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HETTY 6REENIS
DAUGHTER WEDS
liss Sylvia Wife of Matthew
Astor Wilks.
fROOM ABOUT SIXTY-FIVE
Marriage Takes Place at Morriatown,
N. J., arid Is Attended by a Wedding
Party of Thirty Persons—Following
a Reception at the Morristown Inn
the Newly Married Couple Starts on
Brief Wedding Trip.
Morristown, N. J.t Feb. 24.—Miss
«yi via Green, daughter of Mrs. Hett
Oreen of New York, one of the
-wealthiest women in America, was
married to Matthew Astor Wilks. Mr
Wilks, who is about sixty-five years
•Id, Is the great grandson of John
Jacob Astor. Mrs. Green and her
daughter have been living in a modest
apartment in Hoboken, but came tc
this city with a wedding party ol
about thirty persons in a special car
Arriving somewhat in advance ol
the hour of the wedding the. party
went to the Morristown inn and re
mained there until shortly before
noon, when the party proceeded tc
St. Peter's Episcopal church, where
the marriage ceremony was pur
formed by Rev. Philamon Sturges
the rector. Owing to the recent, death
of a cousin of the bride, it was stated,
the wedding party was a small one,
consisting of about thirty persons.
Miss Green wore a simple brown trav
eling dress, while Mrs. Green wore
ber customary black satin. The bride
was given away by Hewland Pell and
Woodbury Langdon of New York was
the best man.
Following the wedding the party re
turned to the inn, where a reception
was tendered £o the guest3. Mr. and
Mrs. Wilks left on a wedding trip and
It is understood will visit Gait, Ont.
IN THE INTEREST OF PEACE
France Takes Steps to Prevent Aus
tro-Servian Clash.
Berlin, Feb. 24.—The menacing at
titude of Servia and the military dis
positions taken by Austria-Hungary in
connection therewith have caused the
French government to undertake me
diatory representations in the interest
of peace and Germany has been asked
to join France in this endeavor. The
German foreign office replied that it
was in full sympathy with the object
of these representations, but it did
not consider it desirable to participate
in suggestions to Austria-Hungary it
was quite willing, however, to assist
In pressure upon Servia to keep the
peace.
It is understood in Berlin that
France took this step after reaching
an agreement with Russia.
FIGHT HILL AND HARRIMAN
Spokane Shippers Preparing a Gigan
tic Boycott.
Spokane, Wash., Feb. 24.—Spokane
shippers are preparing a gigantic boy
cott against the Hill and Harriman
railroads.
The report that the Spokane rate
case will be decided adversely to Spo
kane has caused the merchants to
plan an organization and all the ship
pers will unite in having one routing
agent who will route all the goods
sent out from Spokane over the Cana
dian Pacific in the hope of bringing
tbe desired concessions from the
other roads, which will as a result
lose the Spokane business.
The definite organization will be ef
fected as soon as It is learned that
tbe Spokane rate case has been lost.
GALE THE MOTIVE POWER
Trainmen Apply Brakes to Prevent
Beating Schedule.
Denver, Feb. 24.—The wind, it is
said, literally blew a Rock Island pas
senger train into Denver. The train
was due at 8 o'clock, but it was all
tbe engineer could do to keep from
coming in an hour ahead of time.
A strong gale helped the train from
the rear for 100 miles and reversed
the usual conditions which exist in a
storm.
The engineer reduced steam and
says the cars glided along the track
at fifty miles an hour as nicely as if
the rails had been greased. When it
was discovered the train was running
ahead of schedule time the brakes
were applied.
Punch Bowl for "Dry" Candidate.
Washington, Feb. 24.—Representa
tive .Tames E. Watson, who ran for
governor of. Indiana on a "dry" plat
form, is to be presented with a hand
some puncb bowl by bis colleagues in
tbe houae. The gift will not be in
-tbe nature of a joke because the In
diana member ran on a "water wagon"
ticket, but It will be a testimonial of
tbe high esteem In which he is held
by the Republican members of the
house.
Lowers a World's Record.
Troy, N. Y., Feb. 24.—George V.
Ronhag of the Irish-American Ath
letic .club of New York lowered the
,j- world's record for the live-mile event
Vfi'it the big athletic meet ta the local
gS^araory. Bonhag*s ttaM war 24 ml*
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FISHERIES ARBITRATION
Judge Gray to Represent Unite*
States at The Hague.
Washington, Feb. 24.—If he find" It
convenient to accept the position
Judge George Gray of Delaware prob
ably will be appointed American rep
resentative on the International court
JUDGE GEORGE GRAY.
at The Hague which is to arbitrate
the Newfoundland fisheries dispute.
Chandler Anderson of New York will
be the American agent in the presen
tation of the case before the court.
CLAIMS JURY WAS
IMPROPERLY DRAWN
Standard Oil Attorney Would
Quash Venire.
Chicago, Feb. 24.—A bitter skirmish
signalized the opening of the retrial of
the Standard Oil company of Indiana
for alleged rebating. Judie Anderson
had been on the bench but a few mo
ments when John S. Miller, of the de
fense, electrified those present by fil
ing a motion to quash the venire of
150 men on the ground that it had
been improperly drawn. Sixty per
cent of the venire are farmers, only
three are residents of Chicago and but
sixteen live in Cook county, which
contains two-thirds of the population
within the court's jurisdiction.
Surprise was plainly visible on the
face of District Attorney Sims when
Mr. Miller called attention to the per
sonnel of the venire. He promptly re
covered, however, and sharply op
posed the motion.
Judge Anderson ruled that the
venire was improperly drawn. A new
one must, be summoned, which is said
to demand an indefinite delay in hear
ing the case.
PERISHES AT NIAGARA FALLS
German Nobleman Follows Vision of
Wife to Death.
Niagara Falls, N. Y., Feb. 24.—R.
von Bannar, aged twenty-nine, a Ger
man of noble birth, met death on the
ice bridge below Niagara Falls.
Von Bannar's wife was burned to
death in a fire which destroyed their
home in Chicago recently and since
then he had been living around the
country seeking to forget her tragic
end.
Von Bannar wrote to a friend that
he had seen a vision of his wife and
that he had decided to follow her.
Two days later a man walking on the
ice bridge near the American side sud
denly disappeared in a crevice.
The body was recovered by Percy
Page, a park employe, who was low
ered into the crevice by ropes, and
was identified as Von Bannar.
STORM SWEEPS ROADSTEAD
No Damage to Big Battleships as a
Result.
Fort Monroe, Va., Feb. 24.—The
American "battle fleet," as the sixteen
vessels which circumnavigated the
globe are officially designated by
President Roosevelt, were storm
swept in the roadstead here, but rode
safely at anchor.
Admiral Sperry will personally in
spect the fleet and make a report to
the navy department covering the
cruise since he succeeded Rear Ad
miral Thomas at S*n Francisco. Each
vessel after inspection will be de
tached and sent to a navyyard for re
pairs.
ONE OF THEM IS WOUNDED
Rock Island (III.) Editors Fight Duel
on 8treet.
Rpck Island, 111., Feb. 24.—W. W.
Wilmerton, owner of the Tri-City
Journal, and John Looney, owner of
the Rock Island News, exchanged
seven shots across a street at each
other. Looney was slightly wounded.
Both men were arrested. The shoot
ing was the result of a personal fued
which has been carried on in print
Wilmerton and Looney were arrest
ed and later were* released under $5,
000 bond each on a charge of assault
with intent to kill.
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tjMTobacco Trust1 Case Advanced Jfj
Washington, Feb. 24.—The supreme
co^gt of the United States advanced
on the docket the so called tobacco
trust case and fixed the hearing on It
for the first Tuesday In the term bo
finning nil October,
UPHELD BY THE
HIGHEST COURT
New York Central Most Pay
Fine of $108,000. 11'
Anti-Trust Law.
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CONVICTED OF REBATIN6
Found Guilty in New York of Illegal
Dealing in Connection With Sugar
Trust Shipments—Decision in Case
of State of Arkansas Against Ham
mond Packing Company Upholds
Washington, Feb. 24.—The verdict
of the United States circuit court for
the Southern district of New York
imposing a fine of $108,000 on the
New York Central Railroad c&npany
on the charge of granting rebates to
the American Sugar company was
affirmed by the supreme court of the
United States.
The rebates to the American Suga:
Refining company were given on ship
ments of sugar in 1903 from New
York to Cleveland and Detroit.
Six offenses were charged atid fines
of $18,000 each were imposed by the
trial court. The government prose
cuted under the interstate commerce
and Elkins laws.
The court also rendered a similai
decision upholding the lower court in
the case of a shipment to Cleveland,
O., in which a fine of $26,000 was im
posed.
ANTI-TRUST LAW IS UPHELD
Fine Imposed on Packing Company
Affirmed.
Washington, Feb. 24.—Deciding the
case of the Hammond Packing com
pany of Chicago vs. the state of Ar
kansas favorably to the state the su
preme court of the United States up
held the constitutionality of the anti
trust law of Arkansas. The company
was fined $10,000 in the Arkansas
state courts for failure to observe the
law.
INCLUDES EXPRESS FRANKS
Law Prohibiting Issuance of Passes
by Railroads.
Washington, Feb. 24.—That the in
terstate commerce law prohibiting
the issuance of pBsses on the rail
roads is applicable to the granting
of express franks was held by the
supreme court of the United States
In tbe case of the American Express
company against the United States.
The case originated in Chicago.
STEEL STOCKS SUFFER MOST
New York Market Displays Decided
Weakness.
New York, Feb. 24.—Following Lon
don's lead the local stock Ynarket dis
played marked weakness at the open
ing. The brunt of tbe attack was
borne by the United States Steel is
sues and other metal stocks. United
States Steel common sold off 1% on
heavy trading at the outset, later add
ing to its decline. United States Steel
preferred also was heavily traded in
and sold oft almost two points in the
initial trading. There also were heavy
losses in Republic Iron and Steel,
common and preferred Colorado Fuel
and Iron, Sloss-Sheffield Steel, Amal
gamated Copper, American Smelting,
National Lead, American Locomotive
and Consolidated Gas. In the railway
list the losses were less severe, al
though extending to a point in Erie,
Chesapeake and Ohio and Reading.
The list showed further weakness
later, but with evidence of support in
the railway group.
GARY DENIES WAGE CUT
Says Reduction Has Not Been Con
sidered by Steel Corporation.
New York, Feb. 24.—E. H. Gary,
chairman of the United States Steel
corporation, when asked for confirma
tion or denial of the published an
nouncement that there would be a re
duction in the wages of steel and Iron
workmen before May J, said: "The
statements are inaccurate. The Unit
ed States Steel corporation has never
considered such a thing."
Confess When "Sweated."
San Luis Obispo, Cal., Feb. 24.—
After being put through the "sweat
box" at some length the twenty-two
Qhine.se who were captured in a
sealed government car on Sunday
convinced the authorities that they
had been smuggled into this country
by way of New Orleans. ?V-'
Fight Twenty-Round Draw.
San Diego, Cal., Feb. 24.—Arthur
Collins, the Kansas City heavyweight,
and Ralph Galloway, the Redlands
boilermaker, who created a sensation
by knocking out Battling Johnson
here a few weeks ago, fought twenty
rounds to a draw before the Bay City
Athletic'club here:
Cabinet Meeting Very Brief
Washington* Feb. 24.—The cabinet
meeting was the shortest held at the
White House in years. There was
little business, The president will
have practically nothing to lay before
his advisers
at the
tlM
twe meetings
eabtoet yet to be held.
If?-' CRIMINAL NEWS.
JMi'or
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twelve hours Sunday South
40naha, Neb., was the scene of riot
ing, murderous assault and pillage.
More'than thirty buildings occupied
by Greeks were destroyed or badly
damaged and probably a score of per
sons Injured, half that number seri
ously. The Immediate cause of the
trouble was the killing of Policeman
Edward Lowery by John Masuredes, a
Greek, whom the officer had place^
under arrest.
Robin Cooper, dne of the defendants
in the Carmack murder trial at Nash
ville, Tenn., testified that "Senator
Carmack fired the first two shots. He
fired at me and struck me in- the
shoulder. I sprang between him and
by father and to save my own life
and my father's I fired three times.
I saw him fall dead in the street."
Henry S. Priest of St. Louis and
H. Clay Pierce, chairman of the board
of the Waters-Pierce Oil company,
have filed in the supreme court of
Missouri an acceptance of the terms
Imposed upon the company by the re
cent ouster order of the court. The
fine of $50,000 was paid.
With an ear splitting war whoop an
unidentified Navajo Indian war chief
ran amuck in the Union station at
Cincinnati and before he could be
overpowered he had. fatally stabbed
two persons and badly injured a
third.
Robert B. Bledsoe of Dallas, Tex.,
who recently entered the home of
Lawrence M. Jones, a millionaire mer
chant of Kansas City and attempted
to extort $7,000 from him, was sen
tenced to thirty years in the peniten
tiary.
Martin B. Madden, president of the
Associated Building Trades of Chi
cago, and M. J. Boyle!, business agent
of the Electrical Workers' union, have
been indicted by a Cook county grand
Jury on charges of extortion.
At Lincoln, Neb., after the warden
had announced "that all was ready"
and the guards had prepared to lead
R. Meade Shumway to the scaffold
the supreme court suspended sentence
until March 5.
Because tbe girl refused to marry
him John McDonald, twenty-five years
old, a farmer, shot and killed Nancy
Lenox and her mother, ®irs. Oscar
Lenox, at their home near Gays Mills,
Wis.
Grabbing a hand satchel containing
$3,800 belonging to a big department
store a daring thief made his way out
Of the First National bank at Milwau
kee with the loot and escaped detec
tion.
A frenzied mob seeking the life of a
negro imprisoned in the city jail re
sulted in Ottumwa, la., being placed
under practical martial law. The ne
gro was saved.
W. W. Ramsey, former president of
the German National bank of Pitts
burg, has been found guilty of bribing
Councilman John F. Klein of that city.
FOREIGN NEWS.
Between 250 and 300 people were
^btirned to death and many were in
jured in a fire which destroyed the
Flores theater at Acapulco, Mex. The
building was of wood and in an in
credibly short time the flames spread
to all parts of the structure. There
were but three narrow exits and the
panic stricken audience rushed to
them, many persons falling to be
crushed to death, their bodies chok
ing the way of escape.
The violent earthquake recorded
Jan. 23 at almost every scientific ob
servatory in the world where seismo
graphs are installed had its location
In the province of Luristan, Western
Persia. Sixty villages in that district
were wholly or partially destroyed
and the resultant loss of life is placed
between 5,000 and 6,000.
An unknown sailing vessel rammed
tbe Belgian steamer Australia near
Alboran island, in the Mediterranean,
100 miles from Gibraltar. Both ves
sels foundered. The total loss of life
was thirty, fourteen men from the
sailing vessel and sixteen from the
Australia.
A bill prohibiting foreigners hold
ing any property in Cuba has been
introduced in the house at Havana.
Property of Americans, English, Span
lards, Germans and French to the
amount of nearly $2,000,000,000 would
be affected by the passage of such a
measure.
A number of houses and govern
ment buildings at Slvas, the capital
of a vilayet of the same name in Asi
atic Turkey, collapsed as the result of
an earthquake. Thirty persons were
killed and others injured.
One hundred and thirty-six lives
were lost in the West Stanley (Eng.)
colliery as the result of a series of
explosions. Flames broke out follow
ing tho disaster and attempts at res
cue were impossible. IV'
The Russian ministry'of education
bias introduced a bill before the duma
providing for a building fund for the
erection of .148,179 new primary
schools throughout the empire within
ten years.
Five persons were killed and sev
enty-eight injured, twenty-eight serl
ously, by the collapse of a floor in a
ball at Valencia, Spain, where lots
were being drawn for conscription.
A special dispatch from Leopold
vllle, a mission station and settlement
Of the Congo Independent State, says
that three French officials have been
killed and eaten by rebels.
Two bills directed against Japanese
fishing In Hawaiian waters have been
introduced In the territorial legisla
ture.
Grand Duke Vladimir Alexandro
Vltbh Js dead at St. Petersburg. Death
as caused by apthm*.
More thin 100 lives have been lost
la a sever* Milliard la Southwestern
Russia.
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COLONEL COWER
TELLS HIS STORY
On Stud for the Defease
in Carmack Cast
DEAD MAN ONCE FRIEND
Testifies He Gave Carmack His Start
as. a Younfl Man and That They
Continued in Close Relations Until
Separated by Politics—Says Ex-Sen
ator Repeatedly Attacked Him on
the Platform and in the Press.
Nashville, Tenn., Feb.
24.—Colonel
Ouncan B. Cooper, one of the three
defendants on trial here for the mur
der of former Senator Carmack, took
the stand tor the defense. The colo
nel said he was sixty-four years old.
General Washington had the witness
give his war record with Forrest. The
state finally objected
after
some recital
and was sustained.
The witness then told of meeting
Carmack years ago at Columbia when
he was quite young. He brought him
to Nashville as editor of the Amer
ican, where he ^remained until 1892,
DUNCAN B. COOPER.
when he went to Memphis. Their re
lations were cordial and close until
four years ago, when Carmack op
posed Senator Taylor.
Continuing his testimony Colonel
Cooper said the first note of discord
between him and Senator Carmack
appeared in the Memphis News-Scim
itar in 1908. Later in that year the
witness said he supported Patterson
for governor and Carmack ceased
speaking to him.
Colonel Cooper was questioned
about the joint debate between Car
mack and Patterson and declared
Carmack at first referred to him
(Cooper) in terms of ridicule and
later charged him with corruption.
Cooper said in response to questions
that he was a private citizen at that
time and had said nor done nothing
to provoke the attacks.
Cooper said Carmack was defeated
and that the attacks on him in Car
mack's paper became more bitter and
oontinued uninterruptedly.
MAY VISIT UNITED STATES
Crown Prince William of Germany
Contemplates Trip.
Berlin, Feb. 24.—Frederick William,
the crown prince of Germany, has
been contemplating the possibility of
visiting the ¥nited States when the
Bonder class yachts go over for the
races next summer, but up to the pres
ent time no definite plan for this visit
has been decided upon.
Emperor William approves fully of
this projected visit because of its
educational advantages. The crown
prince often has expressed regret that
he has not yet been able to see some
thing of that "wonderful country," the
United States, and the American peo
ple, of whom Admiral Prince Henry
of Prussia and many other Germans
have told him much. If the crown
prince does go to America it will be
strictly as a private person.
SEVERE STORM IN COLORADO
8toekmen Will Suffer Heavy Losses
in Consequence.
Denver, Feb. 24.—A severe storm
raged throughout the eastern and cen
tral portions of Colorado and delayed
railroad traffic. The storm has been
especially severe on cattle and sheep
and stock raisers will suffer. Ranch
men in the vicinity of Fort Collins are
snowbound.
The southeastern portion of the
state was not affected, although Mar
shall, Foncha and Cumbres passes are
still blocked.
CreBted Butte has had ho train from
Ounnison for seventeen days and the
citizens held, an indignation meeting at
the alleged inaction of the Denver and
Rio Grande railroad:
ALDRICH BILL IS PASSED
Provides for Re-Enlistment of,Negro
Soldiers.
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Waskingtoh, Feb.
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24.—The
wAldrich
providing means for the
re-enMst-
meat of negro soldiers who
were
la
dis­
charged without honor on aecount
of
the Brownsville at-
lair was passed hr the senate.
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The Dispute Ahout the Canal.
It should not cause surprise that
after all the work which has been
done on the Isthmian canal Its type%
whether at sea level, or lock, is notM
unalterably Axed. An argument which ,,
probably helped to the decision to,
start on a lock system was that It
could be changed at any time to a
gea level channel. Another ^gument
which carried weight for a leek canal
was the greater cost and longer time
Involved la construction of the sea
level type. Now that it has been de
termined that the cost under the plan
first adopted will be at least double
the original estimate and the comple
tion delayed three to five years be
yond the original calculation advo
cates of the sea level channel find
their position strengthened where be
fore it was weakest.
Among the objections to the lock
system which appear to be unanswer
able the liability to get out of order
is perhaps the most formidable. Ma
licious people or enemies can easily
ruin the channel by tampering with
'the locks. Another objection is that
the lock canal will be inadequate for
the traffic of the near future. On the
other hand, it is claimed that, besides,
being easier and cheaper to construct,
the lock system will regulate the sud
den and excessive rainfall occasion
ally flooding the ditch. It appears
that foreign engineers favor the sea
level canal, while American engineers,
accustomed to immense dams and the
control of heavy floods, favor the lock
system for the Panama problem.
The San Francisco Chronicle rises
to remark that this alien business Is
fundamentally a domestic rather than
an international affair. Aliens who
settle where they are not wanted will
be likely to discover this truth with
out groping for a written statute to fit.
Whether it shall be a sea level or a
lock canal, two things are certain and
a third is as good as certain—it will
cost a lot of money, take a long time
and be put through regardless.
It is all right to select the splendid
automobile you'd wish to own if the
craze strikes you and then frass it.
The czar wants an airship fleet, so
that, when the usual happens he. can
easily locate the scrap heap.
Perhaps the hand on the snow shovel
was allowed a long let-up merely to
give it a fresh hold.
February couldn't reasonably com
plain this year if it was called ugly as
well as short.
Coming Into the Light.
That proposition now before the Brit
ish parliament to set the clocks ahead
at certain seasons of the year may, aft
er all, be worth thinking about, at least
till tbe doctor Is heard from. Tbe
idea is to get to work with the sun
and go to bed when the chickens do
that is, the people In town are to Imi
tate the farmer's hired man. when day
breaks and copy the easy going farm
er's habits after tbe sun crosses the
meridian.
The office man keeps to a six hour
day schedule now and the laborer or
mechanic to eight when he can't get
it down to seven. After midday, with
their day's stunt finished, these people
can go to tbe ball field, the beach, the
river or the show and have all their
good time with Old Sol looking on. It
might cut'out some of the day's do
ings which are neither work nor sane
pleasure and which prefer darkness
to light. Unfortunately this Is a re
form which will force every one Into
line at the stroke of the clock, a hard
thing to make go the way human na
ture is built.
At the outside the cost of the canal
will amount to but $5 apiece for every
man, woman and child in the country,
and Uncle Sam can take It out of that
$35 which is each individual's share of
the national wealth without Its being
missed.
Within the past fifty years Japan
has worried through 30,000 earth-£': 0
quake shocks. Proof enough that the
Japs will stand for a good deal of",
jarring.
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Geronimo died easier than the^v...
whites he sent "over the range," but i*.:-"
possibly he found something not so
easy waiting him on the other alder
When
Lincoln his
Journalism sqrely becomes literature
when It covers the long and sbprt of
the Asiatic Immigration muddle.'
The missile And at
an
two chances of makiag
and coming.
N
we get further away from^'j-'^f^
his portrait .may :be seen tog|p|||
blend harmoniously In composite wlthi#^-:'^
that of Washington,
Several men, It appears, cUmbed to|.^r ",^
fame In the last hundred years wlth-t^c
out using short and ugly words'
stilts.
It Is a relief to turn from, some o£|f^
the eulogies of Lincoln to the "multum
In parvo" of that Gettysburg speech.,
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airship.' has ..^
a
hit—going