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WADE AND DR.'DAVIS
ENTER THEIR PLEAS
i Former Declare Himself ? Not
the Latter. Demure
Discussion of Law Points
Consumes Morning. .
f arguments upon th legal questions
S : raised by Seufer Mitchell attorney
war resumed in th federal court this
morning. Judgs Bennett addressed the
'f court In reply to the argument of United
-State District Attorney . Heney made
- yesterday . afternoon, and he occupied
nearly the whole of the morning
. . WOO. '." ';l,i.,:'iw;S'v ' Vi
- i Popular lntereet In the land ' fraud
, cases is well Illustrated by the throng
' that gather to listen, ta the Arguments
f the - attorney even upon technical
point of law.- The courtroom 'was even
7 more crowded today than it was yester-
V day. To th layman, unversed in the
V BKfuia ox toe sw, in. pramouiii
. ; might 'have been monotonous.' 'but' for
the momentary expectation , of a, clash
between opposing - counsel, 'for Judge
Bennett indulged In frequent sarcastic
; comment at the expense of Mr. Heney
, and the latter rarely fells to give at
' least as good as he get. This morning.
however, he listened smttlngly. aad rlth-
out comment to th Ding Of Benator
. ; Mitchell' attorney.. ..,.r J. i. .,. .
-' . Among the crowd that ailed the court,
-room were many wellknown -clttaen.
. i Attorny-Genti-eA.Crawford was an In
- terested listener to ths arguments and
sx-Oovernor Oeer loomed up behind
. v the ralL Senator George C Brownell
' appeared feeva few mtnut at an cpea
Ing of the proceeding and Judge J. c
- Moraland occupied a seat In tbe Jury box.
J. H. Booth, formerly of the Boseburg
land omoe was on hand with hls attor
, ney.' A. C Woodcock, and others of the
Indicted war also present Congrtss-
,man Blnger, liermann. was among, the
absentee. ,- ;:; r $ ;.u.V
' i - 'Tw Scot Arraigned.
Dr.' W. H. ttavla, mayor of Albany,
" and Ira Wade, both under Indictment,
. were arraigned at the opening of court.
, The former filed " a Y demurrer,', whllo
. "Wsde entered a plea of not guilty. Both
.-were represented. by J. K. watherford
'' of Eugena- tr - -i
Mr. Heney Occupied a few. mlnates In
'' presenting au-.iotitle upon two point
which he bed omitted to dlsonss y-
, t.r.r W tniLrha hrleil Ppnn the 1.
legation tnet be had been pr ijudl-vd
sgalnst dfpiifinnts and had iiilluenee-J
the srsnd Jury gainst taem. Uecla-
Ion wr t', tvJ to sustain hi conten
tion that the plea In abatement filed
by Mitchell and other had been filed at
. the earliest possible moment. . 'He de
clared that such plea must be Sled
at the earliest possible ' moment, and
.that In Senator Mitchell's case, where
' the indictment was returned February
j 1 and the plea we not filed until Feb
ruary 11, two day after the grand Jury
' had Anally adjourned, the deity, was
Other Question involved . bad been
. r' fully covered by the' district attorney
veeterday afternoon. - when no mad
... strong presentation of the government
contention that the plea in abatement
' Is 'inadmissible, that the proceedings of
the grand Jury were regular and valid.
' and that the right of Heney to act a
i district attorney berpr Jtn grand jury
could not be assai)v in a collateral pro
ceeding., :.,.- .r--. ;;s-i
Bennett X Saroastlo. i'V-
! "Conslstency.'thou art a Jewel.' quot
ed Judge Bennett, sru-caatlcaUy, in b-
. ' ginning his reply. When w wanted te
- file plea the -other day before the ar-
ralgnmeht of our client Mr. Heney ob
-jectd to the procedure. Now, with the
. word scarcely cold in his mouth,' he is
objecting becaus th - plea wer not
"I - filed before 'the ,. defendant ; wer ar-
? ' With om irritation Judge Bennett
commented upon the manner in wnicn n
' had been "bruahed aside" by the district
" attorney and h added: . - ' - . t-"
"There la a little bit of Irish about
: tne as well as there Is about Mr. Hener,
' and lomitlmM I boll over;" J
' He Insisted that Heney had failed to
- produce th federal statute governing
th procedure in federal court in th
. matter of pleas in abatement, to which
, th latter had alluded yesterday, ' and
, n suggested that In future .the. dis
trict attorney should remember that
"th early settler of Oregon, who With
' their descendant make up th bulk of
- the population of the tate,-came almost
" wholly from Missouri." ' '
. Heney listened with a broad mU to
'. th sarcasm that wer being heaped
.upon htm. but made no replyr - Judge
Bennett then proceeded to the dlcu
- alon of th propriety of a plea in abate
ment, a a mean of taking advantage
In defect in th ' proceeding of the
"" grand Jury; From a formidable mass of
- law books - the -attorney .. select ad -one
after another, read in A decisions in sup
' ' port of hi contention that th plea
; was proper. He Insisted that th com-
- mon law, not the statute of th state,
governed th procedure in th federal
eourta, except wMer expressly provided
; Otherwise by th statute. . The common
r law recognised trie plea In abatement-a
th proper proceeding by whick to raise
, tne question or tk legality of a grand
jury proceeding
As to th queafion of fact raised by
,th pies, the defidant wa entitled t
' have them tried b a Jury. Th- conten-
(CpnUnued ok. Pag Xleveawl
X
A if Si .' ",W' ..WJ ? B
Urn. Caesar ,Youqc Wiie of ;the Bookmakec of Whose Murder JKan Patttnoa I for the Third Time Undor-
TA.
r-TRY-nAM PATTERSOn
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Fiorodora Girl, In Court for Third
r Time - f orcr Alleged T-'r-'-
Murder. ' ! '
ACTRESS MUCH STOUTER
THAN DURING LAST TRIAL
Five Talesmen Examined Wit!
out , Securing.; a Satis r
Ur 'jrr vf- factory -"Juror.";
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(Joantl tpeclal aVrriea)
New Tork, AprU It The third trial
of Nan Patterson for' the murder of
Bookmaker Caesar Toung, which : was
postponed . yeeterday, was . opened , thla
morning before' Recorder Ooff In the
court of general sessions. ' On hundred
and fifty veniremen were called and the
first day was devoted to th .selection
of th Jury.'' Mis Patteraon I looking
well end, occupied a. seat next her' at
torneys. ..i.. '.'v. A 'i) 'U,iv- V! ."' .
Th first four- talesmen examined
war excuaed. , The fifth talesman wa
under examination when recess i a
Uken until 1:1 o'clock... . '
Mis PatUrson i much atouter than
she was at her previous trial. ' Her fath
er sat with th svsctatora v
It la expected that th third trial wllM
develop some feature that were alto
gether lacking whan th cask was In the
court before. Rumor of new witnesses
and of promised sensations ' br both
Piinnpinp ninv
VSrSSSm? rtMHlt'Yt Tnot" found when town.
iui loaay..-. j 4
Although th so-called Smith lettera
war returned by the district attorney
to .the counsel for Mr, and Mr., t, Mor
gan Smith, the fight for tbelr permanent
poeaeaslon la not ended Boon after the
paper had been served on th district
attorney and Mr. Rand, Deputy Assist
ant District Attorney Sanford wa dis
patched to Flushing to secure a modi
flcation of th court's order, which re
strain ed th . district attorney . from
keeping th ; letter . taken from - th
Smith. . -..,,....
A: the-result- of Mr.-Wanfonf ml.
Ion, Justlo Qaynor mad an Indorse
ment oa th order, -which -give th dis
trict attorney a right, to, keep them.
FIRE CAUSED BY SAFE "
- ROBBERS BURKS TOWN
V ., y ... : ' rH
J (Joaraal gperial SarHeal '
Charleston, W. Va-,. April . It. Tire
which wa caused by safe . robbers who
wer trying. ' to - blow ' np v safe' this
morning practically .destroyed the bust.
na section of th town of Clendennlng.
Th loa g 1111,90.
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f oinf Trial
DICKEY SAYS HE WAS
SIIOT- AKD r RODBED
DentistVTells.
Hbw He Heard
People Say Htlad Com '-r
vj - mitted Suicide.
TRIED TO CORRECTkTHE:
ERRONEOUS' IMPRESSION
Struck Down Fom Behlnd and
- Pistoled; He'yainly Tried to
V . Get Help. .
' Dr. Joseph Hlckey,' who i at Good Sa
maritan hospital recovering rrom a bul
let wound, in th lung, today declared
that he. was assaulted byjthng who
track him from .behind and then fired
upon him. He believe that robbery
the mottve., . i.H '':. v -,- -
v Dr. Rickey explained today for" th
first time th manner in' which hev was
wounded. ' He bitterly resent th re
port that he attempted to end hi life.
saying that h tried to contradict them
from th first,, but was Unable to speak.
- Investigation by detective oorrobo-
rate . th- detailed - statement of - Dr.
Hick ay, and evidence ha been eured
tor show that he . wa th ncam of
murderous assault by unknown persona
Th revolver which wa found near him
wa a rusty old weapon . which he ear
be never owned. - - HI own weapon wa
found in th drawer of a dressar In his
apartments. He had between and IT
fn hi - possession at' th time of th
removed to the grocery store, and baa
never been accounted for.- - ; : ,
. f 1 nokiy Ten .SO Stwry. : . i
- . had been down, town that sven-
lng.". said Dr., Hickey. ."l.wa return.
Ing 'and reached it spot a short distance
from my home where there are a num
ber of tree. It ' was quit dark. ' I
tartect to 'go aero-th street to th
grocery to buy-a cigar. - ' - , ,
.' 1 had hardly turned when I felt a
blinding, stunning paia. I -thought 'I
had - bumped - against - a telegraph pole
or a" tree. I tried to- shoot amt thought
I was ealnng loudly. " I -don't remem
ber anything of what happened then
Until I woke and found myself lying
In th street, facing the' grocery store.
"Immediately I began to shout and
thought it Strang tbey ' did , not hear
ma. I felt Intense ' pain in my body
and hefed, and wa unable to move. Of
course, I know now that I wasn't call
ing loudly, for my lung wa filling wjth
blood, .and that la why th people 1
th store eon Id not hear. Finally I saw
some on emerge from th . store, and
com in my direction.! - ..t ,
(Continued on Pag Eleven.),
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FICIIT CENTERS E
i i in as in. sas niialaiaiiii n is I
Ll 1 1 F-t 1 1 Y- 1 14-1 1 U V 1 1 rT"! rmlcldeecom&osesnaerTne
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Boak, , Foley and Keith Avowed
vanaiaaiest-rwooper is low
for Head Banker. V
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DARKIORSE MA BE :1 "
WINNER OFTHE RACE
Head Camp Meeting of the Pa-
cific 'Jurisdiction Opens ft -'s-..
, at Los Angeles. ' - V";
'' (Special Dlapatch te Toe JoonaL)
lios Anegeles, Cal, April IS. Tb bead
camp meeting of th Paciflo Jurisdiction
of th Woodman of th World began It
biennial session In th Elk, ball In this
city , today. Score of delegate ' ar In
attendance from th state of Oregon,
Washington. California, Idaho, Montana,
Utah, Wyoming, Colorado and Nevada,
The woman'a auxiliary of th order la
also In session. ; It la expected thf matt
ing will continue a week or longer, as
many matter of Importance are sched
uled for discussion and action, .
Th burning question of th meeting
now appear to be th aelectlon of head
consul. , - This wa evidenced at tbe
meeting" of th Oregon delegation which
convened at o'clock yesterday evening.
Th first order of business at that meet
ing was th .confirmation of Walter ju
Too of Wood burn and John Tan Zantt
of Alblna a permanent chairman and
secretary respectively. Th delegation
next Indorsed W. C. Hawley a head
manager.. On vote being taken by tbr
delegation on th question of Indorsing
a candidate for head consul, Snodgraa
received 14, A, U' Barbur. f and C V.
Cooper 1.'- .-.v iv, v.'.Vi -
Other states ar yet to be heard from.
but it now look a if dark horses might
figure In th choice of head officer.
Th threw avowed candidates for. bead
consul so far are, I. L Boak,' John H.
Foley and A, B. Keith. .
The next . head camp meeting will
probably be held In Seattle. Th Women
of Woodcraft U ccntaertng"the removal
of it headquarter from LeadvUI, CoL,
to Boise, Idaho. Th uniform rank I
considering a proposition to consolidate
all nine state In th Pad Ho Jurisdiction
under th command of Major-Gen, Will
B Rapeon of Ban Francisco. Th band
camp will be In session until Wednes
day, April St. . ' . '
.- . aaujro snr rau. s'
(SpeeUI Dlspajrh The JoaraaM - .
Hope, Idaho, Apr !. Jo Allen.
while partially 8 runic, Tel" off of a
high bridge on the rocks below, near
here, and dld in half aa bona.: a , (
T" , Owing to the fact that a large number of . people of this stat
T are Interested la publlo land matter,- Th Journal- pubUahea th fol
T lowing, which, ia a eopy of the act approved March 1, 105, prohibiting :
T the selection of timber land in Ueu of land in forest reserves: ..-
T "Bait enacted by 'the senate nd,-house f represntaUve of ; tha:; .
. United . State of American in congress assembled, - That th act -of
T Jnn 4, Jun . ltOO, and March I. WU ar hereby repealed so , - .
. tar as they provide for th relinquishment, selection and patenting of
T lands in lieu of tracts covered by an-, unpertected bona fide claim of , .
T patent within, a forest reserve, but th validity of contract entered into
J by the secretary of th Interior prior to th paaaege of thla act anal!
not b impaired v . -U,' r.-". I-4
- "-Provided. That selections heretofore mad In lien of land relln
qulshed to th United 8tte may be perfected and patent shall Issue
therefor th same as though this act had -not been passed, and. if for .
. - any reason not th fault of th party making th same any pending
aaleotlon 1 held invalid another aelectlon for. a like quantity of land '
'inay be made In lieu thereof." v" -- i. . - ... .. :.. .
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16 POINTS
IN 3
Northern Securities' Makes Sensational Break Carrying Down
A the Whole Stock List Rumor That There Would Be v -
'f .1', v-V. No Melon-Cutting the Cause.
, : Jearaal peeial serrte.) : '', , .
New York. April It Northern 8-
euritlea mad a sensational break at
th opening of the 'stock exchange to
day, .declining 1 points In three min
utes under great selling pressure. The'
price broke from 111 to Its. Th break
la due to a rumor mat mere wonm do
no "melon cutting," a anticipated In
th re-dlstrlbuUon of the company's
holdtnga . : ' , " ' "' ,'
J Ih .tock-jBadaaparOsl jimnvry
from th low price later in in seaaion.
and closed with a loss from th open
ing of $19. '-The sale amounted to s,.
0 hares. '
I Th biggest financial men of the
oountry tried to stem th tide of depre.
lqn in- th Mr merger stoca, . ana at
various period of th aeealon it mad
slight response to their -spreading. 01
old. ' 1 - .
The alump in -values today. was
brought about by in heavy offering of
THINKS ELECTRICITY
? ? CURES CONSUMPTION
1 . (Joaraal Bpeelal aerrlea.1
. Watertown, N. T. .April ILDr. Al
fred Oom. of Adams, N. T.. a pracUUon
r of many .year'-xprlenc, who ha
been experimenting' for a long Urn, ha
discovered what he believe la a cur
for consumption. Th cur la aocom
pllshad by forcing electricity into th
tissue after it ha .passed , through a
germicide that will not affect the al
bumen In- the blood, and which ha been
proved will kill tuberculosis bacilli In
lung tissues.
in of electricity, and the atom and
resultant gaa combining, th electrons
paas Into th tissue.
Oos ha treated 44 ease and mat x
reliant result In every one.. He usm
In- the treatment -a l-plat electrical
machinathat develops 15,000 volts.; Th
apparatus 1 connected with a vacuum
aurface .electrode, inrougn wnicn ana
from which electricity shoot In a gold
en rain. Th electrode Is set against
th patient's breast. In an experiment
upon a cadaver it drove th gas to
depth, of eight Inches, :
HOCH IS IDENTIFIED V
v BY ANOTHER VICTIM
(Journal gperial Servk-a)
Chicago. April 11 Mrs. Caroline
tracker, agad 41, of Philadelphia, today
Identified Jobann Hoc a, tne alleged Diga
mist and wife murderer, a th man
who married her last October and de
aerted her a month later, taking $100 of
her money. ,
COUNTERFEITERS BUSY 1
, : . IN THE PHILIPPINES
. .' .."'.'.. . w""ia'-a ' ..'' " " ;
' (Jeuraal Bpacial Berrlea)
Washinston. April II. Chief WllM
of th secret service left today for Ma
nila to Investigate the alleged counter
feiting of th new Philippine-American
currency. En rout he will atop at
Honolulu to establish a branch of th
secret- service. He will sail from San
Francisco on th Korea. May I.
TRUST CUTS PRICE
OF OIL
- ' - (Joaraal Speslat Sarvtea
Independence. Kan April 1. The
SUndard Oil oompany today , cut th
pile on crud oil cents a barrel In
Kanaaa, Oklahoma and Indian territories.
Thla . decline Is th hardest blow yet
dealt th Independent In the fields,
a th Standard la now refusing oil b-
low. ll dre gravity, and only, taking
a tenth part of even this grade. It prae.
tically means th shutting down of th
Oil lease of th west. . -
Th Standard snaatlonal reduction
In th prto of crud oil ha created no
eonaternattoa in thla field.
"The Standard ha already dona It
worst," said an oil expert. "It la prac
tically buying no oil In Kansas, any bow.
Th trust ha about ,00.000 barrels In
storage, but recently baa been buying
as little a poealble."
It i said th reduction will hurt th
territorial producer considerably., :
Commlasloner uarneld. It is reported.
ha secured evidence from a group of
producers la the .Wayald district, ladir
MINUTES
stock, th broker tearing each other's
clothes ln an effort to unload their
clients' holdings . before th bottom
dropped out of th market.
With the downfall of securltlee th
entire - market .closed, lower. Union Pa
olflc common losing tt. -St. Paul was
very weak and fell 1 point. '-
' The principal loaera ". on ' th . stock
market today were: Atchison, 1;
Smelter. Brooklyn "U" 1V41 Balti
more Ja Ohio, 1H; Canadian Pacific, I;
intnol-CntrairaT Tennesse Coal, 11.
OAPZTAZ. STOOX
UCTJrJD,
i .V. .' (Jeoraal Special' Berries.)
. : Trenton, N. J., April It. Northern
Beeurltle company this afternoon filed
In th office of the secretary of stat
an amended certificate of incorporation
reducing the capital, stock from tton,
00Q,O. Jo m.54.00 and providing 1
plan for taking over outstanding stocks.
HEINZE PAYS FOR HIS ;
. iv BIG STAG SUPPERS
(Special Dispatch te Tse Joaraal.
Butte. Mont. April it Ry th pay
ment of 15,000, P. Augustus Helnse, th
eoppef operator, will -secure the dismis
sal of th famous suit begun several
years ago by - Samuel Martin, a well
known sporting man of Butte, who sued
Helnse for 111,000 for furnishing win
upper and stag parties given in the
swell club apartment of th Martins
by Helnse to hi friends during 1900,
when th big copper war between Helnse
and' the Amalgamated Copper oompany
wa raging. . . ' -
Helnse already ha paid several thou
sand dollar on account. Th suit has
been fought to th supreme court, being
sent back to Butt for rs-trlaL . Accord
Ing to Martin ha wa ordered by Helnse
to furnish everything for Helnse and hi
gueat that money could buy in th way
of drink, eatable end amusement and
Martin aays ha carried out Instruction.
SHEA SAYS UNIONS .
DETERMINED TO WIN
(Joaraal - Special get ike. I
Chicago, April It. President Shea of
th International Brotherhood of Team'
ter laaued a atatement today review
ing th strik against Montgomery.
Ward V Co.. 1 declaring -th mployers
had rejected every peace proposal. He
said th union war determined to win,
and could extend the strik to other
organisation If necessary.
Th wagon of Montgomery. Ward a
Co. ar being operated with police
guard. Little disorder I reported.
MONT PELEE IS AGAIN: ;
IN ACTIVE ERUPTION
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.v.-'".'- (Janrsal Special- Sarvie.) ; -r'
Pari, April It. A dlapatch to Matin
from Fort d Franc, Island of Mar
tinique, state that Mont Pele 1 again
actively- discharging . molten lava
Flashes of light 1 ar Been issuing from
tb crater. Rumbling underground are
heard In th vicinity of th mountain.
IN KANSAS
. -j. . . . ,
eating a strong case of discrimination
by th Standard. The producers testi
fied that 41 out of SO lease In this dis
trict hav been unable to continue bust,
neaa as th result of th attitude of th
Standard. . It I understood that the
Standard has filed figures and docu
ments tending to show that Its course
In Kanaa la dictated solely by . th
law of supply and demand. '
Mr. -Oarfleld held a night session in
th office of Secretary Parker of the
Kanaa Oil Produce ra" aaaoclation last
night. Many oil men wer examined a
to th methods of th trust la Kansaa.
Mr. Oarfleld will return to Independ
ence Wednesday. He will leave in a tew
day for California and on his return
will Investigate condition In Texas and
complete hi work In Iran s. He will
then go east and Investlgat th east
ern field.
Oarfleld accompanied Secretary Parker
of tb Oil Producer' association to
Wayald today to Inspect the fields.
From there he will probably go to Bart
ltvUl - .
Shipped ;I!:rc Wt::t L
;v'iLL':"AtL':'n 'u.' r
AND MORE THAN OTHER
COAST PORTS C0"Cir.ED
Wheat and Flour v Exports-Frc.-
' Here Amounted to Little Less
"".'t ' -. .
1 nan 1 nrww ai unit era qt b ; '' -
t: ;rrr? Million Dollars; " ; : '
" In th month of March Portland ex
ported more wheat than all th port
on th Paciflo coast oomblned, . This Is
hown by statistics compiled by th
department Of commerce and labor. Th
fM 1 unt aim., th. u,. fn... Km XKrll-
bxmette river metropolis measured S1.
011 bushels, against 4C.t bushels dls
paiched from Puget sound and 148,5IT
from San Francisco. ; ,
; In regard to flour shipments Portland
make almost as good a showing. I far
In ad vane of all competitor and fall
short- by only a small margin of ex
porting more of the foodstuff than all
th othr oomblned. - . i
xne recora is a rouows: -e'crtiana
104.410 barrel,. valued at lISMtt; Se
atU and Taooma, S,Ti4 barrels, val
ued at. 1110,174; and San Francisco, .
17 barrels, valued at 1311.17. t
rTh"valu-f the wheat and nour'ax-
ported from Portland In March was
M78.1W; $710,040 represents th valu
of th aam exports from Ban Francisco,
Taooma and Seattle. - A these ar th
only Important , commodities shipped
from the .various porta, thla "city for
th month named, was th shipping cen
ter of the paciflo eoast . ,
- Portland not only lead Its neighbors
In tb matter ot - wheat export, but
stood at th head f th column of all
th port la th. Ualted State. - New
Orleans cam second with a shipment
Of 171,140 bushels to bar credit. Gal
veston i third on th list with a ship
ment of 10.004 bushel.; A la usually
in cas new zorg M at tn nad of the
list In th flour exports, having dis
patched !1,01 barrela Newport New
lm aeAAtuf . P.l(lmjir. .htp3 . T.ll,l.W4. .
fourth,- New Orleans fifth and Portland
Sixth. ,AV. ;.-.'-,',. -
GORILLA BEN FIGHTS '
A GIRL FOR FREEDO'l
Younjf Lady Has Desperate Cat.
tie for. Hour and a Half Wiih
' ' ( Big Ourang-Outang. ' v
, - (Jesrsal Special aervtea) .
New Tork, April la-.Ele-htean.vear.
old Lillian Bartle for. an hour and a
half last night fought a giant ourang
outang, which had escaped from it
cage. Her father. William Bartle, Is
an Importer of wild animal and runs a
store in Greenwich street. Th hug
ourang-outang. which stands four feet
six Inches lr height and weighs 110
pounds, t on of a consignment re
cently received from India. Relnforce-
m me nun ax uire men ax in
and of a fierce struggle aaved th girl
lrom being Injured, aald from scratches
on bar hand.
Th ape acted mostly on th defensive
while seeking freedom, a long a th
girl was his only adversary, but when;
th mea appeared he turned savagely '
upon them and bit on so badly that,
hi hand may hav to be amputated.)
Before the ana .iirran.rl v. ...
verely beaten with club, and was car
rid back to his cage tn a condition
suggesting an argument with an entlr
aquad f police.-.'
KINDERGARTEN TEACHERS
r JN ANNUAL r.EETi::a
1 " , (Joaraal Special aerrlea) " -Toronto.
OnU AdiII 11 There w.. .
large attendance at th opening tod y
of th 11th annual convention of th In
ternational Kindergarten union. The
convention met at th bormal school
building, with Mlsa Annie Lawa. the
president. In ths chair. At the open I r -eaaioa
Mtsa Laura Fisher of Boston 1
bub ratty HUl of Louiavlll creeem
paper dealing with . the material a-
methods of kindergarten Instruction. T.
evening Miss Allison f Pittsburg w
lead a discussion of general problems :
supervision. Mia Alice Grady of Ct 1
will present the subject or klnder"rt
examinations and Ada Van Stone 1. r ,
of Rochester that of aalariea. The c -ventlon
will remain In session nnt:i t t
and of th weak,
ITALIAN STHIXE ZZZ'. Z
CC"7LETc I7.:IC
' (Joaraal Sseelal tarvlra.)
Rom. April - II, Th st Jia ef
railway trainmen I geaenu.y t
a a fallura Mnr tralne ,
placed In operation today, I 1
ar constantly be' -g yej.
are no disturbances
(Mperlal tttai-Lh T ;
Coftsy Grove, or., "
Tucker, who waa err. 1 .
killing tt. '
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