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SALOON INTERE8T8 REPULSE AT
TACKS IN LARGER CITIES.
Not More Than One Hundred Saloons
Voted Out of Business Fight Unique
In Many Townships Cairo Keeps
Saloons.
Chicago, April 22. Tho snloon
forces wore- goneratly successful In
tho forty or more townB nnd villages
of Illinois which voted on the local op
tion question. Deflnlto figures are
Inching In many cases, but It soenis
certain thnt not more than one hun
dred saloons woro voted out of busi
ness. The larger communities almost
without oxceptlon retain their licensed
dramshops. Cnlro, tho lnrgcst city In
which tho quostlon was an Ihsiio, gavo
tho salooiiB a majority of 3,352. Tho
principal exceptions to tho general re
sult were Effingham. Thebes, Pluck
noyvlllo and Naporvlllc. Somo thirty
flvo saloons lost their licenses in these
four cities.
In Cook county twolvo of tho vil
lages bordering Chicago balloted for
or against tho liquor Interests. In
only one, however, was thoro n change
from provIouB conditions, Darrlngton
going "dry" by a smnll plurality. Ton
others voted to rotnln their saloons
and ono decided' not to admit the
dramshops.
Tho result In many of tho towns 1b
puzzling. Somo of theso communities
Ho within townships which had nl
ready gone contrnrlly to the result of
tho vote. Bluo Island, a. town of some
bIzo Just south of Chicago, and which
Is locntod In two townships, ono of
which Is wet and tho other dry, ltsolf
voted wot. Tho supremo court of tho
Btato will bo asked to ndjudlcato these
problems, cases Involving practically
tho samo facts being alroady before
tho tribunal
TAFT INSTRUCTIONS REFUSED
New Hampshire Republicans Decline
to Indorse Secretary.
Concord, N. II., April 22. Six of
tho eight members of tho Now Hamp
shire delegation to tho Republican nn
tlonal convention nt Chicago were se
lected hero at tho stato and Second
district conventions, nnd tho platform,
wh'ch wns Identical In each enso, con
tained n resolution to the effect that
"the real Interests of tho party nnd
of the presidential candidate to be
noinlnntcd nt Chicago will best bo
served by tho omission of Instructions,
specific ot Implied, In tho form of reso
lutions of preference." Tho platform
also favored an early revision of tho
tariff nnd Indorsed President Roose
velt. A resolution Indorsing William
II. Taft for president was tabled by a
rising vote, only twenty-flvo delegates
out of 7G3 voting for tho resolution.
Lenders of the Tnft movement In
tho stnte, Including formor Governor
Frnnk W. Rollins nnd Winston Church
ill, while expressing disappointment
over tho outcomo qf tho stato conven
tion, stated after tho proceedings wore
over that In their opinion flvo of tho
six dclogntcB chosen will vote for Sec
retary Tnft on tho first ballot.
ELECTIONS IN SOUTH DAKOTA
Railroad Engineer Defeats Plllsbury
for Mayor of Sioux Falls.
Sioux Falls, S. D.. April 22. W. T.
Doollttlo, n vetoran railroad' engineer,
defeated Mayor F. M. Plllsbury, who
wob a candidate for re-election, by 498
majority. Tho anti-saloon party was
defeated by a majority of 553. Tho sa
loon wns tho main lssuo In numerous
town elections throughout the state.
Tho Bharpest contest was nt Mitchell,
which went dry for tho first time In
thirteen years by tho narrow margin
of twenty-ono votes. Canton nnd
Miller also abolished saloons by small
majorities. Returns from other
towns Indlcato little change in tho
present standing.
Pledge Home Rule and Age Pension.
Manchester, Eng., April 22. The fu
rious election fight that Is being
waged hero has brought forth two
weighty pledges from the Liberal min
isters. Tho first of theso was Winston
Spencer Churchill's homo rulo pro
nouncement and David Lloyd-Oeorgo
offerod to bet his opponents thnt tho
old ago pension scheme would bo es
tablished within a year.
Fear Eagle Has Carried Child Away.
Medicine Hat, Alberta, April 22. A
two-year-old child of James Norquay,
a rnncher, wandered away and became
lost Saturdny Inst. Fifty riders nre
going over every foot of ground. It Is
feared nn englo has carried' the child
awny.
President Will Sign Liability BUI.
Washington, April 22. As tho ro
Bult of an opinion rendered to tho
president by Attorney General Bona
parte at the cabinet meeting, It Is be
lieved thnt tho president will sign
the employers' liability bill.
Fire Destroys Mercy Hospital.
Big Rapids, Mich., April 22. Fire
destroyed Mercy hospital, a $25,000
establishment, erected twenty-eight
years ago. All of tho patients and tho
forty Sisters of Mercy In the buildings
escaped without Injury.
Postal Deficit Exceeds $15,000,000.
Washington, April 22. Figuring on
tho basis furnished by the returns for
tho first two quarters, tho deficiency
in 'he postofllee department for the
current fiscal year will exceed $15,000.
000. Death of William Flss.
Buffalo, N. Y., April 22. William
Flss, one of the largest horse dealers
in the world, died here.
CASTRO CLOSES LA QUAYRA
American Gunboat Sent to Venezuelan
Waters on Peaceful Mission.
Washington, April 22. An American
war vesstl will be sent to Venezuelan
waters, but her mission Is to be an
entirely peaceful one. Tho closing of
tho port of LaGuayra because of tho
oilfltenco of what Is believed to bo bu
bonic plague there has mndo It neces
sary for tho stale department to havo
at hand somo essel to be used as a
dispatch boat by Minister Russell in
sending messages to Curacao and for
tak'ng cablegrams to him for tho
stnto department. Ono of tho smaller
gunboats now In West Indian waters
will bo used for this purpose. Tho
vessel will ply between Puerto Cabello
nnd tho nearest cable tUtlon. Puerto
Cabello, recording to Minister Hus
Bell's dispatch to tho stato department,
Is still open. Ameilcan Minister Rus
sell nt Caracas cabled tho stato de
partment' regardiug tho situation at
LnGuayra and expressing tho genoral
bollef thnt the dlseaso thero Is tho
plague. No steamers aro touching at
tho port, which line been quarantined
for fifteen days, and truffle Is suspend
ed on tho railway.
MORE TROUBLE AT PENSACOLA
Mob Attacks Street Car and Fatally
Wounds Conductor.
Pensacola, Fin., April 22. After a
week of quiet, with tho stato troops
present to preserve order, Pensacola
was again thrown Into a turmoil when
a mob of twenty-flvo men attacked a
street car In tho suburbs and probably
fatally wounded tho conductor, G.
Hoffman. Following this attack, W. L.
Wlttlch, Jr., a stenographer, was fired
upon by unknown persons as ho was
approaching a enr In tho city to rldo
to his homo. Whllo the city Ih quiet,
considerable nervousness Is shown on
nil Bides, further outbreaks being
feared.
THREE DIE IN PRAIRIE FIRE
Hills Near Slsseton, 8. D., a Panorama
of Flames.
Slsseton, S. D., April 22. Word was
brought to this city of tho burning to
death In a pralrlo firo of Mrs. Free
man, wife of a farmer, near old Fort
Sls&eton. Thoro Is also an uncon
firmed report of tho burning to death
of another woman and n child'. The
Area were so close to tho city that It
was found necessary to send out fifty
men to fight them. Thousands of dol
lars' worth of property hns been de
stroyed. Tho hills Inst night wore a
panorama of (lames.
Three Drown In Drunken Fight.
Shawneo, Okla., April 22. Having
been ordered by tho police to leavo
tho city as Idle characters, John
Swisher, Andy Coates and Bnrnoy Cal
lahan built a raft of old lumber nnd
launched It on tho Canadian river,
boarded' tho craft, Intending to drift
down to Fort Smith. They were pro
vided with somo food and an abun
dnnco of whisky nnd when about fcu-ty
miles down tho river engaged In a
drunken fight. Tho strugglo of the
men upset the rnft, nil throo being
spilled Into tho river nnd nil were
drowned'.
Attempt to Assassinate Cabrera.
Guatemala City, Guatemala, April
22. An attempt wns mndo on the life
of President Estrada Cabrera in this
city, but tho attempt wns not success
ful. The president wns on his way
from his prlvato residence to tho na
tional palace to give an audience to
the recently appointed American min
ister, Whllnm Helmko, when students
fired nt him. Tho students were Im
medlntely surrounded by loynl troops
nnd mndo prisoners. Tho situation it
present Is under the control of tho mil
itary element.
Tucker Indictment Faulty.
Topekn, April 22. Judge Amldon,
In tho United Stntes district court
here, Indicated beyond nil question of
doubt thnt he considers the Indictment
of II. H. Tucker of tho Undo .Sam Oil
company faulty, but deferred formal
nctlon on tho motion to quash tho In
dictment. A third' indictment against
Tucker Is expected to be brought by
tho grand jury now in session. It Is
understood tho district nttorney will
ask that tho old Indictment bo nolled
and Tucker held for trial on tho new
one.
Wheat Acreage In Canadian Northwest
Ottawa, Ont., April 22. Official re
ports received from agents throughout
Mnnltoba, Saskatchewan and Alberta
show that tho total acreage under
crop In tho Canadian northwest will
bo about 20 por cent greater this year
than last, with Indications pointing to
a record yield of wheat. Reports In
dicate that tho nrrlvnl of American
settlers to take up land will bo this
year largely In excess of last year.
Specializes In Church Robberies.
St. Paul, April 22. Robert Kehlo,
wh In tho past two weeks, It Is al
leged, has robbed threo convents and
the Methodist deaconesses home, was
caught and made n full confession.
Kenle Is known to tho police of twenty
cities as a man who makes a specialty
of robbing religious Institutions.
More Indictments at Kansas City.
Kansas City, April 22. Tho grand
jury returned Indictments ngalnst 142
nctors, managers nnd employes of lo
cal playhouses. Tho Indictments are
for vlolaMons last Sunday. Tho peo
ple Indicted will be arrested and'
placed under bonds.
Sanders Elected Governor of Louisiana
New Orleans, April 22. Returns
from the stato elections Indicate that
the Democratic ticket headed by J. Y.
Sai.dors for governor, has been elected
throughout. i
WAHONPAPERTIIUST
HOUSE ADOPTS SPEAKER CAN
NON'8 RESOLUTION.
Missouri Senator Declares His Convic
tion That Colored Soldiers Shot Up
Brownsville Naval Appropriation
Bill Taken Up In Senate.
Washington, April 22. Although
several hours woro consumed' In roll
calls, tho day In tho houso was
ono of comparative activity, and sev
eral measures of Importance were put
through. Tho principal of these, per
hnps, wa the resolution by Speaker
Cnnnon providing for nn Investigation
of tho paper trust and in pursuance of
Its provisions tho speaker announced
as tho commlttco of six who will con
duct tho Investigation Mann (111.),
Miller (Kan.), Stafford (Wis.), Ban
non (O.), Sims (Tenn.) and Rynn (N.
Y.). Tho Democrats, as a unit, voted
agnlnst tho resolution nfter tho decla
ration by Williams that ho did not bo
llovo a slncero effort would bo mado
to arrive at tho truth.
Another measure passed was ono In
which Importers generally aro Inter
ested nnd which prnctlcnlly creates
tho board of general appraisers at
Now York a trial court In matters per
taining to customs duties, appeals
therefrom to bo taken to tho circuit
court of appeals Instead' of tho cir
cuit court, as heretofore.
Interest In tho proceedings attached
to a letter from Secretary Loeb to
Sims (Tenn.), asserting that the 4,700
shares of Washington street railway
stock In his name, with tho exception
of 100 shares, belonged to others, and
denying that ho had in any manner
exerted tho lnfiucnco of his official
position for tho company of which ho
was a director. Tho unnamed Benator
also referred to by Sims, and who Is
Senator Newlands of Nevada, sent a
similar communication declaring that
tho Btock In his name was simply held
as trustee and that ho had never par
ticipated in legislation relating to tho
street railways of Washington.
Warner Blames Negro Soldiers.
Calling attention to tho Grand'
Army button ho woro on the lapel of
his coat and Insisting that ho had no
prejudice agnlnst negro soldiers, somo
of whom ho claimed as comrades,
Sonntor Warner (Mo.), In the senate,
declnred his conviction thnt the town
of Brownsvlllo, Tex., hnd been shot
up by negro soldlerB of the Twenty
fifth Infnntry In 1900. Without con
cluding his .remarks, Warner gave way
for the naval appropriation bill, which
was read In pnrt. An nmendment was
adopted mnklng tho 20 por cent In
crease In pay of officers apply to those
retired ob well as on the active list. In
connection with the consideration of
the naval bill tho senate entered Into
n long discussion of tho policy of send
ing tho naval flotilla around tho world.
This policy was criticised by Bacon.
The sennto adopted tho conference re
port on tho Indlnn npproprlntlon bill.
Notwlthstnndlng the fnct that the
sontlment of the senate Is believed to
bo opposed r any lncreaso In tho
houso program for the building of two
batlleshlps, an effort will bo made to
doublo that number. Senator Piles
(Wash.) ha3 prepared an amendment
to tho nnvnl appropriation bill provid
ing for the construction of four ships,
In accordance with tho recommendn
tlons of President Roosevelt. It Is
snid thnt thero will bo votes for tho
nmendment on both sides of the cham
ber, but just whnt strength will bo
developed for the Increase cannot now
bo ascertained.
PUBLISHERS ENTER PROTEST
Address Sent to Congress Asking Re
, llcf from Paper Trust.
Now York, April 22. Tho following
address was adopted at tho nnnual
meeting of tho Associated Press:
"Representatives of 774 dally news
papers gathered at the nnnual meet
ing of the Associated Press, respect
fully ask the president and congress
to grant Immediate relief from tho
exactions of combinations of paper
matters. In September, 1907, nnd
again In November, 1907, tho attention
of tho authorities was directed to tho
excessive prices then demanded by
the paper combination. Immediately
upon tho assembling of congress,
twenty or more bills, nlmlng to correct
the3e conditions and' to put paper and
pulp on tho free list were Introduced
and referred to tho ways and means
committee. Persistent efforts to ob
tain a hearing have been refused. Dila
tory tactics havo been employed to
prolong present conditions and to
carry over to another session of con
gress evrry proposition designed for
relief. All newspapers hero repre
sented protest against delny. Atten
tion Is also directed to tho false re
ports of news print paper prices which
were recently furnished to congress
by tho director of the census bureau."
Wu Ting Fang Speaks at Banquet.
New York, April 22. Bearing mes
sages of peace and good will from tho
Celestial empire and expressing the
conviction that tho relations between
China and tho United States will be
come closer day by day, Wu Ting
Fang, minister from China, speaking
at tho banquet of tho American Asiatic
association at Delraonico's last night,
made his first public address since his
return to America.
Fire In Glenn Oil Fields.
Tulsa, Okla. April 22. Lightning
caused n JC0.000 fire In tho Glenn pool
oil field that destroyed many thou
sands of barrels of oil of tho Gulf Pipe
Line company, tho Glenn Oil company
and tho associated producers.
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CLCXR PATH FOR FOWLER BILL
Houso Committee on Currency Tables
Vreeland Measure.
Washington, April 21. The houso
committee on bnnklng nnd' currency
voted to Iny on the table tho financial
bill offered by Representative Vree
land (N. Y.) as a substitute for the
Aldrlch bill nnd decided to report fa
vornbly tho bill recently Introduced
by Chairman Fowler, providing for a
currency commission, to consist of
forty-threo memberB, eleven members
of tho senate, eleven members of tho
house nnd twonty-ono others, who
must bo citizens of tho United States.
Tho nctlon of tho commlttco was
taken after a meeting lasting all day.
Representative Vreeland appeared be
fore tho committee and mado a long
argument In favor of his bill, saying
ho thought It would be crlmlnnl neg
llgenco for congress to adjourn with
out passing somo measure of protec
tion In tho event of another panic
this fall. Ho did not, however, think
thnt a panic was Imminent. Vreeland
said that his bill wns an emergency
measure only and he favored the ap
pointment of a currency commlsslc
to consider a permanent banking and
currency law.
Representative Hill (Conn.) ropllel
to Vreeland, severely criticising his
measure, which ho snld was tho Aid
rich bill, pure and simple, with two
sections omitted. The committee then
went Into executive session to consid
er the measure. The discussion over
it was more protracted than over tho
Aldrlch bill, which was tabled last
week by unanimous vote. Tho Vree
land bill had some supporters and
when tho vote on the motion to table
It waB taken Weeks (Mass.), Burton
(O.) and' McKInney (111.) voted In tho
negative.
Those voting In tho affirmative were
Prlnco (111.), McMorran (Mich.),
Weems (O.), Waldo (N. Y.), Hayes
(Cal.), Pujo (La.), Glass (Va.). Gilles
pie (Tex.), James (Ky.), Crawford (N.
C), McHenry (Pa.) and Chairman
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As In the case of tho Aldrlch bill,
tho commlttco decided to give no rea
son to the house for Its nctlon, simply
reporting thnt the mensuro hnd been
tabled.
Tho motion to report tho Fowler
currency commission bill was adopted
10 to 3.
Those voting In the negative wero
Pujo, James and Crawford, while Bur
ton nnd McHenry voted present.
HOUSE SUSTAINS SPEAKER.
Action in Summarily Adjourning De
clared Not Breach of Rules.
Washington, April 21. With tho ex
ception of Cooper and Nelson (Rep.,
Wis.), the houso, by a strict party
vote, declared that tho action of
Speaker Cannon last Saturday In sum
marily adjourning the house was not
"a breach of the privilege of the house
affecting Its safety, dignity and tho In
tegrity of Its proceedings." The dic
tum was made when a resolution by
Williams holding such a breach to
havo been committed was tabled 14G
to 111. The vote was preceded by
statements both by Williams and the
speaker. After disclaiming thnt ns a
result of tho Incident thero would be
a personal breach between him and
the speaker, Williams maintained that
the action wns nn unprecedented par
Hnmentnry net. On the other hand,
Speaker Cnnnon called attention to
tho dilatory tactics of the minority
leader for the past two weeks nnd said
it was tho speaker's privilege and his
duty to sweep aside a dilatory demand
nnd declare the houso adjourned.
The Republicans put through an
amendment to the rules making any
day "suspension day" and substituting
a majority for a two-thirds vote to
pass any measure. Williams and De
Armond bitterly opposed tho rule.
Dalzell, Its nuthor, notified the Dem
ocrats that they could trust to their
Imaginations for any legislation they
would get this session. Following the
adoption of tho rule several confer
ence reports were agreed to nnd ono
or two bills passed. The Democrats
forced many roll calls during tho dny.
BORAH ON BROWNSVILLE RAID
Idaho Senator Thinks Negro Soldiers
Were Guilty of Shooting.
Washington, April 21. The Browns
ville nffnlr wns ngaln a subject of In
terest In the senate when Senator
Borah (Ida.) took the ground that
negro so.'diers of the Twenty-fifth In
fantry wsre guilty of the rnld thnt oc
curred In the Texas town Aug. 13-14,
190G. Borah analyzed the testimony
taken In this case and declared that
no reasonable man could read It am
fall to be convinced that negro sol
diers "shot up" the town. He scouted
the suggestion of a conspiracy among
citizens of Brownsville to create a
state of riot In their own town and
wound and kill their own citizens In
order to secure the removal of the ne
gro troops. The speech wns Borah's
first In tho senate and received
marked attention from senators on
both 'sides of the chamber and from
visitors, who crowded tho galleries.
Tho senate gavo further considera
tion during the day to tho bill devot
ing about $5,600,000 received from the
sale of public lands In Alabama, Ar
kanbas, Florida, Illinois, Indiana. Iowa,
Louisiana, Michigan. Minnesota. Mis
sissippi, Missouri, Ohio nnd Wiscon
sin to tho construction of drainage
works In those states. Tho section of
the bill authorizing the loaning of this
fund to states, corporations, etc., for
tho drainage of state and private
lands was stricken out. During the
day the raval and agricultural appro
priation bills wero reported to the
senate.
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