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PRICE FJVECKNTS
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MAN
TRIES TO KILL
"DEEP THINKER"
Insane Machinist Fiics Revolver Through Parlor
Window of Philadelphia Judge Imagines Men
Would Kill Him By "Electric Wave"
WRITES CRAZY LETTERS
MACHINIST MrCAFFERTY IS CAPTURED HY POLICE AFTER CHASE
LETTERS FOUND ON MAN ALLEGING THAT MAYOR WEA
VER, SECRETARY ROOT, CHARLES SCRWAB, AND OTH
ERS, ARE CAUSING DISEASE AND DEATH.
PHILADELPHIA, March 21. J. J.
M.( illTett t, il machinist, late today llred
two Iki( linin it J2 calihie levokvr
tluoiigh the p.nlor window of Ihi rci
deuce 1. 1 Judge 'o'lilon. pliuitr cmilt
el Im Mayor Ucutci Mi'iihViy a
lllle-lnl allel a chane of tell liltM'lt.
Jlldge I Million Vtll o( lit liolllc lit till
lime, In Mii'iilTeityV pocket Were
found vetil.il Icltel ilidleed In Mute
Seiiatm MiAiiInd "luting the wilt"! in
tended to dichai ge hi letoher in
fmiil ol ioldoli' home Imi the pulp
ol bringing him into mint All the ht
lei. Mile wiitteu iii an iiii iihi -lent mail
nei alnl I epeatedU let. mil to nil elcc.
(lie ciilicnl tt ate hy which il o Main
,1,,-s , alh d "Cleat Thilil.ci" weie
cauim; dl"M"e and ilea'h "lie of the
MARRIES AT LAST.
Son of NirntaRuan President Weds an
Antrtican Girl.
U AslilMi TON, March -'I .Mphone
XelllVil, Jl teal- old, -oil of Hie l'lei
dent of the Nicaiiitfiinn l!cpiibli . wa
mall led today to Mi Maivuciite
linker, dilliehtel of Ib't. W, W, Itaher
of ihi city at the home of the bride"
parent. The inaninoe i the outcome
of a hm' and romantic emu t -hip. A
leu month ncii the couple conic mplat
il inairiaKC, tin' N icariiunii miniler.
Scnol CoiiVa, intervi'iieil it waa uid by
olilcr of Pieideut Zelaya. who I biinlit
hi -on loo yoiin- According I" nil
counts younn Zehiyu "ii kidnaped and
eut to Niciiriiiuii. I'lesidi'lit Zidaya
Inter cluiniii'il hi mind anil the youn
iiniu married without I'nrllici obji'clion.
Il i -tilled yoiiny; Zelaya inleiiils In eo
into lmilless in New York.
HAZING BILL PASSES.
Middies at Annapolis Must Be Good
Good Boys Now.
WASHINGTON, March 2-1 - Ilu.in a'
Die Annapolis Naval Academy was deall
with hy the House today in the passage
of (he Senate bill wilh a House substi
tute. The bill rcpenls Unit, pol l ion ol
I he cxi-itin law s which makes compul
sory the dismissal of midshipmen "uilty
of liiiin;; in anv decree, n ml siibst it ules
(he punisliini'iil in rdiue; to the mil lire
of the ollcnse.
WORKING GIRLS
FOR NOT
WAIISAW, March 21, -The paynuis
ter of the Vistula railroad today shot a
robber who took !j:!r(l(l from him. Ow
ing to the continui'd robberies the mi
llion! ics 11 ru placing seiilriew at lliet
tloors of private banks, i Thirty-four
SHOOTS
TO MAYOR WEAVER
h'tlei! ieiiieted that in the event that
Mi-t iilfeity wiih fnund dead, Mide fior
don. .lohu M. Mack, a prominent con
tiuclor. Mayor We. iter, director of
public nfetj, poller, Mayor Stoy and
l'o! inimtcr lliichiiich, of Atlantic City;
t hu f t.iiHin of the local M-cret crvic';
Secielait of Slate Hoot, Willi .1.
Mooiv of the Weather Ituieau nd two
other men he iiinsted. Another letter
Ktat ! " If fnund dead, I have been niur
deied by Mayor Weaver, .liide (lOidoii
and lohu Mink hy their electric current
wave foncd iiniu their electric magnet
iiMchine. with which tiny do all the
telephoning and tlej;raphin); in the
I lilted Male" The police also found
a neeipl lor leei-tend Idler to t'lmilci
l Schwab. ("lie of the lettel ii
Iclllu'd bv Sell Hllh.
LEAVES FOR NICE.
IAV Yollk, March 'il A cable dis
patch to I he I li . lit Iroiii Nit ii Ileum.
Italy, say:
William Koi koh ller left here yester
day wilh his pai'ty of friend for Nice
and t niinc- lie is in penci l health and
tin been -laying here a lew day, imik
iny eeiirionH in the neighborhood.
IVENS WILL HANG
Chicago Fiend Listens to Verdict
Unconcernedly.
Youth Who Assaulted and Murdered
Choir Singer, Calmly Lights Cigar
While Verdict of Jury is
Read by the Clerk.
(Tlll'AiiO. March 21. Iticliiird I.
hens Im heeti found enilly of I lie mur
der ol Mr. Ilcssie llollisliu' ami sent
enced In be liiincd. Hut one ballot
wa- taken. This was taken alter a
little more fluin un hour's ilclilyrut ion.
When the clerk of tin- court read (lie
verdict hens iippnl'ciilly was the most
unconcerned prison in the court room.
"(iivc me a licjil," he said and pulled
POISONED
JOINING STRIKE
working girls in the mills at Pabianice,
ten miles 1'vom l.oilz, on refusing to join
the strike were today poisoned wilh
powder strewn 011 Hie lloor of the mill.
One died and others are seriously ill.
Ten are not expected to recover.
' j
j
a rij-iir tioin hi pocket hihL lit it.,
1 Utolllev
l oll illllll (liilll'lv ll"kci fill
I
j.i nets trial, the hearing of I hi motion
i n ill pioh.ildy he iievl Sal ni'la v.
Mm. Ilolli-ler mv a - miiidcicd on the
leieuin ol laliuan i.'in. .-me was im-
Uoiin;' wile of a limine- man and left j
her home in 1 li i- alteinooii lo lllg ill
I he fiiiieial of a friend. Ncvl moinitig
Iven- lepoilcl o hi- father that he had
: l iiihI it woman' dead body on a inn -nine
pile in the ham. The crime wa
lepolted to the police, limine; the day
; I ten confessed he ciinglit the w oman
a he missed the door of hi father'
carpenter simp, had iniiltreated and
linally killed her. Muring the trial he
denied making the confession and dc
daivil he could rcnietiibei nothing of the
c l line.
FAMILY WIPED OUT
Seven Persons, Three Generations
Killed By Train.
Seven People on Way to Family Re
union in Buggy, Are Srtuck by
Tra n and All Are In
stantly Killed.
1 Sl M! It V. l'-iin.. March 2-1. Seven
i
I pcf-nn, repic-ciitiny three eriicrat ion,
of one family, were killed on the
Philadelphia and KciiilinL' Itailway at
lla-s I'riKsin today. The dead are
('. W. Neiilii;. a;ed !.'!; Clarence, ned
II and Sihis, ayi'd .'III. son's of the first
mi d; Mrs. Clarence, and their three
ehililieii. There wa to have been a re
union at tin1 home of C. W. N'eidio to
morrow and the latter had driven to
the home of the son to convey the
party to Auti-laviHe. The wagon whs
ciNinj: the track when an express t ruin
dahed into it. The occupants were
thrown or drayeed many feet and the
boilics were horribly minified.
DYNAMITER CONFESSES.
Implicates Many in Plot to Destroy
Buildings.
NEW YOHK. March 2-1. -Charles
Morau. a mcmlx'l' of the llridyeincu's &
IhiUHCsinith's ii 1 1 ii in . arreted several
week iifjo with two ironworkers, chare,
cil with at lempl im; to dynamite the
llii building, heinf; erected by Post and
Mct'ord today made a confession to ns--istnnl
Di-trict Attorney Train. Tmin
says Moran iinplicnted several others
and Ihe New York and New Jersey
hfailche of the union, deelarini; they
furnished the money to have, not only
the Itliss luiildiii, but other bnildines
destroyed, and the work of construction
halted. . The names of the walkini; dele-
gates involved were not divide
ilislliel u(loiiiev's office.
bv the
FOUR APPOINTMENTS.
SAN HiANCISCO, Match 24. There
were four1 new appointments today by i
the Southern Pacific headquarters, ;
Among I hem were 1!. It. Miller, general ,
freight ngent and A. 1.. Craig, general
passenger agent of the lines in Oregon.
Headquarters are in Portland, They :
will assume their new duties at once. I
PATTISON IMPROVING.
COI.UMIIUS, March 24.A bulletin
issued by Governor aPttison's physi
cians slates the improvement is con
tinued and is definite mid encouraging.
No assurance is given however, despitl
this hopeful bulletin, that the improve- I
incut is inure than leinpoi'.iry.
rilTTDATTriTT "T7TATTAW
lrmuuuri i.vimhi
HONEST LIEUTENANT.
Duplicated Pay Account and Wants a
Court Martial.
MAV 'il:K, Mm .-1, 21. Lieutenant
!.: I'latcn of tliv artillery i-orp-.
I , S. A, uill f court lll;iltl.ll hcic
today oil ,i rli. i of duplicating llii
.h'ioiiiM. while stationed at Fort ;
William. I 'i t l;i rnl. Me. j
,.i,iny .i-iit-niiit Oaten In- i
, hi oVl II ,1' IMI-I. Ill' hilV tllilt il-VT.lI '
I " 1
month- ago lii- found Ik- had duplicated
jiii- pay account and had received about
that h" wa- not entitled to. The
'duplication, lie aid. wa made hy mis
take, 'l lii- pay depai t uient had to order ,
an iiivc-l i;at ion and the charL'c ataill-t i
l.i' uteii.iut ( raven- are the re-iilt. Lieu
tenant Cravens ha been in the service
-ilne S!I2, when lie enlisted ill the
arlilleiv blanch of the it I in V .
TO BE RE-CHRISTENED.
VttTOISIA. It. C., .March 24.-Th-mm
tin j; schooner Heat rice. piinhael by
( aplain F.inar Mikkel-en for tin- Ailjihi
American polar exM'dition, s.iil from
iitoiia May IV She ttill be re
re i hri-tened the lluelies of lledford.
PHONETIC SPELLING
Ca.negie Explains Advantage
Spelling Reform,
Believes English Language Should be
Spelled as it Sounds, so as to
to Make it Easy to be
Learned.
HO T SPKIXOS, Va March 24. An -
drew Cnrnepe today stated his view
rceardini' the proposed reform in Ens-
lih spelling.
He alludes to the change constantly
going on in the language, the new words
expressing new want- or old
wants
better, and the metamorphosis of slang j operator have been confronted with j the national officers. It is freely ad
into correct English. He declares the ! SPli'us " ranks, j mitted that With miners and operators
organization he ha agreed to finance is
not revolutionary, hut conservative. He j
-ays our language is likely to prevail
in the world, and we may hope ii will
become the universal language, not-
withstanding at
present-
foreigners
have the greatest difficulty in aciiiiring
it, b 'cause of its spelling. He concludes
hy expressing .he hope that thoughtful
people will give eon-nleration to this
re form, and range themselves with the
effort to improve the mother tongue.
FLUCTUATING MARKET.
Stocks on Wall Street up and Down All
Week.
NEW YORK, March 24, "Stock mar
ket this week with proces in Wall
street, up one day and down the next,
were on a narrow range. The present
-peculation is due to a number of fac
tor, including the doubtful resources
of the money market, pending the
April settlements, the outcome of the
coal miners' wage eontroveisy, the halt
in the iron trade and a less favorable
compari-on of railroad gross earnings
with last year's cone-ponding dates.
The proposed issue of IIKI.IHHI.tMIO ad
ditional N.vv York Central stock.
arouses fears of bad affects on stock
fnou u threatened over-supply, similar
o Unit from which the bond market
- suffering."
PAPERS FORWARDED,
I SALT LAKE CITY, March 24-Papers
j for their signature have been forwarded
'to Young Corbet t and Hick Hvhind for
a fight, to take place here under the
Auspices of the Palace Athletic Club.
Roth lighters have expressed a willing-
ness to make the match which will
probably take place about the middle of'1'1 11,02 Slvlllollr ws induced to leave
April.
CONFERENCE COMES i
i - r w- wi m I m
Coal Operators and the Miners Wrangle All Day
and at Adjournment Have not Coincided on
a Single Point at Issue.
FEARS ENTERTAINED
PRESENT WAGE SCALE EXPIRES N
AGREEMENT IS REACHED BE
BITUMINOUS MINERS WIL
STRIKE W
INIIIANAPOI.IS. March 24. After
bein' in joint cotifereni-e since Tuesday
afternoon the coal miners and operators
! art- no nearer an ajrreement on the wage
ofsciile thiin whpn tlie formor joint con.
J f(.,-,.nw udjourned in dUafjreenu'nt on
February 27th.
j The ine-ent wape scale expire next
Saturday and unless an agreement is
reached by the miners and operators lie
fore that time 22.),tMHI union bituminous
miner- will be culled out.
The joint scale committee of the cen -
ti-al competitive district adjourned this
afternoon to meet Monday when a 1110-
it ion to report the disagreement will be
! ,r,.ml ;im jt j Mieved will be car -
ried. A e--ion of the joint conference
j ' receive this report will according to
program be called on Monday afternoon.
During the four days the operators
have lieen in conference not a motion or j ehell to answer, moreover, it is not eer
proposition offered by either side on the tain the national conventon will ratify
, warn' -cale ha been adopted. The
F. 1.. Kobbin of the Western Peiisyl -
vania operator has agreed to an ad -
vauee of ri."i." per cent as demanded by
I
j
j
: TreacKerous Pulajanes Capture
( ' '
, Samar S Chief CXeCUtlVC.
Natives on Island of Samar Offer to
Surrender Town, But When Gov
ernor and Two Americans En
ter Town, Are Seized.
MANILA, March 2." (Sunday, noon I
In the recent light at Magtaon, in the
center of the Island of Samar between
the constabulary and a force of Pula
janes, two of the constabulary officers
and several privates were killed. The
loss of the Pulajanes is unknown. Cov
entor Curry is still missing. Governor
GOVERNOR
MISSING
Curry, Judge l.obiner. and Superintend- cur as early us Monday.
DETECTIVE RECOVERS BIG
JUDGEMENT IN COURT
SAN FRANTLSCO, March 24. Detec-
tive John Seymour recovered judgment
against Mrs. Teresa Oelriehs and Mrs.
Virginia Y'nnderbilt today for $11,100.
the position of captain of the local po
tl( AN AuiibtMtN
STRIKE IS INEVITABLE
EXT SATURDAY AND UNLESS A If
FORE THAT TIME 225,000 UNION
L BE CALLED OUT, AND
ILL BE ON,
the miners, but the operators of Ohio,
Indiana and Illinois have flatly refused
to pay any advance.
Robbie also announced his intention
to pay the increase not only in the
mines of the Pittsburg Coal Company
but also in. hi own mines in Western
Pennsylvania, Ohio and Illinois. Inde
pendent operator in Western Pennsyl
vania have announced that they will
pay the advance if rabbins does, and
the other independent operators have
si'Miilied a similar intention. Those of
j Illinois, Indiana and Ohio declare they
' cannot afford to pay any advance and
Mitchell lirnilv declares no settlement
j will be made unless an advance is given.
1 Whether the officers of the mine work-
: ers will allow the miners to sif.ni the
scale and work in the districts where
the advance is allowed is a question the
operators have tried in vain to get Mit-
, such action ever if it were endorsed bv
1 ,
j are playing a waiting game, as each
j desires to throw the responsibility of a
I strike on the other.
cut of Schools Hoover proceeded to the
town expecting to receive the surrender
of the force of Pulajanes. It is sus
K'cted the offers of surrender were a
treacherous ruse. Reinforcements of
constabulary are ordered to proceed to
the district and provincial Treasurer
Whittier has recommended that federal
tnops be held in readiness.
NADEAU RESIGNS. J
n 1
SEATTLE. March 24.-T. A. N'adeau,
general agent of the Northern Pacific
in Seattle has resigned to become the
salaried vice-president and executive of
the Seattle chamber of commenree. His
successor is not announced.
ADVICES ENCOURAGING.
WASHINGTON, March 24,-State de
partment advices from Ambassador
White at Algeciras are very encourage.
Details of the communication could not
be obtained, but it was stated they in
dicate tlie conference is approaching a
successful termination and this may oc-
lice force to assume charge of the de-
fendants' property at a salary of $.'100
a month for n period of ten years. He
was discharged in June, 1004. The de
fendants held the contract was never
reduced to writing, but the court ruled
against them.