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HURRICANE 111 SOUTH
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Pterida and Cuba Storm Swept
$a.eoo,ooo Damage Done
at Key Went.
TT B UNDER MARTIAL LAW
Vina Cigar Factories Destroyed
Plmnring Begins as Soon as
Wind Slackens.
As a result of the hurricane which
struck the southern coaHt of Florida
Monday morning Key West Is a mass
of wreckage and the daman to prop
erty la estimated at $2,000,000. Mar
tial law was proclaimed ly the mayor,
and the Key West guards are patrol
ling the city. The United States gov
ernment lias hcen asked to dispatch
troops there without delay to assist In
patrolling tho storm swept area. Con
ditions are chaotic and few persons re
main In their homes, hundreds of
which either have been totally wrecked
or damaged. It Is thought that many
lives have been claimed along the
coast.
The storm reached its height at. 1
o'clock In the afternoon, when the
wind had an estimated velocity of 100
mikes an hour. There was a hard,
teady blow from 8 a. m. to 3 p. m.,
when tho wind began to die down, and
ty 4 o'clock the center of the hurricane
had passed.
Resides the several score of resi
dences either wrecked or blown from
their foundations, nine factories were
partly destroyed, Including the Havana-American.
Martinez, Nichols, Kuy
Lopez, Manuel Lopez, Fleitas Toreys,
Cortez, and Wolf cigar manufactories.
Two of the city fire engine depart
ments were destroyed and tho firemen
narrowly escaped. The top of the
First National Hank was blown off, the
postoffice damaged, and two running
gears of the government coaling sta
tion were wrecked.
As soon as the wind had subsided,
plundering began. The city police
force was unable to cope with the sit
uation, and the mayor decided to take
stringent measures to suppress the
looting, his proclamation of martial
law resulting. Almost every national- 1
lty Is represented among the city's pop
ulation of more than $20,000, about
"ine half ef whom are employed In the
cigar manufactories, sponge fisheries, I
and salvage companies.
LOVE LEADS TO PENITENTIARY.
Woman, Convicted of Stepdaughter's
Murder, Accuses Husband.
On behalf of Mrs. Rae Krauss, of
Hartford City, Ind., now serving a life
sentence in the woman's prison for the
murder ef her stepdaughter, Crystal
Krauss, Attorney J. A, Illndmann has
filed a cross complaint in the divorce
proceedings brought by William R.
Krauss. In the complaint Mrs. Krauss
says her husband murdered his own
daughter anl they agreed that she
should be p'inlshed for it because the
coun would be more lenient witn a
woman and because Krauss, who Is
wealthy and prominent, could use his
Influence to get a pardon for his wife.
The complaint alleges that she was
"cajoled, threatened and coerced" by
her husband into signing a confession
which she wrote, and that he has not
lived up to his part of the agreement
mode at that time, namely, to get
pardon far her. She said that she as
sumed tie role of murderess out of her
love for her husband.
The dath of Crystal Krauss was
one of the greatest mysteries In In
diana. The girl was 18 years old and
was popilar. Her stepmother Bcemed
fond of her and the two were Insep
arable. Her death was caused by
strychnine poisoning, the most dam
aging evidence being given by a milk
man's boy, who said Mrs. Krauss sent
him to a drug Btore to got ten cents
worth -ef strychnine. The next morn
tag Crystal Krauss was dead.
HOLD MAN FOR CAIN'S CRIME.
HUtlT mt Ptrnrr Who Wu Slala
la Bd la Arrested.
Ben H. Murrow was placed under
arrest at Dec Moines, Iowa, upon a
warrant issued by Coroner Iven Now
len. holding him to the grand Jury for
the murder of his brother, Charles E.
Murrow, at the Ben Murrow farm,
east of Des Moines, early Wednesday
morning. Ail night the coroner's Jury
worked on the case. Murrow was shot
through the temple as he lay In bed
in me uen murrow noine. it was
given out that he had been shot by
burglars.
Bryaa'a Daachter Candidate.
Mrs. Ruth Bryan Leavttt, daughtei
of William J. Bryan, has formally an
nounced her candidacy for the nomi
nation for Congress from the First
District of Colorado. Former Senator
I'atteraon has given his promise that
if the Democratic party of the State
shall nominate a woman for Congress
he will use his Influence for her. Mr.
Bryan has given his consent.
ICartbqoak la Kelt In Ueurarla.
Two distinct earth hhoiks were felt
at Dalton, Cia., about 5 a. m. Friday.
Houses were shaken, but no damage
is reported.
Beer Fluwa la Mlreeta of Tuva.
Twnty-four hundred and fifty gal
Ions of beer were poured into the
afreets of Columbus, Kan., by Sheriff
Hat ton under orders from the District I
Court. The beer was seized in cold
storage at . West Mineral, Cherokee
bounty. No one laid claim to it.
foatmaater Aliened Kabnitlrr.
An indictment charging embezzle
ment of post office funds was returned
against John B. 8trobl, postmaster
at Irouton, O, by the federal grand
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IATSCIAl
CHICAGO.
The Weekly Kevlew of Chicago
Trade, compiled by ft. 0. Dun A Co.,
says: Operations in the leading ac
tivities have become so expanded It Is
not surprising Uiat. the volume of pay
ments through the banks are now seen
to be averaging almost $.'0.0on.no0 each
business day. Conditions generally ex
hibit remarkable strength throughout
the leading Industiies and there Is no
exhaustion In the commitments adding
to the assured a.'ciiniulnHnn of for
ward work In manufacturing Increas
ing demands for money and more ex
tended movements of bre idstuffs, pro
visions, factory outputs, raw materials
and general merchandise emphasize the
underlying strenglh and confidence felt
In the future.
Fall transactions make a notable
comparison with the best previous
years In production and distribution.
Lake traffic includes tonnages reaching
new records, while the earnings of
Chicago steam roads also furnish fa
vorable comparisons. Despite the in
stallation of new equipment It Is found
more difficult to obtain an adequate
car service in tlie central West, and
reports Indicate that deliveries of
heavy materials fall behind the dates
promised, owing to the unexpected de
mands upon available facilities. Trans
actions In the wholesale branches of
staple merchandise pre-ent more nu
merous reservation:-, for distant needs.
Rink clearings. $2!.'l.ri 1 -r,.::00. exceed
thoe of the corresponding week In
1!0S by 2.1. S per cent, and compare
with $L1f,fi1.'.77." in 1007.
Failures reported In die Chicago dis
trict number 21, against 2!) last week,
2') In IflOS. and 21 In 1!W. Those with
liabilities over $5,000 number 7, against
11 last week, 5 in 1'jOS, and 9 in 1007
NEW YORK.
Favorable reports are the rule In
nearly all lines of trade and Industry,
with conservatism, bred by high price
of raw and manufactured products,
and full order books of manufacturers
the only appa -ont bars to an even
wider distribution In most wholesale
lines. Wholesale trado In staple lines
Is good beyond question, even the
South, which faces a short yield o(
cotton, show lug n better and more
cheerful tone because, of the high price
offered for its leading staple at a per-
lod of nearly record crop movement,
On the other hand. ronton manufac-
turers here, at the South and abroad
are discussing curtailment of output
in an effort to readjust prices of goods,
which aro strong and tending upwnrd
to the advanced cost of the raw ma
terial, -which is fiO per cent higher than
a year ago. Shortages of cars in spe
cial lines are more in evidence In
transportation than for two years past.
Business failures In tho United
mates ror me ween ending wun wci.,n
7 were 20.1. against 195 last week,
In the like week of 11)08, 192 in 1907,
192 in 190G and 183 In 1005.
Business failure i In Canada for the
week number HG, as compared with 22frtu,r authority."
last week and SI last year. Brad
street's.
Chicago Cattle, common to prime,
$4.00 to $8.80; hogs, prlmo heavy, $4.50
to $8.05; sheep, fair to choice, $4.a5
to $5.25; wheat, No. 2, $1.16 to $1.18;
corn. No. 2. 5'Jc to f.Oc: oats, utandard.
37c to 38c; rye, No. 2, 70c to 73c; hay,
timothy, $8.00 to $15.00; prairie, $8.00
to $11.00; butter, choice creamery, 25c
to 29c; eggs, fresh, lSc to 24c; pota
toes per bushel, 40c to 50c.
Indianapolis Cattle, shipping, $3.00
to $7.00; hogs, good to choice heavy.
$3.50 to $8.30; Hheep, good to choice.
$2.50 to $5.00; wheat. No. 2, $1.12 to
$1.15; corn. No. 2 white, 65c to 6fic;
oats. No. 2 whlto. 38o to 39c.
St. Louis Cattle, $1.00 to $7.75;
hogs, $4.00 to $7 75; sheep. $3.00 to
$4.75; wheat. No. 2. $1.20 to $1.21;
corn, No. 2, 58o to 60c; oats. No. 2,
88c to 39c; rye No. 2. 70o to 72c.
Detroit Cattle, $4 00 to $5.50; hogs.
$4.00 to $8.00; sheep. $2.50 to $1.51);
wheat. No. 2, $1.17 to $1.19; com. No.
2 yollow, 63c to 64c; oata, standard.
40o to 42c; rye, No. 1, 73c to 74c.
Milwaukee Wheat. No. 2 norttiern,
$1.02 to $1.04; corn. .No. 3, G7o to 58c;
oata, standard, 39c to 40c; rye, No. 1,
72c to 73c; barley, standard, 65a to
C6c; pork, mess, $24.20.
Buffalo Cattlo, choice shipping
steers, $4.00 to $7.00; hogs, fair to
choice, $1.00 to $8.20; uheep. common
to good mixed. $4 00 to $5.50; lambs,
fair to choice, $1.00 to $7.75.
Cincinnati Cattlo, $100 to $0 Hi;
hogs, $4.00 to $7.90; sheep, $3.00 to
$4.25; wheat. No. 2. $1.19 to $1.22;
corn. No. 2 mixed, Gin to Clr, oats.
No. 2 mixed, 40c to 41c; rye, No. 2.
77c to 78c.
New York Cattle, $4 00 to $7.00:
hogs, $4.00 to $8.40; sheep, $:i.oo to
$4.50; wheat. No. 2 red, $1.17 to $1.18;
corn. No. 2, 68c to C9o; oats, natural
white, 42c to 45c; butter, crea.nery,
27o to 31c; eggs, western, 21c to
26c.
Toledo Wheat. No. 2 mixed. $1.17
to $1.19: corn, No. 2 mixed, 60c to
61c; oats, No. 2 mixed, 40c to 41c;
rye, No. 2, 73c to 75c; clover seed
$9.10.
At tho International clry-rarmiii
ronKrens ut lUllinics. Munt., 'I' t. 2G-2S,
prominent nun from Kuropeau coun
tries and Canada, us well as the Unl
ted Hiatus, w ill tuke part.
Mlaa Uluiu lie ljird, 10 yuurj of :ik,
realdunt of Minneapolis, was limtant
ly killed on the White lWiur roud, when
her automobile wua ditched In trying
to avoid a fanner's wagon.
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BALLING ER FOR SAVING OF LAND
tililrea at Sue rnuiciilo. Oil., Out
line Interior Sccrctury'w Toiler.
"The Sacramento valley contains
tremendous possibilities of develop
ment. Irrigation properly npplied will
add millions of dollars to your wealth.
It is my desire so far as the laws
will permit to enforce the saving and
the right use of the public domain."
So said Secretary Ballinger at a ban
quet In Sacramento. Oil.. Thursday
night, following bis vl-dt to the Or
lando Irrigation project. "Absorbing
certain lands nnd sequestering them
Joes not accomplish the most deHlrable
results, but when It is put to practical
use all the people will bo the real
beneficiaries. The work Khniild en for-
.,, thnt , wlmt th ,,.,,,.-,
ltlon wl , .,, h(isf , ,, nhu,tv
foiownK the ol,cy of Mr. Koose
velt of trying to do everything pos
sible to assist the western country
And when we find that our work Is
obstructed bv the laws we will ask for
HUSBAND KILLS WIFE AND SELF
wukena imiin. Tell Her of I u -tended
4'rluie aoil l-'lre Sliota.
Fred K. Link of the Link Manufac
turing Company of Krie, Pa., aroused
his wife from her slumber and a quar
rel ensued, during which, it Is said,
Link announced that he had decided
to cud both his own life and that of
his wife. He shot the woman four
times, one bullet penetrating her heart.
I. Ink fired the remaining bullet
through his head, dying Instantly.
Link hud suffered serious business re
verses. or
Livonia easily won (he Willow h.iu-
dienp at Onivesend, N. Y.
Horsemen re much interested l.i
the fact tliut Dun I'uti h does not seem
to rerover from his recent lamenous.
Livonia, an added starter, won the
iiftil Kustern I'undlcup ut SliccpHlicui
Hay, N. V. The stake Is valued ut
$2.(100.
Kmillo I.uiiKhl, an Italian hoy, low-
civil tho world's hulf-mlle running rec-
id in the recent Canadian champion
ship held In Montreal.
In .1 very close and exciting nice ut
'lice psheud It.iy, N. Y.. Jack Atkln, u
l.i mite, won tho V light Stukes. valued
it Jl.'iOO, neveii furlongs.
I'.uiney (Udlleld, the reckless uutu
Irlver, set u new record at Lowell,
M.ina., when he niuiie a mile In 51 1-5
seconds with u standing sturt.
In I'fiiiisylvanlu, Sureno, 2:08', tho
KulilelenH trotter, established u record
for the I'oliit llrec.e truck by trottinx
uu exhibition mile ulonu In 2:l:i.'.
Jiiims II. Campbell, a well known
horseman, was Htricken with acute in
digestion while driving In a trotting
race t Yoiikers, N. Y. Hit fell from
his sulky utid died while being taken
to the hospital.
At Sioux t'ity. Iowa. Dan Patch
trocd the fulHenesH of the report that
his racing iluyx were over. In art ex
hibition with Minor Heir ho pu-.-ed a
mi In In 2:10'.j, In the teeth of u veri
table gale und over a bumpy truck.
Yule foot ball otllciuls. tearing that
Harvard und Princeton, by reporting
one or two weeks uheud. got tho Jump
on the nines, lire advocating both
morning und evening practice.
The Harvester, Kd (Jeers unbeaten
4-.cur-ohl stallion, ut the opening of
the lirund Circuit meeting at Syracuse,
N. V.. easily won the I'hamher of Com-'
merce, a IZ.OdO stuge lur 2. OH trotters,
In strtiighl bents.
McMuhon's speedy litUx inure, Hu
noma dlrl, which cam, put of the
West two yeurs uuo, won tho 2:06 trot
for the Milwaukee Hotclkeeptrs" stake
at the Wisconsin Bute Fair at Mil
waukee, the took thre straight heats.
STORM HITS NORTHWEST.
Minnesota, Wisconsin and Michigan
Get a Eoretasto of Real Winter.
The first cold storm of the se:ison
blew Monday and Tuesday at the head
of the lakes. A cutting wind, driving
in from Iike Superior, with constant
flurries of snow, Ice-covered puvements
and heavy fur garments worn by many
citizens, contributed to the December
appearance of the storm at Duluth.
Much delay was experienced by ship
ping on the lake. Big freighters out
in the open water did not attampt to
pass In to the bay, fearing collision
with the cdncrete piers at tho govern
ment channel. No accidents, however,
have been reported. On the range the
storm has been general with reports of
a foot and more of snow at various
places. The sudden change in temper
ature is causing suffering there to
those caught without coal. Live stock
Is also suffering from the cold. School
attendance has been cut to half. Three
inchss of snow fell at La Crosse, Wis.
Lower Michigan received its llrst in
stallment of real wihter Monday. With
the temperature hovering between 30
tind 40 degrees, snow fell intermittent
ly over almost ail of the lower part
of the State. A thlrty-mllo-an-hour
wind prevailed and made the snow
Hurries resemble winter blizzards In
many places. A temperature of 2S de
grees above zero prevailed over all of
Kansas, the western half of Missouri,
northern Oklahoma aud the Texas
pun-handle. A killing frost was expe
rienced In the southwest.
MORSE GOES BACK TO JAIL.
High Federal Court Approves Sen
tence Will Ask for Pardon.
t'harles W. Morse, ice king and ship
ping trust builder, spent Monday night
In tho Tombs, New York, facing the
near probability of spenVliug the next
fifteen years In a still more Irksome
place, the federal prison ut Atlanta.
The lilile man who found It so easy
to juggle millions that he was able to
pay back $7,500,000 of his $S,000,000
liabilities while actually under sen
tence and free only on hail, again
learned that there was one institution
which was his master the law. A
unanimous decision of the United
States Circuit Court of Appeals upheld
the decision rendered by a lower court
eleven months aso that Morse was
guilty of violating the laws governing
national banks.
And from this latest decision there
Is only one appeal to the Supreme
Court of the I'nlted States. This ap
peal was taken. Judges IjicouiIx, Coxe
and Noyes granting a writ of certiorari
to Martin W. Littleton, the convicted
financier's lawyer. Morse's chief hope
Is that President Taft, moved by the
great work of restitution done during
the little magnate's brief term of lio
erty. may pardon him. In fact, the
Circuit Court practically pointed out
in its decision tlwt towards the Presi
dent alone Morse should look.
Morse, always a gambler, took the
blow without a quiver. It was upon
bis faithful wife, who has given up all
her luxuries and has worked day and
night to help him. that the setback
came with full force but after her
first outburst of tears, she, too, display
ed wonderful pluck.
Heixirt shovs Indiana Inereaalaa;.
The idea that the American Indlaus
are decreasing Is disproved by official
figures Bhowlng that there are more
than 300,000 red men in the I'nlted
States, an Increase of about 40,000 dur
ing the last two decades. x
Aseeiidlna; l'aralala Kills 4 hlidreu.
Northern New York is alarmed over
a disease which is attacking children.
Within two days two have died from
the malady, an acute ascending pa
ralysls. Ia the vicinity of Uouverneur
there are forty cases.
WIRELESS FEAT IN ALASKA.
Slut Ion 4 oni muiilcutea nlth Stcainci
Thirteen Hundred Mllea Away.
More evidence of the successful
working of the military wireless tele
graph stations in Alaska is shown In
a report from First Lieut. E. A.
Jeaunet, Fifteenth Infantry, Fort Gib
son. On the night of Sept. 23 the sta
tion of Nome worked well both ways
with the steamer Minnesota, en route
to Japan, about 200 miles south of
Minwk pass, and alout 1,300 miles
from the wireless station. The Min
nesota nlso reported hearing messages
from Fort Gibson strong and loud.
More than 500 miles of the distance
traveled by the messages from Fort
Gibson was overland, and tho station
at that place also picked up messages
from the steamer at Mimak.
GIRL'S LEGS FOUND IN GRIP.
Murder Itevealed In It node Island
Town Heat of Body SouKht.
The finding of a girl's legs in a suit
case among bushes in an outlying sec
tion of Tiverton, R. I., brought to light
a murder. The discovery of a New
Bedford newspaper of Sunday's date
with the limbs Is regarded as the most
important clew thus far obtained. A
search for the other portions of the
body is being made in the woods near
by, liulgermarsh road, on which the
suitcase was found, runs from New
port to New Bedford, passing through
the outskirts of Fall River, and is
mucn usea ny auiomnuue parties, es
pecially on Sundays.
ft40 (SJ-LEGE
The new compulsory education law
of Minnesota Is strict und parents who
ignore Its provisions are liable to fine
or Imprisonment.
A deficit of $25,000 to M0.000 has
been discovered in the Methodist cen
tenury endowment fund of Allegheny
College, Meudvllle, Pu.
This year's registration at the State
University of Minnesota bids fair to
surpass that of any previous year in
the history of the institution.
Hooker T. Washington in u recent
address dealt entirely on the subject of
the tiegro und his future. Jle said the
solo salvation of the negro lay in prac
tical cil mat Ion.
Pr. Oskar Kckstein, rcwanli assist
ant In chemistry at the University of
Chlcugo, has been culled to the scien
tific department of the Imperial Uni
versity of Pekin, China.
Commander Peary, in bis report ol
his Journey to the north pole, tells ol
tho death by drowning of Prof. Ross (J.
Marvin, of Cornell University, who wut
a member of the expedition. He was
drowned April 10.
At Iowa Clly, lowu, occurred the
death from typhoid fever of Prof. H. K.
Cordon, one of the founders of the de
butrng league of the Middle West uni
versities, including Illinois, Nebraska,
lowu. Wisconsin and Minnesota. Ho
was 54 years of uge.
At Pittsburg, Pa., in view of thou
sands, Cecelia Khoudcs, a 17-yeur-uld
high school girl, was swept to death
over the twenty-five foot dam of the
Monongahelii Klver ufter she had
saved the lives of ten children who
were In a bout with her.
Mrs. Peter Ijirson, widow of a once
prominent contractor, bunker, lumber
kinn and mining man of Helena, an
nounces that the high school graduate
In Montana who pusses the best exam
ination is to be given a four-yeur
scholarship ut Trinity College, Wash
ington. Ku Chi LI. the son of a distinguish
ed Oriental, is a student at Harvard
who Is preparing for consular service.
To Ku Chi Li belongs the distinction
of being the first Chinese student at
Harvard to enter athletics. "LI1 has
joined the track squad and is being
urged by the coaches to go out for fool
U1L
Holds That Broo!d i Do . tor Did No
Get farther than Parallel 8j
of Lr.tituJe.
SUMMARY OF HIS EVIDENCE,
Commander nnd Aids Sign Document
Declaring Cook's Equipment In
sufficient for Polar Dash.
Commander Robert K. Peary on
Tuesday made public the evidence up
on which ho bases his. charge that Dr.
Frederick A. Cook did not discover the
north pole on April 21. 1008. ns he
claims.
This evidence consists of a statement .
signed by himself. Robert A. Bartlett,
master of the steamer Roosevelt; I). B.
McMillan, George HiVup and Mathew
A. Hensen. These .men were all mem
bers of Commander Peary's party.
They are familiar with polar travel.
They are wltneses whose credibility
cannot successfully be attacked,, and
there can be no question that they be
lieve to be true every word gf the
statement to which they have set their
nn.mes. Their testimony will be read
with Interest and given great weight
by scientists.
Iteport of r.xnmlnat Ion.
The statement of the five men em
bodies a report of an examination tha
was made of tho two Eskimos who, Dr.
Cook says, accompanied him in his
dash across tlie-polur sea and of the
father of one of them who personally
was familiar with tho lirst and last
thirds of Dr. Cook's journey.
It Is accompanied by a map of Dr.
Cook's trip, marked out by the Eski
mos. In procuring the statements of
Dr. Cook's companions, the statement
points out, especial pains were taken
to leave no ground for the charge that
the Eskimos were either coached or
coerced by Commander Peary or any
member of his party. Every effort
was made to have the statement of
each Eskimo made independently of
'.he others.
Mnmninry of the I'.vldenee.
Summed up Comander Peary's evl
ience tends to show:
That Dr. Cook's explorations north
never took him beyond the elghty-Bec-ond
parallel.
That he proceeded northward no
farther than one day's march from
Cape Thomas Hubbard.
That his companions, two Eskimo
boys, the oldest only 19, and his outfit,
twenty dogs and two sleds, were ut
terly insufficient to cope with the dan
gers and hardships of the dash across
the polar sea from Cape Thomas Hub
bard to the pole.
That before he left Cape Thomas
Hubbard Dr. Cook cached food and
that when he returned from his so
called dash his sleds were still so heav
ily laden that only a small amount of
provisions was taken from this cache.
Charge am to Itonte.
That after one day's Journey north
from Cape Thomas Hubbard Cook and
the two Eskimo marched south until
they returned to land and that they
then moved southwest across Prince
Gustave Sea until they ; cached a small
Island.
That from this island they proceed
ed to Amund RIngness Land, where
they killed deer, sonth In a zig-zag
path through Norwegian Bay, where
they killed some of their dogs, south
through Hellgate, where they abandon
ed a sledge and thence through Jones
Sound, where they hunted walrus, to
Baffin Bay, over the ice of which they
oroceeded back to Anoratok.
OKLAHOMA BANK TO PAY ALL.
.New Orsaiilzut lou Will Take Place
of Failed Concern.
At 12 o'clock Saturday night an
nouncement was made of a complete
new organization, which will take the
place of the Columbia Bank and Trust
Company of Oklahoma City, now in
course of liquidation by the State bank
ing board. The new organization is
capitalized at $200,000 and the bank
will be known as the Central State
Bank of Oklahoma City. C. J. Webster
of Sulphur, Okla., Is president and R.
M. Estes of Cement vice president.
The Columbia Bank and Trust Com
pany will be fully liquidated now by
the banking board, and President W
L Norton declares that every dollar
of the bank's indebtedness will be
made good.
GIRL WORKS 3 YEARS AS BOY.
Cleveland Younic Woman Kmployeo
In I.lvery Ktnble and by Grocer.
After masquerading as a boy for
three years, playing boys' games, work
ing In a livery stable, driving a gro
cer's team and handling heavy boxes
and express packages, "Harry Roberts"
has confessed to the Cleveland police
"he" is Lillian Hoffman, stepdaughter
of Gottlieb Meiers. In 1906 the girl,
then only 17, became tired of her
home. She ran away, donned boy's
clothing aud went into the world to
work us a man. Her identity became
known a short time ago. when she was
arrested while employed by D. Martin,
a grocer, on a minor charge. Now
her stepfather has brought her girl's
clothes. The parent ascribes the child's
conduct to a love for horses.
WOMAN IS SLAIN WITH HATCHES
llor Heturulutt from School Fluils
Ills Mother's lloily.
A coroner's Jury is Investigating the
brutal murder of Mrs. Cyrus E. Ben.
ton, of Liberty, N. Y., whose bead was
split open apparently with a hatchet.
On returning from school at the noon
recess her young son, Horace, found
his mother dead in an upper hallway.
With a shriek the boy fell fainting
over his mother's body. Neighbors
found the woman's husband at work
in ths stable. He was arrested.
Minister to China Notified by Seen,
tary Knox That His Reaigna
tlon Is Wanted.
CAUSED TROUBLE BY TALKING
Chioago Man Held Indiscreet and
and Usefulness in Diplomatic
Service Ruined by Action.
Secretary of State Knox on Tuesday
sent a letter to Charls R. Crane, of
Chicago, who was in Washington, noti
fying him that his resignation as
minister of the United States to China
would bo accepted. Mr. Crane already
had advised the Secretary that he ,wa
prepared to reolgu if the recent devil
opments had made his further service
in that position embarrassing to the
department. Mr. Knox has advised
President Taft of his aulon. .Mr.
Crane's resignation will be addressed,
not to the State Department, but to
the President, who appointed bin).
Cntine of Crnne's l)lnmlinl.
While the deepest secrecy guarded
the nature of the complaint a'-'aint
Mr. Crane, it was well understood that
he was accused of revealing confiden
tial information and talking altogether
too much about the Intimate affairs of
the State Department.
Appointed by President Taft ai'Ur
Stuyvesant Fish and other well-known
men had declined the China post, Mr.
Crane had received final Instructions
and engaged state rooms on a steamer
sailing from San Francisco last
Wednesday. Just before sailing he re
ceived a telegram ordering hiai to re
port to Secretary Knox in Washing
ton. Mr. Crane arrived in Washington
Sunday. During the trip east he de
clared that his public statements
about Chinese affairs had been made
with the sanction of President Taft.
Immediately on arriving In Washing
ton he was closeted with- Secretary
Knox an hour, and learned tho secret
of his recall, which he declined to di
vulge. President Taft received a long
telegram Monday from Secretary
Knox. On his decision further action
in Mr. Crane's case was understood to
depend.
Through unofficial sources the State
Department allowed it to bo known
that ono cause of complala-t against
Mr. Crane was an article of a Chicago
newspaper of Sept. 27, evidencing a
somewhat minute acquaintance with
affairs supposed to be known only by
officials in the State Department and
presumably by Mr. Crane, relative to
the attitude of the United States gov
ernment toward the two treaties re
cently concluded between Ohina and
Japan. That publication was highly
objectionable to the Department of
of State In that it disclosed the possi
bility of protest on tho part of the
United States against the consumma
tion of these treaties Secretary Knox
and his associates in the department
held Minister Crane responsible for
hose disclosures.
ROBS CAPTOR AND CASHIER.
Youth Force Deputy Sheriff to Wall
While lie Loots Baak.
Scores of armed citizens are search
(ng for Earl Bullock, 18 years old, whi
robbed the State Bank of Eudora, Kan.,
and later perhaps fatally wounded Po
liceman Wilson Pringle. who attempt
ed to arrest him. Bullock was arrest
ed In Eudora by Deputy Sheriff E.
Woods on a charge of robbing u store
in Lawrence. Desiring to talk with
E. E Wilson, cashier of the State Bank
In Eudora, the deputy took the hoy
to thu bank with him. Whibi Woods
and Wilson were talking Bullock drew
two revolvers and ordered them to
throw up their hands. Then he march
ed them into a vault and locked the
door. Snatching $1,000. he fled. Police
man Pringle traced the boy U his
mother's home and went there to cap
ture him. Bullock shot dowo the p
Iceman and escaped.
ROLAND REED'S KIN STARVE.
1 allied Comedian's Slstera, Li Tina" li.
Miserable Hovel, Fed by Pvtive.
Victims of the traditional improvi
dence of the stage, two slstr of the
famous comedian, the late Kolaud
Reed, are living in Philadelphia In ab
ject poverty. Laura and Florence Keed
have for several years been loading a
vagabond existence. The hardship has
told so sadly upon Florence that she is
virtualy a charge upon Laura, who 1s
past 00 years old. They are living in
a miserable brick shack ou a back
alley and are often so weak from lack
of food that they have to be led by
the police.
$97,777 IS CUDAHY PENALTY.
Oleoiuiiraurlne Case Cuupruiubi-il nu
Aareeineut to Iay.
The case against the Cudah Pack
ing Company for violatlou of the in
ternal revenue laws by failing to piaco
stumps of proper denomination on ole
omargarine was compromised In Leav
enworth, Kan. The packing company
was lined 3,000 and agreed to i: a
back stamp tax of $82,777.50 und u spe
cial tax of $10,000 for agencies, mak
ing a total of $97,777.00 to be paid to
the government.
BOY OF 13 GETS LXFH SENTENCE.
Found (.ullty of Clubblu Cripple
tilrl to Death.
Life Imprisonment was the sentence
Imposed by Justice Sussell in the Su
preme Criminal Court at Guysboro, N.
S., on Andrew J. Azard. a lS-year-old
colored boy. who was found guilty of
murdering Mazle Ann Ash. a crippled
girl, on July 21 last. The crime wa
an atrocious one. During the absence
of the parents Arard, without any
known cause, clubbed the tk41 girl
to death.