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11l Ml Ifflß Who Will Fill the Vacancy? Speculation over Justice Brewer's successor names two judges, Walter • *H. Sanborn of St. Paul and Willis Vanderventer, of Cheyenne, Wyo., both from the great eighth circuit, the largest in the United States, from which Justice Brewer cam£. San born is 65 years old and Vande - venter is 53. Lloyd W. Bowers, of Chicago, now solicitor general of the department * of justice, for whose ability President Taft has high regard, is also men tioned. Attorney General Wicker sham, who is a New Yorker, was -mentioned when Justice Lurton was appointed, but the Southerner was chosen because of the president's high personal regard for him and because he, like his predecessor, Judge Beckham, was a Democrat. In event of reargument of the Stand ard Oil, the tobacco or the corpora tion tax cases, neither Mr. Brown nor Mr. Wickersham would be con sidered because thev would be in c&paciated. Judge John W. Warrington of the Sixth circuit is also mentioned. He is a close personal friend of the president. Among others considered Tuesday were Secretary War Dicker son. Secretary Nagel, of the depart ment of commerce and labor, Henry M. Hoyt, counsellor of the state de partment, and Governor Hughes and Senator Root, of New York. Farmers Being Rewarded. Exported farm products of the United States are steadiy rising in value, while in many cases the ex ports of manufactures show a decline in the same comparative period. For eign countries were willing to pay higher prices in every instance foi farm products during February this year than they were in February a year ago. The export price table issued by the bureau of statistics of the Department of Commerce and l>abor shows a long line of increases ranging from 30 per cent upward. Taken in comparison with those figures which are quoted in explana tion of the higher cost of living, this newest table makes it apparent that exported foodstuffs have advanced abroad as well as at home. Dollar a Day For Soldiers. One dollar a day for all old sol- diers incapacitated iu the service is provided in a bill reported favorably from the House Committee on Mili tary Affairs by Representatives Sher wood (Ohio). The bill has been "be fore the committee for six or seven years and come before the House now as an amendment to a measure intro duced by Representative Townsend (Mich.), providing for the retire ment of army officers at the age of 70. on one-half or one-third pay, de pendent upon length of service. Baptist Preacher Leaves Washington. Rev. Edmund Hez Swem of tlie> Baptist Church in Washington h*« accepted a call to the pastorate of . the First Baptist church of Dothan, Ala. Mr. Swem has been identified with Baptist churches in Washing ton for twenty-five years. He is a native of Indiana. Remodel Lynchburg's Postoffice. The Treasury Department has awarded a contract to J. E. and A. L. Pennoek, of Philadelphia, for the construction of the extension and the remodeling of the postoffice at Lynch burg, Va., at $125,950. Charge of Ship Subsidy Lobby. The House Tuesday passed a resolu tion for an investigation of charges that a lobby was maintained in Washington by shipping interests to corruptly influence members of the House in favor of ship subsidy legis lation. Another Help For Prohibition. That the inter-State character of inter-State shipments of liquor shall cease upon arrival within the bound ary of the State to which consign ment has been made is the essential feature of bills introduced in the Senate by Senator Curtis and in the House by Representatives Miller of Kansas. j Reduced Rates on Floor. The Interstate Commerce Commis sion has ordered the Lake and rail rates on flour from Minneapolis, * Minn., to New York city and the Atlantic seaboad, reduced from 23 cents per hundred pounds to 21 1-2 cents, beginning May 10. ! Monument tJ President Spencer. Preparations have commenced for • the erection of a monument to the late Samuel Spencer, president of the Southern Railroad, on the plaza oppo site the main entrance to the Ter minal Station, Washington. Late in Writing for Information. Fortv-two years ago Capt. Charles Lee Moses, of the United States Navy, survivor of the battle of the Merrimac and the Monitor and an officer of the Kearsage when she sank the Alabama, left Bangkok, Siam. for San Francisco, on the brig Swal'.mv and was never heard of again. A day or two ago the wife of ( apt. Moses wrote to Representative Roberts, of Massachusetts* a member of the House Naval Committee, to inquire if any thing could be learned of his where abouts. Statehood Bill in Senate. Senator Beveridge Monday present ed to the Senate the report of the Committee on-' Territories favoring the Senate bill iu preference to that passed by the House, for the admis sion of New Mexioo and Arizona as separate States. The report defends the changes made by the Senate com mittee in vigorous language, especial emphasis being given to the refusal of the Senate bill to recognize the present election law of Arizona. The effect ef that law, it is charg ed, would be to disfranchise a large number of the oldest and most sub stantial citizens of the territory by reason of their inability to interpret the constitution of the United States in English. The house bill would make the present Arizona law the test of citizens to vote. Another decided difference between the Senate and the House bill is the requirement in the former that sepa rate elections must be held for the ratification of the constitutions and for the selection of State and other officers. Another decidc(d change between the two bills is in relation to polyg amy and bigamy, of which Senator Beveridge said in his report: "The House bill would permit the practice of polygamy and bigamy, notwithstanding the various prohibi tions thereof." Why Food is So High. An increase of 12,000,000 in the population of the United States dur ing the last 10 years and a decrease of about 5.000,000 in the number of available food animals is the esti mate made by the Bureau of Statis ics from reports on these two sub lets made respectively by the 'ensus Bureau and the Department of Agriculture. The supply of food animals has gone down 3 per cent, while the value has increased 22 j»er cent. In the meantime the price of grains necessary for food for these animals has increased from 56 to 75 per cent. The value of cattle, sheep and hogs in this country in 1901 was estimated at $ 1,943,000,000; in 1910, at $2,368,000,000. This is an increase of 22 per cent. Cattle are the one class of food animals which has come anywhere near keeping pace with the growth in population. Cattle have increased in number 11 per cent, while the population has increased 10 per cent. There were about 2.3 animals to each person in the country in 1901. In 1910 there are about 1.9. A pound of lard in 1901 was worth 7.4 cents; in 1910 it is worth 18 cents, an increase of 143 per cent. There has been a decrease of 16 per cent in the number of hogs in the United Slaies. Masseur for Senators. The United States Senate is going to have a professional masseur. He is to be in chargt of the luxurious bathing rooms in the new marble building provided for the use of Sen ators, where arrangements have been made for Russian, Turkish and all kinds of baths. The legislative, executive, and ju dicial appropriation bill contains a provision which sets aside an appro priation of SI,BOO annually to be paid "an attendant in charge of the bathing rooms, who shall be a pro fessional masseur." This attendant, who is to work on the muscles of Senators, is to have two assistants, who will receive $720 each annually. New Member Canal Commission. President Taft Monday sent to the Senate nominations including the fol lowing : Member of Isthmian Canal Com mission, Maurice.il. Thatcher of Ken tucky. _____ Attorney General Denies Charge. The charge preferred on the floor of the House by Representative Mar tin, of Colorado, that "the former attorney of the sugar trust is now the head of the Department of Jus tice of the present administration," brought forth a letter of denial from Attorney General Wickersham, ad dressed to Representative Bennet, of New York, and read into the record Working With Satisfactory Results. President Taft in a special mes sage Monday informed Congress that the under the maximum and minimum clause of the Payne- Aldrich tariff law are now substan tially complete and with satisfactory results. He stated that to carry out the work of the tariff board, appointed by him under the tariff act, a $250,- 000 appropriation by Congress is ne cessary, available immediately for the current and the next fiscal year. Panama's Appreciation Shown. As an expression of the apprecia tion of the Government of Panama for the good offices of the United States in obtaining an agreement be tween Costa Rica and Panama for the settlement of the boundary dispute between those countries, Dr. Belisar io Porras, of Panama, Monday ten dered a 1 luncheon to Secretary Knox and other officials of the State De partment. Minister Arosemena. of Panama, and Minister Calvo, of Costa Rica, were among the guests.— EVENTS TOLD TERSELY. News From Everywhere Printed in Short Paragraphs. Dudley Evans, president of Wells- Fargo & Co., since 1902, died in a New York hospital following an op eration for gall stones. He was 72 years old. Capt. C. A. Johnson, president of the First State Bank, of Columbus, Miss., vice-president of the Missis sippi Bankers' Association, and well known .in financial circles throughout the country, died in Chicago where he had gone for an operation. Pearl H. McPherron, Lima, motor man; Earl Rotherock, Lockington, ex pressman ; James Risk, baggage man, lama, was fatally injured and several passengers on both cars were serious ly hurt in a collision between two in terurban electric trains near Lima, Ohio. The entire Eleventh Cavalry, U. S. Army, at Fort Alethorpe, Ga., is be ing inoculated with a serum to pre vent typhoid fever. Secretary MacVeagh has dismissed from office C. M. MclCinney, cashier of the office of collector of customs at El I'aso, Tex., on the ground of in subordination and for bringing groundless charges against his super ior officer, Collector Sharpe. Two hundrrd and fifty people were killed and many others injured in the village of Oekoerite, Hungary, when fire broke out iu a hotel where a ball was being held. Estimated earnings for the South ern Railway system for the third week in March were. This year, sl,- 124,283; last year, $1,031,357, an in crease of $92,920. Prince Subatoff, 91 years old, and Wjarjanirt, 93 years old, of St. Pe tersburg, Russia, fought a duel with pistols. In a storm at sea Mme. Jara, wife of the French minister to Haiti, gave birth to twin boys on the steamship, Brinz Joachim. All are well. On Saturday night in New York President Taft presented Sir Ernest Shackleton, the South I'olar explorer, a gold medal, which was awarded by the National Geographic Society in recognition of his achievements. The trial of the three Wardlaw sisters for the murder ofSsOcey M. Snead, the East Orange bath tub victim, is postponed froni April 11 to May 11, at Essex county, N. J. Jack Johnson, must answer a charge of violating the automobile speed ordinance in Chicago on March 31st. A convention of members of the la bor unions in Philadelphia was held to form a new political party. Al>out 500 delegates attended. Newspaper and non-union men were barred. Under a law recentlv passed by the South Carolina legislature every ho tel having three or more stories shall be provided with an iron fire escape on the outside of the building. The "largest 'coon ever captured in Cecil county," Maryland, was se cured by William Scott in the Black Swamp. It weighed 29 1-2 pounds. W. J. Richards, who several weeks ago chopped off his right hand with a hatchet, threw himself in front of an Illinois Central train several miles north of and his body was mutilated. The grand jury of Cairo, 111., are bringing indictments against the riot ers of that city. Dr. E. Dana Durand, the national census superintendent, says that by June 1 he hopes to be able to report the number of inhabitants in the United States, probably between 88,- 000,000 and 91,000,000.' George W. Coleman, under arrest charged with embezzling $250,000 from the National City Bank, of Cambridge, Mass., has taken out a marriage license, and will be "mar ried some day this week." Before Bronislow Kulvinskas died at New Haven, Conn., he accused Sophie Kritchman and Joseph Mitch ell of having lured him to Union City on Friday afternoon, the 17th of September, 1909, and there shot him, leaving him to die, and that also on the following day, finding him still alive, Sophie had cut his throat. Mrs. Ethel Kearby, courageous young daughter of the chief of [Hilice of Wellston, a suburb of St. Louis, prevented the lynching of Howard Butler, city clerk. The trouble was over an election. Miss Kearby de fied the mob. The Louisiana railroad commission issued an order to the Colorado Southern Railroad ",for the protec tion of a rate of $1.59 per hundred l pounds on 'four elephants from Kin der to New Orleans." John Murphy, 70 years old, mur dered Mrs. Mary Dodd in September, 1905, by throwing her from a railroad trestle and robbing her of s4l. At Clarksburg, W. Va., he was given a preliminary hearing and remanded to jail to await Superior Court. Fie cursed the court in unrestrained fury, public road near' East on. Ind.. beat him off with a hat pin, and bit his finger he attempted to choke her. W. Oould Brokaw. who- lost his wife by a cour} decree, is also held liable for her bills. Brokaw has been forced to pay a dressmaking firm $2,140 for gowns furnished his di vorced wife. Martin Hobbs, 39 years old, was arrested in Vinciones, Ind., charged with the murder of John C. Lomiller, a wealthy blind man, Feb. 13, 1901. An indictment was returned again** Hobbs by the grand jury TRICKfRY IN MISS. State Senator Offered One Thousand Dollars TO WORK FOR SENATOR PERCY Orand Jury Has Indicted the Bribo 1 Giver, But Nothing Done Against the Senator—Sensation in Political Circles. Mississippi's Bribery Scandal. Jackson, Miss., Special.—Monday night the grand jury indicted L. C. Dulaney' of Issakuena county, a prominent planter, charging hinf with tendering a bribe to State Senator Theodore Bilbo in exchange for his vote for Leroy Percy, the recently successful candidate for the United! States Senate from Mississippi. The grand jury refused to indict Mr. Bilbo for accepting a bribe. Senator Bilbo declared that during the recent legislative caucus he had been approached by Mr. Dulaney and tendered SI,OOO if he would lend his support to Mr. Percy; that a part of the amount, $045, was to be paid immediately, the balance after the election of Senator Percy; that he accepted the tender to be used as evidence in support of charges that irregular methods were being used to encompass the defeat of Mr. Yardaman, of whom he was a sup porter, and that the money he re ceived he handed to a local minister with a statement of facts. This, Mr. Bilbo declared, he told the Hinds comity grand jury. . , "That the charge is without foun dation is insisted bv those who fav ored the election of Mr. Percy as against the several other candidates, including former Governor James K. Vardaman. W. A. Percy, of Memphis, a brother of Senator Percy,, is in Jackson, and in vigorous terms de clares the charges groundless, as does Mr. Dulaney. Indignation in Pittsburg. Pittsburg, Special.—Sermons Sun day were to arohse public condemnation of such corrupt prac tices as have, been revealed in the city's official administration, on the text, "Truth crucified will rise trans figured." Lesions in civic cleanliness were drawn by many pastors. A circular letter was read on Sun day to all the congregations to at tend a huge indignation mass meet ing to be held some dav this week. There is a crusade against al varieties of graft and wrong doing in Pittsburg. Disorderly houses arc be ing closed up and every night lately has seen a round-up of women in the tenderloin district. At a meeting of citizens in the Fort Pitt Hotel, at which a committee was formed to further the mass meeting plan, it was openly charged that the graft collected in the red light dis tricts of the city amounted to a million dollars a year. John F. Klein, whose confession and exposeure of others liqs netted such scandal, has been puzzled and is now kept in a room at the Fort Pitt Hotel, [lending disposition of his case. He is under sentence of three and a half years, but-he came out in an emotional post card appeal for clemency and aid for his family. Columbian Woodman Officer Ousted. Atlanta. Special,—-Jonathan B. Frost, founder of the Columbian Woodmen, and until recently its chief officer, is ousted from par ticipation in the control of the or der by unanimous decision of the Georgia Supreme Court, rendered Monday. The Columbian Woodmen is a fraternal beiieficiarv organiza tion, claiming a membership of fifteen thousund in several States and hav ing a large cash fund. The faction ousted from control includes, besides Frost, lion. Moke Smith. Georgia Friendly U. S. Trenton, Ga., Special.—The breach between the federal and state au thorities growing out of the opera tion of the Cureton distillery at Rising Fawn was amicably adjusted in Judge Fite's court by the inter cession of Assistant United States District Attorney John W. Henley, of Atlanta. Denies Murdering Bnth Wheeler. New York, Special.—Albert Wol ter, in jail charged with murdering i Ruth Wheeler, denies his guilt— j denies that he ever saw the girl, ever wrote to her, or knew how her body came to be on the fire escape out- ; side his window, or why fragments of human feet, hands and arms were found in the ashes of his fireplace. Katie Miller, or Katcher Meuller, the girl with whom he lived, was arrested Monday as she approached the house where the murder was She was reading the details in a German newspaper as she walked, and smiling as she read. Cadets Can Have Some Fun. Washington, Special.— Secretary Dickinson has wo'n his long fight to secure the amelioration of the law re garding hazing at West Point and no longer will every cadet guilty of some trifling horse play at the expense of some new comer be subjected to the unvarying rule of expulsion. Spartanburg, S. C., will have a first class horse show May 24 and £6th. 11. S. AFTER BLIND TIGERS Do Not Oome Under Head of Unin tentional Violators. Washington, Special.—War on tigers" and on "bootleggers" las been declared by the adnlinistra ;ion. Hereafter, persons engaging in these forms of the liquor traffic are ;o be dealth with much more dras tically than heretofore. This stand of the government has oartieular reference to violation of the internal revenue laws in "dry" jountry, where local enactments pro aibit dealing in liquor. Loud eom nlaints had come to President Taft from various "dry" districts, notably tn the South and West, that the prohibition laws were negatived through the operations of the "blind iigers" and the "bootleggers" and, in response to demands for re medial measures, he directed that »teps be taken to stop the practices «o far as lay within the federal sower. New regulations were drawn un ler the supervision of Mr. Cabell, Mie Commissioner of Internal Rev enue, and approved by Secretary MacVeagh Saturday. They set out that as the peddling of liquors is not contemplated bv the internal rev enue laws and no provision is made for the issuance of any stamp ieing such practice, peddlers of liquors, k>r "bootleggers," are not to be regarded as coming within the class of unintentional violators and should be arrested and reported for prosecution whenever found selling liquor in such manner. Heavy penalties of fine or impris onment or both are prescribed for vi olations of the law. As a supplemental measure of as sistance to the States in the enforce ment of their prohibition laws, a method has been provided by which they may obtain information gather ed by the Federal government, of internal revenue violations. Large Number Hookworm Suspects. Washington, Special.—ln southern Florida in company with T)r. E. E. Lindemnn, of the State Board of Health laboratory at Tampa, and Dr. John S. Helms, Dr. C. W. Stilus, of the public health and marine hospital service, in the public health reports, says he visited 8 schools located in three counties and saw 1,300 school children, of whom he puts down 55.0 per cent as hookworm suspects. The number so classified, Dr. Stiles *ays } as experience shows, he taken as esti mate of the number of these vehil dren who had hookworm infection.. At least five of the teachers in the schools visited showed clear and pro nounced effects of hookworm infec tion. In a second paper Dr. Stiles speaks if o visit to three cotton mills in Rockingham. N. C. In those three mills 224 people were employed and the percentage of -Hookworm suspects was 04.8, being about what was an ticipated in view of the faot that the mills draw their labor chiefly from the sand areas. Tariff Concessions by Canada. Washington, Special. General satisfaction is expressed here at the announcement made that an agree ment has practically been reached between the officials represnting the Canadian government and the Pres ident and Secretary of State Knox, respecting- the adjustment 'of the tariff of Canada and the United States. No one in authority here is willing to discuss the details, hut there is good ground for the belief that material concessions lwive been orranted by Canada and that the United States will receive in return for its minimum the intermediate rates given by Canada to France and twelve other countries oh a con siderable number of articles in which sxporters from the United States are specially interested. Charlotte Mint is Doomed. Washington, Special.—The Char lotte mint is doomed, not today or to morrow or this year, but some time in the nenr future. The gold pur chased there, it i* said, costs the eovernment more than 4 per cent. Representative Webb, has filed a pro test with the Secretary of the Treas ury axrainst the discontinuance of the mint. Father Would Butcher Boys. Hartford, Conn., Special.—An in sane father was prevented from butchering his four little children on the banks of the Connecticut river Saturday by the arrival of the police. When located hack of some hushes, his four boys were partly undressed and were lined in a row, the maniac father standing over them with the uplifted axe. A /.boy of 4 was to have been the first victim. The poor child was standing beneath the shin ing blade with a crucifix in one hand, calmly awaiting its fate. The other, under orders of the madman, were terrified spectators. Etna Continues to Belch. Catania, Sicily, By , Cable.—Etna •till is angry. From the top of the old crater volumes of white smoke are issuing, while from the new craters that have forme v lava is gushing and, large iuca-'idescent masses are exploding with loud de- emissions of blaek •moke. JUDGE BREWER DEAD End Comes Suddenly Monday Night by Appoplexy Washington, Special.—David Jo siah Brewer, Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States, died Monday night at 10:30 o'clock M the result of a stroke of apoplexy. His death followed within a minute or two before he could be carried to his bed. Mrs. Brewer was with him when the end came. Justice Brewer was 73 years old. The end came altogether unexpect edly. Although he had not been feeling well for the past fevNdays, the aged jurist was up and out Mon day, apparently in the best of health and spirits. He was in equally good spirits at dinner and spent the even ing in reading. Shortly after 10 o'clock he retired to his room, and within a few min utes Mrs. Brewer heard a heavy fall and went to investigate the cause. She found her husband prone upon the floor of the bath-room. He did not regain consciousness and died before a physician, hastilv summoned, could reach the house. Eight Killed on Cruiser Charleston. Manilla, By Cable. —The report that a fatal accident had occurred on the United States cruiser Charles ton, was confirmed Monday. Eight men were killed and several others slightly injured. During practice at sea off Olon gapo, the breech lock of a three-inch gun blew off and in flying across the deck cut through a • steel 'stanchion and mowed down the men. Seven of the victims were instantly killed. The eighth died as the Charleston wan hurrying to^'Cavito. The cause of the explosion is not known. Rear Admiral John Hub bard, commander-in-chief of the Asi atic fleet, has ordered an investiga tion. The bodies of the victims will be buried at Cavite, The Charleston, which is rear ad miral Hubbard's flagship, returned today to the firing range. Her com manding officer is Commander John H. Gibbons. She is a protected crui ser of 9,700 tons and carries 68 guns. Pittsburg Rankers Rotten Too. Pittsburg, Pa., Special.—Monday was "Hankers' Day" in Pittsbnrg. The district attorney has questioned iTttfre thau 100 oflieials and employ ees of the six city depositories in ref erence to money being paid to city councilmen to obtain the passage of the bank ordinance in city councils during 1908. Forty or more council men have confessed that they receiv ed money for the passage of the or dinances. Two bank presidents, one now serving a term in the penitenti ary for bribery have admitted that money was paid to have the ordinan ces passed. The grand jury wants to know who were the men "higher up" in the bribery. It has been asserted in various con fessions now in the lianas of the dis trict attorney that tJT*T six city de positories provided a fund of $102,500 to sHuire the passage of the bank or dinances, which included an interest rute of only 2 per cent, whereas eth er reputable institutions made writ ten offers to pay 2 1-2 per cent, on daily balances. The bankers will be sharply examined on these facts. To Reimburse Old Depositors. Washington, Special.—A biH to imburso the 61,131 depositors in the Old Freed man's Saving and Trust Company has been favorably report ed to the Senate bv the Committee *on Education and Labor. For this t pm-pose $1,291,744.50 is made avail able. One provision of tire bill pre vents the employment of a legal rep resentative to assist in collecting the money. Claims must be made within one year after the bill becomes a law. Can't Vote on Saloon Question. Chicago, 'Special.—Chicago will not vote on the saloon question on April 5, the election commissioners uphold ing the contention of the "wets" that tif the 74,000 names signed to the petition of the "drys" to have the questioh "shall this city become an ti-saloon territory" put on the bal lots, 26,128 were those of persons not registered. Charges Against Court of Inquiry. Washington. Special.—Just as the army court of inquiry, which is inves tigating the Brownsville raid of 1906, was in one of its dewing sessions, At torney C. B. Marshall, who has been appearing as counsel for the negro soldiers seeking restoration to the army, sprang a sensation by imply ing broadly that the court had been improperly constructed by Secretary Dickinson and that the recorder, Capt. Charles R. Howland of the Twenty-fifth Infantry, had made no effort to produce any testimony favor able to the discharged soldiers. Prof. Cook Accepts Consulship.^ Washington, Special.—Prof. Arth ur B. Cook, of South Carolina, form-' erly of Wofford College, has decided to accept the position of United States consul at I'atros, Greece, re cently tendered him. - Vesuvius Active, Too. Naples, By new large Assures have opened near t'tyt central * erater of .Mount Vesuvius, but the volcano show* no great Activity. _,• - •
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