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Tf.fc.fCfMMi.i-..'-..-. PAGE TWO THE MAltlON DAILY MIRROR SATURDAY AUGUST 17 1907. -- -,Y W- EIGHTEEN ME NAMED AS CULPRITS IN 'REPORT ON PENNSYLVANIA STATE CAPITOL STEAL. tHEMACHINERY OFTHELAW Will be Set In Motion In an Effort to Punish tho Grafters and Com pel Them to Dlsgorgo III I. J Gotten Gains. faarrlsburg, Pa., Aug. 17. Criminal proceedings against nil persons con cerned In tho fraudulent transactions in connection with the construction and furnishing of Pennsylvania's $13. 000,000 capltol Is recommended In tho ilnal report of the capltol Investiga tion commission made Friday to Gov. Stuart. Eighteen persons aro named in tho roport as being Involved In ono way or another In the Irregular trans actions, and tho attorney genoral, through tho governor, is urged to act at once. Tho persons named nud against whom cither criminal or civil aulla aro recommended aro: John R Sand erson, of Philadelphia, contractor for furnishings; Joseph N. Huston, Phila delphia, architect, and Stanford 1IV Lewis, his assistant; James M. Shu maker, of Johnstown, former superin tendent of the board of public grounds nnd buildings; W. I. Snyder and E. B. Hardonberg, former audit ors general; W. L. Mutinies -and Frank O. Hnrrls, former stato treasur ers; Congressman Burd Cassel, presi dent of tho Pennsylvania Construc tion Co., which supplied the metallic casings and furniture; George K Payne, who built the capltol, and his partner, Charles G. Wetter, Charles P. Kinsman. Wallls Doyleau, John G. Noudorer nnd Goorgo K. Storm, who organized tho Pennsylvania Bronze Co., which supplied the loaded lighting fixtures to Sanderson; Frank Irvine. tan auditor in tho auditor general's office; Georgo C. Towno. bookkeeper unuur oiimnaKer. anu me internation al 'Manufacturing nnd Supply Co., which bid against Sanderson for tho capltol furnishing contract. The name of Gov. Pennypncker, who by vlrtuo of his office was n mom ber of tho board of public grounds and buildings which let tho furnish ing" contracts, nnd those of ex-Gov. Stono nnd his associates who mndo up tho commission which constructed tho capltol aro not mentioned in tho list of persons against whom tho in vestigators recommend that action bo taken. Senator A. G. Dcwalt nnd Repre sentative Scott Ammorman, the demo cratic members of tho commission, presented n brief supplemental report In which they specifically name most of thoso already mentioned as crimi nally nnd civilly liable for the frauds ngnlnst tho statp. They nro in entire nccord with tho roport of tho repub lican mombors nnd presented thoir supplement as a further expression of their Individual views. The commission Rays it was able to ascertain by testimony that goods costing $1,574,309 wero sold to tho stato by Sanderson and tho Pennsyl vania Construction Co. for $f.t:H,7IS, n. profit of $1,860,840. The report was presontod to tho governor by Chairman Flshor in tho presence of tho commission. Aftor recolvlng it Gov. Stuart Issued n statement In which hi said: "I will transmit the roport to tho nttornoy genoral for his action nnd I can assuro tho peoplo of Pennsylvania . that thcro will be a vigorous prosecu tion of ovory person whom tho evi dence may show to have neon guilty of any criminal offense In connection with tho construction nnd furnishing of the Btnto capltol. Whorover tho evidence submitted shows that there has bcon any money wrongfully or fraudulently taken from the stato treasury, civil suits will bo com menced to compel restitution." Attorney General Todd Is in Maine, hut ho will return In time to prepare for beginning criminal proceedings in tho Dauphin county court hero in September. Ills offlco forco has al ready fcegun work on tho papers. Tho stato will bo represented by tlto attorney general nnd his deputy, James Scarlet, of cpunsol for tho In vestigation commission, and Statp Senator Fox, of this city. David T. Watson, of Pittsburg, will bo nssocl- iied with tho nttorncy general as ad .VlSoTy, counsel. ' tt Yellow Fever In Cuba. JpVashlngton, Aug. 17. Yellow fovcr nrip- red Friday in a now plnco in "Crjlu ni .disclosed by a cablegram fiTi Vurgcon Taylor dated at Marl nWn. He says 'thoro are two cases at Ceibu Tocha. This is a poitn about fSfrnlif-d cast of Havana. This makes IS? cases of fover in Cuba to date. m Five People Killed. Kfihlcngi, Aug. 17. Five porsons tffre kli .-d and 11 others wero Injur J, three seriously, Friday, by (ho col lopo of a two-story frame building at '5Fry b'reot, occupied as a boarding Jlftuse, fig A Dozen Firemen Injured, Jjnltln.oro. Aug. 17. It wa3 thought ihat tlto writ of tho firemen who had rim hours foight flames in tho big lffc-story warehouso at 307 and 309 'est Haltlmore stroot Frlduy after Mn wnq about finished, when sud deftly tho filth floor collapsed, carry ing tho fourth floor with It, and & dozen or more firemen were caught in the wreckngo.. Of those all wore taken out AllVe, but ono of them, rjoorgo P. GUI, Hied shortly nftor and two others aro seriously hurt The lrts ou the buQaing is f 10,000 and on WHERE'S THAT COLLAR BUTTON?" r ws' I vJ9miLV ctLJfwlWTjIrs it tu-"'l ffiMjff A ROSE COLORED . I BOSESS BULLEHN IS GIVEN OUT BY DUN'S WEEKLY REVIEW. THE LEADING INDUSTRIES Arc Said to Have Orders Covering Output for Months In Advance New Records for Production are Made. Now York, Aug. 17. H. G. Dun & Co.'s Weekly Review of Trado says: Lower prices for railway securities than at any tlmo slnco July 1, 1004, greater stringency In tho money mnr kct and the telegraph strlko wero tho week's adverso factors, offset by many favornblo reports of Jobbing trade, manufacturing activity, rapid progress of tho crops and remarkably prompt collections considering tho scarcity of money. Undue significance was given tho Pope rallure which, -as In tho caso of the Milliken assignment In June, .was caused by monetary pressure and not lack of business. Reports from tho interior uro almost unanimous in tell ing of active trade and bright pros pects for fall and winter. Most lead ing Industries havo orders covering nutpjit for months In advance, nnd now records of production nro con stantly noted. Much new business hns appeared In tho market for Iron nnd steel dur ing iho past week. Tho least favor nblo roports aro received from tin plato mills, a short fruit crop having restricted purchases by canning In terests. Pig Iron furnaces complain thnt now contracts aro not abundant. Sorao steol mills hnvo llttlo business beyond the end of tho yenr, but order books aro usually full for llvo months ahead, and tho past week hns brought out considerable structural, work, whllo n largo contract for specially mado Btcol rails was a feature. Ac tivity continues at cotton mills. The Favorites Won. Potighkeepslc. N. Y., Aug. 17. Favorites won ail throo races on the last day of tho Grand Circuit meeting. Byron Kay. selling at $25 to 12 for tho field In tho 2:10 pace, broke In the flrni heat and finished tenth. Geors neatly drove Byron Kay out of a pocket In tho second heat nnd going around the bunch won with case. Ho had tho third nnd fourth heats nil his own way. Lillian It., an almost pro hibitive favorite, won tho 2:0!i trot. Wilkosharr won ( tho 2:12 trot In straight heats. A Lynching In Kentucky, Memphis, Tenn., Aug. 17. Will Clifford, n negro, was arrested at Tip tonvlllo, Tenn., nud confessed to as saulting Mrs. Mary Cownn (white) and throwing her body Into tho river, also that ho killed another woman a year ago. Constable Ilurrus secreted Clifford In a barn to avoid a mob that threatened tho Jail. Burrus finally started with Clifford for another place nnd at Maple. Ky., n posso caught up with thorn. The constables was over powered and the negro strung up. Would Give Huge Diamond to King Ed Pretoria. TranRvnnl, Aug. 17. Pro mlor Uotha will Introduce a resolution in parliament providing for tho nur cham by tho Transvnal government of tho Ciilllnnn diamond, tho Inrgest in tho world, as a prosont to King Kd ward In token of tho appreciation of th,o people of tho Transvaal of tho bostownl of a constitution on the col ony. The diamond Is valued at $1,. 000,000. Embezzler Black Gives a New Bond. Kenton, O., Aug. 17, Subjected to criticism because they had .signed the $5,000 bond offoro'd by Attorney T. II Rlnck, tho confessed forger nnd em bozzler of $30,000 In monoy entrusted to him for Investment by clients, ox- Bhcrllf Ilantioy and J. A, Morrison, prominent business men, appeared In probate court and filed applications for relenso from tho bond. The mat ter was heard before Probate Judge Neelpy and the men, upon delivering the prisoner in court, wero released from the bond. A new bond was pro vided and Black was,. again, rolcusod. SOME MORE "HIGH FINANCE." a new Yorker says one rail road STOLE ANOTHER. An Unique Complaint Against Chi cago . Alton Railroad Co. Is Filed with Inter-State Commerce Commission. Washington, Aug. 17. An unlquo complaint was'fllcd with tho inter state commerce commission ' Friday In which tho Chlcngo & Alton Rail road Co. Is charged with having prac tically confiscated another railroad which now forms a part of tho Chi cago & Alton system. Tho complainant Is John B. Man ning, of Now York, a minority stock holder In tho Louisiana & Missouri River railroad, and tho defendants nro the Chicago & Alton and tho Lou isiana & Missouri River roads. Man ning alleges thnt ho holds 123 shares of tho common nnd rl shares of tho profcrred stock of the Louisiana & .Missouri HIvor road, nnd that, with the exception of 313 shares of tho cdmmon nnd 107 shares of the pro fcrred stock tho Chicago & Alton owns tho ontlro capital stock of the road, which amounts to $1,010,000 of preferred and $2,3 1 2,700 of common stock Ho asserts thnt nfter tho Chicago te. Alton had acquired this stock it "entered into a pretended lease with itEolr." by which it "pretended to lease to itself tho 101 miles of rail road and equipment owned by tho Louisiana & Missouri River Railroad Co. at a price which practically con fiscated tho property rights of your petitioner." It is alleged that the only compen sation paid for this property by tho Chicago & Alton Is $23,000 n year Interest; that tho Chicago & Alton Is converting tho earn ings and surplus of tho smaller road "to exaggerate tho earnings of tho Chicago & Alton Railroad Co;" thnt tho complainant has been denied access to tho books of .the roads in or der that ho might protect his Inter ests. Ho asks tho commission to ob tain an accounting of tho Louisiana & Missouri River road slnco 1871 and to afford him such rcllof as may be equitable MINOR PARAGRAPHS. Business failures In tho United States for tho week ending August 15 numbered 140, against 113 in tho like week of 1906. Assessor Henry Alexander, of tho town of Absecon, N. J., has taken It upon himself to Impose a tnx of $100 on each bachelor in his Jurisdiction. Wnrrcn Hastings, slnco 180 1 a trustdd ofuclal nt tho United States sub-treasury in Boston, has been ar rested on the charge of ombezzllng $3,000 from tho government. . The Republic lion and Steel Co, and tho Western Rar Iron association hnvo agreed to tho wago scale nnd tho agreement between tho Amalga mated association and tho manufac turers will bo signed within a fow days. ' An Ohloan Is Promoted. Washington, Aug. 17. F. S. Curtis, of Mount Vumon, 0 has boon ap pointed chief clerk of tho navy de partment to succocd Ilenjamln F, Poters, deceased, Mr. Curtis was ap. pointed to tho navy department No vember 1, 1891, and has served con tinuously In tlu chief clerk's office since that da to. Steamer Ran Ashore Manitowoc, Wis., Aug. 17. Tho Btciimer Hiawatha, owned by tho Gil christ Co., of ClovolHiid, is aBhoro ten miles north of here. Tho boat car rion a crow 'of 15 men. Flvo of tho men wero taken off by a tug. Bonaparte Answers Wall Street, Halttouore, Aug. 17. The News prints an interview given Its Wash ington representative by Attorney GenoraJ Honuparte which constitutes a reply to the charge of Wall stroot thnt the attorney general has boon treating tho greut Industrial and financial enterprises of tho country with flippancy. .Mr- Bonaparte says: "RuslnesH men ought to wish to have tho laws strictly and Impartially en forced If Ihls is' douo, everybody knows what he can do and what he cannot. The department of Justlco proiKso8'toidu'.thU,'nnd,ni mora," FEW RESPONDED TO SiELTS ORDER TELEGRAPHERS' .8TRIKE SITUA' TION 8HOW8 FEW CHANGES. NO SIGNS OF SETTLEMENT Indications are that Strike Movement Reached Its Hlfjh 'Water Mark Before the Genoral Strlko Order was Issued. New York, Aug. 17, Interest In tho tolegrnphers' strlko centered Friday In the probable effect of the general strlko order Issued by President Small, of tho national union, and which, called upon all operators em ployed by tho commercial telegraph companies and thoso working prlvtito nnd leased wires not tinder union con tracts, to ,go out. Throughout tho east thoro wero fow If any responses to tho call. This was explained on the ground thnt nil operators whu would strike had nlready quit work, nnd hero tho strike order was given Importance only as affording official sanction of tho actlou nlready taken by tho strikers wlti.aut the previous approval of tho nntlonal officers. Both tho Western Union nnd Pos tnl companies claimed not to havo bcon affected by President SmVl's call and to bo working their wires better than at any time slnco tho strlko was declared. Business It was said was again moving smoothly. Tho Associated Press was not affected ad versely. On tho contrary., sovoral of the men who had loft the sorvlco In tho east returned to work nfter tho strike order had been promulgated. Chicago. Aug. 17. No progress was mnde Friday by labor leaders who in tervened to bring about a settlement of the telegraphers' strike by arbitra tion. Presldotit Small, of the telo graphcrs' organization, met Samuel Gompors and Labor Commissioner Xelll during tho day. but last night he said It was only In a social way nnd that It wan too early in the tight to talk of arbitration. Desplto the general strlko order sent out early In tho day, both tele graph companies by actual test wero able to handle business with greater promptness than at nnv tlmo slnco the union men walked out. Smalt towns which havo been almost cut off from telegraphic communication in various parts of tho middle west nnd far west were reached In regular or der. Both telegraph companies de clared that since tho. .strike order had been lssod many recruits had boon added to tho working force, with al most no desertion's"-traceable to tho order. Commissioner Nelll left Friday for Washington. Just before taking his train ho said that tho strlko could not be settled in Chicago and that tho only place where an adjustment could bo reached was In Now York. Would Bring Mrs. Eddy Into Court. Concord, N. II., Aug. 17. A reading of correspondence to show tho delu sions nllegcd to be held by Mrs. Mary Bakor G. Eddy was continued Friday before tho masters to whom tho court has assigned tho duty of determining tho question of competency. Mr. Kel ley, for tho next friends, nsked the masters for an order to bring Mrs. Kddy in court or permit an examina tion of hor under regular court pro ceedings at her home and with sov oral of tho plaintiffs prosont. Mr. Kolley also asked for an order for the 1 production next Monday of the books In possession of several of tho Eddy trustees. Both tho motions wero taken under adviBem6nt. Taft Accepts Bonaparte's Opinion Washington, Aug. 17. Secretary Taft, In a memorandum to tho chief of staff of tho army, has reluctuntly accopted the opinion of Attorney Gen eral Bonaparto that tho naval militia In any stato has tho right to partici pate In tho national rlflu contest held annually undor government auspices. In view of tho fact that tho natlonnl contests havo already bpgun at Camp Perry, Ohio, thoro doeu not seem to bo any probability thnt tho nnvnl mi litia will bo benefited by tho decision thin year. A Toledo Joker Gets Busy. Washington, Aug, 17. A fake check for tho amount of tho flno Im posed upon tho Standard Oil Co. by Judge Landls was rocolved at the treasury departmout Friday from an unknown sender. It was mailed at Toledo, was drawn on a bank there nnd wns signed by tlio Stnndnrd 011 Co. and "John D. Rockofqlle'r." Explosion Caused a Panic. Janes vllle, Wis., Aug,, 17. Sovoral thousand gallons of gasollno in tho Standard Oil Co.'s tank nt Broadhcad, Wis., oxploded Frldny destroying tho tank and causing n pane In tho town. A passengor train was standing near by when the exploalon occurred, All tho car windows were broken, but no ono was Injured. Tribesmen Prepare for Another Battle Paris, Aug. 17. The correspondent of the Figaro at Cqsablance sends In a dispatch saying 'tlint messangors have been sent out to summon all tho tribesmen to assemble nnd Announc ing that a great battle, is to bo fought against the French, This la to be the tribesmen's last effort, as they have only five or six cartridges per man loft. If they aro again badly beaten it Is not likely that they will rocom menco for a long time. The French consul Is drawing up a list of claims made by Europeans.- The damages! dejnauded amount toj$200,000, NEWS ITEMS GULLED IN OHIO Claim to Havo Evidence of Fraud. Toledo, Aug. 17. Tho Ohio Savings Bank nnd Trust Co. through Its nttor neys on Friday filed in tho I nlled States district court Its declaration of intention to carry tho caso of the confirmation of tho salo of tho Tolodo Terminal railroad to the cir cuit court of appeals. Attorneys fof unsecured creditors of tho railroad doclaro thoy havo unearthed further ovldonco of collusion and frand In connection with what Is termed con spiracy to defraud unsocurod credit ors. Big Gain In Wllllo Tax Receipts. Columbus, O., Aug. 17. Tho total collection of fees from domestic cor porations, without tho penalty, undor tho Willis law, announced Friday by Sccrotary Thompson, for tho year ended August 15, is $7S7,-IG3.72I n gain of about $200,000 over tho amount paid last year. About 500 corpora tions have failed to report and the nnmes of theso will bo plnccd In tho hands of tho attorney general to-dny, when action will bo bogun to colloct money duo tho state. Woman Sues for $200,000. Springfield, 0 Aug. 17. Charles E. 1'ntrlck, presldont of tho Springfield Metallic Casket Co., and his third wlfo wore on Friday mado defendants 1n suits for $200,000 brought by Pat rick's divorced wlfo No. 2, charging hlra with slander nnd tho woman with allenntlon of affections. Patrick Is ono of tho most prominent manufac turers of Springfield. Ho wns divorc ed from his second wlfo nlno months ngo. Recently ho married again. Must Disgorge Illegal Profits. Columbus, O., Aug. 17. Tho Clove land Trinidad Paving Co. must dis gorge all tho profits of Its graft and bribery, not only In connection with tho East Broad street paving con tracts, but nil others. Tho city jot Co lumbus must not lose n cont by tho looting operations of contractors or corrupt city ofllcials. This is tho stand taken by City Solicitor Mar shall, City Engineer Maetzel and tho board of publio sorvlce. Fatally Shot His Wife. Akron, O., Aug. 17. An Austrian, Cojlm Miskoz, shot nnd fatally wound ed his wife nt Darrowvllle, near Hud son, Thursday night. About 20 Aus trians who work for tho W. & L. E. road, llvo with tho couple nnd tho woman and her nloco cook for them. Thursday night tho man wanted his wlfo to lenvo with him. Sho wanted to wait. This angered him and ho fired twlco nt hor. Tho man escaped. An Attempt at Wholesale Murder. Canton, 0 Aug. 17. An nttompt to kill four lnborcrs returning from tho Mn8slllon Iron nnd Steel Co.'s plant wns reported to tho pollco Friday. Tho men sny they wero on thoir way homo through an oat field when throo pistol shots rang out nnd throo bullets whistled over their bonds. Just after ward thoy saw flvo mon running from tho field. Is Authorized to Borrow $50,000. Toledo, Aug. 17. Fedoral Judge Tayler on Friday fixed tho bond of Albert L. Popo, rocelvor of tho Pope Motor Co. bore, nt $150,000. Tho bond must bo furnished by Wednes day noxt. Tho receiver Is authorized to Jorrow $50,000 for tho Toledo plant, at Interest not to exceed C per cent. Price of Tomatoe3 Soars. Cloveland, Aug. 17. At tjlfferont times, recently, commlsnton mer chants hnvo complnlned thnt there wns llttlo demand for tomntoc3. To matoes, Friday, sold nt one of tho largest retail houses at $2 per bushel. Canning factories have contracted for the major part of tho crop. A Clevelandcr Falls Heir to $2,000,000 pioveland. Aug. 17. William H. Spioth, of this city, for 30 yonrs an engineer on the Big Four railroad, has received word thnt ho hns fallon holr to tho $2,000,000 estnto of his undo, Johnnn Spaoth, who died re cently In Prussln. William Spaoth la the father of 12 children. Woman Suicided by 8hootlng. Cleveland, Aug. 17. Mrs. Besslo Carl, wlfo of Ilarland Carl, n negro stownrd on a lnko stenmor, commit ted fitilcldo Frldny becnuso of a quar rel with hor husband. Tho woman shot horsolf In tho head nt her homo on Webster avonuo. Drowned In Sight of Friends, Huron, Q Aug. 17 David Collins, switchman on tho W. & L. w. road, Jumped from a brldgo Into tho river hero Friday bocauso companions dared him to do It. In trying to awlm tho river ho was drowned In sight of his friends. Fletcher's Trial Is Postponed. Cloveland, Aug. 17. In pollco court Friday tho enso against II. F. Hoteli er, a motorman who was arrostod Thursday night by Mayor Johnson for running a street car Into Johnson's automobile, was continued until noxt Tuesday, Victim of Drug Habit Suicides. Clovoland, Aug, 17, Bocauso! ho was a victim of tho drug habit? and tho girl whom ho loved would not marry him on that account, Frqd E. Gray, a waiter from Chicago; commit ted nulcldo in his room on Chestnut avenue. Man Shot by Miss Kelly Dies. Vnlinv,fnnm C A ., n. tff T ,., I ....,...,.,,, w Mfc. 4, JJUYIU (ion. who, weuneauoy night, was shot ,by Miss Snblua Kolly, his Mster-lu-law, died Frldny. His elayer will bo held for murdor. Miss Kelly Bbowa no signs of roniorsa. , - - odol IV GIvoo rest to tho stomach. For indigestion, dyopopsfa, sour stomach, tired stomach, woak stomach, windy stomach, puffed stomach, norvous stomach and catarrh of tho stomach. A prompt roliot; DlaoBta Wliat You Eat Mahas tho Or oath Sweat Ab a Rosa orttorrMB.O.DeWltt A Co.,Chleg6,U.g.A. Auto Plunged Into a Lake. San Francisco, Aug. 17. Six 'per sons wero injured, ono fatally, In an automobile accident Into Thursday night in Golden Gato park. The ma chine was going nt a rapid rato and got beyond tho control of tho chauf four, Georgo llnrpor, and plunged over an embankment Into u lake, llnrpcr's skull was fractured. Ho cannot recover. Ship and 19 Lives Lost. Buenos A'yros, Aug. 17. Dotnlls ro coivod hero of tho wreck In Fllndero Bay of tho American bark Prussln, from Norfolk for Port Townsend, an nounced from Punta Arenas, Strait of Mngallnn, say thnt -tho cnptnln com mitted miicldo when tho vessel ran nshoro nnd thnt 1-1 passengers and four sailors lost their lives. Were United In Life and Death. Canton, O., Aug. 17. In n nlnglo grave Mr. and Mrs. Peter Clark wero burled Friday, both having died with in 24 hours of each other. Nominated for Mayor. Akron, O., Aug. 17. W. T. Sanger was nominated for mnyor by tho dem ocrats at last night's convention. NOTHING THERE FOR HIM. Farmer Evidently Was Not Consld. "ered Matrimonial Prize. An old fnrmor In tho English Mid lands was anxlotm to marry, but could not nmko up his mind between tho churms of a certain comely widow In tho neighborhood and her cqunlly chnrmlng daughter. At last ho deter mined to let chauco solvo tho prob lem. "I'll ax th' ono ns I rust rocs o-goln' in," ho muttered, nnd oft ho started on his amntory errand. But when ho arrived, both mother and daughter wero oltting in tho doorway. "Dang It!" ho cried. "Hero wns I cotnln' to nx ono o' 'co to mnrry mo, an' I sworo tho fust 'un shou'd ha' the chance. But thcro ye both bo to gether. I'll shot my eyes now, an' tho ono nB doan't want mo liiuti gd In doors. Th' ono an stnys In my wlfo to lit." Shutting his eyea, tho old fnrmor counted ten solemnly; thore was n subdued chuckle, but whon he l opened thorn both hud gone. I TAFT WILL VISIT UNFRIENDLY JAPS Ho Will Spend Ten Daya 011 the Island and Well Attend a .Number of Functions Itinerary of Secretary's Trip was Announced at Washington Yesterday Wiishlhi!tnii. Anc 17. In Ills mln of Dcaceniuker. which bo bus well Played at Rome, Manila and Havana, Secretary Taft will spond 10 days in Japan on his way to tho Philippines. That visit will bo an occiirrcuoo of Interuatloiial lmnortanco. 11 m will al so bo tho subsequent visits ho will nuiKO to tne capitals of Russia nnd Germany. Yesterday tho nfflclul Itinerary of Taft'a trip around tho world was an nounced. Ho will leavo Seattle on the .Minne sota, Soptembur 10. Ho Is duo Sept. 25 at Yokohama. Thoro bn will Hk- embark nnd proceed to Kobo by Sept. m. He will reach Niigaskl Oct, !. Lcnvlllir Janan bn will tniinli nt Shanghai Oct, 1; and Hongkong Oct. 11. lie will nirivo ut Manila ot tho steamer MeClollnn Oct. 14, Aftor "ttoillllnn- tlin i-nnvonliiir nt tho first Filipino congress ho "will leavo .Manila Nov. i, arriving a Old Iboen Mes, A very romarkablo discovery has Just como to light In U19 finding of Important Ibsen manuscripts, written provIoustolSCl. Tho papors includo a comploto oplo poom of somo 20,000 words, in which nro to bo aeon Ideas which ovdently wero tho basis for many of his later dramas, especially Tor "Brand," ono of his greatest plays. Tho manuscripts had boon left in Romo nt tho Scandinavian association whop Jbson loft thnt city In 1801. Thoy woro put away and forgotton, and whon tho socloty moved away thoy woro thon sold with a lot of rub blah. A Danof Pontoplddenn, found thorn somo yonrs ngo In nn nnll qunrlnn'fl shop nnd purchased thouv ns curiosities. Afterward ho roturued to Copoubagon, whore ho died, bequeath ," " luanniMU'luU to ,tha ltoyal li For Dyspepsia BlllfVM lAdlgtitlon, innr utoiniich, batch Ian f (m, tr. QUIET IN .CASABLANCA French Soldiers arc Clearing ,thc City and Preparing it For Business. Casablanca, Morocco, Aug. 17'. Tho town Is unlet and buslnea Is being tiansacted. Tho French nuthorltlcH nro still engaged in clearing up the streets .burning the dead ufid col lecting property. Tho commandant Is innklng domi ciliary visits in nenrch of' loot, of which an ImmeiiBO quantity has been collected. A meeting of tho foreign consuls will bo held here this nftcr 119011 to decide on ltu disposal. It probably will be sold for the bene fit of tho sufferers from tho bombard ment and rioting. Tho number of persons killed In and nbout Casablanca Ii:ib been great ly exaggerated. Probably about 1,000 mon wero killed In the lighting and imuiRncrc. The' mnjorlty were Arabs klllod-by tho 11 ro of the warships. Only 5,000 people remain In Cnsa blnnca; tho rest havo fled to Gibral tar, Tangier or Spain. Tho town Is completely 'under tho control of tho French and Spanish authorities and no further trouble Inside need bo' feared. French troops to tho num ber of 3,000 are camped about n mllo to the cnut. Their outposts are In touch with tho Moors and continued skirmishes are taking place. Flvo hundred Spanish troops nr rived hero yesterday and nro camped In the town. Fifteen hundred moro aro' expected shortly and two French transports with troops nro duo to ar rive hero within n few dnys. Gen. Drudo, tho French commander, Is holding a defensive position pending the nrrlval of crlnforcoments. Tho Moors hnvo received largo re inforcement land tho French nnd Spanish o"thorltles hoar that thoy nre planning a great attnek on Casa blanca tomorrow. Thcro nro amplo troops nvnlliiblo to repulso uliy at tack. Vladivostok Nov. l. Going by tho Tmns-Siborlun railroad, he will Icivo Vladivostok Nov. 12, and Is sched uled to reach Irutsk Nov. 10 and Moscow Nov. 23. Ho will spend two days In tho ancient capital of tho Russian empire and also two days In tho modern capita,!, St. Petersburg, wliuru ho will urrlvo Nov. 20. Nov, 20 ho Is duo In Berlin nnd will nmko a two days' stop. Thon ho will tako a steninor at Bremen, lluiiiburg or Cherbourg, according to the best connections, for God's coun try, After leaving, Manila ho will travel tui'urrjclnlly and not ns representative 'of the go eminent, but, novorthelcss, his, trip will bo watched keenly by t,ho world's diplomats nud Is oxpectod to onchnuco tho friendly relations of tho United States with Russia and Germany and to mltlgato tho nntl American feeling rampant In unoffi cial Japan. brary upon condition that thoy bo pub llshed by Prof. Carl Larson. Ibsen's illness provontod Larson from consult ing with him, nnd It Is only now after tlto dramallst'n death, that permission from his heirs has bcon secured, A gontloman orico remarked to Ilctirv. Pi-Inco nf Tr-,,oi ,!.,. ' -.------- ,, tllul no I rarely found genius, wit, memory nnd 1 iildcmcnt itnlfrwl In th,. . , "' "" "" person. . u ,,y. th0w lB otll,K astonishing In this," roplicd the prlnco. "Genius tnlcos its daring flight toward heaven -ho- fs tho caglo. Wit moves along by fits nnd starts-he is tho grasshop per. Memory marches backwards he 1h tho crab. Judgment drags along slowly-ho Is tho tortoise. How cut. you expect all thoso anlmuls to act in unison 7" , i X A J. i r?2 $ 1 '! f ,n