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Nisi THE DAY Ileitis Gathered from All Parts ol the World. hi 0BEDFORTHE BUSY READER . ...nt but Not Loss Inter t imp-; - polnt3 Htlng nPP Outaldo tho State. . i.i una volunteered as proba- MIT, 'EYork. (a iitHnfr A,. Japanese govonm... TW"1' Irn nORSiblo. Indications ore that floods In Oregon, fSton ar, Idaho nro over if,0ther venireman in u v.....Uu AnOtner, ' it...nntid br borv. i....riDOr nn"-i A water-front fire at Galveston do f AWrcnn nnn worth of proporty. , , I in intl-rnco track boUlnff bill has AS by tho California house. e eruption of Lagans, in u in i-nu- has entirely cnnngwi . . L the mountain. n. California floods nro worse i in Replaces, but for tho most pan mo Tenure subsiding. tonovo Ih " ! wav nori'l 10 uo W10. . ' nf Wiiuii ntrton jalwill then return south. Hmiman declares ho will cut wages f employes In Wyoming u u.u ivK" JJbw passes a 2-contrnto low. One hundred and seventy-five persona Swgh heavy floods in tho Trnnsvaal country. The widow of Hear Admiral Coghlan ia in destitute circumstances und will lre to look for work unless tho gov ernment grants her a pension. Conlnr Klin t. of California, says ho ' " , 41 not believe anti-Japanese dims will be passed in his flinio, uui Bnys immigrants aro still pouring In. San Pedro harbor Is to bo oxtensivo- J; fortified. The National Child Labor conference is in session in Chicago. Marshall Field's daughter has sued for the income of tho estate. in . n 11. Tl!nn nnn.i in lmill ine lianouiHii utiiiu mono m uui.u another lino ncross tho country. The threatened arrest of 40 Pitts iorgcouncilmcn has caused u panic. An anti-betting law is euro to bo fitted by tho California legislature. New charges of attcmpticd jury Iribfog in tho Calhoun caao hovo been cade. The Illinois senatorial deadlock con tinues and all legislative business Ib leld up. Mayor McClellun, of New York, op poses municipal operation of public utilities. Governor Gillott says thero will be no anti-Jnpnneo laws passed in Cali fornia for the present, at least. Floods are doing great damage, es pecially to railroad property, in Idaho, Washington, Oregon und California. Tho senate of TonnosHiso bus nasscd 4)ill prohibiting tho manufacture of intoxicating liquois and tho houso Is ! liko to take similar action. Should it do so, the governor will use his veto. Rumor ngnin says Abruzzi will wed -Miss Elkins. M. N. Johnson was rc-olcctcd senator from North Dakota. The Missouri legislature has re jected Senator Stone. Tho Utah lorrlulni urn linn rn.nlnfti1 Heed Smoot to tho senate. Thomas P. Goro hns been returned tho senate from Oklahoma.. James P. Clarko will succeed him self as senator from Arkansas. Frank D. Brandcgco hoB been re jected senator from Connecticut. Hemmenway will bo succeoded as senator from Indiana by Shlvoly. n it u ! u BaVB Jopaneso aro leaving United States without legislation. Charles J. Hutrhon linn Imnn olnctod senator from Colorado to succeed Tel-' Tho North Carolina legislature olect jjwo II. Overman United States Ben- i.WtW IInmBPIro loglslaturo ro ecteij Jacob JI, Golllngor United states Benator. Senator Penroso wos ro-olectcd son- ttSt,m8.bjrthoPtt-BM,y" thSA Crawford was tho choico of J9 South Dakota legislature for Unit e otatoB Benator. EattnnUliCr,.blIzzari1 s -B'nff tho SDSluS,n,Uro,I,b nr t,-ed Upi" jToIhr0,'.lthor of Mra- Coroydiedln ty, ignored by his daughter. h18 l)non nut on ln tll '"ra mming town of Doadwood, S. D. UsTilNTda lB'8lturo has brokon "wlo and will allow'fomalo clerks. .!,', i'n;'orfltooud thnt Taft Iiob not 1 BClccte(1 his Bccrolary of troaaury. of tec? G?dmin laa boon balled out fioni. ranc,BC0 cl'ty Jfll! by Ea8t- OPIUM OAU8E8 8UI0IDE. Poppy Drug Responsible for GOO.000 Casos Yearly. Clovoland, 0., Jan. 10. "Opium caUsoB half a million suicides a year," declared Rev. A. S. Gregg, of tho In ternational Reform bureau today, with roforonco to tho opium conference call ed by President Roosovolt, which be gins its session at Shanghai February 1. Iho statement is based on letters and ropprta from Dr. E. W. Thwing, special secretary of tho reform bureau who has been sent to Shanghai by tho bureau to attend tho opium conference. Dr. Thwing will nsk tho conference to take action that will hasten tho de struction of tho opium truffle through out tho world. Dr. Thwing says ho has obtained statistics from four Chinese provinces with a population of 680, 000 In which ho says tho proportion of tho population using opium is from 20 to 80 per cent, ard tho amount of mon ey spont for tho drug is $200,000,000 a year. President Roosevelt called tho opi um conference at tho suggestion of Bishop Bront, of Manilla, and delegates havo been appointed by China, Japan, Slam, Persia, Russia, Germany, Groat Britain, Franco, Italy, Holland and tho United States. AFFAIRS SET RIGHT. Gomez to Oo Inaugurated President of Cuba January 20. ' Havana, Jan. 19. On January 28 at noon tho Cuban people will come into their own for the second time at the hands of tho American government. It was on May 20, 1902, that tho Amer ican flag, hoisted after tho war with Spain, was hauled down in favor of the bluc-strlpedp. single-starred ensign of Cuba. Then, In September, 190C, a com pany of marines landed at tho palace from tho United States cruiser Denver, and halted a victorious revolutionary army on the outskirts of Havana, and American intervention,, which first came against a .foreign power, was once more n reality, this time to set things right among tho Cubans them selves. Tho members of tho Cuban congress had become indifferent and for months prior to the revolution it had been im possible to secure tho attendance of a quorum. This necessitated govern ment by president nl decree, and it was quickly followed by tho cry that Presi dent Pal ma was assuming tho role of dictator. Tho American provisional governor, Charles E. Magoon, has done ull that it was possible for him to do to prevent a recurrence of this state of affairs by decreoing that congressmen who do not attend tho sessions shall not receive pay. These rules, how over, havo already been declared dicta torial by tho congressmen, und an at tempt undoubtedly soon will bo made to repeal or amend them. NEW RECORD SET. Number of Mine Accidents Increased Curing Past Year. Pittsburg, Jan. 19. Tho year 1908 was marked by moro mine horrors and by more loss of life underground than any other year in history. And tho year 1909 apparently is going after 1908's record. Only last Tuesday 100 lives were lost in an explosion, in n modol mine nenr Bluefleld, W. Va., und on the Sunday boforo death exact ed another heavy 'toll in tho Loiter mines at Zeiglcr, III. "Science," said a mining engineer today, "has not yet solved tho problem of preventing tho formation of gas. Wo recognize threo kinds of mine gas esthe flro damp, after damp and whito damp. "Firo damp is tho only ono of tho trio that is explosive It Is a gas giv en off by coal under tho Influenco of tho heat of tho earth. When Davy invent ed tho inino-s' safety lamp it was thought that all danger of mino explo sions was over. Tho lamp has tho flame surrounded with u metallic screen which does not permit tho passago of tho flamo. But tho screens burn out after long usage and tho miners grow careless." Frlck to Sell Fine Home. PittBburg, Jan. 19. Real cBtato mon of Pittsburg havo a quiet tip that "Clayton," tho Pittsburg palaco of H. C. Frlck, on Homowood avonuo, Is for boIo. Tho Bteol king 1b desirous of quitting Pittsburg forovor. According to thoso closoly in socioty, Mr. Frick is bitterly angry at tho lack of inter nnfc nhown in tho comlnc-out of his duughter, Helen, horo somo time since. Only about ID young mon, scarcely nnrill trU to norform tho ficures of tho dances, woro in attendance at tho big party at "Clayton." Trains Collide- Head On. ColToyvlllo, Kan,, Jan. 19, A south bound ptissongor train on tho Missouri Pacific railroad, from Kansas City, col HrWl horn! on with a north bound freight train, two miles west of this city this morning, Twenty-four paB Bongors woro hurt, but only two, Mr. nnri Mrs. P. S. Powell, of Mownta, Okla,. aro in a sorioua condition. -Tho membors of tho ongtno crows jumped and oaved thomsolvos. Tho onglnea woro demolished. Iroquois Claims Settled, CMrntrn. Jan. 19. It WOS mado pub lic today that aftor fivo yours of litiga tion settlements nau noon maao in u o Minns of 80 of tho deaths caused by tho Irjquois theater flro. It is Btated that $750 a caso Is to bo paid. PROCEEDINGS OF CONGRESS IN BRIEF Friday, January 22. Washington, Jan. 22. February 12 was today declared to be a special. holi day, nnd a survey and plans for a highway from Washington to Gettys burg, to bo known as "Tho Lincoln Way," as n memorial to Abraham Lincoln, were provided for by a joint resolution passed by thn scnato after an oxtended debate. The resolution did not commit congress to the con struction of tho highway when sur veyed. Somo time was also dovoto to consid eration of the Japanese question. Washington, Jan. 22. Exactly as reported by tho committee, tho naval program for the fiscal year 1910 was today adopted by the .houso and the naval appropriation bill was passed. Tho opponents of the navy increase ficturo of tho bill found themselves in a hopclesB minority. Tho only al teration mado was the striking out of provisions restoring marines to naval vessels. The aggregate amount appro priated is $135,000,000. Thursday, January 2. Washington. Jan. 2l'. Debate on tho propriety of increasing salaries of Federal, Circuit and District judges consumed nearly the entire time of the senate today, with tho result that the compensation of tho 29 Circuit judges was increosed from $7,000 to $9,000. and that tf the 84 District judges from $0,000 to $8,000. Senator Raynor thought the expenses of the Roosevelt expedition to Africa should be paid becausa "it will bo con ductive to tho peace and general wel fare of tho nation, temporarily, at least." Washington, Jan. 21. Strictures upon the efficiency of ofllcerB of the navy in tho care of machinery of war vessels were uttered in the houso to day during tho consideration of the naval appropriation bill, with the re sult that an amendment wns adopted requiring tho secretary of the navy an nually to report to congress tho in stances whero more than $2,000 is ex pended for repairs. Wednesday, January 20. Washington, Jan. '20. The Browns ville affray was taken up by the senate today, Fruzicr, of Tennessee, speaking in opposition to tho passage of . any measure for tho re-enlistment of tho discharged soldiers of tho Twenty-fifth regiment. He insisted that the guilt of some men of tho regiment had been established beyond doubt, although the individuals who had committed the crimo had not been determined. Fora ker announced that he would move next Monday to take up his bill to reinstate the saldicrs unless an agreement on a time to vote for the measure was made sooner. The legislative, executive and judicial appropriation bill was under consideration today. Washington, Jan. 20. After adopt ing without opposition a resolution by which Governor Georgo F. Lilley, of Connecticut, ceases to bo a member of congress, the house today proceeded with the naval appropriation bill. Four amendments wero offered to the measure. Foss, chairman of the navul affairs committee, hnd charge of the bill on tho floor nnd Tawney, Fitzger ald, Gaines, Macon and others spoke. Mann occupied the chair during the consideration of tho bill, which prob ably will havo the attention of the houso on Friday. Tuesday, January 10. Washington, Jan. 19. The salaries of tho president, vice president and speaker of tho houso wero again under discussion in the Benate today, when the legislative, executive nnd judicial appropriation bill was taken up. Amendments wero adopted increasing tho president's salary to $100,000, that of tho chief justice of tho Supreme court to $15,000, and those of associate justices to $14,500. An amendment was also adopted providing for an un der secretary of state at a salary of $1 0,000 a year. Washington, Jun. 19. Disposing of tho speech of Willett, of New York, yesterduy, attacking tho president, by roferring it to a special committee to report what disposition should be made of it, tho houso proceeded today to take up tho various appropriation bills. Butler, of Pennsylvania, occupied tho chnir during the debate on tho pension appropriation bill, which abol ishes nil but ono of tho 18 pension ngonciea throughout tho country. Tho bill, which carries a total appropria tion of $100,869,000, was passed vir tually as reported by the committeo on pensions. Tho urgent deficiency bill, which carries appropriations amounting to $1,062,402, was passed after a roll call and several votes had been called for on un amendment offered by Hcflin, of Alabama, providing for nn appropria tion of $300,00 for further distribution of Boeds by the department ef agricul Monday, January 18. Washington, Jan. 18. Tho provi- War Department Asks Moro, Washington, Jun. 21. An increase of nearly $10,090,000 la asked for in tho estimates of tho War department for the fortifications bill, which was taken up by tho subcommittee, of tho houso on appropriations today. Of this amount $3,000,000 'r wnntnri fnr fortlcfintions in tho Philippines and ttio estimate lor tho armamont of fortifications is increased from $2,000, 000 last year to ovor $4,000,000 this year. slons for nn Increase of tho salary of tho president to $100,000 and of the salaries of tho vlco president and speaker of tho houso of representatives to $20,000 each, contained in a senanto amednmtnt to the legislative, oxecu tive and judicial appropriation bil), wero taken up In tho senate today and the point of order mado against them by Borah was further considered, re sulting in tho adoption, by a vote of 34 to 32, of another amendment, fixing the speaker's salary at $16,000. enator Fulton has offered an amend ed rate bill, which provides that when the Interstate Commerce commission suspends a proposed higher rate tho ratr then in force shall continue in force until tho complained of rates havo been settled by a hearing; also, that several roads may enter into agreements as to rates. Senator Fulton's bill to create Sad dle Mountain National park was favor ably reported today. The lands includ ed lie in townships 5 and 6 north, range 8 west. Senator Fulton has introduced a bill to include in tho Blue Mountain- Na tional forest, sections 17 to 24, town ship 13 south, range 25 cast of the Willamette meridian. Washington, Jan. 18. When Repre sentative William Willett, Jr., of Far Rockaway, N. Y., representing the Fourteenth New York district, was in tho mid3t of a bitter attack on the president today, the house of repre sentatives by a vote of 126 to 78 re fused to allow him to proceed on the ground that he was "villifying the president." The question was raised on a point of order. Although Roosevelt's name was not mentioned by tho speaker, innuendo left no possible doubt as to the person designated. President Roosevelt today sent to congress a special message requesting that Lincoln's birthday, February 12, bo made a national holiday. Among tho measures passed by the house today was that extending the provisions of tho Carey act to the Territories of Arizona and New Mexico. Saturday, January 16. Washington, Jan. 16. The entire session of the senate today was devot ed to a memorial service for the late Senator William Pinckney Whyte, of Maryland. After the adoption of reso lutions of respect the senate at 2 :38 p. m. adjourned. Washington, Jan. 15. An elaborate analysis of the Sherman anti-truat law, by Jenkins, of Wisconsin, was the feature of today's session of the house. The pension appropriation bill techni cally was under consideration, but the Wme was given over to general debate. Other speakers were Nye, who enter tained the house with an address on law and lawmakers; Douglas, of Ohio, who advocated autononmy for tho Por to Ricanp, and Burton, of Delaware, who made a plea for postal savings banks. In reporting tHe naval appropriation bill to tho house today the committee on naval affairs fixed tho amount need ed for tho maintenance of the naval service during the fiscal year 1910 at $135,662,888, as compared with $122, 662,485, the present appropriation. Tho bill contains recommendations for an increase of the navy by two 26,000 ton battleships, five torpedo boat de stroyers, four submarine boats and four fleet colliers. Houses for Sufferers. Washington, Jan. 19.-An innova tion in international relief measures so fnr as Europe is concerned will be un dertaken by the government in expend ing tho $500,000 appropriated by con gress for the Italian earthquuke suffer ers. Realizing that a great need among the sufferers will bo shelter, President Roosevolt has decided to send to Italy material for tho construction of 2,500 or 3,000 substantial but mod est frame houses. Ever since tho ap propriation was made, serious consid eration has been given by the presi dent nnd tho State department to the best use that could bo made of it in tho way of relief. Newberry Cuts All Red Tape. Washington, Jan. 19. Secretary Newberry was at his desk today (.com pleting ns fast as possible the general administration program for sending to Italy building material for the con struction of u largo number of small housea to shelter earthquake suffores. All red tapo has been waived bo that vessels may bo Bent off at tho earliest possible moment with their loads of material. Provldo Enough Officers. Washington, Jan. 20. "I am con vinced that tho only remedy for tho ab sentee evil is to provido enough officers on tho active list of tho urmy to per form all of tho duties required of it," This is tho substanco of tho reply which Secrotary Wright today mado to tho house, which recently passed a resolu tion seeking information with a view to having a number of retired officers perform dutios of active ofllcers de tachod from tho various commands. B!g Fine Declared Legal. Washington, Jan.T21. Tho Supremo court of the United States today affirm ed tho decree of tho stato courts of Texas imposing n flno of $1,623,000 on tho Waters-Pierco Oil company, of St Louis, ousting it from tho stato on tho charge 6f violating tho Toxas anti trust law. ' ' WOOL POOL FAILS. Buyers Offer High Price and Break Proposed Combine. Pocatollo, Idaho, Jan. 18. Chief Forester Pinchot turned down two invi tations to attend tho convention of tho National Woolgrowers' association, which adjourned in this city Saturday. Mr. Pinchot'a refusals were based on what ho termed tho selfish and narrow policy of tho association toward the government forestry service. On a final showdown on tho Chicago wool storage proposition It was found that tho signatures to tho Chicago con tract were 4,500,000 pounds short of tho required 25,000,000 pounds neces sary to insure the Chicago market. At a meeting of thoso already signed up it was found to bo impossible to secure. pledges of the required amount among delegates present at the Pocatello con vention, and a campaign will be inaug urated on the outside. Wool buyers from Chicago and St. Louis have been active during the con tinn in buvincr tho 1909 clip at from 18 to 21 cents. Many woolgrow- ers, heretofore considerea as suiuncn supporters of the Chicago plan, have contracted their clips to private buy ers, allured by the remarkable prices. Ogden was selected as the r.oxt place of meeting. Fred W. Gooding, of Shoshone, Idaho, was re-elected president; George S. Walker, of Cheyenne, Wyo;, again was chosen secretary, and Lewis Penwell, of Helena, Mont, once more selected as treasurer. A. H. Knollin, nt r.himxrrn. antTpeApA .Tnsenh E. Wintr. of Mechanicsburg, O., as Eastern vice president, and A. J. Delfelter, of Lara mie, Wyo., succeeded Dr. J. M. Wil son, of Wyoming, as Western vice president , In the resolutions adopted any reduc tion in tho present tariff on wool and hides was opposed, and tho proposed establishment of a central wool market in Chicago approved. NO CHANGE IN POLICY. Dismissal of Yuan Shi Kai Will Not Affect China. Pekin, Jan. 18. Prince Ching, pres ident of the board of foreign affairs, has assured the American and British ministers that the dismissal of . Yuan Shi Kai means no change in Chinese policy, but bitterness has arisen be tween the British and Japanese repre sentatives here on account of Japan's refusal to join Great Britain in her representations to Prince Ching. The British position is that Japan acts in bad faith, while the Japanese legation explains that it was agreed to concur in the opinion of the majority and that a majority of the ministers favored the taking of no action in this direction. William M. Rockhill and Sir John Jordan, respectively the ministers to China from the United States and Great Britain, today expressed them selves as pleased with the reception accorded them by Prince Ching. They say the prince received them in the spirit in which they came, as repre sentatives of two friendly powers. He listened to Messrs. Rockhill and Jordan respectfully, who inquired whether the dismissal of Yuan Shi Kai meant a change in the policy of China. Prince Ching authoratively assured his callers that this was not so. This assurance, it if) understood, puts an end to the bad impression that followed the dismissal of Yuan Shi Kai. Bodies of Cheneys Found. Washington, Jan. 18. The bodies of tho American Consul, Arthur S. Che ney and Mrs. Cheney were found in the ruins of the American consulate at Messina yesterday afternoon by tho sailors of the American battleship Illi nois, which orrived at Messina yes terday from Suez. The bodies were prepared for shipment and taken aboard the American supply ship Cul goa, which will carry them to Naples. Arrangements are being made for the shipment of the bodies to the United States. Tho Illinois has returned to Malta. Nicholas Gets Off Throne. Paris, Jan. 18. Prince Nicholas, of Montenegro, has abdicated in favor of his son, Prince Mirko, according to a dispatch received hero this evening from Vienna. The report lucks con firmation, though it is generally cred ited, as Nicholas had not met the full desires of his subjects in his attitude toward Austria. He was confronted with the Bamo situation as now con fronts King Peter, of Servia, whose abdication is expected at any moment Uncle Sam Helps Braves. Helena. Mont. Jan. 18. Thn crnv. ernment has now taken charge of the maigent nana of Chippewa Indians, whoso pitablo condition during the cold BpolL excited the charitably A residents of. the state in no small de groe, with tho result thnt thou afforded every possible relief. Tho government has sent an inspector hero and ho has received instructions to pro- vine doming una tood for them und this is being done. No River nd Harbor Bill, Wushington, Jun. 18, Tho house committeo on rivers und harbors has voted uguinst u general appropriation bill for rivor and harbor improvements. Tho committeo will report a bill pro viding for carrying on Important work already begun, for surveys of urgotjt projects proposed and for any emer gencies which may arise. ThiB bjll will probably carry not to exceed $10. 000,000. ; v ' DEATH IN FIRE TRAP Sixty Men Perish Jn TinnelCrlb In Lake Michigan. BODIES ARE HORRIBLY MUTILATED Strain is Too Great and Many Who Survived Flro ond Exposure Become Insane. Chicago, Jan. 21. Sixty men wero killed and 48 terribly injured In an ex plosion at tho crib, one mile out In Lake Michigan yesterday. The men were isolated on 0 narrow ledge with out boats, and the survivors had tho Mint of remaining and burning to death, leaping into the lake, which was thickly filled with ice hummocks, a. amntYtnrtnrr n thn tunnel leading to W4 Dlivii.6 1 shore and which was immediately filled with deadly gas. Thnap. who wero not too badly stun ned sprang Into the lake and fought with the ice until tugs arrivea. oomu wero saved but others perished. Many man WArn thrown out of bed by the explosion and clung to blocks ( of ice. their only clothing being tnin nignc ahirta. Thn rescuers found them be numbed and insane and some of them fought their resruers in their delirium. Some of the escapes were marvelous. Those who could not swim swung by ropes over the Bides of the crib, but tho flames ate through the ropes ana iney dropped to death, Many were made unconscious by the force of the explo sion and burned to death inside the crib. The horror was increased JL5 minutes after the fire broke out by an explosion of dynamite used in blasting the intake tunnel. The result was seen when the bodies were brought in. Many of them were but chunks of charred flesh and bones. One gunnysack contained fivo human heads while another contained many arms and legs. Identification of these pitiful remnants was utterly out of the question. Of the injured who were rescued many will die, as their bums and ex posure were so severe that they cannot rally. Tonight fully hulf of the res cued men suffered amputation of arms or legs. Until the rescuers are able to enter the water tunnel, it will not be known how many persons, perished below the surface of the lake. Air pressure was kept in this portion of the work and, as the air generating plant became dis abled soon after the fire started, those in the tunnel must have perished. DELAY ANTI-JAP BILLS. Governor of California Asks Legisla ture to Wait. Sacramento, Cal., Jan. 21. Consid eration of the bills denying to Japan ese the right to own American land or to be directors of corporations, was de layed for one week by the assembly yesterday at the request of President Roosevelt and Governor Gillett When these measures came up on a special order, Preston, of Mendocino county, offered a resolution requesting the president to furnish the legislature with all documents and data in posses sion of the Federal authorities bearing upon the Japanese situation. This was declared to be out of order. Then Drew moved that his bill denying Jap anese the right to own land be made a special order for the same day next week. Grove L. Johnson, author of the di rectors' bill, opposed postponement in an impassioned speech, declaring that the request of the president for delay meant nothing to the legislature, a3 the governor had not Been fit to trans mit it to the assembly through a spe cial message and no such request was before tho house. He said t at the Japanese were increasing in numbers, instead of decreasing, as stated by tho president, and there was urgent de mand all over the state for action at once. He, for one, would not give up the fight against Washington's intervention. Quietus for Affinity Crazct. Topoka, Kan., Jan. 21.--The "affin ity" business will not bo popular in Kansas hereafter. It ia certain that tho law making it a felony will pass the legislature, and Governor Stubbs has promised to sign it, if it comes to him. Senator Travis, of Iola, intro duced the bill. It makes it a felony for a married woman to run away with another man, and vice versa. Even a temporary "affinity" is punishable by jail sentence. Three Hundred Houses Go. Smyrna, Jun. 21. Another earth quuke was experienced hero at ten minutes paBt 2 o'clock this morning, but no damage wub done. The Ameri can buttleships Louisiana nnd Virginia aro still in the harbor. News of tho effect of tho shock of yesterday comes in Slowlv. Over 300 AwoW destroyed in villages in tho Phocacea uioinct, uui oniy a lew persona lost their lives. Prohibition Bill Stands. " Nashville. Tenn., Jan. 21. Over the veto of Governor Patterson this after noon both housea of the legislaturo pussed the senate bill which prohibits the Bale of intoxicating liquor within four miles of a school house In Tennes h n euecc a statewide pro- 1 1909. It ia effectivo July 1,