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SEE KELTS OFF HlGE CROWDS BID COLONEL AND FAMILY FAREWELL AT ALEXANDRIA. MOB MAKES DEMONSTRATION Angered at American'! Speech at Unl versity of Egypt Hostile Mob Sur. rounds Hotel at Cairo Crying Down with Liars." A'oxandrla. Egypt, Mar. 31. Theo dore Roosevelt bade farewell to Afrl ra and. accompanied by Mrs. Roose e.t Miss Etliet aud Kermit. left for Mplps on tbe steamer Prinz Heinrich. Bt Sunday the party will be In Rome. They were given a hearty welcome c.ryi farewell, but had little time to spare while here. Receive! Note of Thanks. 'r Roosevelt received here a note cf thanks from American mission-ar-' tn appreciation of his courtesy t i ':i"tn and his condemnation of the Na' nnllsts in his Cairo address. M jro crowds awaited the Rooee- il a , train and followed the party g the quays to the Prinz Hein- r which WRs gay with flags, the -- and Stripes predominating. ; r colonel's departure from Egypt ike his arrival. He goes out ab- !v the one" dominating feature, greatest personality of Egypt to i was given a rousing send-off w:r he hade farewell to Cairo and : R'jternment officials breathed a ,-f r sigh of relief at his departing. Nationalists Are Hostile, sentment of Col. Roosevelt's ex l ration of England and demands ' the assassination of Minister I Tots Pasha be avenged In his s; ( a at the University of Egypt was fi;'f-ssed by a mob scene In the prin . ; i! streets of Cairo, when 2,000 - a Nationalists took possession of 'boroughfare overlooked by the u rl'ws of the Roosevelts apart ttt's in Shepbeard's hotel. For half a' iur deafening cries, uttered with f j - a'tal intensity, filled the air. ; wn with liars!" shouted the v ES'- 1- T ' LoDg live liberty! Long live We demand a constitution! H live Independence" Authorities Fear Violence, a authorities feared to attempt rssion In any way, as the spirit It arl strength of the mob were such tba opposition would have preclpl ta'd violence. i'fll Roosavelt was not at the hotel. b.- 'his fact was unknown to the mob. Tbe mob finally marched down the smt. wheeled and returned to repeat the demonstration, with its ranks aug-c-cted by Cairo ragmutfins, then de lved to disperse. Copts Reassure Roosevelt, ' oi Roosevelt was visibly agitated u., n he returned to his apartments a' I learned of the significant demon fi'Ua. rommlttee of Copts rushed in to insure him, but at the same time he ved this written message from Nationalists: v our meeting resolutions were ap--d which we forward to you pro- rg against your references hostile Egyptian constitution." BIG ROW IN PINCH0T QUIZ ! C-aman Nelson Accuses Attorney Brandeis of Concealing Evidence and Misleading Committee. ashlngton, Apr. 2. There was a row at tbe Halllnger-Pinchot KJvssional inquiry, s'imony for Secretary Baliinger " ipgun. and It soon riVvotonpri n t i t ween Chairman Nelson of the ' xittpt and Attorney Braudels. ' "1 for L. R. Glavis. fi halrman accused Mr. Brandels mealing certain evidence and r. to mislead the committee. 'andeis resented the charge ' : mded a withdrawal, which and was 'en.ocratic members of the commlt u tIM)k the side of Brandeis In urging 'hdrawal, but Nelson was obdurate. ' finally the record waa allowed to t-lruer E. Todd, United States dls "' ' attorney at Seattle, Wash., wheu ' "d. contradicted certain sfate : made by Special Agent H. L. when he was testifying for -is R. Glavis. ''I- witness declared that Jones s ftnent that he had advised against v 'xtnal acUon in the Alaska cases aue Judge Hanford was constitu 1 t a y opposed to land fraud trials ßt erally," was absolutely false. CARNEGIE NEAR A COLLAPSE "onmaster Faints Twice While Dic tating Statement Concerning Graft In Pittsburg. 1 'aburg, Pa,, Apr. 2. That the ' T t trip from coast to coast was too a for Andrew Carnegie was shown h-rf. when the ironmaster's dictation 1 a long statement Intended for the I We of Pittsburg was twice Inter V"""4 by fainting spells. After some c.a un each occasion he plucklly re--d his dictation. Mrs. Carnegie t-d friends wero much concerned the condftlon of Mr. Carnegie. ' "d $3 954 In Skirt of Dead Woman. ' 18 X. Y., Apr. 2. Examination " iothlng of Ellen Holmes. SO' " lu found dead last week in her! ' 'n a boarding house, has brought ( J3.95L87 In bills and coin ""Md in hr skirt NAPLES IS EN FETE TO WELCOME ROOSEVELT High Honors Awaits Returning Hunt er on His Way to Rome Itinerary Mapped Out. Naples, Apr. 1. Interest In the threatened emotion of Mount v.. vlus has given way to the excitement over the coming of Theodore Roose velt, and when the ex-president of the Uuited States arrives here Saturday the city will bo en fete. High honor will be paid tn the re turning hunter on his way to Rome, when he will meot the king and the pope. The plans for his welcome have been rounded Into shape, In order that there might be no hitch when the steamer Prinz Heinrich arrives here. According to one plan, Col. Roosevelt will be given an opportunity to visit Mount Vesuvius and inspect the crater If he expresses a wish to do so. The Roosevelt Itinerary follows: March 30 to April 2 On Prinz Hein rich from Alexandria to Naples. April 2 Naples. April 3 Rome, remaining to sixth. April C To Spezla for a day's stay. April 8-9 Fifty-mile trip. Spezia to Genoa, along Riviera. April 912 Genoa. April 15 Vienna. April 17 Hudapest April 20 Via Oriental express to Paris. April 2S Brussels. April 29 The Hague. May 1 Rotterdam for an hour. May 2 Hamburg; flying visit. May 2 Morning; Copenhagen: leave afternoon. May 3 Reach Chrlstianla in after- noon; stays three days. May 6 Leave Chrlstianla for Stock- holm. May 7 Arrive Stockholm a. m. May S Leave for Berlin. May 9 Berlin. May 15 (?) Leaves for London. May 15-17 (?) London. June 10 Leaves for New York. Kaiserin Auguste Victoria. June 17 Arrives In New York. GOES TO PROBE MISSIONS Dr. Johnston Myers Starts for Africa on Behalf of the Baptist Mis sionaries' Union. Chicago. Apr. 1. Rev. Dr. Johnston Myers, pastor of Immanuel Baptist church, started to-day for Africa, where as the head of a commission of three, he will Investigate the missions of the Baptist Missionaries' union and determine whether or not they shall be withdrawn from the dark con tinent The sum of $33,000 has been voted for carrying on the work, which is to last seven months. The commission era will go 1,500 mlle3 Into Kongo ter ritory, and then will penetrate still fur ther through Sudan. NO FEDERAL LAW HITS SPIES Two Japanese Are Charged with Ob taining Information Concerning Manila Defenses. Washington, Apr. 2. The secretary of the navy has ordered that the two citizens of Japan who were held by Maj. Gen. Duvall. commanding in the Philippines, on charges of obtaining information about the defenses of Ma nila, should be turned over to the civil authorities, there being no federal statute covering the case. It is not admitted at the war depart ment or at the state department that Japan has in any way let its interest in the case be known to this govern ment. 175,000 MEN GET ADVANCE Pennsylvania Railroad Raise Pay of Employes Receiving Less Than $300 Per Month. Philadelphia, Mar. 30. The Pennsyl vania Railroad Company has mado a voluntary increase of six per cent in the pay of all employes who now get less than $300 per month. The raise is to be horizontal and effective from the first of next month. About 175,000 men are affected. Notices were posted at all division points on the Pennsylvania railroad lines east of Pittsburg. It Is under stood that a similar advance will ap ply on the lines west of Pittsburg PLOT TO DETH0NE A KING Portuguese Army Sergeants Accused of Secretly Aiding Rebels In Plan to Crush Monarchy. Lisbon, Mar. 31. The government has discovered that a large number of sergeants In the regiments at Es tremoz aud Elvas, near the Spanish frontier, are affilated with secret revo lutionary organizations planning to overthrow the monarchy. There are suspicions and fears in other parts of the country. Will Advance Fares. New York, Mar. 31. The New York, New Haven & Hartford announced that on May 1 It will Incrense Its pas senger rates two to five per cent be tween this city and Boston. This would Indicate that the traveling pub lic wilt have to pay for the increase in wages on this railroad. Twenty-Two Dead In German Wreck. Mulhelm-Am-Rheln, Germany, Apr. 1. it appears that upward of 200 per sons received more or less serious Injuries when the steamship express ran down and wrecked a military train bound for Strnsaburg. The total dead now number 22. The victims were soldiers. FIRST CATCH t DtPAMMtHT oTACfilCUUUfiC TELLS US MOW TD COOK MEAT Hi U.11.. !'. ..&feM'lAt.'M' NOW ALL Wt NEED TO KHOW IS HOW TO C.ET THE" MEAT. DEFENDS RAIL BILL SENATOR ROOT COMBATS CUM- WINS' ARGUMENT AGAINST TAFT MEASURE. WILL IMPROVE PRESENT LAW New Yorker Declares It Represents Continuous Republican Policy Through Three Administrations Amendments Presented to Senate. Washington Mar. 31. Following the presentation In the senate of amendments to the railroad bill agreed upon by the organization lead ers, Senator Root began a strong legal argument combating the reasons ad vanced by Senator Cummins In op position to the administration meas ure. Amendments In Brief. The amendments submitted pro vide briefly as follows: Authorizng appeals to the supreme court from Interlocutory decree; com pelling a bearing upon five-days' no tice in connection with a temporary suspension of any orders of the com mission; changing the section rela tive to the control of water routes so as to eliminate the supervision of the commission over port to port rates; permitting complainants before the commission to be represented by counsel in cases' taken up on ap peal; reversing the original Wicker sham amendment limiting the juris diction of the court of commerce to that jurisdiction now exercised by cir cuit courts of the United States. Senator Root said he believed that in some particulars the pending bill ought to be amended. In the main, however, he gave It his approval. Its general scope showed that It would Improve and strengthen the present law. Betters Present Law. "This bill." said Senator Root, "is a decided, positive and progressive measure towards the better accom plishment of the purpose of the law creating the interstate committee com mission. 1 believe the bill responds to the expressed and continuous pol icy of the party now In power and re sponsible for the conduct of govern mental affairs." Senator Root read extracts from the speech of acceptance of President Taft on this subject That speech, he said, had been the subject of a con ference between Mr. Roosevelt and Mr. Taft and it was fair to assume that it represented a continuous Re publican policy through three admin istrations. BIG RAILROAD CONVENTION Thousands of Workers Meet in Wor cester, Mass. President Taft Ad dresses Them To-Morrow. Worcester. Mass., Apr. 2. The first general convention of railroad men of the United States, Canada and Mexico opened here to-day with receptions to the delegates at the various head quarters of the local organizations and open house for all at the clubs and fraternal societies. Nearly 10,000 del egates are present or on the way. rep resenting: the brotherhoods of en glnemen. brakemen and trainmen and the Order of Railroad Conductors. The convention lasts three days, and to-morrow will be the big day, for President Taft wilK be here and will speak 10 minutes on the railroad ques tion. Stamping Out Bee Disease. Albany, N. Y., Apr. 1. New York state department of agriculture has begun a vigorous campaign to prevent the spread of "foul brood," a disease among bees, which Is causing great Injury to agricultural interests through out the state. Sharp Frost in Nebraska. Lincoln, Neb., Apr. 1. A heavy frost visited the southern section of the state. Considerable damage is re ported by fruit men. YOUR HARE SEEK IMPEACHMENT OF JUDGE GR0SSCUP Illinois Congressman Introduces Reso lution Asking Investigation by Congress. Washington, Apr. 2. A movement started by organized labor to institute Impeachment proceedings against United States Circuit Judge Peter S. Groascup Is behind a resolution ask ing an investigation of the federal court officers' fees which Representa tive Sabatb of Chicago introduced in the house. Congressman Sabath's resolution directs the attorney general to fur nish the house with thenames of all persons connected with the depart- Judge Peter S. Grosscup. ment of justice, and particularly the United States circuit and district courts, who receive compensation other than a fixed salary. Mr. Sabath said that ho desired mainly to break up the "court cliques in Chicago that have got a corner on bankruptcy proceedings and receiver ships." The primary purpose of the resolu tion, ho explained, was to secure a record of all clerks, special attorneys, masters In chancery, referees and other attaches of tbe court who receive compensation other than that fixed by the regular salary list, in order that their relations with the several courts could be checked up. Naturally, he added, the Investiga tion would lead up to Judge Grosscup, who appointed his confidential clerk one of the receivers of the Union Traction Company at Chicago. Sabath asserts that nearly a quarter of a million dollars was taken out of the assets to pay receivers, special attor neys and other appointees of the courts. " TO STOP FUTURES DEALING House Sub-Committee May Limit Ban to Cotton Exchanges Grain Makes Good Showing. Washington, Apr. 1. A prohibition of dealings in futures in the grain markets in the United States, through the Scott bill, with amendments so as to apply specifically to the cotton ex changes only, is the indicated outcome of tbe deliberations of the subcommit tee of the house committee on agri culture, to which the proposed anti option legislation was referred. The subcommittee was unable to reach a coroluslon, although it is not unlikely that the grain exchanges, which niad a favorable showing at the hearings before the committee, will be elimina ted from the Bcope of the bill. Two Fishermen Drown. South Bend, Ind., Apr. 1. Edward Wctzled and Cfarence Boyle, both of Berrien Springs, Mich., were drowned In the St. Joseph river. The men were fishing when the boat was upset PEACE III WAGE WAR BOTH SIDES MAKE MOVES BRING ABOUT A SETTLE MENT. TO LONG ILLINOIS SIEGE SEEN Miners to the Number of 300,000 Are Out and Wage Negotiations Are Undertaken Issues Will Take Time to Adjust. Indianapolis, Apr. 2. Both sides are making moves to bring about peace in the great wage war started when 300,000 miners In the bituminous fields walked out Tho miners demand that their new contract must provide for a wage In crease of 5.65 per cent, a ton on screened and an equivalent Increase on "run-of-the mlne" coal. Conferences between the miners, or ganizations in tbe various districts and the corresponding operators' as sociations have been arranged. Ad justment of the difficulty may takei weeks or days. In the Brazil block' coal district of Indiana there will not be a suspension, for the operators con ceded the demand of the miners. Illinois Peace Not So Near. In Illinois and western Pennsyl vania, where the powder question and who shall pay the shot-firers enter the controversy, a prolonged contest is likely. At hundreds of meetings in large and small miners' communities, where the people dependent on tho industry assembled to listen to the speeches of their union leaders, the "strike" was the one subject of discussion. National officers and members of the executive board of the United Mine Workers of America, who had been In secret session at their headquar ters in this city, departed for their districts to advise the local organiza tions In the negotiations with the mine owners. President Thomas L. Lewis spoke at Beeleville. 111., East St Louis and other towns. Illinois Strike May Last Long. Chicago, Apr. 1. Unless the miners' strike should continue several months there Is declared to be no danger of a fuel famine in Chicago. Officers of the coal operators' association last night again expressed this belief.. "The shut-down will continue at least 30 days," said E. T. Bent secre tary of the organization. "The rail roads and large concerns have a sup ply which will last from 30 to 60 days. The visible supply is adequate for all. Here In Illinois we have not less than three weeks of hard work before us in an effort to reach a settlement Tho result is that idleness in April is in evitable." FINAL STAGE OF RATE WAR Government Files Brief in So-Called Missouri River Cases, Which In vofVe Many Interests. Washington, Apr. 2. The biggest freight rate fight since the passage of the Hepburn rate bill has entered Us final stages. The government filed In the supreme court of the United States a brief in the so-called Missouri river rate cases. These involve the interests of manufacturers. Jobbers, merchants and railroads from the At lantic to the Rockies. One case involved the class rates from Chicago and St Louis to Denver. Two cases arise out of an order Is sued by the interstate commerce com mission effective Xovember 16, 1908. This directed a reduction of rates for the transportation of various classes of freight, originating at Atlantic sea board points, from Mississippi river crossings to Missouri river cities. PUBLICITY BILL IN SENATE Bailey Presents Measure for Light on Campaign Contribu tions. Washington. Apr. 2. Senator Bailey introduced a bill for the publication of campaign contributions. A similar measure has been ordered reported favorably by the committee on the election of president, vice-president and members of congress, but Chair man Gaines has not presented the re port. The bill is tho one which Perry Bel mont, president of the National Cam paign Contribution Publicity associa tion, said he had endeavored without success to persuade Senator Burrows, chairman of the senate committee on privileges and elections, to offer. LINER SINKS; ALL SAVED Passengers and Crew Landed from British Ship Pericles, Wrecked Off Australian Coast Perth, West Australia. Apr. 1. Tho British liner Pericles was wrecked six miles south of Cape Loeuwln, tho southwest point of Australia. Tho passengers and crew took to the small boats and all were landed safely at Cape Loeuwln. Soon after being abandoned the steamer disappeared beneath the waters. The Pericles was a new boat, having been built at Bel- fast in 1908, and was owned by G. Thompson & Company, Ltd., of Lon don. She registered 6.89S tons net Works as Man; Fall Reveals Sex, St Louis, Apr. 2. Frances Hansen, 25 years old, who for tho Ihm year has been known as a man. working n such In male attire, was found to bo a woman after being hurt In falling from a third-story window. THE NEWS IN BRIEF. Marie Corelll, the novelist, la seri ously ill at her residence, Mason Croft Stratford-on-Avon, England. She Lb suffering from pneumonia. James Fish, 70, started from Valdex, Alaska, on a trip to his birthplace, Manchester, England, with the inten tion of covering the land portion of the Journey on foot Nearly all the women and children In the village of Oekorite, Hungary perished in the fire at a ball there. Of 400 dead, 12S were children below the age of nine years. Unofficial returns from the Demo cratic primary held In Arkansas indi cate the renominatlon, equivalent to election, of Gov. George W. Donaghey over Judge C. C. Kavanaugh. Eighteen hundred miners in tbe Thumb district of Michigan quit work, but thero Is said to be little expecta tion that the shut-down of the mines wi.l be other than temporary. Two deacons of the Western Heights Baptist church at Atlanta, Ga,, donned boxing gloves and sparred before the congregation as a means of inducing delinquent members to attend services. Gov. Hughes has called a special election for April 2S in the Thirty seventh senatorial district of New York to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation oi Senator Jotham P. Allds. Prohibitionists won a victory In Massachusetts when tho legislature advanced a bill which prohibits tbe selling of bottled Intoxicants by per sons licensed to sell goods on their premises. The Iowa railroad commission ad journed after hearing the testimony of 37 witnesses concerning the Rock Island road wreck at Green Mountain. Its finding will not be reported for sev eral weeks. James It Meade, the pioneer who named Wichita, died in Kansas City of pneumonia. He was president of the first railroad built into Wichita, the old Santa Fe "stub" line from Em poria to Wichita. Two Frenchmen fought a duel ac cording to the code before daybreak In a New Yorjc. street and one was killed by a bullet fired through his head. Police found the body of the victim, but the assailant escaped. Edward J. Weldon, a mechanic of Torrington, Conn., has applied for let ters patent on a combined flshpole handle and weighing scale, with which the fisherman will be able to vouch for the exact weight of the catch that got away. Because R. L. Mott. president of the village council at Elsab, 111., persists in pushing an ancient wheelbarrow along the new granitoid sidewalks, after vetoing an ordinance forbidding the practice, the council haB called a special meeting to pass the ordinance over his veto. PINCH0T IS IN EUROPE INCOG Former Forester Goes to Denmark for Short Visit to His Sister. . 'iTtf - -4 Hamburg, Apr. 1. According to oth er passengers on the President Grant, Gifford PInchot remained here over night and started for Copenhagen. When the vessel arrived here tha officials of the steamship company as serted that they had no knowledge of the presence on board of the former chief forester of the United States, who, it had been reported, was sum moned by former President Roosevelt tor a conference on conservation mat ters regarding which those differing with Mr. Pinchot have had the sup port of President Taft. On embarking at New York Mr. Pin chot was listed as "Gaylord Smith." in order that he might avoid reporters. ROBERT W. PATTERSON DEAD Editor Chicago Tribune Expires at Almost Same Hour His Mother Passes Away. Washington, Apr. 2. Robert W. Pat terson, editor of the Chicago Tribune, died suddenly in Philadelphia last night At almost the same hour his mother died in Chicago. THE MARKETS. New York. Apr. 2. 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