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DROPS DEAD
David J. Brewer of the U. S.
Supreme Court.
WAS FOUND IN HIS BATHROOM.
Death Came Before a Physician
Could Reach His Side.
SUDDENLY STOCKED WITH APOPLEXY.
Associate Justice Was Apparently In
The Best Of Health And Spirits
And Was Up And About During
The Day—Retirel Shortly After 10
O'clock And Within A Few Minutes
Mrs. Brewer Heard A Heavy Fall
And, Upon Investigation, Found
Her Husband Unconscious His
Career.
Washington, D. C. (Special). —
David Josiah Brewer, associate jus
tice of the Supreme Court of the Uni
ted States, died Monday at 10.30
o’clock P. M., as the result of a
stroke of apoplexy. His death fol
lowed within a minute or two, be
fore' he could be carried to his bed.
Mrs. Brewer was with him when the
end, came. Justice Brewer, was 73
years old.
The end came altogether unexpect
edly. Although he had not been feel
ing well for the past few days the aged
Jurist was up and out Monday ap
parently In the best of health and
eplrits. He was in equally good spir
its at dinner and spent the evening in
reading.
Shortly after 10 o’clock he retired
to his room, and within a few mo
meats Mrs. Brewer heard a heavy fall
and, went to investigate the cause.
She found her husband prone upon
the floor of the bathroom. He did
not regain consciousness and died
* before a physican, hastily summoned,
could reach the house.
Second Oldest Member.
Justice Brewer came to the Su
preme Court of the Uulted States
from the Federal Court in Kansas.
He was the second oldest member of
the court, Justice Harlan only being
his senior. He was regarded as the
most democratic of all the members
of the court, most affable, approach
able and accommodating. He was
the one man on the bench who had
proof copies of his opinions prepared
for the newspaper, and this he did
consistently.
Another characteristic of the jur
ist was that he never took any of the
time of the court or the public in
announcing his opinions. He reached
the conclusion probably many years
ago that the audience in the court
room was so extremely limited that
it was pure waste of time to read
long opinions there. He would give
only in a few words his conclusions
and then hand down the proof sheets
of his opinion, always completely ar
ranged.
Dealt With Corporations.
Justice Brewer essentially was a
Western man and his sympathies
were always with the West. He
dealt largely with railroad corpora
tions and indeed with corporations
generally, and he will be missed im
mensely, in the opinions of the court,
on the momentous questions concern
ing the Standard Oil and Tobacco
cases now under consideration.
Justice Brewer’s death raises a ser
ious question as to the action of
the court regarding the Stardard Oil
and Amerioan Tobacco Company suits
and it is not improbable that the
cases will have to he retired, since
there now remain but seven justices
to pass upon them, Justice Moody
not having participated In the trials
by reason of continued illness.
In Demand As Lecturer.
Justice Brewer was the one mem
ber of the Supreme Court who was
in almost constant demand as a lec
turer and after dinner speaker. He
was an orator of unusual ability.
With a picturesque person, a rich,
rotund voice, and. a command of
strong and powerful English, he al
ways held his audience until the last
word of his oratory had died away.
He expressed his opinions forcibly
and clearly on any subject, unless
for some reason it might affect a
pending decision of the Supreme
'Court.
USED FINGER AS PISTOL.
Unarmed Hold-Up Man Frightened
Victim All The Same.
Chicago (Special). A hold-up
man Is at large In Lake View, on
the north side of Chicago, and if
the police are able to find and over
power him they can arrest him with
out danger to themselves, for he
carried no weapon.
This robber, who uses only his
right forefinger and thumb to com
pel his victims to throw up their
hands while he takes their money,
held up H. T. Leyser. Weaponless,
the bandit walked within a few feet
of his victim, then suddenly point
ed his finger straight at him and,
holding his thumb erect, called out
"Throw up your hands." The vic
tim obeyed readily.
"Not a word of you now, or
you’re a dead man.” spoke the thief
and the victim allowed him to take
$5 of his money.
Expects 91,000,000 Census.
'Boston (Special). —ln looking
over the New England census field
Dr. E. Dana Durand, the national
superintendent, said that by June
1 he hoped to he able to report the
number of inhabitants in the United
States, probably between 88,000,000
and 91,000,000. The great army of
enumerators, consisting of 75.000
men and women, will move on April
15 and will cover the cities in fif
teen days and the rural sections in
thirty days.
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ABOUT TO Kill
! - , FOUR CHILDREN
Crazed Father Caught As He
Was Raising Ax.
Pole Had Led His Offspring To An
Isolated Spot—One Child Stood
With Crucifix In Hand 'Waiting
For Weapon To Descend When
Police Spring On Parent—Maniac
Fights Desperately.
Hartford, Ct. (Special).—An In
sane father was prevented from
buchering his four little children, on
the banks of the Connecticut River,
by the timely arrival of the police.
When located back of the hushes,
his four boys were partly undressed
and were lined In a row, the maniac
father standing over them with the
uplifted axe. A boy of four was to
have been the first victim. The child
was standing beneath the shining
blade with a crucifix In one hand,
calmly awaiting its fate. The other,
under orders of the madman, were
terrified spectators. The father was
then taken to the police station and
locked, in a padded cell. He is a
Pole—Valente Chongle. He had been
dispossessed by his landlord and the
occurrence made him desperate.
Chongle was heard to tell his chil
dren to prepare for their death, his
original plan being to throw them
Into the river. Later he changed
his mind and decided to murder them
first and then make away with their
bodies in the swollen stream.
Like sheep, he led the quartet,
whose ages range from two to seven
years, to the isolated spot, where he
was traced.
The officers who prevented the
wholesale killing, said that their
hearts failed them as they beheld
the terrifying scene. Fearing that
the madman would crush the skull
of the boy he had before him should
their presence be detected, they crept
up from behind and. overpowered
Chongle, who fought desperately.
The maniac disputed the right of the
officers to interfere with his plans
for making away with his children,
claiming that as their father he had
a right to do with them as he pleased.
DIPLOMATIC APPOINTMENTS.
President Nominates A Number Of
Secretaries.
Washington, D. C. (Special).—
The President sent to .the Senate the
following nominations in the diplo
matic service:
To Be Secretaries at Legations—
Richard C. Bundy, of Ohio, at Mon
rovia, Liberia; Charles B. Curtis, of
New York city, at Christiania; Rich
ard O. Marsh, of Illinois, at Panama;
Arthur Orr, of Evanston, 111., at
Athens; Charles D. White, of Sum
mit, N. J., at Havana.
To Be Secretaries of Legations—
Richard general, Thomas E. Dabney,
of New Orleans, at San Salvadbr,
Salvador.
To be second secretaries of em
bassies, Gustave Soholle, of St. Paul.
Minn., at Paris, and. George T. Weit
*el, of St. Louis, Mo., at Mexico City.
To be third secretaries of embas
sies, Perry Belden, of New York, at
Berlin; Sheldon L. Crosby, of New
York, at London; William Walkfer
Smith, of Ohio, at Constantinople,
and Willing Spencer, of Pennsylvan
ia, at St. Petersburg.
A GIRL’S HEROIC DEED.
Snatched Three-Year-Old Niece
From In Front Of Train.
Fairmount, Ind. (Special).—Run-
into the face of death, Nettie
Caskey, 15 years old, snatched her
three-year-old niece, Martelle Cask
ey, from in front of a locomotive on
the Pennsylvania Railroad. Both
children rolled down the bank as
the train dashed by.
Nettie had seen the baby trotting
toward the approaching train and
pursued her almost to the oncoming
engine’s pilot before she caught her
in her arms and leaped aside.
Engineer George Jardine was so
upset by the incident that he could
not continue his run further than
this city.
Daniel Still Improves.
Dayton, Fla. (Special). United
States Senator John W. Daniel con
tinued to show improvement, pulse,
temperature and respiration being
nearly normal. If the present gain
continues, it is expected to remove
the Senator to his home in Virginia
within two weeks. Doctor Chown
ing declared that Senator Daniel’s
faculties have been nearer normal
than at any time for two weeks.
Tillman Rapidly Improving.
Atlanta (Special).—United States
Senator B. R. Tillman, of South Car
olina, Is rapidly regaining his health.
Saturday, for the first time since his
recent illness, the Senator, who is
taking the rest cure at a sanatorium,
took a short walk. He walked about
a block from the sanatorium and
back and was little fatigued with the
exercise.
Body Buried SO Years Robbed.
Forest Hill, La. (Special).—The
most unusual robbery in the history
of this section of Louisiana was per
petrated, when the body of E. D.
Gainier was exhumed and gold
teeth, a diamond ring, gold watch
and cuff buttons were taken. The
body was sealed in a tomb here more
than 30 years ago.
Denies Validity Of Court.
Washington, D. C. (Special).—As
the army court of Inquiry investiga
ting the Brownsville raid was in
one of its closing sessions U. B.
Marshall, counsel for the negro sol
diers seeking restoration to the
army, sprung a sensation by Imply
ing broadly that the court had been
improperly constructed by Secretary
Dickinson, and that the recorder,
Capt. Charles R. Howland, of the
Twenty-fifth Infantry, had made no
effort to produce any testimony fa
vorable to the discharged soldiers.
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ITCH APPLIED
ID GIRL’S CORPSE
Soaked With Oil and Stood Up
in Open Fireplace.
HER BODY BURNDED LIKE A TORCH.
Young Stenographer Slain By
a Strangler.
Ruth Wheeler Went To Accept Of
fer Of Employment And Never
Returned—Charred Torso In Gun
ny Sack On Fire-Escape Leads To
Discovery Of Crime—Albert Wal
ter, Who Lured Girls To His
Apartments, Under Arrest New
Paint Hides Crime.
New York (Special). —The body
of Ruth Wheeler, the 16-year-old
stenographer, who was lured from
hep widowed mother by a decoy of
fer of employment, was found hud
dled in a gunny sack on the fire
escape outside the apartment of Al
bert Wolter, the man charged with
her abduction. She had been stran
gled with a short end of a three
eights-inch rope, hacked with a
knife, burned beyond recognition in
an open fireplace and thrust care
lessly out of doors like so much rub
bish.
Identification was only possible by
shreds of clothing and fragments of
jewelry, but there was abundant evi
dence of how the murder had been
done. Around the neck were the
charred fibers of manila burnt into
the flesh. The apartment reeked
with the odor of kerosene. There
were oil stains in front of the new
ly painted flreboard that hid an
open grate. Fully dressed, the girl’s
clothing and hair had been saturated
with kerosene, the flreboard had
been removed and the body thrust
up the chimney standing. When
the match was touched to her she
burned like a torch.
Probably the murderer had hoped
for an opportunity to remove the
body under cover of night, but when
the girl’s disappearance raised such
an uproar and he began to suspect
he was shadowed, he had packed and
fled in terror:
Lured From Her Home.
A neighbor living on the same
floor of an adjoining house had no
ticed the lumpy bundle outside his
window and, thinking it refuse, had
poked it off the fire-escape into the
back yard with a bropmhandle. The
bundle moved obstinately and fell
with a crash. His curiosity more
than his suspicions aroused, the
neighbor hurried downstairs for'the
janitor to investigate. When the
two men cut the strings that bound
the sacking there rolled out before
them the full horror of an atrocious
murder. Both fled for the police.
Ruth Wheeler was the youngest
of three sisters bred by their moth
er, a dressmaker, to self-support.
Both the older sisters were steno
graphers and Ruth had just gradu
ated from a business college, eager
for employment and proud of her
diploma. An employment agency
for graduates is conducted by the
college and Ruth called there often
to look for a situation. Thursday
morning she left home on her usual
errand and never returned.
The girl had been carefully
brought up. She was never on the
streets at night and her failure to
come home for 24 hours without ex
planation meant more than a ca
price: The next morhing her sisters,
Pearl and Adelaide, in serious con
cern, went to the college and learn
ed that the following postcard had
been turned over to her:
“Dear Madam: Please call in ref
erence to position as stenographer
at residence of the secretary,
(Signed) “A. Wolter,
“122 East-105 Street.”
Straus To Meet Roosevelt.
Washington, D. C. (Special).—
Oscar Straus, United States ambas
sador to Constantinople, left that
city March 8 on the Scorpion, of the
Navy, for Cairo, Egypt, where he is
to have a long conference with ex-
President Roosevelt. It was learned
that Mr. Straus’ trip was in answer
to a cable message from Colonel
Roosevelt requesting the conference.
In some quarters the visit is re
garded with significance. Mr. Straus
was secretary of commerce and la
bor in the last four years of the
Roosevelt administration,, was al
ways close to Mr. Roosevelt and is
likewise a warm friend of President
Taft.
Trouble In Santo Domingo.
Washington, D. C. (Special).
The Navy Department ordered the
gunboat Paducah, now at Havana, to
proceed to Santo Domingo. The sit
uation there is politically disturbed,
and it is deemed wise to have an
American warship convenient in
case the trouble becomes more
acute.
To Raise The Main.
Washington, -D. C. (Special).
The battleship Maine* sunk in the
harbor of Havana, is to be raised
and removed, if the Senate approves
a bill passed by the House. Under
the provisions of the bill it will be
possible to examine the wreck to dis
cover the cause of the destruction
of the vessel.
Roy Claims Immunity.
Pittsburg, Pa. (Special).—"Lem’
me go. I told yer all about these
robberies. They’re lettin' the graft
ers go when they confess.” This was
the unique plea of George Burrell,
aged 11, one of the confessed mem
bers of a juvenile band of robbers
when arraigned before Magistrate
Louis Alpern. Burrell failed to get
the immunity bath and was held
with two companions for juvenile
court. The boy confessed to eight
robberies of dwellings committed
within the past seven days.
RIVERS OF LAVA
FROM MT. ETNA
The Earth Trembling for Miles
Around Volcano.
The Meteorological Station On The
Mountain Side Destroyed And
Several Villages In Danger From
Fiery Streams Flowing Toward
Them—Through Heavy Clouds Of
Smoke Great Flashes Of Flame
Come From The Craters—A Ter
rifying Spectacle.
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PREVIOUS GREAT ERUPTIONS.
1169—Catania and 15,000 inhab
itants destroyed.
1527—Tw0 villages destroyed.
1669—Catania and 20,000 In
habitants destroyed.
1693—Large number of people
killed.
1852—Great damage done to the
surrounding country.
1879 and 1886—Great damage
to property.
1892—Eruption lasted six
months. Little dam
age done, ashes falling
within the crater.
Catania, Sicily (Special).—Mount
Etna, whose eruptions in the past
havo wrought great destruction, is
again in a violent state of activity.
Pronounced movement within the
crater and steadily increasing in
volume. Fears are entertained as
to the results, if the eruption con
tinues in its present violent form.
From Oatania a correspondent
motored in the direction of the
mountains. Passing the village of
Mascalucia, 12 miles in a direct line
from the crater, a thick curtain of
smoke was encountered, which en
tirely concealed Etna. At Nicolosi,
10 miles from the crater, the entire
population had gathered in a square
to watch the volcano, which appear
ed as a black phantom above. No'w
and then it was illuminated with
flashes of light, appearing almost red.
Higher up the rain of cinders be
came thicker and extended like a
veil across the mountain.
Like Sounds Of Battle.
A deep roaring was heard and
detonations like the sound of artil
lery following one another in quick
succession, while the earth shook un
der foot.
One of the guides cried: “An
earthquake,” and could scarcely be
induced to continue. The hot cinders
covered the ground like a thick car
pet, rendering walking difficult. A
peasant was encountered coming
down. He said:
“The fire is rushing down, burning
everything. The lava is like a red
hot river.”
Proceeding a little further along,
four colossal columns of Llack smcke
fcould he observed. Occasionally
they were cut by flashes of fire,
presenting an awe-inspiring spec
tacle. Then the wind opened the
clouds for a moment and a wide strip
of fire could be seen in the distance,
advancing with monstrous contor
tions. It fell like a torrent from
Mount Capriolo, spreading out in the
valley below.
Houses Enveloped.
The lava flow had already reach
ed the vineyards above San Leo and
Rinazzo, seven miles from the cra
ter, and had buried a large number
of peasants’ houses. It came in sev
eral streams and united in one great
mass about 20 feet in height and
I>soo feet wide. Its velocity was
estimated at 3 to 4 feet a minute,
varying according to the conditions
of the ground. This mighty wall of
lava was today not more than five
miles from Bolpasso and Nicolosi.
The meterorological station on
the mountain side has been destroy
ed and the village of Borrello is in
serious danger. The populace, ter
ror-stricken, are flying from their
homes. The earth shocks have
reached about 50 in number, but
there is a continuous vibration and
trembling for many miles around.
Everywhere the villagers are carry
ing images in procession and implor
ing mercy. Twelve new craters have
been opened up.
Help For Sufferers;
Help for the people of the de
vastated region is being organized
here. A detachment of soldiers and
a large number of engineers and
doctors have gone forward. The
prefect of Catania, returning from
the scence this evening, said:
"I have witnessed a spectacle of
desolation and ruin which only
those who saw the eruption of Ve
suvius in 1906 can imagine. The
present eruption can be compared to
no other.”
As Guest Of Emperor William.
Berlin (Special).—lt was learned
from an official source that Colonel
Roosevelt will arrive In Berlin on
April 12. He will be the personal
guest of the Emperor for four days,
during which he will stopatthe royal
palace. The statement that Colonel
Roosevelt will arrive here on April
12 and go direct to the royal palace
is not quite understood. At the
American Embassy it is not known
■whether the ex-Presldent will ar
rive previous to that date, but it
has been generally understood that
he would arrive here on April 9, and
would spend a couple of days with
Ambassador Hill before going to the
palace.
Fire Follows Threats.
Morganfleld, Ky. (Special).—Fire
supposed to have been of incendiary
origin destroyed business property
here to the value of $200,000.
Among the buildings burned are the
Green River department store,
where the blaze started; the Ma
sonic Temple, the Opera House, the
new Baptist Church and parsonage
and the Bank of Union County. The
department store managers say they
had received several threatening let
ters lately from the Black Hand.
TWELVE PEOPLE DEAD
i IN FURNITURE FIRE RUINS
i Girls at Factory Windows Fall
Back Into Flames.
; ONE WOMAN LEAPS - fo THE GROUND.
| Hero Loses Life in Attempt at
t Rescues.
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■ Benzine Explosion Spreads Flames
Through Fish Furniture Co. Fac
tory, In Chicago, Trapping Em
ployes On Upper Floors—Rescuers
Unable To Ascend The Stairways
Tottering Walls Halt The
Search For The Lost—Find Dead
Clasped In Each Other’s Arm.
Chicago (Special) .—Search of the
wreckage for the remaining bodies
of those who lost their lives in the
Fish Furniture Company fire here
was discontinued, owing to danger
from tottering wall, but not until
after 12 of the dead had been re
covered and 11 of these identified.
While earlier estimates placed
the number of victims trapped on
the fourth and fifth floors of the
building as high as 20, later and
more thorough investigation indi
■ cates that there were but 16. Two
. of these escaped, which leaves but
: two more to be acounted for.
Leo Stoeckel, a clerk of the Fish
Company, who, by accident, is said
1 to have started the fire, told his
story- to Fire Attorney Frank Hogan
this afternoon. Although Stoeckel
is admittedly more unfortunate than
culpable, Attorney Hogan says he
will bring some charge against the
young man to insure his attendance
at the inquest.
Stoeckel was brought before the
fire attorney with his hand, which
had been burned, swathed in band
ages. He appeard heart-broken.
“About 8.45 o’clock A. M..”
Stoeckel said, "Mr. Mitchell, who is
a member of the firm, gave me
three pocket cigar lighters and told
me to go to the finishing room, on
the fourth floor, and fill them with
benzine. I had filled two of the
lighters out of the five-gallon' can
and was working on the third when
there was an explosion.
“A sheet of flame almost blinded
me. I did not fully regain my
senses until! had reached the street.
The lighters contained a contrivance
to make a spark, but whether I ig
nited one of thm or not I don’t
know. I either dropped the can of
benzine when the flame shot up in
front of me or it was blown out of
my hand.”
Ten women and girls, it is said,
were at work on the sixth floor when
the explosion occured. The spread
of the flames was almost instantan
eous, and when the girls rushed to
the stairways they found escape cut
off. They next turned to the front
of the building, smashing in the
windows. Horrified spectators in the
street saw one of the girls step to
the window ledge and heard her
scream for help. Then she jumped.
Falling on the awning over the front
entrance of the store, she lay un
conscious until Dr. Wm. I. Kinsley,
crawling out on the canopy, lifted
her up. She was taken at once to
St. Luke's Hospital, only a few
blocks away, but died soon after
ward. Dr. Kinsley suffered -slight
burns.
Later it was learned the girl’s
name was Emma Lichtenstein. She
was 20 years old and was employed
as a filing clerk. Death was due
to internal injuries received in hei
fall.
Soon after Miss Lichtenstein’s des
perate leap a crash as of the floors
falling was heard and the faces at
the window disappeared.
Dr. Kinsley graphically described
his experience, as follows:
“I was nearby when the fire start
ed, and when I reached the scene
the sight fairly made my hair stand
on end. The floors of the building
were a mass of flames. Smoke in
great clouds was rolling out of the
windows. I cried ‘Something must
be done! Something must be done!’
But, like many others, there I was,
so stricken by the sight of the faces
half revealed in the sixth-story win
dows that I could scarcely move.
The girls were shouting ‘For Gods
sake, send us help!’ and others were
crying for the firemen to raise the
ladders. I tried to get up the front
stairways, but at the third floor a
gust of flame burnt me about the
face and hands, and the next thing
I knew I was back in the street again.
Again the cries of the poor girls
trapped in the upper story came to
my ears, and I saw one of the girls
throw up her hands and plunge out
of the window.
“Her body crashed against the
canopy over the front end of the
store. Scarcely knowing what I did,
I ran up the stairway to the first
floor, crawled out of the window and
then carried her down a ladder
, which a fireman had raised.”
NEW MAIL TAKING DEVICE.
Post Office Department Approves
lowa Man’s Invention.
Washington, D. C. (Special).
By a device invented by an lowa
man and approved by the Postmas
ter General, mail will be taken upon
moving trains and delivered at many
places, where fast trains do not stop.
The adoption of the device marks
an important step in the movement
to equip all railroad lines with it.
HERO FAILED TO SAVE WIFE.
Detroit (Special).—Despite the
fact that John Jackson, of Port Hur
on, had been awarded a Carnegie
medal for having saved 14 lives, he
was unable to rescue nis own wife
from drowning in the Black River.
The woman had been ill fdr two
weeks and during the nurse’s ab
sence from the room, ran to the riv
er and jumped in. Jackson follow
ed and succeeded in grasping his
wife by the wrist, but could not re
tain his hold. The water was 20
feet deep.
WASHINGTON
BY TELEGRAPH
Senator Beveridge presented to
the Senate the report of the Com
mittee on Territories favoring the
Senate bill for the admission of New
Mexico and Arizona as separate
states.
Attorney General Wickersham de
nied in a letter to Representative
Bennett that he ever acted as at
torney for the Sugar Trust, as charg
ed by Representative Martin.
President and Mrs. Taft witnessed
the quaint and time-honored custom
of rolling eggs on the White House
lawn, which was participated in by
about 15,000 youngsters.
The Interstate Commerce Commis
sion reduced the lake and rail rates
on flour from Minneapolis, Minn., to
New York City, from 23 cents per
100 pounds to 21% cents.
The Senate Committee on Judi
ciary decided to make a favorable
report upon the nominations of
judges for the new Customs Court
of Appeals.
Whether the soldiers discharged
for shooting up Brownsville, Tex.,
are to be allowed to reenlist may de
pend upon a big, black dog.
Brigadier General Hawkins, gov
ernor of the National Soldiers’
Home, died suddenly at Glen Springs,
N. Y.
President Taft sent a special mes
sage to Congress urging an appro
priation of $250,000 for the Tariff
Board.
The administration railroad, bill
largely amended was ordered fav
orably reported by the House Com
mittee on Interstate Commerce.
The Senate struck out the provis
ion in the Appropriation Bill for a
masseur at the baths in the Senate
office building.
The Pension Bill, carrying appro
priations aggregating about $156,-
000,000, wag passed by the House.
In a speech in the Senate, Mr.
Owens urged the establishment of
public health.
Secretary Dickinson promulgated
lew rules to govern hazing at West
Point.
Major General J. Franklin Bell,
.'hief of staff of the Army, was badly
.njured, and Mrs. Herbert J. Slocum,
wife of Major Slocum, of the Seventh
Calvary, was almost instantly killed
in a collision of their automobile
with a trolley car on the Tenally
town road.
Secretary Meyer returned to Wash
ington from a week’s visit to Aiken
in* Charleston, much improved in
nealth. While in Charleston the Sec
retary made an inspection of the new
naval drydock.
Secretary Ballinger temporarily
withdrew 56,659 acres of public
lands from all forms of disposition
in aid of proposed legislation affect
ing the disposal of water-power sites
on the public domain.
Hearings will be given during the
week of April 11 on the proposed
legislation to remove the tax on oleo
margarine under a decision of the
House Committee on Agriculture.
The legislative, executive and judi
cial appropriation bill was reported
to the Senate. It carries $34,034,-
357, a net increase of $195,562 over
the bill as it passed the House.
A delegation representing
interests along the Canadian border
called on Secretary Knox and appeal
ed to him to avert a tariff war with
Canada.
They Indorse Everything.
Lafayette, Ind. (Special).—The
I Payne-Aldrick Tariff Act, the ad-
S ministration of President Taft and
the ’ action of United States Senator
Albert J. Beveridge, who voted
against the tariff law, were all in
dorsed in one set of resolutions
adopted by the convention of the
Republicans of the Tenth District of
Indiana, who renominated .Edgar
Dean Crumpacker for Congress.
Bald Preacher Retires.
New York (Special).—Rev. R. A.
Hafer, of St. Trinitatis Evangelical
Lutheran Church, Jersey City, has
written his congregation that bald
ness forces him to retire from the
ministry. He cannot wear his hat
in the pulpit and he cannot preach
bareheaded, he says, without catch
ing cold.
Pension Agencies To Go.
Washington, D. C. (Special).—By
a vote of 76 to 94, the House re
fused to strike out the provision of
the pension appropriation bill
which abolishes eighteen pension
agencies throughout the United
States. The bill carrying appropria
tions aggregating $156,000,000, was
passed.
Pardon Granted To Dead Man.
Nashville, Tenn. (Special).—Wal
ter Dennis, of Jackson County, a
dead man, has been pardoned by!
Governor Patterson. The object of
the pardon was to relieve the family
of the deceased of the necessity of
paying a fine of SSO which he had
been sentenced to pay for carrying
a pistol.
To Vote On City Ownership.
Detroit (Special).—Petitions bear
ing the signatures of 18,759 voters,
were submitted to the Common
Council calling for a popular vote on
the question of municipal ownership
of the street railway system. Under,
the law 14,200 names were necessary
to require the Council to submit the
question to a vote.
Loves Her Cruel Husband.
Chicago (Special). Filled with
love for her husband and remorse
Rt having caused his arrest, Mrs.
Mary Pelinski, of Evanston, a north
shore suburb, obtained his release
from jail. Pelinski, it is alleged, cut.
off his wife’s ears with a razor and
then beat her face with his fists.
Pelinski was sent to the county JaiL
on March 9 to serve a SSO fine im
posed for an assault and battery pre-:
ferred by his wife.