► UNCLE SAM MAY MAKE STATES PAY UP DEBTS Senator Gamble Has Introduced a Bill Requiring Settlement vfor Public Lands. ■Washington, April 7.—Uncle Sam Is in a position to put what is commonly tv. own an a crimp into the state treas uries of about half the states if he de cides to call in his loans. It is not gen erally known, but Uncle Sam has $28, 90- was raptured this morning. Eli mnnot live through the day. The pris 4»n**r will be brought here as soon as i ijuisitiori papers ran be secured. The sf' ne of the stabbing was Kuno’s ! uv.! near He- la in this county. APRIL FOOL LARK BREAKS COLLEGE c .pafe), i.'.. April 7.—Fifty men, 1 .i,,-: , ,if t; -■ junior class at f'lemson col- I s ' today were expelled. It is prob- j i>! ■ -bO sophomores and freshmen will * dismissed for having left the college i.ripen itliout leave on an "April ».*! lark All under ••lass men threaten to leave tin dismissals take place. ILLINOIS CENTRAL IS CHARGED WITH FRAUD Springfield, 111., April 6.—“Every statement made to the state of Illinois by officials of the Illinois Central rail road company was falsely and fraud ulently made, with the intention of de frauding the state." This accusation is made in an amend ed bill for an accounting prepared by the attorney general’s department in a suit now being prosecuted against the railroad company by Governor I>e neen. The amended bill will be filed in the circuit court of La Salle county probably this week. It has been prepared by W. H. Bois. former assistant attorney general ami now chairman of the railroad and ware house commission, who has been em ployed as special counsel In this case. Assisting Mr. Bois are former Judge B. F. Lincoln and Major J. H. Widmer, both of Ottawa. Il is expected a demurrer on the part of the railroad will be the next move in the case. Either a hearing on the demurrer or, if the railroad s counsel should decide not to demur, a hearing on the case is expected in the May term of court in La Salle county In accusing the railroad company or fraud in submitting its semi-animal statement to the executive department for the purpose of paying into the state treasury 7 per cent of its gross earn ings, it is charged in the amended bill that the company has wholly omitted many items and receipts, and it is contended that those included in the statement submitted are much less than they should be. It is claimed that at the time of each semi-annual pay ment there was due the state a far greater sum than was accounted for, making a total of approximately $15, *00,000 now due on back payments. The amended bill is a revelation of the possibilities in manipulation of rail road earnings. If the position of the state is correct the charter line, upon which 7 per cent of the gross earnings should be paid over to the state in lieu of taxation has been milked in every manner conceivable to the cunning minds of men skilled in such manip ulations. Subsidiary companies of va rious sorls have been formed and al ways, it is charged in the bill, for no other purpose than to defraud the state out of a just proportion of the road’s earnings. Traffic has not only been diverted from the charter line to noncharter lines of the system, but whenever it is impossible to avoid the charter line haui some arbitrary and ingenious plan is evolved whereby all except a small portion of the ehearter line earn ings is diverted to another channel of the company’s earnings so that the state can be mulcted of its share. CONVICTED MAN KILLS OFFICERS IN COURT Terre Haute. Ind., April C.—Found guilty of a charge of arson Henry F. McDonald, in the circuit court room, shol and killed Detective William A. Dwyer, seriously wounded other offi cers and was himself seriously wound ed. The shooting followed the an nouncement of the verdict of the Jury before which Mr. McDonald had been tried on charges of dynamiting stores and churches in Sanford lust year. When i he jury reported Its verdict McDonald juinned to his feet and drew a revolver. He Vied at Prosecuting At torney James A. t'ooper but missed. Mr. Cooper dodged and McDonald di rected his fire at the officers seated around the table. Without an opportunity to defend himself Detective Dwyer was shot down. Almost in an instant police of ficers and deputy sheriffs in the court room drew their revolvers and opened fire on McDonald. The convicted man fell with half a dozen bullets in his DOdy. Harvey V. Jones, superintendent of police, was shot in the side. Deputy Sheriff Ira Wellman sustained a wound in the chin. Sylvester Doyle, court bailiff, was shot in the leg. Another shot struck a bystander. Tile shooting was the result of a sen sational trial which was bitterly con tested. Events which culminated so tragi cally had their origin in the dynamite outrages that destroyed the Methodist church and the general stores of Shickle & Johnson and J. W. Reese, of Sanford an Die night of February 21, 1907. Henry McDonald and James Scanlon were ar rested the next day and charged with ihe crime. In a former trial the jury stood 11 to 1 for conviction. Scanlon has not been tried. William E. Dwyer, the dead man van chief of the Terre Haute detee five bureau. He was well known throughout the country and had worked on several big cases. He was active in getting evidence which convicted McDonald. “DON’T LIVE A ‘BACH’ AS I HAVE LIVED” Spokane, Wash., April 6.—James Wool erv, a pioneer packer, once wealthy but during- the last few years a public charge at Lewiston, Idaho, southwest of Spokane, left a request when he died, a few days skip. Imploring the authorities to place the following epitaph on his tombstone. A bachelor lies beneath this sod, Who disobeyed the law of God; Advice to others which I give. Don’t live a bachelor as I did live Woolery was 67 years of age and was known as a woman-hater during the years lie was in the Snake river country. Noth Ing is known of his former home or ante cedents. but it Is believed he was Jlltepf by tite one girl when a young man in the East. He had never known the Joys L)f home life, and until becoming a ward of tlie state he lived In a tent. Several years ago he expressed himself freely to an acquaintance, saying he was tired of living alone. This preyed upon his mind, and shortly afterward he was sent to the almshouse, where he passed the remainder of his days in advocating marriage. OHIO AT THIRD FLOOD STAGE NOW Cincinnati, Ohio, April 6.—For the 1 third time in six weeks the Ohio river at this point has gone above the flood stage. This third spring flood bids fair to be one of the worst in many years The rise is limited practically to the territory around South P»int Pleasant and came from exceptionally heavy - rains in the past three or four days. LUXURY IMPORTS FALL WAY DOWN New York. April 6.-9 heavy falling off in the importation of luxuries dur ing tlie month of March is reported by Appraiser Wanamaker, of the port of New York. The total value of auto mobiles imported during the month was 4127,940. a scant third of automobile importations during March of last year. The most remarkable falling off. how ever. is that in precious stones and Jewelry. The total value in March was *389,000, about *3,000,000 below the value of diamonds imported in March. 1907. NO COMPROMISE ON RATES IN MINNESOTA Railroads Will Fight Out Battli Against Two-Cent Fare Law In Courts. ' “ Minneapolis, Minn.. April 7.—Then will be no compromise between th« state of Minnesota and the railroads. The fight on the rate question must gc to Its finish, in the courts. Ail the leading Minnesota roads wert represented in the conference of at torneys in St. Paul, and at that meet ing the compromise proposition was discussed and rejected. This proposition had been conveyed verbally from state officials to certain railroad attorneys. It was a peace measure to end the litigation and quiet j the rate question, to avoid an extra! session of the legislature and other i dangers. The plan was for the roads to secure dismissal of the stockholders’ injunc tion suits, stop fighting the 2-cent fare j and the merchandise rates, and make j some reduction in commodity rates. | Such a course would have done much to win popular favor, but it struck the I railroad men that it meant too com plete a surrender. They turned it down J and decided to see the fight through. | What course the governor and attorney | general will take remains to be seen. . The railroad attorneys haven't much fear of an extra session. They believe it has been headed off. Had the Peck ham decision knocked out the rate law entirely, no doubt the legislature would have been called together to pass au other one. That appealed to the rail road lawyers and they have all agreed now with the contention of the state. They are ready to concede that the law stands, all but the penalty section. So the court has still to decide whether I the rates are confiscatory. All the rate** will be involved in the | suit. By accepting the merchandise rate and the 2-cent-fare law. the roads admitted that they were reasonable. They have put them in the case, how ever, and refused to drop them and confine the fight to commodity rates. Evidently the roads figure that by com bining all the rates and taking evidence on all three, they will stand a better chance of winning on the commodity rates, than if those rates alone were in controversy. SUICIDE’S TREASURE FOUND IN CLOTHES Minneapolis, Minn.. April 7.—A small fortune—not much, but sufficient to keep an aged couple from want for some time—was found In the shoulder of the coat worn by Carl Ilult, who committed suicide In the St. James ho tel, where he stopped on his way to Sweden to visit his parents. The finding of the money was the result of a telegram received by A. Matson. 6011 Second avenue S, from friends in Tacoma. The Tacoma friends knew Hull and asked Matson to firm the old clothes If possible and save them for the parents. Matson at once notified Coroner J. M. Kistler, who ripped open the fining in the shoulder of the coat and found tStbl in bills. This money the coroner will turn over to Hull's parents as soon as they i an be found and their right to the money established. EVELYN SUES HOTEL MAN FOR $50,000 New York, April 7.—Papers have been served on James H. Regan, man ager of the Hotel Knickerbocker In a suit brought by Mrs. Evelyn Thaw to recover $50,000 damages to her feel ings by stories that she and E. R. Thomas had been asked to leave the hotel grill room. Mr. Regan turned the papers over to his counsel. Later he said he did not look at them long enough to find out just why Mrs. Thaw was suing him; he thought it was for being put , out of the hotel or because he said he put her out. She denied having been j there. Mrs. Thaw's complaint will bo filed In ' the supreme court. Mrs. Thaw has Issued a denial of the story of the electment and blatned It , all on a double. She said that there is fn New York a young woman, described by her as "an actress or something.” whose resemblance to her has caused a great deal of trouble. Tells of a Double. "She wears linen collars like I used to wear." said Mrs. Thaw, "and In a train In the subway the other day she was almost mobbed by a lot of rubber necks who thought she was I. I have given up the linen collars on her ac count. She must look like me ever, without them. Maybe it was she who was at the Knickerbocker. "I went Monday evening to see Wil liam H. Crane act. I took a girl friend with me. After the nlay we went dtreet to the Hotel Prince George, where I live. There we had supper. I didn't see Mr. Thomas once during the entire evening. If these stories about him and me continue I'll go out In Sixth avenue and stand on my head and give the newspapers something truthful to write about." "Girl Named Lorraine.” "Honestly,'' said she, "I'm sick and tired of having m.v name and that ol Mr. Thomas linked together like this i Only a little while ago they had us | dining together at the Cafe Boulevard I Now they move us to the Knickerbock er and they throw In an ejectment tel make It look better. If you want the solution of the whole thing find a girl, named Lorraine. I don't know her first name, but she is an actress or some- I thing, and she looks something like me I and many people have taken her foi I me.” After th? Cafe Boulevard' Incident it was said In behalf of Mr. Thomas that he too had been much troubled by i double, who not only resembled him, i but bears the same name. St. Louis and other Western cities' expect to be able soon to feast on Mex- j lean oranges every year from the mid dle of October on, these oranges being ! t'ipe a month or so earlier than the! California frnlt. greatjnorthern DIVIDEND UNCHANGED! New \ crK, Aj rn , The directors ol the Great Northern Raiiway company today declared a quarterly dividend ol 1% per cent on its stock. This is un changed from the last previous quar ter. Philadelphia,. Apr:! 7.—Mayor Rey burn today issued a call for a meeting of citizens for a permanent relief com mittee for the purpose of devising means to relieve the distress among the unemployed in the city. BOAT CUT IN TWAIN; . 36 LIVES ARE LOST Portsmouth, England. April 6.—Thir ty-six men, Including Lieutenant Mid dleton, commander of the torpedo boat destroyer Tiger, lost their lives In a collision late last night between that vessel and the British cruiser Berwick. The vessel were engaged In night maneuvers In the channel while on the way to Portland. The night was very dark. The Berwick was steaming slow ly when the destroyer attempted to cross the big cruiser’s bow. She was caught midships and cut In half with knife like precision, sinking almost Im mediately. The deck crew, who were dressed In heavy oil skins and boot, went down with the vessel, not hav ing time to free themselves from these heavy enctimberances. Of the 32 men who were rescued most of them were foreigners and Htockers who, having light clothing, were able to keep themselves up till resellers came from other ships. The smaller naval vessels were In the midst of an attack on their bigger con sorts when the disaster occurred. The entire fleet was under masked lights and in absolute darkness The Tiger suddenly was struck square amidships by the Berwick, the sharp steel of this vessel cut the des troyer in two as If she had been made of paper. Instantaneously the sea be came dotted with struggling nten, most of them, however, sank before help could reach them. Lieutenant Middleton was on the bridge at the time of the disaster and went down with the forepart of the ship. The Tiger had a complement of 59 men and was of 400 tons. SERIOUS DISORDERS IN ITALIAN CAPITAL Rome, April 6.—A general strike has been proclaimed as a protest against the fatalities in connection with the disorders on the streets here yesterday, when troops killed three rioters and wounded 15 others. The government has taken energetic measures to restore order, the whole garrison of the city being kept in read iness. Seventy anarchists, who had gathered nt thetr headquarters, were surrounded by troops and taken into custody. By noon the movement had become more general. Drivers of mall wag ons refused to continue the collections and were replaced by soldiers. Strong as Confidence Man, as in Name I = cJOAJtFW At tStSUOXT&. New York, April 6.—Methods prat- • tlced by “Colonel” Joseph M. Strong, stamped by the police as a “clever con fidence man,” and who has been sen tenced to imprisonment for grand lar ceny by Judge Crain in general ses sions court, were recounted by H. P. Childress, president of the Product Sales company, at No. 1 Madison av enue, who was among the victims of the alleged swindler. “This man Strong.” he said, “has been operating In and about New York city for several years and his convic tion marks the clearing up of one of tho cleverest confidence games that ever was carried on under a business guise. Strong advertised in various newspapers his desire for a partner in a “clean, legitimate business enter prise.” With those who answered his advertisements he would arrange a personal interview at his residence, No. 442 Manhattan ave. He was a good talker, and with his victim before him. would outline his plan for the manu facture and placing of advertising bul letins in various cities. “These bulletins were to be about 17x12 inches In size, this sheet of heavy cardboard carrying a small cal endar, a space for the writing in of telephone addresses an da memorandum blank, and the remainder of the space to be filled with paying advertisements. I met Strong, as a result of one of his advertisements, in March, 1907. He proposed to sell me a half Interest in his business for $450. I was to attend to the office work In Manhattan while he was to canvass small cities, such as New Haven and Bridgeport, obtain advertisements and place the ‘bulletins' In public places. Thus, he explained, we would build up a sufficiently large concern to tackle the extensive New York field. An elaborate partnership agreement was drawn up and the com pany was to be known as ‘The Anglo American Record Exchange Library and Advertising Bureau.” INDIANA REPUBLICANS NAME STATE TICKET Indianapolis, Ind., April 0. The Indiana Btate republican convention nominated the following ticket: Governor—Janies E. Watson. Rushville. Lieutenant Governor—Fremont C. Good wine, Williamsport. Secretary of State—John (\ Billheimer, Washington. Treasurer of State—Oscar Hadley, Plain field. Attorney General — James Bingham, Muncie. Reporter of Supreme Court—George W. Self, Corydon. Superintendent of Public Instruction— Lawrence IMcTurnan, Anderson. State Statistician J. L. Peetz, Kokomo. Judge Supreme Court, Fifth District— Quincy A. Myers, Liganaport. Judge Appellate t'ourt. First District— David Myers, Greensburg. Six of the nominations were by accla mation. as the candidates were the pres ent republican state officials and were conceded a second term without oposltion. The contest for governor was eager and It took five ballots to decide It. KERMIT ROOSEVELT ENJOYS B3XING BOUTS New Orleans, La., April ti.—Kermit Roosevelt, in company, with the lieu tenant of the president’s yacht, the Mayflower, saw two scrappy exhibitions of the manly art last night at a •.stag’’ conducted by the Pinks Athletic club. Both were 10 round bouts and were declared draws. Though the participants in the fights were only lesser lights, young Roose velt watched both contests with rcr-ch interest WATSON IS POPULIST CHOICE FOR PRESIDENT — Samuel W. Williams, Lawyer, «f Vincennes, Ind., Is Named tor Vice President. St Leut.s, April 7.— : For Prpaittent <>f th#» United : : Slates Thomas B. Watson, : : of »Ivorgia. F«>r \ it *• President Samuel : W Williams*, of Indiana. : This ticket was nominated by the people's party national convention, after two stormy session.1*, throughout which tlie Nebraska and Minnesota del egations. working in the interest of William .1. Bryan, strove desperately to bring about an adjournment of the convention until after nominations had been made by the democratic and re publican parties. The debate on the proposition to post pone the convention and the discussion of the phraseology of the money plank of the platform consumed the greater part of the day. It seemed as though every delegate had a money plank of his own and a large assortment of criti cal expression about all the other planks. The discussion was long but nil the oratory went for naught’ and the plank adopted was that recom mended by the resolutions committee at the opening of the debate. Statement by Nebraskan. After tlie convention the Nebraska delegation made the following state mem . '•The meeting of certain members of the populist national committee In St. T.ouis November 2G. 11X17. which time It as decided to call this con- i veiltion. was irregular, because mem- I hers of the national committee from several states were never notified of such a meeting and were not repre sented. w I he apportionment of delegates by this so-called committed to the na tional convention was so made as to practically disfranchise the populist state; and place the control of the convention in the hands of men from the eastern states, in many of which 11 populist, vote was never cast. This so-called committee also invited other organizations not populistic to send de egatc- to the convention, among which was the Monetary league and the national provisional committee, the lat let lasting a vote in tin convention In exess it those states that had con ventions and had regularly accredited populist del.Rates present. We feel therefore, that vve are not bound by the action or a committee composed of men who are not accredited populist dele gates, and we feel In no way bound to support (lie ticket nominated today by tills convention. A further reason why vve are not bound by the convention Is that men IV ere allowed to represent states In which they do not reside and have net lb. ad for years. • We took no part In the nomination of .Mr. iV at son or Mr. Williams, and I'hcn)11"1'''1' H° obllBatlons to support We do not hesitate to say that if .Mr bryau Is nominated at Denver by |h. democrat s the populists of Nebras ka will support him to a man E- Y’i!tson- the P^denllal nominee. Is well known throughout the country, and his political life Is famil iar history. Williams a Lawyer. Samuel W. Williams, the candidate for vice president, is a resident of vtn- I censes, Ind.. where he has practiced law for many years. He is 62 years of age ! and has always been more or less an active participant In polities. He was a long time a democratic member of the Indiana legislature, but lias been iden tified with the populist party since its creation. He is gray haired and gray bearded, about 5 feet 2 inches tair. lean ant! of a nervous temperament At a meeting of the new national committee James H. Ferris, of Joliet, fib. was re-elected chairman and Jay W Forrest, of Albany, N. Y„ was chosen vice chairman. BONI FURIOUS; FRENCH PAPERS MAKE SPORT OF COUSIN HELIE’S WOOING Baris. April ".--Although Mme. Gotti.) hfiur. I.departure from parte for the I'nited .Siar.’t, rtpcatrdly denied to Inti nia;t filer,ds that she had any thought of marrying I'rlnce Hell* de Sagan, the 1*1 nice a a a a welcome guest at her city and cent:try residences for months, anil .hey often dined and went to the theatei together Madame Gould lias always been regarded as headstrong by her friends and oena~|uently they would not be as tanhshod If she persisted in marrying th* prince despite th*- disastrous results of ‘her marriage to Count Bon) de Castellano and the present opposition of her family Count Bonl, who Is a coustn of the prince. Is represented as being furious at the confirmation of his suspicions and the Boris newspapers naturally are having considerable fun over the Idea of Madame Could - re-entry Into the French aristo '•racy as the Princess de Sagan “with a reduced fort tine of only JGO.OOh a year." ’I'll" Gil Pi IS Is especially hilarious over the prlne-'s alleged reply to an Insinua tion tha he was a fortune hunter In which In said: ''A' my age a man only marries l’or love.” WINS $10,000 WAGER WITH DAY TO SPARE NVw York. April 7.-- When seven Alaskan dogs drawing’ an Alaskan Pledge on wheels trotted Into the city hall park Into yesterday afternoon their driver, Klj a. Smith, completed prob ably the longest dog: sledge trip on record and won n wager of $10,000 of neatly throe years* standing. Smith a miner, fornvrlj a govern ment limit driver in Alaska His regu larity in making mail trips through the wilds and snows of Alaska with dogs as motive power, resulted finally in the • wager that h*» could not make the trip | with his outfit to New York from Nome in two and n half years. Smith wo”, bv one day short of the • time. SOCIALISTS HJLD PROTEST MEETING Nvw York. April ?.—A meeting' to protest si.:Iasi th** alleged polite out rages on the ik fusion of the dispersal of the Mo.vd, which hud gathered In Un ion Squat'* last Saturday for demon stration In aid of the unemployed, has been vailed for this afternoon In Grand Central place by the New York section of the socialist part... Robert Hunter [ will be the principal speaker. HOOSIER REPUBLICANS ADOPT PLATFORM Indianapolis, Ind., April 4.—With ita organization completed at its first ses sion yesterday afternoon, Indiana re publicans in state convention today adopted a platform, elected four dele gates at large to the national conven tion, two national electors at large and instructed 30 Indiana delegates to the national convention to vote and work persistently for the nomination of Vice President Fairbanks for the presidency of the United States, and nominated a s'ate ticket. Tile platform adopted. In addition to instructing for Fairbanks, indorses Roosevelt's administration, opposes cor poration contributions to campaign funds, favors economy in public ex penditures, especially mentioning tho army and navy, favors a modification of tho financial system without men tioning any particular measure, urges a progressive program of labor legislav tlon pledges complete regulation of capitalistic combinations 1n the interest of trade, commerce and general wel fare of the people, urges revision of tho tariff by a special session of congress to be called early in November with a recommendation to congress to taka steps to secure proper data by experts. Extension of foreign mail service on seas is favored as Is extension of for eign trade especially with South Ameri ca. The bureau of mines and mining is urged, waterways improvement to recommended, abolishment of child labor Is demanded. Among the im portant state issues is a plank favoring local option law with county as a unit. TO GET AFTER THE PRINT PAPER TRUST Washington, April 4.—Speaker Can non today Introduced a resolution di-' reettng the attorney general and secre tary of commerce and labor to Inform the house what steps are being taken by those departments to investigate the, action of the International Paper com pany and other corporations supposed to be engaged in an effort to create a monopoly in print paper. In a statement Mr. Cannon said that it the claims of the publishers are cor rect. manufacturers of paper are sub ject to a penalty and the “trust” can be dissolved in the federal courts. Senator Overman, of North Carolina, today introduced a joint resolution put ting painting paper and wood pulp on the free list. It was referred to the committee on finance. FOUR MILLIONS A YEAR NOT ENOUGH FOR THE KAISER Ki.. : t.—rtii duiiirniit' icyort is In circulation here that a bill goon will be Introduced In the Prussian diet raising the civil list of the emperor. This list ncrw amounts to 13,330,000 a year, which gum is paid the emperor as "king of Prus sia, and not as German emperor, a posi tion which carries no salary. The explanation offered foe raising tbs list is the increased cost of living, which oears particularly heavy on the royal house because a large number of children and other persons are dependent upon tho purse of the monarch. tn this connection it was learned today that the reports that the emperor lived beyond his income and often called upon rich friends for temporary loans are in correct. On the contrary, his majesty up to several years ago saved each year & considerable sum from his Income and in. vested it for his children. TURN EVELYN ANOT MR. THOMAS OUT New York, April 4.—Evelyn Nesbit Thaw and E. R. Thomas were refused service at the Hotel Knickerbocker Monday night, and practically were put out of the hotel restaurants ‘They catne In here and Evelyn im mediately -was recognized,” said Man ager Regan of the hotel. “We don’t want her patronage, and I decided sho could not be served. I called Mr. Thomas aside and told him plainly that we did not care to have them there. I asked him to tell her not to come to the hotel again, as we will not servo her They left Immediately after my talk with Mr. Thomas.” Mrs. Thaw' said she was not In tho Knickerbocker Monday night.” ‘ Yes, I. was with Mr. Thomas the other night." said she. “We dined at Martin's and later had supper at tho Cafe des Beaux Arts." MRS. MCCORMICK FLEES FOR LIFE Chicago, III.. April 4.—The Inter Ocean this morning says: Mrs. Harold McCormick, daughter of John D. Rockefeller, 1h verging on a. nervous breakdown and has prepared to depart hastily from the city as a result of threatening letters received by her which have led her to believe that her life and the lives of her children are In peril. Guards have been placed about tho Met ’ormick home at Bellevue Piaae and Bake Shore drive. Servants and coach men, working in relays, watch pedes trians and no one Is permitted to enter the grounds without being scrutinized. As soon as possible Mrs. McCormick will leave for her father’s home in Gle-. eland, but the date of her depart ure is withheld. EXHUME BODY; FOUL PLAY IS SUSPECTED Chicago. April 4.—The county a%i ♦horiu s today caused to be exhumed the body of Charles StYoncr, a well to do Bohemian, whose death a mcmtU ago is alleged by some of his family to have been due to a “white liquid” administered shortly before his death. Mrs. Stroner is an alleged clairvoyant and is said to be possessed of hypnotic powers. It is alleged the motive for the supposed murder of Stroner vva» the Hope of profiting by the insurance on his life. The authorities believe the affair to be a counterpart of the famous Billik Vssral poisoning case. RARE SPECIMENS FOR UNIVERSITY MUSEUM lows i tty, Iu„ April 4.—Dr. 'i\ H. M.icbrlde hiis returned from Ohio, w here he prepared lor shipment to the University of Iowa botanical museum the collection of slime moulds, etc,, do nated by the widow of the late Pro fessor Morgan, The collection. Dr. Mucbride estimates, is worth more, In dollars and cents, than tbe one Colum bia university recently purchased for 55,500, and it contains, moreover, many specimens to be duplicated nowhere. Harvard, and even the University o£ Derliu, were seekers of this rich prize.