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0 EVENTS OF THE DAY Newsy Items Gathered from All I'arts ol the World. PREPARED FOR THE BUSY READER Loss Important but Not Lois Inter esting Happening from Point Outildo Ilia Slate, Tlia French strike I on tlio verge of collapse, litit In pledged nld of tlio labor union, Three men wore klllrd nml 12 bndly Injured by an explosion of dynamite, noar Key Went, Fin. Farmer of Grand valley, Colo,, havo protested ngnlnnt Ilnllltigor' u Kirislon of Irrigation work, A bridge- on tlio Wabash railroad noar Kantian City kvo way at a train wm crossing and several Krnutin aro mlnslng. A non-union baker at Now York wn net Uon by womrn and after giving IiIiii n severe boating they throw hi in Into n vat of dough. Hill nnd Hnrrlmiii olhVlnl nru con ferritin with tho Interstate. Commerce cominUjiloti with m view of forming rate to conform to the SKkano dccls Ion. An uxtrn session of tlio Washington legislature will probably be called to straighten out lomo of tlin matter nrlslng from Investigation of ntnto offi cial. I.xpert estimate that In 10 yrara every drop of water available for Irri gation will bo utilized. For every acre Irrigated therti will bo f0 acred of dry farm land where Irrigation Klblll tic aro exhausted. Itoonevelt ayi Tolstoi Is a weak leader. A saloon la to Iw ' opened In !) Molnc where treating will bo forbid den. Secretary MacVoagh say a proserlty only awalta completion of tlio tarilf bill. I'lro at I,ong Inland, Kan., destroyed live business building! causing a lona estimated at 1 100,000. The Penn)lvnla railroad la netting nut thounand of tree to provide for future requirement In timber nml tie. The Farmer' union, at Its national convention, linn agreml on a plan to build warehouse and market wheal without tho middleman. Seventeen state ami ten foreign countries will have delegatea at tho Dry Farming cungrn, which meet at Hilling October 20 to 2S. Physician attending the annual con venllon of the llllnola Homoopathlc Medical association advocated the re moval of tonnlln of ever) ono subject to tuberrulonln. Olllcc seeker and olllce holding by professional Klltlclant la becoming i vocation In tho Philippine Inland, ac cording to tho report of Acting Direc tor Harbord, of tho conntabulary. Tho postal atriko in France la not general and failure teem probable. President Taft haa agreed to attend (ho opening of tho (Junnlnon, Colo,, tunnel. London nrt dealrra nro In trouble for nolling apurloua ware on unnunpcctlng customer. Indication ncem that tho nlmh of 1'eraia will noon bo coiiivollvd to give tip hi throne, Tho Missouri senate ha killed tho measure which gnvo tho ntato railroad commlialon power to fix pnssongor rate. Tho Farmer' union I In national convo.iUoii at Springfield, Mo., and plan uro being mndo to keep tho price -f whont up. Railroad havo submitted to tho In terstato Commerco cominiaaion new ratea which will greatly Injuro Pacific coatit cities if allowed to atand. A Denver woman died rather than Imvo her hair cut. Her trcsBe hud at tained n length of 110 Inchea and physl claim declared they consumed tho vital Ity which should havo sustained life, Tho atriko at Hucnoa Ayrea haa been fliulod. Doclalon on Fronch Btlrko depends -on tho action of parliament. Tuft anya cities nro under obligations to provido playground for children. Iloylo haa ImpllcnUd tlio Whltln boy's undo In hi utory of tho kidnap ing. HundrodH of poreonanroon tho vergo of starvation In tho Zlcnturnro district, Mexico, following n forest flro. Gormitn bnnku will rofuso to givo Abdul Hnmld'a fumla to tho Young Turka unless ordorod to do so by tho court. KIND INBURANOE JOKER. Fraternal Hoclrstloo Aof Illinois Bound Warning Against Measure, Chlcngo, Mny II, lender of frit tornal Insuranco nocletlun Imvo discov ered n joker In houso bill No. 652, now ready for n third reading in tho llllnola legislature, which, if panned, will develop n bllllon-dollar innurancu comblnn with power to forco smaller concern and fraternal order out of tho Insursnco business. Tlio bill In question contains n clause which provide that any Innurancu com pany doing buslncsn In llllnola may In auo x)lclea with apoclnl rate of pre mium Ion than tho usual rates to members of labor unions, lodgoi and other organization who, through an ofllcer, may tnko out Insurance of not Inn than 100 member. In this provlno fraternal mennpo pon nihilities of u great Innuranco coriiorn lion, which, by cutting ratos, would utterly annihilate competition of small er and fraternal concern. It waa on ly by accident that thn attention of fraternal men was drawn to tho joker. A atrong lobby will bo sent to Spring- llolcl to light It. POT OF QOLD SOUGHT f-OR. Excavation (for Kentucky Church l Closely Watched. Cincinnati, May 11. -Tho excavation for tho building of 8t. Francis' church In Dayton, Ky., a suburb, la being watched by many who bellevo that n M)t of guld was burled under that situ after tho raid by General John Hunt Morgan ami his band of Confederate near tho close of tho Civil war. Tho property belonged to tho lato Malhew McArthur. n noUd Southern sympathizer. Tlioro was a subterra nean pajungo lending from the houie, and It I here, tho passage having long alneo been filled up, that tho treasuro Is supposed to he. Tho money was left, it was said, by n Confederate named Caldwell, who had been North to pay tho troop of General Morgan, then located in this vicinity. Ho stopped at the McArthur residence, and, hi presence being din- cloned, secreted the gold, said to amount to arveral thounand dollars, and escaped, Intending to join General Morgan. Tho latter waa killed In Tounesneo about tho aamo time. Black Hand Again Busy, Chicago, May 11.- Another Illark Hand outrage was perpetrated today when tlireo bombs wero exploded in quick succession In tho home of Dom- Inlck IVcorere. Ihls followed cloudy uon the death of Mariano Zngono yes terday a tlm result of nn alleged Illack Hand shooting. No ono waa injured by tho explosion. For thrco months Pecorcro, who I reputed to bo wealthy, ha received letter from tho Illack II ami threatening him with death unless ho compiled with tho de mand for money. Wu Ting Fang to Teach, Chicago, May 11. Wu Ting Fang, Chlneso minister to tho United States, hss accepted tho presidency of tho Chi neno school of Chicago. Tho school Is ono of a series started under tho au spice of tho Imperial Chinese govern ment. Courses In Chlneso literature. domestic science, Chlneso and Interna tional law and In tho custom anil hab it of Chlneso In their own country will be given. Hawaiian Japs Strike. Honolulu, May 11. -Fifteen hundred Japanese laborer employed on tho Honolulu Sugar plantation wont on strlko for higher wages today, and it i expected tho movement will unread to tho other plantation where Japanese nro employed, Tho field laborers de mand they bo paid $1 a day, whilo those employed In tho sugar mills and u I no where want a proportionate increase Egyptian Cotton Success. San Ucrnardlno. Cat.. May 11. Gov ernment expert havo turned their at tention to tho Yuma valley experiment farm, where ICO ncrea of Egyptian cotton la bolng planted on tho Indian reservation. Professor Howard L. Preston, who nrrived today, said tho oxpcrlmonU had been remnrknbly suc cessful thus far on tho desert land.-t. Restitution by Regent, Pckln. Mnvl 1. Tho regent, Princo Chun, who hIiico tho dismissal of Yuan Shi Knl linn been collecting llata of olllclal dismissed previou to hla tak ing olllce, iHituod an edict today re habilitating tho reputntlona and ro wanling tho famlllca of flvo olllclula of tho Into dowager empress, who woro beheaded for opposing tlio lloxore. Postal Employes Scared. I'nrln Mnv 11. Conditions wero ffiip.iptitilfi fir thn pnvimitiiont In Its A . .a .!,!. ,l.n aiAattil n.n.llll.AU I conirovurrjr yyihi uiu vivi iivjii it was said today, nml it la not likely Btrlko would bo declared for tho prea- ont. Tho govornmont'a llrmnesa has mndo n dcop improaaion upon tho rank und file. PROCEEDINGS OF CONGRESS IN BRIEF Friday, May 14. Wnshlnglon, Mny H, Agnln tho committee on finance wan upheld when tho semito today by a voto of IIS to 'i voted down nn nmondment by Cummin to lower the duty on round Iron nnd up hold tho homo rato, which wan recom mended by Uio aennto committee, Al most tho ontlro day wa given up to u dehato on tho profit of tho United States Steel corpora tlcn, nnd toward tho end iiersonnlillo wero exchanged. Hoveridgo prooscd an nmondment in creasing the duty on tobacco and It producti nml charged that by continu ing tho short weight package of tho Spanish war ixirlod tho tobacco trust was reaping n harvest of 2,000,000 a year. Asking that an Interview with J. J. Hill bo road Scott indorred it advice to congress that oratory bo suspended and that congress promptly pas tho bill. "This." Scott said. "Is In lino with letter I am dally receiving, begging nnd prnylng that these gentlemen (wnv ing hi hand over tho sennto chamber) get through with their windjammlng nnd lot tho country go ahead with Its business, Thursday, May 13. Washington, May III.- After n day dovolcd to discussing tho duty on iron ore, tho senato adopted by n voto of 01 to 21 tho recommendation of tho com mltteo on finance for a duty of 25 cents or ton. Party lines wero annihilated in tho voto today, as 1? Democrats voted "ayo" with tho Republican nnd 12 Republicans voted "no" with tho Democrat. During the day Ilailoy announced that ho proponed to voto for thn duty oo iron oro a n rovenuo measure; de clared that free oro would not afreet tho prosperity of tho United States Steel corporation, nnd added that, even if it did, I hero was a better way to deal with that organization, which was by an enforcement of the anti-trust law against It. He declared ho expected to ico this law enforced, and expressed confidence that eventually tho officer of tho Steel corporation would either ba In tho cnltcntiary or fugitives from justice. For tho first timo thero was a suggestion looking to tho fixing of n date for a vote, but It came to naught because of objection from Hov eridge. Wednesday, May 12. Washington, May 12. After a debate of several hours In tho senato today on tho window glass schedule of tho tariff bill, Aldrlch asked that tho paragraph bo panned over. Somo other sections relating to glaia manufactured arti cle that prevbusly had been passed over wero agreed to. The senato comidered sections that had been passed over until tho iron oro paragraph war reached, when Craw ford vpoku at length upon the lack of wisdom of any tarili that encouraged tho exhaustion of natural rorourcea which could not readily be produced here. Ho insisted that thero should bo no tariff on iron ore, oil, lumber and coal, Pnyntcr spoko in favor of the remov al of tho duty of nix cents a pound up on leaf tobacco as n means of freeing tho tobacco growers from tho control of tho tobacco trust. Tuesday, May II, Washington, May 11. Substantial progress was mndo In tho consideration of tho tarilT bill today, tho amend ments of tho committee on finance bo lug upheld In tho sennto by subatantial majorities. Tho schedule covering tho products of lend was passed over upon tho sug gestion of Aldrlch, because, ho said, tho finance committee desired to make somo changes In tho duties us previous ly recommended. The committee a nmcmimenistrlKlng out tho houso duty of one-half of 1 per cent per pound on rellned nltrato of salt potra was agreed to. It la under stood that that product will bo placed upon tho frco list. Tlio houso provision on suipnur was further amended so as to placo cmdo sulphur on tho freo Hat and to provide for n duty or J I a ton on rctined sul phur, tho present law and tho houso bill providing for n duty of G n ton. q Cummins offered several amendments to tho window glass schedule, saying they wero Intended to prevent in tho futuro any combination for putting up prices. Without acting on tho window glacs schedule, tho sennto adjourned, Monday, May 10, Washington, Mny 10. Tho oblllty of tho Republican majority of tho sen nto to uphold tho recommendation of tho commlttoo on flnnnco on tho load schedule In tho tariff bill, which con tains tho DIngloy rntoa in placo of tho lower duties fixed by tho houao, waa fully domonstrnted today when, by n voto of 35 to 4-1, tho aennto declined to rcduco by of n cent n pound the duty on pig load, as recommended by tho committee on finance. In this voto 11 Republicans voted with the Demo crats and two Domocrata with tho Re publicans. Ity a viva voco voto tho sennto adopted tho rato of 2 'h cents a pound on pig lead, as recommended by thn committee. Chairman Aldrlch said ho regarded tho voto as an indorsement of tho action of tho commlttco and expressed confi dence that all tho schedules of the com mltteo would bo uphold. Saturday, May O, Washington, Moy 8. Tho battlo over tho lead schedule of tho tariff bill continued In tho senato today and tho issuo wa more clearly drawn between tho Republican loaders and the Repub lican Insurgents. Tho latter openly threatened to keep congress In session nil summer rather than allow tho sched ules to bo rushed through, and warned tho tcadera that an unsatisfactory bill meant only a renewal of tlio battlo for revision two years hence. Aldrlch re torbml that, If every schedule wero to bo thoroughly explained, tho bill would not be completed In 10 years. One-Third Live In Original 13. Washington, May 11. Of tho 88, 000,000 people In tho United States, Alaska included, about ono-thlrd live In tho original 13 state, according to n statement made today by tho bureau of statistics of tho Department of Com merce and Labor. Another third live In tho statoi create! from tho terri tory ceded to tho common union by tho original ntates and tho remaining third In tho area added by purchase and an nexation. The statement also shows that In 1008 there wero 764,898,000 ncrvs of unappropriated and unreserved land, of which nlmost ono-half was in Alaska, 01,177,000 acres In Nevada, 10,032,000 In Montana, -1-1,778,000 in New Mexico, and 42,739,000 in Ari zona. Employe Make Charges. Washington, May 14. Representa tive Ellis ssid today it waa because of complaints mado by school employes at tho Umatilla Indian agency against Superintendent McFatridgo that the Utter had been relieved of charge of the school affairs, pending investiga tion into tho charges. It Is understood tho complaint Is based entirely on the superintendent's administrative meth od and that nothing sensational is in volved. Temporary Supervisor Mc Chrsney.is in chsrge of the school. Court Martial for Halns? Washington, May 14. Final adjudi cation of Uio case of tho state of New York against Captain Peter C. Halns, Jr., for tho murder of William K. An nis, will bo awaited by the War de partment before It determines upon tho attitudo tho military branch of tho government will take. If tho depart ment decides thero waa a military offense, as distinct from a civil offense, tho ofllcer may bo tried by court mar tial, Irrcn) ectlvo of the action of tho courts of New York. Cure Act of Court. Washington, May IE. Attorney General Wickorsham has Indorsed the joint resolution introduced by the Penn sylvania delegation in congress to make effective tho commodities clause of the Hepburn act against the coal carrying roads. This is regarded as an administration net to counteract tho results of tho Supremo court's de cision last week, which was that the roads might transport tho coal of tho mining companies they control. Shut Ofr Talk, Says Hill. Washington, May 15. "Prosperity will roturn to tho country as soon as tho orutorlcal steam Is shut oil on Cap itol Hill." declared JnmcsJ. Hill to day. Hill had just emerged from tho prcsldont s olllce, where ho had been in conference with Tnft. He declared that tho tariff agitation was tho only thing now preventing tho return of prosperity. Permanent prosperity would como within n short time, he said. Form Art Federation. Washington, May 14. Architects, nrtisat, landacapo gardeners, sculptors, mon of science and others from organ izations for the promotion of art, met in convention hero today. Tho object of tho gathering la tho formation of a National Art federation, and It la being hold under tho auspices of tho National Academy of Art, of which Jnmes Pier pont Morgan ia president. Vice Presi dent Sherman welcomed tho gueata. Laboratory Is Durned. WnshliiL'ton. Mnv 11. The chemical laboratory of tho gcologlcnl Burvey horo was badly damaged by flro today and only tho prompt work of tho fire men prevented tho llnmeu Bprcndlng to other departments, Tho fire was con fined to tho laboratory, but burned val uable minerals and chemicals. New Nevada Marshal, Washington, Mny 11. President Tnft today sent to tho sonata the nom ination of Harry J. Humphreys, of Nevada, to bo United States marshal of that state. FAIR IS COMPLETE. Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition Will Start on Time, Seattle's two expositions ero just about ready for tho boll tap. The AlaskaYukonPaclflc exposition is ninety-nine per cent, complete, which means that everything Is done savo weeping tho floors, and tho other ex position, which constats of tho most magnificent scenery and tho longest list oi interesting tours boasted by any American city, is always ready. Railroad experts the country over doclnro that tho success of tho A. Y. P. Is already assured, but for this fact thoy do not givo tho wholo credit to either the management or tho publi city campaign. On tho contrary, they declare that tho Imminent influx. Into viid iiuriuwenv in uuo more largely lo Northwestern resources and home pos sibilities and to Northwestern and Alaskan scenery and romance, more than to any other power of attraction Nightly now tho exposition grounds aro lighted for tho enjoyment of the pro-exposition crowds which dally go tho to grounds. For weeks the attend- anceh as avtrsged closo upon 5,000. If special frco days wero counted it would be a larger figure than this. A cold spring somewhat delayed the first flush of the floral effects, which aro on a huge scale, but warm May dsys havo brought out the blooms. Practically all of the exhibits are in stalled in tho Manufactures building and In the Oriental and European build ing. Tho installation in tho Palace of Agriculturo ia somewhat slower but will not be behind at tho right mo ment. The government exhibits are woll along with the exception of tho Hawaiian and Philippines exhibits, which arrived late. However, they wilt bo complete to tho last detail by June 1. Most of the foreign exhibits are in place and those that are not ore receiv ing the finishing touches. And whilo work is being pushed rap idly ahead on the exposition proper, arrangements are going forward just as fast that the visitor may take ad vantage of tho "second exposition." New steamships are arriving daily for excursion trips to various points around tho sound and along the coast. The numerous resorts in the Cascade mountains are close at hand either by tho Great Northern, Northern Pacific, Burlington or Milwaukee railroads and tho Canadian Pacific takes one quickly to Banff, the wonder spot In the Cana dian Rockies. STATES MAY LOSE. Appropriations for Rivers and Har bors May Revert to Government. Washington, May 10. Unless con gress takes specific action at tho spec ial session now in progress, nearly $1, 000,000 appropriated for river and har bor improvements in various sections of tho United States will be turned back into the national treasury, much to the chagrin of many congressmen and senators. This situation arises over tho "cov ering back" section of tho sundry civil bill, approved March 4. This section provides that all unexpended balances of spproprtattons that remained on the treasury books Juno 1, 1904, except permanent specified appropriations. judgments and findings of courts and trust funds and appropriations for ful filling treaty obligations with the In dians be carried to the surplus fund and covered back into tho treasury, "pro vided that tho money is not needed to pay existing treaties." To meet tho situation. Senator Burton haa introduced a resolution providing that tho section or the sundry civil bill in question shall not be construed as applying to the unexpended balances in river and harbor appropriations which may bo essential, In tho judgment of the secretary of war, for tho mainten ance and prosecution of tho work for which it was appropriated. Among tho appropriations that will rovert aro : Mouth of Columbia river, Oregon. $24,000; entrance to Coos bay, Oregon, 123,000; restraining barriers Sacra mento and Feather rivers, California, $14,000; and harbor at Tacoma, Wash ington, $11,000. Dally Shocks Continue. Rome, May 10. -Since tho jnreat earthquake of December scarcely a day has passed without shocks, more or less strong, being felt at Messina, Regglo and surrounding districts. The obervntory in the Calabrian earthquake zono una registered trom December -a last, up to today, 213 shocks. Since tho former date there have been no shocks strong enough to destroy build ings. Tottering walls havo been over thrown, but thero haa been practically no loaa of life since the day of the great disaster, 1,000 Cabdrlvers Strike. Chicago, May 10. One thousand cab drivers went on strike tonight, follow ing n conferenco between tho livery men's association and the union. Tho drivers demanded $14 a week, and re fused to compromlao for $13. Tomor row 100 funerals aro scheduled to take place. The police rofuso to give fune ral proceaslons right of way. MUST PAY LOSSES Insurance Companies Cannot Pat Blame on Earthquake. IT COULD NOT DE CAUSE OF FIRE Insurance Policies Cover Fires Due to Dynamiting Test Case Is Won at San Francisco. San Francisco, May 11. An Import ant decision relative to tho earthquako clause, of fire insuranco policies was handed down today by the United States Circuit Court of Appeals. It directly affects several hundred pending suits against Insurance companies for losses sustained in the great flro of April, 1906, and may result In the insured ob taining the principal of their policies with interest for three years. Tho cose decided today was that of the Richmond Coal company against the Commercial Union Assurance company of London, In which It was sought to recover about $20,000 insurance on coal in tho bunkers at Spear and Howard streets, which caught fire several hours after the earthquake of April 18, 190C, and was destroyed after smouldering for a month. The Circuit Court of Appeals reverses the judgment of the lower court, which was in favor of tho insurance company. Tho higher court decides that the earthquako was not the proximate cause of a flro which occurred after tho earthquake shock, practically holding that an earthquako cannot cause a firo directly and that for an earthquake to be the Indirect cause of a fire tho blazo must follow immediately upon tho quake. Tho Appellate court also decided an other very important point, which Is that a firo following upon an explosion, such as ono caused by dynamiting, is eovcrcdjjy the terms of tho insurance policy. TAFT WILL PRESS BUTTON. To Open Gunnison Tunnel at Trant Mlsslsslppl Congress. Denver, May 11. The Trans-MIs-slssippl Commercial congress, which will be hold in this city August 18 to 21, will bring together tho largest gathering of eminent men ever assem bled in the West. President Taft will bo present and will press the button that will turn the waters Into the Gun nison tunnol, tho great government re clamation project. Tho governors of tho Trans-Misalsslppl states will attend with but few exceptions. Among the former presidents of tho congress who will be present are Wil liam J. Bryan, David It. Francis, pres ident of tho SL Louis exposition, and John Honry Smith ono of tho apostles of the Mormon church. Tho railroad Interests of the West will bo represented by E. II. Harriman. James J. Hill, E. P. Ripley, of the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe, and President Wnlchell, of the Rock Island Frisco system. ASIA MINOR QUIETING DOWN But Robberies and Attempts at Arson Still Continue. Adana, May 11. Tho situation hero and throughout the province Is improv ing. 1 he government Is beginning to restore tho plunder and the people aro returning to their homes, many of which are still standing. The military commander has Bent troops into the country districts to maintain order and enable the refugee farmers to harvest their crops. Many Armenians and a few Moslems are still In prison and even now delib erate attempts are made to burn tho Armenian houses. Various robberies are recorded and valuables from a safo in a German flour mill have been car ried away. Nevertheless, conditions are very different from what they were only a few days ago. Mexican Style of Regulating. Toluca, Mexico, May 11. Angered becauso of many deaths, which real- dents of Zanacantapcc claim were caus ed by tho Toluca-San Juan railroad, the residents of Zanacantapcc today ditched a train and threatened to tear up rails aryi ties unless the road built around tho town instead of through it. The authorities have been appealed to by tho railroad company and an effort la being made to ascertain who ditched the train. The engine was running slowly and none of tho passengers in tho coaches waa Injured. Trust Chiefs Convicted. Savannah. Ga May 11, "Guilty of conspiracy to monopolize interstate trodo" was the verdict brought In by the jury in tho case of the turpentine trust lato tonight. Iho names of tho two indicted corporations aro omitted and tho verdict applies only to five officers. The maximum sentence is a fine of $5,000 and a term of one year in the penitentiary. " W I ft R
