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rabliabcl sssaf Satorrlay br JOHN MTTCHKlaL,
JR.. at Sll B. rourtb Btraat. Bkaanaaa. Va.
J<?H\ MITI HI'.LL. JIL. - KIMTOIt
All cranmuaicataoaa latcadei far pablicatioa
?aeadd bt arat M m to rarca ua by W**ioro<lay.
Oa? Copy. aaa jrmr.. ? ' ?*>
Oar ?. ?|- ?-i?rht mantba. - - 1-0*
<>b# Copy. ?i mootba. ??*
?ln* Copy. four mootha.. -b?
Oavr O-wiy. tbrar mootba. .*0
aas-la Copy. <*
? JTISISG RATES.
rar aaw -acb, oot laarrti-w. 1 BO
Tt oa* ir.rt oacb auba.gu.at laaavtlna.. ? .*)
ror two iivbeo. taro* mootba . BB*
'or two InoS-a. aii mootba. M.08
ror two inol-ao, nroa wioetba. MjT"
bs iact.ro. twel??? mootba. SO.**
?arnirr and Fuaoral Notlcca, oaa tncb...
< and Traaaji*Hit Kotlcca jwr lia- 13
KlTbiiK ?T\BTS OT A RUaH-B DESOatTKA
rio nts not Ktrnvuo
on araacRirr;
PI 4NET l* Itaawd warkly Th* *ub*cTip
ctaa pric* (a 81 50 p*r year In a<4?anc*.
TVr? are Baay way* by which money ran be
a>*t by mail at our rtak?tn ? Poat Offlo* Money
0,-lrr. by Bank Chtch or Oraft, or an Fxprewi
alone. aVaar, *nd when aaa* ot the** caa b*
?t (n a Rewi*t*r** Letter
k V ORPFRS T*a caa boy a Money Oroer
t your Pn*t Offke. payahle *?. th* Rlchcooad
'aat 0*W and we will h* rvapooafbl* far Ha
?iliat
rSB MONKT CROFRS ran b* abtaira**
ofrW *f th* Amerioan Fipr'aj Ca.. th*
Matea Expeeaa Ca . and the Wetl"* Farwo
- W, will b* napoa
?le for money **at by any ol th*** rompanie*.
BSaaaj Money Order ia * aafe aad rac.en
?iv for forwardinc money. ,
1 KTTKR If ? Money Order.
*?* Offlee or an Kipraaa 048or ia not withln
f*ur raa.h. y*ur Poetraaater wnll Hefiater th*
Letter u* *n payment of t*o
g*j la*Ma* i* loat or atolee. it
-san he ****** Ton caa ?**.! raaa*y la tht*
?aaaner at nur rlafc.
W. ranaot be r**pon*ih)e f*r money aent ta
letter* in aa. other way than one o! th* toor
way. mcntioned *bor*. If you **ad your i*a?y
-n any otlier way, y*u ir.uat do It at yoar own
rtak
' WAL8. Ei*C -Ii yau d* nwt want THIi
I contMiurd for aaothar y*ar after yaur
?ubarriptioa haa run out. you then notify ua By
Prwtal Oard to dtamntinu* It. Th* caart* h*?*
iliat autwrnben ta ncwapa* *r? wbo ov
aat arrfer their paper dianoatinucd at BB8
-a .t Um* for which 44 ha* h**n pald ar*
Aald liat.i* for th* payment ot th* *uh? -
Mp to aat* when they order th* paper diacaa
?jaaaal
u Ng-Waaa wrltla* to a* to
raarw your auheoTiptio* ar ta dlacoatiaa* ynir
paper. you ahouid fi?* yaur aam* aad ataJrra,
la full. niherwlae w? cannot Bad yaa* aant* 3*
OT AtW>KMB? la order to chance
ta* a I Irraa of ? Bubamber. we miMt 0* aent th*
farwi.r aa well aa ta* pr?a*t a4 Ireaa.
lalNT-l at tb* Pa*t 08V* at Richmond. Va.
aa ?s.n^ , law matter
s.\ ii ki>\. i Kitiu \k. i:t.
lt ia pl
that is n
at in tbe Boatblaa I
Pl
It husl
I is causlng all of this
bat it La ? king ele
s. who Wlll !
livlng
lf they did.
on all four*" to tba ?
pablleaaa ol tbe i Ha
ished
?nond
ed h
a bleb
I -1 should
i
It is announeed that the offloe
cla are whetting
th.-ir kalraa for <".,:;. - tor 11*1
Rucker'B polltlcal bobIb, Wbotber
Taft will g-ve it to them
ls an open questiun. When |
tter how
e\. r oaaapataat shall hold offlce. then
lt will he tim<- for the average col
to qult thlnklng and
work to improve his polltlcal a
as his flnandal condition.
Now it is announceo that if Prea
Ideal ? aitb veto ol tl
,>111 ?* 1 the censtis enumera
tors are appolnted through the Civii
Baratee Baraaa, many colored men
wlll BOeara appolntmeuts to the ex
cluslon of many more white men
This is a eompliment to ihe jrolored
people. aeknowledgtng that whenev
'rIt ia ' <ro is
found in the flrst rank of the class.
illi: (||r\| U'I'OIVtmkxt
Issue ia now gquarely preacnt
not only to tho Unlted Statea
e. whether or nvat a citlzen of
the I'nlted States in every way quall
fled to dlacharge the dutlea of a pub?
lic office and who la in accord with
the political policlea of' the admin
letration. shall be denled tho light
to botd offlee and refused a conflrm
ation by the Senate of the Unlted
Statea wholly and aolely upon the
ground of bla race and color.
Here ls a citisen of tbe Unlted
8Utea. wbo la a reeldent of South
aCarolina a gentleman of acholarly
v. culture and reflnement. We
mlghf. add that he ia a man of
Baeans. who has held the poaition of
Collector of the Port of Charleeton.
i Carolina for slx years and
whom even his enemles concede baa
made a model oflcial. Senator Ben
H Tillman. restlng his oppo
rition upon a basis of color inslsts
thst he ba not conflrmed.
ator Tillman helongs to the ul
tra 1> arty and it s
>\ith son, icans, h*
more tadbaaace than a rock-rlbbed
ublican.
living ln the hoetlle political
camp demands tho political ac:
i> Craao Bf Cbarh
?olina. We paus
? tivos in
Concress are not up against a right
prinolple and if tbey ar<\
.r.ird to shirk a solemn responsl
blun
The argument is that Dr. C'rtim
I in ooal st excluslvely
lo. Wh
aat in the
Soutl Bte in direct contact al
ly with wblti
hant,
an. and
? in contact arltl
!e? Are tl,.
ra in the Boatblaad, ah
:most
with Wbltt people?
If thia rul* is to b?> applled la the
('n,n: *a bat a short time
rranny ian.r will ba I
t of a ponsflogs
taows
-
hoattle to Rej , anrl
Mlcaa vote i !o t()
nt of
i Ke
;ins.
balldiM up a
?rty la t
?IM It B ,,?,,,,-.
caa :
to fh' I or must
i the prl?elp.es of
tba Riron voi.
I What baa
Bt? Th.
waa againat
rato and aa tl:
?
Ml o
I
who say tbal ,h.
they will
aataa
Uoa. so long as the soclal
4 was
! cltl
him-i
af a
I woman Inartao
all is
" and th*. wl lftw
S? -.ssertions
Irv for ta
? ?
thal t,?
Mraa. hut ali xe
not a rac af cblldraa. al
rffOrt. ar
tbesn as s,I(-h E
:n ,n -on-e -^tlona onh
randco |
-schoola for r .
BB hc
is of
n isa color.-d gentleman of ex
-ntiona, ablllty, caa who ? LZ
i:n:trated hls a. tbe
*_** Of the offlce to which he
^ a^?inf' I wlth Repub
"caa *>??,,-.,?>. aad un?>P.,ro d
;-~nt. NWh
S? ?* ;?..o,d up his ap
that he w.n 8 *** ***** ">??>
??* he wil, not be conflrmed at this
-andtha^-rfortswiUhemaJ:
1? _ **>?"'<>?> in Waablaatoa held br
^-an.whoiBequallyeap,:
" ,7" dish<^*e of kl. offlrlal dutlea
wbb the i8fiue pregenfed a;d
In * f* ,J?t-<I-< *m\ stand on such
"? a!" lm^l?nt questlon. Dr W
P ^Theha8 8t??d ''^ * -~^
uujo the present. wl!1 he weak<m
White men hold everv hi**hi~ i~
-J-- PoaitlonTso^
n? but one. and it ia now the
"on to ellnainate the lone repre
<*veof the race at Oharle.ton
LtaTs, " ,fl "? ?,her -PO'-'-on
?U by a colored man in the .tate
if wn, tKDOt t0 ** C?mWlred "*??
it- VVHl the colored people of the
country reBent thla attempt to glve
offlelal aanctlon to tl?e ellmlnation of
the new Negro? We ahouid aay ao.
j-^guhscrlb* to The PLANET
BIG Siiir N'MED
FOR LITTLE STATE
Defaware, Kew DrearJnought,
Launcheu.
TO BE OUR UR6EST WARSHIP
She Will Oisplac* Twenty Thousand
Tona of Watar and Make Twenty
ene Kno'a?Named by Daughter of
State. Surrounded by State'a Offlciala
and Prorrinent Men?Slster Bhip of
the North Dakota.
Bearlng tha nam* of th* next to
the smallest aUte of the Union, the
Delaware. the largest batUeahip of
the I'nited States navy. waa launcheil
at N.'wport Newa. V*v. She ahares
with her aistpr ahlp, the North Da
kota. recently launched at Fore River.
Maaa.. the honor of being the firat
American Dreadnought. |
Standlng sponr r for the Delaware
waa Mlas Anna R Cahall. a daughter
of the atate for which the n*w ahip
ia named. She ia a reaident of Brldge
vllle, Del . and a alece of Governor J
Pennewlll. of Delaware. Aaalatlng Mlas]
Cahall in the task of amaahing th*!
of champagne and namlng the'
huge hull was Miss Hazel. of Dovor,
Del., a nlecc of Mra. Jamea Pennewlll.
nor. I
*rnor Pennewlll. hla brother.
I'enn.-atll; Delaware s
s ln the natlonal
lature and the members of th* atate
ture. *s well as a large number j
of promincnt cltizens of D
mington and other places. were |
*>nt to aee the battleship tak*
water.
VVh' th" Dcla-svar* w;i:
lirat ciass armored battleahlp or
BB displaccmcnt. Her gen
?ral dimensiona are aa follows: Length
ov*'?- aH, | inchea; bea
?lepth. 44 feet 6 li
?nain hattery will conslst <
twelre-laeb Riins mounted ln paira In
turrets. She will be propelled by twln
scrows iaivaa by two fourcy
trlplo expanvion *ni;ln*? capable of
aending her through the water at a
twentyone knot galt. She will cost
I '00. I
Charged With Helnoua Crlme.
Joaeph M. Janer. aged about thirty.
four yeara. of llrocklyn. N. Y.. a mar
ta. chlhlren. waa. after1
lagtstrate'
Grannun ,n Baltimore. held wltho.n
bail for the a< tion of the grand Jury
on a charjje which. strlpped of Ita legal
?neans felonlous aasaulf
upon Cati
?he told the maglatrate. will be
a years old on the tld af
montha. The arrents were ma
York. '
B it is not known they auep
Janer of anything more g:
???pping the child.
with which Janer ls
*d ls s most Berioua *
convlctloa carrylng with it mi
t for froi
to t,!' Iminal. or tbi
Vath hy hanging
punlahment hss fi
Inflicted In this state.
Editor Dies of His Injurles.
William L. V ,r 0.
.
pital al Yoakera N y. from t.
ahlcl i ? ! in tn.
board a moving traln last Batarday
>ath was bi,..
ars < i.l
fun. ral will take place at Lyncl
Va.
i paper, th.- baiarteaa
1 from the maln ohace
on in
York Ha has been i
with the as? )< iation mai
lng to the malr
braacb, Of ehlch ha was manager Mr
rmerly on.- ?>r th- at
known newspaper men of the south
He was a native of Virglnla. hut Hved
also In Oeorada and otber soutbern
atates.
i
WomanVa Body Packed In Trunk.
Tbe body of Mrs May Hazelton. col
ored. packed ln a trunk, was dlscov
pred in an apartment at
street. New Haven. Conn.. wh.-re
Hazelton and his wif,
1 living. i
The diseovery of the murder came
about through a viait of the lan.llord
to the place to collect the rent. Whea
the lsn.llord went to the apar
and" recelved no answer to his k:
lng he forced the door le-dlng to tho
apartment. On enterlng he found blood
spsttered ahout the place and twr>
blood-stained Bhirts. He at one.
ttfad the police and offlcere were
to lnveatlgate. They found a trunk >o
tln room and. forcing It open. faaa 1
within the dismembered body.
polho are searching for her husband .
Oropped Thirty Fee* Into Mine Hole.
Miles lamoream, a young raan . ns
ployed aa a driven by Dr. E. R T. its
worth. at I.uzerne. acroaa the riv.r
from Wilkea-Barre, Pa.. had a rather
tinusual experieuce He waa aent to the
cellar to flx the furnace. the doctor
dlreotlng him meanwhile. The lad waa
atanding in front of a refrigorator.
whec suddenly the concrete floor gavs
way and the young man and refrlger
ator dropped thirty feet into a mine
openlng.
Tbe doetor rallied bls wlu. aeen red
? Id and ropea and surceeded ln a ahort
tima ln hauling Iaamoreauz from tba
deptha. from whenca he bad be*o lua
tlly y*lling for help. When brought to
the aurfac* It was found tbat hl* lag
waa badly injured.
Placed Child on Rrd Hot 8tov*.
Juliua Green walt. a coal miner. nar
rowly escaped rough handling at tba
bands of aa Infurlated mob at
Staunton. III, after he had placed th*
four y*ar-old chlid af the woman with
whom h? boarded on top of a red hot
stove beceuse tbe chlld annoy*d him.
Greenwalt waa arrested and a number
of his feilow workers heard of the aet
and started to wreak vengtance upon
him.
Instead of taklng Greenwalt to the
lail tb* vlllace marshal bid him ln a
restsurant near tbe baterarbaa stathm,
and whea a north bound < - arilved he
was rushed aboard ar. ? h onght to Par
Unvllle. where he will awaH the i,
of the grand Jury.
The chlld is ia a-serlous condition aa
a result of her burns.
Lincoln Coach Burned.
The historlc 'I.lncoln coach." in
which Presldent Abraham Lincoln I*
said to have rid ten tc the clty of
Washiajfton for his Inauguration, was
destroyed in a flre at 8harpsv111e. Pa.
It waa the aole paasenger equipment
of the Iitt'e Sbarpsvllle railroad. run
nln? ! hat town and Wllmlnr
ton Jaaettoa. It was covered witb
sheet iron, put on heforr> Lincoln made
his fsxnous rld*. and was supposed to
be bullet proof.
Woman Tried Black Hand Game.
! Mrs. Mary a domestic ln
the houaehold of Thomas B
at WbaaMac. W. Va., the business
man who recelved a number of letters
demandlng |a*4M on pain of death
feBsed that she waa the author af the
mlsslves. She waa arreated. Shp
a "Black Man | in a magazine
snd declded to play the game heraelf.
Jamaica Ginger and Alcohol Kifle.
A tsolution of Jatnalca ginger and al?
cohol. which Ia us. l by many persous
as a Bubstitute for llquor in local ap
tlon terrltorv, l? thougbt to have caus
?d the death of Kr d Brltton. at Har
rodsburg. Ky.. wh-> dled under a
rious circumstacces. Brltton wa*
ed with violont convulsiona ln a local
drug store.
Walker 29 Mtla* ln Flve Houra.
.isachs. of the de?
partment Bf modem languagea of tha
naval acadetny at Annapolia. Md.. mn
ir law of C ommcxlore Theodorit
ter* r to Baltimore.
twentynlne miles In flve houra
A ronshlorable -inn of money was
wagered by th* naval offlcers against
rforrnanc* of the '
Powder Inveatcr Terribly Injured.
g?? Lexlnaky, a New York pow?
der Inventor. was terribly Injured aa
h* was maklng a test ln a cement
works qnarry at La Salle. 111. L-s
xinsky los- *? arm
His coadltlon laarUIcal
were hurt by tb. ?x&au*Jea of tb*
powder.
Odd Feilow*' Ttmple Robbed.
The Odd Fei; pi? Chatham.
Ontarlo. was : ,,f costly Jew'
elB and omamcnt
the most constematinn. however. ???
the disoovery thst
work of the order war* taken b>
thleve*.
Killed by Brother Odd FeMow.
Fred Walton. formerly grand m?st*?r
of th" iwb of Mabo, was shot
and killed by John H t'ra.ilebaugh, a
brother Odd i-viiow. la Deaear, I
Both men are from Wallace. Idaho.
Walton. dying. gaaped: "That man
thought I stole Us w
Ralsed Check For $27 to $27,000.
Theoilore \\ of a
contracting firni in haa been
Indicted BB the char*.. of ratsinR a
check from $. * i tho
I caacB Waaeenrnaa. li is aa
*d. s. .- U7.080 woith
from the IUinois Truat & Savinga
Mother Smothered Babe In Bed.
Whl'e Fhe wa* nursinR her habe ln
lohn Mardoa of Girardville.
Pa.. fell BBlaapv Awakenlnc she
was horrifled and grief Btlickea to
flnd that the babe had been smoi!
by her lyin* upon pj
cided it waa pur. )y accfdental.
Cutting Thlrd Set of Teeth Kllla Her.
CattBaf Bat thlrd 8*t of teeth at the
age af sev : years. ami complb
cationa prodacad by It. *re a*signed
aa the cauaea or t.
Therese Buckflel st McKeesport. Ta
neax Pittsburg.
Negro Hss Tw.-> Life Sentences.
Puniahed with two llfe sentences !s
the predlcament of Noah Adams. a
negro of Columh .s. Oa, He pleaded
gullty to two BBrtooa cbargos an.!
Bentenced on each
Thr*a Children Burned In Hom*.
The three Bttl children of John
Wilson. a negro. of Browntown, Prln
cess Anne county Va. wer.- eremated
when Wilson'a honse was destroyed by
flre.- They ups*? s.n oil lamp. i
Ninety-slx Mlddta Are Osflclent.
Nlnety-&u midshipraen a*s rleaVlant
ln studles as a reecdt of the ,.
aemiannual examinatlons. This fact
waa glven out at the academy at An
?apoMa. Md.
Cardinal Cretoni Dead.
Cardlnal Sereflno Cretoni. prefeet of
the congregatlon of sarrd rttee In
dulgenses snd sacred relica. died of
pneumonia in Rome
FATAL FIGHT AT WEDDING
Several Arreata Follow Shooting In
North Witkea Barr* Houae.
Wllkes-b?rro. Pa.. feb. 10.? Imring
a wedding celebratioa at the home of
a forelgner in the n.rthern part of the
city a fight started and Mike Gordock.
aged thirty yeara. unmarrled. was shot
and killed. The police have arrested a
number of those who were ln the houae
at the tlme of the ahootlng.
Pslr of Skater* Drowned.
Springfleid, Maas . Feb. 10.?Albert
C. Heimaath. twenty six years old, of
Cleveland. O.. presi.iont of tbe senior
claaa of th* International Y. M. C. A.
Tralnlng sc' ool. in this city. and Miss
Gertrude Hnnd, eighteen years old, of
thla rlty, broke through thin ica on
Waterahops pond and botb of th*m
w*re drowiad
RCCCIPT THAT CURES
weAK riCN-PREe.
Send Name and > Adklreea To-day?
* on Gaaa Have lt Free and Be
Stronj: and Vlgorous.
I have ln my pnsseeslon a prescrip
tlon for nervous debillty. lack of vl
weakened manhood, failing niem
ind lame back. brougbt on by
?<ses, un natural drains or the fol
lles of youth. that haa cured so many
worn and nervous men right In their
own home*?without any additional
help or mediclne tbat I thlnk every
B ho wlshes to regaln his manly
r and virility. quickly and 'volet
Bl ould bave a copy. So, 1 have
mlned to send a copy of the
prescriptlon. free of charge. ln a
dinary sealed envelope, to
any man who wlll wrlte me for ir.
eacrlption comes from a
wbo has made a B]
or men. and I am convinced It
Is the surest-acting comblnation for
tho cure of deflcient manhood and
,'ut together.
I thlnk I owe it to my feilow man
to send them a copy ln confldence, so
that any man. any where who la weak
nnd dlscouraged with repeated fail
ttres may stop drugging himself with
harmful patent mediclnes. secure
what. I belleve, Is the quickest-act
inc. r.storative. upbuildlng, 3P0T
TOUCHINO remedy ever devised
and ao. cure blmaelf at home quletly
and quickly. Just drop me a line
Hke this: Dr. A. E. Robinson. 3895
..uck Bldg.. Detroit. Mlch., and I
wlll send you a copy of this sp:
receipt, ln a pialn. erdlnary sealed
'<>pe. free of charge
IMPOPTANCE OF
TARIFF BOARD
Says Manufacturers Don't Give
It Attenfion It Deser.es.
WOULD BENEFIT BUSINESS
Philadelphia Manufacturer Calla At
tention to Movtmint For Permanent
Tariff Commlaalon and 8aya If 8uc
ceaaful Trads Won't Be Affaced by
Faviaion ln tha Future.
PhUadelphia, Feb. 10?Aiva B. John
aon. of the Bald win Locomotive worka,
aaya that the conventi called
at Indlanapolis on Feb. U, 17 and II,
to endeavor to bring about the ajh
pointment by congrcss of a natJonal
tariff cotnmiasion. ls a most Important
movement. hut thst unfortunately lt
has aot recelved the attention from
manufacturera which lt deservea. He
sald:
"Hltherto tariff schedules have been
Imposed upon the baais of statements
made by manifacturersjnd the Influ
ive o'
tba a.t-.ial n.-eds of the Industry to be
"When the tariff ls under dl?
slon all business Is dlsturbed until the
agltation l* over and tbe new tariff
law is aasaaai Fnder the plan pro
posed by th* Nationai Assodatioti of
Manufacturers a permanent tariff com.
mission of seven men wlll be c< ntin
ually engaged ln conluctlng hearln
of all the ludustrie* ar ? gj.?
proposed tariff change. As but a smsll
part of the whole lndustrles of the
aid at any time b*? aff
onld nev- rurbod by
tariff as it is at present. Ths
!., sane snd wlae and should
? th. snpport of proteotionlats.
of manufa Mirers and of the com
munlty at large."
IS KNOX ELIGIBLE
FOR CABINET JOB?
Increase of Salaries May Prevant
Him Serving Under Taft.
Waahington. Feh. 10.?Much diseus
alon haa been Bl-aaaai ,jV. r a queation
raised as to whether Philan.i.
Knox. of Pennsylvania. who has
aelected to be aecretary of state in
the Taft cabinet. la eliRi!,j.. und.-r the!
constitutio- of the t ; ? f ? to ac-!
capt the offlee.
Attentlon has b*en called to aecttod
6. article 1. of the conatltution.
reans as follows: "No senator or rep
resenutlve shall, during the term for
which he was elected. be appointed to
any efrfl offlce under the authorlty of
the United States which shall have
been created. or the emoiuments
whereof shall have been in* naeed
during such time."
r>uring Mr. Knox's present term as
senator the salaries of all cabinet offl j
cers were intreasei from
$12,000 a year. As the term of Senator '
Knox does not explre until March 3 !
1911. two years after the time when
bls name would be sent by Mr. Taft'
to the senate for conflrmatlon the
question ia asked if Mr. Knox will be
able constitutionally to acccpt the
atate porti.
Mr. Knox deellned to discuss the
polnt when the matter waa brought to
hia attentlon.
SAVED FROMJ>EATH VALLEY
Loat Proapectora Four.*} Huddled To?
gether ln Cave.
San Berr-.rdino. Cal.. Feb. 10._Th*
Moln.se pai.y of seven peraona which
left Nevada recently and became loat
la the Death Valley reglon. has been
reaoued by aearchera. who found tbe
lo*t pmspectors huddled together in s
csve In the Psnamint mountalna
where they bad taken shelter from the
beavy abjwera.
IRISH PATRIOTS
NEARLY RIOT
Speecti in Qpposition to Land
Bill Started Outbreak.
MEETING IN WILD UPROAB
Delegatea Yelled, Chaered and Shouted
Encouragement to Olsputanta, and
One Ruahed to Platform to Aaaault
John Redmond?Adopted th* Uaual
Hom* Rule Rasolutlon.
Dublin. Feb. 10.?The nationai con
venilon of the United irlsh leaguo. *>t
tended by over 2000 d*IegateB. which
was opeued at the Manslon House. un?
der the presidency of John Redmond.
was the scene. befor* the seeslon
clo*ed. of an outbreak that resembled
the proverblal Donnybrook falr. Wil?
liam O'Brlen spoke ln opposltion to
aaVtdf secretary for Ireland's land bill.
Mr. Redmond was in favor of this
meaaure. During the controversy Ku
gene Grean, member of parliaxnent
from the Southeast dlvlslcn of Cork.
rnahed to the platform. apparently witb
the intentlon of assaulting Mr. Red?
mond. He waa suppressed and hua
tled away. however. Then for a few
moments tbe platform became a seeth
ing maas of angry dlsputants. Prlests
snd leglalators rushed Into the fray
and tugged at one another's collars.
whlle the remalnder of the audiecce
yelled. ebaarad and shoutcd encour
agement to the dlsputants.
Ten mlnutes or more elapsed before
Mr. Redmond was able to quell th*
pandemonium and the business of the
conference could be resumed
Resolutions offered by tbe followera
, of Mr. Redmond ln favor of home rule
tary Birrall'a land bill, amd
eipreaalng confldence in Mr. Red
roond's leadershlp. wero carrled by
wheliuing majorltios.
It became apparant early that Mr
Redmond waa in control and th*
baa of the Sinn Felners charglng
that the party waa too frlendly with
the Llberals were ahouted down.
The conventlon adopted the u*tral
home rule resolutlon and declared that
thlB queation must be made a vltal
laaue at tbe n raj elertion. ao
thore could bc- no mlaunderstandlng
on the other alde of the channel re*
garding what waa meanL
The conventlon was qulckly put on
good terma with Itself by meaaagaa of
.tilatlun. encouragement and
wishes from America. Auatralia
and *'
The ajraatlBaf, trom America contaln
ed bIfo the newa that $25,000 la now
on its way and that another ramit
llow speedlly.
FOUR MEN SMOTHERED
Colllery Worker* Near Mahanoy Clty
Caught In Rush of Culm.
10.?Four men
1 to death and two oth?
ers were serlously injured ln % ? ulm
bank 44 tba st M.holas
washery of the PhUadelphia & |
lng Coal At Iron coaspany. near Ma?
hanoy City.
1. all colored emploves are
Statlck. Joh: John
Liptoa, all of Mahanoy City, and |
Parrlcl of rfahanoy I'lane.
The Injured are: John Paulick and
John Statlck, of Mahan
Tne ? digging
base of a huge ,-*>a! bank. which
waa belog carrled by an aadl
aay into tbe washery. where the coal
1b aeparated from the Blate and dlrt.
had flug a huge cavern In the,
bank, when the allde commenced.
TWO MINERS DROWNED
Fell Into Water Hole ln Scrambl* For
Safety After an Exploaion.
Zeigler. 111. Feb. 10?Two minera
were drowned ln a aeramble for aafetv
in the Iaeiter coal mine here. Fon
others** eseaped without injury. The
panic was caused by a slight exploaion
ln the workings. The exploaion did
comparatively little damage. In th*
ruah of the aixteen men for the shaft
two of them. M. 'aimball. white. and
Lawaon Palmer. a negro. fell Into a
water hole near the hot tom of the
shaft and were drowned.
125 Ruasian Minera Impriaoned.
Yur.ovka. Russia. Feb. 10.?An ex?
ploaion occ-arraf in the Catherlne
mtne here and it was followed quickly
by flre. One hundred and twenty-flve
miners are impriaoned In the mine. An
englneer and three workmen who at
tempted to reac ue the victims have
been killed.
Father of Murdered Man Found Dead.
Roehester. N. Y. Feb. 10. -George
8aropaon. father of Harry Sampson.
whoao wife waa arraigne l. (harged
with th* nuir.ler of her husband. was
found dead In bed at hia home at Pal
tnyra He was a brother of the late
Rear Admiral Sampson and was an
Important witness for the proaecut'on
of hia daughter-in law.
Thlevea Carry Off Ton of Dynamlt*
Allentown. Pa. Feb. 10.?Thlevea
aroke in?o the magazine of ihe Na?
tlonal 1'owder company. at Northarop
ton, near thla city. and stole a ton of
dynamite The exploalve wai carrled
away on a wagon. and on the way sev
eral of the bo.ces dropped into the
Toad. but did not axplode.
Lovers ln Suicide Psct.
Bowllng Green. O., Feb. 10.?Miss
Margaret Brandon. aged twenty-two
yea.;,. is dead, and William Davis. ber
flanco. aged nlneteen, ls not expected
to llv*. as the result of a suicld* pact.
MiBB Brandon drank carbolic acid at
her hom* and Davia ahot himself after
golng out into the woods. It ls bellered
the psct wss due to lack of funda tbat
preveated their marrisge.
CONOENSED NEWS ITEMS.
Thor*day, January 4.
A bill wa* introduced in th* Colo?
rs do leglalature m.aking It a misde
meanor to give. accept or aollclt a Up
except on a ^leeping car.
Rcar Admlral William J. Barnett*.
superlntendent of the naval observa
tory at Washlngton. was transferred
to the retired list by reaaon of age.
The Pennsylvanla state board of
health ordered that slxteen cowa af
fected with tuberculosla at the poor
dlstrlct almshouse at Frecland Pa be
killed.
Three trainmen were killed aad one
was fatally Injured when two stock
trains on the Chicago, Mllwaukee &
St. Paul railroad colllded head on at
Bricevllle, Mo. /
Frlday, February 5.
Richard Mueller. president of the
iatlon of German Veterana in
America, waa received in audience by
Emperor William In the palace ln
Berlin.
Charles E. Holmea. against whora
damaglng testlmony was glven by hle
twelve-year old eon ln St. Ixmls. waa
declared not gullty of the murder of
hle wlfe.
The I'nited Statea haa been aaked to
1)a r. presented at th* Internatlonal
Muslcal Congreaa, to be held ln Vlenna
ln May. 1909. on the occaaion of the
centennfal celebration of the blrth of
Josef Haydn. the compoaer.
Saturday, February 6.
Drlnking carbollc acld in mistake
for castor oil. Dudley E. Latham, a law
atudent at Columbla university. New
York. died lu a hospltal.
Five hun.lrod cattle were drowned
by the flood watera on th* Stanfor 1
ranch. near Tehama, Cal.. and 1500
aheep porlshed near Colusa.
Wi'.l Fostor. a negro. twlce convlcted
of murdering John Young. a well
known white man. two yeara ago. was
hangc.i in the count- jail at 8partans
bnrg.
Wlliiam t'loke. one of the beat
known newspaper men In New Jersey
and raoaatty appolnted by Governor
Fort a atate cornmisaloner of reports.
died at hls 'iom? ln Trenton
Monday, February 6.
The poatofflce at Enola, Pa.. waa
robbed. the safe being blown open and
over |2oo t. ken.
It coBt the Pennsylvnnla railroad
in tbe Lancaatcr (Pa.) court for
destroylng the lumb->r s'.ied of |
Meilinger through a spark from a lo
comer
bt nepcroes wlll be hanged for
BJarder at dlfferent places ln Louisiana
atareb 6.
The Nationai Model LI. onse league.
eomposed of llquor men. will hold con
reatloaa throughout the country to
work for uniform license laws.
The Wyomlng houne has passed a
bill approprlatlng $7C00 for dry farm
lng experln-onts this year.
Tueaday, February 9.
Dr. Klizaheth Jamea. aged sev
eiRht yecrr* the oldest woman phys!
cian ln Chicago, dled at the countv
hoaplal of heart disease.
T. H. Panlo de Tavera. wbo haa
waaa B - of the Phlllpplne com
mission sln-e Septemb.r. 1901. haa re
! oa account of III health. to take
March 1.
D lam II. Taft. wlfe of the
ha* just been elocted
ttM Connocti. ut Society
of Colonial Dasaaa of America, b> i
Bf bar daaraat from Thomaa Wellea.
' mora of the atate.
Il< nry and I.ud Harrington. father
and s..n. fonpht agains ? and
Charles Weatherford. brothera. with
Piatol ndrla. l.a. o\ i r
ami both the Harringtona were killed*
an I Robert Weatherford was mortally
woiin
Wedneaday, February 10.
H. J. Mlller. an erectlng *n?{;noer.
f?-ll forfy i.-ot from a crane at Oak
aaoat near J'ittshurg and waa kille*L
itor Foraker on Tu.-sday pre
sent.-d to the sem nthils
of his succeasor. Scnab
dore K. Burton. of Ohio.
iptroOat of the curreney Is
suo.l a rall for a atatement of the con
dition of nationai bank* at tba olo*e
of business OB Fri 5.
iph Bartoa :wo years
old, was found along the Philadelphis
adlng rallway. a? >enix
vil'.v Pa. with lioth legs se\.
The J. & s Kmlson corn mill. corn
crlbs and elevator. together with 100,
000 baabeta or corn. were destroyed by
flre nt Vlncennes. Ind.. causlng a loes
of 1100,000.
PRODUCE UUOTATIONS.
The Lateat Cloaing Pricea For Produce
and Live Stock.
PHILAIlKI.PHIA - FLOTTR flrm
winter extras new. S3.75&4 winter
clear tXtrnQiS*, city milla Tany
RYE FLOUR quiet. at $4.106 4 15
par barrel. waio
WHKAT flrm; No. 2 red western
$1.12 ' Wf?8lPrn
67^^ "tea<1>; N? 2 J*},:OW' locsU'
**V?AT*'. 8tead>; 5** 2 white. clipped
?6V?( ; lower grades. 54c. '
HAY steady; timothy, large balea
lla per tOB
POULTRY: Ure ateadv. hens. 14?
14V>c; old rooat. Dresaed
flrm; ehoice fowla. 15?4c; old rooet
era. 11
BUTTER steady; extra creamery
34c. per Ib.
;S ateady: selected. 37 & 39c
nearhy. S3 :.ze.
PpfATOlJS 8'eady. a per
bushel. Sweet Potatcea ateady at 50
<M0c per basket.
Live 8tock Marketa.
nFXXFV*1,1*0 (Unlon *u>rk YardB) ?
CATn.K lower; choice. $t>.2f.:h r, 40
prime j w wo.iv.
SHEEP htgher; prime wetbers. $3 25
fJ5.50; culls and common. 12&3 50
fllOOSsctive; prime hesvles. $ I
? Vran\*dium8- K?: heavy YorkerB
light Yorkers. litOtbKft
plga. l?.2Of|6.30; roughs, $5.50??;.26.
$70,000 Flre In Lancaat*r.
Lanraster. Pa. Feb. 10.?Flre which
-Sarted in the Franklin house atables
spread to the flve-story faetory of the
Safe Padloek & Hardware cornpany.
entirely consumlng that bullding!
which ls c-*ned by Dulon F. Buch
mlllrr, Its presldent. together with Its
rontents. Loss about $70,000.
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