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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.