IRISH QUESTION IS
GETTING ATTENTION
King Edward Says People and
Government Should Be
Close Together.
PARTIAL “HOME RULE’*
'Britain’s Ruler Opens His Second Par
liament—Court In Mourning Mars
Brilliance of Pageant
Somewhat.
■ London, Feb. 21.—In his speech at the
[opening of parliament today King Ed
jward made this significant statement
(concerning Ireland:
| "My ministers have under consider
ation a plan for Improving and effect
ting economies in the system of govern
nnent for Ireland, and for introducing
[thereinto means for associating the
people with the conduct of Irish affairs,
fit is my desire the government of the
Icountry in reliance upon ordinary laws
(should be carried on, so far as exist
ing circumstances permit, in a spirit
(regardful of the wishes and sentiments
[of the Irish people, and I trust this may
conduce to the maintenance of tran
Iquillty and good feeling between the
(different classes of the community.”
His Second Parliament,
i King Edward opened the second
(parliament of his reign this afternoon
(with the customary ceremonial.
: The absence of Queen Alexandra,
prince and princess of Wales and the
Iduke and duchess of Connaugh, and the
onouming into which the court had
(been thrown by the death of King
(Christian, detracted somewhat from
[the brilliance of the pageant. Other
wise the royal procession from Buck
ingham palace to the palace at West
jminster and the proceedings in the
liouse of lords followed the well known
lines of those of previous years.
The weather was cloudy but rain
held off and all points of vantage along
the troops lined route followed by the
royal progress were well occupied by
cheering crowds.
! The king's speech contained no sur
prises. The usual reference to the con
tinuance of friendly relations with for
eign powers was followed by a para
graph rejoicing over the fact the Rus-1
teo-Japanese war had tifeen brought to
a satisfactory end through the "ini
itiative of the president of the United
States,”
! Referring to the Moroccan confer
ence the king remarked:
"It is earnestly to be hoped the result
of these negotiations may be conducive
to the maintenance of peace among all
nations.”
“Cause for Anxiety.”
Colorless mention was made of the
Anglo-Japanese treaty, the dissolution
of the union of Norway and Sweden,
(and the condition of Macedonia, which
lias "continued to give cause for anx
iety.”
The speech announced the idea of an
Intermediate stage for representative
(government in the Transvaal had been
(abandoned und that a new constitution
;would be drawn up as expeditiously as
.possible, adding that until the Trans
[vaai assembly meets the importation of
Chinese will be suspended
| After announcing the postponement
of the proposed colonial conference un
til early in 1907 the king congratulated
the commons on the steady Increase in
Imports and exports, indicating the in
dustries generally are in a sound, pro
gressive condition, but Immediately af
terwards the king invited the earnest
attention of the legislators to additions
made in recent years to the national
expenditures and the capital liabilities
of the state. _
POLICE USED TO SHOO
OUT LAW MAKERS
Hungarian Parliament Is Dissolved by
Use of Force—Coalition Party
Will Try Again.
Budapest, Fob. 21.—The Hungarian
parliament was dissolved this morning
with the use of force.
The floor and corridors of the build
ing were cleared by the police. There
were no disorders. Members of the
coalition party declared the dissolution
unconstitutional and illegal, and they
will hold a meeting Wednesday in the
parliament building unless prevented by
troops.
A basis for the refusal of the depu
ties to dissolve was the contention that
the king-einperor's act is unconstitu
tional, but upon this point there is
tnuch divergence of opinion, even
among the Hungarian opposition lead
ers.
The members of the present cham
ber of deputies were elected a year ago.
ibut owing to continued conflict between
the crown and the parliamentary op
iposttion since then the chamber has
been practically without functions of
vany kind.
: The king can call new elections with
lln ninety days from the date of disolv
ing parliament, and it Is believed this
Iwill be done. The object of the crown
>in calling new elections will be to weak
'en or break the power of the present
leoalltlon. which has been arraigned
against It for twelve months. These
elections could not be held under the
'proposed broader suffrage rights for
Hungary.
The commercial treaties with Aus
tria, Russia, Germany, Italy and other
countries must be ratified before March
0, and there being no parliament this
would be done by the Hungarian min
istry. __
BAD AIM SAVED HIM.
President of the Republic of Colombia
Is Made Target of Assassins’
Weapons.
Washington, D. O., Feb. 19.—News
lias reached Washington that on the
morning of February 10 an attempt was
made to assassinate the president of
the republic of Colombia. Eight shots
were fired at him, five of which struck
his carriage, but he escaped uninjured
KANSAS SCORES.
Dots Investigation of Oil Carrying Rail
roads.
Washington, Feb. 19.—The Interstate
Commerce commission has ordered an In
vestigation of rates, and practice of rall
Toad carriers engaged In transporting oil
from Kansas, and Indian Territory to in
terstate destinations.
ADMIRAL’S WIDOW DEAD.
Florence, Italy, Feb. 19.—Mary
%ilkes. widow of Rear Admiral Wilkes.
C'. 8. N.. is dend, aged 85.
MORE ARRESTS
ARE TO FOLLOW
-
(Requisition Papers Demanded for
Prominent Union Officials by
Idaho’s Governor.
Denver, Feb. 21.—Publication was
made here of the complaints on which
[Governor Gooding of Idaho asked
requisitions for Charles H. Moyer, pres
ident, and William D. Haywood, secre
tary-treasurer of the Western Federa
tion of Miners, and M. A. Pettlbone, a
former member of the executive com
mittee of that labor organization.
From this it appears the men who
were secretly arrested here Saturday
night and hurriedly removed to Ida
ho were charged directly with the
murder of former Governor Frank Steu-,
nenburg of Idaho, and not merely with!
being accessories to the crime. The
.complaints and requisitions in the
three cases are identical and charga
the accused men with having dis
charged the bomb by means of which
[Steunenburg was killed at Caldwell,
Idaho, December 30, 1905.
Are Held as Principals.
The specific charge of murder wa^
made, it is explained, in order to fore
stall habeas corpus proceedings on be
half of the accused men, but no at
tempt will be made to show that they
were in Idaho at the time of the com
mission of the crime. It is alleged,
however, that they conspired with oth
ers to murder Steunenburg and furn
ished funds to carry out the plot. The
atrocious murders committed during
labor troubles In the Cripple Creek
pnd Telluride districts In this state,
which have been shrouded In mys
tery, the earlier Cour d'Alene mur
ders and the more recent Steunen
burg assassination, form a chain o^
crimes with which efforts are being
made to connect the officers of thq
Western Federation through the con
fession said to have been made by,
■Harry Orchard, who Is charged with
the Steunenburg murder.
This confession, it Is asserted, dls-,
[closed a plot to kill former Governor
James H. Peabody, of Colorado, Wil
liam H. Gabbert, chief Justice of the
[Colorado supreme court, and John
Campbell, associate justice. Orchard is
paid to have confessed that wholesale
assassinations were planned at the
headquarters of the Western Federa
tion of Miners In Denver, chiefly by
refugees from the camps at Cripple
Creek and Telluride. It is also said
that Orchard’s confession gives a his
tory of the explosion at the Independ
ence station near Cripple Creek on
June 6, 1904, which killed fourteen men
and Injured many others.
Governor Saw Confession.
Governor McDonald, who Issued the
necessary papers for the extradition of
the federation officers to Idaho said
[today that he had read a copy of Or
chard’s confession, but was not at lib
erty to divulge Its contents.
It developed that Orchard’s confes
sion, according to best authority, stated
that bombs had been placed in the
gateways of the residences of the two
jnembers of the Colorado supreme court
and that more than a dozen attempts
had been made to assassinate former
•Governor James H. Peabody. An In
vestigation since the alleged confession
was made disclosed the presence of
bombs in exactly the spots Indicated.
■The man who unearthed the bombs, a
.prominent member of the Colorado Na
tional guard. Is In Idaho, having accom
panied the party that returned with
Moyer, Haywood and Pettlbone. He
will appear as a witness in the Orchard
•trial, It is said, to prove the truth of
the alleged confession.
Information reaches here tonight
from Cripple Creek that Edward Green,
a federation man, had been arrested
'on a warrant forwarded by the Idaho
authorities charging him with connec
tion In the Steunenberg assassination,
Two other warrants are In the hands
of Cripple Creek officers for service.
CHICAGO WINS BIG SUIT
State of Missouri Fails to 8top Divert
ing of Sewerage to River—Didn't
Prove Claims.
Washington, Feb. 21.—The famous,
case of the state of Missouri vs. the
State of Illinois, involving the right of
the city of Chicago to divert its sew
erage into the Mississippi river through
the Chicago sanitary canal and the
Illinois river, was decided today by
the supreme court of the United States
In favor of Illinois. 1
Justice Holmes delivered the opin
ion, which was that Missouri did not
prove its case. There was no dissen
sion.
The supreme court also decided the
case of the United States vs. the Bitter
Root Development company and other
assignees of the late Marcus Daly, of
Montana, Involving the charge of un
lawfully cutting $2,000,000 worth of
timber on public lands in that state
against the government, but it was
stated by Justice Peckham, who deliv
ered the opinion, that as the govern
ment had secured new evidence the de
rision is without prejudice.
CAR BALANCES ON
EDGE OF A RIVER
Wrecked Train Comes Near Pitching
Into Stream—Twelve Men
Are Hurt.
St. Louis, Feb. 21.—The new fast
mall train for the southwest on the
St. Louis. Iron Mountain and Southern
railway was wrecked, presumably by a
broken rail, at Carondelet early today.
Twelve men. including the conductor
and engineer were Injured, but it is
believed all will recover.
The train consisted of mail and ex
press cars, no passengers being car
ried.
The train was Just getting into full
rpeed when the engine suddenly left
the track followed by two cars. The
engine and first car were telescopeq
and together rolled down a fifteen foot
embankment. The second car after
lurntng over, lodged on the edge of th^
,-iver Des Peres. It contained a number
pf mall clerks and the loss of life must
have been general hud the car fallen
|ito the river. The crash aroused
Carondelet citizens and they speedily
turned out and assisted in curing for
Ihe injured, several of whom were sc.
lightly pinioned in the wreckage it l'e
iiuired much work to release them.
3 E X T ETT E^GIRL^A^L A D Y ’'
Francis Belmont Is Married to Lord
Ashburton.
Paris, Feb. 19.—Lord Ashburton was
married here today to Frances Don
lelly. an American actress, whose stage
jame Is Frances Belmont, one of the
Original “Florodora” sextette.
TO OUST STANDARD.
St. Louts, Feb. 19.—Taking testimony i
!n ouster proceedings of the state of
Missouri against the Standard, Repub
lic. Waters-Ptcrce and International
[111 companies was resumed today be
fore Special Commissioner Anthony.
THEY MEET IT
HYMEN'S ALTAR
Ktenly Anticipated Wedding of
Mis* Roosevelt and Mr.
Longworth Solemnized.
A MOST NOTABLE EVENT
tride Appears Most Beautiful, Wearing
as Her Only Jewel the Superb Dia
mond Necklace Given Her by.
the Bridegroom.
Washington, Feb. JO.—In the beauti
ful white and gold east room of the
"White House shortly after noon last
Saturday Rt. Rev. Henry H. Satterlee,
bishop of the Washington Protestant
Episcopal church, united In marriage
Miss Alice Lee Roosevelt, eldest daugh
ter of the president of the United
States, to Nicholas Longworth, repre
sentative In congress from the First
district of Ohio.
The ceremony was attended with all
the splendor of a grand official func
tion and with all the devotional beauty
of a cathedral service. It was wit
nessed by a thousand persona who
made up the moat brilliant and dis
tinguished assemblage ever gathered
In the White House on a similar oc
casion. The floral decorations were
, more elaborate than any heretofore
The ushers separated aa they reached
the platform and the president passed
through the two lines and presented hlg
daughter to the waiting bridegroom,
who stepped forward to receive her. To
gether they ascended the platform,
where Bishop Batteries was standing.
The Ceremony 8ald.
In low, yet resonant tones. Bishop
Satterlee began. At the conclusion off
the responses from the bride and groon^
the venerable bishop Inquired In a tone
that filled the great room:
"Who glvetn this woman to be mar
ried to this man?”
The president ascended the platform
and taking hts daughter's right hand,
placed it In that of the bridegroom.
Thus he gave the bride away to the
man of her choice, and by a ring which
an Instant later the groom placed on
the fourth Anger of her left hand she
became Mrs. Nicholas Longworth.
At the conclusion of the wedding
ceremony the assembled guests were
received by Mr. and Mrs. Longworth on!
the platform, and beneath a floral bow-i
er, where their hands and hearts were)
Joined forever. They were showered!
with congratulations.
Ouests then were received In the blue
room by the president and Mrs. Roose
velt. After an informal reception thei
bridal breakfast was served In buffet!
form In the state and private dining
rooms.
Mrs. Douglas Robinson, sister of the
president, a reseda velvet, bands of sa
ble trimming the skirt and edging the
Jacket, which was In empire effect.
Mrs. Robert B. Roosevelt, Jr., light
blue chiffon cloth made In princess*
style, with insertions of Irish lace; a! -
large picture hat of velvet of the same'
shade, with white plumes.
Miss Olga Roosevelt, white chlftoni
over white silk, and a picture hat in
white, wreathed with rosebuds.
Mrs. John E. Roosevelt, tan chiffon,
cloth, the skirt edged with a narrow
band of mink, the bodies having three
mink ornaments placed between narrowi
V-shaped insertions of lace; a small
hat of mink trimmed In lace.
Mrs. Hllborne L. Roosevelt, gray
chiffon trimmed with insertions of lace
and lavender velvet bow knots; a pic
MRS. NICHOLAS LONGWORTH, n«. MISS ALICE LEE ROOSEVELT.
have been In President Roosevelt's ad
ministration. The historic east room
Was moat beautifully decorated with
flowers' and potted plants, but the
whole lower floor of the mansion was
made a bower of beauty.
During the ceremony, reception and
breakfast the marine band rendered a
musical program especially prepared
for the occasion.
Wedding Party Appears.
A few minutes before noon, Mrs.
Roosevelt, accompanied by members of
her immediate family, descended the
main staircase and under the escort of
several military aides entered the east
room. She was escorted to a position
on the left side of the platform, which
was reserved for the bride's family.
Designated members of the bride
groom's family. Including his mother
and sisters, already had taken their
places on the right side of the plat
form.
Mrs. Roosevelt graciously acknowl
edged the greetings which she re
ceived on her entrance. She wore a
superb gown, richly designed, of heavy
cream-colored brocade, on which were
figures of blue and brown Interlaced
with threads of gold. The gown was
made In princess style with long train
of brocaded material. Trimmings were
of brown chiffon, embroidered In blue
and gold.
Two or three minutes after the en
trance of Mrs. Roosevelt the bride
groom, Mr. Longwortn, accompanied
by his best man, Mr. Thomas Nelson
Perkins, of Boston, descended the main
staircase and entering the east room
took his place at the foot of the plat
form.
The Charming Bride Arrives.
Promptly on the stroke of noon, Miss
Roosevelt, escorted by the president,
descended by the elevator to the west
end of the main corridor. There,
awaiting them, were the ushers se
lected by Mr. Longworth. All of them
are long-time personal friends and sev
eral were the bridegroom's classmates
at Harvard.
Preceded by the ushers, the president
and the dainty bride, resting her hand
lightly within his left arm, proceeded
to the east room, the orchestra render
Ing the magnificent march from "Tann
hauser."
Miss Roosevelt never looked more
charming The classic beauty of her
face and figure was accentuated by her
exquisite attire and by the surround
ings.
A Perfect Gown.
Her bridal dress was a magnificent
creation of heavy white satin, point
•ace, chiffon, filmy tulle and silver bro
cade. The material from which the
gown W'as developed was manufactured
especially for Miss Roosevelt, and the
design was destroyed as soon as the
necessary amount of material for the
dress was made. The gown had a long
court train of superb silver brocade.
The bodice was made high, without a
collar, and was trimmed with rare old
point lace, and the elbow sleeves were
finished with the same filmy material
The sleeves Just met long, white
gloves. A voluminous tulle veil, al
most completely enveloping the bride
was held In place by dainty clusters of
jrange blossoms.
Tiny slippers were fashioned from
lilver brocade, and instead of buckles
tulle bows were worn with little clus
ters of orange flowers. The only Jew
els worn by the bride was a superb
diamond necklace which was a gift of
Ihe groom.
Over her left arm Miss Roosevelt
carried a superb aitower bouquet of
the rarest and daintiest white orchids
procurable.
ture hat of gray with large whitq
plumes.
Mies Dorothy Roosevelt, pale blud
cloth and hat to match.
Mrs. Frederick Roosevelt, white lace
cloth gown and tan colored straw hat
and lace to match.
Mrs. Emlen Roosevelt, steel blue
panne velvet with Venetian collar and
cuffs, hat of lace and feathers.
Miss Christine Roosevelt, blus silk
trimmed with lace, large hat with blue
feathers.
Miss Margaret Roosevelt, cerise crepe
de chine and hat in same shade.
The Groom’s Mother.
Mrs. Longworth, mother of the
bridegroom, white chiffon cloth;
trimmed with a deep band of Irish!
lace at the hem. a long coat of Irish1 1
lace. She carried mauve orchids.
Comtase de Chambrun, sister of Mr:
Longworth, was In brown chiffon vel-l
vet embroidered and trimmed with1 .
cloth of gold. Her sable toque had
white aigrette.
Mrs. Fairbanks, wife of the vice
president, was In violet chiffon with1
hat and gloves to match, the hat hav-1
lng long violet plumes.
Mrs. Root, wife of the secretary of!
state, dark green velvet with a small’
toque to match.
Miss Root, cerise chiffon velvet with
black velvet hat and dark furs.
Mrs. Shaw, wife of the secretary of
the treasury, lavlnder satin with toque
of the same color.
Mrs. Cortelyou, wife of the postmas
ter general, white vlole, the fronts of
the skirt and bodice of hand em
broidery, large white hat with plumes.
Mrs. Bonaparte, wife of the secre
tary of the navy, wore the historic
black which was sent Dy the king of
Westphalia. Jerome Bonaparte, to his
daughter and which has been handed
down to the secretary and Mrs. Bona
parte. The lace Is In flounces of great
depth and was worn over coral satin.
She also wore the necklace pins and
hair ornaments which Jerome pre
sented to his American wife, Martha
Patterson, of Baltimore, before he be
came king of Westphalia.
Glorious Weather, Too.
As fair as a May morning was the
wedding day of Miss Roosevelt. Soft,
balmy sunshine poured down from a
cloudless sky and made the day like
springtime.
Although the guests within the east
room who witnessed the beautiful cer
emony did not number beyond hun
dreds, thousands gathered about the
White House, fascinated by the thought
that they could be so near the scene
on which the eyes of the world are cen
tered today. It was a typical Wash
ington crowd, and Included many who
were friends of the Roosevelts, and
good enough friends to understand the
Impossibility of all the friends of the
two families being Invited to the wed
ding.
There was no Jostling and no dlsor-,
der. comparatively few policemen be-'
lng on duty. No one was permitted In
the White House grounds today except
the guests.
Bells Announce It.
Boston. Feb. 17.—Bells In Boston
pealed at noon today In observance of
the wedding of Miss Roosevelt.
FIGHTING’GROSVENOR.
Pomeroy. O., Feb. 17.—Antl-Grosve
norltes In Meigs county today held a
"rump” convention and named dele
gates to the Eleventh congressional
district convention at Lancaster Feb-i
ruary 21, when a successor to Con
gressman Charles H. Qrosvenor will be
nominated.
ANOTHER RAGE
TRACK SGANOAl
» ■ ' --
Sensation in Los Angeles Ove
Conduct of the Ascet
Meeting.
—
AN OFFICIAL IS ACCUSED
All Kinds of Fraud and Collusion Sai
to Exist Between Favored Horse
men and One of the Authori
ties of the Track.
Los Angelos, Cal.. Feb. 21.—The Her
ald says that probably the most sen
sational race track scandal In decades
will be sprung today, when formal
charges Involving a prominent horse
owner and race track manager will be1
filed by a committee of horsemen wlthj
the board of directors of the Los An
geles Jockey club. It will be alleged thati
fraud, collusion and unfair conduct
have occurred continuously since the
jopenlng day of the Ascot race meeting.
Among the charges are that a certain
owner has been cheating with his
horses by having races specially ar
ranged for him and then "squaring"
matters with the official who Is named!
In the charges, by presenting the offl-'
clal after each race with a box of ci
gars under a paper cover In which was
placed a 1100 bill.
This, It is alleged, always had the'
effect of allaying any criticisms. It Is'
also claimed one of the owners was ac-i
customed to use training shoes on some!
of his horses, thus handicapping them'
effectually. Later he would remove the,
training shoes and replace them with
racing shoes, allowing the horses to win
with ease over practically the samej
fields In which they had been defeated
previously. Instances are cited by
complaining horsemen where this is
alleged to have occurred.
Track Conditions Changad.
It is also charged the track conditions
were ordered changed by a certain offl-)
clal to favor Bearcatcher, a horse which
won a race with Handzarru and Cru
zados here several weeks ago. This
was done on the order of an official of
the track, It Is asserted, who had pre
viously laid a large wager on Bear
catcher.
Many other charges will be made
more or less In detail. It Is alleged
there has for some time existed much
111 feeling between certain officials of
the track, In which there has been sev
eral clashes of authority. Once an of
ficial drew a revolver on another and(
threatened to shoot him.
Charges are also made that an offi
cial of the track has an Interest in one
of the racing stables and lends his of
ficial Influence to favor this stable In
the races. The charges are accom
panied by half a dozen affidavits by
complaining horsemen.
THEY REPORT FOR
A LOCK CANAL
Canal Commission, Secretary of War
and President Roosevelt So Tell
Ccngreee.
Washington, D. C„ Feb. 21—President
Roosevelt today transmitted to con
gress the report of the board of con
sulting engineers on the Panama canal,
together with a letter from Secretary
Taft, the report of the Isthmian canal
commission and a letter by Chief En
gineer Stevens.
In his letter the president says that
after careful, full and exhaustive con
sideration of the whole subject he con
curs in the recommendation of the sec
retary of war for a lock canal.
The canal commission is composed of
Alfred Noble, Henry L. Abbot, Freder
ic P. Stearns, Joseph Ripley, Isham
Randolph.
At the conclusion of a very exhaus
tive report they say:
"We believe the locks and other
structures of the lock canal can be built
In less time than Is required for the
Culebra cut, but the margin Is not
great, and the project Is well balanced
In this respect. If the summit level
were made higher the Culebra cut could
be completed sooner, but the locks
would require more time and the canal
W'ould probably not be finished as soon;
if the simmlt level were made lower
the Culebra cut would obviously take
longer. We believe, therefore, that the
project we recommend will open navi
gation across the Isthmus in the least
possible time. Since the Culebra cut
will fix the time for completing either
the lock canal or the sea-level canal,
and the former requires only half as
much excavation from the Culebra cut
ns the latter, it can be built In approx
imately half the time. A differ
ence of six years In favor of the lock
canal is a very conservative estimate.
"In view of the unquestioned fact
that the lock canal herein advocated
will cost about $100,000,000 less than
the proposed Mea-level canal: believing
that It can be built In much less time;1
that It will afford a better navigation:
that It will be adequate for all Its uses
for a longer time, and can be enlarged.
If need should arise, with greater facil
ity and less cost, we recommend the
lock canal at elevation 85 for adoption
by the United States,”
FIGHT UNDER THE
CONFEREES’ NOSE
Moroccan Warship Fires on French
Property, Further Complicating
Affaire at Algeeiras.
Malaga. Spain, Feb. 19.—Dispatches
from Mellila, Morocco, announce the
Moroccan warship Sldi El Turkl, yes
terday, bombarded factories belonging:
to the French filibusters at Marchica,
destroying a portion of the works.
Moroccan rebel forces responded to
the warship’s attack without results.
This Is a renewal of the recent Incident
between French and Moroccan war
ships, which it is feared may complicate
the situation at Algeeiras.
END IS SURELY NEAR
FOR THE EX-SPEAKER
Hon. David B. Henderson Suffers An
other Stroke of Paralysis, Blot
ting Out His 8ight.
Dubuque, la., Feb. 19.—Ex-Speakeri
Henderson, who Is 111 of paresis, suf- j
fered a second stroke of purulysls Sun- ;
day which robbed him of his sight. Hie;
death seems only a matter of a few l
days. He sMll recognizes the presence1
of his wife but heeds no other persona.
3 BEERS; HOME WRECKED*
Man Opana His Own Pay Envelops to
Extract 15 Cants and Wifa
Beats Him Up.
Baltimore. Feb. 21.—Two years a®
William Flannagin, of Philadelphia
took 15 centB from bis pay envelop
and bought three beers for himself am
two friends. The result of this indul
gence was a family row, a separatios
and the arrest here of Flannagin on a
charge of wife desertion.
Flannagin, when arraigned in police
court, told his story.
"Kvery week 1 used to bring home
my unopened pay envelope to my wife,"
he said. "I never so much as took a
nickel out for myself. One sad day 1
met a couple of friends as we were
returning home from work at the eloss
of a hard week, and as I felt particu
larly thirsty I Invited my friends Into
a saloon to have a glass of beer. I
opened my envelope and took out ex
actly 16 cents with which to pay for
the ‘suds.’
“When my wife saw that three nick-|
els were gone she lumped me. Sha
pounded and beat me until I was sore.
Both of my eyes were blackened and
she raised such a racket that the police!
had to be called In to get her away
from me.
"Right then and there I knew' that I
had had enough of married life. 1
quit. Then I came to Baltimore and,
have been working here ever since."
Taft Jokingly
Accepts Nomination
Washington, Feb. 21.—At the annual
Vale alumni banquet Monday night:
the undertone, half jocular, half In
earnest, that ran tnrougn all the toasts
and responses was the candidacy for
the presidency of Secretary of War
Taft, an alumnus, one of the speakers
of the evening.
Chief Justice Brewer, In the first
speech of the evening, referred to hlmi
as the man “who sat upon the lid In
the presidents absence" and as "the,
man, the American people have since)
decided the right man to sit on the)
whole cover.” ;
Other speakers alluded to the secre
tary, and the secretary himself re-;
ferred humorously to his nomination
and election by the body. He said:
"X am delighted at being nominated!
and elected president of the United
States here, and I accept the honor'
without qualification. Among the.
women and the residents of the dis
trict, who have no votes, I appreciate
jny popularity. I had other ambitions,
but under the circumstances I will no
longer be looking into the health of
Justice Brewer and other members of
the supreme bench.”
The secretary referred to the news-:
palter criticism of those in public life,
and suggested that public opinion ultl-<
mately reached a just conclusion. <
MRS. YERKES-MIZHER
KEEPS PURSE CLOSED
Said This Fact Has Caused Quarrel
and Separation of Recently i
Wedded Pair.
Chicago, Feb. 21.—Another “soldten
of fortune" has been separated from a.
fond wife and millions of dollars. The
world scarcely has recovered from the
shock that accompanied the separation
of the Count and Countess de Castel
lano when the news comes that Wllsoni
Mizner and his bride of scarce three
weeks, the former Mrs. Charles T.
Yerkes, have had a quarrel and are;
separated. Chicago will get a million1
MRS. YERKES-MIZNER.
dollar hospital as one result of the
disagreement. It Is authoritatively stat
ed.
The affectionate couple disagreed, It
ts stated, chiefly because Mrs. Mlzner
would not give her husband enough
spending money: also because Bhe
wouldn't Insist on her dower rights
and make a will hi his favor. The gay
Wilson, athletic six-footer, left the
Yerkes mansion. New York, last
Wednesday, tn a huff, with the de-i
dared intention of going to California^
He was reported to be In Chicago, but
r.ept himself sequestered.
Along with the news of the separat
ion conies the announcement—of much
/Treater Importance to Chicago—that
Mrs. Yerkes has made her will an^
j»ft a large sum of money to found the
Yerkes hospital in this city.
CRASH IN FOG.
Wapekonta. Ohio, Feb. 19.—During a
Heavy fog this morning a freight enJ
;lne dashed into the rear of the Cin
innuti and Dayton northbound pas-,
aenger train near this city.
M. M. Stein of Piqua was killed and
B. Burley, Edgar Smiley, J. S. Walker
were injured.
BRAKEMAN LOST LEGS.
Eddyvllle. Ia., Feb. 19.—Mike McNeran
of Oa.'taloosa, a brakeman on an Iowa
Central freight train, had both feet cut
off while switching at the Miller Creek''
Coal company's switch goutli of here. Hla
condition la critic* 1.
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