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United States and Japan have been
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taken in Washington by Ambassador
Takhira , the representative of the Em
I peror of the far Eastern people. He
- has notified the Secretary of StateKof
. the purpose of his government to ter-
minate the treaty of friendship , navi- .
gation , and commerce , which was sign-
. ed in 1804 ! and entered into effect in
1899 ! ) ! ) , and has evidenced its desire to
, . formulate a new treaty which shall
: apply to the existing conditions.
- The treaty which it w'ill be the in
tention of Japan to bring to an end is
. similar to those in force with the oth-
er powers , including Great Britain. It
was negotiated while the Japanese
were invading China fifteen years ago ,
and their victory not only : demon- ,
strated the weakness of the Celestial
emipre , but caused the West to real-
ize that a new military force had ap .
peared in the world. It went . into !
effect in the year before the Boxer
revolt in China , during which the Jap
. anese expedition conducted itself in a
manner that compared most favorably
with the behavior of the troops of the
other nations.
Japan K"ovr "World PoTrcr.
The humiliation of Russia added to
the prestige of Japan , and the latter
now appears in the council of the pow-
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ers , their equal in standing , and seeks
. \ to have the treaties between them and
her modified in accordance with her '
international position. These treaties
expire by their terms in 1911 , and
Japan , desirous to maintain contrac-
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tural relations with the other powers ,
has proposed that the negotiations
ohall ! begin next year of conventions
to take their place. Some embarrass ,
ment has arisen in connection with
the treaty with the United States be
: cause of an amendment made by the
, Senate when ratifying the instrument ,
under which the expiration would not
occur until 1912.
: There is a tactical advantage in this
situation for the United States , since
' the first difficulties connected with tho
negotiations will be thrown upon
Great Britain , which must arrange a
- , new treaty to become effective in 1911.
't But on the other hand , if Great Brit-
\ ain accords certain concessions to her
ally Japan naturally would seek their
Incorporation in the nev- treaty with
this country.
Consequently it may be decided by
President Taft as a mark of friendship
for Japan to agree to the termination
of the present treaty in in 1911 and
to enter upon new negotiations next
year. The importance of these nego-
tiations will at once be appreciated
when it is known that the Tokio gov :
ernment proposes to insist upon the
elimination of that provision of the
treaty granting to the United States
the right to regulate the admission of
Japanese laborers.
BALLOON INDIANA LAST TO LAND
Fisher and Bambaugh Descend Six
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Carl Fisher and G. L. Bumbaugh of
Indianapolis , who started from there
Saturday afternoon in the national
balloon race , landed with their bal
. loon , Indiana , six miles north of Dick-
son , Tenn. , at 6 p. m. , Monday , accord
ing to advices received. It was the
last balloon to land. The aeronauts
had landed previously at Ashland City ,
Tenn. , to take on water. According
a dispatch from that town they landed
on a pile of ties. They reascended and
started northwest. They maintained ,
according to the dispatch , that the fact
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that they did not touch ground would
prevent their being disqualified. Dr.
Goethe Link and J. R. Irvin of. the
balloon Indianapolis did not know
they had won the first prize in the
handicap balloon race until " they " reach-
ed Louisville.
BOY AVENGER IN WRECK PLOT.
, - Youth \Vhone Father' Hay la
Darned Enditngrcrii Lives of 15OO.
The Grand Trunk train wrecking
mystery : of two months ago was solved
the other day by the confession of Wil
lie. Osborne , a 15-year-old lad living
near Griffith , Ind. He admitted he
had attempted to derail the train out
of revenge for the burning of a stack
-of hay belonging to his father , William
Osborne , and for which the company
had refused to pay. Three hundred
I passengers on a Chicago-bound vestl-
buled flyer were saved from death or
injury when the engineer of the New
York Limited on the Grand Trunk saw
.a tie on the west-bound track just out
. of Griffith two months ago and notified
the railroad officials at Griffith in time
. , -to save the west-bound passenger train.
The tie was found fastened on the
track , and many tramps were arrested
: .on a suspicion of intended robbery.
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Four Lives Have Been Destroyed and
Train Service Is Interrupted.
Floods due to heavy rains , in some
instances approaching . cloudbursts , and
melting snow is causing damage in
many sections of Colorado. Four lives
have been lost in swollen streams , and
much destruction of property caused.
Train service in all directions has
been interrupted. The Grand Junc-
tion water system is threatened by a
flood in the Grand and Gunnison riv
ers , and other enterprises there face
heavy damage. Around Greely the
lowlands are being flooded by a sudden
rise in the Cache la Poudre River. .A
dam southeast of Denver burst , and
the water swept through the lower
parts of the suburban town of Engle-
wood , causing considerable damage. In
the neighborhood of Limon the junc-
tion point of the Rock Island and the
Union Pacific Railroads , a cloudburst
changed the Big Sandy from a dry bed
to a roaring river , flooding many
farms in the low sections.
FIGHT FOR THE PENNANTS.
Standing Clnlis in the Principal
Base Ball Leagues.
NATIONAL LEAGUE.
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Pittsburg .32 12 Ph'd'lphia .17 23
Chicago' . . .28 17 St. Louis . .19 26
New York .2J : ! 17 Brooklyn . .17 25
Cincinnati .25 22 Boston _ . . 12 29
AMEBICA2T LEAGUE.
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Detroit . . .28 14 Cleveland . .19 22
New York .22 16 Chicago . . .17 22
Ph'd'lphia .23 18 St. Louis . .17 24
Boston . . . .24 19 Wash'gton .12 27
AMEBICAN ASSOCIATION.
W. L. ' ' W. L.
Milwaukee .29 22 Minn'polis .25 25
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Ind'n'plis .30 24 St. Paul . . .19 26
Columbus .29 24 Kan. City ' .20 28
Louisville .27 25 Toledo . . . .19 28
SHIFT IN COFFEE TRADE.
Deal Indicates Susrar Company May
Abandon Branch Business.
Herman Sielcken of Crossman &
Sielcken , coffee importers and export-
ers of New York , has bought the
Woolson Spice Company from the H.
O. Havemeyer estate and other stock
holders. The consideration is not di
vulged. Sielcken will erect a greatly
enlarged new .plant. , The deal is said
to mean that the so-called sugar trust
will abandon the coffee branch. Mr.
Sielcken is a stockholder in the Amer
ican Sugar Refining'Company.
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lelphia Jack O'Brien stayed six rounds
tvith Jack Johnson i without suffering
any damage , and wo'uld have secured a
draw out of it had ( [ ( there been a decis-
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Edward Payson Weston , in his walk
from New York to the Pacific coast
has been covering ( sixty-three miles a
day across Western Kansas and East-
ern Colorado , abo.it a mile for each
year of his age. f
One of the mast . exciting finishes
ever witnessed in a sprint race occnr-
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Hyperion II. swetot across the line in
the third race ev I1.t : so close together
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END COMESSUDDENLY
Famous Preacher and Chaplain of
the Senate Expires at Rox-
bury , Mass.
WAS AN AUTHOR OF NOTE.
Born in 1822 of Revolutionary 'Stock
and Showed Precocity as Child
-Ordained at Age of 20.
Rev. Dr. Edward Everett Hale , chap-
lain of the United States Senate , died
at his home in Roxbury , Mass. , Thurs-
day. A week previous he was present
at a celebration in honor of the nine-
tieth birthday of Mrs. Julia Ward
Howe , his contemporary in many of
the reform movements with which
both had been identified for more than
fifty years. At the bedside were
Mrs. Hale , Philip L. Hale , a son ; El
len , a daughter , and the family physi- -
cian.
cian.As
As an advocate of world peace and a
humanitarian whose activities have
been many and forceful , Dr. Hale , who
was pastor emeritus of the old South
Church of Boston , which pulpit he
filled regularly from 18E until 1900 ,
had a career of usefulness that is
unique in American history.
Born in Boston April 3 , 1822 , Dr.
Hale came of famed New England
stock. His father , Nathan Hale , was
a ' nephew of the patriot whose dying
utterance , "I only regret that I have
but one life to lose for my country , '
is graven deeply in the chronicles of ,
the nation's struggle for liberty. His
mother was a sister of Edward Ever-
ett , for : whom her son was named.
It has been said of Dr. Hale that "he
was cradled in the sheets of a news-
paper , " for his father was publisher of
the Boston Advertiser , the first daily
to be published in New England. Edu-
cated for a life of letters , the boy
made rapid strides in school , and at
17 was graduated from Harvard Uni ,
versity. At 20 he was licensed to be-
come a minister. He regarded , war
as a barbarism which settled only
questions of military strength and not
questions of right and wrong , and he
had a large part , as editor of the
Peace Crusade , in bringing about The
Hague tribunal. ' As an author , in
which his aim was moral rather than
artistic , Dr. Hale produced several en-
during works.
In ' defiance of advancing years , Dr.
Hale continued in the public eye until
stricken by his last illness. On the
death of Dr. William H. Milburn , the
blind chaplain of the Senate , Dr. Hale
succeeded him , his hoary head and
rugged frame haking an impressive
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"Want 59,741 Mall Routes. '
The postoflSce [ department in Wash--
ington has received 59,741 petitions for
rural free delivery mail service. Of
these 16,884 have been denied. A to-
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tal of 40,637 rural routes were in opI I
eration June 1. Of the 1,563 petitions
pending 1,358 remained unacted upon.
Florida to Part Races ' on Train.
The Florida , House has passed the
Senate bill providing for separation
of the races on railroad trainsand
street cars , and it now goes to the
Governor for his signature
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U. S. GAINS IN CANADA TRADE
Reports Show That British Are
Losing Dominion Business.
Merchandise from the United States
forms a steadily increasing share of
the imports of Canada , as shown by
figures from Canadian official publica-
tions just received by the Bureau of
Statistics of the Department of Com-
merce and Labor in Washington. Fur-
thermore , Canada's imports from Great
Britain have declined during their
period of increase from this country.
Whereas imports from the United
States to Canada increased from 34.03
per cent of the total importations of
Canada in 1869 to 60.4 per cent of the
fiscal year ending March 31. 1909 , the
imports from Great Britair. have de
creased during the same yeriod from
56.2 per cent to 23.69 per cent. Two-
thirds of Canada's imports are , manu-
factured , amounting in 1907 , the last
year for which statistic are available ,
to $16.6,000,000. Of this amount $89-
000,000 worth , 53 per cent of the total ,
were from the United States , and only
$54,000,000 , or 33 per cent , from Great
Britain. Merchandise entering Canada
from the United Kingdom and most of
the British colonies is admitted at
rates materially below those of the
general tariff paid by merchandise
from the United States.
$650,000 FIRE ; MAN KILLED.
Big Mill and Elevator of Cereal Com
pany at Decatur , Ill. , Destroyed.
In a fire which started shortly after
1 a. m. Tuesday from electric wiring
on the sixth floor of the mill of the De
catur Cereal Company , the entire
plant was destroyed , with a loss of
$650,000. The insurance is $165,000.
In addition to 80,000 bushels of corn
in an adjacent elevator , also owned by
the Decatur Cereal Company , were
destroyed. In an effort to rescue some
of the office effects of the firm , John
Sheehy , a fireman , was struck on the
head by a falling timber and was in
stantly killed. The buildings were
situated at Eldorado and Vandyke
streets , with a frontage of two blocks
on the Wabash railroad. The elevator
had a capacity of 100,000 bushels of
corn. The entire local fire department
responded to the general alarm , but
from a lack of water pressure they
could do nothing to check the progress
of the blaze. The company manufac
tured starch , but one of its main prod
ucts was corn grits , used largely by
brewers. It employed a large number
of men and was one of the biggest
manufactories of Decatur.
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Walter E. Clark , a Washington
newspaper man , has b'een appointed
governor of Alaska , and William S.
Washburn , of New York , has been ap
pointed civil service commissioner to
succeed James T. Williams , resigned.
Because they consider it an affront
to the dignity of the lower house , the
seven Wisconsin assemblymen sub-
poenaed by the Senate committee in-
yestigating the re-election of Senator
Stephenson ignored the command of
the upper house and their action was
approved by the assembly. The com-
mittee wish to continue it until the
extra session next January , when it
will be able to bring before it the as-
semblymen who have taken advantage -
of their constitutional privilege as
legislators. .
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Texas Statesman and a Correspond
ent Have Miz-Up at Capitol
Senator Joseph W. Bailey of Texas
and W. Sinker Manning , Washington
correspondent of the New York Times ,
had a fist fight in the Senate corridor
Thursday afternoon. Bailey used
Manning's umbrella to wallop the
scribe. Neither antagonist suffered
any serious injury. The only damage
was to the umbrella ,
The clash grew out of an article In
the Times under a Washington date
line which said that Senator Aldrich ,
Republican leader in the tariff debate ,
had a number of followers among
Democrats "who may faithfully be set
down under the classification of 'Al
drlch men' " and that "they are head.
ed by that distinguished son of Texas !
JoS. ph Weldon Bailey. " Bailey read
this story on the floor of the Senate
and ! then denied the allegations. In
making his denial he launched into a
denunciation of newspapers in general
and of the Times correspondent In
particular , whom he specifically called
R liar , a whelp and a coward. When
Manning later met Bailey and started
-to explain that he did not write the
article the mix-up came.
REVOLT IN PERU IS QUELLED.
President Captured and Freed , De-
feats the Rebel Forces.
The palace of President Leguia In
Lima , Peru , was attacked by revolu
tionary forces and the loyalty of the
troops was all that saved the chief ex
ecutive from being deposed from of
fice. The revolutionists , after hard
fighting , succeeded in enterintr the pal-
ace and making the President prisoner ,
but the loyal soldiers , after recovering
from the panic into which the unex-
pected attack threw them , advanced
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upon the rebels and rescued Leguia
unharmed. The President , restored to
power , immediately took charge of put
ting down the disorder. The fighting
lasted for some time , but resulted in
the complete routing of the revolution
ary forces. Later Leguia rode through
the streets , which were closely guard-
ed by cavalry , and assured the towns-
people and tradesmen the danger was
passed.
KANSAS NOW A LIQUOR SAHARA.
Bucket Shops Kicked , Streams Puri
fied , Danny Dreamer Barred.
Kansas is as dry as laws can make
I it now. The new prohibitory law that
i stops the sale of liquors by druggists
I went into effect at midnight Saturday.
The Kansas statute book appeared Sat-
urday morning , and the acts cf tne
Legislature become effective on its
publication. All bucket shops 'n tho
State will have to close. The ue = v la
bor law bars child actors from the
theaters and all boys under 14 years of
age from the messenger service. Inter-
urban cars must be equipped with ad-
ditional conveniences. Cities will be
required to preserve the purity of the
waters of the streams in their vicin-
ity. Railroads will be required to .
erect hog tight fences along tfie1 right
of way where farmers require it. Fruit
tree agents will go to jail if they mis-
represent the brand of fruit trees they
sell.
HOOSIER BANKER : ENDS HIS LIFE
Jesse Fletcher of a Well-Known
Family Kills Himself.
Jesse Fletcher , a wealthy business
man of Indianapolis , Ind. , committed
suicide at Turtle Lake , near Alpena ,
Mich. , where there is a widely known
fishing and hunting club. Mr. Fletcher
belonged to one of the most prominent
of the old Indiana families. For many
years it has been important in the
financial development of the State , and
the Fletchers were among the first
bankers to co-operate in the beginning
of business in the Middle West. Jesse
Fletcher was a capitalist and interest-
ed financially in many directions. The
amount of his fortune is not known ,
but it is not believed that it was loss
of money that led to his suicide. He
was a man of middle age , unmarried
and of retiring disposition.
An ice skating rink is to be installed
in the Plaza Hotel , New4 York , for the
use of patrons in hot weather.
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Fire at Barnet , B. C. , wiped out the
buildings of the North Pacific Lumber
Comp ny. The loss is $350,000.
Two men were arrested in Brooklyn ,
N. Y. , on ssupicion of having killed An-
tonio Malfetti , 7 years old , and thrown
his body into the East River.
The name of La Baca , the Pacific
terminal of the Panama Canal , will be
changed to Balboa , in honor of Vasco
Nunez Balboa , who discovered the Pa-
cific Ocean.
C. S. Jordan was found guilty of
the murder of his wife at Somerville , I
Mass. The woman's dismembered body
was found in a trunk which Jordan
had shipped to Boston.
Natives of China are rapidly for-
saking the worship of idols , according
to the Rev. T. D. Holmes , a Baptist
missionary who has just arrived at
San Francisco.
The Supreme Court of Colorado held
that clubn in prohibition towns have
no right to dispense liquor even to
their own oembei's. The case involved
primarily the Elks' lodge of Canyon
City , who sought to make , . a test.
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Postoffice Inspectors Discover Band
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Arrests Made of Men Said to. Be
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bus , Marion and Deanison. Ohio , Tues- .
day federal inspectors and detectives .
who worked in conjunction with them
in the case believe that as a result of
months of effort they ! have unearthed
the biggest and best organized : branch
of the Black Hand in this country ,
Marion , Ohio , being probably the head .
of the organization. Chief Postoffiee I
Inspector Charles Holmes of C ncin-
nati is authority for the statement
that evidence has been secured show-
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ing that the gang operating from Ma
rion and with lines reaching into a
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number of big cities of the country ,
has fleeced different persons in that
and other States out of thousands of
dollars in the last few months by the
application of Black Hand methods.
The men arrested were Sam Lima
and Joe Rizzo , at Marion ; Antonio
Vicario , at Columbus , and A. Marfis ,
at Dennison. Lima is said to be the
chief of the band. Inspector Holmes
said he was expecting word from Belle- ,
fontaine , Ohio , of two more arrests ,
and these , he said , would be of vital
importance in connection with those
already made.
Divide JllK Booty.
Inspector Holmes says that the
gang which conducted its operations
from Marion was composed of Ital-
ians and worked exclusively upon
their countrymen. He has obtained
evidence that as late as two weeks
ago they sent from the Marion post
office money orders aggregating $1,900
to confederates in Italy , this being
the division of blackmail funds in one
case. Many such bits of evidence , it
Is claimed , are in possession of the
Inspectors. .
Among those who , refused demands
for money were John and Charles
Amicon , Columbus commission mer-
chants. The sum of $10,000 was
sought from each. In January Mrs.
John Amicon found , in the rear of the
house , a dynamite bomb and fuse ,
wrapped with one of the letters de
manding payment from her husband. ( t
Several Columbus Italians are be- ;
lieved to have paid $1,000 each. Two
Italian murders in Marion are gener-
ally charged to the gang , but there has
been no proof. The gang also is
charged with assassinations in Belle-
tontaine and Dennison.
Followed to Italy.
After demands for money. had been
Ignored an attempt was madesin April ,
1908 , to blow up the some of Agostino
Gennarino , Columbus. Gennarino fled
to Italy and did not return until a
month ago. While in Italy he re
ceived a letter , mailed in Italy , renew-
ing the demand , with a threat that
there was no escape in returning to
his 'old home.
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Black Hand letters in the hands of
the officials , written -Italians in Co
lumbus , Cincinnati and other cities ,
are all said to be written by the same !
person , in Italian , with the same ink }
and on the same kind of paper. In
the raid at Marion , ink and paper
were captured which is identical with
that used in making the demands.
Most of the letters received in Co
lumbus and other Ohio cities were -
mailed in Pittsburg , where the money
was to be paid. It is believed that
they were Written in Marion and pass-
ed through the hands of several mes-
sengers in different cities before be- V
ing mailed.
WOMAN HELD IN TRAIN HOLDUP. ,
Federal Authorities Detain Lillian
Stephenson as "Witness. s1
Jack Shelton , alias Jack Gordon ,
and Lillian Stephenson arrived in . ; z
Omaha the other night in charge of
two deputy inspectors. Shelton will i
be charged with being one of the men
who held up and robbed the Over- j
land Limited train on the Union Pa-
cific and the woman will be held as
a witness. The Stephenson woman ;
said she would tell all she knew. She
declared she had heard nothing of the . 1
holdup until her arrest , and that Shel-
ton had given no information on that
subject. The authorities gave up the I
idea that there was a fifth man in
the hold-up and will proceed with the
prosecution of the four men now ar- ; .
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Iioss Estimated at $30OOOO. . "
The entire northeasterly section of .
Presque Isle , Maine , comprising the
district where were situated the most
pretentious residences , was swept by
fire , a high wind carrying flames and :
embers from street to street until 100 y
dwelling houses and the Congregation- . , i i !
al Church , the Masonic Hall and sev l\ f ! E \
eral other structures had been reduced : I
to ashes. The Canadian Pacific Rail- 1 !
road station and two large storehouses ' '
for potatoes were burned. The totaj- . r i
loss is estimate } at 300000. :
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