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DEATH AND RIOT IN MEXICO CITY Noisy Mobs Fired on By Police and troops. lFilur of Diss 10 Rsslgn Brings Pro test From Psopl ruavy Ham Scatters Crowd. Mexico City. May 25. For six hours last night this city waa In th hands or a tiiuD until a rain inirra more effectlv than police and soldiers caused the dispersal of moat of It. At midnight, however, remnant. kaeningstep to the beating of tin n.iliL and paying no attention to the i r t . .1 . i. j I Joarnpour, ' continue wie uwmunaira1 linn, eved ly tne ponce ana suiuiers. Twice soldiers fired on the mob, the Ant time at the Zocoto, the big square in front of the national palace, and gain to diapers the mob which had toned the Duliuing occupies Dy r,i Imosrcisl. and aet It on fire. Kstimstesof the number of dead run from 7 to 18, including three po licemen rrptirted beaten to death by the mob. fcl Impartial, which contin ued to prepare for publication, estl- mates the dead at 30, mostly at the Zocoto. The police at midnight estimated the dead at 6 or 6, and the wounded at between 40 and 46. An unconfirmed rumor haa It that a detachment of Figueroa's revolution- try force from Cuernavaca ia at Lelch eria, about 15 ml lea from the city. General Plat, who haa reserved the I captain's quarters on a Hamburg American liner due to anil from Vera ( rui on the l&st day of the month, continues very ill, despite recent op timise official reporta. Me ia receiv ing sbsolutely no visitors. A heavy guard was maintained in front of the presidential residence throughout the night. WORKERS LEAP FOR LIVES. San Francisco Building Collapse In Wind and Builders Fly. San Francisco, May 25. Thrilling ilides for life, periloua leaps from swaying walls and daring dashes that cheated death by a hairbreadth, feat ured the collapse during the high wind yeaterday of a two-story flat building in course of construction at Fifteenth and Ksinona street. A spectacular escape was made by William Kammerer, a youthful elec trician, who waa near a window on the second floor installing wire, when the building began to tremble violent ly. It rocked for moment, then crashed forward and collapsed. It fell in an easterly direction. Ham merer made a flying leap out of the window in the opposite direction. He wss not hurt. Jsmes Leonard, a plumber, waa at work on the roof when the wind exe cuted its dido. He didn't have time to do anything except cling to the shingles and slide to the asphalt pave ment on Kamona street, where the roof landed. TAFT DENIES PARDON. Osclarss Walsh and Morse jBoth Falsa to Trust. Wanhington, May 25.f President Taft tiMluy denied the application for the panlon of Charles W. Morse, of New York, and John R. Walsh, of Chicago, the two most prominent bankers ever convicted and sentenced t'i Federal prisons andvr the national hanking lawe. Not only did the president refuse to pardon them, but he also declined to exercise any other executive clemency in their cases or to shorten the sen tences hii.ihI by the courts. The prexident took a firm stand that the notional banking laws or any other laws must be upheld when they nlTect the rich man even more thnn when they affect tho poor. The record In the Walah case, the president said, "shown moral turpitudit of that Insid U"u and dangerous kind, to punish which the national banking laws were e.iiecially tnucted." Man Won't Bury Uncle. San Francisco Alex R. Urquhnrt, of Pony. Mont., telegraphed Under taker Mark B. Shaw here, curtly re fining to contribute to the burial of his uncle, R. K. McDonald, a wealthy miner, who died at the county hospital here after lingering illness. The nephew did not know that the aged mn had left an estate valued at llOO.oiio. The refusal was based up on the statement that the old man owed the nephew $2,000, which the nephew had sunk In the mining ven tures of the deceased. "Congress City" Chosen. Kansas City The annual meeting of the Trans-Mississippi Commercial con fens, set for September next, will be h"ld In Kansas City instead of Okla homa City. This was practically set tled when the executive committee of the congress met here to make ar rtngements for the gathering. Okla homa City declined to raise the funds necesaary, and the Kanaaa City Com nerclal club formally Invited the con Kress to meet here. Deep Snows In Albsrta. 'Kh River, Alberta Mora than a ;H0 .of,now nM ',l"n ner 'uHn 3 hours ending Thursday night KM traffic la tied up and tho big eel- orstlon p,nni)d tot Victoria Day m" os postponed. REBELS STILL ACTIVE, Unaware of Armistice, Troops Move On Msxlaan Capital, Mexico City, May 24. Notwilh standing the official aigning of the peace agreement, the capital ia more nearly isolated tonight than since the insuguration of hostilities. Ignorsnt, apparently, that the war ia ended officially, one amall band of rebels under Candido Navarro last night cut the national railroad near San Felipe, south of San Luis Potosi, and s.vjther band stopped ail traffic over the Mexican railroad by ripping out the rails and burning a bridge near Huamantla. Believing that the rebels in Morelos would interfere with traffic over the Cuernavaca branch of the national railroad, the management aent a train south today with guards. Rebel activity was not regarded as meaning that the inaurrectoa will re fuse to abide by the terms of the Peace treaty. Yeaterdav th amia. tice agreed upon terminated and there are probably scattered banda of rebels uninformed that their country ia offi cially at Deace. However. Nitirm la reported to have ssld he would not consent io peace at present. The mot've for the cutting of the Mexicsn railway may be that a troop train was being brought towards the capital. Unconfirmed ronnrfa ira tKa th delayed soldiers have detrained at uuamanua and engaged a body or reb el In battle. In th last seven dsys the Federal garrison haa been greatly strengthen ed and the capture of the capital will now be difficult It is reonrted that Fimn.ma and Ma chief lieutenant Azunsolo, are at out and that Azunsolo ha angered Zapata, the capto of Suautla, by branding mm a Dana it. . NEW LAW INJURES WOMEN. 100 Matchmakers Discharged Becauss of 8-Hour Limit. Chico, Cat. The Diamond Match company, operating big factories at Barber, a suburb of this city, will re place practically all its women em ployes with men, on account of the new eight-hour law. In the match making department alone more than 100 women and girls will be let out. Msny are expert brought from the Eastern states and are receiving good salariea. For some time it ha been impossi ble for the company to get a sufficient number of competent women to do the work, and with the enforcement of the new eight-hour law, conditions are made worse, as the work of practi cally 100 men depends on the work of these women, and their hours would of necessity have been shortened with the shortening of the women's hours from nine to eight. It hsd been rumored the company contemplated employment of Japanese to replace the women, but iieneral Superintendent Fairburn denied this. Hillman Barely Escapes. San Diego, Cal. C. D. Hilman, the Seattle millionaire, whose appeal from a sentence for real estate frauds is pending, hsd a narrow escape from having to Bell for $150,000 a ranch near F.ncinataa, which is proved by the discovery of oil to be worth $500,- 000. After having accepted an offer of $150,000 from Oakland men, Hillman visited the ranch and found three oil outfits at work and ascertained that oil in paying quantities had been struck and that prospects were good for a better flow. When Hillman learned this he attempted to cull off the deal with the Oukland people, and finally compromised by giving his per sonal check for $5,000 to sever nego tiations. Rebel Against Rebel. F.I Paso, Texas With the accession Madero to power in Mexico indo 'ndent revolutions will be handled with an iron hand, according to an an nouncement at Madero 's headquarters. The revolt in Iower California, fos tered by the Mexican Liberal party, which is opiosed to Madero, will be the first attended to. General Orozco will be sent against the I-ower Cali fornia rebels. Reports that General Figuema, who heads 12,000 men, was aligned with the Liberals, were brand ed as false by Orozco. French Relieve Fez. Tangier The safety of Fei from sack and massacre ia believed to be assured. Dispatches have reached here that Colonel Uarnard's French relief expedition has reached the cap ital, where the sultan is beleaguered, and that it has either entered or is camped outside the walla of the city. The arrival of the French has dissi pated all fears that Jthe foreigners who were besieged with the sultan by the rebellious tribesmen will be slain. Lifeboat Tails of Wreck. Iindon The British armored cruis er Cumberland reported by wireless to the admiralty that she had picked up at the mouth of the English Channel an empty lifeboat belonging to the overdue British steamer Cayo Largo. Tho veasel left Swansea April 16 for Tampico, and It is feared that she foundered in tho storms that followed her departure. Aviator Drops 900 Foot. Strassburg, Germany During an aeroplano competition hero Wedneedsy afternoon Aviator Laemmlin fell 200 feet and was Instantly killed. BRIEF REPORT OF THE DAILY WORK OF NATION'S LAWMAKERS Washington, May 26. After four hours' caucus today, the Democratic senators voted, 24 to 1, to support the resolutions ottered by Martin, of Vir ginia, on behalf of the Democratic steering committee, providing for a re-investigation of the bribery chargea in connection with th election of Lor imer, of Illinois. The Martin resolution proposes an inquiry by the committee on privi leges and elections.' A verbsl encounter between Bailey and Martine, of New Jersey, originat ed in Bailey's demand for general sup port of the Martin resolution. Bailey said that any senator who refused to he bound by the caucua had no right ful place in the party councils. This s roused the senators who fsvor the La Follette resolution providing for an inquiry by a special committee of new senators. Bailey contended that more than two-thirds of the caucus favored the Martin resolution and it waa thus the desire of ail Democrats. Martine aaid be understood the meeting wss a conference and not a caucus and that he had no understand ing that any binding action waa to bo taken. Saying he would not bandy words regarding the character of hia own Democracy a compared with that of another senator, Bailey insisted that all senators were in duty bound to abide by the two-thirds decision. Martine replied aa pointedly, and the colloquy continued until Martine withdrew from the caucus, reiterating that he would not be bound by it on any except a political question. Almost every other Democratic sen ator present participated in the de bate. It developed that the regulars had practically agreed to abandon the Dil lingham resolution in favor of the Martine measure aa a matter of party discipline. Hitchcock suggested as a compro mise that a sub-committee of the com mittee on privileges and elections, to be approved by the senate, he desig nated to conduct the inquiry. He said he might present such an amend ment in the senate. Thia evoked fa vorable mention. It was expected that the Lorimer case would come up in the open ses sion today, but it wss crowded out by other matters. La Follette expects to conclude his speech tomorrow and after one or two brief speeches in re ply it is expected a vote will be ta ken. The prospect now is that the Martine resolution will be adopted without material amendment Washington, May 27. Instead of $100,000, alleged to have been used to secure the election of William Lori mer of Illinois to the United States senate, more than twice that aum will be disclosed. Senator La Follette told his colleagues today, if the senate re opens its investigation into Lorimer'a right to hold his seat La Follette declared that President Taft'a name had been used in Lori mer'a behalf and reiterated that Lori mer had personal cognizance of the use of the money. La Follette quoted from the testi mony given by I'M ward Hines, a Chi cago lumberman, before the Lorimer investigating committee of the Illinois legislature regarding Mr. Hines' in terviews with United States Senators Aldrich and Penrose, in which Hines said Aldrich repeatedly had impressed upon him the imortance of Ixirimer's election and had told him that Mr. Taft was especially concerned in Lori mer'a behalf. WashinRton, May 27. The adminis tration of the present system of gov ernment in Alaska is deplorable, ac cording to Delegate Wickersham, of that district, who today before the house committee on territories urged a favorable report on his bill creating an elective legislature for the terri tory. 'Alaska," he said, "under the pres ent system of long distance adminis tration, has not been given a single legislative measure for five years. There can be no question that an at tempt to govern such a big territory from the national capital thousands of miles distant is a failure." Washington, May 27. John Norris. representing the American Newspaper Publishers' association, was again be fore the senate finance committee in advocacy of tho Canadian reciprocity bill today. Mr. Norris declared that the Root amendment to (he bill, providing that the paper clause of the measure should not be in force until the president pro claims that wood, wood pulp and pa per are admitted from all parts of Canada free of duty, would postpone indefinitely the date of application of the treaty. Court-Martial May Fail. Washington, May 27. The War de partment announced today it had sus pended the recent order directing Lieutenant P. J. Ilennessy, military instructor at Washington State Col lege at Pullman, to join the Fifteenth cavalry. Lieutenant Hennessy will be permitted to remain on duty at Pull man college until the close of the school year, then will join the Fif teenth cavalry. Hennessy's court martial will probably be dropped. Ssnat to Vote Juno 12. Washington, May 27. Tho senate today selected Juno 12 aa the data for a vote on th joint resolution provid ing for th election of United States senators by direct vote of tho people. Th resolution also haa passed th nous. Washington, May 23. The Lorimer case was again to the fore in the sen ate today. A resolution of. inquiry offered by Martin, the Democratic leader, intended as a sbustitute for the LaFollette and Dillingham resolu tion and a continuation of the speech by LaFollette furnished the featurea. LaFollette was still speaking when the senate adjourned. He reviewed the recent proceedings of the Illinois legislature, and said he was convinced there waa still more testimony to be adduced. "The people of the country," said he, "rejected our former verdict aa if by on voice. Nothing ever is settled until it is settled right; it is God's eternal justice pulling to make thing plumb." Martin's resolution waa offered on behalf of the Democratic minority. It provides specifically for an inquiry into the "jackpot" fund in the Illinois legislature and it connnection with Lorimer. The Martin resolution would leave with th committee on privileges snd elections the prosecution of the in quiry, and delegates to it all the pow ers of a court. The committee is authorized to hold its sessions at what ever place it deem moat convenient. Washington, May 23. The joint resolution admitting Arizona and New Mexico to immediate statehood, but withholding approval of th constitu tions of both until the people have voted on proposed amendments, passed the house of representatives this af ternoon by a viva voce vote. No roll call was demanded on the final vote. The resolution requires Arizona to vote on an amendment removing the recall provision aa it appliea to judges; and requires New Mexico to vote on amendments making its constitution more easily amendable. Neither state ia required to adopt the proposed amendments by congress. Whether they are approved or rejected by the proposed referendums, th constitu tions of the new states will stand finally approved when the respective votes have been taken. Washington, May 22. Testifying before the house committee on ex penditures in the Treasury department today, J, B. Stuart ex-collector of customs at Newport News, said Secre tary of the Treasury MacVeagh had told him the department reversed a ruling for collection of a 20 per cent duty on creosote because the rail roads could not afford to pay the duty. Another witness testified that Mr. MacVeagh's brother had interested himself in the matter. Mr. Stuart who secured an investi gation into creosote imports at New Orleans last fall, charging the govern ment was losing millions in revenue because creosote, dutiable at 20 per cent was being admitted as creosote oil free of duty, was summoned before the committee as the result of testi mony given previously in exeuctive session by Allan L. Benson. Stuart related how he found that no duty was being collected from foreign ships whose manifests showed their cargoes to be creosote, the cargoes being received as creosote oil, which is on the free list. Washington, May 22. An immedi ate investigation, of sweeping scope, of the chargea that Senator Lorimer, of Illinois, is not entited to his seat is provided for in two resolutions called up by Dillingham and LaFollette in the senate today. La Follette called up bis resolution and made a speech arraigning the Illi nois senater, whom he charged with personal knowledge of the spending of money in behalf of his election. Both the Democratic steering com mittee and the Republican members of the committee on privileges and elec tions, discussed the charges, and Dil lingham, chairman of the election committee, presented his resolution of inquiry as a substitute for the LaFol lette resolution. Hollander Faces Charge. Washington Charges that Dr. Jacob II. Hollander, fiscal agent for the United States in straightening out the tangled financial affairs of Santo Domingo, had accepted money from both governments, although !n the pay of the United States, were aired be fore the house committee. Dr. Hol lander received $40,000 from this government for his services, and is said to have accepted $100,000 from the Dominican government Msny Mov to Drop Islands. Washington, D. C Members of the house are loading the committee on foreign affairs with resolutions providing for the neutrality and ulti mate independence of the Philippine islands. While no action by congress is expected at this session, a deter mined effort will bo made in the regu lar session to sever the islands from United States possession. Carnegl Is to Testify. Washington, D. C. Andrew Carne gie has notified th house "steel trust" Investigating committee that he is willing to appear before it and that no subpoena or legal document ia necessary to insure his presence In Washington when desired. The com mittee has not yet fixed a date for the hearing. Makes Offer to Qsrmany. Washington. D. C Th German government haa been made aware by the United States that tho same gen eral arbitral proposition submitted to Great Britain and Franca la open to Germany If that country la Interested. MANNER OF CONSTRUCTING PRACTICAL SHEEP HURDLES attaev sBsa-aSBnsxtaBWW Groat Objection to Mors Cotioral Uso of Dorlcos Sms to Bo Tbolr Liability of Blowing Ovsr-. Materials to bo Used. The great objection to the more gen eral ua of aheep burdles seems to be tbelr liability to blowing over. I sub mit Illustrations of some that offer leas resistance or are better fortified against tb effects of the wind, writes Richard H. Mitchell in tbe Country Gentleman. Pig. 1, while not strictly a movsble I hurdle. Is, nevertheless, considered as such, and ia the on in moat com mon us. I can only give measure ments from memory, but should say that they were 10 feet long snd 5 feet high wben set up. Tbe figure shown is mad of sawed stuff, but tbey are more often made of split saplings; tb construction, however. Is precisely the same. Holes are made with a bar, and they are aet end to snd and pinned together at th top. These, Ilk those supported on the A crutch, form a perfectly straight fence, which is not so proof against th force of th wind aa on built zig-zag or worm fashion. In Fig. t I have shown two panels that are Intended to be set up In this manner. Tb left-band end of panel b slips In tb right band end of panel a, and a aectlon of tbe fence la shown In Fig. S. These panels are aupposed to be 10 feet long and 4 feet high, and the lumber 1 by 6-Inch stuff, but these dimensions can b varied to suit the Idea of tbe user. With these di mensions, however, tbe distance be tween the end upright on panel ought to be 11 Inches. On panel a the end uprights ought to be IS Inches from either end. This ought to make th fence worm about 4 feet Aa can be readily understood, more or less worm will be given to the fence by moving the second upright from either end in panel a. A panel using wire instead of lum ber seems desirable, and In Fig. 4 I have shown one that aeema to m tbe most desirable, as combining the great- est strength with the least surface. and with tbe surface low. Th panel, aa there shown, can be uaed on the A crutch. Fig. 6 shows It modified, to meet the requirements of a worm fence. I?y substituting a post in the place of tbe end uprights, you have the Fig. 1 forms. In Fig. 5 you will notice that I sm not satisfied with cleats, but have Introduced a bar sliding in a slot on tbe front side of the end upright and on the back side of the second up right This makes a. complete lock, and seems to me quite essential on that style of fence. I should also rec- ouiend tbe same device on the board n a panels, as on uneven ground one end might spring up and allow the pantls to separate. Of course on this skeleton any kind of wire can be used. Personally, I would not use barbed w ire of any sort as a gift. The Illustration Is Intend ed to show a two-strand twisted wire, placed six Inches apart, wblcb Is much WHERE WOMEN A great many Russian peaaants are going Into western Canada, and aa many of then ar poorly equipped for farm operatlona. they work In tb eo-operatlv plan. Th Russlana set tle la villages according to their cus tom la tbtr natlv land and whoa ther ar not enough horsos to draw u z&M?i&m t 'news.- "mi &rKmrjt.d t1 "rw closer than it fs used on longer stretches, but thst number of wire seems to me about right for a good Job. They might be plat ed closer at the bottom and wider at tbe top, per haps. That hurdle (Fig. 4) mad with 4-foot upright and 14 feet from end to end of upright, would weigh about 65 pounds, snd cost about as many cents for material. Tbe coat of th SfS all-board one would not be much dif ferent, and It would weigh 40 pounds mora. A to manufacture, I should say, as baa alresdy been suggested, that pret ty close to where they are to be used would be th beat plsee to make them, aa on freight on th material would be aaved. Machinery doe not enter' very largely Into their construction; so nothing could be saved In that way. It ought not to require any great skill to saw up boards and nail them together, and also stretch wire on them. If that form waa desired. In drawing these burdles, I hav allowed tb center upright to coma down as far aa th others; In prac tice. It might be found better to mako tbem ahorter, especially If tbey were to be aet up on uneven ground. Tb diagonala In Fig. 4. being on opposite aides of Inch uprights, will of course) be an Inch apart where they cross. I should not fill this In, but draw tbem together In nailing, aa it will make th frame all the stronger. Hemlock la probably tbe beat material for making these, and It would undoubtedly laat enougb longer to pay to have it dress ed. If ordered In carload lots, enough would be saved In freight to pay for the dressing. It tb end of th up rights that stand on tb ground wer dipped In .hot coal tar. they would probably laat aa long aa tb rest ot tbe panel. Fig. 6 shows an Iron that I think would be a great help In clinching th nails. A slot I cut In tb end of a flat piece of Iron, so that It will slip essily on tb nail, and It la bev eled from tbe slot to either edge. Br slipping this on th nail, tb end caa be bent over at mors than a right angle. Tbe Iron Is then slipped back, a shown In tb Illustration, and th nail bent over and driven into th wood, as shown to the right For fencing stacks and turning corners, both ends of tb panels would bav to be alike. Instead ot reversing, aa shown in tbe cut If this fence should prove reasonably wind-proof, it ought to solv a large problem In fence econ omy, aa very much less fence would be needed If tb fence could b easily moved from place to place aa occasion demanded. It would be absolutely wind-proof around a stack If locked with tbe slid ing bar, and would have the advantage of being movable wben the ground was frozen. Choking en Oata. Some horses eat so greedily that they become choked on oai a. We bar one that troubled us In that way, so we often bad to send for a veterina rian, who inserted a tube down ber throat to dislodge the grain, says a writer In an exchange. Later be told us bow to avoid tbe trouble In this way: He advised us to place a dozen or more smooth stones, the size of a small hen's egg, in the feed box. tak ing care to have them well distributed through the oats. This compels th horse to eat less greedily, as he must eat carefully to avoid biting on th stones. We had no further trouble as long as we owned the horse. Succulent Feed for Cows . One of tbe most practical ways ot supplying succulent feed for cows, when one has only a small herd and doea not have ensilage, Is by raising roots such as mangels, rutabagas or stock carrots. DRAW THE PLOW SM MlUUtY, tV rxSK.ii I th plows, th women of th vtllaga act aa substitutes. It Is said to bo not an uncommon sight to sea a dozen ot mors woman attached to a plow by a long ropo oa which ther ar fasti ensd at intervals sticks of wood which may bo placed against th breast oa across th arms to aid la pulling. . I oV mm
