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^atllaaiit eeerr 8atur*iay br JOHN bUTCHBIX. JK . at ?ll N F. ..rth Btreet. Blcfcniivae', Va IOHN MIKHHU JR-. - KIpITOK. all cnmmumretioae iateadrd *er p-jbBeattoa Sanalrl be er -ar-b >a> by WeduMitaj arrraaTianfo BATaa *f Of aaw .ach. oe? iaeerti <S ? rar ooe ir.ah each euberqurnt iaaertion r??r t?e mrtiee three moothe ? SO rar two tncbea. ?x moatba 1*08 rat teno inrWee. aiar aiootba 1?-<T r?f twe inct-.a?. twrlve mo- . BM aVnap an i Fuo*>rai Netieta, ooe taeh .. 6 ?? and Traaaairrit Vitinee yer Uae roaraoR *T?.hi' - jtasx^ir^oaai THB n.ANICT <s ieau*~l weeUy. Tbe euheclp lieja prior te tVM per ?*?r in ?'?anca ?ara t*? whiah aaay aai be aeat by mall at our rlak- lo a Poet OCVe *,onr, OraVr. h* Rank Ch*** or nraft, or an E-.prree ?Bon?\? whaa aoae ol tfceee <-in S?e red, m a KajiBt?ra*J k>ttar a ? Moott Oraer t weanr Feet OfJW. (a he raeneneihl.' nn be ebtaineel -?. * rar?p aea 1 be raapoa- , - -t aart h? ?-it .*' theae (wnpaai?e ? aafa an>1 . a Mooej **aat OfCoe raav rea ue oe pejmar.' ?-wu et aiolea. tt aaa b? 88 ''an aaa t n-.eoe* lo thla ? a* ? ?'. :*? '?*>? *.,?>. \t Ivr tnooej eeat la ?e teat | . t!i?-r wa* ymx ?i.oat do lt at jr<xar own alBh ... not wanl THK I 'r ua bj nr it Th* courta he?e - here to newepepere ara? av . ? . .~aa been pa ?t the auha. - rtjet Uae papvr .liacoa -S *i..i. - ue to reneV year eubemption or to ?He* ?our name aad i nrtaa ?* caaoot fltvl rour aaaae oa av i> .. r^aa >f a aubeiTibrr. er nwart h<? *? ? Bl eddreaa. 1 i 1 V 1 III W > N'. I I'.HI I II \>1fl? ?N Nimv .tra has . ? nd bout 'ist a colored mai eal Btl ? tend tn the superior skiil In tralnlng Lo that .:? that ? - ? '. PrealaV > ? at ln i tes Army and of creating, I 1 ? the servi?e. The report from atea Mllitary Ac.v at \V Australia wlll much to . ata the race ln ' Bioa of tha world. It may well be under B'S victo: has no raclal s; Th. :,t to see him ira with their mon? ey took him Into their favor ba of his donioni-'? rlty ;ilong pugilistlc tfaa 1 by B inen. he is backed by wlnte nieij and he ls paid by white men. The proflts to ba made will ba *? *? hared by men. He is a flghting ma ohlne, a thlng that can be explolted | or destroyed by the white men in whose har.ds he has placed his inter eats. His pursult of Burns, who side ?teDped as long as he could all agree 1 nients with him was evldently ducted at the instigation ef white men. These white men knew "a ajood thing" when they saw lt and they "warmed" to Johnson, training blm "to the minute" and making him th*- superb ' fighting machlne" that he la today. It waa a matter of busi neaa with them and they have accept ed and backed Johnaon bocause there la no white man ln the world today, ao far aa they know capable of a aim Mar training and derelopment that Si^^lpM^fr,8ucb Kratlfylng ra d??ttfrf> laa.j eia Ta>IAJ1 l.no. To bring aaaomataati^hania aad. make the caae more thoronghly unj derstood, Johnson la In the same cat and class of tbe blooded race horse he ls the object of adulation and expense to hla ownere. The suc ceea of the anlmal on tbe tra< 1 n* or more races will line the pock ets of the promoters and owners wltb hundr housands of dollara ln arold. Practlcally every Neerro of prominence ln the T'nited States. durln* the last forty years has alv^n his plaee by this klndly. but practlcal interest of frlendly white r. ?n. The Nepro, who is an orlglnal nro duct. controlled and manaped by his own klth and kin 1b a rarlty White men can make a Nagro Kreat and ?hat aaa Kro with all of hia great neaa. There is a leason in all of th',8 which it ?111 '.1 for the average colored man of IntellU- Johnson, it the proper tralnlng and the mcial backlng would "dlamond ln the rouch." v. white ,, him. he will go back ] to that obsourlty from whlch he has emerjjotl and there w'll be no di or in the Tnited Statea who will be a 'urnlah the sklll. re him to nr.d popularity. whlch It ia wall then that we study theae ?ant facts with latereat and proflt and whib- caltlva! most Ip with the white ttmc ? ^hlch we hest ma B basia. v BftOW v>\ ii i i \m? i ni i?i u\ ? - Tha admlnf flfth -y had ? In ?f the informa tlal" ? -hare ift'a judl <lal ti aald: "If the blll n iuty of a fnrt ? BROOtlBg an : "Il I ' duty, there and that of the depart:: le to Identlfy tha ? g, and to ' ? liose dis-' ,l is ii"' a ondered that Mr ?iden- i tial." It waa ad\ p ta one j who ne. <i. d advtoa. To a paraoa ad in tha law, it will be seen that I 8 diplomatlcally Informed Presl I that the "burden of proof with th | and Pfth tho accused. that it was the buainesa of the prosecuting; depart? ment, whlch conslsted of the Presi? dent and thal W'it Department. to ?n sullty and that they should not he required to prove thoir Innocence although the reaolution of Senator Warren and his committee would seem to indicate that they would ba required so to do. The collapse of this investigation which had for ita purpose. so far aa President Roosevelt was concerned, the e8tabllshment of the g.iilt of tbeae colored soldiors, v?tile Secietary Ta't suggested that tbis method of pro cedure be resorted to with the ldea of eatabllshing the Innocence of some of them will be a moat lntereatlng and valuable additlon to this phaae of tbis justly celebrated case. It foreabadows the dawning of a brlgbter day for thia battallon and ls an indication tbat under President Taft's adminiatration at leaat prac tically all ef the 167 men will be1 rea to red to their rank. place and psy In the army. At no time slnce the struggie began for their relnatate nient has the outlook been brighter and the hope of a happy aolution of I ttlty more immlnent. Sen Foraktr ls Indeed a "llve pro poeltion" and those who imaglned that they saw his "flnlsh" ln the out come of the legislative Republlcan caucus in Ohio wlll flnd theraselvea aadly dlsappointed. THE UNMENOABLE IREAK. I b? my heart on oocaelon. on; - all >ou oould aee ' I can ? nra a ?ri>.t?=he.i .li*h \,.ih mere - aaster la to bre&k a new ! to break a > ? <~ho. And he ? nk-O. - - ? 800)4 . h" ln my a I - pon my BOttll But. you aak me, why b an old bl Why hreak the .< with i Arademe? ' And A |a !n Puck. PROOF. I his wife; when glves him eago JoarnaL ln Japan. Csn you at the smillng. un maldeu \? . fact that her Btyle ln dress has chana - and ihat ln Btead of deveioping m. crop of wrinkles over aaeh dutles as darning and v. BB theae homely .sure? Where we wnuld * ujjj patch or a ning. the Ja with ery i:. .? ., How to Tie Him Up. . a Hia Wish Fulfilied. The Jev. imldly at the kitche- Kelly. an KfT ?' wash lng. flung i door and glo* at him. '. yex wtal ne*" 8he d? mandad in threateni The peddler b:. ? a few stepa. "Vell. lf 1 did." he assured her. with an apoJoaetk griu, 'i viah, dank you," Hia Book. "What dld he do?" "Why. ri know? He's the author of thai Immense sensatlonal ldles.' " as, but what else dld he ever writ bl, 'How 1 Came to Write "Molly coddles," ' 'How I CattM i)arn?'d Near ?'. riting "Mollycoddlea,'" and?oh. a lot of things like that. He'a a great wrlter."?Cleveland Leader. Scared. n't worry about John, mother." "Well, Euh, I don't suppose I should: but when one letter gays his ion is so good and the next says that he'll have to get rld of his condl t'on before the faculfy will let him play football l'm awful afrald that he'll make himself sick and weak."? Puck. Prudent. "Tou aay he is a tight-wad?" "I bhould aay he is! The only prea ent I ever knew him to give anybody waa a valentlne, and he didn't buy that tlli the 15th of February, because he could get lt cheaper then."?Cleveland Leader. l'm All for Appearances. Beggar?Spare a penny, air? atirvlng Swell?Here's sixpence for you. 1 don't care a hang about your hunger, but for the a>ak? of decency go and get ahaved. How It Went. The Boy?Boo, boo! Oua has bwsJ lowed my little englne. Kind 8?ranger?Gracloua! How oould that nsppen? Tbe Boy?We were playlng rallway, and he waa tbe tunnel. FEVER IN THE OUAKE ZONE Reports From Ruined Districts Alarm Authorities. MANY HEARTREKQIK6 SCENES _ i Burvivors Are Crazed With Terror and Wany Have Gona Mad From Thelr Terrible Experence?The Air la Pol luted From Stencrt of Dccompoalng j Bodlea?Relief Baing Ruahed to 8ur. ' vivora and Reacue Work la Bemg Pushed. Rome, Jan. t.?The report from Mes-1 aina that typhold fever haa broken out there bas fllled the r.uiho?,t?ies with j alarming apprehension. lt ia realised 1 here that unleaa proper sanitary pre-' cautiou* are taken at once tbe diseaaa. may spread far outsldv the ruined dis- f trlcts. Even though the prcsctt cases) may prove to be dysentery. lt ls w.dl known tbat thla diseaae, under au>.h condltlooa aa pievail at Messina and Reggio would be likely to prove Just aa fatal aa the eartbquake Itself. Klng; Vlctor Em'-nanu. '. Am? bassador Grlscom. who preaentcd him with the stcamer Rayern ln the name | American relief committee, rep Amerirau people. Tbe Bayern is - ith provlsiona and al supplies. and ls ready to pro- J na. The kinit waa grc;. and said ? ia Amerlcans were always flrst. .e ainbas aa to where the Bt '.ould pro- ? ..nd as to the beat meana of dis-; Ita BU] -b to the unfortu ? Tliirteon thousand refugees have ar of whom * iving nany of them bave died cf their Injuries and o have gone ma cent of those taken oal nf tha ruina' 1a.v8 did not have atr taft to aarrlva thvlr terrible experl-. ? i ? jiion' ? nnci-j paJly of aterlllz- ition! B und<r the dlrectloa of the A an cons ;late. lataat m?s froai howa that cartbqua, .y. the ahocha being about mlnutea B| Bli t ir heavl. a n-jt: ' d walla ;= 'ha few sur\ B feaaoc bTJcco, dtractar of the ob eervatory at Mount Aetua. cstimates that the vlcilm* of Oth?ra aa reach 188.800. In ti. this awful bar all Italy la appa daya spt-nt amld the ruin* of Ifeisina and Reggio brlng i evidonre that the horror oT the ?;ltua tion ln the Stralta of Messina has in no acrnr be* n exaggerir Sickenlng Stench From Bodiea. > and Re*.. axiat. In the rmn: two thlrda Of the lnhabltants while at I ne-half the people loat thelr llv. | 000 aud RckkIo IO.OOO BXHI Ing a: ,rise frou. bag bodlea. and the a ' i turea are congregating to pn tbe dead. II would I.. a i 1 a hat ia 1. tw<> etttaa to aahe*. Th. cf ruin and death aa> tenda back wltb decreasin*; for ti mainland and for thirty mi ly. BT a diatance along tbe water front made the atouteet heart quail Idttie groups of men. w. and children. half clot hud l and aombed wlth gri.f and terror. Tl boats to take them awa\. \\ went they car^d not. their n was to l<-av?: this accursed spot, where they had lnat their loved onea and homes. No family was complete. It was astonlshing how many j atlli a | Aag oat Batra i*rlday icorninK, four daya after the catas troph* the correppondeut Un- i ; for an hou- near one of these I Btations alevea aoai in. Tl thelr bodlea cover. d wr. | a;rt I and tbey coul 1 hardly ht -.-d as buman be - Although t:,? alr ln Messina ia heavy J with the atench of potiifyiag bodie-s. I : Bl gTOUpa Of Siellians 1... ed out in the alaared spa. ?>s af the city and obstinate! ,.l0 invita tlon of the authorities to move away. Tha rl af the disast- r an- so dazed and WO n out that th? v are quite ible of descrlbing th< ences conn* ? t.-dly BfJt th?- a<:<iunta of all Bataaa thal the dayvsatatSoa waa ac oompllshed in leBa than on.- minute. The strata below the strait aUpped along the line of a fort. tln-n a tidal wave ruahed ln and out and all waa over. Hoth at Messina and Reggio the guarda are having difflculty in pro tectlng the survlvora and the vaat treaaure in the ruined bulldings from the hands or thievea that are swarm lng everywhere. It is reported that six Ruaalan sUiors have been ahot by lootsra at Meaaina and that afTtaaa criminals hava been killed at the same pteca within the last twenty-four hours six hundred persona engagod ln ptllaglng bave been arreated air. -ej Satur :ay. In an engagement at Regl glo between the police and bandiiaj two of the police were killed. Work o" Reecue Being Pusherl. Messina, Jan. 6.?Tbe work of real cne is being pushed Indefatlgably by night aa well as by day, and even now! persona atlll allve are occaa'onally dui out from tbe rulns. An old woman waa relaaaed from tha wreckage of th* RCCCIPT THAT CURES WEAK MCN-PREC. Send Name and Addreas To-day? 1 ou Can Have lt Free and Be SJp.riK and Vigorous. I have in my possesslon a preecrip tion for nervous deblllty, lack of ?!? gor. weakened manhood, falllng mem ory and lame back. brought on by exceeses, unnatural drains or the fol lies of youth. that has cured so many worn and nervous men right ln their own homes?without any addltional help or medlcine?that I thlok every man who wishes to regaln his manly power and vlrlllty, quickly and qulet ly, should have a eopy. 80, I have ??.Ined to send a copy of the preecriptlon. free of charge, in a pialn, ordinary sealed envelope. to any man who wlll wrlte me for lt. This prescrlption comes from a phyateiaa who haa made a apeclal study of men. and I am convin surest-actlng comblnation for ire of deflclent manhood and vigor-fallure ever put together. I think I owe it to my feilow man to send them a copy ln confldence. so that any man. anywhere who is weak and discouraged with reieated fall ures may atop drugging hlniBelf with harmful patent metllcine.-. serur. what. I belleve. la the qulcke* lng, reatoratlve. upbutldlng. SPOT HIN'Q romedy ever devised. and ao. cure himself at home quletly ilckly. Juat drop me a line thla: Mr. A. E. Robinson, 3895 Luc"k ;>etrolt. Mich.. and I win aead yoa l this apiendld ?? In a plaln. ordinary s. ? nvelope. free of charge. Caarch of San Fra: lng. She diJ not scem to r. she had been buried for so many days. Bhe explalned that ahe thougl1 wbb entombed ln the chureh after hav lng died a natural dealb and tbat ah? was ln in* .'ter bVJ wlll br ued for two days more ln ? where there is reason to he oess I t with Those who hav? lost r. ind frien.l :itlnua pa agali. and no argu mem BUBacee to em ?m that a further search is useUsa. Aged Men Taken From Kuins Allve Reggio. Jan t? ?The work of r ln at n^ral ls proceoding here mort It is ex, at Keggic will be practically eva< ,'s and a wlll I men old. v Mondsy. A rurious fs< r tion o \1n1l slive aft days of burial. They seem to have a nduranee than th? younger men and . $1,330,000 FOR VICTIMS ! Congreas Givee $800,000 and $330,OOC la Collccted By Red Croaa. Jan. a.?Boaatlful pro TlBlon for the earthquake suCferers ol <? by lha eongresa. aud that. too. by unan la th< re waa vigoroua hanri ping as the bill carrylng th*' u priation was sent on its way. bubo of i was grant ed Blmoat imo after the re 0 in both boaaaa of a mesaagt alliug a; ilamlty and the for aid for the Bttickea j" In ad.iit J "0 has been <? rougb the Red Croaa V. S. Ruahee Rtlief to Quak- Victima lantic battleship fl- etlng twe ahtad of ita f the i :i of ita wuri arrlved here Sunday fro: . The converted cmlaer Yankton en tere.l tbe canal Sunday afternoon an. the ?upply ahlp Culgoa , iu al night. The former haa a num! do* tors on board and the latter a largf DM and stores. Hut! will go to Messina at full BB> Celtic Saila For Meaaina. New York. Jan. ?. ? The 1 I Biipply ship Celtic. which wa> ?o have met the returning batt with hollday chuer. sailed out ol York harbor on an entlroly dlf f? r.nt mission. but without changine a single Item of her cargo Sh. go to Messina to give s millwm and 8 half of navy ratlons to the earthquak sufferera. The Celtic haa !n her cargo flt worth of provlalons. suftVici 50.000 people for one month; $ worth of clothlng. tent.? eaanajh bi ac con.modate 1000 persons %pa a largr quantity of medical and surgi. al sup plies. I BRIDE OF A MONTH VICTIM OF DAINTIES Dies From Ptomaine Poisoning White Visiting Parents. Mlllvllle. H. J.. Jan. ?.?Followlng ao Investlgation made by physlciana Ckironer Charleaworth announced that Mrs. Meta Denn. a niccleen-year-old biide, who died suddenly, was the vic tlm of ptomaine poisoning. Mrs. Dean, who waa married only 1 month ago, was rislting her parents together with her husband, and a va rlety of dsintfes had been prepared for the couple. Mrs. Denn became aud denly ill during the evenlng and died ln great agony withln a few hours. | It was at flrst bellered that her death was due to poisoning, and ru mors of the revenge of a former auitor were ciVculated. MET A HORRIBLE DEATH Fall Under Car and Every Bona In Hia Body Waa Broken. Wllkea-Barre, Pa,, Jan. 6.?Bdward fltivcr*. of PlttQtoa. aged tweniy-two, a brakeman on tbe Lebigh Valltry rai! road. met with a horrlble death. He attempted to Jump upon a movlng ca booae ln the Coxton yarda. and in do ing bo be fel! and rolled under the car. The brake beams struck him. and' when removed every bone ln bls body was broken. 8145 ln Bank For Every Kanaan. Topeka. Kan.. Jan. 6. ? The atate bank commlasloner's report ahowp 8145 on deposit ln Kansas banks for. every Indlvidual. Tbe increase ?n one vear is C20.oa().000. Tbe total deposit. ; are 8160.000.000. 92, He'a Dying of Whooplng Cough Bellefcaataine. O., Jan. 6.?Thomasi Flack. ninety two years old. who re cantly celebrated bla alxttetb we annlversary la fatally 111 of wbooplag cough. COOL HEAD AVERTS HORROR Audiepce Quits Burning Theatre While Show Continues. NONE SERIOUSLY INJURED Flreman of ?rle. a., Opara Houae Diacovered Blaze, and After Calllng en Actora to Continua, Requestad tbe Audience to File Out?Scores Taken From Wlndowa By Laddera. "K-.p the Bbow golng for God's aake." called Abrabam Ix>uch. tbe flre mau of the Park Opera Houae at Erie. Pa. to tbe performera on the atag( d that the buildlng ool bead probably I a repetition of Chlcago's Iro quola theater flre, for before the big aee reallsed tbe aituation the had been almoat empti.d Al thoujrh there were many narrow es and a doxen women falnted and had to be carried out. bo one tva: ously injured and much of the bulld -is aaved from deatructlon. 0 seats In the theater was fllled The John Sulllvan I mpanv waa preaentlng "In ti of Time." Loocb aaw :ing from the floor c* the gallery and aent ln a still alarm. He I the rear of tbe at.,. the audience waa a dan-1 ger and. speaking just loud enough for, the nrtor* to hear him. a; them to continue the act. Th front and called | audlfi .> out in order. glving' tand that the flre was ln an adjoining atm tr'.ed vd until amoke began to flil the building Then a crush began. Tbe flre d.-partuient aaved scorea from Jumplng from th* thlrd atory flra *>a capes by gedting laddera up. ln the the balcony were many women an i n. and aevcra! !>v frlght, falnted and wer. t"r* a doz? n B . rri? d Into a ii ig atorc. all had falnted but one. hut they were soon Mr?. William F. Schaf. In an alale. overcomo by the smok* hut was i . nd of the Une and was not trampbd While she ln tuf fering from abock ahe la f The flre la believed to have orlgi ' from dafaetlva etaetrlca] wiring Hinc of the balcony and the floor of the gallery. President Anawera Houae Reaolutlon. the reaolution of tbe resentativea, asMr.g the vplain thi ? w rrlea in ins racaat annual velt sent a special j corimui'lcation to the h> He dei lares that the rapreaoBta are wholly unjustified in assuming language of the m.asage, whlch eommented on the prohibitlun placed hv congreaa on the uae of ?e cret BarVaCe men ln cases other than those of count. rfolting i"a: two other matters which can be diare is iuteuded to east a blur them. The language whlrh the repreaenta aaatad asBtahaad ia as foilows: "The amendment in questlou oper BBlj to the advantage of the crinv lnal, of the wrongdoer. The chief argu in favor of the provlslon waa tbat tha nen did not thera selvea wiah to be investlgaiwd by ae cret service men. A special exceptlon could ba made in the law prohibltlng the aaa af the aecret aervlce force ln Inve.- ? BBfaahera of congreaa. It would be far better to do thia than to do what actuaJly was done and striv* to pravaal or at least to hamper ef BBCtlve BCtloa against cnminala by the ive braaeh af the governrmnL" Th?- lares that. Bttdlag th. taken by congross at this wor.Ilng. "a careful reading of thia message will show that I said nothing to warrant the state ment that 'the majorlty of the con in f.'.ir of being lnves tlgatcd by the secret s< rvi. v men' or thal la was a< tuated by that niotivc' I did not make any tatement ln this mesaage." Mr Rooaevelt declarea the evidence tbat nvmbcry of congress did not wiah themselve8 investlgated by secret aer? vlce men is found in the debatea re corde 1 in the Congreaaional Record. !i<?uncea as whoily unfounded a newspaper atory to the effect that be Wlshes ta make Chlef Wiikie. of the secret sorvice., a aaoaad Fouche. mod eled after the notorioua chief of police of Napoleon. The real lr.sue. aaya Mr. Roosevelt, is, "Does congress deslre that the gcr ernment shall heve at its dlsposal the most efflclent ln*trument for tbe de tection of crlminals and the preven tlon nnd punishment of crime or doea lt not?" Wiliiam L. Mathues Diea 8uddenly. Willium T.. Mathues. former atate traasurer of Ponnaylvanla, dled aud danly at his home at afedla, Pa., at tha age of fortyslx yeara. Tha caaae of de&th was glren by bls phv alclan as pneumonia. It ls aspaer ally beiiere-l *hat this Flneea w-?a au perinduced by Mr. Mathues" tr.bula tloaa whlcb were brought upon blm by the Harrlt burg cspltol graft caaes and bls receat sen'ence of two ln the penltentiary for b!s part ln tbe alleged eonsplracy against the state. In March of the present yaar fnrmer Ftata Treasurer Mathues forraer Att II tor Oeneral Wtlltam P. Snyder. Jamee M. Shumaker. former auperintendent ef publlc groundb and buildlngs. and John H. Sanderson. furniture contrac tor. were convicted of eonsplracy la defraudlng the state out of 119.308 la a contract for wooden furniture. On Dec. IS laat Mathues. Snyder, Shumaker and Sanderson were sum moned before Judge Kunkel at Harrla burg to recelra sentence. Each waa sentenced to pay "9500 flne and the coeta of the prosecuticB and nnderge Imprisomnent for two years at sepa rate and solltary conflnement tn tha eaatern penltentiary." Pending an ap? peal to the superlor court. the defend ants were released on $25,000 ball each. M. Mathues' collapse was due. it ls stated. to a weakened heart At Mr. Mathues' bedside at the time of his death was hia wife and two of hia aons, Samuel and Paul. and his phyai elan In an adjolntng room hia twelve yearold son. the only child by his present wife, t? iying at the point of death. with abaolutely no hope of re> covery. Burton Will Be Ohio'a Senator. All opposition to hia nomlnatlon havlng dlaappeared. Repreaentative TheodorB E. Burton. of Cleveland. a promlnent flgure ln the lower branch of rongress for the past twenty years. wlll be nsmed by acclamatlon for the United States senate as Buocessor to Joseph B. Foraker. Fcllowing a conference umbus. O.. Charles P. Taft. of Clnrinnati. brother of tbe presldent formally announccd his with drawsJ from the race ln the Interest of hnrmonv Then came the deluge. t iraker. learning that the ' ion from hia home county of Hamilton. pledgod to Taft. would be turned over to Burton. admltted for the flrst time slnce the attarks were made upon him during the prealden tial campalgn that he could no longer hope for a re-electlon. Oil Trust Wins Cig Flne Case. al of tl. ? government's iew of the Stand 1 company's I- ? boldlaa of the actlon of Praa ^?lt ln dlscharglng t! flfth iu: r par tlcipation In the rlots Bl Brownsville. Tex . and also the upholdlng of l!. o?nt gas rate In New York. were | important declsions by the Unlt*d irt, Ba no opinlon read ln tho Standard Oil case. Tbe ehtef 1 v announced that the court had hedded not to grant the appllcatlon of ment for a writ of cer tlorari Neaw Year Shooters Wreck Houses. In their d*ssre to tittingly "shoot ln" the new year aeveral young men ' several stlcks of dynamlte ln High etreet, Lancaatcr. Pa, A doren dw* olng houses were wrecked and tha y atore of Mra. Frank Myers was almost deraoliehed. IlundredB of wtndow panee were : -pie fled in panlc from their liomes, fearing an earthquake. One af the "shooters" was. it ls said. Klmer r and he has been ar Tha police are searchlng for . ers. Took Hydrophobla In Unusua! Manner r of a far aaar living near NVwburgh. Ga. died of hobia contracted in an unusual manner. A mad ring recently bit a OWBBd by Mr Green. father of ting woman. Tl later mad and waa shot. I bad a sii^-ht ahiaatoa ea h*r left arm. and in some manner thla beea:: while she waa around t. e horse. Record Price For App'es. The liigl.est prieed box ->f applea on raoord is now ?Mtion iu The fruit ls of the win* sap tion here The fruit is of tl. raritty, and won ine grand 8wee> stukes prize of f\?00 at the Natlonal App!? show held at Spokane. The t owaara paid 94 caata api?ce for the 112 apples ln the bos Try to Kill ??Ridc-a'" Foe. An attempt to assasainate Attorney Qaaaral CaaMaroll was aaada near his honi?> al Cnion City. Tenn. The aa aailant eacaped. Caldwell was followed from the rail? road atatlon by a man who ?hot at him twice as he neared his home. Caldwell ls prostcuting th*- night riders at the trial here. Count Bonl Loses Suit. The petltion of Count Bonl de Caa tellane that the custody of hia three aons should be glven to his mother. llane, waa de nled The Fr.nch court rv.ed that the Children remaln in the CUBtody of their mother. Princeas de Sagan, formerly Mlss Anna Gould. of New Yorh. Brlber Gets Four Years, E A. S. Blake. the San Franclseo contractor, who waa convicted of at temptlng to brlbe J. M. Kelly. a pna pective juror in the Ruef bribery trial to vote for acquittal, was sentenced by Judge Dunne to four years linpris onment in the penltentiary at ??n Quentln. Bull Killa Aged Farmar. Jamee Reynolda, a wealthy farmer. Ilv'.ng near Danbury, Conn., went into a fleld where a vicloua bull waa kept. Thne hours later hia aon found the body ln the lot. gored and mangled al moat beyond recognltion. Monaignor O'Connell Chosen Blahop. Monsignor Dennis O'Connell, rector of the Catholle unlveralty at Washlng? ton, waa appotnted auxlliary blahop af Ban Francisco.