NEW PENNY POSTAGE
Two Cents an Ounce to Great
Britain the New Rate.
BE OPERATIVE NEXT OCTOBER
Postoffice Officials Believe Increased
Com m ercial Intercourse Will
Be the Result.
W ashington, June 4 — Postm aster-
General M eyer announced today that
an agreem ent had been reached with
the British governm ent providing for
letter postage of 2 cents an ounce
between the United States and Great
Britain and Ireland, to become oper
ative O ctober 1, 1908.
The m atter of “penny ^postage,” as
it is called in England, has been under
consideration for some time, and as
far back as last July President Roose
velt approved Mr. M eyer’s course in
urging a “restricted union with Eng
land.'*
On O ctober 1, 1907, the Universal
Postal Union, which governs the in
ternational postage transactions of
the various civilized countries, re
duced the rate of letter postage from
3 cents a half-ounce flat to 5 cents per
ounce, and 3 cents each additional
ounce, which is the present rate b e
tween the United States and countries
with which we do not have direct
steam shin com m unication, but on mail
on which we have to pay an additional
charge to countries through which it
passes in transit. U nder the articles
of the Universal Union, however, any
two states can form a restricted
union. Exam ples of restricted unions
are those i\pw existing which perm it
a 2 cent an ounce letter rate between
the United States and Canada
Postm aster General M eyer believes
this reduction in the rate to the
U nited Kingdom ultim ately will re
sult in an increase in receipts, because
it has been found that a reduction in
the letter rate resulted finally in in
creased revenue. He is also of the
opinion that a lower postage will lead
to a freer com m ercial intercourse.
M anufacturers, he says, are increasing
their sales in England and must rely
to a great extent upon mails for o r
ders and increase of trade.
“ F urther,” he stated, “this will be a
great boon to our adopted English-
speaking citizens and their connection
here, as it will enable them to keep up
correspondence with their relations
and friends in the old country at do
m estic rates.”
PREPARES FOR EMERGENCY.
WORK OF BOYS.
FLIES WITH OWN W INGS.
Youthful R obbers C onfess to Holding
Up G reat N orthern.
Great Falls, Mont., June 2.—The
hold-up of the northbound Great
N orthern train at the stockyards,
about a mile and a half from this
city, was the work of three boys, who
now occupy cells in the city jail. A
fourth youth, who adm its having as
sisted m planning the hold-up, but
who took no active part, is also a
prisoner. T he (juaret have m ade a
com plete confession to the police. The
names of the four boys are: A lbert
Hatch, aged 15; W illiam Randall,
aged 17; H arry Rheams, aged 15, and
George Cresswcll, aged 16.
According to the story told by R an
dall. Rheams and Cresswell, the hold
up was planned and carried out under
the generalship of H atch the young
est of the four, who is said to have
turned the switch, ordered the engi
neer to back up and to have gone
through the passenger coaches with
the conductor, forcing the latter at
the point of a gun to collect from the
passengers. A ccording to the other
boys, it was also H atch who shot
W illiam Dem psey and narrow ly
missed shooting Conductor Jack
Hayes.
Rheams stated that H atch, after
they had left the scene of the hold
up, proposed that they cross Sun
river to the M ontana Central line and
hold up passenger train No. 2:56 from
Butte, which was due in tw o or three
hours. Because he dem urred. Rheams
states, H atch drew his revolver and
threatened to kill him.
He was dissuaded from the second
attem pt at train robbery by the two
youths who were with him.
The stories told by the boys, with
the exception of H atch, agreed in the
main details. T hey state that the
hold-up was planned tw o nights be
fore. it being decided to rob the train
the first dark night.
Frenchm an Beat» All R ecords With
Aeroplane In Italy.
Rome, June 1.—Leo de la Grange,
the French aeroplanist, made a new
experim ent with his aeroplane here
this m orning, which was so successful
that it filled the spectators w ith ad
m iration. H e'su rp assed his own rec
ord by flying for 15 m inutes and 30
seconds, only then com ing down be
cause he received a signal to do so,
and also because the m otor of his m a
chine cannot hold sufficient gasoline
to operate it much longer than that.
D uring that space of time M. de la
Grange made nine and three-fourths
rounds of an establish«:d course in the
m ilitary field, nam ely nix kilom eters, a
little over nine and nine-tenths of a
mile, at a velocity of 60 kilom eters, or
37.2 miles an hour.
The aeroplane was first pushed for
ward by M. de la G range’s associates,
and as soon as the m otor was put into
action, the m achine rose w ithout dif
ficulty, keeping from seven to ten feet
above the ground. It moved sm ooth
ly and turned easily, the rounds of
the course following each other w ith
out interruption, and not once did the
aeroplane touch the ground. It was a
m arvelops exhibition, which would
have won De La G range a prize of
$5000 had it occurred in France. It at
least confirms his possession of the
A rchdeacon cup.
BIG RAIL CONTRACT.
Saturday, May 30.
W ashington, May 30.—T he dem o
crats filibustering in the house to the
end, and La Follette having led a rec
ord filibuster in the senate, the six
tieth congress adjourned for the ses
sion at 11:50 o’clock tonight. T he last
bills were signed by the president b e
fore 11 o’clock, and both houses, which
had with difficulty m aintained a
quorum , scurried to their homes.
W ashington, May 30.—Amid scenes
of excitem ent w ell-night unparalleled
in the senate chamber, the La Follette
filibuster collapsed a little after 4
o’clock this afternoon, and the cur
rency bill was passed by a vote of 43
to 22, four republican senators voting
in the negative.
W ashington, May 30.—A m ong the
bills passed at today’s session of the
house were the following:
Providing life-saving apparatus on
the Farallon Islands, off California;
granting pensions on the surviving
officers and enlisted men of the Texas
volunteers, and providing for com pen
sation to governm ent em ployes for in
juries received while in the perform
ance of their duties. Several pension
bills also were passed.
Friday, May 29.
W ashington, May 2’9.— It has been
a long time since the senate has been
tied up by a filibuster with such slen
der support ¿is was in evidence when
La Follette undertook to defeat the
conference report on the Aldrich-
V reeland currency bill by talking it to
death. The report was brought up
and La Follette took the floor. He
insisted that a quorum should be
m aintained at all times, and up to 6
o ’clock he had dem anded 20 roll-calls.
The senate was able to obtain m ore or
less relaxation and at the sam e time
keep the supporters of the bill in their
seats. T he heat was excessive, and
m any were very restless under this
restraint.
O n the 23d roll-call, at 7:15 P. M.,
upon m otion of Stone, the absence of
a quorum was developed and the ser
geant-at-arm s was directed to bring
in absentees.
At 2 o’clock in the m orning La F ol
lette let it be known that he intended
to speak until 8 or 9 A. M.
Republican leaders say they will
have a quorum from their own m em
bership tom orrow , and that they will
not be delayed by one or two m en fili
bustering, if they have to keep con
gress in session indefinitely.
PU T MARINES ON GUARD.
Uncle Sam to be S ure of Fair Elec
tion in Panama.
W ashington, June 1.—The Panam a
presidential cam paign, % which is to
culm inate in an election the first week
in July, has recently developed “rev
olutionary tendencies'’ to such an ex
tent as to cause grave concern and
the serious intention to employ severe
m easures on the part of the American
governm ent to insure a fair and hon
est election, probably the first in the
history of C entral America. The 500
American m arines stationed on the
isthm us will be detailed to the elec
tion places. As some precincts will
need no arm ed supervision, and others
will need several troops, they will be
distributed w here they will do the
m ost good.
The call for a personal report from
M inister Squiers is the result, it is ex
plained, of new developments. At the
same time, Mr. Squiers may be asked
to explain certain newspaper com
m ents to the effect that he has al
lowed him self to become enthusiastic
n favor of one of the candidates. Mr.
Squiers will sail for the United States
tom orrow .
I
INQUIRY TO CONTINUE.
Wood Pulp Com m ittee to be Very
Busy During Sum m er.
W ashington, June 2.—The wood
pulp and paper investigation com m it
tee of the house, which presented its
prelim inary report to that body sev
eral days ago, will continue its inves
tigations during the recess of con
gress. It is the purpose of Chairman
Mann to gather a great deal of sta
tistical inform ation of the census bu
reau and the D epartm ent of Com
m erce and Labor during the coming
summer. Subcom m ittees will also be
appointed to visit paper mills in differ
ent sections of the country and take
testim ony, and it is possible the full
com m ittee will hold a num ber of
meetings.
It is also the desire of Chairman
Mann to investigate thoroughly the
pulp wood question, and if it is pos
sible the com m ittee will visit Canada
for this purpose. Several letters have
been sent to the publishers of news
papers who failed to answer the first
letter sent by the com m ittee asking
for inform ation, and also to paper
m anufacturers. These letters will be
taken by an employe of the census
bureau, and the inform ation contained
In them put into shape to be of the
m ost benefit to the committee.
ROBBERS G ET CASH.
G reat N orthern P assenger Train Held
Up at G reat Falls.
Butte, Mont., June 1.—A M iner spe
cial from G reat Falls, M ont., says:
The north bound G reat N orthern
passenger train was held up this even
ing about one mile and a half from
this city by seven m asked m en at 12:30
’clock, the train being run onto a sid
ing by the robbers, who fired a fusil
lade of shopts up and down the train.
Wm. Dempsey, an A ugusta rancher,
was shot through the leg in attem pt
ing to escape from the train after it
had stopped, and Conductor H ayes
was compelled by the robbers to p re
cede them in passing through the cars,
he carrying a hat in which the passen
gers were invited to dum p w hat cash
they had about them . M osl of them
deposited from $1 to $10, and the
booty of the desperadoes is not be
lieved to be greater than several hun
dred dollars.
W hile the passengers w ere being
robbed, several of the highw aym en
stood guard at the doors of the cars
to prevent the passengers from leav
ing.
The robbers finally jum ped off the
coaches and disappeared in the dark
ness. Rain is falling heavily, and tlae
night is so dark th at no trace of the
robbers could be found, although
posses were in pursuit w ithin 20 m in
utes after the outlaw s had left the
train.
OPEN DOORA FARCE I
Japan Prepares to Hold Manchu
ria by Fortifying Herself.
BUILDS IMPREGNABLE FORTRESS
P ort A rthur is Being Strengthened
Into Second G ibraltar—Foreign
M erchants Excluded.
Seattle, Wash., May 30— According
to a special to the Times from Van
couver, B. C., Japan has completely re
versed the “ open door’’ policy in Man
churia. W ith the arrival of the Ameri
can battleship fleet in the Pacific and
the possibility of trouble with the
United States later on, Japanese states
men are preparing for any emergency.
Port Arthur, the former Russian
stronghold, is being made virtually im
pregnable, while the fortifications at
Dalny, a seaport and railway terminus
on the mainland, Occupied by the Jap
anese, are being rushed to completion
with feverish baste.
A clash with the powers over a con
tinuance of the discriminatory policy
now being carried out in favor of the
m ikado’s subjects is inevitable^ If
Japan is compelled to back down, her
surrender will bring its advantages.
The Japanese are more curiously
amused than alarmed over the proposed
visit of the American fleet to the
Orient.
These ^re the conclusions reached by
Q. C. Druce during a recent extensive
tour through China, Japan and Corea.
Mr. Druce is ex Mayor of Oxford, Eng
land, and secretary of the Botanical So
ciety of Great Britain. He is also cura
tor of the herbarium of the University
of Oxford.
“ While the official classes are re
served, the Japanese people are not the
least perturbed over the dispatch of
the American battleships to the Ori
ent,* * Mr. Druce continued. “ Of
course, everybody in the East, except
the diplomats, associates the demon
stration of American naval power with
the M anchurian trade question. The
famous open door policy advocated by
all the white races is in leahty a
nullity.’*
PRO O F AGAINST SHELL.
M onitor Florida Stands Firs o f Navy**
Heaviest Guns.
Thimble Shoal, in Lower Chesapeake
Bay, May 29.—Disregarding the danger
and apparently anxious to experience
open war at sea, Commander John C.
Quimby, Lieutenant Taussig and 20
men on the monitor Florida remained
on board her today while 12-inch sheila
were hurled at the great hulk from the
great guns of the monitor Arkansas,
anchored 300 yards off, with her broad-»
side battery in full play on the target
ship.
When it was first planned to make
the extraordinary test of the power of
the guns in warfare, it was not dreamed
of keeping any of the men aboard, but
the plans for the test were changed
suddenly today. Commander Quimby
and his men eagerly volunteered to
stay aboard their ship while she was
submitted to the hammering of the big
projectiles. The imminent danger dta
not lessen their determination in the
least.
W hen the time came for the test, the
Florida immediately steamed into her
position. The Arkansas and her tender
then anchored fore and aft off Thimble
Shoal, 300 yards from the Florida with
her broadside bearing upon the target
ship. The Arkansas is in charge of
Commander H arry M. Denbaugh, who
with a detail of officers, took up his
position on the bridge.
The first shot was fired at a screen
target raised above the main turret of
the Florida and pierced the exact cen
ter without a moment’s hesitation, giv-
ng the men aboard the ship to under
stand they need not think any of the
projectiles would go wild.
Then, according to the program, the
Arkansas began firing heavily upon the
Florida and the shells began hammer
ing against the plates of the Florida,
which stood under the bombardment
without even showing signs of being
crippled. As far as could be discerned
from the use of the glasses the effect
was not noticeable, but the experts on
the Arkansas reported that the shells
•were having terrific effect upon the
Florida.
During this bombardment the men
aboard the Florida gave no signs of
being displeased with their dare-devil
experience, and gave no signal of dis
tress.
After the main bombardment the Ar
kansas’ guns were directed against the
big experimental mast which had been
erected aft upon the Florida. It was
125 feet high and on it were two tur
rets, in which dummies had been placed
to show the effect on men in the fight
ing tops during an actual engagement.
Dummies also had been placed in the
main turret of the Florida to show the
effect of the impact of heavy shells
upon them.
The big guns made quick impression
upon the mast target, and if men had
been in the place of the dummies they
would not have lasted more than two
shots.
The “battle” will result in much val
uable information which will be used
by the experts of the nqfvy in the plan
ning of future men-o’-w'ar. It has the
double effect of showing the power of
American guns when directed against
armor plate as it is actually presented
in a fight at sea, and the strength o f
the arm or in withstanding the impact
of the 12-inch projectiles in warfare.
Illinois C entral to Spend $ 1 ,46 0,00 0
for New Steel.
Birm ingham , Ala., June 2.—T an
gible evidence of generous propor
tions that prosperity is returning is
given in the fact that the Illinois Cen
tral Railroad company, in connection
with the opening yesterday of its new
line between Chicago, Birmingham
and A tlanta, has placed a contract for
52.000 tons of steel rails, to cpst
$1,450,000.
The contract goes to the Tennessee
Iron & Coal com pany, and is the larg
FINE AND IM PRISONM ENT.
est order since the financial depres
sion set in. O nly one contract, that
of the Pennsylvania, takes rank with
Five Y ears in Penitentiary and Pay
it.
$ 6 7 6 ,0 0 0 , Rosa* Sentence.
The official announcem ent th at the
Salem,
Or., May 30.—J. Thorburn
Illinois Central has decided to ignore
T hursdas, May 28.
Ross, president of the defunct Title
what rem ains of the financial depres
Guarantee
A Trust Company, has been
sion is likely to set the pace for other W ashington, May 28.—The antici
sentenced to serve five years in the
large system s which have been w ith pated strenuous opposition to the adop
state penitentiary and to pay a fine of
holding sim ilar orders until conditions tion of the conference report on the
$576,853, and to serve one day in the
Aldrich-Vreeland currency bill in the
are fully norm al.
Multnomah county jail for each $2 of
This contract will enable the steel senate, according to the inference to be
the fine not paid.
mills here to open additional plants drawn from* the debate today, probably
Hale
C
alculates
Surplus.
Sentence was imposed by Circuit
and give im m ediate work to m ore will not materialize. Aldrich kept the W ashington, June 2.— In presenting
Judge George H. Burnett, after the mo
than two thousand skilled men who report before the senate until nearly 4 his statem ent of appropriations to the
tion of Ross for arrest of judgment
have been idle for some tim£. In an P. M., when he assented to its being
and for new trial had been overruled.
H ale undertook to show that
indirect way it will start the wave of laid aside until 11 o ’clock tomorrow, senate.
Appeal has been taken to the supreme
the remainder of the tim e today notw ithstanding claims to the con
Honey F ears Enemies May Get Galla prosperity over the entire South, p ut and
court, and Ross has been adm itted to
trary
the
expenditure
would
be
well
ting a large am ount of m oney into was devoted to the passage of unob within the revenues of the year.
gher and Plans Accordingly.
NEW SCHEM E UNEARTHED.
bail in the sum of $6000.
m m ediate circulation and stim ulating jected house bills on the calendar. The total estim ated revenues are
This is the penalty Ross must pay for
San Francisco, June 4.—Convinced all sorts of business.
Every senator realized that the mean
the conversion of $388.376 of state
ing of this move was that an under $ 878 , 123 . 011 , while he undertook to
Die While Being E xpressed
that the “ higher ups” have determ ined
school funds deposited by State Treas O rientals Into
standing had been reached to vote on show that the expenditures for the
This Country.
to kill form er Supervisor Jam es L.
urer
Steel
in
the
Title
Guarantee
&
FEARS FOR SH IP.
next
year
would
be
nearly
$
852
,
117
,-
the bill tomorrow. Inquiry proved the
G allagher, A ssistant D istrict A ttorney
Trust Company Bank and paid out of W ashington, May 29.—Twelve Chi
existence of this understanding, al 894 , leaving a surplus of $ 26 , 005 , 116 .
the bank by its officers prior to the nese lives was the price paid by daring
Francis J. Heney announced yes Steam er Vaderland Is R eported Sunk though no positive agreement has been He arrived at this conclusion by de
time the bank closed last fall. Ross smugglers to experiment with a new
made. The indications are, therefore, ducting.from the total appropriation
terday that he will dism iss the case
With All On Board.
GOVERNM
ENT
MAY
SU
E.
was
manager of the bank, and as such scheme for evasion of the imrnigration
at congress will adjourn sine die to of 1909 the am ounts which have been
in which Abraham Ruef is charged Paris, June 2.—A special dispatch th
aided
Steel in securing legislation laws. The government has just dis
appropriated
to
pay
deficits,
which,
morrow
or
Saturday.
with bribing form er Supervisor J. J. to the P etit Journal from Brussels
he said, should properly be charged to G reat Area in M ontana is Stripped which would enable the bank to get covered that a dozen Orientals who at
possession of the state school funds tempted to gain entrance to this coun
Furey, because G allagher’s testim ony says that it is rum ored the Red Star W ashington, May 28__While the sen 1908 , and the appropriation of $ 29 ,-
Bare o f T im ber.
try by having themselves crated and
before the grand jury led to the in steam er Vaderland has been wrecked ate was wrestling with the currency 187.000 m ade on account of the P an Butte, Mont., June 1.—A federal sur without paying interest thereon.
shipped by express from El Paso to
in the N orth sea in a dense fog. T here question, the business of the house today ama Canal, which is made payable
dictm ent.
New York were dead upon arrival.
from the proceeds of the sale of vey corps is engaged in running sur
T he testim ony of a dead man given are 1600 passengers aboard.
went
merrily
on.
The
following
meas
FLO O D W ASHES O U I DAM.
Acting Commissioner of Immigration
before a grand jury cannot be used Lloyd’s does not confirm this news, ures were passed: To establish two or bonds. _________________
vey lines in the m ountains near Phil-
Lamed admitted today that a gigantic
in future action. Repeated attacks on which, however, comes from w hat is more fish cultural stations on Puget
psburg,
M
ont.,
.to
determ
ine
the
plot had been unearthed on
Fulton Leaves for Chicago.
P ort A rthur, O nt., L oses T hree Lives smuggling
G allagher’s property with dynam ite usually considered a m ost reliable Sound, Wash.; amending the laws of
the Texas border and that Chinese In
and continuous threats against his life source. T here were three collisions transportation between Hawaii and the W ashington. June 3 .— Senator F ul am ount of cordwood cut for the m ines
and $ 6 0 0 ,0 0 0 Dam age.
spector
Babcock,
one of the keenest
have led Heney to take steps to p re in the N orth sea today, and passen
States by removing the penalty ton will leave today for Chicago and of G ranite county, and the location of Toronto, Ont., May 30— A special sleuths in the service,
is now in New
vent the loss of G allagher’s testim ony gers on the D over-O stend mail packet United
the ground from which the tim ber from P ort A rthur today says the civic York on the trail of the
remain
to
attend
the
national
conven
for
carrying
passengers
from
Hawaii
declare that they saw a vessel cast to this country; providing for the en tion. R epresentative Hawley left for was taken. This wood was cut, it is power dam on Current river burst yes Quong Dou Yen received arch-plotters.
through his death.
the corpses
It is H eney’s purpose to file a new away on the Goodwin sands.
try of agricultural land in forest re home this afternoon. Senator Fulton claimed, from land belonging to the terday, causing a disastrous flood. The of his countrymen from the express
inform ation against Ruef in the same
yesterday
called
at
the
reclam
ation
serves;
establishing
an
assay
office
at
company
and
will
be
arrested
if trace
loss
of
three
lives
and
a
money
loss
es
prem ises and call Gallagher as a w it New York, June 2.—No official con Salt Lake, Utah;^ incorporating the service bureau to urge them to expe governm ent, and it is intim ated that tim ated at $500,000 is reported. A of him can be found by the detective.
ness at the prelim inary hearing. Tf firmation could be obtained tonight in Brotherhood of St. Andrew, and incor dite work on the Klam ath irrigation suits may be begun to recover for Canadian Pacific freight train pulling A telegram from Quong Dou Yen to
his testim ony is taken in this way, it this city of the report of the wrecking porating the Congressional Club, which project. T hey had allotted only $ 400 — about 700.000 cords of wood cut, ap into P ort A rthur ran on the submerged his friends at El Paso revealed the
of the steam er V aderland in the N orth is composed of wives and daughters of 000 to be used this year. Senator proxim ating in value about $1,000,000 tracks and the engine was overturned. plot. Official Interpreter Fing Ming
will be on record.
The necessity for such unusual m eth sea. T he offices of the International senators and representatives.
Fulton asked for $ 750 , 000 . D irector
Engineer Savage, Fireman McBride and overheard his countrymen at El Paso
ods is believed to be urgent by the M ercantile M arine, which controls the
Newell gave him reasonable assurance The bulk of this wood wa9 cut about Brakeman Inmann, who were on the en reading a message which informed them
m em bers of the prosecution, who fear Red Star Line, and the offices of the
10 or 12 years ago, during the boom gine, were pinned under th e wreckage that the twelve men in the crates were
that
the
latter
amount
would
be
set
W ednesday, May 27.
for their own lives as well as for that Red Star Line company were closed.
of silver, and was used at the and drowned. The Canadian Pacific dead upon arrival. Ming informed In
T he Red Star steam er Vaderland Washington, May 27.—An emergency aside after July 1 , when new funds days
of Gallagher.
Bimetallic and G ranite M ountain Railway Company will be the heaviest spectors George H arris and F. W.
This probably will be the next pro was due to sail from A ntw erp for currency law is assured. The currency become available.
several miles of its tracks having Berkshire of the plot and they reported
mines, owned by Charles D. M cClure loser,
cedure against Ruef in the graft cases, New Y ork May 30. A ccording to question held its place today as prac
it to the bureau here.
itchcock S tarts for Chicago.
been washed away.
and
his
associates,
of
St.
Louis,
to
and it is proposed to take it as rapid schedule she would have reached D o tically the only subject of consideration W H ashington,
freshet was due to heavy rains. It is believed that the smuggler*
June 3.— Frank H. gether with a few M ontanans. T he The The power
ly as possible, as the prosecution be ver on Sunday, from which port she at both ends of the capitol, and when
house, the Canadian Pacific crated the men on the Mexican side o f
lieves that the “ higher-ups” are be would be reported on her arrival. Up both houses adjourned the compromise Hitchcock, one of the m anagers of the area of tim ber land stripped clean is railway bridge
and the pavilion at the the line, hauled them across the river
to
a
late
hour
Sunday
night
she
had
com ing m ore desperate every day.
bill, which was drafted by the republic T aft cam paign, will leave this city 10 miles wide and 12 long.
park
were
swept
away. A number of to El Paso, Texas, where they con
not been reported.
an confrerees, had received the sane for Chicago tom orrow , w here he will
families
living
near
the dam are miss signed them by express to New York.
Still
V
igorous
at
128.
tion of the house, and had been present appear before the national com m ittee
S co res Perish in T ornado.
ing-
__________________
Cleveland
Goes
Home.
ed
to
the
senate,
where
it
was
an
Will Fight T uberculosis.
interest of Secretary of W ar St. Petersburg, June 1.—A veteran
W ichita Falls, Tex., June 4.—Scores Lakewood, N. J., June 2.— E x-Presi nounced it would be taken up for con T in aft the during
T ornado in K ansas.
the consideration of con soldier, with the record of 80 years’
St. Louis, May 29—To prevent the
of persons are believed to be dead in dent
sideration
tomorrow
and
where
it
will
G rover Cleveland, who has been also be passed when the vote is reached. tests for seats in the national conven m ilitary service, and whose age is de Topeka, Kan., May 30.— A terrific spread of tuberculosis in this city, rec
the path of a tornado which is sweep confined
tion. Mr. H itchcock had a confer clared to be 128, has been visiting St. wind storm of almost the proportions ords showing that 72 per cent of the
to the Lakewood H otel for
ing Texas today. R eports indicate two m onths
ence today w ith President Roosevelt Petersburg from the T ver district. of a tornado, which passed over the
with
an
attack
of
rheu
mortality is caused by the disease, the
May 27.—Aside from at the W hite House, and later with This
wonderful old m an, M ichael Bud
th at it is the m ost terrific of all the matic gout and acute indigestion, has the Washington,
bill the house today passed Mr. Taft.
nikov, traveled to the capital to draw southern part of Lowell County Thurs health department has submitted an or
storm s which have visited this part of sufficiently recovered from his illness the currency
following
measures
:
prize of $2500 in the lottery, and the day night, killed one man and injured dinance to the assembly naming tuber
the country in the last month. Com
Requiring greater space and better Mail Ocean Bill Very Much Alive a czar
had him at Czarskoe Selo as 22 persons, seven of them probably fa
m unication from m ost of the damaged to leave here today for his hom e in accommodations
among the contagious malig
on
steamships
for
feature of the festivities for the Sw e tally. The storm traveled from the culosis
area is cut off. W ires are down and Princeton. T he trap was m ade in steerage passengers ; authorizing the W ashington, June 2.—T hat the dish
nant and infectious diseases. T he ordi
royal
wedding
railroad tracks are blocked. Many John H ays H am m ond’s large touring sale of certain lands at the head of Cor ocean mail bill, which passed the sen Budnikov, whose breast is adorned southwest and was 150 yards wide. It nance prohibits any books from the
small tow ns are known to have been car. Mr. Cleveland was accompanied dova bay, Alaska, and granting relief to ate on M arch 20 without a division with many medals for bravery and dis took everything in the path and scat public library being issued to a tuber
struck bv the tw ister but no definite by Mrs. Cleveland and Dr. G. Rowe the Alaska Terminal & Navigation and later was sustained by the senate tinguished service, joined the Russian tered a number of houses, barns and cular person, requires all policemen to
small buildings over the prairie. The report consumptive cases, and requires
inform ation could be obtained as to Rockwood, who has been- alternating
the postoffice bill by a vote of 46
authorizing a resurvey of in
property damage will amount to thou the isolation of a consumptive in a hos
the extent of dam age this afternoon with Dr. Joseph T. Bryant, the family company;
to 12, is not killed by the action of arm y in 1797.
certain
townships
in
W
yom
ing;
grant
sands of dollars, and the damage to the pital under proper conditions.
physician, in caring for the patient. ing to the interstate commerce commis the house in failing to accept it on a
growing crop is large.
Accuse T urks o f M urder.
narrow vote of 145 to 153 , is the firra
W ords by the Million.
sion additional authority in the m atter conviction
the friends of the meas* C onstantinople, June 1.—A ccording
Steam er Rams S chooner.
Collide in Channel.
of requiring reports of all accidents on ure. T hey of believe
New York, June 4 —More than
that
next
Decem
M issouri S uffers Flood.
carriers.
Gloucester, Mass.. May 29.—Thirteen
to an official telegram received here
2.000,000 words of testim ony have Dover, June 2.—A heavy fog in the interstate
ber
it
will
win
by
a
decisive
m
ajority.
conference report on the omnibus
rrom A thens, a mail steam er w ith 150 St. Joseph, Mo., May 30.— Reports sailors of the schooner Fame lost their
tonight, which has lasted for The bill
been taken already in the govern channel
and the senate amendments
hours, has been responsible for lands
women and children refugees from from M aryville, Larkie and other lives W ednesday in a terrific collision
Selects
Tokio
Commission.
m ent’s suit to dissolve the Standard 24
to
the
bill
granting
obsolete
ordnance
several collisions. The British steam er to various institutions and organiza
orthw est M i»ouri towns are to the between that boat and the steamer Bos
W ashington. June 3. — Secretary the island of Sam os has arrived at N effect
Oil com pany, now on trial before Queenswood was towed into the har tions also were agreed to.
th at thousands of acres of low ton of the Dominion-Atlantic line off
Syra,
one
of
the
islands
of
the
Cy
Root
has
decided
on
the
personnel
of
Special Exam iner Franklin Ferris. bor, having been seriously dam aged
the com m ission to represent the clades group, and reports the contin lands have been flooded. Most of this the Massachusetts coast.
Before the hearings close another mil in a collision with the Spanish steam er
United States at the Tokio exposition uation of a serious situation there land has been planted to corn, and the The Fame was run down by the
C uts S ho rt Third T erm Talk.
lion words doubtless will be added Bermeo. Before she iould be got to
. The com m issioners general T he refugees say that a battalion of
This is said to be the largest mass of her m oorings, the Queenswood sank W ashington, June 4.— Because P res in will 1912
is heavy. In Nodawaya county steamer with such suddenness that only
be Francis B. Loomis, form er as Turkish troops recently arrived at damage
of the schooner’s crew of 19 were
testim ony ever gathered in a single in the harbor. The Bermeo began ident Roosevelt's latest declaration sistant
10
inches
fell within the last six
V
athy,
capital
of
the
island,
and
at
sccietary-
of
state;
Frederick
saved. Four of them were put in a
case for the perusal of a court. The leaking badly. A portion of the crew that “no friend of m ine” will continue T. V. Skiff, director of the Field mu once com m enced to fire indiscrim i few days. of The rain Missouri
river
is
rising
dory
the disaster occurred, and
num ber of words included in the ex o f the steam er Loanda, from Ham efforts to nom inate, the president has seum, of Chicago,- and U nited States nately. Many people were killed or here, and the government dykes near John when
Clark, a sailor, and the steward
hibits will add still another million burg for W est Africa, w ho landed
Elwood. nnder construction, are threat of the Fame were on board. They were
here tonight, report being in collision w ritten to one of W est V irginia’s del judge for the district of M innesota. wounded.
words to the record.
ened. Tn South St. Joseph 100 houses saved by the crew of the Boston.
with an unknow n steam er.
egates to the Chicago convention for
Kill Women and ¡Children.
are flooded.
Bourne Going to Europe.
the specific purpose of heading off
M ississippi on Annual Ram page.
Unveil M em orial M onum ent.
C lose to a Mile a Minute.
what appears to be a united eflk>rt to W ashington. June 4. — Senator Athens, June 1.— A body of panic
St. Louis, June 4.—T he Mississippi
Islanders F ear M assacre.
revive the Roosevelt sentim ent. M ore Bourne has inform ed some of his col stricken refugees from Sam os, w ho
Tokio. May 29—General Baron Nog!
river above Quincy. 111., is rapidly ris Los A ngeles, June 2.—T he two than
this, the president’s friends, echo leagues that he expects to sail f have arrived here, report th at eighty Athens, May 30.—Many men an was designated W ednesday to he the
ing, and hundreds of homes have al days’ auto m eet held in this city was ing his
ent, say that the presi Europe in a short time to join his women and children were slain by children fleeing from the Island of chief official in the ceremonies incident
ready been abandoned in that vicinity. an unprecedented success, several dent has sentim
himself to the wife, who is com pleting a tour around
G reat dam age to property is reported thousand people being in attendance contrary on expressed
this
subject • in term s the world. A ccording to these sen Turkish troops during the first day's Samos have reached Smyrna. They rep to the unveiling of the Russian memo
but so far no deaths are known to at today's races. T he Coast record which adm it of no uncertainty.
ators. Bourne will sail before the Chi fighting at V athy, capital of the island resent the situation there to be most rial monument erected by the Japanese
have occurred. T he inhabitants who for 50 miles on a circular track,
cago convention. Several efforts made They declare also th at the troops fired critical. It is feared that the Turkish people at Port Arthur, in memory of
have left the hom es which probably broken yesterday, was equaled today
to locate Bourne and confirm the persistently on the foreign consulates. reinforcements now on their way to the the famous siege of that citv. and the
M etcalf Files His Com plaint.
will be swept from their foundations by Ralph Ham lin, who drove a 42
The refugees are all Greeks, and, as island will start a general massacre, gallant fighting done in its defense
if the floods increase, are fleeing to horsepow er, six-cylinder car 50 miles W ashington, June 4. — Secretary story were unavailing.
they have inborn hatred of the Turk, A proposal th at the powers dispate when those in the stronghold held o ut
the high elevations to rem ain until the in 57 m inutes and 43 seconds. H am M etcalf’s com plaint, filed w ith the
their statem ents are accepted here warships to Samos it being urged. The so bravely and with such determ ination
W orld T rip for Middies.
trouble subsides. T he Illinois river lin made this record yesterday during interstate com m erce com m ission, al
with considerable reserve.
principality of Samos exists nnder the against the attack which eventually
bottom s are reported to be inundated, the last 50 miles of the 100-mile race,
W
ashington,
June
4
—O
f
tw
o
hun
guarantee of France, Great B ritain and proved successful.
and made the same tim e today
leges that the Adams, N orthern P a dred m em bers of the class at the An
Russia.
C holera Is Spreading.
S team er Long O verdue.
cific and other express com panies are napolis naval academ y who will grad
Snow S torm in M ontana.
Manila, June 1.—T he cholera at
Foot o f Snow in Nevada.
gouging the governm ent. It alleges uate next Friday, 111 have been or
N orfolk. Va., June 4 —T he steam er
Epidem ic o f Suicide in Russia.
Dagupan. 120 miles from M anila, is
Bozeman. Mont., May ^ 29—A heavy
Europa, which sailed for Ham burg, Ely, Nev., June 2.—T he heaviest the com panies last July charged 40 dered to report to the A tlantic fleet worse.
T w enty-nine deaths are today St. Petersburg. May 30— There has snowstorm Tuesday night impaired
Germ any. 45 days ago, bound in re snow storm since last w inter was ex cents per 100 too much on m erchan at San Francisco, July 1. The mid
due to eating infected foods been an epidemic of suicides in St wire service and did great damage to
turn for Norfolk, loaded with fer perienced here last night. Fully a dise to the navy yard at Brem erton. dies are jubilant over the prospect of reported,
The
people
loath to clean up their Petersburg that has lasted for three trees. The precipitation during thia
tilizer. was expected to make the trip foot of snow fell. The storm was gen W ashington The am ount involved •the trip to the Far F ast and hom e surroundings, are despite
strenuous efforts months. The average number of deaths month is the heaviest of any May m
within 21 days. N othing ha* been eral between Ely and Cobre. N o dam is $1500. T he com plaint is a test case again by w ay of Suez canal and the on the part of the bureau
of health. ha« been 86 a month.
28 years.
A tlantic ocean.
to determ ine the rate.
heard from her, however, in 41 day». age was reported.