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King Goes Under Knife. , P BBBfB BMBBBBVM peratod on toiilcrht for onnendi The official reports Btato that Mil hiiii nrinrv TuAm i n mw n i vKmm. it is said that tho nhvslcians a b " 4 f A AMni a!m.m MEROURY AT ZERO. Forty-Mllo Breeze Drives People from Streets Now York. Fob, 8. Intense coid, drivon to the bono of man and beast by a cutting wind, gripped tho East to night. In New JTork City tho morcury stood at ono degroo above zero at mid night, equaling tho low record for tho season. A 40-milo gale swept Now York and vicinity throughout tho day and night, driving pcdcHtrJans indoors and caus ing groat sufToring to those who Wore exposed. Streets wore practically de serted tonight. An unidontlfled man was found fro zen to death in Boston; a fisherman met a similar fato in Buffalo, whilo off Atlantic City a tramp steamer was forced to anchor because of tho gale. Up-stato in Now York, n driving snow mado conditions worse. At Utica tho morcury was 14 below. Tho oxtreme cold drovo hundreds of homoless men and women to tho municipal lodging houses and docks for shelter. At Buffalo threo degrees below zero. was registered at 8 o'clock last night, tho lowest temporaturo in several years. Thoro was a slight fall of snow. Herman Snyder, a ushorman, was found dead in his sled with his dogs two miles out on Lako Erie. At Boston tho mercury tumbled at tho rato of two degrees an hour until, at midnight, tho thermometers regis tered zero. Tho wind blew 20 miles an hour . One man was found frozen. Philadelphia reported the thermome ter eoven degrees below zero tonight, tho coldest of tho winter. In West orn Pennsylvania tho temperature 'was two to 10 bolow zero. BLAST BLOWS 8EVEN TO ATOM 8 Prominent Arizona .Mining Mon DIo on Private Motor Car. Phoenix. Ariz.. Fob. 8.Hcod!es8uf the warning of a foroman in charge of tho big oxcavating oporation along the lino of tho private motor road from Kelvin to tho Hay copper mines, the motorman of a gasoline car containing six passengers, ran close to tho exca vation just as a sputtering fuse burned to a heavy charge of dynamite this af ternoon, and tho car and its seven oc cupants wero blown to atoms. The foroman had discovered a missed shot in tho excavation at noon and bo fore tho motorcar camo in sight ho had relighted tho fuse. As tho car approached he signaled tho motorman and warned him of tho impending explosion. Motorman Ly- all, evidently believing ho could take his car past the charge to safety, be fore the oxplosion, paid no heed to the warning and started again at lull speed. JuBt as tho car was passing tho charge, tho explosion came, and tho car with its load of human freight was blown high in tho air amid a great cloud of dobriB. Tho lives of all those Inside the car wero snuffed out in an instant. The dead mon were all prom irient in Arizona mining affairs. INSURGENTS' WAY CLEAR Revolutionists Free to Enter Mnna gua, Says Message. Washington, Feb. 8. Tho way to Managua is now opon to the revolution ists In Nicaragua, according to a cablo received hero today by Sonor Castrlllo, representative of tho Estruda govern ment. Senor Custrillo has also been inform ed that C. GrunndioB, a leading merch ant of Granada, has issued a pioclama tion culling upon all citizens to rally to tho support of General Estrada. Dr. Salamon Sclva, prosecuting at tornoy for the government in tho trials of the two Americans, Groco and Can non, according to tho same informa tion, also has issued a proclamation in which ho not only defends himself for his action in the caso, but glories in tho outcomo of tho trial. Harem To 8eo Airships. Cairo, Egypt, Feb. 8. Egypt'B avi ation week opened at Heliopolia today under favornblo wind conditions. Tho khcdlvo wno present and apparently took great interest in tho flights. A feature of tho meetingwill bo tho pros onco of the ladies of the harem, for whom a stand has been reserved. Among the principal events will be a speed contest to tho pyramidB and re turn. In today's competitions tho aer oplane of Gobron, tho Fronch aviator, caught fire, but Gobron was savod. Eagle Tears Alligator, San Francisco, Fob. 8. A dcBporato battlo wbh fought in tho Golden Gate Park aviary early this morning bo- tween a largo golden eagle and a four- foot alligator. Tho young alligator had crawled out of the small lako to bask in thn sun, when the eaglo swoop od down upon it, and after vainly try ing to tear tho scaly hido with its beak, roso with the roptilo to tho top of a 12-foot polo and lot tho alligator drop to tho ground. Thon like light ning tho bird again attacked thoalliga tor with beak and clawB. Paintings Sold, $6,000 a Minute. Now York, Fob. 8, Twenty paint ings wero sold, at tho rate of $5,000 worth a minute, at tho first important aalo of tho yoar hero last night. The paintings wero from tho collection of the lato JI. S. Henry, of Philadelphia. The salo occupied 51 minutoB and real ized $256,760. Millot'o "Going to Work" wbb tho star offering, fotching $53,100. Threo flno Corots. brought $2H,000, $28,000 and $22,000 respec tively, v Of all tho animals which aro born and spend thoir Uvea In subterranoan cavorns, thero aro no birds, and but one mammal, tho rat. PROCEEDINGS OF CONGRESS IN BRIEF i Washington. Fob. 11. Secretary of Stato Knox was subjected to caustic criticism in tho houso today by Repre sentative Francis Burton Harrison, of Now York, in consideration of tho diplomatic and consular appropriation bill. Manv bold strokes in diplomacy, said Harrison, wero justified only by their success, as in tne instance oi rrfim dont Cleveland's Venezuelan rnoHgo But that had not been the cams with, somo of tho bold stroke of diplomacy mado by Mr. Knox, he said. The Nicaroguan Imbroglio, tho Manchurian railway matter, and the secretary s declaration that ho would make it hia duty to boo that democratic forms of govornmont woro maintained in Cen tral America, wero examples oi fail ure in tho diplomacy of Mr. Knox, he said. "This position iB 'so untenable," ho added, referring to tho maintenance of democratic governments in Central America, "tbat somo day wo will bo obliged to retiro from it with mortifi cation." Tbo senate today passed tho Bennett "whito slave bill," which had pre viously passed tho house. The measure was bo amended as to ellminato the in terstate regulations originally con tained in the bill, the object of tho sen ato boing to divorce the immigration feature of tho question from all others. Slow handling of livestock by the railroad causes tho loss of 100,000 head annually, according to witnesses be fore the houso committee on interstate commerce today. A bill is before tho committee fixing a minimum rate of 16 miles on hour at which railroads may transport livestock shipments. William B. Turner, oi Oregon, print ing clerk of the senate, was BUmmarily discharged today lor alleged 'o-opera tion with E. G. Kappono and otbera in terested in tho prosecution of tho so called Spaulding claims to reimburse postmasters for amounts claimed due them from the government. Turner was a protege of tho late Senator Mitchell, and held his position in tho senate clerical force despite tho efforts made to displace him after Mitchell's retirement from the senate. Washington. Feb. 10. Whether a court at law has power to summon be fore it a committeo of congress was the chief subject of discussion before the senate ai.d houso today. Tho senate gave positive instruc tions to Senators Reed Smoot, J on a than Bourno and Duncan Fletcher not to respond tomorrow to tho order is sued by Justice Wright of the. supreme court of the Disrtict of Columbia, di recting them to appear before him. Tho houso took tho ooooiste action. The houso military committee today reported the military academy bill, which carries an appropriation of $1, 876.832. About $25,000 wbb cut from the estimato, the principal item reject ed by tho committee being one of $10, 000 for a'new chapel organ. Defending tho cotton exchanges as gatherers of true information tbat is disseminated by thousands of brokers to everyone interested, Solomon Napol eon Cono, of Greensboro. N. C, attack ed proposed anti-option bill in the hear ing beforo tho bouse committee on ag riculture tday. Mr. Cone described himself as a spot cotton dealer, a stockholder in various mills, a member "of all tho cotton ex changea of tho world," and the handler of moro than $4,000,000 worth of spot cotton annually. Washington, Feb. 9. Because Sena tor Bailey iB not ready to make the Bpcoch in opposition to the postal sav ings bill, of which he has given notice, the measure probably will go over un til next week. All amendments ac ceptable to tho committee have been adopted. It !b thought tho bill will pass tho senate. next week. Amorican participation in tho inter national expositions at Rome and Turin in 1911, which will bo held in commem oration of tbo 50th anniversary of the kingdom of Italy, was assured today whon Senator Cullom reported a bill for that purpose from tho committee on foreign relations. It was passed. The bill providing for tho establish ment of tho Glacier national park in Northern Montana was passed today by the senate. If created, tho patic will bo just south of tho lino botween the United States and Canada and will adjoin a similar reservation of tho Canadian government on tho northern side of tho boundary. A bill wbb introduced in tho house today providing that a roplica of tho Btatuo of the revolutionary hero, Gen eral von Stouben, to bo erected in Washington, bo presented to tho em poror of Germany. The gift 1b to bo In return for tho statue of Frederick the Great which tho kaiser presented to tho peoplo of the United States. Tho long drawn out dispute in the houso committeo on naval affairs over tho subject of indorsing tho plan of Secretary Moyor for tho reorganiza tion of tho navy is virtuully sottled, it was stated today, and tho commit teo will tako action noxt week which will be, in effect, tentative' approval of tho secretary's idea. Washington, Fob. 8. Demanding an investigation of tho immigration com mission provided for in tho resolution he had introduced, Representative Macon of Arkansas, renewed his attack upon tho commission in tho house today. Republican leaders In conference to day, perfected a resolution on tho in quiry into the cost of living which was later presented to tho senate by Mr. McCutnber, oi North Dakota. An hour after Mr. McCumber had presented tho resolution from tho fin ance committee and it had been refer red to tho committeo on contingent ex penses. Mr. Kean, chairman of the latter committee, reported tho measure back with a recommendation that it be adopted. In connection with a resolution offer ed by Senator Dollivor providing for the printing of a detailed statement of expenditures of tbo Agricultural de partment, there was an incidental dis cussion of tho forestry bureau in the senate today. Tho resolution was adopted. Tho reserve feature of the postal savings bank bill received especial at tention when that measure waa taken up in the senate today. Deprecating any tendency toward a reserve fund, Mr. Briatow said that the amendment suggested by Senator Page providing for such a fund would result in the accumulation of from $40,000,000 to $70,000,000. This be did not consider wholesome. A resolution introduced in tho senate today by Senator Borah directs the committee on the judiciary to inform tho senate whether the in come tax amendment submitted at the last session of congress would have the effect of authorizing congress to lay a tax upon incomes derived from state bondB and other municipal securities, or of giving congress tbo right to tax Balarics of state officers or tho' instru mentalities and property of the state. Large Area to Bo Opened. Washington, Feb. 10. Upon tho rec ommendation of tho secretary of agri culture, tho secretary of the interior Iiob reloaBed from temporary with drawal for forestry purposes 88,769 acres near tho Rainier national forest, and has provided that vacant unappro priated public lands in this area will be subject to settlement on and nftor April 12, and to entry filing on Bolec tions on and after May 12. The lands aro in Yakima county. Washington, Feb. 7. Protesting against lending government tents for the use of the Confederate veterans at their annual .encampment at Mobile, Ala., next April. Senator Heyburn, of Idaho, in the senate today made the sharpest comment upon the issues of the Civil war that has been beard in congress in 20 years. He inveighed against men in"rebel" uniforms being permitted to occupy government property or tho "rebel" flag being allowed to fly above it. Finally he drifted into the question of honoring men by placing their statues in the hail of fame, and by unmistak able inference condemned the action of Virginia in sending the Btatue of Gen eral Robert E. Lee to Washington. The senate passed a bill authorizing tho sale of the Siletz Indian lands, re served by the treaty of 1892, approved by congress in 1894. Senator Overman today Introduced a bill providing for a 60-day postpone ment of the dato when corporations are required to make returnB and asBess menta under the corporation tax law. The bill now calls for these returns to bo made March 1, and the delayJJ sb sought to give the Supreme coutt time to pass upon the constitutionality of the law. Tho Federal incorporation bill, intro duced in congress today, is hot to be pressed for passage at this session. If the bill Bhould pass, Prt Bident Taf t has stated bis willingness to stand as its sponsor, and to take the responsi bility for having recommended it. ADJOURN IN DEADLOCK. Miners and Operators Unable to Reach Agreement. Toledo, O., Feb. 7. Unable to ef fect an organization because of the deadlock on the admission of miners' delegates from Illinois, tho joint wago conference of the bituminous coal oper ators jind miners of Ohio, Indiana and Pennsylvania adjournod tonight sino die. No provision was mado for another meeting. Tho adjournment , it Ib de clared, does not mean necessarily a suspension of work at tho expiration of tho present contract, April 1. This would affect all bituminous dis tricts controlled by the United Mine workers, as they decreed at thoir In dianapolis convention tbat no district should sign a wage scale until tho scales for all districts wero negotiated. Both sides have declared, however, that they will not recede on the Illinois proposition. Somo plan may bo worked out to get the miners and operators together again before April 1. It may be a call for another convention or the selection of a representative scale committee. A meeting of the executive boards of the miners was called for tomorrow. Tho night session lasted only a short time. As no one had anything to say, the futility of continuing the session was expressed by President Lewis. His suggestion for dividing the responsibil ity for adjournment was followed. A delegate from tho miners moved to ad journ and one from the operators sec onded it. A call by states resulted in the only unanimous vote recorded in the meet ing. REICHSTAG HAS TREATY. FARMER DON'TGET IT Leaders oi Equity Society Attrib ute High Prices to Dealers; Washington, Feb. 6. Tho contro versy over'the use of benzoate of soda as a food preservative was resumed to duy beforo th9 house committee on ex penditures in the department of agri culture. Representative Mobs, of Indiana, attacked the referee board, which had upheld the use of benzoate of soda against the decision of Dr. H. W. Wi ey, chief of the bureau of chemistry at the agricultural department. "If Dr. Wiley is not competent to pass upon these matters ho shoud bo discharged," said Mr. Moss. "There ore two BideB to that," re plied Mr. McCabe, who added that he knew of no mantacturer who had abandoned the use of benzoate of soda. Several manufacturers who did so tem porarily after Dr. Wiley's decision re aehed after the board's favorable rul ing, he said. The rivers and harbors bill is at tracting the acute attention of practic ally all of congress just now, as it is understood that it will be reported out either Tuesday or Wednesday. Every representative wants to know juBt how large a share of tho "pork barrel" iB to go to his district. There was an all day session of the house committeo to day to hear statements in behalf of a lot of inteiesta from different parts of tho country. Tho question whether the governor of ono state shall bo required to extra dite a person, under charge of crime, on tho information process, bb well bb the indictment process, waa under dis cussion in tho senate moro than two hours today. No action was taken on tho bill under consideration, which would compel recognition of the in formation process. Farmer Wilson Says It's Trusts. Washington, Fob. 9. "The trusts and the miserable little combinations in every town and city in tho United Statea are what keep the price of food so high." This was tho reply given by Secretary WilBon in reply to a ques tion. "Tho farmer doesn't get any more for a 2-year-old stoor than he did twelve years ago. I expect to bo able to Bhow that tho products of American forma aro being Bold cheaper abroad than at home." Friendly Spirit to Govern Tariff Administration. Berlin, Feb. 7. Chancellor von Bethmann-Hollweg today sent to the reichetag the following communica tion regarding tho German-American tariff asgreement : "The American government has de clared tbat 'the livestock question is withdrawn wholly from the negotia tions, on the condition that the unlim ited enjoyment of Germany s conven tional tariff be conceded to the .United States. "It further agrees tbat the aavan tages of the American minimum tariff shall be extended unrestrictedly to Germany after March 31. "That the customs administrative features of the existing tariff arrange ment shall remain in force. " ibat tnis extension oi tne mini mum tariff to Germany secures to her treatment in accordance with the most favored nation clause. "That the American customs admin istrative regulation shall be applied to German goods in a friendly and con dilatory spirit "That the present agreement re specting the labeling of wines shall remain in force-': and "That the customs administrative provisions respecting the marking of goodB shall be applied in a friendly and conciliatory spirit." Flood Cleanses Paris. Paris. Feb. 7. The fail of the river Seine was more rapid today. The ap pearance of the city is approaching the normal, but the subways system is still inoperative. Water remains in tho tubeB, which, after they have keen emptied, must be cleaned and disinfect ed. The progress toward the restora tion of the lighting, telephone and tel egraph HneB is slow. The work of dis infection and other precautions against an epidemic of typhoid has been so thorough that Some of the newspapers predict that Paris will not only es cape contagion but will emerge from the flood cleaner than before. The superintendent of sewers re ports that from the examinations which he has been able to make, few of the sewer mains burst, the ruptures occurring in the branch pipes leading into buildings. Despite the attempts of somo of the opposition papers to make it appear that dissensions prevail among the various relief organizations, investiga tion indicates that all are co-operating with zeal. Foreign contributions to the relief fund today reached a total of about $700,000. FIGURES TELL STRAIGHT STORY Padding is Put Into Values After Products Leave Farm Dairy men Exposo Milk Dealers Chicago, Feb. 8. "Tho farmers aro not responsible for the high prices of food," was the statement today of C. O. Drayton, of Indianapolis, president of the National Union, American So ciety of Equity. "Tho farmer receives little more than he did bofore the prices of food stuffs soared to the skies. From hogs to apples this is true. In every par ticular is the farmer taking all the risk of producing and getting only a moderate price for his output. "The dealers are the ones who are responsible for the high cost of living and we propose to Bhow tbat it cannot be laid at the door of the farmer,'' Baid Mr. Drayton beforo the convention of tho Milk Producers' association. The delegates are meeting with the determ ination to form a national organiza tion for the protection of the farmer in his dairy and other products. "I am here to give facts," said Mr. Drayton. "Let the responsibility rest where it belongs, but it doesn't belong on the farmer's shoulders." One of the facts cited was the price of $1 and less paid to the farmer for 1908 wheat and its rise to $1.50 when it reached the bandB of the speculators. "Why, one of my correspondent," con tinued Mr. Drayton, "sold 2,000 bush els of the 1908 crop for 73 cents, and that same wheat afterward soared to the $1.50 mark." Senator W. F. Rondebrison, repre senting the Tri-State Dairy association of Indiana. Kentucy and Ohio, told the delegates how the organization which he represents managed to bring dealers into line. "We found," said Mr. Rondebrison, "that the producers of this territory were getting but 8 or 10 cents a gallon for milk that the dealers were selling for 8 cents a quart, and it looked as if it wore time to go to work, and so we did. We formed our association and these dealers paid no attention to our demands, so we didn't Bend any milk to market. "We kept this up all during tho month of August, until the buyers saw tbat we meant business and they offer ed us from 14 to 16 cents a gallon, so we began marketing our milk again. "I find that the average producer all over the country now gets 14 cents in the winter and 11 cents in the summer, bo you can Bee for yoursleves who gets, the profit at 8 cents a quart to the consumer." Hens Working Overtime. Chicago, Feb. 7. One million eight hundred thousand strictly fresh, new laid eggs are arriving in Chicago ev ery day from Oklahoma, Kansas, Mis souri, Texas, Tennessee and Nebraska. They arrive incaseB of 80 dozen each, 50,000 cases being received daily. So thero is no immediate danger of an egg famine here. The weather iB re sponsible. It has been so mild and favorable for the production of eggs in the South and Southwest for the last threo weeks that hens are fairly work ing overtime. Watch Case Trust Sued. Cincinnati, Feb. 7. A suit for $375,000 damages has been filed in the District court here by the Dueber Watch Case company against the Key Btone Watch Case company, of Phila delphia, and other concerns alleged to be members of an illegal combination within the meaning of the Sherman law. It 1b alleged that the defendants combined to restrain trade by issuing a circular forbidding dealers handling their goods to sell cases made by others To guard against disease germs in the dust, masks have been adopted by the New York street cleaning depart ment for Its sweepers. Food Fight Test Now On. New York, Feb. 8. With extreme cold weather tending to drive quota tions up and the first wave of enthus iasm in the crusade against the high food prices receding, the campaign in metropolitan territory settled down to day to something like an endurance contest. The week opened, however, with prospects of trouble for the combines alleged to be illegally keeping up rates for necessaries of life through misuse of cold storage and Other hieans. New York and New Jersey renewed activities in the campaign. Attorney General O'Malley, of New York state, is credited with the intention to in voke an old injunction against the packing companies granted in the Su preme court in 1902 and forbidding them from fixing meat prices and pre venting competition by agreement as to rates and supply. Regulative ordinances introduced in the New York board of aldermen and aimed practically at cold storage evils are to be pressed for passage. Calhoun Case Must Go On. San Francisco, Feb. 8. Judge Law lor, of the Superior court, today denied a motion to dismiss the case of Patrick Calhoun, president of the United Rail roads, accused of offering a bribe to a supervisor to vote for a trolley fran chise, and ordered that the trial, which was interrupted by tho recent election, be resumed next Monday. Tho district attorney, who moved for dismissal, de clared that on account of missing wit nesses and the insufficiency of evidence already introduced, ho was convinced that a conviction could not bo secured. Soap Blocks "p Sewers. Orange, N. J., Feb. 8. The burst ing of a tank of hot soap in the process pt manufacture has given the sewer department here the biggest job of sower cleaning it has ever had. Sev eral tons of the sticky mass got into the pipes and congealed there, stop ping the mains completely. For a mile along the sewer men are working at each manhole day and night, trying to pierce the maes. The soap is aa hard as if it had dried for weeks,. Taft's Brother Recovers, Los Angeles, Feb. 8. Henry W. Taft, brother of the president, has re covered sufficiently from an attack of erysipelas to leave the hospital where he wbb taken a week ago, for apart menta at a downtown hotel. Dr. W. A. Edwards, his physician, says Mr. Taft probably will be able to resume ois journey eatsward before the end bf tho the present week.