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    DAKOTA COUNTY HERA
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DAKOTA CITY, NEB., FRIDAY, APRIL 23, 100!).
NUMBER' 4
VOLUMH XVII
LATEST BY TELEGRAPH
SUMMARY OF THE NEWS OF
THE WHOLE WORLD.
TORNADO HITS OHIO
II. WHO WltOK.IlT IX t I.I'.Vi.LANB
AM) VICINITY.
.nle Imh Itul Five Minnies und It!
Wake Is Followed by Sheets of ltiiln
nnil Hall I )n Hinge to Property Will
Reach SI. 1)00,1)00.
Six persons were killed, nine fatal
ly hurt, at least fifty sustained Injuries,
and properly valued nt more than $1,
000.000 was destroyed In a tornado
which swept through Cleveland and
northern Ohio Wednesday.
The dead: Jasper Cromwell, Mrs.
Olive Phalen, unidentified man, Jo
seph Slaz, Louis I'etro.
Fred Clruggel committed suicide
during the heiKhth of the storm be
cause he was afraid he was about to
be killed. He rushed from the house
and drank ca:bollc acid.
A hoy was fatally Injured by a fall
from a church steeple.
Mrs. O. J. Herig fell on a stov and
was scalded by hot water when the
reservoir collapsed.
The storm anise suddenly and last
ed but five minutes.
At 11:30 o'clock p. r.i. the sun was
shining brightly. At 12:33 o'clock p.
m. the city was shrouded In darkness.
From the northeast came a Kale blow
Ins at the rate of 6(5 miles an hour.
In its wake followed a sheet of rain
and hail which fell with terrific force.
In the blinding rain pedestrians were
blown off their feet and hurled against
buildings, in many cases to be struck
down by flying bricks and timbers
which filled the air.
Hoofs were lifted off the houses,
chimneys hurled down, and strongly
built smokestacks picked up.
In some Instances roofs were car
ried for several hundred feet. Twelve
school buildings were damaged. Many
pupils had remarkable encapes, but
none was seriously hurt. The roof
was lifted off the main building of the
Case School of Applied Science.
Firemen and policemen from all
stations In the city turned out to assist
the people whose homes had , been
Wrecked and w ho were Injured In the
storm. So seriously was the telepnonc
service crippled that It was Impcssl
ble to get connection with the police
or fire headquarters.
No damage was done to boats on
the lake. A few fishing tugs were
out, but all were near shore.
St. Stanislaus church was demolish
ed. The loss is estimated at $125,000
OV. LILLEY siccumbs.
four Weeks' Itaitle with Disease Knd
In Death.
ieo. Leavens Llllcy, governor ol
Connecticut, died at the executive
"mansion at Hartford at 7:26 o'clock
Wednesday night, after battling with
disease for four weeks. The end came
peacefully, as the distinguished pa
tient did not regain consclousnesf
from the coma In which he had lain
for many hours, and which was the
result of acute nephritis and its at
tendant complications.
As soon as the sad news was spread
abroad the fire bells of Hartford
mounded the age of the dead governoi
49 and"U detachment of the First
company, governor's foot guard, lm
mediately was mustered to go on duty
tit the executive mansion.
The attending physicians announce
(hut the Immediate cause of death wat
toxlsemla, the result of acute nephri
tis with valvular disease and hyper
trophy.
AMERICAN BOAT SEIZED.
Msliiiig Schooner Captured by Canu
dian Schooner.
The dominion government crulsei
Kestrel arrived in port at Vancouver
I.:. C, Wednesday having In charge th
American halibut fishing schoonei
Charles Levi Woodbury, which h
captured after firing four rounds fruir
her machine guns and threatening t
wink the alleged poaching vessel unles)
she surrendered.
Three volleys wen Intended as i
warning, but us no attention was pad
to them a fourth was directed at tin
schooner, which struck and alight!)
damaged her. Tim captain of thi
American vessel did not surrender
however, until his schooner was board
ed by a fore from the cruiser.
Monument Unveiled.
A monument to the memory of tin
lute Henry Chadwlck, known as "tin
father of baseball," was unveiled Wed
ncaday over his grave In Oreenwoov
cemetery, Hrooklyn.
Sioux C-ity Live Slock Market.
Wednesdays quotations on th
Sioux City live stock market follow
Top beeves, $6.10. Top hogs, $7.05.
(erinana Send Hig Cruiser.
The German cruiser Hamburg
which has been acting as escort to thi
Imperial yacht Hohenxollern, has beet
ordered to Manilla for the protsctloi
of foreigners.
FreiM-lt SI dps at Scene.
The French milliliter of marine ha
been advised that tiie French cruise
Jules Michelet has arrived at Piraeu
and that the cruiser Victor Hugo hai
gone direct to Met'sina. 1
I. A. It. DASIKS MEET.
Continental Hail in Washington, I). C.
Crowded wltli Delegates.
Music, parlotlsm, oratory and har
irony were the dominant features of
Ire opening session of the eighteenth
Continental congri ss of the Daughters
of the American Revolution which
convened in Washington, D. C Mon
day. With interest at fever heat if r the
impending election of a succiwr to
Mrs. Donald McLean, of New York,
the retiring president general, the
daughters swarmed into the great
auditorium in Juch numbers lhat
many were compel. ed to content them
selves with standing room In the lobby
and exhibition halls. The two contest
ants for the chair to be made vacant
by the retirement of the president gen
eral, Mrs. Matthew C. Scott, of Illi
nois nnd Mrs. William Cummings
Story, of New York, occupied con
spicuous seats In the hall.
When all were seated a, trumpeter
stepped to the front of the platform
and heralded the approach .of Mrs.
McLean, who was preceded by a num
ber of charter members of the organ
isation. She was accorded an ovation,
the Daughters all standing and clap
ping their hands. This demonstration
visibly affected Mrs. McLean. Im
mediately after the scriptural reading
by Mrs. Ksiher Frothinghaoi Noble
the Invocation was delivered by Bishop
Harding. Mrs McLean In her ad
dress of welcome made It the occasion
for a farewell talk.
Vice President Sherman, Ambassa
dor Jusserand and Judge Stockbrldge
were the principal speakers. Former
Gov. Warlield of Maryland and Dr.
Edward Everett Hale were also ex
pected to speak, but were detained.
Mr. Sherman was in a most happy
vein and frequently set the daughters
to laughing. He congratulated them
on their patriotism nnd declared that
the men who fought In the revolution
little though of what the government
for which they were laying the found
ation would be.
President General McLean held a
large reception In Continetal hall Mon-
lay night and many were the expres
sions of regret heard over her pros
pective retirement.
WILL UK KXOIGII KKVKXl'K.
Atdrk-h Indicates He In Opixmcri to
Levying of an Income Tax.
In opening the debate on the pend
ing tariff bill Monday, Senator Al-
drlch, chairman of the committee on
finance, assured the sei.ate that the
bill reported from the finance com
mittee would produce ample revenue
for the government. He suggested
that If, by any possibility, these esti
mates should prove to be Incorrect,
the duty .of congress would be to "re
duce expenditures ' and make them
conform to actual revenue conditions
and not to Impose new and onerouf
taxes."
KTOltM IX MICIIKJAX.
Much Damage Done by Ilain in West
ern Part of the State.
Heavy damage was done Sunday
night by a terrlffic rainstorm which
visited western Michigan. Hundreds
of highway bridges were washed away
and miles of fences are down. Road
ways are washed away and In several
places the water Is up to the level ol
the Pere Marquette tracks. The Kal
amazoo and Black rivers are far out
of the banks.
Offer a $1,000 Howard.
The National Wool Growers' asso
ciation has offered a reward of $1,000
for the conviction of. the men who
raided the Allemand & Enge sheep
camp near Cheyenne, Wyo., some time
ago, killing the owners of the sheep
and a herder named Lazuer, burning
the camp and the bodies of two of
their vlctlmu. One arrest has been
made in connection with this raid.
Killed by His Daughter.
John Wallace, 65 years of age, us
shot and killed in New York Monday
night by his daughter Agnes. The mo
tive is not known definitely, although
the woman exclaimed; "His cruelty
killed by brother."
Bryan Accepts Invitation.
Speaker Ferris, of the Florida house
of representatives, has received a com
munication from William J. Bryan ac
cepting the Invitation tendered him to
address the legislature. Some date ii
May 'probably will' be selected.
Judge Pike Says No.
Judge Pike, of the Washoe county
district court at Heno, Nev., has an
nounced he would not entertain Juris
diction of the proceedings started last
July by Virginia 1 lamed for divorce
from her husbund, K. H. Sothern.
Van Cleave Resigns.
James W. Van Cleave, of St. Louis,
president of the Citizens' Industrial
Association of America, has an
nounced he has resigned us president,
giving as his reason his personal af
fairs demanded all of his attention.
Wllliclin Meets King of (Greece.
Corfu: Emperor William and the
empress arrived here Saturday and
were greeted by the king of Greece.
Missionary Severely Beaten.
A cablegram was received Monday
by the board of foreign missions of the
M. E. church from the Itev. Hurry
Comptnn, missionary at Quito, Ecua
dor, announcing thut he had been at
tacked by a mob and severely Injured.
Cotton ComprcHN Burns.
One of the largest cotton compresses
,n Littla Rock, Ark., was destroyed by
fire Monday, causing a loss which is
roughly estimated at $1,000,000.
FEEDS HBY TO TIIK lHXIS
Awful Crime of Ttvclvc-Yar-Ohl
Negro Hoy.
Incensed because his stepmother
had left him at home near Opclou-v-as.
in charce of his youtif? brothers
and sister for the tin;-. Tom Godfrey.
a 12-yeur-old negro boy, fed the
youngest of his charges to th? hogs.
and later with an ax inflicted what
probably wilt prove fatal wound on
the heads of the other two children.
The stepmother reported the triple
crime to the parish authorities and
Tom was placed In Jail ut Opeloussas.
She says she found the baby lu the
pen with the hogs wh'Mi she returned
home. Its hands and feet had been
eaten off, but It was still alive. She
straightway whipped Tom and when
she went for a doctor to attend the
baby Tom seized an ax and attacked
his 6-year-old stepbrother. Indicting
several deep wounds. His young step.
fflster interfered and he crushed her I
skull with the ax. The s'i'1 i dying
and the other two children have little
chance for recovery.
KILLS FORMER 1'IAXCK.
cssle Prow n Shoots Foi l P. Ada ins
on Eve of Ills Wedding.
Following closely on the heels of an
Announcement of the approaching
marriage of Earl P. Adams, an actor
and stage director of the Mabel Page
Stock company, now playing In Jack
sonville, Fla, to Miss KHzabeth Bagley.
Miss Jessie Brown, a well known
young woman to whom Adams had
been previously engaged, shot and
killed him Tuesday afternoon at her
home, where It 13 alleged Adamswent
to explain to her his approachlnc mar
riage to Miss Haglcy. Adama was
shot several times ly Miss Brown and
he died almost Instantly. Miss
Crown was arrested and placed In the
county Jail.
Miss Brown Is the sister of May
Brown, who was killed in Jacksonville
In 1905 by her fiance, who at the same
time shot her mother, Mrs. Freeman
and Detective Cahoon.
Smugglers Being Pressed.
Further Investigation of the system
atic smuggling of Paris gowns In New
York led the custom house officers to
declare Tuesday that the syndicate has
probably smuggled In $1,000,000 worth
of goods each year for the last ten
years, thus defrauding the government
out of $600,000 annually.
Harden lined $150.
Maximilian Harden, editor of Die
Zukulat, of Berlin, Germany, has been
fined $160 on the charge of having
libeled Gen. Count Kuno von Moltke,
former military governor of Berlin, In
connection with the Prince iu Fulen-
berg affair and the "round table'
scandals of 1907.
Jumps Prom Bridge; Will Die.
After an alleged altercation with his
father on a bridge across the Big
Sandy river at Louisa, Ky., Walter
Vellman,aged 22 years-, Jumped from
the bridge in an attempt nt suicide.
He was not drowned, but was so badly
injured it Is believed he will die.
Shingles Take a .lump.
British Columbia shingles advanced
In .price 10 cents Tuesday. This ' In
crease has been predicted for the last
three weeks, us the mills for more
than a month have been swamped
with orders.
People in a Panic.
A severe eruption of the Colml vol
cano in Mexico, followed by an earth
quake, spread terror and confusion
among the Inhabitants of nearby vil
lages and many have fled from their
homes.
On Trial for Wife Murder.
Chester S. Jor '.an, Somervllle,
Mass., a vaudeville actor, was placed
on trial Tuesday at East Cambridge for
the murder of his wife, Houora Jordan
at Somervllle, on September 1, last.
Jumps Prom a Window.
An unidentified man about 60 year
old committed suicide by Jumping
from a window on the eleventh floor
of Wanumuker's department store In
New York, Monday.
Madman Tries to Kill.
John Ia Johnson, an insane man,
who .escape from the Oklahoma state
asylum at Fort Supply, returned Mon
day and probably fatully shot T. W.
Kruse, an attendant.
Drinks Prussic Acid.
Preferring the grave to a prison
cell, Dr. Rosa F. Monnlsh. of Atlanta
(la., drank prusslc acid und died an
hour after she had been sentenced to
serve two years In the federal prison
at Ijcavenworth, Kan.
Train (iocs Into Ditch.
A washout sent a Grand Trunk
freight train from Grand Haven, east-
bound, into a ditch one mile west of
Grand llupids, Mich., Monday. Three
men were killed and one Injured.
Three Meet Watery Grave.
By the capsizing of a canoe In Mld-
flletuii pond near Dunvers, Mass., Mon
day, Victor Durgln, Mrs. Ernest Nor
ton and her Infant son were drowned.
Murdered by Bobbers.
J. H. McClurkin, a well known
farmer, was murdered at his home
near Auniston, Ala., while endeavor-
lug to fustrate a supposed robbery.
Several negroes have been arrested.
I'lve Men Drowned.
Five men were drowned Tuesday
when the steamer, Eber Ward, collid
ed with a heavy fine and sank in the
Mackinaw straits. Five miles west c
Mackinaw City.
NFRRAKKA STATF HFBI8
sj 1 hi star a a nsr a
MANY FATAL ACCIDENTS.
Season Marked liv I dirge List of Acci
dental Dtnilh".
Seven boys, under the nge of IS
years, have been killed In Nebraska
during the lift six weeks, cither while
handling firearms themselves, or at
the hands of their boy companions.
These seven youthful lives represent
only a port of the toil paid during
the spring hunlinir season In Nebraska
Aside from the ratal u.H'iilcnts there
have been a senre or more of casual
ties more or less serious hi which life
was not taken. Eye, arms, IihiiiU am!
feet were targets for premature dis
charged shotguns and the total nam
j,pr of serious accidents will prohnb'y
mark this as the iuo.-t disastrous bun
I DfT season for yt.uth the i-liite has eve
seen.
The strange series of a.-clilents be
gan March 1 and continued until thi
latter part of the month, April so fa
being free from casualties In which
youthful life is forfeited.
Following Is a list of the young nlm
rods who have given up their lives ii
sport of hunting:
Sylvester Coznd, of Freedom, 14
years old, shot dead by a boy com
panion while playing ball.
William Ham, of Curtis, 13 years
old, shot himself while hunting ducks.
Louis Nebola, of Ielgh, 7 years old.
shot by young brother while the latter
was returning from u hunt.
Harry Taylor, of Bellwood, 15 years
old, shot by discharge of gun in the
hands of a boy companion while hunt
ing. Hans Jensen, of Plain view, 16 years
old, Bhot and Instantly killed by boy
companion who was shooting at ducks.
John Coffey, of Nebruska City, 15
years old, shot himself while pulling
gun from a boat.
Elver Ralya, of Simeon, 13 years
old, shot himself while taking his gun
wit tt a bout.
I'HEF.D OF SHOOTING CHAKGi:.
Peru Man Permitted to Go Hesult of
Hallowe'en Scraie.
The preliminary examination of J. C.
Chatelain, of Peru, charged with
shooting at William Colby with Intent
to do great bodily harm and charged
with shooting L. K. Dillon with Intent
to wound, was held before County
Judge Pariiott. The result was that
the judge refused to hold Chatelain to
the district court and discharged him.
The case has been standing since
November last and grew out of a Hal
lowe'en party 'orx the- first of that
month. Chatelain is a Ju'.Clce of the
peace at Peru and during the night of
November 1 was informed that aome
boys were turning over his sidewalk
In front of his store. He put his re
volver In his pocket and took a lan
tern and started down town. On his
way. down he met a, bunch of about
thirty boys In the street and told them
consider themselves under arrest.
About this time Colby gave his lan
tern a kick, which caused It almost to
fileker out; when it flamed up Dillon,
Who was standing near, noticed that
Chatelain was In the act of shooting
Colby and struck him arm, which act
iived Colby's life, as the bullet bnre
K missed him. Dillon then grabbed
Chatelaln's arms In the struggle,
Chatelain shot Dillon In the leg. chat
i-laln Is an excitablo person and was
pvidently laboring under the lmpres
sion that he was being mobbed. He
did not know who Dillon was when he
fired the shot and felt very badly about
It, as he and Dillon were the best of
friends.
TIIKV LOOTED MANY THAIXS.
Nebraska ItoblsTS Stole on Wholesale
Stsile.
The arrest on Wednesday at I.-
Platte of four men in a house In which
was found stored $2,000 worth of
goods alleged to have been stolen from
freight trains in the vicinity of Oma
ha, has been followed by a full con
fession from the leader of the gang,
which is said to Implicate several
Cithers, Including some prominent
business firms, wi ere their plunder
has been sold. The men arrested arc
Leuiti and J. W. Adair, Alfred Hayes
vnd J. Walters. They have been
working on the Hurllngton near 1-a-
Platte and rented a house there, which
was used as a storage warehouse,
-Louis Adair made the confession.
Their plan was to board freight trains
at South Omaha and throw off goods
after the trains started. They have
been operating since last October and
are alleged to have stolen many hun
dreds of dollars worth of goods of al
most evety variety. The police refuse
to divulge the names of those Impli
cated by Adair's confession.
SECTION' IIAXIt KILLED AT IILAIIt.
Door Swings Out from Panning ltox
Car, Crushing Ills Skull.
Jesse Miller, a section hand on the
Northwestern railroad at Hlalr, was
killed about two miles soiiih of HlHir
late Saturday afternoon. With others
of the section crew he was standing
near the track waiting for a freight
train to pass and while looking toward
the engine a car door swung out.
striking III in on the head, crushing his
kull.
t;raud IhImikI Man Killed.
Eire destroyed the Miller A Ogor
man furniture house at Grand Island
Saturday, and Frank Miller, senior
member of the firm, was killed while
'u the basement of the building.
Woinun' MisNlonary Society.
The east Nebraska branch of the
Woman's Foreign Missionary society
of the United Itiethren church closed
a two days' session at Blue Springs
Friday evening.
Injured III Runaway.
J. C. Heady, a farmer, living about
three miles south of Dickens, was bad
ly Injured lu a runaway Saturday. He
was (rtivlng near the railroad tracks
when his team became frightened at
a Hurllngton freight train
pass us a mm m m mw ;
woman i itiirrs n: iimi: i iiik.
Mrs. Henry t.'anow Saves Her laniily
11 1 id Home.
Fighting the prairie fire that de
vastated the replon near Merrliiiiin,
Mrs. Ib-niy Gaiiow, alone, except with
the ai.l of l.er four children, snted
her house by making a firebreak with
a pair of oxen and a wooden plow.
The lire split a tulle southeast of Mer
ilninii. one swept along tin- river In
thi co heuds. .,
The tire Is a "great hardjhln to Ptock
- tinging. The Ins. Is estimated at
: 11)0,(101). Many ranchmen lost all
heir hay. Firebreak may save
nine houses. Telephones In the fire
:one are cut off.
The New Center school house and
ie ranches of Sam Buckminster, -Villi
Thayer, Alexander 'nwteir and J
!. Stone'B were devastated. '
CONVICT'S TO UK TAILOP.S.
,Y. L, Cunningham, of St. loiN, Sim L
Contract for Their Labor.
W. L. Cunningham, of St. l-iili'. Is
jnxlous to employe the prisoners li:
;h state penltentlaiy in a tailor shop
Mr. Cunningham called on the mem
bers of the State board of public lamb
ind buildings Saturday afternoon and
iroposed to employ t very prisoner
who Is able to work in the manufac
ture of clothing for laborers.
Should the board agree to bis prop
nsltion Mr. Cunningham -uld he-
would Install about $45.0(10 worth of
machinery and get bu.y at once. He
told the board It would cost the siutc
less than the broom factory costs In
tin; matter of heat and power.
Under the contract with the Ici
Broom company the board cannot let
all the prisoners to the proposed c on
tractor, but It U ihe opinion of the
hyard Mr. Cunningham will be willing
to use a portion of the men, unout
125, for the present. The Iee con
tract calls for not inornthan 1!50 men
When It first beau to dicker with
the St. Louis man the bourd was undei
the Impression it could terminate the
lee contract on six months' notice
but upon examination It discovered
that the contract could ba terminated
after six months' notice provided the
tUate used the convicts. This was put
In the contract with the expectation
that the legislature might take some
steps to put In a twine, factory or other
manufacturing plunt to be run by the
state.
It is expected, If a contract Is made
with tUe lit. Ixiuls -man, that It will
net the state about 60 cents a convict
a day. .
Under the law the governor niakei
the contract and It Is approved by the
board, and action was delayed because
the governor could not meet with th
board.
Should a contract be made with Mr.
Cunningham the use of the convicts In
raising sugar beets would not mate
rialize, which would be very pleuslng
to the warden and to members of tht
state board.
Mr. Cunningham ytold the board II
he were permitted to use the six fe
male convicts he could furnish thi
state Institutions with socks and stock
lugs at 45 cents a dozen pairs.
LAXI CROOKS DO lllti BUSINESS
l-'orgod Deeds and Iiiiulries Arriving
pihlly at Kearney l4ind Ofllce. .
A letter received by Register ot
Dteds Wheelock, of HulTalo county,
FYlday, Indicates a syndicate of land
-rookn Is operating around Columbus,
O. This letter conlaineu anotner spur
ious deed and abstract for a section
of land that Is not even located In
Buffalo county.
V. P. Churches, also of Columbus,
O., Is the purchaser In thla instance
and the documents are even coarset
than those received ut Kearney a few
days ugo from B. Serra, of the same
city. The same fictitious notaries'
names appear on this one as appeared
on the previous one, and the deed de
scribes the land as being In Buffalo
county, and as a matter of fact It
would bo near Hershey, -Neb., lu Lin
coln county. . '
A volume of Inquiries have been
pouring Into Mr. Wheelocks office
asking about the nature of different
pieces of land In Buffalo county. All
are from the vicinity of Columbus.
Charles Terrell, of DeOrofT, O., statei
that he has traded for the same suc
tion of land that was deeded to B. Ser
ra and wants to know It It la moun
tainous or table land and whethri
coal beds or oil wells exist thereon.
John W. Moore, of Cynthlana, Ky.,
has bought a bogus deed for section
16-12-21. deHCiibsd as being in Buffa
lo county, but as per section number
it would be nt-ur Maxwell, IJneolu
county.
Mr. Wheelock has returned the uc
uinent to the senders, advising them
that liufTalo county md is nut fur
sale through any "iight unseen" yn-
iMcate.
Cattle Tlilves Busy.
A ranchman named Deal, living t
few miles east of Valentin, had six
head of cattle stolen from him, and
while he was able to track the cattle
thieves fur a few lu 1 1 mm he soon lost
their trail.
J,urge CluMN Ctmth'iucd.
A class of eight young people was
confirmed at the Herman l-sitheran
church at lelgh last Sunday by Iti-v
A. F. Lutaa.
John Dale St-Ht tt I'rimiu.
John Dale, who has been In Jail
In Pawnee City for robbery, having
stolen clothing from the Hotel Murphy
In Table Rock, pleaded guilty Satur
day and was senteiierd by Judge Ba
per to the penitentiary fur eighteen
months.
V iiiiii of tiun Accident.
itufus Crow ell, who was accidental'
ly shot by his brother, Waldo Crowell
Sunday, April 4, while hunting ducks,
died at the family home southwest of
Uuld Hock Thursday evening.
TAFT III TARIFF PLEA
President, in Mestnjce, Asks Con-
tress to Revise Philippine
Revenue System.
PAYNE BIIL FORCES CHANGE
Recommendations of Secretary Dlck
inson nnd Gen. Edwards Are
Transmitted with Act.
The President sent to Congress n
special uiessiitfi' In relation to the
Philippine tuiilT. The message trans
mits recommendation ,ly "'e Secre
tary of War for a revision of the Phil
ippine tariff 'ho us to permit as much
customs revenue us possible for the
Islands nnd nt the snnie lime to extend
to the Islands the principle of n pro
tective tariff for Its Industries.
Under t lie conditions which will
arise from the eimetnient of the tnrllT
hill pending In Congress, which pro
vides uniW certain conditions for free
trade between the Philippines nnd the
United Stntes. the revenues of th IhI
nnd will be considerably affected, mid
numerous protests have been received
here on this account. The proposed
amendments to the hill are to Interfere
us little us possible with these free
trade conditions and at the same time
permit collection of ample revenue,
The message nnd nccotiipaiijing letters
of recommendation from Secretary
Dickinson nnd General Clnreuce It. Ed
wards, chief of the Insular bureau of
the Wnr Department, with a copy of
Ihe proposed net, were submitted to
both houses of Congress shortly after
they convened.
General speaking, the bill submitted
by the President makes n slight lu
crease In the rates of duty now pro
vided In the Philippine tariff, but its
f ranters sny Its tendency Is to Insure,
ns fnr ns practicable, the benefit of the
Philippines market fnr American man
ufnetures and nroilucts. The bill
makes some additions to the free list
There will lie un Increase in Internal
revenue duties, by which It is hoped
to make up the loss which the Philip
pine Islands will sustain by the opera
tious of the free-trade provisions in
the pending Payne tin Iff bill. The lu
terna.l-i'evenue javysj for the FUlUpplnes
are enacted by the Philippine assem
bly.
President Tafl'a Message.
To the Senate and House of Iteprt-
seutatives: 1 truumnit herewith a com
munication from the Secretary of Wat
inclosing one from the chief of the bu
reau of insular affairs, in which Is trans
mitted a proposed tariff-revision law for
(be Philippine Islands.
This measure revises the present Tbll-
Ippiue tariff, simplifies It and makes It
conform as nearly as possible to the regu
lations of the custom laws of the Uni
ted States, especially with rtspect to
packlug and packages. The present Phil
ippine regubilious have been cumber
some and diflicult for Americau merchants
and exporters to comply with. Its pur
pose is to niet-t the new conditions that
will arise under the section of the pend
ing Uuiteil States tariff bl'.i, which pro
vides, with certain liilifctions, for free
trade between the United States and thb
islands. It is drnwu with a view to pre
serving to the islands ns much cnsloius
revenue as possible and to protect in n
reasonable measure those industries which
now exist in the islands.
The bill now transmitted has been
drawn by a board of thrift experts, of
which the insular collector of customs.
Col. Ceorge It. Collou, was the presideut.
The board held a great many open meet
ings in Monila and conferred fully with
representatives of all business interest!
in the Philippine Islands, It is of great
Importance to the welfare of the islands
that the bill should be passed at thb same
time with the pending Payne bill, with
special reference to the provisions of
which it was prepared.
1 rcxM-et fully recommend that this
bill be enacttd at the -present session of
Congress as one incidental to and re-
qitrsd by th passage of the Payne bill.
WILLIAM II. TAFT."
FAMILY IS THIN BLOODED.
Many Members Ulrril to Death After
I. Illl Mlaliaps.
(ierald. the youngest son of Edward
Lower of Tyrone, P., accidentally cut
his month by fulling on a tin toy, ami In
spite of all that medical aid could do he
bled lo deuth. This is the family's third
child that hits bled lo death lu three
years. Uulph, bge. 2 years, fell down a
fiight of stairs and received a small cut
ou his face. Tun flow of blood could not
be slopped aud be died. A year ago Jes
sie, nged 2 years, fell and cut her head
on the sharp edi;e of a wooden block.
She also bled lu dentil. Physicians miy
that the Lower fbiuily's blood is In such
a condition lhat it fail to coagulate
whin it comes hi contact with the uir.
Four other relatives of the Lower fuiiiily
lilt ve bled to deulll.
Srlse Wan;oua In I. leu of Cars.
Thousands uf iflHou were lute ut their
places uf employment in Cincinnati Ihe
other illuming uwiiik lo i, lire in the pow
er-house uf the (ruction coinpsry. All
sorts of conveyances were used to bring
people to tlieii- wink. la niuiiy instances
drivers of wsgous refined to aecomiiiudute
Ihe H-ople mid I lie i l' vehicles were He i led
and ihe trip to tint city uiude with one
of lh suburbanite driving.
Thlrr-twi Men Are Slain la Riot.
The rioting at Yelurdeua, the big coal
mining it nip lu the State of Conhiiila,
Mexico, whh inure serious than at lilst
reported, lliiil.v-lwo lueu being killed aud
many iujured. Fourteen of the rioter
have been stiuinmrity executed by the
government troops aud uiuny imprisoned.
.Many Americans reside in Velardeus, the
camp I.eing (out rolled by American cupi-
tsl.
BASEBALL SEASON 0PE5T3.
Great Crowds in Several Cities At
tend the First Games.
Immense crowds thronged the big
league ball arks for the opening
games of the bnselmll season Wednes
.day. The Cubs pi.iyed fo 16,000 peo
ple In Chicago an-.; over 11,000 funs
watched the Sot nt rx-trolt. The Cubs
won, 3 to i. and the Sox lost, 0 to 2.
Pittsburg vn from the Cincinnati.
Ilcils nnd the Ib.stoti Dotps trimmed
Philadelphia. The only other Ameri
can League g;iine was at Bt. Loiil-t,
where Cleveland won. 4 to 2. Rust-hull
got n banner start on what seems to
be Its most prosperous year.
The largest crowd thnt ever wit
nessed the Innugtirntlon of baseball
season In Clniinnntl was out to set?
the Cincinnati and Pittsburg tenuis
play. The Pittsburg secured, n lead
In the first timing and gradually In
creased It through timely hitting ntnl
I'rointne's wildiiess. Cincinnati had
men on liases lu nearly every inning.
but was unable to get ono of them
home. The Pirates scored three runs.
Before one of the hii'sest crowds ever
assembled In Washington Park, Indian
apolis, champions of the American As
sociation, defeated Toledo In the open
ing game. Opening ttui season at St.
Iiinils with Clevelnu.l. efre one of
the largest crowds that has ever wit
nessed a spring gnnie, the St Louis
baseball teuni went down to defeat by
a si-ore of 4 to 2.
Standing; of b I
NATIONAL IXAQtlS.
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Cincinnati
1 Brooklyn ..
1 Pittsburg ..
2 St. louis .
:t PUil'd'Iphia
Boston . . ,
New York
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AMERICAN IJ-.A0UK.
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Detroit 5 0 Phil'd'li.hia . .'J
New York .A 2 St.. IouU ...a
Boston 3 2 Washington ..'i
Clevelaud ...2 :i Chicago 1
AUEBICAN ASSOCIATION.
W. L. W.
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4
Louisville ...IS
0 St. Paul ....1
0 Kan. City ...1
t Toledo 1
2 Columbus . . .O
Milwaukee ..4
lndianiiKli .5
Minneapolis ..'I
MARION GREY MUST 00 TO JAIL
United States Court of Appeals Up
holds Her Conviction.
Conviction of Marlon Crey, the cu-
pid agent who conducted tne "Search
light Club" at Elgin, III., and the sen-
1 tehee, ot. the. joking woman to aerve
otie year in the bridewell were upheld:
by Ihe 1'uit.ed States Circuit Court of
Appeals. Miss drey was found guilty
In the District Court and was sen
tenced by Judge Lnndis for conducting;'
n soiil-tnallug business, front whowe de
cision oil appeal wus taken by the at
torney for the matrimonial agency pro
prietor.
MANY DIE IH BURNINO HOTEL.
Sis Bodies Found, Oihera Wlltl In tt
Hnlns uf San r'ra Mt-laro lli.llaii.
Six bodic recovered uml proliahly t-isht
or teu ulhers buried in the ruins; six
injured, uce fatally, mid property los of
Jlllo.lHm a iv the results of an early morn
ing fire thst destroyed the St. IJeorge Ho
tel, a Ioil2iinr-bo:isi fur Inluirers. ami
eight other sunill lioililiiijs hi San Fntn-
eiseo. The bodies taken to the lllolue
were so churreil lliuf ilealtii:-alun wu
Impossible. The hotel was a thrce-siory
frame building uud buruml so rap.iiy
that none uf the '.'INI o viinti bud lime
lo dress, ami many esi-uM-il by jumping
to the rouf of an adjoining workship.
Si-ores liiiinbered down t In- Judders tJ the
firemen kiid I be tire esctpeit. and four
jumped to safely into tiie net held by I lie
fire lighters. Of the regular boarder
thirty are uiiaeco'inied for. but it Is be
lieved that many wf them escaped in the
confusion sad have neglected to rextrt
their safety.
o Liquor '-Oiitvld r In."
The Missouri House pussed a poliibi
tion law for putM-iiger t.-a:m. uiusu.. it
unlawful to ill ink or exiMue intoiie.ttiu
liquors on pas,uicer trains in that Slat
or to ride ou a ;uetixer train i:i au !r
toxicated condition. Tin- penally is a Guv
of from $5 to $2..
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