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SPEAKERSHIP FIGHT IN AIR
YOUNG MAN TAKES POISON
No One round Who li Ablo to Tell
Who the Victim Is.
CAUSE 01 THE ACT ALSO MYSTESY
Tleglslera at Kiel Hotel mm Johnson
nnl IndletVue Art Ha Canto
te Council Bluffs f rem
Montana.
A young man, who gave his name as
.Willie Johnson but who (ailed to register
where he was from, committed suicide at
the Kiel hotel Saturday night by drinking
Car hollo acid. The boy had evidently been
dead several hours when discovered about
f o'clock yesterday morning. He does not
look to have been over 20 years of age
fcnA possibly was younger.
The young man appeared at the hotel
about 1:30 o'clock Saturday evening, and
asked it hs could get a room (or the night
Having no bsggage he paid (or the room
In advance and registered merely as "Wil
lie Johnson." He was shown to a room
and about two hours later came down to
the lobby to get a drink of water. Immedi
ately after drinking the water the boy re
turned to his room and was not seen
again until his dead body was discovered
about S o'clock yesterday morning by one
of the employes of the house.
As the boy did not appear for breakfast,
the porter was sent to his room at I
o'rljck. Failing to secure any response to
his repeated knocks at the door, the porter
opened It and found the young man partly
undressed lying on the bed dead. By the
body lay a small one ounce bottle con
taining carbollo acid and about two-thirds
empty. Burns on the lad's lips and chin
furnished unmistakable evidence of the
method he had adopted to end his life.
The label on the bottle showed that the
carbolic acid had been secured at the
drug store of Fred W. Wesner in the Mar
rlam block but a short distance from the
Kiel hotel. At the drug store It was
learned that the young man said he
wanted the acid to make a wash with which
to treat an eruption on his face. He told
the clerk that he was 21 years of age, and
In the register which persons obtaining
poisonous drugs are required to sign, wrote
"William Johnson, Montana, aged 21,
From the drug store the boy Is believed
to have gone direct to the hotel.
ire was neatly dressed in a blue coat
nd vest, brown trousers and a light drab
v overcoat and wore a round, soft, brown
hat. There were no marks on any of the
clothing to show where It had been pur
Chased, and there was not a single piece
Of paper or anything else In the pockets
which would furnish the slightest clue to
the Identity of the youthful suicide. Two
mall keys, tied together with a piece of
twine and having the appearance of be
longing to a suit case and hand grip and
about $2 In small change, were the only
things fund in the pockets.
The body was, on orders from Coroner
Treynor, removed to Cutler's undertaking
rooms. Up to a late hour last night the
young man had not been Identified.
BOY INJURED
IN
INITIATION
Fatality May Attend Prank of High
School Frat.
Tom Harvey, a student In the high
school, wss seriously Injured late Satur
day night while being Initiated Into mem
bership In the Omega Eta Tau fraternity.
The nature of his injury Is such that
grave fears are entertained of blood pois
oning or tetanus. The young man is at
the Jennie Edmundson memorial hospital
where he was taken Saturday night as
soon aa possible after the accident.
Toung Harvey Is a son of Mr. and Mrs.
E. E. Harvey of 20 Park avenue, and a
grandson of the late Thomas Tostevln of
this city.
During Saturday afternoon young Har
vey and a companion who was likewise be
ing Initiated Into the fraternity, were com
pelled to parade the business streets of
the city wearing long Indian shawls over
their shoulders and pushing doll go-carts In
front of them. After dark the scene of the
Initiation was transferred to a wooded
pot on Madison avenue near Bennett ave
nue. What stunts the candidates were
forced to perform here has not been di-
vulged, neither have the names of the
"frets" who csrrled out the Initiation.
Toung Harvey was Injured while being
"spanked" with a paddle to one side of
which a blank cartridge had been attached.
In ths darkness the youth wielding the
' paddle, by mlatske struck Harvey with the
slds to which the cartridge was attached
with the result that the exploding cart
ridge tore a deep and ragged hole In the
young man's anatomy. As speedily as pos
sible the boys secured a farm wagon and
started with their wounded companion for
the hospital, at the same time telephoning
to Dr. T. B. Lacey to meet them with his
automobile.
Toung Harvey was reported last night to
'oe resting easier thsn hs had been during
the earlier part of the day. but It will be
a few days before the outcome of his In
jury will be known. The character and
location of ths wound ars such that grave
.'ars are entertained of blood poisoning
and also lockjaw.
The boys who took part In the initiation
are naturally greatly grieved over the ac
cident. Prtuotpal Thomas of the high school Is
not in the city, having gone to spend
Christmas with relatives In Marnhalltown.
and from there was to go to Des Moines
to attend the annual meeting of the State
Tsschers' association which opens there to
day. Members of the Board of Education
declined to discuss the matter yesterday,
but it Is understood that the question of
stamping out the fraternities In the hlgli
school will be discussed at the next ses
sion of the board.
Seysaoar K. Henry Dead.
Seymour F. Homy died yesterday after
noon at his home, SOS South Eighth
street, from Brlght's disease, after a pro
tract ad Illness, aged tit years. He Is sur
vived by his wife and a sUter, who Uvea
here, and two brothers, who reside in the
east.
Mr. Henry was a well-known business
man, being president of the Evans laun
dry. He was a native of North Benning
ton, Vt., and had been a resident of Coun
ell' Blurts since 1886. Although rot a
' pollUulan, Mr. Henry took more than or
dinary Interest In public affairs and
Better Stir up Your Liver a Little!
Not too much, Just a little, just enough to start the bile nicely.
One of AyerJ Fills at bedtime is all you need. These pills act
directly on the liver. Made for the treatment of constipation,
biliousness, dyspepsia, sick-headache. Ask your doctor if he knows
a NrttrrpHI for a sluggish liver. Then follow his advice. tZif,'Z.
served as a member ( the Board of Edu
cation. He was a member of Fidelity
council. Royal Arcanum, and of the First
Congregational church.
Arrangement (or the funeral have not
been completed.
Maeeabee Christmas Tree.
Following Its annual custom. Council
Bluffs tent No. U, Knights of the
Maccabees, made the children of its mem
bers happy last evening by the distribu
tion of presents from an Immense Christ
mas tree. Maccabee hall was thronged
with a merry crowd and In the case of
the little folks It was an expectant
crowd, until the big tree was stripped
of its numerous pretty gifts. There was
something for each one of the children
and the parents were not forgotten, as
they were given fruit, candy and other
good things to eat. 1 '
Preceding the distribution e( presents
from the Christmas' tree an enjoyable
and highly meritorious program of vocal
and Instrumental selections and recita
tions was given. City Solicitor Clem
F. Kimball made aa address. Taking
part on the program weret Mrs. Sand
ford, Nellie and Rella Munger, Miss Head,
Gertrude Spanefer. Clarene Head, Irene
Stenweer, Wilson 'Gundrum, Waunetta
Lewis, Mr. Voder, Miss St and ford. Hat-
tie Read. Mr. Hughes, Adolph Blgon, Ina
Tounkerman, Donald Strong, Miss Brown,
Miss Bourlclua, Rudolph Oundrnm,
Hugh! Read, Ethel Hayes, Miss Hasel
Smith, Alice Rockwell, Florence McFar
land. Dorothy Copper, Ralph Boder, Earl
Ed eon and Hayes Bachelor.
Chester L. Banville, Henry Thomas and
A. J. Rupert comprised the committee in
charge of the entertainment.
MINOR MXTNTIOIf.
Ed Rogers. Tony Faust beer.
Lewis Cutler, funeral director. 'Phone n.
Woodring Undertaking company. Tel. Hi,
Midwinter term Western Iowa college
opot Monday, January 4, 19u. Send tor
catalogue.
Dr. Macrae has moved his offices from
the Merriem block to the City National
Bank building. Practice limited to surgery
and gynaecology.
B. Krannlnger was arrested late Satur
day night, charged with striking Patrol
man Oflie Arnold, who was quelling a dis
turbance in a pool room on Broadway.
He gave a cash bond In the sum of $16 for
his appearance in police court this morning.
R. Raymond and Charles T. Booton,
charged with holding up and robbing Harry
Vliler and James Story last Thursday night
in Omaha, were arrested yesterday at the
Metropolitan hotel. They consented to re
turn without requisition papers and were
taken to Omaha by Detective Ferris.
The Sunday school of St. John's Engllnh
Lutheran church will hold Its annual
Christmas entertainment this evening. A
play entitled "Christmas in Pixies' I-and"
will be given. There will be no admission
fee. The Ladies' Aid societv will not meet
this week. Midweek services will be held
rrlncsday evening at 7:30 o'clock. The
cnoir win meei lor rehearsal Wednesday
evening at 8:16.
The men of the First Congregational
church will meet st the Orand hotel today
noon for the regular weekly lunch. The
ficwer mlBRlcn will meet Saturday after-
toon at the home of Mrs. J. S. Strock, 911
Sixth avenue. Choir practice will be held
Saturday evening in the auditorium of the
church. Instead of on Thursday evening.
There will be a preparatory service on
Wednesday evening at 7:45 at ths parson-
Iowa Kens Notes.
M ARSH A LLTOWN Students and alumni
of Iowa State college. Ames, will meet in
this city from all over the county next
Wednesday at a social gathering and ban
quet at the Pilgrim hotel. Among the
speakers will be Senator-elect C. H. Van
Law, Representative W. H. Arney and
I'rof. Couver of the college.
MA R8H A LL TOWN Because they had
not been able to secure a license, Miss
Myrtle M. Hickman of Des Moines snd Mr.
George L. Johnson of this city, both minors,
who were to have been married at the home
of the groom in this city Christmas night,
were compelled to dismiss the guests who
had gathered for the occasion and postpone
the service one day.
MARSHALLTOWN William H. Nugent
of Clinton, one of the best known traveling
cigar and liquor salesmen of the west, died
In the Columbia hotel of that city today of
parulysls. "Billy" Nugent was known to
the cigar and liquor trade of Iowa, Minne
sota, WlKconnin, Missouri, Illinois and Ne
braska probably better than any other man
In his line. He had the reputation of being
a "prince of good fellows."
MARSHALLTOWN With a capital stock
of $50,0u0, divided into shares of $100 each,
the First Trust and Savings bank of this
city, a branch of the First National bank,
wai Incorporated Saturday. The following
are the officers, they being also the offi
cers of the First National: President. D.
T. Denmead; vice president, James L. Den
mead: cashier. C. C. 6t. Clair. The direct
ors, In addition to the three officers, are
Senator Charles Eckles, A. M. Friend, S.
H. Smith and Warren Nichols.
MARSHALLTOWN According to the
census of the one-room schools of the
county, taken by County Superintendent
Mary Hostetler, there are 1.790 children go
ing to school in these one-room school
houses, of which there are 119. Twenty
nine of these schools have an attendance
of ten or less, and eleven have an attend
ance of twenty-five or more. One hundred
and five of the teachers receive salaries
ranging from 142.60 to $60 a month. The re
maining fourteen get salaries of from $35
to (W. This is a part or the statistics com
piled In all counties of the state which
Superintendent of Public Instruction John
F. Flggs of Des Moines will suhmtt to the
next general aHsembly In support of legis
lation he desires enacted In a law for the
consolidation of rural schools.
RUSSIA CUTS EXPENSE BILL
Nine Million Dollars Less Than the
Credits of Preceding;
Year.
ST. PETERSBURG. Dec, 28. M. Kokov-
sff, minister of finance, hss submitted to
the cabinet the provisional budget of ex
penditures, which amounts to $421,157,000,
from January to April, Inclusive, 1909. The
budget has been worked out by an inter-
ministerial committee over the Duma's head.
It carries a saving of $9,000,000 over the
credits of 1908 to which the government is
entitled by the constitution. This saving
will be devoted to cover extraordinary dis
bursements of the treasury.
M. Kokovsoff has returned the naval and
other appropriations sgalnat which the
Duma fought strenuously throughout the
last session.
JOAN OF ARC APPEARS TO POPE
Italian Paper Publishes Story of
Occurrence of the
Vision.
ROME. Dec. 2&.-The Italia publlshee
a report, which has caused a sensation
in ecclesiastical circles, that Joan of Arc
recently appeared In a vision to the pope
and addressed to him solemn words of
encouragement, exhorting him to continue
his present policies, which she promised
would shortly be crowned with triumph.
It was while the pope was engaged in
devout prayer and meditation In his pri
vate oratory Immediately after the cer
eniony of reading the decree of beatifica
tion that the apparition Is said to hav
appeared.
itandpttters of Iowa Will Scatter
Support Among Progressive!.
MATTER TO BE EST) ED IN CAUCUS
Effort Being Made to Reduce Legis
lative Expenses by Reduction
In Clerkship Indeterminate
Sentence Law Safe.
(From a Staff Correspondent.)
DES MOINEB, Dec 28. 9pecial.)-To
some extent at least the air Is being cleared
In regard to the organisation of the legis
lature within two weeks. For a time there
appeared to be some probability of a dad
lock In the house because of the large num
ber of candidates for speaker and the per
sistent claims of each one of having a large
and steadfast following. It would seem cer
tain that with a large field evenly divided
there would be some delay In organising,
and this would delay inauguration.
But Interests that are especially desirous
of a change in state sf fairs as soon as pos
sible are at work and efforts are being
made to fix It up so that there wtll be no
serious contest In organisation.
Then It seemed for a time almost certain
that the matter of the organization of the
bouse would be framed up along lines of
old factionalism. It was known, for In
stance, that Harding of Woodbury county
was counting certainly on having a solid
lineup of those who have been classified as
standpatters, and around this nucleus It
was believed he would gather the strength
to land the speakership prize. On the other
hand, Hackler of Webster county broke Into
the game and took some of this strength to
himself, and then It was found that the
other candidates were also gaining some of
the factional support.
Finally It ha? come about, that there will
be no factional lineup, but all will stand
on merits. The so-called standpatters will
scatter after the first ballot and try to
pick a winner from the large field of those
who have been classed as progressives.
Among these latter there are five or six
that will have strong following. They are
White, Feeley, Lee, Darrah, Marston, Still
man and Sullivan. It has been discovered
that Feeley, for instance, has pledges from
a number who might have been expected to
support either Hackler or Harding, and his
friends claim that he will easily lead at
the start. It is certain that White and
Darrah both have a strong following In
southern Iowa which It was expected would
make Harding the speaker. It Is now be
lieved certain that a short contest In the
caucus will settle the speakership, and or
ganisation can be effected very quickly.
To Reduce the Expenses.
The fight again to reduce the expenses of
the legislative session will be reopened by
members of the house. At the last session
they made a good start In the. matter of
cutting off the clerkships and saved a few
dollars for the state, but the arrangement
was not very satisfactory to the members.
It Is planned now to commence early and
try to secure action In both houses looking
to the cutting off of clerkships. Then will
follow a determined effort to reduce the
number of days the session holds by crowd.
Ing the work forward. There has been so
much political capital made In recent years
out of the alleged extravagance of the re
publican party in the handling of the af
fairs of the state that all the members
want to take action reducing expenses.
Want Money ton, Dredalnsr.
Despite these efforts at economy a strong
effort Is being made to have the legisla
ture appropriate money for dredging the
Des Moines river to make It navigable,
This Is the revival of an abandoned project
of many years ago. Originally the United
States government set out to make the
Des Moines river navigable, but gave up
In disgust. Now there Is desire that some
money be spent, especially here at Des
Moines, and engineers have been secured
who declare that it Is going to bo possible
to revive shipping on the Des Moines
river. Money Is asked for to begin this
work.
Complaint of Reformatory Law.
There Is complaint made of the new
Iowa law regarding use of the Indeter
minate sentence In connection with a mod
ern scheme for reform of prisoners rather
than making them confirmed criminals.
A great deal of sentiment is being worked
up in the state over the notion that the
indeterminate sentence law is a device for
emptying the prisons and showing favor
to criminals. It Is known that some of the
members will distinguish themselves by
introduction of bills to amend the indeter
minate sentence laws. There Is no fear
of the passage of any such bills.
Establish a "City of Before."
Police officials In Iowa are keeping watch
of what seems to be a disposition In at
least one Judicial district of the state to
set aside the laws of the state. This Is In
northwest Iowa, where the Judges refuse
to obey the Indeterminate sentence law and
Issue commitments contrsry to the stat
utes. In the same district there Is slso a
readiness to use the courts for the pro
tection of criminals not manifest else
where. Recently requisitions were Issued on
request of the governor of Nebraska for
taking from Iowa three accused persons
to stand trial in Nebraska for felonies.
In each case the courts In Sioux City
promptly came to the rescue and Issued
habeas corpus papers to prevent the taking
of the men Into Nebraska. The police of
ficers here are wondering If the courts
have established Sioux City aa a "City of
Refuge."
State Teachers' Association.
Already large numbers of the educators
of the state are arriving In Des Moines for
the annual state teachers' association. It
will bring to the city tor the wuek about
1.OU0 persons. The program Is an extensive
one, and there are many Interesting mat
ters to come up. The state superintendent
will deliver an address before the conclu
sion of (he meeting. In which he will pre
sent his views as to the great changes
planned for the stste laws on school mat
ters. The report of the state educational
commission will recommend a general re
vision of the school laws.
BUTLER MAYG0 TO HARVARD
Rnmor President of Columbia Is te
Succeed Dr. Charles W.
Eliot.
NEW TORK. Dec. 28. A report was cur
rent among prominent Harvard alumni In
this city today that James ft Btorrow was
to become the immediate successor to Dr.
Charles W. Eliot as president of that uni
versity, to be succeeded himself within a
few months by Nicholas Murray Butler,
now president of Columbia. This report
could not be confirmed tonight.
Mr Btorrow Is a leading member of the
Boston banking firm of Lee, Hlgglnson A
Co. If the report is correct, his expected
disinclination to accept the Harvard presi
dency may have been overcome. It is said.
by the plan of making his Incumbency of
the office temporsry snd having Dr. But'
Itr succeed him wltula a year.
11 he Story off Meforas
The Omaha Bee has planned to publish "The Story of Nebraska," not
the story of the prairie schooner, the sod house, the trapper or the fur trader,
but of prosperous, progressive, busy, up-to-the-minute Nebraska. Many
of the new and some of the older settled counties have been making prog
ress so quietly that the world at large is not aware of their achievements.
Our object is to bring all loyal and progressive citizens into closer touch in the commercial and social
relations, and to work for the development of the natural resources of the state, to foster and build up
manufacturing industries, and by every consistent effort encourage the employment of skilled labor and
improve the conditions of the laboring classes. The story will give only a glimpse, a mere outline. The
reader will be shown among the print just enough to give him n general idea of the state. Its opportuni
ties to the dairyman, and its openings to the home maker. The free rural mail box and the telephone pole
are crowding the frontier. The wolf and the wilderness have retreated. If during her early history Ne
braska has surprised her own people, surely a brighter future awaits them.
There will be a little about the towns and cities, just now somewhat
misunderstood and misjudged, and something about the rural districts, the
farm and the stock ranch. Here and there will be found a few figures, not
many, just a few, as measurements and for the information of those wh
enjoy such things.
It will tell the achievements of a people, who in less than half a century have wrought ont of a
boundless prairie a progressive, productive state. It will give in brief the new life in the new country,
the swift passing of events, the possibilities of advancement and pleasure. These articles will be fully illus
trated and will appear in the Sunday Bee from week to week.
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TROOPS TO LEAVE CUBA SOON
Movement to Be Started on First Day
of the New Year.
LAST ARE TO BE GONE BT APE EL
Both Troops and Cabana Rejoice at
the Move and Beat of Feeling
Prevails Between Soldiers
and Populace.
HAVANA. Dee. 2S.-New Tear's day will
witness the beginning of the evacuation of
Cuba by the army of pacification, which
has been In possession of the island since
the beginning of the provisional government
In October, 1906.'' The first provisional reg
iment of miiplnee, ,numberlng about, 900,
which will be among the first troops to
leave, is now concentrating from various
posts at Camp Columbia. About half this
regiment will sail from Havana on Janu
ary 1, on the cruiser Prairie, which arrived
here Christmas eve, bound for . Newport
News. The Pralile will return about the
middle of the month and embark the re
mainder.
Headquarters of Companies A, B, C and
D, Twenty-eighth Infantry, will embark on
the transport Sumner at Matanzas on De
cember 31. From there the transport will
proceed to Havana and embark Companies
F, O and H, stationed at Ouanajah, and
Company E, stationed at Guinea. The Sum
ner also will sail from Havana on January
1 for Newport News, the ultimate station
of these companies being Fort Snelllng.
From that time on the transports Sum
ner and McCIellan will be employed In the
embarkation at Intervals of the remainder
of the army. Battery O, Third field ar
tillery, for the Washington barracks, and
the Fifteenth cavalry, now stationed at
Clenfuegoa and Santa Clara, destined for
Forts Myer and Sheridan, will sail on Feb
ruary 2. The headquarters army, Eleventh
cavalry, now at Columbia and Plnar Del
Rio; the mountain artillery and Fifth in
fantry, now at Cardenas, Sagua and Cat-
barlen, for Plattaburg; the Eleventh in
fantry, now at Santiago and Holguln, for
Fort D. A. Russell, and the Seventeenth
Infantry, now at Camaguey, for Fort Mc
Pherson, will leave Havana about Febru
ary 27 for Newport News. This leaves only
two companies of engineers and two battal
ions of the Seventeenth Infantry, under
Colonel Pitchel, who will remain at Camp
Columbia. These troops will not embark
until April 1, which will complete the evac
uation.
Purpose of Delay.
The embarkation will be effected with
as little ceremony as possible and It Is
probable that their departure wtll Ue at
tended with as little force as marked
their landing. The purpose In deferring
the departure of a portion of the Seven
teenth Infantry until April 1 lias bLtn
the subject of considerable speculation,
but It is believed this was agreed upon
at a conference between Governor Magoon
and President-elect Gomez. It is not
thought to be a measure of precaution,
for which not the slightest necessity Is
apparent, but It probably la for the pur
pose of keeping the barracks and quar
ters In good order until It Is possible to
turn over to the Cuban authorities a
model camp for occupation by the new
permanent army under command of Gen
eral Pino Guerra, the nucleus of which
will be formed. It Is Intended, with the
present corps of Cuban artillery und 1,000
members of the rural guard.
Cubans are greatly pleased at the de
parture of the American forces as mark
ing the complete establishment of Inde
pendence. All show the kindliest feelings
towards the troops. An evidence of tills
was given on Christmas eve, when the
mayor of Manzanlllo, the city authori
ties and hundreds of citizens escorted a
battalion of marines to the steamer sail
ing for Havana and cheered the depart
ing troops. The American officers and
men are rejoicing that they will soon be
homeward bound after the long and
tedious occupation. Especially Is this
true in the case of those who have for
more than two years been garrisoning
the small posts throughout the interior.
IN MEMORY OF PERRY VICTORY
Centennial to Be Made Oeeaslon
(or a Peace Jnhllee
Pragmas.
CLEVELAND, O. Dec. 28. In the Inter
est of peaoe and tranquillity between two
great world powers. Great Britain and
America, plana are being perfected to In
vite the English government to participate
Omaha..
In the commemoration of the 100th anni
versary of the defeat of the English by
Perry on Lake Erie.
Arrangements are being made by Ohio
to promote a grand peace carnival and
Joint Industrial exhibition tp be held on
the Island of Put-In-Bay in 1912.
A commission hes been appointed by the
governor to formulate a program, and this
winter the state legislature will be asked
to make an appropriation, which will put
the matter In concrete form.
REVISING ROMAN HISTORY
Deciphering of Inscriptions on Etrns
caa Monuments Change
Existing Ideas.
STANFORD UNIVERSITY, Cel., Dec.
27. A discovery which will have Important
results In the world of science has been
made public by Prof. George Hcmpl, Stan
ford's professor of philology. , According
to statements made by him, he has dis
covered the key to ancient inscriptions on
Etruscan tombs and columns so long a
mystery to archrologists. The professor
has become widely known by solving the
Inscriptions on Oerman runes.
Prof. Hempl declared that his find will
have far-reaching results upon ancient
Italian history and upon the disputed facts
of Latin grammar and etymology. But
fifty Inscriptions out of a mass of 8,000
have thus far been deciphered by him, but
the translation of these, he raid, has been
enough to show the history of Italy aa
written at the present time must bo greatly
modified when his work is completed. The
popular theory that the Etruscans and
Romans were entirely different peoples is
entirely exploded by this discovery, de
clared Prof. Hempl. As made cl"ar by
rim the languages of these neighboring
nations was alike In ell Important respects
srve Its writing, and the conclusion, he
declares. Is that the two nations sprang
from the same race. Dr. Hempl showed
that the Etruscans were the outgrowth of
the Trojans after the fall of Troy. Thus,
In an Indirect manner, the story of Virgil's
Aneld receives scientific corroboration.
Dr. Jordan, president of Stanford uni
versity, said: "Dr. Hempl has made a
most Important discovery. The deciphering
o fthese Etruscan Inscriptions overturns
the popular Idea tint there Is no connec
tion between the Romans and the Etru
scans. Dr. Hempl, with his key to the
Etruscan inscriptions, will make enormous
changes In our views of the ancient history
of Rome and Greece."
FIGHT FOR RUDOWITZ KEPT UP
State Department Asked to Refuse
to Honor Requisition from
Russia.
CHICAGO, Dec. 28. William J. Calhoun,
who some years ago acted as special In
vestigator for President Roosevelt In Pan
ama and Venezuela, was the chief speaker
at a mass meeting held here today in the
Interest of Christian Rudowitz, the Russian
refugee, who in response to the demand of
the Russian government, charging him
with arson and murder, has been recom
mended by United States Commissioner
Foote for extradition.
The defense of Rudowitz that he Is a
political refugee Is to be presented to ths
State department by Mr. Calhoun In an
effort to have the recommendation of Mr.
Foote reversed. Rudowitz is charged with
participating in the killing of three per
sons in the province of Courland, Russia,
in January. 19u5.
Mr. Calhoun declared the evidence on
which the refugee has been recommended
for extradition Is flimsy and that sending
him back to Russia at this time would Im
peril a principle of American liberty. The
hearing of the case hss borne fruit, he
said, since It showed the necessity of hear
ing extradition cases before a regular fed
eral tribunal and not before a United States
commissioner, who Is not necessarily a
member of the bar.
FRANCE THE WORLD'S BANKER
Perraplta Wealth of the Country
Placed nt Over One Thou
sand Dollars.
PARIS. Dec. 28. Although general trade
conditions in France suffered in 19u8,
largely because of the reduction In Amer
ican demand, figures submitted by M. Le
roy Beaulleu and other statisticians dem
onstrate the Imposing strength of France's
financial position and its right to the title
of the world's bsnker. French's fortune Is
growing steadily as the xesult of an annual
saving, much of which must seek invest
ment abroad.
M. Lrroy-Beeulleu's figures show that
Ftsnce now receives $340,000,000 as an an
nual income from foreign holding, lis es-
Sunday
tlmates the present wealth of the French
people at $45,000,000,000, or more than 11,100
for every man, woman and child, and as
the estimate Is based upon declared succes
sion taxes, It Is admittedly much below the
real figures.
TRADE DEPRESSION GENERAL
All Greet Commercial Countries Shotv
Decrease for Past
Year.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 28. That the falling
off of approximately $300,000,000 In Imports
and perhaps $150,000,000 In exports In the
United States In 1908, Is merely part of a,
general condition that has prevailed the
world over. Is shown by the monthly state
ment of the Bureau of Statistics. Of the
twenty-five principal countries of the
world whose foreign commerce the bureau
records month by month, all but four show
a falling off in exports and Imports.
The principal decrease on the Import side
occurred In trade with Europe, and on
the export side in the trade with North
America. These nwrked reductions In the
United States are not entirely the result of
a falling off in the quantity of merchan
dise moved Into or out of the country, says
the statement.
Imports from Europe In the ten months
for which detailed figures are available,
showed a decrease from $625,000,000 In ten
months of 1907 to $43,000,000 In a similar
period of 1908; those from North America
and Asia each show a decrease of $45,000,000
from the totals of the corresponding period
of last year, and those from South America
a decrease of $25,000,000. Exports to Eu
rope show a decrease of but S per cent,
while those to North America show a de
crease of 21 per cent.
FOOT AND MOUTH PLAGUE GONE
Quarantine Regulations in Kerr
York State Are Grently
Modified.
BUFFALO, Dec. 28. No case of foot and
mouth disease has been found In New York
state In the last nineteen days, and both
state and national authorities are so con
fident that they have the outbreak smoth
ered that orders have been Issued modify-
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Ing the quarantine regulations. This stn
was decided upon at a conference at Wash
ington between State Commissioner Mo
Phcrson and Secretary Wilson. Th
changes go Into effect tomorrow.
They permit the Interstate shipment of
hay, straw and hides from any part of New
York state, except the counties of Erie,
Niagara, Orleans, Genesee and Monroe,
where the state quarantine regulations are
still In force., Large quantities of the
products whioh have been held up for
weeks msy now be marketed.
Shipments of feeders, both cattle and
sheep, will be permitted from the unquar
antined states to any point In New York
state, provided they are consigned directly
to their final destination.
EARTHQUAKE SHAKES MONTANA
Kleetrle Light Plant Put Out of Com
mission at Virginia
City.
BUTTE, Mont., Dec. 28. A Miner dis
patch from Virginia City, Mont., tonight
states that at 4:30 this afternoon that sec
tion was shaken by the severest of a aeries
of selsmlo disturbances that have been
going on for more than a week. The elec
tric power and light plant was put out of
commission.
This plant Is located ten miles distant
from Virginia City, and as telegraphto com
munication with It has been interrupted
It Is Impossible at this time to ascertain
the extent of the damago done.
Virginia City Is In darkness tonight and
much alarm exists. During the last week
Virginia City has experienced more thsn
thirty earthquakes. In which the earth
movement was very pronounced. Last
Monday two shocks within ten minutes of
each other drove the people Into the streets
panic stricken, caused cracks In several
buildings and dislodged considerable plas
ter. This afternoon's tremor further cracked
buildings, threw down plaster and scat
tered dishes from the shelves and tables.
The Yellow Peril.
Jaundice mHlurla biliousness, vanishes
when Dr. King's New Life Plllls are taken.
Guaranteed. 23c. For sale by Beaton Drug
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