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THE3 TIMES FOUNDED 1SS?.
WHOLE NUMBER 18,572.
RICHMOND, VA., TUESDAY, MARCH 28, 1911.
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ton Post.
NEW CABINET
IS ANNOUNCED
All Places Filled by Diaz Except
That of Secretary of Interior,
Which Probably Will Go to
Dchesa?Talk of Peace
Still Is Upper?
most.
Mexico City, March 27.?Coincident I
with the official announcement of a
new Diaz Cabinet to-day cam? that ot
the appointment of Manuel de Zaca
macona 12. Inclan as ambassador to
the United States, succeeding Fran?
cisco Leon de la Barra, named Secre?
tary of Foreign Affairs. At the same
time the resignation of Miguel Macedo
an Sub-secretary of the Department or
Hie Interior became known. In the
Cabinet as announced to-day the of?
fice of Secretary of the Interior was
left vacant. Speculation as to Its in?
cumbent still favored Teodore Deheaa,
Governor <>! Vera Cruz, and candidate
Tor Vit e-President at the last election.
General Cosl? retains the portfolio of
the Department of War.
Tita Cabinet, as at present consti?
tuted, follows:
Foreign Relations^ Francisco Loon
de la liarra.
Interior, periling.
Justice, Dcmetrlo Sodi.
Public Instruction, Jorge Vera Esta
nol.
Fomento. Manuel Marroquin y Rivea.
Communications and Public Works,
Norbeto Domlngucz.
Finance, Jose Yves Llmantour, In?
cumbent.
, War and Marine, General Manuel
Gonzales Corlo, Incumbent
Salado Alvarez, Sub-secretary of the
Department of Foreign Relations, and
for the time being the ranking Cabinet
onicer, will administer the oath of of
ticf to the new ministers to-morrow
In the Hall of Ambassadors, in the
palace.
Zacamacona E. inclan is the gov?
ernment's financial agent In London,
where he has been stationed for the
last two years.
The new ambassador is comparative?
ly young, bu% he has filled several im?
portant posts under the Diaz adminis?
tration. Prior to the appointment
which took him to London he was di?
re. ior of the Department of the Inter?
nal revenues, director-general of the
postal service, member of the board of
directors of the Mexican Central Rail?
road and general manager of a gov?
ernmental banking and loan Institu?
tion.
Mr. Inclan was said already to have
received notice of his appointment by
cable and to have left London foi
Washing! on.
The retirement of the Cabinet mem?
bers has given rise to many rumors of
further official posts to be vacated, not
excepting that of President Diaz him?
self. That Vice-President Corral will
ask for and receive a leave of absence
for a long term, if he does not In fart
present his resignation to Congress at
Its opening on April 1, was regarded ws
well substantiated. For the report
1li.1t General Diaz contemplated sur?
rendering the presidency, however, no
foundation could bo found.
Amerlennii Shoot Mexican.
Hermoslllo. Mexico. March 27_News
has reached here that a band of Amer?
ican filibusters, not affiliated with
Jerierals or revolutionists. entered
Northern Sonora at Siereea, captured
a young Mexican and shot him. All
American residents of this city are
signing a petition addressed to Gov?
ernor Torres, denouncing- tho act and
offering their services to arrest this
band.
When the revolutionary force which
held La Colorado, forty miles from
here, heard of the approach or Feder?
als, they marched out to meet them,
leaving a guard of fifty men In the
town.
The Federals approached tho town
from another way and were met by
the guard, about half of whom were
Pirna Indians. At tho first fire from
the guard fifteen Federals fell dead.
Tho guard finallv retreated, leavlnir
seven dead and having killed twentv
two Federals. Fifteen wounded sol?
diers came into the hospital from La
Colorado. Two died yesterday. No one
Is allowed to leave this city, other than
? by railroad, without a pass. Business
Is almost at a standstill.
Another Diaz Rumor
San Antonio, Texas. March 27.?A
rumor was received to-night to the
effect that Portirio Diaz had resigned
as President c? Mexico. The rumor
was traced to very doubtful sources
and then lost. No one conversant with
conditions in Mexico, and in particu?
lar with the characteristics of the
"Ron Man of Mexico," placed the faint?
est credence in the rumor.
Amerlcnns Killed,
El Paso, Texas. March 27.?James
T. Harper, of El Paso, a captain in the
Insurrecto army, arrived to-night from
the interior of Mexico. He said that
Kobert E. Lee. of Kansas City, Mo.,
und Martin Ryan, whose residence he
did not know, were killed in the bat?
tle of Casas Grandes on March G. Har?
per said about twenty-six Americans
were taken prisoners. The official re?
port said seventeen foreigners were
captured.
Aid for RcfuKec*.
Washington, March 27.?In response
to appeals from Rrigadler-General
Bliss, at San Diego, Cal.. for relief for
the destitute refugees of the Mexican
revolbtldn in Lower California, the
American National Red Cross to-day
telegraphed $2,000.
Tlie refugees, of whom forty-five are
women and 121 children, are in the
wild part of the mountains, about
thirty-five miles from San Diego. Gen?
eral Bliss reports. A detachment of
United States troops is rendering as?
sistance. From thirteen to eighteen
nro being housed in one tent.
Bcrlhold "Wounded.
'Mexican. Tex.. March 27.?General
Simon Rerthold the American Socialist
leader of the rebels in Lower Cali?
fornia, was shot In the leg and one
rebel was killed in a. skirmish with
Mexican Federals at Alaipo Pass,
seventy-five miles south of Mexican.
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SUIT COLLAPSES
Witness Fails De Forest
and Court Rules for
Defendants.
BITTER CONTEST
WAS EXPECTED
Wealthy Peer, Whose Wife
Eloped With Young Guards?
man, Sought Damages From
His Mother-in-Law and Let?
ter's Brother?Notable
Array of Witnesses.
London, March 27.?The suit brought
by the wealthy young Baron Arnold
do Forest against his mother-in-law
Lady Mary Gsrard. and the latter'.''
brother, Henry Mllner. for slander, way
tried to-day and collapsed suddenl>
when Lord Derby, to whom the slan?
ders were alleged to have been .confid
ed, took the stand and swore that h<
had no recollection of the same. Sii
Fdward Clarke, counsel for the plain
tiff, thereupon announced that lib was
unable to proceed in view of tho lack
of evidence, and judgment for the de?
fendants was returned.
The case was heard by Justice Dar?
ling in the King's Bench Division, anil,
as all of ti e characters are well known,
the courtroom wan crowded almost to
suffocation by a fashionable throng.
As many more vainly besieged tho
closed doors, calrnoiing for admission.
Seldom has a more notable array of
counsel been engaged In a civil action,
and a bitter contest was expected. The
list of witnesses, most of whom are
prominent in tho social world, was so
Jong that these would have been suf
li< lent to till the courtroom had all of
them been present. Many, however,
failed to appear.
Wife Fled From Home.
Baron de Forest, whose marriage to
the widow of Monier, the chocolate
manufacturer of France, was annulled
subsequently entered society and mar,
ried Miss Gerard, who is very wealthy,
having inherited most of the fortune
of the late Baron Hirsch. The wife
who Is described us beautiful and ac?
complished, later vanished from hoi
home, and. according to the plaintiff.
In the company of Lieutenant H. C. S
Ashton, of the Second Life Guards, and
a friend of the family.
The plaintiff alleged that the con?
duct of his wife was approved by Lady
Gerard and Milner in utterances re?
flecting on him. He charged that they
had accused him of having beaten his
wife, kicked her downstairs and gen?
erally behaved with such outrageous
brutality as made It Impossible for her
to live longer with him.
Mllner Mnkc* Denial.
Milner, who married the Duchess of
Montrose. denied having uttered the
alleged slanders, and set up the alter?
nate claim that if the slanders were
f-poken they were true in substance
and spoken on a privileged occasion
In answer to a confidential inquiry.
Denial also was made that the plain?
tiff's reputation had been damaged.
Sir Edward Clarke opened the pro?
ceedings by describing the married
life of the De Forests, which, he said,
was happy until one night in Mav.
1909, when, after a ball, the baroness
refused to go home with her husband.
Instead, she went away with the voting
guardsman, Ashton. and on the" next
day confessed to her husband in the
present* of her mother and uncle,
Milner. it was stated, that she had
been at fault. The matter was patched
up and the baroness returned to D?
Forest.
Last year Da Forest sought election
to Parliament. He is a Liberal and h s
wife's relatives are Tories. Ills speeches
in the campaign incensed his wife's
relatives and the alleged slanders
were said to have followed. Soon after?
ward the baroness resumed companion?
ship with Ashton. It was declared, and
January 28 Do Forest found her wed?
ding ring in an envelope, together with
the announcement that she had gone
away with tho lieutenant, thus com?
pleting the rupture between the fam?
ilies.
Eloped to Pahna.
In the course of his statement Sir
Fdward divulged that it was the
Baroness De Forest with whom Ashton
eloped to Palma in February, 1910, in?
stead of the (laughter of a high court
functionary, as was reported at the
time. Subsequently De Forest again
forgave his wife.
Sir Fdward concluded by saying that
he would call, among witnesses for the
prosecution, Home Secretary Churchill,
Lord Castlereagh and Lord Derby. Tho
latter was alleged to have heard the
slanders, but when he was called to
the witness stand said that he had no
recollection of having heard the re?
marks set forth by the plaintiff.
At this Sir Edward said that ho
would go on farther, as he was unable
to develop the expected evidence. The
case against Milner having failed, that
against Lady Gerard also was dropped,
and the court ruled for the defendants.
WALL STREET INVADED
Masked Men I,tue Boys Against AVnll
and Hob Tbem. ?
New York, March 27.?A trio of
masked men, armed, invaded the finan?
cial district late this afternoon, lined
eleven messenger boys against the wnll
in the dressing room of the Western
Union Telegraph Company's office In
Wall Street, and took from them the'r
week's wages. A clerk who rushed in
to learn tho cause of the commotion
was marched to tho head of the line
and searched. Tho trio backed out
after warning the boys, that tin out?
cry would mean death. This was the
last of three daylight holdups to-day.
A widow was beaten and robbed on
tho street, and a man robbed of his
watch in a hallway.
LEGISLATURE ADJOURNS
Practically All of Governor Johnson's
Program Goch Through.
Sacramento, Cal.. March 27.?The
OViHfornia Legislature adjourned to?
night, after enacting into laws nearly
all the reforms on which Governor
Johnson mado his campaign as a Pro?
gressive. Tho following constitutional
amendments will be submitted at a
special election in October:
For the Initiative and referendum: for
the recall of elective officers, including
tho judiciary: for woman's suffrage:
eliminating technical errors as a
ground for reversal In criminal eases.
INSURGENTS FAIL
TO ATIEND CAUCUS
Regulars Split Their
Votes Among Twenty
Five Candidates,
SHEEHAN STILL
IN THE RUNNING
Another Meeting Will Be Held
To-Night, and It Is Expected
to Prove Beginning of End
of Long Senatorial Struggle.
Republicans May Take
a Hand.
Albany, N. Y., March 27.?The sec?
ond Democratic legislative caucus
failed to-night to select a candidate
for United States Senator and was call?
ed to reconvene to-morrow night
Twenty-five candidates were voted for,
William F. Shcehan leading with a
vote or twenty-eight?less than a third
of those taking part. Those receiving
the next highest votes were Augustus
Van Wyck, 7; Isadur Straus, 5; John
.). Fitzgerald, 6. and Daniel Fj Cohalan,
4.
Governor Dlx received ten ballots.
Helcartcd From Pledge*.
Ninety of the 110 Democratic mem*
bers of the Legislature answered the
roll call. Several members who have
ligured as strong advocates of Mr.
Sheehan"s candidacy acknowledged in
declaring their voles that his election
had ceased to be a possibility, and
that the reconvening of the caucus re?
leased them from whatever pledges
might have been incurred by attena
ance upon the llrst caucus. This was
the general Impression among the
Shechan advocates, who expressed the
opinion that the reconvening of tht>
caucus to-morrow night would mark
the beginning of tho end of the most
protracted senatorial contest ? which
this State ever has known.
Several of the members to-night
scored the insurgents for their failure
to attend the caucus. The general opin?
ion in both the Democratic camps was
that a Democratic Senator would bo
elected in time to take his seat when
the extraordinary session of Congress
convenes a week from to-morrow.
Overtures to the Insurgents who
have been voting against Shcehan were
given form to-day at a conference or
i Itepubllcan Senators.
? Senator BrneKeu, who presided, ex
! plained that the purpose of the confer
; ence was to ascertain the true posl
' lion of the Insurgents. It was finally
agreed that a pronunciamento should
i be issued calling upon them to submit
the names of candidates for Senator
: upon whom they would be "filing to
concentrate their support.
May Support Democrat.
: The Senators who attended the con
? ference agreed without lisscnt that
' if such a list should Include a broad
' minded man whom they thought
j worthy of representing New York in
! the Senate, the fact of his being a
i Democrat would not Interfere with
' their supporting him.
On the other hand, if the Insurgents
j declined to submit such a list, they
I say it will put them on record as be
? Ing mere mischief-makers, and that the
' need of having a full representation
! in the United States Senate may bring
: about overtures of the Regular Demo
; crats.
; Although the Republican Assembly
j men had been summoned to be In Al
j bany before to-day's ballot, they di?
! not Join the Senators in the confer
i ence, as it was understood that Leader
i Merrltt did not entirely approve of its
I purpose. He told Senator Brackett
j that he would issue a call for another
! Republican caucus, but was opposed to
I the conference plan. *
Meanwhile Senator Roosevelt was
? holding hurried conferences with his
fellow Insurgents and occasionally
with a Republican. Until formal over?
tures were made to him by the Repub?
licans, he said, he would have nothing
to say as to their plan.
COMMITTEE AT WORK
Entirely New Set of Rillen May Be
Formulated.
Washington, March 27.?Democratic
members of the new Committee on
Rules of the House, headed by Repre?
sentative Henry, of Texas, the chair?
man, met to-day, and will be in session
daily until Congress convenes, April
4. The committee will endeavor to
formulate its report in time for con?
sideration at' the Democratic caucus
next Saturday. In order to accomplish
this night sessions may be necessary.
It is probable that the committed
will recommend an entirely new set
of rules, though it will be guided
largely by the rules of the last Demo?
cratic House in the Fifty-third Con?
gress. Charles R. Crisp, the new Houso
parliamentarian, whose father was tho
Speaker of the last Democratic House,
is sitting with the committee in its
deliberations.
The matter of minority representa?
tion, it whs declared to-day, would bo
for the Democratic caucus to deter
i mine. The opinion prevails, however.
among Democratic leaders, that con
j trol of minority selections on commit
l tees should be held by the. minority
', party, the majority determining only
i the numerical allotment on the va
j rlous committees.
PREACH Fi?rTe?CE
Churches Will Unite in Forwnrdlng
Arbitration Movement.
Philadelphia, March 27.?Dr. William
H. Roberts, stated clerk of the Presby?
terian Church, and chairman of the
executive committee of the Federal
t Council of the Churches of Christ in
i America, to-day sent out a retpiest
! that sermons be preached in all
I churches In the federation next Sun?
day upon the subject of "Arbitration?
a Substitute for War."
In his request. Dr. Roberts says the
churches of all England have forward?
ed a cablegram asking the churches of
America to unite with them In the pre?
sentation next Sunday, from all the
pulpits, of the subject of the arbitra?
tion between England and the United
States now pending.
"The ties between Groat Britain and
Ireland and tho United States of
America are such as to make this ap?
peal both impressive and urgent," he
adds.
Tho Federal Council of. the Churches
of Christ represents thirty-three de?
nominations.
Where 142 Factory Workers Lost J heir Lives
I"<er>or of ninth floor, where loan of life wan lieavfcst.
A hole Inj he ?Idewalk made by a girl who jumped from The tenth floor.
CYCLONIC STOR
REAKS DISASTER
Sweeps Philadelphia, Leaving
Destruction and Death in
Its Wake.
Philadelphia, Pa., March 27.?A se?
vere electrical storm, accompanied 'by
a high wind, which at times blew with
cyclonic force, swept over the north?
ern section of this city shortly after
6 o'clock to-night, leaving destruction
Slid death in its wake.
The New York division of the Penn?
sylvania Railroad was placed out of
commission temporarily by the demoli?
tion of its tower at Holmesburg, ana
at Tacony, cutting off all telegraphic
communication. New York trains are
being routed via tho Trenton cut otf,
which branch of the Pennsylvania
company was not in the path of the
high winds.
The police station at Ilacona was
demolished. Members of the evening
squad of policemen were preparing to
leave for theor beats when the rool
of the building was blown off and
every window broken by a sudden burst
of wind. . At the Tacony station of tho
Pennsylvania an unidentified man was
killed when a portion of the structure
was blown away.
Many houses in this section were un?
roofed or completely demolished.
In the manufacturing section of
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Next Sunday's Tlmeft-nispntek
will be brimful of entertaining fen
tiiroK. Among the notable offering*
will be ?'A Unique Congress,'!' a
timely fbrechst of men, meiiKiiro*
nnd methods at the extra ?eH*ion
about to assemble, front the pen of
.John Hlfrcth Wutktnxt n pictur?
esque political story from tJrrere,
written by the always entertaining
Frank (i. Carpenter; Splllniie** "H?
ninnccN of the ?uxinoHt? World";
"The Cos* of Kooscvelf l?m," by
Foxrroft linvl*; a page of new*
nnd ?torle* from Old World capital*;
a page of pictures from the "front,"
In Tex H.H. and four page* of Mparts,
writ tea by staff men or received
over Hpeelnl sporting wire*. There
I? oIko the Illustrated magazine
.section, which will enrry ''Play
Hall," written by Umpire Rill Fvuiim,
ns well n* many sliort Miorlc* by
flic country'* bent *tory-tellers.
Bankers Walsh and Morse Must
Remain in Federal
Prisons.
Washington, D. C, March 27.?Exec?
utive clemency will not be extended at
present to Charles W. Morse, the' Now
York banker, and John It. Walsh, the.
Chicago banker, who aro serving fif?
teen and five years' sentences, respec?
tively, in Federal penitentiaries, the
former at Atlanta and the latter at
Leaven worth. The President hasi had
before him for several weeks. applica?
tions in both cases, and it whs learned
to-day that he will follow the rec?
ommendations of '?' At to r nay - Gen era i
VYlckersham. It is understood that Mr
Wlekershnm recommended that inas?
much as Walsh will be paroled under
the new Federal law next September
justice would be better served if ex?
ecutive clemency were not extended to
him. In the case of Morse it is under?
stood the Attorney-General was averse
to any immediate relief, but reepm
memied that if there was to be a com,"
invitation it should be such as to make
the sentence expire in live years. In
that event Morse would he, released
after serving three , years and eight
months, which includes the usual al?
lowance for good behavior. Morse be?
gan serving his sentence in 'January,
1910, and Walsh two months later.
An official statement was issued at
the Department of Justice to-day. de?
claring that reports that Morse Is in
a critical condition are'without founda?
tion.
* ARGUMENTS HEARD
Decision In "?In? and Prejudice" t'n*ie
Will He til veil Tn-Dny,
Cincinnati. O., March J7.?Chief Jus?
tice Thomas A. Jones, of the Circuit
Court, after listening to-day to argu?
ments oh "bias and prejudice." against
Judges Peter Swing ami Samuel W
Smith, reserved a decision until to?
morrow. These judges returned a
mandamus against Judge Frank .Gor?
man.'of the'Common Pleas Court, las?
week, preventing him from trying 1
George H. Cox for perjury.
The arguments on the "bias and
prejudice" charges, which were tiled
by Judge Gorman, were enlivened by
tilts between tho attorneys for George
F. Cox and Prosecuting Attorney Hen?
ry T. Hunt. At one time tho prosecu?
tor called the court's attention to what
he alleged was a "filibuster" on the
part of Attorney Lawrence Maxwell
to gain time for Cox. The allegation
was promptly denied,, and the argu?
ment was allowed to continue.
Judges Fast US -Walters and 13. D.
Fay re, both members of the Circuit
Court, sat with Judge Jones, out only.
In on advisory capacity.
Crowil wntchlnir tile ehnrre?! remains
being: tnken from the iniHilluj; on Sun
ilnv morning.
-i_
Taft Will Not Make Statement
Unless Inquiry Is
Ordered.
GETS ALARMING REPORTS
Official Advices Say That Con?
dition in Mexico Is Near
Anarchy.
Washington, D. C, March 27.?There
are official reports before tho Presi?
dent's Cabinet to the effect that the
political situation in Mexico is serious
?in fact, much more serious than has
been Indicated by tho dispatches com?
ing- out of Mexico City.
This is true, In spite of the reassur?
ing incidents of the past few days, re?
sulting in the resignation of the whole
Din-/ Cabinet and the formation of a
j new ministry.
So grave are tiie conditions outlined
In the .statements made to the Presi?
dent that Mr. Taft has decided this
I is not the time to put out on official
j statement regarding the purposes of
I this government.
K.\ pinmit Ion Planned.
It was generally expected that the
President would fake the country into
his confidence as soon as lie returned
to Washington had tell the pcoj.de just
[exactly what his object was in sending
! troops to the Mexican frontier.
. This, it is said, he would have done
but for the fact that he found the in?
ternal .conditions in Mexico so disturb?
ing that any .statement at this time
: might be premature. To deny that th?
troops were sent to the border to protect
(lie interests of Americans across tha
line might prove contrary to the neces?
sities liable to arise.
Therefore, no statement has been
put out, Only the suggestions made
at the time the President started South
have been put out. and not one word
of official explanation has been forth
coining.
The exact nature of the reports laid
before the Cabinet by the President
can only he guessed. The Same is
tru,. as to their source. All that Is
known positively Is, that the state?
ments are received through oftlrdal
channels and that they show that the
Southern republic is in a state of near
anarchy. Secretary Knox had a long
conference this afternoon with the
j President on the Mexican situation.
Taking No Chancen-.
While the' Provident, it Is known
hopes thai ,<lu: new Diaa Cabinet will
be strong e?oiigh to com- with the
situation, no chances are being taken,
end the present purpose Is to maintain
the art y oh the border, or near it. un?
til there is tranquillity beyond the line.
The Presirlenl does not intend to
send in a message to the extra session
of Congress on the Mexican situation
oi even refer to it, except in an inci?
dental way; unless either the House or
Senate orders an Inquiry.
of course, if the army stays in Texas
long enough to require a detlcioncy ap?
propriation, it will be necessary for
the President to explain to Congress
the reasons for asking for more money
This is (i> matter, from the Whito
House standpoint, for future consid?
eration, and it Is not now of im?
mediate concern to. the President.
Until more - favorable reports are
I made, therefore, no . voluntary stale,
incnt on the Mexican situation hoed bo
i c spooled from the ndtninlst r 11 Ion.
AxthuiR unit [Ironehhil Sufferers need Brown's
Bronchial Troches. Safe, sure and convenient.
Somebody toBlame
for New York's Fac?
tory Fire.
NO PRECAUTIONS
HAD BEEN TAKEN
Facts Will Be Placed Before
Grand Jury for Action?Now
Believed That Cigarette
Wrought Disaster, Which
Already Cost 142 Lives
Lives?More Will Die.
New York, March 27.?Fixing of ths
blame for the loss of 112 lives ?n the
Washington Square lire on Saturday
drew to a focus to-day the energies
of the district attorney's staff, tha
tire marshal, the coroner, the State
Labor Department and Borough Presi?
dent McAneny. of Manhattan. Grand
Jurymen turned personal probers. and
an additional grand Jury, in a formal
resolution presented to tho Court of
General Sessions, offered its aid to the
district attorney, and declared that
some one should be prosecuted for the
disaster.
What tho probers found: Evidence
that doors nt exits swung inward; the
crumpled llru escapo In tho air shaft,
the one lire escape blocked by iron
shutters when opened, ah empty water
tank on the roof and the practice
prevalent among cutters of lighting
cigarettes a few minutes before quit?
ting time. All this and what is yet
to be ferreted out will be placod
speedily before the grand jury for ac?
tion. District Attorney Whitman an
noti need.
Fire Marshal Beers summoned thi
proprietors of the Triangle Waist Com?
pany and several employes to testify
at a public hearing.
"So far as I can discover." he said,
"f'cre has never been a tire drill in
this factory. In my opinion it would
take 700 girls three hours to reach
the street by the one tire escape in
that building. Nino-tenths of the em?
ployes cannot speak English, yet I
could not find a sign In Yiddish or
Italian pointing out the fire exits."
Cigarette to Blame.
Tho lire marshal said be was con?
vinced that a cigarette, lit. by a cutter
and thrown in a heap of clippings, had
started the fire.
A relief fund for the sufferers is
headed by- a ??,000 donation from An?
drew Carnegie. The United Hebrew
Charities--, the Austrian Hebrew Free
Burial Association and other organiza?
tions came to the fore with aid.
Thirty-lhreo bodies, most of then*
shorn of all semblance to human form,
He unidentified to-night at the Chari?
ties pier morgue. Twelve persons,
most of them girls In their teens, are
fighting for life In hospitals. Half a
hundred funeral trains trailed through
the East Side and the Italian district
near the factory today, and as many
more are scheduled for to-morrow
The unidentified dead will be burled
in a single grave, but will be held as
long as possible to give relatives and
friends an opportunity to claim them.
Latest figures place the death list
at 142, the only death during tha
twenty-four hours ai\ong those In?
jured occurring to-night.
Of those, 1H3 bodies were taken from
the scene of the disaster and eight
died In hospitals. The list will ba
swelled, surgeons say. by others, who,
still living, have no chance to re-,
cover.
READY TO BUY LAND
I Forest Reaervntlon Committee Is About
? to Begin It*,' Work.
Waehington, March 27.?The NTa
! tional Korest Reservation Committee,
j created under the Weeks law. is ready
to commence purchasing lands for tha
I creation of national forests in the Ap
i palaohlan and White Moantains. ac?
cording to an announcement by tho
Department of Agriculture. Under tha
Weeks bill the Secretary of Agriculture
was authorized to examine, locate anxJ
recommend to the commission for pur
j chase such lands as in his. iudgmenf
1 may be necessary to regulating th?
How of navigable streams. Tho fores
fry service has printed a circular giv
i in?- Information as to whero and what
kinds of land are wanted.
I The land purchase will be restricted
to the States whose Legislatures, have
consented to the acquisition of land
by the government for preserving tho
navigability of streams. Maine. New
j Hampshire. Maryland, Virginia. West
' Virginia. North and South Carolina.
Tennessee and Georgia already have
consented.
The llrst lands to be examined for
purchase will he those which, be?
cause of their altitude, steepness and
lack of Drotectlon, are considered to
bt in a class by themselves. The lands
will no! become game preserves, the
public still being able to hunt and
; fish in accordance with State laws.
FERRER CASE REVIVED
It Is? Now Itelng Debated In Chamber
of Deputies.
I Madrid. March 27.?-The debate on the
trial of Professor Ferrer, .the founder
of the Modern School at Barcelona, who
was executed in October. 1 POP. opened
In the Chamber of Deputies to-day and
attracted unusual attention. The pro
i posal to discuss this trial was made
, by tho Republicans and accepted bv
i the government many months ago. The
s Republican press declares that the re
! vlval of the Ferrer case means;, the
i end politically of Senor Maura, who
I was Premier nt the lime, and his col
i leagues.
Do put v Soriano opened the debate
1 arid asserted that none of the facts
1 charged against Ferrer constituted
i the crime of rebellion, according to the
military law. The government was
advised to Ihnl effect, he said, by tho
j local military authorities.
I . CANT USE STINGERS
T>intrlct Attorney Won't Let Bee and]
Wn*i* Ftitbt.
New Orleans. La.'. March 2 7-?With
parting rnvcctlvos In their respective,
papers, the Bee and the Wasp, Editors
? Baroncolli and Capdevllle to-day ap
' pa rently abandoned the idea of a duel
that was Imminent last week. Tho
district attorney to-day warned tha
editor* that no more threatening ar-.
ttcics would bo tolerated, and th?y.
bowed to his ultimatum.