The evening times. [volume], February 12, 1906, Image 1

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tion decided upon a service of favrlle
•:glas8. But glass lis not heeded either,
'.according, to reports, for It is said that
•enough specimens of high art in cut
vicrystal have been received to Stock a
dozen houses as large as that selected
j»by the congressman for his bride,
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By K. C. Sayder. ...
Washington, D. C., Feb. 11.—Pres
ents to,the bride-elect of Congressman
Nicholas Longworth continue to be re
ceived at the White hoi^se and the
storage capacity of that historic build
ing is taxed to its utmost to accommo
date the gifts which the frlends'of'
Miss Alice Roosevelt are showering
upon her. These presents aire liter
ally fit for a princels or the bride of
mlningMng."' But as mjich cannot be
said for "them, whea it 1b remembered
that neither' the bride nor the groom
is wealthy.
There Is an erroneous impression
.throughout the country that the bride
groom-to-be Is a millionaire. The fact
Is that Mr. Longworth has literally
nothing aside from his salary, .as a
member of the house of representa
tives. His mother has a moderate tor
tune, but nothing compared-with that
with which she is credited. As for
s4 vMlss Roosevelt herself she has neither
money nor expectations according to
the declarations of those who are' post
ed intimately on the affairs of the
president's family.
:t. If the bridegroom-elect had be*n
as wealthy as he is credited with be
ing, it is natural to infer that he would
Install his bride In- a' house commen
surate in its appointments with his
income. Yet the house which has been
leased is no better than .those occu
pied by scores.of Mll^^ji^rth's col-.
league* w$o depeiXnPPy upon1
their salaries asmemberffor fupport
Reports of thp character of ffieVpjrfeigi
,'ents which has already been receivedj
or are on their way indicate that the
., Aglvers have gone upon the' assumption
'that theyounrp«opleHtre^b%^llve
In an atmosphere of regal magnlfi
•cence. .."v.
./ "We can't give them anything-in.
silver without duplicating soipe' other
jglXt,"- said a member of the New York
delegation when the question of a
-present was being discussed. "I have
-'-learned that the best silver and gold
-smiths of the country^have exhausted
v^thelr ingenuity in designing beautl
fulglfte. Already the White house is
ifilled with enough silverware to stock
'..j' the vaults of a, score of dukes anil
not even the London Guilds, those re
posltorles of silver plate, can ap
proach the magnificence of the dls-
In fact It appears that, hundreds of
^thousands of dollars have bfeen gen-
e'°usly
expended 'by the legion of
hfiiends of the bride- and groom who
tx have, vied with each other in. selecting
Sg|sojnething magnificent The useful
,'sjhas been almost entirely ignored. The
i^days when a chest of llnep wdi con
':.|sldered one of the essential presents
-j^Sto a bridte have passed away. No one
^thought of purchasing a house and
I furniture,. because everyone believed
such a present, would not only be un
''ir.^necesjMiy but really offensive, and
perhapslt would have been so .re-,
f. garded. But certainly Mrs Longworth
wttl ekpSrlen^e greatdlfflculty in flnd-
A&infsus$ for half a dozen gold andsij
S -i ver punch bowls, fifteen or twenty sil
ver candelabra and score of epergnea
Sof great value, mu*^?" beauty but of'
doubtful utility. There are said -to be
j^bronzes enouc^tt fill a room and.^11-.
/t'verware sufflcieht to stock a moderit
^|hoteli In fact, as asserted above, the
::presents would do credit to an eastern
^princess, but they will doubtless piroye
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^bUrdeiuwme to the sensible American
il who on next Saturday wUi .be
ponited to
,a
well-bred,' up^-to-date
v-. brainy American congressman, with
...future'beftfje him, but no bank ac
count, tospeak of. A
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Carpenters, plasterers and paintero
are
transforming
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the. historic Cham-
berlain hotel, that for years has stood
the corner of 15th and 1st stnets
AvM Into club house, family hotel or resl
dence. Here in the oldenvdays ^iien
John Chamberlain majl alive aadk tip
king of hotel -men of hls g^aeraqon/
I senators, representatives, govehioirs
flnanders, tjw captains of 'lndaatry
fmlne owners, army and navy
o&esnr/
aad}th» topvtauti ot dreads' ago,
clinked glstses ahd made (nerry. Hero
the details of ,t&e l^lslatlon were,
worked out, here men were promoted!
or demotod and within th« hlstofto'
place no# being remodeled the worlds
best stories have been told John' F.
ChamltBrlaia died ta. l8»? aad «h)m
ha dlad Ota'hoattfrf .~w)Ml^Nrariai«
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name began to show signB of decay
and although etforts were made, ,to
keep the hotue running and retain the
atmosphera that prevailed' in Cham
berlain's tlme« *ras unsuccessful, and
for the past fotir yearB the rats and
mlce have held. unllnMted gwajrs-"-..-.'
James O. Blaiiae flved in the secbnd
house, now .occupied' by the Chamber
lain club. and ex-Oovernor Swan of
Maryland, lived in t^ie bouse adjoining
and whlch was included In the.Cham
berlain hotel during the flourishing
diyi dt his regime.
Some of tbe most fastidious parties
and feasts have spiced the hlstoty ?f
tlus old place and some of the mbst
noted sporting events have been
"pulled off" here. Not that there have
teen prize fights within its walls, but
the "sporting events" to which refer
ence is made inolude the tremendous
poker games which were almost a
nightly occurrence during the life
time of John Chamberlain. An anec
dote connected with the hotel's history
Js that of John Chamberlain's pat
hand. Thie story as It htui drifted down
from the inisty past concerns Cham
berlain aid a former Kentucy senator.
One night when the wind was blow
ing a gale and snow, was piling in
drifts on Washington streets, a coterie
of congenial" spirits in Chamberlain'*
back room, among ti\em. being Roscoe
Conkllng and a inember of president
Says cabinet. The Kentucky ssiiator,K
who fop ideatlflcatlon iball be »lled
"Phil,'' sauntered' in and sifted •him
self In front Jot John. Chamberlain.
There was a pack of cards on the table
at which Chamberlain was sitting and
Phil said: "John, Suppose we run oft
a jackpot hand. Just to see- how the
cards are running today?"
"Don't care if do, Phil, just to kill
a little time. What's the limit"
"Anywhere between here and. the
blue doiiie I'm not particular, suht"
Two hundred dollar bills were pass
ed to the center of the table, .and the
players picked up their hands.
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"Well, Johns' I want to show you
how I appreciate your generosity, an--l
at the Same time be loyal tQ my own
benign collection qf cards, so I will
(Cnttuel oa H(« 8.)
IS LAUDED BY
Declares F6e to the System
Wffl A complish All That
'•.-/•He Has SetOnt toDo.
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Duluth, Feb. 12.—Governor'John A.
Johnson \of Minnesota- arrived in the
city Saturday evening and is a guest
of .Ali C. WeiSB of 1615 East Superior
street, where he was tendered a recep
tion Saturday evening. The governor
came to Difluth to deliver an address
under the auspices of the Y. M. C. A.'
Sunday afternoon. He returned to St
Paul -last night.
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The. governor is profoundly im
pressed with the sincerity and ability
of Thomas Lawson to do all that he
hopes to, p.nd claims he will do for
the policy holders of some of the in
surance companies, notably, the New
York Life and the Mutual, Life asso
ciations. In an interview the governor
said':
"I spent last Thursday afternoon
with Mr. Lawson and I am satisfied
with his apparent ability to bring
about reorganizations of the insur
ance companies that are engaging his
attention, and 4et restitution for the
policy holders of the vast sums that
have been diverted to what Mr. Law
son calls .'the system.'. He told me
that he has spent 1300,000 of his own
funds thus far in the insurance fight
and that he expects that it will cost,
him as much more before success
crowns his .efforts
"The newspapers have questioned
Mr.' Lawson's motives, They have
intimated that he has some selfish uio
tlve in view, ppssliily ofllce of some
kind. He tells mfe Oiat these re-.,
ports do hloa Injustice, and I un con
vlnced Oiat ^t|iey do. Hb says that he
aspires to no office, and will be sat
isfied if he can pbtain. for the' policy
holders their rights, i' am on the
committee that Mr. Lawson is organ-'
izlng. lbr this purpose. I have- gone
over the whole matter carefully with
hlm and am glad to be of any service
to his commi'ttiee. I am oonvinoed that
Mr. Lawson'B only motive is to -make
those who have profited at the. expense
of the policy- holders disgorge. He
denslders that the officers of these In
surance companies are mere stool
pigeons, and that it
la
the members
of the system who have acquired'the
bnlk of the misdirected wealthy
"jit-
Lawson: expects to have full
control ot the insnranoe' companies,
and- after new boardsj of directors
have been, elected and rastltutkm Has
been made to the policy holders, his
work and the work ot the oommlttee
that he is organising ^111 be done.
I„ havs folth trthn wha^/I know' thai
Mr. Lawson will be entirely succMa
ful in his efforts^ Tl^y have tried
to laugh him eat of oourt, hut I am
convinced that- fae knows what he is
doing, and that he
is
Mi
slncerO and
will a^cceed In his fight"
With Entire Ship Converted
||lInto 8mallpox Hospital
ji. and O^ew I1L
STOBT OF WHALING BBIG
Fear Takes Possession of the Crew
a^d Brig Drifts Like
.«f? Demrted Ship.
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"Now, I don't want to be hard on
good friend," said Chamberlain, after
looking studiously at his hand, "but I
couldn't mistreat a pretty hand like
thlB by being bashful, so I will ask
you to put up $500 if you want to Btav,
Phil."
New York, Feb. 12.—One month on
the Atlantic ocean with the entire
Ship converted, into a Smallpox hos
pital arid a quarter of the crew 111
with this disease,, was^the experience
of the whaling brig Sullivan of New
London, Conn. The story of the small
pox outbreak on the whaler was told
today by Mrs. Haggerty, wife of the
captain of the Sullivan, who arrived
here today from Rio de Janero on the
steamer Italian Prince. The whaling
vessel put Into Rle de Janerlo after
two of its crew had died of small
pox and 'Beven others Were ill with
the disease and thirty-seven of the
remaining members of the crew fran
tic to get ashore. The cruise began,
Mrs. Haggerty said, last October from
the Island of Fayal In Azores. After
the brig had been out some time, the
smallpox started with one case. The'
disease Bpread until nine sailors were
ill.. Days followed when owing to
fear which spread among the members
of the £rew the brig drifted almost
like a 'deserted ship. Mrs. Haggerty
on board the vessel with her two
children after landing at Rio de Jan
erlp she remained, until the disease
had been stamped out on the Sulli
van.
PROMINENT LA CBQSSE
CITIZEN PASSES AWAY
La Crosse, Wis., Feb. 12.—Geo. C.
McMillan, president of the LaCrosse
Gas,& Electric cbmpany, died today'
of uraemic poisoning. He was 61
years old!
Portland, Ore.., Feb. 12.—At least
six persons lost their lives In a fire
that swept the busy commercial dis
tract at the east end of Morrison street
bridge, spanning the Wllamette river,
early today. Ten- or more persons
were seriously Injured and were re
moved to hospitals or nearby resi
dences.' Dead:
NATHANIEL P. YOUNG, watchman.
HENDRICK, photographer.
TWO UNKNOWN WOMEN. 'v
A BROKEN WHEEL ON THE
ENGINE IS CAUSE OF A
DAD ACCIDENT if
Milwaukee, Wis., Feb. 12 —Twenty
flye persons,, narrowly escaped death
and fourteen were injured near Ther
esa, Wis., last night when six of the
eight coaches of the Wisconsin Cen
tral passenger train were thrown
down a fifteen-foot embankment. A
broken wheel Oh the engine caused the
derailment qf the train The injuries
of the passengers were cuts and
bruises and scilp wounds, with the
possible exception of Andrew Chrls
tetison, the colored took on the train,
who sustained a broken leg. All the
injured will probably recover.
The ceremonies attendant upon the
assembling of the new British parlia
ment wlli: be aomewhat clouded by tjbe
fact that the exmrt is .In mourning for
King Christian of. Denmark, whose
burial is to take place on Sunday, Feb.
18. Tomorrow the house :pf commons
•will assemble for the election \Bt a
speaker and
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thi remainder ot the
week will be glven upi to administer
ing the oath of office and cither prelim*
jfnarles. Klng Bdward wlll formaliy
open parliament.** Tuesday of next
-week.' ^.
An atmoet unprecedented gathering
of'erowpea heads-of Burope wlltjie
present at the bwfial of {Ung Chris
tten. The deep f«tfnng of sorrow at
Ids death has found «xpre«slon in
every language aadf/all Oaa nations
jrlll send *WW*mtatiTes to pay qieir
last, respects. Amp** the more than
eight hundred dtsttngntahed parsons
Why the Pemblna Colonel Is For Ed.
Pierce for tT. 8. Senator.
[Special to Tfc» Bveningr Times.]
Lisbon, N.
D.,
Feb. 12.—It has leaked
out here that poloi^e! Grant Hager,
recently visited Ransom county, and
although he remaineid but two days,
he appears to have created the great
est Imaginable political disturbance.
The doughty colonel, who Is noted for
his political acumen and for the re
peated political Successes he has
achieved In Pembina county, returned
from Ransom county with substantial
assurances that if he could succeed
In landing State Senator Pierce In the
United States senate, he would be In'
a position to satisfy hiB long continued
ambition for a consulship,—some
where, at some time. It is expected
that Col. Hager will exhibit his "bona
fides" in other parts of the state In
the interests of his candidate, and, if
he Bhould conclude to do so, there is
no telling whit will happen.
COUNT BONX DE CASTELLANS.
(Talked of as a French Presidential Fbs
slbillty.)
OFFICIAL REPORT
Of tlie North Caroline Railroad Acci
dent Give Four Killed.
Washington, Feb. 12.—The official
report of the accident on the Southern
railway at Greensboro, N. C., early this
morning, received at the offices of the
company in this city, states that four
employes were killed, as follows:
OWEN NORVELL, engineer train
No. 34.
YARD ENGINEER SELLERS.
YARD CONDUCTOR NEWMAN.
FIREMAN JOHNSON.
Fireman Eparger of train No. 34.
and William Bailey, on outsider, who
were on the switch engine, were badly
injured. No passengers were injured.
TWO UNKNOWN MEN.
Injured.: Mrs. Brown, Miss Brown,
Babcock, all badly burned Mrs.
Taylor, badly injured by jumping from
a window Baby Taylor, aged six,
burned L. T. Daley, burned. A num
ber of persons are reported missing.
The fire started in the Mount Hood
saloon and consumed that place and
the lodging house above it, in which a
majority of those killed and injured
were sleeping. Twenty-two horses,
DISAPPEARED.
World Famous' Pianist Missing From
Her Home.
Chicago, Feb. 12.—Mrs. Fannie
Bloomfield ZeiBler, the world-famous
pianist, has disappeared from her
home and the police have been asked
by her husband to search for her.
Mrs. Zeisler has for some time been
suffering with melancholia and mem
bers of her family are apprehensive
that some harm has befallen her.
The chief cause- of the mental de
pression of Mrs. Zeisler was her fear
of becoming blind.
For more than a year she had been
under the care of' a specialist, but her
sight did not materially improve. She
was greatly worried over the fact that
this might compel the abandonment of
her carefer as a pianist and constant
brooding over the matter at times
brought on attacks of pronounced mel
alcholia.
who will be present at the burial are
Queen Alexandra of England, King
George Greece, Emperor William
of Germany^ King Kaakon of Norway^
A-rchduke Franz Frederick of Austria
and the Duchess jof Brunswick. The
king will he buried in the cht&el of
^Frederick V. ln the Cathedral of |tos
ltilde, formerly the capital of Den
mark, whert the body of Queen Louisa
lies. I
Clement- Ormand Fallleres, eighth
president bf the third republic, will'
take oyer the 'reins of government
and become the ruling executive in
Franc* on 9%b.
18.
On that day the
Btyaee palaee will be the scene ot
great pdmp and festivity. M. Loubet
will leave the palace on Feb.
17
and
at 4 o'clock on the following day, the
.pr^olaa hour on whlch his seven-year
tsrm. will aspire, he *11! .Airait the
touts* of M. naiieres, whp wUl ar
rtve attended by a full military ee
oprt- Prender Rouvier ^rlll present
Two Killed and Twelve Injured
In a Collision in
Chicago.
GROUND TO SPLINTERS
The Theatre Train Was Running at
the Rate of Twenty Miles
an Hour.
Chicago, Feb. 12.—The theatre train
on the Pennsylvania road, running at
a rate of twenty miles an hour, crash
ed into a crowded street car in South
Chicago last night, killing Instantly
two persons and Injuring twelve. The
killed and injured were all occupants
of the street car. The engine and first
coach on the train left the rails and
were overturned. The dead:
MRS. WILLIAM BACON, South Chi
cago.
MINNIE WARSUEL, Chicago.
The injured:
J. C. Mack, East Chicago, engineer
EdVard M. Day, motorman on street
ear C. R. Bollar, conductor street car
Mrs. Blanche Warsuel, Mrs. Louis
Lucy, W. B. Lynch.
The train was a .local leaving Chi
cago at 11:45 p. m. for East Chicago,
Ind. It was well filled with passen
gers, who were thrown into a panic
by the collision. The street car was
hurled into the air, overturned and
ground to splinters before the loco
motive.
WILL SHORTEN THE
TIME SIX HOURS
Santiago, Chile, Feb. 12.—The first
section of the Trans-Andlne railway
was Inaugurated today. The line
reaches to the foot of the Andes, where
the tunnel begins. The line will
shorten the time to Buenos Ayres by
six hours.
Even busy men are never too busy
to stop and look at a dog fight.
the property of the East Side Transfer
company, were destroyed. Watchman
Young met his death in a heroic effort
to save the horses. He had made
several trips into tne transfer com
pany's stables and finally was cut off
by the flames. Looking from an upper
window, he waved his hands to the
crowd below and cried: "Good bye,
boj's. I can't get out this time," and
he fell back into the flames.
Loss $50,000.
ONE HUNDRED AND ONE
STUDENTS GRADUATE
AT ANNAPOLIS
Annapolis, Md., Feb. 12.—The career
of the class of 1906 _at the naval
academy was brought to its close of
ficially in the magnificent new armory
this morning when Secretary of Navy
Charles J. Bonaparte delivered to 101
members of the class their coveted
diplomas in the presence of fully 2,
500 persons. In the large crowd were
the families and friends of the gradu
ates from all over the country, and
while -not marked with the joyousness
of similar occasions in the past, the
the scene was an impressive and
beautiful one.
the outgoing and Incoming presidents
and then there will be an exchange of
complimentary addresses. A prom
enade through the various apartments^
of the official palace will be followed
by a reception to the diplomatic corps
and high state officials.
The dedication of the battle monu
ment at El Caney, Cuba, will take
place Feb. 14. A party of distinguish
ed officers of the United States army
and navy left New York Feb. 8 to
participate in the exercises attending
the dedication. The Cuban govern
ment will play an active part In the
ceremonies. Among those who are ex
pected to attend are: Col. Webb
c.
.Hayes, chairman of the battlefield
commissi^ Lieut Gen. Chaffee, pres
ident of the Soctety of the Army of
Santiago de Cuba Lieut Gen. Young,
who attends as a special representa
tive of President Roosevelt, and Rear
Admiral Higglnaon, representing the
American lest
WANTS NIAGARA PRE8ERYKD
A
Petition Seven Feet Long Presented
to the President Today.
Washington, Feb. 12.—Mrs. Miriam
Mason Greely, president of the Na
tional Society Daughters of the Em
pire State \of New York, called at
the White House today by apolntment
and presented to' the president peti
tions bearing the signatures of about
2,500 residents of the state of New
York praying for the preservation of
Niagara Falls. The petitions are ad
dressed to the president and to the
two houses of congress and ask' that
legislation be Immediately enacted
which will prevent further impair
ment of the volume of water and to
preserve the grandeur of the falls.
One of the petitions is about seven
feet in length.
Mrs. Creely also brings with her a
badge of the society, which is to be
presented for the society as a wedding
gift to Miss Alice Roosevelt, she be
ing a Daughter of the Empire State.
The badge is of beautiful design. From
a gold bar bearing the words "New
York" is suspended by Bilk ribbons a
pendant upon which appeara the coat
ot arms of the state of New York.
SCRAPPING IN SERYIA.
The Terrible Turk Gets the Worst of
it In a Scrimmage With Servians.
Belgrade, Servia., Feb. 12.—A seri
ous fight has occurred In Old Servia
between Turkish troops and two Ser
vian bands near the villages of Ntku
jan, Dragomanzl and Chelopek. The
Turks, who were the attackers, lost
forty men killed or wounded. The
Servians lost eighteen killed or
wounded.
REPRESENTATIVE NIC
IS ABLE TO BE OUT
Washington, D. C., Feb. 12.—Repre
sentative Nicholas Longworth had so
far recovered from his recent attack
ot tonsllitis as to be able to take a
short drive today.
PROMINENT RAILROAD
MAN DEAD IN WASHINGTON
Washington, D. C., Feb. 12.—John
W. Thomas, president of the Nash
ville, Chattanooga & St. Louis rail
way, died here today.
iheUTspun
Report Shows Large Increase
With Spain Since the
War.
Washington, Feb. 12.—Trade of the
United States with Spain and Portu
gal amounted in the fiscal year 1905
to over $34,000,000 according to a re
port recently issued by the department
of commerce and labor. Of this $15,
000,000 were imports and $19,000,000
exports. Of the imports $6,500,000 came
from Portugal and $8,500,000 from
Spain. Of the exports $2,00,000 went
to Portugal and $17,000,000 to Spain.
Imports from Portugal have greatly
Increased during the last few years,
while exports to that country have de
clined quite rapidly. Exports to Portu
gal are chiefly raw cotton, tobacco,
mineral oil, lumber and manufactures
of iron and steel.
Trade with Spain shows a marked
growth. Imports into this country
have increased from $3,500,000 in 1897,
the last year prior to the Spanish
war, to $8,50)0,000 in 1905, and exports
have increased from $11,000,000 to
$17,000,000 -in the same period. The
largest exports to Spain are raw cot
ton, which amounted In 1905 to $12,
725,778.
WATCHING OUR LAW.
Oregon People Hope Their Experience
Will Not Be Dnplicated Here.
[Special to The Evening Times.]
Salem, Ore., Feb. 12.—Former North
Dakotans who live here and in this
vicinity are much interested in the
workings of the new primary law in
North Dakota and are hopeful that
the experiences of the people of Ore
gon will not- be visited upon your state.
We have hiere a primary law the result
of much public clamor, engineered by
political Insurgents, or men who
wanted to get into office, and there
Is much disquietude in politcal, cir
cles in consequence of the course the
campaign has already taken. The fact
is that many democrats are register
ing under the new law as republi
cans, with a view to nominating weak
men on the republican ticket so that
they may be defeated at the polls. The
prediction Is made here that, by man
ipulations of this kind, Oregon, which
Is not always a safe republican state,
1B likely to go over Into the democra
tic column. The democrats, of course,
have nothing to lose and everything
to gain. This state already has a
democratic governor, who recently ap
pointed a democratic United States
senator.
It would be well for North Dakota
republicans to be on their guard and
see to It that the friends of the demo
cratic party, aided ty republican In
surgents' are not permitted to turn the
state over to the party of destruction.
TWO NEW STAMP"
POUNDERS TODAY
Washington, Feb. 12.—The presi
dent today sent the following nomina
tions to thip senate: Postmasters:
North Dakota—C. Gunthrop. Bdgeley
C.
B. McMillan,
"J TBA
The little girl carried a small hand
bag and It was evidently the intention
to rob her. The boys came up be
hind and knocked the little girl over
and grabbed her handbag.
"Cut her up," one boy cried and the
two stood over the prostrate form ot
the child. The other suggested that
they bum her up and they then started
to apply matches to her clothing. Sev
eral matches were applied, but the lit
tle girl had on a velvet coat, which
could not be ignited very easily.
Had the negroes succeeded in gett
ing to the girl's dress, which was ot
lighter material, they would have un
doubtedly set her on fire.
The frantic cries of the child fright
ened the negro boys away after they
had made several attempts to burn her
up. The case was reported at once to
the police and an effort is now being
made to locate the offenders.
DEDICATES A GAVEL.
Washington, Feb. 12.—A new gavel
was dedicated to the memory of Abra
ham Lincoln by Speaker Cannon today
in opening the house, and the birthday
of the martyred president was remem
In the prayer of the chaplain.
Legislation for the District ot Co
lumbia was taken up, the bill most In
teresting on the calendar being the
Adams whipping post bill for wife
beaters.
WHO OWNS THE COAL!
the railroad companies own stock ta
the coal companies or in other commo
dities carried by them. In
hr|*f.
proposes an investigation ot
Patterson resigned as a member o(
the committee oh privileges and eleo
tlons and Frailer was designated to
fill the vacancy.
Lodge then addresaed the senate oa
the railroad rate queaUon. Ha ttoki
to Wr. Clay's reaoluttoa on the
ject aqd waa listened to by an atMtt*
ence that filled the gaUeriSsV
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The Delegates Attend Special
Divine Services In Balti-
more Yesterday.
Washington Where Final Ses­
a,
ilil
WILL CLOSE TOMORROW
't
Tuesday the Meeting Wfll Adjoara t*
sion WU1 Be Held. /t
Baltimore, Md., Feb. 12.—After list
ening to a sacred concert yesterday
afternoon, the music of which was fur
nished by Edwin M. Shonert, pianist,
and Earl J. Pfouts, violinist, the dele
gates to the convention of the
Woman's
National Suffrage attended services
in
Lyric hall which were presided over
by Rev. Anna H. Shaw, There were
several brief addresses, hymns were
sung by Rev. Jeannette O. Ferris and
Rev. Olympla Brown, and Rev. An
tionette Brown Blackwell offered a
prayer. Miss Etta H. Maddock of Bal
timore sang the "Battle Hymn of the
Republic." Mrs. Maud Balllngton
Booth was the principal speaker and.
after her address an offering was tak
en for the benefit of the "door
of
hope'* of the American Volunteers.
The convention will continue in ses
sion here for two days longer. Then
it will adjourn to Washington, where
the final meeting will be held Wed
nesday.
The convention of the Woman's Na
tlonal Suffrage association which be
gan in this city on freb. 9, re-assembled
today. Mrs. Elizabeth J. Hauser,
chairman of the commtitee on litera
ture, read a lengthy report After
several proposed amendments to the
constitution of the. association had
been discussed, the convention pro
ceeded to the election of officers for,
the ensuing year.
ATTEMPT TO BURN GIRL.
Young Negro Builty of a Dastardly
Outrage.
St. Paul, Feb. 12.—Knocked down
and robbed, then set on fire, was the
fate of Mary, the 9-year-old daughter
of Joseph Steindl, 136 Valley strek, St
Paul, who was attacked by two negro
boys about 12 years old while she was
on her way to make some purchases at
a nearby store.
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Senator Tillman Introduces a Besola
tion Getting After the Coal Barest*.
Washington, Feb. 12.—Mr. Heyburn
was in his seat when the senate was
called to order today. He had been 111
for two weeks with appendicitis. Till
man, from the committee on interstate
commerce, reported the joint resolu
tion directing the interstate commerce
commission to investigate the alleged
discrimination by railroad mmpmiiB
in the matter of the transportation
of
coal and other commodities.
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ass?
The reso­
lution directs an inquiry as to
whether
It
the
con­
trol of the output of coal.
The resolution is the result of the
complaint against the conditions la
West Virginia, but that state is not
specifically mentioned in the resolu
tion.
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