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rUTUBDAT KVENING. MAY 14.1910
As a remlt ot ooe ot the most re
maikable ciauges in tbe aligument oi
t ntendlng lorcee ever witnessed lo the
D. & Senate, thr-prrgreaeive amendment
to the pending railroad bill, probibitiog
rallroads from charging more for a sbort
fcaul ibsn fjr a long one, and elmed at
railroad discriminationa agaiost coroanun
itles and localltifs, was adopted yester
dsy by an overwhelmiig msj-il'y. The
vote was f>G t) 10, and Mr. Aldrich and
all hU followere, with tbe exceptlon of
three ol tbe New Eogland eenstors and
Mtj?srs. Bourm\ of Waahington, and
Ueybnrr, of Idabo, voted with the pro
gressives. Bo did all the democrats ex
cept five. Fu:h a resalt, ln view ol the
carefully laid plana of Mr. Aldrich to beat
tbis proposttloa, wonld have been de
threil irnpoe-iMe two honrs before tbe
v< t> was takec. As it was, tbe progren
?ives woria moat sahsia-tlal vktiry, atd
ilr Aliiricb, as.uaial, cvered bis dis*
eONsfiUM by acccpUsg defeat and votiog
with ihe victor?. Decklfw, iiowever,
as is t'-ie jrgresslves and democratlc
victory for the public, tbe amendment ia
nt.t so ilrastic as had been orlginally
proposed, aod by an early mrrecder bt
toii) tbf msit r bsd been put ti the test.
Mr. Aldrich sncceedrd in rj"'0'0- ,on*8
few concessiODB for tbe railroad alde.
B t the hctii n taken sbowed a complete
collapse of all cf Mr. A'drich's p'ana and
those rf his democratic alliea who were
to j >in him in defeating Ibe whole pro*
pOSitH'll.
NfO-0 dlslranchisement was the chlel
point of attsck by the speakers et the
metting yesterday afternoon of tbe ns
t;ona! negro committee in New York.
The chiel speech of the day waa made
by Ba?. John bUynes Hol-aes, psstor
of the Obnrch of tbe Messiah. Holmes
declared that Ihe public school systtm
in the roorh is a dlsgrace and that the
negro ia drgrsded in every polit'cal,
e-clal and In.uslriil relatloo. Oott l
uing, he said*
In the everyday world of practlcal af
faira fie negro Is atill a slave, and II
there is anjtling thst is perfrctly plain
in the pnbnc senilment r>f ihe iontb it
is tbst the ntgro sball be made to keep
that place ot ahameiul aubj^cion from
which we believed tbat be had been
rescued by tbo blood and fury of the
great rebeillon. 11 e is oppressed, de
graded, enslaved io every palitlcal, la*
dostnsl and soclal relstion. The new
enalavrmeut of tbe negro manileats ll
self in sirange and varlcus forma, but
perbaps the most cruel aod inexcussbie
of tbem all is tbat which we koow as
diafraDcblscmeut.
Tbe trcuble wiih most negroes can be
atated in a few words. Th*y have from
the beginning cf tbe late civil war mp
p-.aed that exemption from work Is one
ol the defioilions of tbe word freedom.
Bbonld tbey avail tbemselvee of tbe
public school systems in the sontb, ac*
quire Intelllgence aod pay tbeir tixes,
tbey will be entitled to vote. Many of
the rsce re me tn take advantage of the
conditlonsof the preaent day aod volnn
tarily make themaelvea stragglers ln the
march of li'e
7hk advent of tbe comet is siill
camiog spprehenslon, espocialiy !n sec
tions of the world where esrtbqnakea
bave recpntly ocui'red and wbere eeia
inlc tremora are atlll io evideoce.
Earthqtiake atocks were recorded lo
warloos places in the United S.ates
yesteiday, even as close to Alexaodria
as G'orgetown acd Bilt more, aod dli
patchrs t >day ahow tbat the distorbaoce
was eerloos io Oosta Rics, the scene of
a recent diaastrtus raitbquike. While
the comet ia not supposed by acientific
men to have anythir.g to do ffith ter
restrial d'sturbancs, ihe rank and file
etill regard the beaveniy vlsitor witb
anxietr. In Texas last night a s'zzing
meleor, as large aa the moon, ehot across
the ak>- being visible aboot filteeo
aeconda Some negroes were on their
way home from a rel'gions meetiog.
They retorned to the cburcb, re iiaoed
worship and at laat accounts were atlll
io Bfsslon. Mloisters io some p'scee
will preBch oo 'he comet tomorrow. Af
cirdir, ti the latest obaervatloos, the
t.il of ihe c me'. Is splittiog, aod oezt
week, when the waodercr will be visi?
ble io the eveninir, it will present to
the earth two '[.pendagee. If this la
the sam< comet wbicb baog o?er Jern
sslem shortly bel re tbe deslructioo ol
tbat city by the Romana and aahich was
aaid to resemble a sword, it is likely 11
dieplay tao awjrla darlog ita viait tbia
year. _
Nimukp. ihuitto in miu dreaded by
many ptop'e. "Friday, the tbirteentb,"
bad a tecdency tokerp down theoomber
of spplicatiocBfor marriage liceoses io
tbe City Hall io New York yeaterday.
Th* average daily record is aboot a
bindrcd and foity, tu: yeaterday ooly
aixty weie IsBUtd. eaeveral coople*.
who made applicatloo witbui'. realizing
tbe day Bed precipitately wbeo the
clerk; rrmintled Ibem ot the day and
date. "IhiiPen Is oor iueky tonobfr,"
said ooe msn wbo came wit1) hia tiancee.
"We ti- t met oo (be 13tb," be added
"and we bave reoted a bome tbat la
Jio. 13,"
1H_ reikle?sne? ?m! oiHt/ often
ehown If antomobillsis is brcomlng
alsrming. The cbaufltur and another
man and woman wbo were rlding In a
big yellcw tcurlng csr tossed elght-year
old S.die Miller Into the air in 10th
atreet, near Second avecu\ New York,,
yeaterday afternoon. The occopinte
did not even look backto see wbere tbeir
victim landed a' tbey sped eaatward and
escaped op First aveous. Tbe skull of
tbe little girl was fracttired and her body
bruise<'. Her chances for recovery are
slight. The car alruck her iqusrely aod
tbrew her iiti ihe air, htr body f all ing
in a heap on the psverawnt.
From Washington.
Waahington, May 14
Hecretary of State Knox annoonced
today tbat he had addrtased a comrxunl*
cation to tbeBrlt!shamba?ador in order
to coovey to the government of ihe
Domioion ol Oanada the prcposal of the
United Stetei that twlrJ negotiationa be
taken up at the earliest time conveolent
and agreeable toOanads. Thlsis tbe first
formal step in carrylng out tbe reoent
tirifl agreement propoeing a treaty of
reciprocity. It will probably be aome
aeteral daya at leaat before the reply of
the Domioion goveroment ia received.
Bui it ia almost certaia tbat uegotiatione
will be nnder way duriog tbe aummer.
Theae will loclude tbe qaestlon of th*
polp-wood export tix whtcli is of n u;h
ooncern to American paper manolact
urera.
The lestimony ol Oommissloner of tbe
General Laod OfBca Fred Dennett before
the ltallinger-Pincbot investigatiog coni
mittee tbia morning, waa beyond a legal
dlscussion of the coal land lawsof Alaaka
a aeries of denlals.
Judge Gonld haa senteoced Henry
P. Gllbert, former vice president of tho
defonct First (Jooperative Baildiog A?~>
clat on, to serve on year and one day
in tbe Atlacti penitect ary. Ho waa
found goilty of misapproprlstiog funds.
Witb democrata, republlcan insttr
gents and regnlarsall crying "Vlctory,"
:t is reported today tbat Senator Aldrich
|M psssed tbe word arcuod tbat the
regnlars mnst bo naiy ti accept almo-t
?oy sort of a compromlae on tbe railroad
bill and be prepared to follow him in
such "grcund aod lofty tumbliog," as
may te necesssry. Ttat is one of tbe
exp'.anatlons affered for the Rbole Island
leader'a "right about face" on the Dlx
on loogandshort banl amendment wben,
ecentiog deieat, be placed blmself at tbe
head of tbe opposition army and witb ita
ooberts mixed with tbose ol the enemy
cbarged to a "^lorlous vlctory," Senator
Aldricb'a uct and his willingness to
make concessions bave beeu aocountcd
stroog faclors In h'e Napoloonic leader
ahip. Never before, however, haa the
occadon lor ooncesslon or compromise
popped up io nnexpectedly and declilve
ly tbat be bad to makea d al in ful)
view of tbe andience. Ooufidence of tbe
regulars tbat tbey had tbe votea to beat
tbeDixon amendment was ebsolu'.e.Prc
rresslve senstirs were preparlog them
selvea for a tn unclng. Tbe democrat<
were withoot cbeer. Tbia conditlon con
ioned nntll a little before it was snddeuly
discovered thtt Aldrich would lose sev
?ial republlcans upon wbom he had de*
pended and tbat he wiuld be dissp
polnted in tbe number of his democratic
alii's. Dixon tbrew tbem Into conlu
fico by kidnapplog the amendment ol
Pavnter and combinlng it witb hii of
fering, Then a rtcess of bslf an bour
was tskeo and call waa made for a con
ference of repnblicana In Aldricb's room.
All wett falrly well until an Jnvl
tation was extended to S*nator Ls Fol
lette. Ue answered that he would
never eut?r any conference r-ttended
by Aldrich. Then a secood recess
was forcrd and Smoot, who, tbougb a
regular, was a leader in the fight to
rtdoce tbe evila of tbe lonf" aad short
baoi r?t;s, Bscon and several of tbe in*
surgents gathered abont Bacon's desk
aod proceeded to patch up a new
amendment from tbe prlnted coplea of
thoae pending. Aldrich, lo gita band
io the matter, was ohllged to walk ovfr
ti the groop on tbe democratlc side.
Tbere under the gaze of the iot*reeteii
crowds Jin tbe galleries tbe ?tsteaman,
aft >r several weeka of discusslon, fever
isbly pt.t tigetber a new propoaiUon
which wasto be read and voted on wltb.
iu' (ti-rintlon. The Senstora of bo_
pait>s snd all faciiona fell into line and
it waa adop'ed, M to 10
An onlrr iasoed by the Ioterstate
Cbmmerce Cammission t idry req'ired
the "S 11 ern Ktilway Uorapaoy and
seveial i tber rsllruads t > eslablnh, be?
ginning on July 1, a rate for tie trana
portitan of coal in csrlrads from tbe
Uoal Ureek fi;ld, in Tenoessee, to At?
lanta, Georgis, at lesst 35 cents less per
ioa then the rate cootemporanecii'ly
nnade of the same commodity in carloada
irnm the Appslscbian fhlds, In the state
ol Virginia, to Atlanta. Tbis order
involves a matter of coal rates for prsc
tica )y the entire scu.beastern terrttory
nf tbe country. It la made npon the
complalnt of sixteencoal companlea ope
rating mlnes in the Ooal Oreek fields of
Tennessce, wbo cbarged that the rail
toids nndnly favored Ibe Appslacbian
Qelds as againat tbeir own op?r?tions.
Following a oonfenn-e la weenfPrrsi
deot Taft aod At'oroey General .Wicker
shsm it was dec ded tbat tbe land case
agaloat former Givernor II skelTof Ok
laboms will be prosecutcd to a cooclu
aton.
S.'-rotary Bjllin.er waa one ofthe early cal
lerastthe White Houae today. He wasat tbe
executive oracea but a ahort time and hurried
away.
Troopa from Wingate were ordered tnlay to
the acene ofthe uprismg <f the Taca ludiana
in New Mexice wiih inatructiona to corrall
them aud bring then, bark to tbe reaervation.
The o:ders ware ieaued by Seeretary of War
Oukinana irumeiliatelT after a conference
with IVsiJmt Taft. Di'patchea concerning
the ciutbreak r?eei**ed at the Wa* IVpirt i.eot
ng waagS' Tbey are to the erleet that 5 ) or
more Indiana have left tba resarvation and are
apparently, in ao u.ly mood. The atate
raalitia haa been ordered out oy the Gorernrr
tafHow Mr-iicn, but the preaMant Jtaflievas
that the local reeline between tbe malitla and
lba ndians would operate sgiinat a apeedy
pacirj. atir-n.
1 he jteneral deticiency estimatea for tba
rnrrent tiscal year were trausmitltd to tbe
ppropriationa committee today by
Secretary MarVeagh The total iafS.lM^M
Laat year aaggregate waa about $li>,000.000.
Among the items in the bill ia $69,000 for
Thimble Shial ligbt atation in Virginia.
Afier a mnre tban spirited debate,
duriog whtch Repreaet t? ive Sbackle?
ford, of Misscuri, paaaed tbe He direct
to Reprcsmtative Rndeoberg, of Illinols,
and later made a "Scctch" witbdrawal
of bis cbarg*, the Hoose yeafrday. by
a strict ptrty vote of 121 ti 90, ptseed
ths Rait.oidt bill, providiog for tbe
reimlursemett ol tbe St. Liols sob
treasnry to ne exteat of $61,500 for
moaey stoleo from it io 1906.
Batlinger'a "Clean Bill "
Oleve'and, Obio, May 14 ? The
Oleveland Preaa today pobltsbed the fol?
lowing from ? atafl correapoodeot:
Wsablogtoo, D. 0, May 14?Tht
whole troth aa lo the clrcomstaocts sor
roaodiog the preparstlon of the clean
bill of health which Presideot Taft gave
to 8ecretary of the Ioterior Ballioger, in
Taft'a oow-famooa let'.er beariog da e nf
8 pteroberl3, 1909, is now made public
for Ihe firs- time.
For weeks thtre has beeo more tban a
tuspicion in the minds of the atlorneys
wbo are protetutiog tbe Ballioger io
qairy before tbe Ooogreulooal commit?
tee, tlitt Talt had very few of the facia
before bim wben he publicly exonerated
lUlliDger, aod over bia algoature
presideot 888-rred the Amerloan petp'e
tbat "I have examloed tbe wbole record
most care/ully and have resohed a dt ti
nite cooc!uilon."
Up to a few days, bowever, even the
att: rneya for tbe protecutlon have not
gueaaed at tbe amatvag troth, wbich la
tbat the preaident of ihe Uolted Stetee
not 00I7 culd oot bave "examloed the
wbole record moat carefolly," bot tbat
tbe very sta-ement that Taft lasoed to
the people rf the United States, exonerat
Iog hia aecretary of the ioterlor, waa
prepared, io large measore, by Oscar
Lawler, law ofDcer of tbe Ioterior De?
partment, io ooilaboratlon with Bailinger
and the bigh officials of tbe department.
Havlng written their own acqolttal,
Ballioger aod He fellnw officials preseot*
ed tbe docomeut to the preaident of the
United States and tha presideot adopfd
their decisioo as his own, eveo to the
limitoluslog much of-tbeaame iaoguage.
Thoa did tbe jadicial preaideot per*
firm bia great doty aa jodge between the
Dioety mlllioo Americao people aod
Secretary of tba Ioterior Ballioger in a
matter involving tbe qiealloa aa ta
whttber tbe Guggeobeim-Morgan syodi
ca<e waa to be preseoted with poblic
Isnda ln Alsska containing billlooa of
tons of coal, valued at bondreds of mil
lions of dollars. Tbua was Bailinger,
secietary of tbe ioterior, appoioted by
Taft, exonerated- Tbua waa Glavla, a
conacienliooa aod able robordloate io
tbe ioterior department, who, oat of a
seos* of duty, appraised the presideot of
the facts, fired irom tbe puollc service.
Sentenced.
PtUbnrg, Pa., May 14.-A. A. VII*
sack, former cashier of the Osrman Na?
tional Biok, was today aeotenced to
eigbt months In jail and a fine of $5,000.
Ue was lodicted In the receot graft probe
and pleided nolo contsodere.
Former (Jonncllman Obarles Stewstt,
one of tbe allrged "big six" in tbe
council and one of the alleged prlme
movers in the scbeme to obtain money
from tbe hanks In return for namlog
them city depoait -riee, waa sentenced to
eigbt months in jtil aod a $500 fine.
In addition theie men aentenced to
dsy, William Brand, preaident of the
common council, Joseph Watson, presl?
dent of tbe finance committee, former
0 uacilman John F. k'line and William
tiamsey, president of the German Na?
tional Bsnk have been oonvlctsd ol
bribery aod nre now serviog aentenoei in
the Weatern Penitentisry.
Former du <cilmau Hngb Fertuioo
waa sentenced to eigtt montha In jsll
and $500 fioe ard Dr. W. H. Weber,
s!x months aod $500 fioe.
Former Oonncllmsn P. D. KesrnB was
aentenced to four months in jail and
$250 fine.
Former Couocilman Morris Eios'ein
was .enbnced to six months and $2,500
flue. ^^^^^^
Mis. Rollina Arrestod.
NewYork.May 14 -Mre. UatberlneW.
Decker Rollina, wife of former Gover?
nor Frank West Roilins, ol New llsmp
shire, was arrested tiday on a cbarge ol
ciospiriog to srnoggle jswelry and wear
hg apparel into tbU ccutry. Wben
she was srraing-d before Oommissloner
Shields a bond of $2 000 was t'aroisbed
for her txsroinat'on, wlth her buaband
and son, Dougisst, arrested yesterday
next Friday. Rullinsdeclined todiscoss
tbe case, bnt said tbe matter wonld ba
satiafactorlly explaloed.
Earthquake ia France.
Moutlers, France. May 14 ?Tbe
people of Montlers thongbt Halley's
comet bad strock tbe aartb today when
a sevrn earthqutke rocked tbe tiwn for
aeveral seconds. Ihsy rled from tbeir
houses in terror and prayed in the streets
for deliverance, The qutke did coo
siderable damage bnt no livrs were lost
Psrls, May 14.?Severe esitbquske
shocks were felt early today hare, aod
io otber parts of France
Snow In Maryland
Oaklaod, Md? May 14 ? Soow atarted
ti fall bere early (hia moroiog aod tbls
aUernono still conticu*. The tem
j> ratore baa brea below freeslog sloce
kbdit dsy-llgbt. It la thtujht tbat
the applefcrop taa beeo serloasly dam
aged, If oot otterly roloed, aa tbia la the
tbird hard freeza in Gsrreit coooty
since May 1.
POPE TOOATi-OLIO WOMEN.
Catholio women wbo wlsh to wear
d*collete gowos ceei oot allow their en
rollment ta tbe acapular to Interfere.
Pope Piui haa iataed ao elict tbat in
auchceaea it la not oeceasary for women
to wear tbeecapslarBaroond their neck*.
Pope P.ua'a edict Iscootsioed io a let
ter to Arcbbisbop Measmer, o' Milwau
kee. Tbe letter lo part aaya:
"Tbe Holy Father, alwaya loterested
ia tbe aflalrs of his cbildren, Is desiro.a
tbat Ostbollc womao wbo taka ao active
pirt lo tocial aflaira be oot restricted lo
tbe dreaa proper for soclal requ'remeote
by ao opeo iosfgola of tbelr laiti, aod
iberefore dlspeoaea them from wtarlog
tbeir Bcapulars wbere they will be coc
sp'cuooB or doiog away with them alto
gether If they ao dealre."
Improper fclection /Vlethods Charged.
Londoo, May 14? Oaptain Fr.derick
Goest, Bon-io-law of Hsory Pb'ppa, of
Pittaborg, aod llbtril membtr of Parlla
meot for Eaat D.'ttet, icat bia aest today
tbroogh tbe deciaion of a speoial election
committee, whicb fonod tbat improper
election methods had been uaed Gue?t
Is tbe private secretary of Home Btt$at>
ary WloBton OhorchiU.
More than a hundred meo and foor
women crashed tbroogh Ihe flior of
Salt Air i.avlllon at riali Lake Oity In
a wlld paoic late Thursday oight, aod
were p'uiged 50 feet below Into the
briny weter of great Salt Ltke, many
of them beiog aerionaly ioju ed. It waa
lo tbia pavilion that II bad beeo pro
poati to bold tbe Jtffrles-Johoaon fight.
Three tboosand meo aod a oumber of
women, saw "Ofclooe" Jobooy Thotrp
son whip "Pete" Sallivao aod theo toe
roah to get away atarled aod Ibe collspse
foilowad,
>
Sixty-iirnt (Jougress.
SKNATE
Tbe Sanate waa not in in eeasiun to?
day.
HOUSB.
In proteat sgalnst tbe recent convlo
tion by a Keotncky federal jary of al
leged night ridera for violation of tbe
Sherman anti-trast law, Representalivo
Oartrlll, of Keotncky, cbarge Wade 8.
F. is and tbe Depsrim-ntof Justice with
malicit us prosecoilon. He also ebarged
tbat politica in Oincionaii was tbe baals
of the bnrley (obacco and insoranc? so
oiety.
The Keotncky congressman styled the
legal trcubles of the tobacco growers of
his Btite aa the resuit of piraecutlon and
called npoo the presldent to say wbetber
an attempt will be made by the Depsrt
paitoent of Justice to prevent the pool
ing of tha 1910 tobacco crop now nnder
w?7*_
SERI0U8 OHARGE*.
Special Maater in Onaocery 0. Ver?
non Ford, of Fairfax, wbo waa appoint
ed by tbe Olrcu't Ocurt of Prioce Wil?
liam couoty to aseertaln the fscts and
make a report ln the caae of tbe board of
snpervisors of Prince William county vs.
James ?. Heriell, tbe ci uoty treasnrer,
hss oomplettd hislnvestlgstlon, and yes?
terday filed hia report In the clerk'a of?
fice. Tbis report sustains every cbarge
rcade againat the tr-aiurer but one.
i'nis suit, which has beeo pending for
neariy three years, Involves a namber of
s-rious charges again it the defendant.
It baa excited wide interest in tbis and
surrounding eruuties
Interest in the caae was not lessened
by the fact that the ju Ige of the Prlnee
William coart felt taat he could not,
witb propriety, sit in tbe caae, and Gov?
ernor Swanson designated Judge Barley,
of tbe Oorporstion Ooort of Al?xandrla,
to bear tbe caose. In view of the in
tense f/eliug intolved, it waa deemed io
expedlent to have any of tbe maaters ot
cbancery of tbe Prinoe William coart
pasB on the caae, and Jndge Bsrley re?
ferred the cause to Mr. Ford, common
wealth's attorney for Fairfax county, to
aseertaln and report the fscts.
One of the charges preferred agaiost
tbe defendant was tbat In 1907 (at which
time tbe defendant was a candidate for
re-electioc), In making up the poll list
of qualified votcrs who bad paid poll
laxea for three precedlng years, and
were therefore entitled tovote, be plaoed
on the llst the oames of forty-seven
persons wbo had been retnrncd delic
qoent, and tbat be bad failed to acconnt
lor ihe taxea. Tbia cbarge, the com*
missloner finds, is tiu?.
Another ground of complalnt was tbat
the treasnrer had charged exceealve com
missions. On this count the commlt
sioner finds agaiost the defendant, and
reportr, tbat tbe overcharge amounts to
$624 07.
Tbe cbarge tbst the treauirfr failed to
eccoont for all of the penalty collected
by him oo taxes not paid by Dtcember
1 ia also fonnd to be tim, and the
amonnt of defsolt on tbis aeccuot ia ai
certalned to be $1,650.87.
Tbe conamissloner also repoiti to be
well f?anded the cbarges that tbe defend?
ant bad not accoanted for all of the
money received by bim on account of
tbe asle and redemption of delliquent
land aod on aeccuot ol interest received
on certaln taxes.
Preparlng for the Fuoeral
Berlio, May 14.- The hour of Mr.
Roosevelt's depar'ure fot Londoo has
oi t yet beeo decided. Tbe oamea of a
number of Uult d S ataa military aod
oaval Btlachts who are oow in Earope
have been sabmltted to Mr. Rooseveit,
from wbicb he will select an eacort to
accompaoy him to tbe faoiral of Kiog
Edward. Tbis eacort wlll probably 001
inclode more tban foar meo, aa R loaevelt
haa oo thooght of attemptlog to rival
tbe dlaplay made by the Earopeao rulers
who wlll atteod the fooeral.
Faaar an Indian Outbrcak.
Taoa Pueblo, N. M , May 14.?The
entlre coootry sorrouodiog Taos is no*
der srms today fearing a geoeral Indian
oatbreak. Ia yesterday'B rald the bome
of a raoch'r waa bnrned and the women
aod cblldreo asasnlted. S.oats reported
today that the Iodiaos were danclov,
aod preparatlooB for a geoeral uprislog
were ooder way. Prccact'oos are belog
tsken to preveot a maaaacre.
THE RAILROAD BILL.
Senator Aldrich waa couirjeteiy rout
ed upon ihe ' long and abort baul" prop
osition in the Senate yeatenlay afternoon
by a voteof 57 to 10. The Dixon amend?
ment declaring it unlawfnl for a railroad
lo charge more for a sborter baul tban
for a longer haul waa adopted, after it
bad been modified through the inaartion
of a provieion taken from the 1'aynter
amendment. Io tbis form the proposi
tion went through with tlying colora
and had the support of all the progress
ive rspublicans, all bnt five of the demo?
crats who voted and nearly all the re
publlcan "reactlonariea."
Senators Aldrich and Elkins voted for
the Dixon Paynter amendment and lined
up practicaliy all their cohorts in favor
ot its a loption. But it is the universal
opinion tbat the "reactionaries" snp
ported the proposition iu order lo "save
tbe face" of the Aldrich organi/atioo.
Two receasea of hall an hour each
were taken to prepare the modification.
stirring scenes ensued, and tbe cbarge
was made tbat the unanimons consent
agreement under which the Senate was
operating had been broken
The Senate adjonrned until Monday.
Eroeat 0. Willard foonJ hia wife in
oompaoy w tb Au .uat Beach oo a caoal
boat Dear Gleo Eoho, oear W-abiogtoo,
laat night. He afmed a pistol at Baacb
aod flred. Tbe mao fell wonodedlo tbe
aide aod oecr. Beacb, wbo ia a caoal
boatanat), liviog in I'u nberland, waa
placed oo a atreet car aad broujht to
Washlnftcn aod tskeo to Georgetown
Unlvertity H>spital. His coodition ia
not serioos. Alter tbe aboct.og Willard
di.appvarfd, tu'. later was arreated oear
the Diatrlct lioe aod locked op io
Georgetown for the Marylaod tu'.bori
tias. He la ao iroo workar, thirty-three
yeara old, aod liaea lo Mongomery
ooootry, Md,
Tbe Aoglo ? Japaotss exhlbitioo
plaooed to opeo laat f barsdsy at Saep
haid'a Buab, with great eclat by tbe
presect kiog aod queeo, opeoed withcut
ceremooy today. Tbe death tf King
Edward csuted abaodoomeot of ali ibe
spectacalar featorrs,
Prompt relief io all eaeesof tbroat and
loog troobie it you oae Ohamberlalo'B
Ooogb Ramtdy. Pleasaot to take, aooth
Iog and bealiog lo eflect. Sold by W.
F. Orelgtnn k Oo? aod Ricbard Gib
aoo,
News of the Day.
Stodent Wardaoi, who oo Febiuary
20 shot and tataily wounded Boutros
Pacha Ghsll, tbe Egyptlau pramier and
mioiater ol foreign sflairs, wu yeaterday
eondemned to death at Oairo.
Aa uprislog ol serioaa prcpirtlons haa
brokeo rut among Paeblo lodiata at
Taos, 70 miles noitbwiai of East Laa
Vegas, N. M , and troops are burrylng
by rpecial train Irom Sanla Fe to check
a pcaaible msasacre of wb te lancbirs
Prof. Edward Bennett Garriott, aoper
viaiog forecas.er ofthe Weather Bureau,
and one ol the bea'-known scientistt ol
Washington, died -uddeuly last night at
8:30 o'clock from tn allack of angina
pec'.oris, at his bomeiu Washington.
The second trlal of Ihe civil suit
brought by the Uoited States govern?
ment agaiost Obarlee F. W. Neely, In
charge of the bureau of finance In the
Department of Posts durlng tbe Ameri?
can mllitary occupaocy of Oaba, result.
ed in a verdict for $112,901.21 lo favor
of the government.
WASeiNGTON'8 8W0RD.
The Washington sword bonght by Mr.
J. Plerpont Morgan for preaervatlon at
Mount Vernon, where It oow hanga, ia
tbe object of controversy ln a suit Insti*
tnted ln Bsltlmore yesterday. Tbe suit
waa brought by Trapier 8. Lewls and
Mra. Grace Lee Martio, wife of Oapt.
Amoa H. Martln, agaiost Miss Virginia
Taylce Lswls, Henry Howell Lewls,
Liwrence Tayloe Liwls, the Mercantile
Trutt and Depoait (Jompany and Miss
Lewls as tbe admlolstratrix of tbe estate
of ber brolher, Capt. Henry Howell
Lewls, sr., through William Oolton,
attorney. All tbe peraoos uamed aa
paniea to the soit are descendaats and
beirs of Msjor George W. Lewls, of Vir.
glnia, alde-de-campof Ganeral Waahing?
ton, t> wbom the aword, In Iti soabbard,
waa preaented by Waahington. General
Washington wore tbe aword durlng the
campalgos of tbe revolutionaiy war and
gave it to M.jor Lewls shorlly after tbe
lodepeodence of the United States waa
eittblished and General Washington bad
retired from tie presidency. Ia bring
ing tbe suit Mr. Trapier S Lewia and
Mrs. Mait'n are eodeavorlng to recover
ihe abarea alleged to be due tbem of tbe
$5,000 paid by Mr. Morgan for the
sword. Mr. Lewls clalms (o be entlt'ed
to ooe-'.bird and Mrs. Martio to one
ninth ol tbe money.
Durlng hia llfetlme, tbe bill of oom
plsint states, Mayor L-wis gare tba
sword to bis son, George Washington
Lewia, of Oak Grove, Westmoreland
couaty. It was giveo by tha Ut er to
his brother, Ospt. Henry Howell Lswla,
wfco served lo tbe United States and
Oo-tederate navies, and who kept It ai
a treasared heirloom uotil hia death iu
Biltlmoreon March 17, 1893. Osptaln
Lewls waa utrvlred by three cblldien,
wbo were his only helrs-ai-law, his wife
baving pre deceaaed bim, These obild*
ren are Miss Virgiala Tayloe Lewls aod
Trapier ,8. Lewls, named in Ihe lltt,
and Henry G. Lewls, wbo died a wid*
ower September 17, 1902, leaviog his
children, Henry Howell Lewls, jr.,
Mrs. Martln and Lawrence tayloe
L'wls, a minor, also partiea to tbe ?u t
Miss Lswls waa appolot'd admlnistrat
rix ol tbe estate of brr Mher, Oaptain
Lewls, tu-, it is alleged, she did not
meet on tbe sword ln tbe Inventory of
his estate. Althrugh the sword is rlgbt
fully a part of tbe eitste of Osptaln
Lewls and belongedto hia descenilants
it is alleged tbat Misa Lewia and Hsory
Howell Lewia, jr., have uilaw.ully
sold It to Mr. Morgan for $5,000 A<t>r
deducting fxpenses of about $500, It is
asserted, tbe remainlng $4,500 of tbe
parchase price waa placed witb the Mer
csnt le Trmt and Depoait Oompaoy t>
be inveated. The income from tbia sum,
it Ib slated, Is to be psld to Misa Lewia
lor Iife, and it la then to be turoed over
to her nephew, Henry Howell Lewis, jr.
At the time of the aale tbe bill statea
Mrs. Martio waa wlth ber husband,
Osptaln Martio, In Ibe Pblllpplne Is
iands, where he was stationed at a mill
tary post. 8he knew notblog of tbe
transactlon ustil sbe recently eama
to Baltimore wlth her bnsband to vlalt
ralativea. Nelther she nor ber onole,
Trapier S. Lewia, it la atated, approved
of the sale.
Miss Lewls, it ii itstid, la about 20
yeari old, aod Henry Howell Lewis, jr,,
hss declared his loteoilon of dlsposingof
tbe mooey or securitlrs upon her death
for bia exclutive bentfit. If tne sale ol
tbe sword Is treated as an accompliabed
fsct, it Is BBsrrted, Trspier 8 Lewls is
entitled to one-lhird and Mrs. Martln to
ooe-nintb of tbe prooeedi.
Tbe cui-t is asked to rrqulre tbe Mer
csntile I'nut and Depnit Company to
account to tbe estate of Oaptain Lswls
for the proceeds of tbe sale of tha aword
and lo problblt Miss Lewis and Henry
Howell LewIs jr., from recelving aoy of
tbe money.
Tha board of reganla of Moont Ver?
non will fight wlth every resource of tbe
law If an attempt is made t> take the
battle aword of Waabington from Mount
Vernon by thoie who yesterday entered
snit in BiMmore for Its poasesslon,
ENDED LIFE BEilDE CORPSE.
Sittlog bealde the body of bia wife
Oatherioe, wbo committed aaicide oo
Taeetlay aad wboae maeral waa to bave
beed beld todsy, Psul Grsrt, 76 yeara
old, eodcd bis llfe yesterday In Poila
delphia. Like hia wife be draok car
bolic acld. Grafl had boen deepiy de*
sp.odent aioce the aaicide, aod tbia
bad been iotenslfied by the illaaaa of a
daoghter. He bad expreeaed a wlab
to follow bis wife (o tbe grave aod
threaleosd to commit aoiclde, dreadiog
life alone.
All had beeo made ready Thursday
oight for the fuoeral. Graff epsot
oearly all of tbe olgot sittiog bealde
the caaker, aod there joat before dawo
be took the poi-on. The aged mao
waa foood shortly afterward. He wsb
oncooBcloas aod lived ooly half an hcur
after belog fcuod.
friurder and Sulcide
Philadelphia, May 14?A dcnble
trag dy cccotred bere today wben Pbtlo
Beaboo, 46, j*?aloaa becsuse the woman
with wbom be was in love waa keepiog
hoase for anolher, sbot aod killed Mra.
Mary Torgeoo lo the kitchen of her
home, tbeo luroed tbe revolver on bim*
sclf aod fired a bullt t ioto hia temple.
He dled io a few miootaa.
Never hesitate abtut giviag Obamber
laio'a Ooogh Remedy to cblldreo. It
co.ttlos oo opiom or other oarcctlcaaod
can be given with implicit coofi Jeoce.
As a qalck care for coogha aod colda to
wbicb cblldreo are sascrp'ible, itiaomu ?
paaaed. Sold by W. F. Oreigbtoo A
Oj. aad Ricbard Glbeoo.
Virginia News.
Dr. T, 0. Fiftbangb, of Harriaon
burg, baa been appoioted a m'raher of
tbe Virgloia Stite Board of H al:h, to
tucoaed tbe late Dr. S. P. La-aoe.
Geo. Soott Sblpp, former iup?rlntend
eot of the Vlrgtola Military IoeiUir.r,
baa gooe to Europe to apend a t.w
mootha.
Mra. Ioman Pajne, llvlngoear Rcuad
H II, bad a duok to batch Satarday tbat
bad ooe head, three wings aod four legs.
We ooderataod that It Is still livlog aod
doiog nioely.
Ool. E. 8. Reld, cashier of the Ohat
ham Bank-, died Thursday night at bia
home In Ohatbam after aa illoese of
several mootbs. Ool. Beld waa a mem?
ber of Goveroor Swanaou's atafi.
Tbe work of boildiog an infirmary io
coonaction witb the Weatern State
Haspltal at?t.aoton will be attrted at
onoe. The leglalature appropriated $10,
000 for tbe expenar. Plana for tbe new
infirmary were drawn by Dr. J. 8. De*
Jamette, aoperlotendeot of tht boa
pital, aod the work will bt done by day
labor.
Dr. Wangh's boiletio, oooceroing
Senator Daoiel'a cooditioa Isaoed in
Lyocbborg Uat olght waa aa iollows:
"It ia very grati/yiog to be able to state
toolght tbat Senator Daoiel'a cootlouea
t> Improve, espeoially as togards the
mental cood tion. I thtr.k tba? I am
warrented in eaylng lhat the iodlcatiooa
are that hia miod wlll clear ap more aod
more from thia time on.
THE BAPTISTS.
Io tbe Seoood Baptlst Convent'oo io
Baltimore yeaterday Mr. J. H. Shakes
peare, of Londoo, toid tbe Baptltta that
Rooaevelt was tbe kiod of mao to rretst
arrogant Insiitu ioos. He declared tbat
lftheBa|tata wrrk togetber tbey can
change rc ligloualv tbe map of Europe io
10 years The apeaker la In tbia ooun?
try io re'ae faoda to pay tbe expeoava of
continenlal paeaehera to the Baptiat
World Alllaooe, lo Philadelphia, io
1911. Fieclslmed tbat ln a few years
Bosiia wlll be tbe great B ptUt rountry
lo Europe aod he raiaed $4,165 Io 10
mii utes lo defray the expeoeea of brlng
log RqbsIbo and Slav paatora to tbe Bap?
tlst World Alliaoca Ojnventlon iu Phil?
adelphia oext year,
H:rong reaolutlons were prepared re
gardlog tbe Sooday scbool leaaoos, aod
tbey wlll be aet d upon later.
Dr. Prestoo Blake declared that tbe
preaohera of tbe futare wlll be reoruited
from tbe moaotaloB.
Tbe pollcy of avoldicg alllaocea wilh
aoy otber d.oomioakion, le?t the purity
of tbelr dootrloea be cootaminated, waa
lodorsed.
Good reporta were made regurdiog the
Btptlst work in Ouba and io tbe caoal
HM
A number of yoang ladies lo tbe
traloiog scbool, at Looisville, ba?eslg
olfled tbelr ioteolion of becomlt g mli
sloogrlei.
The coovention voted to reqaest tbe
f. terdeoomiostional Sooday Scbool
Uoion lo change tbe graded leaaona so
bb to elimioate aot'-Baptfat dogmaa, aod
reaerved (be rigbt t > wltbdraw if it did
oot do ao.
The itiod of the Home Mlsaioo Biard
In refualng to join ao ioterdeoomtoatioo
al movemeot for a nolon cburch io Paua
ma vaas approved.
It waa deoiJtd to ralae $60,000 for
forelgn mlssloos, $40,000 for home mls
aloos, $500,000 for churoh bulldlog
fuad and $187,000 for Ihe Theologiral
Ssmioary In Looisville.
A requeat from the northern Baptists
to joln In a movement ti belp edocate
negro preaohers In tbe aonth may be re
jeoted or acoeptad witb provlsloos
tandlog to bave the northern Bap?
tists relioqaiih ^some school* ia the
sootb.
Jackaoovllle, ^Fla., was oboaen
for tbe meetiog place lo 1911.
The oegro >roblem waa discuaeed at
olgbt.
Voluoteers may be asked tonfght to go
Int) tbe miuion field.
At tbia rcoroiog'a aeaaioo of tbe
ooovenlloo Bev. Dr. John Roaeh
Stratoo, of Baltimore, declared tbat
"RomIb mnat bo fread, not by the oao
non'a mootfa, but by the Btptlst faith."
At ooon the conveotlon waa addreised
by Rev. Dr. E. B. Meyer, of Londoo,
Eoglaod, preaident of ibe World'a Soo?
day school convantloo aod koowo aa tbe
greateat llviog Baptiat preaoher. The
execotlvs commi'.tees ot tbe Hiothero
Baptlst aod tbe Northern Ba, ;lats con
veotloas, represootiog In all 3,500,000
Btptlsti, will meet !o Baltimore oa oext
Taesday,
SOUTHEBN METHODIST CON*
FEBENOE.
Wlth representuirea of every cooil
neot ?ave Au-tralla seated upon tbe
plstform, the Sonthern Metbodlst Gene?
ral Ooofereooe held a hlghly Important
sesslon ln Asbeville, N. OL, yeaterday
Btsldes the report of the committee on
eplscopacy, iscommendlng tbat the coo
fereoce choose seven new blshops, re?
port No. 2 of the committee on temper
anoe and other moral and aoelal Issues
wss taken up. Tbe majority report pro*
vlded tbat the oandldatea lor the minlt
try be urged beforo beginniog tbe mlo*
islry to abstslo from the nae of tobacco,
and tbis report was floally adopted sit -r
the mlnority report, providing tbat all
candldates be requlred cublicly to pledge
themselvea to abetain from the use of tc
bacco as loog aa tbey remain In the
minlitry, waa loat by only tbree votea.
It ie ondtri ood that tba committee
on eplscopacy will aet tbe salary of tbe
bsbops at $4,500, Instead cf $4,000, aa
at preaent: increaae tbe superannu.t-d
biahop*' aalarlea to $2,250 aod allow
wldows of blshops $1 000 It is more
tban probabie thst Biahop Morrlson will
be soperannnst'd at tbis conlareuce and
in all probablllty B shop A. W. Wilson,
tbe senior biahop of tbe cborch, will be
asslgoed llgbtsr datlea.
Tbe committee on revissls, aftrr con
sideritlon of the memorials asklng fcr a
change la aame, recommended thst ihe
name be changed to "The Metbodlst
Ohnrcb." Fbe mlnority sent lo a 're?
port recommeodlng no change of name.
The committee vote stood 1C to 14
Bitb reports reeelved lood applause and
it looked aa if the sentlment wss aboot
evenly divided.
Ao impreasive memorial service for
the six blshops who bave died slnoe tne
last Gsnersl Oooference was beld at tbe
morning sesslon.
Oa tbe sve of taillog from Havana fcr
bis new poet aa Ooban mioiater to Spaio,
Jnito Garcla Velez retlgned Ihe office to?
day owlng to diflereoces with Secretary
oi State Sangoily.
SEMERALD
If the Stork came in May
If Old Mr Stork brought your
frienil into this world aome
month of May?
You ought to get him or her
an Emerald. For?
"Who first bebolds the light
ofday
In Bprinp's aweet flow'ry
ruonth of May,
Shall weir an Emerald all
through Iife."
And best of all Emeralds are
so reasonable in price that you
can afford them as gifts, or to
wear y ourself
We want you to see the rich
deep coloredF.meralds we have
bere. All sizes, shapes and
prices to suit every taste and
purse
Sauaders & Son,
629 King Street.
WANTED.
RO~*V in private f>.mily wiih board pre
ferred, by ycuug uau. Can give best
refcreocea. Addrest P. Uazt-tte Office.
may 13 31*
FOR RENT.
PJKMIKABI.F. HOUSE:. 6 ro>ms, cellar.
aJ waler, .idealley. large yard. $10 a month.
immedlate ro>ses_io:>. Addrrts Deairable
House, Oaxette Ofn e. may 13 5t
PROP08AL?.-Propossls will be raoaived
a nntil nooo Wedutsday, May tf. 1M10, at
the City Engineer'a office for the following
work at the LeeH.I100I for girls.
1 Setting granlte curb in conorete and lay
ing guttora.
'2 tiradirg and laviug eonerete side walkt.
3 Ornding and aurfacing the lot.
4 kfanuriug the lot.
5 Plowing, rolling, harrowing and eowing
the lot with graaa seeri.
Plans aud speciticatiins can he aeen at tbe
offioe of the City Engineer.
rieparate propoaala are required for each
item of work and the comniitiee n ->rv*s tbe
right to tajaat any and all propo?aln, and to
award the diflerent items to diflerent hiddera.
LAl'BENCESrABLKU.
l.'hairi.'ian Committee Houae* and Purniture
of School Board,
8817*31*).
We have received the last
shipment of the celebrated
Country Hams
Tbey are fhe kind that make you
healthy aad lengthen your days.
We have
SPRING CHICt-ENS and
BAKING FOWLS
and f> full line of
SPRING VEGETABLES.
We do not carry specialties for
Saturday only, but .vou can find
what you want at our plate every
day in the week When you are
baring difficulty in obtainina
what you want just ring H>7 Rell
phone and we wili supply you
witboutany frouhle.
FRESH MEATS, EGGS
and BUTTER.
CarterBros
1023 King Street.
may 13 3t_
YEARS AGO
we stsrted ont to do hettle with life.
We didu't expect to "Win-in-a-walk."
We knew that we had to meet ita com
petition, that there were "foeraen
worthy of our steel," tbat ihs l<--t
things were reserved for thoa<> who
oould win; that failures iu early life
w.uld teach ua to win ancieKs la'eron.
We have met theae condiiions like men
not aiming to crush any one. but simply
to hold our own. We have Ireen auc
cestful and if you think we have ira
mindAPILEOK IfOHKY then yon
have not laero-ived the purpose ol' this
arg'<m?nt. Our Jatest aucceaa is CAM?
ERON DAIRY L1NCH and you are
all iu viu-ti to give us a call.
Open all nigbt. 906 King street
FBIGHTFUL AOOIDENT.
Pinned uider a dr?o wbit'-brt tteel
blllets whioh Lad fallen from a tiliing
atcel boggy. William Wenvel, aged 22
years, a mlllworker at tbe Jone'-Lsuj-b
Ilo ateel worka at Piitsbnrg, Pa., was
burned t) death yesterday before Ibe
e-es of a *core of hia feilow-workmeo
who stood by powerless ti rescoe tbeir
comrade. Wenvel was pashing so
empty buggy wheo a ptssiog ateel car*
rier, losded with wblte-bot blocka of
ateel, tipped over. Toe ycuig man waa
pioned down, hia arms exteoded. Hia
clotblng Ignltlng, be made a perfect
cross of flames, aod belore his comradea
coold tear away tbe scorcbing metal
onbea with grabbooks Weovel'e sbrieks
had ceaaed ann bia body waa blackened
and burned to a criap.
AVIATION AOOIDENT.
At 7 o'clock hat nigbt after tbe cloae
of the(_viation|mceti_g in Lyona1 France,
M. Hauvette-Michelm went up in an An
tolnette monoplsne. Whle aoarinfr.be
paased tbe pylon 'in the centcr of the
aerodrome. Aa he returned he made
straight for the pylon, which, for some
onexplained reaaon, he was un<hle to
avoid, and he atrack it with full force.
The aeropiane, which wa? a new ma
cblne, was cnt in two. The pylon,
wbich waa eigbt meters hif-b, inapped
and fcll on Michelin, atrikin* him on the
head. Other aviators, incloding Paulan,
rusbed to extricste him. looctora arriv
ed promptly. Michelin was insenMble.
A priest arrivad and admin stered ex
treme unction to bim. An aatomobile
conveyed bim to a bospital, where tre
psnning was performed, but the optrs
ticn was not anccessfnl, and Michelin
died at 10:15.
DIED.
t-n Thorsdav. May I?, in Wsshiogton,
Ui'sEUMA FOBNSHILL. danghwr of the
late Julio an 1 liuth Forostoill, of Aleiaodrm.
aged 47 jears. Foteral tomorrow (?'unday)
at 3 p. to., from tbe residence ot' her sieter,
216 north Fairfax street, i