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FINANCIAL PANIC
PRESIDENT ROD!
150 MILLIONS BONDS Ai
cusiness Conditions Fundame
Companies Solvent, Curren
in Directing Bond cn.i
Causeless Hoarding
Washington, D. C ? Presideut
Roosovelt took heroic measures to
relieve the financial stringency and
to supply funds to move the crops
by authorizing the sale of $50,000,000
Panama Canal bends and $100,000,000
United States Treasury
notes of indebtedness. The entire
5100,000,000 debt certificates will
not be issued uDless needed.
The Panama bonds 'will be used as
the basis for additional banknote circulation,
and the proceeds of the sale
of the certificates of indebtedness will
be placed in the national banks, particularly
in the South and West, to
enable the farmers to get the cash
necessary to market their crops.
President Roosevelt's letter to Secretary
Cortelyou authorizing the
8150,000,000 bond and note Issue
follows:
"The White House, Washington.
"My Dear Mr. Cortelyou?I have
considered your proposal. I approve
the Issue of the $50,000,000 of Panama
bonds, which will be immediately
available as the basis for additional
currency. I also approve tbe
Serena r\f n nA Ann nnn nr en mimh
as you may find necessary, of $50
three per cent, interest bearing Government
notes, the proceeds of the
sale of which can be at once deposited
by you where the greatest need exists.
and more especially in the West
and South, where the crops have to
be moved.
"I have assurance that the leaders
of Congress are considering a currency
bill which will meet in permanent
fashion the needs of the situation,
and which I believe will be
passed at an early date after Congress
convenes, two weeks hence.
"WHAT IS MOST NEEDED JUST
AT PRESENT IS THAT OUR CITIZENS
SHOULD REALIZE HOW
FUNDAMENTALLY SOUND BUSINESS
CONDITIONS IN THIS COUNTRY
ARE, AND HOW ABSURD IT
IS TO PERMIT THEMSELVES TO
OKLAHOMA'S STAR I
NOW ON THE FLAG
President Roosevelt Signs Proclamation
A/imiltincf Staff- With I
American Eagle Quill.
Washington, D. C.?A new star
was added to the American flag by
the admission formally into the Union
of the State of Oklahoma. President
Itocsevelt at sixteen minutes after 10
o'clock a. m., signed the proclamation
admitting the Territories of Oklahoma
and Indian Territory jointly as
one of the American States. Little '
formality attended the ceremony
which meant so much to the people of
the two Territories. In appending his
signature to the proclamation the
President used a pen formed from a
quill plucked from the wing of an
American eagle. The pen will be deposited
with the Oklahoma Historical
Society.
It was about sixteen minutes after
10 when Secretary Loeb threw open
the do?ble door3 leading from the
President's private office. He had the
proclamation in his hand, which he
laid on the large, square blotter at
tne .f resident s position at tue uau
of the table. The President entered
and took his seat at once, was handed
the long eagle quill pen by the Secretary,
and, himself lifting the lid
from the inkstand, dipped the pen
and wrote his name in large letters,
the pen making an audible scratch
with each movement. When he bad
finished his signature, the President
picked up a small blotter, with which
he blotted his name, i.nd thee. ir/.c- {
ing up, exclaimed:
"Oklahoma is a State!"
Governor Haskell Takes Oath.
Guthrie, Okla.?With impressive
ceremonies befitting the birth of the
new State of Oklahoma, the oaths of
office were administered to Governor
Charles N. Haskell and other State
officers a few minutes before noon.
When he had finished the Governor
announced the appointment of Robert
L. Owens, of Muskogee, and Thos.
P. Gorr, of Lawton, as United States
Senators.
In one of the carriages were the
chiefs of the five civilized tribes
dressed as citizens.
At the barbecue grounds portions
of meats and other eatables were
served to the thousands assembled
on a semi-circular table from a huge
pit in which thirty beeves had been
cooked.
Indians and whites mingled in
picturesque good fellowship. Some \
of the Indians wore blankets and i
some squaws carried papooses
At the Carnegie Library there was
an allegorical marriage ceremony
which joined Oklahoma and Indian
Territory for life. C. G. Jones, of
Oklahoma City, for many years one
of the most tireless champions of
joint statehood, was the bridegroom.
He made the proposal of marriage to
fVi/a hririo 7VT?cc Tnriinn Tprritnrv who
was Mrs. Leo Bennett, of Muskegee,
a beautiful native of the Cherokee
Nation and wife of Dr. Leo Bennett,
FIRE PRECEDED EARTHQUAKE.
Verdict of Kingston Jury Against the
Insurance Companies.
Kingston, Jamaica.?The hearing
of the ?rst insurance action against
the English companies iu connection
with the earthquake was concluded.
The jury unanimously returned a verdict
in favor of the policy holders.
The origin of the tire was traced to
87 King street, two minutes before
the earthquake.
Feminine iNotes.
Mrs. "William Crosswell Doane,
?ife of the Episcopal 13is'aop of Alt'.ny,
N. Y., died in that city.
In Amsterdam there is a factory
where 400,000 diamonds are cut annually.
Most of the work is done by
women.
It is reported from Italy that another
American woman has found her
husband not to be a count but an old
jailbird.
Tho press is printing columns of
sarcasm at the expense of the Newport
society girl who rises at daylight
to milk Ave cows.
ABSURD,
5EVELT DECLARES
mNOTESTO BE ISSUED
ntally Sound, Banks and Trust
cy Abundant, He Asserts,
Note Issue, and Says
i is Whole Trouble.
GET INTO A PAN'iC AND CREATE
A STRINGENCY BY HOARDING
t* r r r t-> n ? t'rx'nn th'Cith a t\ an
i n Ti i iv o.-i \ t .n vir> ii>o i laij u r
TRUSTING PERFECTLY SOUND
BANKS. There is no particle of risk
involved in letting business take its
natural course, and the people can
help themselves and the country most
by putting back into active circulation
the money they are hoarding.
"The banks and trust companies
are solvent. There is more currency
in the country to-day than there was
a month ago, when the supply was
ample. Over $55,000,000 have been
imported, and the Government has
deposited another $60,000,000. These
are facts, and I appeal to the public
to co-operate with us in restoring
normal business conditions. The
Government will see that the people
do not suffer, if only the people themselves
will act in a normal way.
"Crops are good and business conditions
are sound, and we should put
the money we have into circulation
in order to meet the needs of abounding
prosperity. THERE IS NO ANALOGY
AT ALL WITH THE WAY
THINGS WERE IN 1893. On November
30 of that year there was in
the Treasury but $1 CI,000,000 in
gold. On November 14 of this year
there was in the Treasury $904,000,000
of gold. Ten years ago the circulation
per capita was $23.23. It
is now $33.23.
"The steps that you now take, the
ability of the Government to back
them up and the fact that not a particle
of risk is involved therein give the
fullest guarantees of the sound condition
of our people and the sound condition
of our Treasury. All that our
people have to do now is to go ahead
with their normal business in a normal
fashion and the whole difficulty
disappears; and this end will be
achieved at once if each man will act
as he normally does act and as the
real conditions of the country's con
amon runy warrant nis now acung.
Sincerely yours,
"THEODORE ROOSEVELT."
RECEIVERS NAMED
FOR SIX BANKS
Criminal Proceedings Likely Against
Officers of Two Brooklyn
Institutions.
New York City.?On application of
Attorney-General Ja?kson temporary
receivers were appointed for three
banks and three trust companies in
Manhattan and Brooklyn, and the
Attorney-General, in making the announcement,
stated that criminal proceedings
would be begun in connection
with the affairs of two of the
Brooklyn concerns, the Borough
Bank and the Jenkins Trust Company.
v
In the Jenkins Trust Company, Mr.
Jackson said, there were evidences of
illegal overloans, one to John G. Jenkins,
Jr., the president, being for
$557,000.
The Attorney-General made his application
for the appointment of receivers
to Supreme Court Justice
Betts, in Kingston, N. Y. The banks
and trust companies, with the receiver
for each and the amounts of thebonds,
are as follows:
Williamsburg Trust Company? Frank
L. Bapst, $300,000. I
TT :li. T>? Wit ft*
ntUll 11 lUU DttUA I'iUUIl. ? I uuv, ,
$200,000.
Borough Eank, of Brooklyn?
Henry A. Powell and Isaac Cox,
$100,000 each.
Jenkins Trust Company?John
Mulhall, $200,000.
Brooklyn Bank ? Bruyn Hasbrouck,
$150,000.
International Trust Company?
Goodwin Brown, $100,000.
It is asserted by the trustees of the
Jenkins Trust Company that they
were ignorant of the loans to Mr. j
Jenkins, which were in the category
of brokers' loans to Jenkins Brothers, !
stockbrokers.
TROF. UNDERWOOD A SUICIDE. |
Columbia Man Also Tries to Kill Wife I
and Daughter. I
Danburv, Conn.?Professor Luciea j
Marcus Underwood, Torrey professor i
of botany at Columbia University and
identified with the Bronx Botanical j
Gardens, in New York City, committed
suicide by cutting his throat
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fessor Underwood had gone insaiie
suddenly and attempted to kill his
wife and daughter, Helen.
According to Mrs. Underwood her
husband had worried over losses iu
Wall Street during the recent slump.
He lost $15,000 and was afraid, it
was said, that his home might have to
be sacrificed.
BOX" KILLED IX FOOTBALL GAME.
Pittsburg Youth, Fifteen Years Old,
Dies From Effects of Kick.
Pittsburg. ? John Boylan, fifteen
years old. died at the Mercy Hospital
from injuries received in a football
game the day before. He belonged to
a team composed of boys of the neighborhood.
During the game he was
kicked in the groin.
British Battleships Planned.
Twelve great battleships, either of
the Dreadnought type or of similar
construction, will be completed in
Great Britain in two years.
West Pointers Needed.
West Point's senior class will be
graduated in January instead of Juno
to fill army vacancies.
Bank Cashier a Suicide.
J. B. Thomas, aged sixty-five, cash
ier of the Bank of Albany, Mo., committed
suicide by shooting.
The Labor World.
Nebraska and Kansas are in need
( of a lot of corn.
Canadian foundry and macnine industries
employe 17,928 people.
With almost 1500 members, the
Boston Bakers' Union is the largest
in the country.
Adelaide (South Australia) soap
and candle factory employes have
formed a union.
At Lynn, Mass., there was recently,
held a convention to organize national
K. o? L. Shoe Cutters' Assemblies.
*
GOT HIM
Oklahoma City.?-Not a sale
new State is as dry as Sahara. ]
put out of business. The day 1
was disposed of at bcrgain price:
are now draped in crape. One
barrel in his window accompan
going out and nothing coming in
l/j
?Week's Cleverest Cartoon,
MRS. ROMADKE, A MUWA
WIFE, TELLS REAS
Glamour Thrown by a Yellow New
Attracted Her to a Similar
and Had Noth
Chicago.?Mrs. Evelyn Romadl
trunk maker, who was sentenced to
the story of her downfall to Judge
She left a home of luxury In ft
woman naturally would desire, to coi
and eventually.entered upon a careei
craving for excitement. She declare:
fall to the constant perusal of storii
Lho "yellow newspapers."
"I had nothing else to do," she
to add to my amusement or happin
took to reading copies of this news
"The glamour which it threw over tb
exaggeration of everything but the in
"I wanted to meet these thieves,
idea I would be absorbed in the stor
to test the interest awakened in me
real. I even had a desire to try
detection..
"Well, I came to Chicago. Part
It was there I met Albert Jones, the
for the woman from whom I rented
the time. He drew from his pocke
vertently a woman's diamond ring.
"He glanced at me surreptitioi
pocket. Here was I face to face wit
apartment. I pulled him into it. 'I
then stopped him as he was about to
" 'Stay here,' I said. 'I have wi
I am interested. I want to know you
you some stories about stealing that
Jones told me, or something like tt
acquainted. I talked with him, gel
from the yellow newspapers any mor
own hand. I did it, you know not
doing it undetected. I guess I wot
my head."
Mrs. Romadke was weeping whe
AND NOW FINLAND i
Drastic Prohibition Results From i
It Is Believed the Czar
London.?Finland furnished thi:
of universal suffrage combined witl
Its Legislature consists of a single cl
cent, of the voters at the last electioi
rural districts were women. NInetec
chamber. The Social Democratic pa
other sympathizers.
It has just passed a drastic act f
beer and alcohol, which may be ke]
poses and for the use of Russian t
communion service is forbidden. N<
house unless he can prove that they
was passed. The police have full r
from $20 fine to penal servitude for
loss or capital in breweries, distiller!
The Earoness Gripenberg, one o:
that in dealing with a question of tl
time "to leave reason aside and let
Times to remark:
"There we have the true inward
revolution naked and unashamed. 1
fnfliifrnrfltfi the 'Aee of Reason.' am
reserved for the Social Democratic
Sentiment,' and we have yet to lear:
means, so far as it has gone in its
Finland, one heavy blow at the princ
It is not expected that the law
veto of the Czar is regarded as certa
FRANCE HAS GOLD
i
Enormous Holding's in Her Great 1
tions--No Objection to Len
Likin.ar For Cover
Paris.?Never before perhaps ir
such occasion for pride in the wealt
when practically every Stock Excha
sending petitions to Paris for more i
Although much gold has left Pai
more of the precious metal than she
French thrift knows no limits.
* * ? 1 u* u
I saves, rsor is money saveu iu ua u
which have no counterparts in Ameri
but give advico concerning investme
sver before.
The Postoffice Savings Bank, St
I sou is as welcome as that of a hun
| increase in business for the present ;
I allowed to one depositor is only $300
Postoffice Banks this year will run ui
December.
Money lent abroad is doubly pre
percentage of it is brought back to ]
annually visit this favored land.
New Portrait of George Washington
Here From Scotland.
New York City.?Bearing a por:rait
of Georgo Washington when he
.vas a major in the Colonial Army, R.
{V. Austin, American Consul at Glasgow,
Scotland, arrived.
It will be sent at once to Washing'.ou,
where it will be put on exhibi:lon
before it is taken to Mount Verlon
and hung there. The portrait,
.vliich is life size, is still the property
)f t&e t'eopic s i'azace 1x1 uiasguw.
jut it is loaned to the American Govirnment
for an indefinite period.
Far Eastern Notes.
Japan is cutting into England's
>eer trade in India.
The British Indian Government has
ncreased the pensions of native solI
iiers.
Gold is found in many Philippine
localities. A rich strike was reported
:hree years ago in the province ol
Jamerines. Silver, iron, copper and
iead are also known to exist In Cam
erlnes.
The Government of Australia proposes
to replace conciliation boards
iy wages boards on the State rail
1 ,vays.
)N THE RUN.
ion is o-ien in Oklahoma, and the
Five hundred and sixty saloons were
before the closing the liauor stock
3 and the saloon doors ana windows
oalonnl-^-insr has nlaced an etnntv
icd by the3e words: "Everything
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by F. Bowers, in the Indianapolis News.
UKEE MILLIONAIRE'S
:ON FOR TURNING BURGLAR
spaper Ovor Adventures of Criminals
Life?She Craved Excitement
ling- Else to Do.
te, wife of the Milwaukee millionaire
serve a prison term for burglary, told
Bretano.
[ilwaukee, where she had everything a
me to Chicago to associate with thieves,
of burglary to satisfy her own morbid
3 emphatically that she owes her down2s
of crime printed in what she called
said. "I was married, but no one tried
ess. I read all my books, and then I
paper." She mentioned one by name.
ie acts and adventures of criminals, the
iquity of their offenses, attracted me.
" Mrs. Romadke continued. "I had the
ies a real burglar could tell. I wanted
in their lives and see whether it was
whether I myself could steal without
of the time I lived in a South Side flat,
i negro. He came to do some cleaning
my room. I saw him and asked him
t a woman's watch, and with it inadisly,
and stealthily put it "back in his
h a thief. We were at the door of my
believe you are a burglar,' I said, and
speak and move away.
anted to meet a burglar for some time,
i. I will not give you away.' 'I can tell
; would make your hair stand on end/
lat, and that was the way we became
;ting the stories at first hand and not
e. Then I planned with him to try my
how many times, and I thought I was
ildn't have been caught if I had kept
:n she finished her story.
\BOLISHES ALL LIQUOR.
tVomen VotIngr--"Senttment" Rules-Wlll
Veto the Measure.
s week a striking example of the effects
1 virtual control by Socialist theories,
iamber of 200 members. Fifty-six per
i in the towns and fifty per cent, in the
?n women were elected members of the
rty elected eighty members, and it has
or the total prohibition of spirits, wine,
3t only for medical and technical purroops.
Even the use of wine for the
) one may keep alcoholic drinks in his
were in his possession before the act
ights of search and the penalties vary
three years. There is no provision for
es or private houses.
E the best known women members, said
lis vital social importance it was quite
spntfmpnf nrevail." This moved the
Iness revealed of the Social Democratic
rhe earlier revolutions were content to
3 we know what that meant. It was
revolution to inaugurate the 'Age of
n all that that means. At any rate it
chosen home of the Grand Duchy of
iples of liberty."
will ever come into operation, for the
in.
BEYOND HER NEEDS.
Bank and in Other Financial Instituting-,
But the French Have a
nment Guarantees.
i the history of France has there been
h of the country as during this week,
nge in Europe and America has been
;old.
is in the last fortnight, France still has
knows what to do with.
In France no one Is idle; every one
oarded. The huge semi-official banks
[ca, and which not only accept deposits
nts, have more customers to-day than
ate controlled, where a deposit of one
dred francs, also shows a tremendous
year. Although the maximum account
, it is estimated that the deposits in the
) to near a biliion dollars by the end of
ifltable in the case of France, for a fair
France by the horde of foreigners who
Death Test Which Will Prevent
Possibility of Burial Alive.
i Paris.?A new death test, which
absolutely precludes the possibility of
burial alive, has been discovered at
the Lariboisiere Hospital, in this city.
. Experiments have shown that radioor>V\c3
f 1\aH ioo + oJron pvnn n fpw
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minutes after death, reveal clearly
the outlines of all the organs, where'
as if the radiographs are taken dur,
ing life the organs are not revealed.
The discovery has caused a great stir
in scientific circles.
The Field of Sport.
i Tyrus Cobb, of Detroit, leads the
American League batsmen in the offl.
cial averages for 1907. Boston
will not be represented by
a team in the national roller polo
, league during the present season.
1 Jimmy Casey, the Brooklyn Club's
E third baseman, is slated to succeed
i Joe Kelley as manager of the Toron
to Club.
United States Senator James L.
Bailey, of Texas, is the owner of the
s most successful trotting sire of the
season of 1907. The horse's name is
Prodigal,
DIRS. BRADLEY, 1 TEARS,
TEEE5 REB S?
Testifies About Her Acquaintance
With Arthur Brown, of Utah.
RECITAL AFFECTS THE JURY
Yielded to Protestations of Love?
He Promised to Make Her His
Wife?How He Finally Refused
?Near Physical Collapse.
Washington, D. C.?With hundreds
of eyes levelled at her and the son
of the man she killed gazing steadily
into her face Mrs. Annie M. Eradi
ley took the witness stand in her own
defense in her trial for the murder
of ex-Senator Arthur Brown, of Utah,
in the Raleigh Hotel last December.
Mrs. Bradley rose almo3t willingly
when the bailiff called her name.
She took the oath and firmly mounted
the two steps leading to the witness
chair, but when she faced the curious
crowd she turned deathly white and
seemed ^bout to faint. There was
no one near but a court official and
as she gave her full name in answer
to a question it was impossible even
for him to hear what she said.
For nearly two hours the court
stenographers were compelled to repeat
Mrs. Bradley's answers. It
seemed impossible for her to gather
the strength to make herself heard.
When court adjourned at 3 o'clock p.
m., by careful and steady questioning
! Judge Powers, chief counsel for Mrs.
Bradley, had directed her through
the entire course of her affair with
Brown, from the time she met him in
; the spring of 1892 until the end of
November, 1906, a few days before
! ho started on the journey to Washington
that ended in his death.
It was a pitiful story that Mrs.
Bradley told, a story of an infatuation
that forced the woman to give up
family, home and friends for the man
who constantly promised to make her
his wife, who professed undying devotion
to her continually telling her
that she was "the only bright spot in
his life," yet who dragged her through
the mire and forced her name upon
the lips of every man in Salt Lako
City.
Mrs. Bradley said she was thirtyfive
years of ago; that she was born
in Kansas City and educated in Denver;
that she had had smallpox and
pneumonia, and had been badly hurt
by a blow on the head when a child.
She went to Salt Lake City in 1890,
and had lived there ever since. She
had occupied a clerical position in
the Salt Lake Water Works for three
years and eight months.
"Were you ever married?" she was
asked by Judge Powers.
"Yes, sir; I was married to Clarence
Bradley a week after I loft the
water works." Two children, a boy
and a girl, resulted from this union,
ehe said.
Mr3. Bradley joined several literi
ary and political organizations, and
through them became acquainted
with Senator Brown. She began to
take an active part in Republican politics
in Utah, where women vote, and
became secretary of the State Committee.
She was divorced from Bradley
in 1905. Weeping so bitterly
that what she said could hardly be
heard,she confessed that her intimate
relations with Brown had began in
1898, and that she learned to love
him "beyond expression." At one
time he wanted to get a divorce and
marry her, but she would not consent
to break up his home, and tried to
break off the relationship between
them.
She cried, she said, when Mr.
Brown made his first race for the
United States Sanate and was defeated,
but he cheered her with the
p.ssurance that, whatever happened,
they would stay together.
Mrs. Bradley told about the birth
of two boys; of how she had agreed
in 1901 that Brown should get a divorce
and marry her, and when she
had warned him that it would cost
him liis position he had declared that
he cared for nothing but her. She
went to Grand Junction, Col., in that
year, and notwithstanding the place
was 300 miles from Salt Lake City,
the Senator came to see her every ten
days.
While they were at Grand Junction,
Mrs. Bradley continued, Brown assured
her that his arrangements for a
divorce were progressing, and that a
compromise with Mrs. Brown had
been agreed upon. Mrs. Bradley said
she told him to give the wife and her
j children all his property. Ho then
gave Mrs. Bradley a ring.
Nearly every member of the jury
ehewed the effect of Mrs. Bradley's
I testimony. Few of the jurors could
keep back the tears as she sobbed
out her pathetic story. Mac Brown,
the dead man's son, did not take his
eyes off Mrs. Bradley's face from the
minute she took the stand, and in all
in the sea of faces which Mrs. Bradley
confronted theva was not one o?i
which was not written the reflex of
the feelings of the lono little figure
(n hlncif hnrinsr her soul to the world.
Hindoos Swarm Ovp? the Border.
J. H. Clarke, Immigration Commissioner
for Canada, has decided,
after an investigation at Vancouver,
B. C., to recommend the Government
at Washington to pass legislation to
exclude Hindoos from the United
States. Thousands of Hindoos have
gone from Vancouver south this year
to logging and railway camps in
Washington and Oregon and the fruit
ranches in California,
Tripped to Death on a Cat.
Frank Britto, a boy, while romping
around his home at South N'orwalk.
Conn., tripped on the family
rat, plunged headlong through a gl^ss
door and bled to death before his
mother could summon aid.
IJIOie u-3
The proposed introduction of the
Eible as a text book in the Chicago
public schools? met with a protest
from 100,000 Jews. President
Schneider, of the Board of Education,
says the plan is likely to ba rejected.
Prison For Corporation ITcad.
Le^'i C. Lincoln, once leading citizen
and president of the Woonsocket
(R. I.) Electric and Power Company,
was sentenced at Providence to four
years' imprisonment. He confessed
the embezzlement of $47,500 in
1 ft A C
lavui
Mother and Daughter Die of Bnms.
When Mrs. Rose Coates, of Philadelphia,
sixty, tried to blow out a
lamp her clothing caught fire. Her
daughter, Mrs. Rose Edwards, thirty,
tried to aid her. Doth died next day
from their burns,
SHOT BV RUSSIAN POLICE
Revolutionists Slain and 700
Shots Fired at Riga.
Fought Four Hours?Woman Housekeeper
Who Cried "We Won't Surrender!"
Among the Dead.
St. Petersburg, Russia.?After ascertaining
the address of the Riga
headquarters of the Lettish revolutionists
the local police demanded admittance.
The housekeeper, Greta Thomson,
fifty-seven years old, cried out, "We
shall not surrender without a fight!"
whereupon a volley of shots was
poured through tha doors on the police,
who were oocupying both the
front and rear stairs. The police retired
into a neighboring apartment
and attic, as the conspirators are living
on the top floor of a flve-3tory
house, and for four hours fired volley
after volley through the walls and
ceiling. The resistance finally ceased
and when the police entered they
found the bodies of four dead, including
the Thomson woman; two wounded
girls and four wounded men, Including
one Hebrew. The latter attempted
to escape and was killed.
It is estimated that the revolutionists
fired 700 shots from a Mauser
and three Brownings before their
I weapons were shattered. One policeman
was slightly wounded, although
all wore armor. '
Late the next night the Octobrist
Club was the scene of a sharp conflict
between the left and right wings of
the party. The former, led by M.
Vladimir Lvoff, of Samara, a brother
of M. Nicholas Lvoff, protested
against the Octobrists allowing themselves
to be swallowed up by the reactionists.
In concluding the arraign
iUCilt 1J?UU OUV/UViVVt!
' "You have disgraced the party and
discredited the Duma, which the public
already distrusted as representing
the landlords only."
The room resounded with vociferious
protests and a score of angry
noblemen leaped to their feet.
The voice of Baron Meyendorff,
who had been a candidate for vicepresident,
resounded like a clarion
above the clamor.
"Take back your words, which have
I insulted the party and which I regard
as an imputation upon myself."
Lvoff did not answer and Baron
Meyendorff, amid a deadly silence,
repeated his demand, declaring that
unless amends were offered he would
send his seconds.
The meeting dissolved amid great
confusion. As the Deputies gathered
around the disputants Baron Meyendorff's
challenge was at first regarded
lightly and as dropped in the heat of
debate, but it soon became apparent
that his words were meant in deadly
earnest.
Cooler heads, however, intervened,
1 and efforts to smooth matters over
seem to have been successful, though
the breach in the party may remain
unhealed.
ALABAMA BARS DRINK.
Legislature Votes Prohibition, and
Governor Will Sign Bill.
Montgomery, Ala.?Women filled
the galleries and lobbies of the State
Senate when the prohibition bill cama
up until, by order of Lieut.-Gov.
Henry B. Gray, the doors were opened
and they were allowed to mingle with
the members. In the excitement the
Senate passed the bill with two lone
members in the negative, though nine
noes had been expected.
A shout of approval went up and
the women broke into the "Doxology."
The refrain was taken up in
the halls until it was sung in every
section of the building and had
swelled to a mighty chorus. Showers
of floWers were rained upon the Senators
by the women.
A carload of women came from
Mobile to fight prohibition. In that
city license money supports the
schools. But as the women from
Montgomery, Birmingham and Selma
arrived first the lobby was so crowded
that the Mobile contingent could
not get even to the doors. They distributed
badges with the words:
"Save the schools of Mobile; 6000
women sign petition against prohibition."
As soon a3 the speeclimakins bsgan
the women cheered every good point
until the galleries and the hall were
in an uproar.
As passed in the Senate, the bill
makes the State dry on January 1,
1901. As passed in the House it
i,i robon affort. on October
IWUUIU 11U?W luiww
1 next. It appropriates $5000 a year
( for the enforcement of the law by a
special officer.
Gov. Comer will sign the bill and
the House will agree to the amendment.
.
SEVEN SUBMARINES ORDERED.
!
All of the Same Type as the Octopus.
Which Won Competition.
Washington, D. C.?The Navy Department
executed contracts with the
Electric Eoat Company, of New York,
for the construction of seven submarine
torpedo boats, aggregating in
cost $2,270,000. Several of the boats
are to be of the same size and type
as the Octopus, which won the competition
at Newport last spring, and
others are to be of the same type, but
lorcor and nf er^ater sneed. The con- |
scruction of the boats if to be begun
at once, the work being done at the
yards of the Fore River Shipbuilding
Company, at Quincy, Mass.
BRIBERY IX STANDARD OIL.
Former Senator Tliomas McCcnlca
Indicted in Findlay, Ohio.
I Findlay, Ohio.?The Grand Jury
returned an indictment against forImer
Senator Thomas McConica for alleged
bribery in connection with the
Standard Oil trial of last June. Byron
Williamson was indicted several
months ago for a like offense.
It is alleged that an attempt was
made to bribe Juror Charles Thompson,
and that JVIcConica was at the
back of it.
I
Yankee I'aslia in lurKisn nuij. j
Commodore R. D. Bucknam, an j
American, naval adviser of tho Sul- '
' tan, lias been promoted to the rank I
of rear-admiral in the Turkish Xavy
with the title of Pasha. Bucknam
formerly lived in Worcester, Mass.,
I and has followed tho sea since six'
teen.
President to Meet Governors.
President Roosevelt asked the Gov'
ernors of the States and Territories
; to meet him at the White House in
May to take steps to conserve the nan \
I tional resources of the country.
PERUNA A TONIC OF
HON. R. 8. THARIN.
lion. R. S. Tharin, Attorney at Law and
counsel for Anti-Trust League, writes from
Pennsylvania Ave., N. \V., Washington,
i\ /i r^ii
u. \j.9 a# iuuuws;
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and earnest recommendation to all persons
affected by that disorder. It is also a
tonic of great usefulness.?
Air. T. Barnecott, West Aylmer, Ontario,
Can., writes: "List winter 1 wag
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grippe. 1 took Peruna for two months,
when I became quite well. I also induced
a yotng lady who was all run down
ana connned to the house, to take Peruna,
and after taking Peruna tor three months
she is able to follow her trade of tailoring.
T can recommcnd Peruna for all sucn
who are ill and require a tonic."
Pe-ru-na Tablets.
Some people prefer to take tablets,
rather than to take medicine in a fluid
form. Such people can obtain Peruna
tablets, which represent the solid medicinal
ingredients of Peruna. Each tablet is
equivalent to one average done of Peruna.*
The coolest part of the day is between ^
4 and 5 o'clock a. m.
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A grain of fine musk will scent the room
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teething, softens the gums, red ucesinfiamma- '
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Inherited Tendencies.
In an able article in the Daily
Chronicle a few days ago, Professor '
James Long dealt very frankly with
a question which is rapidly becoming
the question of the time?the forming
of tie coming race by the training
of mothers. Great point is given
to his appeal by the presentation of
statistics relating to two American
families?lirst, that of Jonathan Ed-' v
wards, the theologian; and second,
that of the ancestor of a race of
criminals:
"Of a thousand descendants in the
first case, 464 were distinguished
men?judges,- professors, lawyers,
college presidents, physicians, clergymen
and authors; while of 1200 descendants
of the other, 310 were professional
paupers, 130 convicted
criminals, sixty habitual thieves, and
seven murderers, while 400 were
self-wrecked, showing a record of
crime, insanity and pauperism almost
without precedent. What proportion
of these two results is attributable
to woman?"
Professor Long contends that mod- 1
ern life tends to divide the interests
of fathers and mothers, the former
being content with earning bread and
remaining master of the house, while
the mother is left almost alone to
train, for good or evil, the children.
The old adage, "The hand that rocks
the cradle rules the world," is so
worn as to be obsolete for many. It
is no etaggeration to say that "if
all Englishmen were the sons of good
mothers we should be a new nation."
?London Christian.
Find $ 5 Diamond in 15-C'ent
Soup at fifteen cents a plate
rebate of $65. That's what Andrew
D. Kennedy, a tailor, got to-day with
his lunch.
He had just computed how much
he would lose by the stock market ;
being closed, and "cut out" the fifty
cent table d'hote. Instead, he tried
the soup, and found somefhing hard.
When he shook out his napkin it
made a noise on the floor. ISe picked
it up and found a diamond. Fifteen
minutes later a jeweler gave him $65
for the stone.?Pittsburg Press.
SCHOOL TEACHERS
Also Have Things to Learn.
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"For many years I have used coffoo
and refused to be convinced of its ba<S
effect upon the human system,"
writes a veteran scnooi icacuer. I
"Ten years ago I was obliged to fl
give up my much loved work in the B
public schools after years of continu- g
ous labor. I had developed a well I
defined case of chronic coffee poison- I
ing. M
"The troubles were constipation, 9
flutterings of the heart, a thumping
in the top of my head and various fl
parts of my body, twitching of my 2
limbs, shaking of my head and, at I
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feeling with a toper's desire for very fl
strong coffee. I was a nervous wreck ?
for years. I
"A short time ago friends came to I
visit us and they brought a package ^
cf Postum with them, and urged me
to cry it. I was prejudiced because
some years ago I had drunk a cup of V
weaK, tasieiess scun caiiea .rosium,
which I did not like at all. K
"This time, however, my friend
made the Postum aicording to directions
on the package, and it won me.
Suddenly 1 found myself improving
in a most decided fashion.
"The odor of boiling coffee no Ion- .
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improve as I am now, I'll begin to >.
think I have found the Fountain of
Perpetual Youth. This is no fancy
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rMn.1 tn nmUp known."
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