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VOL XII.
COLUMBUS, N. C'4 THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 28, 1907.
NO. 44.
BRITISH STEAMER SINKS,
Mjflf LIVES LOST
Huge Seas Pound Berlin to Pieces
and Few Aboard Escape.
FATAL NORTH SEA DISASTER
Ship Struck Off the Hook of Holland i
in a Terrific Storm, and Tugs
Could Not Reach Her to Bring
Assistance Over 1 00 Perish.
Hook of Holland. The mail steam
er Berlin, belonging to the Great
Eastern Railway Company, of Eng
land, from Harwich for the Hook of
Holland and Rotterdam, was wred
off this place shortly before f olock
a. m., and, with th exception of four
teen persons, it is believed that, all o
board were lost. The passengers snd
crew numbered altogether 143 per
sons. Among the drowns pre Fra-Mei"
Schoene. of the Mnheim Con'.
Onera, who the weeV "fore er a
Wagnerian part? of Elsa an WHr1
beth at Covflnt Gafln. t.ooti: M.
Orelio. baritone, rf mBtdaTr . a"
MM. Stellmacb aid Mner. o "11
sang m'nor nar. and Frai'Mn Go
bel, of th Court Thptr Dresden,
who actM a" leaflorp of the ors
durinsr the Coven t G!Wn eojcr.
Arthur Herbert. on of tht F!"lish
Kinsr's mpne;flri'. was drownor!.
No or knows he rans?1 of ha dis
aster. The vssp1 eneourtere'1 a ter
rific cale all thronn br ''o'lrnor
from Harwich. Just as ahe was pal
tering the nw wpterwpv he'1 5T
was seen to tnrn ironrd a- ho""1i
her oreines -ad stooped, and a r
merit later sb ; fip'hrt peain
the ietty. She hd takn the chp"--p1
entrance corrects an was making
her way between the niers.
A short tme after th vp'spM stmv
she broke n two iH her fon rmrt
disappeared. Her aftrprt' did -not
slip into deeo wate". as tbo Persons
on shore at frst. "hlivpd. bn p-ots
to be imbedded in thp sand ban.
Therp were stifl . few oersons rn
board clinrinf to ' wr'tp n. rn-r-ing
the high water, at the Mrbt of
the storm, the wavps cbut off all &ir
of the wreck, wh'b ld to th bTlpf
that n- trace of the RerUn had h0u
left. The Tecedlns: tid'v 'however.
vealed the remains of her stern with
a handful of survivors.
After over fhi,tv hours' inppsfao
effort the Duteh lffebimen ref-'h0'"
the wreck of the Berlin and tool- off
eleven of the fonrtn survivors. Two
women and a child refused to juTim
and the lifpoatmen had to come
awav without them.
The life-savers launched their wMt
repeatedly, only to be hurled b'fk TfW
mountainous sea. At last, with t.bp
receding tide and some improvement
in the weather, they succeeded. It
was 3.30 p. m. when the rescue was
made.
The cold had Teeu so Intense
throughout the m'srht that it wan
deemed hardly possiMe that any liv
ing thing so exposed could survive.
but when davlight broke small grouns
could still be seen clinging to the
poop and deck houses, the only por
tions of the vessel visible.
Cantain Jensen says he was com
pelled to leave the two women and
the child on board the wreck because
they did not dare to make the descent
of the rone owing to their completely
exhausted condition. In fact they ap
peared to be dying.
Captain Parkinson, of the Holt
Steamship Line, who was a passenger
on the Berlin, said that the disaster
was due to the fact that the Berlin
reached to in the terrlfie sea as she
was entering the waterway, and was
dashed upon the pier head, immedi
ately "crunching up like a concertina
and parting amidships."
Many of the bodies which already
have been washed Jip are battered be
yond recognition and- some are with
out heads and others without arms or
legs.
It now appears certain that after
the catastrophe there were many more
than fifteen persons remaining on the
wreck and that most of them were
washed off by the waves. One wom
an was carried away just before the
rescue was effected. The survivors
huddled together for warmth and the
members of the crew who were still
alive shared their food with the oth
ers. There was not enough to go
around, however, and for twenty-four
hours not a morsel, of food passed the
lips of these unfortunates.
i
Great Conflict of Markets.
Secretary Shaw, speaking of manu
facturing overproduction in a speech
before the students of the University
of Chicago, said he looked to see the
present century bring out "the great
est conflict ever waged in tue svorld
'a war for the markets.' "
Erring Train Dispatcher Insane.
W. J. Dougherty, train aispatcher
for the Ashland division of North
western Railroad, at Ashland, Wis.,
to whose error the wreck at Van Bus
kirk recently, resulting in two deaths,
is charged, is insane in the hospital
at Ironwood, Mich. He recently tried
to commit suicide, but failed.
James A. Kirk Dead.
James A. Kirk, of Chicago, the well
known soap manufacturer, died at
his home at Pine Lake, Wis., of heart
disease. Mr. Kirk was slxty-iive years
He leaves a wife and four
S,!htera and an estate- oi esvsral
Uon dollars.
SCARLET FEVER AT COLLEGES I
Diphtheria Prevails at Harvard
Amherst is Ciosol
Health Authorities Do Not Expect an
Epidemic at Williamstown
. Insects Carry Germs.
Williamstown, Mass. Parents of
Williams College students are
alarmed by reports of scarlet fever
at that institution, and some of them
are criticising the authorities for
keeping it open in the face of danger
of a severe epidemic. Demands for
quick action were made by telephone
and telegraph. Those who communi
cated with Williamstown, however,
in most cases were informed that the
doctors had the situation well in
hand.
Dr. Hopkins, the president of the
college, declared that there was no
cause for alarm, as all the cases in
the college were mild ones, and the
patients were doing nicely.
Fever Closes Wheat on Seminary.
Norton, Mass. Wheaton Semi
nary, a prominent school for young
women, was closed on account of
scarlet fever among the students,
twenty-six of whom are ill. . The
seminary will remain closed in
definitely, under quarantine, and the
students not infected have been sent
to their homes.
Harvard Attacked.
Cambridge, Mass. Harvard Col
lege is the latest institution to be hit
by the epidemic of scarlet fever, three
cases being reported. Although the
strictest secrecy ,ls being observed, it.
was learned that the names of the
victims are Richard M. Hallett, 08.
30 Magazine street, Cambridge; R. E.
L. Kittredge, 07, BO Kirkland street,
Cambridge, and Robert E. McMath,
'08, 68 Kirkland street; Cambridge,
who comes from Rochester, N, Y.
Diphtheria at Cornell.
Ithaca, N. T. Health Officer Crum
reported three new cases of dlnh-
theria, which makes seventy-five to
date. Two of the latest patients are
Cornell students Everett Drepnan.
or Martin"8 irerrji onio, ena Tl w.
Case, of Buffalo:
Girls in Quarantine.
Syracuse, N T. The local health
authorities have quarantined Haven
Hall, the largest of the girls' dormi
tories of Syracuse University, be
cause of a case of scarlet fever dis
covered in the building. Eighty-
three young women are under quar
antine. Death tit Amherst.
Northampton, Mass. President
Seelye created consternation among
the 1400 young women students at
Smith College by warning them not
to receive any of the students of
Amherst College when they came to
call. This command not to counte
nance any attention from the young
men of AmKerst is because of the
fact that Amherst College has been
closed on account, of scarlet fever
and one death.:
RAID UPON A BUTTER PLANT.
Owners Said to Have Illegally Col
ored Oleomargarine.
Chicago. The plant of the Econ
omy Butter Company was raided by
eight deputy internal revenue col
lectors, who seized 2500 pounds of
oleomargarine, said to be colored in
violation of the federal law.
Thorwald Oxnevad, proprietor of
the plant, and two of his assistants
were arrested and gave bonds of
$2000 each for their appearance.
Deputy Collector of Internal Rev
enue Frank E. Hempstreet, who
planned the raid, said the revenue
authorities had been watching the
place for two years. He estimated
that the output-amounted to 3000
pounds weekly, on which, he assert
ed, the Government had been de
frauded of a tax of nine and three
fourths cents a pound.
LARCHMONT VICTIMS BURIED.
Pair Were to Have Been Marrit Ji
a Few Days.
Asbury Park, N. J. Jacob and
Sadie Michaelson, who lost their lives
in the Larchmont disaster, were bur
ied side by side in the Jewish ceme
tery at Belmar. Funeral services
were held in Mlchaeison's home,
where he and the girl were to have
been married soon. All the bridal
decorations were removed.
The two bodies were picked up In
the water off Block Island.-The ex
pression on the faces indicated that
both had been crying when they died.
The bodies were also badly bruised.
Jacob Michaelson had just completed
a pretty new cottage adjoining his
father's residence in Bslmar, into
which he expected to move with his
bride after the honeymoon. ";
Chinese Woman Philanthropist.
The wife of Wu Ting-Fang, for
mer Minister from China to the Uni
ted States, has just paid the cost of
building a large and fine hospital In
Hong Kong.
Young John D.'s Views.
Trtfcn n Rockefeller. Jr.. In dls-
ocir,o- ViornfHtv and environment
i told his Bible class that the responsi
i bility for the acts of the child rests
! upon the parents.
DEFEATS QUAKER CITY PARTY
,Reyburn Elected Mayor of Phila
delphia by Big Majority.
Leaders, Who Had Been Driven Out
by the Reformers, Arc Re
stored to Power.
Philadelphia, Pa. John E. Rey
burn, member ol Congress from
Pennsylvania, was elected Mayor of
Philadelphia by a majority that con
servative estimates place at 40,000
over William Pottf,candidate of the
City Party. In Potter's defeat, the
City Party, which, after its victory
over the organization in the gas lease
fight of 1905, has gradually been on
the sliding path, goes down to defeat
a defeat from which even its friends
scarcely hope it can recover.
The election of Reyburn means
that the reform forces have been
routed and that McNichol, Dave Lane,
Dave Martin and all the other leaders
that the popular demonstration of
1905 swepc temporarily off their feet
are dominating factors in the polit
ical situation.
Hugh Black, regular nominee for
Receiver of Taxes, wa3 elected by
only a few hundred votes less than
his running mate. His opponent on
the City Party ticket was Franklin
Spencer Edmonds, who twice since
1905 has served as chairman o? the
City Committee. Edmonds was at
one time a professor in the Boys'
High School and a feature of his
campaign was the lining up of his
former pupils in his behalf.
In every ward in the city the de
cadence of the City Party was notice
able. In November last, when there
was a hot fight for the District Attor
neyship, the organization candidate
had a majority of 12,000. In City
Party strongholds the figures showed
a great decrease. The Twenty-second
Ward, of which Potter is a resident
and which has always given big ma
jorities to the reform cause, returned
a majority of only 2100 for the City
Party. Similar conditions prevailed
elsewhere.
tween leaders McNichol and Lane, on
account of the latter's predellctlon
for United States Senator Penrose's
fnfliionoa. Vio-o boon -opudia(,cl ly thfl
results. So far as the control of City
Councils is concerned, the organiza
tion has a safe majority. The lead
ers are jubilant, and declare that
with control thus assured they will
push city hnprovements that will in
clude completion of filter plants and
the parkway.
TRUST MEMBERS FINED.
Turpentine Combination Men Plead
Guilty and Will Pay $S0,OOO.
Savannah, Ga. The S. P. Shotter
Company, the Patterson Downing
Company, the Standard Naval Stores
Company and the Belgian compirny.
corporations, and S. P. Shotter and
J. F. C- Myers, individuals, forming
what Is known as the "turpentine
trust," entered pleas of guilty in the
United States Court to a violation of
the Sherman Anti-Trust act. Judge
Emory Speer fined each individual
and corporation S5000, making an
aggregate of $30,000.
Other individuals indicted had
their indictments nolle pressed.
Shotter and Myers agreed in writing
not to violate the law again.
RABID MAN ATTAcks WORKERS.
Coal Shoveler SufferinsFrom Hydro
phobia Tries to Tear Faces.
Bridgeport, Conn. Frothing at the
mouth, barking, snapping and acting
In every way like a mad dog, John
Reilly, thirty years old, took posses
sion of a coal yard, driving all em
ployes out of the place in fear.
He was finally overpowered by sik
policemen and locked iu a padded
cell. It is thought Reilly has hydro
phobia, the city having recently had
an epidemic of rabid dogs.
Reilly attacked the shovelers with
whom he was working, tearing at
their faces with his hands and trying
to reach their throats with his teeth.
WASHINGTON'S FA1V1E IN FFABY.
Government Issues Instructions to
Teachers to Explain Significance.
Rome, Italy. The Government is
sued instructions tbat the directors of
all schools explain to their students
on Washington's Birthday the meanr
ing and importance of the celebration
of this day id the United States. The
instructions close with these words:
"All civilized countries must aspire
to peace as their supreme aim."
Foultry Prices Advanced.
The inability of the farmer to take
his poultry to the killing house be
cause of the severe snowstorms In i
West has also resulted in the prices
of chickens, turkeys, geese and ducks
being advanced.
Scnntor Bailey's Defense.
Senator Bailey appeared before the
Investigating committee at Austin.
Tex., and. taking the stand in his
own behalf, replied to the char.' s
preferred-against him by Representa
tive CocHe.
Liberal Policy to Catholics, fi
The Chamber of Deputies, by a ma
jority of 301, sustained the liberal
policy advocated by M. Briand. the
Minister of Education, tosvaid Catholics.
Wholesale Prices Quoted in New York
MILK.
The Millc Kxchanee nri'-e ior standard
quality is Sfcc. per quart.
KJTCTEK.
Crpmery Western, extra. ?, ?3 ?,
Firsts (fr 391
Stftte dairv, iinest. . 8 (7i Jtl
Seconds ?rt fii 2R
Factory, thirds to iirats... 174 21
CHF.ERE.
Stfte. full cream, fancy Hr?? U
Small l(e& Hfc
Part skims, good to prime S 9
Full skims 2 Q 3
KOOS.
Jersey Farcy .11 (ft 32
State Good to choice .... 2 (a 30
Western Firsts. . ?6 fh
Duck eggs 32 Z7
BEANS AND TEAS.
'Medium, choic j a?1, 1 50
Red kidney, choice 2 30 (ft 1 32'.'.
Pea am
Yellow., eve ? 95 (ft 2 00
"Black turtle soup 2 on (ft 2 10
Lima, Cal... 2 05 3 00
FRUITS ANl BER1MHS-KUKI.
Annies Grcn'ng. per bid. 1 SO fft 3 2"
King, per bbl 2 7n & 2-5
Bn Dovis. tvm- hbl 1 5A (ft 2 75
Crrnberries. C.Cod, per bid 3 00 (ft 8 00 -
Jersey, per bbl 5 00
LIVE rOULTHV.
Fowls, per lb ft (3
Roosters, per lb 12
furl-eys. per lb (ft 15
Ow-ks. per lb (ft 15
Geese, per lb 11 13
Pigeons, per pair 25
np.K"!isn rouni.Y.
Tin-keys, ppv lb 10 (ft 17
Chickens, Phila, per lb.... 20 (ft 1
FWls, per lb (ft H
beese. sprmp. per lb H , (ft 13
Pucks, sprinc. per lb S (ft. 15
1 75 (ft 3 25
w.
(ft 1 15
I 05 (ft f
0" (ft 1 00
75 (ft i7V-
05 73
-1 (ft 22
0 (ft 10
14 (ft 11
8 ID
T ft?, (ft 1 75
1 (V) (fit 1 fi5
Stt (Si 3 5M
Ko. 2. per 100 lb. . .
Clover mixed, per 100 lb.
IIOP8.
fcjtfite. 1006. "Vice.
Jdertium. 1905.
VKMKT Vf.F.S
&vefltji ner Kid 1 5' I (Ffi 3 JV)
Tomatoe. per camiw -J
Kf plant, per box "00 7 0
Smash, per hbl 1 0 ('
Peas, per basket 1 00 (ft S m
J'enpers, per carrier ?. 00 (ft 7 OO
lettuce, per basket 1 0 (ft S OO
"n.bbnre. per ton 20 00 GhW 0O
Strinp be?ns. pe" basket. . . 5 0' (ft c, 0'
(Jp:oris. Ct... white, per bb!. ' n (ft 7 r'
Oranjze Co.. ner bag 1 50 W : no
Carrots, per bbl 1 2S (ft 2
Peetn. per bbl 1 f (ft I r
Turnips, per bbl 75 w 00
f'n!ery. per do-', hunche. . . J5 (fy 5'
Okw! ner carrier 2 01 (ft 5 0'
Cauliflower., pet basket".... 2 0' ( 3 ?5
Hrtiels BOronts, per qt. .. 5 (ft 2'1
Parslev, per bbl 2 0 ft . no
Sninaoi). pe'- bbl 1 00 (ft 1 5
Watercress, "er 100 buncoes 2 no (& tn
KaK ner bbl 1 00 (ft
Sha'lnt. per 100 bunches.. 1 50 2 0
bVdiVies, per 100 bu.ncb.es. J 00 R 00
Parsnip?, ner hbl..."." 1 TO (ft 2 0
Horseradish, per bbl 5 00 5 5
Tlur Winter natents .... r n (ft 2 PI
Sprinp natents 4 20 (ft 5 !
Wheat. No. 1 N. Duiuth... (ft
Xo. 2 re 1 rtfa
Com, Xo. 2 white (ft 541;
No. 2 yellow (ft
Oat. mired (ft '7V:
Clipped white M$&!.
Lard, city A ZF.'s
1JVF. STOCK.
ITeeres, city di-estWid 7 (ft 0
Calve?, city dressed H Co) 14
Country dresed. F, (ft 12U
Sheen, per 100 lb f 50 (ft t 0)
Lambs, per 100 )b 0 75 (ft 7 70
Ho?. live, per 100 lb ..64" (ft 7 5
Country dressed, ier lb.. 0-i lO5
GAIN IN HORSE BREEDING.
Value ol Horses Increased Since. Au-
tomobiles Came Into Use.
Washington. D. C. The official
census of farm animals, just, com
pleted, shows that the number of
horses and mules in the United States
is now 23,564,000, valued at $2,274,
642,000. By comparison with the records of
seven years ago, wheu motor vehicles,
it may be said, started in to put the
horse out of business, the census of
1906 is not exactly discouraging to
breeders and dealers. In 1900 there
were 13,538,000 horses and 2,086,000
Allies inhe country waiting to be re
placed by automobiles, and each an
nual census since then has shown an
increase in their number and value.
There are now 19,747,000 horses and
3,817,000 mule?, or about 8,000,000
nearly fifty per cent.' more than
there were seven years ago. To give
full force to these figures it must be
stated further that in the seven years
preceding 1900 there was a falling off
of 2,914,000 in the number of horses
and mules in the United States.
Remarkable as the rate of increase
in the horse stock has been for the
full period of seven years since 1900,
it is thrown in the shade by the rec
ords of the last two years. While the
increase for four years preceding Jan
uary 3, 1905 was 337,000, the gain
since 1905 has reached the astonish
ing total of 3.61S.000 hea. In other
words, the horse stock of the United
States has. according to department
statistics, increased more than ten
times as much in the last iw6 years
as in the preceding four years.
Texas Prevents Cotton Famine.
The Stale of Teias is the only State
in the cotton belt which produced the
largest crop in its history and, as in
1900-01, Texas alone saved the world
from a cotton famine,
REVIEW OF WORK OF CONGRESS
What Our National Lawmakers Are
Doing From Day to Day
Smoot Holde His Seat,
"With the ifallaries packed and the
crowds extending out into the corri
dors, the vie On the question of
nU'f Reed Smo:t s retention of
his seal was taken after an entire
afternoon had been devoted to the
soueSufcion of the debate. The finai
vote Mood 42 to 2S in favor of Stnoot.
Kigiiteen Senators were Ipaired on
the qnslion, bringing the actual vote
recoided and paired up to 51 to 37
in favor of the retention of the Utah
StM.nl or. The entire strength of the
Senate was either recuided or paired,
with the inception of but two Sena
tors Mr. JSmoot Ihimself and 'Mr.
Wetmore, of Rhode Island, neither of
whom i .td.
Thrunpiitut the entLe speechmak
ing Senator Smott listened . atten
tively, bat when the voting began he
retired to the Repuo'.ican cloakroom
and I bore waited the lesult.
At the conclusion if the voting
there v a. a rush of Republican Sen
ators to the cloakrooiii to congratu
late Mr. Smoot. A large number of
members of the Houoefollowed and
then the Utah Seiiatoi was patted
on the back and his hands were
shaken in hearty fahioij by the men
who expressed their admiration of his
bearing in the long and trying ordeal
through which he has passed. On the
floor of the Senate and in the gallar
ies it was many minutes before order
could be restcicd.
The final vote on tne proposition
lo expel the Mormou Senator was as
iollows : .
Yeas , Republicans -" Burrows
Clapp, Dupont, Hale, Hansbrough,
Kittridge, La Lallette and William
Alden Smith, of Michigan; total, 9.
Democrats-A-Bacon, Berry, Camack,
Clarke, of Arkansas ; Clay, , Culber
son, Dubois, Frazer, Lattimer, Mc
Creary, McLaurin, Money, Newlands,
Overman Pettus, Rayner, Sinamons,
Stone and Tillman. Total, 19, Ag
gregate, years, 28.
Nays, Democrats Blackburn,
Clarke, of Montana; and Daniels, of
Bulkeney, Burkett, Burnham, Clark,
of Wyoming; Crane Curtis, Depew,
Dick, Dillingham, Dolliver, Flint,
Foraker, Frye, Fulton, Gallinger,
Gamble Heyburn, Hopkins, Kean,
Knox, Lodge,, Long, McCumber, Mil
lard, Mulkey Nelson, Nixon, Penrose,
Perkins, Piles, Spooner, Sutherland,
Warner and Warren. Total, 39. Ag
gregate na37s, 42.
Pass River and Harbor Bill.
The Senate passed the River and
Harbor Appropriation bill, carrying a
total appropriation og $92,720,472.
All the committee amendments were
agreed to.
The bill as passed carries the ap
propriation for the completion of the
35-foot channel, 600 feet wide, up the
Patapsco river to Baltimore.
Grazing on Public Lands.
It was conceded by Senators in
charge of the agricultural appropria
tion bill in the Senate that the graz
ing lease provision will be eliminated
from the bill on a point of order.
Several Senators desire to make
speeches on the provision before it is
stricken out, otherwise this action
would have been taken at once.
The reading of the agriculture bill
was completed after most of the day
had been spent in debate on the for
estry system and the grazing provis
ion. There is to be decided objec
tion, according to Senator Lodge, on
several provisions relating "tto the
bureau of .chemistry of the Depart
ment of Agriculture, and these were
passed over. An amendement as
agreed to at the suggestion of Sena
tor Nelson which will add $5,000
each year to the appropriation for
agricultural colleges until the total
amount for each state for these col
leges shall be $50,000 annually. The
annual appropriation at present for
agricultural colleges is $30,000.
The salary of the assistant secre
tary of the department was increased
from $4,500 to $5,000.
The provision for the survey of the
White mountain and Appalchian
mountain water sheds, to ascertain
the feasibility of mating & fore'st re
serve, was also passed over for dis
cussion. The session throughout the day was
devoted to the agricultural appro
priation bHl, and it is understood that
this measure will be again consider
ed with the idea of getting final ac
tion on the measure.
Senator Dephew presented the fol
lowing resolution. It was ordered
printed and went over.
"Resolved, That the committee on
finance be authorized to investigate
and report what legislation, if any,
may be necessary in relation to the
deposit of public moneys and the is
sue or currency to prevent condi
tions of abnormal and dangerous
rates of interest at certain periods of
the year and provide such elasticity
in the currency that it will be mere
responsive to the coalitions of busi-
ness.
MORMON ARGUES HIS CASE
Senator Smoofs Speech in the
s United States Senate.
He Never Had But One Wife and She
lives Now He is Lojai to
the Constitution.
Washington, D. C. "I formally
and solemnly aver that In every vote
and action as United States Senator 1
shall be governed in the future, as I
have beea in the past, only by my
convictions of what is best for the
whole people of the United States. I
have never taken any oath or obliga
tion, religious or otherwise, which
conflicts in the slightest degree with
my duty as a Senator or as a citizen.
I owe no allegiance to my church or
other organization which in any way
Interferes with my supreme allegiance
in civil affairs to my country an al
legiance which I freely, fully and
gladly give."
With these words Reed Smoot, of
Utah, apostle of the Mormon Church,
on the floor of the Senate, concluded
the only speech he has made in that
body in defense of his right to retain
his seat.
At the outset he explained that ihe
only reason he had decided to take
the floor on his own behalf was that
there were certain matters that could
be known only to himself, and he felt
that the Senate was entitled to a
frank statement as to his personal
attitude respecting those matters. "
"First, I desire to state," he said,
"as I have repeatedly heretofore
stated, to the Senate and to the coun
try, that I am not and never have
been a polygamlst. I never have had
but one wife, and she is my present
wife."
" Taking up the charge that there
have been polygamous marriages
since the manifesto against them,
Senator Smoot said:
"I have no hesitation in declaring
to the Senate and to the American
people that, in my opinion, any man
who has married a polygamous wire
since the manifesto should be prose
cuted, and I care not who the man.
might be, or what position he might
hold in the church, he should receive
the punishment pronounced by the?
law against his crime."
Senator Smoot then entered into a.
oath," which it "has beil $U&riftft$.
disqualifies him for the office of Sena
tor. The Senator declared it was a.
purely religious character and not
hostile to this or any other nation.
GIRL'S STRANGE DEATH.
Found Hanged to a Tree in a Public
Park.
Springfield, Mass. The body of
Miss Pearl Burke, twenty-four years
old, who mysteriously disappeared
from a private sanitarium on Sumner
avenue, where she had been placed
by relatives to recover her health,
has been found by the police hangings
to a tree in Forest Park.
The attendants at the sanitarium"
say that the young woman appeared
to have been in her right mind. It is
said that Miss Eurke had broken her
engagement to her sweetheart only
a few days ago.
SOUTH CAROLINA BRY.
Dispensaries Closed Prohibition to
Last For a Week.
Columbia, S. C. Every dispensary
in South Carolina was closed, and pro
hibition will prevail for a week or
longer. Governor Ansell has appoint
ed the members of a commission of
business men to wind up the affairs
of the State Dispensary.
Governor Ansell has issued a proc
lamation and warned all county dis
pensaries to close until this commis
sion can meet and pass upon th
bonds of the county boards to be ap
pointed. Dives to Death on Horse's Back.
Five thousand spectators saw Oscaf
Smith dive to his death on one ol
Dr. Carver's horses, Powderface, at
San Antonio, Texas. Smith, known
as the "boy bronco buster," volun
teered to ride the diving horse, which
leaps from a forty-foot platform into
a pool of water fdurteen feet deep.
The horse hit the water, nose first,
with Smith sitting gracefully on his
back. The crowd cheered until the
horse came up without the rider. It
was twenty minutes before Smith's
body was recovered.
Wisconsin Cats Rates.
The Wisconsin State Railway Com'
mission ordered that railways in that
State give a fiat two and one-half cent
passenger fare, and recommended
that family mileage books of 500
miles be issued for $10. The last
Legislature created the railway com
mission and conferred upon it power
to fix rates and regulate service.
Hurricane Wipes Out Town.
A hurricane has wiped out Cook
town, in North Australia, ihe steamer
Miowera reports. No life was lost.
The loss will amount to $2,000,000.
Tariff Revision Considered.
President Roosevelt sent a letter to
Governor Guild saying he would give
serious consideration to Massachu
setts' petition for a tariff revision.
Trial Divorce Agreed To.
The Rev. Charles E. PeiiTer and
wife, of Salem, Mass., agreed to a
trial divorce for a term of three years.