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WALKER GIVES
UPCOHTEST ,
1 Mine Workers Approve Course
oi President Lewis.
THIRD WEEK OF CONVENTION.
Vice President and Secretary.Treaa-
urer Yet to DC Elected Lewis' Ma
jorlty for President Likely to Be
Sixteen Thousand.
Indlnnupolls , Fob. 2. 'i o cmiHo or
the untl-Luwls fartlon In the United
Mlnu Wui kern' convi'iilluu bus boon
lost. John Wulhor of Illinois , who op-
pound President Lewis foi lo-oloetlon.
announced Unit ho would nut contest
Lewis' election.
"Such action would be hopeless , " bo
said. "The convontlun bus been
packed against me. "
I'roHldont Lewis' majority likely will
be 10,000. Walker learned the senti
ment of the delegates toward him
when , by a vote of 1.U27 to 1.054. ho
waa i eluded an extension of time to
Bpouk against the committee report
uppioving the com so of President
Lewis and the executive board In sus
pending Piesident Van Horn and other
olllclals ol district No 11 , Indiana , for
having disobeyed the mandate of the
national olllccis to discontinue the
Hudson mine stilke
The icfiibiil ot President Lewis to
aid the sUlklng mlnuis of the Mercer-
Dutlei Hold , Pennsylvania , caused a
debate. This biought a lemnik fiom
Mr. Lewis , that there should be no tur-
tiler ( inaiiellng over personal it liter-
oncos and that the businehs ot tiio
convention sljould be disposed of as
quickly as possible Ho would give
all Infoimatlon asked for In legurd to
the Mercer Butler strike , he said , but
would not ticket with bis critics.
The convention now is in its thinl
week It will be necessary to elect a
vice president and a secielary-tioas-
urer during the session , as dm Ing the
December elec tlou no candidate re
ceived a majority.
DENIAL OF RAINEY CHARGES ,
President of Panama and Members at
Assembly Sign Statement.
Panama , Fob. 2. The chaiges madrt
In tie Ameilc.ni cougie&s lecently by
Kopicsentativo Henry T. Ralney ol 11-
llnols ugaliibt Domingo do Obaldlu ,
president ot Panama , and others , have
bi ought out denials liom the piesident
and sixteen membeis of the national
assembly. The assemblymen have
wlgned a statement asset ting that they
vveio piesent at a meeting in the pies-
ident's oltlco , wheie the contiuet for
the exploitation ot the timbei Industry
along the Atlantic coast of Panama
was discussed and that during the
meeting neither Piesldent Obnldla nor
anyone elbe said or implied that
Charles P. Tail , William Nelson Crom
well or Roger T. Fainham hud any direct -
\
roct or Indirect paiticlpatlon in the
business
Home Mission Meeting Ends ,
Plttsburg , Feb 2 With denomlna
tional tallies in u dozen different
chinches the Pittsbur ; : ; meeting of the
national home missionary movement
closed Among the speakers were
Piolessor H A , Stiuor , Iowa college ,
on "The Mlnlbtiy and the Immigrant , "
anl Rev Waul Platt. scctetary of the
MetlnJist Episcopal mission work In
the west , on "Tlie Frontiei "
White Slaver Gets Two Years.
Chicago , Feb. li. The sloiy of a
beautltul girl lured to the United
States Horn P.nls , resulted in the
conviction of Henry Lair , charged by
the govcinment with being a piomoter
of the so called "white slave" traffic In
this country Uaii was sentenced by-
Judge Landls to serve two years in
the government prison at Leavenworth
and to pay $2,500 fine
Gomez Appoints Ugarte.
Havana , Fob 2 President Gomez
signed n decree appointing Jose
Ugarte chief ol the secret police This
closes the sensational incident arising
out of the proposal to appoint Recuido
Anmuto to that office , which was tins
trated by Vice President Zayus1 threat
to resign
Matk Called In Panama Libel Cast ; .
Buffalo. Feb li. N13. . Mack has
beei. subpoenaed to appear today be
fore the federal grand jury at New
York , which is considering the case of
the Wet Ids chaiges against President
Hooaevclt and olhers of irregularities
In the puu'lmso of the Panama canal
trip
BULLETS FLY JN COURT ROOM ,
Woman Kills Defendant and Fatally
Shoots Two Spectators. I j
Gatesviile , Tex , Fob 3. Miss Vorna
Ware , uaugluer ot a prominent farmer
of ibis county , fired repeatedly into a
crowcied court room here , continuing
until Imr jevo.ver was emptied. A § &
result , John Haines , a meichaut o (
Jonesboio , tor whom the bullets were
Intended , Is dead , two bystanders ,
James Smith and David Ross , are per
haps fatuity wounded , and A R Wilay ,
Jr. , is seriously wounded. I
It was during the trial of Haines on
lerlous charges preferred by Mlsr
Ware that the shooting occurred A.p
preaching a window , from which a
view ot the court room could be had ,
Miss Ware saw Haines among the
spectators and before she could be re
strained drew the revolver from the
( olds of her dress and fired Three of
the builets struck Hulneg and he died
within an hour Miss Ware and her
brother Charles Ware , wore arreated.
( MUCH INAUGURATED
LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR
Declared Elected by Missouri
Assembly In Joint Session.
Jefferson City , Mo , Feb. 2. Jacob
F. Omeliili ( itep. ) was Inuugtiiuicd
lieutenant goveinor of Missouri to-
iltij Ho was declared elected by tbu
assembly In Joint session after Die re
count lomnilttee had reported tnat
Qmelkh had iccelved 310,042 votes , us
against ' 2H > ,1 ( > 5 votes tor William it
Painter ( Dem ) .
The topoit ot the committee set out
that on the lace of the original rettuna
Umelich had been elected by thltty
votes and on tlie luce ot the amended
rctuins Palntei hud been elected by
twentj-seven votes , but tha legislature
had provided for the recount of thu
ballots of St. lAHils and curtain pie
clncts In other counties of the ututu
and that on the recount moru than J- !
200 ballots hud been rejected bucuu&a
of being lmpioperl > Initialed , about
equally divided between the cundt
dates , but that when sixteen products
ot the Nineteenth ward of St. Louis
was leached many ballots were found
to have bom Impioporly Initialed , and
the committee disagreed. The Demo
crats ( outended that not counting
Biicli votes would have given Palmer
i 'mujoilty , but since no traud had
been loiind and Painter had decliuei :
he did not \vant the olllco If not shown
to have been lalilj elected , the Dome
( .rats yielded to the Republicans and
agiciud lii.it Gmellcb had been elected.
Killing Frosts In Florida.
Washington , i > cb 2. Severe treoz
Ing tentK'iaiuic | and killing frosts oc
cut red in noithuin , cential aud east
ena Kin Ida Ilxcept In New England
und along the middle Atlantic coast
lompeialuieb ovei the countiy gunei
ally have iibon. while In the wabt they
are quite Inuh lei tlie-/aeanin /
Several Tcvis ; , aid Villages
Reported Devastated ,
LANDSLIDE BURIES ROMARA ,
One Dispatch Says Barcelona Has
Been Overwhelmed by Tidal Wave.
Subterranean Roarings Cause Panic
Among the People.
London , Jan. UO. A special dispatch
received heie liom San Sebastian ,
Spain , bayb that a teniblo eaith-
quake has devastated seveial towns
and villageb in southern and bouth-
eastein Spain.
A tidal wave partially submeiged
the coast near Barcelona and a grout
landslide at Ceula bulled the village
ol Romaia and several hundred inhab
itants.
News fiom Malaga says that many
houses weie damaged in the town oi
Tolana and seveial villages In the
piovlnce of Mm eta.
A dispatch fiom Tanassa says that
Barcelona has been ovoiwhelmed by
a tidal wave. The lobb ot life Is un
known. Subtcriunean louringb pie-
ceded the tidal wave , causing a feat-
lul panic among the people on the
pipmc'iiadCb and in the buildings ol
the city.
Paris Knows Nothing of it.
Paris , Jan. 30. Neithei tlie news-
papoib nor the llavas agency have re
ceived any news ot the leumted eaith-
quake and tidal wave in Spain beyond
the Asbociated Press despatch con-
coinlig the disturbances at Malaga.
The icports of tutther shocks are
piobably based upon this. Romara
the village mentioned as being buriel
in special despatches to Ixmdon , is
not in Spain , but iu Afiica , fllty miles
south Ot Ceuta.
FOUL PLAYJS FEARCO ,
Station Agent at Blue Springs Mys
teriously Disappears.
Blue Spilngs , Neb. , Feb. 6. Paul
Blankenship , agent of the Chicago
Burlington and Quincy railioad , dls
appeared from here under circum
stances which mystify the authoiiticb
and ulaim his lelatlvcs. An utiditoi
of tlie company who has been goin. ;
over his accounts says they aie coi
reel Shoitly after midnight , Mrs.
Blankenship says , a stranger came to
the home and asked her husband to
nccomi-any him to the stalion that he
might get an expiess package Blank
enship demmred , and the man induced
him to go by ptonilsing to reward him
liberally That is the lust seen of the
miislng agent His wife believes he
has met with foul piny. Deteclives at
Lincoln have been informed.
policeman Arrest § " 0wn Wife ,
New Oi leans , Feb S. Policeman
Freitate : aitouted his own wife , when
she and a nolgliboi engaged In a diffl
culty He marched both women to
the police station and preferred a
charge against them of disorderly con
duct
Dies or Hare Disease.
' Ida Grove , la. , Dec 6. Clayton D
Stauffer , whose funeral has just oc
curred , died of a very rare disease
known as purpura hemorrhage , a terri
bio atllictlon. The blood left his veins
and arteries and tlovved under his skii
to his nose , ears , mouth and eyes
whore' it left the body. The hem
orrhage lasted two days , when Stauffei
died from loss of blood.
MAY HAVE BEEN A DERELICT. '
No Wreckage Washed Ashore and No !
Trace of Crew or Passengers Has
Been Found Watchers on Light
ship See Steamer Sink.
Noifolk , Vu. , Feb. L Hidden bo-1
ucuth the luiuulont waves tnat roll
over Diamond shoals , toiirteen nines
ofl Cape Hatteias , N. C. , the secret of
the Identity of the mysterious steamer
which went down theie Saluruay ,
ptobubly with ull bunds on bouid , 10-
mains untold.
No clew to corrobotuto the testi
mony of those lew nbioml the Diamond
mend shoals llglitsnlp who witnessed ,
heipiess to aid , Him laicbt tiagedy ot
the well named "Giaveyaid oi the At-
huulc , " was obtained Not a piece of
wreckage has been deteclod , and It
may be sevuul days before anything
Is discoveml.
Nellher Iho government weather
itutlon nor tlie local commeiclul
wlieless station received any addi
tional news relative to the Hi fated
vessel. No deilnllo news has come lo
tbo Norfolk nuvy ynid from the rev
enue cutler Onondugu , which is at
the scone of the leported dlsaslcr.
Local shipping aulhorllles decluto
that the steamer probably was an
abandoned deiellct.
A modeiato noith wind was blowing
off Halleius As long as thu wind re
mains in that quarter , any wreckage
v flotsam tiom the ship piobubly
> driven fur out to sea
Brazilian Attacks Professor Strong.
NoW York. Feb 8. Genet at Charles
A Strong , profebsoi of psychology at
Columbia university , who Is a son-in-
law of John D Rockefeller , was at
tacked on the Noith German Lloyd
liner Baibarossa by a young Bra
zilian , Ixmls Lelto , who Is now a pris
oner on Hills island pending nn In
vestigation of his sanity Professor
Strong was bitten twice on the face
by his assailant who sprang upon him
suddenlv The men were sepaiated by
the ship's attendants
NO SHOW FOR POSTAL
SAVINGS BANK BILL ,
Senator Garter Says Passage at
Tins session is Improoabie.
Washington , Feb 2. Seventy -live
bills on the calendar of the senate
vvoie pafabed.
Senatoi Caitui , In chaige of the
postal savings bank bill , announced
that he would endeavor tomoiiow to
get a vote on It , although ho "fully re
allied tha impubbibllity ot thai bill be
coming u law in the lew remaining
days ot tills session. "
Senator i-oiuKei attempted to got
cousideiation lor the Aldrlch substl
lute bill piovldiiit ; lor a couit of in
quiry to pass upon the qualifications
ot the dlbehaiged negro soldieis ot
the Tweiuy-nitu regiment chained
with having biiot uu liiowtibville , 'lex.
Aug. 13-14 , 19Ub , but pobtponed maU-
ing a motion lot tnat puipoae iu older
that Senator Jicuunin inignt bpe-au
on the Biownsville attaii. Foraker an
nounced tnat utter McLaurin s speecii
he would endeavor to get action ou
the bill.
The senate passed without amend
ment a house bill declaimg Feb 12
1009 , the centenary ot tno birth ot
Abraham Lincoln , to be a legal holi
day and recommending a general ob
bGivuncc ot that day.
Unlebs the senate comes to their
rescue the Webt Point cadets will not
be able to attend the inauglnation on
the 4th ot March at the expense of
iho government The cadets have
been one ot the big attractions of the
inaugural ceicmonies foi many yeais
past By a point ot older an Hesm
pioviding tundb tor tlie cadets trip tw
Washington was stiicken from the
military appiopiiaUon bill
Under suspension the house passed
the Payne bill piohiblting the 1m
portatlou of opium , but refused to
I puiS the senate bill to pension fed
eral judges.
A limitation was placed upon the
Bcopo of the Olmstead special com
mittee lo Investigate appropriations
for and the work of the secret service
of th > various departments
CONVENTION JN A "CHURCH ,
Pastor Favors Mixing Politics With
Religion Talk on Merchant Marine.
New York , Feb 1 The first of five
meetings to bo devoted to the ad
vancement of the Intel esls ot the
American merchant marina will beheld
held tonight in the Metropolilan tem
ple , this city , of which the Rev. John
Wesley Hill is pastor. The meetings
aie to be held under the auspices of
the National Merchant Marine league
LetteiP from PiCbldent Roosevelt
and President Elect Taft commending
the purpose ot the meetings , which is
the stimulation of public interest In
the giowth of the met chant marine
will be read. Among the prominent
men who will take part In the confer
enccs are the Hon. James K , Me-
Creary , .represenlnllve from Minnesota
seta ; John Hairett , director of the bu
reau of American republics , Henry
Clews , Leslie M Shaw. John J. Me-
Cook and Myron T Herrick One pur
pose of the conferences is the advo
cacy of legislation compelling the car
rylng of American mall to Europe and
elsewhere iu American ships. The
members of the league generally favor
the ship subsidy plan.
The pastor of the tetnplo is In favor
of the mixture of politics and econom
ics with religion , with a view to the
uplifting of the former. With that
end In view ho has Invited the promoters
meters of meetings of public interest
to hold thorn in the templo.
EXPLOSION KILLS
SEVENTEEN MINERS ,
Five ol the Dead Are While and
Twelve Are Negroes ,
Birmingham , Ala. , Feb. 3. Seven
teen men aie dead as thu result of an
explosion In the No 2 Short Creek
mines of the Ultmlnglium Coal and
Iron company Five of the dead aio
white and twelve ute negroi s !
The explosion Is thought to have
been caused by a windy shot The
bodies wt-io taken fiom the mines and
the looms und passages are clear The
mine Itself Is piactlcully uninjured. 1
Anil' ' ilances were sent from ICnsloy to
the mines and colllns weie i ashed to
the 111 lated mine The mine was run
ning on bhoit force or thu death list
would probably have been much larger.
CHARGES AGAINST QUALTROUGH ,
Officer Serving With Sperry Accused
of Drunkenness.
Gibraltar , Feb 3. ' 1 be captain ot
one ol the battleships composing the
lleet under item Admiral Speiry la
under nnest on board his own vessel
I und will be tried by couit-martial on a
charge prelened by one ol the lour
admit alb ot the lleut that be was un
der the Intluence ot intoxicants at a
iciieptlon given on shore u tew days
ago 'Hits captain was lelioved tiotn
duty by the icui admiral Immediately -
ly alter the reception and the execu
tive olllcer was placed In command.
The ship was In ought Into Gibraltar
b > the executive olllcer.
The name1 of the accubed olllcer is
Kdvvutd r Qimltiough , captain of the
batikbhip Georgia The charges were
pi el ei led by Hear Admiial Wain-
wrlght
FUOR PROMINENT MEN INVOLVED ,
Witnesses From New York and St.
Louis Called to Muskogee.
Muskogee. Okla , .Ian. 21) ) . Addi
tional Interest was added to the in
vestigation ot the alleged town lot
frauds bore by the arrival ol witnesses
from New York , St. Louis and other
cities. Fiom New York came James
King Dtiffj , Chntles II. Huffy and oth
er capitalists and piomoters. The St.
Loulb delegation as headed by John
C. Wilkinson , formeily piesidcnt of
the Missouri Trust companj , and Dr.
Fajette C. Evving.
It was learned from a reliable
sotuce that at least lour prominent
men arc involved In the present In
vestigation by the juiv , the charges
belnc consult.icv to defraud.
MINERS' ' FIGHT RENEWED ,
Convention at Indianapolis Does Soma
[ back-Tracking.
Indianapolis , Feb G. All etfotts oi
the tonbeivative element In the con <
ventlon ot the United Mine \\orkers
to expedite busincbs bj excluding per
bonal controversy between factional
leaders beem lutile. A resolution waa
adopted that all speakers must con
line themselves stiictly to the subject
in hand , but nevertheless , the day waa
one of turmoil. President Lewis
thaiged Delegate Peter Quinn of 1111'
uolb with having called him a liar.
The convention adored a resolution
that the national executive board had
exceeded Its authority in suspending
the otilceis ol the Indiana district for
disobeying an order that the miners
should icturn to work In the Hudson
mine , pending the adjustmpnt of a
strike This practically was a re-
veisal ot the convention's action of a
few dayb ago , in approving the course
of President Lewib in this matter , and
indlcaleb that the delegates will adopt
a new Interpi elation to the sections
of the coiibtilutlon defining the authority -
thority ot the national olllceis It is
evident that there Is a strong cm rent
toward restricting the alleged despotic
powers of the national administration ,
The tellers were not able to report
on their count of the second ballot lor
vice president and secretary-treasure *
Denman Thompson Dangerously III.
New York , Feb 8 News was re
ceived In local theatrical circles that
Denman Thompson , seventy-six years
old , the veteran actor of "The Old
Homestead" Is dangerously ill of
pneumonia at his home In ( West Swan
sey , N. H. So critical Is his condi *
lion that his relatives have been sum
moned to his bedside
Stephens Denies Railroad Merger.
Richmond , Va. , Feb 8 President
W. George Stephens of the Chesa
peake and Ohio railway positively de
nied the Chicago report that a great
combination of railroads , Including
the Chesapeake and Ohio , was about
to be formed.
Fleet Passes Cape St. Vincent.
Cape St Vincent. Portugal , Feb S.
The Ameiican battleship licet , under
command of Rear Admiral Sperry ,
homeward bound from Gibraltar ,
passed this point at 10 a. m. The flax-
ship signaled : "All well. "
Reporters Held for Trial.
Now York , Feb. G Frederick M.
Hull unu James J Do.vle , local report
ers , accused of assaulting Oscar Hum-
merstein , the Impiessario , In front of
the Knlckei honker hotel , were held In
? 3,0 ball for trial in special sessions
by Magistrate Finn.
Root at Hot Springs.
Hot Springs , Ark , . Feb. 1 Senator
Elect Klihu Root arrived at Hot
Springs "to get away from the stienu-
ous life and give a sprained knee a
chance to mrnd" He will remain
throe weel ; His knee was Injured
while ho ns alUhtlng fror f r
rimi t V hlnufnn
ANNUAL ATTACK ON
FORESTRY SERVICE ,
All Attempts to Amend Agricul
tural Bill Fall.
Washington , Foil. 5. The forest ser
vice bets Its usual annual drubbing ,
the ciiltclbins against It coming prin
cipally liotn Smith ( Cal. ) , Cook
( Cole ) and MondellV ( > c > ) , all of
whom ( barged oxtravaganee In admin-
Istiatlon and the extoitton ot money
tioni mlneis , faimeis and even the
owners ol bee hives. Cook uttiUnited
to Chief Foi ester Plnehot the ulteiloi
motive of scheming lor Secrolaiy WJ1-
son's seat In the cabinet lloth Mr
Plnehot and the forest service were
vlgoiously detended by Mann (111. ( )
und Weeks ( Mass ) All attempts to
amend the agricultural appropriation
bill in any important particului tailed
EDITOR HDRV BY TRAIN ,
I W. L. Woodson of the American Press
Association Injured in Yonkers.
i Yonkeis , N. Y. , Feb. L While tryIng -
Ing to boaid u train ut the Glenwood
station of the Now York Central , Wil
liam U Woods'Sn , editor of the Amei-
ican Pi ess , fell and was Injured by
the moving wheels. Ills right loot
was amputated at the station and at
St. Johns Riverside hospital , to which
ho was taken , it was tound that an
amputation ol the leg below the knee
was necobsaiy. He was badly hint
about the head and sustained other
injuiies lie d.splayed vvonderlul loitl-
tude , which the physicians say will
matei hilly assist him in lecoveiing
fiom the effects of bib injuries
Mr. Woodson's paper , the American
Pi ess , Is issued fiom the main olllco
of the American Pi ess association In
Now Yoik. Ho has been connected
with the Ameiican Press association
many years , coming to the main of
fice liom the Atlanta branch , of which
ho was manager Mr Woodson was
formetly one of the best known news
paper men of the south. He Is a na
tive of Virginia , but lived also In
Georgia and other southern stales.
MOUNTAIN LION KILLS BOY ,
Mother Enters Family Tent to Find
Beast Devouring Child.
Balboa , Cul. , Feb. 1. Her two-year-
old boy killed and his body tenibly
mutilated by a monstm mountain lion
and the fierce beast devout ing one ol
the legs which it had torn from Ha
socket , was the sight that Mis. Clnis
Blown beheld when she enteied Hit
family tent , lour miles fiom the Hotui
Deltnar , alter a sliott walk When the
mother lealized what had taken place ,
she screamed and almost thiew her
self on the lion , which growled sav
agely and backed slowly out of the
rear of the tent , carrying a mouthtul
of the human llebh In its teeth , and
disappeared.
Entire Valley Overwhelmed.
Ceuta , Morocco , Feb 1 Native ac
counts of the recent avalanche at
Romaru say It came during the night
and was preceded by loud subterra
nean noises , which threw the Inhabl
tants into panics A sudden and tor
rlble shock occurred and huge rocks
swept down , completely burying the
village None of the several hundred
Inhabitants had time to escape
Gompers Defies Injunction.
New Yoik. Feb 3 Samuel Gonr
pers , prcsi'cit of the American Fedcr
atlon of Labor , said that no court In
Junction would check his speech lie
piade this statement in an addiess be
fore the Central Federated union
whore he received a flattering recep
tlon at the hands of the laboring men
GALIFOWTORF
GAIEISARD HIT
Anti-Racetrack Gambling Bill
Ready for Signature ,
Sacramento , Cal. , Feb. 5. Racin ;
In the btale of California received :
vilal blow when the senate , by u vet
of 33 to 7 , passed the Waikor-Oti
anti-racetiack gambling bill , whicl
prohibits pool selling , bookmaklng o
gambling on hoi be races.
The bill , having alieady passed th
assembly , will now go to the govern
or lor his signature , after which it
will become a law Governor Gillett
has signified bis intention to sign tha
measure U passed by both houses , but
it Is believed that he will not take lull
action until Unity days shall have
elapsed As the bill permits pool deal
ers and bookmukois sixty days' time
in which to close up their ulfalrs , tue
present season of racing at the Emery
vllle and banta Anita courses will not
bo disturbed
QUESTION OFjJURISDICTION ,
First Thing to Be Settled in the South
' Dakota Passenger Rate Case.
j Pierre , S. I ) . , Feb. G. About tlie
only subject of discussion bete Is the
'question ' ta to which side wins the
j race lo the ( oirts v\edne > hday on the L'
cent i ate .aw The situation Is such
that the nibt legal question which
will have i ( > be settled is Mint of
whetbei Hi hUte or federal courts
Hrst secui d Juilsillction , the state
legal dc pan ment claiming to have got
Into the state courts first by a few
minutes and the rn.lroads alleging
they were busy In the federal courts
at Sioux Falls a scratch ahead of the
state court
BALTIMORE GETS FINE GIFT , '
Walter * Art Gallery I * Opened to th
Public Today.
nnltlmore , Feb J. \ \ lib the open
ing of the splendid \Vi Item art giU-
lory to the public today Ilultuuiiru liu *
tlie opportunity ot cla'mlng ' tor it *
ONMI one 01 the finest co.luetlonu ot art
objects In the vvoild
The new white marble building at
the comet of C'hurles and Coiitor
streets contains not only tlie famous
Massinctitl collection of old masters
ami ceramics , puichased In UK 2 tor
nearly H.OuO.Ooi ) , but also the works
of ait previously owned by Mr Wal
let R and those slnec added to ilia col
lections.
lli'iii ) Walteis , the lilt collector ,
whoso generosity has given ' ' Mlnioio-
um > the ucvv ullei v , Is one ol . > elty'o
belt known ( apltallsts and pblhui-
tluoplsts Ho Is the largest stockhold
er In the Atlantic Coast Hue and hu >
ninii ) other extensive buulness Inter
ests He Is an enthusiastic yuchtumua.
RUSSIAN TERRORISTS
PURSUE AUGENEAZEF ,
Alleged Government Spy Is Flee
ing tor His Lite.
Pails , Feb. 5. A dispatch received
hciu fiom JCui lei says that Atigcnc
Azet is now In Svvtuoiland , hotly pui
sued by lour Russian teitoilsts Azof
lb the Russian who , for > eais , was an
active le'iuloi of the lighting Uusslai )
socialists Ho recentlits denounced
as a government spj and sontenciMl to
death by the oigunlzatlon , alteivblcb
he dlsappeaied
A loial paper declaies that Azel
was active In piep.ulng two plotfc
agaiiibt the life ol the cmpcior ol Hun
sla When his lellovv constitutors
weie nitested A/ef letlied Irom Hit
active lighting circle IIo Inon declared
clared that It was impossible to kill
the empeior by ordinaly means such
as a dagger , a icvolvei 01 a bomb ,
and that he was going to study out a
plan or assassination In which an
aeroplane would play the pilnclpal
part
Root Loses His Way in Mountains.
Hot Spilngs , Aik , Fob ; ! His un-
fnmlllaiity with the topogiaphy ol the
mountains , about Hot Spilngs rest
Senator Ulrct Hoot n tramp of six
miles Stinting out alone foi a brief
stioll , Mr Hoot lost his way and bt -
foie he could lorato a path lead'ng '
back to the. rltv , he hud walked about
six miles J
York Has Boosters' Club.
YoiK , Neb , Fob 3. The Boosters'
club has been iormed as a blanch of
the Commercial club , and it starts
with a cash rapital ol $3000 Every
business fit in of Importance In the
tit > has volunteered to accept an an
nual assessment for tlie support of the
new club , the banks heading the list
with $150 each The pushing of York's
bubine&s Interests will receive the entire -
tire attcnUon of thf new organization.
Shearon Postmaster at Santa Fe.
Lincoln , Feb 3. Frank Shearon ,
who a few years ago was a Lincoln
court reporter , has been appointed
postmaster of Santa Fe , N M The
list in the world of thib brilliant
young Nebrabkan has been rapid , and
a long story of his good fortune la
told In the paper which brings the
news , ol his aiipnintnipnt
STATE AY TAKE
N , Y , WORLD CASE ,
Believ3d Jerome Has Been Giv
en Right ot Way.
I New York , Jan 29 Uncertainty as
to vvlial action would bo taken on the
suggoblion ot Distilct Attorney Jeroiuo
i on the government suit against the
1 Now York World for libel , that the
federal authorities permit him to pro
ceed in their stead , was in a measure
removed by the signing of an affidavit
by Douglas Robinson , brother-in-law
! of the piesident.
i It Is believed this means that Mr.
! Robinson has accepted Mr. Jerome's
i proposition to appear at a complain
i ing witness and that the county grand
r jury is preparing to take the matter
in hand.
i Mr Jerome declared , however , he
had received no reply from either At
torney General Bonaparte or District
Attorney Henry L. Stinjson as lo what
course the government proposed to
take Until he received assurance
that such right of way would be given
him , he said he could do nothing.
Another visitor received by Mr. Je
rome was Jonas Whltloy , a representa
tive 01 William Nelson Ciomwell H
left after signing a deposition This
is understood lo recile Hie fact that
the day beiore the publication of the
alleged libellous article Mr. Whltley
culled nt the ofllce of the World and
notified those In charge of the paper
that allegations In the article were
untrue No light as to the present
status of the rase as it affects the led-
oral authoiities could be hod from tha
government attorneys.
Cold Wave In Northwest.
Washington. Fob 8 Following a
Btorm , which will move eastward from
the extreme west today , a cold wave ,
which now coveis the northwrst , will
prevail over tlie entlie northern sec
lion of the country by the middle of
the week Much lower tempeiaturea
will be experienced over the southern
districts according to the prediction
ot the weather bureau.
STANDARD OIL'S '
OFFER TO MISSOURI ,
Attorney General Major Explains
Motion lor Clemency ,
Jefferson City , Mo , Feb S. Alton
ney ( ! cn < nil Mujoi , in u lengthy iilut-
metit telatlve to the motion tot modi-
Ihalion ut judgment or muter Hied
1 > > the Stuuduid Oil rompim ) . said ha
does not deem It nec'tHsai ) to tile any
additional icplles with the supiumu
coint to the suggestions of the Stand-
aid Oil uttoineys. The motion of the
iiltoiiu.ut , he sulil , simply nsKu fun
clemency In the niodlllrutlon ol Urn
deciee.
The statement , In pint , says "Tiio
piopoKcd modlllcatlon Is not un otto *
to ilo business In pint net ship with the
state , hut that the Judgment of ousto *
be modified and tlie mimor held IB
abeyance , and In the meantime perinlR
thu company to do business under tliffl
e.ve of the couit of the iituto If the
couit desired , It could , under the modi *
llcatlon , pioceed at any time to rtir *
dor u judgment of final ouster. Unrtei )
the modlllcatlon as pioposed the ututu
could contiol the price of the proo >
nets and pi event the company from re
couping Its losses in lines from oft uti
the people.
"In the last analysis It piesentH
question of whethei or not the welfare
of the slate , its business and Itu cltl-
pens would be benefited to mi cxtenO
waiiantlng a couit of eham' < ate . un >
dei take the supervision Tfce IntoreaU
of the Standaid Oil company Itself In
not a matter of consldeiallon It Is u
pioceduie unique-and new be < aunt Ilia
conditions pi"Hontod me unique and
new Should the modlllcatlon bo fuv
voi.ibly ( onsldeied , then I would In
that event usU that the line be gronO
ly Inci i ased These , howev or , are que
lions puieb foi the supreme court"
SAILS TODAYlO ' '
WED ENGLISH GIRL
George Weslingliouse , Jr. , on
the Maurelania.
New York , Feb 3. Sailing for
hind today on the. Mainetanlu wast
Geoige Woslinghoiisu , Jr. , whose er *
rand abroad is bib muiilugo to aio
English glil. The wedding vvaa orig
inally set lot last month , but wutt
postponed by Mi Westingliousc j 111-
nobb As seen on tlie deck ot th
steamer today , Mr. WeatiufrhouiMn
seemed to be In excellent health Hii
Is to marry Mlbs livelyn Violet Uroclo
lobank.
Mr Westlnglioiiso Is the son of tfatt
famous and we-ulthy Inventor of the
air biuke. Hib bride to be is the
daugliler of Sir Thomas Urocklebankj ,
a very rich English baionet. Shu id
u twin , hot blstei being Miss Agneo
Sylvia Hiochlebank.
The airangements and the date o3
the wedding will be decided upon offy
er the ariivai in England of Mr WosU
inghoubo.
The ceremony will take place a ?
Irlon Hall , in Holhrook , Cumberland
county , the ancestral home of the
Bret Klebanks
FIFTY WITNESS.'S SOBPOEN\EJ. \ [
Second Trial of Standard Oil Case
Starts In Chicago , Feb. 23.
Chicago , Feb 2 Judge Landis huu
subpoenaed fitly wilnesscs lor the second
end tiial ol tlie government's cusa
against the Standard Oil company ot
Indiana the first hearing of which rw-
biilled in i fluff ot f29,110,000 , against
the company.
Tragedy In Five-Cent Theater.
Chicago , Feb S Contubion border *
Ing on a panic , enbued in a crowded 5
cent theater In Halstead btrect when
'a pation , quaiieling over a beat drew
a revolvet and shot a man Two moro
shots stopped the show and caused the
e.i'JIenco to rush lo tlie stieet The
j wounded man , Daniel Zlncarelli prot > -
| ably will die fiom hU Injuiies Ilia
assailant escaped
ADMIRALTY COURT
TO FIX BLAME ,
Owners of Republic and Florida
Both Claim Damages.
New York , Jan 29. Just which nhlp
was responsible for the collision In
which the Republic and the Florid *
flliuiod and which company shall pay
the damages will be docidud by tnei
couit of admit ally
Both companies filed suits That ot
the owneis of the Republic claimed
damages of $2.0 0,000 and recited i
leual foi m the stoiy of the niarvolot.-i
sea disaster The blame for tluco *
llslon was placed on the Florida.
The owners of the Florida also HieoS
o libel and a petition for a limitation
of liability against the Florida Tha
pelltlonerb asked that their liability.
in case the suits are decided against
thorn , be placed at $22-1,000 , the uam
ace value of the Florida
Later the Florida's owners obtained
an order from Judge Adams in tha
United States court staying all Bull *
for damages on the ground that tuolr
peiltion for limitation of liability hail
been filed ahead of the Oceanic Steam
ship Navigation company's suit Th
Florida s owners allege the collision
was due to the neglect of the Ropuu-
