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i strenuous life
ji:
iPrsident-EIcct Kept Unusually
f' "Busy as Day of Inauguration
Draws Near.
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fit KEEPS IN GOOD HUMOR
af: AND TAKES THINGS EASY
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llMf Holds Conferences With Knox
a and Hitchcock, Who Will Be
rf' in Cabinet.
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WASHINGTON, March 1. A rush
m of morning callers, interrupted for :i
Jj long walk in lac afternoon aud nt-
ppcS tendance at n special dinner given in
nrins 1,onor hy 11,e "Tat Philippino
dtS'oxpedition." brought President-elect
H Taft to within two days of his inaugu
noatg' ration with less serious demands on
L$5his time than he Las experiencednny
xedjS: other day since his return from
imtPu Panama.
rt: The apparent splendid physical con
nSSldition, the universal Rood humor and
eatS absence from nervous strain of Mr.
JjJSjl Taft, make a "ratifying impression.
4g The president-elect conferred with
hJSSw Senator Knox .regarding many im
Stportaut matters pertaining to thoncxt
ot-M administration. Charles Naeel or St.
CucsS! Louis paid his respects to Mr. Taft.
ncntef lranlc II. Hitchcock also saw Mr.
.?5aTafr. No other members of tho Taft
;"v,ffi cabinet arc in Washington, w;ith tho
JJouST exception of I'optmastcr-Gencral Meyer
o sm and Secretary AVilsou.
3nnoItf - Pretentious Diuner.
;c?dta The Philippine dinner was the
uid3 most pretentious of tho enjoyable oc
casious which this famous party in-
O dulgo in every year. There were pres
3Kent seven United States senators and
. twenty-four members of the house,
profiit The trip, in honor of which the
niptoh dinner ws given, was famous be
'ecvnsc of its matrimonial results. Itep
..JrfSfi 'tentative Nicholas LoupT-orth and
utMtttMj'ss Alice Koosevclt became bc
luIMin'ft rot lied; Representative Bourkc Cock
vaslaljrnn met Miss Idc. daughter of Judge
iat Jdc of the Philippino commission,
l?o55 who i? now Mrs. Cock ran, aud Roprc
ih ,-tSi',v'c Swagcr Sherlcy of Keutuck.y
fi Ofjmcti'liss Mignon Critton of Staten
la iraf island, .to whom ho became cngaced.
-i'M Senator Nathan B. Scott of West
t ati ririiiia, ono of the voyagers, was
ordoM, toastniaster.
tionij May Give Loeb a Placo.
'-ec'tlfl Changes in the diplomatic corps,
tef Mr. Tatt says, Avill not bo considered
Snnd, for some time to come. It is possiblo
leuMj that several important places in the
lnSjS' federal service 11133 bo filled and the
M TU ""'"ftions go to the senate with tho
initS cabinet. Tt has been predicted that
hlsNt William Loeb, .i1"-, secretary to Presi-
opfiidont Roosevelt, to be collector of the
ilns- Y-gort. of New York, will bo ono of tho
ffirS "Appointments of Mr. Taft.
wt The passing of tho so-called
nvtnf Aonnins club, established 113- Prcsi
EAlWf dent Roosevelt, is one of tho vehicles
w5 of pleasantry "between the outgoing
rs-ttfc! imd incoming president. According to
Inrnql tho slorv which is going tho rounds,
SutiW, Mr. Roosevelt has accused Mr. Taft of
'"S already starting an "opposition"
ho club the 'buncombe club." In sev
adriiR prM of his recent speeches in which
priy criticism of tho Panama canal has
nanwU been dealt with unspairingl Mr. Taft
otwfi' has declared that 'buncoinbo cougress
SC m lnen" have been largeb' responsible,
lcv.W: therefore the president, it is said,
vlnci has joked with his successor of his
AmtM " buncombe" organization.
intreCf Arrangements are being made by
'dedh Taft for a tea to bo hold at the
britw W"-t0 house March S in honor of tho
m V4 wcuhers o the Yale class of
nd "tWf wno are to attend the iuaugura-
yoiuy tion. Taft is a member of this class.
th?Sj Tho members of. the class will be givon
vim a (-lnncr (,rin their stay in the cit-.
ofg INJURY OF ONE MAN
M PREVENTS TRAIN WRECK
ram DENVER, March 1. By tho severe
v injury of one man lalo yesterdav after
'rnisid ,,0"' "Q!ir My1- Colo., ilea tli "and in
;, .l"".v many others was probably
n't'arO avoided. A large pieco of iron hail
exctW been placed on tho tracks of the Uuion
.-W Pacific railroad just boyond the 3'iird
4K limits at Elyria, with tho ovidont in
9 tention of wrecking tho Choyonne flyer
nUL ron tho north and west, and tho 'ob
necw fitriiction was discovered bv a signal
igcgi inspector, whose railroad tficvclo was
aji Avreeked ten minutes before tho pas
ir K fronger train was duo.
kfP , T" inspector was severely hurt, but
m he removed the obstruction and rcport
oil the attompted train wreck. A sev-ontenn-ycar-old
boy of Elvria, whoso
namo has been withheld, has beim ar
rested, and other arrests arc looked for.
The attempt is said to be ono of si?v
eralvtliat have been discovered siueo
lnsfcEhnnksciving, and railroad detec
tives 'arc of the opinion that they are
' 'ua 1 ,vor-1 of y,lnP ",f,. v.'hose principal
rvi3 was that of playing a practical
is -1 :
'M THREE UNKNOWN MEN
m HEAT CATHOLIC PRIEST
U'fS , BO-5TOX. Mass., March 1. Three un-
aruHtl known men lured Hi-v. Francis Lobcrtl.
iniO pastor of the Romnn Catholic churcli. Our
hK '.ildy nf Mount C'annel, from IiIh homo in
i'nsL ,3o:?lon tonight ami heat him senpi-
iatHr,ii I"- Two hours later. Rov. Mr. Lebertl
ocl'!; rfeoyereil Hufflciontly to o to a phyl-
IrtSft s off ice. Father Lobertl was (old bv
rdViSv tlu-straiiKers when they called at his
s-1fcS rrslijpnce that a dying woman desired tho
alEftf' !"Hl r,le,J f l'e cliurch. The motive of
j-Sfil'tl tl't outrnce hat; not been learned.
J.rCSv$ 3ooth Gives Bond.
!d$H ri-AGO. 'Alarch l.-W. Vernon jjnolh.
t c-l r'0l)b 'ns. forinprnKslstant trunurcr of (In;
nrei&i t,0,nr,ay-, indicted lam Saturday on 11
) lisUf-f tim-ntal National bunk out of iriOO.OOO.
m) fveiy today'''' i2:'M0 and 5,000, icspcct-
Famous Turfman, Plunger and
Multi-Millionaire Passes
Away.
MADE HARD FIGHT FOR
LIFE, BUT FINALLY LOST
His Career One of the Most Spec
tacular and Noteworthy in
West's History.
LOS ANGELES, March 1. Elias J.
Baldwin, tho famous plunger and turf
man, known throughout tho countr3'
and Europe as "Lucky" Baldwin, died
at his residence at Arcadia, on tho cele
brated Baldwin ranch, fifteen miles
from Los Angeles, at 7 o'clock this
morninc. Ho was SI 3'cars old. The
end camo after a lingering illness of
several weeks. Ho passed quietly awaj
surrounded by his family and friends,
after having been unconscious most of
the night. At his bedside, this morning
were Mrs. Baldwin, their daughter, a
niece aud other relatives.
The illness which finally resulted in
the death of Baldwin began on Febru
ary 2. At that timo ho experienced a
serious sinking spell, nearly resulting in
his death, but from which ho finally ral
lied and made a gallant fight for life.
Previous to this attack, however, ho
had suffered for several weeks with in
fluenza and had refused to bo attend
ed by a physician, and when Dr. ,T. W.
Truoworth3' of this city was called, on
tho night of Februar3' 2, ho found Bald
win much enfeebled and in a highly
nervous condition.
M.bllJli. 111 J3.UU.ll IlUUUli;,
The wonderful vitality of the aged
millionaire and his grim determination
to get on his feet again carried him
through several recurrences of tho
heart trouble, but ho grew weaker and
less ablo to resist tho next one.
At tho timo Mr. Baldwin was first
seriously stricken, Mrs. Baldwin, whom
ho marriod t.wcnt3'-thrcc 3'ears ago,
when she was but 113 years of age, was
in Sacramento, and' did not learn of
her husband's Ecrious condition until
two days" later. She then hastened to
hiB bedside, and has been his almost
constant attendant from that time un
til tho cud. For tho greater part of
the twenty-throe years of her married
life Mrs. Baldwin has remained in San
Francisco, while Baldwin has divided
his timo between his ranch at Santa
Anita nnd tho north. Some times ho
has boon at Lake Tahoe, other times
in Alaska, and again in San Francisco.
IIo preferred Santa Anita, however,
and one of tho greatest ambitions of his
life was to see tho raco track there
become the greatest; in tho eouuto.
Burial in San Prancisco.
Baldwin will bo buried in San Fran
cisco, but the tlate of tho funeral has
not been determined. A' conference of
relatives was held, lasting most of tho
day, in reference to this and other
matters. Tho bodj' will bo broucrht to
Los Angeles and bo taken, probably 1.3
special train, to the placo of interment.
Tho fortune left by "Lucky" Bald
win is estimated by TJ, A. TJnruh, his
manager, at $25,000,000. Tt may be a
million or two on cither sido of this
sum. Little is known of tho details
of tho will left b- tho noted turfman
disposing of this vast amount. It is
certain, however, that his wifo and
daughters have been liberally provided
for, but no announcement has been
mado regarding his other bequests.
Many rumors of impending contests of
the will havo been rifo during Bald
win's illness, but they havo not 3'et
appeared in tangiblo form. It is re
ported that tho will contains a speci
fic statement, denying tho existence of
more than a single widow, thus pro
viding against a possible contest from
that direction.
Horsemen Pay Tribute.
Out of Tcspcct to tho memory of
Baldwin, the Los Angeles racing asso
ciation will close its race track at San
tn Anita park tho day of tho fun oral.
This stati-ment was made b3" Dr. Gard
ner, manager of the track, this after
noon. "We would have closod lod.iy," said
Dr. Gardner, "but Mr. Baldwin passed
away at such an hour as to make it
impossible for us to stop racing to
rt a v."
MOST WIDELY ENOW
OP RACE PROMOTERS
LOP ANGELES. March L No man
identified with horse breeding and tho
racing of thoroughbreds was more
wideb known throughout the country
than E. T. (Luckj') Baldwin. Even
tho weight, of his eighty-one 3enrs
did not suffice to diminish his intorost
011 matters pertaining to tho turf, aud
whilo horses bred by his trainers
were winning races on distant tracks,
the owner of tho vast estate near
Los Anceles lived the luxurious lifo
of an old Spanish don. witli an ariny
of emploj'ecs and retainers, with one
of tho few great race tracks of the
count rv-' almost at his door and with
towns" and settlements transforming
1 lie appearance of the great, domain
that has become onof of the great
places of southern California,
"Luck'" Baldwin was born on a
farm six miles outside of Hamilton,
111., and on his father's estate he ac
quired tho taste for fast horses that
made his a familiar figure at mnn3"
a track. During his boyhood the
famib' jnoved into Indiana, and thonco
to Racine, Wis., where ho engaged in
tho merchandise business. Attracted
1)3 the tales of fortuno mado and lost
in the uold fields of California, Bald
win sold out and camo to San Fran-,
eisco in !Sf53.
Almost from the first his vonturos
were attended with the success that
' Continued on Pago Two.
t T MOTION "IN ORDER
x 4.
TEDOT ENTERTAINS H !
FAREWELL -LUNCHEON
Members of the "Tennis Cabi
net" and Others Associated
With President Praised.
WASHINGTON, March 1. President
Roosevelt today gave a farewell lunch
eon at the White House to the members
of the famous "tonnis cabinet" and
others who have boon elosoly associat
ed with him during the past seven
years.
Aside from the distinguished govern
ment officials who have served as
among the president's chief aides dur
ing his administration, and also as his
companions at sports of different kinds,
there were present men with whom the
president had mado friends whou ho
was roughing it in the wost years ago,
and with whom ho had gone on numer
ous hunting expeditions.
The occasion was memorablo to those
who surrounded the president today
and the latter !s farewell words wcro
not ontireb" freo from notes of regret,
if not sadness. Tho president in a brief
spcoch laid emphasis on tho point that
no administration has given its charge
more lo3'al service, and he stated that
lie believed that tho country had never
had a more dovoted set ol public ser
vants than those men through whom,
he said, most of tho work of his admin
istration had been accomplished. Tho
president in his remarks following the
luncheon, said:
President's Address.
"Gentlemen You are here nominally
as members, or to meet the members, of
the tennis cabinet; that is, as men,
with whom at. tonnis or hunting, or
riding, or walking, or boxing, I have
played, with whom 1 havo been on the
roundup, or in the mountains, or in
the ranch country,
i "But realty, as you know, vou arc not
hero 1'ur that reason at all: 3-011 are
here because .vou aro tho men, and be
cause vou represent, the men with
whom I havo worked while I have been
prcsidenl.
"No administration has ever had
finer or inoro loyal service than you
have given, and I don't believe this
country has ever had an abler or more
devoted set of public sfrvants. It is
through 3'ou and those like you that I
have done tho ma.ior part of what has
been accomplished under the adminis
tration. Moreover, in a vast number
of cases, the doing of the work itself
has been your only reward.
"Tho credit has come to me, to tho
administration.
"So while I greet 3011 for 3'oursclvcs,
I greet 3'ou still more as symbolizing, all
of you, one who leaves public life when
I leave it; a man who made a real per
sonal sacrifice when seven years ago
ho came hero to take office at 1113- re
quest; a man who has stood ever since
as the type of what a good public ser
vant should bo; a man who for the last
two years has been one of tho most
useful cabinet ministers who over sat
at tho cabinet table Jim Garfield."
Those present at the luncheon wore:
Tho French embassador, Secretary
Bacon, .lusticc ' Moodv, the postmaster
general, .Secretary Newberry. Score
j tary Garfield. Secretar3r Loeb', Solicitor
General I Iriyt- Assistant Secrcfaiy
1 O 'Lauglilin," Assistant Secretary Win-
Index to Today's Tribune
y..j..t..T,.,,MTT........jj..,..y.tt..y..T..Tny ,
J-
-V Departments. Pago
Editorial -1
j. Society G !
J- Mines .. G
State 7 v
lntcrmountnln 9 r
j.
s- Domestic. r
Taft stands up well under strcn- ;
nous life 1
v "Lucky" Baldwin, noted turf- -j.
man and plunger, dies 1
j. Senate passes Sunday civil ap-
proprlatlon bill 1 r
President pives farewell lunch- -j.
? eon to "Tennis Cabinet" 1 j.
' Big fire In Reno destroys fam- -
ous gambling house 1 -J-
A- State Bells witness In Cooper
4- trial to tho dofense 2
.u 4
Local.
j. Citv council at war with Ore-
f gon Short Line 12 .j.
Funeral of Joseph Oborndorfcr j.
largely attended 12
4- SL David honored by Cambrian
I- Hociety 12 -J
J. Big Improvements In store for ?
J the city 12
r Absence of councilman causes !-
postponement of liquor ordl- I
r nance - 12
-J. Tuberculosis prevalent among
cows In this vicinity 12
j Sporting News. i
i James J. Jeffries begins fight .
4- talk S
Bnco track accident at Santa
-J. Anita S -
New York basketball team com-
Ing west 8
Mike Yokel and "Farmer" Burns
will wrestle S !
X-X"X-X X-X-X-'X-'X-X-X-X"!'
throp, Assistant Sccrctan' Satterlee,
Assistant Attorney General Woodruff,
Assistant Sccrotary Phillips, Comptrol
ler Munay, Commissioner Mcllhenny,
John C. Rose, Henry L. Stimson, Lj'ninn
M. Bass, Gifford Pinchot, .Tames B.
Reynolds, W. W. Hcffclfingcr, Cape.
Luther S. Kolly (" Yellowatono" Kellv)
whom tho presidont first met on the
Little Missouri, at present an Indian
agent in Arizona; W. W, Sewell, tho
president's old guide: Capt. Seth Bul
lock, Commissioner Koofo, Dr. Henry
Sprichett, John Abcrnatli3
IMPORTANT MEASURE
WILL ALLOW IlESURYBYS
Special to Tho Tribune.
WASHINGTON, March 1. Tho con
ference committee todaj- reported fav
orabb the bill authorizing the secretary
of the interior to rcsurvey and mark
public lands whenever, in his .-judgment,
it, is necessary, without asking or re
quiring legislation from congress. Tho
bill appropriates five per cent of' all
the monc3' set aside for surveys to
carr3' out the purposes of the act. "
It is a vory important pieco of leg
islation and will bo 'approved by the
president, to whom it now cocs for
his signature. Ileriafter it will not bo
necessary lo pass a special bill through
congress ovcr.v timo it becomes ncc.es-sar3-
to correct a local survey or draw
new linos.
BEATS TEDDY'S RECORD
FOR RIDING HORSES
PIQI'A. O.. March 1. Dr. G. C. Throck
morton, aged Or, yeum. today beat the
military ride of l'residenl Koonovelt of
ninely-nlx miles, military palt. when he
rodo three horaos on the relays 1 'JO mlls
In IS hours and 45 minutes today. Tho
result was telegraphed to President
Koe-scvell. who hns manifested interest
In the effort to. break his record.
V
BIG FIRE II RENO;
LOSS ABOUT $108,000
Palace Hotel and Famous Gamb
ling Resort Wiped Out; Thrill
ing Rescue of Woman,
IfENO, Nev,, March J Pirc starting
about 3 o'clock todn3r, it is supposed,
from an overheated fiuo in an upper
room "of the Arcade hotel, on Commer
cial Row, quickb' conimuuicatcd to tho
Palace hotel and gambling house,
owned by Jim May, on t)ie comer ot
Commercial How and Center streot. and
in an hour tho old landmark and no
torious gaming placo was level with the
street and the Arcade hotel a mass of
smouldering ruins.
Tho Washoe saloon and Testaurant,
adjoining tho Arcade on the wast, was
completely wrecked and contents de
stroyed. Tho loss will approach $100,000 very
closely, partb' covered by iusurunce.
'Mitchell & Sherman, restaurateurs
in the Palace, loso $15,000, with no in
surance, their poliC3' lapsing less than
a month ago.
Strenuous work on the part of tho
firemon confiued tho blaze to tho three
place's mentioned. For a timo it was
feared that tho Ovorland hotel, op
posite tho Palace, and tho Golden
block, immediately adjoining on the
rear, would go.
Some Liquor Savod.
No attompt was made to savo any
of tho coutents of tho buildings except
fifty barrels of whiskey in tho Palace
collar. Water was turned into the cel
lar and tho barrels were quickb sub
merged. Several men wcro moro or less hurt
b3- Hying boards and falling brick.
Ono fireman was painfully bruised by
being knocked down a flight of stairs
1)3' being struck by the full force of a
hose.
Pour unknown men made a thrilling
roscuo of Miss Pearl Folc3', who had
been asleep in one of the rooms of tho
Palace. After throwing several arti
cles of no value from the window, she
collapsed, and la3' helpless on tho sill,
whilo tho flumes whirled behind her.
Boforo a ladder could bo raisod, the
young men rushed forward and. swing
ing ono upon tho other, reached Miss
Foley and convc.ycd her to tho street
through a flame-filled stairwni. Their
act was wildb' cheered 1)3' tho big
crowd.
The Palace gambling house was ono
of tho oldest and most noted of resorts
in tho ontire west. It has boon the
scene of man.y spectacular plays, one
of tho most, noted being mado b.y its
present owner, .Jim Mn.y. One night,
two years ago. after a run of hard luck,
May finally put a thousand-dollar bill
on No. 4 on the roulette wheel, aud won
$155,000. In lieu of the cash ho was
giveu an interest in the games, since
which timo he has acquired tho building.
Stevenson as Educator.
CHICAGO. March 1. Wlmt to do with
our vice presidents Is a question which has
been solved by at least one of them for
himself. Adlal E. Stevenson, It was
learned today, will retire from his law
business and his coal mining to establish
the La Salle Kxlonslon university. Tho
La Salic iustllutlou alms an extension,
along tho lines which havo been proved
a succeus by tho University of WioconBln.
SACKVILLE HE
EXCITESJNTEREST
Peerage and Right to Property
Now Being Threshed Out in
Courts of Madrid.
LORD SACKVILLE ONCE
MINISTER TO WASHINGTON
Question Hinges Upon Legit
imacy of Son Whose Mother
Was Spanish Dancer. 1
MADRID, March 1. Tho caso of
Ernest Henri Battiste West, claimant
to tho Sackvillo 'peerage and estates,
against Lionel Edward Sackvillo West,
to whom tho estates have passed,
opened in this cit' today. Tho court
was presided over b3 Judgo Marquclla.
Tlio caso hinges upon the legitimacy
of the claimant.
The lalo Lord Sackville, uncle of
the present holder of the estates, was
British minister to Washington in 3SSS.
Ernest West is tho natural son of
Lord Sackvillo, who, while ne "w?s n
Madrid, formed an irrecnlar alliance
with a Spanish dancer named Josephine
Duran de Ortega. His claim to the
titlo and esiates has aroused a great
degree of sentimental interest.
Claim of Defendant.
No attempt will be made to deny that
Lord Sackvillo lived with Josephine
do Ortega as his wifo and that he
formally legitimatized his children b3'
her, but Lionel -will contend that- the
dancer in 1851, 'eighteen years prior to
tho birth of Ernest, contracted a mar
riage with a Spaniard named Olvia and
that consequently Lord Sackville's legal
recognition of his children is nullified.
He will produce in court copies of a
register of a church in Madrid, pur
porting lo show the marriage of Lrn
est's mother to Olvia. Theso copies
wcro procured in 1900 and tho claim
is made that the register was tampered
with in 1901.
Tho present caso is a criminal action
against a church employee "named Rol
fir, a relative of Josephine, and a third
man, who aro charged with altering the
churcli record of tho marriage of Jo
sephine to Olvia. The public prosecutor
and tho attorney for Lionel Sackvillc
Wcst havo joined in asking tho con
demnation of the accused to imprison
ment for ten years. Tho handwriting
experts agree tliat the church record has
been tampered with, but they differ ns
to what these changes indicate. Many
handwriting experts havo been sum
moned 1)3' both sides.
Claimant's Contentious.
Tho claimant purposes to produce al
so tho d3-ing declaration of Josephino,
affirming that she was the legitimate
wifo of the late Lord Sackvillo and
that her children wcro recognized, sup
porting this contention with an array
of private letters. Tho prosecution will
insist upon the validity of tho marriage
of 1851, and it will cite tho fact that
there- is no certificate of the marriago
of Josephino and Lord Sackvillo; that
Lord Sackville, when ho assumed the
peerage in 1SS5. declared that ho was
unmarried and that tho municipal arch
ives coutain a lejjal transcript of the
marriage of Josophiue and Olvia.
BANKER RICKEY FREED
BY SUPREME COURT
CARSON, Nov., March 1. In tho
Rickey habeas corpus proceedings be
fore iho supremo court of this state,
Chief Justice Norcross has decided that
T. B. Rickey, president of tho Slate
Bank aud Trust company, should bo
discharged. Ho was charged with re
ceiving a deposit, knowing tho bank to
bo insolvent.
Tho statute makes it a crimo to re
ceive a deposit under such circum
stances. Tho deposit in this caso was
received bv a receiving teller and not
b3' the defendant Ricko3. Rickc3' con
tended that this character of reception
was not within tho law. thnt tho teller
wns not his agent, but tho agont of tho
corporation. The court sustained
Rickey's contention aud discharged
him.
PROSPECTIVE ADVANCE
OF COPPER DISCUSSED
NEW YORK. March 1. Reports wore
circulated In Wall street today of ad
vances In tho price of copper, but tho
advance was not officially announced.
Representatives of the lending copper
producing interests reported a better de
mand for the metal, with large foreign
orders In process of negotiations. It was
said that largo sales were under way,
chiefly to German. French and Belgian
consumers. The price was given ns 12
cents which Is half a cent above last
week's low quotation on the metal ex
change. The domestic demand was also
slightly better.
Phelps. Dodge & Co. and the United
Metals Selling agency, which handles too
output of the .Amalgamated Copper com
pany, declined to give actual figures,
A largA part of the copper inotlil of
fered Is from Montana and Arizona mines.
Tho prices quoted is for April delivery.
BANK TELLER MISSING:
SHORTAGE IN ACCOUNTS
SASKATOON, Sask., March 1. Frank
Lee. teller of tho Northern Crown bank. Is
missing. His accounts are short about
$5000. Lee got leave ten days ngo to
visit his mother In the cast, who was re
ported dying. Inspector Yulo of Winni
peg and R. R. Morgan, local manager of
the bank, said that they looked to the
bonding company to make good the shortage,
Slain Without Warning.
HELENA. Mont.. March 1. A cpeclal
to the Record from Laurel says that
Charles Horen, a well-known Jmslness
man, was shot down nnd probably fatally
Injuvcd yesterday afternoon by a supposed
ly Insane Italian. Tho men had met nnd
exchanged the compliments of the day
when without warning the Italian
wheeled and fired upon Horen, two bullets
lodging In his spine. Thf Italian wns cap
tured by a posse nnd turned over to tho
county ofllclala.
SUNDRY CIVIL II I
PASSED BY SENATE I
Carries $139,000,000; Author- H
ity for $30,000,000 More 'H
Canal Bonds Denied.
HALE WARNS SENATE I
IT MUST GO SLOW H
.Constant .Demand for More
Money for Canal Omnipres
ent, He Declares.
WASHINGTON, March 1. Tho
sundr.v civil appropriation bill was
passed 1)3' the senato just before ad
journmeut toda', with an amendment
securing $-10,000 for remodeling tho
White house office building to ffivo
additional room for tho president and
providing .$25,000 for his traveling ex
pensc.s. Mr. Halo explained the latter pro
vision b.y snying that should tho presi
dent's salary' bo raised, the provision
for traveling expenses would be
stricken from the bill.
On motion of Mr. Forakcr an amend
ment. appropriating $120,000 to pa3'
the Roman Catholic church in Porto fl
Rico for property in Porto Rico, was
adopted.
Senator Hale opposed tho adoption fl
of an amendment offered 1)3' Mr. Fry'e.
appropriating $200,000 for participa- IH
tion b3 the United Stales in the inter
national exposition at Brussels. Tho
amendment was rejected on a point
of order.
An amendment b' Senator Carter
for an appropriation for tho United VM
States to participate in the exposition
at Austria-Hungar3', was also rejected.
The authorization for additional
issue of $30,000,000 of Panama bonds
was .stricken out on protest of Senator
Cla3 who criticised tho excessive cost
of. the canal. Senator Hale said, in
this connection:
"We went into this thing in a blind
wa3', and wc have stumbled along in
it ever since. Tho majority of tho
senate favored a sea level canal, but
wc wcro drawn into an approval of
tho lock system. Only one thing is
omnipresent in this matter, and that
is the constant demand for more
mone3'."
An amendment by Senator Carter
was ndoptcd. placing the control of
the United Stntes military prison at
Fort Leavenworth uuder the board of IH
commissioners of United States
soldiers' homes, with instructions to
submit nununl reports on the financial
affairs of the prison lo tho secrctarv
of war.
The bill carries appropriations of
about $130,000,000.
Tomorrow the general dcficienc3- bill,
the last of the great supplv measures,
will be reported to the senate, and it
is hoped it will be passed during the IH
day.
HOUSE IN CONFUSION;
WINDING UP ITS WORK
WASHINGTON. March 1. Transact-
ing its business amid scenes of great con
fusion, tho house earl3 today gave
ever3' evidence that tho prese'nt con
gross is closing. In his endeavor to fl
maintain order, the speaker was con
stantlv pounding his gnvel and ad
mouisliing members to cease convcrsa-
The Appalachian and White mountain
forest reservo bill, amended so as to
apph- to all states, was passed b3' ten
majority.
By the terms of tho bill tho national
forest reservation commission is ere
ated to acquire the lands needed to
promote or to protect tho nnvigabilit.v
of streams on whoso watershed they
lie. The measure will now go to con- IH
fcrcncc.
Tho final conference reporls on tho
army, naval, and fortifications appro
priatiou bills wero agreed to and tho
measures will now go to tho president
for signature.
A resolution, designed as a concession
to the insurgents in the amendment of
tho rules so as to provide ono da- each
week for u call of committees, was IH
adopted by a vote of to lb'2.
Tho house almost unanimously in
sistcd on its disagreement with tho Ecn
ate on the amendment to the legislative,
executive and judicial appropriation
bill raising the salaries of tho president,
vice president, the speaker and United
States judges, and tho bill for tho third IH
timo went back to tho conference. IH
SARGENT CASE AROUSES H
GREAT INTEREST ABROAD
PARIS. Marcli 1. The newspapers aro
deeply absorbed with the case of tho En- H
gllsuman, Sargcant. and his wife, said to
be an American, arrested at Asnierr, H
charged with tho gross Ill-treatment of
four children whom they had adopted, and
claim that tho developments Indicate the
probability of a great scandal.
The- chief energy of the authorities Is
being directed to tracing the parontago H
of the children. They announce thnt Mrs. B
Sargent claims that the eldest child, who M
was so brutally beaten that she Is now B
In a hospital. Is named Mary Ann Edge- IB
worth, and that she was born October IS. B
1S09. In Newark, N J. The police say
thu woman Insists that she Is the daughter B
of a Frenchman named Savin, and an H
American woman, who now lives In tho
United States, and that they forward her
each year $5000.
Before a magistrate today the woman
declared she had not maltreated the chll- IPhSJ
dren that she had only chastised thorn
when punishment wns necessary. There
wore violent scenes In the court room be
tween the accused couple nnd their ser-
vants, the latter charging the woman with
being a "prevaricating monster."
Tho police Pay that they have cstab
llshcd the fact that the youngest child
adopted bv the Sargonts was born in No-
vemlier at the Holy Trinity lodge, an An-
glo-Anicrlcan Institution, the membership tM
of which Is composed of English aud IH
American glrlc. Tho official register IB
gives the namo of the child as Kenneth JM
Kdgcwlnstcr. a son of'Mabel Johnson. In H
December, after having verified excellent H
references given by the Sargents, Iho fM
lodge turned over this child to the cou- IH
plo. IH