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
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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
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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. .
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