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I FINANCIAL STORM
- HITS DENMARK
B Extensive Speculation on Bourse of
H Copenhagen and Tight Money
HH Market the Cause.
HHHH There Hat Deer) a Run on a Number
HHHH of Banks and Two Have Deen
HHHJH .Forced to Suspend Payment
HHHH Government Will Aid
HHHH
HHHH Copenhagen. A financial panic hns
HHHH nrlsen horo on account of n tight
HHHH monoy market and extcnBlvo specula-
HHHH tlons on tho bourse. Two small bnnks
HHH have been nfTectcd and ono of theso
HHHH forced to suspend payment. There
HHHH has been a run on sevcrnl of tho
HHHH tanks. The minister of flnanco on
HHH Sunday conferred with the offlclals of
HHH Jlvo of the prlnclpnl banks horo, and
HHH U was docldcd tlmt the government,
HHH rn conjunction with tho leading banks,
HHH Buarnnteo nil tho risks for tho banks
HHH hffected by placing tho necessary
HHH lunds at their dispersal, which will lm-
HHH hiodlntoly satisfy all tha Danish and
HHH foreign
H. ROOSEVELT 8AY8 CRITICS LIED.
HBHH Answers Statements Made Regarding
HHHB' Use of Federal Patronage for Taft.
HHHI Washington. President Roosovolt
HHBJ on Sunday made answer to tho recent
HHHHi public statements that ho hns mada
HHH iso of federal patrouago to further
HHHH' tho presidential Interests of Secretary
HaHS' latt Tho answer Is In form of n let-
HHI for addressed to William Dudloy
HHB 1'oullco of Itlchmond, Ind., ntid In-
HHH eludes a letter from Mr. Fotilko to the
HHH president suggesting tho need of such
HHH A statomcnL Tho president begins by
HHJ characterizing tho charges ns "falsa
JHJMJ and malicious." Ho follows this with
JHJMJ (in analysis of nil appointments sent
JHJH by him to tho sonnto for Its action to
JHJBJ show that In no caso has tho proxlm-
HHHJ jty of n presidential contest lnllucnccd
vis
H RIFLED DANK'3 VAULTS.
HBHH Between $40,000 and $50,000 Mystsrl
HHHJ ously Disappears from Salt
HHHJ Lake
HHHJ Silt Lako City. It has just been
HHJ discovered that somo tlmo during tho
K month or January, somo ono, prosum-
HHK ably an employe, abstracted betwocii
HO.000 mid Sfiu.UOO from tho vaults or
H "10 Utnh National bank of this city.
Hg Uhoro Is a theory that somo omployu
HHHJIj ot tho bank, who had access to tho
HHHJj unsoalcd onvolopo, got tho comblnn-
HHHJ tlon to tho resorvo money chest, and
HHHM ' a tlmo that was favorable worlcod
HHHj (ho combination nnd mndo ttio biggest
HHHJ baul that Is known to local banking
HHHl circles. Tho directors havo madu
HHHj! Rood tho loss, nnd dotcctlvcs aro
HHHjj Ivorklng on tho caso.
Hj GRUESOME FIND IN OAKLAND
B Oodv of Woman, Sacked and Durled,
H'i 'Unearthed by, Workmen.
Hj Oakland, Col. Workmen, making
HHHh an oxcavatlon for a sower at tiro cor-
Ht ler of Gibbon and Kimball nvonucs la
H' plmhurst, Ulscovorcd tho dead body
HJHJU t a woman In a sack, burled about
HHHj Uiroo foot under ground. A quantity
HW of quick llmo way also In tho sack,
HBHr' nnd tho remains woro so badly decom-
HH; posod as to bo unrecognizable. Tho
HHK tndy was round not far from tho homo
HHW of A. Wllklns, who Is now In tho Ala-
HHHf) inoda county Jail, charged with tho
JHJf ' murder of Mrs. Vcrna Cnrmou, for-
HJHHi niorly of Kansas City, with whom ho
HHH lived, and whoso body was dug up In-
HHH.' bIJq n shed back of their rosldonco.
HHHv Wllklns admltB that Ira burled this
HHH woman, but ussorts that sho com-
HHJU jnltted sulcldo.
HJ, Worse Raco From Denver to Ogden.
HHV Ogdon, Utah Particulars havo bocn
HJ received rongrdlng tho horso raco to
HJ bo run from Ogden to Denver from I-
HHH a. Donflls, publisher of tho Denver
Hlf PosL Tho rnco will bu moro or an
HM -endurnnco test between eastorn and
H wostern horses. Six prizes will bo
HHJ given by tho Post, aggravating $1,000,
jHJ for tho Buccossrul contestants. Tho
HJ vlnner of tho first prize will rccolvo
HJ $500. Cavalry horses from the United
HJ HlnteB nrmy will bo entered In thn
HHf. contest. Tho judges will bo Kolccled
HHf- irom Ulnii, Colorado and Wyoming.
HHJ i Land Fraud Sleuth Is Dead,
HHJ ' Tortland, Oro. Frank Michael May-
HHJ 'endorlT, upcclal agent or tho dopart-
V jnent or tho Interior, died In this city
HHl on Sunday or Drlght's disease, Moy-
V endorff, who was of noblo Polish
HHJi birth, achlovod u splondld reputation
HHJ for his work In connection with tho
r Investigation of coal land frauds In
Utah, Wyoming and Colorado In 1900,
and It wau through his knowledge of
HT tho sltuatjon (bat enabled tho Inter-
HH Mnto commerce commission to bring
I, ( the offenders to justice Moycndorft
was C8 yours of ago.
11111S'
HBg Crops on Minidoka Project.
Washington. Crop reports for the
Minidoka Irrigation projoct, southern
Idaho, for tbo first year show gratl-
HBt tying returns. The total area on tho
' north side or tho river was 14,233
HBI acres, and 5,C07 acres produced good
crops and C,708 fair. On tho south
Be( flldo tho acreage was C29, or which 80
HBfl per coat gavo a fair ylold. On tho
m north ido of tho river 048 farms were
Hi ctiltlvnted nnd nearly a third had good
Bi crops." Tho remulndor, or twer half.
Hit lin(I a fair ylold, and the failures wore
H'i only 10 per cost.
PORTUGUESE BEPUHJGLWS
SI? ME IS TOTTEIG
Letders Are Jubilant Over Prospect
o' Downfall of the Monarchy
Financial Crisis an Import-
nt Factor.
Lisbon. Tho republican loadors In
Portugal nro In extremely high' splr.
its. They assort confidently that n
republic Is now a matter of months,
not of years. Ono of tho republican
leaders Is quoted as saying: "Tho end
of tho monarchy Is near. It will como
ns unexpectedly as did tho murder ot,
tho king nnd tho enown prlnco, and
tho world will wnko up ono morning
to find a republic In Portugal. Wo
nro convinced that tho revolution will
bo a peaceful ono. It Is a mlBtako for
fcrolgnotiJ to Imnglno that tbo pcoplo
or Portugal nro not awake. Thcro Is
a ropubllcan organization In ovcry
town, and if ictors, lawyers nnd oven
vlllngo pileLts nro sending In notices
of tholr adhorenco by tho scoro, and
thoro an- avowed ropubllcan ofUcors
It. tho army.
"King- Manuel Is a well-intentioned
boy. Ho starts his reglmo with fair
words nnd tho restoration of political
Ilbortv, but It Is Inovltablo that ho
shouiu fill Into tho bands of tho ma
nipulates or tho two old parties
whoso Vankruptcy was proclaimed by
King Carlos and Premier Franco. Tho
men al imt tho throne know that tho
end Is n ar, nnd when tho tlmo cornea
that tloy ronllzo thnt they cannot
fight tiny will surrender as did Dom
Pedro In Brazil. I don't think n shot
will bo llrcd. King Carlos know hq
wns making his last fight. Ho had
transferred ovory dollar ho hnd to
Englnne."
Tho financial situation Is viewed
with gtvni alarm. Tbo country Is
stnggnrl ig under Its foreign debt, nnd
comnn-rijj Is almost paralyzed by tho
fluctuations In tho gold premium.
Consorvntlvo bankers consider tho
financial situation to bo moro critical
than tho political.
AS3ASSIS' VICTIMS AT REST.
Funeral of King Carlos and Prince
Lulz an Imposing Spectacle.
Lisbon. With tho church bolls toll,
lng continually, tbo bodies of tho mur
dered king nnd crown prince, In two
Kolden cbarlota shrouded In black vol
t nnd drawn by eight hooded horBcs,
woro escorted by a glittering funeral
pageant on Saturday across Lisbon to
tho Poituguoso pantheon nnd lnld at
rest bcsldo their nnccstors of tho lira
ganza dynasty. Seven hours elapsed
from tho tlmo tho foreign princes and
tho special nmbassndors of all tho
powers gathorcd at tho palace for tho
ceremony thoro until thrco salvos of
twenty-ono guns nnd threo volleys of
musketry, rovorboratlng ovor tho tor
raced and sun-bathed hills and nn
swered by tho Ilrltlsh warships In tho
harbor, announced thnt tho last rites
woro ovor.
ATTORNEY HALL FOUND GUILTY.
Convicted of Conspiracy In Big Land
Frauds of Oregon.
Portland, Oro. Former United'
Staton District Attorney John II. Hall,
Indicted for conspiracy with tho Ilutto
Crook Land, Livestock & Lumber
company to maintain an Illegal fonco
which enclosed 20,000 acres of public
lnnd In Wheeler county, has been
found guilty. Tho trial has boon in
progress slnco January 13, and has
been bitterly fought on both sides.
Tho orfenBo Is punlshablo by a flno net
oxccedlng $10,000, or by Imprisonment
not exceeding two years. Sontenco
hnB been snyponded for tho present,
nnd Judge Lionel It. Webster has
tnkon Btxty days In which to lllo no
tlco of appeal, and wns granted' until
May 1 In which to prcparo a bill ot
exceptions.
PREPARING FOR FRUIT DUSINESS
Railroads Making Preparations for
Handling the California Crop.
Ogden. Owing to tho frnlt crop of
California being tho hcavlost In mnny
years, tho Southern Pacific, Union Pa
cific nnd San Pedro roads nro making
preparations to handle tho largo ship
ments which will begin In a fow
weoks. All or tho faHt freight engines
In tho local yards nro bolng put In
Unfit-class shnpo nnd refrigerator and
fruit cars aro belnff rushed to tho
coast to recelvo tho perlshablo frolght
for tho enstern markets.
Lands Withdrawn From Entry.
Washington Certain lands, npprox
mating 22,500 acres, withdrawn sub
ject only to homestead entry In con
nection with tho Truckco-Carson Irri
gation project, Nevada, havo been seg
regated under tho forest form of with
drawal, which nrovIdoB that they shall
not bo subject to any torm of disposi
tion whntovor under tho S'lc land
laws. Theso lands llo t rnshlps
17, 18 and 19, range 25 huj 20 cast,
Mount Diablo morldlan. They nro
required for tio Carson rosorvotr
Franco Wants to be Left Alone.
Dordoaux. Joao Franco, tho formor
promlor of Portugal, who arrived horo
on Saturday with his family from Ma
drid, Bpcnt tbo day in his room at n
hotel near tho railroad Btatlon. Ills
only answer to ropented requests for
Information as to his future move
ments was that ho had abandoned pol
itics, and bo prnyod all questioners to
"loavo him alono with his' groat Bur
row." Frnnco did not loavo tho hotel
either during tho day or night, and re
ceived no one oxcept the Portuguese
vlro consul.
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V
WILL BUiiifFwu7
NEW BATTLESHIPS
House Committee Rejects Recom
mendations of President That
Four Ships be Built.
The Appropriation Bill, as Agreed
Upon by the Committeemen, Car-
rles $101,000,000 for the Naval
Establishment for the
Next Fiscal Year.
Washington. By a veto of 13 to 6,
ono member absent nnd not voting,
tho houso committee on naval affairs
on Monday rojectod tho president's
urgent recommendation that congress
nuthorlzo at this session tho building
of four battleships at n total cost of
$38,000,000, and by a unanimous voto
there wns Included In tho navy ap
propriation bill nn authorization for
tho construction of two, to cost $9,
500,000, each to bo of tho Dolawaro
type.
These representatives voted In nc
cordnnco with tho president's recom
mcndivtlons: Lllloy, of Connecticut,
(Republican): Thomas, Ohio, (Repub
lican); Myer, Louisiana, (Domocrat);
Talbott, Maryland, (Democrat); and
Hobson, Alabama, (Democrat).
Representative Hobson announced
nftcr the commltteo meeting that fib
Intended to mako n minority roport
iTocommendlng authorization for four
battleships.
Tho naval appropriation bill ns
amended nnd agreed upon by tho com
mittee, cnrrles a total appropriation
of $101,000,000 for tho navy establish
ment for tho next fiscal year, nbout
$24,000,000 lesa than was nsked for
in tho department cstlmntcs.
Undor tho head or now authoriza
tions for whoso fulfillment congress
Is bound to appropriate money at tho
next session If tho bill as recommend
ed passes tho houso and senate, tho
commltteo Included two battleships to
cost $19,000,000; ten destroyers, $S.
500,000; eight submnrlno torpedo
boats, $3,040,000; total, $30,540,000, or
$38,730,000 less than the total for new
authorizations asked for thd navy dc
partment.
TAFT GIVES WARM WSELCOMC.
Mlssourlans Pay $2.50 Eacn for At
tending Banquet With Secretary
of War.
Kansas City. Wflllam II. Taft, gCfc
rotary of war, was given n niomor
nblo ovntlon by 15,000 people In Con
vention hall Monday night, when ho
wns tho guest of honor and principal
speaker at tho most elaborato ban
quet ovor attempted In this city,
given by tho Association of Young
Itopubllcans ot Missouri, and attended
by 1200 persons, many of whom camo
from Nebraska, Kansas, Oklahoma
and distant Missouri cities. Tho dem
onstration accorded Secretary Taft
when ho entered tho groat banquet
nail nnd again when ho roso to Bpeak
has- never been surpaBEOd by the wel
come given any man In tho history
of this city. Each of tho 1200 ban
queters paid $2,50 for tho prlvllogo
or attending, but tho bnlconlos of tho
hall were frco to tho public.
Western Pacific Begins Operations.
Iteno, Nov. Within tho next thirty
dnyH through trains on tho Wcstorn
Pacific railroad, betweon Salt Lako
City and Kly, will ho In operation. For
tho past soveral weeks tho road has
been handling oro cars, but nut until
Monday did tho officials In chargo of
tho work nnnounco that the lino wns
iieirln completion to hnndlo all tho
traffic obtainable Tho Western -Pacific
connects with tho Kly Northern
nbout forty miles from Kly.
Imports Into the United States From
Germany Show Heavy Decrease,
nerlln. Tho oxpnrts to tho United
States Invoiced by Aloxandor "" H.
Thncknrn, tho American .consul gen
oral, slnco tho beginning of tho finan
cial disturbance In America, nro from
20 to 40 per cont less each month
when compared with- tho correspond
ing month of tho preceding year. In
December, 1907, tho'y amounted to
$819,133, ns compared with $1,077,479
In Decemhor of 1900. For January,
1908, tho figures nro $813,880, as com
Hd with $1,2C5,351 for January,
1907.
Attempt to Wreck Trains.
Ilutto, Mont. Ajftor two attempts
to wreck two Oregon Short Lino ex
presses Monday night, train wreckers
micceodod in derailing a freight. Two
BiispoctB nm In custody. Tho north
bound oxpress from Salt Lako, pulling
out of Sllvor Dow at night, hit a pllo
of tics. Tho onglno rotnalncd ou tho
mils. A fow moments lator tho
southbound train hit another bunch of
benms. An hour later a southbound
rrolght was derailed by a switch flung
whllo tho train was passing ovor it.
Nine Miners Killed by Oai.
Central City, Ky. Nino minora
(two white and sovon nogroes), woro
klllad and one othor fatally Injured
by un explosion ot as In tho mine
ir tho Moodv Coal co-upany nt South
Carrollton, threo ratios from this city,
onday nftornoon. The mlno Is a
small ono, nnd only thirteen men
'oro nt work in tho diggings nt tho
tlmo of ths explosion. Tho accident
-ah caused by a slow blast sotting off
tho gas, w' Irh had evidently accumu
lated In ront'drnb!o quantity, as tho
Interior or the mine was, wrecked and
the cages emnahrd
'Iwm in
GRAFTSCANDAL
Former Chief Executiue of Penn
sylvania Placed in Unfavorable
Light by Witness.
Claim Is Made That Letter Intended
to be Misleading and a White
wash Was Prepared at Sugges
tion of Pennypacker
and Others.
Harrlsburg, Pa. Tho trial of Con
tractor Sanderson and threo formoi
stato officers charged with conspiracy
in tho furnishing of the now capltol,
took a sensational turn on Friday,
when Stanford I). Lewis, assistant to
Architect Huston, declared with dra
matic earnestness that Huston's let
ter to former Attorney General Car
son, oxplalning his part in tho con
tracts, had been prepared at the sug
gestion of rormcr Governor Penny
packer, former Auditor General Sny
der, one of the defendants, and Mr,
Carson, and that it was misleading
and Intended to bo a "whltowash."
According to Lewis' story, when it
camo Huston's turn to writo an an
swer to Mr. Carson, Lowls was tele
phoned to como over to Harrlsburg by
Pennypacker and Bnydor, nnd tho let
tcr was prepared at a conferenco with
thORo two olUclals nnd the formor nt
tornoy general, to dovetail In with
others prepared by stato officers con
nected with the construction and
equipment or tho capltol. The lottei
to which Lewis rcrerred was ono ol
a series written during November nnd
December, 190C, In respouso to tho
Carson Inquiry Into th capltol scandal.
DON'T AGREE WITH PRESIDENT.
i"lalm Made by Treasury Department
That Roosevelt Has Exceeded
His Authority. .
Washington. William S. Itosslter,
appointed bb acting public printer in
llaco of Public Printer Stllllngs, went
lo tho treasury department on Friday
to havo his bond approved. The de
partment refused to consider tho mat
ter, on tho ground that tho president
bad exceeded his nuthorlty in appoint
lng Mr. Itosslter; tlmt tinder tho law
tho assoclnto public printer, Captain
II. T. Ilrian, succeeds to tho vacancy
Under this informal ruling Mr. Itos
sltcr later In tho day stepped aside
and his placo was taken by Captain
Ilrlan, who will administer tbo gov
ernment printing office as acting pub
lic printer for tho tlmo being. Mr.
llossltor, however, does not relinquish
tho work of inquiry lnld out for him
by tbo president. His position In tho
Bovornmont prlrtlng ofllco becomes
that or tho president's personal rep
resentative, nnd ho Is proceeding with
tho Investigation.
SON OF PRIEST A MURDERER.
Leader of Band Which Assassinated
King Carlos Came From Good
Family.
KIo Janeiro. Tho leader of tho band
that murdered King Carlos and Crown
Prlnco Lulz, at Lisbon, la Manuel lies
SUva Dulssa, and ho was born in
tho province ot Draganza, Portugal.
Ho was a son of tho Abbo of Vlnhnes
and as a boy ho went to tho Lyceum
at Ilraganzn. Ho had nlno brothora
and slstnrs, nnd ono ot his Bisters,
named Ilclmtrn, lived until a short
time ago In this city. Manuel wns
not the first criminal in tho family.
One of bis aunts killed a servant In
her employ when sho found that hor
husband wns making lovo to tbo wo
man. Sho was arrested nnd sentenced
to n long terra ot imprisonment In
Africa.
During tho last fow years Dulssa
was a Ilopubllcnn in politics, nnd ho
had friendly relations with membors
of his party. Ho becamo a free
thinker and It was his custom to do
fend his political Ideas In open dis
cussion In tho streets and in tho cafos
ot Lisbon.
Dulssa's frlond, who supplied tho
foregoing Information, does not think
that ho accepted money for tho com
mission of his crltno. Manuel Dulssa
was vicious and wicked In many
ways, but ho was abovo taking money
ror murder. DulsBa's family Is wel'
off, not to say wealthy, and still lives
at Vlnhacs.
Considered Needs of Larger Navy.
Washington General nell, chief ol
otnff ot tho army, by Invitation of
Ueprcsontatlvo Hobson of Alabama,
Bpent throb hours on Friday with tho
bouse committee on nnval affairs dis
cussing tho needs or a larger navy
In relation to tho Pacific coast fortifi
cations and defense. Tho fortification
or Sublg bny. near Manila, nnd tho
need or a dry dock n Pearl harbor,
near Honolulu, woro coilslderod. A bill
appropriating $200,000 for commence
ment of tho lattor project has been
Introduced.
Thaw Isn't Satisfied and Wants to
Move.
Flshklll Landing, N. Y. With tho
purposo ot seeking nn asylum moro
congonlal to Harry K. Thaw than Mat
tenwan, where ho Is now confined un
dor observance, Mrs, Evolyn Nesbit
Thaw and Daniel O'ltellly, ono
Thaw's counsol, will Inspect the 1
enno asylum nt Poughkoopslo, Mrs
Thnw und Mrs. O'ltollly visited Thaw
on Friday, when tho contemplated
visit to Pougbkoopslo was discussed,
Joslah Thaw was also a caller on b'j
brother.
MIHORITT" CURRENCY if
NOW BEFORE 1HE HOUSE
Democratic Leader Introduces Meas
ure Agreed Upon by Minority
Members of Committee on
Banking.
Washington. What mrllf bo known
as "tho minority currency bill" was
Introduced on Friday by Representa
tive John Sharp Williams ot Missis
tdppl, the Democratic leader of thai
house, who drew tho measure as a
result of a harmonious conference ot
Democratic members ot tha bouse
cemmittee on banking.
It repeals all laws permitting na
tional banks to keep three-fifths ot
their reserves In national banks of re
serve cities and similar laws permit
ting such deposit of one-half ot the
reserve amounts.
It provides that not less than one
halt of tho reserves now required to
be kept In lawful money In central
reserve cities shall be hereafter held
in gold or gold certificates.
It does away with the payment ot
national bank examiners by tho fee
system, and substitutes salaries not
less than $3,000 nor In excess of $5,000
yearly, with actual expenses.
It provides that tho total liabilities
ot any national bank, exclusive ot tho
liabilities ot Its members, shall not
oxeced one-tenth of tho bank's paid-in
nnd unimpaired capital stock, and
one-tenth of Its Impaired surplus
funds; and that In no event shall tho
liabilities oxceed 30 per cent of tho
capital stock.
No national bank shall loan In tho
aggregate more than seven times tho
amount ot Its paid-up capital plus its
unimpaired surplus.
Any national bank may kcop 50
per cent ot its roservo In Unltod
Htatea bonds or bonds of Btates, or in
the bonds of certain municipalities,
but not more than one-fourth of the
totnl reserve may be kept in stato or
municipal bonds; and the bonds shall
bo acceptable only of Biich municipal
ities as have maintained their bonds
at or above par for six years preced
ing, and have been in corporate oxlst
enso ten years, and have never de
faulted la their funded debt, and
whoso net indebtedness doos not ex
ceed 18 per cent of their taxable
property.
Tho comptroller of tho currency,
immediately- after the passage of tha
bill, shall furnish a copy ot tho new
law to each bank In tho country and
inquire If It will accept tho provisions.
Consent shall bo binding and the
liabilities attaching to consent may
be enrorced by the comptroller. Agree
ment to accept the provisions shall
entitle state banks and trust com
panies to tho benefits of the now law,
Tho clastic currency featuro of thu
bill Is contained In a Bcctlon which
provides that theso Interconvertible
bonds may be deposited "In tho near
est sub-treasury," and the depositing
bank shall receive In lieu thereof
United States emergency troasury
potes subject to taxation, redeemable
nt any time, and legal tender.
For the creation of a fund of $45,
000,000 for tho payment of depositors
of failed banks, operating under tho
provisions of this law, thero is au
thorized the Imposition of a tax of
one-sixteenth of 1 por cent on tho do
poslts ot banks so operating, and
vhoso consent to bo so taxed has
been obtained:
Tho final section of tho bill pro
vides that no bank officer shall raako
p loan for tho purpose ot stock gam-Ming.
lurllnnton Is Bound for the Coast.
Cheyenno, Wyo. That the Burling
ton railroad directors have approved
nt a new transcontinental route from
Its connection with the Northern Pa.
clfic in Montana to Its tennlntiB at
Kearney, Nob., was stated by Genoral
Manager Holdredge of the Darlington
In a hearing boforo tho state engineer
of Wyoming on Friday. The hearing
was ror tho purpose ot listening to a
protest by the Burlington against the
erection ot n power dam on the Dig
Horn rlvor by Asmus Doysen.
BURN TOBACCO BARNS.
Night Raiders Continue Outrage)
Down In Tennessee.
Adams, Tcnn. Night riders, well
armed and mounted, visited tho farmi
of Hugh C. Lawrenco and Wash T
Vlckcr, Friday night, and destroyo)
heir barns and 20,000 pounds of to
oacco, shot nnd wounded Lawrencn
and his- soi and whipped a nogro ur.
morclfnfly. Tho Lawrences oponol
Ore on the riders, who returned It
wounding Lawrenco In tho check ami
hnnd and his son In tho leg, Law
rence and VIckor novcr Joined th
union.
City Is Held Responsible,
Los Angeles, Cal. An unusual ver
diet was returned by the coroncr'i
jury that Investigated the collision a.'
B Salt Iako train with a Brooklyn
nvenuo car. In which tho conductor ot
tm latter, aflor giving tho llgnnl ttr
go ahead, was killed by the crushed
c- toppling over on him. llosponsl
Milty for tho accident Is J'd at C
or ot tho city ot Los Angeles, thu
jrdlct charging thnt the municipal
government r. led to provide a watch
man at the crusslr ,.
Rkik. Forces Mighty Nation t
Come t His Terms.
1 . jior. Cnld Sir J'arry MacLoan,
who has bee held In bondage lor tho
past seven months by ths bandit, Ital
sull, has bceti officially turned ovor to
the British chargo d'affaires here, ,i
accordance with tho agreement be
tween Ilnlsull and the British govern
ment, under which Ralaull is to re
ceive $100,000 as a ransom, and a
guarantee for protection for himself
and family. MacLean la In good
health, but ho seems to be wester
and older than beforo hi; canturo.
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KOTED KENTUCKY FEUDISi " I
SNOT DOWN BY NIS SON
Judge James Hargls, Accused of Com- M
pllclty In Many, Murders, Murdered M
by Drunken 8on. M
Jackson, Ky. Formor County Judge jH
Hargls, for many years a member ot M
the stato Democratic executive com- U
mltteo, accused of complicity in many U
murders nnd a prominent flgtiro In U
tho feuds which havo disrupted M
Dreatbttt county for Boveral years, M
was shot and killed In his general H
storo horo Thursday afternoon by his M
son, Beach Hargls. The son flrod five H
shots In rapid succession at his fa- H
tl.er, who foil dead whllo hla clerks HH
wero waiting on customers. Tho ex- B
net causo or the murder has not been M
learned, but Is supposed to have been B
tho result or differences which havo HJ
existed between father and son for HBJ
bonio tlmo. Tho two men aro report- H
cd to havo had a quarrel soveral B
nights ago, when the father, It Is al- HJ
leged, was compelled to resort to vlo- HHJ
lence to restrain his son. HBl
Young Hargls was arrested and HHl
placed in jail. Ho wns raving llko n AVJ
maniac, and tbo officers wero com- HHJ
polled to drag him to Jail. HHJ
Judge Hnrgls will bo burled in n H
casket 'which ho himself purchased
about n month ngo. HHJ
GIVES UP THE FIGHT. H
Former Premier Franco Flees From HHJ
Lisbon to Save His Life. H
Lisbon. Tho secret and sudden H
flight of Franca, tho. former premier HHJ
of Portugal, from Lisbon across tho H
frontier Into Spain, accompanied by HHJ
his wife and son, was caused by the HHJ
threats or death which had been made HHJ
against him. Slnco tho murder of tho HHJ
king, Franco has been In receipt of HHJ
many letters, nil threatening von- HHJ
gennco. Already Franco as dictator HHJ
had been plotted ngalnBt and had HHJ
gone nbout protected by armed guards, HHJ
who also watched his houso lest thoso HHJ
who opposed his iron rule should do HHJ
htm barm, and of Into to theso wero HHJ
added tho enmity of thoso who held HHal
that Franco was responsible, Indirect- HHJ
ly, at least, for tho tragedy of Satur- HHJ
day last. Two of Franco's ministers HHJ
also havo disappeared. HHJ
Coxey Again In Public Eye. HHJ
St. Louis. "General" J. S. Coxoy of H
Mount Vernon, O., who led an "army" H
of unemployed to Washington In 189G, H
arrived here on Thursday to tako part HHl
In tho convention of Itinerant unem- HHl
ployed. Tho "general" announced that H
ho hnB been making money during tho HHl
past row years, nnd will use it to tako "HHl
out a special train ovor tho country H
to advcrtlsa a bill ho hns prepared. HHl
Tho bill provides that states, counties. HHl
townships nnd cities bo permitted to H
issuo bonds without Interest, the bonds HHI
to bo deposited with tho government, HHl
which will permit tiro issuanco or pa- HHl
por money to cover the face of tho LwHl
HHV
Says Waste and Extravagance Caused HHJ
HHV
Cincinnati. In his nnual address HHV
boforo tho National Hardwood Lum-
bcr association on Thursday, Prcsl- H
dent John D. Itasom dcclnred that
"wasteful extravaganco In public and
business Ufa was tho causo ot tho ro-
cent panic." Ho spoko of tho valuo H
or tho movements ror improving tho
waterways and preserving natlonnl HHH
forest lands. Ho said a largo percent- HHH
ago or tho lumber mills wero closed, HHH
but thnt tbo "lumbermen wore far HHH
from dead." Tho roport ot Secretary HHH
Lewis Dostor showed that 70 per cont HHH
of tha mills had been shut down dur- HHH
ing tho panic and that most of thoso HHH
will not begin operations until March HHH
or HHH
Sailors Faced Death for Many Months. HHHj
San Francisco. Tho long overdue HvHl
schooner William Nottingham, on HHH
which CO por cent reinsurance Tia HHHj
quoted, nrrlved horo Thursday, 340 HHHj
days from New York, on hor way to HHHJ
6entU via Melbourne. Daring nearly HHHJ
tho entire trip sho encountered rough HHHJ
weathor nnd was obliged to remain at 'HHH
Mclbourno from Atugust 29 to Octobor HHHJ
8 to repair damages and obtain a netf 'HHHI
set of stills. After leaving that port, HHHJ
sho sprang a leak, nnd ror 120 dnvn iBHHl
the men wero forced to work at tho HHHJ
pumps to keep afloat, Tho offlcors and HHVJl
crew wero nlmost prostrated when HHHJ
this po. t was reached. 9HVJ1
Ice Gorge Changes Course of Stream ''MHhI
and Floods Streets. HHHJ
DlUonvnle, O. Heavy rains caused laVHVJ
i.io Ico In Port crcok to gorge on XHHJ
Thursday, and at tho Dlllonvlllq Ath- HHHJ
letlc park a bank ot Ico thirty feet HHHJ
formed. This changed tho courso of HHHJ
the stream and wator and Ico covered HHJhI
tho lower portion ot tho town to a 'HHHJ
depth of nttcon feet. FIHy families HHHJ
escaped from their homes by horses HHHfl
and boats nnd first floors woro sub- HHHl
merged. Two Polish boys nnd ono HHHJ
girl were drowned. HHHfl
Submarines to Make Record Voyage. flVflVj
Now Vork. Throo submarine boats - "HVAV
of tho United Stntes navy, convoyed iHHJHj
by the converted yacht Hist, started
from Now York on Thursday on what 'HH
Ir- said to bo tiro longest trip over HHJHB
mndo by submarines In tho open sea, HHHJ
Tho flotilla Includes tho Viper, Tnran- HHH
tula and Cuttlefish. Their ultimate 'HVJHl
destination Is not made public, but (HHHI
thoy nro oxpectod to call at Delaware HHHJJ
broakwatcr and Hampton Holds, after HHHJJ
which thoy will proceed to some point 'tHHJHJ
farther Bouth, where, In warm waters, HHHJJ
they will engage In a practice dlll. -B9a9

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