forget the garden, and
don't make your wife do all the work
in it. Remember, vegetables are
cheaper than meat and more health
ful. 9. We cannot have good fruit now
without spraying. A good spray pump
will often pay for itself the first yeai
in the orchard and potato ; patch.
10. Dray the roads after every rain.
The split-log drag is the cheapest
good roads maker ever invented.
11. Paint the farm house and
whitewash the outbuildings that you
do not care to paint. It will pay you
simply in your increased sense of
pride and dignity.
12. Get your boy to join the Boys
Corn club movement with an acre of
corn, and give your girl a flock of
pure bred chickens. And be sure to
let each one have the money he or
she makes from this allotment
BATTLESHIPS FOR JUNK PILE
War Department Orders 26 War Ves
sels Destroyed.
Charleston, S. C -The Texas, which
is now stationed at the Charleston
navy yard, is one of the twenty-six
vessels consigned to the junk pile by
orders " of the navy department. Hav
ing been built twenty-six years ago,
the Texas, and all the otners, has
been declared "antique from every
measurement of efficiency and war."
All the vessels consigned to the su
perannuated class are those that were
built more than twenty years ago.
The twenty-six protected and unpro
tected cruisers, which are placed un
der ban cost the United States treas
ury, more than $40,000,000; and in
clude the following vessels; Battle
ships,' Texas; protected cruisers, Bal
LATE NEWS NOTES.
Another radical move on the part
of the suffrage advocates which is re
ceiving much attention in the eastern
part of the country is an organization
of college women at Wellesley, Smith,
Vassar, Bryn Mawr, Radcliffe and oth
er colleges for women, the members
of which promise not to get married
until she shall have won over to the
cause at least 500 men.
Rev. J. Wesley Bill of New York,
who has been waging -a pulpit war
fare against socialism has been au
thorized by his congregation to call
a national antisocialistic convention,
for the purpose of inaugurating a nation-wide
campaign against socialis
tic doctrines, through the churches.
Dr. Hill will take personal charge of
the campaign.
William Ochsher in Maysvllle, Ky,
while feeding cattle at a distillery,
was surprised to find a fine gold
watch in the center of a bale of hay,
which he had broken open. The word
"Willie" was engraved on the side of
the time piece. Where the watch
came from no one knows. The hay
was part of a shipment sent from
Cincinnati.
Walter Dennis of Jackson county,
Tennessee, a dead man, was pardoned
by Governor Patterson. The object
of the pardon -was to relieve the fam
ily of the deceased of the necessity of
baying a $50 fine which he had been
sentenced to pay in July, 1905, for
carrying a pistol. It was recommend
ed by both the trial judge and. the at
torney general.
It is reported in Battle Creek, Mich.,
that Montgomery L. Weed of Vicks
burg, Miss., before leaving for Cali
fornia, stated that he would be coun
sel and director with John D. Rocke
feller, Jr., in the work of the recent
ly announced Rockefeller foundatio:
for philanthropic activities.
Newman Erb and associates of
New York, have acquired the Chatta
nooga Southern railroad, a line now
extending from Chattanooga to Gads
den, Ala. It is now in the hands of
receivers. The favorite speculation is
that the Louisville and Nashville will
ultimately reveal an interest in the
transaction, and the long-prophesied
line from Chattanooga to Birmingham
in competition with interests of tne
Southern system will materialize.
A marriage in which the bride was
twelve years of age and the groom
twenty-seven, occurred recently at
Dalton, Ga., the ceremony being per
formed by Rev. Mr. Pitts, at the home
of the bride. Miss May Cody. The
groom is Mr. Tom England. He is a
clerk in a store. The wedding was
a quiet affair. There was no objec
tion raised by the bride's immediate
family.
Washington,
The penury of the weather bureau
has been releived to some extent and
the distribution by telegraph of the
8 p. m. observations which were re
cently discontinued on its various
circuits throughout the country was
resumed March 24. The circulation
of this data referring to the tempera
ture, rainfall, wind velocity and oth
er services was abolished temporarily
by the bureau because of the lack of
funds with which to prosecute its
usual work for the rest of the fiscal
year. The action brought forth pro
tests from many sections of the coun
try. Action taken In the house disclos-
AfTERTIlEGRAfTERS
Grand Jury Lays Bare Bad
Conduct of Officers
THE SYMPATHETIC STRIKE OFF
Union Laborers of Other Organiza-
tions, who Quit Work in Sympathy
With the Carmen, Have Been Order
ed to Return to Work Some Have :
Difficulty in Getting Back Poci- ,
tions. i
Pittsburg, Pa., Special. -The grand
jury have ordered indictments '
against thirty-one present and past
councilmen, and made n demand upon
the directors of the city depositories
to investigate their own boards and
ascertain the bribe-givers in connec
tion with the ordi;ance designating
their institutions as city depositories.
A further result of the present
ments of the jury was the order of
City Comptroller Morrow for the
withdrawal of all city funds from the
six banks, and the practical nullifi
cation of the ordinance designating
them 33 custodians of city funds.
There is about $3,640,320 in these
banks now, and this would be in
greased many millions during next
week by taxes that are being paid.
According to the comptroller the with-
drawal of funds will be gradual, how
ever so that the institutions may not
be embarrassed, or any undue alarm
caused depositors. ;
The presentments give the full de-.
fails of. the plot on the part of the
councilmen to obtain bribes from the
six banks, the means adopted for .
paying the bribes are related, and
the story of the transfer of $43,000
by an unnamed man to former coun
cilman Charles Stewart in the Hotel
New York, is told.
It is recited that John F. Klein and
Joseph C. Wasson, by reason of their
confession and statements, making
posible the exposure of the facts, are
entitled to "great consideration and a
reduction of Kliiu's sentence is
urged.
Friday's finding of the grand jury
puts a new phase on the ease of Max
G. Leslie, who is now at Hot Springs.
Leslie was acquitted on the charge .
of perjury recently in connection with
the Columbia National Bank matter,
He had denied to a grand jury that
he had ever received any money in
the deal, and convinced a jury when
placed on trial that on the day he
was alleged to have received the
money he was in New York. The
present grand jury finds that he paid
$17,500 to Brand and paid Leslie
$25,000 in June, 1908.
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plague-infected rats is being pressed j timore, Chicago, MtaneapolM. Newark,
vigorously.
Mark Scene of Johnson's Surrender.
Durham, N. C. Local Woodmen of
the World decided to erect a monu
ment as a marker of the surrender of
General Joseph E. Johnston to Gen
eral W. T." Sherman, four miles from
Durham. The spot of surrender is
owned by Brodie L. Duke and Is un
marked, except for a negro cabin of
a type which is fast disappearing.
The monument is to be erected in
April on the forty-fifth anniversary of
the last surrender.
Newsy Paragraphs.
As a result of the affection won
in the hearts of Minnesotans by John,
A. Johnson, a fund of $22,000 has
been raised in this state to provide
a permanent income for his widow,
the remainder of her life. The com
mittee which has received subscrip
tions has notified the board of re
gents of the state university that it
had the money in a bank. It is to be
invested in such a manner that it will
bring the widow as least $100 a
month. .
Private advices from Biarritz con
tradict the reassuring reports con
cerning King Edward's health. They
say that when the king appeared in
public recently he appeared haggard
and tottering.
Professor Elie Methinkoff of the
Paris Pasteur institute announced be
fore the Academy of Sciences that he
had succeeded in overcoming the
principal obstacle to the preparation
of an effective anti-typhoid vaccine.
This disease he said has been incom
municable to the lower animals and
Professor Methinkoff has now suc
ceeded in infecting monkeys with the
typhoid germ. By this means he has
been able to obtain exact symptoms
permitting accurate experiments - on
the action o fhls vaccine.
Figures made public in New York
city through the savings bank section
of the American Bankers' association
show that the average . deposits in
American savings banks is almost
four times greater than the average
deposit, per capita is six times great
er in this country than abroad-JThe
total savings deposits of the worl
are something more than $15,000,001
and of this sum, more than $5,500,1
belongs to Americans. One American
in every six of the total poulation has
money in a savings' bank and the
average deposit is $380.
San Francisco. Atlanta, Albany, New
Orleans, Boston, Cincinnati, Raleigh,
and Tacoma; unprotected cruisers,
Detroit, Marblehead and Montgomery;
monitors, Amphrittrite, Miantonombh,
Menadnock, Monterey, Puritan, Ter
ror, Ozark, Tallahassee, Tonopah and
Cheyenne.
. Shoots Three and Kills Self.
New Orleans, La. Enraged, be
cause his wife had gone to the the
ater with, her brother, taking the chil
dren of the family with her, Alfred
Mitchell, a carpenter, shot and prob
ably fatally wounded her, seriously
wounded - their 12-year-old son ana "i-year-old
daughter, and then shot him
self in the head, dying Instantly.
Forced by Baldness to Quit Ministry.
New York City-Tae Rev. R. A.
Hafer of St. Trinity's Evangelical Lu
theran Church, Jersey City, has writ
ten his congregation that baldness
forces him to retire from the. minis
try. He cannot wear his hat in the
pulpit, and he cannot preach . bare
headed, he says, without catching
cold. -
$150,000 for Coker College,
Hartsville, 8. C On the occasion
of the dedication of the new admin
istration building of Coker College for
Women, Major J. L. Coker authorized
the announcement that ne - nan do
nated $150,000 for a permanent en
dowment fund. During Major Coker's
life the Interest on the fund at
6 per cent is to go to the college.
After his death the college is to re
ceive the whole sum.
Hail Storm at Tampa.
Tampa, Fla. An unprecedented
hail storm for .this season fell near
here. Fences were broken down and
serious damage done to truck in some
instances. This is the first hail storm
here in many years.
Sympathetic Strike Called Off.
Philadelphia, Specials The Central
. Labor Union at its meetin? on Sun-
ed the fact that the secretary of com- d officially called off the svmpa
merce and labor has no information,..-. . ,; , , . . " .
relating to the records of Commander j ihix? strike, which has been in
Peary bearing upon his discovery of effeet here for three weeks, union
the north pole. Several days ago Mr. workers in most of the trades still
Hughes of New Jersey offered a reso- affected by the general strike order
lution calling upon the secretary for resumed work on Monday,
reports of tidal observations made by At the office, of the Philadelphia
Mr. Peary on the coast of Alaska. National League Baseball Club, it
Mr Hughes suggested that these re- stated th t th iron workers re.
ports might develop some informa- , .. " ,
tion bearing on the discovery of the sumed operations on the grand stand
pole. In asking that the resolution j and bleachers, and it is hoped to have
be laid on the table, Mr. Mann said I the work completed before the open
the records referred to had been sent , ing of the season.
Anti-Vaccination Society.
Washington, D. C Local opponents
of vaccination have organized them
selves into a body to be known as
the Washington Anti-Vacfiination So
ciety," with Harry B. Bradford, resi
dent naturalist of the British Museum,
as president of the association. An
efEort will be made to have a hear
ing before the senate and house Dis
trict of Columbia committees, urging
the repeal of the law requiring that
all school children in the district be
vaccinated. A general agitation
against vaccination will he started.
to the committee on interstate and
foreign commerce. They did not -contain
data bearing on the discovery.
Lieutenant Goethias as. president of
the Panama railroad, . has informed
Samuel Lewis, secretary of foreign
relations, that he has received instruc
tions from Secretary of War Dickin
son, to arrange with the Panama gov
ernment for the survey . of the rail
road from Panama to David, near the
Costa Rican frontier, which has been
projected for some time. This will
be the Panama trunk of the proposed
American railroad through Central
America.
President. Taft has permitted to ex
pire immediately the sentence of one
year and one day's confinement In the
Atlanta penitentiary imposed on
George W. England of Huntsville,
Ala., for violation of the liquor laws.
When sentenced the prisoner . was
given the option of a term of six
months in the local jail at Huntsville,
but preferred the sentence to Atlanta
for the longer term because of the
filthy condition said to exist at the
former institution. England's term
would have expired April 3.
Past Assistant Surgeon C. H. Lav
inger of the public health and ma
rine hospital service was designated
to go to Milan and other places in
Italy for the purpose of making an
Investigation into the origin and pre
valence of pellegra and into the meas
ures being taken to combat the di
sease. Surgeon Lavinder also will
Inspect establishments in Germany
which manufacture viruses and anal
ogous products for sale in America.
If the house adopts, the recommen
dation of its military committee the
confederate cemetery at Springfield.
Mo., will be taken over by the United
States government ar.d will be estab
lished. This is expected to cement
closer than ever the north and south.
The bill has the approval of Secre
tary of War Dickinson.
A silver baptismal basin, which was
sent from Holland in 1694 to the first
Dutch church on Manhattan island,
tias been deposited In th9 United
States national museum through the
courtesy of the Colonial Dames of
New York state. The basin measures
aearly eleven inches in diameter and
Is about three inches deep. It is . said
that among those baptized from this
basin, were Nicholas Roosevelt, Ab
raham dePeyster, Gelyn Verplanck,
Robert Livingston, and others cele
brated in the colonial history of New
fork.
Five hundred horseshoers, who
have remained idle since the strike
was declared, have also returned .to
work.
The committee of ten, which has
had charge of the general strike, met
the executive committee of . the strik
ing carmen and discussed plans for
the continuation of the carmen 's
strike. It made a full report to the
Central Labor Union ion Sunday,
when all the sympathetic strikers
were ordered , back to work and re
quired to render financial assistance
to the carmen.
Night Work by Children Prohibited.
Providence, Mas:?., Special. Should
Gov. Pothier approve the child labor
bill, which has passed the senate and
the house, as it is expected he will
the departmfcit stores of Rhode
Island will have to readjust their
working forces. The new law pro
vides particularly that no child un
der 16 years of age shall work after
8 p. m. Nearly 1,000 children in the
State are affected.
Never Ratified the Amendment.
Annapolis, Md., Special. In a cau
cus of the Democratic members of
the legislature looking to the- dis
franchisement of the negroes of this
State, it was decided to -adopt the
Digges plan. This is based -on the
fact that the State of Maryland has
never ratified the 15th amendment to
the federal constitution giving ne
groes the right to vote. It provides
that as the constitution of the States
gives the ballot to white men only,
negroes may be refused registration.
It is not supposed under this plan to
attempt to prevent negroes voting at
congressional or presidential elections
Etna Continues to Belch.
Catania Sicily, By Cable. Etna
still is angry. From the top of the
old crater volumes of white smoke
are issuing, while from .the new
craters that have formed lava is
-gushing . and large incandescent
masses are exploding with loud de
tonations and emissions of black
smoke. ' .