8EST LANDS YET, M’LAUGHLIN SAYS Comments on Coming Opening of the Standing Rock and Cheyenne Reservations. Washington, Dec. 22—Major Janies MelJiughlin, special agent of the in !erlor department, talked today of the. ■coining opening of the Standing Rock bnd Cheyenne reservations in north wist South Dakota. He said the 1.600,600-acre tract to he opened was un doubtedly the largest remaining In tho •country which will ever be opened in a body and expects that tho rush for Huso lands, when this fact is generally known, will be the biggest in propor tion to the number of claims that tho laud office has ever handled. "I know every foot of these lands,” ■tie said, "and can assure you they are much better than the Gregory and Tripp county lands, lately opened. They get more rainfall and are generally .more desirable. The Milwaukee road lias gone through them, the Minneap-j olis ft St. Douifi will follow soon, and; there will be a wonderful development. We hope now to have the opening in November of next year. The work of knotting the lands on the Standing Rock reservation will he completed first •mid it will probably be the first ■opened." AMERICAN FLEET IS BANQUETED IN CEYLON < Colombo, Ceylon. Dec. 22.—The eh amber of commerce and the Planters’' Association last night gave a banquet In honor of the officers of the United •Slates Atlantic battle ship fleet. Col onel Sir Henry McCollum, governor of Ceylon, in a speech said it had been (he good fortune of Ceylon to accord \ warm welcome to the fleet and that •Us presence would be instrumental in tne continuance of peace. Rear Admiral Sperry, in replying, said that unity of interest and ideas Ivas a far stronger bond of peace than any treaty. The development of Great Britain's colonies meant a stronger bond in the union of trade for the United States and Great Britain. He -added that the security of American influence in the Ceylon trade was due to the vigorous work of President Roosevelt for good legislation. BOY KILLED CARRYING A LETTER TO “SANTA” 4 HUNTING SANTA; * 4 KILLED IN STREET 4 4 ♦ 4 Easton, Fa., Doc. 22.—Five-year- 4 4 olil Fred Gaffney, of the South Side, 4 + came over to town to see Santa 4 4 Claus in the windows of the big 4. , stores. He tried to cross a street to 4, join his brother, but was run down 4 4 ]>y a trolley ear and crushed to 4 4 death before the eyes of a crowd of 4 ♦ Christmas shoppers. 4 New York, Deo. 22.—Carrying in his hand n sealed envelope addressed to "&lr. Santa! I'laus,’ an unidentified boy about 11 years -,lij was killed by a Third avenue care near1 Fifty-second street, Brooklyn. The letter was not opened,, being held for the cor nier. With several companions the boy was ;i-ossing the street to a department store where "Santa Claus" was holding a reeep ;ton. He did not notice a ear in charge of Fhilip Kronachor, of No. 245 Sixty-fourth *d., and was knocked down. He was Jammed under the rear axle. HANDS WIFE PRESENT OF $4,000,000 San Francisco, Cal.. Dec. 22.-—The record Christmas gift of the season -was made today, when David T. Han bury turned over to his wife property valued at $4,000,000. Although Mrs. Hanbury assumes le gal possession of the vast holdings, she will not exercise absolute control until nflcr the death of her husband. Every effort was made to keep the transac tion secret, but the facts became pub lic. The Hanburys figured prominent ly last spring in connection with a divorce suit, but just as the climax had been reached, after days of hitter charges and recrimination, they for gave and forgot and decided to begin life together again. Mrs. Hanbury, one time a telephone girl, has now become one of the wealthiest women in Cali fornia. BOY FRIGHTENED TO DEATH BY PRANK Millcville, N. J., Deo. 22.—Charles Tozer, $ years of age, died from nervous shook, -caused, physicians say. by fright. Dast Thursday while at play he was seized by *ome of his companions and held under a tree which men were felling and told it would fail on him and kill him. He was too young \o realize there was no im mediate danger and that his companions were in as much danger as he. lie was taken ill on Friday and on Sat urday his condition grew worse. He did not seem to suffer pain, but at times he liad delirium during which he fought to escape imaginary trees. The physicians declared he was suffering from no dis ease but that his nervous system was wrecked by shock. MORE HARD LUCK FOR MR. RIDGELY Kansas City, Mo.. Dec. 22.—As the result of being run down by the motor oar of William B. Ridgely. formerly comptroller of the currency, and until recently president of the National Bank of Commerce here. Mrs. Byrl Greer, of this'city, died yesterday. Mrs. Greer was struck by Mr. Rldgely’s machine on November 19. Mr. Ridgely was not in the motor car at the time of the accident. Mrs. Greer recently entered suit against the former comptroller for $25, 000 damages on account of her in juries. SUN’S RAYS START A FIRE. Winsted, Conn., Doc. 22.—A large globe containing two gallons of water and several goldfish, standing in a window in Charles W. Stickers house .in Torrington, focussed the sun's rays on the table, starting a fire which was discovered by members of the family before much damage was clone. That the heat was intense is shown by the depth of the burned streak errors the table. The fish narrowly escaped being boiled. The number of women and men out of employment In England is variously estimated at from 1,000.000 to 1,250,000. MILLERS RAISE FIGHTING FUND Will Present Solid Front in the Battle Against the Govern ment’s Ruling. Minneapolis. Dec. 21—Fifty thousand dollars in a fighting fund and the combin ed aggressiveness of the millers of the United States Is what Dr. Wiley, the health and pure food expert, and James Wilson, secretary of agriculture, have got to face. This is the result of the meeting of millers in Chicago, following the recent ruling of Secretary Wilson covering bleached flour, which was attended by P. Wells and D. M. Baldwin of Minneap olis and Charles Silverson of New Ulm. Secretary Goetzmann, says the North western Miller, in his circular to the mem bers of the Millers’ National federation asking contributions to the fighting fund makes the fiat charge of prejudice on the part of the officials instrumental in bring ing about the restrictive order. It is asserted that the order practically puts a ban on all white wheat flour man ufactured, that 85 per cent of the milling capacity of the United States is expensive ly equipped for bleaching, that the pro cess is misunderstood and misrepresented and the governmental order Is based upon a narrow conception of the true situation. CAPITOL GRAFTERS GO TO PENITENTIARY 4 4 4 STAY IN EXECUTION. 4 4 ' 4 4 Philadelphia. Dee. 21.—The T 4 superior court this afternoon 4 4 granted a supersedeas to each 4 4 of the four defendants in the 4 4 state capitol conspiracy case. 4 4 pending appeal to the superior 4 4 court. 4 4 Harrisburg. Pa.. Dec. 21.—Judge Ktin kel this morning Imposed the follow ing sentence upon the men convicted March 13 on a charge of conspiracy to defraud the state in contracts for sup plying furniture to the new state cap itol: J. H. Sanderson, \V. P. Snyder, W. D. Mathues and J. M. Shumaker, $500 fine and two years imprisonment, the max imum penalty. Immediately after sentence was pro nounced, the defendants were remand ed to the custody of the sheriff, pend ing application for supersedeas, which was made in the superior court at Philadelphia. As soon as it is granted the defendants will offer bail pending an appeal to the superior court. The men were convicted of defrauding the state out of $19,308 in a contract for wooden furniture. Other charges involved large sums in the aggregate. They were tried last spring and last week they were refused a new trial. The men convicted today were tried a second time and acquitted of the charge of defrauding the state in the metal furniture contract. The Pennsylvania state capitol at Harrisburg, out of the dishonesty In whose construction grew the charges against Architect Huston and 13 oth ers, including state officials, contract ors and supervisors, cost the common - wealth $13,000,000. It was the proud boast of ex-Governor Pennypacker that it was, beyond comparison, the finest state administration building in Amer ica; that it rivaled the palaces of kings and emperors. Over two years ago Governor Penny packer made his proud announcement, with the Information that the great labor to which he had devoted so much of his time, energy and force during his two years in office, was practically complete. He had watched with daily Increasing pride and satisfaction thi fairy-like beauty of the great capitol unfolding, and he felt that a dream had been realized when he turned over the building to the state that was paying for the dream. . It was only a matter of a few weeks before the cost of the new palace of show came into question and Penn sylvania learned that its great $4,000, 000 capitol had required $9,000,000 worth of “furniture.’' The realization of the enormity of these figures came a bit slowly at first, but It gathered force as the facts came out one by one. The electroliers alone had cost the taxpay ers of the state $2,0p0,000. No building in all history could boast of such an expenditure for lighting. The newspa pers quickly followed with the amazing revelation that the magnificent chande liers were paid for by the pound. In rap\d sueccesslon came the an nouncements that furniture had been paid for by the square foot, that desks purchased at this rate for as high as $600 might have been purchased in the ordinary way for $Sf> or $90; that the solid bronze chandeliers, bought at an unreasonable figure a pound, were bronze shells filled with lead; that had they been solid bronze they might have been bought for one-fourth what was paid for them by the lavish and recre ant “dreamers" of state house magnifi cence. Then came a demand for the prose cution of the “capitol grafters,” as Contractor Sanderson and his associ ates were called. ROBBERS BLOW SAFE ON OVERLAND TRAIN; HAUL ISN’T LARGE Portland, Ore.. Dec. 21,—The Oregon Railroad & Navigation train, known as the Chieago-Fortlund special, was hold up and the express car dynamited by four unmasked robbers shortly after 9 o'clock last night, nine miles east of Portland. Express Messenger O. H. Huff said the robbers secured little of value. Tile robbers did not molest the pas sengers, but uncoupled the express car and ordered the engineer to take It down the track toward Portland. About a mile beyond the point where, the train was held up the doors of the express car were shattered by nitro glycerin. The train did not carry a through safe, a small safe and strongbox being the only receptacles for valuables. The robbers compelled Express Messenger Huff to open the small safe. It. con tained but three or four small pack ages. believed to have been of small value. The strongbox was not touched. The robbers escaped. WAITED IN VAIN; NOW SHE SUES HIM FOR $50,000 Chicago, Doc. 21.—That she had wait ed vainly In Palestine for Arthur Owen Simpson to marry her after having gon<‘ there, as she alleges, at his sug gestion, is one of the complaints In a breach of promise suit for $00,000 filed by Mrs. Fidelia Dove Woodcock, of New York. Defendant Is the proprietor of a res taurant in the Western Union build ing, but at his home last night he de clared he never bad heard of tiu> woman. ' I OFFICIAL VOTE FOR PRESIDENT j Taft Bryan Debs Iltsgen Chafln Wat son State— (Rep.) (Dem.) (Soc.) (Ind.) (Pro.) (Pop.) Alabama .. 25,03* 73,374 . 496 665 1,565 Arkansas . 66.947 87,043 5,000 600 1,000 600 California . 182.064 107,770 18,736 4,327 6,443 . Colorado . 123,700 126,619 7,974 . 5,559 . Connecticut . 112,*15 68,255 6,113 728 2,380 . Delaware . 25,200 22,134 76. 50 060 . Florida . 10.064 31.104 3,747 553 1,356 1,946 Georgia . 41,692 72.360 584 77 1,069 16,965 Idaho . 50,091 34,000 6,306 207 1,270 . Illinois . 629.932 460,810 39,711 7,724 29,360 633 Indiana . 348,993 338,262 13,476 514 18,045 1,193 Iowa . 275,210 200,771 8,287 404 9,837 261 Kansas . 197,166 161,209 12,420 . 5,032 . Kentucky . 235,711 249,092 4,060 200 6,887 333 1 ,'mlsana . 9,958 63,568 2,538 73 . . Maine . 08,987 35,463 1,758 790 1,487 . Maryland . 111.263 111,117 2,500 450 3,000 . Massachusetts . 266,966 156,543 10,659 19,237 4,374 . Michigan . 333,313 174,313 11,527 734 16,706 . Minnesota . 195.780 109,433 14,469 523 10,114 . Mississippi . 4,463 64,250 1,408 . 1,309 Missouri . 346,915 345,884 15,398 397 4,222 1,166 Montana . 32,333 29,328 5,886 443 827 . Nebraska . 126,60S 130,781 3,524 . 5,179 Nevada . 10,214 10,655 2,029 415 . New Hampshire . 53,144 33,665 1,299 584 905 . New Jersey . 265,298 182,522 10,249 2,910 4,930 . New York'. 870,070 667,468 38,451 35,817 22,667 North Carolina . 114,1017 136,928 345 . North Dakota . 57,771 32,909 2,016 38 1,453 . Ohio . 672,312 602,721 33,795 439 11,402 160 Oklahoma . 110,550 123,907 21,762 274 . 434 Oregon . 62,350 38,049 7,430 289 2,6S> . Pennsylvania .-. 745,779 446,785 39,913 1,067 36,694 . Rhode Island . 43,942 24.706 1,365 1,005 1,015 . South Carolina . 3,847 62,289 101 43 . South Dakota . 67,466 40,266 3,846 88 4,309 . Tennessee . 118,287 135,630 1,878 332 300 1,081 Texas . 69,229 227,264 8,524 164 1,792 1,042 t flab. 61,028 42,601 4,895 87 . Vermont . 39.562 11,496 820 804 799 . Virginia . 52,573 82,946 255 51 1,111 100 Washington . 106,063 58,383 16,777 248 4,700 . West Virginia . 137,879 111,418 3,676 46 5,107 . Wisconsin . 248,673 166,707 ' 28,140 . 11.579 . Wyoming . 17.708 12,772 1,396 63 . Totals .7,637,676 6,393,182 448,453 83,186 241,252 33,871 All undidates, 14,852.239. CONGRESS WANTS TO BE “SHOWN” Resolution Calling- on the Presi dent for Evidence Passes Without Opposition. Washington. Dec. 19.—Chairman Per kins, of tlie house special committee ■appointed to recommend a course of action relative to suggestions of tlie president in his annual message con cerning the secret service, to which members of congress have taken excep (ioi;. presented the report of that com mit lee at the beginning of today's ses -i,m of the House. The report recom mends tjie adoption of a resolution call ing upon tin' president to supply tlie House with the evidence upon which lie I as"d his statement that members of the House were principally concerned over tin- fact that secret service men had been investigating tlie members themselves. The House adapted the Perkins reso lntion without a dissenting vote and after very little comment. In the preamble to the resolution it is declared the plain meaning of the president's words is that "a majority of congressmen were in tear of being investigated by secret service men; that congress as a whole was actuated by that motive in enacting the provi sion in question.'* The text of the resolution follows: '•Unsolved. That tlie president bo re quested to transmit to the House any evidence upon which he based his statements that the chief argument in favor of the provision was that con gressmen did not themselves wish to be investigated by secret service men: also to transmit to the House any evi dence connecting any member of the House id tlie Sixtieth congress with corrupt action in his official capacity and to inform congress whether lie lias instituted proceedings for the punish ment of any such individual by the ■ousts or has reported any such alleged delinquencies to the House of Repre sentatives.'' 3EM. Si WON IS NOW PRESIDENT OF HAITI Port '.u Prince, Haiti, Dec. 10.—Gen-| er : 1 yirrnni. leader of tlie last revolution j .1 Haiti, that resulted in the flight of President Nord Alexis from the cardial, *m«i who made his triumphal entry into Port au Prince 10 days ago, was today unanimously elected president of the rep noli* by the Haitien congress. As soon as the result of the election i T'eetime known the grist crowd that j had assembled outside the parliament ■ building broke into cheers. Salutes! were fired from forts anil Haitien gun toa'.s. ! Other .'spirants to the presidency did | not com** forward actively. The rea son for this course was the fear that another outbreak of disorder would re sult in A me) lean intervention. LOUD SOX CAUSE BOY'S EXPULSION Mi'i.ill1 town. ('nr.a.. Dee. 19.—Young August Marsh, who was tackle on the Midletown high .school eleven left that institution of learning in some haste today As a consequence the students have ceased wearing their trousers "turned up" to reveal the splendor of tht ir hosiery. August bought and wore socks to the school yesterday that were loud. His young woman teacher could not hear herself think. They drowned the sound of noon whistles so that recess was late. They were Nile green in color, embroidered in vivid red. Better to display their glory Augustus made a double roll in the end of ids trousers. •‘Augustus." said the teacher, blush ing as red as tin* clocks on her pupil's socks, "pull down your trousers’ end." Augustus only grinned. The teacher reported Him to Princi pal «\ H. YVoolsey, who suspended him Indefinitely. NEW PRESIDENT OF THE SWISS REPUBLIC Berne. Switzerland, Dec. 19.—A. Doiic.her. minister • f commerce, was toduv elected president of the Swiss republic for 1909. MOTHER SMOTHERED BABY WHILE ASLEEP s M pt.. Dec. 19. -Mrs. Rufus Wade was awakened this morning to find her little babe smothered to death in her anus. This is the second case of the kind in two days. AN Settled. "Hariy told me he was going to pro pose o l gill I knew, last night." "YVh, and h< ’ll never do it again." "Why. who was the girl?" "I ami I accepted him." APPEARS AT ALTAR AND POLICE COURT Marries Common Law Husband After 16 Years and Pays Disorderly Fine. Waterloo. Ia., Dee. 19.—From the marriage altar to the police station this morning was the experience of Ida Strong, of Marshalltown, who was ar raigned on a charge of disorderly con duit under the name of Mrs. Howe. The woman came here Tuesday with a young man and registered at a hotel under the name of Tom Mills and wife. She returned to Marshalltown yester day and told James H. Hull, with whom she had lived 16 years in a common law marriage, that the young man had threatened her. Hull and Miss Strong returned last night and a report was made to the police, who arrested the young man and woman on a disorderly charge. Hull put up a $50 cash appear ance bond and suggested that they get a license to wed this morning, which was done. The husband paid the wife’s tine of $25. Tom Beitzell, the young man, vould not pay the fine and was sent to jail for five days. He had a loaded revolver and must answer to the second charge also. SOCIETY WOMEN IN LIVELY ROW London, Dec. 19.—Mrs. Mabel Louise Atherton, a beauty of tempestuous ca reer, who sued Captain Yarde Bullor, son and heir of Lord Churchston for $106,000. alleging breach of promise, was in police court today prosecuting Mrs. Taylor Elderly, an American woman, for assault. Mrs. Taylor, it is charged, called at Mrs. Atherton’s luxurious residence in Park Lane, on Monday, and, telling her she had “come to spoil her beauty," seized Mrs. Atherton by the neck and severely choked tier. After a struggle the servants, aided by a policeman, checked the attack. Behind this singular assault is an other story. Mrs. Taylor’s daughter, Mrs. Stirling, now is suing her husband for divorce in the Edinburgh courts and names Mrs. Atherton as co-re spondent The case is not yet decided. Mrs. Taylor stated today that her daughter had been made miserable be rauseil she believed Mrs. Atherton had been telling people that Mrs. Stirling drank. Both women were bound over to keep the peace. CLEAR LONDON FOG WITH ELECTRICITY London. Dec. 19.—Electrical dis charges to rid the British isles of fogs is the proposition of Sir Oliver Lodge, a scientist whose name commands re spect for any plan in nature’s domain lie might express willingness for. The Westminster council provided ground near Grosvenor canal, where the ex periments are to be made under public auspices at a cost of $10,000. The plan involves the discharge of electricity at a light voltage from a series of disks placed on the tops of insulated poles. Precipitation of the | moisture follows and fog laden atmos phere is cleared. The idea is said to i have been suggested by noting the im : provement in London atmospheric conditions since the modern introduc tion and growth of the electrical indus i try. _ MATCH, CARELESSLY DROPPED, STARTS A $40,000 CAR FIRE Minneapolis, Minn., Dee. IS.—A Northern Pacific, coast truin was dam aged bv lire to the extent of $40,000 while at the station at St. Cloud, Minn. A lighted match dropped by a passen ger on a window curtain started the fire. The entire car was soon ablare and the fire spread to a second Pullman car. Both cars burned to tile trucks. KENTUCKIANS LYNCH MURDERER Lexington, Ky„ Deo. 19.—Elmer Hill, 1 charged with the murder of Mamie Womack, in Adair county, was dragged 1 from jail at Montlceilo last night and I carried four miles to Greasy creek, and there hanged to a tree. His body was discovered this morn ing by passcrsby who had heard noth ing of the mob's action last night. DISASTERS ON VESSELS. Washington, Dec. 19.—There were | 1,094 vessel disasters in the United ! states in the last fiscal year, resulting j in u. property loss of $1,303,790, and the l iss of 22 lives, according to the. annual I report of Superintendent Kimball, of i the United States Life Saving service. Because of the assistance of the life | savers, it is pointed out that of $13, ooO.OOo worth of property, more than I $11,000,000 was thus saved. More than 5,000 tons of hides and skins are exported annually from Si beria CARACAS ARISES AGAINST CASTRO “Man of Destiny” Had Better Remain Abroad for His Health. Caracas, via 'Willemstad, Dec. 18.— The people of Caracas arose today against Castro. The infuriated mob, unhindered by the police, swept through the city, wrecking the prop erty or his henchmen nnd friends. All statues and pictures of Castro from clubs and other semi-publio buildings were burned in the Plaza Bolivar. Castro’s rule In Venezuela Is prob at