NEW BURLINGTON
LINE IN PROSPECT
Directors Approve Branch Be
tween Kearney, Neb.,1!and a
Montana Point.
Cheyenne, Wyo., Feb. 11.—The Bur
lington railroad directors have ap
proved of a new line from the Bur
lington's connection with the Union
Pacific in Montana to its terminus at
Kearney. Neb.. General Manager Hold
rege of the Burlington stated in a hear
ing before the state engineer of Wy
oming.
The hearing was for the purpose of
listening to a protest by the Burling
ton against the erection of a power
■dam on the Big Horn river by S. A.
Boysen. The Burlington claims a right
■of way through the Canyon, and it will
Interfere with its purpose if the canyon
Is blocked by a dam. tills being the only
route out of the Big Horn basin in
Wyoming tor the road, the Burlington
<s now building.
ABANDON MOTOR CAR
ON BONESTEEL LINE
Lincoln, Neb., Feb. 11.—North western
railroad officials say that the experi
ment of using a motor ilne between
Norfolk and Bonesteel has proved un
satisfactory, and that it will be taken
off February 1# and a passenger train
reinstalled. The motor will be taken
to Pierre and used for interurban trans
portation over the big new railroad
bridge there.
It is expected that the old schedule
of one train a day to Bonesteel and
one to Dallas, 8. D„ and return will
be reinstated. This was the first mo
tor car used on the Northwestern lines,
but it was unable to perform the ser
vice required.
GRIEF KILLS BOY WHO
WOULD BE MUSICIAN
New York, Feb. 11.—Heartbroken because
his musical ambition was thwarted, 14
year-obl Ernest Roth cropped dead today
In Broadway on Ms way to a manual
training school. The lad had remarkable
musical talent, and begged to be allowed |
to study as a musician, but his father de- j
aided that he must learn engineering. He j
was a frail child, and was bitterly dlBap- ;
pointed when scut to the Stuyvesant school
for manual training.
While In a Broadway car on his way
downtown to the school, the boy wept
bitterly, and when he tried to get off ho
staggered and fell dead on the sidewalk.
He was takes tw the Roosevelt hospital.
“Why, the bog Is dead!" said the doctor.
“'His heart failed-a very remarkable
case."
BIG WOODWaSe FIRM
IN RECEIVER’S HANDS
New York, Fob. 10.~The appointment oi j
Nicholas H. Colwell a.s receiver for th€ i
Hardware and Woodware Manufacturing
company, which owns and operates six- j
teen hardware and toy manufacturing
plants in Connecticut, Rhode Island, Mas- (
pachusetts, New Hampshire, Vermont,
Pennsylvania, Michigan, Ohio and Mis- j
eouri, was announced today.
The company took over the property ]
and business of the National Novelty cor
poration last year and is capitalized at j
S3.750,000. Counsel for the receiver said j
that-its assota are $3,TtOO.OOO and its liablli- j
ties $1,1G0,<j00. Th<s company's embarrass
fr merit, he said, is due to contraction of
its hank credits during the recent finaa*
cial stress.
GUARD RAIL SAVES
A WHOLE TRAIN
Detroit, Feb. HV -The heavy iron and
cement guard rail on the Wabash' rail
road bridge over the Huron river at
French Handing. about thirty miles west
of here, saved the fast New York-Chicago
passenger train which had been derailed
today by a sprung rail, from failing into ,
the Huron river, which is forty feet deep
at this point. I
The train was moving at about thirty i
miles an hour when all five passenger
cars behind the baggage car jumped the
track, and when the train was stopped
several of them were resting against the
guard rail.
GERMANY HELPS MOORS
UNDER CONDITIONS
Berlin, Feb. 11.—The reply of the 1
German foreign office to the appeal ;
made by Abd El Aziz, sultan of Mor- !
oceo, for help against the French oc- j
cupatlon of portions of Moroccan terri
tory, Includes two specific declara
tions: First, that treatment of the
Moroccan question must be clearly
within the terms of the Alegectras act; |
second, that followers of Abd El Aziz
have violated this act. Consequently,
the sultan must direct his appeal to all
signatories of the net and not to Ger
„ many alone. The text of the German ;
note has been communicated to France, j
PUSH CAR SERVES AS
HEARSE FOR FEUDIST
Jackson, Ky., Feb. 11.—The funeral of
Judge Hargis took place In the little fam
ily burial ground at noon today. The
body was placed in a grave adjacent to
the graves of Hargis' three brothers, all of
whom died of buLlet wounds inflicted by ,
Implacable enemies.
The funei*al cortege was a unique spec- ,
tacle. The body was taken across the
river via the bridge and there placed upon
a push ci|r and rolled down the tracks of
the Lexington and K as tern railroad and
thence carried about 300 yards to the ]
grave.
The attendant* walked, forming a pro- !
cession in the track behind the car which
served as a hearse. There is no hearse in
the town, neither is there a profe*oionaj
undertaker in the region.
ATTEMPT TO OUST
SALOONS FROM LINCOLN
Lincoln. Neb., Feb. 11.—At a largely
attended metltig held here last night
to discuss the queston of the contin
uance of saloons, a resolution was
adopted by a decisive vote declaring
for absolute prohibition In Lincoln, be
ginning with the new municipal year.
The question of no license will be
submitted at » special election to be !
'held at a date fixed by the city eocnell,
,probably In April.
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NOTORIOUS FEUDIST
KILLED BP HiS SON
4 NO REMORSE 4
4 OVER TRAGEDY.
4
4 Jackson, Ky, Feb. 10.—Beach i
4 Hargis, who killed his father, Judge 4
4 James Hargis, yesterday, made a 4
4 statement today in which he said
4 his fattier attempted to assault 4
4 him when he went into the store 4
4 before the shooting. He expresses 4
4 no remorse over the tragedy. 4
Jackson, Ky., Feb. 10—Former Coynty
Judge James Hargis, for many years
member of the state democratic execu
tive committee, accused of complicity
In many murders and a prominent fig
ure In the feuds which have disturbed
Breathitt county for several years, was
shot and instantly killed in his general
store here by his son, Beach Hargis.
The son fired five shots in rapid suc
cession at his father, who fell dead
while his clerks were waiting on cus
tomers.
The two men are reported to have
had a quarrel several night ago, when
the father. It ts alleged, was compelled
to resort to violence to restrain his son.
Young Hargis. It Is said, has been
drinking heavily of late. Judge Hargis,
it is said, spoke to his son about his
drinking and a quarrel resulted. Father
and son stepped behind a counter in
the store, when the son, after only a
few minutes' conversation, drew a re
volver and fired five shots. Four took
effect, the noted mountain character
falling dead.
Young Hargis was arrested and
placed In jail. He was raving like a
maniac and the officers were com
pelled to drag him to Jail.
Purchased Own Casket.
Judge Hargis will be buried in a
casket which he himself purchased
about a month ago. Some time during
the early part of last month Judge
Hargis went to the National Casket
company at Louisville and requested
that he be shown the most elaborate
coffin the company had In stock. Noth
ing suited him and he finally ordered
one along his own ideas, costing $1,500.
The following telegram has been sent
to the company:
“Express the casket selected by
James Hargis, as he Is dead.
“Mrs. (Judge) James Hargis.”
TRAIN JUMPS TRACK;
NO ONE IS KILLED
Olean. N. Y., Feb. 10.—The Pennsyl
vania express train from Baltimore
was wrecked today near Franklinville,
21 miles north of here. No one was
killed. Sixteen persons were more or
less injured. The coach, sleeper and
locomotive were thrown into a small
creek.
Among the injured are;
Wilson Guggenheim, A. C. Nell, C. W.
Townsend, of Washington; L. P. Claw
son, Toronto; W. C. Blackmore, Chi
cago; W. Kilmer, Olean, N. Y.: Kugene
Kleist, mayor of North Tonawanda.
IN CONGRESS
NO INCREASE IN PAY
OF POSTAL EMPLOYES
Washington, Feb. 10—"In the face of
prevailing business conditions on
which postal revenues are based, and
in view of the large increases granted
last year, I think it is extremely im
probable that the committee will this
year recommend any general increase
of salaries of postal employes outside
of the regular classification advances.”
This statement vaus made by Chairman
Overstreet, of the House committee on
postoffices and post roads.
EXPOSITION GIFT PASSES;
OPPOSED BY BURKETT
Washington, Feb. 10—During the de
bate in the Senate on the Alaskan ex
position Senator Burkett said the prop
osition to hold the exposition did not
originate in Alaska. “It has been put
forward,” he said, "by a lot of boomers
of Seattle, who propose to boom their
real, estate and their own private in
terests.”
"The men that promote this exposi
tion." said Senator Burkett, "are
not the men who have to bear the re
sponsibility for the bins incurred.
They start an exposition.” he said,
"and unload their ideas on the com
munity and then demand our money
and the money of every nation on
earth to pay for it."
The bill was passed.
LARGE ADDITION TO
NATIONAL FOREST PARK
Washington, Feb. 10.—The president
has signed a proclamation creating ad
ditions in the Trinity national forest,
California. They amount to 350,471
acres. The additions are contiguous
tracts of timber lands lying mostly in
Humboldt and Trinity counties. They
make the total area of the Trinity for
est nearly 1,600,000 acres. The value
of the timber included in the addition
is estimated at $4,600,000.
COUNTRIES TO UNITE
IN SAVING NIAGARA
Washington, Feb. 10.—Preststent ef
forts are to be made in congress to
prevent the re-enactment of what is
known as the Burton law passed in
1906, governing the disposition of the
waters of Niagara Falls. The object
of,that enactment was to conserve tha
waters of the falls against the en
croachment of commercial enterprise,
It was destined as a purely tempon
ary measure to be supplanted by a gen
eral convention or treaty on this sub-i
ject between the United States an 1
Canada and which is intended ti|
cover also the disposition of other wa4
lers forming a boundary line between
the two countries. The Burion law
expires In less than a year and a
half.
HOUSE PASSES THE
OMNIBUS CLAIMS BILL
Washington, Feb. 10.—The omnibu I
claims bill, carrying a total allowing
$316,000, In payment of claims for stored
and supplies furnished the army of
the United States during the civil war,
claims of volunteer officers for service
pay, and claims by churches, colleges
and other societies, was passed by th
House today.
The bill carries recommendations con
forming to the findings by the court of
claims under the Bowman act. Among
the larger amounts are; Illinois, $S,8U0;
Missouri, $17,300.
GIRL ACCUSED OF
FORGING CHECKS HELD
TO GRAND JURY
Chicago, Feb. 10.—Estella Taylor, a
young woman from Minneapolis, who
was recently arrested in Galesburg,
III., on a charge of passing numerous
forged chocks in this city, today was
held to await the action of the grand
Juiy in bends of tl.GOO. In a prelim
inary hearing it was contended that
the young woman was insane.
RAILROAD EARNINGS
TO DECREASE—HILL
Great Northern Magnate Does
NotTake an Optimistic View
of Situation.
Now York. Fob. 11.—James J. Hill,
chairman of the board of the Great
Northern railway, says the coming
summer will show a decrease in rail
road earnings over last summer.
"I am not so much of an optimist,"
he said, "as to predict that railroad
earnings thi« summer will not be be
low those of last summer. I am sure
they will be. But there are more peo
ple in this country than ever before,
they are people of fair intelligence.
What the country needs now is rest.
Bet us have rest and let a stop be put
to this ghost dancing; everything will
work out all right.
"Things aro quiet enough every
where, but up in the northwest we are
feeling it less than in other places.
We have no large industrial plants
there. The farmers will plant as much
wheat as ever. I should say the per
centage Idle equipment on Great
Northern was somewhat loss than the
percentage reported to be idle on roads
of the country as a whole."
BUYS OUT THEATER
TO AID A HOSPITAL
New York,Feb. 11.-Mrs. William K. Van
derbilt, jr., again has come to the aid of
the Nassau hospital In Mlneola, B. I. She
ts deeply interested in the institution which
is near her summer home, aJid has aided
1 the management in many ways in the
| past. A short time ago it was feared the
| Institution would have to be closed for
' lack of funds, but later it was arranged
to keep the hospital open.
Now Mrs Vanderbilt has panned to give
a. big benefit to reduce the debt under
which the hospit&l has struggled. She has
arranged with the management for a spe
cial matinee performance of “The Merry
Widow,” to be given in the New Amster
dam theater Tuesday, February 11, and
has bought out the entire house for that j
day.
X BCXIB rtmi UVACB Will W OU1U auu
the audience promises to be one of the
notable society gatherings of the winter.
The tickets will be placed on sale at Ty
son's agencies In the hotels as well as at
the theater.
All of the Long Island colonies in tho
Mineola section are interested in the hos
pital. and it is anticipated there will be a
general response to the plan for aiding the
; institution arranged by Mrs. Vanderbilt.
1 Mrs. Claience H. Mackay and Mrs. O. H.
P. Belmont are others who have con
i trlbuted generously to the hospital's needs
j in the past.
CORPORATIONS WOULD
WELCOME SUPERVISION
SAYS GEO. W. PERKINS
New York, Feb. 11.—That managers j
of the giant corporations would wel- i
come supervision by the federal gov- |
eminent, was the opinion expressed j
by Geo. W. Perkins, of the firm of J. i
P. Morgan & Co., tn an address be
fore the students of Columbia univer
sity. Mr. Perkins defended the big eor
i porations as a natural outgrowth of
| business conditions and declared that
it lias accomplished great good and Is
capable in its further developments of
accomplishing much more.
“There is scarcely a corporation
manager of today,” he said, "who
would not welcome supervision, could
he but feci that it would come from
the national government, acting
through an intelligent and fair minded
official, but to be faced with the re- i
quirements to report to and to be sup
ervised and regulated by 40 or 50 gov
ernments with varying ideas and laws,
of course, suggests difficulties that arc
almost insurmountable. National su
pervision, under a law requiring that <
i those who supervise should be prac
tical men thoroughly versed in their
j calling would solve most of our diffi
j culties.
I “It is almost heresy to say that j 1
competition is no longer the life of j
■ trade, yet these have come to be fact ,
j as applied to the old unreasoning and <
unreasonable competition by the con- 1
ditions of our day.
“The spirt of co-operation is upon
us, it must of necessity be (hr next
great form of business development
and progress.”
•‘GEN. ” COXEY TELLS
YOUNG TRAMPS TO
SETTLE DOWN; VOTE
St T.ouis, Feb. 11.—Boy tramps who
(vere drawn here by he national con
vention of the unemployed, now In ses
sion, and who were no* permitted In
the councils, which were limited to ' ho
boes,'' held n > ice-ting: at which ad
dresses were made by men of reputa
tion among the wanderers. “Kansas
City Kid” was the guest of honor, be
cause his "moniker" (monogram) is on
more water tanks than that of any oth
er traveler, and short speeches, brim
ful of advice, were delivered by other
well known tramps.
“New Haven Kid" contrasted condi
tions In the East and West and said
his experience had been that a tramp
Is more liable to arrest in the East than
the West. "Kid Murphy." of Spring
field (Illinois), advised against the use
of "white line” (alcohol and water),
saying it caused many holdups.
"Jersey Bed," who recently returned
from Africa, advised tramps to keep
away from the sea because they had to
work hard on ships.
"Gen." J. S. Coxey urged the tramps
to settle down, that they might be vot
ers by the time his bill came up for
action In congress.
Rev. John Fills and Dr. Reltinan. who
styles himself “King of Trumps.” also
spoke, urging the tramps to become
"hoboes" and seek after work.
ONCE WEALTHY MAN
IS CHARITY PATIENT
St. Louis, Fob. 10.~i>r. .Tamos Shephard
Oabanno, founder of fnshfomible Cabanno
Place and once owner of most of the
land there, now valued at millions of dol
lars, has been taken to the city hospital,
a penniless patient.
HALL F0UNDGL1LTY
OF LAND FRAUDS
Portland, Ore.. Fob. It —Former Unit
ed States District Attorney John H.
Hall, Indicted for conspiracy with the
Rutte Creek Land. Live Stock and
Lumber company, to maintain an al
leged Illegal fence which Included ;o,
1)00 acres of public land In Wheeler
county, today » as fna%& guilty.
The trial ti>« been bitterly fought on
both sides.
JAPANESE LABOR IS
MENACE SAY UNIONS
Denver. Feb. 10.—The wage workers
of Denver have perfected a permanent
organization for the nurpoee of pro
tecting themselves against the Invasion
of Japanese labor into Colorado. Il will
be known as "The Yellow Peril Exclu
sion league.” Members pf the indus
trial unions are advancing the move
ment.
During the past few months Japa
nese laborers have been imported into
Denver and Colorado by the hundreds.
They are entering every line of trade,
It is <harged, In competition with Amer
ican labor, and working for wages
much below the union scale.
Peaceful measures of dealing with
the problem were advocated by a ma
jority of the speakers. Two or three
expressed themselves as in favor of
radical action. All were agreed that
the question of excluding the Japa
nese has grown to such pronorttons
that Immediate action must be taken.
It was decided that the movement
will not be confined to organized labor,
and a resolution was adopted calling
upon all laboring men to take an active
Interest in the campaign that has been
Inaugurated against the employment of
Japanese laborers.
BLAST BLOWS FACE
OFF CARELESS WORKMAN
Chicago, Feb. 10.—Three men were
ratnlly Injured and several others seri
ously hurt, as a result of dynamite In
the quurry of Dolese & Shepard in
Hawthorne today by the carelessness
of Richard Schoeburd, a workman, who
rammed the explosive too tightly in the
sole he had drilled for the blast.
Schoeburd's face was blown entirely off
uid he was otherwise mangled in ter
rible fashion.
Deaths in Coal Mines.
Port Hood, N. S., Feb. 10.—Ten men
mprlsoned are believed to be dead as
the result of an explosion in the Port
Hood coal mines today. Seven bodies
nave been taken out.
FAMOUS OLD*SHIP
TAVERN IS CLOSED
London, Feb. 10.—The Ship Tavern,
one of the most famous of London's
riverside inns, located in Greenwich,
has closed its doors after an existence
ixtending back to the days of the grrat
English statesman, William Pitt. It
was at the Ship Tavern that Pitt insti
tuted the famous ministerial whitebait
linners during his term of 16 years as
i member of the ministry.
In the days when Greenwich was a
fashionable riverside resort, the Ship
favern became known all over the
world. It was while William Pitt was
leader of the ministry, 120 years ago,
that he introduced the custom of gath
ering together yearly at the close of
the parliamentary session the cabinet
ministers, judges of the high court and
pther members of the government to
partake of a banquet at the Ship Tav
ern, known as the ministerial white
bait dinner. Its feature was whitebait,
i small fish not much more than an
inch in length, for which Greenwich is
famous, and which Is considered a great
lelicacy. It is eaten with cayenne pep
per, lemon Juice and brown bread and
butter.
The custom of the ministerial white
bait dinner at the Ship Tavern was con
tinued regularly from the time It was
Instituted by Pitt until 1880. After that
time the custom was not observed reg
ularly, and ten years ago it fell into
antire disuse.
MAN WHO “FOUND”
H. C. FRICK DEAD
Pittsburg, Feb. 10.—Judge Thomas
Mellon, who discovered the genius in
FI. C. Frick and loaned him *20,000 to
pegin the coke business, died here on
lis 95th birthday. He was stricken
is he arose to celebrated with his
iged wife their natal anniversaries,
Mrs. Mellon being 91 years old.
Though the founder of a fortune, es
imated at *125,000,000, the books in the
issesor's office show he is possessed of
inly *30,000 personal property. Elghty
hree years ago Judge Mellon walked
nto Pittsburg with a dollar In his
pocket. About 15 years ago he turned
lis fortune over to his sons and they in
creased it
Judge Mellon founded the banking
louse which bears the family names
mil has deposits of over *25,000.000. He
>nce successfully fought the Standard
>11 company, building with his grand
lon, W. L. Mellon, a pipe line to the
ieaboard, which they later sold to the
Itandari for *4,500,000.
rHREATS AGAINST LIFE
MADE FRANCO FLEE
Lisbon, Feb. 10.—The secret and sud
len iliglit of Franco, the former pre
mier, from Lisbon across the frontier
nto Spain, accompanied by his wife
mil son, was caused by the threats of
leath which had been made against
lim Since the murder of the king,
franco has been in receipt of many
etters, all threatening vengeance. Al
ready Franco as dictator had been
dotted against and had gone about pro
moted by armed guards, who alsc
watched his house lest t h o ee who op
posed his iron rule should do him harm
ind of late to these were added the
mmity of those who held that Franco
was responsible. Indirectly at least, fot
the tragedy of Saturday last.
Two of Franco's ministers also have
lisappeared.
VERY WEALTHY WOMAN
TO WED SELF-MADE MAN
New York, Feb. 10.—Mrs. Anna
tVeightman Walker, widow of Robept J.
Walker, of Philadelphia, and daugh
ter of the late Wm. Welghtman, made
innouncement today of her engagement
to Frederick Cortland Penfleld, diplo
mat and author. The engagement is of
recent date, although Mrs. Walker and
her fiance have been friends for years,
it was not intended to announce the
betrothal until months later, but
rumors had spread so it was decided to
in -ke it public at once.
Mrs. Welghtman Walker inherited n
fortune of $40,000,000 under the will of
her father, the late Wm. Welghtman,
>f Germantown, Penn., who gained his
wealth In manufacturing drugs. Fred
erick Penfleld. a typical diplomat, is a
silfmade man, at one time having been
a reporter on the Hartford Courier.
WHAT IS SAUSAGE?
HERE’S THE ANSWER
Chicago, Feb. 10.—"What Is sausage,"
was determined by United States food
experts after a day s conference in
ilie Auditorium annex. The commis
sion holds: "It shall contain no larger
amount of water than the meats from
which Is is prepured and If it bears
the imjnc descriptive of composition
or origin, It must correspond to such
descriptive name. 'Blood sausage' shall
be distinguished by fresh blood from
neat cattle or swine.”
II HI. ■■■!! ■■■mil ■■■-!■ .1 III . I —■ .I
JOBBERS WILL ASK
CONGRESSTO OUTLAW
EXPRESS COMPANIES
Association Declares There Is
No Reason Why They
Should Exist.
Sioux Falls, S. D.. Feb. 11.—H. M.
Jones, of this city, president of the
Weotern Fruit Jobbers' association, an
organization embracing all the territory
west of the Mississippi river, an
nounces that his organization expects
to ask congress before the end of the
present session to enact legislation out
lawing the express companies.
Immediately following the special re
port of the Interstate Commerce com
mission upon the business of the ex
press companies of the United States,
the associate 'n will begin lis organized
effort to have the express business de
clared Illegal.
It was this organization which, two
years ago, fought the private car lines
all through the session of congress at
which the railway rate bill was enact
ed. A special committee of the Sen
ate spent seven weeks hearing the evi
dence collected by the association. As
a result of the rate bill, which re
quires the railroad companies to own
the equipment necessary to transporta
tion, the private car lines have been
ended. This was accomplished when
the Senate voted down amendments
to the rate bill introduced by Senator
Kittredge, of South Dakota, to recog
nize the private car lines as common
carriers.
Work of Auociation.
It was alsa the work of this organiza
tion that put a resolution through con
gress a year ago, directing the Inter
state Commerce commission to Inquire
Into and report upon the express busi
ness. The commission appointed Spe
cial Examiner Brown, who has hejd
meetings in Omaha. Kansas City, Chi
cago, Dallas and Fort Worth. The fruit
jobbers’ association was represented by
its attorneys at these hearings, and
the express companies by a number of
lawyers headed by Frank Stockton, at
torney for the Wells Fargo company.
Frank Baines, an attorney of Omaha,
is now making a brief of the evidence,
in behalf of the fruit Jobbers’ associa
tion, which he will present to the com
mission. The attorneys for the express
companies will make a plea for their
clients. This will probably be done
within a week. The association hopes
that the Interstate Commerce commis
sion can make Its report to congress
within a fortnight, or a month at the
latest. Upon that report and its show
ings, the association will ask congress
to abolish the express companies as a
needless tax upon the shipping Inter
ests of the country.
Fight to Finish.
"The report of the commission," said
Mr. Jones, "will show that 90 per cent
of the business of the express coin
psnies is done by employes of the rail
way companies. The express com
panies have no railroads, no means of
transportation. They own practically no
property. In most cases their offices
are simply rented. All that is required ,
by them is desk room in which to col
lect their money and small storage
rooms from which to make deliveries.
"Yet these express companies are
capitalized at tremendous sums. The
shippers are paying dividends on blue .
sky to enrich the stockholders of these <
companies. We not only pay the rail
road companies for transportation a
sum they are willing to accept from the
express companies as sufficient, but we
must pay the express companies an ad
ditional sum. We are paying twice for
all transportation carried by the ex
press companies.
"It should be understood the West
ern Fruit Jobbers’ association is in
this fight to stay. We will keep at It
until a law Is passed that refuses to
allow any but common carriers to ac
cept freight for transportation."
ADMiRAL DEFENDS
UNCLE SAM’S SHIPS
AGAINST MUCKRAKE
- I
Washington, Feb. 10.—Admiral Converse
today submitted to Secretary Metcalf a
report upon the results of his investiga
tion Into the recently published criticisms
of the designs of American naval vessels.
It is not probable its contents will be
made public until the president has had
an opportunity to read it, if then. It may
be stated the report undertakes to dem
onstrate as clearly as possible the figure*
and comparisons of foreign navies. The
scale drawings can establish the fact that
the fighting ships of the American navy
at the date of their design were the best
ships in the world of their class and that
they are today comparable on even term!
with the ships of any other navy.
DREW CHECK FOR 1,000 !
KISSES; WIDOW SUES
’ i
Newark, N. J., Feb. 11.—When th<
breach of promise suit of Mrs. Mar
garet Ives, a widow, against Edwin G.
Koenig, an ex-widower, comes up fot
Jersey adjudication next spring, the
friends of both litigants promise to at
tend In large numbers.
Mrs. Ives, who at the decease of hei
husband was supposed to be a woman
of large means, begun her suit against
Koenig yesterday. She sets forth that
until it was known that the late Mr
Ives had left little instead of much,
she was besieged by suitors, of whom
Koenig was the most ardent. i
Koenig, she avers, wrote her 81 in- i
teresting letters and gave her a check 1
that she couldn't cash. ]
The check Is on the federal bank, and |
Is for "one thousand kisses," payablt I
to Mrs. lies. The check was duly pre i
seated, it seems, and a facetious tellei
wrote on the back of it: 1
"Bank cannot honor. Maker will havi :
to pay In person." j
Koenig married another woman, and
now Mrs. Ives demands $50,000 dam- ,
ages. _ _
ARE INDICTED FOR
RCB3ING UNCLE SAW
Portland, Me., Feb. 11—Geo. Frederick
Terry, general manager of the Sawyei
Publishing company, at Waterville, and
Henry W. Boshan, who for a numbei
of years handled second and third clasj
mail matter In the Waterville postolfice
were Indicted in the federal court todaj
for alleged Joint conspiracy to defrauc
the government out of postage. It i:
alleged the government has been robber
of many thousands of dollars a yea*
' lor se*erul years. >
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JOHN 0. WILL PROVIDE
PLAYGROUND FOR BOYS
New York. Feb. 8.—Great summer
playgrounds, where city children may
hum Indians, is the latest philanthropy
in which John D. Rockefeller intends
to use part of his wealth, aided by a
new reerult to the army of philanthro
pists, Harold McCormick, John pi’s
Chicago soninlaw.
Captain Jack Crawford is authority
for the statement. He says he is t®
have direct charge of the first play
ground to be-opened on a tract of wild
erness in Michigan on Portage lakes
about 12 miles from the town of Man
lstie.
The plan provides not only for a
playground, but for a systematic su
pervision of the boys’ summer play,
which will be largely along the lines
of hunting, trapping, woodcraft, swim
ming, military exercises. Regular ex
ercise In the old tricks of the wild
and woolly west will be employed and.
the boys will go on weekly expedi
tions.
There will be stage coaches for ths
boys to save from the attacks of ban
dits, the outlaws being other boys of
the vacation crowd. There will be a.
typical oldtime frontier post where ths
lads will learn the life of the mounted,
service.
FOUR FIRES AT ONCE
IN PHILADELPHIA
Philadelphia, Feb. 8.—Four fires early
today, all burning at the same time,
caused damage estimated at $200,980.,
the first fire started on the freight
steamship Arls, lying at the wharf, loa
the Delaware river. Before the name*
on the steamer were extinguished, firs'
broke out In the drug store of Jacobs'
Bros., in Chestnut street, which was(
damaged to the extent of $75,000. Ths
Macey Furniture company, adjoining,
suffered $10,000 damage. The third firs1
occurred at American and Locusti
streets, where a large three story build
ing, occupied by publishing firms, was
completely burned out.
The fourth fire started at Marshall!
and Rltner streets where four dwell
ings were damaged and 20 persons
forced to seek shelter from the snow
storm.
$120,000 FIRE IN
RACINE, WI8., CLUB
Racine, Wis., Feb. 8.—Five firemen,
were injured and a loss of $120,009 was
the result of fire in the rooms of ths
Racine club early today. Eight men
were on ladders on the south wall of
the structure when it fell.
HURON LAND OFFICE
IS DISCONTINUED
Washington. D. C., Feb. 8.—Under an
'xecutlve order signed by tho president,
he commissioner of the general land
ifllce has published a notice of the dis
;ontlnuance of the Huron land offlcs
md the transfer of the lands, business
md archives thereof to and Its con
lolldatlon with the Pierre land dls
rlct, the office of which district Is !o
.■ated at Pierre.
The transfer and consolidation will
become effective April I, 1908. Local
ifflcefb at Huron will discontinue bual
less at the close of business hours on
March 31. 1908.
The action was recommended In view
>f the small range of unappropriated
tubllc lands In the Huron district as
veil as the cost of maintaining said
>fflce, under sections 2248 and 2252 of
he revised statutes.
SERMAnTaCKIES
MUST NJT TATTOO
Berlin, Feb. 8.—The practice of tat
oolng on the bodies of bluejackets, so
vldespread In all navies, and more so
n the American and Brltfsh navies
han in others, has Just received a se
vere blow from a Hamburg physician
lulled to attend a sailor of the Ger
nan battleship Deutschland; who was
luffering from a mysterious wasting
lisease.
The sick man, with others of hts
nessmates who toined with him only
i year ago, permitted one of the older
:eamen to tattoo on their breasts ths
(lcture of their ship as a souvenir of
heir period of service. Shortly after
vard the young sailor went on the
lick list. The ship's doctor not being
ib!e to effect a cure, he consulted a
ipecialint, who decided that the patient
vas suffering from cutlcular tubercu
osis. and on investlga^'on It was dis
■overed that one of the other recruits
in whom the tattooing needles had
teen used Immediately beforehand, had
ieen afflicted with the disease sines
hildhood. Both men have since been
liseharged from the navy as unlit for
urther service.
The special st reported to the au
horitles that other and even more
■lrulent diseases could be transmitted
rom one person to another In this way,
ind the naval authorities are now do
ng their utmost to discourage the prac
lc« of tattooing.
A Dusseldorf doctor has discovered
i simple and painless method of re
novtng tattoo marks without leaving
icars. After Injecting a pain killer
iround the tattooed surface, he makes
in Incision and raises the skin contain
ng the colored substance, which as a
■ule does not penetrate deeply. He
hen entirely punches out the ink with
i many pointed instrument or scrapes
t away from the inside with a lancet,
md then replaces the skin, which In
i few days resumes its natural famil
ies without Inconvenience to the pa
VIRS. SHONTS IS NO
SMUGGLE^—THE CASE
WILL BE DROPPED
New York, Feb. 8.—-The treasury depart
ment, It was learned today, will take no
urther action following the raid by cus
oms inspectors on the home of Theodor®
y. Shonts for alleged undeclared gowns
mported from Europe by Mrs. Shonts and
Ler daughter, Theodora, who is to marry
he Due De Chaulnes February 1*5.
Mrs. Shonts Is said to have satisfied
10th the president and Secretary Cortel
’ou that there is no cause for confiscation
if the gowns on a charge of smuggling.
It Is said on high authority that th®
ase will be dropped.
_AST OF MURDER >
SUSPECTS CCN ESSES;
GETS LIFE SENTENCE
Boudler, Mont., Feb. 8.—Geo. Hast
ngs, the last of the Clow murder sus
pects, the trio who held up the North
jrn Pasific train near Butte last May
tnd murdered Engineer Clow, today
•onleased to the crin.e and was given
l life s.ntence. Henry Gruber con
'essed yesterday. George Towers was
tent to the penitentiary tor yy 3 ear*
ast week.
