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MANACLED TOGETHER, FATHER FINDS MATE IS OWN OFFSPRING Son ol Wife Deserted in lews Years Ago Still in Ignorance of Identities. '■v' . me, Wash., M;c h 2-1 Bike fa. IhcM. k r son, but t.r. ■ youth was nor a " are that the map manacled to bin was Ins parent. Benjamin Connors unc his 18-year-old son, Orvell Connors ■aerc the central figures in this Strang, and p::thetic coin,, idei., e at Wenatchee Wash., west of Spokane. They wert convicted and sentenced to serve inde terminate terms for horse stealing anc soiling a stolen horse. The boy war •cod -;t W'uterville, Douglas county While i:is sire was convicted in Chelai county The former broke Jail severa times and was sent to Wenatchee for a..; . keeping. After the eider Connors was s, ntented, following a plea ol guiiiv. lie told the Jailer that the boj in 1 he cell with him was ids son. Connors confided to the officials thai h.. was married in Iowa 19 years ag< on-l left his wife six months after theii weddirg day. He learned that a chile was born to the deserted woman, bui h“ in or saw the boy until he was locked hi the same cell with him. tk i.og companions in jail the man anc hoy related their experiences, and upor close inquiry Connors learned that th< hoy was his son. He did not tell th< hoy- They were taken to Walla Wall* i:i irons by Barney Ksterbrook, a guard "ho promised the old man he woulc ton disclose his identity to the boy, whe '"•oupies a cell in the tier above his father. Knocked ** Unwritten Law" Out in Virginia *-7—.-^ "■ ■■-i..guLi.M i .I arcaaerr. 3ifl .’PEN ' JgT’J.X-. ■ "bhmond. Yu., March -4.—Alden Bel of I'nipepper, has instituted and engi ueereri through the Virginia general as x -mhly a unique bill for the abolish u:ent of the "unwritten law" in Vtr gin la. The famous Strut hers-By waters • use. at Culpepper, and the more recent l.oving-TCstes tragedy, in Nelson coun : ,, gave Judge Bell the ideas on whiel t!i*■ law Is based. He rah for the legislature, reslgninf the rrmyoialty of Culpepper, for th( impose of becoming the sponsor o. such a measure. Judge Bell has bad t most interesting career. He has beet -a every h ibitable country on the globe and is an author of some note. He ha: s a ved 'n the legislature In Texas anc was appointed to the judiciary in tha xi ate. The bill, which was adopted by th< two houses of the legislature anc signed by the governor, and which i: now a law, is as follows: "!ir- 1 enacted by the general assem idy of Virginia, That whenever, in t pi execution for felonious homicide oi for assault with felonious Intent. th< accused has been permitted to introduci evidence tending «t> show that he be list ed a wrong to have beeh committee upon some membei of his family, oi one occupying such relation, whethei tb- same be offered in support of th« defense of insanity or as an extenu :.:ing i irectinstance, It shall be lawfu for the commonwealth to introduce evi v:eiice as to the truth or falsity of the existence of such wrong" TOLSTOI TAKES DAILY RIDE IN SNOWSTORM St. Petersburg:, March 24.—A mes sil’“ received from Moscow from Tol so.ti's son confirm the earlier repor of improvement in the count’s condi tion. v’ount Tolstoi has been in the habi of taking- daily rides on horseback. H< persisted In this in the face of blind trg storms and twice recently lost hi: i mv several miles from his home. Oi rht second occasion, about a week ago h • fell into a snow drift, but was abb * • extricate himself and came hom< afoot, exhausted. In spite of the re monstrances of his family he returnee th< scene of the accident to savi his horses. GRANT’S FAMOUS ORDER SOLD AT FANCY PRICE * New York. March J 4.—Genera Grtnt'n autograph order to Genera Tinman lo advance on Hood whom hi ‘Wealed at the battle of Nashville oi !.)-■ ember 15 and Id. 18t>4, was sold foi *55. the highest price obtained at th< sale of the autographs and letters o i he (state of Henry' C. Brown, editor o: ; he New York Independent. Grant sayi in ibis letter, which was sent in cipher Now in one of the finest opportuni ties presented destroying one of tin thr-e armies of the enemy. If de stroyed he can never replace it. TjTs< ih- means at your command and yot ■in no this." DR. KUNTZE DIES • AT IOWA CITY br.v.y <’iry. la., March 24c—Dr. Ottc JC ■.!.!*«:, Ih*■- minerologis* who this weeV toil the University of Iowa with his 'P collection, died this* afternoon. YOUNG HANNA AND BRIDE MARRIED AGAIN TO AVERT HCODOC N' Yrrk. March 24.—As balm u ti r riled tempers of their relatives .id to overcome the possible hoodoo oJ i been married or. Friday, iht l'-'!*, by a justice of the peace al i igeport, young Mr. and Mrs. Marl a ic.j.ria consented to go to Water i Conn., where a ceremony unitir^ i . *r was repeated, this time by Rex ;!. N Punidagham, an Episcopaliar i .'.iSfU'v. Mr. Han no is a. grandson o. v..c late Marcii« A Hama. FAMOUS FOOTBALL STAR TACKLES HORSE Minneapolis, Minn.. March 24.—Yale football tactics again stood W. W. Hef felflr.ger in hand, when he made a sen sational stop of a runaway horse. Mr. Heffelfinger got in the running just after tHe horse, attached to a de livery wagon, crossed Second avenue, south, at Fourth street, headed at high ■ speed for First avenue. In the seat sat a wild eyed urchin from whose hands the reins had slipped. All he could do was to hold onto the seat and yell for help. Everyone on the street was spellbound—all but one. The only one who cared to try conclusions with the horse was “Pudge” Heffelfinger, the man whose brilliant tackles won for him the reputation of being the great est football player that ever added to the glory of old Ell. Four mighty strides from the curb put Mr. Heffelfinger abreast, of the fly ing horse. His hands closed on the bridle with a grip of steel. With some thing over 200 pounds hindrance to Us gait, the horse gave up the unequal struggle in front of the Oneida block. Mr. Heffelfinger helped the scared boy from the wagon, and, leading the horse to the curb, resumed his way, unruffled. The crowd took a different view of it, as was indicated by a burst of applause from onlookers who stopped in their tracks for a block to watch the res cue. GENERAL AnTaDMIRAL HAVE ADJOINING CELLS IN RUSSIAN FORTRESS St.. Petersburg, March 24.—Lieutenant General Stoessel, who yesterday began to serve 10 years In prison for coward ice and treason in surrendering Port Arthur to the Japanese, is occupying a room In the fortress St. Peter and St. Paul adjoining that of Rear Admiral Nebogatoff. who is serving a like sen f tence for the surrender to the Japanese at the sea Japan. The room is about 20 feet square, overlooking a little garden w^ere the officers are permitted to promenade. Stoessel's family has received permis sion to refurnish the cell. The officers in the fortress run a pri vate mess of their own, and to this General Stoessel has been admitted. $100,000 DAMAGE TO CHICAGO HOTEL Chicago, March 24.—Fire resulting from crossed electric wires damaged the Grand Pacific hotel to the extent of $100,000, And for a time threatened the entire destruc tion of the building. No lives were lost, though many of the guests were compelled to make hasty exits by the fire escapes, and three people were injured. Two of these were in the crowd in front of the hotel, and were slightly cut by falling glass. The third was a fireman, Walter English, who fell from the fire escape and suffered a fracture of the left arm. The fire was discovered by James Ryan, a mechanic, who was at work upon the roof of the building. Two weeks ago a portion of the hotel smokestack was blown down In a gale of wind, and Ryan was in charge of the gang which was putting up the new stack. He was in the act of placing a block under one corner of a derrick when a small tongue of flame shot up into his face. He at once gave the alarm. The Grand Pacific is one of the beat known hotels in the country. It was erected immediately after the great Chi cago fire of 1871, and when built occupied one-half of a city square. Later one-half of it was torn down. The building Is owned by the estate of the late Levi S. Leiter. HUNG UP BY WRISTS IN OHIO PENITENTIARY — Columbus, Ohio. March 24.—Senator Lamb, of Toledo, today created a sen sation here by the statement that while visiting the Ohio penitentiary in com pany with some women, he saw a prisoner hanging by the wrists. The man’s head was hanging down on his shoulders, according to Lamb, his feet just touching the floor. "I was astounded." continued the senator. "1 soon saw attendants were trying to keep me away from this man. I insisted on seeing him. The man said to me: T have been hanging here since Thursday, they only let me down to eat bread and water.’ The guard told the man to shut up. but I got this much out of him, anyway.” Lamb admitted he will report the case to the penitentiary probing com mittee. PRETTY MAIDENS AS SCOUTS FOR JOHN D. Cleveland. Ohio. March 24.—Pretty girls have been employed by the Stand ard Oil company to canvass Decatur, 111., and other towns in an effort to drive the independents out of business. They would use some ruse to outer homes and discover where people bought their oil. This was the testimony of Charles Keither, of Terre Haute. Ind., at the oil trust hearing today. Keither was employed by the trust in 1899. He was sent from town to town to superintend the work of driving out the independ ents. TEDDY, JR., ACTS AS WESTERNER S GUIDE Cambridge, Mass., March 24.—Theo dore Roosevelt, jr„ and Robert L. Ha con, son Of Assistant Secretary of Htate Robert Bacon, went all over Harvard | university as guides to a strapping big westerner, who wore a frock coat and I a plainsman's hat, and whom they In ] treduced to President Eliot as Presi dent Roosevelt’s good friend. Colonel Dick Plunkett, now a sheriff in Wyo ming. The westerner told President Eliot that he was glad to visit the uni versity because out in his country I "people looked up to Harvard men, be cause they knew Harvard men are on the square.” I President Eliot appeared equally de lighted to meet the intrepid gun tighter. ROBBERS BREAK JAIL; posses in pursuit ! Helena. Mont., March 24.—In a Jail delivery this morning, Charles McDon i aid and George Hauser, train robber* who Held up and robbed the Great ; Northern overland train near Randall. Mont., last September, securing $40,000 from the mail car, made good their es cape. The men sawed through their cell doors, corridor bars and the bars In the window. Several posses are In pursuit. KING OF ITALY WILL I CONFER NOBLE TITLE ON SENATOR ELKINS Duke of the Abruzzi Will Be Promoted to Vice Admiralty by His Maiesty. ♦ * ♦ DUKE EXCHANGES ♦ ♦ MESSAGES WITH KING. ♦ ♦ 4 I 4 Rome. March 23.-K.ing Victor 4 I 4 Emmanuel was in convi: iclon this 4 | 4 morning with a member of his «n- 4 4 tourage regarding the reported en- * 4 gagcment of the duke of the Abruz- 4 4 zi. his cousin, to Miss Katherine 4 4 Elkins, daughter of Senator Elkins. 4 4 of West Virginia. He neither con- -* 4 firmed nor denied the rumor. The 4 4 duke is at the present time ex- 4 4 changing cipher cablegrams with 4 4 the king. 4 t+<M-4-444+4 4444*4444444444> j T.ondon. March 23.—The correspon dent of the Central News at Koine says he has learned from trustworthy sources that King Victor Emanuel shortly will confer title of nobility up on Senator Elkins and that the duke of the Abruzzt be promoted to a vice admiralty after his marriage to Miss Katherine Elkins. Furthermore, the duke and duchess will reside in one of the royal palaces at Naples or Venice. No Engagement Yet. Washington. March 23.—Tho duke of Abruzzl left Washington for New York this morning. It is believed lie intends sailing from that port tomorrow, but no one at the Italian embassy will de clare positively that this is a fact. Various publications respecting the duke and his engagement to Miss Elkins, notably those respecting the re ported wish of the duke for the settle ment of $100,000 a year as a preliminary to the marriage, have created a pro found sensation at the embassy. About the only fact In connection with the Hying trip of the duke to Washington that is accepted without question is that his purpose was to submit a for mal proposal of marriage to Miss Elkins. The impression prevails among t'ne Intimate friends of the Elkins'fam ily that no formal engagement was entered into. That belief finds support in the utterances of Senator Elkins to his friends. To them, within the last 43 hours, he hns declared that there was no engagement, but he would not commit himself as ro the future. MINE WORKERS ADOPT NEW WAGE SCALES Indianapolis, March 23—The national convention of the L'.-.iied Mine Work ers of America today adopted the re port of the scale committee by sections without cnange. The action of President John Mitchell in sending two of the national body members to Washington to Join the other labor leaders in urging congress to repeal the section of the Sherman anti-trust law relating to labor con tracts, was approved by tile conven tion. The motion urging all miners to sup port for legislative offices those in sympathy with labor organizations was adonted. The delegates sang "My Country 'Tis of Thee.” in chorus after which the convention adjourned sine die. President Mitchell bade the delegates farewell on his retirement as their leader, urging them to stand by the or \ ganization and all its officers. MURDERS WIFE; LOVED ANOTHER Milwaukee Wls., March 23.-—Geergc Willoughby, 50, manager of the Jewell & Sherman company, coffee and kspice mills, early today shot and killed his wife at their home. After the mur der, Willoughby fired two shots into his breast over his heart. It is not be lieved he can recover. Willoughby confessed to the police he had committed the murder because he was infatuated with another wom an living in Chicago, whom he had been supporting for some years. Me said he and his wife quarreled fre quently and to end all he had been planning murder and suicide for months. He first chloroformed his wife, then shot her. The Willoughbys were prominent workers in the Methodist church, Mr. Willoughby being a teacher in the Sun day school. Tried to Conceal It. After killing his wife and shooting himself, Willoughby dragged himself down stairs to the basement and opened a side door so as to make it appear burglars had committed the deed. He hid the revolver in the wall of the basement then “phoned for the doctor.” When the police were noti fied they were informed that burglars had shot both Mr. and Mrs. Willoughby, but when the officers arrived they at once concluded it was murder and at tempted suicide, and later obtained tl'.o confession from Willoughby. HUSBAND WAS DRUNK 3,000 TIMES; SHE IS GRANTED A DIVORCE Chicago, March 23.—When Mrs. John T. Reddington told Judge Barnes that her husband had been intoxicated 300 times each year since they v\ere married, the court seized his pencil. Mrs. Reddington was suing for a divorce, which was grant ed. She lives in Norwood park, j “When did you say you were married?” asked Judge Barnes, preparing to write. “August 10, 1808,'' was Airs. Bedding ton’s reply. “Would your husband have been Intoxi cated 300 times a year since?” said the judge. “Each and every year. ’ declared the plaintiff. “Nearly 3,000 tim^s. announced the court, putting his pencil aside. The decree was granted. SUGAR ADVANCES AGAIN. New York, March 23.—All grades c2 refined sugar were advanced lo cents a 100 pounds today. ! +4444444444444*4*4444+ + 44+ 4 4 ‘ ♦ ♦ I ■+ PRESIDENT TO SEND 4 4 ANOTHER MESSAGE. 4 ! ♦ 4 i 4 Washington, March W As a re- 4 4 suit of an extended discussion of the 4 i 4 necessity of again d.rooting the at- 4 ! 4 tenHan of congress to the. recoin- 4 I 4 mendations of the president looking 4 ■ + 10 legislation amendatory 10 the 4 j 4 Sherman anti-trust law and of oth- 4 I 4 er topics mentioned in his previous 4 +■ messages, a decision has been 4" ?4 reached to send another message to 4 | 4 congress within a day or two. 4 '444+44444 ♦ 4 4 4 4 4 4 444 44++++~+ LABOR’S PROTEST TO CONGRESS PRESENTED Gompers Lays Grievances Be fore Speaker Cannon and Vice Preaident Fairbanks. REPLIES ARE OPTIMISTIC Leaders Arc Assured That in Course of Time Congress Will Frame Em ployer*' Liability Act That Will Pass Muster. Washington, March 23 --Speaker <'an - non and Vice President Fairbanks an nounced their belief that the present congress will pass an employers’ liabil ity act which will meet and overcome the unconstltuttonalities of the present law pointed out by the supreme court of the United States in a recent de cision. These statements were made unre servedly by Speaker Cannon and guard edly by the vice president to a dele gation led by Samuel ttompers, presi dent of the American Federation of Labor from 87 national and interna tional trade and labor organizations and farmers' organizations assembled In a national conference in this city. The delegation called on the speaker to lay before the House of Representa tives through him a memorial entitled "Labor's Protest to Congress." Rights Set Forth. The scope of the memorial was set forth tn the following opening para graphs: “We, the official representatives of the national and international trade and labor unions and organizations of farmers, tn national conference assem bled, In the District of Columbia, for the purpose of the consideration and taking action deemed necessary to meet the situation In which the working peo ple of our country are placed by re cent decisions of the courts, now appear before congress to voice the earnest and emphatic protest of the workers of the country against the ind[Terence, If not actual hostility, which congress has shown toward the reasonable and righteous measures proposed by the workers for the safeguarding of their rights and Interests. "In the name of labor we now urge upon congress tlie necessity for imme diate action for relief from the most grave and momentous situation which has ever confronted the working people of this country. This crisis tins been brought about by the application by the supreme court of the United States of th-' Sherman antt-trust law to the workers, both organized and In their In dividual capacity. "Labor and the people generally look askance at the Invasion of the court upon the prerogatives of the lawmak ing and executive departments of our goi ernment. "The workers feel that congress Itself must share our chagrin and sense of injustice when the courts exhibit ail litter disregard for. the real Intent and purpose of laws enacted to sufeguard and protect the workers in the exer cise of their normal activities. There Is something ominous In the ironic man ner In which the courts guarantee- to workers— "The right to be maimed and killed without Uubility to the employers. "The right to be discharged for be longing to a union. "The right to work as many hours as employers please and under any con ditions which they may Impose. Labor Indignant. "Labor is justly indignant at the be stowal or guaranteeing of these worth less and academic ‘rights' by the courts which with the same breath deny and forbid to the workers the practical and necessary protection of laws which de fine and safeguard their rights and lib erties. and the exercise of them indi vidually or in association. "The supreme court decision In the hatters' case is the most recent perver sion of the Intention of the law by the judiciary, by which the Sherman anti trust law has been made to apply to labor, though it was an accepted fact that congress did not Intend the law to so apply and might even have specific ally exempted labor, but for the fear that the supreme court might construe such an affirmative provision to be un constitutional. "The workers earnestly urge congress to co-operate with them in the upbuild ing and educating of a public sentiment which will confine the judiciary to its proper functions, which Is certainly not that of placing a construction upon a law the very oppostte of the plain In tent of congress, thus rendering worth less even the very moderate effort which congress has so far put forth to define the status of the most im portant, numerous and patriotic of our people—the wage workers, the pro ducers of all wealth. “We contend that equity, power and jurisdiction, discretionary government by the judiciary for well defined pur poses and within specific limitations granted to the courts by the constitu tion has been so extended that it is invading the field of government by law and endangering individual lib erty. “We favor enactment of laws which shall restrict the jurisdiction of courts of equity to property and property rights and shall so define property and property rights that neither directly or indirectly shall there be held to be property or property rights in the labor or power of any person or persons. Apathy of Congress. “The feellfig of restless apprehension with which the workers view the apathy of congress is accentuated by the recent decision of the supreme court. “By the wrongful application of the Injunction by the lower courts we have been forbidden the right of free press and free speech, and the supreme court in the hatters* case, while not directly prohibiting the exercises of these rights, yet so applies the Sherman law to labor that acts Involving the use of free press and free speech and hitherto as sumed to be lawful now becomes evi dence upon which triple damages may be collected and fine and imprisonment added as a part of the penalty.” The memorial submits to congress for consideration two amendatory provis ions. in substance as follows; “That nothing In said act /Sherman ATTfRNEY GENERAL COURTS INQUIRY ■ Albany, N. Y . March 23.—Attorney <Jen *ral Jackson today sent to the Senate a tetter asking for the Investigation of his department by the Senate. The letter was referred to the finance committee, which Is now considering the resolution intro duced yesterday catling for an investiga tion of the attorney general’s action with regard to receiverships for financial in stitutions. anlt-trust taw) or tn this act Is In tended nor shall any provision thereof hereafter be enforced so as to apply to organizations or associations not for profit anil without capital stock, nor to tl members of such organizations or associations. “That nothing tn said act (Sherman anti-trust lawl or In tills act is intend ed nor shall any provisions thereof hereafter be enforced so as to apply to any arrangements, agreements or com binations among persons engaged In agriculture or horticulture, made with a view of enhancing the price of their own agricultural or horticultural pro ducts." Congress Is informed In the memo rial that additionally the most impor tant measures which labor urges are; "The Pearce bill to regulate and limit tlic Issuance of injunctions; the em ployers' liability bill: the bill extend ing the application of tile eight-hour law to all government employes and those employed on work for the govern ment by contractors or subcontractors. “We come to congress hoping for a prompt and adequate remedy for the grievances of which we Justly com plain. Tlie psychological moment has arrived for a total change of govern mental policy toward the workers; to permit It to pass may he to Invite dis aster even to out' national life. Threat Implied. "In tilts frank statement of Its griev ances the attitude of labor should not be misinterpreted, nor should It be held as wanting in respect for our highest lawmaking body. “That the workers, while smarting under a most keen sense of Injustice and neglect, turn tlrst to congress for a remedy, shows how greatly they still trust in the power and willingness of this branch of the government to re store, safeguard and protest the*'1 rights. "While no member of congress oi party can evade or avoid his or their own Individual or party share of re sponsibility, we aver that the party Ir power must and will by labor and its sympathizers be held primarily respon sible for the failure to give the prompt, full and effective congressional relief we know to be within its power. “The repression of right and natural activities Is bound to finally break forth in violent form of protest especially among the more Ignorant of the people, who will feel great bitterness If denied the consideration they have a right to expect at the hands of congress." Cannon'* Reply. Responding to the presentation ot the memorial by Mr. Gompers, Speak er Cannon, in part, said: "I speak as n representative and not for congress. It Is proper for me to sny, touching your reference to the employers' liability bill or law, that 1 am of the opinion as 1 move about and come in. contact with members of the House that there has been no Unto since the delivery of the opinion of the court tn the case referred to wlten there has not been a sentiment, I should say well nigh universally. In the. House to enact such an employers’ liability hill—the original of which or iginated in the House and which has recently been construed by the court — in conformity with the opinion of tho court as will give a remedy to em ployes for Injuries, taking care, so far as congress or the House may be able to do so, that the act be so framed that It will be sustained by the courts. I cannot tell Just when, because with respect to the 15.00C bills that have al ready been introduced and referred to the appropriate committees In the ordinary transaction of business in tho House as In any other deliberative body, they must await the action of the committees. And yet I apprehend and am convinced that after full considera tion there will be action on that bill by the House and possibly or probably, so far as I know and believe, by the Senate." Fairbanks Has Hopes. The delegation called on the vice president at 5:30 o'clock. Mr. Comp els introduced his associates and ex plained briefly the purpose of the visit. Mr. Farley read the statement of grievances, whereupon the vice president responded as follows: "Your position Is clearly and strong ly presented. I will see that it is brought to the attention of the Senate as you desire at the earliest moment possible. Speaking personally I hope and believe that congress will be dis posed to give to the important subjects you have called to its attention the consideration which their importance Justifies, to the end that Justice and fairness may be done." FAMOUS COWBOY IS SHOT DOWN Hugo, Colo., March 23.—Called from Ills office in the depot for a supposed friendly chat. John Heyman, famous cowboy and pioneer of the Hugo,coun try, but lately employed as watchman for the Union Pacific, was shot down In the waiting room of the station by I.oti Brockway. The cause of the shoot ing is unknown, unless It Is the result of a grudge which is said to have ex isted between tlie men for years. Heyman was shot through the ab domen, the bullet entering the left side, passing entirely through the body and imbedding Itself In the muscles of the right arm. The wounded man was im mediately rushed to Denver and re moved to the Mercy hospital, where an operation was performed, but little hope Is held for his recovery. No statement could be had from Hey mar. before his removal on account of his weakened condition, and Brockway refuses to talk. The latter Is confined In the county jail here. He Is sullen and appears Indifferent as to the con dition of his victim and the probable fate which awaits him should Heyman die. There were a half dozen eye wit nesses to the shooting, but none will talk pending the outcome of Heyman's wounds. Heyntan had the reputation of being an expert cowboy and was regarded as a dead shot with either rifle or re volver. Ho was chief cook for the great cowboy breakfast tendered to President Roosevelt when the chief executive passed through here several years ago. It was partly due to Heyman’s efforts that the president was enabled to say as he was departing, "that he spent, the best 15 minutes of his life In Hugo." BIG SUIT DISMISSED. New York, March 23.—Federal Judge Holt today dismissed the suit for $30, 000,000 damages brought by the Penn sylvania Sugar Refining company against the American Sugar Refining company for alleged violations of pro visions of the Sherman anti-trust act. PARENTS APPEAL TO PRESIDENT ‘ It veland, March 23.—Declaring their belief that no one could be held re sponsible under the Ohio laws for the fire which destroyed t lie Collinwood school building in which 175 children lost their lives, the parents of those who perished, at a mass meeting, de cided to appeal to President Roosevelt for aid In obtaining the enactment of a measure that will result in federal investigation of the tire. NAVY FLEET TO GALL ON JAPAN AND CHINA Invitation From Nippon Govern ment It Accepted by Sec retary Metcalf. Washington, March 23.—Tho Japan ese government has extended an Invi tation to the American government t< have the Atlantic battleship fleet vial! any port in Japan on its homewart cruise around the world. The ques tion of its acceptance or declination it being considered by the president ani cabinet today. It is understood at the W'hlte Hons* that the invitation by Japan will bt accepted. Secretary Root this afternoon will ac cept on behalf of the American gov ernment the Invitation of Japan to have the battleship fleet visit that country on its returning voyage. It is believed Yokohama will be th« Japanese port at which the America* fleet will call. An invitation is expected from the Chinese government to have the Amer ican fleet visit Chinese waters, as soon as It becomes known to the Chinese government that the Japanese invita tions have been accepted. In that case It will, of course, be necessary for th* fleet also to visit China- It is likely the stop will be made at Shanghai. killedTn battle WITH HOTTENTOTS Berlin, March 23.—The government publishes a cablegram from South Af rica reporting a battle between the German expeditionary forces and e body of Hottentots In the Kalahari desert. The German troops had been sent out to And Simon Koppers, the last of the Hottentot chiefs, who le still hostile. The engagement was • very severe one. The enemy lost St killed. Several men and several women were captured. Koppers escaped. Tin German losses also were heavy. Cap tain von Erickert, commarider of the expeditionary force. Lieutenant Eblng er and 12 privates being killed and 1" wounded, of whom nine were seri ously hurt. The German force left Cochaa on March 6. 430 strong, with four machine guns and 700 camels. They made forced marches Into the waterless des ert for four days before stppptng long enough to cook a fresh supply of food. The only water found was a dirty pool which was Insufficient to quench the thirst of the camels. Captain vob Elckert Anally located the Hottentot camp on March 15. He began the at tack next morning at daybreak and soon there was Aerce Aghtlng alt along the line. The German commander fell In the Arst onslaught and the second officer In command took charge of the expeditionary forces which drove the Hottentots from one position to an other until they Anally broke and Aed In all directions. Chief Koppers’ power has been badly weakened by this defeat but it will be necessary for the Ger mans to continue a vigilant watch over the approaches to the desert. A collision between German troops accompanying the expedition which Is engaged In the delimitating of the Cameroons and natives was also re ported today. The Germans defeated the natives, but Captain G. Launlng was killed. BARELY ESCAPES FLAMING METEOR New York, March 23.—After a nar row escape from being struck by a red-hot fragment of a meteor, which burst seemingly above the decks of the vessel when i-.i mid-ocean, the Dutch tank ship, Ocean, Captain Benkert, came Into port from Amsterdam. First Officer Schmidt, who was on the bridge at the time, told how the meteor, with a darning tall a half mile long, came zig-zagging out of the southern sky, three hours before sunrise, and, with a roar that terrorized the crew, burst Into fragments. "It was on March 18, when the ship was In latitude 39.59, longitude 71.27, that the meteor was sighted heading directly for the ship," said Captalr Benkert. "It appeared to be saueet shaped, and showed like a white-hot coal several feet In diameter. Behind It streamed a shower of reddish Ore fully a half mile long. "While we looked the meteor zig zagged. and w'heti about 309 feet above the decks burst into fragments. While the flight lasted only a few seconds, it seemed an hour; we saw it so plain ly. and had it struck our ship It would have melted Its way down through the steel hull and sent us to the bot tom." EGGS ROLL INTO GOTHAM AT RATE OF 11,000,000 PER DAY 44444444444444444444444444 4 ’ 4 4 Washington. March 23.—Cover 4 4 fresh eggs with a thin coating 4 4 of lard and they will keep per- 4 4 fectly good for an Indefinite per- 4 4 lod, according to a report of a 4 4 new method for preserving eggs 4 4 made to the state department by 4 4 Consul Murphy at Bordeaux. 4 4 The discovery Is of Italian 4 4 origin. 4 4 4 »4444444444444444444»»M44 New' York, March 23.—The market 1» unusually well supplied with eggs for this time of the year and as a result prices have dropped materially. Within the past four days 44,570,620 eggs have been received in this city. The whole sale price Is but a fraction over IS cents a dozey. 0FEL A MISTAKE; BOTH ARE DEAD ... xJaso, March 23.—Two mounted customs Inspectors. Charles Logal and Charles Jones, fought a duet In a dry bed of the Rio Grande river near the city last night. Both were killed. It is supposed each took the other for a smuggler. PENSION AGENCIES ARE CENTRALIZES Washington. March 23.—After sev eral hours of spirited discussion o et the proposition to abolish 17 United Stales pension agencies, one of whicL is located at Des Moines, la., and con solidate pension disbursements in Washington, the House passed the House pension bill carl—Ing J150.S69.000, the largest s un ever authorizedl by that measure. Tile House, by a vote of 86 to 139. stood by the committee on appropria tions and left unchanged its recommen, datlon for one general agencv.