' 11 ' *
Richest Senator
Passes Away
CONGRESS OUTGROWS
HALL OF SESSIONS
400 Members Now Crowd
Seating Capacity of the
House. A
♦ AUTOMATIC STAMP *
♦ MACHINES ARE TOO ♦
♦ EASILY BUNCOED. ♦
4 ♦
4 Washington, March 10.—It does 4
4 look as if an automatic postage
4 stamp vending machine of the ♦
4 penny-in-the-slot sort was going to 4
*4 be an irridescent dream. The gov- 4
4 ernment has been trying to get a 4
4 machine that will be guaranteed 4
4 not to give up its stamps unless 4
4 real money is dropped in the slot. 4
4 It looked as if the real thing had 4
4 been found. A battery of them 4
4 stood in front of the city postofflce 4
4 for weeks without being once bun- 4
4 coed. At last the secret service 4
4 men and Assistant Postmaster Gen- 4
4 oral Lawshe decided on a desperate 4
4 effort to “bust the machines.” They 4
4 got a supply of especially prepared 4
4 lead slugs, and succeeded in bun- 4
-4 coing the machines out of all their 4
•4 contents. y
4 Anybody who will invent a ma- 4
t chine certain to know the difference 4
between real and bad money will 4
4 g^t a fine premium. But it hasn't 4
4 yet been done. ♦
Washington, March 10.—When con
gress ordered the construction of the
two great office buildings, one for the
Senate and the other for the House,
which are now being completed, it
admitted that it has outgrown the
Capitol's facilities for sessions
The House chamber has long been
crowded uncomfortably in order to
seat the nearly 400 members of that
body. Each member has a desk and a
chair oti ts4e floor, and the available
space is all occupied. Oklahoma came
in with five members recently, and was
taken care of. The Philippines were
given two commissioners with seats
on the floor. Rut there isn't any pos
sibility of much more expansion.
Now, the census of 1910 is loom
tag close in sight. It is going to indi
cate a big Increase in population, and
wilt be followed by an increase in the
number of representatives. This is
inevitable, for every census thus far
has necessitated this. Reduction of the
number of members has always
been found utterly impossible. Increase
of the ratio of representatives pre
vents the growth of the House in pro
portion as the country grows. But
seme states grow a good deal in a
decade. Others grow little or not at all.
No state will consent to an apportion
ment which reduces its number of rep
resentatives. So in order that the
states showing slow growth shall re
tain their former number of members,
those growing rapidly must be given
considerable increases.
The census of 1910 is certain to show
great disparities in the rate of growth,
and (he House is likely to expand, in
the next apportionment, beyond the
400 mark. When that happens the
question of finding seating space for all
the members in the House chamber will
be more serious than ever.
The proposal to remove the desks
and provide only benches, such as are
used in English house of commons,
is coming to be more favored. With
out facilities for writing, members
would at least have to attend to the
proceedings so long as they were on
the Moor. That this condition must
be reached before many years and also
that some step must be taken to pre
vent the Indefinite growth of the House
membership is fully realized. The
House is too big to do business read
ily now. With another 100 members,
as it will certainly have in another
30 or 40 years of the present policy,
it would be hopeless.
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ONE-FIFTH OF
PANAMA CANAL DUG
Washington, March 10.—One-fifth of
the excavation for the Panama canal,
28,414,934 cubic yards, has been com
pleted. The entire excavation, esti
mated May 1, 1904, will be 142,000,000.
At the present rate the excavation
could be completed in three years, but
it will be interrupted for the con
struction of locks so that all parts of
the canal can be completed at about
the same time.
Excavation in February was 2,945,
380 cubic yards, or 233,312 greater than
January.
WAS MARKMANSHIP
AT SANTIAGO POOR?
Washington, March 10.—The unpublished
reports of the engagement at Santiago
show per cent of hits. The showing
was so poor that the navy department
never published it. The hits made by
the gunners of the Atlantic and Pacific
fleets last year as a whole reached 59
per cent. One division of the Pacific fleet
scored 70 per cent.
When the battle of Santiago was fought
it was possible to fire a 12-inch gun once
in live, minutes. Today it is possible to
lire it twice a minute.
In response to a request for a comment
on these statistics. Rear Admiral W. S.
Schley, one of the heroes of the battle
of Santiago, said:
“L must decline to be drawn into this
unfortunate controversy. I have no de
sire to fight the battle of Santiago over
again. I would say, however, that during
iny active service I commanded a number
of vessels, and in every Instance I have
'■*4*'***' found them, class for class, comparably
equal to those of other navlea of the
world."
Two other officers replied as follow's:
“At Santiago the navy maintained Its
highest reputation by quickly destroying
the Spanish fleet. The smoke from black
powder and sights Inferior to those now
in use prevented the accuracy which has
since been obtained with smokeless pow
der and telescopic sights. But in this
respect other navies were as badly off
as our own. The American navy has al
ways been accustomed to shoot straight,
and no criticism can deprive it of this
reputation, won in many a victorious
flghl.
"Thomas O. Selfridge, Rear Admiral."
“Compared with present standards the
accuracy and rapidity of fire at Santiago
was not good. Yates Stirling.
“Rear Admiral (Retired).”
The exports of manufactures of the
United States averaged more than $2,
000,000 a day during the entire year,
including every day in the calendar
year,
HGHENAN DEPRIVED
OF RANK IN ARMY
Berlin, March 10.—General Count
Wilhelm Von Hohenau, former coin
minder of the guard corps, at one time
adjutant to Emperor William, has been
sentenced by the military court of hon
or to be deprived of his rank in the
army and surrender all the orders and
decorations conferred upon him.
Von Hohenau is accused of being pae
of the so-called “court camarilla” re
cently exposed by Maxmlllen Harden.
CARS ROLL OVER;
TWENTY IMJLRED
Kansas City, March 10—The Burling
ton passenger train which left Kansas ■
City at 7:30 o'clock this morning foil
Chicago, was derailed at Kearney, Mo.,
25 miles north of Kansas City, ant' ,
went over a 15-foot embankment.
Twenty persons were injured, four se
riously.
The seriously hurt:
J. l). Guyton, Kansas City.
R. E. Wilcox, Kansas City.
-Chappell, divinity student
studying at I.iberty, Mo.
Traveling man, name unknown; un
conscious.
Injuries to others consist mostly ot
cuts and bruises.
The accident was caused by spread
ing rails. The train was not running
fast and this fact probably prevented
more serious results. All but the
smoker turned over and went half way
down an embankment.
KILLS HORSES TO
SAVE CHILDREN
New York. March 10.—In order to
save a number of children from what
appeared to be certain death. Patrick
Mullin, driver of a fire engine, killed
both Ids horHes.
Mullin was answering a fire alarm in
Brooklyn, his horses on the run, when
he approached the school building. In
the street were a number of children
just out of school. The horses were
bearing down on them on a full run
and It was impossible for the drivet
to check the animals.
•Suddenly Mullin saw a little girl In
a red cap and coat whom he believed
to be his own daughter. The driver
threw his weight on one rein, swerved
the horses over the sidewalk and into
ari iron fence. Mullin, who was thrown
off the engine, was picked up uncon
scious, but was not seriously injured.
Both horses were killed. His act
pi obably saved several lives.
BIG FLOODS ARE
RAG.NS IN INDIANA
Indianapolis. March 10.—Floods are
reported today in Indiana. The Wa
bash is out of its banks for miles
northeast of LaFayette. South Peri
ls partially under water. The inter
urban line IS out of cotnmission for 30
miles.
At Plymouth. Elkhart, Warsaw and
other points the adjacent rivers are out
of their banks, many houses being sub
merged.
EAST TOLEDO CUT
OFF WITHOUT LIGHTS
Toledo, Ohio, March 10—Water In the
Maumee river is falling today, no
further damage is anticipated.
By breaking down the Cherry street
bridge, East Toledo, with a popula
tion of 50,000, was without fire protec
tion last night and without lights.
There will be no car service between
east and west sides of the city for
Several weeks. Railroads are running
shuttle trains between the two sections
of the city.
TROLLEY CARSON
OCEAN GREYHOUNDS
I ---
i New York, March 10.—A quarter mile
| long ocean greyhound Is the ship of the
coming generation, says Lewis Nixon,
the American shipbuilder. It will have
trolley cars to take passengers to their
staterooms. There will be moving side
walks across the ship. Vaudeville com
panies and opera troupes will be car
ried and a stock ticker will record the
market quotations of London and New
York.
The White Star line is preparing to
lay the keel for a new 1,000-foot liner.
The quarter of a mile greyhound. Mr.
Nixon says, is only a step farther along i
the path of the 20th century expan
sions.
GRAVE INDICTMENT
AGAINST FRATERNITIES
IN THE HIGH SCHOOLS
Chicago, March 10.—The gravest in
dictment which yet has been drawn
against secret societies in Chicago high
schools Is in the hands of President
Schnieder of the board of education. It
is contained In the report of an Investi
gation made at President Schneider’s
j request by detectives of the city police
department.
In substance the police report
charges that gross Immorality is prac
ticed at several of the houses. Six spe
eillc Instances are cited in which wom
en (not connected In any way with the
the houses by boys who in each case
were members of the fraternity which
maintains the building.
GERMANY’S FIRST
GREAT WARSHIP
IS CHRISTENED
--
Wilhelm's Haven, March 10.—Ger
many's first mammoth warship was
successfully launched here today and
christened Nassau by the grand
duchess of Baden. Emperor William,
the grand duke of Baden, Prince
: Henry of Prussia, and Prince Henry of
I the Netherlands, as well as a brilliant
i assemblage of prominent officials were
I present.
I In size, armament and speed the Nas
] sau is superior to any warship hitherto
built in Germany. She displaces 17,96*
tons and Is built entirely of hardened
steel. Her dimensions and the thick
ness of her armor are not exactly
known as everything connected with
her construction has been kept strictly
secret by order of the marine minister.
Two ships, the counterpart of the Nas
sau, will be launched soon.
BIG FIRE IN PEORIA.
Peoria, 111., March 10.—A fire in the
Hart Grain Weigher company's paint
shop did $195,000 damage to buildings
and stock.
The principal losers are the Hart
Giatn Weigher company, $110,006;
Nichols * Shepherd company, $15.0u0;
! International Harvester company, $45,
| 000.
DUAL TRASEDY IN
A DENVER HOTEL
._
Denver, March 10.—Harry Asler. of
Pueblo, and a woman supposed to be
' his wife were found dead today in a
' room in the Waldorf hotel. The room
had been locked since Wednesday. The
couple were believed to be out of town.
! From appearances it Is judged the
.woman killed the man and then com
muted suicide, a« she had fallen aeiuss
I the corpse of the man.
FUNERALS OF THE
LITTLE FIRE VICTIMS
Cleveland, Ohio. March 9.—The body
of Alisa Katherine Weller, one of the
two school teachers who lost their lives
In the Collinwood school fire, was posi
tively identified today. The body was
go terribly burned it could hardly be
distinguished from the bodies of smaller
girls. The Identification was established
by her gold filled teeth.
The body of Rosetta Machnlch. a for
mer pupil in the school, also was iden
tified today by her shoes.
There are still 23 bodies unidentified.
So far 167 bodies have been recovered.
The list of missing now tallies with the
number of unidentified, which would
Indicate that all of the bodies have been
found and that the total death list will
stand at 167.
In fully 100 cases the funerals will
be Individual, each family burying its
own dead. The first of these funerals
were held this morning and continued
throughout the day. In some instances
the funeral services grouped with live
to ten bodies in one church.
The unidentified will be buried next
Monday, according to present arrange
ments. The expense of these funerals,
together with the funerals of the chil
dren whose parents are not In a finan
cial condition to meet the burden, will
be borne by public subscriptions, which
are growing larger every hour. Al
ready thousands of dollars have been
raised.
In an effort to fix the cause and
responsibility for the holocaust varl
lous investigations were set under way.
Coroner Burke Issued subpoenas for
the seven surviving teachers of the
Lake View school. The inquest was
begun yesterday morning when a num
ber of witnesses were examined, with
out. however, developing any testimony
that was beyond mere opinion.
An Investigation conducted by the
Collinwood school board, which lasted
far Into the night, at which a number
of survivors of the horror told their
stories, brought forth these facts:
That one of the Inner doors at the
west entrance of the school was closed
and fastened while children were pil
ing up against It In the passage and
that wing partitions in the vestibule
narrowed the exit by at least three
feet. The flames came first from a
closet below the stairway at the east
entrance; the closet contained lime
and sawdust. There was but one fire
escape, and that Its use was never
taught as a part of the Are drill.
Survivors among the teachers esti
mate that only two or three minutes
passed between the time of the alarm
until all escape was cut off. The build
ing was a fair sample of the kind
of school construction In use In small
.owns. The halls and stairways were
inclosed between interior brick wnlls
forming a huge flue through which
the flames shot up with great ra
pidity.
On the question, much discussed,
whether the doors opened Inward or
outward, Fire Marshals Brocket and
Feighenbaum cxnnr.ined the doorways
and stated later that they were
convinced that they opened outward.
Whether they were locked they have
not been able to determine. They
have testimony on both sides. Jani
tor Herter still insists that the doors
were open.
The board of education of the city
of Cleveland today ordered all city
schools closed today and the flags
will be hnlfmasted on all buildings.
For supreme horror the scenes
that were enacted around the rear
door of this ill fated school house
have had few parallels in this or
any other country. Little children
were piled upon each other six and
eight deep while strong men and fran
tic mothers struggled with desper
ation to release them, yet failed, and
were compelled to stand back and
see the little ones die before their
eyes. One woman found her own
daughter in this press and btroked
her hair In the effort to keep the
flames away. She failed and the child
was burned to death while her moth
er looked on.
From the upper floors of the build
ing two stairways offered exit. One
of these led- to the door in front,
the other to the door in the rear.
It was In this last place that the
lives of the little ones were lost while
would-be rescuers stood helplessly
by.
The scenes that were enacted in
the front hall will never be known.
The door at this side of the build
ing was never fully opened. But a
dense pile of little bodies that lay
In the blackened wreckage beneath
this point, the feet, the hands, the
limbs and the skulls that were scat
tered about formed a complete Index
to the horrors that had taken place.
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♦ SCHOOL MARCHES 4
4 OUT IN ORDER 4
4 4
4 New York, March 9.—A spe- 4
4- cial call was sent in to the fire 4
4 headquarters from the flve-story 4
4 public school on One Hundred 4
4 and Ninth street, between Am- 4
♦ sterdam avenue and Broadway. 4
4 this morning. All the children 4
4 escaped from the building They 4
4 assembled In the yard and were 4
4 sent home. Parents who rushed 4
4 to the building were prevented 4'
4 by the police from clogging the 4
4 exits and were sent away. The 4
4 fire was on the top floor of the 4
4 building. The children marched 4
4 from the school without panic or
4 disorder. 4
4 Fireman Averts Panic. v
4 St. Louis, March 6.—A fire 4
4 panic was narrowly avoided at 4
4 the city poor house curly today 4
4 by the coolness and determinu- 4
4 tlon of the city firemen regular- 4
4 ly stationed there. Twelve hull- 4
4 dred Inmates were asleep, when 4
4 Fireman Curran discovered the 4
4 laundry In the basement to be 4
4 on fire. Night Watchman Leon- 4
4 ard started to turn In an alarm 4
4 but was stopped by Curran. 4
"The engines will start a pan- 4
♦ ie; somebody will get killed." 4
4 he declared. ‘Til tight this fire 4
4 myself. He fought the fire 4
4 with a hose. Twice driven out 4
4 by dense smoke, he finally, af- 4
4 ter half an hour's work, extln- 4
4 guished the fire. The Inmates 4
4 were not disturbed. 4
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ON THE BANKS OF
THE WABASH, FAR AWAY
Peru, Ind.. March 9.—Nearly 1.00 men
have been rendered Idle and 77) homes
damaged by the high waters of the
Wabash river, which Is out of its banks.
LICKING A pTnCIL
CAUSES HER DEATH
Wilkesbarre, Pa.. March 9.—Poison
ing. which resulted from placing an In
delible pencil In her mouth several
times a day, caused the death of Miss
Mark L. Shales, of Plains, near here.
She was employed In a laundry In
this city, marking laundry articles as
they were receivel with the Indelible
pencH. which she moistened with her
tongue. This caused blood poisoning
three weeks ago.
WORLD’S FAIR NOW
SHIFTS TO BAVARIA
Millions Appropriated for an
Exposition in Munich
This Summer. ,
Munish, March 9.—Elaborate prepara
j tions are being made to render the exposi
tion illustrative of Bavaria's progress in
art and industry, which Is to be held here
from May to October this year under the
patronage of the prince regent, the center
of attraction In Germany.
Not only are the arts and Industries to
be represented by exhibits, but historical
happenings are to be reproduced on a
grand scale, the participants wearing the
picturesque costumes In which Bavaria
Is sc rich. Provision also has been made
for giving the pubhc an Insigfu Into the
methods of producing the hand beaten
Iron toys and color printing for which
Bavaria Is well known.
Competitions have been opened for the
best models of dwellings for town and
country with the most up to date house
hold arrangements suitable for both rich
and poor. Simplicity, artistic taate and
practicality are to be the principles on
which the judges are to award prizes.
Sports will be a leading feature through
out the exposition. There will be priza
contests for every branch of athletics and
games, from bobsleighing to ballooning,
the latter comprising a test for aeroplanes
with a prize of 12,600 for the Inventor
who can rise from a certain spot in his
flying machine, remain 10 minutes In the
air and then land at the starting point.
The city council has appropriated sev
eral millions for the erection of the ex
position buildings. The municipality has
deckled to fix the tariff for hotel accomo
dation In order to prevent overcharging.
WAR iFcHINA
DIES NOT YIELD
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♦ WU THINKS THERE X
4- WILL BE NO WAR. 4
4 +
4 Chicago. March 9.—Wu Ting 4
4 Fang, minister from China, arrived 4
4 here today eti route to Washing- 4
4 ton. The minister scouted the idea 4
4 of war between China and Japan, 4
4 saying: "All talk of war Is ground- 4
4 less." . 4
Tokio, March 9.—Noon.—The Associ
ated Press was informed this morning
that negotiations with China, in the
matter of the seizure of the Japanese
steamer Tatsu had not reached the ulti
matum stage yet, and it was further
stated that Minister Hayashi at Pekin
had not been instructed to that effect.
Lt Is also believed that Minister
Hayashi has not made any threat to
use force. It is admitted, however, that
in the event of China failing to yield,
only one course is possible.
The cabinet meeting which was to
have been held today has been post
poned to Saturday owing to the ab
sence of Foreign Minister Hayashi, who
is duck shooting in the country.
The Tokio newspapers, in their edi
torials today, urge the government to
stand firm.
The sentiment of the foreign office
remained unchanged, and it is evidently
determined not to yield a single point. It
repeated today the statement formerly
made to the Associated Press that it
would demand an apology and an in
demnity. The cabinet council may con
sider the question and steps for the fu
ture, but among the highest officials it
is believed that the matter will be set
tled without resorting to force.
China's propositions are considered
tantamount to a complete surrender.
The question of cargo is regarded as
merely a minor one and it Is there
fore thought that China will yield
eventually.
THE STUDENTS WILL
WOO LADY NICOTINE
Chicago, March 9.—University of Chi
cago students may test without interfer
ence from the faculty the possibilities of
tobacco as a “health food," as suggested
by the experiments of Dr. George L. Mey
lan, physical director of Columbia uni
versity. The Midway professors upheld
Dr. Meylan in his statement against the
“schoolbook” idea of tobacco’s “horrible
effects.”
As to the Columbia doctor’* discovery
that smokers at his college were taller
and had better lung capacity than non
smokers the Chicago professors confessed
their ignorance, especially as they re
member the experiments of Dr. J. W.
| Seaver, the Yale university physical
[ director, who proved by the same methods
that the use of tobacco tended not only
to stunt the growth of students but also
to retard their mental development.
Dr. Joseph E. Raycroft, medical exam
iner of the university, declared against
! the popular notion of tobacco’s unquall
j fiedly evil results, “based on opinion
; rather than on careful experiments.”
Professor George E. Vincent, dean of the
faculties, who has the largest studeht
acquaintance of any of the professors,
?aid'the university had no rules regarding
smoking and drinking, except that alco
holic beverages were forbidden on the
campus. The students may test the dire
ful effects of cigarets on themselves with
out objection from the deans.
GARY IS NEWSENATOR
IN LATIMER’S PLACE
Columbia, S. C„ March 9.—Frank R.
Gary, of Abbeville, today was elected to
succeed Asbury C. Latimer in the Unit
ed States Senate on the fourth ballot,
receiving 81 votes.
24-STORY HOTEL FOR CHICAGO
Chicago, March 9.—The contract for
.he La Salle hotel, at La Salle and
Madison streets, has been let. The
work of removing the present buildings
will begin May 1. The new building
is to be completed In 15 months. The
cost will be $3,500,000. The hotel will
be 24 stories high, 22 above and two
below the street level, and will contain
1,172 rooms.
PICK BRIDE FOR
PORTUGAL’S KING
Lisbon, March 9.—Newspapers litre
state that negotiations are afoot to
bring about the marriage of young
King Manuel and the Princess Victoria
Louise, only daughter of Emperor Wil
liam.
I The proposal will be discussed when
the kaiser makes his promised visit of
condolence to Queen Mother Amelia.
Public officials and the people generally
are pleased with the report.
I King Manuel is 19 years old; th«
Princess Victoria Is 16.
TORPEDO SECRETS
ARE GIVEN AWAY
4 4
4 "EXPLOSIVE D" IS 4
4 A WORLD BEATER. 4
4 4
♦ Washington, March 9—The ord- 4
4 nance department of the army Is 4
4 having trouble with congress in at- 4
4 tempting to keep secret the ingredl- 4
4 ents in what 11 asserts Is the firs? 4
4 successful bursting charge for pro- 4
4 Jectlles discoverer* inywfiere In the 4
4 world. After tints years' of expert- 4
4 mental work and exhaustive tests, 4
4 the ordnance experts have evolved 4
4 "Explosive D," which Is claimed to‘4
4 be proof from explosion when the 4
4 projectile leaves the gun and which 4
♦ remains unexploded until the pro- 4
4 Jectlle pierces the armor or object 4
♦ ut which It Is directed. It then ex- 4
4 plodes within the projectile. Inflict- 4
4 lng terrlhc damage. 4
4 4
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New York, March 9.—TheE.W. Bliss
company, manufacturers of projectiles,
caused the arrest on the charge of
grand larceny of Wnt. Esser, a me
chanic of Brooklyn, who It is charged
has stolen brass models of the principal
parts of torpedoes now In process of
secret manufacture for the govern
ment.
Detectives engaged on the case as
sert that other arrests will be made of
man charged with offering for sale to
other governments secrets of projectile
manufacture. The federal authorities
would be Interested In the prosecution.
It was said, though Just how was not
made clear.
Esser came to this country from Ger
many In 1902. He Is a master mechanlo
and from 1094 to 1906 was employed by
the projectile makers. His son was
also In the employ of the company until
a few months ago.
Some correspondence found In the Es
ser home was seised.
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LITTLE IMPORTANCE IS
ATTACHED AT WASHINGTON
Washington, March 9.—Little import
ance It attached here to the arrest In
New York of William Esser, reported to
have negotiated with the German gov
ernment for the sale of government se
crets employed In the manufacture of
high explosives. It was stated today at
the navy department that the Bliss
firm for which Esser has been working,
Is possesed of no government secrets
PHOENIX INVITES
EDISON AS GREAT
Phoenix, Ariz , March 9.- The Phoenix
And Maricopa county board of trade yes
terday afternoon passed a resolution
which was telegraphed to Mrs. Thomas
A. Edison, inviting Mr. Edison “to come
with his family as soon as he is able
to travel as the guest of this board to
the beautiful Maricopa valley during his
convalescence, In the confident belief that
the peculiarly dry, warm and healing
qualities of our climate will promote his
sarly restoration to vigorous health.
"We offer him, free of all charges the
use of the best private residence obtain
able, furnished. In this city, together with
a carriage and coachman for as long as
he will honor us with his company; and
we will deny ourselves completely during
his visit the pleasure of all social claims
jpon his attention and leave him to the
enjoyment of absolute rest under our
orlght actinic sunshine in an atmosphere
now sweet with the stimulating breath
of spring and the fragrance of blooming
orchards and orange groves and green
pastures and tuneful with the song of
meadow larks and nightingales.
“And in the hope that he will be able
to allow us to testify in this way to the
admiration and esteem in which his great
and useful character is held by the people
of Arizona and the members of this board,
we will at once solicit the loan of the
best private residences, furnished, in
Phoenix, and submit photographs to Mrs.
Edison for her selection; and we reverent
ly invoke the grace of Ood upon our great
countryman in this hour of his trial and
affectionately urge his acceptance of our
Hospitality.”
Denies He Is a
Whisky Booster
ISsss- -- - ■ 'J
HARVEY W. WILEY.
Washington, March 9.—in a signed
statement Dr. H. W. Wiley, chief of the
bureau of chemistry of the department
yf agriculture, makes a vigorous denial
of statements he Is alleged to have
made recently, one being to the effect
that "the- man who never lakes a drink
Is a mollycoddle."
The statements attributed to Dr.
Wiley In regard to whisky and alcohol
were made In an address before the
University club in Washington on Sat
urday night, February 29, and which he
declares "are wholly unwarranted by
the facts."
Mr. Wiley was credited also with
having said in effect that It will be
a sorry day for this country if "booze"
is ever banished from Its domains, and
that he would have the young man
drink whisky, not only for the stom
ach's sake, but to give him nerve and
self-reliance.
JAPANESE CITY SWEPT
BY $2,500,000 FIRE
Toklc, March 9.—A serious fire took
place this morning at Noda Soy, a
brewing town near Toklo. Four hun
! dred out of a thousand houses In the
town were destroyed. The damage Is
estimated at $2,500,000.
PAYS $3,000,000 FOR
RANCH IN TEXAS
Austin, Tex.. March 9.—Major (J. W.
Littlefield, of Austin, has closed a deal
for the sale of his 300,000 acre ranch,
, which comprises nearly all the land In
Lamb and Hockley counties, in the Pan
Handle of Texas, to a syndicate of Chi
‘ cago men. He disposed of 20,000 cattle
and 600 saddle horses with the land.
The purchase money was $3,000,000
Persons closely identified with Swtft
& Co., packers, are the purchasers.
S/71 PfJ?f7HJ>PMmW-VZMWr
Washington, March 7,—United State*
•Senator Redfield Proctor, of Vermont,
died at his apartments at the Cham
plain here yesterday after a short ill
ness following an attack of grip. Th®
senator's son. Governor Fletcher Proc
tor, of Vermont, who was summoned
to the city, was at the bedside when
the senator passed away.
Senator Proctor was 77 years of age.
The senator had been in feeble
health ever since the assembling of
congress. During the day his colleague*
In the Senate learned for the first time
of the dangerous turn his Illness had
taken. The news of his death reached
the Senate a few minutes after 5
o’clock. The official announcement of
the death was mude by Senator Dilling
ham, Senator Proctor’s colleague from
Vermont.
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IN CONGRESS ;j
............,
TRAIN MEN OPPOSE
ANTI-OPTION BILL3
Washington. March 7.—A conference
was held at the White House betw.ee*!
President Roosevelt and a commute®
representing the board of trade of Chl-i
cago, headed by Hiram N. Sager, presl-1
dent of that organization, when th®>
visitore had laid before the president!
their views on the anti-option bills now)
pending In the congress.
Most of the bills are aimed at deal-! j
lng in futures and It Is the conten-i
tlon of the representatives of the Chi-j
cago board of trade that the measure*.
If enacted Into law would jeopardlz®
legitimate products. While these bill*1
affect trade In both grain and cotton!
the Chicago board of trade repreaenta-l
fives are chiefly Interested In the grain
trade.
Speaking of the measures whlchj
have been Introduced in congress, Mrj
Sager said:
“If these bills In their present form
are passed they will close the largai
grain exchanges of the country and re-|
suit in widespread confusion and ultt-i
mate loss to the grain Interests, In
cluding merchants, farmers and oth-i
ers."
The members of the committee de
clined to say what took place at the
conference beyond the statement thati
the president w-ould take the matter
under consideration.
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NEW DAKOTA LAND
DISTRICT IS FAVORED
Washington, March 7.—The Hous®,
committee on public lands ordered *
favorable report on the bill providing^
for the creation of a new land dis
trict In the northwestern corner of
South Dakota, with headquarters at
Lemmon, that state. The measure
was introduced by Representative HalL
A like measure, Introduced by Senator
Gamble, Is pending In the Semite.
NEWSPAPER MAN SUES
LILLEY FOR $40,000
Washington, March 7.—Suit was In
stituted in the supreme court of th®
District of Columbia by Frank B. Lord,
formerly of the New York Sun, against
Congressman Lilley, of Connecticut,
for damages amounting to $40,000
which Mr. Lord claims to have sus
tained through statements mad®
against him in connection with hi*
charges that undue Influence In behalf
of the Electric Boat company was used
In congress.
FLAG DONATED
TO NEW STATE
Washington, March 7.—A joint res
olution was adopted by the House do
na,lng the state of Oklahoma “the first
flag bearing 46 stars which for the first
time floats over the capitol today.” Th®
r.-solution places the flag In the cus
tody of tlie Oklahoma Historical so
ciety.
REDUCED RATES
FOR CONVENTION
Chicago. March 7.—An Independent
notice was given today by the Burling
ton road that it would make summer
tourist rates to Colorado and common
points, during the coming season on
last summer’s basis. This means a $3#
rate from Chicago by all the roads
and a 325 rate from St. Douis for the
round trip, between June and October.
It also means that reduced rates prob
ably will be made on all roads for
conventions and gatherings the same as
before the passage of the 2-cent pas
senger laws.
Omaha, Neb.. March 5.-—The Union
Pacific announces It will make ths
same low summer tourist rates to Col
orado this season ns were In effect
last year and that It will sell tickets
at $17.50 from Omaha or Kansas City
to Denver, Colorado Springs and Pu
eblo and return from June 1 to Sep
tember 15, good until October 31, with
transit limits and stopover privileges.
As last year more than 72,000 per
sons went to Colorado on tourist
tickets the action of the Union Pa
cific is of considerable significance.
GEN. LIEB DIES OF
INJURIES FROM FALL
ON SLIPPERY WALK
Chicago, March 7.—Brigadier General
Herman L. Ueb. a pio..i
citizen of the city, died today as a
result of a fall on an Icy sidewalk Sat
urday.
ANARCHIST’S SISTER
AND SWEETHEART ARE
RELEASED BY POLICE
Chicago. March 7.—Rosie Stern, the
sweetheart, and Olga Averbuch, the
sister of the man killed by Chief
jshlppy, who were arrested in eonnec
: tlon with the police investigation of the
attempt to assassinate Shlppy, were re
leased from custody at noon today.
