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VOL. IV. NO. 3. PORTLAND, OREGON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, APRIL . 5, ' 1CC3 TVyO ' SECTIONS-18 PAGES ; price five czrrrc !. Business Suspend sd v Employer end trjloycf; H Attcijd 5eryicesV? -i-A Ma,, j .1, t, at ,., ' ,n,i -t - " , : -V: !.-. ., g -'.e CHAPMAN SPEAKS f6 ; i THRONGS AT. MARQUAM '"'f:l f : .' '',-V'fi .nr. t Four Meeting at Leading The r atrea Art Crowded to the Doors and 'Many; Are k;,V ; ;c 'yi ,v Turned Away. - . ii ,-Thli wu th day of prayer in Port- Busineaa came .to .. atandstlll while ' the oIum and the mHMi elbowed their .',.v wy Into four.of the largest auditoriums of ths city or stood outside s tbou sands did deploring that lack of spec kept tham from entering, v ' f To th Christian tha aarrleaa ware, aa TDr,. Chapman put it, "'. oretsU:of heaven." To tha outsider they, formed M a marvelous xhlbltlon of what aa old- faahlonad religious revival .can. accom pllsh whan onoa it la in motion. Jaw i ; and Oentlla," Catholic and Christian, b ' u Uevers and unbelievers, . mat . together and sang together. ..;.'. i -' - ';';- Thay may have pray ad in unison, but thay Ilaunad raapaotfully and , wara ..i moved to , aoma , amotion by tha 'four eminent dlvlnaa who preexned salvation. Christ and him crucified. , . '.,., Thara haa never baan another day Ilka thla in the hletory .of Portland. Ana Ykmal holiday will do' the stores, and - tha daath of a proaldent will do It. But It la unique when - visiting .evangel lata ''.'can designate a tlroa for-prayst, halt tha . -"commercial machinery of a city for two , aad a-half hours of a busy day and t tract nitpreoedenMd aaultitudea from taa ".warm aunahlna into stuffy thaatroa to - liaten-to religion tha earn religion that k la poured forth from scores of pulpiu T every Sunday and sinks Into tha andta turbadjriuab .of ,' -vacant pawa'br'.'reV - bounds from ;tBa-arnJah- f ' hardwood .. banchoc i -: ' " ..- ' ': ' -' V';..v, t v aainaaa Xawaaa Cload ' '! ' probably. 0 bualnaaa houae cldaM , , at tha arangalUta raquaat. It waa nota bla that tha largaat numbar of thoaa Jn ' attandanca wara aalaaman and aalaa .i woman from tha atoraa.: Tot tha audl anoaa wara ooamopolltan.'". aandwichad V batwoan tha naatly-droaaad haada of hair '.from tha bargain eouatara wara (ray aada and bald heada. NaW and then a ' Balvatlon Army cap would loom up. and v tha red badcea of th uahara aprtnkladi tha audltoriuroa aa onmHttaira prooz tnat i. tha Chrlatiana ward aut. in force and , atamllnf at attention, ready to graap aupplleatina; aoula. ' , . : . ' - Thara could be no atronrar arldenoe of the InUreat Jn tha day than tha fact filled on . tha lower floor at it o'clock in the morntnr two houra beioratha ' aerrloeo. Thla waa tha reault of a mla ii underataadlna-. The theatre - manaew- ment had opened tha doora whan tha drat people arrived. wharaaa they " ahould no have been opened until 11:0. , trpper rioora PiUad Pirn, v. The uahara sot out 'dt ..tha p red lea '. mant upon their arrival by ' Bending everybody to the upper floora of tha bulldlns add ahuttlns off the- main floor until tha arrival of the orowda from A", tha cloaed bualneaa houaea, which. waa -a fair arrangement and .cheerfully ae eepted. j. -. -' i .t :'. The alnrlna at tha Marauam waa on i der the direction of Charlea F. Allen. ' and "The Glory Bong" led tha program. J The very rata in the building atopped to 1 la ten when tha multitude aw ting - Into tha chorua and the ataga handa., rooat . lag In tha fllaa, coughed depreoatlngly, "' ' but Joined in. . Tha volume waa , terrlno Inaplrlng. . - s" ,--. '."The hueh of tha Lord' day la uaxir. : tha city." aald Pr. Chapman, with Ilt aral truth,. And tha hallelujaha of the " city were reaoundlng In the teraplea of V amucement. '. v. V Dr. Chapman preached on The Nw i. Bong.". -, ' ' .' '. - -!. a . . 'The early church waa born . In - the S tnldat of mualo," aald he.. The apoatlea - aang. Jaaua Bang. Men have Bung away their Bine. But when we enter heaven there will ba a new eong--one wo hava i never heard before and it will ba beau o 'tlful beyond deecrlptloa. . ('i . . "It a theme will ba redemption. Tou Lean not learn thla aong(unleea you ba re i deemed. Tou had better nof , begin to : learn tt," .,- yi.." v. i -. Dr. : Chapman apoka at . aoma length .. ' along three linea, hie aermon .being a t. atrong plea, for aalvatloa. ' . '' Carda were dlatrtbuted among thoea ' present, inviting thenV-to live the Uvea J of Christiana, and tha raeponaea were . . numerous. ' j ; Promptly to the minute, tha ' services concluded al o'clock. ; - ; y saloons; and churches; :' Sr. Bieaarwolf VaOa of TampMaama fat V ' Toaar Man' in PorMaaa.;';;.' ; ' In Portland there are 44 saloons and Vi evangelical ehurehta," Bald Kvang ?- Hat W. E. BladerwoU at the Baker the atraln other words, sis tlmea as many aaloone aa churches. In thla city there are 14,(00 bartendra and ft mlnlatera. There are 10.000 young men between the agea of 14 and 10 and. of that number there are never more . than 1.100 . In church atone time, tearing It.f 00 who are somewhere else. . ' There are only 0.000 young men In your city who aver go tin church. -' All ,the ehurehea In Portland are opea 411 .1 on Page Bight) tl-S ; .A) &? wM j X lit . '). . i A v-'.- j I ; W. ,. ! r .'Rbt. C T. Schaeffer, tha chMTm'.;.-?.u - I '.''".-A 'l I . . - 'i.i.A U-y''UA''-bojrt and glrta model for his J . - r U:.; ;v;;-,.t,.,;;;. 'V:;'':-''; ' "A V'Hvy;i::'';- V ;-; ''.Tories. 1' :i;::; v-: C;'- '' ;-;:V ;t' ; . i ' i rr i i 1 1 1 1 1 i ii i ' M ii. i ii. i SHORT STRAW; DIE; LQNG: STRAW, LIVE San Francisco Mri Draws Straws - . .-. " Off a Dock by San rraaclaco, AprU l. "Short atraw 4-die; t long : atraw--Uve,". . . mattered August Kaedtng. as he sa( In a saloon on Third, street" He was drawing straws with himself for1 Ufa. He held handful of'.'longa andi anorte, , ana gave the- other - end every opportunity, for be drew a doaen - or mora- tlmea. That he waa drawing for a abort and waa evidenced by the fact that Just be fore drawing ha would mutter: "Drown, you scoundrel, drown." -Then would ooma a long. traw, and ha would draw again. : - t . Ha repeated it so often that he. at tracted tha attention of C W, Wilson, a 1UNEILASSASSINAI - WITH DYNAMITE BOMB A. C. Lamb Is Blown Up in His ;'; Home in Arizona as Result 0J'::A;'f,of a Quarrel.-i t ' - ..." - IJOaraal Sptcbt'Serrlea) " Tucson. Aria., April 6-A G Lamb, former superintendent of the Tree Ami go mine, in the Oro Blanco district, waa Instantly killed Monday night by an un known enemy who dynamited hta house. Since leaving tha " employ of the ' Tree Amlgoeva big gold property. Lamb haa been mining ir the same vicinity on his own account. ,., ..;, ,.-.,. '.'..; ,i : . a Recently he became involved ": In'a quarrel' over, a. group of mining claims, and the fight was , carried into tha courts. The parties to tha suits threat ened each other's lives, so Lamb's terri ble end did not surprise the camp. The . terrible explosion almost' shook the bills about the Tree Amlgoa . laat Monday night ' Investigation . showed that Lamb a home, a formidable etruc ture. had been - blown .' Into kindling wood.,'.... J'- . - ' ,V;i--. . Fragments of Lamb's body were found In the debria and Identified. . Ha waa alone. In the house, hta wife having ret eently left for the east ; Athlack track leading from one corner of the houae to the sagebrush a few feet distant showed where tha fuse had, been laid to set off the charge. - N OPT FOB i ST. FBTxmSB USA. - (Joaraal SpcU aarrlea.1 , : Parte, April -United SUtes 'Ambas sador Meyer left today 'for St.-Petersburg to take hla new poet, vice Mc- Cormlck. - -- - ."' ; -" .: , : PERSONATES LOST .BROTHER TO STEAL (Jnarael SpMid Sarrlea.) " , ShelbyvUle. Ind.. April I. John Trees, a wealthy farmer, la lamenting the loes of tl.100 as a reault of hta distrust of banka. The fact that he kept money on hla person and about his house was known. Twenty-four ' years ago ' his brother Adam suddenly disappeared and was nevr heard from afterward. - His parents died a few. years Ago. Proceedings were Instituted. Adam was declared deadw and hla ahare of tha es tate divided among tha other heirs. A few days ago a polished man hall- i to . Decids Whether to Drown a . Stranger. - ii'' patntefand . cartoonist. . who became intaraated :1a the. game. Finally a anort straw, came on the add. number, and the man who waa drawing lota with himself for his own life, a earn ad to. bail its ap pearance with satlafactlon. ' Throwing ,to the floor tha straws ha still held ha rose to his feet with: "Now drown, damn you," ha hurried down Market street, followed closely by Wilson, who -waa ., curious to see . the finish. - -. . , t Kaadlng ran out to tha pier and waa. about to throw himself In tha bay when WllBon grappled him and held him until a policeman oama. Kaadlng la believed to ba Insane....,"."' . ' ACCUSED OF STEALING MILXlOfTFROW ESTATE ' . aoaraal Special Sarviea.) ' New Tork, AprU I-De Witt Smith, preaident of the - Railroad Construction company,, realdlng la this city haa been arreated on a warrant charging him with grand larceny. Tha complaint ia sworn to by Thomaa Stokes. ; It charges Smith with misappropriating tha funds of tha Btokta aetata. .. Tha specific ' sum mentioned In tha complaint Is 1 14.000, but It la said the real amount which ha haa bean asked to account for la something Ilka $1,000,000. At the offices of Stokes attorney, James W. Osborne, .all information aonoernlug the case la refused.' -.i. . i i .i ml' ' ,i.:...U. TRAIN CRASHES INTO ; W T; - ROCK KILLING CREW . . - ' , : V ".. Woaraal Sperial Sarvtee.) 'I ' '' ' Vancouver, B. C, April t. A Canadian Pacific" westbound .freight 'crashed Into a rock yesterdey near Oolden. B. C En gineer D. Little of Reveletoke and Ore man O. Dickie were killed, and a brake man of tha train aerloualy Injured. Tha rock bad been precipitated' on 'the track by a slide. The train waa running, full speed and the. engine and several cara were derailed. :.' -(.,i,. Vi ; WOMAN GETS -FIRST ' : CARNEGIE HERO'MEDAL '" -- v'J'WoarsaI SpwUl Swvkei.) . ? " Dei Moines. Iowa. April I. Tha lira Carnagia hero medal to be awarded goea to Mlaa Lavina ., Steele, recently ap pointed asalstant state librarian. Miss Steele saved the life of George Hill, a atudent of the ' elate university, . who broke through the Ice. t! . , I Ing from tha Pacific coast came Into the neighborhood and claimed to ' be the long-loet Adam. The family waa noti fied and prepared a feast. Bvesybody wea happib whan tha . strange brother made erraagemanta to take all of them to California to ahow them his fabulous weelth.- .. .!-,-. . , i All were ready to a tart when -Adam suggested that John had better give .hire charge of tha family's money until he ehould '.get to California. John g.ve aha tha cash. - y . -. Adam sxcused himself for a few min utes, and haa not been heard of since, ........ 1 ....(. BOOTH-KELLY CO. UfiDER SEARCHMCI1T ''1'' Grand Jury Devotes .' Its; Entire ' Time to Thlav Firm's" . TWO SALES ESPClAaYlil ,, ARE CLOSELY EXAMINED Transfer of ; Property by J. W. Cook and J. R. Rogers to Cor- i s ; poration Inquired Into. So far as . tha land - frauds arc con cerned, tha investigations of tha federal grand jury now in session will probably cover no Important" cases save .that of tha Booth-Kelly Lumber company." An army of witnesses hsa been subpoenaed to .testify concerning the ' methods by which this corporation acquired its , Im- grand Jury's Inquisition ' is necessarily proceeding slowly. .- , ' The lobby outalda of. tha grand Jury room la crowded dally 'with witnesses and secret service - men. most of tha former from Roaeburg. . Cottage Grove and 'other towns in t southern Oregon. Many of tham are men . who took up claims which were subsequently trans ferred to the Booth-Kelly company. . : One transaction which. ia likely, to re ceive ' rigid ' scrutiny from ' the grand Jury, la tha conveyance' to tha company, about ; three years t ago, of - extensive holdings owned by J. W.' Cook, of this city 'and J. I. Jonea of Cottage Grove. The' deal involved about 10,000 acres of railroad .' lands, acquired-by Cook -and Jonea- from -tha . Southern - Paetflc - and 1,000 or 1,000 acres of school and timber landai' Both Cook and ones have been subpoenaed to appear before the grand. Ju.ry.-'' ' ' ''" :' ' --': ' ,' ... Asmoaata to Obasptraay. Charge. The government's case agstnat . tha Booth-Kelly Lumber- company Is vir tually' a charge of conspiracy. Jit Is al leged "'that tha ' company acquired 'ex tensive' tracta at land -by ceasing-. Its amployes-to make-entries in -their-own names,- the. tracts being' subsequently conveyed .to the corporation. It. la' also charged that locators -were -employed to make entries upon publlo, laods., the lo cators being ; merely ; the, emissaries Of the company. It haa been rumored that many of the holdings 'which, eventually passed . Into thetownerehip. of .the. com pany were originally made in tha names of fictitious ' personam aa In' tha ease of ths land secured by tho'Puter-McKlnley, ring in townshlp rll-7." and In ths Blue mountain 'reserve, 1 but upon' this -point It la Impossible to obtain. deOnlte In formation. ' ':..' -Tha extraordinary eneeirt .with whleh the government Is proaecotlhgethe esse against the Bootn-Keuy t-yrooes com pany and tha t multitude of wttnesBes who have been subpoensed make It ap parent that Important Indictments are confidently expected. It Is i thought, however that noaa will be ' returned before the end ' of the week, ss Mr.. Heney will be obliged to do all of the work preparing "the Indlctmaata In ad dition to conducting .the examination before the Jury. ' '. ' . ; ; Booth and BrldgWVadee tMuiry.- " Closely Interwoven with ths Investiga tion of the Booth-Kelly .Lumber com pany Is the Inquiry into tha conduct of the -Roaeburg land omce. . i. . T. Brldgea and J. H. Booth, the suspended officials of the office, -ere .both In Port land under aubpoena. and tha former haa already been subjected . to a protracted examination before the grend. Jury. It has been known for eems tme peat that valuable Information Was obtained from Bridges and Booth by, tha secret serv ice s gents. . ' . . .. The first witness examined today was' L .Thomas Agfa of Msplston. He -was (Continued on Page . Twe.) ' Ai-POOL THAT ROBS THE J. B. Bridges, in an Answer Filed . to Law Suit. Is Accused by . .. Former Partner of Having Paid Constructors to Keep Hands ' t''Off In Work for Port Commission. J " -1 ' ' 7 j TTnt .'J.' B.- Bridges, by; collusion snd Intent to deceive the Port of Portland eommissloa . and . to ; prevent nal com petition, paid, 1 1.000 each to Joseph Paquet J." K. Bennett and Smyth A Howard, thus Inducing them to bid mare than was to be bid by ' Wakefield A Jacobean, for. tha contract to. build the Portland . drydock. , Is - alleged la tha amended anawsr filed this sftsrnooa by waxsnsia Jacobean, through their at tornaya, Hogue A Wilbur, in the equity suit brought by Bridges to compel aa accounting of tha affairs of the firm aa to the drydock. ' - k A short time ago Bridgea . sued for tt.000 claimed to be duo him aa salary for df voting all hla time to, tha auperln tendenca at tha drydock , construction. He lost tha suit Tha equity, suit was begun by Bridges sometime, ago. and was postponed, pending a decision in the law cause. v Now that thla is out of tha way. Wakefield A Jacobean, file their amended answer, whlcn aiiegsst , - aTlsa Oomdltloa - of ' Affairs. -'. - - ' That -Wakefield A Jacobean had de termined exactly what waa -to be their bid for; tha work on the drydock; that Brldgea aeked to be taken, into part nership with them, and in conalderatlon therefor ' promised himself to submit a bid hlghsr than the bid of Wakefield A Jacobean, and to induce the three other principal contractors, Joseph Paquet, J. EL Bennett and Smyth A Howard, to bid higher than Wakefield A Brldgea were to bid, and to pay them 11,000 each 'for so' bidding In excess of the bld of Wake field . A Brldgea. - thua preventing real competition. ' .'. ' . . That pursuant therewith- Brldgea did pay'f 1.000 each to-those three-contractors. 'and that aa agreement waa entered Into- that the contract if secured by Wakefield A Jacobseiv waa 'to be owned by them and Bridges. Wakefield A ' Ja eobsen"to 'Own six-tenths -and Bridges four-tenths; thst Wakefield A'Jacobsen were to furnish tools, engines, etc., for uso at the drydock,-and their off ice, fix tures and bookkeeper,' free- of chargs: that "Bridges waa-to-live at Vancouver, Wash,, where the drydock. was to- be built, and give all his time to the super- Intendeney; that Bridges then bid la ex cess' of what ha knew . waa to be the bid -of Wakefield A Jacobean,'-and pejd 11.000 to each . or the other three con tractor for tha purpose of -advancing the coet of- the drydock, knowing at the time' what was to be the bid of Wake field A Jacobean, and that, as. a result af tha collusion and deceit of Brldgea tha Port of -Portland commission waa to be made to accept the Wakefield A Ja cobean bid ss ths lowest. , , Thst-In preparing bids, tha plaintiff and-defendanta agreed and combined to :-'BIG STICK" -BRITAIN f. IJeareal SpedU Service.) .Lonii en, t April A curious outcome of President Roosevelt's Santb Domingo policy is pointed out by a member of the t London stock exchange, who haa special , knowtedge of tha development of South American securities. Ha aald: "President Roosevelt's new verelon of the , Monro doctrine as ' exemplified In th ease of Sapto Domingo haa brought about on th London stock exchange what threatens to be on of th worst gambling erases wa havsd in years. I am afraid that before It ia over, there r't" obtain tha highest price poeelble, and ao arranged their bids, and that Bridges so handled . and - influenced tha three other contractors that .they did not act or operate In really competing for tha aryooca contract. "That, In accordance with tha agree ment. Wakefield . A ' Jacobean and Brldgea entered Into a contract for tha division of the profits of the contract, Brldgea to act aa managing partner, none of tha partnera.to draw a. salary, but to take aa compenaatlo'n solely their share, in tha pro lit a .- - "That tha contract was begun, partly completed, the drydock turned Over to tha Port of Portland commission, and that Aha-commission refuses to pay a balance of 11.600 claimed to ba due. ba- eauae the work la not yet complete.' -The records of the Port of Portland commlsalon show that tha tprogram aa detailed In Wakefield A Jaoobsen'a amended answer .was ..as tried out; that ths bid of Wakefield - A Jacobean was aocepted, and that they built tha dry dock.'; -..'.'- .-.;-.,. ' Tha contentldn of the answer filed to day la clearly that Bridges dsstroyed all of his rights -in 'eqnlty. -under the rule of all courts that "one must come Into a court of equity with clean hands," and further that .Bridges utterly failed to carry out hla agreement to devote all hla time to the superintendence of the construction of 'the drydock.1 ' ; ( USES CARRIER PIGEONS : V JNSTEAD OFTELEGRAPH ; - .- r i ' , ' ' ' ft 5 t (Jeareal Special Service.). 'i h ': Redding. Cat.' April I. -J5. P. Conner, a mining man, who lives at Salt Creek, five miles from Redding, keeps posted upon all important happenlnga of ' the day by meana of carrier pigeons.- Mon day evening some of Conner's "relative arrived from - - toe east to visit mm. Within four minutes from the time they stepped off the train, Conner waa In formed of their arrival by reeeipt-ot a message carried by a pigeon. The bird made tha trip of five muea in four min utes. ; .-- ; ' -r l. .- TO SETTLE QUESTIONS ARISING OVER CANAL - (Jooraal Special 'Serrlee.)' 1 ' Birmingham. April f. -The Post aays that negotiations have, been commenced between the British and American gov ernments wth a view to -the settlement of questions that will arise aa a result of the building of the- Panama canal. SETS GAMBLING will be enonnoua loss: to th British public. " "The conviction seems to hava taken hold of a lot of people that Roosevelt has constituted himself Jhe collectlna agent for th world In regard to all clalma against the South American re publics. This conviction hss resulted tn a speculation In South American bonds, very much like the speculation, of sev eral years sgo in S uth African mines, which reeulted so disastrously. "There haa been a tremendous boom In thee bof' t'any are atlM run up to doubly tiu ,. t j at t- i : . -menC -f- V- -vV"''-."' " '' - 1 ''' . Ten Thousand net;!: 5 Gather: in, teens and Elect a Ktri RUSSIAN LINES DRIVEN , BACK BY THE JAPAf.'ESl; Rsvolutionary Workmen In the Czar's Domains Joining Re ' volt Slavs Continue t sVvv- Retreat North" ;',: (Joaraal Special Berries.) London, April (. Dispatches from St. Petersburg staU the rebellion is spread ing, throughout the Caucasus., .U la re ported that 10.000 armed rebels hava gathered 'in th mountains and elected a king. There are t,000 . revolutionary workmen from Battoum and Baku and portion may. Join thla force.'. " Btx other contingents, numbering T.000 are' operating In different part of tha ' Caucasus.' Military authorities express ths opinion that It will take a decade to fully pacify the Caucasus again, i A report from ' Manchuria . via Toklo says:- "Part of tha , Japanes Cbangta force drove the Russlana out of Tsulvi Shu, two miles north-of ...Changtu. also out of Sumlencheng. " nine miles west of Tsula Shu. and occupied both place on April 1. On April 4, w drove th enemy from Soumiaotzu and dlaperaed a band of tOO Russian cavalry, which waa retreating, north . along the railway." . Tha torpedo boat destroyer A rare waa) successfully launched at- Kur today. .While the official celebration of tha victory of Mukden haa been postponed until Monday on account of rain, busi ness men and labor guilds of Toklo held a large proceasjon. which marched front Hlblya Park' to Uyeno Park, pasalng tha palsca, '.Th parade' cheered the -peror. cabinet sad commanders of tr army and navy. 'Tha. exerclSee wer: held at Vyeno Park.' ' ; ' . A St. Petersburg dispatch: state thftt the Novoa Vreraya. in en inspired ar Uole. attacka tha attempt of President Roosevelt at medUtlon. and aaya tnet peace at the present time if .impossible. GIRL IS TOSTURED by foster f.:oTi::n r .A; Mrs. McKinney Stabbed Cixtstn-Ysar-Old Ward With Scissors. , and Toasting Foriu .... t . Ueeraal SpeeUl Servlee.) Chicago. April . -On tha charge of cruelly torturing SteOa Orady, their 11- year-old ward. Mr. and Mra. Archlball McKinney-of Aledo.-I1L. -wealthy anl prominent In social and church cirelee. hava keen Indicted by tha grand Jury. Tha child waa sent to th McKinney by th Illinois children's home and aid society.- Nelghbora at varloua. . time heard cries, of agony coming from tha s McKlnney house. Tna matter waa fin ally reported and tha Investigation re sulted tn tha indretmenta. ' Th Qrady girl declares she ' waa Jabbed with a toasting fork- and acU- sors, becauee she did not accomplish enough work or failed to do her task . properly. Her body, when examined by tha aid society agent, showed innumer able marks of abrasions and bruisaa. These, according to tha girl, war in- ' dieted by Mrs. McKinney. a W. J. arm ham, stats's attorney, says ha haa evi dence of extreme cruelty. -, . Th case baa cauaed a great Sanaa-, i tlon In Aledo on account of th promi nence of th McKinney family. Mrs. McKinney , is a well-known church worker .of the Presbyterian denomina tion. ' - .'' - - ' .-. " - .-- : , HELLO GIRL TO MARRY MONTREAL f.!ILU0r.'Air.3 (Josraal Bpeeta SrVrke.) " New Tork, AprU t. A romance begun on th telephone switchboard in Grand Union hotel last fall haa led to the mar-' rlageof Anna Bennett, aged 11. formerly an operator there, to K. R. Whitney, a Montreal capitalist. 10 yeara her senior, well known In tha Wall street dlstrk and said to be worth $10,000,000, It waa by request for a telephon number that Whitney first met th girl to whom he became engaged last week. Miss .Bennett resigned from the tela. . phona company laat Saturday. On the asms day Whitney left , bla hotel anil moved to the Hotel Astor, Today Whitney acknowledged hla en gagement. Thla will be hi second mar , riage, hla first wife having died a year ago, . Mlaa Bennett uvea wlta. her par- . enta In Brooklyn. -, . SMALL COY RU.'J CVEH AND INSTANTLY KILLC3 ;-" , ' . (gpeetal' THapetrh ts Ta J 1,1 Colfax. Wash.. Awril . : v r yeara. the your i ss i Mra J. B. Ne v. t : I tongue to a trai.ar rr i slipped off snd fell v passed over hi ' death. The t fit hie1 ho--. hllrn r r A
