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SENATE TARIFF BILL
}ll {SURE MAY HE MADE
PUBLIC TO-MORROW,
Reduction it; Schedule* Planned
by Finance Committee — House
Act Received.
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Committee That ho j«
i to the Senate at the
t clear that
<-■•>•■ it -wili not be given that the full commit
t«« fhnU review every paragraph of the bill a =
.. v^c iK^-n framed by the -committee To
♦V m Democratic S*nat«>r« wlio have been a*=k-
Jng T"r further titu^ Senator Aldrich has
f. r -, : ',-. is entirely willing that two or three
r. - - pliall intervene after the '»'!! Is port* d
-. ■. ' • taken up hy the Senate. Ho is anx-
I 1:> >..,,. ,^,.. Uiat the count-y shall not be
1 ,.. . PUS p nse as t« what the publican
, J. ,>,.-> nf the Finance Committee propose in
„ , ..; tariff revision, and at the meeting of
,j lc c .,... ,...!-.;,.. on Monday will urge his
y,r- .... r•.,;,.•r •.,;,.• associates !<• waive furmal com
mitted consideration and to reserve their criti
.«; f ihe measure for ihe Senate floor.
1 . Payne t'iii was received by the .Senate
I* ■■ inut«- after the convening of tiiat body
r . , ; ,,,. : „---1,;.. T!:.- House engrossing clerks
, etod their task at 4 o'clock this morning.
F . .■:,!" Clerk Browning was on hand with
a ss .:• from the House .>r Representatives"
!.■ .... ]>:. Kdward Everett Hale had ended the
,;.- ng prayei in the Senate, un Mr. Aldrich's
I • the bill was referred to the Finance
i -iv< . un«l two thousand extra copies were
«t-:- n d j-riiit* -i.
M;l.',Y i.\" CERTAIN PROVISIONS.
Senator Aldrich Jo-day confirmed the state
i nt« made in dispatches to The Tribune earlier
In th- v. .,k that the maximum and minimum
feature of The i>ill and the administrative pro
\ ;.-;:.> would not be reported for several weeks.
The first rt-poit will include the various sched
ules of rates and the free list.
It was learned to-uight that tiie sub-com
initu-e iiiiil not reached final agreement on wood
jul;'. print pajxer. petroleum and hides, and. that
U , ropuj^d rates on these articles would not
I* in the bill as reported on Monday. A subso
qiK-nt report will be submitted fixing the tariff
]«;• : in these products.
not the intention of Mr. Aldrich to make
i loi g >;••• eh on the bill. He will open the dis
cu» ii • he hopes, n>'<t later than Thursday, and
kill ::. c !iis rtiiiarks to an explanation of the
, :■•:■• ■• i changes from .-:■■■ law. Ti^e
l;h"-> Island Senator nets no parliamentary
lr--ak« -r- in the way of an early vote on the
bill in ii? Senate and ihinks the substitute for
t' 1 ' Payne "'ll3 -n-ili be in the hands of the con
ftreac mmittee in less than four weeks.
Senate r Brlstow, of Kansas, will seek to
r )..••; ilie bill by providing for an increase "f
i!:e Vax on t-ecr. Mr. Bristow ha? not fully dt
tirieu whether his amendment will provide for
s -.ax uf •-] ~«) or i' 2 a. barrel. The present tax
iSiai arreL
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SEXATE TO TOTE <'N ■ 11.
VViih regard t<< crude petroleum, which the
H'l-- j.ui -.;i the free list, -t is likely that the
>■ ■ . p.-ill have an ojijtortuniiy to vote. The
Hxtlii - n lumber promise to occasion consider
able debat< In the Senate, and while no chang*
from the i'.iyn« bill will he i«commended, it is
J ted ti;ut a number of amendments will be
~- ■ I ■ the floor of the Senate.
Aft< ■ v i"r;jr discussion of the rate "ii bitu
r" " :":ii the Senate committee to-day de
uded la :••• ■.•;i!iiend a reduction from 67 cents
c-ents a ton in view «.<f the action of the
l ":-- ■'■'•• yesterday in striking out the reci
clause, Tlie Payne bill includes slack
' : .• :.: cual at the same r&te as was fixed for
bituminous coal, increasing the duty on this
;;•••!;■! from ',:, cents to »'.T cents. The Senate
committee has decided 1 to restore the Dingley
-' '". i • -tils a toil.
Protects made by heavy importers -if gloves
y against the iii'.-rease made in these
""•bed lies by the Payne l«lll over the existing
j ' : ;- • ■; •s. which protests were udded to by
lao» ul many womtn throughout the country.
Induced Hie H-iiate committee to agrt-e to rec-
K-cd x'r.f continuance &f the l»ingley rates.
: '•• fsist rjij rate* oi< woollens, whith iv*:rv ma
■ ■ decreased l»y the Payne bill, will be
■ : ■ .• .i bj The Senate committee. Spe
iutleg ivill bf recommended throughout on
:! kinds, the specific duly being a trifle
■ ' ihe combined ad valorem Mini specific
■ ■•!',}•■'. ;<-,i under tin- Dingley act.
rhia action i.-- t;ik*!i in order to m-et probable
v ■ ' ■ ."u with Japan s-i!ks. which
"•■': :•.:! ,ir<- coming in in larger quantities
e»»n>-tantl> d«-crea«iiu: <-..st <•: manufacture.
X 'tiii!:- of -he proposed tariff bureau.
has been tIM object of a great deal of
«tady. nag learned to-night, although plans Tor
■'■■ blishmeat -jf isuch v bureau wlil not be
il other hdmlnlstrative features of
ar« j •ix.jy \., i,,. reported. According to
"■" :■:••--■:,«. plan? the bureau will consist of ■>
i!-'ii of the bureau of manufactures and
ireau of etiaisticE. ivhich a:* un<l< r the
&eis*ttjnent of Commerce and Labor; the bu-
Urad< !.;;,-;. >u^ •;,.,(, r tne state Depart-:
-it. and the customs division of the Treasury
, ; : ' ;i! . l";':"l ";' : " " '« Intended that this rpnftolida
i Ma.i i.c ;,ia,e.j un der tlie head of the Treas
'"-p-'ttM,. nt. and that ,t shall act in an
"ovteory capacity to th- President in the event
"" *«°P«<»t« of s. !. ; .t<,,- Aldrich's maximum
»nd mtebnatii t^oviKion r«i the appllcaUon of
„:;,;;:! ' :i "'; A * ihi > sr-v5,.,,, gives consid
. .V.,". 1 'V 'V i " n '" TV President; the Senate
. _.- ;,;'"'. 1 " ;-'--^ t „,. ,„ forniu ,; ite a bU reau
„ V! .' ma " Utu '* «* ">rai*tent to act In
■.".*: out th* operation of ,, K . I:triff „, n .
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ROOSEVELT IX RED SEA.
Interested in Sue, Canal Another
Question of Veracity.
April 16 Ti • ■teanx
ex -President Roosevelt aboard, passed
inal about 10 o'clock to-night. Thi v
miral left thr Mediterranean .n<l of tlie .ana! :U
■ '' .•'!••. X this morning. Mr. Roosevelt was
in th*» best of health and spirits, and was
ted in 'he canal H- regretted that he
had not been «b!.» to make the trip in da
Paris. April I©.— Theodore Roosevelt, in a
snatch from Port Said to a Paris news
paper, denies that he gave any Inten iews to
French correspondents at Naples He says he
nevei saw the correspondent of "'.•• Journal."
otiose ""interview" with Mr. Roosevelt was vyide
!y published. '!.■- Journat" replies that it w cor
denl talked for half an houi with Mr.
Roosevelt, and says thai the text as p il
R/as sti
DETECTIVES ARRESTED.
Two Say Money They Accepted
from Prisoner* tins a Present. .
■• rod with bavins accepted a bribe " f $25
frosjp two men tii.-\ had arrested as all< c | pick-
B. Mott and William J O'Brien,
of the • ; au, wen arrested
;ind locked nj> In cells at Headquarters
• m April 7 Moti and O'Brien according to th
d fCat Ballard and William
man and ■ '••.-lrc'-d tlvm with "pushing and
jostling" <t. the streets. This Is 1 1 I <-- usual
made against m< n suspected of being
• kets. Th« prisoners were arraigned in
* v ■ Tombs police court the next day and di-
■ harped because, it is said, the det<
the i 'ouri x- at they did not hav< - I cas
against them
Then, according to the story told bj Ballard
ETriedtnan, the detectives offered to
them out" for f25. According to the police,
marked $10 bills \ver< passed, two of them
found later on the d< \< ■< tives. the thir«l
having been spent for drinks. Th« detectives
ed t tK! : the moni j was not ■'
MR. TAFT LOSES AT GOLF
"Foodc" Causes Him to Lose Ex
citing Contest.
Washington. April 10. — President Taft did not
wear the original Tafl smile when he strolled
off the Chevy Chase links about sundown to
day, "- ho was for the second time since his
inauguration the victim of defeat at golf. A
"foozle." almost a synonym for disaster in golf,
caused the President to lose an exciting con
test, the winning of which he seemed confident.
President Taft played with Secretary' Meyer
as a partner against Henry W. Taft, the Presi
dent's brother, and General Clarence R. Ed
wards, the latter winning by 3 up and 2 to play.
After the game it was Paid that the President
really made some surprising plays, and with th.
exception of the little misplay showed up in ex
cellent form.
DOG SAVES LITTLE GIRLS.
Pel Brings Rescuers to Children
Locked in Closet Txa nty Hours.
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3 old. respect
and Guieth Can ■ old, disap
• r homes here yesterdaj i
were found in the
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. i for twenty hours. Thej had gone
.j the door, which h
:: them \ faithful dug
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n into the
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DOG SAVES FOUR LIVES. THEN DIES
Family Escapes from Burning House, but
Leaves Faithful Pet Behind.
Jackson, Mich , April 10.— The family dog -avert
the lives of Joseph Sinkbiruler, his w ife and tWO
children whefi their home, three miles south of the
city, was burned early to-day. By persistent hark
ing the animal mused Mr. and Mrs. Sinkbinder.
•who found the room where their two children slept
h trass of flarrc!-.
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JIMMY. A DOG. SAVES A BABY'S LIFE
Black and Tan Draws Attention of His Mis
tress to an Abandoned Child.
Jimmy, a smal' black and tan dry owned by Mi
Mary Theodore, of No. 352 Keap street, Williams
burg," saved a:i abandoned baby from death by «
liusure early yestc-day morring.
Jimmy was allowed to go out im<, ti.e yard while
Mrs. Theodore prepared b'^akfast. lleic lie four.d
inside a bundle n ivo n ortlis old baby, in a white
flannel nightgown, which liad been abandoned. The
little child «a< jus! alive, but hot milk and a<ldi
tlonal clothes were provided, an.l the baby was
turn-d over to the city m-rse. who will take care
uf it r-r ilif time r..'iiiK
SAY TAFT WILL GO TO MANCHESTER.
Summer Home Selected by President,
Gloucester Hears.
Gloucester, Mass.. Ai>rll >i— lt was staled here
to-day that l'res!d<nt Tafi and his family had
definitely decided to occupy Hie Ed \a:u Robinson
house. •>) School street. Manchester, U,v p:iri of
the coming summer, their arrival depending on
the i«*nstli of the present session of Congress. Mr;
Taft and Miss Mabel Poardman visit, il tlie Rol.in
son cottage last month.
The house I* on a hill overlooking the golf links
of tiie Kssex County Club, and Is about two miles
back from th" s!i"re. The summer home of Will
lam .1. Boardman. >-t Washington, adjoins the Rob
inson estate.
FIRE ENDANGERS 250 LIVES ON SHir
Japanese and Chinese Paakstricken on Pacific
Steamer Cook Suffoi ated.
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FIGHT OUTSIDE WINDOW
FIREMEN SI MMOXED TO
RESCUE IVOMAX.
Hangs Outside Fifth Floor Ledge,
xcith Physicians and A urses Try
ing to Pull Her In.
The : rtment was called oui lasi night
to save a mad woman from suicide. Physicians,
ftreiru n and policemen rescued her from the
ledge of a fifth story window of the Lying-in
Hospital, at isth street and Second avenue. She
■-\ms taken a prisoner to Bellevue, charged with
ill The woman was .Mrs. Nora
Hlckey, wif< of Michael Hickey, a laborer, living
at x<> 29« West Houston street.
Recently Mrs. Hickey gave birth to a child at
the Lying-in Hospital, and last night, according
to the physicians, she suddenly became insane.
She left the hospital three weeks ago, but re
turned for further treatment on Monday, and
■u;is admitted to what is known as the "second
division," "ii tli-- tift-h Boor, reserved for con
valesi cnts. and in charge of Dr. .1. Davis. There
she was cared for by Miss McDonald, a trained
nurse.
Mrs Hicke: seemed t" be recovering rapidly
and there was no sign t hat her mind had tx • n
■!. according t" the physicians, until last
night, when during the momentary absence of
tin- nurse she went to the 'adjoining ward, ran
to ;< window on the 18th street side of the build
ing and thrust hei feet through the heavy plate
glass panes
Through the jagged hole thus mad< - ■
I her body, severely cutting both :'-t;s: '-t;s and
ight arm and right cheek, and ■ rept out
to the far edge of the broad sill, sixty reet above
- dewalk.
Th<- crash of the shattered glass and the
screams of the patients in the ward reached
Miss McDonald and Dr. Cranston Conklin in
the ". ■ • ...m .>r th" surgical ward. Dr
Coifklin threw up the sash, and he and Miss
McDonald caught Mrs. Hicki y by the arms as
she was about to leap The woman struggled,
screamed and bit at them, but they held on.
scuers had to - keep from tx ing
Hickey succeeded soon in wriggling off
'he sill, and she hung in midair, I >r. Conklin
and Miss McDonald dinging desperately to hei
n rists.
The commotion attracted the attention
and Dr. Gushee, of th< house staff and
■ ' dent W. H. Spiller. They tore sheets
from ti!.^ beds and made them into ropes. These
they flung out and looped around the woman's
Then the five united their strength In
Mrs. Hicke: . while she
screamed and ki. k-d
For several minutes thi.s strange struggle be
one anxious to die and flve to save went
on, and. little by little, Mrs. Hickey was winning.
Her weipht and wild efforts to kill herself won
down the strength of doctors and nurse. The
excited crowd in the street below increased un
til, by the time .Mrs. Hicke} had wriggled down
to a level with the toji of the fourtii rit.ir
dow, ih>-re were three thousand persons gazing
up in horror ;<t the scene. Passing streetcars
stopped and ih* whole rhood gave
up to the impending tragedy
Nearly flfi ■ ues aft< r the first ci
:■<>« <1 thought of lad
ders, which suggested the I'ir.- Department, and
in i • • ■ alarm box at ISth street
■ ■ n pull< d.
alarm brought two trucks and thre<
: ■ am i.'ith street and Fourth
Truck ::. in charg I i tain John J
Shannon, was first to arrive, The crew threw
up a 75-foot extension ladder against th>- sid<
of the hospital, and Shannon ran up \ strong
igl : h< could handle Mrs. Hie
Shannon reached out and tried to tal
• n his . • ... kicked at hin clawed him
• ■ ' him. and screamed,
on railed down into th« street for help.
Haupt, of Truck 3. r< sponded.
and together thej pinioned .Mis. Hickej in their
■i . : ung bj i ung,
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Meantime Fireman Michael Whalen, of Truck
'.'., and Patrolman Cernovsky, <-, the East 22d
street station, !ia;l entered the hospital and
raced to ;i fourth floor window on the 18th street
side. They and Shannon and Il;iupt finally
pulled and pushed Mrs. Eiickey in through th<
w indow.
While th< . ,er the
doctor? hastily cleansed and bandag.
administered and she was
in !•!! ami ■ n to Bellevue
1 n the fi male
prisi >n<
KILLED IX STREET FIGHT.
Xegro Shot in "Hell's Kitchen"—-
Two Others Injured.
One negro was killed, another snot in the arm
aiid the an •.'. ho is accused of murdering the
first v. :>s cither shot or stabbed in the low part
of the back in "Hell's Kitchen" last night. The
right was caused by an insult which tin- <]0.-hI
man hurled ;<t the wife ..;" the negro ■ ho ( )i<l the
shooting.
Tho dead nesm was Kugene Hutchins. who
!iwd in W- si 391 h -:•••■•. and ■■■ ho as known
as -Big Gene" among the negroes. The man
accused of murder is Charles Bowser, a negro,
of No. -11! West ''i!: street. :t dealer in pigs'
knuckles. The third ma i is Charles Davis, of
_\,, .40S West ?.fuh street, who. so far as the po
!ice know, was in innocent passerby. A fourth
negro. H.-sin Stirling. of No •1" West 39th street,
was also arrested. In his pocket was found a
loaded revolver.
CHASE WESTCHESTER HORSE THIEVES
Richard Harding Davis and Others in Vain
Automobile Pursuit.
Assisted !»y n number <>f deputies in automo
bile!'. Sheriff Lano scoured Westehester yesterday
fur is g:n!K of thieves who have stolen more than
twenty horses In the last three months from
Now Yorkers living In northorn Westchester. The
thieves made their latest ni!<i i>n Friday niKht when
t!;r-y entered the stables of A. M Smith, pen era]
manager of 111* New i'ork Central Railroad
Company, nt Chappanua: nd stole li.l> *- valuable
)n>i t---^ 1 ii<" leport reached the Sheriff yesterday
morning, and In started cut In an automobile
with 11"1 1" ;.uii< .<■• Mill and Travis to run down th
t:i:-\.-s. H< alfro telephoned Itichnrd Harding
l).-<\is mid other :le|>utles uii-1 they go! om theii
cars ami jolniil the rha'ei When last jeeii '!>••
hni-is «»!■ being ildil?n toward the Connecticut
line.
AH,.]i I'ohrs, Hseiil r..r tli.- Societj f-«r the fi'
leution •>( <*ii;p't\ !•> Animals. reported that lie
«;, a ihr> hursc thieves Just abov« (>a»lninK at
."• ..",:. h in There was nothing about ih<ir action*
i-. arouse suspicion, sn li" drove pa«t them.
FEAB FOR BATTLESHIP
THE XORTH DAKOTA MAY
BE SLOW AND COSTLY.
Curtis Tiipe of Turbine, xcith Which
Vessel Is Equipped, EaU Up
Coal on Scout Cruises.
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Washington, April I<> The greats! anxiety
regarding the efficiency of the battleship North
Dakota is felt by the officers of the Navy <;e"
eral Hoard ;md the board of conatruction, be
iausi the North Dakota Is equipped with the
Curtis type Of turbine, which, on the SCOUI
cruiser Salem, baa demonstrated an ability to
eat up coal ;it a ruinous rate in the tests now
in progress it has been found thai the Sail
2SKI tons of coal an hour to make twenty
knots, while the Chester, equipped with the
Pars. .us type of turbine, makes the same speed
with 157 tons, and the Birmingham, "iti 1
■ g engini -, makes the speed with less
than 1.">4 tons
Th. experts estimati from this that while the
Delaware, equipped with reciprocating el
will be able to steam 6,ooo miles at ten knots an
hour with the coal Bhe can carry in her bunkers.
the North Dakota, her sister ship, could
over half the distance with the same
amount of coal, although the comparatively
small speed of the battleship may make some
difference. This would tak- the North Dakota
i for which she ia built and make
h< r the lame duck" of the fleet It would mean
that the North Dakota could nor take part in
a run fr..m Hampton Roads to Gibraltar with
out depleting her coal supplj below th.- fixed
minimum of safetj A battleship which could
not make the runs required of the fleel on Its
gating cruise would have to be rele
gated to the class of coast defence vessels, ami
would, of course, represent an outlay far in ex
• th.it warrant, d for such a V<
It was expected that the test of the scout
cruisers* would demonstrate thai the turbine
mechanism involved a greater coal consumptii n
than that of reciprocating engines, but no such
epancj aa the test.-- have thus far shown
ted. The experts believe that the
Chester's coal consumption will be less than
thai of the Birmingham wh.-n greater s •
oped, but it is feared there will be no Im
provement In the record of the Salem.
This situation recalls the controversy which
occurred when the Navy Department authorities
had before them, some time ago, the question
of type of motive power for the North Dakota
and the Delaware. It was considered i
visabie to install the Curtis turbine In the North
Dakota, as hail been recommended, until some
thing definite was known concerning the mech
anism as tie- motive power of battleships. The
wisdom of the proposed delay of the installation
of the type is now made manifest In the prob
lem with which the Navy Department will soon
be confronted. The question is alreadj being
whether the North Dakota, thus ham
pered us compared uith the sister ship, the
Delaware, will present any adequate return for
• „f money Involved in constr
(Uipment The Idea of chancing the mo
tive power of the North Dakota can only be
entertained after a. demonstration that, the great
expense thereby entailed Is absolutely unavoid
able.
On Mondaj the t • Ches
ter, the Birmingham and the Salem, will star:
iron; Newport on their flnal test, a twenty-four
houj run at top -pee.], when careful records will
be kept of the coal, water and oil consumption
The ihre.- ships have already com]
petitlv. >r one hundred hours, at ter
fifteen and tw« nty knots
SCARE AT HOTEL FIRE.
Small Blaze at the Xew Weston
Brings Patrons to the Office.
fire that caused no damage sent the 150
patrons of the New W'eston apartment hot-'.
at Madisoi street scurrying
,ms las! night One woman
fainted.
The blaze was due to a pan of fat catching
„..' i; w -as confined to the kitchen range and
the chimney. The NTev W'eston Is classed aa
fireproof, and is a twelve stor; The
cooks expected to put the fire out thems< \
ana did ' : "- The U]X ' WeDt UP
imney, and the brisk wind drew it up to
Some one in the neighborh i
saw .■ ■ oting from the top of the chim
ney and telephoned to a woman living: on the
tenth flooi of the apartment hotel This woman
-..,; up the manager, who promptly
turned in an alarm from the i»>x in the hotel
ii( ,. p< . :he telephone operator
to , aii up ail the patrons of the place. Thej
„ ;, on 'heir rooms to • : I office,
lined until assured the ■
no dai e< '
. the ai ri *a! «.f the firemen th<
and half a dozen bellboys went to the roof and
poured several buckets of ro k sail down the
chimney. This soon smothered th< Hr<
When the firemen arrived ii.- I d one
line of hose i<. b standpipe and ran it into the
ki'.eh- ii. and q uickly dous< I I
sto\ •
Mrs W .1 \\ • st< ote, a patron of thi
f., nted, h it »•» • - soon re\ i\ ed
( OLLI'ATIOX III: IA) (P.
Columbia Professor's Chinese Ex
hibit Declared Objectionable.
\ pril 10 A sci< nl ill - ■ polh
. i by Professor Bert hi ildi La if
lumbia rnlverslty, for the Kield Museum, of
• n held up hei c by Coll<
The obj< ■ ts. valued at
Lnda of dollars, ai.- held to be of an ob
nable nature
Professoi LawVr is th. author of many papers
..n ethnology and anthropoiogj I
was mai • I October, but by agreement of all
concerned. Including District attorney Sims, the
matter was k- pt .i secret until to day. when
/■•■ v. ol « . Ige Landia state d that
: no doubt that the photographs paintings,
manuscripts, eti . forming th< exhibit were
brougl mtry 1 :■• ffei tlj
..\ mi w,n \\ ithoul .i tei hnical
■ iolation of the law in
Thp I w-i.i isi im has i ntei •
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FIRE SCORCH I XG LENOX.
Damage Said To Be *\>r,o,ono—
Out. Help Ashed.
Lenox. Mass.. April 11.— The centra] part of
Lenox was swept by fire early this morning,
two big business blocks and four -dwelling
houses being burned in the first hour, with th :
firemen apparently powerless to stay th- prog
ress of the flames Th* toss at 2 o'clock was
estimated at $250,000, and help had been sum
moned from Pittsfield, Lee and other places.
The fire started in the James Clifford Building,
n three story wooden block in Ma- street, a
little .ifter l a. m.. and after spreading to th-
Charles Eddy Building, adjoining, jumped to
several private houses In Church street, which
parallels Main street. Four dwelling houses on
this street were burned and another in Housa
tonic street.
The flame- communicated to 1 ■ town
hall bulldii g d by stores '''his b .
was built in !.T1 for the first court of Berk
shire County and was later Tor man-,
as the to\» n hall.
No! f;:r 'r.>m the square in which the tire
started are the Sedgwick Public Libra.
Curtis Hotel, one of the besi known of II
tels in Berkshire County, and two 1
mer houses Al] these buildings are direct
the path of the fianv
\t 2:38 o'doch the Bre was still bui
no additional building "^< ablaze.
An \plosjiui of chemicals in the b
Clifford's hardware store shook the W h< ■
lage and spread the blazing ndei ■ .
area. As fai as known no one was injured b>
(plosion, and " '1 thai all the
occujmntfl of apartments and dwell! -
d unhurt. .
At 2:50 o'clock the tire had extended I
Vlahana and Bull blocks
A shift "f wind favored the Bremen in their
fight to save a group of valuable modern build
ings, but a number of small structmn -
daneor. Engines from Plttsfleld arrive] at J M
JAPAN TO KEEP TREATY.
Intention to Break Agreement with
England Denied.
Tokio, April 10. A report from Vlenji
Japan intends to inform Great Britain of her
purpose ro terminate the British-Japanes*
ance ar<- without foundation. The alliance ha
ten years to run from \'.^>:<. and there has nei ■
been the- slightest evidence "f discontent on the
part Of Japan with tlie terms of the ire,,-
EVERY OFFICIAL OUSTED.
Hutchinson, Kan.. Appears To Be
in a Had Waif.
Topeka, Kan. April 10.- Th. Stat< - ,
Court rendered a judgment of ouster to-day
H Mayor J. P. Harsha ol Hntchinson and
all of the city t>fflcials.
The charge against the Mayor and other offi
cials was that they permitted infractions
prohibition law, and that police protection was
extended to objectionable n >©n pas merit
of a monthly tint
BURGLARS GAG GIRL.
Cause Her to Tell Where Family
Silverware Is Kepi.
Springfield. Mass.. April 1»» Mask
to-night entered the home of Alderman \. FI.
X.X' I^. >•"" 22 Temple street bound and
gagged Miss Nell Risers, daughter of I
derman, and, dra?g-inK her down a flici-.t of
stairs to tlie kitchen, forced her to tell them
rware was k--pr ai
■ ■ ■ poch tbooks of Mrs. Rogers and other
m.-mbers of the family. They red the
room'of Mr Rogers's aunt, directly in the
of Miss Rogers's room, and so frightened the
aged woman, who is feeble, that she w.is un
. to move
Vfter the men had ransacked the hous
left Bliss Rind, - - ' - md, calmly lefi
and boarded a car Mi^ Rogers n
undoing her bonds ai ■ - nd cried to
her father, who was asleep. He cal
by and the police were Informed. It was found
that after entering the bouse and before going
upstairs the burglars had pulled the telephone
from the wall, making a telephone alarm Im
possible.
LILLEY HOLDS HIS OWN.
Connecticut (worernor Show* Signs
of Improvement.
Hani.. id. i "onn . April I" > :
;_ i. ■;:,■> was reported to-night t.>
scious, and his mind appeared I
His temperature showed a dccii ement
• rature
this morning was lor., and ning it was
d..wn to 101. with the pulse at 90 Hi recog
nizes the m< f'i-: family c.vii ■ .
>r,m It Is b.-ii. wed no immedi-
I>r. Graves said that while t is not desi
hold out anj delusive hopes, it is ( raging
t.. know that the Govi
g] ment Me said that there was ir> ques
tion of "■• ondition of the Go^
The iha nges w hi< h ma y com. will
noticeable, perhaps, and all ■
■ - . i win be
i .■! tei
DOGS CAUSE AUTO SPILL.
Chauffeur Avoids Four-Corner* d
Fight, but Overturns Machine.
Five persons were thrown from an automobile
at --d and Gravesend avenues. Brooklyn. last
night, when the chauffeur encountered four dogs
lighting in th.- • eel and turned so abruptly
that i tii burst, overturning the machine. [a
(he car at the time were Benjamin Erdman,
the owner; his wife and Mr. and Mrs. Morris D.
Tultman.
The parti liul been riding all the afternoon.
and when the accident occurred were on their
way to Bensonhurst. where Mr. Erdman lives.
The car was running at a fair rate of speed,
when it came upon the dogs. Arthur Labana,
the chauffeur. turned the steering wheel sharply
to the left, and a- he did so U tire burst anil
the machine overturned, throwing its occupants
lo tli" street Labana was rendered unconscious
and was taken t>> the home of Dr. J. W. Mit lorn .
on 22d avenue. Tho others awaited the arrival
■>f l>r. li mi •It of the Coney Island Reception
Hospital. Their Injuries proved to be flight, and
the) went home.
FROST NIPS EARLY VEGETABLES.
Norfolk V"« \;- v
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M . ■ ■ ■ v ii t did K 1 ■
■
PRICE FIVE CENTS.
FRAJSCE FORCIBLY
BIPELS CASTRO
IAIWI ED I XI EOT II ED TO
THE VERSAILLES.
Xozc on Way to St. Xazaire — Police
at Martinique Hold Back
Riotous Crouds.
I'r.rt de France. April I<>. — Cipriano Castro, <»x»
I President <>f Venezuela, was Ignnmlniously ex
| pelleil to-night fr-.u-i the island of Martiniau" by
j the French government. He protested to th»
i last, but his protests -were in vain. He I* now
! on board th* French line steamship Versailles.
! bound for St. Nazair»\
Official notice was served on Castro this
I morning of th* decision of thp French gf>vern
| inent that he must !^av<> th* Island within n!n»
! hours from the receipt of such notice or undergo
six months' imprisonment, ... com
missioner of poii*-«» at Fort de France had b*ea
charged t<» carry out the order. Th^ ex-Presl
! dent was furious, and strove throughout th» day
; to find some excuse which would v satisfactory
to the colonial government whereby h* would
not be compelled to .obey the order, and late •'-!!»
' afternoon he summoned a lawyer and physician
to certify that he was unable to leave th»
i country.
Tlie Governor of Martinique and the publte
: prosecutor, however. r'-fus^d an extension of
time, and about i> o'clock the commissioner of
police, accompanied by a large force of gen
darmes, proceeded to the hotel wher* Castrtj
was staying for the purpose of removing him,
forcibly if necessary, to the steamer.
I.ong before the police made th»lr appearance
at the hotel, crowds had gathered, which later
were Joined by the consuls representing tho
various foreign powers, who showed great in
terest in the expulsion of a man whom one ot
Ihei termed, "the common - '!!>• of peace."
Castro, who. during his few days at Kort d»
France, has had little communication with any
body, locked himself in his room, in company
with his brother Carmelo, and his secretary, and
for a time refused to reply to the summons of
ihf police official. Th<=- police hesitated to break
in the door, and finally decided to submit th»
case again to Governor Foureau, but the Gov
ernor absolutely refused to permit delay, and
ordered that Castro {>•» removed by force of
arms. He also gave orders that the Versailles
remain in port until Castro could be put aboard.
II became necessary for the police and gen
darmes to tak^ rigid measures to hold in check
the crowds, which had by this time become riot
ous, outside the hotel. The ex-President railed,
against thn French government and th* local
authorities, denouncing them for forcing on him
the alternative of deportation or imprisonment
for six months. He said that he would not
budge, nd that It would be necessary to take
him on board the steamer on a stretcher. This
the »*ommissioner of Police, who finally entered
Castro's room with an escort of gendarmes,
prepared to de. but Castro's lawyer went to th«
Chief Justice, and, at the last mom.Tt. the Gov
ernor and pubiic prose* • decided to have an
other medical examination made.
Accordingly, a raedicai commission, composed
Of Drs. Houvler. Costet and Barbe, made th»
examination, in order to establish if Castro*
health was such that h^ could make the •■■>;•'
age. The consultation of the physicians con
tinued for more than half an hour, and they
agreed that the life of the ex-President would
not be jt-opardized by his removal to the steamer
and th? return voyage across th* ocean.
Professor Ricci, however, who was a passen
ger with Castro on the Guadeloupe on the trip
•from Bordeaux to this port, was the origlnaJ
authority for the statement that during the voy
age Castro's wound, resulting from the opera
tion in Germany, had shown signs of pun
tion, but the final examination of th* physician*
this evening seemed to indicate that the former
President was in quite as healthy a condition
a? when he left Fran< *• on March '2*~> last.
At 3:3'"> o'clock a force of gendarmes went tn
Castro's room, and he was placed or a rr.attrrss.
he refusing to put on his clothes, and carried on
a stretcher to the steamer, a distance of mora
than n. mile. A thousand or irtore of th* popula
tion had assembled by this time, and a great
deal of sympathy was expressed for thf; cx-
President. The latter complained of gr«-.at pa!n.
and every movement of the stretcher seemed to
hurt him. He has prepared a protest, which
will be sent to the French government to-mor
row.
The Versailles left here at 9 o'clock, and!
measures have been taken to keep a careful
watch on Castro during the voyage. The c>
lonial government Intel to put down any
sympathetic demonstration which may be made
on shore.
«"astro"s brother is still liere for the present.
but it is thought that he will join Seflora Castr.>
it L Guayra. if she is permitted to land at that
port.
The United States cruiser North Carolina ar
rived her- at 4 o'clock r hi.-» afternoon, and U
still in the roadstead.
The notice of expulsion was served on >'«istr'»
;it V3O o'clock this morning. It was written
upon the official letterhead of the colonial gov
ernment, dated April 8, and? said:
Pursuant to tiu- organic laws of February 9.
l^l'T. and August Jj. IS3M; pursuant to Articles
1? anil IS of the law of December ::. IS4S: pur
suant to a ministerial cable dispatch. No. 4<>.
dated April 8, 1909. It U ordered:
First — That Clpriano Castro. Conner President
of the Republic of Venezuela, 'cave the island •>?
Martinique within nine hours from tl:- time thL-j
notification is served ui>on him: an. l
Second— The Commiss!on»-r of Police at Fort
de France is charged with th*' execution of t.i »
present order, which is to be published whcrevifj
the circumstances make necessary.
FOUREAU.
After rending ihe notice Cuatn> said that h»
suffered from Intolerable pains In th-» abdomen
and the kidneys, that he was without fumls t->
m»et his travelling expenses from Fort da
Franc*-, his money being deposited plsewherj
than in Martmlfiue. and that he could not em
bark on the Versailles. The doctor who first ex
amined him decided that he was able tr» mak»
the trip. He askfd for delay which would por
mit h'm to go to the Canaries.
REPORT Oi' ( ISTRO VEOl\
Rumor of Arms '/'" Be Bought Hi re.
ncitk Cuba da Cut's- . mx.
[Kr-'tn Th« Trlbunr Kureau. t
Washington, April tUt A sensational rumor
that friends of ex- President » "astro are organ
izing an expedition to promote b:s reinstate
mt-nt and that they have e>t,thli*h«<i headquar
ters m New Tot found credence among sotn*
army officers at the War Department to-day,
although it was Impossible t.» discover its origin
lt» support of th* rumor it was sa><l that » b! r !
Uad beep Introduced in »ht Cuban Concrtsj