Plymouth Tribune, Volume 7, Number 27, Plymouth, Marshall County, 9 April 1908 — Page 2

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lst. gth. v,yl6tb. Vi 23rd. FEATURES OF INTEREST ABOUT THAT WHICH HAS BEEN AND IS TO BE. All Side and Conditions of Thing are Shown Nothing Orerlooked to tka it Complete. Bloodshed in Lisbon. Five persons were shot to death and fifty others wounded by soldiers after the voting In the elections in Lisbon, Portugal, had ended. The rioting was widespread and the ccnfusion so jpreat during the violent convict between the populace and the municipal guard that the guardsmen mistaking infantrymen, who had been called out, for members of the mob fired a volley Into their ranks, seriously wounding three of the soldiers. Bands of. men ran wildly through the streets brandishing weapons, while the sharp crack of rifles was heard in various' sections of the city. Thousands of the most peaceable citizens fled to their homes just as they did on the night after the assassination of King Carlos and the crown prince. ' Aged Man Kills Young Girl. SamuelsL. Gardner, 59 years old, a civil e: gineer and prominent citizen of McKees Rocks, a suburb of Pittsburg, Pa., shot and instantly killed Dorothy Bradney, 16 years of age, in the presence of her mother and then turning to his own home next door, shot himself through the mouth, inflicting a wound fron. which he died. Gardner has a wife and several grown-up children. The prominence of both families and the youth of Miss Bradney served to make the shooting tensationsl. It is alleged Gardner has been Infatuated with the young gir! for a long time. It is said he became extremely enraged when Miss Bradney went to church accompanied by a young gentleman companion. Two Bombs Exploded in New York. Efforts to destroy the pier and equipment used by the McCHntie-Marshall Construction Company, In constructing a new pier for the White Star line at West Seventeenth street. New York City, were recently made. Two bombs exploded with little effect, although the force of the explosion roused thous ands from deep and drew a large crowd to the place. The bombs were placed at the west side of the pier. A hoisting boiler was ejploded and a big locomotive crane, which was in use on a temporary track on the $Wt, were demolished. There was no one near the place when the explosion occurred and no one was injured. Many Die in Collapse of House. Two old tenement houses in Ca&tle street, Oxford, England, collapsed as the result of the foundations of the structures being weakened by the excavations for a new building adjoining. Eight dead bodies have been taken from the ruins and it is believed that several others are still buried in the debris. Twenty persons have been taken out alive, but none of thm are seriously Injured. The tenants are mostly Germain waiters. ! " Senator Tillman Better. Information from Edgefield, S. C, aays that Senator Tillman is slowly Improving. He expects to enter a priTate sanitarium In Atlanta, his week and after about a month there probably will go to Europe, accompanied by Mrs. Tillman. Judge Who Tried Powers is Dead. Judge James E. Cantrell, of Georgetown, Ky., died Sunday after a lengthy illi'tjss. Judge Cantrell was the presiding judge in the first two trials of Caleb Powers, who was charged with complicity In the assassination of William Goebel. Express Trains Collide. John LJppincott, a motorman, was seriously hurt and traffic blocked for nearly an hour as a result of a rear end collision between two empty express trains on the elevated extension of the subway in New York City. Killed by Her Father. Agnes Dickerson, the 2-year-old daughter of George Dickerson, a merchant of Seeleyville, Ind., is dead from the effects of a wound inflicted by the accidental discharge of a revolver in the hands of her father. i? Poisoned at Barbecue. " J. H. Edeson, member of the Mont omeryy Ala., revenue board and i prominent planter, is dead as a result of poison of some kind in food at z barbecue of politicians. ! Drowned Self in Cistern. The body of Matthew Pyke, i wealthy young bachelor living neai Glenwood, Ind., was found in the eis tern at his home. No cause is assigned lor .the suicideDistillery Fire in Peoria. Fire in Corning & Co.'s distillery near Teorh, III., did $0X10.000 damage to the seven-story brick building occupied by the distillery, threatened a grain elevator holding $150, 00 worth of grain, perilled the lives of 5) cattle ami drove .000 people from th ?ir homes iu fear. Arrest Bogus Sisters of Holy Cross. Two women impersonating Sifters of the Holy Cross. Marie Everett of Sr. Louis and Jen lie Paul of Omaha, were arrested in Lin.-oln, Neb. Titey were so lieiting subscriptions to found an orphanage. Run Closes Toledo Bank. The doors of the Broadway Savingbank in Toledo. Ohio, were closed Frid.iy because of a run. The bank is a creditor of A. L. Irish, who filed a petition in bankruptcy for nearly $5H.Ooo. Deposits of the closed bank amount to $20,000, and the assets of the institution wi!J pay dollar for dollar, it is said. Two Hotels Burned. A fire which started in the basement f the Taylor hotel, at Conueaut Lake, Fa., destroyed the Chilcott hotel, the Taylor house and several large barns. The loss is estimated at $35,000.

IHH EE DEAD AT NEW YORK FIRE

Women and Children Crowd Escapes at Tenement Blaze. Three persons were killed, fifteen were injured, some of them seriously, and the lives of nearly a hundred persons were endangered by a fire in a five-story tenement Louse at 44 Hester street. New York. The dead are: Berel Weinstein, his wife Anna ami their 1-year-old son. TLey were suffocated and burned in their apartments ou the fifth hor. That more lives were not lost was largely due to the prompt action of three policemen, who, seeing flames in the hall, rushed through the building and aroused the members of sixteen sleeping families. By that time the stairways were a mass of flames and the only means of exit was by the fire escapes. In their .mad attempt to escape from the smoke and flames scores of scantily clad men, women and children ore wiled the narrow iron platforms and ladders until they became wedged in solid masses on the fire escapes, unable to extricate themselves and blockin?: the way of those who had not yet succeeded in getting out of the building. Weinstein and his wife and baby were found lying dead in their rooms on the top floor of the burning building after the flames had leen extinguished. The property bss was $2,0.K). MAN AND WIFE BADLY BURNED. Danger Signal Starts Fire in Hole and Clothes Are Singed Off. Mr. and Mrs. R. M. Lowney were injured by a fall and seriously burned by an explosion resulting from the fall in Dearer Falls, Pa. They were walking along the street near their home, and, not noticing a deep excavation at the fide of the walk, fell into it. A signal lantern was carried down with them. The hole was filled with escaping gas. which ignited from the lantern. Unable to climb out. Mr. and Mrs. Lowney were held prisoners while the flames from the gas burned away their clothing and roastj ed their flesh until their cries attracted assistance. Mrs. Lowney's injuries are thought to be fatal. Lowney is a trustee of Geneva college and superintendent of the Keystone Driller Company of Beaver Falls. They were returning from a banquet held in Pittsburg. KILLED BY BIG PRAIRIE FIRE. Thousands of Acres Burned Over and Much Live Stock Destroyed. James Kane, a ranchman, and hundreds of bead of cattle have been killed by a prairie fire that has been raging in the sand hills near Paxtpn, Neb., for two days. Thousands of ticres have ben burned over. Other ranchmen were killed, it is feared. The fire, which start ed Tuesday, spread greatly Wednesday, when a fifty-mile wind was blowing. In some places embers were blown ten miles ahead of the fit1?. The sky was so black with smoke ranchmen were unable to locate the fire until it was upon them. Kane was plowing a safety furrow when the fire reached him. All his live stock was burned and his buildings destroyed. WOMAN SHOT BY JEALOUS WIFE. Fatal Tragedy at Monrovia, Cal., Over Horseman's Affections. Mrs. Helen Griffin, 2S years of age, who has been a resident of Monrovia, Cal since the beginning of the racing season at Santa Anita, was shot and killed by Mrs. U. Z. DeArman, wife of U. Z. DeArman, who has been racing horses at Santa Anita during the past season. Mrs. DeArman fired five shots, one of which took effect under her victim's left ear, killing her almost instantly. The motive for the shooting is admitted by DeArman to have been jealousy of him by his wife. The shooting occurred in the Monrovia postoffice. Mrs. DeArman waited for her victim for nearly an hour. Two Are Held for Murder. Gus Johnson, a wealthy farmer who lived five miles south of Kenmare, N. D.. has been murdered, and It. S. Noah and "Patsy" Coyle are iu jail charged with the crime. Recently Johnson employed Noah to work for him, and in a few days the latter reported that Johnson had gone to Sweden and had left him and Coyle to run his farm. Neighbors became suspicious and found the dead body of Johnson in a cellar. Hill Is Named for Post.. The President has sent to the Senate the nomination of David Jayne Hill to be ambassador extraordinary and minister plenipotentiary to Germany. He also named Arthur M. Beaupre of Illinois to be minister to the Netherlands and Luxemburg and Spencer F. Eddy of Illinois to be minister to the Argentine Republic. Two Trainmen Die in Crash. Randolph Jamison, engineer, and Gus Jamison, fireman, were killed and Arthur Smith, fireman, was injured when a switch engine and passenger train on the International ani Great Northern railroad met in collision in the yards of the company in Narasota, Texas. No passengers were hurt. Battleship's Crew Has Mumps. The new United States battleship Idaho was placed in commission by he government at League Island, Puiladelphia, though nearly half of the crew of 732 men assigned for duty on the vessel were absent because of an epidemic of mumps at the navy yard. , College Wins Rockefeller Gift. Announcement has been made by the trustees of the University of Wooster, Ohio, that the effort to obtain $500.0X had been successful. One year ago" John D. Rockefeller offered the institution $123,000 on condition that an additional $370,000 be raised by the trustees. S. E. Gross Bankrupt. Samuel Eberly Gross, Chicago real estate promoter and playwright, filed a voluntary petition in bankruptcy in the United States Court at Detroit, scheduling liabilities of $585,702.1?' and assets of $101,895. Thirty-Six Men Lost. Thirty-six men, including Lieut. Middleton, commander of the torpedo-boat destroyed Tiger, lost their lives in the collision off the Isle of Wight between that vessel and the British cruiser Berwick. Watson Put Up Again. Thomas E. Watson of Georgia was nominated for President of the United States and Samuel Williams of Indiana for Vi President by the People's party convention in St. Louis. Gotch Is World's Champion. George Ilaekensehmidt gave up the world's wr'stling tille to Frank Gotch without a fall bing registerel at the I xtf'r Park pavilion in Chicago Friday nlgLt. Convicted Man Shoots Officer. Pulling a revolver just as the foreman of th jury announced that he had been found guilty of arson, Henry I McDonald in Torre Ilaute, Ind., shot and killed William E. Dwyer. chief of detectives, wound. -d other officials anl a bystander, and was himself shot and seriously wounded. General Strike in Rome. A general strike has Ix'e.i proclaimed in Rome, troops marched through the street another rioter died of his wounds and the Mayor showed his sympathy by placn the flag on the capitol at half-mast.

GIVES LEO FOR LIFE.

Missouri Stockman Bravely Bears Agony While L'uib Is Hacked Off. "Get an ax and chop my lg off. This stani is cooking if.e." That was the cry uttered by J. A. McKittrick, a stockman of Brookfield. Mo., as he lay pinioned by his leg beneath a mas of car wreckage in a railroad accident on the Burlington road nar St. Louis. Steam was pouring upon McKittrick from a wrecked passenger locomotive and the man realized that the only chance for his life was for his leg to be severed immediately. At the time when he called for the ax, the leg was being slowly cut from his body with his own penknife in th hands of Rev. R. C. Allen of Grove City. Pa., acting at McKittrick "s request. The knif however, was dull, and try as he might. Mr. Allen made but slow progress. The pain to McKittrick mut have been terrible, but he remained conscious and cool throughout. Allen's frightful task was finally completed in tim.? to keep McKittrick from suffering death from the steam. . ROBBERS MURDER TREASURER. Three Holdup Men Raid Office of a Building and Loan Concern. Dominick Gapinski. treasurer of the Polish Building and Loan Association in Milwaukee, was shot and instantly killed while defending the cash of the organization from three holdup men. Shortly before 11 o'clock three men entered the office, and, while two Kintcl revolvers at Gapinski's heal, the third reached for the money which was on the desk. Gapinski seizeil his hand and yelled for help, at the same time reaching under his desk for a revolver. Both of the other holdup men fired, and a bullet pierced Gapinski's head. The robbers, escaped, throwing away the checks one of them had seized. The police arc inclined to believe that the murder was committed by one of the Poles who was ruined through the defalcation several months ago of Frank Heller, the former treasurer of the association, whose shortage was $73,000. GIRL WINS $6,000; BREAKS BANK Miss Lillian Bennett Plays Faro at Rawhide, Nev., with Success. Miss Lillian Bennett, said to be the daughter cf a prominent New York family, broke a faro bauk at Rawhide, Nev., winning $6,000 in one sitting in Carl Young's resort. When the bank roll was gone Young sent out for more money, but the banks of the camp were closed and the big game was brought to an end. This K the second time the young woman has made a spectacular play in the new camp and in the same resort. At a former sitting she lost $8,000, and took her bad luck with little concern. Th? young woman gainel considerable noto. cty in the Klondike a few years ago. Si e left her home for the far North, and it was while there that she learnel to nlay faro, winning a considerable fortune, a portion of which she has brought with her to Rawhide. BOMB THROWER WORKED ALONE Government Unable to Discover that Silverstein Had Accomplices. Investigations conductel from Washington to discover the confederates or accomplices of Selig Cohen, alias Silverstein, who threw the bomb in Union Square, New York, March 28, have been completed. So far as the government has been able to discover Silverstein had no assistants, and no one was implicated with him in the plot which he executed. Agents of the government immediately following the crime were instructed to follow every possible clew, and investigations were extended throughout New York City, to Paterson. N. J., and even taken up in Chicago, Denver and other cities. BOYS TEST DYNAMITE; ONE DEAD t Set Off Half Carload of Giant Powder "Vith Fatal Result. Roys playing near a half-carload of giant powder and dynamite caps near the Missouri Kansas and Texas stockyards in Shawnee Okla., became involved in a dispute as to whether the powder yas good or bad. They determined to test it and applied a match. An explosion followed that was heard for miles. The car was blown into fragments and people passing were blown from their feet and across the road. Six people were seriously injured, one, Robert Gray, a negro child, having since died. "Billy" Sunday Near Death. Evangelist William Sunday narrowly escaped death while his special train was going to Charleston, 111., from Paris on the Big Four. An eccentric strap dropped from the engine near Ash more and a section of the metal struck a wheel on the coach occupied by Mr. Sunday and party, and was hurled through the floor of the car as from a catapult. No one was injured. ' Decapitated by Locomotive. Placing his neck on a rail of the Wheeling and Lake Erie tracks at East Fortyninth street, Cleveland, in front of a locomotive, Frederick Schnieder, 50 years of age, committed suicide. The man's head was cut off and carriel upright on the pilot for several blocks. He was despondent because he could not obtain employment. Hotel Guests in Fire Panic. Over 100 guests at the Lafayette hotel in Meadville, Pa., were corapelbd to moke a hurrie! exit in their night clothes when fire destroyed the hotel square, causing a loss estimated at $100.000. For n time the fire threatened to spreal, and ihe fire departments of Erie and Franklin, Pa., were held in readiness to assist the local department. Chicago Man Lost in Swamp. Jarvis C. Mott, a civil engineer of Chicago, was lost Tuesday night in the blizzard in the swamps in the vicinity of Warread and Roseau, in the northern part of Minnesota, and two parties of settlers are searching for him. It was reported that he had reached Warread, but the report is not confirmed. Twin Babies Are Killed. Twin babies, a boy and a girl, children of Mr. and Mrs. C. II. Ackerknecht, 421 West Central avenue, St. Paul, died Wednesday, victims of soothing syrup poisoning. The babies, who were 3 months old, were restless and each was given a dose of soothing syrup and sent to sleep. The coroner is investigating. Premier Quits Post. Sir Henry Campbell-Rannerman's resignation as prime minister was offich!ly announced in London. It came somo days sooner than it was er.epced, though it was known that his health was j erarious. It is concede that he will be suo ed'il by Herbert II. Asiiiith. House of Mystery Blown Up. A vacant house at 10 Benton place, St. Louis, that thirty years ago was a colonial mansion but iu the late years has leen known as "Th House of Mystery," was wrcckcl by fire following four explosions. The cause of the explosions is a mystery. Bomb Explodes in Brooklyn. ' Following letters demanding money, a bomb was thrown at fhe house of Joseph Scullitto in Beaver street. Brooklyn. The explosion broke all the winlows in the house and blew down the front door. Occupants escaped.

WATSON WINS PRIZE;

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Rushville Congressman Chosen by Indiana Republicans for Governor. WANT REVISION OF TARIFF. Platform Also Declares for Local Option and Commends President Roosevelt. Governor James E. Watsm Lieutenant Governor. . Fremont C. flood vine Secretary of ftate Frel A. Sims Auditor of State John f. Iullhrlmer Treasurer of State Osrar HadK-y Attorney General James Ringham Heporter of Supreme fo-.irt . .tieorce V. Self Superintendent of l'ublie Instruction.. Lawrence MeTurnan Stcte Statistician J L. l'etz Judge Supreme Court, Fifth IMstricr... .". . . .Qnincy A. Myers Judge Appellate Court, First lMstrlet.. David My-s Delegat en-al-Larafe. Senator Peveriuge. Governor Uanly, Senator llemenway, J. 1. Gtjodrich. Indianapolis correspondence: Indiana Republicans met In state convention Wednesday to adopt a platform, to present to the country Charles Warren Fairbanks as their choice for the presidency, to instruct the thirty Inclia'na delegates to the national contention to vote and work for his nomination, and to name a state ticket. Prior to the opening; session the delegates mot by districts to name members of tLe convention committees. The lattermet immediately tocomplete their reports, which, according; to the agreement of the party leaders, selected Representative Overstreet of Indianapolis for temporary chairman. Speer! by neverldne. Senators Beveridjje and Hcmenway and Representative Overstreet deliverer addresses. Mr. Beveridge in his speech declared the tariff should be revised iniediately after the presidential election. He spoke in part as follows: "It has been the undying struggle for human betterment that has written every reform of the last eight historic years and placed Leside the name of Washington, Jackson and Lincoln as a leader ot the people toward liberty and light the name of Theodore Roosevelt. "We must go to the people, not merely boasting of what we did for the peo pte yesterday, but telling them what we are doing for the jwople to-day and what we will do for the people to-morrow. Every law we have written was bitterly fought and cunningly resisted; yet so wise arei those laws that all parties now indorse them, ami even mcji in our own Iarty who secretly" opposed them arc now publicly their loudest champions. "The tariff must be revised immediately after the presidential election. To revise it now would lock up business for months of disaster and doubt. He who would refuse to revise the tariff immediately after the presidential election is too ancL'nt to be trusted; he who would revise the tariff on the eve of the presidential election is too hypocritical to be tolerated. But the earliest possible revision of the tariff is the will of the people because it is the demand cf conditions and to the people's will and changing conditions Bourbon obstruction must yield. With its organization completed at its first scission Wednesday afternoon the iBiliana Republican State Convention adopted its platform, elected four delcgates-at-large to the National Convention and two National electors-at-large, instructed the thirty Indiana delegates to the National Convention to vote and work persistently for the nomination of Vice President Charles Warren Fairbanks for the Presidency of the United States and took up the task of nominating a State ticket. 0 Glut, of the Platform.' The platform adopted, in addition to instructing for Vice President Fairbanks, indorses President Roosevelt's administration, opposes corporation contributions to campaign funds, favors economy in public expenditures and especially mentioning the army and navy, favors a modification of the financial system without mentiontioning any particular measure, urges a progressive program of labor legislation, pledges a complete regulation of capitalistic combination in the interest of trade, commerce and the gene;tl welfare of the Ieople and urges a revision of the tariff by a special session of Congress to be called early in November, with the recommendation that Congress take immediae steps to secure the proper data by experts.. Extension of foreign mail service on the seas ii favored, as is the extension of foreign trade, especially with South America. A bureau of miues and mining is urgeil and waterways improvement is recommemled. The abolishment of child labor is demanded. Among the important State issues is a plank favoring a local option law with the county as a unit, the law to be in addition to and supplemental of the present laws regulating the liquor traffic. The platform indorses Gov. Ilanly. Chairman Harry S. New of the Republican national committee. United States Senators Beverirfge and llemenway and Chairman Goodrich of the State committee. For two days the hotel accommodations of the city had lecn strained. To the 1,470 delegates were added as many alternates and a throng of federal, state, county and municipal officeholders, friends antl supiorters of contesting candidates and the; rank and file of the party The names of James E. Watson, of Rushville; Charles W. Miller, of Goshen; William L. Taylor, of Indianapolis, and Hugh T. Miller, of Columbus, were presented to the convention for the nomination for Governor. Senators Beveridge and llemenway. Governor Uanly and Chaimvui Goodrich of the State committee were elected National delegAtes-at-large. AVI nil Storm Doe Damage. Central and northern Indiana was visited by a severe wind and rain storm. In the vicinity of Muncie the storm was the worst in twenty years. Many public buildings were blown down. At South Bend the Electric Power Company's plant was put out of commission. At Frankfort $.".1 MM") damage was done; at Petersburg rtfs were blown off and stock killed bv falling barns. Farmer llaiiK Himself In Itarn. Samuel Allspaugh, -12 yi-ars old, committed suicide by hanging himself in Iiis barn near Sidney. He is thought to have been temporarily insane. He moved to Warsaw county two weeks ago from North Manchester. Senator Hemeiiwny Denle Charge. United States Senator James A. llemenway of Boonville denied the charge oC Collier's Weekly that his daughter. Miss Lena M. llemenway, was serving as clerk of the committee oi the universities of the United States, of which her father ia chairman. i

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The passage of a large number of bills of minor importance and an extended discussion of a measure to authorize the damming of the Snake River, Washington, occupied the entire time of the Senate Monday. The session was brought to a sudden close by lack of a quorum. Charges of a serious nature against Gifford Pinchot. chief of the forestry bureau, were made in the House by Messrs. Smith of California and Mondell of Wyoming, during the consideration of the agricultural appropriation bill. Mr. Smith accused him of entering into a secret understanding with the City of Los Angeles with the view to scouring the city valuable water rights in the Owens River Valley as against the interests of private parties having prior claims. Mr. Mondell denounced him for, as he 'charged, illegally paying the expenses of forest officials in attending conventions in the West. The bill was under discussion all day. Nearly the entire session of the Senate Tuesday was consumed in consideration of a bill to permjt the building of a dam on the Snake river, Washington, and an adjournment was only reached after Mr. Heyburn of Idaho announced that he would not permit a vote to be taken. During- the discussion of the bill Senator Teller made a speech against executive encroachment. Several bills of minor importance were passed. After having undergone many changes, the paragraph of the agricultural appropriation bill relating to the bureau of forestry, was finally pased by the House. Messrs. Mondell of Wyonaing and Smith of California continued their attacks on the bureau, supported by Messrs. P.onynge of Colorado and Cushman of Washington These embraced charges that the bureau had created timber monopolies in favor of large corporations, illegally assumed jurisdiction over warer rights belonging tc the Western States, and juggled with figures in order to obtain large appropriations from Congress. The appropriation for the investigation of soils was increased: The passage of a bill authorizing th construction of a dam across the Snake River in the State of Washington, and the consideration of a measure for adjudicating the claims of States against th? government account of the disposition ol the proceeds of public lands, occupied nearly the entire session of the Senate Wednesday. Debate of the agricultural appropriation bill in the House was devoid of the charges and imputation? which marked its consideration on Monday and Tuesday. Mqre progress wa male with the measure than on any previous day. The discussion dwelt on a proposition for an increased appropriation for the farmers bulletins, 'which, however, was refused, and the subject ol inuiries into road building, etc., by the department, the trend of opinion beins that such work should be encouraged The session was opened with a bitter attack on Attorney General Bonaparte bj Mr. Clark of Florida, who denounced hiti as being no lawyer, and unfit t hold hi office. The occasion for the utterance was the reportin, out of committee of t resolution by Mr. Clark calling for statement of the expense connected witb peonage investigations and prosecutions That the resolution was simply a furthei and unnecessary attack on the Attorney General by Mr. Clark was the declaration of Mr. Caulfield of Misouri, whj lec the opposition. The resolution was tabled. The session of the Senate Thursda was largely consumed by discussion of a bill to reorganize the public school system in the District of Columbia by placing it under the control of a director appointed by the national commissioner oi education. The bill relating to the settlement of claims of States on account ol the disposition of public lands was agair taken up and the Bacon amendment fot settling the accounts of owners of cottot seized by the government during the (yi vi: War, amounting to $.",f)00.(X. was considered, but without results, either on thf bill or the amendment. The Senate ad journed until Monday. Carrying a tota of $ll.ri08,KOG, the agricultural appropriation bill was passed by the House. During the debate a brief flurry was createc by Mr. Harrison of New York, a -Democrat, characterizing as socialistic the bib of Minority Leader Williams providing for the utilization cf the treasury surplu? in the construction and improvement of roads in the several States. With the ng ricuHural bill out of the way, the Democrats, under the leadership of Mr. Williams, conducted a successful filibustei against the transaction of any further business. At 10:10 p. m. a motion tc adjourn until Friday was forced througb by the majority. The Senate was not in session Satur day. By adopting a sweeping cloture rule in the House the Republicans lefi to the Democrats only very limited powers. No longer can a filibuster be conductel against sending to conference bills with Senate amendments; no longer can a motion to close debate be amended ci discussed, and no longer can a motion tc adjourn take precedence over a motion tc take a recess. After the adoption ol this rule the House resumed its wonted asieet and business proceeded in an orderly manner. One of the few privileg left to the Democrats was to force a roll call on adjournment, and this they did, but to no avail, as the motion carried overwhelmingly. NATIONAL CAPITAL NOTES. The government of the little African republic of Liberia has appealel to America to protect her territorial integrity against France. The House committee on navy affairs decided to report favorably the bills introduced by Mr. Butler of Pennsylvania and establishing the rank of machinists in the navy as warrant officers, and increasing the pay of mates to $100 at sea, $1,180 on shore and ?9J0 on leave or waiting orders. The House committee on public lands agreel to report favorably the bill introduced by Mr. Mondell of Wyoming to increase from KM) to C20 acres the amount of non-timbered, non-irrigable lands takable under the homestead act. Secretary Taft announced that Brig. Gea. Charles B. Hall, in charge of the general staff college at Leavenworth. Kan., will be promoted to the grade of major general on the retirement of Major (Jen. A. W. Greely, and that Col. John B. Kerr, commanding the Twelfth cavalry at Fort Oglethorpe, (la., will be appointed a brigadier general, vice Gen. Davis, promoted. The House committee on interstate and foreign commerce agreed to report favorably the Senate resolution to restrict to vessels of United States register the transportation from the United States to the Panama canal zone of material for the canal. Representative Cook of Colorado, himself a Republican, in a sjeeh in the House denounced the action of the Republican conferees ou the Dingly tariff bill in placing manganese iron ore on the free list. He declared that this act had practically destroyel the manganese industry in this country and said that much hardship had been inflicted upon the miners of many States.

WATSON PUT UP AGAIN.

I Populists Name Georgian for Pres ident, Williams for Second Place. ERYAN MEN START A EOLT. Nebraska Delegation Fights Desperately for the Democratic Leader, but in Vain. St. Louis correspondence: The national convention of the Populist party was called to order here shortly before 11 o'clock Thursday, about SOG delegates being present. After an invocation by the Rev. Thomas Wadswortb of Indiana the formal proceedings were begun by James II. Ferris of Joliet, III., the chairman of the national committee. Gen. Ferris made an address of some length, which he prefaced with this declaration People's party is the only party w. vmbership thoroughly unit ed and entirely harmonious upon the great issues under discussion. It is the only party in which the most violent opponents of its platform and its great leaders are not inside the party itself." The speaker then dwelt upon the history cf the People's party, declaring that the measures it had long ago advocated have been now adopted by the leading parties of th couutry. The late financial panic was extensively discussed, Mr. Ferris' declarin.? that it was caused by "general distrust of well-known rascals." Following the address 'cfMlr. Ferris. Jacob S. Coxey of Ohio was named a temporary chairman, and the convention then adjourned until 2 o'clock. At the afternoon session, as soon as Chairman Coxey had called the convention to order, he directed the secretary to reac a list of names of the members of the credentials committee. Before this could be done, A. M. Walling of Nebraska domanled to know where the secretary obtained the list. He was informed that each State had furnished the name of its committeeman. Walling then asked Chairman Coxey if the names presents were those, of delegates sent by properly hejd State conventions. "When he had finished speaking the convention was in an uproar, half a dozen delegates clamoring for recognition, and as many more raising their voices and "points of order." Chairman Coxey was about to rule on a "point" when Walling broke in. "There can be no point of order," ht shouted, "because I have made no motion. I have asked if allv those members of that committee on credentials are properly accredited, and I want to know if you are going to answer my question." "I am of the opinion that the questior is one for the credentials committei alone," said the chairman. "There are men here as delegates," Walling declared, "who are self-appointed. They were never sent by any State convention, and we have a right to know why they should be given votes in a Populist convention. I want to know if they are accredited and if so who accredited them." Chairman Coxey held to his former ruling and the committee withdrew to prepare its report. In the committee rootr Walling renewed his fight, claiming that Pennsylvania, New Jersey, South Dakota and California were not entitled to representation in the national convention lxcause. no State conventions had been hel3 and no votes cast for Watson in 1901. He also said that men were acting as delegates who were not even members ol the Populist party, but who came fron various reform organizations. The Watson men completely dominated the committee, however, and voted Nebraska down steadilj. The committee reported that the list of delegates was correct, and the report was adopted. Nebraska did not vote. Wntnon I Named. On Friday Thomas E. Watson ol Georgia was nominated for President ol the United States and Samuel Williams of Indiana for Vice President by th people's party convention, after two Stormy sessions, throughout which the iNebraska and Minnesota delegations, working in the interest of William J. Bryan, strove desperately to bring about an adjournment of the convention until "after nominatiens had been made by th Democratic and Republican parties. 1 Hopelessly outnumbered and without any chance of gaining their object, th Nebraska mc fought desperately to the last, and when Jay W. Forrest of Alban', N. Y.. mounted the platform to place Watson inl nomination they withdrew from the convention, attended by the Minnesota delegation, which consisted, however, of only one man, T J. Weighan. If Bryan is nominated at Denver the men who walked out will support him. and they declare that the Populists o! Nebraska will do so to a man. The platform adopted declares for the issuing of money by the government without the intervention of banks; for government ownership of railroads and al! public utilities which in their nature are monopolies ; for the abolition of sweatshops, child labor and the importation of pauier labor; for work on public improvements to give employment in times of depression, and for a law prohibiting courts from declaring unconstitutional any 'law passed by Congress and approved by the President. Thomas E. Watson, the presidential nominee, is well known throughout the country and his political life is familiar history. Samuel W. Williams, the candidate for Vice President, is a resident of Vincenues, Ind., where he has practiced law for many years. lie is C2 years of age and has always been more or less of an active participant in politics. He was at one time a Democratic member of the Indiana Legislature, but has been identified with the Populist party since its creaTT(5K. The new national committee re-elected J. II. Ferris of Joliet. HI., c hairman. The American ship, William P. Frye, Captain Murphy, arrived in New York from San Francisco, after having driften around Cape Horn without shipping a drop of water until within four days of New York. It was the lightest weather experienced by the skipper in sixty voyages around the Horn. H. Marion Crawford, son of F. Mario: Crawford, the novelist, has been expelled from Harvard for failure in his studies, and sailetl fr his home in Italy. For three years lie was tutored for entrance, only to fail at the examinations. He finally cnterel last fall. According to the report of the New York appraiser automobiles, valued at .$2Jl.r"l, were imported last month, nlout three times the number iu February, 11M7. The value of precious stones Imported showed a falling off from S4,000,000 to ?200.13Ji. Grand opera in English is one of the probabilities involved in the change of manag,ment of the New York Metropolitan opera house. Otto II. Kahn of the board of directors says the matter is under consideration anl that possibly English opera will come next season. Advertise in this paper.

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CHICAGO. R. G. Dun & Co.'s weekly review ol trade in the Chicago district says: "The recent improving tone in commer cial affairs is sustained, although the d vclopments this week were not entirelj harmonious. Judged by the volume ol payments through the banks runninj slightly over those at this time last yeat and a gratifying dec-line in the failures reported there is evidence of recovery, but conditions in iron and steel remain backward, and the suspension of coal mining and the discouraging "trend of currency legislation at Washington rather interfere with important undertakings. "Unsettled weather halted the expand ing demand in leading retail lines, and while sales were good of h'sewares anci food products, Rising temperature is needed to stimulate the demand for men'f and women's wear and millinery. "Forwarding of general Hierchandise from the wholesale district exhibits a seasonable volume, and mail orders for drj goods, clothing, footwear and furniture reach a satisfactory aggregate, western purchases of summer and fall staples beng stronger. Country storekeepers where warm weather prevailed have done a gooö business, and this will likely bring earlj onlers from those who stocked sparingly "Manufacturing conditions disclost some irregularity. While agriculture anc the starting up of the stone and bricl industries afford increasing employment the supply of workers Is excessive and the idleness of miners complicates matters Building operations make progress anc add to resumption of machinery in woodworking branches. Lumber and buildinj materials reflect improved absorption, prices have stealied for forest and quarr) products and tHere is more geneial de mand for hardware, wire ahd plumbing pupplies, but receipts of the principal raw materials fall under those at this time last year, and iron ore has not had the usual winter depletion. , "Failures reported in the Chicago dls trict number 1G, against 39 last week anc 13 a year ago. Those' with liabilities ovei $o.000 number 3, against 12 läst week anc 3 in 1907." NEW YORK Trade is quiet the country over, indus try. is still curtailed, a stoppage of work by coal miners swells the number of idle workmen, collections are slow, and, although money is easy, bankers complair that borrowing demand is light, this latter being a reflection of the lack of new business and the absence of new enter prises. The movement of crops to market has been checked by farmers turning theii attention to the work of the approaehinj season. Retail buying, which opened well last week, has not held the gain throughout the week, owing to the cold wav visitation and the widespread effect of the roal miners stoppage of work in the central West. Jobbing trade the countrj over is quiet, filiing-in orders being ol rather light volume. Business failures ir the United States for the week ending April 2 number 247, against 2SG last week, 137 in the like week of 1907, 151 in 1100, 170 in 190T, and 201 in 1904 Canadian failures for the first three months exceed the same period of 1907 b3 per rent, while liabilities have doubled Bradstreet's Commercial Report. Chicago Cattle, common to prime $4.0O to $7-"$."; hogs, prime heavy, J4.0C to $0.23; sheep, fair to choice, $3.0C to $0.r5; wheat. No. 2, 92c to 93c: corn. No. 2, C4c to 6.V; oats, standard 51c to 52c; rye, No. 2, 7."c to 77c; hay. timothy. $9.." to $1G.OO; prairie, $S.0C to $12.0U; butter, choice creamery, 25 to 29c; eggs, fresh, 14c to ltlc; potatoes per bushel, t3c to 71c. , i Indianapolis Cattle, shipping, $3.0( to $7.00; hogs, good to choice heavy $3.u0 to $i.3."; sheep, common to prime $3.00 to $5.50; wheat. No. 2, 95c tc 90c; corn, No. 2 white, G3c to C5c; oats No. 2 white, 53c to 54c. St. Louis Cattle, $4.50 to $7.25 ; hogs $4.00 to $0.30; sheep, $3.00 to $G.23 wheat. No. 2, 97c to OSc; corn, No. 2. 2c to C3c; oats. No. 2, 49c to 50c; rye No. 2, 77c to 79c. Cincinnati Cattle, $4.00 to $G.50. hogs. $4.00 to $0.35 ; sheep. $3.00 tt $5.25; wheat. No. 2, 99c to $1.00; corn No. 2 mixed, 04c to G5c; oats. No. 2 mixed, 52c to 53c ; rye. No. 2. 83c to S5c Detroit Cattle, $4.00 to $0.10; hogs $4.00 to $0.20; sheep, $2.50 to $G.00 wheat. No. 2, 93c to 95c; corn. No. I yellow, GGc to 07c; oats No. 3 white 55c to 57c; rye. No. 2, 81c to 82c. Milwaukee Wheat, No. 2 northern $1.03 to $1.05; corn. No. 3, G2c to G3c; oats, standard, 52c to 53c; rye, No. 1 77c to 71k; barley, No. 2, 89c to 90c: pork, mess, $13.15. New York Cattle," $4.00 to $G.70. hogs. $3.50 to $0.73 ; sheep, $3.00 t( $0.50; wheat, No. 2 red, 99c to $1.00: corn. No. 2, OSc to 70c; oats, natura white, 50c to 58c; butter, creamery, 25 to 29c; eggs, western, 13c to 10c. , Toledo Wheat, No. 2 mixed, 94c tt 95c; corn. No. 2 mixed, G5c to" GGc t oats. No. 2 mixed, 53c to 54c; rye. No 2, 79c to 80c; clover seed, prime, $13.45 Buffalo Cattle, choice shipping steers $4.00 to $7.00; hogs, fair to choice, $4.0C to $G.G5; sheep, common to good mixed $4.00 to $3.50; lambs, fair to choice $5.00 to $8.00. NEWS OF MINOR NOTE. The United States consul at Victorit South Africa, reiorts the gold productiot for the Transvaal in 1907 as $130,750,(00. In an address in New York Jacol Riis said there were 301,000 rooms it tenements to which no light or fresh ail penetrates. Delegates 'from a dozen States will at tend a committee meeting in Washington D. .C, where a federal registration bil will bo thrashel out. What is said to be the first translator of the "Iti-Vuttaka," or "Sayings o! liuddha." into English has been made by Justin H. Moore, a student in the ori eutal languages department at Columbis university. Herr Groeber, centrist leatler in the reichsiag, has npologlzl to the member of the press gallery for his action in referring to them as "swine," and they have resumed publication of their parlia irentary rcjorts. Attorney for the Due de Chaulnes. uec at New York for $1,315 by a tailor, contenIs that the summons was served on Baron de Conde by mistake. Navy archives in Washington show 8 letter from Admiral Evans in which be reports the armor belt of American battleships as too low, thus bearing out the criticisms of Henry Reuterdahl, writci on naval subjects. With the completion of a seventy-five pair cable between Omaha and Council Bluffs, the Omaha Indpendent Telephone Company was given connection the other day with half a million telephones in Iowa, South Dakota, Minnesota, Illinois and Missouri.

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LUCKLESS MOTORMAN QUITS. Traction Employe Decide lie's m "Jonah" After Four Accident. After having four accidents within less time than a year Charles Hood of Richland, a motorman for the Indianapolis and Cincinnati Traction Company, has decided that he is a "Jonah" and has resigned his position. He was running the car which killed Oliver Green a few months ago; the next night bis car struck a horse belonging to Joseph Ballard, killing it; he killed another horse and injured a farmer under a viaduct in Indianapolis a few evenings ago, and last fall he1 had charge of the car when the brakes failed to work and it was wrecked at a turn just as it entered town. Hood will resume his work on his father's farm. GREENSBURG'S NEW THEATER. Structure Creeted for the Knlffbta of l'ythtaa ! Opened. The new K. of P. opera house was opened in Greecsburg, the seat sale representing $?,OO0.VkGreenshurg has long becu without a theater, and Iast(year the local K. of P. lodge announced that if it could sell $0,000 worth of seats for the opening performance it wo'dd build a first-class playhouse. The soliciting committee met with success from the start, and soon bail the required amount guaranteed. Work was begun in September, 1907. The cost of the house complete was $22,000, and the -stage, scenery and interior finish is seconil to none in the State. The seating" capacity of the house is 1,000. V "OLD S WIMMLN-' HOLE"' IS SAVED Creek Made Kara on br Jinn Whltcomb Ililejr Kucape. The attempt to convert Brandywine creek into a ditch, thus destroying the identity of "the old swimrmV' hole," which James Whitcomb Riley has made famous in olc of his poems under that title, was defecated by a decision of the Supreme Court. The movement was started by citizens of Greenfield and va bitterly fought by others. Dr. Riley being asked to use his influence to prevent the destruction of his favorite boyhood haunts. The court holds that the stream cannot be converted into a ditch because the necessity for it has not been made apiarent by the petitioners. 1 PREACHER GRANTED A DIVORCE Decree Frees Mas Whone Wife Eloped with Street Car Cond actor. The Rev. J. A. Robinson, a young minister at Cloverland, has been granted a divorce from his wife. Pearl, who eloped last July with Harry Brown, conductor on an interurban line. She became acquainted with Brown while riding or his car. She took her baby with her and the husband is given an order for it: custody, but there is no trace of Brown and the woman. Mrs. Brcwn obtained a divorce several months ago. TREASURER AND $800 GONE. Miner Union at Terre Ilaate Find It IIa No Money In Bank. Representatives of the lodge of United Mine Workers at the Northwestern mine in Terre Haute have discovered that the $000 which was supposed to be in a local bank not only is not there, but thai the accoutt was $75 overdrawn. Sam Duncan, treasurer, has been ruissin, since March 25. He was not under bond to the organization. Get Ahead of Chlcaso Hunter. The Indianapolis Hunting Club,' in opposition to Chicago hunting clubs, will place on record lease deeds to a game preserve in the Kankakee county, embracing 4.000 acres. Leases covering more than 10,000 acres have now been executed bj Indiana and Chicago hunting associations, and it is hoped by these leases to preserve for hunting purposes a large part of the Kankakee region not now drained. Dead Husband by Her 5ld. When Mrs. A. C. Coulson of Lagro awoke at an early hour the other mornuj rtuc: A.VCJ4JVJ i nx: jiicira ivjl Iii Jt Ufr husband by her side, life evidently having been extinct for several hours. Death was due to apoplexy. Conlson retired in usual health. He was 05 years old and a resident of Wabash county for a quarter of a century. - Hart While Making Delivery. Robert Sharp, 13 years old. carrier for a local newspaper, while making a special trip in the suburbs of Jeffersonvil'e, to deliver an omitted paper, fell from the rear of a train as he was about to alight, suffering a severe scalp wound and concussion of ihe brain. His condition is critical. Lose In Lovej End Life. Despondent because of unrequited lore and business troubles. Rufus Willett committed suicide in Wabash by swallowing carbolic acid. AMONG OUR NEIGHBORS. Miss Osa Allen, Peru, while escorting a party of friends through the I ia gen-back-Wallace circus winter quarters,, was attacked ty a lion, and the flesh on her face and back was badly lacerated. The clothing was torn from her back, and her brother pulled her away as the lion had her against the bars. The women were badly, frightened and pandemonium reigned for a time. Edgar J. Miller. 23, of Newtown, a freshman at De pauw university, was electrocuted in the bathroom of Mrs. Henrietta Jordan's rooming house in Greencastle. His body was found directly beneath the electric light and was stretched across a register. It is believed the wire leading to the house came in contact with a high tension wire ef the traction company. Joseph r. Southard of Jasonville has been notified of a bequest to him of nearly $27,000 by his brother, Louis Southard, in Switzerland. He will leave without delay to claim josscssion. While cutting wood Joseph Barger, a well-to-do farmer of Kokomo, was pushed against a saw by a horse and instantly killed. The late Enoch W.. Proctor of Shelbyville bequeathed to the widow the home and $1j5io in cash, with $X,000 to be divided among grandchildren, the four children having each received $4,KX If Martha Longacre will erect a tombstone over the grave of her sister, Elizabeth Longacrc, Martha, according to Elizabcth's will, filed in South Bend, is to inherit several thousand dollars. Otherwise the executor will make distribution of the money. Signs of murder, after a birate f-t niggle, were found in a freight car that runs between Chicago and Pierceton. When the car arrival near Warsaw froTii Chicago W. P. Downs, a section for-nian from Pierceton, found the HKr anl iiisidos of the vehicle smear! with bloxl. The iloor was t-tamped vith muddy footprints and the siI were slashed in many pla-es, as though by a knife. Li a corner were "found a man's coat and a pair of gloves sjxjttcd with pore. The Pennsylvania officials are investigating the mystery. Wesley Armstrong, near Bedford, lost $2,C00 by the burning of his home and contents, with no insurance.