JAPAN IS TRYING
TO CORNER CHINA
Refuses to Withdraw Garrison from
Manchuria When Demanded.
Will Continue to Maintain Control
Takes Advantage of China's Diffi
culties to Maintain Foothold and
Threatens Her it She Insists on
Her Rights.
Victoria, B. C, April 29. News
was brought by the Shinano Maru that
Japan ia preparing to enforce her hold
on Manchuria. An agitation ia under
way for a "stronger policy toward
China." The Japanese Herald of Yo
kohama says the impression is gaining
ground that J apan, taking advantage
of the difficulties, diplomatic and do
mestic, confronting China's executive,
is trying deliberately, but none the
less relentlessly, to force that country
into a diplomatic quandary. Japan,
appreciating China's weakness, in mil
uary, naval ana financial matters, is
prodding her into acquiescence in com
pacts derogatory to China's future wel
fare, and the present concessions will
but whet Japan s appetite for more.
In the meantime China is reported to
have demanded the withdrawal of
Japan's garrisions and policemen along
the Antung-Mukden railway. Consul
General Koike in Mukden refuses to
entertain that demand, in view of ar
ticle 6 of the Pekin convention, on the
ground that the Antung-Mukden rail
road is a branch line of the South Man-
churian railway. China does not ac
quiesce in the consul general s conten
tion. This new difficulty may delay
the construction'of the Antung-Mukden
line.
Commenting on the situation, a Jap
anese newspaper says:
"Japan will maintain the footholds
which she legitimately acquired in
Manchuria, japan win not necessar
ily feel aggrieved if the Manchurian
question remains unsettled, hut it will
be extremely inadvisable for China,
If China fails to resume the negotia
tions, Japan will proceed with her en
terprises in Manchuria according to
her own control.
EX-SULTAN A PRISONER.
Abdul Hamid
May Lose Fortune
as
Well
Freedom.
Constantinople, April 29 The for
mer ruler of the empire, Abdul Hamid,
will be kept a prisoner in a large house
with walled grounds on a height over
looking Salonica, it was learned to
night. He is not to be put on trial, as
has been widely reported, for he is
considered above the law. It was
thought wise to keep the deposed sultan
in European Turkey, remote from the
capital. His household will be admin
istered upon a generous scale and his
life will be safeguarded, as he earnestly
besought when notified of his dethrone
ment. The Constitutionalists want to get
the great sums of money that the ex
sultan is supposed to have abroad, not
only because the government needs it,
but because it is desirable that he
should be deprived of the resources for
another coup d'etat. Speculation
places Abdul Hamid's wealth at any
where from $25,000,000 to $200,000,
000. RESUME ADANA SLAUGHTER.
Destruction of City is Completed by
Turkish Troops.
London, April 29. A dispatch from
Mersina, dated Monday night, says:
"Two Turkish regiments which
landed here Saturday proceeded to
Adana, where they resumed late Sun
day night, the wholesale murdering of
Armenians and the burning of their
property.
"Thousands were burned to death,
while those attempting to escape were
shot down by the troops. The destruc
tion of Adana is complete.
"All the Armenian population at
Eakdjah has been massacred."
Maniac After Fallieres.
Monte Carlo, April 29. A man nam
ed Verdier was arrested here today by
the French police. He declared that
he was an anarchist and that he had
come to Monte Carlo for the purpose of
killing President Fallieres, of France,
who is visiting here. A revolver,
loaded with jacketed bullets, was found
on Verdier, as well as a letter address
ed to the prefect of the department of
Alpes maritimes, in which the man ex
plained the motive for his contemplat
ed crime. The police believe he is
insane.
Judge Condemns Verdict.
Pueblo, Colo., April 29. Ninety
nine years in the state penitentiary
was imposed upon R. L. Whitehead by
Judge Hunter at Las Animas yesterday
for the murder of Wilder Lindsey last
July. In pronouncing sentence the
judge intimated that he did not believe
the prisoner guilty of the crime, but
the verdict of the jury compelled him
to impose the sentence. Whitehead
maintained his innocence of the crime
to the last.
Warm on Trail of Mars.
Fort Worth, Tex., April 29. A mes
sage received here today from Professor
Robert W. Wood, of Johns Hopkins
university, practically agrees to the
establishment of an observatory at
Stamford, West Texas, which will be
used in an effort to communicate with
the planet Mara.
DEATH AND RUIN.
Wind and Snow Storm Leave Trail o
Havoc in Middle West.
Chicago, April 30. Two terrific
storms, sweeping over Middle West
states within 12 hours of each other
yesterday paralyzed the region from
Chicago to the Gulf as seldom before.
Both storms were accompanied by
thunder and lightning and deluging
torrents of rain, and both caused loss
of life, not only in this city, but in re
gions to the south.
Two towns, Harrolton, Ark., and
Hornlake, Miss., are reported as com
pletely demolished by tornado-like
winds that swept over the prairies dur
ing the day : and reports of death and
destruction in a lesser degree are com
ing in over the crippled wires from
every point with which communication
can be opened.
Coincident with the violent gale re-'
ported in t e Middle states, unseason
able falls of snow are reported to both
the east and west of the stricken area
In New Yoi k several inches of snow is
reported frcm the rural districts, while
the big metropolis itself had a violent
snow squall early in the day. From
Wyoming comes the report of suffering
on the sheep ranges caused by a nve-
inch fall of snow.
Snow is also reported from Pitts
burg, Milwaukee and Montana points.
A squall, with wind blowing 45
miles an hour, and rain falling in tor
rents, Btruck Chicago at 6:15 o'clock
last night. Wires went down in every
direction and communication with
other cities was completely severed.
CONSPIRATORS ARE HANGED.
Constitutionalists Invoke Rigid Justice
to Leaders of Uprising.
Constantinople, April 30. The Con
stitutionalists have lost no time in
bringing the conspirators in the recent
rising to trial. The military court,
sitting in the war office today con
demned about 250 prisoners to death,
and they were executed.
Nadir Pasha, the second eunuch of
the palace, whose sentence was pro
nounced Wednesday, was hanged at
dawn on the Galata bridge and his
body was viewed by thousands. The
national assembly, which met under
the presidency of Said Pasha, decided
that the sultan should take the oath of
the constitution within a week. The
assembly also ratified the removal of
Abdul Hamid to Salonica.
The government has decided to send
a commission to Adana to try by court
martial the instigators of the massa
cres and the committee is autnorizeu
to act with the utmost severity.
It is alleged that the chief authors
of the recent mutiny were Abdul
Hamid's favorite son, Prince Mehmed
Burban Eddine; Rear Admiral Saind
Pasha, son of Kiamil Pasha, the ex-
grand vizier, and Nadir Pasha, who
were eneaeed for a lone time prior to
the rising in corrupting the troops
The former two have fled.
HOLD-UP IN IDAHO.
Bandits Loot Mail Car on Northern
Pacific Railroad.
Spokane, Wash., April 30. Two
men held up'Northern Pacific train No.
last night at 10:25 o clock, three
miles east of Houser Junction, and 25
miles east of Spokane.
Conductor A. F. Miley states that
the robbers cut the engine and one
mail car from the train, took two shots
at the fireman, missing him by a very
narrow margin, ordered him off the en
gine and put a gun to Engineer Whit
tlesey s head, commanding him to go
ahead until they told him to stop. The
other robber took the place of the fire
man, and as they passed Houser at
10:30 he was throwing coal into the
firebox in an inexperienced manner.
.This, together with the fact that
there were no markers on the rear of
the train, and as the engine crew dis
regarded signals, it was at once sur
misi-d by the operator here that it was
holdup, and he at once notified the
ispatcher in Spokane to that effect.
Officials in Spokane as well as Rath-
drum were at once notified, and while
the mail car was being robbed between
Trent and Yardley, posses were form
ing at either side of the robbers.
Further Lynching Feared.
Ada, Okla., April 30. Fearing that
as a result of the lynching here of four
cattlemen for the murder of A. A."Bob
bitt, further trouble might arise, Oscar
Peeler, an alleged accessory to the
crime, and toward and David Johnson.
harged with another murder, have
been returned to the jail at Tecumseh
for safe keeping. The grand jury to
day resumed its investigations. Attor
ney General West, in addressing the
jury said: "The lynching was the
most outrageous crime since the Civil
war. Remember your God."
Three Schools Wrecked.
Wichita, Kan., April 30. A tornado
at Douglas and other Kansas towns
tonight killed one . person, injured ten
and did much damage to property. The
storm was the most severe at Douglas.
There Lewis Ayers, 70 years old, was
killed. Miss J. J. Jones was the most
seriously injured. A number of houses
were wrecked, including three schools.
At Udall, Rock and Rose Hill, build
ings were blown from their founda
tions. Fruit and crops suffered.
Special Rates Doomed.
Chicago, April 30. The executive
committee of the Western Passenger
Agents' association recommended to
day that second class party and labor
rates be abolished. A meeting of the
officials of the Interstate Commerce
commission and interested roads will
be held in Minneapolis tomorrow to act
on the recommendation.
A BRIEF DAILY REPORT ON
THE WORK OF CONGRESS
Friday, April 30.
Washington, April 30. An extend
ed speech by McCumber favoring free
lumber occupied several hours in the
senate today. His remarks provoked
an extended controversy among advo
cates of a tariff on lumber. McCum
ber said, while he was a thorough pro
tectionists, he would not agree to a
tariff on products such as coal, iron
ore, lumber ana on, mat are being ex
hausted and cannot be replaced.
Aldrich reported from the committee
on finance additional amendments to
the bill and the , senate adopted a mo
tion made by him that until further no
tice the senate shall meet at 11 o clock
daily.
McCumber presented statistical esti
mats to show that the coal of the
United States at the present rate of
consumption would last 100 years, iron
ore 50 years, lumber 30 years and oil
from 20 to 50 years, and maintained
that the best way to conserve these
supplies would be to permit free im
portation of such products.
Thursday, April 29.
Washington, April 29. The entire
time of the senate was given again to
day to the general discussion of the
tariff bill. Rayner, of Maryland, led
off with a general denunciation of the
protective system of the Republican
party. He was followed by Nelson, of
Minnesota, who made an earnest plea
for the admission of lumber free of
duty. His assertions aroused a general
discussion, which was participated in
by Hale, Carter, McLaurin, McCum
ber, Elkins, Aldrich, and Gallagher.
Kayner denounced the measure as
failing to provide revenue and protect
ing the industries controlled by trusts
rather than giving any relief to the
consumers of the country. Rayner
frequently entered upon oratorical
flights and concluded with a series of
condemnations of the trusts. He de
clared his belief in incidental protec
tion in order to maintain wages of
American workmen.
Nelson manifested especial satisfac
tion over the discovery by himself of
what he said wbere numerous "jokers
in the lumber schedule. While the
rates of duty on lumber were suppos
edly lowered, he said, they in fact were
higher even than the Dingley rates.
Carter declared that congress was
paying out $5,000,000 to protect the
timber in its forests, while at the same
time it was proposing to levy a tariff
duty on lumber to encourage cutting
down the forsts.
Wednesday, April 28.
Washington, April 28. An exhaust
ive treatment of the lumber schedule
of the tariff by Simmons, of North
Carolina, was the feature of the ses
sion of the senate today. Simmons ad
vocated the retention of the present
tariff, which, he maintained, was but
a revenue rate.
Simmons opposed the proposed reduc
tions in the lumber tariff, principally,
he said, because labor constituted a
larger element in the cost of producing
lumber than in the cost of producing
any other manufactured product, and
furthermore that the lumber was
competitor with some of the articles
which added to the cost of its produc
tion.
The present crusade against a lum
ber duty, Simmons charged, had been
instigated by speculators having in
terests in Canada. He declared there
was no lumber trust.
Speaking on his amendment provid
ing for a constitutional amendment
authorizing an income tax, Brown, of
Nebraska, said congress owed it to the
people to be given a chance to say
whether the constitution should be
made to sanction a system of taxation
approved by the majority of American
citizens and by the economists of the
entire civilized world.
Painter, of Kentucky, suggested
that the Supreme court of the United
States, as now constituted, might
change its former opinion holding an
income tax law unconstitutional.
Brown replied that he was ready to
support any bill providing for such a
tax.
Upon Brown's request the resolution
was referred to the committee on judi
ciary.
Tuesday. Anril 27.
Washington, April 27. As the last
half of his two-days' speech, Bailey
devoted nearly three hours in the sen
ate today to a discussion of the legal
aspect of his income tax amendment to
the tariff bill, citing numerous cases
and authorities to maintain the view
that such a law would be constitu
tional. He was interrupted frequently
by senators, who at times objected to
his position or suggested authorities to
sustain him. Scott spoke on the tariff
with special reference to its effect to
the South. Gore, of Oklahoma, de
nounced the protective tariff.
Bailey discussed the nature of direct
taxation and said that question had
never been satisfactorily settled. He
said it was a matter of regret that the
framers of the constitution did njt sat
isfactorily define what a direct tax was.
Scott declared he advocated protec-
Offers Hughes Judgeship.
Washington, April 29. Ellwood C.
Hughes, for 20 years a lawyer of Se
attle, has been tendered by President
Taft an appointment to the newly cre
ated Federal judgeship in Washington
state. Mr. Hughes has been associated
with some of the most prominent legal
firms on the North coast, and has been
president of the Washington State Bar
association, of the Seattle Post-Intelligencer
and of the Seattle school board.
He formerly practiced in Spencer, Ia.
tion not only because he believed it
was the best policy for his own state
of West Virginia and for the South,
but also for the entire country. He
declared if the rate on lumber should
be reduced 48 per cent of all the lum
ber manufactured in the United States
being produced in the South there
would be nothing left for the American
lumberman to do but to cut wages.
Gore declared he had been reliably
informed that in the rich Pocahontas
coal mines of West Virginia wages
were less than in Nova Scotia and
England. This statement was denied
by Elkins.
Clark, of Wyoming, said the coal
miners of his state were paid the high
est rate of wages paid in any state or
country and said that that condition of
prosperity would be destroyed by free
coal.
Monday, April 26.
Washington, April 26. Denouncing
the principle of a protective tariff as
unfair in taking money from one man
to give it to another in order to encour
age him in the pursuit of an otherwise
unprofitable business, Bailey, of Texas,
delivered in the senate today a set
speech on the Democratic side in oppo
sition to the pending tariff bill. After
he had proceeded without interruption
for more than an hour, Beveral senators
engaged in colloquies with him.
ttailey favored restriction or immi
gration as a protection to American
labor.
Aldrich retorted that while Bailey
was ready to keep out the foreign la
borer, he was not averse to allowing
the product of this cheap labor to come
info competition with the product of
American workingmen.
Bailey will resume tomorrow, when
he will devote his attention to the
purely legal aspects of an income tax
law.
Overman, of North Carolina, offered
an amendment to the tariff bill in the
senate today in which he proposes to
place a head tax of $12 on each immi
grant coming into the United States.
Half-Section Homsteads.
Washington, May 1. Secretary Bal-
linger today designated 157,176,800
acres of land in states to which the
320-acre homestead law applies as
coming within the provision of the law.
The states affected are Oregon, Wash
ington, Utah, Wyoming, New Mexico,
Nevada, Ariona, Colorado and Mon
tana. Included in the land designated
by the secretary today are 7,000,160
acres in Oregon and 3,576,960 acres in
Washington. Diagrams showing the
lands subject to entry are being sent
to the local land offices. It is believed
that 40 per cent of the area designat
ed, except in Nevada, is now held by
individuals. If all the land designated
were suitable for entry there would be
492,000 homesteads.
May Appeal to Taft.
Washington, April 27. President
Taft may be asked by the American
society of international law to take
steps to stop the massacres in Armenia,
A resolution embodying this request
was submitted this morning to the
members of this society. The memo
rial, which was offered by President
on of the Boston university law school,
was referred to the executive commit
tee of the society for action. When
the motion was put by General Horace
orter, chairman of the meeting, Rob
ert Bacon, former secretary of state,
voted in the negative.
If Abdul is Exiled.
Washington, April 28. There is
considerable discussion among Ameri
can officials and diplomats here today
as to the possibility of Sultan Abdul
Hamid seeking an asylum in the Unit
ed States. Abdul Hamid is immensely
wealthy, his great private fortune be
ing invested in various parts of the
world. His private yacht lies at Con
stantinople ready to sail at any time,
is commanded by Americans, in
whom he has entire confidence.
Million for Celilo Canal.
Washington, April 30. Senator
Bourne was informed today by the
chief of the engineer's department
that he would in his coming year's es
timate recommend si, uuu.uuu lor im
mediate use in the Celilo Falls canal
and an authorization of $2,600,000 ad
ditional in continuing contract. This,
it is estimated, will complete the pro
ject at a total cost of about $5,000,000.
Care of Alaska's Insane.
Washington, April 30. The Mount
Tabor, Or., sanitarium, was today
given the contract for. caring for the
Alaska insane during the coming year.
The contract price is $27.50 per head
per month. The Sitka sanitarium bid
$25 per head but Secretary Ballinger
held that the institution was not suffi
ciently equipped and was not responsi
ble. Russia to Protect Americans.
Washington, April 27. Ambassador
Riddle, at St. Petersburg, tad ay cabled
the State department that the Russian
government had given him assurances
that it was sending troops into Persia
and would take care of all foreigners
there. This is in reply to the request
of the State department that Russia
look after American interests in Tabriz.
Immigration Commissioner Quits.
Washington, April 27. Robert
Watchorn, commissioner of immigra
tion at New York, against whom
charges have been pending before the
president for several months, resigned
today. The resignation wa immedi
ately accepted.
RECHAD IS SULTAN.
Turkish People Rejoice Over Down'
fall of Abdul.
Constantinople, April 28. The reign
of Abdul Hamid II ended by his de
position and the accession of his
brother, Mehemmed Rechad Effendi, as
Mehemmed V. The name is a varia
tion of Mahomet, it being considered
inappropriate to assume the precise
name of the prophet.
Mehemmed V is the thirty-fifth sov
ereign of Turkey, in male descent of
the house of Osman, the founder of
the empire, and the twenty-ninth sul
tan since the conquest of Constantino
ple.
The firing of 101 guns announced to
the waiting people that a new sultan
had been proclaimed.
The ceremonies connected with the
transfer of power were simple. The
newly chosen ruler came from hia pal
ace in Galata through streets lined
with troops and cheering thousands and
took the oath at the war office. He
then proceeded to the parliament and
later went to the Dolma Bagtsche pal
ace as head of the empire, where for so
many years he had been practically a
prisoner.
Martial law was relaxed and the peo
ple gave themselves over to the cele
bration of the victory of the Young
Turk party and the end of Abdul Ham
id s reign. Many buildings were illu
minated and thousands of rounds were
joyfully fired by the soldiers. General
good humor prevailed everywhere.
LIKE ONE RAILROAD.
Shippers Tell How Harriman Lines
Are Being Run.
Salt Lake, April 28. The introduc
tion of v testimony in the suit of the
United States government to dissolve
the combination of the Union Pacific,
Southern Pacific and competing lines,
on the ground that it was formed for
the purpose of crushing out competi
tion was begun in this city today be
fore Special Examiner Williams. The
government was represented by C. A.
Severance, of St Paul ; Glen E. Hus
ted, of Washington ; Charles A. Page,
of New York, and N. H. Lommis, for
Harriman.
E. E. McCarthy, traffic manager of
a local hardware company, and a for
mer railroad man, testified that prior
to the railway merger in 1901 compe
tition for general merchandise and
wool business was keen between the
Union Pacific and Southern Pacific
agents, but since the combination was
effected no special effort had been
made, so far as he was aware, to se
cure routing of business over either
one of these lines, as the business is
handled, according to his understand
ing, over the line most convenient.
David Eccles, an Ogden business
man, told of his experience in making
lumber shipments from Hood River,
Or. Formerly he shipped via the Ore
gon Short Line to Wells, Nev. Now
he was obliged to use the Shasta route
and the Southern Pacific, the O. R. &
N. company and the Oregon' Short Line
refusing to quote him any rate through
Ogden.
JAPANESE GO EAST.
Declare Persecution is Driving Them
From the Pacific Coast.
Chicago, April 28. Chicago is ex
periencing an unprecedented invasion
of Japanese. It is said that a single
lodging house at Fifty-first and Clark
streets, is the headquarters for 700
new arrivals, whereas three months
ago, it is said, there were only 200 in
the whole city.
The newcomers are artisans, domes
tic servants and laborers, all strong
and vigorous. They assert that they
were driven by persecution from Cali
fornia and other Pacific coast states.
Others, it is said, are to follow them.
T. Takahatchi, whose forefather
helped lay the cornerstone of the mi
kado's palace in Tokio, and who makes
his living as a teamster for a teahouse,
at 1207 Clark street, declared that the
at present rate of immigration, there
will soon be more Japanese in the East
than in the West.
"These who are coming this way
now," he added, "are used to manuel
labor. They will not confine them
selves to work in private families,
hotels and clubs, as did most of their
predecessors. They are tending toward
trade unionism."
Robbers Get Heavy Loot.
Reno, Nev., April 28. After club
bing a Chinaman into unconsciousness
and locking him in the cellar, four men
robbed the Casino, a b'g gambling re
sort of Reno, of between $3,000 and
$5,000 about 4 o'clock this morning.
A night watchman who intruded was
captured and locked in a closet. After
the men had opened the safe they scoop
ed the money into bags and boldly
walked out of the front door and start
ed north. A policeman tried to inter
cept them, but they took a shot at him.
They then easily escaped.
Russian Advance Checked.
St. Petersburg, April 2S. A dis
patch from Julfa, Persia, says the Rus
sian expedition has encountered oppo
sition, Kurds skirmishing with the
Cossack vanguard and compelling a
halt. The Russian Foreign office has
no confirmation of this but it is admit
ted that the troops are advancing
slowly and will not arrive at Tabriz
before tomorrow night. The consul at
Tabriz reports that the famine has
been relieved somewhat.
Jack London Sells Boat.
Honolulu, April 28. Advices receiv
ed today from Sydney, Australia, state
that Jack London, the American au
thor, who started on a tour of the
South sea islands, many months ago in
the sloop "Snark," has sold the boat
there and gone to South America.
ALL INLAND RATES
MUST BE REVISED
Officials of Hill and Harriman Lines
Have Hard Task.
Must Meet Spokane Decision Inter
state Commerce Commission Has
Calculators at Work Will Ar
range System to Suit All Com
munities West of Rockies.
Chicago, April 27. Acting upon the
suggestion of the Interstate Commerce
commission, traffic officials of the Har
riman and Hill roads are trying to
work out a comprehensive scheme of
freight rates which shall apply from
the Middle West to interior Pacific
Coast points.
The suggestion was offered by the
commission in the Spokane rate case
decision, and is being acted upon by
the railroads in a spirit of concession
to public opinion. All of the high
traffic officials of the Harriman lines
are in Chicago working vigorously over
what they declare to be the most diffi
cult problem they have ever undertak
en to work out; a plan of transconti
nental freight rates which shall please
all shipping communities.
The Spokane rate case decision fixed
the rates only from St. Paul and Chi
cago to Spokane, and suggested that
the lines get together and agree upon
an adjustment of rates to intermediate
points. J. C. Stubbs, traffic manager
of the Harriman lines, said:
"It is the most difficult task we have
ever undertaken. We hope to be able
to work out a scheme of rates not only
in the Spokane case, but for all the
West, which will prove acceptable to
the commission."
ABDUL TO LOSE CROWN.
Young Turks Decide That
He
Must
Abdicate Throne.
Constantinople, April 27. The de
position of Sultan Abdul Hamid ap
pears now to be certain, and the 101
guns saluting Mohammed Rechad Ef
fendi as the new ruler of the empire
probably will be heard before the next
selamlik on Friday. The dignitaries
of the church care as little for Abdul
Hamid as does the committee of union
and progress, but the higher clergy are
seeking to curb the agitation of the
enthusiasts of the Mohammedan
league.
A caucus of senators and deputies
today determined to make an effort to
try to compel the sultan to abdicate
under the ecclesiastical law, by the
terms of which a decree may be issued
by the sheik ul islam pronouncing the
sultan incapable of ruling.
Mohammed Rechad Effendi, the heir
apparent to the throne, has lived prac
tically a prisoner for 25 years in tbe
large palace and gardens not far from
the Yildiz Kiosk. Since the July revo
lution he has only been on the streets
looking through some of the carriages
upon the scenes in the thoroughfares,
which must have been strangely in
teresting to him. He is gray haired
and not very strong. He is 65 years
old, and well educated, although inex
perienced in the affairs of the world.
ALL READY TO TACKLE MERGER
Government Will Take Depositions on
Harriman Combine in Utah.
Salt Lake City, April 27. The tak
ing of depositions in the equity suit
begun by the government to dissolve
the alleged illegal combinations of the
Harriman and other Western roads
will be begun in this city tomorrow.
Sylvester G. Williams, special assist
ant to the attorney general of the
United States, arrived today and will
conduct the hearing. Railroad men
and others have been subpenaed in large
numbers to give testimony, and it is
believed that two weeks will be con
sumed in the taking of evidence.
Especial attention will be given to
the relationship between the Harriman
road and the San Pedro, Los Angeles &
Salt Lake, known as "The Clark road."
Funds May Be Buried.
Caracas, April 25, via!Port of Spain,
April 27. It is persistently reported
here that ex-President Castro left a
fortune in gold buried in Caracas. If
this is so, it explains Castro's alleged
lack of funds, and his anxiety to get
back to Venezuela. Negotiations have
been begun between the Venezuelan
government and a representative of the
Ethleberga syndicate, of London, for a
settlement of the disputes over the
match and salt monopolies in Venezue
la, held until recently by English com
panies. Women to Lose Places.
Sacramento, Cal.. April 27. Unless
something transpires to change the
complexion of the election laws of the
state, 23 out of the 57 county superin
tendents of schools will not be able to
qualify for re-election. The new law
declares that a candidate for office must
file an affidavit stating that he is a
qualified elector. This means, of
course, that the 23 women now holding
office will be unable to succeed them
selves. Renew Butchery at Adana.
Beirut, April 27. Delayed dis
patches just received here say that the
carnage at Adana was renewed Sunday
night and many were killed. The first
massacres at Adana, where an Ameri
can missionary was killed, resulted in
the slaughter of 10,000 persons.